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[Andrew Kitson]

These show the stripes particularly well too. Do you think Mr E still has a soft spot for his Brabham Martini sponsored days by the colouring?
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[sterling49]

Originally posted by Andrew Kitson
These show the stripes particularly well too. Do you think Mr E still has a soft spot for his Brabham Martini sponsored days by the colouring?
http://www.motorspor...tes-xp-3309.jpg
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I think my afternoon Noilly Prat is getting to me.... Where will it all end?

[Twin Window]

Originally posted by HiRich

Though oddly WSBK puts on a good show on the Silverstone GP circuit, dare I say it better than MotoGP at Donington.

SBK haven't used the GP circuit for a few years now, instead running on the International track. More's the pity, as seeing them through Abbey was something else...

[oldtimer]

Notwithstanding the nostalgia for Woodcote in the '70s, I can remember Silverstone when any old line would do without fear, and the maximum speed for a F1 car down the Hangar straight was about 140mph...

I have a personal theory about Bernie and his distaste for Silverstone. It dates back to the time he started wearing his Guccis to the circuit, rather than taking his wellies.

[fines]

Originally posted by Andrew Kitson
These show the stripes particularly well too. Do you think Mr E still has a soft spot for his Brabham Martini sponsored days by the colouring?
http://www.motorspor...tes-xp-3309.jpg
http://www.motorspor...tes-xp-3333.jpg

Those cars are extremely ugly, must be F1 then? :yawn:

[Doug Nye]

Originally posted by Ross Stonefeld
And I would agree with you. But Oulton is not a suitable modern F1 track. Neither is Brands or even Donington. You'd have to tear the tracks up to get anything.

This is perfectly correct, and it prompts the usual reaction - if proper road courses like this are not suitable for modern F1 cars, then there's something wrong with modern F1 cars.

Which there is.

DCN

[john winfield]

A bit of cockle-warming for those who liked the flow of Silverstone before the 1975 Woodcote chicane. You may have seen them all before. Thank you 'Inthefastlane' for posting this on YouTube:

 

 

I liked both versions of Woodcote and here's a poor quality highlights clip from that year's Grand Prix, worth watching just for Regazzoni taking the lead from Pace at the chicane (1.45):

 

 

That overtake, and a few other key moments are missing from these longer, better quality, highlights:

 

I do like a little rain to spice up a Grand Prix, but only if one of my favourites win!  (Clay, Niki, Tom Pryce, Carlos Pace, JPJ etc.) What if that 1975 GP had stayed dry.......? Ditto 2015!

Edited by john winfield, 06 July 2015 - 07:59.

[Alan Cox]

I do like a little rain to spice up a Grand Prix, but only if one of my favourites win!  (Clay, Niki, Tom Pryce, Carlos Pace, JPJ etc.) What if that 1975 GP had stayed dry.......? Ditto 2015!

If it had stayed dry, we can assume that Tony Brise wouldn't have crashed and he would have turned out for the Formula Atlantic curtain-closer, as he had been scheduled to do and as, indeed, he had practiced for

[Mallory Dan]

And given Ted Wentz and Alo a decent run for their money no doubt, Alan?  

[john winfield]

If it had stayed dry, we can assume that Tony Brise wouldn't have crashed and he would have turned out for the Formula Atlantic curtain-closer, as he had been scheduled to do and as, indeed, he had practiced for

Good point Alan, I had forgotten about that!  Being at Copse that year, we didn't get soaked until the very end of the truncated GP, or probably just after.  Was the Atlantic next up, or were there some historics?  And I can't recall whether the remaining support races took place on a soaking, damp or dry track.

 

Rather like 1973, the 1975 GP was an excellent race, overshadowed in popular media coverage by the big crashes.  Clay Regazzoni looked very quick that day in the 312T, and I think Tom Pryce and Niki Lauda may have proved stronger than Carlos Pace, who was falling back after a good start.  Jody Scheckter seemed quick throughout the race, in part because he kept stopping to change to suitable tyres.  Each stop took so long in those days that Jody was always trying to catch up.

Being a Ferrari fan at the time, and watching with a view of the pit exit, I was very disappointed with the delays for Regazzoni and with Lauda's shambolic stop.  One final point; somewhere I think I have seen footage of Clay losing the car, and lead, at Club, hitting the bank backwards, quite gently if I recall. Am I imagining this or has anyone else seen the film?

Edited by john winfield, 06 July 2015 - 12:03.

[Tim Murray]

Being a Ferrari fan at the time, and watching with a view of the pit exit, I was very disappointed with the delays for Regazzoni and with Lauda's shambolic stop.  One final point; somewhere I think I have seen footage of Clay losing the car, and lead, at Club, hitting the bank backwards, quite gently if I recall. Am I imagining this or has anyone else seen the film?

I was watching at the exit from Club, and Clay lost it right in front of us. It was a very gentle moment - it almost seemed to be happening in slow motion, and at first it seemed that he might get away without hitting anything, but in the end he did ding his rear wing and so had to stop at the pits for repairs. Like you John I was a Ferrari fan at the time, and was very disappointed.