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Jp

Wow that's a great find - thank you. I remember being on holiday in Kingsbridge, Devon, and watching some footage on the BBC (maybe on Grandstand?) but there was very little UK coverage then. For anyone who says watching a modern grand prix is boring; well, with all due respect to this era, which was 'my era' as a young fan, the winner was fairly predictable after a lap or so... 'Twas ever thus.

Wonderful, Jon. Take me back there! Went in '76, including the obligatory lap in our MGB. Tyres squealed on the corners, but my wife didn't.

Lovely! 

Wow that's a great find - thank you. I remember being on holiday in Kingsbridge, Devon, and watching some footage on the BBC (maybe on Grandstand?) but there was very little UK coverage then. For anyone who says watching a modern grand prix is boring; well, with all due respect to this era, which was 'my era' as a young fan, the winner was fairly predictable after a lap or so... 'Twas ever thus.

With all due respect, but I think modern F1 is so boring that even its most ardent fans can't stand the thing unless it's nailbitingly unclear who's going to win. I can't speak for others, but for me it was always exciting to watch back in the day even if Sir Jackie (or anyone else) was clearing off into the sunset from the word 'Go!'. I could watch this for hours, and read every word that was ever written about it, but can't be tempted to watch a ten-minute recap of last week's "Grand Prix" with all its contrived 'suspense'.

Saturday at Imola 1994

Jp

Lovely! 

 

 

 

With all due respect, but I think modern F1 is so boring that even its most ardent fans can't stand the thing unless it's nailbitingly unclear who's going to win. I can't speak for others, but for me it was always exciting to watch back in the day even if Sir Jackie (or anyone else) was clearing off into the sunset from the word 'Go!'. I could watch this for hours, and read every word that was ever written about it, but can't be tempted to watch a ten-minute recap of last week's "Grand Prix" with all its contrived 'suspense'.

 I think  that is both unfair and untrue, and perhaps also reflective of the fact that we never fall out of love with the stuff we fell for in our youth . Your certainly aren't speaking for me when you say even its most ardent fans .can't  stand F1 unless the race is close . Now as then, there are periods of domination but Verstappen is rued while Clark , Stewart , Ascari or Senna is venerated . I loathe all the PR noise , the daft new fanbase, some of the crappy new circuits  and the regimes which paid for them but when the flag drops   lights go out , the thrill is the same as it ever was. And why wouldn't it be ? It is still the same equation - will car A catch and pass car B ? 

And my God there were some dull races on crap circuits in the past - Nivelles, Dallas, Zolder  anyone?  

Edited by john aston, 04 May 2024 - 06:52.

Saturday at Imola 1994

 

Jp

I am speechless about this for a choise

I think mine was nine weeks later Sterzo, my first GP, first sighting of Watkins Glen, 16 years, 11 weeks old.

I was there as well, great times, when USA made do with 1 GP on a real racing circuit. Were you accredited to cover that race? I know you started very young.

I wonder if anyone recalls a Tuscan Challenge race at Castle Combe (1990?) where Gerry Marshall was unable to qualify/practice, did so (IIRC) with the FF1600s and was thus demoted to the back of the grid in the TVR race.

Then - in a VERY competitive race series - managed to overhaul the field and finish second. I doubt I've ever been so rapt by one driver's progress in one race, but he was something else. I may even be wrong that he finished second rather than first but does anyone recall it?

I'd imagine Mr GDR Marshall would feature in many "great race" nominations.

Jp

I was there as well, great times, when USA made do with 1 GP on a real racing circuit. Were you accredited to cover that race? I know you started very young.

Peter Brocks win in 1979 at Bathurst. Won by 6 laps and set the lap record on the last lap.