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[jonpollak]

Jp

[Nick Planas]

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.

[Sterzo]

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.

[E1pix]

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

[Michael Ferner]

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'.