2003 winner Heinz Prüller (ORF commentator!!)
2002 JPM?
2001 JB?
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I dont know too much about this trophy, how is someone eligable?
I think Bandini was the only driver to have won an F1 race on his first outing, is this correct?
The Lorenzo Bandini trophy
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Sir Frank
, Apr 20 2003 09:50
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scheivlak
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Posted 20 April 2003 - 09:54
Originally posted by Sir Frank
I think Bandini was the only driver to have won an F1 race on his first outing, is this correct?
That was Giancarlo Baghetti! Same generation, understandable mix-up...
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Sir Frank
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Posted 20 April 2003 - 09:58
Originally posted by scheivlak
That was Giancarlo Baghetti! Same generatiobn, understandable mix-up...
Aha! Thank you, so why is there a trophy named after Bandini? I should look in TNF or do a search on this.
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Posted 20 April 2003 - 10:05
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Bandini's greatest day came in 1964 when he won the first Austrian GP on the bumpy Zeltweg aerodrome circuit although there were other important victories for Ferrari in sporstcars, notably the Targa Florio in 1965 and the Daytona 24 Hours in 1967.
In May that year he was running second to Denny Hulme in the Monaco GP when he lost control at the chicane and crashed. The car overturned and caught fire and Bandini was trapped beneath the flaming wreck. It was several minutes before he was rescued and his burns were terrible. For three days he fought for his life before succumbing to his injuries.
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Posted 20 April 2003 - 10:37
It was Bandini's fatal accident that saw the demise of straw bales at GP circuits.
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Posted 20 April 2003 - 15:23
Lorenzo Bandini was a very well liked and talented young man with perhaps a great future ahead of him. He was beginning to mature very nicely in 1967 when he suffered his fatal accident at Monaco. He was leading at the time.
People remember him very fondly and were genuinly horrified that he died so horrifically. He was probably the best Italian to drive for Ferrari in the 60's and it is fitting that he should have a trophy named after him. A future World Champion? Certainly not out of the question.
People remember him very fondly and were genuinly horrified that he died so horrifically. He was probably the best Italian to drive for Ferrari in the 60's and it is fitting that he should have a trophy named after him. A future World Champion? Certainly not out of the question.
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Posted 20 April 2003 - 17:33
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Bandini's greatest day came in 1964 when he won the first Austrian GP on the bumpy Zeltweg aerodrome circuit although there were other important victories for Ferrari in sporstcars, notably the Targa Florio in 1965 and the Daytona 24 Hours in 1967.
In May that year he was running second to Denny Hulme in the Monaco GP when he lost control at the chicane and crashed. The car overturned and caught fire and Bandini was trapped beneath the flaming wreck. It was several minutes before he was rescued and his burns were terrible. For three days he fought for his life before succumbing to his injuries.
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This race was remarkable because it was the first European F1 race televised in North America on a major network thanks to the emerging satelite technologies but it was unfortunate that it involved such a tragic event. The crash was covered in all it's excruciating detail and I recall the horror in watching the handsome young Bandini sitting imobile and helpless among the flames. It remains as a gruesome reminder of how far the technologies of both the cars and track safety have come since then.
It's also a reminder just how much courage and dedication it took to dive a F1 car when a shunt like Bandini's could have such awfull results. I am reminded of this incident and dozens of others like it when fans today attempt to compare drivers from different eras. I doubt that many of the records being set today with such relative ease could have been accomplished in previous eras, a fact I am sure Michael is aware of because of several of his comments on this subject in recent years.
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Bandini's greatest day came in 1964 when he won the first Austrian GP on the bumpy Zeltweg aerodrome circuit although there were other important victories for Ferrari in sporstcars, notably the Targa Florio in 1965 and the Daytona 24 Hours in 1967.
In May that year he was running second to Denny Hulme in the Monaco GP when he lost control at the chicane and crashed. The car overturned and caught fire and Bandini was trapped beneath the flaming wreck. It was several minutes before he was rescued and his burns were terrible. For three days he fought for his life before succumbing to his injuries.
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This race was remarkable because it was the first European F1 race televised in North America on a major network thanks to the emerging satelite technologies but it was unfortunate that it involved such a tragic event. The crash was covered in all it's excruciating detail and I recall the horror in watching the handsome young Bandini sitting imobile and helpless among the flames. It remains as a gruesome reminder of how far the technologies of both the cars and track safety have come since then.
It's also a reminder just how much courage and dedication it took to dive a F1 car when a shunt like Bandini's could have such awfull results. I am reminded of this incident and dozens of others like it when fans today attempt to compare drivers from different eras. I doubt that many of the records being set today with such relative ease could have been accomplished in previous eras, a fact I am sure Michael is aware of because of several of his comments on this subject in recent years.
