Anyway, I digress. On the back of the video release of Lap of the Gods, Chris Nixon commented that he had seen a fleeting onboard clip of Senna in the Lotus 99T at Monaco on the BBC in 1987, and traced its origin to Alain Boisnard, owner of AFAVA. Alain commented that he had filmed hundreds of laps in the 70's and 80's for promotional material for ELF. And so on Lap of the Gods, there are about 30 of these laps covering 23 circuits, with drivers from Andretti to Warwick and many in between, from about 1976 to 1988. After a whiling a couple of hours away today on YouTube, where a few AFAVA clips other than the ones on Lap of the Gods appear, I've compiled a list by driver, car, year and circuit of all the onboard laps from AFAVA i know of, which appears below.
Can anybody add to this list? Im curious to know what other driver's machines Alain Boisnard mounted his cameras onto. Although the films were for ELF, some of the laps were aboard non-ELF sponsored cars, Niki Lauda's Brabham Alfa at Zolder and Alessandro Nannini's Minardi at Suzuka for example. I wonder if there are any laps aboard a turbo-era Ferrari out there? Or perhaps another lap aboard the Matra powered Ligier JS9 other than Jacque Laffite blasting around Monza.
Here's the list; corrections are welcome.
[FONT=courier new][SIZE=2] First Name Last Name Car Circuit Year Comments Jackie STEWART Tyrrell P34 Paul Ricard 1976 Cameras mounted on roll bar, nose cone and front wing (facing front suspension) Jody SCHECKTER Tyrrell P34 Paul Ricard 1976 From same filming session as the one with Jackie stewart at the wheel? Patrick DEPAILLER Tyrrell P34 Kyalami 1977 Patrick DEPAILLER Tyrrell P34 Monaco 1977 Cameras also mounted looking down at front left suspension, and on nose cone facing driver. Bodywork not removed. Patrick DEPAILLER Tyrrell P34 Monaco 1977 Camera mounted looking directly down on driver. Bodywork of car removed. ? ? Tyrrell 008 Osterreichring 1978 Camera mounted on nose cone. Driver unknown. Didier PIRONI Tyrrell 008 Hockenheim 1978 Didier PIRONI Tyrrell 008 Watkins Glen 1978 Jackie STEWART Tyrrell 008 Brands Hatch 1978 Niki LAUDA Brabham BT46 Zolder 1978 Patrick DEPAILLER Tyrrell 008 Kyalami 1978 Patrick DEPAILLER Tyrrell 008 Long Beach 1978 Patrick DEPAILLER Tyrrell 008 Montreal 1978 Wet track Patrick DEPAILLER Tyrrell 008 Rio De Janeiro 1978 Patrick DEPAILLER Tyrrell 008 Monaco 1978 Camera mounted looking directly down on driver. Bodywork of car removed. Also camera on nose cone. Jackie STEWART Tyrrell 008 Monaco 1978 Patrick TAMBAY McLaren M26 Zandvoort 1978 Jacques LAFFITE Ligier JS9 Monza 1978 Mario ANDRETTI Lotus 78 Anderstorp 1978 Jean-Pierre JABOUILLE Renault RS10 Silverstone 1979 Patrick DEPAILLER Ligier JS11 Monaco 1979 Very short clip from AFAVA tribute programme to Patrick, camera mounted on nose facing driver, also camera facing forward. Jean-Pierre JABOUILLE Renault RS01 Buenos Aires 1979 Alain PROST Renault RE30 Monaco 1981 Jacques LAFFITE Ligier JS19 ? 1981 On 'Start to Finish' 1981 F1 review video Rene ARNOUX Renault RE30B Montreal 1982 Eddie CHEEVER Renault RE40 Detroit 1983 Wet track Eddie CHEEVER Renault RE40 Monza 1983 Eddie CHEEVER Renault RE40 Osterreichring 1983 Eddie CHEEVER Renault RE40 Paul Ricard 1983 Patrick TAMBAY Renault RE60B Osterreichring 1985 Camera mounted on nose cone. Alain PROST Renault RE40 Kyalami 1983 Alain PROST Renault RE40 Zandvoort 1983 Nigel MANSELL Lotus 95T Brands Hatch 1984 Patrick TAMBAY Renault RE40 Dallas 1984 Derek WARWICK Renault RE40 Montreal 1984 Ayrton SENNA Lotus 97T Brands Hatch 1985 Short clip (43 seconds) with no sound on YouTube Ayrton SENNA Lotus 97T Monaco 1985 Derek WARWICK Renault RE60 Imola 1985 Patrick TAMBAY Renault RE60B Adelaide 1985 Patrick TAMBAY Renault RE60B Estoril 1985 Patrick TAMBAY Renault RE60B Spa - Francorchamps 1985 3 laps with camera on roll bar, 1 lap with camera on nose cone Phillippe STREIFF Tyrrell 015 Hungaroring 1986 Phillippe STREIFF Tyrrell 015 Mexico City 1986 Phillippe STREIFF Tyrrell 015 Montreal 1986 Alessandro NANNINI Minardi M187 Suzuka 1987 Ayrton SENNA Lotus 99T Monaco 1987 BBC 'Grand Prix' report about active suspension, 1987 Nelson PIQUET Lotus 100T Detroit 1988 Satoru NAKAJIMA Lotus 100T Suzuka 1988 [/SIZE][/FONT]
