You've been holding out on us Andreas, these are terrific shots. And it did have a tobacco shop at one time.
Thanks Ron. This was my last hurray: Military service, college and my first real job got in the way and I took a hiatus from F1 for a decade.
Hey, I go away and you all let this slip into oblivion? Think not. Hey Brian, found your F2 car.....1982 March/BMW Image Unavailable, Please Login
Andreas, quite the event to bow out on; only one of the most controversial races in F1 history...... Highlights of the race--- - 45 minute rain delay to no avail, rain teeming down throughout the race. - #28 Arnoux(Q3) in the Ferrari creates a first lap tangle at Ste. Devote, taking out both Renaults of #16 Warwick(Q5) and #15 Tambay (Q6). Tambay suffers a broken leg from the incident. - (Q2)Mansell #12 (Lotus) leads his first race in F1 when he overtakes polesitter Prost #7 Mclaren on lap 11, only to crash a handful of laps later, leaving Prost and team mate (Q8)Niki Lauda #8, running 1-2. - Relative unknown (Q13)Senna da Silva #19, racing on Michelins for the first time in the agile but unreliable Toleman Hart, surprises all with his pace. He climbs to third, then inherits second when Lauda spins out on lap 23. - If Senna is surprising, Stefan Bellof #4 (Tyrrell DFY) is a revelation. Bellof, who qualified 20th and last in the only naturally aspirated car to make the grid, utilizes the smoother power delivery of the Cosworth to its best advantage and squeezes the nimble 012 inside Arnoux on lap 27 as he approaches the turn leading into the Mirabeau hairpin to claim third. -Prost's 30 second lead is shaved by Senna to the tune of 4+ seconds per and amazingly, Bellof reels in Senna at almost the same rate; 3+ seconds per lap. Prost protests course conditions to officials (notably to race director and close friend, Jacky Ickx) lap after lap, even though by most accounts weather remained static. Ickx makes his assessment and the GP is red flagged on lap 31 with Senna a scant 7 seconds behind Prost at the chequers and Bellof only 14 seconds adrift of the Toleman. Aftermath - Due to the race distance, only half points are awarded to the top 6. For Prost, his petitioning to have the race halted may have cost him a WDC, as Lauda wins the championship by .5 points, 72 to 71.5. - Bellof's incredible drive became history in the making but was quite literally a pointless effort. Due to lead shot found in Brundle's Tyrrell 'water injection' ballast tanks at the US Detroit GP, (in tandem with Ken Tyrrell's 'fly in the ointment' status with FISA), Tyrrell were purged of all earned points in 1984. - Bellof continued to impress and became Sportscar World Champion in 1984, however this was to be his last Monaco GP as he failed to qualify his dated 012B in 1985. Andreas, nice assembling your fantastic shots in the entrants' numerical order.
Gets my vote. I remember going to the Geneva Automobile Salon and at the Beemer stand they had this car mounted to the wall lifting off like a rocket. Quite fitting, they did call them the "pencil rockets" at the time.
It's a beautiful photo of a great-looking car. Personally, I preferred the pre-1983 chassis with full sidepods.
I always preferred this one myself. Just loved the colors and it's pointy-ness, lol Image Unavailable, Please Login
A favorite of mine as well. Although it did seem that they designed the HOT WHEELS version before the actual car
Wow what a fantastic thread! A real gem of the entire site. Noob here. Great pics guys! Some of these pics really brought back a ton of memories going to the Detroit Grand Prix with my Dad. We never went to the actual race but the practice and qualifying were amazing to experience. I recall the first time arriving at the track. The SOUND!!! I was around 10 and the sound was absolutely intimidating. I remember walking over a bridge that took you over the track....I think it was the straight that went along Jefferson Avenue. The bridge was closer to the end of the straight so when cars passed buy they were practically at full speed as it was before the breaking point. I remember the feeling of vertigo as the car went past. The sound / speed of the car was amazing. I actually crouched down and grabbed the chain link fence as I felt I was going to get sucked off the little bridge as the car passed. It was Amazing! I think at that moment I fell in love with F1 and open wheel racing in general. F1 was so different back then. Those pics of the pits in Detroit really brought back the memories. The fact that you could walk around, look and watch the mechanics at work. Doing that with the amazing sound of those motors going by was fantastic!!! I recall some of the cars were actually propped up on milk crates! Times certainly have changed. Only GP that I have ever attended was the Mexican GP in 1990. I have some great shots. Will post as soon as I can.
Not because it was a Ferrari, I just always liked this car, my favorite F1 car so far: Image Unavailable, Please Login
Any pics of the cars with the body work off? I always loved the pic of Lauda sitting in the Ferrari with the body work off and you could just see how exposed they really were if they were in a wreck. Even some of the early carbon-fiber tubs dipped down around the drivers torso. But at the time that was the cutting edge. Ignorance is indeed bliss.
Judging from the things in background, it's in the UK sometime in the early 70s? Maybe at Blackbush or Santa Pod drags. Wild ride! They race everything, just like here.....yes they are real Rolls Image Unavailable, Please Login
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1974 British GP #23 Tim Schenken/Trojan T103 #35 Mike Wilds/March 731 #43 Leo Kinnunen/Surtees TS16 #42 David Purley/Token RJ02
Schenks was working at the Chequered Flag late 60s when I washed cars there after school. First time I met Roger Daltrey of the Who.
