My first GP was in '74 at Watkins Glen; sadly the year Helmut Koiniig was killed. I was 13 and needless to say the notion of death relative to a sporting event had never really gelled for me until that day. I was in awe of the machines and the drivers, guys (and gals, e.g. Lella Lombardi) willing to risk their lives in a car. It was an alien concept for me as well as most kids growing up watching baseball and football back then. I was hopelessly hooked on motor racing that day...
1964 or 1965; making me about 15. Road & Track and Sports Car Graphic the main sources, along with once in a while Wide World of Sports would cover a race on Sunday TV.
...4 or 5 years old, my dad loved Lauda and Ferrari. ...I was watching when Lauda cought up in flames...and when Senna smashed the wall...
I started at the very beginning of the Schumacher era. The first full season that I watched was his first season with Ferrari. Since that was 96, I was 15.
