By then the 72 was throughly obsolete. A sad end to one of the great cars. But F1 cars don't last 6 years anymore!
I looked up the result. He finished in 10th, Not classified 10 laps down. The other no classified finisher was Tom Pryce, 7 laps down in a Shadow, I don't know what year/model. The last classified finisher was Wilson Fittipaldi 4 laps down in 8th. There were 10 non finishers, and two non starts. Grand Prix were endurance events back then as much as a flat out sprint.
1974 Belgian GP at Nivelles - Baulers Carlos Reutemann / Brabham BT44. Image Unavailable, Please Login
How times have changed! Pre-telemetry 1970s Grand Prix data-capture - with the help of a 60 minute BASF Chromdioxid SM cassette Image Unavailable, Please Login
Norbert Haug , Renault RE30 test Paul Ricard 1981. At this time he was a journalist for German "Auto,Motor und Sport" Image Unavailable, Please Login
1971 Italian G.P. at Monza Fittipaldi and the Lotus 56B Pratt & Whitney, gas turbine powered car. Finished 8th., being the only time that the car finished a race out of seven starts. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Image Unavailable, Please Login Maurice Trintignant, 2-time MonacoGP winner, who died on this day 20 years ago. Pic (by Bernard Cahier): driving his Cooper T51 on a Moreno Valley freeway en route to the ’60 USGP at Riverside, in which he raced it to 15th. They did that sort of thing in those days. Image Unavailable, Please Login Maurice Trintignant, the last person to race a Bugatti in a Grand Prix, passed away at the age of 87. He drove a Bugatti Type 251 in the 1956 French Grand Prix, becoming the last driver to represent the famed marque at a Grand Prix race. A notable racer in the 1930s, his peak years were interrupted by World War II. Nevertheless, he achieved remarkable success, including two victories at the 1955 and 1958 Monaco Grand Prix. He ended his F1 career with 10 Podiums, having driven for major teams such as Ferrari, Gordini and Vanwall. Trintignant later competed in the 2000 Historic Grand Prix of Monaco, reunited with the Cooper T45 he had driven to victory in 1958. He is also known for winning the 1954 24 Hours of Le Mans with Jose Froilan Gonzalez in a Ferrari 375 Plus. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Terrific photo Trevor. This was the year after Rindt's fatal accident, was the 56B an official Lotus entry? I believe that Colin Chapman did not attend the race.
Once again @375+ your F1 knowledge far surpasses that of mine. I can confirm however that it was an official Lotus entry but don't know whether or not Chapman attended.
1980 San Marino Grand Prix at Imola. Villeneuve secured pole and led initially but faced challenges due to tire strategy on a damp track. Image Unavailable, Please Login
It was a skeleton crew of Team Lotus mechanics for the 56, but the car was officially entered under the "World Wide Racing" banner (and would not have scored constructor points for Lotus if Emmo had finished were in the points.) Chapman was not there as there was a legitimate concern he might be detained or arrested.
It should be remembered that the popular "Pétoulet" (Trintignant's nickname) carried alone the flag for France in F1 for over a decade.
He means your description that Villeneuve "secured pole and led initially but faced challenges due to tire strategy on a damp track" describes the '81 race, whereas the crash picture/vid are from the 1980 race (where he crashed out after starting down in 8th.) This was also technically the the 1980 Italian GP (since Monza was off the calendar that year.)
