Absolutely great thread! Thanks for sharing!
Detroit in the late '80s still had a pit walk on Saturday. In the direction I was walking, the cars were all on the left, the seawall on the right. Naturally, like everyone else, I was only looking left. When I came up to the Ligier pits, I happened to glance to the right, and there was Rene Arnoux sitting on the seawall, with absolutely no one noticing him! So I engaged him in conversation for a few minutes. He was very cordial - in fact I think he was glad that someone had noticed him! - and his English was quite passable. I noted that I had seen him win the Canadian GP for Ferrari back in 1983.
1924 - Tazio Nuvolari with Enzo Ferrari. Image Unavailable, Please Login A few Champs... Image Unavailable, Please Login
More Watkins Glen 1976. Jacques Laffite in the glorious Ligier Matra V12; Schecter again in the Tyrell P34 6 wheeler; Niki Lauda driving to a courageous 3rd place a mere 2 months after his near fatal Nurburgring accident; smoke from Jacky Ickx's crash and fire in the Ensign, the car broke into two upon contact with the armco. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Watkins Glen 1977. J-P Jabouille in the Renault Turbo; Niki Lauda in what was to be his last race for Ferrari. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Watkins Glen 1980. Giacomelli in the Alfa; Pironi in the Ligier; Gilles. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Sideways all the way for Gilles Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
When f.1s take off!! Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login ] Image Unavailable, Please Login
I think it's Andrea de Cesaris, aka Andrea de Crasharis, in the Alfa Romeo F1, not Giacomelli, the latter had always red-orange coloured helmets. Andrea used white helmets with the Italian tricolore on it.
The prince of destruction "as he was called by Enzo" Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
..keeps on wrecking nice ferraris Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login ...
Little Ferrari F1 monsters from the past... Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Maldonado would have like it..he could plow away the other cars in that thing!! Image Unavailable, Please Login
More ugly ducklings from Ferrari...some never raced, others did! Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login