https://jalopnik.com/im-in-a-world-of-70mm-racing-footage-and-i-never-want-t-1825725913 This popped up in my newsfeed today. Some really cool footage of racing through Monaco in the 60’s. The quality of the video is incredible. Sure wish today’s cars still sounded like this. Enjoy! Link to go straight to the vid:
yep, the quality of the footage is epic. Saw that vid several days ago. The whole background of Monaco looks......more beautiful then.
This was posted several weeks ago, I enjoyed seeing it again. What is the camera car and isn't that Burl Ives narrating?
Some of my school chums and I watched the race while sitting on the edge of the stone wall right before the Station (now Hotel) hairpin. You could see into the cockpits and watch the drivers downshifting before the turn. Way cool!
yep, It's Mr. Silver and Gold himself. The camera car??? I'll go out on a limb.........1962 Jaguar XKE.......convertible.
Joe the hood(bonnet) doesn't look quite the same, no louvers on the hood or grill at the rear of the bulge; chrome strips along the fender(wing) peaks?
I looked for the louvers too at the 1:00min mark....I just guessed at it after the fact. The hood bulge down the centerline was my first reaction. Maybe it's a Mercedes??? and no, not a 300SL but a lesser model convertible???
How's this---> Mercedes Benz 190SL convertible. The film is from a German documentary. That's about as good as a guess I can get.
Very cool- thanks for sharing. I'm somewhat taken aback at how close course workers, photographers and spectators are to the track.
The video shows Phil Hill spinning at the Station hairpin, but I wonder if that is correct, since Hill and Bandini finished 2nd and 3rd, in Ferrari's best race of an otherwise lousy season. The other Ferrari, driven by Mairesse, was the best placed in qualifying but dropped out with engine trouble. The other two Americans in the race, Ginther (BRM) and Gurney (Porsche) were eliminated in a first-lap accident.
From reading a few accounts on line, it sounds like there was a lot of changing of positions, accidents, and drivers spinning on the damp circuit. Totally possible he made up the places and got to 2nd with other incidents, Graham Hill retiring, etc. This article mentions Phil Hill spinning out a few corners later than the hairpin on lap 12: http://f1.wikia.com/wiki/1962_Monaco_Grand_Prix
That writeup indicates that the spinning Ferrari at Station was probably Willy Mairesse later on the first lap, as it indicates that Hill's later spin was down by the waterfront. I believe that it was a result of the first corner chaos that the start line was subsequently moved to the straight after the Gasworks hairpin rather than before.
