Formula One

[jodieohdoh]

He came across like the 007 of F1 didn't he

[Doorstop]

He did rather .. the quote in the last thirty seconds of the show while he was in the hospital bed was absolutely priceless.

[davadvice]

I thought the documentry last night was very good. I love they type of programs. There is one on Jackie S(it was on ESPN Classic last year) and it is excelent it is close in terms to his Biogrphy and is excelent viewing.


looks like we are going to have to wait a while longer to wathc the opening race of the season thanks to the new Oil crissis.

[Doorstop]

I've heard the wailing and gnashing of teeth on a couple of other forums I frequent.

[jodieohdoh]

I thought the documentry last night was very good. I love they type of programs. There is one on Jackie S(it was on ESPN Classic last year) and it is excelent it is close in terms to his Biogrphy and is excelent viewing.


looks like we are going to have to wait a while longer to wathc the opening race of the season thanks to the new Oil crissis.

My favourite was the BBC blogger who claimed "Bahrain needs F1 more than F1 needs Bahrain". There's nowt like getting to the crux of a political crisis, eh?

[aland]

F1 today is boring, go and watch real racing

loved the documentary about Graham Hill, he was from the days that sex was safe and motorsport dangerous

[Doorstop]

he was from the days that sex was safe and motorsport dangerous

Post of the week.

[BrigitDoon]

You never feel so alive as when you're cheating death and that's what those older racers were like. They knew how to live.

I used to have Prof Sid Watkins's book "Life at the Limit". He was the F1 doctor who oversaw development of medical facilities through the seventies, eighties and nineties. He's quite a character himself and the book is full of exploits of drivers away from the circuit. Worth a read for his appraisal of Gilles Villeneuve alone.

[aland]

yep read Sid's book

fact is that for drivers up to the death of Ayrton Senna motorsport was still incredibly dangerous so the attitude was sod it, drink, smoke and shag i might not be here come monday. Drivers were killed every weekend now if a driver is killed in club racing it is headline news. for us marshals the danger is still there as the drivers have cages round them we have steel toecapped boots, thankfully deaths and injuries are rare but it is still a risk, part of the buzz i guess

still think it was a good quote though

[jodieohdoh]

Is that why Kubica went rallying in the off-season I wonder, more thrills in rally than F1?

[BrigitDoon]

Just look at the on-board camera footage.

Read too, of the Mille Miglia, Italy's 1000 mile race of yore, and the Targa Florio where the local bandits used to take pot-shots at the drivers...

[The Egg Man]

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Read too, of the Mille Miglia, Italy's 1000 mile race of yore, and the Targa Florio where the local bandits used to take pot-shots at the drivers...

Is that why F1 is holding out against a Glasgow Grand Prix?

[aland]

Is that why Kubica went rallying in the off-season I wonder, more thrills in rally than F1?

yep, although rally cars are incredibly strong and are fitted with GPS trackers they are no match for a bloody great tree in the forests, the rally guys are just nutjobs they see doing over 100mph on a narrow icy gravel track as fun, sod that if I crash I want a lovely soft gravel trap and tyrewall to stop me

[jodieohdoh]

Alan,

The other half was watching rally footage on ESPN at the weekend, I cannot BELIEVE how they chuck those cars around in snow & ice, it's death-defying stuff. And then he goes "I'm thinking about having a go at navigating, what do you think??"

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[The Egg Man]

Alan,

The other half was watching rally footage on ESPN at the weekend, I cannot BELIEVE how they chuck those cars around in snow & ice, it's death-defying stuff. And then he goes "I'm thinking about having a go at navigating, what do you think??"

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I think it's time to up his life insurance