Film of circuit like Rouen, Nurburgring, Bathurst or the old Austrian Ring rarely reveals just how steep the terrifying plunges are that form the challenge and terror of the great circuits in pre 1986 of lethal GP and F2 when cars had fragile body shells, manual transmission and were drifted rather than steered on the steering wheel. Even alongside the Nurburgring Foxhole or the terrifying descent through blind corners on the Austrian ring or Bathurst the most epic is the sequence of six fast downhill variable camber curves at Rouen all quick but requiring braking. It is the key to legend of Fangio and Collins and Musso in the flawed Ferrari 801 hellbound to oblivion or Rodriquez running in the rain down the Hill after Jarama, Spa and Holland proved that he was without doubt the best in the world, after Clark. Once he took the P133 of the line in front at Jarama and ran ahead of Amon in the gutless dark green black P133 there was never any doubt. In 1977 on the first lap at Rouen down the slope the leading group became entangled and Tambay terrifying flew across the lawn smashing the car in the fence and Arnoux was smashed out leaving Cheever to hold on from Pironi for the greatest win of the boy king Italian American one of the few acceptable 19 year old in the sports history in which teenagers were not appropriate in the earlier age of pre 1990s motor racing unless brilliant and fabulously wealthy and Cheever met the criterion in spades. At 19 he was nearer greatness than in his later long GP career after the terrible BMW total crash and half a year in hospital.
Almost the most interesting piece of motor racing historic footage on youtube and of immense significance. Although they only called it F2 by this time F2 was essentially for 2 litre V6 or 4 cylinder racing engines and you really needed much more than a FVA or FVC half cosworth at this time to be remotely competive you needed a Renault V6 or BMW and even the final 2 litre version of the classic Dino Ferrari V6 and well over 300hp and I would imagine your choice of tyres which means the cost is actually much greater than for a midfield F1 team and the quality of the young gods in the cars - my view is then and now that they are in fact the last real grand prix drivers on earth- there are more truly great drivers in this field in 1977 than in F1 of which at the time only Andretti and Reutemann are truly great drivers, Peterson almost, Scheckter could have been better than very good, Villenueve and Jarrier unbelievably quick but seriously flawed in relation to intellect and Alan Jones very hard and almost but didnt really race long enough at the top and it would be very interesting if Jones had run in this field F2. My own view if the F1 drivers had competed against these guys in 1977 at Rouen and Nurburgring, Jarrier and Ickx would have been in the top two rows, Reutemann and Andretti would have been in the midfield , Jones would have made the grip and Lauda and Hunt would not have even qualified. So even before they have started in F1 in my view this field is the last truly great grand prix drivers. e
Film of circuit like Rouen, Nurburgring, Bathurst or the old Austrian Ring rarely reveals just how steep the terrifying plunges are that form the challenge and terror of the great circuits in pre 1986 of lethal GP and F2 when cars had fragile body shells, manual transmission and were drifted rather than steered on the steering wheel. Even alongside the Nurburgring Foxhole or the terrifying descent through blind corners on the Austrian ring or Bathurst the most epic is the sequence of six fast downhill variable camber curves at Rouen all quick but requiring braking. It is the key to legend of Fangio and Collins and Musso in the flawed Ferrari 801 hellbound to oblivion or Rodriquez running in the rain down the Hill after Jarama, Spa and Holland proved that he was without doubt the best in the world, after Clark. Once he took the P133 of the line in front at Jarama and ran ahead of Amon in the gutless dark green black P133 there was never any doubt.
In 1977 on the first lap at Rouen down the slope the leading group became entangled and Tambay terrifying flew across the lawn smashing the car in the fence and Arnoux was smashed out leaving Cheever to hold on from Pironi for the greatest win of the boy king Italian American one of the few acceptable 19 year old in the sports history in which teenagers were not appropriate in the earlier age of pre 1990s motor racing unless brilliant and fabulously wealthy and Cheever met the criterion in spades. At 19 he was nearer greatness than in his later long GP career after the terrible BMW total crash and half a year in hospital.
Almost the most interesting piece of motor racing historic footage on youtube and of immense significance. Although they only called it F2 by this time F2 was essentially for 2 litre V6 or 4 cylinder racing engines and you really needed much more than a FVA or FVC half cosworth at this time to be remotely competive you needed a Renault V6 or BMW and even the final 2 litre version of the classic Dino Ferrari V6 and well over 300hp and I would imagine your choice of tyres which means the cost is actually much greater than for a midfield F1 team and the quality of the young gods in the cars - my view is then and now that they are in fact the last real grand prix drivers on earth- there are more truly great drivers in this field in 1977 than in F1 of which at the time only Andretti and Reutemann are truly great drivers, Peterson almost, Scheckter could have been better than very good, Villenueve and Jarrier unbelievably quick but seriously flawed in relation to intellect and Alan Jones very hard and almost but didnt really race long enough at the top and it would be very interesting if Jones had run in this field F2. My own view if the F1 drivers had competed against these guys in 1977 at Rouen and Nurburgring, Jarrier and Ickx would have been in the top two rows, Reutemann and Andretti would have been in the midfield , Jones would have made the grip and Lauda and Hunt would not have even qualified. So even before they have started in F1 in my view this field is the last truly great grand prix drivers.
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Good film but dreadful background music.
Amazing pictures and a fantastic historical record but please get rid of the death metal crap.
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