Posted: 8/14/2008 6:31:56 AM EDT
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These guys had them. A clip from the 1966 movie Grand Prix. This clip, like all of the racing scenes from the movie, was filmed in real time in real F2 races. Best of all, this was filmed in one of the last years that the race at Spa ran the full original track, including the Masta Kink (where the cars bend between 2 farmhouses at 190MPH). This clip is what F1 racing should be, rather than the dull parade it is today. Check out that gear linkage on the Ferrari. Good stuff! 
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Back then the drivers had to have them. Between 1954 and 1969 12 drivers were killed during racing or qualifying, in the 1970s 8 died, there were 4 in the 80s and 2 in the nineties both at the same event no less. Drivers who have been killed during sanctioned Formula One events are: July 31, 1954 - Onofre Marimon - German GP July 6, 1958 - Luigi Musso - French GP Aug 3, 1958 - Peter Collins - German GP Oct 25, 1958 - Stuart Lewis-Evans - Moroccan GP June 19, 1960 - Chris Bristow & Alan Stacey - Belgian GP Sep 10, 1961 - Wolfgang Von Trips - Italian GP August 2 1964 - Carel Godin de Beaufort - German GP August 7, 1966 - John Taylor - German GP May 10, 1967 - Lorenzo Bandini - Monaco GP July 7, 1968 - Jo Schlesser - French GP August 2, 1969 - Gerhard Mitter - German GP June 21, 1970 - Piers Courage - Dutch GP Sep 5, 1970 - Jochen Rindt - Italian GP July 29, 1973 - Roger Williamson - Dutch GP Oct 6, 1973 - Francois Cevert - U.S. GP Oct 6, 1974 - Helmuth Koinigg - U.S. GP Aug 19, 1975 - Mark Donahue - Austrian GP March 5, 1977 - Tom Pryce - South African GP Sep 11, 1978 - Ronnie Peterson - Italian GP May 8, 1982 - Gilles Villeneuve - Belgian GP June 13, 1982 - Ricardo Paletti - Canadian GP April 30, 1994 - Roland Ratzenberger - San Marino GP May 1, 1994 - Ayrton Senna - San Marino GP I didn't realize there was another Formula One fan in the forum. There are a few of us. Le Mans is another epic racing movie. |
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Cars are for girls. Only one race takes balls..................Isle of Man TT |
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This is a segment from a great DVD Too Fast to Race that covers the rise and the demise of the Group B rally cars. |