I watched it yesterday. It seems like drivers was a disposable as tires back then. I had heard that about Enzo before. I could not believe thet the drivers had to pay for the medical staff!!
I saw it, too. Great show! I can't imagine going into these races knowing you had a very good shot at dying. Worth watching more than once.
Watched it Sunday night , WOW ! I watch F1 religiously , never realized the grizzly earlier years , thats when men were men . Have to watch it again .
18 year olds going to war had better chances of surviving than some of these guys but without the fame or money....
Thanks, Vanwalls, 250F Maseratis, the cars I had as Dinky toys as a kid, and get to see in Vintage races now. Great cars and hero drivers, hope to find the show and watch it.
Actually, they died as often pre WW2 as after. My favorite period is the 30's thru the late 50's with the front engined cars. Tazio Nuvolari and Juan Manual Fangio did some crazy amazing driving. The road races Mille Miglia etc. were as dangerous as F1.
I watched it. Wow, and I always thought guys that drove the fuel FEDs in the 60's were nuts, they were sane compared to the F-1 guys.
All of those risks were acceptable, it was always gonna happen to the "other" guy...not me. Incredible skill and bravery, love that era of F-1...
Great do***entary, the old F1 guys had balls like gratefruit, my Dad took me to F1 races at Watkins Glen during the 50's and though the mid 60's, I continued to attend after my military duty in the 70's and was at the last one in 79 when Mario was the champ in that beautiful black and gold John Player Lotus. Boy! I sure miss thoes days.
I watched it, almost started a thread myself - what a fantastic show. Enzo calling the gr***-roots builders 'garagistas' was funny - especially when their relatively low-budget cars won champiuonships in the early sixties. I think they said 1974 was the first year in Grand Prix racing without a driver death... Sir Jackie Stewart was instrumental in getting even the most rudimentary level of safety.
The way the drivers were treated (really mistreated) was shocking to me. I don't understand how you can have a world cl*** talent and not care if he lives or dies. It's not like the next guy is necessarily going to be as good. Can you imagine having Jackie Stewart or Jochen Rindt in your stable and not caring that they had safe equipment? Collin Chapman, I'm lookin' at you.
1967 was the last year that F1 didn't allow major sponsor paint, The graffics were limited by the rules and so was the body color. Color was by country of origin: Britain Dark green, Italy Red, USA white/blue, Germany silver, France blue etc. also the wings didn't happen till a year or 2 later. Pre 1967 is my favorite era. Ago
Yes great show. I saw something similar to it years ago on speedvision, before they ****ed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
nothing can duplicate the time of those early years of racing... nothing....talk about having balls...
Why not post this where it belongs on Ryans sister site www.dogfightmag.com ? Lots of cool roadracing already posted there.
A very interesting and informative progam, actually quite sad. Death was accepted as part of the sport for many years
X3!!! I posted a rant about "SpeedTV" a couple of years ago and got flamed. This is the point I tried to make;that "Speedvision" covered the glory days,regardless of the motorsports discipline. Stuff that the majority of us grew up with,were exposed to and participated in. Unlike "Speed" which feels repeated episodes of "Pimp My Ride" are relevant. I don't get "Velocity" around here;I'll have to look for the DVD of that. To me,the period from 1961-68 were the finest of the GP years. Great innovation and creativity,simple liveries,and br***-balled pilots.
You can watch it online here: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xmlzni_grand-prix-the-killer-years_auto
pretty gnarly, if you had a mechanical failure going 180 mph thru the forest you were 99% likely to croak...... like i said... pretty gnarly
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