Old School F1

[Get That 88 Up There !!]

I thought there deserved to be a thread for this, Older F1 in some ways is better than F1 now.
To Start a very cool piece of video

 

[FLRacingFan]

1973 drivers' meeting:

 

[DUN24]

The best part of the 80's was the Motorsports.


....of course that's not saying much.

 

[CamelPowered]

The best part of the 80's was the Motorsports.


....of course that's not saying much.

80's racing was great, but the 80's also had some of the best music.

 

[shark77]

It would be cool if ESPN Classic put some old F1 races on.

 

[Kyle18fan]

It would be cool if ESPN Classic put some old F1 races on.

A wonderful idea, some stuff with Senna would be appreciated

 

[DUN24]

80's racing was great, but the 80's also had some of the best music.

True!

 

[DUN24]

The Brabham BT46B.

The fan was for "cooling" but really it was there to create downforce. Won the 1978 Swedish GP with Niki Lauda and never raced again.

 

[Zerkfitting]

The Brabham BT46B.
The fan was for "cooling" but really it was there to create downforce. Won the 1978 Swedish GP with Niki Lauda and never raced again.

It looks like CanAm Chaparrel tech (model J2 from 1970)

 

[Get That 88 Up There !!]

Car of it's kind probably never to be seen again, the 6 wheeler

 

[Greg]

Mark Donahue 1971 Canadian GP

 

[Dwayne]

Exceptional documentary.

 

[CamelPowered]

True!

I was thinking more along the lines of Stevie Ray Vaughan and the golden age of metal (Metallica, Megadeth, Yngwie, etc.).

 

[CamelPowered]

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Car of it's kind probably never to be seen again, the 6 wheeler

On-board the six wheeler at Monte Carlo:

 

[Dwayne]

True!

Blech.

 

[Greg]

Interesting letter from Jochen Rindt written to Colin Chapman in 1969, expressing concerns over the light weight parts.

The following year Rindt was the 1970 F1 champion, but also dead. Killed in September in a Chapman car.

 

[Get That 88 Up There !!]

The old Hockenheimring

 

[be9ak7ts16]

True!

You just lost 100 man points for that.

 

[FLRacingFan]

What a crowd:

 

[Get That 88 Up There !!]

A grand prix sure won't end like this one again

 

[Turn5ive]

I loved F1 in the 1000 horsepower era but I felt like it got really watered down really fast as soon as the 2000s hit.

I can't believe there's not a single motorsport that allows manufacturers and engine builders to do whatever they wanted to win.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Not necessarily "old" school, but a goodie nonetheless:

 

[Get That 88 Up There !!]

1976 Japanese Grand Prix

 

[DUN24]

It looks like CanAm Chaparrel tech (model J2 from 1970)

Fugly racecar!

 

[FLRacingFan]

Rene Arnoux vs. Gilles Villenueve towards the end of the vid:

 

[FLRacingFan]

 

[Get That 88 Up There !!]

And the Man that crossed the finish line first was DQ

 

[FLRacingFan]