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22 Oct 2015

Five Good Men and True

On the eve of this year’s US Grand Prix in Austin, I thought it might be nice to have a look at some video cameos of the five American drivers who have to date won World Championship Grand Prix races (or a race). Thanks to Pathe and AP Movietone, I’ve put together a YouTube playlist of video content that to date has had very little airing; and, wherever possible, I’ve tried to steer clear of the obvious. Phil Hill, for example, is encapsulated by a charming (and I think very funny) video-documentary shot around his first GP win (at Monza, 1960). It features such advanced techniques as “sound recordings”; Phil reading a script, post-race; and the transfer of images, from Monza to Fleet Street, via “photo-electric cell”. Watch for the dispatch rider delivering said photos to the studios at Teddington – today’s home of F1 Racing, Autosport and Motor Sport News… For Mario Andretti, I’ve chosen some nice colour footage of the Lotus Cavalcade staged in Norwich in late 1978.

Where possible, I’ve left the original audio. The silent videos have been re-voiced.

So here they are (in the order in which they won their first race): Phil Hill, Dan Gurney, Richie Ginther, Peter Revson and Mario Andretti

Posted in Days Past, F1 and tagged Brabham, Dunlop, Ferrari, Gurney, Hill, Honda, Lotus, Lotus GP, Monza, Phil Hill, US GP

31 Aug 2015

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Monza Magic…well, almost

The Italian Grand Prix at Monza is upon us. Enjoy it, for there may not be a million more, given the state of the F1 economy right now. As AJ Foyt memorably said to Nigel Roebuck recently, “Is that Monza place still going?”

I hope it survives; I love circuits that touch the past. We need them – just as we need the past in order to create the future.

That subject, though, is for another day. It’s time to celebrate Monza, 2015, and to start us on the path, courtesy of Movietone News, we’ve put together a collection of Monza Moments – well, almost Monza moments, because I couldn’t resist a bit of Tazio Nuvolari in Tunis or that amazing Ferrari dead-heat at Syracuse in 1967. Finally, the spirit of Monza is I think encapsulated by the enthusiasm of the starter in the last video (1968 1000km). By the time the back of the grid reaches him they’re travelling at well over 100mph… Avanti!

Posted in Circuits, Days Past, F1 and tagged Emerson Fittipaldi, F1, Ferrari, Formula One, Graham Hill, Hill, Lotus, Monza, Nuvolari, Surtees

22 Nov 2011

Springfield’s 50th

I’ve been to a fair few Springfield annual presentation evenings but you never get used to the atmosphere there: young kids who might otherwise be on the streets are pursuing their dreams, be they in sport, IT or some particular skill. F1 has supported the Springfield Club since 1961, when Graham Hill decided to do what he could to help – and then persuaded his peers to do likewise. Last night, Nov 21, the Club’s President (Sir Jackie Stewart), its Chairman (Paul Stewart) and some very special guests (Damon Hill, Bette Hill) paid tribute not only to some of the great motor racing – and non-racing – people who have supported the Springfield Club over the year but also to the members – to the kids who make it what it is.