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    Re: Life risk in early motor racing

    As I said, talking about chances of survival is a bit meaningless unless you specify a time frame. I counted all drivers who got killed directly because of an accident in any kind of racing car,...
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    Re: Life risk in early motor racing

    I did some counting on the years 1957-1961.
    -During those years 116 drivers started in F1 races, not including Indy 500, including non-finishers. Of these 24 lost their lives in racing related...
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    Re: Life risk in early motor racing

    Yes. The exact quote is: "Between 1957 and 1961 twenty Grand Prix drivers died. Many more suffered terrible injuries. By some estimates, drivers had a 33 percent rate of surviving"
    If you give a...
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    Life risk in early motor racing

    Once again, from the preface to the Hill-Von Trips book "The Limit", I read the claim that in those days a racing driver had a 33% survival rate. A few years ago I did some counting on the chances of...
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    Georges Boillot, French Grand Prix, 4th of July...

    Georges Boillot, French Grand Prix, 4th of July 1914: in a Peugeot he made reputedly his best drive ever, trying to fight the superior Mercedes team. Lead for 15 laps, the car finally broke down on...
  6. Time for the classics! Lion Peugeot 1910...

    Time for the classics! Lion Peugeot 1910 [attachment=1:3ryaygo2]4399225.jpg[/attachment:3ryaygo2]
  7. Time for the classics! Lion Peugeot 1910...

    Time for the classics! Lion Peugeot 1910 [attachment=1:30y8whkh]4399225.jpg[/attachment:30y8whkh]
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    Putting aside the number of victories & other...

    Putting aside the number of victories & other merits, and concentrating on sheer driving skill, some names from 1950s-70s come to mind. I don't know other eras that well. I would consider the best...
  9. The Laurence Pomeroy "Grand Prix Car" vols 1&2...

    The Laurence Pomeroy "Grand Prix Car" vols 1&2 are good but a bit expensive. The sequel "The Grand Prix Car 1954 to 1966" by L.J.K.Setright is much easier to find, cheaper, and just as good.
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    Sorry, I haven't participated that much in...

    Sorry, I haven't participated that much in Wikipedia. I am not yet familiar with the correct titles for people involved in the Wiki project. You were so active, somehow i mistook you for some kind of...
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    According to Nye and Rudd BRM P578 is the...

    According to Nye and Rudd BRM P578 is the original factory designation for the "official" V8 cars, but I suppose it wasn't used in the racing press or programs of the time. I didn't know that P48/57...
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    BRM P57, correct namings

    In the Wikipedia "WikiProject Formula One" I have been discussing proper designations for the Climax and P56 V8 powered BRM P57 cars. At the moment there is a Wiki page for the Climax car as "BRM...
  13. Yes that exactly! I am mostly interested in the...

    Yes that exactly! I am mostly interested in the body shape for slot car modelling etc. There are mentions, but surprisingly no drawings in the Ludvigsen book or volume 1 of Doug Nye's BRM saga.
  14. British Union, the 1938 Pomeroy racing car proposal

    For several reasons I am very interested in the Pomeroy "British Union" racer proposal which was published in the Motor magazine in November-December 1938. I have already ordered the magazine issue...
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