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Thread: Drivers Final Races
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9th June 2015, 20:20 #21
Not atrocious luck really. At Monaco he couldn't handle the pressure of being chased down by Rindt - a sign he'd become diminished. He knew how good Rindt was having been his boss the previous year. Then at Brands he mis-calculated the fuel load in a bid to be ultra light, running out on the last lap for Jochen to pass him again - same engine with a very predictable consumption!
Take nothing away though he was the guy who handled the intro of 3l F1 far and away better than anyone else - on a shoestring.Kris Meeke got fired -PSG so terrified they quit!
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9th June 2015, 21:37 #22
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I considered the Monaco debacle and Jack did fess up to making a rare mistake on his braking point and credited Rindt with a superb drive. However, the marshals made a total mess of clearing the back markers and allowing the 2 leaders to race the final few laps. On one lap Jack had to take to the footpaths to pass someone weaving side to side; 5 seconds lost on his lap times in one lap alone is mentioned in his autobiography. My opinion is that Jack had just enough advantage in hand to see the win, given proper attention to the blue flags by cars being lapped.
As for the British GP, I thought the fuel problem was simply a pickup problem of the last dregs which happened in those days. According to Jack in When The Flag Drops, the tanks were topped up on the grid and there should have been about 2 gallons remaining.
"one of those things we shall never find out" Hence bad luck IMO.Last edited by D28; 9th June 2015 at 22:16.
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10th June 2015, 04:35 #23
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Considering Tyrell's 1-2 the year before at the same circuit, Jackie Stewart probably would have won the 1973 United States Grand Prix at Watkins Glen, except for terrible circumstances. He'd already intended to retire after the race anyway.
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