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30th March 2011, 09:50 #31
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30th March 2011, 22:46 #32
Just watched this on iplayer and found it far more moving than I was expecting. That last segment actually brought tears to my eyes, something that I can't remember happening to me since I was a kid.
Life seemed so cheap, almost worthless. It also rammed home the importance of Jackie Stewart. I've always known that he's done a lot for safety, right up to modern day, but I did t realise what a lone voice he was.You're so beige, you probably think this signature is about someone else.
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30th March 2011, 22:56 #33
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Originally Posted by barryfullalove
As for Stewart, remember that this is the man described by Max Mosley as a 'certified halfwit'. Jackie Stewart was the man who did more than any other individual to make motor racing a less perilous activity. Max Mosley was once arrested for threatening behaviour while supporting his father at a fascist rally in the 1960s.
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31st March 2011, 11:24 #34
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I finally got around to watching this last night and thought it did well to put across the dangers that existed, and the efforts of those, particularly Sir Jackie, to do something about reducing those dangers. It didn't highlight anything new for me, but it should be essential viewing for those who have come to the sport within the last 20yrs.
It is extraordinary to see what was deemed "acceptable", but these were different times. We only have the levels of safety now, not because the sport simply could not continue as it was but because someone stood up and did something about it in the face of considerable opposition.
It was bad enough to get a sense of the anger that is still there over the loss of Jim Clark; how senseless it was. But perhaps most heartbreaking of all was to see David Purley's efforts to save Roger Williamson at Zandvoort, particularly as the circuit had been rebuilt and the latest safety features added. It was thought to be "safe".Riccardo Patrese - 256GPs 1977-1993
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31st March 2011, 11:48 #35
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31st March 2011, 12:05 #36
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Oh god yes the Nina Rindt section....when she says "his trophy is over there..." and pointing across the lounge, very moving. The quality and depth of the interviewees definitely made the programme.
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31st March 2011, 12:17 #37
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31st March 2011, 12:57 #38
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Originally Posted by ArrowsFA1
It was bad enough to get a sense of the anger that is still there over the loss of Jim Clark; how senseless it was. But perhaps most heartbreaking of all was to see David Purley's efforts to save Roger Williamson at Zandvoort, particularly as the circuit had been rebuilt and the latest safety features added. It was thought to be "safe".
My one criticism of the programme is that it seemed to end rather abruptly on the note that finally a season passed without a fatality. It failed to address the improvements in safety which took place over the following years, but I guess that fell outside its remit. That's a minor gripe with what was in every other respect a fascinating hour of television.Useful F1 Twitter thingy: http://goo.gl/6PO1u
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31st March 2011, 13:08 #39
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Originally Posted by D-Type
Had no luck with youtube either.
Dam!!!!
What is interesting for me, is that the discovery channel [not speed] in the usa often shows a number of such events and programs, usually from the BBC and I hope they will pick this one up as well.
Isle of mann races in HD from the BBC, were STUNNING LAST year!!!
Speed (formerly speedvision) when it was Speedvision in its early days showed about every form of racing there was, with many a repeat. Even amatuer sports car racing from the SCCA and AMA races, all very regularly shown. Great channel it was, but now it shows (1) f1 race and qing(usually only once); (2) Motogp and some support races and (3) world superbikes and much nascar, but the reality mechanic shows, tow truck family, pink slips, alaska trucking reality show, bareit auction now dominate even over nascar.......oh well
anyway my comments below are based on my own experiences during the sixties.......Only the dead know the end of war. Plato:beer:
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31st March 2011, 13:10 #40
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In 1976 A season finally passed without a death at the track
Even if we ignore testing accidents there were to be deaths in 1977, 1978, 1982 and 1994.
It's now 17 years since that fateful weekend in May 1994, can we now say that the spectre of death in Grand Prix racing has finally been put behind us? I guess we can't ever be that complacent.Please 'like' our facebook page http://www.facebook.com/motorsportforums
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