Classic Motorsport Photos

[GTP_Nail]

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Practicesing on the simulator

your picture of the Mclaren is not the Spanish GP, it is in fact Watkins Glen,...you will note the famous American Race flagman/starter Tex Hopkins in his lavender suit standing under the flag bridge. That's what the Glen looked like before the Blue Armco and concrete grandstands went up in 69 or 70 and turned a nice quiet country track into a joke. Later those guard rails became the signature of the Glen...but when they went up EVERYBODY hated them. Robin's egg blue Armco...yuck!

 

[Litening1]

your picture of the Mclaren is not the Spanish GP, it is in fact Watkins Glen,...you will note the famous American Race flagman/starter Tex Hopkins in his lavender suit standing under the flag bridge. That's what the Glen looked like before the Blue Armco and concrete grandstands went up in 69 or 70 and turned a nice quiet country track into a joke. Later those guard rails became the signature of the Glen...but when they went up EVERYBODY hated them. Robin's egg blue Armco...yuck!

Wrong guy try this guy

Formula One Pit Stops

1950s

1953 Italian Grand Prix

Driver: Stirling Moss ENG
Car: Cooper T21 (2.5L Alta I4)
Finished: 13th

1960s

1968 Spanish Grand Prix

Driver: Bruce McLaren NZL
Car: McLaren M7A (3.0L Ford-Cosworth V8)
Finished: DNF (Oil Leak)

1970s

1978 US Grand Prix

Driver: Mario Andretti ITA
Car: Lotus 78 (3.0L Ford-Cosworth V8)
Finished: 2nd

1980s

1989 German Grand Prix

Driver: Ayrton Senna BRA
Car: McLaren MP4/5 (3.5L Honda V10)
Finished: 1st

Ron Dennis is the lollipop man

1990s (Pre-refuelling)

1993 Sanmarinese Grand Prix

Driver: Michael Schumacher GER
Car: Benetton B193 (3.5L Ford-Cosworth V8)
Finished: 2nd

1990s (Refuelling)

1994 German Grand Prix

Driver: Jos Verstappen NED
Car: Benetton B194 (3.5L Ford-Cosworth V8)
Finished: DNF (Fire)

1997 Hungarian Grand Prix

Driver: Damon Hill ENG
Car: Arrows A18 (3.0L Yamaha V10)
Finished: 2nd

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I broke the rules because I wanted to have pre- and post-refuelling.

 

[Liquid]

Barney Oldfield & Henry Ford, 1902

Car: Ford 999 (18.9L I4)

This is the first racing car Oldfield drove. He later went on to become the United States' first motor racing superstar.

 

[Liquid]

1981 Argentine Grand Prix

Driver: Gilles Villeneuve CAN
Car: Ferrari 126CK (1.5L turbocharged V6)
Finished: DNF (Transmission)

1982 Dutch Grand Prix

Driver: Didier Pironi FRA
Car: Ferrari 126C2 (1.5L turbocharged Ferrari V6)
Finished: 1st

 

[Turbo]

Not enough Nissan in here...

 

[UnkaD]

I had no idea there was a Group C version of this car until I saw this post and did a reverse image search. Thank you for that. Love how low-slung and wide it looks.

 

[Liquid]

1976 Japanese Grand Prix

The first corner.

Drivers: Niki Lauda AUT, Mario Andretti ITA, James Hunt ENG
Cars: #1 Ferrari 312T2 (3.0L Ferrari F12), #5 Lotus 77 (3.0L Ford-Cosworth V8), #11 McLaren M26 (3.0L Ford-Cosworth V8)
Finished: DNF (Withdrew), 1st, 3rd

Drivers: Mario Andretti ITA, Vittorio Brambilla ITA
Cars: Lotus 77 (3.0L Ford-Cosworth V8), March 761 (3.0L Ford-Cosworth V8)
Finished: 1st, DNF (Electrics)

Driver: James Hunt ENG
Car: McLaren M26 (3.0L Ford-Cosworth V8)
Finished: 3rd

 

[Cap'n Jack]

Sir Jack Brabham driving the proposed Adelaide Grand Prix circuit in 1984:

 

[05XR8]

 

[Pete05]

That is a rare shot & as a huge Brock fan, one I haven't seen before.

Check out PB. He looks like he's had a big night the night before.

Also, parts all over the place tells me it's taken after they disassembled the car & prior to reassembly.
I'm also guessing it's before Bill Paterson was announced as a sponsor with PB standing in front of his name on the car.

Finally, the trip to Le Mans was a complete disaster with promises made my the BMW factory nowhere near met, a total lack of spares & a rear spoiler mounted incorrectly that, at least allows the car to be the fastest CSL down the straights that year.

 

[Turbo]

 

[Turbo]

 

[Liquid]

@Turbo Great pictures but can you limit it to 5 per post please? Helps with the loading times on each page.

James Hunt, Stirling Moss, Roy Salvadori and Victor Gauntlett
At the launch of the Nimrod sportscar team in 1981. Gauntlett was chairman of Aston Martin and a classic sportscar enthusiast.

 

[Carbon_6]

Quite a meeting of the generations there.

 

[Turbo]

 

[-Fred-]

I'd say that's been photoshopped a *tiny* bit...

 

[Turbo]

I'd say that's been photoshopped a *tiny* bit...

Where? Just curious.

 

[boiltheocean]

You're not joking? Here's the original picture. I'm pretty certain it's Flugplatz.

 

[Turbo]

Welp, I look like an idiot now. I had no idea.

 

[Roger the Horse]

F1 cars generally shouldn't be 3 metres in the air.

 

[05XR8]

F1 cars generally shouldn't be 3 metres in the air.

Yeah, two and a half, definitely not 3.

 

[Liquid]

Dan Gurney Special

Riverside, 1956

Car: Porsche 356 (Porsche F4)

1965 Riverside 500

Car: Ford Galaxie (7.0L Ford V8)
Finished: 1st

1967 Le Mans 24 Hours

Car: Ford GT40 IV (7.0L Ford V8)
Finished: 1st

1968 Indianapolis 500

Car: Eagle Mk 3 (Ford V8)
Finished: 2nd

1968 Dutch Grand Prix

Car: Brabham BT24 (3.0L Repco V8)
Finished: DNF (Throttle)

 

[Kowhai]

 

[DK]

Context for anyone who's curious (like myself about a minute ago).

 

[Liquid]

Jerez, 1990

Pierluigi Martini stopping at the site of Martin Donnelly's violent accident.

 

[Liquid]

Focus

French Grand Prix, 1991

Driver: Gerhard Berger AUT

Canadian Grand Prix, 1991

Driver: Alain Prost FRA

Sanmarinese Grand Prix, 1993

Driver: Damon Hill ENG

German Grand Prix, 1993

Driver: Ayrton Senna BRA

 

[Turbo]

 

[Hun200kmh]

That's some serious cornering by Bjorn Borg ...

 

[Liquid]

 

[TheCracker]

@Turbo Great pictures but can you limit it to 5 per post please? Helps with the loading times on each page.

James Hunt, Stirling Moss, Roy Salvadori and Victor Gauntlett
At the launch of the Nimrod sportscar team in 1981. Gauntlett was chairman of Aston Martin and a classic sportscar enthusiast.

Goodwood looking a bit forlorn back in those days.

That's the view from the pit straight with the chicane in the background and the Super Shell building at Woodcote corner further back.