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I can't believe we don't really have a thread for racing photos, so I'll kick it off with this from Derek Bell's FB page.

PC: DB with Stefan Bellof in the #2 Porsche 956, Jochen Mass & Jacky Ickx in the #1 car and Vern Schuppan & Alan Jones in the #3 car, driving down public roads, in Australia, as you do. DB and Bellof won the final race of the 1984 season in Sandown.

Wasn't a lot between you and the accident in those days!

That's just mental looking at it with today's eyes but back then we thought the safety was adequate. :o

Much safer than the aluminium honeycomb tubs that came before it! Even just looking at the pre-96 F1 cars with their lack of side head protection is weird now.

I wish I knew where I had the picture, think it was an old printed F1 mag but.

There was a cut away diagram illustrating this era car against a 2000's or late 90's Ferrari.
The old school beast had the drivers feet inline with the front axle.

Compared to the layout now these guys surely earn't their money. I reckon it would feel a little odd sitting so far forward compared to now days where the driver is almost int he center of the chassis.

Go-Pro has come a long way since 1970

Is there no problem that duct tape can't solve?

Love that photo but the shadow of the first BRM has always confused me. It looks like there are no suspension arms holding those wheels on.

KNAPPO wrote:Love that photo but the shadow of the first BRM has always confused me. It looks like there are no suspension arms holding those wheels on.

So it seems I'm not the only one who thinks there's been some photoshopping going on in that one?

I've always thought the shadows look odd too.

The whole photo looks odd to me, the track surface is featureless, the angle and scale of the cars seems wrong, something about the lighting on the cars and the background doesn't seem to fit.

as far as i can tell it's shopped out of a couple of photos, here's the one of Stewart. They've got the aspect ratio of the car wrong and made it too skinny. Also the shadow is skewed to make it look like the road on on a huge angle. I also don't think Hill would be getting that much air before he hit the hump.

Explains a lot. Ive always found that tandem BRM photo a little off.
Love it how there is a tin top from a previous event/category still in the weeds at the Flugplaz whilst the F1's are ontrack.

It's amazing what you can photoshop these days, I'm just thankful that the photos I have of the 1966 f1 season are totally legitimate

Bails MacKenzie wrote:It's amazing what you can photoshop these days, I'm just thankful that the photos I have of the 1966 f1 season are totally legitimate

Fuck that fucking fuck of a photo!

This has always been my fave photo of Jack.

My mates dad has a signed print of this hanging on their wall.

Lots of amazing old machinery to gander at in the Goodwood Members Meeting 2015 – Picture Gallery

Bugattis in the bend at Goodwood


1955 Maserati 250F



1955 Jaguar D-Type ‘long-nose’


1963 TVR Grantura MkIII and 1965 Lotus Elan S2


1966 McLaren-Chevrolet M1B


1983 Lancia LC2, 1990 Sauber Mercedes-Benz C11 and 1993 Peugeot 905 Evo 1
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1988 Porsche 962 and 1990 Gebhardt G901


Silk Cut Jaguar XJR Group C Racers


1990 Sauber Mercedes-Benz C11


1996 Gulf McLaren F1 GTR chassis 12R

Stunning artworks here, a must look see!

http://silverarrowsproject.com/shop/

Found this while searching for some GPL stuff, Jochen Rindt's crash at Montjuic Park and a letter he wrote afterwards.



Harrowing stuff considering how unsafe Jochen said the Lotus was, only to go back to the same team for 1970.

Bit chilly in Bathurst.

AMG track day. Probably better being in an A45 today than a new C63.