He was one of my heros. I just loved his never give up style.
Jeff.
Jeff.
Why We Loved Him
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For those who never saw him, or worse who think Montoya is exciting.
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I was at Silverstone in 1977 when Gilles Villeneuve had his first race in the McLaren M23 and was impressed with the way he was in the leading bunch with Hunt, Lauda and Andretti - I had never heard of him before that British GP.
The following year I took photos of him at just about every corner at Brands Hatch in the superb 312T3.
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He was one of those drivers who got the crowd going, I remember each lap as his car approached people would be nudging each other and pointing and smiling as they couldn't wait to see what was going to happen next.
My main memory of him at Brands was the sight and sound of the Ferrari up on the kerbs at the exit of the curves through the woods out at Hawthorns Bend, Westfield and Dingle Dell.
David
The following year I took photos of him at just about every corner at Brands Hatch in the superb 312T3.
He was one of those drivers who got the crowd going, I remember each lap as his car approached people would be nudging each other and pointing and smiling as they couldn't wait to see what was going to happen next.
My main memory of him at Brands was the sight and sound of the Ferrari up on the kerbs at the exit of the curves through the woods out at Hawthorns Bend, Westfield and Dingle Dell.
David
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As a Canadian, just 1 year younger than Gilles, and living within a day's drive of his hometown, I had the rare opportunity to watch him climb the motorsport ladder all the way from snowmobiles to F1. He was a winner in all levels of the sport, and a champion in all but F1.
Many thought he was a reckless daredevil, but nothing is further from the truth. He was simply a driver who knew only one way to drive and that was on the very brink of disaster. His amazing car control allowed him to get away with it, 99.9% of the time. One day during F1 practice, after harmlessly spinning once in nearly every turn on the track, he was asked if something was wrong. "No, but until you have spun you can not know what the limit really is."
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The one thing I wish he had never said was "I know that one day I am going to have a very big accident".
It took 15 years of pressure from the motorsport community, but in 1997 Canada Post finally released comemmorative stamps.
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To this day, I have not regained the level of interest in 1:1 motorsport that I had prior to May 1982.
Many thought he was a reckless daredevil, but nothing is further from the truth. He was simply a driver who knew only one way to drive and that was on the very brink of disaster. His amazing car control allowed him to get away with it, 99.9% of the time. One day during F1 practice, after harmlessly spinning once in nearly every turn on the track, he was asked if something was wrong. "No, but until you have spun you can not know what the limit really is."
The one thing I wish he had never said was "I know that one day I am going to have a very big accident".
It took 15 years of pressure from the motorsport community, but in 1997 Canada Post finally released comemmorative stamps.
To this day, I have not regained the level of interest in 1:1 motorsport that I had prior to May 1982.
Great guy and he knew what it was to be a real sportsman.
And what makes me really admire him is that he drove without a magnet (see first three pics)
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There's not enough people like him alive today...
McLaren
And what makes me really admire him is that he drove without a magnet (see first three pics)
There's not enough people like him alive today...
McLaren
Going way off topic here, but I was looking through some of my photos and stumbled across this slide I took about 1975. It's awful quality and I've blown up and tried to enhance a section of it to show to show what Scott's racing livery would look like should he take up racing.
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