[tangerinedream]

Girling stoss later admitted that he had tried to come back toooooo quickly.
His natural reactions weren't as quick ,he had to think about things, interesting to speculate what might have been if he had waited long for a comeback test.

 

[Trisha]

Beautiful mechanical engineering from BRM and Porsche. An interesting comparison?

 

[Trisha]

Self explanatory.

 

[Trisha]

Aero testing at Mercedes with tufts as wool as late as the 1970s.

 

[Trisha]

Mercedes' answer to Prof Ferdinand Porsche from the 1930s to the 1960s. Development engineer, Rudi Uhlenhaut, was among the Greats of the motor industry, and could genuinely drive a Grand Prix car as quickly as any of the factory drivers.

 

[Abarth Mike]

Self explanatory. View attachment 310814

No wonder they couldn't use an intercom system and had to use hand signals?

 

[Trisha]

 

[Trisha]

Corpulent and ungainly in this pic, the Bugatti Type 251 is a much prettier car in the 'flesh'.

 

[Trisha]

Nice car, fab noise, striking colour scheme, daft wings.

 

[Trisha]

The Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles is to host an exhibition of Andy Warhol's Merc artwork. It was just about his last work before he died. Images can be seen online for those of us who'd rather stay at home.

 

[Gripping Pneus]

Culled from a recent posting on FB, an excellent short film of Fangio in a Lancia D50 at Monaco in 1970 (sic).

 

[Henk]

Those were the days, compare this with the current „Hoovers“ in F1

 

[driver#8]

The 2.4 V8s were like mosquitos next to the 3.0 V10s. The amount of brain power being put into the V10s was extraordinary, particularly in metallurgy, ceramics and fuel composition. You could probably build a complete 2022 Ferrari for the price of one of Mr. Schumacher's pistons!

But for me, the early 3.5s provided the best symphony. Shrieking V12s, howling V10s and the chest thump you got from the V8s. Lovely stuff!

 

[Trisha]

Sic means 'thus'. I assume you mean 'circa' in the Fangio post above.

 

[Gripping Pneus]

Nope, not circa. Sic as in "yes, that is not a mistake, it is exactly thus, as I write it".

The film was made over a decade after he retired.

 

[Trisha]

A peaceful day out by the seaside.

 

[Trisha]

A burst oil pipe resulted in Karl Kling's W196 making a mess of straw bales during the 1954 Italian GP.

 

[Trisha]

 

[Trisha]

Fangio's

W196 threads itself through the masonry after Jean Behra's 250F hit a wall at Spa, 1955.

 

[Trisha]

Surtees with and without a wing back in 1968. Will Honda return to F1? The company hasn't entirely dismissed the idea, apparently.