classic-motorsport

[signal flint]

Ye

[idle gale]

Man, selecting reverse gear was easy back when F1 cars had the classic H pattern gearbox

[signal flint]

Ye

But this guy also compared prime Hamilton to prime Schumi

Which were 2 completely different eras

[round swift]

Yeah

[signal flint]

So idk what he was on, but it was certainly something

[round swift]

Schumacher and Hamilton are both good drivers that’s all I’ll have to say about that

[signal flint]

I agree with the Schumi part

I'm not so much a Hamilton fan

[round swift]

I don’t see anybody doing what he has done for the next 30 years

Hamilton definitely deserves much more recognition

[idle gale]

"I have the track record here. I'm the only person that went around the Ring in under 7 minutes"

[pastel ginkgo]

man

what a beautiful pic

the grip tho

[round swift]

The aerodynamics tho

[pastel ginkgo]

lol

[low valve]

simply simply lovely

[normal bobcat]

This used to be my wallpaper on my phone until I got a Norris one.

[wispy pilot]

Nice!

[idle gale]

Jackie Stewart launching his car over a crest/hill

Man, these are some high wings

[short glade]

how do u use a pc wallpaper on a phone

[median seal]

Idk if this goes here or wut

1986 mclaren of prost

1976 Mclaren

Alfa Romeo 1950

[analog jasper]

hot

[pastel ginkgo]

oooo niceeee

[short glade]

gib

[solemn adder]

can u guys give some pc wallpapers pls?

[oblique dock]

Gerhard Berger?

[brisk quiver]

Ye

[craggy ember]

can anyone explain why the ferraris have different airbox intakes?

[past drift]

What do you mean? They have 1

And the mandatory rollhoop

It's been seen in the recent carsbas well

Cars as well.

[idle gale]

Just how slow the Life L190 was https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVuWLmqxqT8

Quite a decent chassis for a backmarker team. Well, when I say** decent**....

Only one Andrea Moda car was decent. The other.... well..... Probably most of us know that story by now

[ashen idol]

I th ink everyone does

[short glade]

jesus christ

[round swift]

In a couple of years like 30 years from now, 2010 seasons will be considered as classic f1

yeah

[woven zinc]

that's because they had Simtek design it for them

they were pretty decent in that department and their 1995 car would've likely scored points if the team hadn't gone bankrupt

[meager pewter]

I assume because Alain and Mansell had different requests in terms of power delivery, where Prost wanted the more peaky curve coz he could handle it whereas Mansell wanted that smoothboi curve

[craggy ember]

Excellent answer if it’s true, and seems reasonable. Cheers

[meager pewter]

Coz that wider intake would probably have more air volume with less of a venturi for airspeed so...

Unless Ferrari just wanted to test which one was better coz that looks like Phoenix? Which was early season

[hardy briar]

Such a cool car

[pastel ginkgo]

awesome livery

[idle gale]

"Turbochargers are for people that can't make engines"

[round swift]

Is that Bellof?

[short glade]

aerodynamics are for people that cant make engines*

[oblique dock]

-enzo ferrari

[idle gale]

To which Keith Duckworth parodied when the classic Turbo engines started appearing

[past drift]

Lol

[idle gale]

Nigel's infamous tyre failure

A great looking car. But it drove like a small Aircraft Carrier

[round swift]

F for Nigel :/

[past drift]

could make for a nice phone wallpaper if it was a bit larger

[devout token]

Amazing shot

[round swift]

Can anybody identify the driver in this picture?

[devout token]

Senna I think

[round swift]

Thanks

[slender veldt]

senna

[past drift]

Nice try

[signal flint]

It's my wallpaper atm

It works really well

While I'm here

Have this

Damn the 70s was weird

[short glade]

people nowadays have phones that are pretty much the size of tablets

[signal flint]

Mine not that big tbh

It's a P20 so about the size of an S9

[short glade]

mine isnt that big too

[signal flint]

What you got?

[short glade]

some motorola

its the same size as my old motorola just without screen borders

and alot lighter

[signal flint]

Ah

[past drift]

Nice, mine

[round swift]

the elf is disgustingly separated far apart

[signal flint]

I like it

[unique coyote]

Nice,mine

[round swift]

Android users

[unique coyote]

Im assuming you use iPhone

[pastel ginkgo]

cringe

[past drift]

https://twitter.com/Bertie23574627/status/1472270042079375369

🇳🇱🅵1🆂🅲🅷🅸🅿🅿🅸🅴🧡 (@Bertie23574627)

Hill vs Surtees 🏁

Likes

644

Twitter · Dec 18, 2021, 6:18 PM

[pastel ginkgo]

those cars look so good

[round swift]

🤣

I use BlackBerry actually

[pastel ginkgo]

chad

[pastel ginkgo]

when, where and what was that

[round swift]

2013 Historic Grand Prix Race Cork Screw Corner

https://youtu.be/4qP8qfSZAmw

[pastel ginkgo]

yo

wasnt the air intake thinghy supposed to protect the driver

[round swift]

His helmet hit the asphalt but he was uninjured

He only hurt his hands

[pastel ginkgo]

bruh

[round swift]

Old cars are definitely not safe

Especially from the 1974 season lol

[pastel ginkgo]

ikr

no wonder his hands were hurt

man 💀

[signal flint]

His hands became spaghetti

[round swift]

Lmao

[low valve]

Bro what the fuck

Its just painful to see historic cars get wrecked

[low valve]

Bro please send that pic through

[oblique dock]

https://youtu.be/DWKdckeWlRI

This killed me

[pastel ginkgo]

i hope they did repair it

[round swift]

Yeah I seen this before

There was another crash at goodwood in 1994

https://youtu.be/-mGiMxApqxQ

Look at the Ferrari flying 🤣

[round swift]

Yes but they do get fixed

It’s not like they throw them out

[pastel ginkgo]

🙏

if ill somehow be rich when im older im going to buy lauda's ferrari

[round swift]

312T?

[pastel ginkgo]

this one

i again forgot the name

[round swift]

That’s the 312T2 I believe

[pastel ginkgo]

oooo

[analog jasper]

didnt someone buy Lauda's 312

or was it only for sale

[round swift]

https://www.classicandsportscar.com/news/want-buy-niki-laudas-title-winning-ferrari-itll-cost-you-ps47m

[analog jasper]

4.7 mil

thats more than my soul

[round swift]

Lmao

[pastel ginkgo]

@round swift again whats the name of the bank that has the logo on niki's helmet

[round swift]

Raiffeisen Bank

[pastel ginkgo]

great

[pastel ginkgo]

just get a loan from Raiffeisen Bank

argue that youre buying niki's car and they might even give you the money for free!

[pastel ginkgo]

this the car that crashed?

[oblique dock]

That was from 1974. Lauda had his crash in 1976

[pastel ginkgo]

oh

what car crashed?

[oblique dock]

The Ferrari 312T2

[pastel ginkgo]

oh

thanks

[round swift]

No that’s the 1974 Ferrari from the race of champions

Also from 1974

[hardy briar]

Such a funny airbox

[pastel ginkgo]

right right right

[pastel ginkgo]

somehow better than the teapot

[oblique dock]

Much better than the teapot

[pastel ginkgo]

yessir

[hardy briar]

The teapot?

[pastel ginkgo]

yes

this monster

[idle gale]

This front wing design...

[bleak parcel]

what the

lmao looks like a forklift like thing

[idle gale]

"Okay. Who put the spoiler on the front wing?"

[oblique dock]

https://external-preview.redd.it/nMBUk84h3QhgrBDLosUhop4IbuOCWlMROAKlDlwvVSg.jpg?auto=webp&s=9adda69f81bdca10f2bf8a2f3e84168af2cad625

The Ensign N179

[pastel ginkgo]

the hell is that the intercooler?

[hardy briar]

Oh jeez

[oblique dock]

I think it’s most likely the radiator

[hardy briar]

Where else to put it?

[pastel ginkgo]

ah yes

both look the same

[oblique dock]

The N179, but less hideous

[idle gale]

The Tall Wings

[pastel ginkgo]

beautiful

[hardy briar]

I love those early cars, figuring out what works and what doesn’t

So funny and cool at the same time

[pastel ginkgo]

sameeee

pioneer cars

[hardy briar]

Basically the 60s with the start of aero and up until the late 80s

[round swift]

what kind of drugs were the car designers taking when designing cars in the 60s 70s 80s

[pastel ginkgo]

i dont know but i want some

[short glade]

80s cars were fine

[hardy briar]

Box

Some pretty odd cars in the 80s @short glade

[short glade]

they just forgot how to make front wings because of ground effect thats all

[hardy briar]

Yeah

[idle gale]

"Do we need the extra wheels?"

[short glade]

no

[analog jasper]

heroin

[devout token]

It was love at first sight

[round swift]

Damn'

[devout token]

Lol

[round swift]

lmao

[pastel ginkgo]

boutta run em wheels

[pastel ginkgo]

[devout token]

lol

[pastel ginkgo]

xd

[devout token]

they loved eachother and they started mounting each other what is wrong with that

[pastel ginkgo]

🗿

[devout token]

lol

[round swift]

[hardy briar]

Going to be building a model of Mario Andretti’s Lotus 79 soon, hope it turns out good

[pastel ginkgo]

gluck mate

[hardy briar]

Thanks

[round swift]

Goodluck!

[round swift]

Japan 1977

Mclaren vs Ferrari

[pastel ginkgo]

guys look at my pfp

does anyone have that full pic

💀

i deleted

its been sent here before so

i assume someone has it

[hushed hull]

Fruit loops are fire

[pastel ginkgo]

yessir

[round swift]

It’s so far up in chat

I don’t feel like scrolling up lol

[pastel ginkgo]

god bobber did scroll up even tho he said he wouldnt 🙏

[round swift]

I just found it online lol

[pastel ginkgo]

thank you

oh lmao

[round swift]

https://automobilist.com/lotus-97t-ayrton-senna-estoril-1985-set-of-4/

[pastel ginkgo]

such a good looking car

[pastel ginkgo]

wooo

what car is this

[round swift]

Looks the like 1967/1968 Lotus 49

But I don’t really know

[pastel ginkgo]

hmm ok

thx

[round swift]

Is this it?

I think it is the lotus 49

@pastel ginkgo

[pastel ginkgo]

I also dont know lmao

but googleing it shows a very similar car so

im gessing it is

i think you are right i dunno if thats just a game livery

[round swift]

It is

[pastel ginkgo]

yep

[agile bramble]

how did they get such an amazing high quality pic in the 1980s

[round swift]

I think this goes here?

[round swift]

Ye

[round swift]

Its not real

It’s artwork

[low valve]

Oh wow

[hardy briar]

It is a poster i found a while back

Here you go @pastel ginkgo

[pastel ginkgo]

thanks mate

[hushed hull]

He’s a good driver but, Michael= 🐐

[naive cloud]

Mika was badass

[meager pewter]

https://youtu.be/U3Q5bfOGPYQ

Bro I absolutely adore the power of feeding all pipes into one meet

The first shot coming towards gets the audio like nuts

[idle gale]

Frentzen's "Question Mark" Williams

[hardy briar]

❔

[idle gale]

I'd like to think that some people were initially confused to see Michael Schumacher driving a McLaren, when it was actually David Coulthard who had gotten a spare helmet from Schumi

[hardy briar]

Interesting

[idle gale]

Jacque after wrecking going up Eau Rouge and Radition

Not to mention, several minutes after. Zonta did also wreck at the same spot, only his was more.... spectacular

[hardy briar]

They look like crabs when they loose all their wheels and aero

Cyber crab

[past drift]

Bet ya can't take eau rouge flat out

Both do it and fail miserably

[round swift]

Back in those days they were able too

I think mika did it in 1998 or 1999

https://youtu.be/myy4K9B9zT0

1:15

[late crag]

Run free, car!

[round swift]

lmao

[raw drum]

Ok, but imagine. Schumacher in the McLaren

[round swift]

Schumacher was suppose to leave Ferrari to go to McLaren in the late 1990s

https://motorsports.nbcsports.com/2016/05/27/dennis-michael-schumacher-agreed-to-leave-ferrari-for-mclaren/amp/

I mean a Schumacher technically DID drive a mclaren once

[oblique dock]

He even won races in one while he was competing in the JGTC

[round swift]

Wow really

Is there any video of it on YouTube ?

[oblique dock]

https://youtu.be/FirEYFW0MBY

I can only find onboard clips of Ralf in the F1 GTR

[hushed hull]

That’s not formula 1

[oblique dock]

Well, it is related to the topic of Ralf Schumacher driving a Mclaren at least once in his racing career

[hushed hull]

Fair enough

[round swift]

That’s ralf driving

Is there any videos of micheal

[hushed hull]

He said Schumacher not which one

[round swift]

Yes I thought Michael was driving

[hushed hull]

Lol

[short glade]

zakspeed

[round swift]

Reynard F 903-001 F3

https://bringatrailer.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1990_reynard_f3_154240404621410cb064a6f7f5DSCN2836.jpg

[idle gale]

Paul Hawkins' crashing into Monaco Harbour

[short glade]

what people wanted mazepin to do this year:

[marsh mango]

there is no place to spin off so unfortunately it did not happen

[short glade]

understeer off

[past drift]

no you can't get out of the track like this now

[marsh mango]

but i wish it was an option

[past drift]

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee rule 1b !"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[night parcel]

that must be fun

did this happen while coming out of the tunnel

?

[calm briar]

Yeah. The chicane was a lot faster, then.

[past drift]

Ye it was a simple left-right chicane

[calm briar]

Hardly, too. You just shot between two barriers, diagonally.

[night parcel]

yupp

[past drift]

Prost 1982

[round swift]

damn

[hardy briar]

Those pre-aero drivers were something else man… all mechanical grip with no safety and a ton of engine, that is about all the cars were

[past drift]

A ton of engine? Cars were nimble with underpowered engines for a long time

[short glade]

well i dont think the dfv is underpowered

[past drift]

For a long time. The dfv arrived just as aero arrived
I'm referring to the 1.5L formula of the cars in that video

[short glade]

so early 60s

yes then underpowered af

still coffins on wheels

[night parcel]

lmao no bro you clearly havent seen the silver arrows cars

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_W125

the thing had 640 hp going through a de dion(sorta live axle) tube rear end and skinny ass 185 section tires

underpowered

[night parcel]

clark was basically the GOAT. He's still top 5 for me

[night parcel]

dfv?

[short glade]

yes

[night parcel]

sexy ass intake trumpets

[past drift]

In the 60s?

I was strictly talking about this era

[night parcel]

ahh ok

[steady trellis]

Underpowered my ass

[night parcel]

Yeah lol thing would oversteer when you breathed on the throttle

That's why I have huge respect for the underdogs like Rudy carciolla

Man had to have titanium balls

To drive a 640 hp car with mountain bike tyres

[signal flint]

Didn't he die?

[round swift]

Not at Monaco no

[signal flint]

Where?

[late crag]

Oulton Park

[round swift]

He was killed when his Lola T70 MkIIIB GT crashed and burned at Island Bend during the 1969 RAC Tourist Trophy at Oulton Park.

[round swift]

He is one of only two Formula One drivers, along with Italian Alberto Ascari, to have crashed into the harbour in Monaco during a Grand Prix. He did so during the 1965 race, when he spun at the chicane after 79 of the 100 laps. He escaped from the crash unhurt.

[late crag]

when the wikipedia

[round swift]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Hawkins_(racing_driver)

Damn right son

[late crag]

word for word too

[round swift]

Robert Paul Hawkins (12 October 1937 – 26 May 1969) was an Australian motor racing driver. The son of a racing motorcyclist-turned-church minister, Hawkins was a capable single-seater driver but really made his mark as an outstanding sports car competitor driving Ford GT40s and Lola T70s. In 1969 Hawkins was included in the FIA list of graded drivers, an elite group of 27 drivers who by their achievements were rated the best in the worl

https://drivetribe.imgix.net/Kv70We9tRPWNpjdk57EG7w?w=742&h=503&auto=format,compress&fit=crop&crop=faces

[late crag]

worl

[round swift]

https://cdn--1-motorsport-com.cdn.ampproject.org/i/s/cdn-1.motorsport.com/static/img/archive/autosport/news/149388_1010025/s8/1010025.jpg

https://cdn--1-motorsport-com.cdn.ampproject.org/i/s/cdn-1.motorsport.com/static/img/archive/autosport/news/149388_1010029/s8/1010029.jpg

[pastel ginkgo]

Spot the ligier

[round swift]

Found it

[pastel ginkgo]

gg

[oblique dock]

Nice JS11

[idle gale]

It is even more strange that both Alberto Ascari and Paul Hawkins died on May 26th

[analog jasper]

didnt both crash on the harbour

[short glade]

they did but didnt die from it

[analog jasper]

yeah

both were pretty well

[meager pewter]

Isn't that an F5000?

[round swift]

Yessir Chevron B37

[meager pewter]

I love me sum v8 modor

[round swift]

Morand?

[meager pewter]

... No? What

V8 MODOR

[round swift]

That’s the engine manufacturer

Morand Chevrolet V8

[meager pewter]

FAAHV LIDER VEE EID MODOR

[round swift]

oh k

Is that German

😂

[meager pewter]

although thank you for the trivia

No it's Jeremy Clarkson's impersonation of Americans

[round swift]

Lmao alright

Thanks for that trivia

[silent escarp]

Southern accent so thick it's bulletproof

[silent escarp]

Looks like they realized it couldn't be completely flat just after the front wheels

[round swift]

Rip Tom Pryce

[round swift]

@oblique dock what’s the year and vehicle

[oblique dock]

Ensign N178 1978

[round swift]

Nope

[late crag]

Is it in the 70s

[round swift]

Nope

[late crag]

80s

Early 80s

[round swift]

Yes

[oblique dock]

1982

[round swift]

Nope

[late crag]

81

[round swift]

No

😂

[oblique dock]

1980

[round swift]

Yes

[late crag]

84?

damn

[round swift]

What is it though

You now know the year

[oblique dock]

Shadow DN something

[late crag]

idk, an F1 car

[round swift]

Yes

DN something

[late crag]

DN180?

[oblique dock]

DN8

[round swift]

Higher

[oblique dock]

DN9

[round swift]

keep going

[late crag]

DN11

[round swift]

Yes

[late crag]

[round swift]

Congrats you get a high five

[oblique dock]

Damn

[round swift]

✋

[late crag]

🙌

[round swift]

DN12 also 1980

The last shadow

[oblique dock]

Elio De Angelis

[round swift]

No

Geoff Lees

[oblique dock]

Huh. I thought it was De Angelis because of the helmet model

[round swift]

Same but it isn’t

Surprisingly

https://www.statsf1.com/en/shadow-dn12.aspx

The picture above is elio de angelis

They do both look the same

Lmao

[round swift]

The helmets are called Simpson Bandit btw

[past drift]

They were the shit then

[idle gale]

A not-so-F1 performance chassis with a somewhat underpowered Ford V8. Yeah, what could possibly go wrong? Oh wait...

Slipstreaming on a crest

The last race winning front engined F1 car

[short glade]

indy 1999 or 2000

[brisk quiver]

2000

[short glade]

pog

[past drift]

To know easily, the front wing on the 2000 Ferrari is white

https://www.snaplap.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/ferrari-f399.jpg and mostly black on the 1999 model

[short glade]

ohh

[round swift]

oh

[analog jasper]

o

[round swift]

Just a white tip at the front wing

That’s pretty much all

[past drift]

Ye it's not fully black, but mostly

[round swift]

Whoever made this fucked up the front wing

It’s all white 🤣

F310B

[languid swallow]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz5QvPrusPQ

[round swift]

Is this the AGS JH21C or JH21

[pastel ginkgo]

merry christmas guys

[round swift]

Merry Christmas

[calm briar]

I smell Grand Prix Legends.

[round swift]

Merry Christmas :D

[meager pewter]

https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/4af76ae2-7f5c-4a42-8afa-5caf322adeee/d5g2gpc-9a1fecda-4ff8-4004-97cd-a9282094cb0e.jpg/v1/fill/w_1024,h_590,q_75,strp/ayrton_senna__brazil_1994__by_f1_history_d5g2gpc-fullview.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7ImhlaWdodCI6Ijw9NTkwIiwicGF0aCI6IlwvZlwvNGFmNzZhZTItN2Y1Yy00YTQyLThhZmEtNWNhZjMyMmFkZWVlXC9kNWcyZ3BjLTlhMWZlY2RhLTRmZjgtNDAwNC05N2NkLWE5MjgyMDk0Y2IwZS5qcGciLCJ3aWR0aCI6Ijw9MTAyNCJ9XV0sImF1ZCI6WyJ1cm46c2VydmljZTppbWFnZS5vcGVyYXRpb25zIl19.GROWJRr49EcbpVln3Isa4S2Slzx0pWB0hFfMJPSBAek

Have some FW16

[round swift]

owo

[round swift]

🙏

[pastel ginkgo]

#blessed

[round swift]

Reutemann

[oblique dock]

RIP Lole

[round swift]

Definitely top 50 driver especially his 1978 season

https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/a4d81638fdfd063a5af01278335130bf82d57fdb/377_210_3172_1904/master/3172.jpg?width=445&quality=45&auto=format&fit=max&dpr=2&s=a685e79e44c7a153ba3439bf3b2dea56

[low valve]

Who?

[round swift]

Carlo

[slender veldt]

who is Carlo?

@round swift

[round swift]

Carlos Reutemann

Lole is his nickname like Marlboro Massi said

[oblique dock]

The last Argentinian driver to win a race

[round swift]

And he was governor of Argentina

Lmao

[past drift]

Of Santa Fe iirc

[round swift]

When you just say Argentina it just seems that more important lol

But yeah

Clay Regazzoni<Carlos Reutemann 👀

[oblique dock]

At least Regazzoni can sport a hell of a stache

[round swift]

I think Nigel looks better

But here’s me at 18 trying to grow a Moustache but can’t 😢

[late crag]

Keke tho

Keke did it the best

[round swift]

What about Graham hill?

His is literally spot on

[late crag]

Guy Martin?!

Didn't know he was that old

[round swift]

Lmao

[oblique dock]

Harald Ertl!!

The man with the greatest facial hair in racing

[round swift]

True that!!

[low valve]

Graham hill looks the best with a stache

[idle gale]

When the active suspension fails on you upon exiting the pits of all place

Back when F1 raced on both the Monza Bankings and the Circuit

[uneven drum]

cones, must not cross

[round swift]

93 Portuguese gp

[idle gale]

The last F1 car with a manual H Pattern gearbox

[oblique dock]

Ah, the Forti FG01

[low valve]

Wait what the fuck

How does that work

[short glade]

just drive the circuit in ac and youll know

[woven zinc]

omfg how tf were they even able to run it, that looks like an accident waiting to happen

[agile bramble]

lmao how does lapping work on this thing its so confusing

[past drift]

like this

[limber atlas]

only the italians would think of putting banking on a bridge

[analog jasper]

cone

dont cross it

[oblique dock]

The Monza oval also featured the race of two worlds, which saw USAC Indycars compete against F1 cars

[low valve]

Ahhh okay gotcha

Thanks

[low valve]

Lmaooo thats actually really funny for some reason

The fact that they put cones there

[analog jasper]

that was basically it

cone

don't cross it or crash

[ornate lantern]

I don’t live far from where Tom Pryce lived

[round swift]

That’s cool

[unique coyote]

When did Alain Prost retire

[past drift]

93

[vast dew]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igmMUwz6T3E&ab_channel=MotorSportZone i know this is 2002 but i wish i wasnt a toddler around the time montoya was in f1 cause im pretty sure i would love him

[sleek cargo]

Gilles Villeneuve visiting his younger brother Jacques Villeneuve Sr. at garage, their father Seville stands at the back

[oblique dock]

Now that’s a rare photo if I ever saw one

[low valve]

Wait what

I always though jacques was gilles' son

[oblique dock]

Oh no. There exists the other Jacques Villeneuve. Jacques Sr. Is Gilles’ brother.

[low valve]

The jacques that won the 1997 wdc, is he not gilles' son

[past drift]

he is

and also Jacques Sr's nephew

[round swift]

Nice find!!

[round swift]

He’s his uncle

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Villeneuve_(racing_driver,_born_1953)

[low valve]

Right so @past drift says he is gilles' son

But @round swift says its gilles' nephew

Which one is it

[oblique dock]

Jacques Villeneuve Sr. (Born 1953) | Brother of Gilles Villeneuve and uncle of Jacques Villeneuve (Born 1971)

[round swift]

Gilles son is Jacques. Gilles brother is Jacques Senior, which is Jacques uncle.

https://f1.fandom.com/wiki/Jacques_Villeneuve,_Sr.

Jacques Villeneuve, Sr. is a Canadian racing driver who made three entries (all non-qualifications) in Formula One in the early 1980s. He is the younger brother of Gilles Villeneuve and the uncle of 1997 champion Jacques Villeneuve.

[round swift]

1993 Australian GP

[agile bramble]

sponsor idea goes brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[oblique dock]

Ligier’s one off livery for the closing stages of 1993

[round swift]

One of the best livery’s tbh

[short glade]

no

[potent crag]

Yes

[round swift]

Bonk

[oblique dock]

https://youtu.be/JIUM7nNV4dY

[pastel ginkgo]

so beautiful

[pastel ginkgo]

guys

send your best pics of ayrton senna in his mclaren

[round swift]

Marlboro sponsor dipped

Lmao

[oblique dock]

[round swift]

[short glade]

no

[idle gale]

Wheel to Wheel

[pastel ginkgo]

thanks boys

you are the best

[marsh mango]

this looks photo shopped

[round swift]

Cause it is lmao 😂

I thought that was the premise of the picture. To compare eras

[marsh mango]

i should have known

[round swift]

You can tell just by the colour difference

[analog jasper]

fangios not even steering in the same direction

[marsh mango]

lol i didn't even noticce

[idle gale]

The incident that arguably cost Nigel's 1991 title challenge

The last F1 car Bruce McLaren raced in

[pastel ginkgo]

love this one

new pfp aquired

[pastel ginkgo]

good looking

[round swift]

o

I must say that the airbox looks wierd xd

[woven zinc]

that's 70s F1 cars for you

[pastel ginkgo]

i honestly think it looks cool

matches the rest of the car

[round swift]

yeah lmfao

[round swift]

It's okay, just the shape Ig

[pastel ginkgo]

but i think we can agree the teapot is very weird

🗿

[round swift]

yes

lmfao

[round swift]

Meh I don’t believe he would’ve caught Senna he was already a few points behind when this happened

I believe that the 1991 Canadian Grand Prix also very affected his outcome to the title championship with Senna

https://f1i.com/magazine/57838-canada-1991-mansells-wave-disaster.html/amp

[short glade]

ut

[oblique dock]

And from that day onward, Mansell learned that celebrations take place after a race is finished.

[round swift]

XD oof for him

[oblique dock]

Oh yeah, Piquet said that he almost came when he saw Mansell DNF

[short glade]

lmfao

[past drift]

classic Nelson

[round swift]

https://preview.redd.it/y0mz2jykoef51.jpg?auto=webp&s=c83be7ab6af50bf72d3fbced58638635af533170

[round swift]

I never knew this channel existed

[vague tusk]

lovely livery

[topaz briar]

Prost, Berger and Fittipaldi carrying Senna's coffin at his funeral; which was held in accordance to a national tragedy

[oblique dock]

Don’t forget Sir Jackie Stewart

[idle gale]

Jackie Stewart's wrecked car after he went off at the old Spa circuit and crashed into a barn (Was it a barn or was it a house, I can't remember)

Also Jackie: Casually riding on Bell's Brabham at speed

[hushed hamlet]

repost but sennna

in spa

[analog jasper]

balls

[late crag]

If it was at Old Spa, it was prolly a house on the backstretch

where the kink was

[oblique dock]

Derek Bell?

[idle gale]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LId5SKxljqs

[pastel ginkgo]

wait what year was that

[round swift]

Yes

https://www.reddit.com/r/formula1/comments/7ojfzi/sir_jackie_stewart_casually_riding_on_the_back_of/

[round swift]

Was this the 1966 Belgian Grand Prix

Because it says that he crashed into a telephone pole and then landed in a ditch at Masta Kink, leading to him being stuck upside down in his BRM, halfway up to his waist in fuel, for 25 minutes.

Supposedly it was a barn/farmhouse behind the wrecked BRM

[round swift]

It looks like the MP4/14 so the year would’ve been 1999

[pastel ginkgo]

oh thanks

[brisk quiver]

1999

[unique coyote]

Was Micheal there

[topaz briar]

No

But he was incredibly moved by Senna's death

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/schumacher-regretted-pushing-senna-too-hard-2pmbzj0s8kf

[low valve]

Ballsy af

[round swift]

Senna :D

[idle gale]

Apparently there was an edited version of the English commentary when Derek Warwich crashed at Monza, where Murray says "And it's a Lotus!" while the original broadcast he says "That is a Lola, that's all I can tell y- No!"

[round swift]

Right after the crash I believe he got into a spare car and joined the race while it was under red flags

https://youtu.be/5puozpBE8mw

The first formula one car with an effective traction control system. The Ferrari 641

And it happened at the 1990 Portuguese Grand Prix

[past drift]

oh yeah? man Ferrari was very innovative in this period

[round swift]

Yeah and they made the first semi automatic gearbox aswell in the 1989 Ferrari

Williams FW14 was the first F1 car combining a semi-automatic gearbox with traction control at the 1991 Canadian

[idle gale]

I'm guessing they had to manually blip the throttle when changing down the gears, despite the Ferrari having a semi automatic gearbox. I don't think the Auto Blip, or Auto Rev Match, wasn't introduced around that time. Or was it?

[oblique dock]

I think it was introduced in 1993

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3ykV2u-TqRQ

Listen to the commentary. It notes the auto blip system

[oblique dock]

Really? I never knew that about the 641

[meager pewter]

It was McLaren in 1992 with the MP4/7A

I believe

Because they were the first to use Fly-by-wires

So the throttles would be able to be programmed for it

[molten narwhal]

Im gonna ask 6.5 million people for a dollar

Then I can buy the mclaren mp4/8

[past drift]

You just said Ferrari had one in 1990

[round swift]

https://www.f1-grandprix.com/?p=27886

[round swift]

But did it have a semi automatic and traction control at the same time on? Nope

[past drift]

Ferrari didn't have a semi automatic in 1990?

[round swift]

They did

The Canadian GP was before the Portuguese GP

That’s why

[past drift]

ah so you said 1990 but meant 1991

[round swift]

Oh yes sorry

[past drift]

things progressed so fast then

[round swift]

Ferrari never had the semi automatic and the traction control until the Portuguese GP

Williams already had it before then

But Ferrari were the ones who invented it

[past drift]

shame for WIlliams, it took them a while to get their semi automatic reliable

but good for McLaren

[round swift]

The MP4/7A was the first Mclaren with a semi automatic transmission. It only then gained traction control at the Hungarian GP

The MP4/6 had a semi automatic during testing but never used it for any of the races

Ferrari and Williams were the only teams using semi-automatic gearboxes during 1991.

[round swift]

It took them a while in 1991, but in 1992 they started to get alot better

First race of the season in 1991 with the new semi automatic and both retire because of gearbox issues

https://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr501.html

[round swift]

Yes because Ferrari just used some “software” and a “wheel speed sensor”.

[round swift]

Did you know there was according to Steve Nicholls that were was a Ferrari 641/2

It was just made for Nigel Mansell to win the Portuguese GP

That’s pretty much it lmao

https://www.ultimatecarpage.com/chassis/2092/Ferrari-641-F1-120.html

https://www.goodingco.com/lot/1990-ferrari-6412

And it was sold for under a million dollars!!

And it had a manual gearbox!!!

And it was raced by Nigel Mansell!!!

damn

Definitely very special

vroom

And very cheap!!

For a rare formula one car that’s for sure

[round swift]

The 1985 German GP. It was the first occasion on which an onboard camera was used in a race. It was attached to François Hesnault's Renault. Which means it was not eligible for championship points.

[molten salmon]

https://youtu.be/AIt20DAVbwI

[signal flint]

What teams were on the grid in 77?

[swift root]

These participated in almost every race

[signal flint]

Thank you

[swift root]

You're welcome

[indigo sail]

I mean wouldn't Mansell been in title final if he didn't threw away Portugal and Japan?

in 91

[pastel ginkgo]

does anyone have a good pic of that drift overtake from piquet

[round swift]

you mean the one he pulled against senna ?

[pastel ginkgo]

yea

exactly that one

[past drift]

excuse me?? are you saying big Nige threw away easy wins?????

[indigo sail]

i beg to differ what british media would say but yes

Mansell throwing away a good chunk of races ended up costing him a more viable chance to win the title in 1991

Had Mansell won Portugal he'd arrive to Suzuka with a 4 point deficit and potentially might have done it with the momentum he had

and then he proceeded to wipe himself out 9 laps into the race

momento nigel

[molten salmon]

Mansell and tossing championships, name a more iconic duo

[analog jasper]

de cesaris and retirements

[pastel ginkgo]

anyone at all?

[round swift]

I don't... sorry.

[pastel ginkgo]

oof

[round swift]

https://preview.redd.it/r42pz6huypez.jpg?auto=webp&s=5c58c33c9a6a85c06bd2deb16eaf4a61f12cb56f

When he past senna, piquet gave him the finger

[round swift]

Riccardo Patrese’s Williams FW14

1992 Portuguese GP

[short glade]

lmao

[cold tulip]

I like this.

Pacific PR02

[short glade]

the last og lotus

[low valve]

Woah that looks good

91?

[brisk quiver]

close

89

[round swift]

Footwork FA13B

1993

[oblique dock]

Satoru Nakajima, 1985

[round swift]

Lola BMS Scuderia Italia

1993

[oblique dock]

Never seen the ‘93 Lola in all black before

[round swift]

@oblique dock

Look at what I found on twitter

[oblique dock]

?

[round swift]

Tyrrell 020 Mugen-Honda Bridgestone test car

[oblique dock]

Ooh

[oblique dock]

The livery looks stunning!

The only other Bridgestone test car I know was the 1996 Ligier

https://youtu.be/XjOzkjrcAkU

[round swift]

Yeah

[oblique dock]

The monteverdi!

[round swift]

Forgot the name of this formula one car

Ah okay

[oblique dock]

The MP4/6’s doppelganger

[round swift]

Lol

TYRRELL 020 MUGEN-HONDA TEST ver.

[oblique dock]

The 1991 020 was the best 020

[round swift]

1991?

[oblique dock]

Yes, apparently

https://www.flickr.com/photos/crackers250/40468318443

[round swift]

Nice

https://assets.whichcar.com.au/image/upload/s--KMGRQ4tO--/c_fill,f_auto,q_auto:good/f_auto/c_scale,w_1606/v1/archive/wheels/2018/02/23/Misc/Unraced-F1-liveries-1997-McLaren.jpg

@oblique dock

[oblique dock]

Yes?

[round swift]

I just found the CVT Test car

[oblique dock]

Williams FW15C

[oblique dock]

It was said that the CVT test car was quicker than the original car, considering how the CVT transmission allowed the car to be at the sweet spot for revs

https://youtu.be/x3UpBKXMRto

Here’s the car in action

[round swift]

The CVT was like one or seconds faster then any other cad including there own at the silver stone circuit

Which is crazy

[oblique dock]

The weird thing about it is that the engine would still be at full revs even when decelerating into a corner

[round swift]

The driver was David coulthard

Yeah

It’s like one gear

[oblique dock]

One gear, with the perfect gear ratio

[round swift]

Wonder if it was worst on gas

Running high revs

Very hot engine lol

[oblique dock]

Imagine if the CVT transmission was used today

[oblique dock]

https://youtu.be/28ziUiHVc0U

Speaking of Coulthard, here’s an interesting video I found of him in the FW16

[round swift]

Interesting I’ll take a look

Was this before or after the death of Senna

Do you know?

[oblique dock]

I can’t tell. Something tells me that this might be after Imola, but I’m not sure. Considering how he mentions that he tests the car, this could be pre-imola or when Mansell returned to Williams later in the season

[round swift]

Yeah It’s hard to say. All I know is that he’s in his own formula car

Could be after or before

https://external-preview.redd.it/NktOo537qMmThKL7M9W6WuPA74LiSf4F3SrCBfrZ91o.jpg?auto=webp&s=2be7499b2d13af3db21f00747495e2f0518b695f

I have a feeling it was after his death

[oblique dock]

Yea

[round swift]

Arrows FA17 Bridgestone test car

Ligier JS41 Bridgestone test car

I never knew Gordon Smiley raced in Formula One!!

I thought he was only IndyCar

https://youtu.be/sbYWJZ1uDOo

[oblique dock]

Yup. He apparently raced in the British F1 series.

https://youtu.be/FR3MAS4Y1_s

This video on Smiley is amazing

[round swift]

He actually raced against formula one racers

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Race_of_Champions

He raced with a Tyrrell and qualified 16th and finished 10th I think

[oblique dock]

In the 1979 British F1 championship, he raced against names such as Tiff Needell, Giacomo Agostini, and even Derek Warwick!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_British_Formula_One_Championship

[round swift]

Wow that’s cool

Also he died a week after Gilles villeneuve died

[oblique dock]

Damn… and then in Montreal, Paletti had his accident.

[round swift]

Yeah

[oblique dock]

Smiley was the last driver to die at Indy until 1992, when Filipino driver Jovy Marcelo died prior to the 500

[round swift]

He is the last driver to die during qualifying

According to Wikipedia lmao

[round swift]

Exactly ten years after Smiley’s accident on May 15th

[oblique dock]

[pastel ginkgo]

thank you bro!

[ocean zenith]

Id love to see f1 back at brands hatch

I’m sure with some upgrades it would be up to code for an f1 race

[round swift]

Do you know the first active suspension car to win a race?

[oblique dock]

Lotus 99T

[round swift]

I know it was Imola where it was the first one to qualify first

But when was the first race it won

[oblique dock]

I’m going to guess Detroit

[round swift]

Wait

[oblique dock]

Senna won in Detroit and Monaco

[round swift]

Didn’t the lotus 92 have active suspension

?

[oblique dock]

???

[round swift]

Lotus 92 for the 1983 season

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_92

[oblique dock]

Huh. Active suspension was first used in 1983. Interesting

[round swift]

Yeah I guess

I was reading about it

“The 99T was the second Lotus chassis to be fitted with electronic active suspension after the team had experimented with the system on the Lotus 92 used in the first part of the 1983 season.”

[hardy briar]

Tom Pryce’s crash will always be the most tragic to me, completely avoidable yet left 2 gone. So sad

[karmic trellis]

https://youtu.be/IyF30SelOI0

[round swift]

👍🏼

[karmic trellis]

Its amazing to see how much more speed Keke carries into the corner compared to Elio. He was rly trying

Hence why hes one of my favorites

[hardy briar]

That is some really beautiful footage

Those cars were so sketchy yet so beautiful

Drivers so far forward

2.2 seconds now: yeah no way he is overtaking him
2.2 seconds them: wow this is gonna be close

[late crag]

that's true

imo the reason why it was like that was because the less things that could gain you time to the car in front

They had tire failures, engine blowouts

but less things that can happen more commonly, but give less time up

[oblique dock]

Reliability was a key factor

[late crag]

plus there were less parts to fuck up

simple electronics and such

[oblique dock]

That’s the early 1980’s for you

[past drift]

Yet it did fuck up, a lot lot more than now

[round swift]

jump

[pastel ginkgo]

woooo

[short glade]

the last ever lotus

the original lotus team

died in monza 1994

[past drift]

Johnny 😭

[oblique dock]

And then they were sold to Pacific

[short glade]

which also died

[round swift]

Actually the last lotus they made but never raced was the Lotus 112

For the 1995 season

[short glade]

why not name it the 110

smh

[round swift]

“Originally the designation of Type 112 was to be for the model that became the Lotus Elise. However, that car was given type number 111 instead, in homage to the original Lotus Eleven.”

From Wikipedia

[short glade]

ah

[hardy briar]

This is what no downforce does to a mf

[round swift]

Is the Sauber C20 the first formula one car to have a fully automatic transmission?

[oblique dock]

Sauber test mule?

[round swift]

Preseason test

With wet tires on???

Or intermediates

Did they have that in 2001 lol

[meager pewter]

That's the 102 tho

https://www.thelotusforums.com/forums/uploads/monthly_2017_01/112-front.jpg.54d4f607ea7bec618b14c6d42d29db09.jpg

https://www.unracedf1.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/lotus1122lq7.jpg

[oblique dock]

The nose is humongous

[short glade]

beeg nose

[hexed elbow]

[hardy briar]

Car got this nose

[round swift]

No?

[round swift]

Lol

[meager pewter]

Chief

That is the Lotus 102D

It was used in 1992 before they had the 107

https://live.staticflickr.com/1896/44047939534_623bc1fdb0_b.jpg

Like bruh

https://stringfixer.com/files/268220528.jpg

[short glade]

no wonder it looks nothing like 1995 regs

[round swift]

I am aware but this website is telling me it’s the 112 lmao

[meager pewter]

Yeah funny that

[ocean zenith]

f1 the long nose car had a very long nose and if you ever saw it you would even say it’s long and shiney

[round swift]

ER188b

ER188

[oblique dock]

https://youtu.be/XLf-yjLCyaM

[signal flint]

Margaret thatcher f1 driver

[round swift]

10 time wdc

[late crag]

Inoueeeee

[pastel ginkgo]

happy new year guys

[idle gale]

The leadshot filled Tyrrell

[round swift]

Happy New Years in 1 and a half hours

[rocky meadow]

McLaren MP4/5B

[round swift]

:O

[rocky meadow]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYwTBiHy3mw&t=3s

[short glade]

#racing-games smh

[short glade]

wtf nsfw

[pastel ginkgo]

who is the guy standing

[oblique dock]

Gerhard Berger

[pastel ginkgo]

oh thanks

[hardy briar]

Strange, the camera piece and he mirrors are missing from that car

[round swift]

I wish I could find pictures of the MP4/5C

[round swift]

That picture looks like a pre season car because the advertisements and front wing look a lot different from the actual car that raced

[oblique dock]

https://youtu.be/XN7Co7Rn2w4

3:16 and 3:47

The MP4/5C in action

[round swift]

Who was the driver

Looks like senna

[oblique dock]

I’m assuming it is most likely Allan Mcnish, since he was a test driver for Mclaren at the time

[round swift]

Yeah that’s what I read about but to me it looks like a yellow helmet