by "Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury)
Published 04/08/2017 at 20:01
by "Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury)
Published 04/08/2017 at 20:01
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This is the weekend of the Long Beach Graand Prix. Three and a half decades ago I attended this event with my family, my first ever F1 race. I was just a gawky 15 year old wandering around all weekend with Grandpa’s Olympus OM-1, trying to grab a few shots of my hero, Gilles Villeneuve. If the house wasn’t such a mess I’d share some of my photos taken that weekend, but I can’t find them at the moment. Here are a couple grabbed off the web of Gilles and a few of my other racing heroes, all of whom ended up on the podium that weekend:
Villeneuve was sadly disqualified from the race because of that illegal rear wing, but at least I got to see him on the back of that pickup making the trip around the track. Just a month later, in a stupid accident during qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix, one of the most entertaining drivers of all was sadly taken from us.
Salut Gilles...
"66671 - 200 [METRIC] my dash" (66671)
04/08/2017 at 21:00, STARS: 0
I can’t tell from the first pic, is that one long wing or is it the double wing design?
"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury)
04/08/2017 at 23:05, STARS: 1
It’s the double wing that got him DQ’d at that race. Lots of politics and stunts that year (water-cooled brakes, anyone?)