Quote from 5haz :

Onboard with Boutsen 1990 Phoenix Grand Prix...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uQbsbruew8

F1 was so much more interesting even just watch the cars lap back then.

and now with someone that actually can drive

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v ... dJlPc&feature=related

Boutsen weren't that bad, the circuit is awful though.

Bump!

1979 South African GP.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v ... CUxMk&feature=related

1:30 ! There virtually touching the floor in the pit lane, dam ricers with their lowrider setups

Yeah, that 'red car' has one hell of a ricer bodykit, or bosozoku or whatever they call it. :rolleyes:

F1 on-board footage of the Nordschleife circuit in the 1960s:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xez2zks5Rxw

Gilles Panizzi at the Nordschleife in a Peugeot 206 WRC:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBt4EETtaF0

Gigi Galli doing a crazy drift:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewxrNSOKFow
(Ex-Grp.B driver, Pentti Airikkala -- who passed away last week with cancer, RIP -- commented on motorsport.com forums that this was the fastest way to take such a corner. Insane.)

And speaking of Pentti:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY6_FwXSMU4

Quote from samjh :

(Ex-Grp.B driver, Pentti Airikkala -- who passed away last week with cancer, RIP --

Didn't realise that, that's very sad news. I spent a day at his left foot braking Rally School a few years back, he was such a great guy, very funny, and despite having a bus pass, he could still drive like the wind. Brilliant rally driver.

RIP.

Quote from Minimaxman :

... and despite having a bus pass, he could still drive like the wind.

That reminds me. In one of his posts at motorsport.com, he told a story about how as a youngster, he used to drive his church bus to pick up parishioners for church services. He would take the bus out on icy days and drift it around empty lots, sparking his later talent as a rally driver.

Interesting old geezer.

Quote from 5haz :

Onboard with Boutsen 1990 Phoenix Grand Prix...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uQbsbruew8

F1 was so much more interesting even just watch the cars lap back then.

How much slower are those cars then current 2009-spec F1 cars?

Well, similar or perhaps slightly less horsepower (700 odd) with 3.5 litre engines. Can't find any torque figures.

Not sure about drag or downforce levels, but I'd assume downforce was lower and drag higher than today. Also tyre technology has obviously advanced.

Overall I'd say top speeds are probrably about the same, but corner speeds were likly to be slower. Overall lap times are definately slower because modern cars have more efficient aerodynamics, tyres and slightly more powerful engines. There are other things that made F1 cars in 90 slower too, one example being the manual H shift gearboxes that most of the field used, at the time I think only Ferrari were using a semi-auto paddle shift, which can save massive amounts of time in a lap.

Notice how David Hobbs comments on Boutsen's 'block shifting' where he goes down several gears to save time, something you end up doing a lot when racing with an H pattern gearbox.

Rest in peace Pentti.

Finally... some 69 GP footage from the Nordschleife with nothing else than Enginesounds...
1969 German Grand Prix

Really interesting onboard with Senna driving a NSX At Suzuka with feet-cam:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v ... dPfRg&feature=related

Only Senna could kick so much ass wearing loafers.

Quote from Falcon140 :

Only Senna could kick so much ass wearing loafers.

Did they stick a picture of an ass on that accelerator pedal?

I read a rumour that Honda engineers had to modify their F1 engine's throttle to accommodate Senna's unusual pedal manipulation. Anyone know if that's true?

Oh, a video (Senna at Monaco 1987): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=si1vHHOP14A

Johnny Dumfries,,Lotus98T Renault EF15B 1.5 V6T(on board camera)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhDFOM9GdEU

Aerodynamists would be in uproar if they had to plug that onboard camera to their car nowadays. Great shots tho!

Colin giving Vicki rides in an old 911 rally car and a Subaru WRC car. Double Scandinavian flick at 2:13! Brilliant.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v ... VLU&feature=rec-HM-r2

Massive crash: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vv3tNi9UYaI

Quote from NSX_FReeDoM :

How much slower are those cars then current 2009-spec F1 cars?

Here's a comparison of a 1989 car against a 2009 car. On the left is Senna's 1989 pole position lap of a 1:38.041. On the right is Vettel's 2009 Q3 pole position lap of a 1:32.160 (Vettel did a 1:30.341 with low fuel in Q2 but I don't have footage of that).

Very nice comparison, Amp888!

FIA GT3 - crash

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0zPDUpHhFw

Ute racing


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v ... NscUM&feature=channel

Quote :

FIA GT3 crash

What a crash.

One question though, why would he let go of the wheel?
Moment of panic, expecting to roll over, regulations?

Quote from STF :

What a crash.

One question though, why would he let go of the wheel?
Moment of panic, expecting to roll over, regulations?

Maybe to not get a broken arm.

Quote from STF :

What a crash.

One question though, why would he let go of the wheel?
Moment of panic, expecting to roll over, regulations?

If you hold the wheel when your car hits the barriers you'll end up with two broken thumbs.

Whenever conditions change that quick at a race, theres always mayhem.

Corvette tries to hold off 3 Maseratis in the Algarve...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1v1HhQGYKyo&feature=sub

I'll miss these cars when they're gone.

Bump!

DTM at Dijon, an exciting final few laps. (you could say I'm biased seeing as Brits nearly locked out the podium!). A great circuit too, wish we saw more of it in international racing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v ... eature=player_profilepage