Grand Prix: The Killer Years
08-24-2011, 12:01 PM
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...atal_accidents
the safety program clearly had a dramatic effect on results, though WRC and other formula's have not been quite so fortunate as F1 in recent years.
Chapman was a bit of a chancer when it came to high strong to make the cars, and came across in the film as a bit of a drivers villian.. but according to the Wiki stats, Cooper and Ferrari had equal or more fatalities..
the safety program clearly had a dramatic effect on results, though WRC and other formula's have not been quite so fortunate as F1 in recent years.
Chapman was a bit of a chancer when it came to high strong to make the cars, and came across in the film as a bit of a drivers villian.. but according to the Wiki stats, Cooper and Ferrari had equal or more fatalities..
Cooper tended to make it up as he went along - at least until later. The early ones used to break a lot.
Ferraris were over-powered and somewhat crudely-engineered too.
So one might argue that the most cynical car was indeed the safest!
08-24-2011, 01:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Kobe' timestamp='1314215230' post='20910086
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...atal_accidents
the safety program clearly had a dramatic effect on results, though WRC and other formula's have not been quite so fortunate as F1 in recent years.
Chapman was a bit of a chancer when it came to high strong to make the cars, and came across in the film as a bit of a drivers villian.. but according to the Wiki stats, Cooper and Ferrari had equal or more fatalities..
the safety program clearly had a dramatic effect on results, though WRC and other formula's have not been quite so fortunate as F1 in recent years.
Chapman was a bit of a chancer when it came to high strong to make the cars, and came across in the film as a bit of a drivers villian.. but according to the Wiki stats, Cooper and Ferrari had equal or more fatalities..
I thought he was a visionary thinker/designer, but I am not 100% convinced he was the calculating engineer - his style wouldn't work in the current format of super tight regulations where it's all about very tiny details..
08-24-2011, 04:07 PM
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Yes, and Chapman 'made' Jochen Rindt go out and kill himself by driving a car he did not trust*.
Widow Nina seems a lovely lady. They all seemed a great bunch of friends back then.
edit: *I might have got that wrong, but I can't go back and check ...
Widow Nina seems a lovely lady. They all seemed a great bunch of friends back then.
edit: *I might have got that wrong, but I can't go back and check ...
08-25-2011, 01:46 PM
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Just watched, gripping stuff.
The way things were back then is almost impossible to comprehend when you've had first hand experience of what happens when you have a little bump at a club event.
The way things were back then is almost impossible to comprehend when you've had first hand experience of what happens when you have a little bump at a club event.
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