Stirling Moss shows how to drive the 1959 Cooper-Climax
Stirling Moss gives a masterclass of how to drive the 1959 Cooper-Climax. He narrates several laps onboard at Donington Park, showing that he's lost vewry few of the skills that took him to so much success.
the proper way to drive a mini
minis at the Goodwood Revival
http://axisofoversteer.blogspot.com/2009/10/proper-way-to-drive-mini.html
Brabham F1 Crash - Brands Hatch Grand Prix
Classic 4Kam Video - In car camera kit from http://www.4Kam.com
Accident in a Brabham Grandprix Car during the Brands Hatch Super Prix
Onboard footage as the offside rear drive shaft brakes on the Brabham BT11, F1-2-64 driven Jon Fairley.
H16 BRM sound
A H16 BRM being revved at the Goodwood Revival 2010
F1 - 1967 Monaco GP - Lorenzo Bandini fatal crash
In May 1967 Bandini was racing at the Monaco Grand Prix, running second to Denny Hulme on the 82nd lap, when he lost control of his car at the harbour chicane. He had just entered an S-turn when his Ferrari's left rear wheel hit the guard rail, sending him into an erratic skid. It impacted a light pole and overturned. The car hit straw bales which lined the harbour side, rupturing the fuel tank, and sparks ignited the fuel as the car rolled over, with Bandini trapped beneath it. Marshals flipped his car upright and pulled Bandini, unconscious, out from the flaming Ferrari. It is thought that, during the effort to right the overturned car, gasoline leaked on the hot brake line or the Exhaust pipe and exploded. A second fire occurred when the gas tank exploded after Bandini had been pulled away from the Ferrari.
Bandini's burns were extensive, with third degree burns covering more than 70% of his body. The worst burns were on his arms and legs with slight burns on his face. Doctors were forced to wait for twenty-four to forty-eight hours before resolving to move Bandini to a hospital in Lyon, France, which specialized in the treatment of burns. Other options considered, by the doctors, were flying in skin grafts from Italy or a specialist burns unit team from East Grinstead in England. The burns caused severe lesions. He also sustained a chest wound and ten chest fractures.
Three days later, Bandini succumbed to his injuries. He died at Princess Grace Polyclinic Hospital in Monte Carlo. There were concerns about the promptness of Bandini's rescue. However, investigators from the Principality of Monaco ruled on 10 May "that the security operation had functioned properly." The straw bales, having been banned from all Formula 1 races in response to the accident, were replaced by an extended guard-rail the following year.
Bandini was buried in Reggiolo on 13 May. 100,000 people attended the funeral.
Goodwood Revival 2010, St Mary's Trophy, Race One
Race one of the St Mary's Trophy for saloon cars raced between 1950 and 1959. Martin Brundle was the highlight of the race for me, moving up from 4th place to challenge for the lead in his Austin A35 (car# 1), before contact with the leader punctured a tyre and ultimately put him out of the race. His efforts were more than appreciated by the crowd though! Tom Kristensen took the victory in his first visit to the Revival (driving an Austin A95 Westminster), after a good race with Patrick Watts (in the Volvo Amazon 122S) was cut short by mechanical failure.
Stirling Moss: Mille Miglia
Sir Stirling Moss describing how his best ever race in a sportscar was not neccessarily in Formula One, but the famed 1000 mile 'Mille Miglia' in 1955.
With coded hand signals from navigator Denis Jenkinson they successfully won the race in the famous #722 Mercedes-Benz 300SLR, setting the event record at an average of 159.65 km/h (99.20 mph) which was fastest ever on this 1,597 km (992 mi) variant of the course, not to be beaten in the remaining two years.
