I just finished viewing the Gilles Villeneuve clips, and you can now
count me as one of those who has been brought to tears watching these
videos. I remember watching a broadcast of the Long Beach Grand Prix on
ABC's Wide World of Sports many years ago, and seeing a Canadian driver
do things with a car that left me dumbfounded. I remember one scene as
though it happened yesterday...Villeneuve tries to overtake someone with
a late-breaking maneuver at the end of a long straight...locks up his
brakes and goes sliding onto the runoff area...smokes his tires going
back onto the track in reverse...then smokes the tires again going off in
hot pursuit of the guy he just tried to pass. That scene is what stirred
the racing passion inside of me! I became an F1 fan that day.
Seeing (for the first time) the crash that took his life made me cry.
He is my hero.
Gary
He was racing Keke Rosberg for 2nd place in that race (1982). The Ferrari
had much greater straight line speed due to it's turbo engine but was
totally hopeless going round corners. A couple of times Gilles came from
what seemed like at least 100 metres back at the start of the straight and
just blew past the DFV powered Williams, Keke would then re-pass in the
twisty section. Keke finally came out on top for good after GV had his spin
at the end of the straight. Gilles finished third only to be disqualified
for having a rear wing twice as wide as it should be!
Chris
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Gary Stephenson <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> I just finished viewing the Gilles Villeneuve clips, and you can now
> count me as one of those who has been brought to tears watching these
> videos. I remember watching a broadcast of the Long Beach Grand Prix on
> ABC's Wide World of Sports many years ago, and seeing a Canadian driver
> do things with a car that left me dumbfounded. I remember one scene as
> though it happened yesterday...Villeneuve tries to overtake someone with
> a late-breaking maneuver at the end of a long straight...locks up his
> brakes and goes sliding onto the runoff area...smokes his tires going
> back onto the track in reverse...then smokes the tires again going off in
> hot pursuit of the guy he just tried to pass. That scene is what stirred
> the racing passion inside of me! I became an F1 fan that day.
>
> Seeing (for the first time) the crash that took his life made me cry.
>
> He is my hero.
>
> Gary
>
On Wed, 18 Oct 2000 11:11:50 +0200, "Chris Bloom"
<[email hidden]> wrote:
And they only noticed that AFTER the race ??
Andre
>Chris
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>He was racing Keke Rosberg for 2nd place in that race (1982). The Ferrari >had much greater straight line speed due to it's turbo engine but was >totally hopeless going round corners. A couple of times Gilles came from >what seemed like at least 100 metres back at the start of the straight and >just blew past the DFV powered Williams, Keke would then re-pass in the >twisty section. Keke finally came out on top for good after GV had his spin >at the end of the straight. Gilles finished third only to be disqualified >for having a rear wing twice as wide as it should be!Ferrari were trying to be clever and as it wasn't one complete piece of
metal they said it was two seperate wings. The FIA quite obviously didn't
see it that way.
Chris
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"Andre Warringa" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 18 Oct 2000 11:11:50 +0200, "Chris Bloom"
> <[email hidden]> wrote:
>
> Gilles finished third only to be disqualified
> >for having a rear wing twice as wide as it should be!
>
> And they only noticed that AFTER the race ??
>
> Andre
>
>
> >Chris
>
I'm with you Gary! I've only known G. Villeneuve through videos of his
racing, but watching him drive with all out commitment is just awe
inspiring. Drivers like that do not come around very often and they
make permanent impressions on the racing world when they do. He was
amazing.
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Gary Stephenson <[email hidden]> wrote:
> I just finished viewing the Gilles Villeneuve clips, and you can now
> count me as one of those who has been brought to tears watching these
> videos. I remember watching a broadcast of the Long Beach Grand Prixon
> ABC's Wide World of Sports many years ago, and seeing a Canadiandriver
> do things with a car that left me dumbfounded. I remember one sceneas
> though it happened yesterday...Villeneuve tries to overtake someonewith
> a late-breaking maneuver at the end of a long straight...locks up his
> brakes and goes sliding onto the runoff area...smokes his tires going
> back onto the track in reverse...then smokes the tires again goingoff in
> hot pursuit of the guy he just tried to pass. That scene is whatstirred
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> I just finished viewing the Gilles Villeneuve clips, and you can now > count me as one of those who has been brought to tears watching these > videos. I remember watching a broadcast of the Long Beach Grand Prix on > ABC's Wide World of Sports many years ago, and seeing a Canadian driver > do things with a car that left me dumbfounded. I remember one scene as > though it happened yesterday...Villeneuve tries to overtake someone with > a late-breaking maneuver at the end of a long straight...locks up his > brakes and goes sliding onto the runoff area...smokes his tires going > back onto the track in reverse...then smokes the tires again going off in > hot pursuit of the guy he just tried to pass. That scene is what stirred > the racing passion inside of me! I became an F1 fan that day. > > Seeing (for the first time) the crash that took his life made me cry. > > He is my hero. > > Gary >WHATS THE URL ????????????
Chris Bloom <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> He was racing Keke Rosberg for 2nd place in that race (1982). The Ferrari
> had much greater straight line speed due to it's turbo engine but was
> totally hopeless going round corners. A couple of times Gilles came from
> what seemed like at least 100 metres back at the start of the straight and
> just blew past the DFV powered Williams, Keke would then re-pass in the
> twisty section. Keke finally came out on top for good after GV had hisspin
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