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pondo · 2017-03-14T21:14:57Z

Got an unexpected night in to myself and decided to indulge in a long-forgotten passion for motor racing documentaries. I stumbled across this old Equinox episode for starters, on early F1 turbo engines, maybe not so interesting for the technical viewer but I'm fascinated by how things used to be done, and I love the post-mortem on the dead Cosworth lump. :DAnything anyone else wants to share? :)

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If 917 is your favourite car ever like me, you may enjoy the sights and sounds of this little five minute feller. 🙂

Posted : 04/04/2017 9:34 pm

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Ok, if it's not obvious I have another night to myself. This I love - great sound, looks great to drive, top retro aceness. 🙂

Posted : 04/04/2017 9:54 pm

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There's a cracking documentary about the horrific crash at Leeds Man's in 1955. Deadliest Crash it's called. A sporting catastrophe, but a good programme, if that's not a contradiction. The closing moments brought a tear to my eye.

Posted : 04/04/2017 10:05 pm

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My last contribution for the evening - great driver having fun for the camera in the wet.

Posted : 04/04/2017 10:16 pm

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pondo - cheers, just watched the 917 vid and not onto the 250 GTO. Awesome!

Posted : 04/04/2017 10:32 pm

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Part 1 of what looks to be a great doc here :

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b08mp802/road-riders-series-1-episode-1

Posted : 21/04/2017 11:41 pm

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Best motorsport documentary I've seen:

https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/britten-backyard-visionary-1993

Posted : 22/04/2017 6:56 am

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Red Mist Stuff-great programme featuring a Couple of stateside sports car races in the '80s. Very retro but fantastic to watch!

Posted : 22/04/2017 10:43 am

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PSA to say Weekend Of A Champion is on 4 tomorrow at five to six in the morning, a Roman Polanski fly-on-the-wall documentary about Jackie Stewart at the 1972 Monaco Grand Prix, quite interesting.

Posted : 27/05/2017 7:27 am

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The BBC did a series a few years back called [url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pqc19 ]Racing Legends[/url].

Episodes no longer available on iPlayer but they are on YouTube:

Some great TV there.

Posted : 27/05/2017 7:47 am

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This is quite interesting.

Posted : 08/02/2018 11:37 pm

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Le Mans - racing is everything on Netflix is a good watch.

interesting to watch the behind the scene stuff with various drivers, including the guy who got a seat with Nissan coming from a gaming background playing Gran Turismo tournaments.

Posted : 09/02/2018 1:25 am

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This is quite interesting -

Big fan of Gordon Murray but innovations to dodge anti-ground effect rules were a bit offside, IMHO.

Posted : 22/05/2019 9:43 pm

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F1 like any competitive sport is about getting the most competitive edge you can whilst remaining within the regs. Governing bodies are forever changing regs to outlaw innovations they feel are outside the spirit of what their previous regs allowed whilst actually being legal.

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