Well that wasn’t what I was expecting after the mumsnet thread…

Yep not the Fangio I was expecting

Th Fangio is presumably the car, I don’t think it escaped, or was lucky 😛

Fangio

The Fangio is Juan Fangio I think, makes F1 today seem like a Sunday pootle..
Edit, yep..

The Fangio was presumably the guy lying on the tarmac… He is wearing a helmet… Was he in that a second earlier… 😯

Getting thrown from the car was probably considered a safety feature back then! Great pic 🙂

Who was sat in the chair??

yep – seen that happen at vscc races too.

That’s not Fangio. That’s Hans Hermann.

They aren’t actually helmets, more a bit of leather tied to your head,
And no seatbelts, and a lot of em smerked a tab while refuelling as well
Different breed total nutjobs..

That’s not Fangio. That’s Hans Hermann.

…but Another Lucky Escape For A Hermann doesn’t work as a joke.

Woody I s**t you not it was truly considered a safety feature that’s why seatbelts were resisted, preferred getting thrown out to crushed or burned to death!

hans hermann

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_wJaVFS0VI[/video]

Does the Fangio line allude to another thread then?

http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/i-have-a-burnt-fanjo

http://www.mumsnet.com/info/search?query=Fanjo

Enjoy!

It was a very different era – here’s the great man wearing his fireproof racing suit!

I see. Can’t quite decide whether to read the mumsnet thread or not!

Do it its hilarious and enlightening

What a splendid website that is!

I had a snoop around and was 😯 at some of the language!