HISTORIA DE LA F-1 1950-2000 Opciones

[magu]

Para mí la mejor época de la F1 es la Turbo en los 80 (aunque no la viví,solo la estudié de revistas y libros y tal...)
Pero ¡hostias! cuando hablas,javier,de los 50 así,se me pone la carne de gallina.

No pares sigue,sigue...

[lmario]

Los elogios se los dejo a los demás.

Y me encargaré de otra cosa. Es que cuando me tocan a Jimmy ...

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al imparable Clark, (parable solo por la cruel forma con la que trataba a veces a su motor).

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Creo que sus mecánicos no estaban de acuerdo con esto. Veamos:

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He was the quickest man in the team and yet his car would have less tyre wear, less brake wear and more fuel left at the end of the race than any of the others.

"He was light on the cars and he had a mechanical sympathy for things. A very balanced and calculating driver."

Bob Dance
Chief Racing Mechanic, Team Lotus

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"He was very capable as a driver, so capable that nobody knew what his limits were. In fact, I don't think he ever did go to his limit.

"In all his years of racing he was never injured. He never did anything dangerous, particularly when overtaking - he seemed to get through with the minimum of fuss."

Bob Sparshot
Mechanic, Team Lotus

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"Clark as a driver was an absolute natural - the same as Fangio and Senna, the only other natural drivers. But I've seen Clark frighten himself, for when he did so his mouth would fly open."

Cedric Selzer
Mechanic, Team Lotus

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Jimmy was very easy to work for. He would tell you exactly what he wanted and he was very easy on his cars, especially the gearbox and clutch.
"That he won with the H16 BRM engine which rarely finished a race sums it all up. He was gentle when he needed to be, aggressive when he had to be.

"But at Hockenheim it was all uphill that weekend. There was freezing fog and rain. Jimmy wasn't happy with the car. Then came the accident..."


Dave Simms
Mechanic, Team Lotus; one of two mechanics looking after the F2 car at Hockenheim on April 7, 1968

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Un piloto que gastaba menos neumáticos, frenos y combustible que sus compañeros de equipo.

Que nunca fue al límite porque nadie sabía donde estaba su límite. Pero pese a ello nunca resultó herido porque no hacía cosas peligrosas, especialmente cuando adelantaba.

Que era un piloto absolutamente natural (igual que Fangio y Senna, los otros únicos pilotos naturales).

Que hizo ganar al BRM H16 que raramente acababa una carrera.

Me parece que la expresión de "cruel forma de tratar al motor" es un poco ... no ajustada a la realidad.

Salu2

lmario