Something new (old) from @ScarbsTech workbench.
Younger followers may not have seen this before. In the 70/80s when fires & being trapped in the car were more common, rules demanded that drivers had an air supply into their helmet to allow them to breathe.
#F1 #F1tech #F1retro
1972 #USGP, Watkins Glen. Great performance during qualifying session by Peter Revson. Second place just 0.046 gap from pole man Jackie Stewart and there was a money prize. #F1 #F1retro #F1photographers #F1jp
photo📸 by Rainer Schlegelmilch.
#OnThisDay 1983 Kyalami. Final race of the 1983 #F1 Championship. Nelson Piquet clinched his 2nd title driving for Brabham.
ph: Gordon Murray, Brabham's brain🧠
photo📸 by the great Ercole Colombo
#F1jp #F1photographers #F1retro
1977 #ItalianGP, Monza.
Ian Scheckter, March 771 Ford.
Photo📸 Rainer Schlegelmilch. #F1 #F1jp #F1Retro #F1photographers
#OnThisDay Murray Walker🇬🇧was born.
ph: 1986 #GermanGP, Hockenheim.
(📸Maurice Hamilton) #F1 #F1jp #F1retro
#OnThisDay 1977 #canadiangp .Patrick Tambay🇫🇷 as an Ensign driver, crouches alongside the #McLaren M26 of Jochen Mass , who #Tambay would replace for the 1978 season.
#F1 #F1jp #F1retro (📸David Phipps)
#OnThisDay 1979 #USGP ,Watkins Glen.
Brilliant 2nd place for Renault🇫🇷 man, Rene Arnoux.
The best of the rest except, Villeneuve(1 place) and Jones(dnf) who were in their own world.
(📸David Phipps) #F1 #F1jp #F1retro
1985 Brands Hatch. #OnThisDay Alain #Prost 🇫🇷clinched his maiden #F1 World Championship.
“I remember that, behind my visor, my eyes were misty..''
(📸Bryn Colton) #F1jp #F1retro
#OnThisDay 1976 #CanadianGP, Mosport.
Peterson, Hunt, Depailler, Brambilla, @MarioAndretti
, Lauda. Only Hunt(winner) and Andretti(3rd place) attended the podium ceremony. Depailler(2nd) fainted as soon as he crossed🏁 the finish line.
#F1 #F1jp #F1retro (📸William Murenbeeld)
1995 EuropeanGP, #Nurburgring
The two @williamsracingf1.bsky.social 🇬🇧
team mates. David Coulthard leading Damon Hill, Williams FW17.
(📸Mark Sutton) #F1 #F1jp #F1retro #OnThisDay
Sometimes there is a lot of exaggeration for certain drivers' actions. And we forget that this is about racing. Mika Hakkinen's statement is impressive. Look at first comment. Happy Birthday Mika🇫🇮! 57. #F1 #F1jp #Finland #F1Retro
(📸Paul-Henri Cahier)
Enzo Osella🇮🇹 born 26 August 1939, has passed away...R.I.P
ph:Eddie Cheever in Osella FA1 Ford, at its launch with Enzo Osella during the Osella Launch on November 01, 1979.
#F1 #F1jp #Italia #F1retro (📸Ercole Colombo)
1982 #AustrianGP. #F1 #F1retro #F1jp #France 🇫🇷
Alain Prost and at the back Rene Arnoux. Both Renaults'
📸photo by Rainer Schlegelmilch.
1996 #ItalianGP, #Monza 🇮🇹
(📸Darren Heath) #F1 #F1jp #F1Retro
#OnThisDay
(📸Sutton) #F1 #F1jp #F1Retro
Chaos of the first lap of the 1998 #BelgiumGP.