I love my Nikon D90 – and my love is reaffirmed through Sir Jackie Stewart’s own appreciation of the brand – as exhibited here.
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Why I’m a Nikon Fan…
The Best F1 Documentary You’ve Seen.
I happened to find this on Vimeo after watching the Lotus Goes Turbo video on Axis of Oversteer.
It’s an excellent, well-shot and well-narrated movie about Formula One in the mid-1970′s – a time many consider to be the pinnacle of F1. A time when racing was simply man and machine, a tenuous grasp on advanced technologies and sponsorship dollars and the grip of Bernie Eccelstone had yet to ruin the sport.
This particular movie seems to stretch from roughly 1970 to the 1973 season from what I can tell. It centers around Formula One and Jackie Stewart but most of the time is spent with Francois Cevert and the up and coming world championship. Sadly, we all know how the ultimate race of the ’73 ended for Cevert.
Beyond just Francois, they have interviews with a handful of other important racers of the time such as Mike Hailwood and Peter Revson and show a very dark side of racing – one that seems to be a race car driver against the world, all alone. What’s most shocking is that many of the drivers that were interviewed throughout the documentary are no longer alive – many killed on track.
Aside from the insight into the drivers, it has an amazing amount of period footage at Watkins Glen, Montjuic, Monaco, and Monza and many other tracks. If you’re an F1 fan – especially one who likes the heyday of racing – check out this video, you’ll not be disappointed and this is an excellent way to burn time on a Sunday morning.
Champions Forever from gt4zone on Vimeo.
Legends.
I just stumbled onto this from Wippermann’s great collection of YouTube videos. Brunswick Films, the producer of this new series, looks to have quite a few interesting clips and unseen footage so I’m greatly looking forward to what this film will hold.
It looks to be a retrospective of a handful of incredible Grand Prix drivers, many of whom were World Champions. A number of comments on YouTube bring up the great point that there are drivers left off of the list – some of which still living that could have been included. So far a quick but incomplete list looks to be Sheckter, Stewart, Peterson, Hunt, Fittipaldi, Andretti, Lauda and Hakkinen.
Watch the clip below up until the end – the retort from James Hunt is worth waiting the entire 2:41 to see it. Check out the clip below – as I see more on this series I will definitely be posting it!
