Iconic images of Formula One

[The Artist.....]

Prost is the most successful driver ever in the Andros trophy...

 

[Incubus]

Ah yes of course, totally forgot about that.

I had seen some bits of Andros ice-racing before and found it hugely fun, like rallycross on ice. Shame it isn't more popular.

 

[Fenderman]

Methinks that the dire lack of worldwide TV exposure doesn't help. They need a "Bernie", Incubus .

 

[The Artist.....]

And don't forget, Ayrton Senna, rally driver

 

[Incubus]

Never saw these before The Artist..... , looking at that last pic Senna is posing next to four different manufacturers and an array of different sponsors. I'm not sure we could see any of today's drivers being even allowed to do that by their respective backers. Conflicts of interests etc...

 

[The Artist.....]

I'd never seen them before either, but remembered something about Senna trying rallying, so I searched them out- not exactly hard to find though!

It's also refreshing to see a driver with a crappy digital watch, rather than the sponsored watches they all wear nowadays!

 

[Incubus]

What REALLY went on during the 1982 drivers' strike in that hotel off Kyalami!

Schoolboys on hols to begin with:

Then Niki just can't keep his hands off Riccardo:

Then those big girls really get into the groove:

 

[Incubus]

Smoking guns...

 

[Incubus]

A handful of tifosi who managed to sneak into a section of the old banked track at Monza in 2011 and are watching from the bridge between the Lesmos and the Ascari chicane.

Looks like a great place to watch it from actually.

 

[siffert_fan]

1968 Monaco GP--the Master at work

 

[Mephistopheles]

Even Clark commented that it was nearly impossible to beat Graham at Monaco, famously one year he didn't even try he went and did the Indy 500 instead which was on the same weekend...

 

[siffert_fan]

In 1968, Graham had had dinner with Prince Rainier and Princess Grace the night before the race. I thought that was an interesting tidbit.

What gets me is this: compare the sublime beauty of the Lotus 49B with the eyesores of today!

 

[KekeTheKing]

Rosberg getting pushed away from Pole at Brands Hatch 1982. The Cossie somehow experienced fuel vapor issues on the grid.

 

[siffert_fan]

Two of the greatest F1 drivers of all time --Monza 1967

 

[KekeTheKing]

Lauda leads Prost at Paul Ricard 1985

 

[KekeTheKing]

Podium celebration at Detroit 1985

 

[siffert_fan]

Am I the only one wondering what is in the cigarette that Hunt is smoking?

 

[mjo]

Brazil 1994 Practice:

 

[Dario Resta]

Brazil 1994 Practice:

Schumacher obviously using launch control.

 

[Incubus]

Lauda leads Prost at Paul Ricard 1985

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I haven't seen any others saying it but the MP4/2 series were my favourite-looking McLaren, and among the best-looking F1 cars of all time to me. I just loved the way they looked with their purity of design and that coke bottle shape.