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Some recent Mike Hawthorn gifs I've found

Tw: flashing in one gif

#really gone diving to try and locate new clips #the one where he sticks up his two fingers though might be my favourite #classic f1 #f1 #formula one #formula 1 #vintage f1 #mike hawthorn

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Peter Collins interview

Today, I found an interview with 50s driver Peter Collins, which I am particularly excited about as there is hardly anything out there with his voice. It didn't come with any video, so I have uploaded it here as an audio file, which you can listen to. Below the cut is a transcript. If you play this on the Tumblr app, it might open up the audio player on another tab, FYI. I have also found another longer interview audio with him from 1957, which not only has clearer audio but is around four minutes long and features him ranting about safety. I should hopefully have that uploaded by the end of this week! Enjoy, you lovely folk!

Interviewer: Could you tell us your age?

Peter: 24

Interviewer: How long have you been driving?

Peter: Since I was 17

Interviewer: What car did you start on?

Peter: Originally a Cooper 500, and uh and Allard and then onto an 1100 Cooper and then onto an Aston Martin HWM

Interviewer: How long have you been driving for Aston Martin?

Peter: This is my sixth year

Interviewer: Are you on a professional team besides Aston Martin this year? A Grand Prix team?

Peter: Yes, Ferrari

Interviewer: You are driving for Ferrari on the regular team. What competition are you looking forward to today here?

Peter: Well, I think it's all going to be pretty up from what I can see. The whole race—the speed of the race—will be governed by the tyre wear, and I think that the people who got the tyres that will last the longest and the breaks that will last the longest should stand a very good chance.

Interviewer: What do you think of the American course here today in comparison to European courses?

Peter: Well I think it is a great improvement on three years ago when I was here for the first time. It's uh it compares with certainly courses in England um that are held the same way on areograms circuits but really on the continent, the courses, in my opinion anyway, for my money, a little bit better *something* use the roads and uh they have natural hazards and not artificial ones which I think is a much better thing from racing standpoint.

Interviewer: Could you give us some performance figures on the Aston Martin, top speed and zero to sixty in...

Peter: Well, that's very difficult for me! Um, Mr (Wild?) could do it better than I could. I only know the things sort of maximum resolutions in minutes and, haha, what lap times we do. Um, I think they can go from, I don't know, I think they go from nought to one hundred miles an hour in about 16 seconds, I think, I'm not too sure. It depends on the axel ratio, of course. And a maximum speed is about 160 miles per hour.

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Wolfgang 'Taffy' von Trips being in a silly goofy mood

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Tomorrow all will be full of Senna’s face and we will remember his history and the legend he was. But we always forget to talk about Roland Ratzenberger, we have to remind that it is his 30 anniversary too.

He was not able to perform that historical races and it is obvious that he is not going to be so well remembered as other drivers are. But I think it is our duty to just dedicate some words for him.

At this point we have a really good documentaries from Roland and I would recommend to every classic F1 fan dedicating some time for watching them. We have to remember the man he was and how devoted he was to motoracing since his childhood. He was not lucky, and at the moment he arrived to the Formula 1 he left us.

At least, we are able to remember Roland by histories and memories that we have found through all these years. And although we have not been able to see his performance in F1, I am sure that everyone reminds him as the man with that charming smile that we lost in that awful weekend for motorsport.❤️

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Peter Collins interview

Today, I found an interview with 50s driver Peter Collins, which I am particularly excited about as there is hardly anything out there with his voice. It didn't come with any video, so I have uploaded it here as an audio file, which you can listen to. Below the cut is a transcript. If you play this on the Tumblr app, it might open up the audio player on another tab, FYI. I have also found another longer interview audio with him from 1957, which not only has clearer audio but is around four minutes long and features him ranting about safety. I should hopefully have that uploaded by the end of this week! Enjoy, you lovely folk!

Interviewer: Could you tell us your age?

Peter: 24

Interviewer: How long have you been driving?

Peter: Since I was 17

Interviewer: What car did you start on?

Peter: Originally a Cooper 500, and uh and Allard and then onto an 1100 Cooper and then onto an Aston Martin HWM

Interviewer: How long have you been driving for Aston Martin?

Peter: This is my sixth year

Interviewer: Are you on a professional team besides Aston Martin this year? A Grand Prix team?

Peter: Yes, Ferrari

Interviewer: You are driving for Ferrari on the regular team. What competition are you looking forward to today here?

Peter: Well, I think it's all going to be pretty up from what I can see. The whole race—the speed of the race—will be governed by the tyre wear, and I think that the people who got the tyres that will last the longest and the breaks that will last the longest should stand a very good chance.

Interviewer: What do you think of the American course here today in comparison to European courses?

Peter: Well I think it is a great improvement on three years ago when I was here for the first time. It's uh it compares with certainly courses in England um that are held the same way on areograms circuits but really on the continent, the courses, in my opinion anyway, for my money, a little bit better *something* use the roads and uh they have natural hazards and not artificial ones which I think is a much better thing from racing standpoint.

Interviewer: Could you give us some performance figures on the Aston Martin, top speed and zero to sixty in...

Peter: Well, that's very difficult for me! Um, Mr (Wild?) could do it better than I could. I only know the things sort of maximum resolutions in minutes and, haha, what lap times we do. Um, I think they can go from, I don't know, I think they go from nought to one hundred miles an hour in about 16 seconds, I think, I'm not too sure. It depends on the axel ratio, of course. And a maximum speed is about 160 miles per hour.

#his voice! #feeling blessed today #its deeper than I expected #yet not at the same time #i'm looking forward to sharing the other audio as well as thats even better quality #but I need to focus on submitting my dissertation this week before I work on that #classic f1 #f1 #formula one #formula 1 #vintage f1 #peter collins

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Wolfgang 'Taffy' von Trips being in a silly goofy mood

#god look at him #he's so cute #and funny #f1 #formula one #formula 1 #classic f1 #vintage f1 #wolfgang von trips #taffy

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To me it feels incredibly crass and insensitive of netflix to launch the senna TV show trailer on the 30th anniversary of Roland Ratzenberger's death but hey that's just me

#my first thought as soon as I saw the trailer #like why on this day when we should be remembering Roland #and no mention of him even in the trailer...they should of at least had something in honour of posting it on this day!!

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roland <3

#such a lovely smile #roland ratzenberger

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roland ratzenberger | formula ford, 1986

#he looks like such a sweet guy #i research him for about an hour for my post and there were just such lovely stuff written about him #poor guy #roland ratzenberger

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I've tracked down a whole minute audio clip interview with Peter Collins. I win.

#hearing his voice so clearly got me screaming #there's next to nothing of him actually speaking out there #apart from like 10 seconds in a documentary #and now I have found a whole minute worth of him speaking!!! #peter collins

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Baby Peter Collins 🥺

#look at this adorable baby #how sweet #classic f1 #f1 #formula one #formula 1 #vintage f1 #peter collins

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Some facts and stories about Roland Ratzenberger

• When he was seven years old his grandmother took him to a local hill climb race at Gaisberg.

• His first word was 'car'

• He was nine years old when year the family home the Salzburg ring opened. He was get through the gates to go watch the cars drive.

• He had a poster of Jochen Rindt on his wall as a kid.

• When he started karting at sixteen years old he had to get a secondary job at a bakery to fund it.

• In the winter of 1991 he married the former partner of another driver, becoming the stepfather of her son, however they were divorced in early 1992.

• While in the UK, he briefly gained some fame for having a similar name to the TV puppet 'Roland Rat'. ITV invited film to film a segment with the puppet for national breakfast television. He raced against the rat (who was in a car dubbed 'Ratmobile') the Rat Puppet ended up winning the race down to cheating.

• F1 author David Tremayne son's who was three years old insisted on calling Roland Ratzenburg-and-chips-and-beans to his face. Roland found it hilarious and became that young boy's hero.

• Described as 'gentle, always unfailingly polite, tall, good-looking, and with a ready smile'

• Journalist Adam Cooper went out drinking with Roland in Japan and at the end of the night they had decided he should come stay in Japan for a year or two to cover the local racing scene. When he turned up and realised the hotel was more expensive than he had planned Roland let him stay in the spare twin bed he had in his room. He was happy to have company.

• One of his unusual goals was to try to enjoy female company in the team motorhome between stints in 24 hour races. Adam Cooper reccounts ' I think the last time we discussed it he’d managed the feat twice at Le Mans, and once at the Nurburgring.'

• One time he used his deep Austrain accent to record a Terminator style 'I'll be back' answer machine message for rival Jeff Krosnoff

• He kept a black book full of 'ladies' numbers

• One time his friend Anthony Reid had an accident in a F3000 race, and had a lot of blood streaming down his face. Roland had to take charge of the scene as the marshals freaked out. He made sure his journalist friend wrote about the shortcomings of safety in a Japanese magazine afterwards.

• At a Formula Ford festival his team either ran out of funds or walked out and Roland was left with just his car and a toolbox. Because he was so well liked mechanics and personnel from other teams helped him prepare his car. He won that festival.

• On one occasion, Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Ratzenberger entered a nightclub. There was a confrontation between Frentzen and another guy which saw a knife pulled on either Frentzen or a random female bystander. Either way, Ratzenberger selflessly stepped in and wrestled the knife away from the man. 

• A documentary has been put out on YouTube about Roland by Levay film production, detailing all about his life. A recommended watch.

• Bernie Ecclestone personally delivered the confirmation of Ratzenburg's death to the Simtek team

• Ayton Senna commandeered an offical car to hurry to the medical center where he learnt of Roland's fate from his friend, Dr Sid Watkins

• Only five drivers attended his funeral

#30 years today #rip #classic f1 #f1 #formula one #formula 1 #roland ratzenberger

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Mike Hawthorn dressed smartly ✨️

#why are like half of these just him drinking #suppose when its award shows #sadly most of these were taken the same month he passed away #classic f1 #f1 #formula one #formula 1 #vintage f1 #mike hawthorn

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was looking at some non championship races from the 60s and look at jochen at the 64 london trophy race 😭😭

#awww #him #jochen rindt

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10 year old me should have never given away her cd player, what was she thinking

#if I find a cheap cd player I'd be tempted #i've only heard Peter's voice once and i want to hear more #his voice wasn't how i expected him to sound but it was such a short clip as well

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POV: You keep a cam-recorder and follow Peter Collins around

#saw the template on capcut and had to do with peter #once again he is a lana del ray man #peter colllins

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Newspaper article that was published about Wolfgang von Trips after his passing

#classic f1 #f1 #formula one #formula 1 #vintage f1 #wolfgang von trips