#Jo Siffert

[bluesourkiwi]

GPDA Meeting, 1969 South African GP

#denny hulme #jochen rindt #chris amon #mario andretti #jean-pierre beltoise #jackie stewart #jo siffert #jacky ickx #graham hill #classic f1 #f1 #내 꺼

[christiangeistdorfer]

1960s F1 DRIVERS SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS + THEIR SIGNATURE

#i thought this would be cute </3 #the signatures are from the iconic a-la-rascasse... we miss u laura !!! #ahh i gotta tag everyone right.... #well starting from the top #john surtees #jackie stewart #jim clark #bruce mclaren #denny hulme #jack brabham #who is looking hella fine... damn girl.... #jochen rindt #jo siffert #graham hill #classic f1 #f1 #formula 1 #1960s

[frenchcurious]

Jo Siffert (Gulf - Porsche 917 K) vainqueur avec Brian Redman des 1000 km de Zeltweg - Österreichring 1970. © LAT / Motorsport. - source Carros e Pilotos.

#jo siffert #porsche #brian redman #1000 km de zeltweg #österreichring

[wheelsgoroundincircles]

1970 Spa-Francorchamps 1000 kms, May 17. Jo Siffert/Brian Redman (Porsche 917K), 1st position, side by side with Pedro Rodriguez/Leo Kinnunen (Porsche 917K) at the start of the race.

#Porsche 917K #Porsche 917 #Porsche #car #cars #jo siffert #Brian Redman #pedro rodriguez #Leo Kinnunen

[cazzyf1]

Drivers meeting - from the film 'Grand Prix 66'

How many drivers can you recognise? 😉

#classic f1 #f1 #formula one #formula 1 #vintage f1 #graham hill #bruce mclaren #phil hill #jochen rindt #dan gurney #jo siffert #richie ginther #guy ligier #jo schlesser

[masochistic-tifosi]

History of the Motorsport Champaign Spray

The most important part of a Motorsport podium is a Champagne Spray. But you have to admit that spraying Champagne on teammates and rivals is kinda weird. So why the fuck do people spray champagne on each other on the podium.

Before we answer why drivers do the Champagne spray, first we must ask why Champagne is on the podium in the first place.

The first time Champagne was rewarded during Formula 1's first season. After the 1950 French Grand Prix, Juan Manuel Fangio was awarded a bottle of champagne from Moët & Chandon. Moët & Chandon would be the official champagne provider to F1 from 1966-1999 and from 2016-2017.

The first time Champagne was ever sprayed on the Podium did not happen during an F1 event. In fact, it wasn't even on purpose. After the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans (Yes, the one in Ford vs Ferrari), the class winner of Prototype 2000 Jo Siffert accidentally sprayed the crowd with Champagne when opening the bottle as it had built pressure from being in the sun for too long.

The next year's class and overall winner Dan Gurney (Also apart of the only pure American team to win Le Mans) decided to do a little trolling and shacked the bottle until it popped, spraying his teammate, photographers, Carroll Shelby, and Henry Ford II. Thus the tradition was born.

“What I did with the champagne was totally spontaneous. I had no idea it would start a tradition. I was beyond caring and just got caught up in the moment. It was one of those once-in-a-lifetime occasions where things turned out perfectly...I thought this hard-fought victory needed something special.” - Dan Gurney

In ye olden days most drivers competed in multiple series a year, so my theory is that Dan Gurney friend and the people he competed with in that race thought it would be fun to spray the Champagne.

Because I mainly blog about F1, the first time Champagne Spray was not done by Dan Hurney(He was also an F1 driver, in fact he is the first of three people to win an F1, Indy, and Nascar race in the world) recorded was in 1969 French GP, where Jackie Stewart accidentally popped the cork of a warm bottle of Champagne, he tried to preserve the drink by covering it with his thumb, but it made it worse.

Fun fact: It cannot be called Champagne if it was not made in the French region of Champagne. So the current F1 officel victory drink Ferrari Trento(No relation to Scuderia Ferrari) is not Champagne, its sparkling wine.

#Le Mans #WEC #F1 #Jackie Stewert #Dan Gurney #Jenson Button #Fernando Alonso #juan pablo montoya #valtteri bottas #micheal schumacher #rubens barrichello #jo siffert #juan manuel fangio #just tagging everyone in the pictures #essay #this took too long #Im thinking of wrting some short essays on here #nothing serious #just for fun #sebastian vettel #f1 lore

[good-gone-things]

Porsche 908/02 ex Jo Siffert, 1970

#vintage porsche #porsche #vintage racing #le mans #porsche 908 #jo siffert

[eliotheeangelis]

jo siffert | 1970 spanish grand prix

#my wittle baby boy #f1 #formula 1 #classic f1 #f1 1970s #jo siffert

[taffyvontrips]

Innes Ireland gave Jo Siffert a ride back to the pits at the Belgian GP, June 14th 1964

Photographed by Bernard Cahier

#jo siffert #innes ireland #(in the car invisible) #f1 #classic f1 #formula 1 #vintage f1 #60s #1964 #belgian gp #photo #bernard cahier #cahier archives #meins

[eliorosb3rg]

stepping on them like a cartoon giant

#i lovee this angle #classic f1 #jo siffert #graham hill #little taxi ride

[feraltwinkseb]

June 14 1964 - Belgium / Innes Ireland gives a ride back to the pits to teammate Jo Siffert (x)

June 16, 1991 - Mexico City, Mexico / Ayrton Senna gives a ride to Jean Alesi (x)

July 14, 1991 - England / Nigel Mansell gives Ayrton Senna a ride back to the pits during his victory lap after Senna had run out of fuel (x)

May 30 1995 - Hockenheim, Germany / Mika Hakkinen hitches a lift back to the pits with Gerhard Berger (x)

July 30, 1995 - Hockenheim, Germany / David Coulthard gives a ride to Rubens Barrichello

July 28 1996 - Hockenheim, Germany / Gerhard Berger hitches a ride with teammate Jean Alesi (x)

July 27 1997 - Hockenheim, Germany / Michael Schumacher gives Giancarlo Fisichella a lift back to the pits (x)

April 29 2001 -  Barcelona, Spain / Mika Hakkinen catches a lift from David Coulthard (x)

July 24, 2011 in Nuerburg, Germany / Fernando Alonso gets a lift back to the pits from Mark Webber (x)

September 22, 2013 - Singapore, Singapore / Mark Webber is given a lift back to pits by Fernando Alonso after his engine blew up (x) 

#peak sportsmanship #giving your bro a lift #just a little history #Whats up with germany huh? #might have to do another one of these I ran out of room #comradery #f1 #formula 1 #formula one #ogferal #1964 #1991 #1995 #1996 #1997 #2001 #2011 #2013 #Innes Ireland #Jo Siffert #jean alesi #nigel mansell #mika hakkinen #gerhard berger #david coulthard #Rubens Barrichello #Michael Schumacher #giancarlo fisichella #fernando alonso #Ayrton Senna

[formulaarchive]

Denny Hulme winning at 'Gold Cup' Oulton Park 1972 / Denny Hulme Brands Hatch 1972 /  Denny Hulme Brands Hatch 1972

Denny Hulme at British GP Brands Hatch 1972 / Graham Hill Brands Hatch British Grand Prix 1971 / Howden Ganley 1971 Race of Champions

 Jackie Stewart Brands Hatch Race of Champions 1971 / Jo Siffert in cockpit, Race of Champions 1971

#f1 #formula 1 #formula one #formula1 #old formula 1 #old f1 #jackie stewart #jo siffert #Howden ganley #graham hill #denny hulme #vintage f1

[christiangeistdorfer]

various drivers before the start of the 1968 BRITISH GRAND PRIX

GRAHAM HILL, JACKY ICKX, DENNY HULME & JO SIFFERT

#dapper men! #classic f1 #f1 #formula 1 #1960s #graham hill #jacky ickx #denny hulme #jo siffert

[frenchcurious]

David Piper & Jo Siffert- Ferrari 275/330 P2/65 convertie 365P 0836 - 2éme des 12 Heures de Reims 1967. - source Classic Ferrari's Road & Track.

#david piper #jo siffert #ferrari #12 heures de reims

[wheelsgoroundincircles]

Comments from Brian Redman"

"I thought Le Mans was a great film about racing at Le Mans , who cares about the plot . At the time there was very little racing coverage of any sort on television , so to get a full length movie of any racing was brilliant . Epic in-car shots interspersed with some real footage of the actual race. I had a chat with Brian Redman when he was racing at Goodwood. I asked him what it was like racing there in the 917 with co-driver Jo Siffert . He said it was fabulous , absolutely great sharing with Jo. He said they were doing really well until there was a missed gear by Jo coming onto the pits straight and the engine blew right in front of all the assembled senior /top Porsche hierarchy who were in the pits. He said it was very easy to miss a gear in the 917."

#le mans #sports car #brian redman #jo siffert #porsche #porsche 917 #car #cars

[a-la-rascasse]

Jo enjoys some champagne on the podium // 24 hours of Le Mans 🇫🇷, 1966.

#jo siffert #24 hours of le mans #le mans #classic f1 #endurance racing #I think this is the most colourful photo I've ever posted lol