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Paul Hurdsfield - Joint Manchester AO

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In 1981  my photographic gear was a bit more rudimentary, so the results weren't as good as those you've seen so far, but we've all got to start somewhere.

Whos remembers when Siverstone had the Woodcote chicane?

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Hanger straght from Stowe.

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Oh yeah and John Watson won.

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RIP Andrea De Cesaris

1991 British GP in a Jordan

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1992 British GP in a Tyrrell

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Here's a few more, this is the 1984 Grand Prix at Brands Hatch.

When it's this busy going into Druids you just know someone's gonna get tangled up.

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Yep, note the bouncing wheel.

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teamate battles are nothing new, Watson and Lauda.

 

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Our Nige.

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Stephan Johansson

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Stefan Bellof

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1st Lauda, 2nd Warwick, 3rd Senna. get a load of those legs in the background :d

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Oh yeah not everyone finshed.

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Ta Bernie, I've got a few thousand more if you want to play with them :d

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I was on top of the pit lane box's when this happened (1973) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7R_XId0YabQ

 

I'd splashed out on pit lanes passes for myself and my cousin and it was just so incredible I'll never forget - getting so close to the cars just before they went out - I saw a piece of masking tape on Jackie Stewart's Tyrrell steering wheel reminding him of new brake pads - something I've copied ever since ! :)  And the I've got a photo somewhere of Francois Cevert having a pee against the pit wall just before getting in his car........ :d

 

But that crash by Jody Scheckter is as vivid today as it was 41 years ago.

 

Great stuff.......I don't know if I can find my F1 photo's (my cousin may have kept them) and I reckon I have a claim to fame at Brands Hatch that's best kept secret otherwise my then girlfriend (and future wife) would sue or have all my upgrades removed one by one  :cry:  - but this was taken at about the same time  :d (just for you youngsters, it's an IBM Mainframe with all of 64k memory at Rolls Royce Aero Engines Leavesden - now more famous for Harry Potter).

 

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(apologies for the hair, the stacked heels and hijacking this thread)i

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No worries about the hijack, it's great to get feedback and comments, especially when little stories likes your come to light. :d

Continuing the peeing stories, I once had one in the paddock toilets at Silverstone with Niki Lauda (my all time hero) stood next to me doing the same.

I cant quite match Francois Cevert peeing, but here's Russell Brookes having a 'comfort' break before a stage on the RAC rally :laugh:

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Oh WOW thanks David, are they yours, were you there?

They are just a bit before I had the means to attend myself.

Denny Hulme, Chris Amon, Jochen Rindt, Graham Hill and Jack Brabham. :t-up:

Not forgetting Jackie Stewart in the matra.

There's just one guy on the first pic I cant put a name to his face, C'mon Bernie (pistonbroke) tell us who he is?

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Flippin'eck it's Bruce McLaren. 

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are they yours, were you there?

Yes, Paul -- taken by me at Brands 1968 in the days when the F1 paddock was a little less formal than it is today ;)

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Fantastic I'm so jealous, those were the days that got me interested in F1.

you are one very lucky person, thanks for sharing them :t-up:

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Nice shot of Bruce & Denny !

 

+ Big John Surtees in the Honda RA 301  :)

 

and is that Rindt in the Brabham ?

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Yes, Paul -- taken by me at Brands 1968 in the days when the F1 paddock was a little less formal than it is today ;)

 

Good grief, that was the year I was born! Would love to have had a chance to spectate in that era though!

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