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Offline BDA

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Re: Lotus F1 "The tobacco years" type 72
« Reply #30 on: Friday,May 29, 2015, 07:20:27 PM »
Ahh... when race cars looked like race cars instead of bugs...

Thanks for the memories!
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Re: Lotus F1 "The tobacco years" type 72
« Reply #31 on: Friday,June 05, 2015, 05:47:04 AM »
Quote from: BDA on Friday,May 29, 2015, 07:20:27 PM
Ahh... when race cars looked like race cars instead of bugs...

Thanks for the memories!

No fancy systems or driver aids of today...A wheel, three pedals and a shifter.ld   
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Re: Lotus F1 "The tobacco years" type 72
« Reply #32 on: Friday,June 05, 2015, 07:44:28 AM »
Things were sure more simple then! Not to take anything away from the drivers today, but I think it required more of the driver than cars today.
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Re: Lotus F1 "The tobacco years" type 72
« Reply #33 on: Tuesday,June 16, 2015, 07:51:50 AM »
When sex was safe and the racing was dangerous...Boy, how times have changed!

Silverstone 1973...Pit walkers and Ronnie blasts off the line.
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Re: Lotus F1 "The tobacco years" type 72
« Reply #34 on: Tuesday,June 16, 2015, 08:06:18 AM »
When men were men and women were glad of it! No launch control (or anything like it) there!
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Re: Lotus F1 "The tobacco years" type 72
« Reply #35 on: Friday,July 03, 2015, 12:51:26 PM »
The paddock walk in the old days!

I'll bet some of you have a more "clinical environment"  for your own fiddling. ld
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Re: Lotus F1 "The tobacco years" type 72
« Reply #36 on: Friday,July 03, 2015, 02:52:52 PM »
It really is astounding the changes in facilities, cars, technology, and drivers over the years.

I saw where they analyze the gearbox oil - and certainly the engine oil - after every practice. Something tells me that practice started much later than this picture!  ;D
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Re: Lotus F1 "The tobacco years" type 72
« Reply #37 on: Monday,July 06, 2015, 03:40:41 PM »
Quote from: Lou Drozdowski on Friday,July 03, 2015, 12:51:26 PM
The paddock walk in the old days!

I'll bet some of you have a more "clinical environment"  for your own fiddling. ld
Fantastic picture!
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Re: Lotus F1 "The tobacco years" type 72
« Reply #38 on: Friday,July 10, 2015, 08:07:00 PM »
Bengt Ronnie Peterson...One of my favorite all time racers. With a F1 career that saw him with 123 starts, he amassed a total of 10 wins 14 poles and 26 podium finishes. Starting with March then Lotus, March again, Tyrell and back to Lotus he drove the 72 for six of his victories. The "Super Swede" always seemed to be on the ragged edge, his powered sideways drifts in a corner were to be his trade mark. Frustrated with having to play second fiddle to Emerson in his first go round, he soured at the aging 72 and only with his pure talent, coaxed the ole mule onwards till the end of 1975.   

His second stint with Lotus would see him in the 78 and 79 chassis...but that's another story!       
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Re: Lotus F1 "The tobacco years" type 72
« Reply #39 on: Friday,July 10, 2015, 08:22:55 PM »
I read that Ronnie would frustrate Chunky because he would come in and Chunky would ask him what he felt and he never gave much of an answer. They would make some significant changes and then go out and lap just as fast or faster. He didn't seem to be able to tell them what changes needed to be made and it didn't seem to matter! He seemed to adapt his style to the car.

He was an amazing, underrated talent.
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Re: Lotus F1 "The tobacco years" type 72
« Reply #40 on: Friday,July 10, 2015, 08:51:00 PM »
BDA agreed...Ronnie wasn't much as a developer until his later years. The P34 six wheeler Tyrell really got him to change his approach, and with his later term with Colin in the 78 and 79 things got better. Teaming with Mario was a huge factor also.

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Re: Lotus F1 "The tobacco years" type 72
« Reply #41 on: Monday,July 27, 2015, 03:27:02 PM »
Can you name the gentlemen and driver chatting with Colin?


There will be a quiz...ld
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Re: Lotus F1 "The tobacco years" type 72
« Reply #42 on: Monday,July 27, 2015, 05:53:04 PM »
My WAG: Peter Revson?
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Re: Lotus F1 "The tobacco years" type 72
« Reply #43 on: Monday,July 27, 2015, 07:07:10 PM »
WAG = wild ass guess...nope...look for the clues.
Quote from: BDA on Monday,July 27, 2015, 05:53:04 PM
My WAG: Peter Revson?
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Re: Lotus F1 "The tobacco years" type 72
« Reply #44 on: Monday,July 27, 2015, 10:00:58 PM »
The gentleman looks to be Rob Walker.
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