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06/02/2021 5:26 pm
Thank you for this Frank. I was a huge fan of Ayrton Senna and remember how disbelieving I was in 1994 when I saw the accident at Imola (on TV, not live). He was a fantastic talent and I was expecting a productive year at Williams. Clip was an excellent memorial.
06/02/2021 6:10 pm
@david-green. I know more about music than race cars ... I posted another Chris Rea track in the lounge forum with some really cool automotive art work.
Frank Reed
Chesapeake, VA
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08/02/2021 5:48 pm
08/02/2021 6:00 pm
@david-green Looking at all these racing models, I wonder if those books wouldn't be a worthwhile addition, after all.
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08/02/2021 6:15 pm
As well as lots of models, one thing that I likely have too many of is Formula 1 books. They tend to accumulate. Wiki now has an excellent database on Formula 1 but is limited in pictures.
09/02/2021 12:25 am
@david-green I find a problem with books is that as often as not their value to us is not simply in the information held between their covers, which is why some insist on hardbacks all the time. They are like well executed models.
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09/02/2021 12:11 pm
True Charles, I have a small selection of author signed books. I find extra pleasure in owning these. I try to keep a small research collection for any hobbies and models that follow.
The books are often more collectible than the 'toys'.
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11/02/2021 4:06 pm
The 1963 Formula One Season
The 1963 Formula One season was the 17th season of FIA Formula One motor racing with 10 races.
Jim Clark won his first championship with seven wins in his Lotus 25 to two by Graham Hill in his BRM P57 and one by John Surtees in a revised Ferrari 178 V6.
Lotus won its first Formula 1 Manufacturer's Title.
This record number of wins in a season was not equalled untilAlain Prost Prost won seven races in 1984.
Above two are Jim Clark Lotus 25 by RBA.
This is Jim Clark's Lotus 25 by Altaya.
Graham Hill won the Monaco Grand Prix in this BRM P57 by Spark.
Graham Hill won the USGP in this BRM P57 by Spark.
This is John Surtees Ferrari 178 V6 from Italian Ferrari partworks Collection.
12/02/2021 10:05 am
Here is the 1963 Lotus 25 by Brumm, with Jim Clark at the wheel. This is the Monza winning version, which clinched the championship for him.
Topic starter
13/02/2021 11:06 am
Here are three more cars and drivers for the 1963 season.
All these are Spark Models. Add were DNFs in the races shown for that year.
Lola MK4 # 17 Maurice Trintignant 1963 Monaco GP
Lotus 24 # 42 Phil Hill 1963 French GP
Cooper T60 German GP 1963 Mario Araujo de Cabral b
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15/02/2021 11:03 am
The 1964 Formula One Season
The 1964 Formula One season was the 18th season of FIA Formula One motor racing with 10 races.
The World Championship of Drivers, fiercely contested by Jim Clark, John Surtees and Graham Hill, was decided at the Mexican Grand Prix, the final race of the season.
1964 World Championship of Drivers was won by John Surtees in a Ferrari. The 1964 International Cup for F1 Constructors was won by Ferrari, their second title.
Here is the Ferrari 158 as driven by John Surtees in the Italian Grand Prix. It is R290 by Brumm.
Of the 10 races, Jim Clark won 3 in the Lotus 25 & 33, Graham Hill won 2 in the BRM P57, John Surtees won 2 for Ferrari, Dan Gurney took 2 in the Brabham BT11, and Lorenzo Bandini took one victory for Ferrari.
Other entries for 1964 include:
The top model is Graham Hill, BRM 261, Winner, Monaco G.P.
The above are all by Spark.
John Surtees entry for NART from the Mexican Grand Prix, 1964 from Italian Ferrari partworks Collection.
Ferrari 1512 No.8 - 3rd Mexico Gp Formula 1 1964 (Lorenzo Bandini) by Look Smart.
I need to take a few more pictures before I can add more.
Feel free to add your Clark, Hill, Gurney etc pictures.
15/02/2021 12:46 pm
Here's Mattel's version of the '64 Type !%* NART entry. Surtees's 2nd at Mexico with this car clinched the championship. With the partworks, Brumm, LookSmart and various kits, a popular model.
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16/02/2021 9:32 pm
Not the best image of Jim Clark's Lotus because it is still in a plastic wrapping but here it is.
LOTUS 25 #23 JIM CLARK, BELGIUM Grand Prix 1964 by SPARK
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18/02/2021 11:44 am
The 1965 Formula One Season
The 1965 Formula One season was the 19th season of FIA Formula One motor racing with 10 races.
Jim Clark's second championship included six wins interrupted only by non-starting at Monaco whilst he was away winning the Indianapolis 500 . Graham Hill in a BRM P261 won the Monaco Grand Prix and later the United States Grand Prix at Watkins Glen..
Jackie Stewart finished third in the championship in his debut season and Richie Ginther won his only, and Honda's first in the RA272, grand prix in the final race of the 1.5 litre formula in Mexico City.
The 1965 International Cup for F1 Manufacturers was won byLotus, their second title.
Jim Clark won the Formula 1 Drivers Championship.
Below is Jim Clark's Lotus 33 by S.M.T.S
Richie Ginther's Winning Porsche RA272E.
Also rans.
I'm missing the Graham Hill BRM from this series.