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Grand Prix: The Killer Years
DIR By: BazTardo-UK
Date: August 22, 2011, 3:58 pm
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Just watched this now on iPlayer because I missed it last night.
I urge you all to watch it, even if you're not a fan of F1 you
will appreciate how far the sport as moved on.
Any sport that accepted death at each event was just wrong.
Beware though, this is very gut wrenching.
HTML http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00z8v18/Grand_Prix_The_Killer_Years/
[quote=BBC Info]In the 60s and early 70s it was common for Grand
Prix drivers to be killed while racing, often televised for
millions to see. Mechanical failure, lethal track design, fire
and incompetence snuffed out dozens of young drivers. They had
become almost expendable as eager young wannabes queued up at
the top teams' gates waiting to take their place.
This is the story of when Grand Prix was out of control.
Featuring many famous drivers including three times world
champion Sir Jackie Stewart OBE, twice world champion Emerson
Fittipaldi and John Surtees OBE, this exciting but shocking film
explores how Grand Prix drivers grew sick of their closest
friends being killed and finally took control of their destiny.
After much waste of life, the prestigious Belgian and German
Grands Prix would be boycotted, with drivers insisting that
safety be put first. But it would be a long and painful time
before anything would change, and a lot of talented young men
would be cut down in their prime.
This is their story.
'Something was terribly wrong. I loved the sport, but it was
wrong. I prayed to God whether or not to continue.' - Emerson
Fittipaldi
'It made me angry. The sport was way wrong.' - Sir Jackie
Stewart OBE. (R)
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Re: Grand Prix: The Killer Years
DIR By: vandit73
Date: August 23, 2011, 1:55 am
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Watched this t'other week. Probably one of the best F1
documentaries I've seen. Next on my to watch list is 'Senna'.
Out on DVD on 10th October ;)
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Re: Grand Prix: The Killer Years
DIR By: BazTardo-UK
Date: August 23, 2011, 2:53 am
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Can't believe how acceptable death in the sport was back then. I
remember the stories of many of them dying in accidents, but not
to the extent it was going on.
Can't complain about how safe they have the sport now when you
see that.
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Re: Grand Prix: The Killer Years
DIR By: yt__
Date: August 23, 2011, 3:38 am
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Is it on the PlayStation iPlayer? I was browsing it Sunday night
but never noticed it and I cant watch on a laptop. Surprised
I've never heard of it before.
EDIT: It is on iPlayer I'll watch it later when I get time :)
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Re: Grand Prix: The Killer Years
DIR By: BazTardo-UK
Date: August 23, 2011, 7:08 am
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Give us your view when you've watched it yt__, I was surprised
and shocked at what they had to go though to improve the sport.
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Re: Grand Prix: The Killer Years
DIR By: yt__
Date: August 23, 2011, 7:37 am
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Its changed my opinion on how safety orientated the sport is now
i.e I wont complain if the race is stopped because of bad
weather ,or say its not racing any more (well to an extent as It
can get a bit to silly some of these rules).
Its just shocking to see the race still continue as a driver is
burning alive trapped in his car, or that 30 odd spectators have
just been wiped out and killed, yet the race continues :'(
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Re: Grand Prix: The Killer Years
DIR By: BazTardo-UK
Date: August 23, 2011, 7:42 am
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One race there was 4 drivers killed and the race carried on,
that's just unthinkable now.
It's amazing it was the drivers who pushed to make it safer and
not public.
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Re: Grand Prix: The Killer Years
DIR By: Nooks
Date: August 23, 2011, 7:48 am
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I Sky+d it and watched it yesterday, must say I didnt think i
would finish watching it after the first crash during the title.
It's just crazy how death was accepted in a spectator sport, its
almost like one of those Death Race films. The fact that they
had leather helmets and NO seatbelts!? how on earth did all of
them not get killed?
I remember my dad telling me about the Roger Williamson crash
when i was younger, he said he stopped watching F1 after he
witnessed that live on TV, he hasn't watched it properly since.
I'd love to see a follow up doc with the racing years of
1975-1993 because there was a fair few deaths then as well, I
think after Giles Villenueve''s death racing safety changed alot
more drastically than the Piers Courage and Williamson's
crashes.
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Re: Grand Prix: The Killer Years
DIR By: BazTardo-UK
Date: August 23, 2011, 8:08 am
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--- Quote from: Nooks link ---
>
> I'd love to see a follow up doc with the racing years of
1975-1993 because there was a fair few deaths then as well, I
think after Giles Villenueve''s death racing safety changed alot
more drastically than the Piers Courage and Williamson's
crashes.
>
--- End Quote ---
I thought same when it finished. Now we've seen how bad it was,
then slowly improved, it would be nice to see how much longer
they had to fight to change things.
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Re: Grand Prix: The Killer Years
DIR By: yt__
Date: August 23, 2011, 8:30 am
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There would still be deaths in F1 for many years but the film
ended at the turning point where safety was introduced. From
there on there would of been less and less and more safety
introduced.
What we saw was enough to put the message across.
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