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In this series we cover all aspects of motor racing and meet some of the characters and champions that made the sport the success that it is today.
EPISODE 1 - CHANGING TECHNOLOGY EARLY DAYS A LOOK AT A TIME WHEN THE SPORT
WAS FOR WEALTHY PLAYBOYS AND GLORY.
CHANGES A QUICK LOOK AT THE HISTORY FROM FANGIO TO THE CORPORATE DOMINATED RACES TODAY.
SCHEDULE AN ERA WHERE THE SEASON CONSISTED OF JUST 7 RACES TO THE HECTIC 19 RACES OF TODAY.
COMPUTERS A LOOK AT THE INCREDIBLE PROGRAMMES THAT HAVE REPLACED THE HUMAN EYE OF THE PAST.
TESTING THE ONE THING THAT HASN’T CHANGED IS THE NEED FOR TESTING THE ENGINES CONSTANTLY.
TYRES AND FUEL HERE WE LOOK AT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE TWO AREAS.
EPISODE 2 – MONACO FAME THE FIRST RACE WAS IN 1929 AND NOW
THIS RACE IS ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS IN THE WORLD.
HISTORY A LOOK BACK AT THE GREATS HERE INCLUDING MOSS, FANGIO AND TEAMS FERRARI, MASERATI AND MERCEDES.
DRIVER SKILLS WITH TIGHT TURNS AND TOUGH CORNERS DRIVERS NEED TO HAVE INCREDIBLE SKILLS.
COURSE CHANGES A NEW HAIRPIN AND A DIVERSION AROUND THE SWIMMING POOL.
THE GREATS AYRTON SENNA HAS THE MOST WINS HERE FOLLOWED BY HILL AND STEWART.
STYLE A LOOK AT HOW MONEY HAS BEEN A MAJOR PART OF THIS RACE WITH STYLE, CELEBRITY AND FANS CLOSE TO THE ACTION.
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EPISODE 3 – FERRARI ENZO A LOOK AT THE MOST FAMOUS NAME IN
MOTOR RACING AND HIS DEVELOPMENT OF THE SPORT’S LONGEST SURVIVING TEAM.
BREAKTHROUGH A LOOK AT THE TEAM’S FIRST WIN IN 1951 AT SILVERSTONE WITH GONZALEZ AT THE WHEEL.
TALENT FERRARI’S SKILL WAS PICKING YOUNG TALENT INCLUDING HAWTHORN, ASCARI AND OF COURSE FANGIO.
DEATH DRIVERS OF GREAT SKILL WERE KILLED BEHIND THE WHEEL FOR FERRARI INCLUDING COLLINS, HAWTHORN, CASTELOTTI AND MUSSO.
DOMINATION AFTER A LEAN PERIOD THE TEAM HAVE DOMINATED IN RECENT YEARS WITH MICHAEL SCHUMACHER AT THE WHEEL.
EPISODE 4 – ALBERTO ASCARI FOOTSTEPS A FAMOUS FATHER WHO DIED IN A CAR
CRASH WAS A CATALYST FOR THE YOUNG BOY’S DETERMINATION
OPEN DOORS A FAMOUS FATHER IN THE SPORT CERTAINLY HELPED THE YOUNG MAN’S CAREER.
47-50 A LOOK AT ASCARI’S DOMINANCE HERE WINNING BACK TO BACK CHAMPIONSHIPS.
TEAMS ASCARI SWITCHES FROM MASERATI TO FERRARI AND BEGINS A PERIOD OF DOMINATION WINNING ALL OVER THE WORLD.
CHANGE HERE HE LEAVES IN 1954 FOR LANCIA BUT POOR PERFORMANCES SEES HIM BACK AT FERRARI.
SUPERSTITION A LOOK AT ASCARI’S HABITS AND HIM ENDING UP IN THE OCEAN AT MONTE CARLO.
FATE HIS DEATH HAS UNCANNY SIMILARITIES TO HIS FATHER.
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EPISODE 5 – NINO FARINA FIRST CHAMPION A LOOK AT THE WORLD’S FIRST FORMULA
ONE CHAMPION AND HIS UNAVOIDABLE ENTRY INTO THE SPORT.
TOUGH FEAT A WIN IN AN ALFA ROMEO AGAINST NONE OTHER THAN JUAN FANGIO.
FERRARI FARINA JOINS ALBERTO ASCARI AS A DRIVER AT THE FAMOUS ITALIAN TEAM.
ABANDON A LOOK AT HOW FARINA SPENT MORE TIME IN HOSPITAL THAN ON THE TRACK THROUGH FEARLESS DRIVING.
DEATH AFTER 5 CHAMPIONSHIPS IRONY STRUCK WHEN HE WAS KILLED AS A SPECTATOR DRIVING TO A RACE AFTER RETIREMENT.
EPISODE 6 – F1 DRIVER MONEY A LOOK AT HOW TO BECOME A DRIVER
AT THIS LEVEL WITH THE DOLLAR OFTEN PLAYING A MAJOR ROLE.
SCHUMACHER AN EXAMPLE OF SKILL IS THE GERMAN WHO WAS GIVEN A LUCKY BREAK AND TOOK IT WITH BOTH HANDS.
MONEY AGAIN WE LOOK AT HOW CONTRACTS ARE NEGOTIATED AND THE ROLE MANAGERS PLAY IN THE NOW ELITE STANDARDS OF THE SPORT.
SUMMING UP SO BASICALLY IT COMES DOWN TO LUCK, FAMILY FORTUNE OR REALLY HARD WORK TO CRACK INTO THE LUCRATIVE MARKET OF A FORMULA ONE DRIVER.
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EPISODE 7 – F1 DESIGN FACTORIES HERE WE EXAMINE THE FACTORIES OF THE
PAST AND THE NEW CARBON FIBRE TECHNIQUES USED TODAY.
MAN VS COMPUTER A LOOK AT HOW HUMAN SKILLS AND DRAWINGS HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITH REMARKABLE COMPUTER PROGRAMMING.
TESTING REMARKABLE 3 DIMENSIONAL MODELS NOW GIVE DESIGNERS IMMEDIATE RESULTS FROM TRACK STRAIGHT INTO THE COMPUTER.
MONEY A LOOK AT TOYOTA’S F1 PROJECT WHICH COST 1 BILLION DOLLARS, WITH 550 STAFF FOR JUST FOUR RACING CARS.
EPISODE 8 – F1 HEALTH AND SAFETY SEATBELTS DRIVERS IN THE PAST BELIEVED BEING
THROWN AS FAR WAY FROM A BURNING CAR WAS SAFER SO BELTS WEREN’T WORN.
HELMETS AND GEAR HELMETS WERE ALSO A NON EVENT UNTILL 1952 AND WE LOOK AT THE FIRE PROOF SUITS OF TODAY.
COMPUTERS TECHNOLOGY IS USED IN CRASH SIMULATION TESTING.
PHYSICAL HEALTH DRIVERS ARE NOW ELITE ATHLETES WHERE IN THE PAST ONE DRIVER IS SEEN SMOKING A CIGAR WHILE DRIVING IN MONACO.
MONITORING A LOOK AT THE RANGE OF REQUIREMENTS NEEDED BY A MODERN DRIVER INCLUDING EYE TESTS, AEROBIC WORK OUTS AND A FULL TIME DIETICIAN.
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EPISODE 9 – F1 ENGINES HISTORY WE TAKE A JOURNEY THROUGH THE
NUMEROUS ENGINES ADOPTED THROUGH THE EARLY YEARS OF F1.
MODERN ENGINE TODAY THE V10 IS MANDATORY AND MUST NOT EXCEED 3.5 LITRES.
REVS F1 ENGINES REV AT 19,000RPM, 3 TIMES THE AVERAGE ROAD CAR AND PRODUCE 5 TIMES THE HORSEPOWER AT 850.
THREE FACTORS HERE WE EXAMINE THREE ESSENTIALS IN AERODYNAMICS, WEIGHT REDUCTION AND WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION.
HONDA FINALLY WE LOOK INSIDE THE HONDA FACTORY AND EXAMINE THE DETAILS THAT GO INTO PRODUCING A FINELY TUNED ENGINE WEEK IN WEEK OUT.
EPISODE 10 - 1950 THE ITALIANS WE LOOK AT A YEAR WHERE ITALIANS
DOMINATED THE BITUMEN AS BOTH DRIVERS AND MANUFACTURERS.
ALFA ROMEO THE ALFETTI F1 TEAM DOMINATED FOR 27 RACES OVER 3 YEARS.
THE SEASON HERE WE MAKE OUR WAY THROUGHT THE 1950 SEASON WITH ITALIAN DRIVERS COMPLETELY DOMINATING NEARLY EVERY RACE.
NINO FARINA THE YEAR BELONGED TO THIS ITALIAN WHO TOOK OUT THE FIRST EVER FORMULA 1 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TAKING VICTORY OVER THE GREAT JUAN FANGIO.
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EPISODE 11 – 1951 MODIFICATIONS HERE WE LOOK AT THE CHANGES FOR
THE NEW SEASON MADE BY FERRARI AND ALFA ROMEO..
RIVALRY DESPITE THE WEATHER PLAYING A HAND AT A FEW RACES CROWDS FLOCK TO SEE THE BATTLES BETWEEN ALFA ROMEO AND FERRARI AND FARINA, FANGIO AND ASCARI.
SPANISH GRAND PRIX A LOOK AT A TIGHT RACE WHERE TYRES CAME INTO PLAY WITH FANGIO TAKING VICTORY OVER ASCARI.
CHAMPION FANGIO TAKES THE TITLE WITH ALFA ROMEO WINNING THE CONSTRUCTORS.
EPISODE 12 – RUDY CARRACIOLA LEGEND HERE WE LOOK AT THIS GERMAN MOTOR
RACING HERO IN THE YEARS BEFORE THE SECOND WORLD WAR.
1935 WE LOOK AT A BAD YEAR FOR THE GERMAN WITH POOR RACING FORM AND THE LOSS OF HIS WIFE IN AN AVALANCHE ACCIDENT.
1938 THIS YEAR SAW ANOTHER EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP FOR CARRACIOLA.
39 GERMAN GP THE GERMAN’S FINEST MOMENT WHEN HE DROVE A SPECTACULAR RACE TO COME FROM BEHIND AND WIN THE GERMAN GP IN HIS TRUSTY MERCEDES.
DEATH LIKE SO MANY OTHER DRIVERS OF THE ERA HE DIED IN A CAR ACCIDENT OFF THE TRACK IN AMERICA AT THE AGE OF 58.
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EPISODE 13 – THE SILVER ARROWS FOUNDING HERE WE MEET THE EARLY INFLUENTIAL MEN
OF THE POWERFUL MERCEDES CAR COMPANY.
NEW RACES IT’S THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY AND NEW FORMS OF MOTOR RACING ARE BEGINNING TO TAKE SHAPE.
THE LOGO A GLIMPSE AT HOW THIS FAMOUS SYMBOL CAME INTO BEING.
CROSSING OVER THE GERMAN TEAM USED KNOWLEDGE GAINED FROM AIRCRAFT ENGINES DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR TO PUT IN THEIR GROWING CAR COMPANY.
PORSCHE FERDINAND PROSCHE WAS INVOLVED IN THE MERCEDES TEAM EARLY AND WE LOOK AT THE GERMAN’S PRESS’ NAMING OF THE ‘SILVER ARROWS’.
LEGENDS MOSS AND FANGIO RACED FOR THE TEAM AND NOWDAYS THE ENGINES ARE FOUND UNDER THE BONNET OF MCCLAREN.
EPISODE 14 – THE COOPER DYNASTY. HUMBLE BEGINNINGS WE MEET CHARLES AND JOHN COOPER
AND THEIR LOW PROFILE ENTRY INTO THE WORLD OF MOTORSPORTS.
THE DRIVERS IN THE BEGINNING IT WAS A YOUNG AUSTRALIAN JACK BRABHAM WITH SAVATORI AND OF COURSE LATER THE GREAT STERLING MOSS.
1960 A HUGELY SUCCESSFUL YEAR FOR THE COOPER RACING TEAM.
COOPER ENGINES HERE WE TALK THROUGH THE VARIOUS ENGINES USED BY THE TEAM INCLUDING THEIR FAMOUS REAR ENGINED MACHINE.
MINI THE FAMOUS COOPER CAR THAT MADE THEIR NAME SYNONOMOUS AROUND THE WORLD.
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EPISODE 15 – SIR JACK BRABHAM ONLY MAN SIR JACK IS THE ONLY MAN TO WIN A
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IN A CAR THAT HE CONSTRUCTED.
DIFFERENT ERA HERE WE LOOK AT A TIME WHEN THE HIGH LIFE WAS IRRELEVANT AND PURE CAR RACING WAS THE ONLY PRIORITY.
RON TAURANAC AFTER WINNING THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1961 BRABHAM LEAVES COOPER AND FORMS HIS OWN TEAM WITH TAURANAC BUT DOESN’T WIN IN IT TILL 1966.
REPCO A LOOK AT THE AUSTRALIAN TEAMING UP WITH REPCO AND WINNING THE TITLE IN 66 AND 67.
THE BRABHAM RECORD A LOOK AT SIR JACK’S CAREER WITH 3 CHAMPIONSHIPS, 14 WINS AND13 POLE POSITIONS
EPISODE 16 – TRACKS : BAHRAIN NEWEST A LOOK AT THE 3RD RACE OF THE SEASON
AND FORMULA 1’S NEWEST RACE ON A KINGDOM CONSISTING OF 36 ISLAND.
THE CIRCUIT A LOOK AT THIS STATE OF THE ART TRACK AND AN INCREDIBLE GRANDSTAND THAT COST 150 MILLION DOLAARS AND EMPLOYED 2,800 PEOPLE.
A JOYRIDE HERE WE STRAP INTO THE DRIVER’S SEAT AND TAKE A HIGH SPEED LAP OF THE TRACK POINTING OUT THE VARIOUS CORNERS THE DRIVERS HAVE TO DEAL WITH AND THE IDEAL AREAS TO PASS.
FAMOUS WE HERE FROM THE KING OF BAHRAIN WHO UNDERSTANDABLY BELIEVES HIS COURSE WILL BECOME ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS IN THE WORLD.
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EPISODE 17 – 1952 AND 1953 BIG CHANGES A LOOK AT THE BIG CHANGE IN 52 AS
ALFA ROMEO QUITS AND FORMULA 2 TAKES OVER AS F1.
ALBERTO ASCARI THE ITALIAN TRIES HIS LUCK IN INDIANAPOLIS AND THEN RETURNS TO DOMINATE THE BELGIAN AND FRENCH GRAND PRIX.
WINS ASCARI WINS 6 CONSECUTIVE RACES AND TAKES OUT THE 1952 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP.
TURBULENT AN EVENTFUL BEGINNING TO 53 WITH MASERATI CHALLENGING FERRARI AND FARINA CRASHING AT ARGENTINA KILLING 15 PEOPLE.
53 SEASON WE FOLLOW THE THRILLING RACES WITH ELITE DRIVERS IN GREAT FORM BUT ITS ASCARI THAT COMES OUT AS WORLD CHAMPION.
EPISODE 18- LEGENDS OF RACING EARLY DAYS A LOOK AT A TIME WHEN THE SPORT
WAS FOR WEALTHY PLAYBOYS AND GLORY.
CHANGES A QUICK LOOK AT THE HISTORY FROM FANGIO TO THE CORPORATE DOMINATED RACES TODAY.
SCHEDULE AN ERA WHERE THE SEASON CONSISTED OF JUST 7 RACES TO THE HECTIC 19 RACES OF TODAY.
COMPUTERS A LOOK AT THE INCREDIBLE PROGRAMMES THAT HAVE REPLACED THE HUMAN EYE OF THE PAST.
TESTING THE ONE THING THAT HASN’T CHANGED IS THE NEED FOR TESTING THE ENGINES CONSTANTLY.
TYRES AND FUEL HERE WE LOOK AT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE TWO AREAS.
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EPISODE 19 – WOMEN IN MOTORSPORTS DANICA PATRICK HERE WE MEET 23 YEAR OLD DANICA
WHO IS DRIVING IN THE INDY 500 AND FOLLOW HER PATH TO GET HERE. THE MIXTURE BETWEEN SPEED AND SEX APPEAL HAS LURED MANY MALES FROM 17 TO 34 EVEN FURTHER INTO THE SPORT.
KEIKO IHADO ONCE AGAIN WE LOOK AT A FORMER MODEL WHO IS TURNING HEADS IN THE WORLD OF FORMULA 3 RACING. HERE KEIKO TALKS ABOUT THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES WOMEN DRIVERS HAVE OVER MALES.
EPISODE 20 – TRACKS : SILVERSTONE HISTORY OPENED IN 1948 THIS FAMOUS TRACK
WAS ONCE AN AIRFIELD DURING THE WAR.
SIMULATION HERE WE PUT YOU IN THE DRIVER’S SEAT AND TAKE A HAIR RAISING RIDE AROUND THE TRACK EXPLAINING IT AS WE GO.
OTHER EVENTS WE LOOK AT OTHER EVENTS THAT OCCUR AT SILVERSTONE WHEN THE F1 CICUS ISN’T IN TOWN.
SHORTENING FOR COMMERCIAL AND SAFETY REASONS THE TRACK HAS BEEN SLOWED DOWN MAINLY TO FIT WITH TELEVISION PROGRAMMING.
THE AREA WITH ONE ROAD IN AND OUT OF THE CIRCUIT CHOPPERS ARE REQUIRED BY THE STARS AND DRIVERS AND THE TRACK IS SURROUNDED BY THE CREAM OF MOTORSPORT’S FACTORIES.
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EPISODE 21 – EARLY GRAND PRIXS AT SILVERSTONE FIRST RACE HERE WE HEAD TO 1948 AND WITNESS
THE INAUGRAL BRITISH GRAND PRIX RACED ON A WARTIME AIRFIELD.
NEW TRACK AFTER THE MASERATI DOMINANCE IN 48 A NEW FASTER TRACK OCCURRED IN 49 AND IT WAS HERE THAT LEGENDARY COMMENTATOR MURRAY WALKER CALLED HIS FIRST EVER RACE.
UNEVEN SURFACE SUSPENSION WAS ESSENTIAL AS CARS WERE OFTEN BUMPED OFF LINE.
PLAYBOY ERA MONEY WAS ESSENTIAL AS WE MEET THE PRINCE OF THAILAND, AN AVID DRIVER,
49 GRAND PRIX HERE WE FOLLOW THE INS AND OUTS OF THE 49 RACE WITH RARE FOOTAGE OF SOME LEGENDS OF THE SPORT.
EPISODE 22 – TRACKS : SPA ORIGINS WE SEE HOW THIS BEAUTIFUL AND
CONTROVERSIAL CIRCUIT CAME INTO BEING.
THE TRACK WE TAKE YOU ON A LAP OF THIS PICTURESQUE TRACK THAT WINDS THROUGH THE BELGIAN COUNTRYSIDE.
1958 A FAMOUS RACE AT THE TRACK WHERE THE START WAS DELAYED AND TONY BROOKS’ CAR JUST MADE IT ACROSS THE LINE FOR VICTORY FROM HAWTHORN.
1985 THIS YEAR SEES THE DEATH OF A GERMAN DRIVER AND A SUSPENSION OF THE RACE DUE TO POOR TRACK CONDITIONS.
CLOSURE WITH NAMES LIKE SENNA AND SCHUMACHER DOMINATING, THE TRACK WAS CLOSED FOR FORMULA 1 IN 2003.
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EPISODE 23 – SIR STERLING MOSS A GREAT A LOOK AT THIS TALENTED DRIVER WHO
CAPITALISED ON ALL ASPECTS OF BEING AN ELITE ATHLETE AT THE SPORT OF MOTOR RACING.
MOSS TALKS HERE WE HEAR FROM THE GREAT MAN AND LOOK AT THE VERSITILITY OF HIS SKILLS IN ALL FORMS OF DRIVING.
HIS STORY AGAIN WE HERE FROM THE MAN AS HE RECOUNTS HIS EARLY DAYS IN THE SPORT AND THE VARIOUS INFLUENCES THAT PLAYED A STRONG ROLE IN FORMING HIS CAREER.
TITLES MOSS WAS KNIGHTED IN 1999 AT THE AGE OF 70 AFTER WINNING THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 4 TIMES.
EPISODE 24 – THE HELMET EARLY DAYS HERE WE EXAMINE THE EARLY FORMS OF
PROTECTION WHICH WERE A CORK BASED PUDDING BOWL DESIGN.
MODERN LOOKS TODAY THE HELMET NOT ONLY PROTECTS IT ALSO PLAYS A KEY ROLE IN THE AERODYNAMICS OF THE CAR.
A CLOSER LOOK HERE WE LOOK AT THE CARBON COMPOSITE DESIGN WITH A NOMEX INTERIOR WITH FOAM AND PIPES FOR FLUIDS.
PERSPECTIVES WE HEAR TWO ANGLES ON THE ROLE A HELMET PLAYS, ONE FROM A DRIVER AND ONE FROM A DOCTOR.
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EPISODE 25 – A1 GRAND PRIX THE NEW KID WE EXPLAIN THIS NEW FORM OF RACING
THAT WAS THE BRAINCHILD OF A WEALTHY SHEIK FROM DUBAI.
THE SHEIK WE HEAR FROM SHEIK MAKTOUM AS HE TALKS OF THIS WORLD CUP OF RACING WHERE EACH NATION IS REPRESENTED AND THE CARS ARE ALL THE SAME.
THE CARS WE TAKE YOU THROUGH THE SPECIFICS OF THE ENGINE PLUS GEARBOX AND OTHER FEATURES OF THE CARS.
THE SEASON HERE WE LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AND THEIR TEAMS THAT ARE INVOLVED AND FOLLOW THE SEASON TO THE VARIOUS LOCATIONS WHERE THE RACES ARE HELD.
EPISODE 26 – THE NURBURGRING THE TRACK WE HEAR FROM DRIVERS AS THEY
COMMENT ON THIS THE LONGEST AND MOST CHALLENGING CIRCUIT EVER BUILT.
INNOVATIONS IN ITS DAY IT WAS THE BENCHMARK FOR SPECTATOR VIEWING AND DRIVING SKILL COMPRISING OF SOME 172 CORNERS.
HISTORY WE LOOK BACK AT SOME OF THE GREATEST DRIVERS AND RACES THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE AT THIS GERMAN MONSTER.
SHUT DOWN DUE TO ITS SIZE AND THE DIFFICULTIES OF CAMERA LOCATIONS THIS RACE AROUND THE CASTLE WAS POSTPONED FOR A NUMBER OF SEASONS.
OTHER EVENTS NOW THE TRACK IS BACK FOR F1 USE AND ALSO HOSTS EVENTS SUCH AS TRUCK RACING.
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EPISODE 27 – ASTON MARTIN THE NAME A LOOK AT A CAR ASSOCIATED WITH
STYLE, CLASS AND OF COURSE MR JAMES BOND.
HISTORY WE LOOK AT HOW THE COMPANY WAS FORMED AND AT THE GLORY DAYS OF THE 1950S WHEN VICTORIES WERE COMMON PLACE.
STRUGGLING A LOOK AT THE TOUGH TIMES IN THE F1 WORLD AND THUS A MOVE TO A MORE LUXURIOUS COMMERCIAL SPORTS CAR.
THE DRIVERS WE LOOK AT SOME IMPRESSIVE TALENTS THAT HAVE JUMPED BEHIND THE WHEEL INCLUDING NAMES LIKE JIM CLARK, ROY SALVADORI AND INNES IRELAND.
EPISODE 28 - ISTANBUL NEW RACE WE LOOK AT THE LOGISTICS INVOLVED
WHEN PREPARING TO SEND A TEAM TO THIS NEW TURKISH FORMULA 1 VENUE WHICH IS SPLIT BETWEEN ASIA AND EUROPE.
SIMULATION BECAUSE OF THE UNKNOWNS OF A NEW TRACK COMPUTER SIMULATION PLAYS A MAJOR ROLE IN WORKING OUT THE MODIFICATIONS TO THE CAR.
THE TRACK WE TAKE YOU ON A FAST LAP OF THIS UNDULATING CIRCUIT THAT RANGES IN 43 METRES BETWEEN ITS HIGHEST AND LOWEST POINTS.
SPEED DRIVERS AVERAGE 220 KM PER HOUR ROUND THE TRACK WITH A TOP SPEED OF 320KM P/H IN THE STRAIGHT.
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EPISODE 29 - PITSTOP MAJOR ROLE HERE WE LOOK AT THE VITAL ROLE THE PIT
STOP PLAYS IN GETTING A DRIVER AND CAR TO THE CHEQUERED FLAG.
FUEL WITH TYRES NOW BEING STANDARD FUEL PLAYS A MAJOR PART IN KEEPING THE CAR AS LIGHT AS POSSIBLE.
6 SECOND MADNESS HERE WE LOOK AT WHAT OCCURS IN THESE VITAL SECONDS AS SYNCHRONICITY BETWEEN THE CREW IS ESSENTIAL. TO ENSURE A SMOOTH STOP.
OPINIONS WE HEAR FROM DRIVERS AND SAFETY OFFICERS ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THESE PIVOTAL FEW SECONDS.
PLANNING NORMALLY TEAMS ARE WELL ORGANIZED AND KNOW EACH STOP BUT THEY MUST ALWAYS BE PREPARED FOR THE UNEXPECTED.
EPISODE 30 – JOHN SURTEES UNIQUE HERE WE MEET THE ONLY MAN TO WIN
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS ON BOTH TWO AND FOUR WHELLS.
SURTEES TALKS WE HEAR HOW THIS 7 TIME BIKE CHAMPION WAS LURED BY TONY VANDERWALL TO DRIVE THEIR CAR DESPITE NEVER HAVING SEEN A RACE.
CHAMPION HERE SURTEES WINS THE 1964 WORLD CHAMPION AS A CAR DRIVER AND THEN SWITCHES TEAMS IN 69.
CHANGES HERE WE EXAMINE HIS SET UP OF HIS OWN RACING TEAM FROM 1970 TO 1978 AND HIS INVOLVEMENT TODAY IN THE BRITISH ENTRY FOR THE A1 RACING SEASON.
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EPISODE 31 – GERMAN MOTORSPORTS IN THE 30S TWO POWERS HERE WE LOOK AT THE EARLY
FORMATION OF MERCEDES BENZ AND THE ALMAGAMATION OF FOUR COMPANIES TO FORM THE AUTO UNION.
FUNDING IN THE MIDST OF A DEPRESSION THE RACING FORMULA BEGUN AND THE GERMAN TEAMS WERE FUNDED BY A CERTAIN ADOLF HITLER.
DESIGNS WE LOOK AT THE TWO TEAM’S CARS AND WHAT THEIR FEATURES WERE.
DRIVERS TALENTED NAMES SUCH AS CARRACIOLA, FAGIOLI AND HANS STUCK WERE THE PRIDE OF GERMANY AND GROWING PUBLICITY FOR THE SPORT.
TODAY AFTER THESE TOUGH YEARS MERCEDES, BMW AND AUDI ARE NOW WELL ESTABLISHED NAMES IN THE CAR WORLD.
EPISODE 32 – THE MILLE MIGLIA THE BEST A LOOK AT THE GREATEST OF ROAD
RACES THAT RAN 1000 MILES FROM BRESCIA TO ROME.
1952 HERE WE HEAR ABOUT ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS RACES IN AN ERA WHERE FERRARI, ALFA AND MASERATI RULED THE BITUMEN.
STIRLING MOSS ANOTHER FAMOUS RACE WHERE MOSS WAS HELPED BY AN ON BOARD NAVIGATOR AND ESTABLISHED HIS CLASS.
BANNED AFTER THE DEATH OF A DRIVER AND NUMEROUS SPECTATORS THE RACE WAS ABANDONED IN 1967.
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EPISODE 33 – F1 DRIVER FITNESS CHANGES A LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE
BRUTE STRENGTH NEEDED BY DRIVERS OF THE PAST TO THE NOW WIRY, TONED ONES OF TODAY.
NIKKI LAUDA A MAJOR INFLUENCE ON DRIVER’S FITNESS WHO NOW WORKOUT REGULARLY TO DEAL WITH CENTRIFUGAL FORCES AND GENERAL ENDURANCE.
DRIVER’S VOICE WE HEAR FROM MARK WEBBER ABOUT HIS FITNESS ROUTINE AND THE SPECIAL LENGTHS HE WILL GO TO TOO STRENGTHEN HIS NECK MUSCLES.
SPECIFICS DIFFERENT RACES REQUIRE DIFFERENT TRAINING DEPENDING ON HUMIDITY FACTORS.
EPISODE 34 - MONZA MAGIC A LOOK AT ITALY’S FAMOUS TRACK THAT
LOCALS REFER TO AS THE MAGIC TRACK. OPENING SEPTEMBER 3RD 1922 SAW THE OPENING
OF THE CICUIT AND A WEEK LATER IT HOSTED ITS FIRST ITALIAN GRAND PRIX.
LEGENDS WE LOOK AT THE ITALIAN’S PROUD HISTORY WITH DRIVERS LIKE FARINA, FANGIO AND ASCARI RACING HERE.
OTHER EVENTS THE TRACK HAS ALSO HOSTED TOURING CARS, SUPERBIKES AND OTHER NOVELTY RACES.
INCIDENTS WE LOOK AT A RANGE OF DIFFERENT INCIDENTS AT THE CIRCUIT AND HIGHLIGHT THE SPECIAL PLACE THAT MONZA HOLDS IN THE HEART OF ANY MOTOR RACING ENTHUSIAST.
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EPISODE 35 – JIM CLARK THE GREATEST HERE WE MEET THE HANDSOME AND
DEBONAIR MAN WHO WON 25 OF HIS 72 GRAND PRIX RACES.
BATTLES HERE WE LOOK AT SOME OF THE EPIC BATTLES CLARK HAD WITH SOME FORMIDABLE OPPONENTS.
TEAMING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CLARK AND COLIN CHAPMAN IS ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS IN THE SPORT.
DEATH APRIL 1962 SAW THE END OF AN ERA WHEN CLARK WAS KILLED IN A FORMULA 2 RACE AT THE TENDER AGE OF JUST 32.
EPISODE 36 – ALFA ROMEO THE NAME A TEAM THAT IS REGARDED AS THE
ROMANTIC MEMBER OF THE ITALIAN FORCE WITH NAMES LIKE FANGIO AND FARINA AT THE WHEEL.
BEGINNINGS FORMED IN 1910 THE COMPANY PRIMARILY BUILT ENGINES FOR AEROPLANES DURING THE WAR.
HISTORY ENZO FERRARI WAS AN EARLY EMPLOYER AND THE TEAM WITHDREW IN RESPECT FOR THE DEATH OF ITS LEADING DRIVER ASCARI.
TODAY THE NAME IS NOW ASSOCIATED WITH CLASSY SPORTS CARS AND IS PART OF THE FIAT GROUP WHO ALSO OWNS FERRARI.
DIFFERENT CLASSES ALFA NOW COMPETE IN TOURING CAR RACES AND OTHER DRIVING CLASSES BECAUSE FIAT ALSO HAS FERRARI IT IS UNLIKELY ALFA WILL EVER BE SEEN AGAIN ON THE FORMULA 1 CIRCUIT.
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EPISODE 37 - MASERATI SUCCESS A LOOK AT THE MOST FAMOUS OF THE
MASERATIS, THE 250F WHICH WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP DRIVEN BY FANGIO IN 1957.
BEGINNINGS FORMED IN THE EARLY 20S BY THREE BROTHERS THE NAME QUICKLY BECOME SYNONOMOUS WITH THE SPORT.
ENGINES WE HEAR FROM WILLIE GREEN ABOUT THE MAKE UP OF THE FAMOUS 250F ENGINE.
STERLING 1954 SAW MOSS PURCHASE A 250F FOR 10000 POUNDS, COMPRABLE TO 9 MILLION DOLLARS BY TODAY’S STANDARDS.
EPISODE 38 – A1 INAUGRAL RACE BEGINNINGS WE HEAR FROM SHEIK MAKHTOUM ON
HIS COMPETITION THAT STARTED ON SEPTEMBER 25TH 2005.
FIRST RACE A LOOK AT THE TEAMS COMPETING IN THE SAME CARS AT THE FIRST RACE IN LONDON AT BRANDS HATCH.
FEATURES WE LOOK AT WHAT DEFINES AN A1 CAR AND THE RULES THAT DISTINGUISH IT FROM F1.
THE RACE HERE WE FOLLOW THE EXCITEMENT OF THE FIRST RACE IN LONDON WITH THE BRAZILLIAN TEAM TAKING THE INAUGRAL RACE.
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EPISODE 39 – GRAHAM HILL HERO WE MEET THIS POPULAR DRIVER WHO IS
THE ONLY MAN TO WIN THE F1 CHAMPIONSHIP, INDY 500 AND THE LEMANS 24 HOUR RACE.
EARLY YEARS HERE WE FOLLOW THE PATHS THROUGH THE NAVY AND AEROPLANES THAT LED HILL INTO THE SPORT OF RACING.
OWN TEAM HILL FORMED HIS OWN RACING TEAM BUT STRUGGLED BEHIND THE WHEEL OF HIS OWN CAR BUT FINISHED HIS CAREER WITH 2 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS.
DEATH A PLANE CRASH TOOK HILL’S LIFE IN 1975 BUT HIS LEGACY WAS LEFT WITH HIS SON DAMON WINNING THE F1 TITLE IN 1996.
EPISODE 40 - TECHNOLOGY MAGNETI MARELLI A LOOK AT A COMPANY THAT HAS BEEN
INVOLVED WITH THE ELECTRONICS OF THE SPORT FOR 85 YEARS.
INNOVATIONS THIS ITALIAN COMPANY DEVELOPED MANY FEATURES FOR ALL THE GREATEST DRIVERS LIKE MOSS, HILL, FANGIO AND CLARK INCLUDING THE SELESPEED GEARBOX FEATURING PADDLES ON THE STEERING WHEEL FOR FASTER CHANGING.
COMPONENTS A LOOK AT MARELLI’S 12 TOP SECRET CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE RACING CARS OF TODAY INCLUDING LIGHT WEIGHT MICROSCOPIC TECHNOLOGY THAT IS NOW SEEN AS THE BRAIN OF THE CAR.
INPUT AN INCREDIBLE 80 PERCENT OF ELECTRICS IN CARS TODAY COME FROM MARELLI.
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EPISODE 41 - RALLY VALENTINO ROSSI HERE COLIN MACRAE TALKS ABOUT THE
UNBELIEVABLE TALENTS OF ROSSI AND THE DANGERS HE POSES ON FOUR WHEELS ASWELL.
JUTTA KLEINSCHMIDT WE MEET THE ONLY WOMAN TO HAVE WON THE FAMOUS DAKAR RALLY WHICH IS AS LONG AS THE WHOLE FORMULA 1 CIRCUITS COMBINED.
JUTTA SPEAKS HERE WE HEAR JUTTI TALK OF HER PASSION FOR THE SPORT AND HOW SHE GOT INVOLVED IN THIS MALE DOMINATED WORLD.
ADVENTURE GIRL JUTTA SHOWS US HER SAILING SKILLS AND HER RECENT ACQUIRING OF A HELICOPTER LICENSE.
EPISODE 42 – HONDA V HONDA SPECIAL EVENT HERE WE LOOK AT A RACE BETWEEN A
HONDA F1 CAR, MOTORCYCLE AND POWER BOAT.
THE CONTENDERS HERE WE EXPLAIN THE ENGINES AND MAKE UPS OF THE THREE POWER MACHINES.
LOGISTICS THE DIFFICULTIES OF ORGANIZING SUCH A PUBLICITY STUNT ARE EXPLAINED HERE.
THE RACES WE WITNESS THE THREE INCREDIBLE HEATS WITH THE BOAT GIVEN A ROLLING START BUT THE FOUR WHEEL GRIP OF THE CAR PROVED TO GIVE A SLIGHT EDGE OVER THE BIKE. BOTH REACHED TOP SPEEDS OF 290 KPH OVER THE QUARTER MILE.
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EPISODE 43 – F1 WIND TUNNEL HIGH TECH WE ENTER THE TOYOTA FORMULA 1
FACTORY TO WITNESS THE INCREDIBLE DETAILS THE DESIGNERS GO TO.
AERODYNAMICS STRICT TESTING IS DONE ON PURPOSE BUILT MODELS INSIDE A WIND TUNNEL.
DOWNWARD DRAG DESIGNERS TEST WINGS AND CHASSIS TO ACHIEVE THE LEAST RESISTANCE FROM THE WIND ON THE MOTOR CAR, A CRUCIAL FACTOR IN TODAY’S RACING.
ROLLING BELT WE LOOK AT THE ROLLING TRACK IN THE TUNNEL THAT HELPS TO SIMULATE THE CAR’S MOVEMENT OVER A CHANGING SURFACE.
EPISODE 44 – FERRARIS FOR SALE RARITIES SOME VERY PRECIOUS AND SPECIAL
FERRARIS BECOME AVAILABLE TO MOTOR ENTHUSIASTS WITH SOME SERIOUS MONEY.
F1 CAR THE PRIZED ITEM WAS MICHAEL SCHUMACHER’S 2004 CHAMPIONSHIP WINNING FERRARI THAT WAS SOLD FOR A COOL 2.9 MILLION DOLLARS.
HIGHEST PRICE THE MOST EXPENSIVE CAR WAS THE 1958 412S FERRARI GOING FOR A WHOPPING 7.1 MILLION EUROS.
AUCTION HERE WE LOOK AT OTHER POPULAR CARS AT THE AUCTION INCLUDING THE MASERATIS AND ALSO HEAR OF A 250F THAT WAS SOLD FOR 10.2 MILLION EUROS AT AN AUCTION IN 1990, THE HIGHEST PRICE EVER PAID FOR A CAR.
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EPISODE 45 – OFF TRACK SNOW FUN HERE WE JOIN VALENTINO ROSSI AND
COLIN EDWARDS ON SNOW MOBILES ENJOYING TIME AWAY FROM THE RIGOURS OF RACING.
SCHUMACHER WE JOIN THE GERMAN CHAMPION AS HE UNWINDS PLAYING FOOTBALL, HIS OTHER GRETA COMPASSION. WE ALSO LOOK AT NEW CHANGES AT FERRARI AFTER A DISAPPOINTING 2005 SEASON.
TAKUMA SATO THIS JAPANESE DRIVER WAS DROPPED FROM HIS TEAM IN 2005 BUT WHILE LOOKING FOR A NEW WHEEL TO GET BEHIND IN 2006 TAKUMA IS SEEN HERE FLYING A HELICOPTER OVER HIS HOMETOWN OF TOKYO.
EPISODE 46 – SPEED TRIALS PAIRS THE ORIGINAL FORMAT SEES TWO CARS
OF ANY ELIGIBILTY RACE OFF OVER A 400 METRE DISTANCE.
ENGINES WE LOOK AT ONE STAND OUT CONTENDER THAT WAS AN 18 LITRE EX FIGHTER PLANE ENGINE IN THE BODY OF A 1923 DELAGE.
THE CARS WE INTRODUCE A RANGE OF CARS AND THE INCREDIBLE TIMES THEY CLOCK UP OVER THIS SHORT DISTANCE.
PRIDE THIS EVENT IS NOT ONLY ABOUT LIGHTNING SPEEDS, OWNERS ALSO FEEL AN IMMENSE PRIDE IN SHOWING OFF THEIR RARE METAL MONSTERS.
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EPISODE 47 – SIR HENRY BIRKIN BIRKIN WE MEET THIS ARISTOCRATIC, KNIGHTED
PLAYBOY WHO WAS THE MOST FAMOUS DRIVER OF THE 30S.
MODIFICATIONS SIR HENRY NEARLY SENT HIS COMPANY BROKE BY INSISTING ON A SUPERCHARGED ENGINE.
BENTLEY BOYS BIRKIN WAS FAMOUS FOR RACING HIS BENTLEY ON THE WEEKENDS WITH ALL HIS OTHER PLAYBOY FRIENDS.
DETERMINATION SIR HENRY REFUSED TO GIVE IN TO ANYTHING AND DESPITE MANY SETBACKS EVENTUALLY WON THE FAMOUS LEMANS RACE IN HIS BELOVED BENTLEY.
DEATH AFTER A BURN ON HIS ARM FROM THE EXHAUST PIPE SIR HENRY CONTRACTED SEPSIS AND DIED AT THE TENDER AGE OF 36.
EPISODE 48 – LE MANS NOTORIETY THE MOST FAMOUS OF THE ROAD RACES,
THIS EVENT HAD ITS HEYDAY IN THE 60S WHEN FORD AND FERRARI WENT HEAD TO HEAD.
THE DRIVERS WE MEET SOME OF THE DOMINANT DRIVERS OF THE RACE AND LOOK AT THE IMPORTANCE OF WINNING A RACE ON SUNDAY TO SELL THE CAR ON A MONDAY.
VIC ELFORD WE HEAR FROM A DRIVER WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO ENDURE THIS GRUELLING RACE.
MEMORIES A LOOK AT SOME OF THE GREATEST MOMENTS IN THE RACE’S HISTORY AND THE WORST INCLUDING A HORROR CRASH THAT KILLED 85 SPECTATORS.
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EPISODE 49 – PHIL HILL FIRST MAN WE MEET A MAN WHO BECAME THE FIRST
AMERICAN TO WIN A FORMULA 1 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP.
HIGHLIGHTS HERE WE LOOK BACK AT THE HIGH POINTS OF HILL’S CAREER INCLUDING HIS SPECTACULAR VICTORY AT LE MANS.
1958 HERE HILL JOINS THE GRAND PRIX COMPETITION WITH IMPRESSIVE RESULTS DESPITE SOME ARGUMENTS WITH FELLOW DRIVERS.
EXIT HILL RETIRED QUITE SUDDENLY AT THE AGE OF 40 BUT HAVING LEFT AN INDELLIBLE PRINT ON THE WORLD OF MOTOR RACING.
EPISODE 50 – COLIN CHAPMAN AND LOTUS COLIN CHAPMAN WE MEET A MAN WHO WAS REGARDED
AS A TALENTED ENGINEER, DESIGNER, ENTREPRENEUR AND RACING ENTHUSIAST.
CAREER WE LOOK AT THE INCREDIBLE INFLUENCE HE HAD ON THE SPORT WITH LOTUS AND NAMES LIKE MOSS, HILL, IRELAND AND CLARK.
WORLD CHAMPIONS CHAPMAN AND LOTUS WAS DOMINANT IN THE 60S WITH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS GOING TO JIM CLARK TWICE AND GRAHAM HILL.
DEATH CHAPMAN DIED IN 1982 AND THE TEAM’S LAST WIN CAME WITH AYRTON SENNA IN 1987 BEFORE LEAVING FORMULA 1 COMPETITION IN 1994.
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EPISODE 51 – CRASH BARRIERS BIG CHANGES A LOOK AT HOW METHODS OF
REDUCING IMPACT HAS CHANGED TO PROTECT BOTH DRIVER AND SPECTATOR.
METHODS HERE WE SEE THE DIFFERENT METHODS USED INCLUDING PURE CONCRETE WALLS AND GROUPS OF TYRES STACKED TOGETHER.
DRIVERS WE HEAR A DRIVER’S PERSPECTIVE ON HOW SAFETY HAS CHANGED AND HOW IT IS DIFFERENT FROM THE PAST.
SAND TRAPS WE GET A DOCTOR’S VIEW OF BARRIEIRS AND LOOK AT THE BENEFITS OF SAND AND GRAVEL AREAS TO HELP SLOW THE CARS.
EPISODE 52 - REIMS THE TRACK HERE WE LOOK AT THIS BEAUTIFUL
CIRCUIT THAT MAKES ITS WAY THROUGH THE NORTH EAST OF FRANCE IN THE CHAMPAGNE AREA.
1932 THE YEAR THAT THE FIRST FRENCH GRAND PRIX WAS RACED HERE BEFORE BECOMING ITS HOME IN 1938.
A LAP WE TAKE YOU ON A LAP OF THIS PICTURESQUE CIRCUIT.
THE CURTAIN ONE CORNER HAS SUCH BAD SUN GLARE PROBLEMS THAT A LARGE VELVET CURTAIN WAS ERECTED ON ONE OF ITS CORNERS.
STORIES WE LOOK BACK AT THE HISTORY OF RACING AT REIMS INCLUDING SOME FASCINATING INCIDENTS.
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EPISODE 53 - STRATEGIES BEHIND THE SCENES IN THIS EPISODE WE HEAR FROM DRIVERS
AND PIT CREW ABOUT THE INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF STRATEGY THAT GOES INTO RACING THESE DAYS, FROM PIT STOP SPEEDS TO FUEL WEIGHT RATIOS THE DETAILS ARE VERY THOROUGH.
PLANS A LOOK AT HOW A RACING TEAM WILL USUALLY HAVE A SET FORMULA FOR THE RACE BUT HOW OFTEN THAT HAS TO CHANGE URGENTLY AND DRAMATICALLY AND HOW EVERYONE HAS TO BE PREPARED FOR IT.
EPISODE 54 – DRIVE BY WIRE TECHNOLOGY WE LOOK AT THIS NEW METHOD FOR
REPLACING THE OLD ACCELERATOR CABLE AND HEAR A DRIVER’S PERSPECTIVE.
DEBATES MANY NEW ADVANCES HAVE BEEN BANNED BY THE FORMULA 1 GOVERNING BODY AND OTHERS CONTINUE TO SPARK DEBATE.
BLACK BOX WE LOOK DEEP INSIDE THE CARS’ ON BOARD COMPUTER WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY ITS BRAIN AND HAS COMPLETE CONTROL OVER ALL FUNCTIONS OF THE MODERN CAR.
TIM NEWTON WE HEAR THE VIEWS OF A BMW TEST TEAM MEMBER ON THE POTENTIAL FUTURE OF GRAND PRIX CARS.
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EPISODE 55 – WACKY RACES START YOUR MOWERS WE LOOK AT THE LIGHTER SIDE OF
MOTOR RACING WHEN WE VISIT THE LEMANS 12 HOUR LAWN MOWER RACE AND THE VARIOUS CATEGORIES IT POSSESSES.
THREE WHEELS HERE WE EXAMINE ANOTHER WACKY RACE AS DRIVERS HURL AROUND A TRACK ON JUST THREE WHEELS.
CHAMPIONS WE MEET SOME OF THE WORLD CHAMPIONS OF THESE WACKY EVENTS AND SEE JUST HOW SERIOUS THEY TAKE THESE AMUSING EVENTS.
EPISODE 56 – CLASSIC LEMANS MID 70S HEYDAY HERE WE VISIT A GOLDEN ERA OF THIS
FAMOUS RACE, THE MID 70S. CHANGES 1976 SAW THE EVENT OPEN UP TO A
NEW RANGE OF CARS AND THE INTRODUCTION OF THE TURBO CHARGER.
1976 WE FOLLOW CLOSELY THE RACE OF THIS YEAR WITH A TURBO CHARGED ENGINE TAKING FIRST PLACE FOR THE FIRST TIME.
1977 WE LOOK AT A FASCINATING RACE WITH RENAULT SEEMING TO HAVE VICTORY ALL SEWN UP UNTIL THE PORSCHE TEAM POWERED THROUGH THE FIELD AND TOOK AN UNLIKELY WIN.
EPISODE 57 – LEMANS LATE 70S ENDURANCE WE LOOK AT THE RACE THAT SEES A CAR
MAINTAIN SPEEDS OF UP TO 320KM PER HOUR OVER 24 HOURS.
1978 AGAIN WE SEE AN EPIC BATTLE BETWEEN PORSCHE AND RENAULT BUT THIS TIME THE RENAULTS HOLD ON FOR A HISTORIC FIRST VICTORY.
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1979 WITH RENAULT FOCUSSING ON FORMULA 1 RACING PORSCHE WAS LEFT TO DOMINATE THE EVENT WITH A TALENTED FILM STAR PAUL NEWMAN PRESENT AND DRIVING A CAR.
EPISODE 58 - JAGUAR EARLY DAYS WE LOOK AT THE DISJOINTED HISTORY
OF THIS MOTOR SPORT GIANT WITH RETIREMENTS AND VICTORIES GOING HAND IN HAND.
1982 HERE WE SEE A MIGHTY COMEBACK IN 1982 WITH JAGUAR REJOINING THE TOURING CAR CHAMPIONSHIP BUT UNFORTUNATELY FALLING JUST SHORT.
THE BRAND ALTHOUGH ON THE RACETRACK THEY DIDN’T HAVE MUCH SUCCESS THE POWERFUL JAGUAR NAME, NOW UNDER THE FORD BANNER, HAS BECOME SYNONOMOUS WITH CONSUMERS IN THE LUXURY CAR MARKET.
EPISODE 59 – REPCO BRABHAM PARTNERSHIP A LOOK AT AN AUSTRALIAN
COMBINATION THAT TOOK 3 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS AND MADE BRABHAM THE ONLY DRIVER TO EVER WIN A SEASON DRIVING HIS OWN CAR.
BRABHAM SPEAKS WE HEAR FOM THE CHAMP ON HOW THE TEAM FORMED AND THE VARIOUS EXPERIMENTS IN FINDING THE RIGHT ENGINE.
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BREAKTHROUGH BRABHAM TALKS OF HIS FIRST WIN AT REIMS IN THE 1968 FRENCH GRAND PRIX WHEN HIS CAR PASSED THE DOMINATING FERRARIS AND THE RACING WORLD STOOD UP AND TOOK NOTICE OF THIS TALENTED AUSSIE.
EPISODE 60 - AERODYNAMICS WINGS PORSCHE INTRODUCE THEIR WING
CONCEPT IN GERMANY IN 1959 BUT WERE NOT ALLOWED TO START THE RACE.
TROUBLE TEAMS IN THE 60S STARTED ADOPTING WINGS BUT AFTER MANY FATALITIES THE GOVERNING BODY BANNED THEM AGAIN.
DOWN DRAFT LOTUS WINS IN THE 70S WITH THE NEW TECHNOLOGY OF DOWNWARD FORCES ON ITS CAR.
TUNNELS WE SEE THE AMOUNT OF TIME AND RESEARCH THAT TEAMS SPEND NOW ON WIND TUNNEL TESTING.
2ND OPINION WE HEAR FROM AN ENGINEERING DOCTOR ON THE IMPORTANCE OF AERODYNAMICS ON THE MODERN CARS.
EPISODE 61 – POST WORLD WAR 2 RACING POST WAR WITH EUROPE REELING AND FACTORIES
DESTROYED THESE WERE THE GRAND PRIX REBUILDING YEARS WITH ALFA ROMEO AND MASERATI FAIRING BEST.
BAD LUCK ALFA ROMEO STOPPED RACING IN 1949 AFTER AN EXTRAODINARY AMOUNT OF DRIVERS LOST THEIR LIVES.
BEGINNINGS 1949 WAS AN IMPORTANT YEAR AS FERRARI ENTERED GRAND PRIX RACING AND A YOUNG DRIVER CALLED FANGIO
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STARTED TURNING HEADS. ASCARI THE POST WAR ERA SAW THE RISE OF
ANOTHER DRIVER WHO CARVED HIS NAME IN THE HISTORY ANNUALS.
EPISODE 62 – MAURICE TRINTIGNANT EARLY DAYS HERE WE FOLLOW THE FORMATIVE YEARS
OF THIS MULTI TALENTED FRENCHMAN AS HE ESTABLISHES HIS REPUTATION IN THIS COMPETITIVE SPORT.
CHANGES MAURICE REACHES THE TOP DRIVING A FERRARI IN HIS 30S AND THEN SWITCHES TO VANDERWALL.
SETTLING HERE WE LOOK AT MAURICE’S MOVE TO COOPER AND TO HIS OWN CAR WITH BRM. INCREDIBLY IT WASN’T UNTIL THE AGE OF 47 THAT TRINTIGNANT SCORED HIS FIRST WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP POINT.
EPISODE 63 – CLIFF ALLISON LOTUS WE HEAR ALLISON TALK OF HIS
RELATIONSHIP WITH COLIN CHAPMAN AND HOW HE GOT HIS FIRST DRIVE AT LOTUS.
SUCCESS AFTER A GREAT DRIVE AT LEMANS IN 1957 ALLISON WAS PROMOTED TO THE THEN STRUGGLING LOTUS GRAND PRIX TEAM, VERY NEARLY WINNING HIS FIRST RACE.
THE RISE AFTER A GREAT YEAR IN 1959 ALLISON’S RISE WAS HALTERED WHEN HE SUFFERED AN HORRIFIC CRASH AT MONTE CARLO IN 1960.
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INJURYS SADLY WITH CONTINUOUS BROKEN LEGS ALLAISON WAS FORCED TO RETIRE FROM THE SPORT WITHOUT EVER REALLY FULFILLING HIS POTENTIAL.
EPISODE 64 – HARRY SCHELL THE MAN HERE WE MEET THE COLOURFUL FRENCH
BORN AMERICAN AND LEARN HOW HE CAME TO BE INVOLVED IN THE SPORT.
THE BARMAN SCHELL OWNED A BAR IN PARIS AND SPENT HIS CAREER IN MANY DIFFERENT CARS FROM MASERATI TO COOPER TO VANDERWALL.
LATE BLOOMER SCHELL WAS AT HIS PEAK IN HIS LATE THIRTIES AND FAIRED MUCH BETTER IN THE TOURING CAR RACES. HE WAS A HUGE MAN AT 6FT 4” AND HAD THE CHARACTER TO MATCH.
EPISODE 65 – LUIGI MUSSO HOPES MUSSO WAS UNDER PRESSURE IN THE
LATE 50S AS HE CARRIED THE HOPES OF THE ITALIAN MOTOR SPORTS FANS.
SELF BELIEF HERE WE FOLLOW MUSSO’S CAREER AT FERRARI IN AN ERA AGINST MOSS AND FANGIO. MUSSO ALSO BECAME QUITE UNPOPULAR FOR HIS NEVER ENDING SELF CONFIDENCE.
DEATH JUST WHEN THINGS WERE LOOKING SUCCESSFUL FOR THE ITALIAN HE PUSHED HIMSELF TOO HARD AND WAS THROWN FROM HIS CAR IN A RACE AT REIMS AND DIED LATER IN HOSPITAL.
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SILVA RAMOS WE HEAR FROM THE BRAZILLIAN WHO WITNESSED THE CRASH ENDING MUSSO’S LIFE AT JUST 34.
EPISODE 66 – EUGENIO CASTELLOTTI HOPES WITH THE DEATH OF ASCARI AND
FARINO’S RETIREMENT CATELLOTTI BECAME THE NEXT GREAT ITALIAN HOPE.
FERRARI WE HEAR FROM PHIL HILL ON THE TALENTS HIS FRIEND HAD ESPECIALLY IN THE SPORTING AND NON GRAND PRIX RACES.
RIVALRY HE AND MUSSO WERE CONSTANTLY FUMING AND HIS PRIVATE LIFE WAS BECOMING MORE AND MORE PUBLIC.
DEATH WE HEAR OPINIONS THAT HE WAS TOO AMBITIOUS WHICH ULTIMATELY LED TO HIS EARLY DEATH AT JUST 27.
EPISODE 67 – RICHARD ATTWOOD CAREER HERE WE MEET THE TALENTED YOUNG
ENGLISHMAN WHO GAVE PORSCHE THEIR FIRST WIN AT LEMANS IN 1970.
ATTWOOD WE HEAR ATTWOOD TALK OF HOW HIS CAREER TOOK OFF AFTER SOME HELP FROM SIR ALFRED OWEN.
TIMING WITH GRAHAM HILL AROUND AND JACKIE STEWART DOMINATING ATTWOOD FOUND IT TOUGH TO GET AN F1 START SO TURNED HIS AMAZING TALENTS TO OTHER FORMS OF POWER MOTORING.
SUCCESS AFTER BEING DROPPED BY BRM ATTWOOD HEADED TO PORSCHE AND HAD WONDERFUL YEARS AT LEMANS IN
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1970 AND 1971 FINISHING FIRST AND SECOND RESPECTIVELY.
EPISODE 68 – KATHERINE LEGGE WOMEN AND CARS THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW WOMEN
SUCCESS STORIES IN MOTOR SPORT BUT HERE WE MEET A MARKETING DREAM WHO HAD HER FIRST DRIVE IN 1992.
FIRST WOMAN SHE BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN TO WIN AN OPEN WHEELED RACE WHEN SHE WON THREE TIMES AT THE ATLANTIC EVENT OF THE CHAMP CAR CATEGORY.
JIMMY VASSER THIS OWNER OF A RACING TEAM TALKS ABOUT BEING A MENTOR TO LEGGE AND POINTS OUT WHAT MAKES HER SUCH A TALENTED LADY.
EPISODE 69 – JACKIE ICKX ALLROUNDER THIS TALENTED BELGIAN TWICE FINISHED
RUNNER UP IN THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, WON LEMANS 6 TIMES, WON A PARIS DAKAR RALLY AND WAS A SUPERB MOTOR CYCLE RIDER AS WELL.
THE MAN WE HEAR FROM RON TOURENAC ABOUT THE TRAITS OF ICKX WHOM HE DESCRIBES AS QUITE A PRIMA DONNA OR TENDENCIES TO BEHAVE LIKE A SPOILT SCHOOL BOY.
ICKX BEING SO DOMINANT AT LEMANS DURING THE 70S AND 80S WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AND HERE ICKX
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TALKS ABOUT THE LUCK HE HAD AND ALSO THE INCREDIBLE CARS HE WAS DRIVING.
EPISODE 70 – JO SIFFERT SEPPI HERE WE MEET ONE OF SWITZERLAND’S
FAVOURITE SONS WHO DROVE FOR RON WALKER’S TEAM AND HAD GREAT SUCCESS IN NON CHAMPIONSHIP RACES BUT HAD BAD LUCK IN GRAND PRIXS.
BRANDS HATCH VICTORY CAME AT THE BRITISH GRAND PRIX IN 1968 BUT SIFFERT LEFT WALKER AND HEADED FOR PORSCHE WHERE HE HAD GREAT SUCCESS AT THE SPORTS CAR LEVEL.
1971 IT WAS IN THIS YEAR THAT HE JOINED BRM AND WON THE AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX. SADLY IT WAS ALSO THE YEAR HE DIED IN A CRASH AGED 34, HIS FUNERAL BROUGHT TO IT 40,000 SWISS FANS.
EPISODE 71 – CHRIS AMON THE MAN AMON LEFT NEW ZEALAND AT AGE 19 IN
1963 BUT AFTER EARLY STRUGGLES HE JOINED FORD IN 1966 WHEN THEY BEGAN THEIR ASSAULT AT LEMANS AGAINST THE MIGHT OF THE FERRARIS.
FORTUNE CHANGE WITH MCLAREN HE WON LEMANS IN 1966 AND THUS EARNED A DRIVE AT THE FAMOUS FERRARI TEAM WHERE HE DROVE F1 WITH MODERATE SUCCESS.
CAREER AMON NEVER HAD A GRAND PRIX WIN AND DROVE FOR MANY TEAMS INCLUDING ONE HE STARTED HIMSELF. HE ALSO OWNED AN AIRLINE BEFORE RETURNING TO HIS NATIVE HOME FOR SOME QUIET
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TIME.
EPISODE 72 – DEREK BELL CAREER BELL HAD A SHORT F1 CAREER WITH
FERRARI AND MCLAREN BUT HIS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS 5 WINS AT LE MANS.
THE MAN WE HEAR FROM BELL ABOUT THIS AMAZING PERIOD OF HIS LIFE WHERE HE FULFILLED A LIFE LONG DREAM OF BEING A PART OF FERRARI AND HERE TALKS ABOUT HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH ENZO AND OTHER WORKERS THERE.
MBE BELL WAS AWARDED AN MBE IN 88 AFTER HIS INCREDIBLE SUCCESS AT LEMANS WHERE HE WON WITH ICKX AND TWO CHAMPIONSHIPS WITH HANS STUCK.
EPISODE 73 – VALENTINO ROSSI THE MAN ROSSI IS JUST 27 AND IS ITALY’S NEWEST
FAVOURITE SON. HE HAS WON 7 WORLD TITLES IN JUST 10 YEARS IN ALL FORMS OF MOTORCYCLE RACING. HE IS AN INSTANT LEGEND.
4 WHEELS HERE WE JOIN ROSSI AS HE PERSUES HIS OTHER PASSION OF RALLY DRIVING. HE HAS BEEN GIVEN MANY DRIVES IN A PEUGOT CAR AND IS FOLLOWING HIS RALLY DRIVING FATHER’S DREAM.
FAST FORWARD NOW WE LEAVE RALLY DRIVING AND MOVE TO THE PRESENT WHERE ROSSI HAS BEEN TEST DRIVING THE FERRARI F1 CAR. ON JUST HIS FOURTH TIME BEHIND THE WHEEL HE IS JUST 0.7 SECONDS SLOWER
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THAN SCHUMACHER….LOOK OUT!
EPISODE 74 – DENNY HULME CHAMPION IN 1967 DRIVING FOR THE BRABHAM
TEAM HULME BECAME THE ONLY NEW ZEALANDER TO WIN A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BY BEATING HIS TEAM OWNER JACK BRABHAM IN THE LAST RACE.
CANAM THE NEXT YEAR HE JOINED KIWI BRUCE MCLAREN AND THE TWO DOMINATED THE NEWLY FORMED CANAM RACING TOUR, EVEN BEING CALLED THE ‘BRUCE AND DENNY SHOW’.
THE BEAR HERE HULME TALKS ABOUT HIS GRUMPY NATURE EARNING ‘THE BEAR’ AS A NICKNAME AND DISCUSSES HIS LOATHING FOR QUALIFYING DAYS, HE JUST WANTED TO RACE.
EPISODE 75 – BRUCE MCLAREN BEGINNINGS HERE WE MEET THIS FAMOUS NEW
ZEALANDER WHO TEAMED WITH BRABHAM EARLY ON BEFORE CLAIMING VICTORIES AND STARTING ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS COMPANIES IN THE GRAND PRIX WORLD.
THE MAN HERE WE HEAR MCLAREN DISCUSS HIS BEGINNINGS PLUS HIS LOVE OF SPORTS CAR RACING AND HOW HE COPES WITH NERVES ON THE STARTING GRID.
SUCCESS PARTNERING WITH FELLOW KIWI DENNY HULME THE TWO WON AT LEMANS BEFORE DOMINATING IN THE CANAM SERIES IN 68 AND 69. MCLAREN WAS KILLED TRAGICALLY IN 1970 BUT HIS NAME IS CARRIED ON WITH THE MIGHT
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OF THE MCLAREN RACING TEAM NOW HEADED BY RON DENNIS.
EPISODE 76 – RICARDO RODRIGUEZ FEARLESS HERE WE LOOK AT THE TWO RODRIGUEZ
BROTHERS AND THE SUPPORT FOR RACING THEY GOT FROM THEIR WEALTHY PARENTS. RICARDO HAD MANY EARLY VICTORIES AND CAUGHT THE EYE OF ENZO FERRARI WHO GAVE HIM A DRIVE IN THE 1961 ITALIAN GRAND PRIX AT MONZA WHERE AMAZINGLY HE STARTED FROM 2ND ON THE GRID. BUT HIS FEARLESS APPROACH TO DRIVING COST HIM HIS LIFE AT JUST 20 YEARS OF AGE.
EPISODE 77 – PEDRO RODRIGUEZ TALENT HERE WE FOCUS ON THE ELDER OF THE
RODRIGUEZ BROTHERS WHO WAS THE MEXICAN MOTORCTCLE CHAMPION AT JUST 15. HE MOVED TO CARS AT 17 AND WE LOOK AT THE VARIOUS HIGHLIGHTS OF HIS CAREER AND TALK TO OTHERS ABOUT HIS AMAZING TALENT. SADLY THOUGH, LIKE HIS BROTHER HE WAS KILLED IN A FIERY CRASH AT THE YOUN AGE OF 31.
EPISODE 78 – FORD GT40 AT LE MANS BUY OUT FORD ATTEMPTED TO BUY OUT FERRARI IN
1963 FOR 18 MILLION DOLLARS BUT THE DEAL FELL THROUGH SO FORD WERE FORCED TO MAKE THEIR OWN CAR FOR
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RACING. SUCCESS FORD BEGAN AN INCREDIBLE RUN OF
VICTORIES AT LE MANS IN 1964 AND WENT ON TO WIN AT THE NEXT 4 EVENTS WITH VARIOUS MARKS OF THE CAR. BUT BY THEN THE CAR WAS AGING AND 1967 WOULD BE THE LAST TRUE SUCCESS FOR THE BLUE AND ORANGE GT CAR AT LE MANS.
EPISODE 79 – WOLFGANG VON TRIPS STATURE HERE WE LOOK AT THIS TALL AND
DASHING GERMAN RACING DRIVER WHO HAD INCREDIBLE TALENT BEHIND THE WHEEL.. WE TRACK HIS CAREER WHICH SADLY ENDED IN A HORRIFIC CRASH WHICH ALSO CLAIMED THE LIVES OF 14 SPECTATORS. HERE WE ALSO TALK TO WOLFGANG’S CLOSE FRIEND AND FELLOW TALENTED DRIVER PHIL HILL.
EPISODE 80 – PRINCE BIRA UNLIKELY HERE WE MEET THIS INCREDIBLE SIAMESE
PRINCE WHO AFTER ATTENDING CAMBRIDGE AND ETON DECIDED RACING CARS WAS MORE HIM. HE WAS BOUGHT A CAR HE NAMED ‘ROMOLOUS’ FOR HIS 21ST BIRTHDAY AND HE AND HIS BROTHER BEGAN THEIR WHITE MOUSE TEAM WITH ITS DISTINCTIVE BESPECTACLED DRIVER AND STRANGE SIAMESE RACING SIGNS. BIRA HAD WINS BEFORE THE WAR AND THEN RETURNED AND TOOK HIS LAST POINTS IN A MASERATI 250F. HE DIED OF A HEART ATTACK ON THE LONDON TUBE IN 1985.
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EPISODE 81 – RAYMOND MAYS THE FATHER HERE WE MEET PERHAPS THE FATHER OF
BRITISH MOTOR SPORTS WHO FOUNDED THE BRM TEAM IN THE POST WAR ERA. MAYS WAS A TALENTED DRIVER WHO WON THE FIRST BRITISH HILL CLIMB AFTER THE WAR BUT HE THEN SWITCHED FOCUS TO CAR DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCED A CAR THAT MADE THE FAMOUS BRITISH RACING GREEN AN INSTITUTION. THE BRM TEAM’S HIGHLIGHT WAS A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WITH GRAHAM HILL IN 1962.
EPISODE 82 – F1 SPEED RECORD COURAGE HERE WE HEAD TO THE BONNVILLE SALT
FLATS IN UTAH, A FAMOUS VENUE FOR ATTEMPTING LAND SPEED RECORDS. HERE HONDA ARE TRYING TO PASS THE 400KM PER HOUR BARRIER IN A F1 CAR BUT WEATHER PROVES TO BE A CRUCIAL FACTOR. WE TALK TO THOSE INVOLVED AND LOOK AT AN ATTEMPT IN 1939 WHERE AN INCREDIBLE 432 KPH WAS REACHED WITH RUDOLPH CARRICOLA WAS BEHIND THE WHEEL.
EPISODE 83 – DAN GURNEY RESPECT DAN GURNEY WAS A LANKY AMERICAN
WHO WAS KNOWN FOR HIS FLAIR
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BEHIND THE WHEEL AND WAS MUCH LOVED THROUGHOUT THE RACING COMMUNITY. HE WAS A HIGHLY TALENTED DRIVER WHO WON GRAND PRIXS FOR BRM AND BRABHAM, LED FORD THROUGH THEIR DOMINATE LE MANS VICTORIES AND WON AT INDIANAPOLIS IN THE TWIGHLIGHT OF HIS CAREER. HE ALSO INTRODUCED FORD TO COLIN CHAPMAN AND LOTUS WHICH FORGED AN INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL PARTNERSHIP.
EPISODE 84 – JOCHEN RINDT POSTHUMOUS CHAMP RINDT SHOT TO PROMINENCE VERY
QUICKLY WITH A SHOCK WIN AT LE MANS. AS THE OFFERS FLOODED IN HE DROVE FOR THE BRABHAM TEAM BUT EVENTUALLY WAS LURED BY MORE MONEY TO LOTUS. HIS HIGHLIGHT WAS RETURNING TO BRABHAM AND REPCO AND HAVING A FANTASTIC 1970 SEASON. SADLY IN THE LAST RACE OF THE YEAR HE WAS KILLED IN A CRASH SO WAS AWARDED THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP AFTER HIS DEATH. THANKFULLY THIS IS THE ONLY TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED IN MOTOR RACING HISTORY.
EPISODE 85 – TAZIO NUVOLARI THE MAN THIS MAN WAS GREATLY RESPECTED
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THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND TO MANY SUMMED UP EVERYTHING GREAT ABOUT THE SPORT. HE WAS A SHORT MAN WITH INCREDIBLE COURAGE AND HERE WE TRACK HIS SUCCESSFUL CAREER AND THE FIRM MARK HE LEFT ON ALL WHO MET HIM. MANY BELIEVE THE NAME NUVOLARI ABSOLUTELY DEFINED A RACING CAR DRIVER.
EPISODE 86 – CARROLL SHELBY LEGEND SHELBY WAS TEXAN BORN AND
THROUGH HIS RACING AND MANUFACTURING BECAME AN ABSOLUTE AMERICAN LEGEND OF THE SPORT. HE WAS FAMOUS FOR DEVELOPING THE ICONIC AC COBRA FOR FORD WITH ITS BLUE AND WHITE TONE AND ITS DOMINATING YEARS AT LEMANS THROUGHT HE LATE 1960S.
EPISODE 87 - BMW HISTORY HERE WE LOOK AT THE RICH HISTORY OF
THE BAVARIAN MOTOR WORKS WITH THEIR VARIOUS VICTORIES AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO ALL FORMS OF MOTOR SPORTS. WE LOOK AT THEIR RANGE OF RACING CARS AND MOTORCYCLES AND THE KEY PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN DEVELOPING THEM AND RACING THEM.
EPISODE 88 – BRM V16 BRITISH RACING MOTORS HERE WE LOOK AT THE EARLY TROUBLES
OF THE BRM TEAM WHICH WAS STARTED BY RAYMOND MAYS AND PETER BERTHEN. MANY BELIEVE THEY DEVELOPED THE MOST COMPLICATED F1 CAR OF ALL TIME WITH A YOUNG STERLING MOSS DECLARING IT THE ‘WORST’ HE HAD EVER DRIVEN. THE
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COMPANY WAS SOLD TO SIR ALFRED OWEN AND IN THE EARLY 60S THINGS BEGAN TO IMPROVE WITH THE FIRST VICTORY OCCURRING IN 1962 WITH JUAN MIGUEL FANGIO BEHIND THE WHEEL.
EPISODE 89 – BRM P25 NEW ERA AFTER THE NEAR DISASTER OF THE BRM
V16 A NEW ERA BEGAN AT BRM WITH THE P25 AND HERE WE LOOK AT THE ENGINE MODIFICATIONS AND THE HIGH CALIBRE OF DRIVERS INCLUDING MIKE HAWTHORN, TONY BROOKS, STERLING MOSS, JOHN BONNIER, MAURICE TRINGINANT AND JUAN MIGUEL FANGIO THAT SAT BEHIND THE WHEEL. WE CHART THEIR PROGRESS LEADING TO A VERY SUCCESSFUL LATE 50S AND EARLY 60S.
EPISODE 90 – FRENCH MASTERS 01 THREE GREATS HERE WE TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT THREE
GREAT FRENCH DRIVERS IN JEAN PIERRE WIMILLE, RENE DREYFUS AND RAYMOND SOMMERS. EACH DROVE FOR DIFFERENT TEAMS FROM ALFA ROMEO TO BRITISH RACING MOTORS AND HERE WE LOOK AT THE VARIOUS VICTORIES THEY HAD AND THE IMPRESSIONS THEY LEFT ON THE WORLD OF MOTOR SPORT.
EPISODE 91 – FRENCH MASTERS 02 MORE FRENCH WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THE FRENCH
INFLUENCE ON THE MOTOR SPORTING WORLD WITH THREE MORE DRIVERS IN LOIUS ROSIER, PIERRE LEVEGH AND LOIUS CHIRON.
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EPISODE 92 - PORSCHE DEVELOPMENTS HERE WE LOOK AT THE ARRIVAL OF THE
PORSCHE TEAM IN 1948. THE TEAM HAD SOME EARLY GOOD RUNS AND ATTRACTED THE LIKES OF DAN GURNEY TO DRIVE FOR THE TEAM. THEY BRIEFLY ENTERED FORMULA 1 BUT MAINLY FOCUSSED ON THE SPORTS CAR TOURING EVENTS WITH SOME GREAT SHOWINGS AT LE MANS. THE 911 AND 917 WERE FEARED CARS AND HELPED TO ESTABLISH PORSCHE AS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL INDEPENDENT CAR COMPANIES IN THE WORLD.
EPISODE 93 – STREET CIRCUITS 01 TIGHT CORNERS HERE WE TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE
GREAT STREET CIRCUITS OF THE PAST AND A FAMOUS ONE THAT IS STILL THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS IN THE WORLD. WE HEAD TO THE ISLE OF MANN CIRCUIT AND LOOK AT THE VARIOUS QUALITIES OF THE MONACO STREET TRACK INCLUDING DIVERS ON HAND IN CASE A DRIVER PLUNGES INTO THE MEDITTERANEAN WHICH HAS HAPPENED TWICE BEFORE IN THE PAST.
EPISODE 94 – BROOKLANDS AND SHELSLEY WALSH FAMOUS TRACKS HERE WE LOOK AT TWO HIGHLY
POPULAR RACE CIRCUITS IN THE UK. ONE WAS AN INDIANAPOLIS STYLE RING DESIGN THAT WAS PIVOTAL FOR CAR DEVELOPMENT PRE 1950 AND THE OTHER
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WAS A FAMOUS PICTURESQUE HILL CLIMB CIRCUIT THAT DREW ENORMOUS CROWDS IN THE EARLY DAYS OF COMPETITIVE MOTOR SPORTS.
EPISODE 95 – DONINGTON PARK HISTORY HERE WE CHART THE RICH HISTORY OF
THE DONNINGTON CIRCUIT WHICH OFFERED AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE BROOKLANDS TRACK AND WAS MORE OF A EUROPEAN STYLE RACE. WE ALSO LOOK AT SOME FAMOUS RACES AT THE TRACK INCLUDING AYRTON SENNA’S WIN IN THE WET IN 1993.
EPISODE 96 – STREET CIRCUITS OF TODAY 02 GUIA CIRCUIT WE VISIT THE WORLDS ONLY REMAINING
FULL TIME STREET CIRCUIT ON THE CHINESE ISLAND OF MACAU. IT IS 6.2 MILES LONG AND AT ITS NARROWEST ONLY 7 METRES ACROSS. IT HOSTS CARS AND MOTORCYCLES AND HAS LAUNCHED THE CAREERS OF THE LIKES OF AYRTON SENNA AND MICHAEL SCHUMACHER. WE ALSO LOOK AT SOME TEMPORARY STREET CIRCUITS OF TODAY THAT ARE CONSTRUCTED FOR SPECIFIC RACE EVENTS LIKE IN LONG BEACH CALIFORNIA.
EPISODE 97 – TONY BROOKS THE MAN HERE WE MEET AND TALK TO AN
EXTREMELY INFLUENTIAL ENGLISHMAN ON THE WORLD OF MOTOR SPORTS. WE LOOK AT HOW HE WON THE FIRST GRAND PRIX HE EVER COMPETED IN AT SYRACUSE AND THE MANY CHANGES OF
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CARS THAT HE WENT THROUGH. WE ALSO HERE HIS OPINIONS OF THE CARS AND THE AMAZING ERA OF THE 50S AND 60S OF MOTOR RACING.
EPISODE 98 – BRANDS HATCH HISTORY HERE WE HEAD TO THE FAMOUS BRANDS
HATCH CIRCUIT IN THE UK. IT WAS STARTED BY A GROUP OF BIKE RIDERS IN 1926 AND RACING BEGUN THERE 4 YEARS LATER. IT WAS SET IN BEAUTIFUL WOODLAND AND HAS SEEN SOME DRAMATIC RACES INCLUDING THE JOCHEN RINDT, JACK BRABHAM BATTLE OF 1970 AND THE NIGEL MANSELL VICTORY AT THE LAST BRITISH GRAND PRIX HELD THERE IN 1986.
EPISODE 99 – RACING FAMILIES 01 FAMILY HERE WE LOOK AT THREE FAMOUS
RACING FAMILIES. THE FIRST IS THE ONLY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS WITH GRAHAM HILL AND MORE RECENTLY HIS SON DAMON. THE SECOND IS THE ITALIAN FATHER AND SON DUO OF ANTONIO AND ALBERTO ASCARI AND FINALLY WE LOOK AT THE COMBINATION OF THE BELGIUM DRIVER JACKIE ICXKS AND HIS SUCCESSFUL DAUGHTER VANINA.
EPISODE 100 – RACING FAMILIES 02 MORE FAMILIES HERE WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT
SUCCESSFUL RACING FAMILIES AND FIRSTLY WE MEET THE BRAZILLIAN PIQUET FAMILY WITH NELSON SNR WINNING
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TWO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS AND NOW SON NELSON JNR TRYING TO MAKE HIS NAME. SECONDLY WE MEET THE FLYING FINNS OF KEKE AND NICO ROSBERG AND FINALLY LOIUS AND JEAN LOIUS ROSSIER.
