Absolutely wonderful, no hysterics or shouting, no BS, no razzamattaz, just a balanced, civilised and ultra informative voice over. The road cars featured were a treat too. We don’t hear enough about Vanwall but this small British team was showed the Italians how to do it, no proud history (British firms had been successful in the earlier years with Sunbeam, Bentley, ERA, Riley, MG etc). Vanwall was the brainchild of a millionaire enthusiast whose company made Thin Wall bearings for high performance machinery, Tony Vandervell, his bearings were used by Italian Motorsport teams and he started a British outfit using modified Ferrari machines but had ambitions for a fully British designed and built car. There was no glamorous posturing, no V6, V8, V12, V16 exotic engines, just an innovative 4 cylinder lump based on a Norton motorbike engine but futuristic engineered to produce mighty horse power with bomb-proof reliability. It had Bosch Fuiel Injection inherited from Mercedes who had pulled out of all motor racing in the aftermath of the terrible Le Mans atrocity. The next generation of ultra innovative F1 & F2 British cars from Lotus, Cooper, BRM, etc had mid-engines based on an industrial Fire Engine pump, the Coventry Climax! The Vanwall car’ s engineering layout was designed largely by Colin Chapman (the original was built by Cooper but the less said about the early experiments the better!) and unlike the primitive Lancia Ferrari’s, Maserati’s, Alfa’s etc, was not a body perched on a ladder chassis. It had disc brakes all round and unlike the Italians, for suspension and used wishbones coils and shocks at the front and a de Dion arrangement at the rear which replaced the original horizontal leaf (‘mediaeval’) cart spring atbthe rear , The body was an aerodynamic shape with revolutionary Naca cooling ducts for the engine designed by an ex-aero designer Frank Costin who had also designed notable ground breakers for the likes of Lotus. The die was cast and from this small start, the British Motor Sport Industry (notably with Lotus, BRM, Lola, March and some Antipodean stalwarts, Brabham, McLaren etc grew into the most influential European racing conglomerate, probably the most successful in the world, Colin Chapman being it’s emblematic trail blazer! As for the racing, how strange it seems to modern yes, the informality, lack of security, Marshall’s, officials and the odd spectator standing in deadly exposed parts at the side of the course. No safety features, crash barriers, run-off areas and trees or grassy banks just yards from the trackside. Little wonder there were soo many tragedies! The only thing that is identical is the devotion and passion of the Tifosi and the customary post-race track invasion.
@dannywlm63
4 жыл бұрын
So civilised presentation, beautiful cars . The real spirit of motor racing no multi million pound budgets just skill and utmost bravery and driving skill. Thanks for posting
@nv1493
Жыл бұрын
What a beautiful time capsule of history.....
@GrrMeister
5 жыл бұрын
Great to see these 'Good Old Days' and in Colour as well ! Great Video well done, thank you for posting.
@5117sebastian
2 жыл бұрын
what a time to be alive!
@giusysala3785
2 жыл бұрын
Bellissimo questo video ti trasmette un emozione incredibile trasportandoti indietro nel tempo, l' autodromo di Monza già bello all' epoca non le mancava niente poi la Tribuna Centrale uno spettacolo!!!!
@buckzx12r
Жыл бұрын
Great video!Cant brlieve two years after lemans '55 disaster,almost no protection for the fans,very little safety concern.
@idolivercampos
Жыл бұрын
C'est magnific !!!😊
@andreasadam4127
5 жыл бұрын
Danke für diese historische Aufnahmen, ein Juwel des Motorsports. Da macht es noch Spaß, Formel 1 Rennen zu gucken und nicht wie heute das langweilige Hinterherfahren . Sterling Moss habe ich mal in den 80ern Jahren in Hockenheim in einem Silberpfeil gesehen, als er eine Runde drehte .
@tonnywildweasel8138
2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic vid and race in the golden era. Love these race cars. Thanks for sharing, appreciate it a LOT! Greets, T.
@aureliobrighton1871
Жыл бұрын
Everything said below I just add my Wonderful and warm Thankyou 🌹
@thelastwavemusic1518
4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely amazing! Crazy to see The speed with all their heads so High above The car
@TheChannelDale
3 жыл бұрын
What a fantastic video. Great quality colour footage, intelligent voiceover, possibly the best historic motorsport video I've seen. Any idea who the voice over is?
@damage98
2 жыл бұрын
this is priceless thank you!
@petermcdevitt3984
4 жыл бұрын
Love this. Thank you for uploading :)
@robertolocati7431
4 ай бұрын
Straordinario docufilm , questa e' storia nella storia
@trainman9119
Жыл бұрын
Just saw this video. When motor racing was a truly dangerous sport. This was a time when men were me and sheep were scared”
@chriskelleher349
4 жыл бұрын
The right size cars to race. Crowd relaxed and satisfied.
@imsteevin
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for uploading this
@ulfjonsson1472
4 жыл бұрын
lovely graphics
@DoomRoomRecords
4 жыл бұрын
Great stuff
@yvlakhtionov
4 жыл бұрын
Great quality
@gastonbenitez5653
2 жыл бұрын
El maestro firmando autógrafos en el padock.
@GrrMeister
5 жыл бұрын
Wonderful to see Sir Stirling Moss Vanwall no 18 appear in British Racing Green at 8:44
@yallowrosa
2 жыл бұрын
unfortunately, they did not use the Oval part of the circuit
@victortorrecillas8507
4 жыл бұрын
Is it Monza? Awesome!!
@jockellis
4 жыл бұрын
Isn’t this the race where 1964 Targa Florio winner Colin Davis’s team had rented a Maserati by the lap but didn’t have enough money for the whole race. So when Davis was in third place he pulled into the pits as he had been told to do before the race when no one expected him to be in a podium spot. The team manager told him they would have found the money somewhere if they could finish third.
@barryblackmore6080
4 жыл бұрын
Probably not, the video is of the 1957 race, seven years earlier than the one you are referring to.
@dickieb2233
4 жыл бұрын
@@barryblackmore6080 Good morning Barry, I think Jock was saying that Colin Davis won the 1964 Targa Florio race seven yrs later.
@gareththomas2000
3 жыл бұрын
Did RAI cover the 1957 Italian GP?
@musicstewart9744
4 жыл бұрын
The driver at 10:25. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Villoresi
@andreasadam4127
5 жыл бұрын
Das ist ja lustig, denn bei 18:10 steht auf der Anzeigetafel vor der Box : Moss Fang Trips , Moss , fang Trips . 😊😀
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