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Heads up 9pm BBC2, Hunt v Lauda.
Jon Ison - 14/7/13 at 07:06 PM

On in an hour, got to be worth a watch?

chrism - 14/7/13 at 07:35 PM

Cheers.

PAUL FISHER - 14/7/13 at 08:15 PM

good call, watching it now

steve m - 14/7/13 at 08:42 PM

me too, riveting!!

scootz - 14/7/13 at 09:11 PM

Really enjoyed that!

Jon Ison - 14/7/13 at 09:14 PM

If you didn't get to see it look out for it on iplayer, best watch in ages.

dave - 14/7/13 at 09:14 PM

Never had any respect for Hunt.

Jaybeee - 14/7/13 at 09:34 PM

Excellent programme! Don't remember this as a kid (I was only 5)! Nikki had some balls to go out racing again after a few weeks with those injuries! I will have to watch it again.

mookaloid - 14/7/13 at 09:39 PM

Good prog.

Personally I liked Hunt - he was a proper lad

theduck - 14/7/13 at 10:14 PM

Missed this, but as a heads up to those reading who may not know there is a film out later this year called rush about hunt and lauda

coozer - 14/7/13 at 10:15 PM

Ooo, you just missed a good F1 program on BBC4..

Go on Iplayer and find it..

jabs - 15/7/13 at 07:07 AM

Good to see Ferrari up to their tricks especially about the width of hunts car. If you cannot win on the track use the rule book :-)

scootz - 15/7/13 at 10:15 AM

quote:
Originally posted by jabs
Good to see Ferrari up to their tricks especially about the width of hunts car. If you cannot win on the track use the rule book :-)




The rules are there for a reason...

britishtrident - 15/7/13 at 10:50 AM

quote:
Originally posted by jabs
Good to see Ferrari up to their tricks especially about the width of hunts car. If you cannot win on the track use the rule book :-)


The real story about the width of Hunt's car was nothing was changed in the rear suspension from the previous year and the width measured across the wheel rims was exactly the same, the only thing that had changed was the tyres. Goodyear had changed the shape of the tyre carcass so that it bulged a few more mm over the edge of the rim.

In the Teddy Meyer era McLaren were still missing the solid engineering in input of Bruce McLaren and they weren't the ultra techy outfit they became after they merged with Ron Dennis's Project 4. In the early 1970's technical progress was slow and a car design could serve for several season Hunt's car the long serving was essentially a debugged carbon copy of the Lotus 72. The secret of the M23 success was designers Gordon Coppuck's common sense , ex-Lotus driver Emmerson Fittapaldi's knowledge of the Lotus 72 development and the fact that McLaren had an Nicholson DFV engine and a unique 6 speed gearbox package that was superior to all the other Ford Cosworth powered runners.

McLaren's mechanics were the best in the business but they lacked any understanding of aero at one point after a mid-season upgrade they suffered a mysterious drop off in rear end grip in high speed corners, the cause proved difficult to tracked down and wasn't cured by refitting the old spec suspension, body and aero components, it turned out to accommodate the updated components they had moved the oil cooler slightly. The new position caused turbulence on the air flow to the rear wing causing loss of down force and increased drag.

[Edited on 15/7/13 by britishtrident]

kj - 16/7/13 at 06:25 AM

Its repeated tonight BBC2 11.20

ashg - 16/7/13 at 07:41 AM

watched it last night. have to say one of the best racing docs i have seen in a long long time. very well done to the people that produced it.

ashg - 16/7/13 at 07:55 AM

btw not sure if people have seen the adverts but they have made a feature film about lauda v hunt. comes to the cinema in September.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1979320/

Peteff - 16/7/13 at 09:28 AM

quote:
Originally posted by scootzThe rules are there for a reason...


So Ferrari can win ?

loggyboy - 16/7/13 at 09:59 AM

Watched this on demand last night, very good watch, and looking forward to the film.

quote:
Originally posted by theduck
Missed this, but as a heads up to those reading who may not know there is a film out later this year called rush about hunt and lauda

quote:
Originally posted by ashg
btw not sure if people have seen the adverts but they have made a feature film about lauda v hunt. comes to the cinema in September.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1979320/


http://locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=183026

britishtrident - 16/7/13 at 02:32 PM

quote:
Originally posted by dave
Never had any respect for Hunt.



He was thick as two short planks, a complete a**** h*** didn't understand anything about the car but he had a truly immense talent and a super tanker load bravery.

It is interesting to consider what would have happen had Hunt driven for Ferrrari and Lauda for McLaren.
If Hunt had driven for Ferrari he would never have won championship but Old Man Ferrari would have loved him. Lauda on the other did pretty well when he eventually went to work for McLaren-MP4

02GF74 - 18/7/13 at 08:52 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Jaybeee
Nikki had some balls to go out racing again after a few weeks with those injuries! I will have to watch it again.


Don't recall much of it at the time but that is ^^^^ definitely true - didn't they say that when he got in the car for the first time, he was unable to drive off .... but willed himself to take part in the race.

Shame he "bottled out" of the JP GP but then it was stated that he was unable to see due to the rain and lack of eyelids.

Nickp - 20/7/13 at 07:30 AM

Caught it on iplayer, really enjoyed it

Loved Hunts comment when he first saw Lauda after the accident- ' You're the only bloke I know who's been in a fire and come out better looking!!'

3rd race from end of championship and all looked lost, got hammered the night before the race and sh@gged the lead singer of the band they'd been to see. Still half-cut and won the race!! RESPECT!!