Gilles and Didlier

[Dare]

Good article if your a Gilles fan and he couldn't be. I'd
love to see the documentary


https://www.planetf1.com/features/villeneuve-pironi-documentary

[Jericoke]

I've seen the doc.  It's all before my time, so I only knew the broad strokes.

Understanding what it meant to their families add such a huge dimension.  And seeing how their families dealt with it?  A very good insight into how good people deal with tragedy.

[lkjohnson1950]

Unfortunately, many families went through this "back in the day". The death of Clark was an eye opener. A number of drivers said things like if it can happen to Jimmy, it can happen to anyone. A columnist at the time wrote a fine piece stating Clark wasn't killed by a flat tire, or a suspension failure, he was killed by a tree. A tree that had no business being there. But safety took a long time to improve. First came guardrails, but drivers were killed by the very guardrails meant to protect them. Today, cars are so safe, tracks are so safe, we don't have to deal with the issue of driver deaths very often. It saddens me to think if Clark had the same accident today, he would hit a soft, impact absorbing barrier and pop out waving to the crowd.

[Dare]

If anyone would like to see the film it's on YouTube

[cosworth151]

There's a saying in aviation that applies just as well to racing - the regulations are written in blood. The only time they change is after someone gets killed.

[Dare]

Yeah there used be no speed limit in the pits

[cosworth151]

Back in the 60's and earlier, there was no pit lane. The pits were at the side of the track with no barriers of any kind between the pit crews and the full speed race cars.

Here's the pits at Sebring in 1961. I don't think those hay bails would have stopped an out of control race car.