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I've never ever,
ever thought anything
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other than we need Ferrari
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as much as Ferrari needs us.
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Formula 1 is Ferrari.
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(THEME MUSIC)
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The $100,000 club
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was Patrick's way to destroy me
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and what I represented.
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So, Max and I went to see Mr Ferrari
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and explained everything
that was going on
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and why it was going on
and all the reasons.
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Mr Ferrari's attitude
was always the same
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really and truly.
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He liked to feel
that he was supporting
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what he thought was the legal side
of Formula 1 racing,
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the federations.
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But in the end he said to me was,
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"The sport is on top of the table
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"but under the table
is the business."
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I think what dear old Patrick
didn't understand was the fact
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that even if he'd got
50% of the sponsors.
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He certainly would
not have had Ferrari.
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And that's the one he really needed.
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I think this all demonstrated
a lot to the CSI
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that Formula 1 is Ferrari.
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Was, is, always has been.
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And he supported us 100%.
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(CARS WHOOSHING)
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Niki asked me
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what the position was about coming
to Brabham.
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So, we met him, strangely, in Monza
and discussed this whole thing.
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It was a strange paradox, wasn't it?
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That here you were,
winning the world title
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and at the same time
you were falling out with Ferrari.
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How did that come about?
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I think you only can win races
if the team who works together,
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works together very well
without any aggravation
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and the aggravation just got
more and more,
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so I decided to join Bernie
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because I think
there's no aggravation.
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(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
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I hadn't got the slightest idea
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what Parmalat was.
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Turned out they were
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a dairy company.
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Niki said he would introduce me,
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which he did.
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So, I went to see Mr Calisto Tanzi
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who looked after the commercial
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sides of everything.
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So I said to him, "Tell me some,
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"what is your advertising budget?"
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So he said...
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It...it worked out about $8 million,
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whatever it was those days in Lira.
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I said, "That seems
that it may be enough
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"to get the job done."
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So, we eventually did a deal.
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See how we're going
to get down to Italy.
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Terrific. And you. Bye.
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Peter Gilbert please.
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At the time,
nobody had been paid $1 million.
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No driver had been paid $1 million.
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So, we were the first people
to...to pay him that.
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This is the car
you're going to drive next season.
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This is the Brabham Alfa Romeo.
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Can you tell us
how you came to decide
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that you wanted to drive this car?
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You know, we just had
a long discussion
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and especially about the money...
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(LAUGHTER)
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When Mr Ferrari found out
he was leaving,
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he wasn't too happy.
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Wasn't happy with me,
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whereas I used to have
a super relationship with him,
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that sort of fell apart.
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(CARS WHOOSHING)
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Colin, once again, was doing things
that nobody else had thought about.
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He'd discovered
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the ground effect cars.
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The principle involves using the air
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that passes underneath this car,
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channelling it through
the side pods.
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Trapping it
with these reversible skirts
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and passing it out at the back
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in a manner in which it beds
the car down onto the track,
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so improving the traction
and the road holding.
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The principle is very loosely called
'ground effects'
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and the effects on the Lotus 79
are such
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that it makes it go faster
and faster and faster.
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Mario was a very,
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very special person.
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Got very good ideas and not too shy
in explaining what they are.
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Unfortunately, you're gonna have
to have some (indistinct),
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some proof to (indistinct).
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I know.
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Hello girls.
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(CAR ENGINE REVS)
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(CARS WHOOSHING)
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There's trouble.
Lauda has hit the Armco.
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Hunt is out of the race.
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Patresi hit me up the arse.
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Launched me into the air.
That was the end of it.
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Niki's thing was separate.
Jody, I think put Niki off.
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Andretti then leading.
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Peterson challenging for second
and he's through!
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Ronnie Peterson is through
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and up to an incredible
second position.
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And it's victory
in the Belgian Grand Prix
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for Mario Andretti
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and up into the lead
in the world championship.
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A very happy Mario Andretti,
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an ecstatically happy
Ronnie Peterson
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give the traditional champagne
shower bath
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to the crowd around them
as well they might do.
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I coulda said don't do that.
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You ready? OK.
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He's not crying is he?
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(LAUGHS)
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Colin Chapman.
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Singularly?
Absolutely.
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No question of construction?
Purely the man's...
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Yes.
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He gets the job done
when it's necessary.
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Why has Colin Chapman
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got such a need
at this time?
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Well, I think we all knew this,
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but he was the first one to do it
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and there's a lot of difference
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between knowing and doing.
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The Lotus 79 has made our car
old-fashioned just like that.
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Overnight our car
becomes a yesteryear car.
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Well, there's no driver in the world
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and probably there's no driver
who ever has been
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who could get in...in a car now,
other than the Lotus, and beat it.
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(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
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Brabham come up with an idea
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that if you can suck all the air out
from under the car,
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it's a much better effect
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than actually getting the air
to push it down
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'cause there would be no resistance.
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So, hence the fan car.
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(CARS WHOOSHING)
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COMMENTATOR: Niki Lauda has got
almost a minute lead.
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The extraordinary fan car is just
walking away with the race.
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Colin Chapman protested the car
before the start of the race.
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He's almost certainly
likely to protest it
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once the race is over.
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It's not legal,
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it's not within the rules.
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And the other aspect of it I think
is the danger part
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where, if you follow it very closely
or anywhere in the proximity
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do you get a tremendous amount
of debris
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or if it goes over any debris
on the track, you get it.
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So, now I think it would be
a good time to stop this monster
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before it just grows bigger.
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And Teddy Mayer was standing there
complaining to Colin,
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and everybody complaining.
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But obviously Colin
was bright enough to know.
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What he said,
"Car could climb up the wall
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and everyone's gonna have
to build these."
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Balestre had been told
to come from, which he did,
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he came to Sweden to make sure
that car was disqualified.
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(SPEAKING FRENCH LANGUAGE)
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The car was never disqualified.
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The race was always a win,
but we withdrew the car.
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'Cause if not, as Colin had said,
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we'd all...
Everybody would have to build these.
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So, spend a...
Everyone would spend a lot of money.
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MALE INTERVIEWER:
Is it true, Bernie,
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that the controversy nearly split
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the Formula 1
Constructors' Association?
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It's alleged that Colin Chapman
and Ken Tyrell...
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No, no, no, no.
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It'd take more than that
to split the association.
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Did you resolve it all amicably,
did you?
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Yes, no problem.
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The aerodynamics is something
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Ferrari never really
and truly bothered with.
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Enzo was just interested in engines.
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Nothing to do with ground effects
or anything like that.
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'Cause he always considered
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the engine was the most
important thing in the car.
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(CAR WHOOSHES)
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From the beginning,
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Ferrari felt that we were sort of
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in little garages
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with one standard engine
and one standard gearbox,
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putting a chassis together
and building a race car.
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Ferrari always called us
the 'garistas'
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whereas he was a factory.
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There was a big difference for him.
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And the press sort of cottoned
onto this as well
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and called Ferrari 'grandees'
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'cause they were supposed
to be grand.
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COMMENTATOR: The most enthusiastic
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motor racing crowd of all
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could well see
Italian-born American,
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Mario Andretti,
driving in his 79th Grand Prix,
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appropriately in a Lotus 79,
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achieve his ambition
by becoming world champion.
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What does the world championship
title mean to you?
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Everything.
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Everything.
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For after 13 events,
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with only three to go
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Andretti can only be beaten
by one man,
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his teammate Ronnie Peterson.
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And that's very unlikely
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because Peterson will honour
his contract
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not to race his team leader,
Andretti.
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The first row with Mario Andretti
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in the black car on the pole,
number 5, next to is...
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Here we go.
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There's car number 12.
Villeneuve gets in on the start.
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Green light on.
They're racing at (indistinct).
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Villeneuve, the Ferrari
has the lead,
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Andretti is second.
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Peterson is dropping
back in the field
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as they head for that...
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There's an accident!
There's a big crash!
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And it looked like a car
in the centre of the field!
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It could have been a black car!
It could have been Ronnie Peterson!
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It's a bad one
It's a big accident!
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These cars
are full of fuel.
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The beginning
of this is there's
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a driver looks like
James Hunt
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is running to the car
that's burning there.
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He's running to that fire.
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The word, Jackie, is it's Peterson.
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Peterson in the burning car.
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A number of other cars involved
in it were picked up off of we can
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but that is bad.
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It's very bad.
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He's still in the...in that car
as you can see.
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Ah, this is terrible.
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They're fighting the fire.
They've got very quickly on to it.
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There's...there's James Hunt.
There's another driver.
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Patrick Depailler is in there...
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They're getting him out of the car
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..and he's out of the car now,
thank goodness for that.
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They're getting the fire
under control.
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(SOMBRE MUSIC)
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All the press was sort
of trying to get around the car.
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I remember at the time
I went to go and see
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what had happened
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and the police tried to stop me
going through.
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Sid was already there,
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right from the beginning.
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And they thought that we...
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(STAMMERS)
It...It was serious but not serious.
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So, I said to Sid,
"So, what's happening?"
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He said, "Oh, he's gone to hospital,
and he'll be alright.
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"I'll keep an eye on him anyway.
I'll go and see him.
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"He'll be out in the morning anyway.
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"It's not that...
it's not that dramatic."
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It's certainly no time
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to feel like celebrating.
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I just...
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It just lost its impact.
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There's no question about it for me,
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at least for now.
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And I just...
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It's a useless to say
that this is the least...
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the...what I really
expected to happen.
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Sid called me during the night.
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Explained to me what had happened.
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And...and we found out
that Ronnie had died.
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And the reason he'd died,
I found out afterwards,
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was simply that he'd broken
his leg basically,
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and a bit of bone had broken off
and got into the bloodstream
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and stopped the blood
going to his heart
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and that's it.
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We lost him.
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I don't think anybody realised
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how James was really shaken up
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after having pulled
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Ronnie out of the car.
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And after a few more races
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he actually stopped.
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Designers like Colin
were brilliant enough
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to keep coming up with new ideas.
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MALE NEWS READER:
The Lotus 80 is the car
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with which Colin Chapman
hopes to regain
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the pole position he held
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throughout the Grand Prix season.
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He's got rid of the nose
and tail wings
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to give the Lotus
an even cleaner line.
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There is a tremendous
pace of development
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going on in cars at the moment,
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but it still is so much
the job of the driver
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to get their car home,
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to get home in front of the others
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and not to fly off the road.
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Colin was a bit distracted.
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The Lotus 80
didn't win a single race.
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In fact it was probably
the only really big disaster
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than Colin ever designed.
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At the end of '78
Jean-Marie was elected
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as he always wanted to be,
unopposed.
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(SPEAKING FRENCH LANGUAGE)
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So, you don't see Balestre
trying to force
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controversial measures to you
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through in order to demonstrate
his power?
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I really don't think he will.
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I mean, well, we never wanted
any power
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or any taste of power and, erm,
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I don't think
anything needs to change
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we are just asking him
to administer the rules
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that are agreed between us.
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I don't think he'll try, but anyway,
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with nothing to worry about.
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First thing he thought about doing
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was change the name,
make it a bit more important.
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The CSI had gone to FISA.
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One of our meetings with Mr Ferrari
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we'd used the word FICA a few times
during the meeting
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and Mr Ferrari had said to me,
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"You shouldn't use that word.
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"It's not a good word to use
in Italian."
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So, I said, "What do we have to do?"
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He said, "Well, surely you could
have an O instead of an I."
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So I said, "You mean FOCA?"
He said, "Yeah."
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I said, "OK," and that's what it is.
It's FOCA.
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We'd gone from FICA to FOCA.
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So, we then had the FISA/FOCA war.
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(CAR ENGINES REVVING)
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What kind of a season
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have we got ahead?
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It's about to start.
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Trouble! Trouble!
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And it looks as though
Jody Scheckter and John Watson
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have touched going round the corner.
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The dust swirls away
all over the circuit.
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The red flag is out.
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They are going to stop the race.
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(SIREN WAILS)
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There is Niki Lauda.
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Brought into the pits
on that marshal's motorbike,
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and he's with Bernie Ecclestone,
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the head man of Brabham
and the leading light
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in the Formula 1
Constructors' Association.
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And that's John Watson,
out of his McLaren M-28.
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A sad occasion for John.
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John Watson had an accident
and Balestre,
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I don't think he bothered to see
whose fault it was
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or what happened, or anything else
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but decided he would disqualify him
from the next race.
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And not only disqualify him,
fine him 3,000 pounds.
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I didn't realise
that he'd made himself
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clerk of the course,
director of the race,
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the judge, the jury
and basically the executioner.
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Max and I got together in Brazil,
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and we said,
"Well, this is completely wrong."
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We went into an underground place
at the circuit
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to talk to Jean-Marie.
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I said, "You just can't do this,
it's not within the regulations."
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So, we explained to him
that we were gonna see
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that John was gonna be reinstated.
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Using a little bit
of strong-arm tactics
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about what would happen
if he didn't change his mind.
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We made Jean-Marie write out exactly
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how he was going to reinstate him.
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In the end,
what he'd written was in fact
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permission to cancel
all the things he'd said
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'cause the fine was thrown out
and John raced.
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Today's Monaco Grand Prix
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is the last race in the first half
of a 1979 Grand Prix calendar.
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And in glorious sunshine
there are two Ferraris
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on the front row of the grid.
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(CARS WHOOSHING)
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And look at that!
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Didier Pironi climbing up
on the back of Lauda's Brabham.
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Just one lap to go.
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It'll be Scheckter's eighth career
Grand Prix win,
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his second victory at Monaco.
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It'll give him a clear lead
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in the world championship
drivers point standings.
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Here is the straight horsepower
by the Ferrari.
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It's gonna be a Scheckter victory!
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At the beginning I was taking it
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very, very easy,
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maybe a little bit too easy
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'cause I knew that
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we seemed to have it
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but I knew that we shouldn't
push it too much.
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Jody was typical South African.
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They don't get pushed around
too easy.
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Jody thought about his driving.
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00:21:17,520 --> 00:21:20,200
The two days of practice
have been sensational.
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The new twin turbo Renault's
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have shattered the opposition
by lapping fastest
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nearly 7 seconds inside the record.
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Everyone knows today what a turbo is
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but in those days,
it was a brand new
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and it was what Renault
brought into F1.
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With the eyes of all France on them,
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there the front rank,
Jabouille, Renault,
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Arnoux, Renault.
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And away they go.
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(CARS WHOOSHING)
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00:21:46,280 --> 00:21:47,640
And Jabouille is challenging.
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00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:49,480
Jabouille comes out
of the slipstream
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of Gilles Villeneuve,
and he's taking the lead.
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00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:53,360
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
is in the lead,
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and so now a French driver
in a French car
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with a French engine on French tyres
is leading the French Grand Prix.
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00:22:05,480 --> 00:22:09,080
Rene Arnoux is challenging
for second,
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00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:11,000
and he takes second place as they go
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into the right hander
on the left at Sablier.
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Arnoux, this incredible young man
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with so comparatively
little Formula 1 experience
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is having the effrontery
to pull away from Villeneuve
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in the previously virtually
all-conquering flat 12 Ferrari.
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Incredible!
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Villeneuve stood on everything,
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00:22:35,680 --> 00:22:37,440
locked up his tyres, got the line
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00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:39,160
and he's back into second position
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on the last lap but one
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and the French crowd
aren't very happy about that
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00:22:42,280 --> 00:22:43,400
and who can blame them?
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00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:46,000
And Arnoux's on the inside
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as they go round Villeroy.
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He's got second position,
he's through.
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They bang wheels.
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He's off, he's off.
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And he's back again.
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And now Villeneuve's
in second position.
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00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:05,200
And Villeneuve
nearly loses the front
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as they go up to Parabolique
on the 80th and last lap.
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00:23:08,880 --> 00:23:10,280
And he's back.
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Villeneuve is second in the Ferrari.
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00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:16,600
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
has won in the Renault.
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And Villeneuve is second,
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Arnoux is third.
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As Niki Lauda walks in to his
sixth retirement of 1979.
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(SPEAKING FRENCH LANGUAGE)
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It was satisfying for Renault
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as it had taken them a couple years
to get their turbo working properly.
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00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:00,250
00:24:01.360 -- 00:24:03.240
A tense, taut atmosphere
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after the thrilling
French Grand Prix
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where the turbocharged Renaults
humbled the Ferraris
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and it promises to be electrifying,
for in practice,
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a brand-new Lotus-like
Saudia Williams
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has slashed an incredible 7 seconds
off the record.
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Patrick Head was a good engineer
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and designed a very, very good car.
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How fast would you be going
at the fastest part of the track?
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170 plus I should think.
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That sounds almost too fast.
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00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:35,800
I'm beginning to think that myself.
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And perhaps a little bit
more important to the team,
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they'd found a good sponsor.
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A Saudi sponsor.
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So, this was obviously, very, very,
very good for Frank.
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00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:46,840
Frank Williams, on practice form
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you seem to have the ultimate
in ground effect cars.
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They have very much
more cornering force
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but they're just as quick
down the straight.
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It's one of those things
we all dream about,
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something for nothing.
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So, how do you
reckon you're going to go against
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the Ferraris and the Renaults,
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presumably the cars to beat on form
at the moment?
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We could beat them.
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00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:03,480
We've got our best chance so far
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00:25:03,560 --> 00:25:06,800
up against the two most
powerful teams currently racing
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in Grand Prix competition.
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Joining me today,
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two former world champions
and winners of the British GP,
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Jackie Stewart and James Hunt.
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James, first of all
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the obvious question,
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the incredible speeds
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that we're seeing here in qualifying
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and practice,
this must impress even you.
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Yeah, that's why I got out quick.
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(CARS WHOOSHING)
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Alan Jones, in the Saudia Williams,
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00:25:31,120 --> 00:25:33,640
is leading from his teammate
Clay Regazzoni.
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And that is trouble for Alan Jones!
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Clay Regazzoni, number 28,
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is the new leader
of the 33rd British Grand Prix.
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And he has won the British GP!
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The first race ever
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for the Saudia Williams team
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and Frank Williams will be
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beside himself with joy.
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Frank Williams,
this must be the happiest day
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of your motoracing life.
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MALE INTERVIEWER:
Frank, we've watched you struggling,
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if I may say so,
in moderation since 1969.
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You said, "I won't stop until
I've won a world champion race,"
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and then the world championship.
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You must feel you're a bit close
to that today.
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Yes, but I mean, my competitors
like Ferrari and Lotus
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have won 70 Grand Prix
and that's an awful lot more races
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we've got to win yet.
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00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:27,800
We've got to try and beat them, yes.
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Well, give our congratulations.
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00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:30,960
Frank Williams, the man
who's kept trying for Britain.
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Many congratulations.
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00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:34,120
Thank you, Frank.
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00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:38,880
I don't think being beaten
by a Ford engine car
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made Mr Ferrari very happy.
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00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:47,000
Williams pushed Ferrari
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very, very hard
at the end of that season.
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(CARS WHOOSHING)
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If Jody Scheckter can win this race,
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he has to be the 1979 world champion
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because Gilles Villeneuve
will hold the second position
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to team orders.
513
00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:07,040
Ferrari reliability has been 100%
514
00:27:07,120 --> 00:27:08,840
and they achieved
a fantastic achievement.
515
00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:14,960
What a magnificent day
for the gigantic Italian crowd.
516
00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:18,200
Jody Scheckter,
world champion of 1979
517
00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:20,880
as he wins the Italian GP.
518
00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:24,880
Villeneuve second and in third place
in the Saudia-Williams,
519
00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:26,080
Clay Regazzoni.
520
00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:36,120
Turbos produce a lot of power
and Ferrari,
521
00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:38,400
after seeing what Renault had done,
they thought,
522
00:27:38,480 --> 00:27:41,760
"Maybe this is the way to go
for the future for Formula 1
523
00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:42,960
"and in particular, them."
524
00:27:56,240 --> 00:27:58,960
And he's still the best driver
in the world.
525
00:27:59,040 --> 00:28:01,000
He's the most complete
race driver there is
526
00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:04,560
because a lot of these guys
drive with some emotion.
527
00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:06,480
He drives completely with his head.
528
00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:09,600
Thinks this race out,
thinks the situation out.
529
00:28:09,680 --> 00:28:12,360
He'll only go quick
when the conditions are right.
530
00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:14,240
Yeah, when I came to Montreal,
531
00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:16,160
I had an incredible
$2 million contract
532
00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:17,880
for the following year with Brabham
533
00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:20,200
and everything was so fantastic
that, you know,
534
00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:22,360
my heart must have beaten up
535
00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:24,560
when I went to the track
Friday morning to practice.
536
00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:27,360
But I did...
537
00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:28,840
I dunno, three or four laps
and I felt, I,
538
00:28:28,920 --> 00:28:30,640
"What the hell
are you doing here?"
539
00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:32,960
I had such a bad feeling
it just came
540
00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:35,600
and hit me hard to say,
you know, "Do something else.
541
00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:36,800
"Why racing?"
542
00:28:40,280 --> 00:28:42,000
And I just stopped,
went up to Mr Ecclestone,
543
00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:43,680
and said, "I want to speak to you."
544
00:28:43,760 --> 00:28:46,200
He said, "I'm gonna stop.
I'm gonna retire."
545
00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:49,400
I said, "When are you thinking
of retiring?"
546
00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:51,560
He said, "At the end of the year."
547
00:28:51,640 --> 00:28:54,760
"Ah," I said,
"so you're retiring from Brabham
548
00:28:54,840 --> 00:28:56,280
"or Formula 1 or what?"
549
00:28:56,360 --> 00:28:58,200
"No, no, no, no,
nothing wrong with Brabham.
550
00:28:58,280 --> 00:29:00,320
"I'm retiring from Formula 1."
551
00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:01,920
I said, "Well,
you're going to retire now."
552
00:29:03,080 --> 00:29:05,120
He said, "What do you mean
I'm going to retire now?"
553
00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:07,200
I said, "Right,
(STAMMERS) at this moment,"
554
00:29:07,280 --> 00:29:08,280
I said, "We have to hurry up"
555
00:29:08,360 --> 00:29:11,560
I said, "because we're going to be
starting qualifying soon."
556
00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:13,040
Niki said,
"Well, what am I going to do?"
557
00:29:13,120 --> 00:29:14,880
I said, "Well, I have no idea
what you're gonna do."
558
00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:17,320
I said, "But retire
when you can walk away."
559
00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:21,200
Niki jumped in his car
560
00:29:21,280 --> 00:29:23,840
and then went back to the hotel,
changed...
561
00:29:26,560 --> 00:29:29,720
And went to California
and bought an aeroplane.
562
00:29:29,800 --> 00:29:32,360
And that's when Niki started
his airline.
563
00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:38,360
(AIRPLANE WHOOSHES)
564
00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:41,840
'74 in Brasilia,
565
00:29:41,920 --> 00:29:45,480
Nelson Piquet wanted to have
a look at Formula 1,
566
00:29:45,560 --> 00:29:47,920
and Herbie said, "Well, if you
want to come to the circuit,
567
00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:49,320
"come and clean the cars."
568
00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:50,880
So, he was happy to do that.
569
00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:53,040
And then we found
that he hadn't got a pass.
570
00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:55,360
So, I said,
"Stick him into the boot."
571
00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:58,120
And we took him into the circuit
without a pass.
572
00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:01,240
It was Nelson's way of getting
into Formula 1 in the beginning.
573
00:30:03,560 --> 00:30:04,960
He lived with the team basically.
574
00:30:06,080 --> 00:30:08,840
Got on super well with everybody
that ran the team.
575
00:30:12,120 --> 00:30:16,640
As Nelson sort of more or less
was living at the factory
576
00:30:16,720 --> 00:30:18,160
he was very, very technical.
577
00:30:19,680 --> 00:30:21,200
Being very technical,
578
00:30:21,280 --> 00:30:25,240
Nelson got very, very helpful
to Gordan Murray
579
00:30:25,320 --> 00:30:26,680
and they become good friends.
580
00:30:30,480 --> 00:30:32,160
The 1980 world championship
581
00:30:32,240 --> 00:30:33,720
is wide open with prospects
582
00:30:33,800 --> 00:30:34,840
of being one of the most
583
00:30:34,920 --> 00:30:36,560
hotly contested seasons ever
584
00:30:36,640 --> 00:30:38,360
in the long history of the Formula 1
585
00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:40,000
world championship.
586
00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:41,080
The last season
587
00:30:41,160 --> 00:30:43,480
with their Alfa powered car,
588
00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:44,800
I can't remember the times
589
00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:47,200
that Niki actually retired.
590
00:30:47,280 --> 00:30:49,400
We decided to change
to the Cosworth engine
591
00:30:49,480 --> 00:30:51,320
which we'd had before.
592
00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:54,320
And we were able to develop
with inside ourselves
593
00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:58,520
rather than rely on working
with the engine all the time.
594
00:30:58,600 --> 00:31:01,800
The PT49 that Gordon designed
595
00:31:01,880 --> 00:31:05,720
was as good a ground effect race car
596
00:31:05,800 --> 00:31:07,760
as you could have built at the time.
597
00:31:07,840 --> 00:31:10,560
And it's Alan Jones
leading the two Ligiers...
598
00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:13,200
Turbos produce a lot of power,
599
00:31:13,280 --> 00:31:15,480
problem is they don't
always survive.
600
00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:17,920
And Arnoux is in the pits still.
601
00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:20,040
He came into the pits,
he's yet to start the race.
602
00:31:20,120 --> 00:31:23,400
It's Alan Jones now
with a very comfortable lead.
603
00:31:23,480 --> 00:31:25,840
Jean-Pierre Jabouille's car
went into the pits.
604
00:31:25,920 --> 00:31:28,520
Both Renault's
then are out of the race.
605
00:31:30,440 --> 00:31:32,200
And that is Jody Scheckter's car!
606
00:31:32,280 --> 00:31:34,320
The engine has blown
and that is something
607
00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:36,640
you do not expect to see
with Ferrari
608
00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:38,720
who are famous
for their reliability.
609
00:31:38,800 --> 00:31:41,360
And that is really a rare thing,
two broken Ferraris.
610
00:31:42,440 --> 00:31:45,200
This is Piquet in the Brabham,
behind him Carlos Reutemann...
611
00:31:45,280 --> 00:31:46,520
And Reutaman's locked
his front wheels
612
00:31:46,600 --> 00:31:47,680
and gone straight on.
613
00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:52,440
Fangio, the chequered flag.
614
00:31:52,520 --> 00:31:54,240
Alan Jones wins
615
00:31:54,320 --> 00:31:56,840
the first Grand Prix of 1980.
616
00:31:56,920 --> 00:31:58,480
Fine drive by Nelson Piquet,
617
00:31:58,560 --> 00:32:00,000
Murray, coming into second place.
618
00:32:03,240 --> 00:32:05,120
Jean-Marie,
being Jean-Marie,
619
00:32:05,200 --> 00:32:07,440
set up a technical working group
620
00:32:07,520 --> 00:32:09,960
and probably instructed them,
621
00:32:10,040 --> 00:32:15,280
"How can we make sure that the turbo
would be successful?"
622
00:32:15,360 --> 00:32:16,640
It's strange he would think
like that,
623
00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:19,480
not just because he was French
and Renault are French or something,
624
00:32:19,560 --> 00:32:22,040
but I mean I'm sure
that wasn't in his mind.
625
00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:25,800
The technical group said,
626
00:32:25,880 --> 00:32:28,120
"Well, the easy thing to do
is ban skirts."
627
00:32:30,400 --> 00:32:33,560
Increase the minimum weight
of the car because,
628
00:32:33,640 --> 00:32:35,680
obviously, the turbo's going
to be heavier.
629
00:32:36,960 --> 00:32:40,680
This was definitely directed
against Cosworth engine teams
630
00:32:40,760 --> 00:32:43,960
that ran those cars and in favour of
631
00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:45,440
cars with a lot more power.
632
00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:50,240
(SPEAKING FRENCH LANGUAGE)
633
00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:01,960
I believe the French have interfered
634
00:33:02,040 --> 00:33:04,000
with the rules unconstitutionally,
635
00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:06,840
and they've done so for the benefit
of their own racing teams
636
00:33:06,920 --> 00:33:08,880
so that they, after 10 years
of trying,
637
00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:10,600
might eventually win
a world championship.
638
00:33:10,680 --> 00:33:12,120
We would lose about,
639
00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:13,800
I suppose, 70% of the downforce
640
00:33:13,880 --> 00:33:14,880
from our car
641
00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:16,080
if we take the skirts off.
642
00:33:17,880 --> 00:33:22,920
Ferrari wasn't too up together
with the aerodynamics either.
643
00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:27,520
So, it suited Jean-Marie
the two manufacturers,
644
00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:30,160
which he always supported
645
00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:32,840
'cause he had a lot more power
through them
646
00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:35,920
than he would
from his English teams.
647
00:33:39,160 --> 00:33:41,040
Jean-Marie explained
to the world
648
00:33:41,120 --> 00:33:43,080
and hoped the drivers listened,
649
00:33:43,160 --> 00:33:45,880
that before each race
there'd be a driver's briefing
650
00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:47,400
where they would get
everything explained
651
00:33:47,480 --> 00:33:49,360
as to what they shouldn't do
and what they should do
652
00:33:49,440 --> 00:33:51,320
and how they should drive.
653
00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:54,200
And if they didn't attend
the briefing
654
00:33:54,280 --> 00:33:55,560
there'd be a big fine.
655
00:33:55,640 --> 00:33:57,800
And in fact,
if there was a third one missed,
656
00:33:57,880 --> 00:33:58,880
they'd be even worse,
657
00:33:58,960 --> 00:34:02,040
they'd lose their chance
to actually race in Formula 1.
658
00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:07,400
(ROCK MUSIC)
659
00:34:08,720 --> 00:34:10,720
The drivers were fined
660
00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:14,160
for not doing
what they should have done
661
00:34:14,240 --> 00:34:16,080
or what Balestre thought
they should have done.
662
00:34:17,280 --> 00:34:19,080
Didn't pay their fine.
663
00:34:19,160 --> 00:34:22,360
So, we thought about this
and they asked me,
664
00:34:22,440 --> 00:34:23,640
"What do you think we should do?"
665
00:34:23,720 --> 00:34:26,640
I said, "Well,
if you don't pay your fine
666
00:34:26,720 --> 00:34:28,520
"you won't be able to race,
so we don't race.
667
00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:31,600
"It's quite simple."
668
00:34:31,680 --> 00:34:33,000
And then the problems started.
669
00:34:42,360 --> 00:34:43,440
Thank you.
670
00:34:44,920 --> 00:34:46,280
People were explaining to us
671
00:34:46,360 --> 00:34:48,360
that Balestre was going
to have us all arrested.
672
00:34:49,560 --> 00:34:52,280
Who cares if we spent two
or three years in a jail in Spain,
673
00:34:52,360 --> 00:34:53,880
it wasn't that bad
the food was good,
674
00:34:53,960 --> 00:34:55,080
everything was fine.
675
00:34:55,160 --> 00:34:57,280
So, we stuck to our position
and wouldn't move.
676
00:34:59,160 --> 00:35:00,480
There was a good reason
677
00:35:00,560 --> 00:35:03,120
for why the three manufacturers
678
00:35:03,200 --> 00:35:04,640
had agreed to go with him,
679
00:35:04,720 --> 00:35:05,800
'cause if you think about it
680
00:35:05,880 --> 00:35:07,640
carefully,
681
00:35:07,720 --> 00:35:09,600
that Jean-Marie had just done
682
00:35:09,680 --> 00:35:14,600
quite a nice package for them
with the turbo, no skirts
683
00:35:14,680 --> 00:35:17,280
so why should they be against this?
684
00:35:17,360 --> 00:35:20,760
The chat with the then President
of the Spanish federation
685
00:35:20,840 --> 00:35:22,560
come out on our side.
686
00:35:22,640 --> 00:35:24,200
(SPEAKING SPANISH LANGUAGE)
687
00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:36,280
Balestre obviously appeared
in Spain.
688
00:35:36,360 --> 00:35:40,080
The people from FISA started
to want to come into the circuit.
689
00:35:41,160 --> 00:35:43,160
The police wouldn't let them in.
690
00:35:43,240 --> 00:35:44,640
So, really, it was
the start of things
691
00:35:44,720 --> 00:35:46,160
that were getting a bit rough.
692
00:35:46,240 --> 00:35:49,920
FOCA have informed
that after a night of negotiations,
693
00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:51,520
the Royal Automobile Club of Spain
694
00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:54,240
informed the FISA
that the Spanish Grand Prix
695
00:35:54,320 --> 00:35:57,160
is not to run under the auspices
of the FISA
696
00:35:57,240 --> 00:36:00,880
and the presence of FISA officials
is no longer required in Jarama.
697
00:36:00,960 --> 00:36:03,480
The FOCA fully support
the position of the RAC
698
00:36:03,560 --> 00:36:05,320
and will participate in the race.
699
00:36:05,400 --> 00:36:06,600
The Spanish Grand Prix will count
700
00:36:06,680 --> 00:36:09,880
for the official 1980
Formula 1 championship.
701
00:36:09,960 --> 00:36:12,240
Because the race is not run under
702
00:36:12,320 --> 00:36:14,520
FISA rules, no FISA licenses
are required.
703
00:36:14,600 --> 00:36:16,720
And so, we'll give you
another statement on Sunday morning
704
00:36:16,800 --> 00:36:17,880
to clarify everything.
705
00:36:17,960 --> 00:36:20,960
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
706
00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:26,250
00:36:28.200 -- 00:36:29.960
(SPEAKING FRENCH LANGUAGE)
707
00:36:37,600 --> 00:36:40,600
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
708
00:37:19,960 --> 00:37:21,720
Alan Jones up alongside Laffite
709
00:37:21,800 --> 00:37:23,880
and Reutemann alongside Alan Jones.
710
00:37:23,960 --> 00:37:28,120
And Reutemann in the Williams car
goes into the lead.
711
00:37:28,200 --> 00:37:30,360
There is Villota in the Williams
712
00:37:30,440 --> 00:37:32,360
and Reutemann comes up along
to take him...
713
00:37:32,440 --> 00:37:33,880
Oh, no! That's Laffite!
714
00:37:33,960 --> 00:37:37,040
And into Reutemann!
The two leaders out.
715
00:37:37,120 --> 00:37:39,480
Reutemann and Laffite
out of the race.
716
00:37:40,680 --> 00:37:43,040
Nelson Piquet, the new race leader.
717
00:37:44,760 --> 00:37:47,600
Pironi closing right up
and he goes through and past,
718
00:37:47,680 --> 00:37:50,040
and we have another new race leader.
719
00:37:51,400 --> 00:37:54,040
So, Piquet must have blown his car.
720
00:37:54,120 --> 00:37:55,920
He's out of the race.
721
00:37:56,000 --> 00:37:58,480
There's Bernie Ecclestone,
the team boss,
722
00:37:58,560 --> 00:38:01,400
very unhappy because now
both his cars are out
723
00:38:01,480 --> 00:38:04,640
and it looks as though
Didier Pironi is...
724
00:38:04,720 --> 00:38:06,760
(INTERRUPTS) Pironi's in trouble.
725
00:38:06,840 --> 00:38:08,440
Pironi took a big wobble
out the braking there.
726
00:38:08,520 --> 00:38:10,720
He's gone wide.
727
00:38:10,800 --> 00:38:13,640
Yes, there goes the wheel nut
come off the wheel.
728
00:38:13,720 --> 00:38:15,040
Pironi trying to get through.
729
00:38:15,120 --> 00:38:16,120
Can he get through the pits?
730
00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:20,560
No, indeed he can't because
off comes his right front wheel.
731
00:38:23,280 --> 00:38:24,520
There is Alan Jones,
732
00:38:24,600 --> 00:38:29,200
the fourth leader in this inspiring
Spanish Grand Prix.
733
00:38:29,280 --> 00:38:33,040
He's got 9 points in sight,
but will those points count?
734
00:38:33,120 --> 00:38:34,560
Well, as far as I'm concerned
Murray,
735
00:38:34,640 --> 00:38:36,280
those points will certainly count.
736
00:38:36,360 --> 00:38:37,760
And for those who take the view
737
00:38:37,840 --> 00:38:39,520
that we lost three
of the major teams,
738
00:38:39,600 --> 00:38:41,520
the fact of the matter
is that their withdrawal
739
00:38:41,600 --> 00:38:42,960
was entirely political.
740
00:38:44,680 --> 00:38:48,200
Over the line goes Alan Jones,
to win the Spanish GP.
741
00:38:51,240 --> 00:38:52,240
In the end,
742
00:38:52,320 --> 00:38:53,880
the race didn't count for points.
743
00:38:53,960 --> 00:38:55,880
Frank was really upset.
744
00:38:55,960 --> 00:38:58,920
Threatened to sue the FISA
745
00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:01,880
and have Jean-Marie shot
or something.
746
00:39:01,960 --> 00:39:03,800
It was getting a bit dramatic.
747
00:39:11,760 --> 00:39:13,520
The two teams
who were very competitive
748
00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:14,680
was Williams and Brabham.
749
00:39:17,840 --> 00:39:20,280
Jones goes ahead of Piquet.
750
00:39:20,360 --> 00:39:21,920
And Alan Jones is leading!
751
00:39:24,240 --> 00:39:25,400
Piquet's really attacking.
752
00:39:25,480 --> 00:39:27,120
He's driving very aggressively.
753
00:39:27,200 --> 00:39:30,760
And straight past Alan Jones
goes the Brabham!
754
00:39:30,840 --> 00:39:31,920
Amazing.
755
00:39:36,760 --> 00:39:38,040
That's Piquet!
That's Piquet blown up.
756
00:39:38,120 --> 00:39:39,840
That's Nelson Piquet,
the race leader,
757
00:39:39,920 --> 00:39:41,360
is out of the race.
758
00:39:43,160 --> 00:39:46,440
Alan Jones now moves into the lead.
759
00:39:46,520 --> 00:39:49,520
Bitter gall and disappointment
for Nelson Piquet!
760
00:39:51,400 --> 00:39:53,800
Frank had been doing everything
he could and was struggling
761
00:39:53,880 --> 00:39:55,560
and got it together in the end.
762
00:39:58,160 --> 00:40:01,320
Jones has done it!
And he is the world champion!
763
00:40:01,400 --> 00:40:03,480
And it was nice to see him succeed.
764
00:40:18,720 --> 00:40:20,720
Jean-Marie always believed
765
00:40:20,800 --> 00:40:24,560
that the FISA should be looking
after the commercial side,
766
00:40:24,640 --> 00:40:27,320
which is basically
what happens in football.
767
00:40:29,480 --> 00:40:32,160
As soon as the opportunity arose
768
00:40:32,240 --> 00:40:35,640
that enough of our contracts
expired,
769
00:40:35,720 --> 00:40:38,960
they were going to meet
the promoters and talk to them,
770
00:40:39,040 --> 00:40:40,640
collect probably less money
771
00:40:40,720 --> 00:40:42,880
than they was having to pay anyway
772
00:40:42,960 --> 00:40:44,440
and distribute this
773
00:40:44,520 --> 00:40:45,720
in the way they thought fit
774
00:40:45,800 --> 00:40:47,960
after taking a bit of a cut
775
00:40:48,040 --> 00:40:49,040
for their self.
776
00:40:49,120 --> 00:40:50,120
And it wouldn't have been
777
00:40:50,200 --> 00:40:51,320
a bit of a cut
778
00:40:51,400 --> 00:40:54,080
because the FISA
was gradually growing in size
779
00:40:54,160 --> 00:40:55,880
and costing more to run.
780
00:40:55,960 --> 00:40:57,480
So, this was their ambition.
781
00:41:00,680 --> 00:41:02,600
So, a bit of a discussion.
782
00:41:02,680 --> 00:41:04,160
I thought we ought
to try and do something,
783
00:41:04,240 --> 00:41:06,120
we can't allow this to happen
784
00:41:06,200 --> 00:41:08,120
'cause what will happen eventually,
785
00:41:08,200 --> 00:41:10,360
the teams w...who were
putting on the show
786
00:41:10,440 --> 00:41:12,800
and doing everything
will finish with nothing.
787
00:41:12,880 --> 00:41:17,360
So, let's start
our own championship.
788
00:41:17,440 --> 00:41:23,080
So, I think Teddy Mayer and Max
got together
789
00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:26,360
and started to try and write up
these...these rules
790
00:41:26,440 --> 00:41:30,520
and Colin or one or two others,
we drafted up the technical rules.
791
00:41:30,600 --> 00:41:33,480
So, this was going to be
the World Federation of Motorsport.
792
00:41:35,400 --> 00:41:37,080
Well, it's a very difficult,
unpleasant future.
793
00:41:37,160 --> 00:41:38,440
If the row isn't sorted out,
794
00:41:38,520 --> 00:41:39,880
there may be a breakaway group
795
00:41:39,960 --> 00:41:42,320
as has happened in boxing
for instance and run...
796
00:41:42,400 --> 00:41:44,440
that group may run
its own championship.
797
00:41:44,520 --> 00:41:47,520
I'm just not in the position
that I can predict anything
798
00:41:47,600 --> 00:41:51,480
other than a rather difficult
and grey future as I look at it now.
799
00:41:51,560 --> 00:41:54,560
(SPEAKING FRENCH LANGUAGE)
800
00:42:21,120 --> 00:42:23,720
The FISA had
a really strong position
801
00:42:23,800 --> 00:42:25,400
'cause here we had the teams
802
00:42:25,480 --> 00:42:28,960
that had to pay
to keep their-selves alive.
803
00:42:29,040 --> 00:42:30,040
And they could say,
804
00:42:30,120 --> 00:42:31,320
where's the money going
to come from?
805
00:42:31,400 --> 00:42:32,440
Sponsors were saying,
806
00:42:32,520 --> 00:42:33,960
"We're not going to be
able to support you
807
00:42:34,040 --> 00:42:35,520
"'cause we don't know
what's happening."
808
00:42:35,600 --> 00:42:38,600
(SPEAKING FRENCH LANGUAGE)
809
00:42:53,760 --> 00:42:56,320
FISA really holds
a strong position now.
810
00:42:56,400 --> 00:42:57,960
Why?
811
00:42:58,040 --> 00:43:00,800
Mainly because they have
the licences,
812
00:43:00,880 --> 00:43:02,960
they have a strong enough weapon
813
00:43:03,040 --> 00:43:05,440
over the circuits and other
motor racing, you know.
814
00:43:05,520 --> 00:43:08,280
Because, to start off,
any car manufacturer,
815
00:43:08,360 --> 00:43:09,560
if they went against FISA,
816
00:43:09,640 --> 00:43:11,560
would not be able to race their cars
in any other formula.
817
00:43:11,640 --> 00:43:14,640
(CAR WHOOSHES)
818
00:43:20,520 --> 00:43:22,400
Out of the 12 teams,
819
00:43:22,480 --> 00:43:25,600
probably more than half
were bankrupt.
820
00:43:25,680 --> 00:43:28,880
So, they started trying to think
of the future.
821
00:43:28,960 --> 00:43:31,960
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822
00:43:34,880 --> 00:43:37,880
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