LOADS of killer vintage F1 images from the 50’s, 60’s, and 70’s…back when men were men! The balls on those guys back then, when safety was marginal at best. Enjoy!
http://www.dogfightmag.com/forum/showthread.php?340-F-1-images…50-s-60-s-amp-70-s.
Awesome glimpse into history…not that Bernie soap opera you see nowadays.
There were quite a few nasty looking off’s in there…and since the OP doesn’t like to post photos of accidents where fatalities occurred…I cannot believe how many drivers actually survived those days!
Edit: I have a soft spot for the Tyrell P34 (dual front wheels)…interesting machine, fucking nightmare to align!
Trivia: What was the reason they did dual front wheels on that car? (Hint: it is not contact patch related)
Reduce drag on the front of the car, Also the guy who designed it recently died. Like last week or something.
Not drag, the smaller wheels reduced the amount of LIFT on the front end (which I suppose does reduce drag, it just wasn’t the objective)…compared with a larger diameter tire. Sadly it was an uncontrollable mess, but a sign of an era where outright engineering risk was welcomed…nowadays things like the f-duct are about as wild as it gets.
What was the reasoning behind the dual rear wheels?
ugh is #8 car a porsche 550 spyder? :drool:
IIRC, it had to do with limiting the rear tire sizes. In that era they were running ENORMOUS rear wheel/tires which had a deleterious aero effect…but the number of wheels was unrestricted. They decided that 4 smaller wheels gave the same contact patch, less lift, less rotating/unsprung weight…and since they were unrestricted they could POWER them too. Same deal prevailed though, complicated and turns like shit. Apparently, it took years to get even close to the lateral acceleration that thing had.
Some intense crashes there…
