British Grand Prix (1968)
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- No title - British Grand Prix won by Jo Siffert. Brands Hatch, Kent.
Technicolor.
L/S three girls walking at Brands Hatch. C/U girl with big glasses. Various shots of other girls. C/U pan girl in pits with trousers on. M/S girl sitting on grass with very short skirt on doing her make-up. C/U another girl with large sunglasses on. M/S another girl walking in trouser suit. C/U girl under patterned umbrella. C/U car being wheeled onto starting grid. Pan to Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, talking to Vic Elford. C/U's Charles and Elford. C/U's Jack Brabham, Denny Hulme, John Surtees, Jackie Stewart and Jacky Ickx. L/S crowd.
Various shots as the race gets underway. Various shots as Dan Gurney has trouble starting his car, but eventually gets underway. Various shots of the race, L/S showing Graham Hill is in the lead. M/S as Hill's car is wheeled in by mechanic with back wheel at odd angle. C/U wheel. C/U Graham Hill watching the race. Various shots showing Jo Siffert in lead, Various shots of the race. M/S marshal waving chequered flag as Siffert comes in to win. M/S as Siffert drives his car into pits. L/S as Earl Louis Mountbatten presents him with trophy. M/S Siffert holding trophy and waving to crowd. C/U the trophy.
FILM ID:2067.14
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The footage is fun, but the narrator is most entertaining!
1:25. You can see the broken U-joint on the axle. In order to reduce weight, the Lotus 49 omitted upper control arms for the rear suspension relying on the axles to locate the wheels. If the axles let go, the wheel would be held by only the lower control arm causing it to tip over.
Hill had similar failures in two of the three previous races. Fortunately, they got things straightened out for the next race in Germany and Hill was able to score well in four of the last five races, securing the Championship. It was a morale booster that Lotus sorely needed after Jim Clark's death early in the season.
This was the first British GP after the tragic death of the by far greatest driver of all time - Jim Clark - earlier that year, 7th April 1968, in Hockenheim. He bagan the season on 01 January with his win in South Africa and had surely won the world title 1968 without that frozen and rainy F2 race on a silly track in Germany.....
JIM CLARK - He is and was the Best of the Best. No other driver in history until today was so superior as Clark.
This man is the Olymp of driving - the Michelangelo of racing - a dynamic art at the highest level. So smooth, so precise, so fast....simply out of this world. One, who won in Spa by 5 minutes (!) in monsoon rain with only one hand at the wheel (!) because of gearbox trouble...One, who takes back a complete lap (!) in Monza and back into the lead... One, who took pole on the original 22,8 km Nürburgring track by 9 (!) seconds and more....One who won Indy by 2 whole (!) laps...For eternity and by lightyears unmatched in the sport. That`s just four examples of his mesmeric unique genius...
Couldn't agree more. I like to say, Hamilton and Schumacher think Senna was the greatest, Senna thought Fangio was the greatest, and Fangio thought Clark was the greatest
Now that's a f'ing trophy!
Stunning quality. Those women and cars are gorgeous 😍
I was there. Remember it so well. Looked like Jackie Oliver was going to win till he had to retire.
I love how people are just casually standing on the side of the track on the bends.
ickx's nickname "babyface" coming true to form here! incredible driving from jo, what a terrible loss motorsport endured after his horror crash at brand's hatch in 1971. refreshing to see the likes of dan gurney and graham hill, and of course brabham, hulme and stewart at the forthcoming of his golden era. stunning footage, what a treat
It's wild how young Ickx was to be at that level during an era when drivers were a bit older than today. He's unfortunately not talked about much these days, but I would rank him with the best never to win a WDC. He was his era's Fernando Alonso: frequently switching teams and always seemed to be in the right place at the wrong time (Lotus when they were down, Tyrrell too).
Amazing footage!
it’s so crazy seeing king charles as a young prince on the grid in ‘68. i love historical footage
0:48 -"And Dan Gurney asks his crew - 'where are my seat belts?'"
How many top drivers have won races at the very track where they would die?
Siffert at Brands Hatch.
Peterson at Monza.
Cevert at Watkins Glen.
Senna at Imola.
Earnhardt at Daytona.
Vukovich - Indianapolis
Regarded as the best driver who ever competed in the 500.
Awesome video and quality
Amazing image quality
How sad that Jo was killed on this track 3 years later.
Indeed it was, equally sad was that Jim Clark was killed earlier that year, Mike Spence at the Indy'500, Jo Schlesser the race before, Ludovico Scarfiotti the month before, Jochen Rindt and Bruce McLaren two years later and Graham Hill seven years later, among so many others (Courage and Cevert for example). It is impossible to replace that talented a grid of drivers.
@@danielde7542 Bernie Ecclestone once referred yo there having been a 'cull' of drivers in the 60s and 70s - a horrendous remark especially as he was so close to some, Rindt especially.
Somehow though the fallen drivers did get replaced -, but it was never quite the same.
I hope there's some media acknowledgement of Piers's death- 50 years ago on the 21st of this month, and of course Jochen in September.
@@danielde7542 Yep - also rodriguez in 71 and lucien Bianchi and Gerhard Mitter in 69 bonnier in 72 Just a horrible time in racing. Most died due to machine failures. Honda completely to blame for Schlesser's death. Surtees told them the new V8 car was absolutely not ready to race after he tested it. He turns up in France and there's the V8 with Schlesser entered.
@@chasermalloy7406 Also the year before had Lorenzo Bandini Bob Anderson and 1966 John Taylor
Great footage
The young King Charles III :)
Some brave men. Foolish and fearless heroes.
0.25 prince Charles in teenager..correct if im wrong
20 years old but looks about 40 😆
@@jacobmassey3897 No, he was actually still only 19. He hadn't even been given his first Aston Martin yet !
Yes, he was 19
It’s insane seeing him there honestly.
All this beautiful footage of the 1968 British GP, but nothing less of garbage for Monza.
Prince Charles aka Alan Partridge 😂
The really F1
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Those totally useless high wings!!!
Oh, they were useful. Initially, the tremendous amount of downforce was underestimated causing the struts holding them up to fail.
@@frankhoward7645 Yes, they were useful, but so dangerous! It's a wonder no driver was decapitated by one in a crash. They were banned after Graham Hill had a horrible crash in Spain when the rear struts failed on his wing.
But... am I wrong or in 1968 they still didn't have seat belts in their cars?!?
@@paoloantinori6822 Seat belts weren't required in F1 until 1972. Consequently, at his time, it was the drivers choice. Hulme, Surtees and Guerney aren't using them. One drive with seat belts is Jackie Stewart.
@@bsmith1164 The stop using high wings I think when Jochen Rindt had a near fatal crash in Spain