"BRF1" GP Austria 1979 Highlights (11-15)

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[@afiq358]

What a start by Gilles!

[@maxmulsanne7054]

Same with Jarama, Dijon, Silverstone and the Österreichring in 1981. The dude was a fantastic starter as noted by Nigel Roebuck.

[@nickrichard8333]

This is classic: engines singing, fans reacting to another typical Villeneuve start, Jones in that beautiful FW07 on a real racing circuit. Thanks for posting this. Bookmarked.

[@maxmulsanne7054]

_'Ask Nigel'_ segment, courtesy of Auto Sport
Dear Sarah,
_Ayrton Senna's opening lap in the wet at Donington in 1993 was certainly the best I have ever seen, but I always found it interesting that, while his victory in that race was hailed by many as the greatest of his career, Senna himself did not think it so. "We had traction control!" he said. "A far better win was my first, at Estoril in 1985, when it was also wet - and the traction was controlled by my foot..."_
_We may be quite sure that Ayrton would have loathed the current 'automatic everything' cars. It was a letter from him to Max Mosley at the end of 1993, after all, which strengthened the FIA President's resolve to ban the wretched 'driver aids'. The pity is that cheating by some led to calls for a level playing field by the rest, and thus we have the damn things back._
_Forgive the digression, but it makes me bloody angry to see the essence of Formula 1 diluted, and that's what we've got now._
_Other great starts and opening laps? Well, that was a pretty good one by Ralf Schumacher at Imola this April, at the last race before the gizmos - including launch control - were legalised once more. Sadly, the scope for that sort of thing is now very much diminished. Michael Schumacher's only real weakness used to be getting away from the grid; now he just presses a button, like everyone else, and he's on his way. So long, that is, as the system functions properly_
_Probably _*_the best starter I have seen was Gilles Villeneuve._*_ "I get the revs up close to cut-out," he would smile, "watch the lights, and then slip my foot sideways off the clutch. Simple!"_
*_Very rarely did Gilles have a truly competitive car_*_ - Ferraris were not often the thing to have in the late '70s and early '80s - but his own incredible competitiveness was never compromised, and one of his greatest starts was at the Austrian Grand Prix of 1979. He had qualified his Ferrari T4 fifth, and was on the third row, lined up behind the turbocharged Renaults of Rene Arnoux (on pole) and Jean-Pierre Jabouille (third), with Alan Jones's Williams and Niki Lauda's Brabham-Alfa to his left._
_The pit straight at the old Osterreichring was anything but wide, yet when they got the signal to go, Villeneuve - on the right side of the road, remember - aimed his car further to the right, and went between the Renaults and the pit wall, never lifting for an instant. Back then, of course, it was not done to use intimidatory tactics at the start (or anywhere else, really), and it would never have entered the head of Jabouille or Arnoux to swerve into Gilles's path. Apart from anything else, the potential consequences of an accident were rather more serious in those days_
*_Still, Gilles's start was one of those things you can barely believe you have seen._*_ As the field headed off up the hill to begin the first lap, it was Villeneuve, Jones, Lauda, Arnoux and Jabouille._
*_"I was expecting something yellow (a Renault) to come by me at the start",_*_ Jones said, "but not something red! I knew it had to be Gilles, _*_but even so I just thought, 'Where the hell did he come from?'"_*

[@ORMA1]

After the start, at the end of the straight, you can clearly ear people crying "Villeneeeeeuve!!!!" with the tipical italian pronunciation....

[@maxmulsanne7054]

Indeed. Whether Italian or American, any crazy F1 at that corner would have cheered nothing but "YEEEEA.... GILLEEES!!!"

[@ORMA1]

@@maxmulsanne7054 ho Nick! A long time since your last post🏎️! Don't be lazy!!😅

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@@ORMA1
Ha ha 😂🤣. Yeah sorry about that.
In December I tripped over a curb and broke my phone. And could not replace it until mid-May. So I did not have internet for 5 months.
Worse than that, I broke my foot too. And was spending most days sleeping while trying to heal that fractured foot. Oh well.
Back on board again. Good to see you again my friend. 🏁👍

[@ORMA1]

@@maxmulsanne7054 welcome again!🇮🇹👋🏎️

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​@@ORMA1...
As they say on most YT comments; _"this video never gets old"..._

[@WWF4everRocks]

Great vid :)

[@WWF4everRocks]

What happened to your Austria highlights of 2003? :(