I was on the Starters crew that weekend and when Fangio pitted, I walked over to him and handed the "Maestro" a checkered flag that my crew had signed and dedicated to him. He grinned and shook my hand and tied it around his neck as a scarf, he kept it with him the rest of the day and showed it his friends and other drivers. He was wonderful, warm and gentle man. I miss him, and Phil, very much even after all these years. God, I miss those days!
I miss the days when the people of racing were so accessible... when you could meet drivers and crew at diners like regular Joes, before they made too much money.
I was born in 1946 in Hamburg and saw the Maestro at the famous German Grand Prix. When I lived in France in 1966 I went to the 24 Hours of Le Mans with Ferrari and Ford battling it out, and then the Porsche 917 a few years later. And know I can see all this on TH-cam with such ease. I think this platform is doing more for mankind that all the others out there.
Fangio was not only one of the best drivers ever to race F1 but a truly humble man, beautiful human being. I was lucky enough to see him in person and say hi to him he was just a nice man! El chueco un gran corredor, y muy humilde. ser humano encantador! Gracias Don Fangio por todo lo q le dio a F1 y sus fanaticos. lo recordaremos siempre como lo que fue Ud. un campeon como pocos.
@@andyn4797 That is a beautiful comment I cannot add anything to that And well deserved .It is electronics that is driving the present cars. Take away all the electrics and see how good they are.
It's remarkable, given the era that Fangio raced in with F1 and sports cars AND at the levels of successes he had, that he survived to retirement and with his health intact.
Un GRANDE el Chueco Juan Manuel FANGIO me siento orgulloso que haya sido Argentino y que nos haya dejado tan bien parados en la Formula 1 de las decada del 50. Gracias x compartir este documento UNICO y emocionante !!!
Fangio, Hill, Moss et al, were the drivers, the real ones... Personally I like Fangio the most, because he was such a gentleman and fair sportsman. I cherish his memory!
I was there in 1985...with my wife and my new 1985 GTV6 Alfa Romeo. I'm in that enormous parade lap...and up on the hill, running the hump to see the cars come down the corkscrew. Sadly, the Monterey Historics have lost the charm of those earlier years. I got Fangio's autograph and it was a thrill to spend those few seconds with such a legend. The Alfa club was huge...filled with a wide variety of people, each with their own Alfa and their own stories. A great even. Thanks for making the film.
this footage should be shown on repeat at the Museum in Lombardy....Historic and priceless....Fangio in the Alfettas...dire straits....laguna seca....bravo sir.
I remember that whole weekend as if it were just yesterday, drove my Sprint Speciale down to Monterey from Seattle and back,all those beautiful Alfas out on the track and the sound of the 159 was pure music ! on Sunday the Alfetta (and Fangio) were featured at the Concours , while unloading the car,the lovely tail got scrunched,but those cars had a pretty tough life anyway.
I was there! It was amazing to actually see Fangio dive the 159. If I recall correctly, his Alfetta was having trouble. Seemed It was missing and sputtering a bit. None the less, it was an epic weekend walking around and seeing him and Phil Hill and all those amazing Alfa's
I am not a big fan of Alfa Romeo, Having said that and offending many people I will say I came here to see THE MAN and I am now a happy man. Take this comment as you choose, Fangio is why I came here as HE was BRILLIANT as his record shows. John, Australia.
That Alfa is an absolute monster,pure racing theatre.I just couldn’t imagine racing it,pushing it to the limit with no helmet and seat belt.No real safety features.The days of big balled men.
You're talking about aero grip and mechanical grip- both have always been present in motor racing... It's just aero is so heavily exploited nowadays (compared to it being a non-factor prior to the mid-sixties). The cars from way back when were built around having as much mechanical grip as possible- that's your 'beautiful old fashioned engineering" minus the data screens lol
@@ballaking1000 Nope, these cars had incredibly little mechanical grip with their unsophisticated suspensions, terrible center of gravity and skinny cotton fabric (!) non-synthetic rubber tyres. Bet you a current little 200hp hot hatch would beat it around a lap of Monaco quite comfortably. Doesn't take away from how awesome these cars and their drivers were!
@@on_wheels_80 So with no aero in mind, how else do you think they were trying to get the cars to become faster? ... Of course by today's standards their mechanical grip is poor, but mechanical grip was all they were knowledgeable about.. Your 'little' 200hp example disproves nothing to what I've said..
@@ballaking1000 I probably should have read your comment a bit more word by word. Yes of course they tried to get as much mechanical grip out of them as possible. Compared to what was came to be, it just wasn't a whole lot. And the engine was probably much more of a concern compared to the chassis, especially with the Italians.
Tengo 41 años y no ví correr a Fangio. Mi abuelo era el que me contaba que ganó 5 títulos en varias marcas. Ahora veo esto y me recuerda a mi abuelo. La verdad que ver esas máquinas y tan lindas, me da mucho orgullo como argentino que se lo recuerde tanto en el mundo como un grande y una persona tan agradable.
@@mrrolandlawrence My nonno saw Fangio race live in Argentina in the early or mid '50s before immigrating to North America. If it weren't for him, I wouldn't even know who Fangio was. Statistically he is still 1 of the all time greats, but let's not forget what types of vehicle/s he was driving compared to modern pilots. In slacks, golf shirt, leatherette helmet/gloves, and loafers no less!
Amazing footage! Many thanks. I will forward this video to some Alfa Romeo enthusiasts in Finland! I met Fangio in Helsinki 1992 when he took part in the 60 year celebrations of the Finnish GP (Eltsun ajot). I got his signature on a print of his 2nd placed Alfa Romeo 6CM 3000 CM at Mille Miglia in 1953. He stopped for a moment, smiled and then signed his name... I framed it and have had it on my wall ever since :-)
I was there along with a huge number of Northern California club ALFA owners. Mine was a 1969 Apple Green round tail spider. I remember the parade lap we drove in had ALFAS lined up as long as the entire course. I kept that car for over 40 years and only replaced it (garage space) to get a 2015 ALFA 4C LE. One of the ALFA TZs was the "Demons"....Marnix Delenius. It is the red one #7 with the green on the nose (how they would keep track of the cars on race tracks was to use different color noses). Lots of other club members and cars in the pictures. I loved seeing and hearing all those famous cars up close....and to actually see Fangio, Hill, Moss plus lots of other famous drivers. Sadly I wasn't able to get an autograph of Fangio due to the massive crowd....but I have LOTS of photos. Now living in Michigan but does this bring back fond memories! Glad that the poster took the time to digitize his old super 8 movie.
What a fantastic film and fantastic cars. The exhaust note of the Alfetta makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up! Thank so much for sharing this!
Thanks for that. I owned a 1974 GTV 2000 around that time. What a great car. Wood steering wheel. Leather. And that engine, Bellissimo I miss it. And to see Signor Fangio in the 159 ( the only vintage car I lust over) was still a treat!
What a wonderful film. The sight of Fangio in the 159 was highly emotional for me; he was my great childhood hero. I was intrigued that the 159's engine note has a lot in common with the song of the BRM V16. The same capacity, I suppose, plus the similar twin-stage supercharging, could account for that.
5 campeonatos del mundo con 4 marcas diferentes, jamás será igualado. Hoy día cualquier campeón del mundo de f1 tiene que tener el mejor coche, y la mitad de pilotos de la parrilla podría ser campeón también con ese coche.... Como Schumacher, Hámilton, Button, Rosberg, Vettel, que ganen con cuatro equipos diferentes el título........ Ja ja
Pure nostalgia, What marvelous get together. Brought tears flowing. Recall years past. Many thanks Hans well filmed on a super 8mm at that. Brian Wilson (South Africa) 78 years old.
A couple of interesting comments from the Fangio documentary on Netflix 1. What made Fangio statistically the best, was his consistency winning titles with different teams, when the team is [statistically] a bigger factor in winning than the driver. 2. Fangio's son, I think it was, said that to be champion you need art and precision: In Fangio's time, racing was an art, and he had the precision to [have the edge and] be champion. In the modern era, with modern equipment, the racing is all about precision, and it takes art to be a champion.
It always brings a thrill to me to hear these old beasts rumble and surge against the supercharger. Modern cars don't have much over these old racers. It took a lot of skill to drive the old ones, lots of power and not a lot of traction, which I just love.
Me encontré con este hermoso documental. Gracias Fangio por ser nuestro, escuchar el Alfa 159 rugir y Fangio manejando fue lo más. Ver otros autos clásicos y bestiales por esas pistas en 1985 es espectacular. La música de la época, su vestimenta y la cálidad de imagen es propio, saludos desde Argentina.
Fantástico!!!, bellissimo evento, me han dado una inmensa alegría ver este vídeo y al Gran J.M. Fangio y a Jackie Stewart, les felicito!!!!, genial haber tenido esas tomas con una súper 8, yo aún conservo una Chinon 300!!, de solo 5´de film a cartucho, si ubiesen existido los drones en esa época hubiesen sido más geniales aún las tomas de estos eventos tan hermosos!!!, les felicito nuevamente!!!!
Thank you Hans for sharing this great history. I was there and remember a lot of those scenes. I was working with the SCCA Scrutineers supporting the Historic races.
Please do visit Balcarce (his hometown) and go to his museum. It is only when you stand beside such cars when you realise what they did, haw they drove, how dangerous it really was.
I'm so lucky to have grown up an hour or so from Laguna Seca. If you've never been to the historical races there, it's a pretty special event, even today.
I watch a lot of good videos on YT and enjoy them very much while watching. But this made my soul stay warm for a looong time. Thank you soo much for the upload!
Love the way no one offers him any help getting out of the number 4 in the paddock. 74 and in dress clothes, he just climbs out. So at home in cock pit.
Haha, thats me the tall redheaded dude at 0.44 talking to some Alfa guy! Later, it was hot and I was sitting on the pavement in the paddock leaning up against a cinderblock building when Phil Hill came over and sat next to me to drink his Sprite!!! I hardly knew what to talk to him about. One of the great moments of my life! Didn't even get an autograph or picture! Duh! Sometimes life sneaks up on you!
It’s hard to get enough of Jackie Stewart. Obviously a former great on the track but to me his voice is synonymous with the Indy 500. He was fabulous at consistently educating the listeners during a race as to what is happening and why it is happening.
Wow, what a weekend. Thank you Mr. Sipma for your wonderful footage and to Ultimostile for presenting this on YT. Mr. Sipma, at least you still have the footage of you driving the Corkscrew before your camera tipped over. What a privilege!
Hi Per. Thank you for posting this film. It brings back a lot of memories. At the very bottom of one frame, I saw my GTV cross in front of the camera during the Alfa parade laps. We weren't going very fast at that point, so it may have been when my 9-year-old son was in my lap steering. He was 9. It's probably a good thing the cameras did not catch my entire journey around the track. When it was time for the parade laps, the marshals let a huge bunch of cars onto the track toward the end of the straight, before turn one. Then they stopped stopped me and everyone behind me until all the first cars were well out of sight. When they finally let the rest of us out, I was the first car and there no one on the track ahead of me. I nailed the throttle and took off, going way faster than I was supposed to. I didn’t catch the slow-moving pack until just over the top of the corkscrew, which is, of course, blind. Good thing my brakes were working well. I don’t know what my speed was, but I was red-lining shifts on the 1750 engine that I'd installed the year before.
Fangio faceva parte dei veri piloti che sapevano domare un auto da corsa e vincere le gare perche' diventavano un tutt'uno con la vettura in funzione del circuito, quando l'uomo e la macchina facevano la differenza, e non c'erano tutte queste diavolerie elettroniche di oggi. Ma solo tanta passione da parte dei piloti, meccanici, e tecnici.
Like many others who have posted comments here, I too was there. Recently I told my elderly father about how I can still remember the engine sound as Fangio blasted around the circuit.
Una pena. Yo que me salgo en la madrugada a oir los motores de los autos que hacen vueltas en el cul de sac donde vivo... no me concibo en un mundo sin motores.
I remember Laguna Seca from this era, before corporate sponsors with tobacco ads, shorter track without the chicane, both the Historic Automobile Races, as well as motorcycle racing events with Roberts, Lawson, Mamola, Schwantz, inter alia. Great times they were 35 years ago.
My Dad lead me to the 'Ring' for the classic races (AvD GP) what seems ages ago now. An acquaintance of his raced first a Bentley Blower and then a very rare Alfa which was bought for a fortune, but in fact still owned by some Scuderia. The whole thing and atmosphere, which I can only describe by austere character sporting a deep soulful smile, has been of everlasting appeal to me. To follow the history of Drivers and roaring Divas offers great insight. Fine and Great, many thanks for making this available. P.S. that 30's Alfa had an old olive oil can as expansion tank ... how Italian is that, I then thought!
Que campeón, que piloto andar a 300 km/h en ese autos sin seguridad , en circuitos que hoy seria imposible correr. Cuando volverenos a tener un piloto así ?
Best time to go to the Historics back in the day was Friday afternoon . That was when the featured cars and drivers got some test laps. Fangio spun the Alfa at what used to be turn 9 coming onto the front straight. Didn’t want to drive it Saturday. It was reported that the guy from the Alfa museum told him something like “Don’t worry maestro, if you wreck it we can fix it”
I remember that spin, we were right there at turn ( in the paddock area with the SCCA crew that would have had to write up the accident report. Scared the crap out of us.
I was on the Starters crew that weekend and when Fangio pitted, I walked over to him and handed the "Maestro" a checkered flag that my crew had signed and dedicated to him. He grinned and shook my hand and tied it around his neck as a scarf, he kept it with him the rest of the day and showed it his friends and other drivers. He was wonderful, warm and gentle man. I miss him, and Phil, very much even after all these years. God, I miss those days!
Vintage!!
Thank you and crew for acknowledging his supreme talant.
I miss the days when the people of racing were so accessible... when you could meet drivers and crew at diners like regular Joes, before they made too much money.
You are very lucky !! Fangio was an amazing individual and to me the best racing driver of all time !! Blessings !!
I was born in 1946 in Hamburg and saw the Maestro at the famous German Grand Prix. When I lived in France in 1966 I went to the 24 Hours of Le Mans with Ferrari and Ford battling it out, and then the Porsche 917 a few years later. And know I can see all this on TH-cam with such ease. I think this platform is doing more for mankind that all the others out there.
Well said my friend
Thanks a lot, from Argentina.... EL MAESTRO and a really good men
Driver in onboard Alfetta is Phill Hill... I think.. but no Manuel Fangio!!
There´s a looot of crap here, but with just a little patience, you can find gemstones like this one
Ein großartiges Urteil
that is epic. a 74 year racing legend driving an F1 car around monterey in a short sleeve shirt. so cool. once a racer always a racer ;O)
Juan Manuel Fangio: legend, artist, survivor. Never bettered, never equaled. All the rest, second best. We are not worthy.
Fangio was not only one of the best drivers ever to race F1 but a truly humble man, beautiful human being. I was lucky enough to see him in person and say hi to him he was just a nice man! El chueco un gran corredor, y muy humilde. ser humano encantador! Gracias Don Fangio por todo lo q le dio a F1 y sus fanaticos. lo recordaremos siempre como lo que fue Ud. un campeon como pocos.
@@andyn4797 Absol
Yes, es verdad.
El chueco o El rengo?
@@andyn4797 That is a beautiful comment I cannot add anything to that And well deserved .It is electronics that is driving the present cars. Take away all the electrics and see how good they are.
True, but in sports car racing Moss was the guy to beat.
It's remarkable, given the era that Fangio raced in with F1 and sports cars AND at the levels of successes he had, that he survived to retirement and with his health intact.
This is why I will always love Alfa Romeo...passion and beauty
I was at Laguna Seca when he drove the track that year. I have a picture of him talking with Stirling Moss. I’ll never forget it!
That autograph dedication... Fangio, best driver, but a truly Gentleman. Thanks for uploading this piece of history!
Un GRANDE el Chueco Juan Manuel FANGIO me siento orgulloso que haya sido Argentino y que nos haya dejado tan bien parados en la Formula 1 de las decada del 50. Gracias x compartir este documento UNICO y emocionante !!!
Fangio was Italian 😂
What a treat to see the Alfetta with both Phil Hill and Fangio driving it! Beautifully stunning! A car and drivers for the ages! RIP gentlemen!
It's amazing to see all these gorgeous cars (which are now mostly collectors items) do what they are supposed to do - race.
Fangio, Hill, Moss et al, were the drivers, the real ones... Personally I like Fangio the most, because he was such a gentleman and fair sportsman. I cherish his memory!
Part of being the best ever driver includes gentlemanly behaviour. You are right. These qualities are lacking in today's computerised muscleheads.
I was there in 1985...with my wife and my new 1985 GTV6 Alfa Romeo. I'm in that enormous parade lap...and up on the hill, running the hump to see the cars come down the corkscrew. Sadly, the Monterey Historics have lost the charm of those earlier years. I got Fangio's autograph and it was a thrill to spend those few seconds with such a legend. The Alfa club was huge...filled with a wide variety of people, each with their own Alfa and their own stories. A great even. Thanks for making the film.
I was there also....in my green 69-70 ALFA spider. Great memories.
this footage should be shown on repeat at the Museum in Lombardy....Historic and priceless....Fangio in the Alfettas...dire straits....laguna seca....bravo sir.
Yes haha, dIRE sTRAITS. Why, one might ask 😂 no relation with the USA or Italia or what...
I remember that whole weekend as if it were just yesterday, drove my Sprint Speciale down to Monterey from Seattle and back,all those beautiful Alfas out on the track and the sound of the 159 was pure music ! on Sunday the Alfetta (and Fangio) were featured at the Concours , while unloading the car,the lovely tail got scrunched,but those cars had a pretty tough life anyway.
Seeing Fangio turning Corkscrew in his Alfetta! and the Knopfler intro! amazing footage! thank you for sharing!
I WAS THERE!! I SAW FANGIO DRIVING THIS CAR!!
I was there! It was amazing to actually see Fangio dive the 159. If I recall correctly, his Alfetta was having trouble. Seemed It was missing and sputtering a bit. None the less, it was an epic weekend walking around and seeing him and Phil Hill and all those amazing Alfa's
I am not a big fan of Alfa Romeo, Having said that and offending many people I will say I came here to see THE MAN and I am now a happy man. Take this comment as you choose, Fangio is why I came here as HE was BRILLIANT as his record shows. John, Australia.
Have you ever driven an Alfa Romeo ?
There is only one Maestro, and it is not Lewis. When I grow up I want to be JUST like Fangio!
No offencer sr. We all know why we are here: the Maestro Fangio ! !
That Alfa is an absolute monster,pure racing theatre.I just couldn’t imagine racing it,pushing it to the limit with no helmet and seat belt.No real safety features.The days of big balled men.
Down force, mechanical grip? Screw that give me these any day. Beautiful old fashioned engineering and drivers with balls of brass.
You're talking about aero grip and mechanical grip- both have always been present in motor racing... It's just aero is so heavily exploited nowadays (compared to it being a non-factor prior to the mid-sixties). The cars from way back when were built around having as much mechanical grip as possible- that's your 'beautiful old fashioned engineering" minus the data screens lol
@@ballaking1000 Nope, these cars had incredibly little mechanical grip with their unsophisticated suspensions, terrible center of gravity and skinny cotton fabric (!) non-synthetic rubber tyres. Bet you a current little 200hp hot hatch would beat it around a lap of Monaco quite comfortably.
Doesn't take away from how awesome these cars and their drivers were!
@@on_wheels_80 So with no aero in mind, how else do you think they were trying to get the cars to become faster? ... Of course by today's standards their mechanical grip is poor, but mechanical grip was all they were knowledgeable about.. Your 'little' 200hp example disproves nothing to what I've said..
@@ballaking1000 I probably should have read your comment a bit more word by word. Yes of course they tried to get as much mechanical grip out of them as possible. Compared to what was came to be, it just wasn't a whole lot. And the engine was probably much more of a concern compared to the chassis, especially with the Italians.
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Yes, as long as parked up next to my 918 & 812 & P1 & F1 ... I don’t want much !!
Incredible footage. Please keep it coming...
Thanks to share! Juan Manuel Fangio orgullo Argentino ídolo.
Tengo 41 años y no ví correr a Fangio. Mi abuelo era el que me contaba que ganó 5 títulos en varias marcas. Ahora veo esto y me recuerda a mi abuelo. La verdad que ver esas máquinas y tan lindas, me da mucho orgullo como argentino que se lo recuerde tanto en el mundo como un grande y una persona tan agradable.
Fangio = Best pilot ever!
according to Murray walker .. Tazio Nuvolar was the best. according to sterling... Fangio all the way. :)
@@mrrolandlawrence My nonno saw Fangio race live in Argentina in the early or mid '50s before immigrating to North America. If it weren't for him, I wouldn't even know who Fangio was. Statistically he is still 1 of the all time greats, but let's not forget what types of vehicle/s he was driving compared to modern pilots. In slacks, golf shirt, leatherette helmet/gloves, and loafers no less!
Amazing footage! Many thanks. I will forward this video to some Alfa Romeo enthusiasts in Finland! I met Fangio in Helsinki 1992 when he took part in the 60 year celebrations of the Finnish GP (Eltsun ajot). I got his signature on a print of his 2nd placed Alfa Romeo 6CM 3000 CM at Mille Miglia in 1953. He stopped for a moment, smiled and then signed his name... I framed it and have had it on my wall ever since :-)
Never a more beautiful sound in a race car than these machines!
Wow, that almost brought tears to my eyes; what a car! What a SOUND!! And what men they were; not the namby-pamby car-drives-itself crap we have now..
I was there along with a huge number of Northern California club ALFA owners. Mine was a 1969 Apple Green round tail spider. I remember the parade lap we drove in had ALFAS lined up as long as the entire course. I kept that car for over 40 years and only replaced it (garage space) to get a 2015 ALFA 4C LE. One of the ALFA TZs was the "Demons"....Marnix Delenius. It is the red one #7 with the green on the nose (how they would keep track of the cars on race tracks was to use different color noses). Lots of other club members and cars in the pictures. I loved seeing and hearing all those famous cars up close....and to actually see Fangio, Hill, Moss plus lots of other famous drivers. Sadly I wasn't able to get an autograph of Fangio due to the massive crowd....but I have LOTS of photos. Now living in Michigan but does this bring back fond memories! Glad that the poster took the time to digitize his old super 8 movie.
Cloth helmet, short sleeves and hitting full gas! He is a true mad hellman! Balls of Adamantium. Salute
The clip of Fangio brings back the memory of my son and I crashing the Alfa owners compound and getting his autograph. Just keep going.
What a great production. Thanks for sharing a piece of history that was made that day. Stuff like this beats NASCAR any day.
What a fantastic film and fantastic cars. The exhaust note of the Alfetta makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up! Thank so much for sharing this!
Fangio...Wow....just wow !
Thanks for that. I owned a 1974 GTV 2000 around that time. What a great car. Wood steering wheel. Leather. And that engine, Bellissimo I miss it. And to see Signor Fangio in the 159 ( the only vintage car I lust over) was still a treat!
What a wonderful film. The sight of Fangio in the 159 was highly emotional for me; he was my great childhood hero. I was intrigued that the 159's engine note has a lot in common with the song of the BRM V16. The same capacity, I suppose, plus the similar twin-stage supercharging, could account for that.
Thrilling to The Maestro in that car! I've seen them all and you can argue that one or two were perhaps as good as Fangio, none were greater.
Fangio 🇦🇷
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5 campeonatos del mundo con 4 marcas diferentes, jamás será igualado. Hoy día cualquier campeón del mundo de f1 tiene que tener el mejor coche, y la mitad de pilotos de la parrilla podría ser campeón también con ese coche.... Como Schumacher, Hámilton, Button, Rosberg, Vettel, que ganen con cuatro equipos diferentes el título........ Ja ja
Pure nostalgia, What marvelous get together. Brought tears flowing. Recall years past.
Many thanks Hans well filmed on a super 8mm at that.
Brian Wilson (South Africa)
78 years old.
A couple of interesting comments from the Fangio documentary on Netflix
1. What made Fangio statistically the best, was his consistency winning titles with different teams, when the team is [statistically] a bigger factor in winning than the driver.
2. Fangio's son, I think it was, said that to be champion you need art and precision:
In Fangio's time, racing was an art, and he had the precision to [have the edge and] be champion.
In the modern era, with modern equipment, the racing is all about precision, and it takes art to be a champion.
Great Phil Hill speaking italian to the Mechanics
Incredible footage, what a gem.
It always brings a thrill to me to hear these old beasts rumble and surge against the supercharger. Modern cars don't have much over these old racers. It took a lot of skill to drive the old ones, lots of power and not a lot of traction, which I just love.
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Me encontré con este hermoso documental. Gracias Fangio por ser nuestro, escuchar el Alfa 159 rugir y Fangio manejando fue lo más. Ver otros autos clásicos y bestiales por esas pistas en 1985 es espectacular. La música de la época, su vestimenta y la cálidad de imagen es propio, saludos desde Argentina.
what to say.Many tnx for share this video,and a time machine to go back and see this by my eyes :)
Fantástico!!!, bellissimo evento, me han dado una inmensa alegría ver este vídeo y al Gran J.M. Fangio y a Jackie Stewart, les felicito!!!!, genial haber tenido esas tomas con una súper 8, yo aún conservo una Chinon 300!!, de solo 5´de film a cartucho, si ubiesen existido los drones en esa época hubiesen sido más geniales aún las tomas de estos eventos tan hermosos!!!, les felicito nuevamente!!!!
Thank you Hans for sharing this great history. I was there and remember a lot of those scenes. I was working with the SCCA Scrutineers supporting the Historic races.
Please do visit Balcarce (his hometown) and go to his museum. It is only when you stand beside such cars when you realise what they did, haw they drove, how dangerous it really was.
Excellent video! Regards from the land of "The Maestro" J. M. Fangio.
Too bad we probably won't be seeing Shumacher at 74 years of age, showing off a 2004 Ferrari F1...
I hear ya. Not that it is any consolation, but we still have Barrichello and he should be around at 74.
Won't see him ever again anyway thanks to his family.
we all owe him the gratitude of watching him drive.....true greatness
"thanks to his family". WTF?
Or Senna....maybe Prost though, Lauda is almost there. AND, Fangio was already old when he started F1!
Oh the skill of Fangio ! Wucking Funderful
I'm so lucky to have grown up an hour or so from Laguna Seca. If you've never been to the historical races there, it's a pretty special event, even today.
Love the soundtrack ... awesome engine revs ... thanks!
I watch a lot of good videos on YT and enjoy them very much while watching. But this made my soul stay warm for a looong time. Thank you soo much for the upload!
Love the way no one offers him any help getting out of the number 4 in the paddock. 74 and in dress clothes, he just climbs out. So at home in cock pit.
This is marvelous. Purely brilliant. Utter beauty. Real cars.
Haha, thats me the tall redheaded dude at 0.44 talking to some Alfa guy! Later, it was hot and I was sitting on the pavement in the paddock leaning up against a cinderblock building when Phil Hill came over and sat next to me to drink his Sprite!!! I hardly knew what to talk to him about. One of the great moments of my life! Didn't even get an autograph or picture! Duh! Sometimes life sneaks up on you!
That must have been a great day out. Lovely footage.
It’s hard to get enough of Jackie Stewart. Obviously a former great on the track but to me his voice is synonymous with the Indy 500. He was fabulous at consistently educating the listeners during a race as to what is happening and why it is happening.
this was so cool being able to see this footage. its like going back in time, thank you very much for uploading
As an Alfisti myself (own a Giulia) this is a heart warming video. Fangio the legend
What a lovely little film, just perfect.
Wow, what a weekend. Thank you Mr. Sipma for your wonderful footage and to Ultimostile for presenting this on YT. Mr. Sipma, at least you still have the footage of you driving the Corkscrew before your camera tipped over. What a privilege!
Thank you for sharing this special footage
Hi Per. Thank you for posting this film. It brings back a lot of memories. At the very bottom of one frame, I saw my GTV cross in front of the camera during the Alfa parade laps. We weren't going very fast at that point, so it may have been when my 9-year-old son was in my lap steering. He was 9.
It's probably a good thing the cameras did not catch my entire journey around the track. When it was time for the parade laps, the marshals let a huge bunch of cars onto the track toward the end of the straight, before turn one. Then they stopped stopped me and everyone behind me until all the first cars were well out of sight. When they finally let the rest of us out, I was the first car and there no one on the track ahead of me. I nailed the throttle and took off, going way faster than I was supposed to. I didn’t catch the slow-moving pack until just over the top of the corkscrew, which is, of course, blind. Good thing my brakes were working well. I don’t know what my speed was, but I was red-lining shifts on the 1750 engine that I'd installed the year before.
Quel pilote incroyable.
Amazing sound!
Simplemente,gracias.
fangio war ein held wie es wenige gibt.respekt vor seiner leistung
Fabulous! A real monster of a car... at peak, around 420 bhp, 190mph, and 1.5 miles per gallon - in 1951!
Fangio faceva parte dei veri piloti che sapevano domare un auto da corsa e vincere le gare perche' diventavano un tutt'uno con la vettura in funzione del circuito, quando l'uomo e la macchina facevano la differenza, e non c'erano tutte queste diavolerie elettroniche di oggi. Ma solo tanta passione da parte dei piloti, meccanici, e tecnici.
Very nice film, love those Alfa Romeo racecars and Juan Manuel Fangio.
Thank you so much for this great video. Yes Fangio and Hill together are perfect, but bottom line, I miss my Spyder Veloce!!! Should have kept it.
Like many others who have posted comments here, I too was there. Recently I told my elderly father about how I can still remember the engine sound as Fangio blasted around the circuit.
Well done, Hans.
Nice passionate video, with cameos from Phil and Manuel and lots of fantastic Alfas, like your Giulietta Sprint!
Nostalgic! Thanks for posting!
That Engine sounds awesome!!
11:30 the corkscrew (il cavatappi) 12:03 ...
listen at the whistle of trhe compressor engine
Fantastic. Another destination if ever time travel becomes available.
No soy del palo del automovilismo pero la verdad que escuchar los sonidos del motor me hace dar escalofrios. Gracias Fangio por dirigir esa orquesta.
Una pena. Yo que me salgo en la madrugada a oir los motores de los autos que hacen vueltas en el cul de sac donde vivo... no me concibo en un mundo sin motores.
Absolutely awesome footages ! Very special thank for shareing with us !
I saw this...Fangio...incredible
Wonderful footage; thanks for posting.
Just for fun I was part of the film crew of a an official film commissioned by alfa for this event by director Bill Delany
I remember Laguna Seca from this era, before corporate sponsors with tobacco ads, shorter track without the chicane, both the Historic Automobile Races, as well as motorcycle racing events with Roberts, Lawson, Mamola, Schwantz, inter alia. Great times they were 35 years ago.
Indeed! It was so sad to see MotoGP leave Laguna.
That car is beautiful. Wow!
Juan Manuel Fangio ÚNICO. El mejor de todos los tiempos!!!
Wow!
Even a (relatively) modern video looks so much better on super 8.
Absolutely fantastic
Thank you!
Loved the "dinamometric key they used when changed the sparkplugs...😂✌️👊
My Dad lead me to the 'Ring' for the classic races (AvD GP) what seems ages ago now. An acquaintance of his raced first a Bentley Blower and then a very rare Alfa which was bought for a fortune, but in fact still owned by some Scuderia. The whole thing and atmosphere, which I can only describe by austere character sporting a deep soulful smile, has been of everlasting appeal to me. To follow the history of Drivers and roaring Divas offers great insight. Fine and Great, many thanks for making this available. P.S. that 30's Alfa had an old olive oil can as expansion tank ... how Italian is that, I then thought!
Thanks so much get a bit emotional seeing those two greats pure respect sounds and looks Alfa league of their own!
Que campeón, que piloto andar a 300 km/h en ese autos sin seguridad , en circuitos que hoy seria imposible correr. Cuando volverenos a tener un piloto así ?
He drived it in the movie Fangio by Hugh Hudson in 1971...
What an amazing film! Thank you!
IM
Thank you Per!
Amazing footage!
A brilliant video. I loved that 💚🤍❤
The cool part about his video is that I saw that same car that Fangio drove last year at the Rolex Monterey Historics, at Laguna Seca
AMAZING...thankyou for sharing.
And I got his autograph.
Best time to go to the Historics back in the day was Friday afternoon . That was when the featured cars and drivers got some test laps. Fangio spun the Alfa at what used to be turn 9 coming onto the front straight. Didn’t want to drive it Saturday. It was reported that the guy from the Alfa museum told him something like “Don’t worry maestro, if you wreck it we can fix it”
Glenn Gallup Ja ja ja..very sweet . Best regard from Argentina
I remember that spin, we were right there at turn ( in the paddock area with the SCCA crew that would have had to write up the accident report. Scared the crap out of us.
Hola Jorge! I lived in Buenos Aires (actually near San Isidro) for about a year in 1971. Loved it!