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Everybody thought I was dead.
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I didn't have a bruise
on my body.
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I didn't have anything at all.
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I looked up,
and I saw a red flag.
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That's lucky...
they've stopped the race.
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Back then, we had
the restarts, and...
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also we had spare cars,
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so your mind goes,
"Get in the spare car."
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- And new ear plugs!
- Yes, okay.
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And new gl... and new gloves!
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And so, you can't start
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until you've seen
Professor Watkins.
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"Where's Sid? Anybody
know where Sid is?"
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I ran towards him like crazy.
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I got there, and he said,
"I can see you're okay.
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I've just watched you run
300 meters. What's the date?"
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I said, "It's the 10th
of March. ”
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He said, "Then you're
fine. Get in the car. ”
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There is no doubt about it.
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A few years before, I would
have been a dead man.
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We want to see
something exceptional,
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breathtaking, that we
think we can't do.
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We want to see
gladiators, warriors.
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And let's face it, we do
like to see a bit of a show.
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But we don't
want to see deaths.
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Miracle of miracles!
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This is well nigh unbelievable!
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Martin Brundle
gets out of the car,
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and he's seemingly all right.
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It is incredible
how this changed,
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and suddenly it
became unacceptable
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to die in the name of sport.
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Grand Prix is like
the Olympics of motor sports,
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with the cars in
all national colors,
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blue for the French,
green for the British,
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red for Italy,
and white for the Germans,
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until Mercedes stopped using
paint on those silver arrows.
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Michael Schumacher wins
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and becomes the most successful
Grand Prix driver of all time!
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The silver cars that
are the pride of Hitler Germany.
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Alfa Romeo wins, driven
by the fabulous Nouvalari.
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What a feeling for Fernando Alonso!
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He wins the Italian
Grand Prix at Monza.
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As the French announce
their search for the fastest man
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in a new world championship
series to be entitled Formula 1,
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with the inaugural race
to be held at Silverstone.
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Enzo Ferrari for one
is not impressed
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with the new wave
of British motor racers.
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Il Commendatore has labeled
the new independent designers
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"garagistes", the men
who cannot build engines.
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Fangio is beaten
in Buenos Aires
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by former teammate and fastest
rival, Stirling Moss,
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in a Cooper funny car, no less.
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What courage by these men,
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to push these cars
and themselves
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to their very limits!
But that is Formula 1.
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Formula 1 was born in a bygone time
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when boys' heroes
reigned in the sky.
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When you're young,
you wanted to be a Formula 1 driver.
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You wanted to be an astronaut,
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you wanted to be a fighter pilot.
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After the Second World War,
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the mindset of going off
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and doing something
courageous in a vehicle,
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this just naturally flowed
into what became Formula 1.
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When you see
photographs and film of that era,
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the seriousness of them
is awe inspiring.
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I grew up in that world.
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My dad was world champion '62,
and I was two.
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They all had this
genuineness about them.
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They all were the real article.
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I certainly had respect
to those that went before me.
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Some of them
were my contemporaries.
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I met one time
probably, in my view,
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the greatest
Grand Prix driver ever,
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and that includes people like Michael
Schumacher and Ayrton Senna.
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Fangio. Fangio.
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Fangio. Fangio.
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Fangio.
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Juan Manuel Fangio.
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The first big
name in Formula One
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may have been
the best driver ever.
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Fangio would win
five world titles,
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a record that stood
for 40 years,
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surpassed only
by Michael Schumacher.
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Whenever you drive those cars
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that Fangio had to race in,
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it's very scary.
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You have to hold
yourself on the steering wheel.
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No safety belts.
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The helmet was
just like a hat...
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goggles... and you
had to be brave.
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The most celebrated
driver in a dangerous time...
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survived.
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The year Fangio retired,
1958, the Formula changed.
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The sport's governing body
announced from Paris
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that Formula One would crown two
world champions each season.
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One title for
the fastest driver,
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and another for the manufacturer
of the fastest machine.
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This was
the evolution, you know?
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Each team has to take engines,
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take chassis and technology
to the absolute limit.
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In this new competition,
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The British began to challenge the
Old World continental powers.
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All the English
teams were considered to be
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the garagistes by Ferrari
and the other racing teams.
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One Englishman would
set the pace of progress,
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in racing and the entire
automotive world.
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We basically
go racing 'cause I like it.
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I like the competitiveness
of it,
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I like the comradeship of it.
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And I also like the technical
fallout that comes from it.
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Colin Chapman
was a great character,
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if at times a bit cavalier.
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Oh, I don't know about that.
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Colin Chapman was an
engineer who learned to fly,
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an entrepreneur who made lightweight
sports cars for the public,
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as well as for Grand Prix
under the name Lotus.
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In those days, Lotus was
an out-and-out racing car.
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My father, he was
always pushing the envelope.
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Good engineering means you've
designed something to its limit.
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Colin was the maverick
of all time.
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He was a genius.
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He was the team owner
that you want to drive for.
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By 1963, Chapman had designed
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the fastest machine
in Formula One.
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And he had the fastest man
behind the wheel of a Lotus.
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Jim Clark
was the best racing driver
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I ever raced against.
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The whole exercise was to be
as good as you can get
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on the limit.
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And Jimmy drove in such a way
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that he was never
over the limit.
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He was never erratic.
He was never spectacular.
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He was spectacularly fast, but
in an unspectacular fashion.
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It was smooth and clean
and beautifully handled.
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He would win more
Formula One championship races
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than any driver before him,
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finishing in second place
only once in his career.
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He was a country boy.
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He was a farmer from
the borders of Scotland,
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quiet and almost innocent.
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I'd like to get
back here much more often.
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It's, uh, great relaxation
to get back here,
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And very much
the opposite from racing.
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Clark became
the face of Formula One,
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with another champion,
Graham Hill,
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playing his affable foil.
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Everyone was quite close.
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Jim Clark
had been to our house,
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and I knew Colin Chapman sort of
the same way as I knew my dad.
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They sounded the same, and
they had the same mustache.
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Colin was an extreme extrovert,
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great fun to be with,
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but very different
in character to Jimmy, really.
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Jimmy was quieter.
But they were like brothers.
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Together, they
were racing on the limit
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of man made speed
and ingenuity.
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They won four world
championships between them,
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and a record five
British Grand Prix.
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But for all their success,
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they failed to take
the checkered flag
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at the most famous
motor race of all.
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Fast cars and courageous
souls from all over the world
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have been racing through
these streets since 1929.
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Monaco is terrifying.
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You cannot believe
it's possible
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to hold a motor race
round Monaco.
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In the first few laps,
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you stick your head up to
see where it went, 'cause
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it's just guardrails
that you can't hardly see.
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You're millimeters
away from barriers.
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You either do a
lap that you're so proud of,
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you're always wondering if you
could ever go through that again,
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or you end up in the wall.
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The danger aspect to this
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is one of the parts that
drives us racing drivers.
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It's something we love.
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One man mastered these streets
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like no other driver
in history.
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Monaco was a
special place for Senna.
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He was the best in the world.
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His concentration
on one lap was just uncanny.
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Ayrton Senna won
Monaco a record six times,
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one more victory than the man
with the derring-do mustache.
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Graham Hill came
to Monaco in 1966
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to defend his
third straight victory.
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It's a tremendous race
and a great one to come and watch,
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and if anybody's going to come and see
a Grand Prix, this is really the one.
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It's such a nice place
to be anyway.
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To come
to Monaco and talk to men
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is a waste of time,
so excuse me.
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That's when motor racing
was really dangerous,
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and sex was safe.
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Still today,
what defines Formula One
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is the sense of prestige.
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It's an event.
Kings want to be there.
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For me, it's
a thrill to see an expert at work.
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Upon meeting Graham
Hill, you like him.
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Watching him made me become
more interested in racing
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and what these men were doing.
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In those days,
Hill's fiercest rivals
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were also his closest friends.
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The intimacy was incredible,
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from the racing drivers
to the mechanics
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to the wives
and the girlfriends.
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The camaraderie was very deep.
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We went on holidays together.
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We lived together.
We traveled together.
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You felt very
much part of this family
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growing up together.
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Motor racing
was just a part of it.
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The drivers
formed a trade union,
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the Grand Prix
Drivers ' Association.
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The women soon followed suit
with the Doghouse Club.
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Well, the doghouse club
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is where I was kept growing up with
the wives and girlfriends of drivers.
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What do they call them now?
Wags, I think.
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Betty Brabham
stood up at one dinner,
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and she said,
"Jack's in the doghouse."
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And they all realized they were all
feeling very much the same way.
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They were
always playing with engines
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or something like that,
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and not paying nearly
enough attention to us.
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The fact that he's
going to work all night on his car,
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and then it's going
to break down after two laps.
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You have to love this man
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to be a good wife
of a racing driver.
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The wives did the lap scores,
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and that would
decide the grids,
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because there was no real
sort of official time keepers.
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These kind of slightly
romantic memories
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that everyone's got
of the whole thing.
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We just were a clan to ourselves.
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They traveled
by caravan, town to town,
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country to country,
for six months straight.
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Even the most celebrated
drivers raced
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in the lesser
Formula Two series
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in the off weekends
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to keep this family circus
on the road.
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I drove Formula
Two with Bruce McLaren
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and Jochen Rindt and Jackie
Stewart and Jim Clark,
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all sorts of top drivers
of that era.
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I got the shock of my life because
they were putting the brakes on
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at about the point going into the
corner that I was taking them off.
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There is a
point where you don't think
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you should take it beyond,
when you're on the edge,
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and you're just pushing
your luck a little.
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The problem is, when
you push it to the limit,
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it's irresistible,
and as soon as you've done it,
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you want to do it again.
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The charismatic young
Italian, Lorenzo Bandini,
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racing for Ferrari,
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died after a fiery crash at'
the 1967 Monaco Grand Prix.
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This was the beginning,
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when the evolution
of the machines
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began to overtake
the standards of the tracks.
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The seeds had already been sown
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for an uprising
within the drivers' ranks.
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Just months
before Bandini's death,
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the FIA changed
the formula for entrance.
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They doubled
the size of the engine
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and more than
doubled the power.
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They were
just racing on the same tracks
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as they had done
almost pre-war.
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The racetracks hadn't changed.
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The medical facilities
hadn't changed.
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The marshaling hadn't changed.
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And suddenly the cars were
going almost twice as fast.
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That same year,
Colin Chapman convinced
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the mighty Ford Motor Company
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to invest
in a powerhouse engine
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for his new,
even lighter design.
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He signed Graham Hill
to drive for Team Lotus,
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alongside
his old rival Jim Clark.
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The number one man
in motor racing
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started selling space
on his racing machines,
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like billboards in motion.
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Sponsors meant money.
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Money meant making better cars.
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He'd paint the car
any color you wanted,
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as long as he could have more
resources to realize his ideas.
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For the 23 drivers in the grid,
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sponsorship meant exposure.
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Soon, every boy's hero
was a racer.
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My first real hero
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was Jim Clark,
no question about it.
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To me, he was the guy
I would like to have been.
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One of Jim Clark's first drives
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in the red-and-gold colors
of Gold Leaf Tobacco
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was in Germany.
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It was a Formula Two race.
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It was 1968, at Hockenheim.
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In April. Ana' I
was on the grid.
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The whole world
stopped when that happened.
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You don't understand
when you're young what's going on.
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00:24:38,644 --> 00:24:41,488
But I remember watching the
television when Jim Clark died.
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As you have probably heard,
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00:24:43,941 --> 00:24:45,864
yesterday Jim Clark,
racing driver Jim Clark,
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was killed in Germany.
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I believe he was
a friend of yours.
302
00:24:49,405 --> 00:24:51,078
Yes, he was a good
friend of mine, Peter,
303
00:24:51,156 --> 00:24:53,079
and I think, you know,
I'm very sad about it,
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and everyone involved
in motor sport
305
00:24:54,952 --> 00:24:56,670
all around the world
will be very sad.
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00:24:56,745 --> 00:24:58,247
He was a very fine
driver, wasn't he?
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00:24:58,330 --> 00:25:00,173
Yep, I think
one of the greatest,
308
00:25:00,249 --> 00:25:02,126
perhaps, uh, perhaps
the greatest yet.
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00:25:05,212 --> 00:25:09,217
It was a deflating
tire, that's what Colin thought.
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He was really,
really devastated.
311
00:25:11,301 --> 00:25:14,601
He was never quite
the same after that.
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00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:17,058
This is the
tragedy of motor racing,
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is when you do gel close
to a driver
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and there is an accident,
of course it...
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it hurts you so much more.
316
00:25:24,148 --> 00:25:26,150
He was, I would say,
my best friend,
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best friend I've ever had.
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There was no barrier,
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00:25:32,990 --> 00:25:36,494
and the car went in full
speed into the trees.
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00:25:36,577 --> 00:25:38,250
I'd always explained
to my wife that
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00:25:38,328 --> 00:25:39,625
as long as you were
reasonably careful,
322
00:25:39,705 --> 00:25:42,379
it was all perfectly safe.
323
00:25:42,458 --> 00:25:45,928
We suddenly
realized that if Jimmy died,
324
00:25:46,003 --> 00:25:48,381
God, anybody could be killed.
325
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In 1968, we had a driver die
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every month on the same weekend
327
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for four consecutive months.
328
00:26:00,684 --> 00:26:03,153
And we were racing
on the fifth weekend
329
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in circumstances that we should never
have been allowed to go out in.
330
00:26:06,398 --> 00:26:09,072
You couldn't see
60 meters of visibility
331
00:26:09,151 --> 00:26:12,325
because of the fog
and the heavy rain.
332
00:26:12,404 --> 00:26:14,372
And the very first
question I asked
333
00:26:14,448 --> 00:26:20,581
when I got out of the car
was, "Is everybody okay?"
334
00:26:20,662 --> 00:26:23,666
If you spoke to
the FIA or the organizers
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00:26:23,749 --> 00:26:26,719
and you said, "This is
really very dangerous,"
336
00:26:26,794 --> 00:26:29,638
they'd say, "Well, if you think
motor racing's dangerous,
337
00:26:29,713 --> 00:26:33,183
"slow down a bit-Don't drive so fast.
It's entirely up to you-"
338
00:26:33,258 --> 00:26:36,057
They were blind to the reality.
339
00:26:36,136 --> 00:26:37,604
They didn't know those drivers.
340
00:26:37,679 --> 00:26:39,397
They didn't know
the drivers' wives
341
00:26:39,473 --> 00:26:42,067
and the drivers'
fathers and mothers.
342
00:26:42,142 --> 00:26:44,440
I thought
to myself in those days,
343
00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:47,319
if ever I get into a position
of any power in this world,
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00:26:47,397 --> 00:26:49,616
I will do something about it.
345
00:27:04,998 --> 00:27:07,376
One month
after Clark's funeral,
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00:27:07,459 --> 00:27:10,053
Graham Hill climbed
back into his Lotus
347
00:27:10,129 --> 00:27:11,927
and won the Spanish Grand Prix.
348
00:27:22,307 --> 00:27:24,309
What my dad did with Lotus,
349
00:27:24,393 --> 00:27:26,771
he re-galvanized the team
350
00:27:26,854 --> 00:27:30,734
by not letting this tragedy be
totally destructive to everything.
351
00:27:36,989 --> 00:27:39,663
In '68, Graham Hill went on,
352
00:27:39,741 --> 00:27:41,334
and he still won
a world championship.
353
00:27:48,834 --> 00:27:51,804
And you just
realized this was another world.
354
00:27:51,879 --> 00:27:54,758
The drivers could just go on.
355
00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:56,968
Some just don't
care about risk.
356
00:28:07,186 --> 00:28:11,032
Down from the
Vialone, 185 miles an hour,
357
00:28:11,106 --> 00:28:13,029
four cars virtually together,
358
00:28:13,108 --> 00:28:14,985
and down to the
Parabolica they come.
359
00:28:15,068 --> 00:28:18,163
Can Stewart hold the line
on this, the last lap?
360
00:28:18,238 --> 00:28:20,411
Somebody's challenging...
it's Rindt going through!
361
00:28:20,490 --> 00:28:23,289
Jochen Rindt takes the
lead in the Parabolica,
362
00:28:23,368 --> 00:28:25,416
on the last corner
of the last lap.
363
00:28:25,495 --> 00:28:28,624
And it's going to be a fringe
factor to win. It must be!
364
00:28:28,707 --> 00:28:30,835
It's... it's over
the line together!
365
00:28:30,918 --> 00:28:34,968
And it's almost a dead heat!
It's Jackie Stewart,
366
00:28:35,047 --> 00:28:37,391
Rindt, Beltoise, and McLaren!
367
00:28:37,466 --> 00:28:41,187
Nobody has ever seen the finish
of a motor race like that!
368
00:28:41,261 --> 00:28:45,266
I won the race by about this
much, from Jochen Rindt.
369
00:28:45,349 --> 00:28:49,070
And the crowd went
absolutely bananas.
370
00:28:49,144 --> 00:28:50,942
They suddenly
were on top of us,
371
00:28:51,021 --> 00:28:55,151
and the police were
trying to keep them back.
372
00:28:55,234 --> 00:28:58,158
We ended up by locking
ourselves in a toilet!
373
00:28:58,237 --> 00:29:01,411
And they were still outside banging
the doors, trying to get in.
374
00:29:05,077 --> 00:29:08,422
There was no more enthusiastic
a crowd of spectators
375
00:29:08,497 --> 00:29:10,340
than that of the Italians.
376
00:29:10,415 --> 00:29:12,759
They really follow the motor
racing with a passion.
377
00:29:16,588 --> 00:29:21,059
They're so spirited,
they're so enthusiastic.
378
00:29:21,134 --> 00:29:23,136
From that point of view
at Monza,
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00:29:23,220 --> 00:29:25,268
it's certainly
the capital of the world.
380
00:29:56,962 --> 00:29:59,966
It's one of their
beloved Ferraris in the lead,
381
00:30:00,048 --> 00:30:02,096
and another of them
in second place.
382
00:30:02,175 --> 00:30:05,429
The tifosi all around me
are erupting.
383
00:30:05,512 --> 00:30:07,389
The Ferrari flags are flying.
384
00:30:07,472 --> 00:30:09,895
The counting horses
are counting.
385
00:30:09,975 --> 00:30:14,321
And Michael Schumacher
wins in Italy!
386
00:30:14,396 --> 00:30:16,444
Since 1929,
387
00:30:16,523 --> 00:30:18,025
Ferrari fans have come
to Monza.
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00:30:19,443 --> 00:30:20,740
The tifosi,
389
00:30:20,819 --> 00:30:22,742
tens of thousands strong,
390
00:30:23,822 --> 00:30:25,916
cheering,
391
00:30:25,991 --> 00:30:28,039
praying,
392
00:30:28,118 --> 00:30:29,995
crying,
393
00:30:30,078 --> 00:30:31,705
for a German,
394
00:30:34,166 --> 00:30:35,383
or a South African,
395
00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:39,213
or an Englishman.
396
00:30:39,296 --> 00:30:41,424
The Italian fans stormed over
397
00:30:41,506 --> 00:30:43,600
and “fled me up
and carried me down
398
00:30:43,675 --> 00:30:46,929
to the podium.
It was incredible.
399
00:30:47,012 --> 00:30:50,061
In my early years, I struggled
400
00:30:50,140 --> 00:30:52,142
to sort of understand
what it means, Ferrari.
401
00:30:52,225 --> 00:30:54,273
Yeah, okay, it's a race car.
402
00:30:54,353 --> 00:30:55,900
Yeah, right, it looks good,
403
00:30:55,979 --> 00:30:58,198
but didn't understand
about the history.
404
00:30:58,273 --> 00:31:01,117
Enzo Ferrari, il Commendatore,
405
00:31:01,193 --> 00:31:04,037
created a dynasty.
406
00:31:04,112 --> 00:31:06,240
In the first two decades
of Formula One,
407
00:31:06,323 --> 00:31:09,668
his powerful engines had
delivered six championships.
408
00:31:12,287 --> 00:31:14,961
Ferrari had also
lost six drivers.
409
00:31:23,340 --> 00:31:26,184
By 1969, Ferrari,
410
00:31:26,259 --> 00:31:28,307
like every other team
on the grid,
411
00:31:28,387 --> 00:31:32,392
was chasing Chapman and Lotus
into a brave new world.
412
00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:38,780
Suddenly,
we were running biplanes.
413
00:31:44,486 --> 00:31:47,990
When the wings
came, it was a step change.
414
00:31:48,073 --> 00:31:50,326
The aerodynamics
gives the tire more grip.
415
00:31:50,409 --> 00:31:52,753
That enables the car to go
faster round the corner.
416
00:31:52,828 --> 00:31:54,830
Obviously, the drag
from the wings
417
00:31:54,913 --> 00:31:56,586
makes the car go slower
on the straight,
418
00:31:56,665 --> 00:31:59,339
but peak cornering
speeds went up.
419
00:31:59,418 --> 00:32:02,171
Obviously, as you
increase the cornering speed,
420
00:32:02,254 --> 00:32:04,382
things become more dangerous.
421
00:32:04,464 --> 00:32:06,717
This was the evolution
of the sport.
422
00:32:06,800 --> 00:32:08,302
You cannot stop progress.
423
00:32:11,930 --> 00:32:13,853
The first
team to take advantage
424
00:32:13,932 --> 00:32:16,401
of aerodynamics was Lotus.
425
00:32:16,476 --> 00:32:18,478
I remember
Colin Chapman arrived
426
00:32:18,562 --> 00:32:22,032
at 4:00 in the morning, and
he'd suddenly had this dream...
427
00:32:22,107 --> 00:32:24,451
huge wings.
428
00:32:24,526 --> 00:32:27,746
In Spain, at the second
Grand Prix of the '69 season,
429
00:32:27,821 --> 00:32:30,870
Chapman ordered his mechanics
to expand the wings
430
00:32:30,949 --> 00:32:33,873
the morning of the race
for his defending champion,
431
00:32:33,952 --> 00:32:35,295
Graham Hill,
432
00:32:35,370 --> 00:32:37,293
and his new driver,
433
00:32:37,372 --> 00:32:40,592
a German-born Formula Two
star named Jochen Rindt.
434
00:32:53,138 --> 00:32:55,061
We could see from the pits
435
00:32:55,140 --> 00:32:58,360
the wings appear
to start to buckle.
436
00:32:58,435 --> 00:33:01,939
Graham's went first.
437
00:33:02,022 --> 00:33:05,652
One of the boys ran back to
try and signal Jochen's car.
438
00:33:09,070 --> 00:33:12,574
Rindt's wings collapsed
at the same turn in the track.
439
00:33:20,832 --> 00:33:22,550
Hill escaped unhurt,
440
00:33:22,626 --> 00:33:25,254
then fought to pull
his young teammate
441
00:33:25,337 --> 00:33:26,509
out of the wreckage.
442
00:33:30,050 --> 00:33:33,224
Rindt suffered a broken nose,
a fractured jaw,
443
00:33:33,303 --> 00:33:36,682
and shattered confidence
in the man building his cars.
444
00:33:40,936 --> 00:33:44,406
If Jim Clark had been like
a brother to Colin Chapman,
445
00:33:44,481 --> 00:33:47,075
Jochen Rindt
was like a petulant son.
446
00:33:49,486 --> 00:33:52,114
Jochen had a few
ups and downs with the old man.
447
00:33:58,036 --> 00:34:00,334
Orphaned when
he was just 15 months old,
448
00:34:00,413 --> 00:34:03,758
he assumed his family
inheritance at 18,
449
00:34:03,833 --> 00:34:05,380
and started buying racing cars.
450
00:34:07,462 --> 00:34:11,717
At 25, he married
a fashion model, Nina Lincoln,
451
00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:13,393
the daughter of another racer.
452
00:34:15,470 --> 00:34:17,643
Jochen was acerbic,
453
00:34:17,722 --> 00:34:22,068
apt to react very
strongly to situations.
454
00:34:27,857 --> 00:34:30,110
On one or two occasions,
455
00:34:30,193 --> 00:34:33,037
Rindt wouldn't actually drive
one or two cars because he fell
456
00:34:33,113 --> 00:34:36,708
that the design
of the car was unsafe.
457
00:34:36,783 --> 00:34:38,330
Drivers, when they're young,
458
00:34:38,410 --> 00:34:40,083
they will drive
whatever you give them.
459
00:34:40,161 --> 00:34:43,210
Jochen Rindt
was completely different.
460
00:34:43,290 --> 00:34:45,008
I can remember at one point
461
00:34:45,083 --> 00:34:47,381
he put a dollar sign
on his helmet.
462
00:34:47,460 --> 00:34:49,633
He was looking for someone to
buy him out of his contract.
463
00:34:53,466 --> 00:34:55,719
Jochen, he had
this mysterious manager
464
00:34:55,802 --> 00:34:58,055
called Ecclestone.
465
00:34:58,138 --> 00:35:01,517
Rindt and Bernie
were always playing cards,
466
00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:03,568
and he had
a sort of a live-wire,
467
00:35:03,643 --> 00:35:07,489
sort of businessman
feel about him.
468
00:35:07,564 --> 00:35:10,033
Bernie could
handle Colin Chapman.
469
00:35:10,108 --> 00:35:11,906
Normally people
went up to Colin
470
00:35:11,985 --> 00:35:13,908
and they were more or less
on their hands and knees.
471
00:35:13,987 --> 00:35:15,364
He wanted Jochen to drive a car
472
00:35:15,447 --> 00:35:16,573
that Jochen
didn't want to drive,
473
00:35:16,656 --> 00:35:18,283
thought it wasn't safe.
474
00:35:18,366 --> 00:35:21,085
They had a few arguments
over that.
475
00:35:21,161 --> 00:35:23,084
AH these cars were super light
476
00:35:23,163 --> 00:35:24,665
and probably not safe.
477
00:35:24,748 --> 00:35:27,376
It was certainly
going to be quicker.
478
00:35:27,459 --> 00:35:29,302
In 1970,
479
00:35:29,377 --> 00:35:31,300
Chapman unveiled
a new-look Lotus
480
00:35:31,379 --> 00:35:33,347
for his steely young driver
481
00:35:33,423 --> 00:35:36,393
that would bring Formula One
into the modern age.
482
00:35:36,468 --> 00:35:38,971
The wedge
shape, the side radiators...
483
00:35:39,054 --> 00:35:43,355
it was all highly
advanced and amazingly...
484
00:35:43,433 --> 00:35:44,901
fragile.
485
00:35:48,063 --> 00:35:50,862
The car was being
developed at race meetings
486
00:35:50,940 --> 00:35:52,442
in the back of trucks.
487
00:35:52,525 --> 00:35:55,404
A lot of things
fell off, broke.
488
00:35:55,487 --> 00:36:00,584
The whole safety
thing wasn't even an issue.
489
00:36:00,659 --> 00:36:02,286
Let's not beat around the bush,
490
00:36:02,369 --> 00:36:04,622
a designer's first requirement
491
00:36:04,704 --> 00:36:07,082
is to make it fast.
492
00:36:07,165 --> 00:36:08,883
Being quick comes first.
493
00:36:14,172 --> 00:36:17,346
One month into the 1970 season,
494
00:36:17,425 --> 00:36:19,223
Rindt set aside
his reservations
495
00:36:19,302 --> 00:36:21,430
and sent Chapman's new Lotus
496
00:36:21,513 --> 00:36:23,356
roaring into the history books.
497
00:36:38,571 --> 00:36:42,917
Jochen Rindt
and I were the two fastest drivers,
498
00:36:42,992 --> 00:36:45,040
that'd be fair to say.
499
00:36:45,120 --> 00:36:47,214
I saw a lot of the back
side of his car in 1970.
500
00:36:57,257 --> 00:36:58,804
They came to Monza
501
00:36:58,883 --> 00:37:00,305
with almost twice
as many points
502
00:37:00,385 --> 00:37:02,308
as the second place team,
503
00:37:02,387 --> 00:37:05,106
owner/driver Jack Brabham.
504
00:37:05,181 --> 00:37:09,152
At practice, we often decided
to take the wings off the car.
505
00:37:09,227 --> 00:37:12,231
It was all to do
with straight-line speed.
506
00:37:12,313 --> 00:37:14,736
At Monza, you gained
more down the straight.
507
00:37:14,816 --> 00:37:19,196
75 percent of the
drivers take the wings off.
508
00:37:19,279 --> 00:37:22,909
The wings were off my car,
and the car was absolutely,
509
00:37:22,991 --> 00:37:25,039
for me, undrivable.
510
00:37:25,118 --> 00:37:27,086
It's the first time I've been
really, really frightened
511
00:37:27,162 --> 00:37:29,335
in a racing car.
512
00:37:29,414 --> 00:37:31,837
Jochen felt the only way he
was going lo go really fast
513
00:37:31,916 --> 00:37:33,338
was to get rid of the wings
514
00:37:33,418 --> 00:37:36,467
and sort of hang
the consequences.
515
00:37:36,546 --> 00:37:40,926
But the 72 had
never been raced without wings.
516
00:38:22,967 --> 00:38:26,892
I ran
back to see Nina, his wife,
517
00:38:26,971 --> 00:38:28,894
to tell her what was happening,
518
00:38:28,973 --> 00:38:31,943
but I didn't know what the
situation was with Jochen,
519
00:38:32,018 --> 00:38:35,522
but I certainly
didn't want to worry her.
520
00:38:35,605 --> 00:38:38,700
Bernie and I ran down
to the Parabolica
521
00:38:38,775 --> 00:38:40,277
to see what we'd find.
522
00:38:41,820 --> 00:38:43,242
Jochen had gone by then.
523
00:38:45,532 --> 00:38:47,409
It comes over you
524
00:38:47,492 --> 00:38:50,211
that you're [he last
person they talked to.
525
00:38:50,286 --> 00:38:55,133
You search your brain to see if there's
something that you've done wrong,
526
00:38:55,208 --> 00:38:58,883
but Jochen, he said, "Leave the
wings off, " he said, "for sure."
527
00:39:09,389 --> 00:39:10,732
That you would stop racing.
528
00:39:16,396 --> 00:39:18,148
One of the first men
529
00:39:18,231 --> 00:39:20,609
to openly question
the safety of his sport
530
00:39:20,692 --> 00:39:22,660
was silenced at the age of 28.
531
00:39:25,613 --> 00:39:27,456
Two months later,
532
00:39:27,532 --> 00:39:29,455
his widow was awarded
the world championship,
533
00:39:29,534 --> 00:39:34,335
the only posthumous title
ever won in Formula One.
534
00:39:34,414 --> 00:39:36,166
The lesson
of Jochen Rindt was that
535
00:39:36,249 --> 00:39:39,253
had he had even basic
proper medical attention,
536
00:39:39,335 --> 00:39:41,554
he would have survived.
537
00:39:41,629 --> 00:39:43,347
The Grand
Prix Drivers ' Association
538
00:39:43,423 --> 00:39:46,677
had a really good
articulated vehicle
539
00:39:46,759 --> 00:39:48,636
with everything on board.
540
00:39:48,720 --> 00:39:53,442
The people did not put
him into that vehicle.
541
00:39:53,516 --> 00:39:55,610
They took him
to the wrong hospital,
542
00:39:55,685 --> 00:40:00,816
and the time he'd got to the
right hospital, he'd died.
543
00:40:00,899 --> 00:40:04,119
Jochen Rindt was
the third Formula One star
544
00:40:04,193 --> 00:40:05,866
to be killed that season.
545
00:40:10,783 --> 00:40:13,502
Bruce McLaren
was killed at Goodwood.
546
00:40:13,578 --> 00:40:15,501
Nineteen days later,
547
00:40:15,580 --> 00:40:17,799
Piers Courage was killed
in the Dutch Grand Prix.
548
00:40:20,543 --> 00:40:22,671
Those were tragic
times in so many ways,
549
00:40:22,754 --> 00:40:26,930
because we'd lost
some icons of our sport.
550
00:40:29,719 --> 00:40:31,687
He had an accident.
551
00:40:31,763 --> 00:40:33,390
As far as the world knew,
that's what happened.
552
00:40:33,473 --> 00:40:36,477
He had an accident
and got killed.
553
00:40:36,559 --> 00:40:38,436
And nobody really
looked behind it,
554
00:40:38,519 --> 00:40:40,988
why the accident happened
555
00:40:41,064 --> 00:40:45,570
and could somebody have done
something to stop it happening.
556
00:40:45,652 --> 00:40:48,371
It always took
some kind of a tragic event
557
00:40:48,446 --> 00:40:51,290
for us to say, "You know what?
We can do better. "
558
00:40:51,366 --> 00:40:54,165
We're getting smarter
and smarter about these cars.
559
00:40:54,243 --> 00:40:56,871
We're able to make
them go faster.
560
00:40:56,955 --> 00:41:00,425
Why can't we use the same
knowledge to make them safer?
561
00:41:06,005 --> 00:41:08,679
There is a parallel
between Formula One racing
562
00:41:08,758 --> 00:41:10,977
and space.
563
00:41:11,052 --> 00:41:13,146
As a kid, I followed
all the moon missions.
564
00:41:21,437 --> 00:41:24,190
Five... four... three...
565
00:41:24,273 --> 00:41:27,277
two... one. Ignition sequence...
566
00:41:30,405 --> 00:41:32,578
Liftoff! We have a liftoff!
567
00:41:32,657 --> 00:41:34,455
It was the same time
568
00:41:34,534 --> 00:41:35,877
they sent men in
rockets to the moon.
569
00:41:37,829 --> 00:41:41,083
They are carrying fire
inside these machines.
570
00:41:44,043 --> 00:41:45,886
They are driving
over the edge...
571
00:41:48,131 --> 00:41:51,556
into new worlds,
getting beyond boundaries.
572
00:41:51,634 --> 00:41:52,851
Also about life and death.
573
00:41:58,224 --> 00:42:00,443
And that's Formula One, too.
574
00:42:04,939 --> 00:42:06,657
You knew when
the season started,
575
00:42:06,733 --> 00:42:10,454
one or two of your
heroes would be killed.
576
00:42:10,528 --> 00:42:14,328
Koen Vergeer was among
the legion of boys worldwide
577
00:42:14,407 --> 00:42:16,751
who became obsessed
with Formula One
578
00:42:16,826 --> 00:42:19,045
during its most violent decade.
579
00:42:19,120 --> 00:42:23,170
He was just 11 years old
when he saw his first race,
580
00:42:23,249 --> 00:42:27,425
the Dutch Grand Prix
at Zandvoort.
581
00:42:27,503 --> 00:42:29,301
We went there by train,
582
00:42:29,380 --> 00:42:31,428
and you go into the
sand of the dunes.
583
00:42:31,507 --> 00:42:34,135
And nothing is organized...
no signs at all, nothing.
584
00:42:34,218 --> 00:42:36,812
You can be lost in the
dunes, if you want to.
585
00:42:36,888 --> 00:42:40,358
And after a half an hour,
you find the track.
586
00:42:45,396 --> 00:42:48,115
In the early
'70s, Formula One was
587
00:42:48,191 --> 00:42:50,740
really a little bit
of a circus act.
588
00:42:50,818 --> 00:42:52,616
You'd go to a Grand Prix.
589
00:42:52,695 --> 00:42:54,288
Until the cars cars
came out to practice,
590
00:42:54,363 --> 00:42:56,616
you wouldn't know
who was going to turn up.
591
00:42:56,699 --> 00:42:58,997
Each team would negotiate
592
00:42:59,077 --> 00:43:03,583
with the individual promoters
at these various circuits.
593
00:43:03,664 --> 00:43:07,385
In fact, the
organizers paid the broadcasters
594
00:43:07,460 --> 00:43:09,428
to show the Grand Prix.
595
00:43:09,504 --> 00:43:12,132
The whole business was much
more informal in those days,
596
00:43:12,215 --> 00:43:14,058
so even as a fan,
you could literally
597
00:43:14,133 --> 00:43:18,354
go into the paddock, and
there were your heroes.
598
00:43:18,429 --> 00:43:24,357
Jacky Ickx was my hero.
He had his mysterious name.
599
00:43:28,022 --> 00:43:30,696
Jacky Ickx,
the baby-faced Belgian,
600
00:43:30,775 --> 00:43:32,777
with Ferrari in 1970,
601
00:43:32,860 --> 00:43:34,658
was the one driver
who could have caught
602
00:43:34,737 --> 00:43:36,410
Jochen Rindt
for the championship.
603
00:43:39,033 --> 00:43:42,537
In truth, Ickx came
perilously close to becoming
604
00:43:42,620 --> 00:43:44,247
the fourth casualty
of the season.
605
00:43:54,090 --> 00:43:58,937
Being burnt is one of the
most painful things you can have.
606
00:43:59,011 --> 00:44:01,139
You can be broken, you can
have all sort of things,
607
00:44:01,222 --> 00:44:05,068
But being burned,
it's really... it's terrible.
608
00:44:08,646 --> 00:44:10,944
I never thought
it could happen to me.
609
00:44:11,023 --> 00:44:12,821
It's not going to happen to me.
610
00:44:12,900 --> 00:44:14,402
You always think
it's going to happen
611
00:44:14,485 --> 00:44:15,987
to the other driver,
not to you.
612
00:44:16,070 --> 00:44:18,289
It was never going
to happen to me.
613
00:44:18,364 --> 00:44:20,492
A lot of
drivers have the philosophy
614
00:44:20,575 --> 00:44:22,703
that it's always someone
else who has an accident,
615
00:44:22,785 --> 00:44:24,833
it's never themselves.
616
00:44:24,912 --> 00:44:27,131
But of course you're always
on the very thin line
617
00:44:27,206 --> 00:44:30,380
between survival
and even disaster,
618
00:44:30,459 --> 00:44:33,212
or certainly death.
619
00:44:33,296 --> 00:44:36,891
Jackie Stewart
had a huge accident at Spa.
620
00:44:36,966 --> 00:44:40,095
He was trapped
in his car upside down,
621
00:44:40,178 --> 00:44:41,851
and he was soaked in fuel.
622
00:44:45,850 --> 00:44:48,103
The great fear
was fire in those days.
623
00:44:48,186 --> 00:44:50,860
Those cars were all
effectively a mobile bomb
624
00:44:50,938 --> 00:44:52,736
because in an accident,
625
00:44:52,815 --> 00:44:55,409
the fuel went everywhere
and caught fire.
626
00:44:55,484 --> 00:44:58,533
When Jacky had his
accident, no one was wearing seatbelts.
627
00:44:58,613 --> 00:45:00,456
That's because they preferred
if they hit anything
628
00:45:00,531 --> 00:45:02,499
to be thrown free from the car.
629
00:45:02,575 --> 00:45:05,875
It's proof of how amateur we were...
630
00:45:05,953 --> 00:45:08,877
organizers, teams, and drivers.
631
00:45:08,956 --> 00:45:12,881
Both Jackies had
been caught out and escaped,
632
00:45:12,960 --> 00:45:15,713
only to become absolute
rivals in the revolution.
633
00:45:28,559 --> 00:45:30,982
Ickx won at Zandvoort in '71,
634
00:45:31,062 --> 00:45:34,692
while the other Jackie
won his second world title.
635
00:45:34,774 --> 00:45:37,152
We were in total opposition.
636
00:45:37,235 --> 00:45:39,078
Pure competition.
637
00:45:39,153 --> 00:45:40,826
The flying Scot became chair
638
00:45:40,905 --> 00:45:43,078
of the Grand Prix
Drivers' Association,
639
00:45:43,157 --> 00:45:44,830
and as world champion,
640
00:45:44,909 --> 00:45:47,458
the de facto leader
in the uprising.
641
00:45:47,536 --> 00:45:49,163
You're all wearing seatbelts
642
00:45:49,247 --> 00:45:51,090
because in these cars,
643
00:45:51,165 --> 00:45:53,338
an unfastened seatbelt is no good.
644
00:45:53,417 --> 00:45:56,921
While Baby Face
refused to join the union.
645
00:45:57,004 --> 00:46:00,759
Jacky was not a believer
in the safety movement.
646
00:46:00,841 --> 00:46:03,139
Jacky just didn't
want to be part of the GDPA
647
00:46:03,219 --> 00:46:07,019
because it didn't quite
suit the image of Jacky Ickx.
648
00:46:15,439 --> 00:46:19,364
I was not part of
it because that's the way I am.
649
00:46:23,281 --> 00:46:27,206
What he
didn't like was threats.
650
00:46:27,285 --> 00:46:31,381
You know, "We will not race
tomorrow unless you do this."
651
00:46:31,455 --> 00:46:33,549
You know, union tactics.
652
00:46:33,624 --> 00:46:35,626
The FIA in
those days was very weak,
653
00:46:35,710 --> 00:46:37,678
and anyway the FIA consisted
of the organizers,
654
00:46:37,753 --> 00:46:41,257
so there was
no proper organization.
655
00:46:41,340 --> 00:46:44,765
For me, it was a
very simple, black-and-white case.
656
00:46:44,844 --> 00:46:47,017
You know, we had to get
the race tracks themselves
657
00:46:47,096 --> 00:46:49,224
to recognize they
needed to do more,
658
00:46:49,307 --> 00:46:51,651
had to put more fencing
up or more barriers up.
659
00:46:51,726 --> 00:46:53,899
It was all costing money,
660
00:46:53,978 --> 00:46:58,779
and they had never had to spend the
money on the race track before.
661
00:46:58,858 --> 00:47:01,156
Stewart became
the new face of Formula One,
662
00:47:01,235 --> 00:47:03,988
as steel armco barriers
were installed
663
00:47:04,071 --> 00:47:07,541
at places like Zandvoort
and Silverstone.
664
00:47:07,616 --> 00:47:09,710
Max Mosley became a constructor
665
00:47:09,785 --> 00:47:12,504
and team owner
with March Engineering.
666
00:47:12,580 --> 00:47:16,084
Bernie Ecclestone joined him
in the paddock as an owner,
667
00:47:16,167 --> 00:47:19,296
after buying
Jack Brabham's old team.
668
00:47:19,378 --> 00:47:21,722
And on the wings
of aerodynamics,
669
00:47:21,797 --> 00:47:24,095
a new stable
of young guns arrived
670
00:47:24,175 --> 00:47:25,848
to fill the empty
drivers' seats.
671
00:47:35,895 --> 00:47:38,023
We were very aware then
672
00:47:38,105 --> 00:47:40,107
that the drivers had massive
respect for each other
673
00:47:40,191 --> 00:47:41,864
because they knew,
674
00:47:41,942 --> 00:47:44,115
a bit like fighter
pilots in World War ll,
675
00:47:44,195 --> 00:47:46,118
that they might not come back.
676
00:47:46,197 --> 00:47:50,168
There was Jody Scheckter
of South Africa,
677
00:47:50,242 --> 00:47:54,122
the quiet Austrian, Niki Lauda,
678
00:47:54,205 --> 00:47:57,209
John Watson
of Northern Ireland.
679
00:47:57,291 --> 00:48:00,170
Other British hopefuls,
James Hunt,
680
00:48:00,252 --> 00:48:01,720
David Purley,
681
00:48:01,796 --> 00:48:04,390
and Roger Williamson.
682
00:48:04,465 --> 00:48:08,060
The super Swede,
Ronnie Peterson,
683
00:48:08,135 --> 00:48:10,183
the American playboy
Peter Revson,
684
00:48:10,262 --> 00:48:12,640
whose family created
Revlon Cosmetics,
685
00:48:12,723 --> 00:48:17,445
and the Renaissance Man
from France, Francois Cevert,
686
00:48:17,520 --> 00:48:21,445
handpicked by Stewart
for team owner Ken Tyrrell.
687
00:48:28,447 --> 00:48:30,791
He was
like a young fighting cock.
688
00:48:30,866 --> 00:48:32,618
He was enormously good looking,
689
00:48:32,701 --> 00:48:34,920
had an incredible
pair of eyes, and, uh,
690
00:48:34,995 --> 00:48:37,293
did a lot of damage
with the young ladies.
691
00:48:37,373 --> 00:48:40,217
Francois
absolutely idolized Jackie.
692
00:48:40,292 --> 00:48:41,760
He was almost up
693
00:48:41,836 --> 00:48:44,214
to Jackie's standard
at that time.
694
00:48:44,296 --> 00:48:46,344
We had probably one
of the strongest teams
695
00:48:46,424 --> 00:48:48,472
that would have been
in motor racing.
696
00:48:48,551 --> 00:48:50,178
Everything I knew
about the sport,
697
00:48:50,261 --> 00:48:52,013
I was passing on to him.
698
00:48:52,138 --> 00:48:55,142
- What do you think about
Emerson as a pilot? - Who?
699
00:48:55,224 --> 00:48:56,942
- Emerson Fittipaldi.
- Who?
700
00:48:57,017 --> 00:48:58,644
You know, the guy who won
the world championship.
701
00:48:58,727 --> 00:49:02,982
Oh, yes! Ha ha!
702
00:49:03,065 --> 00:49:06,239
Colin Chapman had
his fourth world champion
703
00:49:06,318 --> 00:49:08,491
in eight years,
704
00:49:08,571 --> 00:49:13,498
a brilliant young Brazilian
named Emerson Fittipaldi.
705
00:49:13,576 --> 00:49:15,328
We were, like, 21 drivers
706
00:49:15,411 --> 00:49:17,505
establishing Grand Prix racing.
707
00:49:17,580 --> 00:49:20,299
Your odds
are 7-to-1 to survive.
708
00:49:20,374 --> 00:49:23,378
Colin told me, "Emerson, I don't
want to get too close to you,
709
00:49:23,461 --> 00:49:26,260
"and you know
the risk you have.
710
00:49:26,338 --> 00:49:29,012
"At any time, I can lose you."
711
00:49:29,091 --> 00:49:31,389
Cevert's going to
be your danger, I reckon.
712
00:49:31,469 --> 00:49:34,564
You beat him, I reckon
you'll win the race.
713
00:49:34,638 --> 00:49:36,515
That was Colin Chapman.
714
00:49:40,352 --> 00:49:42,525
My first Grand
Prix was in Silverstone,
715
00:49:42,605 --> 00:49:44,403
the British Grand Prix.
716
00:49:44,482 --> 00:49:46,610
Graham Hill walked into
the room, it was like...
717
00:49:46,692 --> 00:49:49,696
almost like a god walking in.
718
00:49:53,532 --> 00:49:55,876
But if you can't
compete with them
719
00:49:55,951 --> 00:49:57,919
and get into that car,
and go out
720
00:49:57,995 --> 00:50:00,418
and literally "put
your cock on the block,"
721
00:50:00,498 --> 00:50:02,375
then you shouldn't be in it.
722
00:50:02,458 --> 00:50:04,961
The cars now
coming up onto the grid,
723
00:50:05,044 --> 00:50:07,422
and they'll only be
held there for seconds
724
00:50:07,505 --> 00:50:10,930
before the flag falls
and the start of the race.
725
00:50:11,008 --> 00:50:12,726
At the beginning,
726
00:50:12,801 --> 00:50:14,519
you were just trying
to prove to yourself
727
00:50:14,595 --> 00:50:15,892
and to other people that
you were fast enough.
728
00:50:15,971 --> 00:50:17,268
The flag's up.
729
00:50:21,310 --> 00:50:23,358
Jackie Stewart going
through on the inside,
730
00:50:23,437 --> 00:50:25,110
behind Ronnie Peterson.
731
00:50:25,189 --> 00:50:28,534
Jackie Stewart made
a blinding start.
732
00:50:28,609 --> 00:50:31,237
It's still Peterson,
just holding Stewart out
733
00:50:31,320 --> 00:50:34,073
as they go through copse
for the first time.
734
00:50:34,156 --> 00:50:37,911
What a driver
is there for is to take it
735
00:50:37,993 --> 00:50:39,791
to the limit and keep it
at that limit,
736
00:50:39,870 --> 00:50:41,872
and that's in every part
of every corner.
737
00:50:41,956 --> 00:50:44,334
It's keeping it
right on that limit.
738
00:50:44,416 --> 00:50:45,963
And then Francois Cevert.
739
00:50:46,043 --> 00:50:47,215
Jody Scheckter's lost it.
740
00:50:51,382 --> 00:50:53,225
Jody Scheckter has been hit,
741
00:50:53,300 --> 00:50:56,520
a multiple shot
at the end of the first lap.
742
00:50:56,595 --> 00:50:59,849
Jody Scheckter,
with the McLaren.
743
00:51:13,404 --> 00:51:15,327
They're stopping the race.
744
00:51:15,406 --> 00:51:17,249
Here comes Jackie Ste
wart, terribly fast,
745
00:51:17,324 --> 00:51:19,452
and Ronnie Peterson
coming up, terribly fast.
746
00:51:19,535 --> 00:51:21,708
It's a lot of
adrenaline's gone into you,
747
00:51:21,787 --> 00:51:23,881
and you're nearly just laughing
all the way to the pits
748
00:51:23,956 --> 00:51:27,836
until you tell the guys what the
bloody hell happened, you know?
749
00:51:27,918 --> 00:51:31,968
Eleven cars retired,
but no one was killed.
750
00:51:33,424 --> 00:51:35,176
Very lucky.
751
00:51:35,259 --> 00:51:37,057
Silverstone, which
was one of the biggest,
752
00:51:37,136 --> 00:51:39,264
if not the biggest accident
in Formula One,
753
00:51:39,346 --> 00:51:42,225
brought it home to me... to
win, you've got to finish.
754
00:51:42,308 --> 00:51:44,310
Two minutes to go...
755
00:51:44,393 --> 00:51:48,114
The next race was the Dutch
Grand Prix at Zandvoort.
756
00:51:50,858 --> 00:51:53,486
We were up on a hill
because my father could film
757
00:51:53,569 --> 00:51:55,947
very good from there,
758
00:51:56,030 --> 00:51:58,124
and then you could walk
down to a fence.
759
00:51:58,198 --> 00:52:00,075
Behind the fence was the armco.
760
00:52:02,870 --> 00:52:04,964
As a kid 11 years old,
I want to be in that
761
00:52:05,039 --> 00:52:07,041
vortex of sound and color.
762
00:52:14,840 --> 00:52:17,059
The sound
goes through your bones
763
00:52:17,134 --> 00:52:19,387
into your stomach somewhere,
764
00:52:19,470 --> 00:52:23,145
and I remember the first
lime I saw the cars coming.
765
00:52:23,223 --> 00:52:24,566
I thought, this is my world!
766
00:52:30,272 --> 00:52:32,821
Eight laps into the race,
767
00:52:32,900 --> 00:52:37,906
there was a single-car collision with
the newly installed armco barriers.
768
00:52:37,988 --> 00:52:40,082
I saw a car
flying through the air,
769
00:52:40,157 --> 00:52:41,909
and I looked straight
into the cockpit.
770
00:52:41,992 --> 00:52:43,665
But it was in a flash,
771
00:52:43,744 --> 00:52:45,087
and the car shattered
on the asphalt.
772
00:52:51,126 --> 00:52:52,924
1973, when I had March,
773
00:52:53,003 --> 00:52:56,553
it was Roger Williamson.
One of our cars.
774
00:52:56,632 --> 00:52:57,849
He was a close friend.
775
00:53:01,220 --> 00:53:03,643
David Purley
stopped his car, got off,
776
00:53:03,722 --> 00:53:05,190
and he was trying
to lift the car.
777
00:53:09,937 --> 00:53:11,280
And there was all...
778
00:53:11,355 --> 00:53:13,483
lots of people just watching.
779
00:53:13,565 --> 00:53:15,533
Nobody came to give him a
hand, and he was desperate.
780
00:53:28,872 --> 00:53:30,749
We passed it every lap.
781
00:53:30,833 --> 00:53:34,508
Yellow flags were being
flown to slow us down,
782
00:53:34,586 --> 00:53:36,088
but the race was never stopped.
783
00:53:40,217 --> 00:53:42,219
In those days,
they didn't stop races.
784
00:53:45,973 --> 00:53:48,647
Jackie was probably
the greatest ambassador
785
00:53:48,726 --> 00:53:50,444
the sport has ever had,
786
00:53:50,519 --> 00:53:53,614
and he was a great
pioneer of safety,
787
00:53:53,689 --> 00:53:55,111
but if he had to drive,
788
00:53:55,190 --> 00:53:56,487
he would jump
in the car and drive.
789
00:54:02,781 --> 00:54:04,249
When the visor goes down,
790
00:54:04,324 --> 00:54:06,747
you escape from the grief,
791
00:54:06,827 --> 00:54:09,626
the dramas, the troubles,
the pain and suffering.
792
00:54:09,705 --> 00:54:11,707
And it was only
when you came back,
793
00:54:11,790 --> 00:54:13,918
you know, the visor
went back up,
794
00:54:14,001 --> 00:54:17,130
that reality,
you became aware of,
795
00:54:17,212 --> 00:54:19,260
again.
796
00:54:19,339 --> 00:54:21,842
Williamson's dead.
There's no lap of honor.
797
00:54:21,925 --> 00:54:23,598
Quiet presentation.
798
00:54:26,805 --> 00:54:29,979
It's clear that, in racing,
799
00:54:30,058 --> 00:54:31,776
we are all the same.
800
00:54:31,852 --> 00:54:35,106
In life, we need
just some extra luck.
801
00:54:38,776 --> 00:54:40,153
For me, at 11 years old,
802
00:54:40,235 --> 00:54:42,704
it was terrifying,
803
00:54:42,780 --> 00:54:45,909
but also fascinating,
what was happening there.
804
00:54:48,952 --> 00:54:52,001
I think they thought
we were gladiators,
805
00:54:52,080 --> 00:54:53,502
and if you went
into the Coliseum,
806
00:54:53,582 --> 00:54:55,550
you knew there
was lions in there,
807
00:54:55,626 --> 00:55:00,974
and that chances are
you wouldn't get out.
808
00:55:01,048 --> 00:55:02,641
I really began to cry,
809
00:55:02,716 --> 00:55:04,810
but at the same time,
I thought,
810
00:55:04,885 --> 00:55:09,061
how can you cry about someone
you knew nothing about?
811
00:55:09,139 --> 00:55:11,642
He was an
ordinary working-class lad
812
00:55:11,725 --> 00:55:13,727
who'd just done it
by his own talent.
813
00:55:13,811 --> 00:55:19,033
Those things have a big,
big effect on you.
814
00:55:19,107 --> 00:55:21,201
The year Roger Williamson died,
815
00:55:21,276 --> 00:55:25,622
the FIA established mandatory
on-track rescue equipment
816
00:55:25,697 --> 00:55:27,870
and fire regulations.
817
00:55:27,950 --> 00:55:31,500
By then, the Doghouse Club
was raising money each year
818
00:55:31,578 --> 00:55:35,458
for the families
of fallen drivers.
819
00:55:35,541 --> 00:55:38,715
Because there were
things that could be done,
820
00:55:38,794 --> 00:55:42,799
maybe it was immoral, but on the
other hand, I couldn't say,
821
00:55:42,881 --> 00:55:44,724
because there were people
who wanted to do it.
822
00:55:47,845 --> 00:55:49,438
The only requirements
823
00:55:49,513 --> 00:55:50,890
to replace the fallen
on the grid
824
00:55:50,973 --> 00:55:52,975
were guts and money.
825
00:55:55,978 --> 00:55:59,949
Lord Alexander Fermor-Hesketh,
826
00:56:00,023 --> 00:56:02,276
the third baron of Hesketh!
827
00:56:02,359 --> 00:56:08,833
Lord Hesketh was 22 years old
when he formed Hesketh Racing.
828
00:56:08,907 --> 00:56:11,751
I got into
racing entirely accidentally.
829
00:56:11,827 --> 00:56:14,797
I'd just met the prettiest
hooker I'd ever,
830
00:56:14,872 --> 00:56:16,795
ever met in my life,
831
00:56:16,874 --> 00:56:19,423
and I saw this
postcard counter,
832
00:56:19,501 --> 00:56:21,629
and it had this
charming teddy bear.
833
00:56:21,712 --> 00:56:24,340
I drew onto the teddy bear
834
00:56:24,423 --> 00:56:26,642
a crash helmet
and a Union Jack.
835
00:56:26,717 --> 00:56:29,470
I think if has an atmosphere
836
00:56:29,553 --> 00:56:31,351
of the old-type
Grand Prix teams,
837
00:56:31,430 --> 00:56:32,977
and, uh, I think that
anything truly British
838
00:56:33,056 --> 00:56:35,434
deserves supporting.
839
00:56:35,517 --> 00:56:38,236
We were there to have some fun.
That was about it'.
840
00:56:38,312 --> 00:56:41,031
They were
slightly upper class, weren't they?
841
00:56:41,106 --> 00:56:42,779
Lord Hesketh and so on.
842
00:56:42,858 --> 00:56:45,111
The more serious
journalists thought
843
00:56:45,193 --> 00:56:47,662
that' one didn't come in and do
Formula One racing like this,
844
00:56:47,738 --> 00:56:50,491
and drinking champagne
and having fun. Not on.
845
00:56:50,574 --> 00:56:53,043
We don't want any pictures,
we don't want any pictures!
846
00:56:53,118 --> 00:56:55,746
Ha ha ha ha!
847
00:56:57,664 --> 00:56:59,462
We've got a driver in F2.
848
00:56:59,541 --> 00:57:01,589
He hasn't got
a very good reputation,
849
00:57:01,668 --> 00:57:04,547
but he is very, very fast.
850
00:57:04,630 --> 00:57:06,632
His nickname is
"Huntman Shunt,"
851
00:57:06,715 --> 00:57:08,683
'cause he tends to crash cars.
852
00:57:16,141 --> 00:57:17,859
It was not dissimilar
853
00:57:17,935 --> 00:57:19,858
from a man owning
a very expensive horse,
854
00:57:19,937 --> 00:57:22,360
and his jockey happened
to be James Hunt.
855
00:57:24,441 --> 00:57:26,614
You want to... you just
want to get a level?
856
00:57:26,693 --> 00:57:29,287
So if I say "shuts and fuck"
and all that sort of stuff.
857
00:57:29,363 --> 00:57:33,288
Oh, dear. Well, cancel it',
then-Can we rub that' out'?
858
00:57:33,367 --> 00:57:37,167
He drank a lot
and smoked a lot of funny things.
859
00:57:37,245 --> 00:57:40,249
He had his fun.
He had girls to die for.
860
00:57:40,332 --> 00:57:42,130
He was the
kind of thing you'd read
861
00:57:42,209 --> 00:57:44,758
in your comic when
you were a kid growing up
862
00:57:44,836 --> 00:57:46,804
and dreaming of being
a Grand Prix driver.
863
00:57:46,880 --> 00:57:49,008
James was the epitome of
everything a kid would want to be.
864
00:57:51,510 --> 00:57:54,639
James was
so attractive as a person.
865
00:57:54,721 --> 00:57:59,147
He not only attracted girls, but
he also attracted a lot of...
866
00:57:59,226 --> 00:58:00,819
a lot of, uh, men.
867
00:58:00,894 --> 00:58:02,646
I mean, I don't mean like that,
868
00:58:02,729 --> 00:58:05,733
But he just had that
ability to charm people,
869
00:58:05,816 --> 00:58:07,614
and freedom within himself,
870
00:58:07,693 --> 00:58:11,038
that some people found
a little unnerving.
871
00:58:11,113 --> 00:58:13,662
When you go
around with these racers,
872
00:58:13,740 --> 00:58:15,367
you start to know
almost everybody here.
873
00:58:15,450 --> 00:58:17,999
It's like a big family for you,
874
00:58:18,078 --> 00:58:21,753
and you get
your big interest with.
875
00:58:21,832 --> 00:58:23,880
It was a lot of fun.
876
00:58:23,959 --> 00:58:25,927
It was a transition in the
world of young people...
877
00:58:26,003 --> 00:58:30,053
the sideburns,
the bell bottom trousers,
878
00:58:30,132 --> 00:58:31,258
the hippie time.
879
00:58:33,844 --> 00:58:36,017
Four hours west
of Woodstock, New York,
880
00:58:36,096 --> 00:58:38,474
Formula One hosted
an outdoor party
881
00:58:38,557 --> 00:58:40,605
every year for two decades.
882
00:58:50,861 --> 00:58:52,989
Everybody
used to stay at a place
883
00:58:53,071 --> 00:58:55,165
called The Seneca Lodge,
which was a Hunting lodge.
884
00:58:59,369 --> 00:59:01,667
With all the American
whoopin' and hollerin',
885
00:59:01,747 --> 00:59:02,623
it was a great scene!
886
00:59:06,418 --> 00:59:08,136
The Glen had a reputation
887
00:59:08,211 --> 00:59:09,383
as a place for champions.
888
00:59:11,298 --> 00:59:15,178
Jochen Rindt won
his first Grand Prix here,
889
00:59:15,260 --> 00:59:16,637
as did Emerson Fittipaldi.
890
00:59:21,266 --> 00:59:23,894
Francois Cevert won in 1971,
891
00:59:23,977 --> 00:59:26,901
and was runner-up in '72,
to his mentor.
892
00:59:31,568 --> 00:59:34,617
In 1973, the Tyrrell team
came to the Glen
893
00:59:34,696 --> 00:59:36,573
with Jackie Stewart
having already wrapped up
894
00:59:36,656 --> 00:59:38,533
his third world championship.
895
00:59:46,500 --> 00:59:50,095
By 1973, I
had decided that my last race
896
00:59:50,170 --> 00:59:53,014
would be Watkins Glen,
my hundredth Grand Prix.
897
00:59:56,510 --> 01:00:00,014
Jackie's retirement
was still hush-hush at that time.
898
01:00:00,097 --> 01:00:01,770
Only three people knew.
899
01:00:01,848 --> 01:00:03,600
Francois didn't know,
or even Helen.
900
01:00:03,683 --> 01:00:05,902
I didn't want to tell my wife,
901
01:00:05,977 --> 01:00:07,854
because I didn't want her saying,
"if it's this dangerous,
902
01:00:07,938 --> 01:00:10,532
"why don't you stop now,
and then we'll be happy?"
903
01:00:10,607 --> 01:00:12,780
Oh, it's a fantastic
feeling, even the other one,
904
01:00:12,859 --> 01:00:17,239
because, uh,
the roof thing I've got
905
01:00:17,322 --> 01:00:19,450
is so smooth and delightful,
906
01:00:19,533 --> 01:00:21,627
it's even a nice
impression for the driver.
907
01:00:21,701 --> 01:00:24,500
You know, it's...
Vrroooom! Very...!
908
01:00:24,579 --> 01:00:26,752
Cevert was sort of thinking
909
01:00:26,832 --> 01:00:29,005
he was ready to be a number
one driver in his own right.
910
01:00:29,084 --> 01:00:32,088
He set out to prove it
in qualifying that year,
911
01:00:32,170 --> 01:00:33,342
at the Glen.
912
01:01:32,772 --> 01:01:36,868
Cevert. Bloody hell.
913
01:01:40,071 --> 01:01:42,369
I was the
first one on the scene,
914
01:01:42,449 --> 01:01:45,498
and I jumped out the car
to try and help him.
915
01:01:45,577 --> 01:01:47,750
I remember then
trying to get his belts,
916
01:01:47,829 --> 01:01:49,297
and then just turned around
917
01:01:49,372 --> 01:01:50,624
and I knew it was all over.
918
01:01:54,377 --> 01:01:56,095
It was the most horrible sight.
919
01:01:56,171 --> 01:02:00,472
I wouldn't want
anybody to see that, ever.
920
01:02:00,550 --> 01:02:02,302
Nothing broke in the car.
921
01:02:02,385 --> 01:02:06,435
It was just going too quick.
922
01:02:06,514 --> 01:02:08,892
He hit one barrier, then he
went across the circuit,
923
01:02:08,975 --> 01:02:11,444
hit the other one, and
that turned the car over.
924
01:02:11,519 --> 01:02:13,863
Maybe the barrier would have
been a little bit higher,
925
01:02:13,939 --> 01:02:16,988
then he would have been okay,
but we will never know.
926
01:02:17,067 --> 01:02:19,320
Because of the
incident on the circuit,
927
01:02:19,402 --> 01:02:25,250
practice for today for Formula
One cars is now concluded.
928
01:02:25,325 --> 01:02:27,168
Went back to the pits.
929
01:02:27,244 --> 01:02:29,622
I didn't say anything
to Colin, to my wife.
930
01:02:29,704 --> 01:02:32,207
I just walked
into the parking place,
931
01:02:32,290 --> 01:02:33,792
where there was nobody.
932
01:02:33,875 --> 01:02:35,718
And I want to pray
with God and say,
933
01:02:35,794 --> 01:02:41,221
"What I'm doing here? Help me."
934
01:02:41,299 --> 01:02:43,427
Gentlemen,
remain standing, please,
935
01:02:43,510 --> 01:02:46,639
for the playing of the
national anthem of France,
936
01:02:46,721 --> 01:02:49,224
in memory of Francois Cevert.
937
01:02:55,939 --> 01:02:59,068
I chose
not to race the next day
938
01:02:59,150 --> 01:03:00,868
out of respect to Francois.
939
01:03:00,944 --> 01:03:04,790
Nothing to do with
my own personal concerns.
940
01:03:04,864 --> 01:03:08,744
It was an unfortunate
way to end a career,
941
01:03:08,827 --> 01:03:11,000
but in the other way,
942
01:03:11,079 --> 01:03:15,004
maybe it was part of why I
never wanted to race again.
943
01:03:15,083 --> 01:03:19,634
I think it was the
right thing, not to race.
944
01:03:19,713 --> 01:03:20,714
Very sad.
945
01:03:23,258 --> 01:03:25,431
I was
just so angry that the sport
946
01:03:25,510 --> 01:03:27,262
could do it in this way,
947
01:03:27,345 --> 01:03:29,689
and continue to do it
in this way,
948
01:03:29,764 --> 01:03:32,938
and not sufficiently
change itself,
949
01:03:33,018 --> 01:03:34,520
to put its own house in order.
950
01:03:42,694 --> 01:03:44,788
There's about 15 minutes or so
951
01:03:44,863 --> 01:03:47,207
before the race, so I was
hanging around the pits,
952
01:03:47,282 --> 01:03:49,205
and Bernie said, "Well, what are you doing?
What are you doing?"
953
01:03:49,284 --> 01:03:51,207
I said, "Well, Francois's dead. ”
954
01:03:51,286 --> 01:03:53,209
He said, "Well, so what?
955
01:03:53,288 --> 01:03:55,837
"He died doing something which,
956
01:03:55,915 --> 01:03:57,963
"up until that fraction
of a second,
957
01:03:58,043 --> 01:04:02,765
"was giving him the greatest
joy, pleasure, fulfillment.
958
01:04:02,839 --> 01:04:07,515
"You're a racing driver.
Get out and do your job-"
959
01:04:07,594 --> 01:04:10,438
Every man in
the world is looking to make
960
01:04:10,513 --> 01:04:12,686
from his passion his business.
961
01:04:12,766 --> 01:04:15,315
That's what I have done.
I cannot be more happy.
962
01:04:15,393 --> 01:04:17,771
Everything I do
about my auto racing,
963
01:04:17,854 --> 01:04:19,777
I enjoy it. Anything.
964
01:04:19,856 --> 01:04:21,199
Because it is my passion.
965
01:04:40,960 --> 01:04:43,133
When the
guys flying the Mustangs
966
01:04:43,213 --> 01:04:45,966
came back in from five
or six hours over Germany,
967
01:04:46,049 --> 01:04:49,679
and they probably lost
15% of the formation,
968
01:04:49,761 --> 01:04:51,559
they went to the bar.
969
01:04:51,638 --> 01:04:53,732
And they went to the bar
with a very good reason.
970
01:04:56,810 --> 01:04:59,029
Sometimes you have
to get up in the morning,
971
01:04:59,104 --> 01:05:01,903
look in the mirror, and say, "Are
you prepared to put it on the line?
972
01:05:01,981 --> 01:05:03,824
"Are you prepared to actually
lose your life today?"
973
01:05:03,900 --> 01:05:06,119
Because if you're not,
you have no right being there.
974
01:05:08,405 --> 01:05:10,453
I said to myself,
975
01:05:10,532 --> 01:05:12,159
"I need lo forget everything
that happened before,
976
01:05:12,242 --> 01:05:14,085
"because I love this sport."
977
01:05:17,330 --> 01:05:19,708
It is like a drug.
Once you get in it,
978
01:05:19,791 --> 01:05:21,839
it's even more difficult
to get out of it.
979
01:05:36,933 --> 01:05:39,777
In 1974, Emerson Fittipaldi
980
01:05:39,853 --> 01:05:42,356
began to fill the void
left by Jackie Stewart,
981
01:05:42,439 --> 01:05:45,488
both as the fastest man
and the voice of reason.
982
01:05:52,449 --> 01:05:55,874
While steel armco
now ringed most circuits,
983
01:05:55,952 --> 01:05:57,750
two more drivers
had been killed
984
01:05:57,829 --> 01:05:59,547
after collisions
with the barriers...
985
01:05:59,622 --> 01:06:01,624
the American Peter Revson,
986
01:06:01,708 --> 01:06:05,554
and a young Austrian driver
in only his second start,
987
01:06:05,628 --> 01:06:07,756
Helmuth Koinigg.
988
01:06:07,839 --> 01:06:10,137
The marshall
appeared with his helmet.
989
01:06:10,216 --> 01:06:12,560
His head was still in it
because he'd gone
990
01:06:12,635 --> 01:06:14,558
under the barrier and it
just took his head off.
991
01:06:14,637 --> 01:06:16,639
It was like it was a nightmare.
992
01:06:19,017 --> 01:06:21,236
I remember Barcelona.
993
01:06:21,311 --> 01:06:23,359
Friday morning, after practice,
994
01:06:23,438 --> 01:06:26,817
I saw the armco barriers
held with just bolts,
995
01:06:26,900 --> 01:06:28,527
no nuts, and wire.
996
01:06:28,610 --> 01:06:33,207
And I touch one.
I kick, and fall.
997
01:06:33,281 --> 01:06:35,579
Fittipaldi, now with McLaren,
998
01:06:35,658 --> 01:06:37,501
refused to even practice.
999
01:06:37,577 --> 01:06:39,579
The organizers
of the Spanish Grand Prix
1000
01:06:39,662 --> 01:06:41,960
threatened to impound
all the cars in the grid
1001
01:06:42,040 --> 01:06:44,509
if the defending champion
did not drive.
1002
01:06:44,584 --> 01:06:46,461
I thought,
this is a world sport.
1003
01:06:46,544 --> 01:06:49,172
I cannot believe that a world
sport is run like this.
1004
01:06:53,426 --> 01:06:55,724
So the drivers had a meeting
1005
01:06:55,803 --> 01:06:57,851
in the Texaco motor home.
1006
01:06:57,931 --> 01:06:59,183
We had to
fight with the organizers.
1007
01:06:59,265 --> 01:07:00,687
I mean really fight.
1008
01:07:03,311 --> 01:07:06,815
The track was sort
of in the hills above Barcelona,
1009
01:07:06,898 --> 01:07:09,572
and Friday afternoon,
there was silence.
1010
01:07:17,534 --> 01:07:20,037
Then there was just one
car, just one engine.
1011
01:07:23,122 --> 01:07:26,797
Somebody said,
"It's got to be Ickx."
1012
01:07:26,876 --> 01:07:29,004
While Jackie
Stewart had stepped aside,
1013
01:07:29,087 --> 01:07:31,966
the other Jacky
was still on the title hunt.
1014
01:07:32,048 --> 01:07:37,100
Baby Face Ickx had taken
Fittipaldi's place at Lotus.
1015
01:07:37,178 --> 01:07:39,055
With the racing, frankly,
1016
01:07:39,138 --> 01:07:41,482
you have to be individualistic,
1017
01:07:41,558 --> 01:07:43,777
in a way, and also selfish.
1018
01:07:45,979 --> 01:07:48,152
The Pavlovian Reaction
1019
01:07:48,231 --> 01:07:50,325
to the sound
that they could hear,
1020
01:07:50,400 --> 01:07:52,949
that was it. Then they all
got in there and drove.
1021
01:07:55,238 --> 01:07:56,615
It was a
very, very tense atmosphere,
1022
01:07:56,698 --> 01:07:59,042
extraordinarily
tense atmosphere.
1023
01:07:59,117 --> 01:08:03,998
The actual team mechanics were
balling these barriers together.
1024
01:08:04,080 --> 01:08:07,300
On race day,
Fittipaldi held true to his word.
1025
01:08:14,424 --> 01:08:16,426
I did one lap and come in,
1026
01:08:16,509 --> 01:08:19,012
as defending world champion.
1027
01:08:19,095 --> 01:08:20,938
I went back to Geneva,
1028
01:08:21,014 --> 01:08:23,938
and when I landed,
Swiss TV waiting for me.
1029
01:08:24,017 --> 01:08:26,111
I didn't know what happened
in the Grand Prix.
1030
01:08:27,562 --> 01:08:29,189
The rear wing
1031
01:08:29,272 --> 01:08:31,240
of Rolf Stommelen's
Embassy Hill Lola
1032
01:08:31,316 --> 01:08:33,944
broke off, sending the
car into the barriers.
1033
01:08:37,280 --> 01:08:39,157
We're about
25 laps into the race,
1034
01:08:39,240 --> 01:08:41,709
and I can remember saying
to the guys with me,
1035
01:08:41,784 --> 01:08:43,502
"Jesus, that's Rolf.
He's in the crowd."
1036
01:08:46,331 --> 01:08:47,799
Stommelen survived,
1037
01:08:47,874 --> 01:08:49,968
but four people were killed.
1038
01:09:11,314 --> 01:09:14,944
Once drivers start
worrying seriously about safety,
1039
01:09:15,026 --> 01:09:17,028
you know that their
fastest days are over.
1040
01:09:19,364 --> 01:09:21,913
If you took all
the Formula One drivers,
1041
01:09:21,991 --> 01:09:24,085
even the current crop
of racing drivers,
1042
01:09:24,160 --> 01:09:29,087
and said, "Here are two cars.
That one is very safe.
1043
01:09:29,165 --> 01:09:31,167
"That one's
extremely dangerous.
1044
01:09:31,250 --> 01:09:33,298
"If you crash in it, you'll
probably get killed.
1045
01:09:33,378 --> 01:09:36,348
"But the dangerous one
is two seconds a lap quicker."
1046
01:09:36,422 --> 01:09:39,676
There would be no discussion
about which one they'd drive.
1047
01:09:39,759 --> 01:09:41,761
They'd all get
in the dangerous one.
1048
01:09:41,844 --> 01:09:46,145
That's why it's [he
people running the sport
1049
01:09:46,224 --> 01:09:48,192
have to take responsibility.
1050
01:09:50,687 --> 01:09:54,157
Just weeks after
the failed strike in Spain,
1051
01:09:54,232 --> 01:09:56,701
the most unlikely rivalry
would spark
1052
01:09:56,776 --> 01:09:59,495
along the Dutch coast
at Zandvoort.
1053
01:09:59,570 --> 01:10:01,572
A battle between two drivers
1054
01:10:01,656 --> 01:10:04,626
would help turn the tide
in the revolution.
1055
01:10:04,701 --> 01:10:07,124
Practice Friday, fantastic.
1056
01:10:07,203 --> 01:10:09,922
Saturday, blue sky.
1057
01:10:09,997 --> 01:10:11,624
Wake up Sunday morning,
1058
01:10:11,708 --> 01:10:13,381
and suddenly it's pissing rain.
1059
01:10:15,128 --> 01:10:16,971
Absolute pouring rain.
1060
01:10:21,092 --> 01:10:23,811
Everyone else
had their spanners out,
1061
01:10:23,886 --> 01:10:25,809
wings are going up.
1062
01:10:25,888 --> 01:10:28,641
I look at the car, I
say, "Look, we know
1063
01:10:28,725 --> 01:10:32,525
"absolutely fuck-all about
how you set a car up,
1064
01:10:32,603 --> 01:10:36,233
"so we'd better leave it
just the way it is.“
1065
01:10:47,577 --> 01:10:49,454
James does four laps,
1066
01:10:49,537 --> 01:10:52,381
and he's in front
of both Ferraris.
1067
01:10:52,457 --> 01:10:54,300
When James Hunt approached,
1068
01:10:54,375 --> 01:10:56,218
all the crowds
went to the fence.
1069
01:10:56,294 --> 01:10:59,264
"Yeah, there he is again!
There he is again!"
1070
01:10:59,338 --> 01:11:03,218
You'd suddenly
see white car, red car,
1071
01:11:03,301 --> 01:11:05,053
...Niki Lauda in the Ferrari...
1072
01:11:05,136 --> 01:11:07,264
Getting closer, getting closer.
1073
01:11:07,346 --> 01:11:09,269
"Yes! Keep him
behind, keep him behind! "
1074
01:11:15,188 --> 01:11:17,532
And then we won.
1075
01:11:20,276 --> 01:11:22,244
James Hunt held off Niki Lauda
1076
01:11:22,320 --> 01:11:24,322
in his powerful Ferrari,
1077
01:11:24,405 --> 01:11:26,954
and gave Team Hesketh
their first win
1078
01:11:27,033 --> 01:11:28,535
after three years of trying.
1079
01:11:35,291 --> 01:11:37,168
That's just brilliant.
1080
01:11:37,251 --> 01:11:39,504
You know, the David and
Goliath... fantastic story.
1081
01:11:42,632 --> 01:11:44,805
The playboy garagistes
had prevailed
1082
01:11:44,884 --> 01:11:47,683
over the most storied
team in Formula One.
1083
01:11:47,762 --> 01:11:50,766
Party basically
started in the back of the truck.
1084
01:11:50,848 --> 01:11:53,897
It's fair to say that eventually
I went into blackout.
1085
01:11:57,146 --> 01:11:59,615
It was special, 'cause
the only guy who ever,
1086
01:11:59,690 --> 01:12:03,320
ever took me seriously
was the Commendatore.
1087
01:12:05,363 --> 01:12:08,663
But then he was the
only guy who counted.
1088
01:12:08,741 --> 01:12:10,914
Mr. Ferrari was the most
decorated man
1089
01:12:10,993 --> 01:12:13,121
in motor racing.
1090
01:12:13,204 --> 01:12:15,298
He'd famously said,
1091
01:12:15,373 --> 01:12:18,627
"Aerodynamics were for people
who could not build engines. ”
1092
01:12:18,709 --> 01:12:22,680
But he also hadn't won
a title since 1964,
1093
01:12:22,755 --> 01:12:23,802
until Lauda.
1094
01:12:28,970 --> 01:12:30,688
You know, in Italy, there are
1095
01:12:30,763 --> 01:12:32,231
a lot of emotions
around the racing team.
1096
01:12:32,306 --> 01:12:34,775
If you win, it's quite easy.
1097
01:12:34,851 --> 01:12:37,149
If you lose,
it's quite difficult.
1098
01:12:37,228 --> 01:12:40,573
Niki was a clever guy.
He was a good operator.
1099
01:12:40,648 --> 01:12:43,242
Probably the ideal
Ferrari driver.
1100
01:12:45,528 --> 01:12:48,156
Niki's very technical, cool.
1101
01:12:50,533 --> 01:12:53,878
James, even being English,
he was very emotional.
1102
01:12:53,953 --> 01:12:57,457
He'd come in my motor
home before every race.
1103
01:12:57,540 --> 01:12:58,917
"Emerson, can I use
your toilet?"
1104
01:12:59,000 --> 01:13:00,502
I'd say, "James, come on!"
1105
01:13:03,588 --> 01:13:05,511
With one epic
win under his belt,
1106
01:13:05,590 --> 01:13:08,013
Hunt left the teddy bear behind
1107
01:13:08,092 --> 01:13:09,469
for a chance at the title.
1108
01:13:12,597 --> 01:13:17,023
He signed with the '74 world
champion constructor, McLaren.
1109
01:13:20,187 --> 01:13:21,939
Those days, you got five years,
1110
01:13:22,023 --> 01:13:24,151
with the death rate
and everything else.
1111
01:13:24,233 --> 01:13:25,234
He had a new future.
1112
01:13:27,528 --> 01:13:29,530
The McLaren
outfit was very structured.
1113
01:13:29,614 --> 01:13:31,491
Everybody wore uniforms,
1114
01:13:31,574 --> 01:13:33,451
but James just
wore whatever he wanted.
1115
01:13:35,620 --> 01:13:37,839
While Lauda
took the role of champion,
1116
01:13:37,914 --> 01:13:42,169
leading the charge for safety
in the drivers' union,
1117
01:13:42,251 --> 01:13:45,300
Hunt became the new face
of Formula One.
1118
01:13:48,215 --> 01:13:50,638
I don't know
whether the drivers today
1119
01:13:50,718 --> 01:13:53,346
go out and have a party
till 3:00 in the morning
1120
01:13:53,429 --> 01:13:56,433
and jump into the car.
Who else could do that?
1121
01:14:00,937 --> 01:14:04,316
I don't think you
can get to that level being,
1122
01:14:04,398 --> 01:14:06,321
you know,
just who you want to be.
1123
01:14:06,400 --> 01:14:08,368
You have to be,
to a certain extent, what...
1124
01:14:08,444 --> 01:14:13,496
what a racing driver's supposed to be.
You know, quick.
1125
01:14:13,574 --> 01:14:15,622
Hunt took pole
position in qualifying
1126
01:14:15,701 --> 01:14:18,045
for the first two races
in 1976,
1127
01:14:22,708 --> 01:14:24,881
while Lauda
took the checkered flags.
1128
01:14:31,842 --> 01:14:33,264
I think they
respected each other,
1129
01:14:33,344 --> 01:14:35,642
but there was a need.
1130
01:14:35,721 --> 01:14:37,849
Niki really wanted
to be a cool guy,
1131
01:14:37,932 --> 01:14:40,026
and he wasn't quite a cool guy,
1132
01:14:40,101 --> 01:14:42,229
and he used to wind James up
whenever he had the opportunity.
1133
01:14:42,311 --> 01:14:45,235
What about this fellow
James Hunt this weekend?
1134
01:14:45,314 --> 01:14:47,066
Well, James Hunt won
his Grand Prix in Holland,
1135
01:14:47,149 --> 01:14:50,904
so I think he's a very,
very strong competitor now.
1136
01:14:50,987 --> 01:14:53,035
Niki would psych
the other drivers out
1137
01:14:53,114 --> 01:14:54,832
just by talking
to them. I mean.
1138
01:14:59,412 --> 01:15:01,210
Hunt's first win came in Spain,
1139
01:15:01,288 --> 01:15:03,086
but it was taken down
when the wing
1140
01:15:03,165 --> 01:15:05,338
on his car was judged too wide.
1141
01:15:05,418 --> 01:15:07,386
I don't know how wide
it is anyway, you know?
1142
01:15:07,461 --> 01:15:09,384
I didn't even know
there was a rule about it.
1143
01:15:09,463 --> 01:15:10,680
I just drive the damn thing.
1144
01:15:16,095 --> 01:15:18,268
At Monaco, Lauda took the lead
1145
01:15:18,347 --> 01:15:20,520
at the first turn,
and never looked back.
1146
01:15:26,063 --> 01:15:28,691
It was his fourth win
in six starts.
1147
01:15:28,774 --> 01:15:30,947
He didn't
seem spectacularly fast,
1148
01:15:31,027 --> 01:15:33,029
but he won races,
and you could rely
1149
01:15:33,112 --> 01:15:35,991
that he's not going
to do anything stupid.
1150
01:15:36,073 --> 01:15:39,452
Hunt stormed back in
France, and after a disputed start,
1151
01:15:39,535 --> 01:15:43,290
took the checkered flag before
a home crowd in Britain.
1152
01:15:43,372 --> 01:15:45,750
The victory flag's cinched,
1153
01:15:45,833 --> 01:15:49,383
and James Hunt crosses the line
to win the British Grand Prix!
1154
01:15:49,462 --> 01:15:51,635
James, they've changed the
regulations concerning the wings,
1155
01:15:51,714 --> 01:15:53,933
and yet you're still
extremely fast.
1156
01:15:54,050 --> 01:15:58,100
How do you do it? Big balls.
1157
01:15:58,179 --> 01:16:01,649
Forget it.
Can't you print that?
1158
01:16:01,724 --> 01:16:04,068
We can't print... But it's true!
1159
01:16:04,143 --> 01:16:05,861
The difference
between drivers is maybe
1160
01:16:05,936 --> 01:16:09,486
the quantity of desire
you have to win races,
1161
01:16:09,565 --> 01:16:11,909
because the talents are equal.
1162
01:16:11,984 --> 01:16:15,204
That includes
whatever the weather is
1163
01:16:15,279 --> 01:16:18,249
when you're at the race course.
1164
01:16:20,910 --> 01:16:23,504
Monza, Spa, Monaco,
1165
01:16:23,579 --> 01:16:26,048
they were quite famous tracks.
1166
01:16:26,123 --> 01:16:30,879
But one was reckoned as a
symbol of pure driving.
1167
01:16:30,961 --> 01:16:34,135
It's the highest
possible challenge.
1168
01:16:37,718 --> 01:16:40,688
In the shadow of Germany's Eifel mountains
1169
01:16:40,763 --> 01:16:45,439
lies a monstrous race track,
22 kilometers around.
1170
01:16:50,189 --> 01:16:52,032
168 corners.
1171
01:16:52,108 --> 01:16:54,611
At the time, 17 jumps.
1172
01:16:54,693 --> 01:16:59,574
So you were flying 17 times
at the Nürburgring.
1173
01:16:59,657 --> 01:17:02,251
If a car went
off the road, you never saw it.
1174
01:17:02,326 --> 01:17:04,829
It just disappeared into
the trees or the bushes,
1175
01:17:04,912 --> 01:17:05,959
or down a ravine.
1176
01:17:09,208 --> 01:17:12,803
Hitler built it
in the Depression.
1177
01:17:12,878 --> 01:17:16,052
It is the most challenging,
the most rewarding,
1178
01:17:16,132 --> 01:17:18,385
the most dangerous,
1179
01:17:18,467 --> 01:17:20,140
the greatest racetrack
in the world.
1180
01:17:23,305 --> 01:17:25,057
To win at the Nürburgring,
1181
01:17:25,141 --> 01:17:29,237
that means that's
the race of your life.
1182
01:17:29,311 --> 01:17:31,985
In 1976, the defending champion
1183
01:17:32,064 --> 01:17:33,941
and points leader Niki Lauda
1184
01:17:34,024 --> 01:17:36,948
called on his union
to boycott the Nürburgring,
1185
01:17:37,027 --> 01:17:39,075
citing unsafe track conditions.
1186
01:17:39,155 --> 01:17:41,078
They couldn't marshal it.
1187
01:17:41,157 --> 01:17:44,127
It would take an army of
firefighters to do any good.
1188
01:17:48,455 --> 01:17:50,503
Hunt' cast' his vote to race.
1189
01:17:50,583 --> 01:17:54,008
Lauda was defeated
by the slimmest of margins.
1190
01:17:54,086 --> 01:17:55,178
One.
1191
01:18:21,780 --> 01:18:23,953
I came round the turn
1192
01:18:24,033 --> 01:18:25,956
and he was sideways in the middle of the track.
His car was on fire.
1193
01:18:26,035 --> 01:18:27,457
There's Brett Lunger
1194
01:18:27,536 --> 01:18:29,334
getting out of the Surtees
1195
01:18:29,413 --> 01:18:31,757
and into the flames.
1196
01:18:31,832 --> 01:18:33,834
The Ferrari had different
belts and different systems.
1197
01:18:33,918 --> 01:18:36,137
Art Merzario
had driven a Ferrari.
1198
01:18:36,212 --> 01:18:38,681
He was able to get in,
undo the belts.
1199
01:18:38,756 --> 01:18:40,178
I was on top of the car,
1200
01:18:40,257 --> 01:18:41,804
and I grabbed Niki's shoulders
1201
01:18:41,884 --> 01:18:43,682
and pulled him out of the car.
1202
01:18:43,761 --> 01:18:45,263
Lauda is finally dragged clear
1203
01:18:45,346 --> 01:18:46,848
from the burning inferno.
1204
01:18:46,931 --> 01:18:48,228
The race of course is stopped.
1205
01:18:48,307 --> 01:18:49,900
I remember him saying to me,
1206
01:18:49,975 --> 01:18:51,272
"What's my face like?
What's my face like?"
1207
01:18:56,190 --> 01:18:58,739
In fact, he didn't know
he'd ingested
1208
01:18:58,817 --> 01:19:00,490
a lot of toxic fumes
1209
01:19:00,569 --> 01:19:01,821
from the burning resin
and fiberglass
1210
01:19:01,904 --> 01:19:02,951
of the bodywork of the car.
1211
01:19:06,909 --> 01:19:10,254
People were already talking
about him in the past tense.
1212
01:19:10,329 --> 01:19:12,331
We were both certain that
when we turned the radio on,
1213
01:19:12,414 --> 01:19:15,918
we'd hear the morning
news saying he was dead.
1214
01:19:22,591 --> 01:19:26,016
I couldn't see anything.
I was just listening.
1215
01:19:26,095 --> 01:19:27,813
Must have been in the hospital.
1216
01:19:27,888 --> 01:19:31,859
My wife came into the
room where I was lying,
1217
01:19:31,934 --> 01:19:34,483
and, uh, she started
crying, so...
1218
01:19:34,561 --> 01:19:36,029
which didn't certainly help me.
1219
01:19:36,105 --> 01:19:37,823
I told her afterwards,
1220
01:19:37,898 --> 01:19:39,821
"Listen, why did you cry
when... when you come in?
1221
01:19:39,900 --> 01:19:41,117
"Because I felt bad."
1222
01:19:41,193 --> 01:19:42,695
She said, "Unfortunately,
1223
01:19:42,778 --> 01:19:44,701
"I only recognized you
on your feet."
1224
01:19:44,780 --> 01:19:48,205
Because I was burned so bad,
in my head and everywhere,
1225
01:19:48,284 --> 01:19:49,957
that she had a shock.
1226
01:19:50,035 --> 01:19:51,958
And that was the real
issue at the time,
1227
01:19:52,037 --> 01:19:54,506
so I thought, "Shit, I must
fight now to stay alive."
1228
01:20:01,297 --> 01:20:02,674
Five weeks later,
1229
01:20:02,756 --> 01:20:04,258
I was back in the car in Monza.
1230
01:20:15,978 --> 01:20:18,151
Niki walked down the pit lane
1231
01:20:18,230 --> 01:20:19,823
to where my team was,
1232
01:20:19,898 --> 01:20:22,401
and he said,
"Brett, thank you."
1233
01:20:22,484 --> 01:20:23,656
And then walked away.
1234
01:20:38,834 --> 01:20:41,508
I knew the risk
I was getting myself into.
1235
01:20:41,587 --> 01:20:45,057
The easy way back is to
drive as quick as possible.
1236
01:20:45,132 --> 01:20:46,850
Don't wait.
1237
01:20:46,925 --> 01:20:49,223
As long as you wait,
is more worried you get.
1238
01:20:57,603 --> 01:20:59,355
He finished fourth
and, you know,
1239
01:20:59,438 --> 01:21:01,532
kept his world
championship hopes alive.
1240
01:21:04,818 --> 01:21:07,412
That's the most courageous
thing I've ever seen.
1241
01:21:12,576 --> 01:21:16,422
Lauda! Lauda!
1242
01:21:16,497 --> 01:21:18,090
After all he's been through,
1243
01:21:18,165 --> 01:21:19,712
I would like to see him
right at the front,
1244
01:21:19,792 --> 01:21:21,635
fighting and, you
know, unblemished.
1245
01:21:33,472 --> 01:21:35,474
Back against the wall,
1246
01:21:35,557 --> 01:21:37,525
James Hunt went out and
he won these two races
1247
01:21:37,601 --> 01:21:40,024
through just sheer
determination and grit,
1248
01:21:40,104 --> 01:21:43,324
but there was something magical
about what Niki Lauda was doing.
1249
01:21:46,693 --> 01:21:48,912
He was a very tough competitor,
1250
01:21:48,987 --> 01:21:51,410
but most people
questioned his sanity.
1251
01:21:53,992 --> 01:21:56,996
That accident
gave him charisma.
1252
01:22:02,501 --> 01:22:04,378
They became...
1253
01:22:04,461 --> 01:22:06,589
I hate to think what sort
of buddies they became.
1254
01:22:10,008 --> 01:22:14,354
Like playboys together,
if you know what I mean.
1255
01:22:14,430 --> 01:22:17,525
Good afternoon, and welcome
to the Japanese Grand Prix.
1256
01:22:17,599 --> 01:22:21,149
This is the most exciting
finish lo a Grand Prix season
1257
01:22:21,228 --> 01:22:23,606
in over ten years.
1258
01:22:23,689 --> 01:22:25,817
It's down to a fight for the
championship between Hunt and Lauda,
1259
01:22:25,899 --> 01:22:27,617
with Lauda
just three points ahead.
1260
01:22:27,693 --> 01:22:29,991
What an incredible end
to the season!
1261
01:22:30,070 --> 01:22:33,324
They ended up going
to the Japanese Grand Prix,
1262
01:22:33,407 --> 01:22:35,125
and everybody wanted it,
1263
01:22:35,200 --> 01:22:36,747
and the broadcasters
of the world said,
1264
01:22:36,827 --> 01:22:38,170
"Ah, that's good!
Let's... let's...
1265
01:22:38,245 --> 01:22:40,873
"Oh! We don't have the rights!
1266
01:22:40,956 --> 01:22:43,300
"Oh! Now, how do we fix this?"
1267
01:22:46,378 --> 01:22:49,678
By 1976, Bernie
Ecclestone and Max Mosley
1268
01:22:49,756 --> 01:22:51,599
had become friends and partners
1269
01:22:51,675 --> 01:22:54,053
in the Formula One
Constructors' association,
1270
01:22:54,136 --> 01:22:57,390
the loose confederation
of garagistes,
1271
01:22:57,473 --> 01:22:59,521
independent car builders.
1272
01:22:59,600 --> 01:23:02,353
Bernie was
completely streetwise,
1273
01:23:02,436 --> 01:23:05,110
an absolutely
brilliant tactician.
1274
01:23:05,189 --> 01:23:07,112
Didn't take Bernie that long
1275
01:23:07,191 --> 01:23:08,989
to work out that the organizers
1276
01:23:09,067 --> 01:23:10,819
were making a lot of money,
1277
01:23:10,903 --> 01:23:12,496
and fundamentally the teams
were getting screwed.
1278
01:23:15,491 --> 01:23:17,493
Bernie came in.
1279
01:23:17,576 --> 01:23:20,625
He said, "I have bought
all of the world's
1280
01:23:20,704 --> 01:23:24,083
"TV rights for a million dollars. "
1281
01:23:24,166 --> 01:23:26,419
There were ten teams.
1282
01:23:26,502 --> 01:23:31,303
"You can all
have 10% for $100,000.
1283
01:23:34,718 --> 01:23:37,562
Nine idiots sat there...
1284
01:23:37,638 --> 01:23:41,563
"Think how much testing
I could do with $100,000."
1285
01:23:41,642 --> 01:23:44,441
I said, "No, thank you", and
everyone else said "No, thank you,"
1286
01:23:44,520 --> 01:23:46,614
and that's how Bernie
got control.
1287
01:23:46,688 --> 01:23:50,158
Pathetic, really, but then that's
how great fortunes are made!
1288
01:23:52,528 --> 01:23:54,121
While the Brabham owner
1289
01:23:54,196 --> 01:23:56,039
would eventually sell his team,
1290
01:23:56,114 --> 01:23:57,661
he has maintained control
1291
01:23:57,741 --> 01:23:59,493
of the sport's
commercial rights
1292
01:23:59,576 --> 01:24:03,706
ever since '76
and the showdown in Japan.
1293
01:24:03,789 --> 01:24:06,042
Bernie said
to the broadcasters,
1294
01:24:06,124 --> 01:24:08,798
"You can have the rights
going forward,
1295
01:24:08,877 --> 01:24:11,130
"but you've got to show
every Grand Prix."
1296
01:24:11,213 --> 01:24:14,057
As they
say, the rest is history.
1297
01:24:18,178 --> 01:24:20,272
In Fuji, it
was raining all day long,
1298
01:24:20,347 --> 01:24:22,270
that we could not drive.
1299
01:24:22,349 --> 01:24:25,649
At four in the afternoon,
the race director came
1300
01:24:25,727 --> 01:24:27,900
and said, "We have
to start the race now
1301
01:24:27,980 --> 01:24:29,732
because the television time."
1302
01:24:29,815 --> 01:24:31,783
But I said, "Look,
the rain is the same."
1303
01:24:35,028 --> 01:24:37,747
Those early
days, things were run
1304
01:24:37,823 --> 01:24:40,542
a little bit more
like a dictatorship
1305
01:24:40,617 --> 01:24:43,541
rather than a democracy.
1306
01:24:43,620 --> 01:24:46,248
It was me that said, "We're going
to start, no matter what.“
1307
01:24:51,503 --> 01:24:54,302
And the Japanese
Grand Prix is underway!
1308
01:24:54,381 --> 01:24:56,304
James Hunt's
got a superb start.
1309
01:24:56,383 --> 01:24:59,262
That's exactly
what he wants to do,
1310
01:24:59,344 --> 01:25:01,722
get in front of all those cars,
1311
01:25:01,805 --> 01:25:04,149
because when you're in [he front,
you don't have that spray.
1312
01:25:04,224 --> 01:25:07,353
When you're stuck behind in second,
third, fourth, or wherever,
1313
01:25:07,436 --> 01:25:10,030
you have this massive plume
of spray in your face.
1314
01:25:10,105 --> 01:25:12,699
It's impossible
to see anything.
1315
01:25:12,774 --> 01:25:16,119
James Hunt in the lead,
in the Marlboro McLaren.
1316
01:25:16,194 --> 01:25:19,789
This is the start he needs.
1317
01:25:19,865 --> 01:25:21,708
The visibility,
1318
01:25:21,783 --> 01:25:23,126
especially at the
beginning of the race,
1319
01:25:23,201 --> 01:25:25,624
was no more than 20%, at best.
1320
01:25:25,704 --> 01:25:27,706
Look at that mist!
1321
01:25:27,789 --> 01:25:30,633
How can they see anything
driving in these conditions?
1322
01:25:30,709 --> 01:25:33,087
180 miles an hour,
1323
01:25:33,170 --> 01:25:36,265
You're listening, and then you're
watching your side of the road,
1324
01:25:36,340 --> 01:25:38,092
and if the car
in front of you stops,
1325
01:25:38,175 --> 01:25:40,303
you're going to be in trouble.
1326
01:25:40,385 --> 01:25:42,729
There's Jody Scheckter,
going down on the inside.
1327
01:25:42,804 --> 01:25:44,477
Perhaps he thinks there's better
grip down there on the inside.
1328
01:25:44,556 --> 01:25:46,809
And there, Lauda,
in the pits already,
1329
01:25:46,892 --> 01:25:49,862
having a cockpit conference
with Forghieri,
1330
01:25:49,936 --> 01:25:52,530
the leader of the Ferrari team.
1331
01:25:52,606 --> 01:25:56,406
What's happened to Lauda?
1332
01:25:56,485 --> 01:25:58,579
Niki decided to stop.
1333
01:25:58,654 --> 01:26:00,782
And there is James
Hunt for the lead,
1334
01:26:00,864 --> 01:26:04,038
and Lauda seemingly
out of the race already.
1335
01:26:04,117 --> 01:26:06,370
He stopped. That was it.
1336
01:26:06,453 --> 01:26:09,002
In the entire 40-odd years
I've been involved,
1337
01:26:09,081 --> 01:26:11,550
that's the only time
I can remember
1338
01:26:11,625 --> 01:26:14,629
a driver actually stopping because
the conditions were so dangerous.
1339
01:26:14,711 --> 01:26:16,133
Just incredible.
1340
01:26:16,213 --> 01:26:18,090
He's spinning!
1341
01:26:18,173 --> 01:26:20,141
...out of the race completely,
1342
01:26:20,217 --> 01:26:24,267
and out of
the world championship!
1343
01:26:24,346 --> 01:26:26,565
It takes big balls
1344
01:26:26,640 --> 01:26:29,063
to make a decision like that.
1345
01:26:29,142 --> 01:26:31,110
Some people may think
it's cowardly.
1346
01:26:31,186 --> 01:26:33,780
Um, I think it's
probably the opposite.
1347
01:26:36,858 --> 01:26:38,986
He went against
all the things that
1348
01:26:39,069 --> 01:26:41,618
being a Grand Prix driver
at Ferrari are about.
1349
01:26:41,697 --> 01:26:44,041
In other words, you drive
for Ferrari, not yourself.
1350
01:26:44,116 --> 01:26:46,665
And if you've got to die
doing it, so be it.
1351
01:26:46,743 --> 01:26:51,544
Die, but at least die trying.
1352
01:26:51,623 --> 01:26:54,342
Ferrari were actually
embarrassed for him.
1353
01:26:54,418 --> 01:26:57,763
You know, "No, the car is,
the engine is finished,"
1354
01:26:57,838 --> 01:27:00,011
and all the rest of it.
1355
01:27:00,090 --> 01:27:02,184
Lauda actually got angry when
he heard them doing that
1356
01:27:02,259 --> 01:27:04,682
and told it straight.
1357
01:27:04,761 --> 01:27:07,605
He was the one who
resisted the myth of Ferrari.
1358
01:27:07,681 --> 01:27:09,274
And he said no, no.
1359
01:27:09,349 --> 01:27:11,818
Who said that before
to Enzo Ferrari?
1360
01:27:14,062 --> 01:27:18,613
To these days, I think I would
never forgive Niki Lauda.
1361
01:27:18,692 --> 01:27:20,239
That particular moment,
1362
01:27:20,318 --> 01:27:22,446
he thought it was
too dangerous for him,
1363
01:27:22,529 --> 01:27:26,375
and he forget the 50,
60 people from Ferrari
1364
01:27:26,450 --> 01:27:29,294
helping him to achieve.
1365
01:27:29,369 --> 01:27:34,421
The thousands of people
in the whole of Italy...
1366
01:27:34,499 --> 01:27:37,127
he forgot all of those
people in that time,
1367
01:27:37,210 --> 01:27:40,089
and their beloved Lauda,
he become selfish
1368
01:27:40,172 --> 01:27:44,473
and he said, "No, I
don't want to drive. "
1369
01:27:44,551 --> 01:27:48,272
I don't regret it.
1370
01:27:48,346 --> 01:27:50,974
But I already saw
what can happen.
1371
01:27:53,769 --> 01:27:56,648
And so we've got
about four laps to go,
1372
01:27:56,730 --> 01:27:58,983
and James Hunt is still second.
1373
01:27:59,065 --> 01:28:00,567
The championship
wasn't settled there and then
1374
01:28:00,650 --> 01:28:02,323
when he stepped out of the car
1375
01:28:02,402 --> 01:28:05,281
because James had to
finish third or higher.
1376
01:28:05,363 --> 01:28:07,991
James Hunt's in the
pits with one bald lire
1377
01:28:08,074 --> 01:28:09,291
and the other is flat.
1378
01:28:12,913 --> 01:28:16,383
But there is Mario
Andretti, in the lead.
1379
01:28:16,458 --> 01:28:20,088
Now, where does that leave
Hunt as he exits the pits?
1380
01:28:20,170 --> 01:28:22,514
Is Hunt still
in the top two Hunt?
1381
01:28:25,217 --> 01:28:27,265
James Hunt,
racing for his life.
1382
01:28:27,344 --> 01:28:30,063
I think Hunt
is currently fourth.
1383
01:28:34,643 --> 01:28:37,362
And there's Hunt,
going past Alan Jones.
1384
01:28:37,437 --> 01:28:39,189
That will put him
into third place,
1385
01:28:39,272 --> 01:28:42,526
and into the world
champion title!
1386
01:28:42,609 --> 01:28:44,486
Will his car hold together?
1387
01:28:44,569 --> 01:28:46,196
James Hunt...
1388
01:28:46,279 --> 01:28:48,407
and Mario Andretti
takes the flag,
1389
01:28:48,490 --> 01:28:50,333
and here comes Hunt!
1390
01:28:50,408 --> 01:28:54,379
James Hunt has done it!
Hunt is the champion!
1391
01:29:06,508 --> 01:29:08,226
When he got out of the car,
1392
01:29:08,301 --> 01:29:09,894
James didn't know if
he'd won the championship.
1393
01:29:09,970 --> 01:29:11,347
He thought
he'd finished fourth.
1394
01:29:19,688 --> 01:29:23,113
Hunt was world champion
in the end, by one point.
1395
01:29:23,191 --> 01:29:28,664
Dramatic Formula One folklore.
It'll be there forever.
1396
01:29:28,738 --> 01:29:31,287
When I met Niki, the
first thing he said to me was,
1397
01:29:31,366 --> 01:29:33,869
"I loved your father."
1398
01:29:33,952 --> 01:29:36,205
And, I mean, I think Dad
quit at the end of the season.
1399
01:29:36,288 --> 01:29:39,508
He wished he could have shared
the championship with Niki.
1400
01:29:39,583 --> 01:29:41,005
They both lived to win,
1401
01:29:41,084 --> 01:29:42,461
and he wanted
to share it with him.
1402
01:29:42,544 --> 01:29:43,796
But he couldn't, obviously.
1403
01:29:45,922 --> 01:29:49,552
There can be only one.
1404
01:29:52,721 --> 01:29:55,816
That was his shooting
star moment, I think,
1405
01:29:55,891 --> 01:30:02,319
and it was the seminal
changing point in Formula One.
1406
01:30:02,397 --> 01:30:06,777
The fairytale
ending belonged to Hunt,
1407
01:30:06,860 --> 01:30:08,578
but it was Lauda's decision
to quit
1408
01:30:08,653 --> 01:30:10,326
with the championship
on the line
1409
01:30:10,405 --> 01:30:12,749
that helped change
the sport forever.
1410
01:30:15,243 --> 01:30:17,462
If the fastest drivers
refuse to race
1411
01:30:17,537 --> 01:30:19,255
out of fear for their lives
1412
01:30:19,331 --> 01:30:21,425
with the entire world watching,
1413
01:30:21,499 --> 01:30:23,627
there is no Formula One.
1414
01:30:23,710 --> 01:30:25,712
We understood that
culling racing drivers
1415
01:30:25,795 --> 01:30:27,547
is not a good deal.
1416
01:30:27,631 --> 01:30:29,929
The public doesn't want
to see these heroes
1417
01:30:30,008 --> 01:30:33,512
dying on television,
dying in your living room.
1418
01:30:33,595 --> 01:30:36,815
This week's big event
is the British Grand Prix.
1419
01:30:36,890 --> 01:30:39,234
Really, safety
came about with money.
1420
01:30:39,309 --> 01:30:41,607
And that was all
to do with the television.
1421
01:30:41,686 --> 01:30:44,155
That was the real breakthrough.
1422
01:30:44,230 --> 01:30:45,903
That's not really true.
1423
01:30:45,982 --> 01:30:48,030
The money helped,
1424
01:30:48,109 --> 01:30:49,861
but the whole point about
safety is it depends
1425
01:30:49,945 --> 01:30:52,039
on the attitude of the
people running the sport.
1426
01:30:52,113 --> 01:30:54,957
The new men
taking the lead in the fight
1427
01:30:55,033 --> 01:30:57,752
were survivors
in their own right.
1428
01:30:57,827 --> 01:31:02,298
It was obvious that something
needed to be done.
1429
01:31:02,374 --> 01:31:05,719
A decade after Jim Clark's
death shocked the world,
1430
01:31:05,794 --> 01:31:07,592
Bernie Ecclestone quietly hired
1431
01:31:07,671 --> 01:31:09,594
the leading neurosurgeon
in London
1432
01:31:09,673 --> 01:31:13,678
as the official
race doctor for Formula One.
1433
01:31:13,760 --> 01:31:15,603
This was Bernie's idea,
1434
01:31:15,679 --> 01:31:17,602
to take on
this permanent doctor,
1435
01:31:17,681 --> 01:31:22,482
Professor Sid Watkins,
a renowned brain surgeon.
1436
01:31:22,560 --> 01:31:25,029
The first year with Bernie
1437
01:31:25,105 --> 01:31:26,823
was a very difficult year
1438
01:31:26,898 --> 01:31:29,947
because nobody wanted
Sid Watkins at the circuit.
1439
01:31:30,026 --> 01:31:31,903
They've got their own doctors,
1440
01:31:31,987 --> 01:31:33,910
and they don't like
some Englishman coming along
1441
01:31:33,989 --> 01:31:36,959
and saying, you know,
"We want to do this."
1442
01:31:37,033 --> 01:31:39,536
At the German
Grand Prix in 1978,
1443
01:31:39,619 --> 01:31:41,462
Dr. Watkins' fourth race,
1444
01:31:41,538 --> 01:31:43,791
the organizers banned
the track doctor
1445
01:31:43,873 --> 01:31:47,798
from race control
just moments before the start.
1446
01:31:47,877 --> 01:31:50,505
Bernie says, "Well, pack the cars.
We're leaving."
1447
01:31:50,588 --> 01:31:53,592
Race control replied,
"What am I going to do
1448
01:31:53,675 --> 01:31:56,144
"with 80,000 Germans
who are here?"
1449
01:31:56,219 --> 01:31:58,768
And Bernie said, "You can go and
tell them to fuck themselves."
1450
01:32:01,683 --> 01:32:03,526
And they said, "The
doctor can come back in."
1451
01:32:07,105 --> 01:32:09,358
It was always
said that Sid Watkins
1452
01:32:09,441 --> 01:32:12,411
was the only man to whom Bernie
Ecclestone always deferred.
1453
01:32:15,030 --> 01:32:19,126
Four races later,
Dr. Watkins learned firsthand
1454
01:32:19,200 --> 01:32:21,544
the hardest lesson
in Formula One.
1455
01:32:45,101 --> 01:32:47,729
We watched it on TV.
1456
01:32:47,812 --> 01:32:50,281
James pulled Ronnie
out of the car.
1457
01:32:53,443 --> 01:32:56,242
I was prevented from
getting there by the police,
1458
01:32:56,321 --> 01:32:57,823
for about 20 minutes or so.
1459
01:32:57,906 --> 01:32:58,998
I mean, it was absolute mayhem.
1460
01:33:04,120 --> 01:33:06,122
The super
Swede, Ronnie Peterson,
1461
01:33:06,206 --> 01:33:10,256
had both of his legs
crushed in the pileup.
1462
01:33:12,754 --> 01:33:16,384
Eventually, Ronnie
went off in the helicopter,
1463
01:33:16,466 --> 01:33:20,187
and we resumed the start.
1464
01:33:22,931 --> 01:33:25,025
Colin Chapman
won his seventh and final
1465
01:33:25,100 --> 01:33:28,525
world championship
with Mario Andretti.
1466
01:33:28,603 --> 01:33:32,107
He also lost his fifth driver.
1467
01:33:32,190 --> 01:33:35,490
Peterson died the next day,
after suffering an embolism.
1468
01:33:38,321 --> 01:33:41,416
That was just
a sword through my heart.
1469
01:33:41,491 --> 01:33:44,620
He should not have died
from that.
1470
01:33:44,702 --> 01:33:47,831
If Dr. Watkins
was in charge at Monza,
1471
01:33:47,914 --> 01:33:51,009
Ronnie Peterson would probably
be sitting next to me.
1472
01:33:53,670 --> 01:33:56,844
Peterson was one
of the guys on my first race.
1473
01:33:56,923 --> 01:33:58,641
All the others disappeared.
1474
01:33:58,716 --> 01:34:02,061
They had stopped,
or they had died.
1475
01:34:02,137 --> 01:34:04,936
On that day,
when Ronnie Peterson died,
1476
01:34:05,014 --> 01:34:08,985
my childhood approach
to Formula One ended.
1477
01:34:09,060 --> 01:34:11,188
It was a turning point
for the sport, too.
1478
01:34:16,234 --> 01:34:18,908
From that race on,
Dr. Watkins began riding
1479
01:34:18,987 --> 01:34:20,955
in a safety car
behind every start,
1480
01:34:21,030 --> 01:34:23,829
for the most dangerous lap
of every race,
1481
01:34:23,908 --> 01:34:27,663
so he could be on hand
in the event of an accident.
1482
01:34:27,745 --> 01:34:30,919
My job was really to
look after the drivers,
1483
01:34:30,999 --> 01:34:32,922
and that's what I did.
1484
01:34:33,001 --> 01:34:34,218
He standardized
medical response
1485
01:34:34,294 --> 01:34:36,422
within Formula One,
1486
01:34:36,504 --> 01:34:39,178
mandating permanent medical
facilities at each circuit
1487
01:34:39,257 --> 01:34:42,727
and helicopters on hand
for every race and practice.
1488
01:34:42,802 --> 01:34:45,100
Sid Watkins was the man.
1489
01:34:49,517 --> 01:34:54,239
Formula One still lost
four men in four years.
1490
01:34:54,314 --> 01:34:56,487
An outstanding
driver lost his life
1491
01:34:56,566 --> 01:34:58,364
through what was,
in my opinion,
1492
01:34:58,443 --> 01:35:01,367
a pure motor racing accident.
1493
01:35:01,446 --> 01:35:03,619
But only two
drivers were killed
1494
01:35:03,698 --> 01:35:05,871
over the next 12 years.
1495
01:35:05,950 --> 01:35:09,500
Each death was met with
scrutiny by the men in charge,
1496
01:35:09,579 --> 01:35:11,673
And a haunting refrain by those
1497
01:35:11,748 --> 01:35:15,469
who knew too well
the price of glory.
1498
01:35:15,543 --> 01:35:17,216
It's terribly, terribly sad,
1499
01:35:17,295 --> 01:35:19,047
but it's always happened
and it always will.
1500
01:35:19,130 --> 01:35:21,599
It's just intrinsic
to Formula One.
1501
01:35:25,428 --> 01:35:26,930
Until one.
1502
01:35:30,391 --> 01:35:32,143
I was driving in the race,
1503
01:35:32,227 --> 01:35:34,321
and it was
a really strange time.
1504
01:35:34,395 --> 01:35:37,319
We had just lost Roland
Ratzenberger a day earlier.
1505
01:35:37,398 --> 01:35:39,241
And everybody starts
looking over their shoulder
1506
01:35:39,317 --> 01:35:41,240
and looking round at
what's going to happen next.
1507
01:35:50,578 --> 01:35:53,502
And I remember that
evening that we were talking about,
1508
01:35:53,581 --> 01:35:54,958
yep, it was Ratzenberger.
1509
01:35:55,041 --> 01:35:57,339
It was, like, his first race.
1510
01:35:57,418 --> 01:36:03,050
Not for one minute I thought
it could ever happen to Senna.
1511
01:36:03,132 --> 01:36:05,260
The three-time world champion
1512
01:36:05,343 --> 01:36:07,846
had become the new face
of Formula One,
1513
01:36:07,929 --> 01:36:12,560
the one driver who could finally
challenge the great Fangio.
1514
01:36:12,642 --> 01:36:14,269
You had this great vision
1515
01:36:14,352 --> 01:36:16,775
of a megastar in Ayrton Senna.
1516
01:36:18,648 --> 01:36:20,696
He was revered.
1517
01:36:20,775 --> 01:36:23,870
He was probably the most
popular world champion
1518
01:36:23,945 --> 01:36:25,572
because he had everything,
1519
01:36:25,655 --> 01:36:26,998
and he brought great
style to Formula One.
1520
01:36:27,073 --> 01:36:28,746
He brought it to another level.
1521
01:36:31,744 --> 01:36:34,122
He was one
of the most gentle people
1522
01:36:34,205 --> 01:36:36,128
that you could imagine.
1523
01:36:36,207 --> 01:36:38,255
He was getting older,
1524
01:36:38,334 --> 01:36:41,554
and he was starting to
campaign heavily for safety.
1525
01:36:41,629 --> 01:36:43,256
You've seen Rubens?
1526
01:36:43,339 --> 01:36:45,057
He's all right. He's all right.
1527
01:36:45,133 --> 01:36:47,807
He's shocked, of course,
but he's all right.
1528
01:36:47,885 --> 01:36:49,558
On Sunday morning,
1529
01:36:49,637 --> 01:36:51,765
just before the race,
I said to Ayrton,
1530
01:36:51,848 --> 01:36:54,647
"You know, you're
the fastest guy around.
1531
01:36:54,726 --> 01:36:57,229
"Why don't you quit?"
1532
01:36:57,312 --> 01:37:00,691
He said, "I can't quit.
I have to go on."
1533
01:37:17,040 --> 01:37:21,716
Maybe I should have been
much more severe with him.
1534
01:37:21,794 --> 01:37:26,095
But then, you know, you've got
responsibilities to all of those...
1535
01:37:26,174 --> 01:37:27,551
all of those boys.
1536
01:37:29,093 --> 01:37:31,187
And they were boys to me, see,
1537
01:37:31,262 --> 01:37:32,855
since I was so much
older than them.
1538
01:37:37,060 --> 01:37:39,279
I was 9 years old,
1539
01:37:39,354 --> 01:37:41,652
and my dad told me that'
Ayrton's crashed and he's died.
1540
01:37:41,731 --> 01:37:43,779
I think as a kid at that age,
1541
01:37:43,858 --> 01:37:46,202
it's always difficult to understand
what that actually means.
1542
01:37:46,277 --> 01:37:48,826
But I went round the back
of the car, I remember,
1543
01:37:48,905 --> 01:37:50,748
and I cried.
1544
01:37:50,823 --> 01:37:52,700
I couldn't let my dad
see me because, you know,
1545
01:37:52,784 --> 01:37:54,786
you don't let
a man see you cry,
1546
01:37:54,869 --> 01:37:58,464
But I remember that day, and
I really was affected by it.
1547
01:37:58,539 --> 01:38:01,292
Still today, I say he's
the greatest driver ever.
1548
01:38:16,933 --> 01:38:19,106
The biggest difference
1549
01:38:19,185 --> 01:38:22,860
between the death of Jim Clark
on the 7th of April, 1968,
1550
01:38:22,939 --> 01:38:25,783
and Ayrton Senna
on the 1st of May, 1994,
1551
01:38:25,858 --> 01:38:29,112
is that the world needed
to know the answer
1552
01:38:29,195 --> 01:38:30,788
as to why this had happened.
1553
01:38:30,863 --> 01:38:32,285
Why is this man dead?
1554
01:38:32,365 --> 01:38:34,367
Why is motor racing
so dangerous?
1555
01:38:34,450 --> 01:38:38,125
The death of Ayrton Senna
was relayed by television
1556
01:38:38,204 --> 01:38:40,548
into the living rooms of millions
of people around the world,
1557
01:38:40,623 --> 01:38:42,842
to people who didn't really
know about motor sport,
1558
01:38:42,917 --> 01:38:44,760
but knew of him.
1559
01:38:44,836 --> 01:38:46,804
Somebody had to be blamed.
1560
01:38:49,632 --> 01:38:52,181
The new president of the FIA
1561
01:38:52,260 --> 01:38:55,434
had been on the grid
the day Jim Clark died.
1562
01:38:55,513 --> 01:38:58,232
I think it's distressing
that so much of the press
1563
01:38:58,307 --> 01:39:02,653
doesn't appreciate the
realities of the situation.
1564
01:39:02,728 --> 01:39:04,651
Max Mosley had ascended
1565
01:39:04,730 --> 01:39:06,903
to the ultimate position
of power within the sport
1566
01:39:06,983 --> 01:39:09,702
just months
before Senna's death.
1567
01:39:09,777 --> 01:39:12,701
They were
absolutely concentrated on,
1568
01:39:12,780 --> 01:39:15,203
why did Senna have the crash?
1569
01:39:15,283 --> 01:39:17,536
Totally irrelevant.
1570
01:39:17,618 --> 01:39:21,339
It's a sport done at the limit
of human and mechanical ability.
1571
01:39:21,414 --> 01:39:23,291
When you do that, you're
going to have a crash.
1572
01:39:26,043 --> 01:39:28,045
The interesting question
isn't why he crashed,
1573
01:39:28,129 --> 01:39:29,972
it's why did he get killed?
1574
01:39:30,047 --> 01:39:32,470
Mosley called on Dr. Watkins
1575
01:39:32,550 --> 01:39:34,268
to lead
a scientific examination
1576
01:39:34,343 --> 01:39:38,439
into every aspect of the sport.
1577
01:39:38,514 --> 01:39:40,312
Max had a clear message,
1578
01:39:40,391 --> 01:39:43,736
saying that whatever is
happening to a car,
1579
01:39:43,811 --> 01:39:46,610
there should be no
reason to die in a car.
1580
01:40:40,451 --> 01:40:42,419
I remember going up in the air.
1581
01:40:42,495 --> 01:40:44,247
My first thought was,
1582
01:40:44,330 --> 01:40:46,128
"Please don't let me
go in the trees,"
1583
01:40:46,207 --> 01:40:48,209
because, you fly,
you die, into the trees.
1584
01:40:52,672 --> 01:40:54,970
Then it starts to roll.
1585
01:40:55,049 --> 01:40:58,519
It feels like being in a tumble
dryer, a washing machine.
1586
01:40:58,594 --> 01:41:00,813
When it stopped,
1587
01:41:00,888 --> 01:41:02,936
I could feel this liquid
running down into my overalls.
1588
01:41:03,015 --> 01:41:04,733
I could smell fuel,
1589
01:41:04,809 --> 01:41:06,732
and I thought I was going
to catch fire and burn.
1590
01:41:06,811 --> 01:41:09,815
This is what we
feared at this corner,
1591
01:41:09,897 --> 01:41:12,241
and that was very nasty indeed!
1592
01:41:12,316 --> 01:41:15,160
That's the first big
accident since Ayrton Senna,
1593
01:41:15,236 --> 01:41:18,080
and the whole world
was watching.
1594
01:41:18,155 --> 01:41:20,328
It was the first race
1595
01:41:20,408 --> 01:41:22,752
where they'd raised the
headrests, up beside the driver,
1596
01:41:22,827 --> 01:41:26,752
and that played a big role in
me not being injured at all.
1597
01:41:29,000 --> 01:41:32,345
Not only was he alive,
but he got back in the race.
1598
01:41:43,431 --> 01:41:46,105
And it struck me then
that we'd moved on,
1599
01:41:46,183 --> 01:41:49,904
that the whole aspect
of it had changed.
1600
01:41:49,979 --> 01:41:53,358
What happened was
the attitude changed,
1601
01:41:53,441 --> 01:41:56,365
and Senna gave the impetus
1602
01:41:56,444 --> 01:41:59,288
to really go into safety
on a scientific basis.
1603
01:41:59,363 --> 01:42:01,411
In an arms race for speed,
1604
01:42:01,490 --> 01:42:05,336
no expense has been spared
for survival.
1605
01:42:11,542 --> 01:42:13,840
Never had that fear.
1606
01:42:13,919 --> 01:42:17,890
Never been worried about death
or the danger of getting hurt.
1607
01:42:17,965 --> 01:42:20,388
270 kilometers
an hour through the corners.
1608
01:42:20,468 --> 01:42:22,220
Ah, it's unbelievable.
1609
01:42:22,303 --> 01:42:23,976
Sometimes if you
just look outside,
1610
01:42:24,055 --> 01:42:26,934
left and right,
you think, am I crazy?
1611
01:42:27,016 --> 01:42:29,439
It's almost like you
have control of the danger.
1612
01:42:33,314 --> 01:42:35,863
There's
probably as many accidents today
1613
01:42:35,941 --> 01:42:37,033
as there was then...
1614
01:42:39,403 --> 01:42:42,998
but the results of the accidents
are completely different.
1615
01:42:50,873 --> 01:42:53,501
Have you
seen the accident on TV?
1616
01:42:53,584 --> 01:42:55,882
Well, yeah, I... I have
seen it also live,
1617
01:42:55,961 --> 01:42:59,056
when I was there! But, uh...
1618
01:42:59,131 --> 01:43:01,850
The
modern-day driver will never know,
1619
01:43:01,926 --> 01:43:04,395
and I hope and pray
that they never find out
1620
01:43:04,470 --> 01:43:09,522
what it feels like to have the
consistency of death surrounding you.
1621
01:43:24,740 --> 01:43:27,835
The idea was
not to race and die,
1622
01:43:27,910 --> 01:43:32,086
the idea was to race and to
last as long as possible.
1623
01:43:34,291 --> 01:43:36,669
After all I have said
about Jackie Stewart,
1624
01:43:36,752 --> 01:43:40,723
I really did appreciate
what he started.
1625
01:43:52,518 --> 01:43:54,236
Emerson and I have been
1626
01:43:54,311 --> 01:43:55,688
talking about it
today, actually.
1627
01:43:55,771 --> 01:43:57,899
We're very grateful
to be alive,
1628
01:43:57,982 --> 01:44:00,906
to have actually won the
races we've won and driven.
1629
01:44:00,985 --> 01:44:05,866
I think we all
did something unbelievable,
1630
01:44:05,948 --> 01:44:08,918
at the absolute limit
of the job.
1631
01:44:39,398 --> 01:44:42,527
In our days, we knew if you made
a mistake or something broke,
1632
01:44:42,610 --> 01:44:46,240
you had a good chance
you wouldn't get out of it.
1633
01:44:46,322 --> 01:44:48,495
All these drivers,
1634
01:44:48,574 --> 01:44:51,874
they had a glamorous life,
and they were incredible.
1635
01:44:51,952 --> 01:44:59,177
I love my sport, and it was
awarding to be with my friends.
1636
01:44:59,251 --> 01:45:01,754
I'm knocking on wood every day
1637
01:45:01,837 --> 01:45:07,890
that I was one of the lucky ones
that really dodged the bullets.
1638
01:45:07,968 --> 01:45:11,643
In the end, we were able
to use all these developments
1639
01:45:11,722 --> 01:45:15,147
to literally revolutionize
the crash safety
1640
01:45:15,226 --> 01:45:17,228
of the ordinary car industry.
1641
01:45:17,311 --> 01:45:19,313
That's why it's
such a fantastic sport.
1642
01:45:19,396 --> 01:45:23,276
It pioneers the evolution
of the car, and going faster.
1643
01:45:23,359 --> 01:45:25,737
But safety's got to come first.
1644
01:45:25,820 --> 01:45:30,667
Three thousand people get killed
every day on the roads worldwide.
1645
01:45:30,741 --> 01:45:32,618
To make a one
per cent difference,
1646
01:45:32,701 --> 01:45:35,204
even one per cent,
is 30 people a day.
1647
01:45:35,287 --> 01:45:38,587
Really, that alone
justifies everything
1648
01:45:38,666 --> 01:45:40,668
that's come from Formula One.
1649
01:45:40,751 --> 01:45:44,051
But, you see, one's always
haunted by the past.
1650
01:45:55,391 --> 01:45:57,985
Max believes everyone
should live to a hundred.
1651
01:45:59,728 --> 01:46:01,446
I don't look back, actually.
1652
01:46:01,522 --> 01:46:05,368
I look forward.
Yesterday's yesterday.
1653
01:46:24,545 --> 01:46:26,468
Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!
1654
01:46:26,547 --> 01:46:30,302
We are world champions!
World champions!
1655
01:46:35,931 --> 01:46:39,686
Oh, no! Mark Webber's
gone right up there!
1656
01:46:39,768 --> 01:46:42,738
Oh! Mark Webber's gone
completely over the top there.
1657
01:47:20,976 --> 01:47:25,732
♪ All this
feels strange and untrue ♪
1658
01:47:25,814 --> 01:47:30,320
♪ And I won't waste a minute ♪
1659
01:47:30,402 --> 01:47:33,281
♪ Without you ♪138707
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