Anatomie d’un Depart
The April 4 post on the excellent blog Automobiliac was a link to the F1 documentary Anatomie d’un Depart (Anatomy of the Start) made by the Elf Oil Co. It takes you inside the preparations for a Formula One race in 1985, the same period covered my photographs on this blog. Its is almost magical for me, I feel transported back in time.
Try this link: http://www.automobiliac.com/automobiliac/2012/4/4/anatomie-dun-depart-well-worth-11-minutes-of-your-life.html
Elf also had permission to mount cinema cameras on Renault F1 cars. I took the following photographs documenting some details of the cameras installations. The current age of realtime on board video and the GoPro revolution give the handmade trial and error appearance of these mounts an almost pre-historic look. Well, it had to start somewhere. Where would we be without gaffers tape and bungee cords?
Zandvoort 1985:
Monaco 1985
Ferdinand Alexander Porsche
Ferdinand Alexander Porsche died yesterday March 5, 2012. Son of Ferry Porsche and grandson of Dr. Ferdinand Porsche, he was the designer of the original Porsche 911. He also drafted the Porsche 904 and he is quoted as saying it was his favorite design. The 911 needs no introduction as it is one of the most enduring and extraordinary automobile designs. In my opinion the Porsche 904 is sublime.
I took this photograph of a 904 GTS at the 2010 concours of the 356 Registry in Cleveland, Ohio
Here is a Porsche 911SC at Le Mans in 1984
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