...но ведь в этой теме мы только и занимаемся тем, что высказываем свои собственные мысли по истории автоспорта...
Разумеется, так что всё нормально.
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Довольно забавно теперь выглядит, скажем, вот такая тема с "Ностальгии", которую я частично процитирую, выделив красным цветом имеющие к нашей теме высказывания.
New Formula 1950Posted by Racers Edge on 09-Nov-03 23:25: New Formula 1950
1950...new era / new fromula / new times.....ANYONE? ...Who were the builders / the teams , that constructed the GP racecars for the first "Official' year of F1 racing..(1950).. ..before they changed the rules to 2.5 liters..I'm trying to find out who are the constructors & sometimes sponsors, of these 4.5 liter cars...does anyone have a list? ..(or) the location / condition today, of any of these great machines...? Are they still alive, and racing, (or) are they in Museums , not part of the curent Vintage GP race car series.....( any books available about this era)...
Posted by David McKinney on 10-Nov-03 01:46: Racers Edge
Welcome to the Forum
It must be disappointing to have received no replies to your very first post, after more than two hours.
I suspect the first reason for this is that most of the information you seek is freely available in hundreds of books, and also on the internet
The second reason perhaps is that most TNF members know
there was no new formula in 1950, nor was that year the first of "official" F1Some time with the BB "search" button will give you a good feel of TNF
You'll find most of us are happy to answer any specific questions you might have
Posted by Don Capps on 10-Nov-03 03:26: Here is a link to a thread in which the championships of 1950 were listed:
http://forums.atlasf1.com/showthrea...&highlight=1950If you go to the front page of Atlas F1, there is a timeline which might be of some help, plus simply go to google, and put in "f1" or "formula 1" or "formula one" and add 1950 as well to the inquiry, and no end of material will drop out of the ether on you -- I recommend using google on the advanced search and at 100 posts. Sort through these and you will find the answers to most of your questions.
As David correctly states,
there is a serious misconception by a great many that "F1" was new in 1950. Once you have looked at the google material, follow David's suggest and search through the current and archived material here on TNF for not only more information, but some of the nuances of the time that might be of interest.
Posted by Racers Edge on 10-Nov-03 15:41: Thank you David and Don...
I'm not new to Google or to GP racing, I was just trying to find a list of cars that were newly constructed in say: 1949>50 using the 4.5 liter formula.
eg; V-16 BRM ( not 4.5..OK)
Talbo Lago
OSCA V-12
Maserati 8CLT
etc.etc.
On the 1950 New Formula..(F!) .well that's another issue, and I'm not trying to argue that point., I'm just interested in the cars, that were built at that time, before the formula was changed to 2.5 liters.
Posted by Vitesse2 on 10-Nov-03 22:15: The ERA was a 1.5 s/c car and first raced in 1939.
To really understand what "began" in 1950 (which was only a championship, a formalization of a series of races which had been run for many years) you need to appreciate that the Formula which was introduced in late 1946 (officially from 1947) was pretty much the one expected to have been in effect from 1941. It had been quickly realised that the 3.0/4.5 equivalency was wrong and that the normally aspirated cars were outclassed - they were much nearer in performance to the pre-War Voiturettes: and after the War, with the exception of a few Alfa Romeos, there were virtually no up-to-date 3.0 litre supercharged cars available to race anyway.
In the 1946-9 period all sorts of old materiel was seen in races - Alfas, Bugattis, Talbots, Delahayes, Delages etc - but as new cars took their place (mostly Italian-built and supercharged) so these were relegated to secondary events or retired.
As to Indy cars - no: nothing came across the Atlantic to Europe, although quite a few old GP cars and Voiturettes ran in America (some with Offy engines installed) and Ferrari did venture over there in 1952.
Posted by uechtel on 13-Nov-03 04:51: Racers Edge, always pleased to give a hand if possible. In fact I like doing such lists and I think
many of the members here started like this, later discovering that "Formula 1" is not equivalent to the "world championship" (for example see this) and both are not equivalent to "Grand Prix racing" (see this) at all. There have been Grand Prix races long before the introduction of Formula 1 (depending on your perspective either from 1895, 1900 or 1906 onward) and even a world championship took place some 25 years before its re-introduction in 1950, three years after the start of Formula 1 (that had been called Formula A initially in 1947). So you see, that even these terms itself are not easy to define. And all during the fifties there were races, that were not run under Formula 1 rules and that were no Grand Prix counted towards the world championship.
You will certainly be impressed of what has already been dug out here on TNF and what a great place this is by extensive use of the "Search BB" function. I can really recommend to use that and so you will soon see why it is necessary to ask very precise questions to avoid having to do page-long clearing of definitions first and get good answers.
So my list refers to "Formula 1 races" what you were asking for. That is also including Formula 2 cars when they were entered for an event run according to Formula 1 rules. If you had asked for the cars that ran in the world championship events then you would have to drop the BRM, the Ferrari 340, the SVA, the AJB, the RRA, the Talbot 700, the Delages, the Bugatti 51, the unblown Gordini and the Alta F2 from the list (all of them appearing only in non-championship Forumla 1 races), and on the other hand you would have to include the complete field of cars from Indianapolis, as this race counted towards the world championship in those days!
Posted by Michael Mьller on 13-Nov-03 15:40: Although it has been said by various of my "forewriters" already, I would like to point out that the introduction of the driver's WC in 1950 had no impact at all on the development of new F1 cars.
From todays point of view the year 1950 is always seen as the beginning of a completely new era in motor racing, which is fact was never the case. Only 6 of the 22 F1 races in 1950 counted for the WC. The decision of the teams resp. the privateers which races to attend was simply based on 2 arguments:
(1) Accessability (= not too far away), with the effect that a lot of drivers / teams entered only races in their home country or in the neighbourhood.
(2) Start and price money, which was the only financial basis for all racing budgets which could not count on internal subsidies by marketing departments.
Whether the race belongs to the WC calendar or not was secondary for most teams, at least in 1950/51. A good example is the Scuderia Ferrari, which didn't entered the British GP in 1950, but participated in a F2 race hold at the same weekend at Mons (Belgium). And they also didn't start at the GP de l'ACF in France that year, but entered the works F2 cars - with the F1 drivers - in the supporting F2 race.
Only within the coming years the championship established itself as something with a certain importance, not only because the title itself was getting more valuable, but also because the races counting for the WC offered the highest start and price money.*******************
В другой интересной теме -
1974 Swedish Grand Prix - приводятся правила проведения этой гонки. Я ещё не прочёл их, но обязательно сделаю это в ближайшее время. Это как раз поможет понять принципы организации гонок в ЧМ до 1981 года.
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Наконец, на сегодня ещё одно интересное сообщение с "Ностальгии".
В теме
Rally joy! участник делится своими впечатлениями от британского этапа ЧМ по ралли 2003 года.
Posted by Lifeline on 10-Nov-03 23:34: I was fortunate enough to be working as part of the media team at stage end (Not TV) on this years Rally GB. (Thank you Prova PR). Although I agree with most peoples comments about the rally being too condensed, it was a super event. Both Solberg and Leob are fantastic ambasadors for motor sport, Leob was very dignified in defeat (under very difficult circumstances) and Solbergs display of joy was a sight I will never forget.
The one thing that did amaze me was the sense of comradeship between all of the teams, tyre technicians and drivers. No more so than when the little mini running last on the road ran in to problems on the last stage of Saturday evening. Neil Burgess and Jim Holder bravely set about repairing the car 19 miles from the end of stage in the dark and managed to crawl it back to stage end and then in to service just in the nick of time. Jim Holder had quite badly cut his hand trying to administer temporary repairs and required stiches back in service. They had both resigned themselves to the fact that their rally was over. The M Sport (Ford) crew however had different ideas and set about fabricating and repairing parts to get the car back on the road. This they managed successfully and the car was able to finish the rally, albeit last, but they did get the second biggest applaud (to Solberg) of the event when they crossed the finishing line.
It is a shame that TV has become the master of the sport as there were many teams of amateurs and enthusiasts who did not get any coverage, but had stories of woe and joy to tell and probably derived more satisfaction from being there and competing than one or two top line drivers I could mention.