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Post by Andrew Rowland on Jul 3, 2014 2:09:25 GMT -5
Indeed Rindt. I have an excellent book on him by David Tremayne. He clearly was excellent and perhaps would have gone on to have many more years of brilliance. I hadn't warmed to him before but reading the book does perhaps allow one an insight and break down those 'first impressions' that one invariably gets.
Clearly Chapman rated him extremelly highly (although their relationship did get heated at times).....
To a large extent of course I only know these people through books and other media since I'm not old enough to have experienced these people first hand. So its not easy to get a real impression....
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Post by David Mitcham on Jul 3, 2014 5:32:19 GMT -5
There are some advantages to being of advanced years (actually quit a lot!). I had the very good fortune to see most of the 60s and 70s guys in action. In the case of Jochen Rindt I saw him in two of the best races I've ever witnessed the wet, non championship international Trophy at Silverstone and the British GP, in 1969. In both he demonstrated incredible car control - sideways, drifting, precision overtaking. I suspect he would have retired at the end of the 1970 season or at least moved teams. I don't think he had much confidence in the strength of the Lotus. I recall that there's a comment in the Tremayne book that he was much happier at Brabham and that if he had stayed there Jack would have retired. It would have been interesting to see if he would still have been champion in 1970 as the BT33 was an excellent car as Jack demonstrated.
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