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Posted by: nebreitling Jan 24 2007, 09:29 PM

I enjoy watching F1, but todays races look nothing like this battle between Arnoux and Gilles Villeneuve....

1979 Frech Grand Prix:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzeWUjAff4k

Posted by: URY914 Jan 24 2007, 09:42 PM

I remember watching that race LIVE.

Posted by: nebreitling Jan 24 2007, 09:51 PM

i was 45 days old at the time.

Posted by: Randal Jan 24 2007, 11:42 PM

Thanks Nathan, we really wanted to know that.

Posted by: drgchapman Jan 25 2007, 12:20 AM

That's what I call WFO

What a blast!

Posted by: Aaron Cox Jan 25 2007, 03:55 PM

that was ballzy! very cool to watch.....

Posted by: Randal Jan 25 2007, 04:42 PM

The amazing thing is that they never hit wheels hard enough to cause a Prang.

Also those - two cars wide in tight corner exercises were hard to believe. You'd think they would have been in the marbles.

Great driving

Posted by: SirAndy Jan 26 2007, 12:50 AM

Posted by: Van914 Jan 26 2007, 05:23 AM

This was one of the best F1 duels of all time. Like URY914 I remember watching it as it happened.
van914

Posted by: URY914 Jan 26 2007, 07:27 AM

Several years ago (10+) I was talking to a friend about this race and told him I would love to have it on video as it was one if not the best races ever. He had seen it too. We both agreed that it was a lost treasure. Now it's back. Thank you Al Gore.

Posted by: degreeoff Feb 12 2007, 08:35 AM

it is UNREAL how fast those cars are....

Posted by: Racing916 Feb 12 2007, 08:23 PM

Awesome thanks for sharing. I was -1 years old. I bet my dad watched it though!

Posted by: grantsfo Feb 13 2007, 12:26 PM

If you do a You Tube search on F1 its amazing what one can find! Great vintage race footage from 50's to present day racing. Some of the 60's era stuff is just too cool. My driving hero Fangio is even there.