For those of you with Sky, ESPN Classic (Ch 442) is showing coverage of the 1965 & 69 Monaco GPs.

Back when cars were cars and men were men ...

 

absolutely

Bloody missed it

 

They'll be on again in the next few days!

 

Rich

 

On tomorrow (Sunday) at noon.

Looks as if this is a series, the 1977 British Grand Prix (James Hunt vs. Nikki Lauda) is on at 9:30pm tomorrow as well.

 

Having Sky+'ed it, I've just watched both programs.

They're actually from a series called Wheelbase, which was apparently the BBC's precursor to Top Gear, but with collars and ties and received pronunciation ...

The 1965 program was pretty poor, but the 1969 one was good. Showed all the arguments over "aerofoils" (which had just come in) and took delight in reporting how they had been banned "for good".

One of the presenters went on to say that he thought their banning was probably a good thing as it would clear the way for four wheel drive, which "is undoubtedly the future of Formula 1" ...