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Poll positions Thanks to all of you for a very interesting response to our 'Greatest Grand Prix' poll. Before the voting started we had no idea which race would come…
You were there: Heroes of the '70s and '80s
In her mail to us Jean Dawkins, then with the Antique Automobiles race team, says she wishes she’d had today’s cameras back in her day. We think Jean did pretty well as it was, attending a range of F1, Indy and sports car events
A trip to the Silverstone pits for Clay Regazzoni’s Ferrari 312B3 at the 1974 British Grand Prix meeting
Lancia’s Gp5 Beta Montecarlo broke cover at Silverstone’s 1979 1000Kms manned by Riccardo Patrese and Walter Röhrl – and lasted four laps
Frenchman Jacques Laffite remained very loyal to Ligier, scoring several wins before the team faded
For 1980 Depailler, still in pain after a hang-gliding accident, joined Alfa Romeo. This is from testing at Brands Hatch
A non-championship DRM round at Donington Park in 1980 brought a disappointing entry, but Ford was happy with Capris on the podium. This is Harald Ertl’s 1.4-litre turbo
During the ’81 season Gilles Villeneuve coped manfully with the powerful but poor-handling turbo Ferrari 126C, scoring two victories
Possibly a testing shot, as Ronnie Peterson never raced a Lotus 76 with No31, though Tim Schenken had an entry slot at Watkins Glen with that number. But check those flares!
In 1978 the USAC Indy series came to the UK. AJ Foyt scored at Silverstone in his Coyote-Ford
Patrick Depailler waits for action in his Alfa Romeo 179. The V12s were quick but unreliable. Depailler would lose his life in one later in 1980
Martino Finotto and Carlo Facetti entered this Ferrari 308 GTB Turbo in the 1981 Silverstone 6 Hours, but retired with a broken gearbox
Back in ’67 when a Mini looked like a Mini, they were BSCC favourites. At Silverstone Steve Neal topped the class in his Arden car
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