#Denny hulme

[bluesourkiwi]

GPDA Meeting, 1969 South African GP

#denny hulme #jochen rindt #chris amon #mario andretti #jean-pierre beltoise #jackie stewart #jo siffert #jacky ickx #graham hill #classic f1 #f1 #내 꺼

[frenchcurious]

Jean Guichet & Lorenzo Bandini (Ferrari 330 P3) Ken Miles & Denny Hulme (Ford GT40 Mk II) Jean Vinatier & Mauro Bianchi (Alpine A210) et au loin les vainqueurs Bruce McLaren & Chris Amon (Ford GT40 Mk II) 24 Heures du Mans 1966. © Klemantaski / Getty. - source Carros e Pilotos.

#jean guichet #lorenzo bandini #ken miles #denny hulme #jean vinatier #mauro bianchi #bruce mclaren #chris amon #ferrari #ford #alpine renault #24 heures du mans

[christiangeistdorfer]

1960s F1 DRIVERS SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS + THEIR SIGNATURE

#i thought this would be cute </3 #the signatures are from the iconic a-la-rascasse... we miss u laura !!! #ahh i gotta tag everyone right.... #well starting from the top #john surtees #jackie stewart #jim clark #bruce mclaren #denny hulme #jack brabham #who is looking hella fine... damn girl.... #jochen rindt #jo siffert #graham hill #classic f1 #f1 #formula 1 #1960s

[eliotheeangelis]

drivers meet on the grid before the 1967 race of champions, brands hatch

l-r: dan gurney, jack brabham, bruce mclaren, richie ginther, denny hulme, jochen rindt & graham hill

#i like the spectrum of footwear #on a scale of dan's sneakers to graham's chelsea boots #f1 #classic f1 #formula 1 #f1 1960s #dan gurney #jack brabham #bruce mclaren #richie ginther #denny hulme #jochen rindt #graham hill

[feraltwinkseb]

Monza 1963 -  Jim Clark and Colin Chapman

Nürburgring 1967 -  Denny Hulme and Jack Brabham

Mexico City 1967 - Jonathan Williams and Jo Siffert

Long Beach 1977 - Mario Andretti and Gunnar Nilsson

Hockenheim 1987 - Nelson Piquet and Alain Prost

Silverstone 1991 - Nigel Mansell and Ayrton Senna

Montreal 1995 - Michael Schumacher and Jean Alesi

Hockenheim 1996 - Jean Alesi and Gerhard Berger

Barcelona 2001 - David Coulthard and Mika Hakkinen

Marina Bay 2013 -Fernando Alonso and Mark Webber

#more ride sharing! #f1 #Formula 1 #Formula One #1963 #jim clark #colin chapman #1967 #denny hulme #jack brabham #jonathan williams #jo stiffert #1977 #mario andretti #gunner nisson #nelson piquet #alain prost #nigel mansell #Michael Schumacher #jean alesi #gerhard berger #david coulthard #mika hakkinen #fernando alonso #Mark Webber #Ayrton Senna

[eliorosb3rg]

and you win.... A PIZZA

#that is just a pizza box #classic f1 #jackie stewart #denny hulme

[a110crazy13]

Hulme Revson Peterson

#Denny Hulme #Peter Revson #Ronnie Peterson

[box-this-lap]

F1 Driver's Championship winners who switched teams right after they won it

This post was inspired by a question asked by @vro0m the other day. Although they were asking about drivers who left WCC winning teams, i thought drivers champions who ditched their teams would be interesting as well.

Juan Manuel Fangio, 1956->57; Ferrari->Maserati. (was known to drive for a different team after each of his championship wins up yo this point, but its important to note those times had to do with his teams leaving the sport. The only time it was his decision was 1956->57)

Alberto Ascari, 1953->1954; Ferrari->Lancia (Not paid enough, perhaps on the grounds that he was risking his life)

Denny Hulme, 1967->68; Brabham->McLaren (can't find a source on this one but he was extremely close to Bruce McLaren and had driven for him in other race series. To give an idea of why i think their closeness could have been a factor, he was considered a man of fewer words and emotions than Kimi Raikonen, but openly weeped at Bruces death in 1970 during a testing accident)

Jackie Stewart, 1969->70; Matra->Tyrell (this could be semantic. Matra International was a "privateer" team from 1968->69 which was actually a collab between Tyrell the man and the french company Matra. The name of Stewart's team changes from 69-70 because Tyrell the man prefered maintaining a working relationship with Ford whereas Matra was moving on to Chrysler. Wikipedia articles partially seem to think the Tyrell team is basically a continuation of the Matra International team the year prior since Tyrell the man was technically the team owner of each. Matra however enters a works team in 1970 that also ran one race in 1969 so its confusing. )

Jochen Rindt, Honorable mention; he died in the Italian GP practice in 1970. He had such a big lead he still won the championship in spite of his passing.

Nikki Lauda, 1977->78; Ferrari->Brabham (Nikki's huge accident that almost killed him in the 1976 season changed his outlook on racing in exceptionally poor weather conditions. As a result, he refused to race in the 1976 Japanese GP, and lost the championship to James Hunt in the process. Ferarri was pissed about this and it deteriorated his relationship with Ferrari severely for the 1977 season. After being treated so poorly (even in the driver lineup from his point of view) he decided to leave despite winning the championship. Its important to note however that he's believed to have won by consistency despite the car's outright slower pace, so he might have also had technical concerns)

Nelson Piquet, 1987->88; Williams->Lotus (in 86 and 87 Piquet was racing alongside Nigel Mansel in a WCC winning Williams. According to Piquet he had an agreement with team owner Frank Williams that he would be the number one driver for 86, an agreement he felt was neglected after Frank got in a car accident and left the team in the management of Mansel's race engineer. Specifically, he was upset that Mansel was not ordered to let him pass for the race win on two occasions that year, and had he been let through he would have been champion rather than Alain Prost. The relationship never recovered from that, but for some reason Piquet waited to leave. It is worth noting that he signed for Lotus before winning the 87 championship. Additionally Mansel finished first in more races than him that year but lost because of Piquet's podium consistency)

Alain Prost, 1989->1990; McLaren->Ferrari (ho boy. Long story partially short, Prost believed Honda (engine supplier) favored Senna, and therefore so did McLaren for the 1988-89 seasons, to the point of even giving Senna a better engine in the 1989 season. Supposedly for the 1988 season a Honda employee confirmed the suspicion while speaking to Prost in person, but promised he'd do his best to change that for 89. Prost did not believe this had occured, as he felt his car was underperforming Senna's in 89. His biggest piece of evidence was that while running a better straight-line-speed setup than Senna in Mexico, he still was not being able to pass Senna by engine power on the straight. For Honda's part, they had a major press event where they tried to explain technically why Senna's driving style suited the engine better, but the employee giving the interview kept referring to prost by his surname but not Senna, which is a sign of a stronger personal relationship in Japanese culture and was taken as a sign of bias)

Nigel Mansell, 1992->93; Williams->N/A (retired)

Michael Schumacher, 1995->96; Benneton->Ferrari (Schumacher's official statement is that he abandoned his contract with Benneton a year early due to "the teams damaging actions in 1994" to use wikipedias wording. The teams actions include: software shenanigans where the car was found to have the supposedly unused ability to correct bad manual starts, which would give the driver the ability to have perfect starts regardless of their affectiveness with the clutch; ignoring a black flag for a safety car overtake; and having a skidblock that was so worn down it suggested Benneton was ignoring aero regulations)

Damon Hill, 1996->97; Williams->Arrows (this one doesny count because it was outside of Hill's control, but it's really funny. Williams sacked him in favor of Heinz-Harald Frentzen, whom i have never heard of and apparently would only ever win 3 F1 races in his career. Hill chose Arrows not because they were the best team with an offer, but because they wanted to pay him the most. His career sucked after that)

Fernando Alonso, 2006->2007; Renault->McLaren (wikipedia straight up just doesnt explain this. A reddit thread gives a lot of uncited opinions as to why, but a significantly large number of their users cite that McLaren was seen as a consistently top team in this era while Renault was seen as volitale. With Alonso signing for 2007 as early as late 2005, heres some possible factors: Renault's bizzare lack of commitment to staying in the sport; McLaren winning more races in late 2005 than Renault; Renault's success was partially attributed to weird tire rules).

Jenson Button 2009->10; Brawn->McLaren (Brawn was bought out to become mercedes, but was left to its Brawn leadership to still run the team. Jenson won the championship because of dominance at the beginning that was cut short by not developing the car enough. He still won overall, but Jenson asked for a larger focus on in-season developement for the next year as a condition for staying. Ultimately, he was spoked off when he discovered mercedes didnt have enough sponsors for their plan yet)

Nico Rosberg, 2016->17; Mercedes->N/A (retired)

#f1 #f1 history #nico rosberg #fernando alonso #michael shumacher #damon hill #alain prost #nelson piquet #niki lauda #jochen rindt #jackie stewart #denny hulme #alberto ascari #juan manuel fangio #motorsport #motorsport history #tw death

[a-la-rascasse]

1968 // 1974

The drivers pose for a group photo, before taking part in the traditional charity cricket match, held after the British GP 🇬🇧.

#graham and denny being in both these pictures :') #piers courage #jochen rindt #graham hill #pedro rodríguez #denny hulme #innes ireland #bruce mclaren #chris amon #stirling moss #john watson #james hunt #patrick depailler #peter gethin #david purley #clay regazzoni #jody scheckter #derek bell #niki lauda #jackie stewart #ronnie peterson #jochen mass #so. many. boys #classic f1 #f1 #formula 1 #retro f1 #f1 1960s #f1 1970s

[jimclarkposting]

hideous wreaths in formula one: a dissection

in counterpoint to my massive wreath post, there have also been some duds in the history of formula one wreaths. they mostly fall under two categories: tiny, and ostentatiously floral. a curated selection of the two:

first off, these ones are just miserably tiny and undercut any sense of achievement of being on the podium.

in the same vein. james hunt is not impressed.

then you have the ones that are so bedecked in flowers that the whole Yeah, We're Manly Men Racing Manly Cars Etc. theme is rather lost in a floral explosion. great for us, because we don't care, but these people didn't seem to like it too much:

jim's would actually be totally normal if it wasn't such an awkward shape (i couldn't leave him out). gilles, meanwhile, has just been crowned the may queen.

james just really can't catch a break here. the wreath looks like a trashbag with flowers taped to it.

however, these examples are not the worst. not the most egregious. from the categories above, i hereby declare the most disappointing wreaths in the history of formula one to be... these things.

we've got one for each. miserable and tiny for alain (hey, it fits) and disgustingly, terribly ostentatious and also orange for didier. no one in any of these photos looks happy.

so there we have it, a round-up of just two of the ways formula one used to publically humiliate its winners. good thing we don't do that anymore!

#this is only a scratch on the surface #many wreaths have been excellent and just as many have been pure excrement #james really gets the short end of the stick here tho #f1 #classic f1 #formula 1 #retro f1 #vintage f1 #jim clark #gilles villeneuve #jody scheckter #denny hulme #james hunt #alain prost #didier pironi #and also: #rene arnoux #keke rosberg #wreathposting

[gentileformula1]

Denny Hulme, McLaren

#Denny Hulme #1971 #McLaren #Dutch GP #Zandvoort

[motorsportsminiatures]

#slot.it #1/32nd scale #le mans #ford gt #ken miles #denny hulme

[frenchcurious]

Denny Hulme (McLaren M7A Ford-Cosworth) Grand Prix de Monaco 1969. © LAT / Motorsport. - source Carros e Pilotos.

#denny hulme #mclaren ford #grand prix de monaco

[christiangeistdorfer]

various drivers before the start of the 1968 BRITISH GRAND PRIX

GRAHAM HILL, JACKY ICKX, DENNY HULME & JO SIFFERT

#dapper men! #classic f1 #f1 #formula 1 #1960s #graham hill #jacky ickx #denny hulme #jo siffert

[eliotheeangelis]

drivers’ briefing at the 1974 south african grand prix

back row (l-r): arturo merzario, graham hill, jacky ickx, vittorio brambilla

front row (l-r): john watson, ian scheckter, james hunt, niki lauda, jody scheckter, eddie kiezen, paddy driver, emerson fittipaldi, denny hulme, ken tyrrell, patrick depailler, hans stuck

#f1 #formula 1 #classic f1 #f1 1970s #not tagging everyone sorry #graham hill #jacky ickx #john watson #james hunt #niki lauda #jody scheckter #emerson fittipaldi #denny hulme #patrick depailler

[loveforcharlesleclerc]

#Chris amon #graham hill #Dennis Hulme