#South African GP

[taffyvontrips]

some thoughts on the 1982 drivers' strike and a little context

So, I’ve been feeling a little odd about the 1982 drivers’ strike for a while, and I’ve been mulling over it. The reason I haven't written this post before now is because I know that a lot of people in this community are attached to the strike! I am not immune to this! It’s a great story, unexpected and fun, rich with lore. I mean, who doesn’t love union action? Who doesn’t love a good strike? 

I really hate to be a buzzkill and I don’t mean to attack anyone—not any users here (definitely not!), not any drivers either really (maybe Bernie Ecclestone though). I guess I just mean this post as a conversation starter. 

Anyway. People like to use the example of the 1982 strike when they’re trying to make points about modern F1. For example, when the race in Saudi Arabia was in question because of airstrikes happening near the track (I still can’t believe that went ahead, but I digress), and when Domenicali made that asinine statement about drivers’ political engagement, a lot of great posts about the strike were suddenly doing the rounds on modern f1 tumblr. Look at what they managed to do before! people were saying. See how ridiculous it is to say that Niki Lauda wasn’t political! Look here! They organised a strike, maybe they’ll do it again! We love a strike! We love a union!

And good for the drivers for sticking up for their workers' rights and so on. Good on Niki Lauda and Didier Pironi for not rolling over.

However.

Something that has always quietly gnawed away at me ever more since first learning about the strike was the fact that it took place in South Africa, in 1982, during apartheid.

If ever there has been a place where F1 should not have raced, it would be South Africa during apartheid. 

The cognitive dissonance is pretty extreme to me. There was an active international campaign going on at the time to try to pressure South Africa into not being a racist backwards hellhole; musical artists were strongly encouraged not to go there as part of a large cultural boycott, trade embargos were in place, the country was excluded from the Olympics and most sports organisations. An exception to this? Formula One. While these very rich white Formula One drivers were gallivanting on Kyalami Ranch or in the Sunnyside Park Hotel, which was whites-only, the majority Black and Coloured* population were being brutally oppressed, deprived of their civil rights, displaced from their homes, and kept in poverty by an explicitly white supremacist regime.

Were the F1 drivers striking over apartheid? 

Were they striking, perhaps, because non-white people did not have equal access to the GP? 

Were they striking, maybe, because the Black employees at Kyalami didn’t have the right to vote? 

No. 

They were striking because they wanted more control over their contracts. 

If the strike had happened anywhere else, I would enjoy the story without reservation. But it didn’t happen somewhere else, it happened in apartheid South Africa. I think it’s maybe good to keep that in mind as an extra dimension when we talk about the strike. It’s also useful when we think about F1’s relationship with politics—internal and external.

F1 is rumoured to race at Kyalami again next year, and I for one am very excited.

Please reblog with any additions and perspectives you may have!

*a term used in South Africa with different connotations than in other places

#sorry about this massive chunk of text #again i'd like to reiterate that i don't mean this as an attack on any of my wonderful friends on here!! #just some thoughts that have been niggling at me for a while #i have a bit of a personal stake in south africa and zimbabwe and the awful things that happened but i'm not from there #if any south africans see this and would like to chime in that would be amazing #f1 #classic f1 #retro f1 #south africa #south african gp #kyalami #1982 driver strike #1982 drivers strike #i'm waiting for a researcher on researchgate to potentially get back to me with a fulltext article on the south african gp #it's a bit of a long shot but i'm crossing my fingers #i really want to be as informed as possible #i talked to my dad about this essay and he said #the bitter irony of drivers striking for their freedom where swathes of the population #had no freedom #i think that just about hits the nail on the head

[kwisatzworld]

When I stopped at the side of the track, and got off my Yamaha, sitting next to it on the grass, wrapping my arms around my legs and keeping my head down, I wasn’t crying. Behind the dark visor, I was laughing. Yes, because when I’m happy, I laugh. At that moment, crouched on the grass, leaning against the tires, next to my Yamaha, I was laughing because I felt proud, relieved, happy. “So I was right!” I thought to myself. “I can’t believe it, I tricked them all, what a show!” I kept repeating.

#valentino rossi #motogp #south african gp 2004 #*mygifs #pensa se non ci avessi provato

[vintagef1]

ian scheckter, james hunt, and niki lauda // kyalami, south africa - march 30, 1974 📷 lat photographic / motorsport images

#niki lauda #james hunt #ian scheckter #f1 #vintage f1 #classic f1 #ferrari #hesketh #team gunston #1974 #1970s #kyalami #south africa #south african gp 1974 #1974 south african gp

[f1]

#FIA/F1 delegations visit Kyalami as deadlines loom for South African GP #f1 #formula 1

[st-sports-today]

Formula 1: Belgian and French GP to be AXED F1 as boss plans to make ROAD for South African GP for 2023 season – See

Formula 1: Belgian and French GP to be AXED F1 as boss plans to make ROAD for South African GP for 2023 season – See

Formula 1: According to a report, the iconic Belgian and French GPs will be dismissed from the pinnacle of motorsport when F1… Formula 1: Belgian and French GP part ways with F1 as boss plans to make South African GP for 2023 season – See Formula 1: According to a report, the iconic Belgian and French GPs will be excluded from the pinnacle of motorsport as F1 bosses plan to pave the way for the…

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#Belgian Grand prix #Formula 1 #Formula 1: Belgian and French GP part ways with F1 as boss plans to make South African GP for 2023 season - See #French Grand Prix #Monaco Grand Prix #South African Grand Prix #SPORT

[saintslewis]

❝ 𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐑𝐆𝐘 - 𝐒𝐎𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐌𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐀 𝐅𝐈𝐋𝐄𝐒 🪩 ❞ - 𝐋𝐇𝟒𝟒

pairing: sir lewis hamilton x fem!oc; Nadia

summary: most of the social media post made throughout the miami gp weekend!

warning: twitter environment (you know the deal), cussing.

saint’s team radio: hi everyone! just wanted to give y’all a little something something before releasing ‘break my soul’ ! i’m a bit sick rn but i will get back into my groove very very soon 🤭

dividers by: @cafekitsune

pls like, comment and reblog! 🫶🏽

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nadiahamilton yes i know where he keeps his music and no, i won’t be telling you where 🫶🏽

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nadiahamilton it was sooo nice meeting you guys this weekend 🥹

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user i swear you’re his lucky charm

fransisca.cgomes mother ‼️

alexandrasaintmleux and if i ask for your hand in marriage?

nadiahamilton let’s run away

user i fell in love everytime you appeared on screen

user her energy is so refreshing, even if it’s through a tv or phone 😭

user where do you get your clothes???

nadiahamilton i’ll make a highlight for all the stores i shop at 🫶🏽

herstudent i hope school’s open soon, we need the tea!!

nadiahamilton you’ll be getting the pamphlets for the medieval times instead 😚

user his arm…dear lord

nadiahamilton i know, can’t believe it’s wrapped around me rn 🥹

user13 no way she just said that????

yungfilly bestie takin over miami!!

chunkz i think this is where you’re wrong brotha 🤨

niko you’re right, i’m the bestie

nellarose_ YOU’RE ALL WRONG 🤣

nataliatheedon and if i smack your ass, i’m wrong 😔

nadiahamilton bc it really hurt plus you were running behind me????

mercedesamgf1 Mrs Mercedes 🤍

user lewis is washed, never going to get that 8th

nadiahamilton watch your mouth 🙏🏽

lilymhe tinkerbell 🥹

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user is this a inside joke???? a fun nickname??? we need to know!

sza do you think your man will have a problem if i take you away?

nadiahamilton when and where? 🤭

lewishamilton ???????

hater ad21 was deserved 🤣

nadiahamilton i know where you live 🫶🏽

hater as if

nadiahamilton Glendale right??

hater oh shit

user now how tf did she find that man’s address 😭

user don’t question her mastery 🗣️

lewishamilton my angel 🤍

nadiahamilton my superstar 💗

lewishamilton

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lewishamilton miami, you’ve been good 🙏🏽

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nadiahamilton steal my captions why don’t you 🙄

lewishamilton it’s my job 😋

user blonde is so her colour

raye you both are so lovely 🤍

lewishamilton thank you Raye and btw, she’s crying because of this

nadiahamilton DON’T TELL HER OMG????

spinzbeatsinc king and queen of england

nadiahamilton do you want me to get deported??

user just accept your fate guys

user now i need to know if he speaks any south african languages

nadiahamilton he tries to but he says it in a british accent so i end up laughing at him

user mr, does this mean you’re the class dad?

lewishamilton i guess so?

herstudent YEAHHH OUR DAD’S SIR LEWIS HAMILTON!!!

user her face should be trademarked

user how many cars do you think they own together?

f1wags what a woman!

user petition for Nadia to be team principal!

mercedesamgf1 we back this 🫡

hater her tattoos were everywhere and stole the attention off Lewis! She’s so ugly

nadiahamilton never that 🙏🏽

user did you guys see that drake reposted her post?

user wasn’t he friends with lewis at some point???

zendaya see you guys soon 🫶🏽

racerbia mother and father

nadiahamilton my man is so fine y’all damn

user SHE’S SO REAL FOR THIS

nadiahamilton like he looks so delectable, my goat fr 🤭

lewishamilton nads 😧

f1 mother of the paddock ‼️

nadiahamilton pls not while Susie is right there ☹️

badgalriri i hope you do know there’s a group of us planning to take her

iamcardib heard she’s a stylist, need one rn

kehlani i second this !

latto777 if she ever needs flowers, i got her ‼️

nadiahamilton y’all 🥹

lewishamilton can you guys stop planning to take my wife away from me?

user idk, something’s fishy

user yeah bc where the fuck did she come from?

text messages !

♡‧₊ billionaire boys club

miles the fencer 🤺: no way they’re stealing your wife from you in broad daylight?

pookie buddy lewis: pls don’t chat, it’s hurting my spirit rn

princess natalia: let’s talk about nads meeting pharrell (also i’m a genius for naming this gc after his company)

daniel is spinning: her face was just like 😧

nadia: 🧍🏽‍♀️

personal pillow amara: but nads, genuinely, how do you feel after this weekend? it was a big one for you bae

nadia: i do feel like ripping the earth in half and falling in but it’s cool because lew gets me ice cream after 🤭

pookie buddy lewis: i always got your back, nads. you know that. we’ll get ice cream whenever you want

miles the fencer 🤺: GET A FUCKING ROOM OMG

princess natalia: EWWWWW

charlotte (not tilbury): don’t listen to them, this is the cutest shit ever 😭

andrew with the camera: but if i expose miles’ 0.5x photos, i’m wrong.

daniel is spinning: DRAG HIMMMM

personal pillow amara: i’ve taught you way too much danny

miles the fencer 🤺: man whatever 🙄

charlotte (not tilbury): nads, i HAVE to see you in malibu

nadia: ofc, i don’t know what to expect from that place

princess natalia: don’t worry bae, we got you!

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The Avengers (niko made this)

chunkz: nads, who’s this boy you’re chatting to? 🤨

filly felipe: “this boy” and it’s lewis hamilton 🤣

sharks: AND they’re married????

nadia: and i was going to invite you lot to my new place and show you my new car but ig you don’t want to

harry (pinero) potter: BOYS TAKE IT BACK

aj shabeeeeel: i personally never said anything 🙏🏽

niko: you know i’ve always loved f1, nads

nella loml: lying on a public platform, niko??

nadia: you lot are too funny i can’t 😭

nadia: but yeah, wanted to know when you guys are available so that you guys can meet him officially

fiily felipe: welcoming our brother in law aww 🥹

king kenny: how about we chat about the marriage??

nadia: how about no? 🫶🏽

chunkz: i’m just happy something so special is happening to you, nads. you deserve it

nella loml: it’s been a tough ride and already it’s looking so up for you bae

nadia: you guys wanna make me cry on a monday morning 🫵🏽

sharks: always the plan 🫡

niko: to make her cry????

sharks: 😐

king kenny: pls come back to London asap, Cench has been calling us up for a vid ever since the last two 😔

nadia: leave me out of that one, i have a husband 🖐🏽

chunkz: YOU TELL THEM NADS

filly felipe: nadia thandeka hamilton, it has SUCH a nice ring to it 😭

aj shabeeeel: and you guys look so leng together, already my brother in law 🫡

harry (pinero) potter: better get home quick for that debrief!

saint’s team radio (once again!): hope you guys enjoyed this one! it’s got a little touch of how nadia interacts with people she knows and people she doesn’t, our social butterfly 🥹

we finally have a ship name for our favs ‘Lewdia’ coined by @mauvecherie-writes!

i’ve got a few more smaus ready but yeah, love you guys loads! 💗

#saint writes #f1 x reader #formula one x black reader #x black fem reader #formula one x reader #lewis hamilton x reader #lewis hamilton fanfics #lewis hamilton imagine #renaissance: the series #lewis hamilton x black reader #lewis hamilton x oc

[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

[wheelsgoroundincircles]

1973 South African GP Kyalami

Cevert, Stewart, Lauda & Fittipaldi

#françois cevert #Stewart #lauda neill #emerson fittipaldi #jackie stewart #racing #motor racing #f1

[franzantonbeckenbauer]

Gilles Villeneuve after winning the South African GP, 1979

#silly little guy #gilles villeneuve #old formula 1 #formula 1 #classic f1 #f1 #f1 1970s #1970's

[retromania4ever]

1967 South African GP 🇿🇦🏁

#formula1_classic

[herohimbowhore]

On This Day in F1: March 1st

Present: Bahrain Day 2

History: 1992 Giovanna Amati Attempts to Qualify for the South African GP

On March 1st, Bahrain hosted free practice 3 and qualifying.

We begin the season almost exactly where we left off with the top 3 finishers of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix qualifying for the top 3 in Bahrain — Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc, and George Russell

The provisional starting grid is:

March 1st also marks the beginning of Women’s History Month so we go back to 1992 when Italian driver, Giovanna Amati, made the first of her three attempts to qualify for a Formula 1 World Championship race.

Though unsuccessful in qualifying , Amati is the most recent woman to enter an F1 race. She is also the fifth woman to do so.

The 1992 South African Grand Prix was the first race in South Africa following the end of Apartheid and the opener for the season.

Amati made her Formula 1 debut at the race with the Brabham team. She was the first female F1 driver since South African Desiré Wilson entered the 1980 British Grand Prix with Brands Hatch Racing.

Amati was one of five drivers to not qualify for the South African Grand Prix. Of the 30 entrants, Amati was last on the timing sheets and almost 9 seconds behind Nigel Mansell, who got pole position for the race.

Giovanna Amati’s Formula 1 career lasted for two more races after the South African before she was replaced by the team’s test driver, Damon Hill. Damon Hill only qualified for two races during the season and it was widely considered a bad year for the Brabham team.

On her time with Brabham, Amati said:

“I had all the interest on me because I was the only woman in the championship but with that car I couldn’t perform. Brabham at that time had a lack of sponsors and a lack of budget. My engine was leaking oil, water, everything, and when I asked to change it there were no spare parts. So it was difficult, and all the other cars were performing much better than ours. I couldn’t qualify with that car and the problem was that they didn’t give me another chance afterwards.”

Her motorsport career did not end with Formula 1. Amati entered the Porsche SuperCup in 1993 and won the Women’s European Championship. She’s participated in the Ferrari Challenge, 12 Hours of Sebring, and the SportsRacing World Cup.

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Next: Mar. 2nd — Bahrain Grand Prix

On This Day in F1 Masterlist

The Bahrain Grand Prix is on the 2nd, but so is Qatar 1812 km for WEC. It starts at 2:30am for the US east coast and has a 10 hour time limit. It’s available on Max in the US if you have the live sports subscription. The broadcast information can be found here if anyone wants to see where they can watch: Qatar 1812 km.

The Iron Dames are participating.

#on this day in f1 #formula 1 #f1 #max verstappen #charles leclerc #george russell #f1 history #Giovanna Amati #bahrain grand prix #women in f1 #women in motorsport

[kwisatzworld]

20 years ago today, Valentino Rossi won at Welkom and became the first rider to win consecutive premier class races with different manufacturers. “When my M1 and I kissed for the first time on the grass at Welkom, she looked straight in my eyes and told me ‘I love you!’ ” - A love letter from Vale to M1 after he announced he was leaving Yamaha “I will never forget how we stopped on the grass in Welkom in 2004. Just the two of us, realizing that you and me together was right – and that this was only the beginning.” - A love letter from M1 to Vale after the last race in his career

#valentino rossi #motogp #south african gp 2004

[race-week]

Is there a reason the Las Vegas GP is on a Saturday or are they just trying to be quirky?

It’s on a Saturday because if they ran it on a Sunday night it would be on a Monday for the majority of the world.

Its also not completely out of the question for a GP on a Saturday there’s been over 70 Saturday GPs (a combination of Las Vegas GPs, South African GPs and others)

#al’s asks

[coffeebreakexpresso]

Gerhard Berger (Ferrari F93A), South African GP, 1993

[f1]

Hamilton says hes pushing a lot to get South African GP on the calendar | RaceFans Round-up

In the round-up: Lewis Hamilton says he’s hopeful the South African Grand Prix will return soon, though it is not expected to go ahead next year. In brief Hamilton “pushing” for Kyalami race Although the South African Grand Prix is not expected to feature on the 2023 Formula 1 calendar, Hamilton is still holding out hope it will return soon. “I’ve been pushing a lot in the background to get the grand prix there,” said the Mercedes driver. “I’m happy that there’s talks.” F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali “has been doing an amazing job trying to get it to happen,” Hamilton added. “I’m still hopeful that there might be a race next year. Never say never.” Last weekend’s confirmation the Belgian Grand Prix will take place again next year is understood to have come about as plans for a race on the Kyalami circuit have been pushed back to 2024 at the earliest. Hamilton said he’s “still going to continue to hope that it’s next year.” “But as long as we get it on the calendar, I think we need to have a grand prix there,” he added. Zandvoort “can’t be worse” than Spa for McLaren – Norris Lando Norris is hopeful Zandvoort will suit McLaren better than Spa did, after the team failed to score last weekend. “It’s high downforce, so it hopefully moves us a little bit more back in line with Budapest kind of pace, I hope,” he said. “But you never know, it was actually our worst track last season. I’m hoping this year it’s not the case because some of the problems that we had in previous years are maybe not so evident this year and we’ve got other problems. It can’t be a lot worse, I hope, than this weekend.” IndyCar test for Blomqvist Meyer Shank will give an IndyCar test to Tom Blomqvist, who has re-signed for the team to drive their Acura ARX-06 LMDh in the 2023 IMSA season. Blomqvist, who finished between champion Esteban Ocon and third-placed Max Verstappen in the 2014 European Formula 3 championship, said IndyCar is “definitely something that I aspire to do in the future and I have to thank the team massively for giving me the chance to do that test.” Advert | Become a RaceFans supporter and go ad-free Advert | Become a RaceFans supporter and go ad-free Happy birthday! Happy birthday to Mg and Galzo33! On this day in motorsport 30 years ago today Michael Andretti won the CART IndyCar race at Vancouver, drawing within 12 points of championship leader Bobby Rahal, who crashed out after 29 laps via RaceFans - Independent Motorsport Coverage https://www.racefans.net

#F1 #Hamilton says he’s “pushing a lot” to get South African GP on the calendar | RaceFans Round-up #Formula 1

[a-la-rascasse]

Gilles sits in his Ferrari 312 T4 sheltered under his umbrella as he speaks to Mauro // South African GP 🇿🇦, 1979.

“He wanted to race. Always. Everywhere.

You’d call him and he’d arrive from Monte Carlo, but he wouldn’t just park, no. First he’d do three doughnuts. That’s how he was.

I remember after qualifying at Anderstop in ‘78, in Sweden, we were in the car together. To reach the hotel we had to drive through a birch forest  and of course he put on a kind of rally special stage: opposite lock all the way at 180 kph. I was scared stiff while he was smiling: “Isn’t ricking your neck on track enough ?” I screamed, but he kept on smiling: “This is me”, he replied. To make him stop I had threaten to wrench the key from the dashboard” ─ 'Gilles according to Forghieri'

#mauro's stories about gilles are simply the best lol #gilles villeneuve #mauro forghieri #classic f1 #f1 #formula 1 #retro f1 #f1 1970s