24 HORAS DE TURISMO SPA-FRANCORCHANPS 1964

Do fundo de meus guardados as 24 Horas de Spa-Francorchanps do ano de 1964. Corrida na categoria Turismo, a vencedora foi a Mercedes Bens 300 SE. O interessante na classificação final é ver nomes como Lucian Biachi, Carlo Facetti, Hubert Hahne e o jovem Andrea de Adamich correndo com Alfa Romeo. A pole foi da Mercedes Bens com o tempo de 4m53,40s a uma velocidade média de 178 km/h.

A MB 300 SE vencedora da dupla Crevits/Gosselin.

Quatro portas a MB 300 SE tinha um motor de 2.996 cc de seis cilindros em linha, saía de fábrica com um motor com tendo 167 hp à 5.400 rpm e 25,4 kg de torque à 4.000 rpm. Segundo meus apontamento os carros preparados para longa corrida tinham seus motores com aproximadamente 220 hp. Sua velocidade média na corrida foi de 165 km/h.

Em segundo lugar a BMW 1.800 TI da dupla Rauno Aaltonen/Hubert Hahne.

A Mini-Cooper vencedora da categoria 851cc à 1.000cc da dupla  Padd Hopkirk/Julian Vernaeve, seguida aqui pelo Opel Kadett de Tuerlinx/Baeten terceiro colocado na categoria.

Uma das MB 300 SE tem problemas no meio das 24 HS. À frente de terno escuro parece ser Alfred Neubauer o Mago do Dpto de Competições da MB, batendo o pé com os problemas de do carro. 

RESULTADO FINAL

1º   MERCEDES BENS 300 SE     Crevit/Grosselin  média 165 km/h

2º   BMV 1800 TI                            Aaltonen/Hahne

3º   ALFA ROMEO 2600                Facetti/Galimberti

4º   ALFA ROMEO Giulia TI         Bianchi/Masoero

5º   ALFA ROMEO Giulia TI         Munaron/de Adamich

6º   VOLVO P 132                            Hacquin/Quernette

Big John

John Surtees e o Cooper-Maserati no México 1970.

 Talento puro assim foi a carreira de Big John, o Caranguejo eu mostramos outro dia a decisão do Campeonato Mundial de Formula I de 1964 mas sua carreira começou muito antes, nas motos, onde foi também mestre. 

1955 aos 21 anos é contratado pela Norton para sua equipe, pilotaria a incrível Norton Manx e entre as 350cc e 500cc vence naquele ano nada menos de 68 corridas das 76 em que largou. 

 

1956 é contratado pela Italiana MV Agusta para disputar o Mundial de Motociclismo nas categorias 350cc e 500cc e logo em seu ano de estréia vence três GPs nas 500cc, Inglaterra em Assen, Spa e na terrivel Ilha de Man tornando-se pela primeira vez Campeão do Mundo das 500cc.

Com a MV Agusta o casamento é perfeito. 1957 é um ano atipíco e Big John não vence nenhum dos campeonatos 350/500cc. Mas a partir daí só vitórias, foi Campeão do Mundo nas 350 e 500cc nos anos de 1958/59/60.

      

No dificilímo e mortal circuito da Ilha de Man vence seis vezes em onze participações.

No ano de 1961 testa um Lotus pela primeira vez e logo é chamado por Colin Chapman para fazer as quatro ultimas corridas daquela temporada. Neste teste com vários pilotos que como ele seriam grandes na Formula I em um futuro bem próximo o único piloto mais rápido do que ele foi um jovem talento Escocês Jim Clark. 

Mais sõbre motos:  http://www.motosclassicas70.com.br/

MERCEDES GP PETRONAS

Nico em Valencia.

Dear Rui,

Nico continues test programme in Valencia

Nico was back at the wheel of the MGP W01 car yesterday for his first full day of testing for the team. Another fine and dry day in Valencia provided ideal winter testing conditions and enabled the team to successfully work through the programme.

Nico completed the initial set-up work with the MGP W01 on Monday and then had a productive day yesterday focusing on long runs. He covered a race distance mileage over the course of the day, completing 119 laps in total. Michael is back in the car today for the final day of the test.

After getting out of the car, Nico said: "I'm very pleased with our first full day of testing and we were really able to get into the programme and achieve some good work. We successfully completed a race distance on the car's second day of running and I'm quite happy with how the car felt on the longer runs. It felt like the same car, just a little bit slower, but the balance was good. We've still got some work to do on my position in the car but that's something we can fix before the next test. Overall it's been a positive start to our pre-season testing and I'm enjoying working with the team and feeling very comfortable here."

MERCEDES GP PETRONAS MGP W01 CAR MAKES DEBUT IN VALENCIA

Posted: Monday 01 February 2010 at 17:20 Formula One's first day of pre-season testing began in Valencia this morning to kick off 15 days of track action ahead of the first race of the 2010 season in Bahrain on 14 March. For MERCEDES GP PETRONAS, the day began with a photocall in the morning sunshine at 8:50am with Nico Rosberg, Michael Schumacher and Ross Brawn showing off the new MGP W01 before the car was rolled back into the garage to prepare for the start of the test programme.
Nico was the first to drive the new Silver Arrow on track with the main focus of his programme to work through the initial set-up of the car and ensure that he was comfortable with his seat and position. Nico drove out of the garage for his first installation run at 10:34 and completed five runs over 39 laps before he finished for the day at 13:40, setting the fourth fastest time - a 01:13.543.
Michael took over the MGP W01 for the remainder of the day for his first run in a current Formula One car since April 2008. Getting out on track just after 15:30, Michael was comfortably on the pace after his first run and spent the remaining track time familiarising himself with the new car. Michael completed 40 laps over three runs, with a fastest lap of 01:12.947 putting him in third place on the timesheets.
Nico will continue the team’s programme tomorrow with Michael taking over for the final day.
Nico Rosberg: “It was a good first day of testing for us and my initial impressions of the new car are very positive. It felt great to be in the car for the first time and to get our pre-season testing programme underway. Generally everything felt good although I was sitting too low in the car and couldn’t see the track very well which we will improve for tomorrow. It’s too early to get an initial impression of the competitiveness but it was very special to drive the new Silver Arrow out of the garage. I’m looking forward to tomorrow when we have a full day of testing to make further progress.”
Michael Schumacher: “It was a perfect rollout for the new car today. I felt totally comfortable and really had a feeling that everything was very natural. It felt just like at the very beginning of my career in 1991 when on the first lap, I thought ‘wow that was really fast’ and then on the second lap, I was just extremely excited. I feel like a young boy again and really enjoyed myself out there. We did a good job today, just making a few control checks, and the most important thing was that the car ran reliably. With Nico and I covering 79 laps between us, it was a superb job by the team.”
Ross Brawn: “We have had a very useful first day of testing here in Valencia. Our priority was to ensure that the new car was functioning properly and allow both drivers to use their short window of track time to get acclimatised to the car and its operations. Today’s work has provided a good basis for the next couple of days and it was rewarding to see that the car ran reliably. I would like to say thank you to everyone at the factories in Brackley and Brixworth for all their hard work in preparing the car to test here this week. And finally, it’s been a very special day to work with Nico for the first time, to work with Michael once again and to complete our first active day as the Mercedes-Benz works team.”

Nico Rosberg

Schumacher treina de GP2 já soltando fogo!

 Conheça o novo site da equipe.

http://www.mercedes-gp.com/index.asp

Agradeço à equie Mercedes GP Petronas a consideração.

Teleco

 Conheço o Teleco desde 1971 quando começou a correr, talento puro, em pouco tempo estava na Europa tentando seguir sua carreira. Por lá pilotou um March na Formula 3 e não conseguindo quem o financiasse acabou voltando ao Brasil. Perdemos a oportunidade de ver um grande piloto em ação, como disse antes talento  puro, não fruto de horas e horas de treinos, sentava em um carro de corridas e fazia o que sabia, acelerar.
 Sei de minhas conversas com ele que anda bastante chateado, mas agora tenho certeza que alguma coisa vai alegra-lo.

Em primeiro lugar o Tito e seus comparsas reproduziram maravilhosamente seu VW D3 #90. 

   Depois recebo um e-mail do Guilherme Decanini com fotos e tudo mais da cópia exata do #90 que está preparando  para correr na Copa Clássicos. O carro ainda está em fase de construção e ficará identico ao conduzido por meu amigo na década de 70. Espero do Guilherme novas fotos e depoimentos para acompanharmos a evolução de seu projeto que tenho certeza que como o original vai ser vitorioso.

 Valeu e muito Tito e Guilherme.
 E Teleco fique com DEUS, que ELE te ilumine e proteja hoje e sempre.