Ferrari Mailing List: Re: F1 video, was (Prost vs Everyone Else)?

[Jim's Email (jimshadow]

WOW!   That's cool.  :)
Great story.

JIM (whose 6yr. old daughter can spot a Ferrari from a mile away.)
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jonathan Haines" <oblioh [at] adelphia.net>
To: "JIM" <jimshadow [at] verizon.net>
Cc: "'The FerrariList'" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 10:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] F1 video, was (Prost vs Everyone Else)?


> Ah...this is Gilles Villeneuve.  One of the greatest F1 drivers ever to
> race.  Gilles is practically a saint in Italy...and in
> Maranello...well, they even elevate him further than that.
>
> Three years ago, when my daughter was eleven, we visited Maranello.
> She and I entered an F1 souvenir store near "The Factory" gate.  She
> immediately asked a clerk for any Gilles Villenueve items they had in
> stock.  She was greeted by stunned, motionless silence.  The clerk
> quickly went to the back of the store where she engaged in an animated
> conversation with another clerk.  Both clerks then approached my
> daughter and asked her how she knew Gilles Villenueve.  She told them
> he simply was the best driver ever to have raced for Ferrari.  The
> clerks each broke into broad smiles and asked her to come with them,
> they wanted to introduce her to the owner of the store.  My daughter
> was quickly given something to drink, food appeared, and she was
> treated like a modest celebrity.  We finally left the store 30 minutes
> later with a bag of free Gilles Villenueve paraphernalia.
>
>
> Jonathan.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Friday, August 25, 2006, at 02:09  PM, Dave Craig wrote:
>
> > One thing I really like is the candor in the interviews back then.
> > You got
> > to hear the real driver's feelings and what was really going on with
> > the
> > team, not some canned response that is virtually the same week after
> > week
> > like we have today.
> >
> > As for an F1 racing video, check this one out!
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cCRUvo_FYc
> > Even a lockup doesn't yield the position.  Now that is some fantastic
> > racing!
> >
> > I believe our beloved F1 mix is faulty.  Bernie, Max, and the FIA need
> > to
> > institute rules (or more likely remove rules) that will allow this
> > type of
> > racing to occur again.  We have not seen this type of wheel to wheel
> > action
> > in many years.  Cars able to pass at will and then be repassed again
> > and
> > again.
> >
> > This single lap has more passing for the lead than most modern F1
> > races.
> > And that is a shame.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: LS [mailto:lashdeep [at] yahoo.com]
> > Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 9:40 AM
> > To: Dave Craig
> > Cc: The FerrariList
> > Subject: [Ferrari] Prost vs Everyone Else?
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-29zS0iSC4&mode=related&search=
> >
> > Okay, so I'm watching this video and it appears that Senna was very
> > upset
> > with the preferential treatment that Prost has been receiving up to
> > that
> > point. I'm sure he is referring to some of the antics that resulted in
> > Prost clinching the championship in 1989.
> >
> > Can anyone else comment on some of the other issues that Senna could've
> > been referring to in this press conference?
> >
> > Also, why Mansell would agree to these points? There is a lot of info
> > on
> > the web, just curious as to viewpoints from those that were following
> > F1
> > closely during the late 80's/early 90's.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > LS
> >
> > www.exhaust.tv
> >
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