The old ways of doing things were sustained from the appearance of the first Cooper and Lotus F1 cars up until pretty recently.
The appearance of the Cosworth Ford in the sixties brought an engine with competitive power, decent durability and reasonable cost to all of the mainly Brit independent teams.
Of course Ferrari didn't like these mainly Brit upstarts, since they were beating Ferrari everywhere. Ferrari could afford to spend more of Fiat's money in the Lauda era and came up with some winning cars, although more through careful prep than through technical superiority.
Safety is as much a track thing as it is a matter of the cars themselves. I also wonder whether any current car could survive an entire race on the full 'ring. Doubt it.
Of the drivers I named in the post to which bil replied, only Jim Clark died in a car and that was the result of the failure of the Lotus F2 car he was driving in a just for fun race. Drivers died then and drivers die now. Drivers even die in the large and well protected NASCAR sedans. This is a reality of racing.
Now, I myself really love vintage events and we attend many each year.
Most of modern racing leaves me cold and uninterested.
The appearance of the Cosworth Ford in the sixties brought an engine with competitive power, decent durability and reasonable cost to all of the mainly Brit independent teams.
Of course Ferrari didn't like these mainly Brit upstarts, since they were beating Ferrari everywhere. Ferrari could afford to spend more of Fiat's money in the Lauda era and came up with some winning cars, although more through careful prep than through technical superiority.
Safety is as much a track thing as it is a matter of the cars themselves. I also wonder whether any current car could survive an entire race on the full 'ring. Doubt it.
Of the drivers I named in the post to which bil replied, only Jim Clark died in a car and that was the result of the failure of the Lotus F2 car he was driving in a just for fun race. Drivers died then and drivers die now. Drivers even die in the large and well protected NASCAR sedans. This is a reality of racing.
Now, I myself really love vintage events and we attend many each year.
Most of modern racing leaves me cold and uninterested.