Comments on: 30 years today: The death of Depailler

By: BasCB

BasCB — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 09:32:19 +0000

I am fully with you there. Nice tribute Cari, never hear of the guy before, but he’s a real
character, look at that car swimming in Montreal.
And we had a good lought about the broken eyes as well.
From his comment above, it seems Keith had kept an eye on it.

By: Joey-Poey

Joey-Poey — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 01:33:17 +0000

dear goodness, it looks like he’s driving on ice in the Montreal video.

By: Mw

Mw — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 18:38:27 +0000

Add JP jarier and JP jabouille to the list of good French drivers from the 70s. Whenever I watch races from that era it makes me realise what we are missing these days…

By: charles fox

charles fox — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 14:57:39 +0000

some of the best vids i’ve ever seen, that wet lap of montreal is definitely one of my top 3 (along with a wet renault turbo round detroit – can’t remember the driver)

By: qazuhb

qazuhb — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 14:07:06 +0000

Didn’t arrive early enough to see “the broke his eyes” one, but will use the “both South African races” typo to attack Keith anyway!

By: Nick

Nick — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 10:58:17 +0000

I wish they had to brake much earlier now, that would allow for some bl00dy overtaking and solve F1′s problem in one simple cheap solution = ban any non-metallic discs/pads. Job done.

By: William Wilgus

William Wilgus — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 10:15:33 +0000

I remember the P34 quite well and have always been fascinated by it. Thanks for posting the video of it!

By: sasbus

sasbus — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 10:12:23 +0000

Sorry I really should say Cari

By: sasbus

sasbus — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 10:11:55 +0000

Truely a great driver. Thanks for this tribute Kieth. Nice to see some footage of F1 where drivers really mattered.

By: bosyber

bosyber — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 08:59:27 +0000

Thanks for that great tribute Cari. I had never seen him race really only heard his name. Was still a toddler when he died. It is great to read about the guys of this era. My idea of an F1 car was formed playing with 2-3 inch toys of these machines