Category: Video of the Week

For a very short while I posted videos up weekly. Lost enthusiasm, but still used sometimes.

Caterham at Oulton

Rather liked this video. Not so much for the driving, which is perfectly fine if not especially edgy, but the telemetry on-screen. I want a system like this! Does anyone know who makes it?
PS. I wasn’t paying attention and titled this as Donington. Now corrected to show Oulton but I’ve left the path the same to avoid link-confusion.

Push me-Pull you

This is one that’s been sat on my hard disk for years, and I’m uploading it partly to supply it to someone on cix who’s asking for a higher quality version.

So there’s a streamed version from the good people at Youtube, and a better one that’s linked to below which you can download and view at a higher resolution.

As for the video – well what I can say, but it’s just a case of what those crazy Polish engineers get up to when nobody’s watching.



Push-me Pull-you Fiat 126 in Warsaw, Poland

When Track Safety Goes Wrong

I’m no fan of gruesome videos, but sometimes they’re necessary because otherwise we forget just what can go wrong and fail to plan for the worst. In the UK at least marshalls are some of the best – this is what happens when the marshalls aren’t well trained.

When I first saw this accident I felt sick. However, I didn’t see the subsequent marshalling and safety disaster. Once I saw the full video, and learned that the driver, Tetsuya Ota had survived and recovered then I decided it would make a good instructive video.

It took another driver to actually attend to Ota, which is one shock. The other was that people were standing around and completely failing to deal with the injured Ferrari driver.

Marshalls are hugely appreciated by the competitors – especially in Britain where we know that marshalls are well trained, professional, and devoted to their sport. They really are the stars that make our sport possible.

If you have a nervous disposition I recommend you don’t view the video:

Breaking the Sound Barrier

A double whammy for you all this week! Two videos of Thrust SSC breaking the sound barrier.

Andy Green… the man with the biggest cojones on the planet. But even he doesn’t sound cool in one of these videos as he finds that driving a car at supersonic speeds is both difficult and scary.

Respect.

The record was set on October 15th 1997 at Black Rock Desert, with the project managed by the previous record holder, Richard Noble.



A Thousand Incidents – Those Crazy Rally Drivers!

Sometimes you want to see just one clip. Sometimes you want to sit back on the sofa with a bucket of popcorn. This is just the clip for you then!

Slight lateness to this posting, so how about an absolute monster of a video for your delectation?

This one lasts one and a half hours and is absolutely packed with crashes, mishaps and near misses. Some aren’t necessarily in the best taste but given the size of the compilation I think it’s a must have for anyone who enjoys this kind of thing.

Spare a thought though for the drivers, navigators and engineers who give all this entertainment. They spend a lot of time and money and rarely receive anything in return from their sport, in spite of often huge risks. Then there’s the marshalls who make sure it can all happen by providing great safety support. Behind the scenes are another group of volunteers who run everything, again without remuneration.

Next week I’ll post a more thoughtful video!