Beefy's Corner - The Off-Topic Chat Thread

Thank you for a lovely game of dissertation. Time to get crunk. See you on Friday.

 

Roland's accident was even worse than Senna's in my opinion. Head on into a concrete wall at 200mph unable to steer. It's horrible at the end of it you can see his head just roll around as the car spins, and you can just tell his neck was broken.

I wasn't even a year old when they died, but mum told me I loved watching F1 even at that age. Mum says that, naturally, Senna was my favourite. So in all honesty, I don't remember it at all, which is maybe for the best. I was affected badly enough by watching Shoya Tomizawa/Marco Simoncelli/Dan Wheldon dying, so to see that would have been just horrible.

The fact that there was an Austrian flag in Senna's cockpit just adds to the tragedy also.

 

I watched that, such a powerful documentary. And then of course the Senna film was just incredible.

 

Can I just say how OLD your first comment makes me feel

 

Bill Roache aka Ken Barlow has been arrested, suspected of raping. Guessing the crap he said a few months ago looks even worse now.

 

I didn't get into F1 until I was like 10, is the Senna film worth a look?

 

YES. You don't need to be an F1 fan to appreciate it either, and that's why it's brilliant.

 

May give it a look then.

 

Want to feel even older? Many kids who are reaching the age of consent this year are possibly too young to remember 9/11.

Oh, and they were born in the year Diana died and The Spice Girls released "Wannabe".

 

That even makes me feel old.

 

It's only through many hours of just reading various accounts of it that sticks so vividly in my head.

In addition to what you mentioned, there was the incident in the pitlane where the mechanics got hit by Alboreto's flying wheel after a pitstop. I have that whole weekend's BBC coverage downloaded on my hard drive somewhere, and I remember Murray Walker sounding very distressed after that, saying that they should have just ended it there and then.

 

I agree .

 

Thanks for that .........................

 

Same here, shame I have like 50 odd years until I retire.

 

I've got another one. They were born the year Tony Blair became PM and the first Austin Powers film came out.

 

I didn't go to the race ,Loved the sport for years ( Starting with John watsons win at the British GP 1981 ) bought the F1 magazine BEFORE the race , so no glory hunting here ! , but didn't go to one for ages .

Old friends ( as in ex friends ) who were there and saw / Heard Roland hit the wall , knew right off he was dead .

Not many people where Ayrton died as not possible .

Just wish I had seen the master drive when he was still alive .

 

Subtle VERY subtle you complete BASTARD ...............

 

*shudder* I remember watching the news when Tony Blair was elected. I was only a kid myself, but still.

 

One more: Pokemon was already a year old when they were born, and so was the memory of England getting knocked out on penalties by Germany in Euro 96.

 

You're lucky by time I get near retiring the retiring age will probably be 85.