Comments on: Formula One Versus…

By: Steven Roy

Steven Roy — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:22:05 +0000

The race between Gilles and the F104 Starfighter is legendary. They did one run and the Starfighter won. Gilles being Gilles decided that losing wasn’t an option even against the Starfighter wo he told the mechanics to take the wings off. They explained that maybe that was not the most sensible course of action and besides without wings he would never stop before he hit the fence. Gilles insisted and they capitulated. He won by a very small margin and chucked the car into a series of rubber burning spins and stopped just short of the fence.

That was the thing about Gilles he never could let reality stop him from trying to win.

By: fernanda

fernanda — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:56:25 +0000

Excellent post!!

Now I remember a very famous duel between Tazio Nuvolari (I don’t remember which car he was driving) and an airplane in the 1930’s!

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By: Mahesh

Mahesh — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:36:02 +0000

Thanks for the videos. I was watching Speed Channel Promo video when JPM and Jeff Gordon had swapped Williams F1 and Nascar cars for Publicity gimmick, thank Goodness they didn’t actually take the track together on competitive lap..

By: Craig

Craig — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:57:50 +0000

Is this the way we could see the BBC incorporate Top Gear into it’s F1 shows? Seems to be ideal given that Clarkson and the boys like nothing better than a race between improbable modes of transport!