Gilles Villeneuve was killed in qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix at Zolder, 39 years ago today. In his memory, here are two of his greatest races:
Formula 1 - 1979 French Grand Prix Dijon (German Audio).avi download from 4shared
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Complete 1979 French Grand Prix from Dijon, raw video feed with German commentary. This is the race where Gilles had a famous last laps wheel-banging battle with René Arnoux. 697 MB, divx/ .avi file type. The video quality is good, for unreleased video sourced from videotape from this era, but not up to current high def standards.
Click the download button on the main page, and you'll be redirected to another page. Click the free download button, and wait 60 seconds. The download should start automaticaaly.
Formula 1 - 1981 - Spanish Grand Prix Jarama.avi download from 4shared
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Complete 1981 Spanish Grand Prix from Jarama, raw feed with Italian commentary. This is the race where Villeneuve's turbo car held up a train of Cosworth powered cars for many laps. He was faster on the straight, and able to hold off all challengers on the twisty sections. Video quality is similar to 1979 France. 687 MB, .mpg video type.
Click the Like, if you want to see more downloadable vintage Formula 1 races in this thread. I have four other currently online, and a large collection. My favorites are the 2009-12 BBC 'red button' races; these were entirely from onboard cameras, and the viewer had the option of choosing which car he wanted to follow. The regular broadcast was in a small picture-in-oicture. I have about 40 of those, in high definition widescreen, but I won't be able to upload any of them for at least six weeks.
Enjoy!