F1: Life on the Limit
Discussion
Eric Mc said:
He does deserve SOME credit - but he was one of only a number of factors that brought about changes to safety over 4 decades or so - tarting around 1968.
I am not a Bernie fan, he did some good once, but he needs to move on now. I am not saying he had any impact on to the car improvements or even the circuits. But to see how laughable medical facilities were before he took the commercial rights over in the end of 1976 was truly shocking.LaurasOtherHalf said:
DrDeAtH said:
Sir Jackie Stewart was one of the original campaigners for increased track safety.
Really? You'd never know as he never seems to mention it.not suggesting he did not push the cause along a lot, but to try and suggest nobody else was doing anything is somewhat disingenuous.
Berni did a lot back then, most of which is not that obvious or public, he still does a lot today, but it all just get's done, and people focus on him being a rich old man.
It's not an understatement to say that without Berni and his organisation, F1 would just collapse, just about every part of the logistics is managed by him just for starters, you think stuff just arrives at the ccts by some fluke?
LaurasOtherHalf said:
DrDeAtH said:
Sir Jackie Stewart was one of the original campaigners for increased track safety.
Really? You'd never know as he never seems to mention it.I used to like Jackie Stewart, but his insistance of sticking his oar into anything F1 related is really starting to jar.
Megaflow said:
LaurasOtherHalf said:
DrDeAtH said:
Sir Jackie Stewart was one of the original campaigners for increased track safety.
Really? You'd never know as he never seems to mention it.I used to like Jackie Stewart, but his insistence of sticking his oar into anything F1 related is really starting to jar.
REALIST123 said:
JYS was one of my favourite racers in his day. I read his book a few years back but had to give up once it degenerated into a name dropping eulogy to the powerful and royal, which his later life seemed to exist around.
Yes, I kind of skipped over those bits as well. But I'm prepared to cut him some slack.Megaflow said:
Eric Mc said:
He does deserve SOME credit - but he was one of only a number of factors that brought about changes to safety over 4 decades or so - tarting around 1968.
I am not a Bernie fan, he did some good once, but he needs to move on now. I am not saying he had any impact on to the car improvements or even the circuits. But to see how laughable medical facilities were before he took the commercial rights over in the end of 1976 was truly shocking.So that deal was a big driver in making things happen, the rest is the story of what they did to improve things.
There were plenty of televised races before 1976. But the first formal TV agreement between F1 and the TV companies was around 1977 or so. The first season that EVERY F1 race was shown on BBC was in 1978. The first season that EVERY F1 race was shown live in the UK was 1996.
It is probably true that having more televised races helped improve safety - but that was more a byproduct of the TV deal rather than through any one decision to improve safety.
Bernie was more concerned that races started at the advertised time - so it didn't upset the TV schedulers.
It is probably true that having more televised races helped improve safety - but that was more a byproduct of the TV deal rather than through any one decision to improve safety.
Bernie was more concerned that races started at the advertised time - so it didn't upset the TV schedulers.
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