this is from Speedtv.com, the article is 3 pages long so i wont post it here, but the link if to the first page.
http://www.speedtv.c...rmulaone/34517/
I find it very interesting to see Phil's reaction to driving the track again. and also how drivers of those days dealt with death and their own mortality. Hope you like reading this as much as I did.
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Phil Hill Remembers Monza
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, Dec 22 2006 03:12 PM
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Posted 22 December 2006 - 03:12 PM
Jacky Ickx at La Source during practice for the 1970 Grand Prix of Belgium
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"People were being killed left, right and center back then," [Phil Hill] says. "I became hyper-sensitive to the danger, and wasn't sure that I wasn't going to kill myself. As a result, racing brought out the worst in me. Without it, I don't know what kind of person I might have become. But I'm not sure I liked the person I did become, because I was selfish, irritable and defensive."
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Posted 22 December 2006 - 03:15 PM
Off the record, when did they stop racing on the old banked track?
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Posted 22 December 2006 - 04:23 PM
Shane2, on Dec 22 2006, 03:15 PM, said:
Off the record, when did they stop racing on the old banked track?
From Wiki: "The 1000km Monza staged the last event on the banking in 1969."
Strictly off the record though, quote me on it and I'll have to have you killed.
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Posted 23 December 2006 - 03:06 AM
Thanks for the article. My opinion of Michael Schumacher just went up a few notches.
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Give me a roof over my head, some food to eat and a fast car. That's all I need.
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Posted 06 January 2007 - 09:54 PM
tnx u interesting article,great work
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