does anybody know what corner it exactly was? it doesn't look like the Schöller-'S', so it must have been either the Grundigkehre or th Dutzendteichkehre. Which one was it?
The crash happened on the bridge around halfway between Grundigkehre and Schöller-S.
Until that crash the Norisring was 3.2 kilometers long, the hairpin 400 meters further down the road from nowadays Grundigkehre. After that crash Norisring was shortened to its nowadays 2.3 kilometres.
The speeds of the Group 7 cars must have been insane. Peter Gethin in an McLaren M8E had the fastest lap in 1971 with an average speed of 194 kilometers per hour!
this July 11th will be the 40th anniversary of his death, BTW. if that car was used for the Le Mans movie, then yes, it should not have been raced again unless it was rebuilt and maintained properly. Herbert Muller may have bought it at a steal after the movie, had it converted to M specifications, and just raced it as is.
Makes you shudder to see guys running, struggling to get there with the fire equipment. Sometimes watch Burger at Monza and the fantastic fire crew work, just to remind me how far we've come.
he didnt have a chance, even if his skull hadnt been damaged, the fire would have taken his breath. heck, 20 seconds of that and nobody would survive.
its amazing nobody has footage of the initial impact and what went wrong. i find it hard to believe it was pure driver error, more likely suspension failure as he was braking for the turn and changing lanes to clear Kurt Hild. Pedro was the master of negotiating traffic, so they say. the car may not have been maintained all that well...
@Enevan1968 It wasn't the movie prop car, that crash car was a Lola T70, the actual movie car (1026) was wrecked during filming which was sold on to Nick Mason and was rebuilt. Rodriguez's car (1008) was completely rebuilt as a "replica" which you can see on this video "Ferrari 512M #1008 Scuderia Filipinetti race car"
BRM decapitata di entrambe le sue guide quell'anno; infatti anche Siffert perse la vita nella corsa dei campioni...
FAZIOLI955 5 days ago
ma come successo?
lorenzothebest98 2 weeks ago
@lorenzothebest98 quello che so io e che ha perso la ruota anteriore sinistra ...
fabioRSY91 2 weeks ago
@fabioRSY91 ah ok grz
lorenzothebest98 2 weeks ago
@lorenzothebest98 di niente :-)
fabioRSY91 2 weeks ago
RIP Pedro Rodrguez, Joe Siffert, Jochen Rindt....
pezzyy99 2 months ago
does anybody know what corner it exactly was? it doesn't look like the Schöller-'S', so it must have been either the Grundigkehre or th Dutzendteichkehre. Which one was it?
TheColinChapman 3 months ago
@TheColinChapman Schöller-'S
fabioRSY91 3 months ago
@fabioRSY91 Thanks a lot, then it must be the first right-hander at the beginning of the Schöller-S, 11°7m38s east, 49°25m49s north. thanks.
TheColinChapman 3 months ago
@TheColinChapman
The crash happened on the bridge around halfway between Grundigkehre and Schöller-S.
Until that crash the Norisring was 3.2 kilometers long, the hairpin 400 meters further down the road from nowadays Grundigkehre. After that crash Norisring was shortened to its nowadays 2.3 kilometres.
The speeds of the Group 7 cars must have been insane. Peter Gethin in an McLaren M8E had the fastest lap in 1971 with an average speed of 194 kilometers per hour!
DaSchraadz 2 months ago
He was at the wheel of a privateer's 512 S if memory serves...That was not a top
race at all, still he wanted to race there: pure passion I guess.
indigoblue555 5 months ago
Pedro is still missed, even after 40 yrs of his early departure. We still remember you Pedro!!
wizzzy1clubpenguin 6 months ago
Always was a Pedro Rodriguez fan. :(
thehistorywatcher 7 months ago
today is the 40th anniversary of his death.
dtbbusch72 7 months ago
this July 11th will be the 40th anniversary of his death, BTW. if that car was used for the Le Mans movie, then yes, it should not have been raced again unless it was rebuilt and maintained properly. Herbert Muller may have bought it at a steal after the movie, had it converted to M specifications, and just raced it as is.
dtbbusch72 8 months ago
Sorry, meant Burger at Imola, not Monza. RIP Pedro.
Pihasanddunes1 9 months ago
@Pihasanddunes1 It's Berger, not Burger... he's not a sandwich lol!
hristoitchov 7 months ago 3
Makes you shudder to see guys running, struggling to get there with the fire equipment. Sometimes watch Burger at Monza and the fantastic fire crew work, just to remind me how far we've come.
Pihasanddunes1 9 months ago
@Pihasanddunes1 Berger at Imola?
janllotube 6 months ago
poor man he had no chance in that crash and the fire afterwards RIP
Rubs54 9 months ago
is it really Pedro Rodriguez crash?
Curioso1973 1 year ago
@Curioso1973 yes
fabioRSY91 1 year ago
He was mentioned during this years 24 hrs at Daytona
cinezoic 1 year ago
he didnt have a chance, even if his skull hadnt been damaged, the fire would have taken his breath. heck, 20 seconds of that and nobody would survive.
its amazing nobody has footage of the initial impact and what went wrong. i find it hard to believe it was pure driver error, more likely suspension failure as he was braking for the turn and changing lanes to clear Kurt Hild. Pedro was the master of negotiating traffic, so they say. the car may not have been maintained all that well...
dtbbusch72 1 year ago 8
@dtbbusch72 ; Actually, the car was used as prop in the movie Le Mans (with Steve McQueen) and should never have been used again as race car proper.
Enevan1968 8 months ago 8
@Enevan1968 It wasn't the movie prop car, that crash car was a Lola T70, the actual movie car (1026) was wrecked during filming which was sold on to Nick Mason and was rebuilt. Rodriguez's car (1008) was completely rebuilt as a "replica" which you can see on this video "Ferrari 512M #1008 Scuderia Filipinetti race car"
siralanlordsugar 5 months ago
@Enevan1968 The cars used in the movie Le Mans were real race cars, not just props, therefore making them usable race cars.
MrAirsoft808 3 months ago