F1- 1973- Kyalami- Hailwood Tries To Help Regazzoni

[notwocdivad]

Yep, Sorry Guys I realised after I posted MHA.

[mohawkman251988]

Everytime I see anything about Kyalami I think Tom Pryce's horrific crash comes to mind and how gruesome it was. I couldn't imagine how those people in the stands or Zorzi must've felt seeing that happen at close range. RIP TOM PRYCE, the marshal and Peter Revson who died in 74'

[DBDMotorsports]

Those cars back then were ticking fire-bombs. How many lives would have been saved, (Williamson and almost Lauda etc.), if they didn't burst into flames that are pretty much inextinguishable.

[mohawkman251988]

Is that Hailwood in the interview? Nice vid BTW. Great find.

[twostrokeornill1]

@mohawkman251988 No, it doesn't sound anything like him :((

[superbarnsley]

@twostrokeornill1

It's John Surtees.

[thenascarguy24]

@WillHapgood Oh yeah, sorry about the mistake, I saw that coward Lauda's interview after this video

[Zoomer30]

Somebody had to do it, the track workers were useless, a band of escaped circus chimps would have been a vast improvement.

[MrWakka74]

he is a hero

[thenascarguy24]

that was a time when drivers were real men like tom pryce, niki lauda, mike hailwood, peter revson, and the list keeps going and going

[WillHapgood2]

@thenascarguy24 Niki Lauda was a disgrace. He believed that the drivers shouldn't help another driver in they were trapped inside a burning car. Ironic as he was saved by a fellow race driver when he was trapped inside his burning car...

[carig12]

heard somewhere Regazzoni died precisely in a car accident in 2006, life is a bitch

[ursuss100]

@carig12 Yeah. He was driving his Chrysler Voyager on a motorway when, undertaking a truck, hit it, lost control and slammed into the center armcos/walls... Rescuers found him dead on his car when they arrived. Investigation and analysis of his body found that he fainted when driving which caused the crash.

[notwocdivad]

@ursuss100 If this is Mike Hailwood you are talking about I'm afraid you are mistaken, He and his daughter had been out to the chip shop and were returning home when an articulated lorry did an illegal u turn across their path they died and are buried together. I don't know where you got your information from but I have read all sorts of information on the life and death of Mike Hailwood and have NEVER heard this before.

[fizzb100]

@notwocdivad

He was talking about Clay Ragazzoni. Not MIke the Bike

[notwocdivad]

@ursuss100 If you want the truth about Mike Hailwoods death read some websites which detail the truth not hearsay

By the way He drove a Rover car NOT a Chrysler Voyager.

[SOCKCOCK1]

Hailwood is my all time favourite sports personality.

[Zoomer30]

Damn "safety" crews in those days where clueless and useless.

[tazio2]

Mike Hailwood drove for John Surtees , 2 GREATS , both the stuff of legends

[ivoayrton1]

Mike the Bike was a tru hero!!!

[vince065us]

John Surtees for a Knighthood.

[StillBeatsYourName94]

hailwood is a hero

[gurlsingerfan]

I have never heard anyone who recounting their time knowing Mike Hailwood did not recount him as a class guy, a gentleman and real racer. I have long wanted one of the Ducati Mike Hailwood TT replica bikes. A friend of mine said "it's really not that much faster than other bikes, it was probably the rider that made the difference." I said there was no doubt about that! I just want the bike as a rememberance of a glorious era in motorsport. Sadly, Hailwood lost his life in a highway crash.

[rupturedccno1]

I watched this crash at the end of the straight crowthorn corner one of the South

African drivers lost control and caused a pile up.I remember Jackie Ickx and Mike Hailwood being invovled. Mike was a real hero I distinctly remember him snatching a fire extinguisher out of a marshal's hand after he set his gloves on fire trying to free Clay.Clay appeared to sit in that inferno for an eternity. F1 guys had guts and there was a lot of overtaking in those days!

[hmdwgf]

that's john surtees speaking

[edkev94]

What should have happened at Zandvoort, with Williamson.

[LouisMenchise]

Purley gave a hell of an effort.

[LB1973]

Just thinking I noticed the date of this video 3/3/73 which would mean I was roughly 36 hours old when it happened :) Was it usual in the 70's to have GP's on a saturday? I was definately born in the early hours of March 2nd

[krakenwave]

IIRC they were usually on Saturday afternoons then, yes. Professional sport on Sundays was not really considered to be acceptable until well into the 80s - at least not in Europe anyway.

[1doc1savage1]

Kyalami was a great circuit, piles of dead bodies, and great stories of triumph.

Reggo, and Hailwood were awesome......Revson, Pryce.....on and on.

[Nereofrariz21]

R.I.P. Clay and Mike

We'll never forget you

[jorcol66]

Ironically both die within the years in traffic crashes

[LouisMenchise]

Revson, Pryce and Hailwood are deceased, Regazzoni is still with us - albeit paralyzed from accident at Long Beach.

[PiNInFarina18]

Reggazoni is definitely dead, he died in a traffic accident in 2006.

[LouisMenchise]

I was shocked to research this to be true. My cousin lives in Parma and he told me nothing of it. Regazzoni could stand up from his wheelchair, he just couldn't walk. A sad case, but he made the most out of life.

[onixya1969]

I lived right next to his own bar in Lugano, Switzerland, for 6 years. I occasionally saw him when he would came to visit the bar.

[PeterMayer]

Onixya, you lived In Lugano? Sweet. I had a great aunt and uncle living in Ascona and my wife and I visited them in 88. Beautiful!

[heinedenstore]

nope... he died on the 15th of december 2006 when he hit the rear end of a lorry :/

[Znuk]

He died some years ago in an Italian Motorway Car Crash.

[fabsternyc]

Actually Regazzoni is unfortunately not with us, as he died in a car crash (the irony) on an Italian freeway

[bjblyrical]

@fabsternyc same kind of thing happ to stan fox

[schroener]

great Hailwood!!!!

not any driver do things like this!

[rdtli]

not just a race driver .......a giant human being ..like purley.... senna ......dale jr........ .cheers from brasil

[ysgol3]

So brave, and the way he died was so so so unjust.

[111teamomori]

Mike Hailwood was a lovely guy, i read his biography, he didn't even tell his wife what had happened that day, despite his burns, he didn't want a fuss. She only found out the next day on the news when Mike was hailed a hero, and rightly so. He was awarded the George Cross for his bravery.

[mcqueenmachine]

I really don't want to be pedantic and everything else you say about the legendary Mike Hailwood is correct. However, the George Cross can only be awarded to members of the Armed Forces. The George Medal is its civilian equivalent and that's what Mike was given.

I'm sure we can both agree that Mike was an exceptional man and a hero to many of us who love motorsport.

[FizzzieCat]

@mcqueenmachine The GC is actually for civilians and is the equivalent of the VC, but not in the face for the enemy. GM is the next one down from the GC and is awarded for acts of great bravery.

Mike Hailwood is my biggest sporting hero.

[rva1945]

OK, but did he finally extricated Clay from the burning car?

[Drax2912]

Hailwood and Purley, two legends of the sport

[FOOLSYOU]

my god, you could see the pain he was in, but he still tryed to get him out. THIS MAN IS A HERO!

Respect.

[pepeleyva]

Mike the bike, brave and talented sportsman, he runs to get help from its own fire.

[TaffyvT]

Great men with real balls !!

[Vincentharley8]

were was he runnin to at the end hes fast

[Timmah12121212]

Looked like his hands and feet were on fire.

[Timmah12121212]

Hes just like dave purley, except daves rescue atemp was unseccessful unfortunatly. Both top blokes. :)

[Factnotfictionpeople]

I marshalled for a couple of seasons back in the '70's and risked my neck on more than one occassion! To me, if you wore the badge then you should be prepared to take the bullets! In other words, marshalling is not just about getting 'the best seats in the house' - its also about being willing to give whatever it takes to save another's life!

[NewYankee01]

youre a fucking hero mate! hahaha

[remkoensink]

Marshalling these days seems pretty easy going, doing it in those days... respect.

[fran812]

that's what I call BRAVE PEOPLE

[ardbeg1975]

I met the man - he was a genius on 2 wheels, totally modest, a total gent and great company.

[desmomenga]

altri tempi,altri uomini..

[mattis9322]

Respect

[sjc14031974]

He was awarded the George Medal for his ultimately successful rescue

[ian7796]

Mike's wife, after hearing about what he did, said to her husband "Why didn't you tell me you did that?" He simply said "It was nothing, Firemen do it every day."

[indigoblue555]

Respect to a brave man =

[mikhlin]

Brave man! Respect

[yiannis2002]

Respect

[topski100]

where was this clip taken from?

[takerNL]

Respect to this man