RR Jarno Saarinen 1973 Hockenheim

[Herajoenherttua]

I was a young boy in Finland. We have so many great drivers like Saaarinen and Länsivuori. Thank you.



[Waldteufel100]

Que de bons souvenirs.....................

[paolocpp56]

If anyone want to see the start of last race of Jarno going on youtube: "sfide aspettando valentino rossi parte 4".

I remember wery well that day fronting the TV when Renzo Pasolini and Jarno Saarinen died.

[hokonui1]

You can just catch a glimpse of Kim Newcombe and his unique Konig on the front row of the grid. In the wide shot you can see he doesn't get a very good start.

[PaulKasner]

Kim Newcombe, a privateer riding on a home-made Konig special fitted with a modified 500cc two-stroke outboard-motor engine, was running 2nd in the championship when he sadly crashed and died in a non-championship race at Silverstone. After practice he actually requested that hay-bales be installed on the very corner where he was to die, but the arrogant Silverstone organisers thought it unnecessary.

[exitplan2]

this looks fast even by todays standards.

[RickyJ46]

Great push-start footage, super video!

[BernardoDesmo]

First of all : many thanks for publishing this vid. I was sitting on "block C" that time keeping the fingers crossed for Phil Read and MV Agusta till they went blue...

Nothing against the fast fin Saarinen- he was a truely great rider, but the MVs sound was much better than the japs screaming twostrokes.

[ProfessorIgor]

Saarinen is the father of the knee down, hanging off style that is still in use today in roadracing. Tragic, tragic day when he died.

[InvisibleManFI]

Wonderful nostalgia!

Have you seen somewhere a similar scene from *1973* in which Agostini rides past the camera on a RD350, while someone else is being interviewed in the pits, maybe at Monza? 99% certain I have seen this but cannot find it anymore :-(

[saari64]

Thank's for all this fantastics videos of GP...