Crystal Palace F2 Trophy May 1971

Bank holiday race weekend at Crystal Palace with Graham Hill, Ronnie Peterson and Emerson Fittipaldi who won the event. During practice a water main burst at South Tower corner causing Graham Hill to crash. This may have been one of the last race weekends at London's own racing curcuit

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Sports

Tags:

• Crystal
• Palace
• F2
• Graham
• Hill
• Ronnie
• Peterson
• Emerson
• Fittipaldi

[99X10]

Yes I realised it was a year later after I posted it, glad you enjoyed the film.

[deliow]

Proper racing or WHAT all those wonderful transporters etc, love the lack of crash barriers. I lived in Penge for a time and used to walk my dog round the abondoned track, Im glad sprints are back there.

An amazing track, the reason it closed I believe was complaints of noise ??

Del (Isle of Wight ) ex Bromley.

[MrGten]

Those 70's F1 cars are so damn striking to look at, unlike today's ones

[petpantan]

Brilliant stuff that brings back so many memories from my youth. Like Albertosaurus I also used to climb over the fence at the park end of the circuit as a star struck kid around the same time! It's actually incredible when you look at how many of the great names of F1 used to race there and Jim Clark in a Lotus Cortina is priceless!

[albertosaurus60]

I watched these races as a young boy - and remember Graham Hill's name being mentioned, I think after he crashed. I would have been around 10 or 11 years old. I would make the bus journey from my home in West Norwood about 1 old penny. My mum and dad had no idea where I was, I never paid to get in, because I climbed over the fence, then made my way to the track and promptly sat on the railway sleepers that formed the crash barrier, my legs overhung the race circuit.

[Hagarviking]

Brilliant footage. The first time I have ever seen any film from Crystal Palace. Thanks for posring it.

[Broadclystboy]

What a fantastic unexpected gem! I was there at the other side of the circuit - North Tower Corner. Only one slight quibble - the year is actually 1971 with Emerson Fittipaldi winning, its him on the truck on the lap of honour at the end