GTR Articles Thread

Nice! :thumbsup:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20I/th_1995ruman_Mclaren_LG.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20I/1995ruman_Mclaren_LG.jpg)

I hope you enjoy.

Without a doubt, enjoying it as my new desktop wallpaper! :sunglasse

I love little views of history like this, and that image is just extremely well composed and processed I think. Thanks again! :thumbsup:

>8^)
ER

Indeed. You can just feel the tension and atmosphere as they prepare to send #01R out onto La Sarthe......

:thumbsup:

Yep, straight up to the desktop wallpaper also here! :runaround:
There is so little any images of #01R during Le Mans 1995, that every new image is great to see.
Thank You!! :smile:

The first two pages I,ve left as scanned, if anybody has time and they are willing to stich the pic together and improve its quality, please do.:wink: Many thanks in advance.

I might know a guy who could put some time into that. ;)

I've got them lined up next to each other in Photoshop now, but the really difficult part is going to be the Michelin Man logo down on the nose and that little winglet thing. I'll see what I can do with it - perhaps borrowing a section from an unrelated photo to make it all work. :naughty:

Well this turned out to be a slightly challenging project, but finally it is done to my (possible) satisfaction, and hopefully yours. Click this pic to launch a larger version at 1448x772. :cool:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20I/jj1m_edit_s.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20I/jj1m_edit_m.jpg)

If you want the original which I am less pleased with, follow this link here for the DL from MediaFire - its double the resolution of the one above.

http://www.mediafire.com/imageview.php?quickkey=hkztt2jazhm

I didn't spend extra time cleaning up every little glitch on the page as the car was fairly dirty from the rain so I would have certainly been 'cleaning it off' in trying to remove any stray marks this time.

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ER

:lol2:

Very nice indeed! Good work Erik!!!!! :thumbsup:
Thank You!

BUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There is now just only 2 questions remaining:
1. Which track? (Small rear wing, could be Hockenheim or Monza or.....)
2. #24R or #26R?

:)

:lol2:

Very nice indeed! Good work Erik!!!!! :thumbsup:
Thank You!

BUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There is now just only 2 questions remaining:
1. Which track? (Small rear wing, could be Hockenheim or Monza or.....)
2. #24R or #26R?

:)

Nice work indeed! :thumbsup:

1: Track is Spa 1997 and therefore
--> 2: 26R

OK #26R, the Spa, should quess that. But too little background information to me. :rolleyes:

Excellent work Erik :bigthumb:

Your efforts are greatly appreciated, Thankyou.

Time for some 96 British GT,s from Autosport, interesting to read Ian Flux,s article on how difficult the GTR was to race. all credit to 02R,s owner Jake Ulrich, for sticking with it throughout the season.

http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/2227/69252655.th.jpg (http://img710.imageshack.us/i/69252655.jpg/)http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/5562/80332994.th.jpg (http://img175.imageshack.us/i/80332994.jpg/)....http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/1222/49367677.th.jpg (http://img297.imageshack.us/i/49367677.jpg/)http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/5943/37696434.th.jpg (http://img202.imageshack.us/i/37696434.jpg/)..http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/4875/43457841.th.jpg (http://img706.imageshack.us/i/43457841.jpg/)....http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/2530/20745759.th.jpg (http://img220.imageshack.us/i/20745759.jpg/)

Enjoy.

Thanks Le Man - you know l always enjoy the looks back at GTR race history. :)

Also, I just realized that with the corrected photo of the FINA longtail above, I intended to share a link to MediaFire below the picture, that would give everyone access to an ultra-high res version, but instead I accidentally shared a link to the medium sized one again. All fixed now...

>8^)
ER

Lloyds and Lanzante livery! :)

Thanks Le Man for the articles!
Again fantastic! :runaround:
Allways good to see the history of GTR's!

Does anyone else think it's kind of warm in here? :lol2:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20I/th_McLAREN39SPORTAUTO.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20I/McLAREN39SPORTAUTO.jpg) <-- click

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ER

Does anyone else think it's kind of warm in here? :lol2:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20I/th_McLAREN39SPORTAUTO.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20I/McLAREN39SPORTAUTO.jpg) <-- click

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ER

Couldn't they have any less expensive barbecue there at Le Mans '97? :eek: (and they had it double, first 22R during the practice and this 25R during the race!)

I think the burning rubber, oil, paint and carbon fiber are not giving the extra flavours I would prefer to have. Pepper and salt are enough for my steak. :icon16:

Here,s an excellent set of pit garage, GTR pics on Flickr :thumbsup:

BPR Monza 96.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/34367539@N05/sets/72157616862120392/,

:thumbsup: I hope even more such sets from different BPR'95-96 races would show up. Especially those which show the rear section of the cars as they are rare.

Does anyone else think it's kind of warm in here? :lol2:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20I/th_McLAREN39SPORTAUTO.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20I/McLAREN39SPORTAUTO.jpg) <-- click

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ER

You been playing with cellotape and glue again :rofl:

I think this, came from that GTR.

http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/8808/gulf97toast.th.png (http://img109.imageshack.us/i/gulf97toast.png/)

(No, its not mine)

I wouldn't think there'd be even that much left of the engine cover from #25R with the rear fully engulfed like that. Perhaps that piece comes from the other GTR that Doc mentioned. Cool piece of history that someone has - hopefully the smell has gone away. :wink:

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ER

I wouldn't think there'd be even that much left of the engine cover from #25R with the rear fully engulfed like that. Perhaps that piece comes from the other GTR that Doc mentioned. Cool piece of history that someone has - hopefully the smell has gone away. :wink:

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ER

Yes 22R,

All burnt toast looks the same to me :wink:.

I would also put my bets on the 22R!

I found these images with my quick search but I have seen also a better one from above like that of the 25R (#39) and the rear of 22R (#40) is in much better shape on that aftermath photo than the 25R.

http://thumbnails12.imagebam.com/6911/bed99169105791.gif (http://www.imagebam.com/image/bed99169105791) http://thumbnails12.imagebam.com/6911/5a0fef69105792.gif (http://www.imagebam.com/image/5a0fef69105792)

EDIT: Also see the tears of the right rear end of the engine lid, better match to 22R! 25R seems otherwise intact, only the paint has become smutty.
EDIT2: was just 3 min late to this party! :(

Thanks to all these images, BPR GT 1996 Monza link and those fire images. Hope really that these BPR images would show up more!

I know this should be in the video thread, but its full of GTR,s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdQ2WKPf0Rw Enjoy.

Also check out this 95 LeMans vid :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtbgoe592Qc

Great stuff Martin - thanks for the links.

I am sure Mr Hurst will see fit to add them into the video thread as well.

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ER

I know this should be in the video thread, but its full of GTR,s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdQ2WKPf0Rw Enjoy.

Also check out this 95 LeMans vid :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtbgoe592Qc

Martin; Fantastic!!! :runaround:
Both clips were superb, just the music was too loud, but fortunately engine sound were heard well!!!!!

Great stuff Martin - thanks for the links.

I am sure Mr Hurst will see fit to add them into the video thread as well.

>8^)
ER

All done :)

As promised :) ...... Enjoy

http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/9458/ccc1y.th.jpg (http://img113.imageshack.us/i/ccc1y.jpg/)http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/9760/ccc2m.th.jpg (http://img535.imageshack.us/i/ccc2m.jpg/) http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/7222/ccc3.th.jpg (http://img684.imageshack.us/i/ccc3.jpg/)http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/6323/ccc4fw.th.jpg (http://img682.imageshack.us/i/ccc4fw.jpg/) http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/6531/ccc5.th.jpg (http://img227.imageshack.us/i/ccc5.jpg/)........Front Cover http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/6111/ccc6.th.jpg (http://img83.imageshack.us/i/ccc6.jpg/)

That looks to be a great read and I intend to do just that a little later on. Thanks for sharing! :cool:

I wish that image at the bottom of the final page were a bit better focused - it would probably be my next signature for you all to have to stare at for a month or so.

>8^)
ER

This is from an article on 10R, from most likely a Norwegian magazin, given the reference in the opening paragraph and the nationality of the author (Arnstein Landsem).
http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/810/mclaren2.jpg (http://img185.imageshack.us/i/mclaren2.jpg/)

Anybody knows this article and/or can tell which magazine it is from?

This is the guy who had an incident with the car. Here (http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=957342&highlight=mason&page=4) you can find the full article.

Great, thanks a bunch.

Some very nice Silverstone 95/96 pics from Mendaman on Flickr :cool:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mendaman/4932931715/

Overhead pit lane pic is just ace :smokin:

i guess this goes here?:confused:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=63&t=898318&mid=75832&nmt=McLaren F1 GTR Photoshoot

i guess this goes here?:confused:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=63&t=898318&mid=75832&nmt=McLaren F1 GTR Photoshoot

:lol2: Superb!!!!!:lol2:

Some very nice Silverstone 95/96 pics from Mendaman on Flickr :cool:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mendaman/4932931715/

Overhead pit lane pic is just ace :smokin:

Fantastic pics yes. Nice for a little trip into history. Thanks for sharing!


Have received a few Japanese mags. While I'm arranging a decent scanner so that I can share the entire articles, I just want to give some initial pics. I'm not quite sure whether this article is known out here. Some pics I have never seen before, others appear rather familiar :dunno:


http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/7375/scan010c.th.jpg (http://img683.imageshack.us/i/scan010c.jpg/) http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/4121/scan012.th.jpg (http://img842.imageshack.us/i/scan012.jpg/) http://img541.imageshack.us/img541/9015/scan011.th.jpg (http://img541.imageshack.us/i/scan011.jpg/) http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/9060/scan008a.th.jpg (http://img205.imageshack.us/i/scan008a.jpg/) http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/5624/scan013i.th.jpg (http://img4.imageshack.us/i/scan013i.jpg/)

Fantastic pics yes. Nice for a little trip into history. Thanks for sharing!


Have received a few Japanese mags. While I'm arranging a decent scanner so that I can share the entire articles, I just want to give some initial pics. I'm not quite sure whether this article is known out here. Some pics I have never seen before, others appear rather familiar :dunno:


http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/7375/scan010c.th.jpg (http://img683.imageshack.us/i/scan010c.jpg/) http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/4121/scan012.th.jpg (http://img842.imageshack.us/i/scan012.jpg/) http://img541.imageshack.us/img541/9015/scan011.th.jpg (http://img541.imageshack.us/i/scan011.jpg/) http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/9060/scan008a.th.jpg (http://img205.imageshack.us/i/scan008a.jpg/) http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/5624/scan013i.th.jpg (http://img4.imageshack.us/i/scan013i.jpg/)

:thumbsup: Bloomin' Brilliant! :)

Fantastic pics yes. Nice for a little trip into history. Thanks for sharing!


Have received a few Japanese mags. While I'm arranging a decent scanner so that I can share the entire articles, I just want to give some initial pics. I'm not quite sure whether this article is known out here. Some pics I have never seen before, others appear rather familiar :dunno:


http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/7375/scan010c.th.jpg (http://img683.imageshack.us/i/scan010c.jpg/) http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/4121/scan012.th.jpg (http://img842.imageshack.us/i/scan012.jpg/) http://img541.imageshack.us/img541/9015/scan011.th.jpg (http://img541.imageshack.us/i/scan011.jpg/) http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/9060/scan008a.th.jpg (http://img205.imageshack.us/i/scan008a.jpg/) http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/5624/scan013i.th.jpg (http://img4.imageshack.us/i/scan013i.jpg/)

Scans!!...... yes please :worshippy

I,m sure Andy would like to see these articles in the 13R thread :).

I've not seen that one before. Great find - very nice!

Love the shots of the car in pieces.

>8^)
ER

Short article by Doug Nye on the F1 GTR Longtails, from the September 2010 issue of MotorSport Magazine.


http://i924.photobucket.com/albums/ad83/atmclf1lm/04092010482.jpg


http://i924.photobucket.com/albums/ad83/atmclf1lm/04092010483.jpg

Short article by Doug Nye on the F1 GTR Longtails, from the September 2010 issue of MotorSport Magazine.


A good read and I really like that photo on the first page of the article.

Thanks for posting it up.

I was surprised to learn they had brought Doug Nye into the process so early - I had no idea he'd been there since the beginning. Great forethought by Gordon and the team and it certainly explains one of the reasons why "Driving Ambition" ended up being so great. :cool:

>8^)
ER

Nice articles have been brought here recent days!
Love to read that Longtail story, hmm have to go and see could that magazine be found here also.

Anyone have this issue of PS magazine with an article on #08R in the West Adrenaline livery?

http://www.autotest24.de/mt/dynbilder/bericht14543_norm.jpg

Link (http://cgi.ebay.com/350420796930)

>8^)
ER

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20I/th_1995ruman_Mclaren_LG.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/Peloton25/McLaren%20F1%20I/1995ruman_Mclaren_LG.jpg)



It just clicked with me - I have the book that picture is from! :)

Anyone have this issue of PS magazine with an article on #08R in the West Adrenaline livery?

>8^)
ER

It has been listed regularly by 2 German magazine sellers. Always with the front page only though, so I requested them how many pages the article was to figure if it was interesting enough. Both of them dodged the question though.

This one (http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270597405708&ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:DE:1123)
and this one (http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=400154639152&ssPageName=ADME:X:AAQ:DE:1123)

While I'm arranging a decent scanner so that I can share the entire articles, I just want to give some initial pics.


Not the most decent scanner I could get, but it's working. The entire article now.

Car Graphic, Issue 432, March 1997. A Track Impression according to the table of contents.
Enjoy :cool:

http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/566/scan0063h.th.jpg (http://img109.imageshack.us/i/scan0063h.jpg/)


http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/8821/scan0064d.th.jpg (http://img3.imageshack.us/i/scan0064d.jpg/) http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/2772/scan0065.th.jpg (http://img35.imageshack.us/i/scan0065.jpg/) http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/2403/scan0066j.th.jpg (http://img24.imageshack.us/i/scan0066j.jpg/) http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/2753/scan0067z.th.jpg (http://img10.imageshack.us/i/scan0067z.jpg/)

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/6308/scan0068a.th.jpg (http://img6.imageshack.us/i/scan0068a.jpg/) http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/6507/scan0069.th.jpg (http://img340.imageshack.us/i/scan0069.jpg/) http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/3434/scan0070f.th.jpg (http://img251.imageshack.us/i/scan0070f.jpg/)

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/1817/scan0071.th.jpg (http://img443.imageshack.us/i/scan0071.jpg/) http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/5726/scan0072s.th.jpg (http://img12.imageshack.us/i/scan0072s.jpg/) http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/4724/scan0073x.th.jpg (http://img192.imageshack.us/i/scan0073x.jpg/) http://img808.imageshack.us/img808/9940/scan0074.th.jpg (http://img808.imageshack.us/i/scan0074.jpg/)

:cool: This is superb stuff!
Andy defenitely likes this, I think!

Thanks Sami. There's more to come :smokin:

I knew it was going to be good; I didn't now it was going to be THAT good :thumbsup: :cool:

^^^^ Absolutely fantastic scans :thumbsup:

Well done bucciali, a really big thankyou from me, for responding to my request, top man :smokin:.

Now to search for a hard copy for my collection :wink:.

Bravo Bucciali, wonderful !

Phil

Thanks bucciali! :thumbsup:

Always pleasure to see the GTRs as they were when they raced. Sadly the old imaging and printing equipment couldn't produce the colors of those LARKs so well.

But anyway I'll do my contributions on this thread as these have been laying on my hard drive for a while; starting with the old Auto Hebdo that features the 05R as it were in Jarama 1995:

http://thumbnails34.imagebam.com/11150/c2c3eb111498863.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/c2c3eb111498863) http://thumbnails7.imagebam.com/11150/c8127c111498871.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/c8127c111498871) http://thumbnails35.imagebam.com/11150/8c79fb111498883.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/8c79fb111498883) http://thumbnails35.imagebam.com/11150/756a94111498890.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/756a94111498890) http://thumbnails4.imagebam.com/11150/2e5904111498899.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/2e5904111498899) http://thumbnails30.imagebam.com/11150/626c5f111498909.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/626c5f111498909) http://thumbnails26.imagebam.com/11150/327eea111498915.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/327eea111498915)

Auto Motor und Sport 06/1995 featuring the 03R "West":

http://thumbnails34.imagebam.com/11151/fa1860111500630.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/fa1860111500630) http://thumbnails25.imagebam.com/11151/4d999c111500641.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/4d999c111500641) http://thumbnails25.imagebam.com/11151/16ce6d111500650.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/16ce6d111500650) http://thumbnails26.imagebam.com/11151/430174111500664.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/430174111500664) http://thumbnails30.imagebam.com/11151/56a715111500674.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/56a715111500674)

Auto Motor und Sport 13/1995 featuring 07R "Jacadi" among other BPR'95 racersa and BMW-Chef's accident as bonus: ;)

http://thumbnails33.imagebam.com/11151/c9a131111501169.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/c9a131111501169) http://thumbnails30.imagebam.com/11151/7228bf111501183.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/7228bf111501183) http://thumbnails25.imagebam.com/11151/944896111501191.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/944896111501191) http://thumbnails32.imagebam.com/11151/f6c5e5111501197.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/f6c5e5111501197) http://thumbnails33.imagebam.com/11151/229f5a111501206.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/229f5a111501206) http://thumbnails31.imagebam.com/11151/3c026a111501213.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/3c026a111501213)

And as last the supplement magazine for Altaya (IXO) LM'97 Gulf #41 scale model:

http://thumbnails29.imagebam.com/11151/6a22a8111500073.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/6a22a8111500073) http://thumbnails7.imagebam.com/11151/492216111500083.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/492216111500083) http://thumbnails7.imagebam.com/11151/cd9523111500091.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/cd9523111500091) http://thumbnails18.imagebam.com/11151/2e8f9f111500100.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/2e8f9f111500100) http://thumbnails37.imagebam.com/11151/e9295d111500111.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/e9295d111500111) http://thumbnails37.imagebam.com/11151/83ab46111500121.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/83ab46111500121) http://thumbnails29.imagebam.com/11151/8059c4111500133.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/8059c4111500133)

I hope none of them was a repost.

Ok, it's time to have some whisky....:runaround:

:thumbsup: Doc :)

He Doc! :thumbsup: Some great articles there, especially the Auto Hebdo.

Great shot too from the air of the Gulf GTR in the rain.


My scanner is one of those 3-in one, print/scan/copy. Scanning functionality is minimised: one button 'Scan' :)

My scanner is one of those 3-in one, print/scan/copy. Scanning functionality is minimised: one button 'Scan' :)

Sorry I wasn't specific enough, I didn't mean to criticize your equipment, but the old cameras and films (the photographers used) and the printing equipment of the 90's magazines couldn't reproduce the pink of the LARKs correctly. Also that 05R in Philippe Charriol livery had the pink that in many pictures from those days seem to be red or orange, but not pink. Those Auto Hebdo pictures are of the better end of the scale towards the pink (especially that last picture of the rear of the car).

Haha, no worries. I jsut misunderstood. I myself criticize my equipment, so.... ;-)