Death Could Not Beat Me - Written By Jorge Gaitán Durán (orig. Spanish No Pudo La Muerte Vencerme)

again

A collection of photographs from the 1982 drivers strike

now how do we get netflix to do unchained femmes

ANQUETIL, ALONE

Anquetil Alone by Paul Fournel // A group in the 1957 Tour de France passes through the Pyrenees, Jacques Anquetil in yellow. // Rouleur journal The case for Jacques Anquetil // A young Anquetil wins the 1953 GP Des Nations // High Flight by John Gillespie Magee Jr. // Anquetil climbs the Tourmalet during the 1957 Tour de France // Anquetil poses with his bike ahead of the 1959 Giro d'Italia // Anquetil racing in 1960 or 61 // Eurosport Re-Cycle the 1963 Vuelta // Individual time trial at the 1964 Tour de France // Richard Willams Review of 'Anquetil Alone' // Catullus 85 // L'Equipe playing card, 1960 // Commemorative stamp, 1969 // Tour de France 1961 magazine // Commemorative stamp, 1972 // Anquetil prepares his bike for a track event in London, 1964

Besides the usual plethora of ‘Forza Gilles’ and ‘Viva Villeneuve’ banners around the track, there was a very large sign that read ‘Dio Perdonna … Gilles No’ – God Forgives … Gilles Does Not, a slogan that was meant as a deification of the tifosi hero but which actually foretold of what was to unfold at Imola.

Excerpt From <Gilles Villeneuve: The Life of the Legendary Racing Driver> by Gerald Donaldson

got my tour de france bingo card for the year ready!!

GILLES VILLENEUVE [1950-1982]

Extract from an Autosprint article in which Pietro, Didier's chief mechanic, is interviewed.

"Despite what someone might believe, after Gilles' death Didier Pironi was never the same. Someone might think that the frenchman was now cinically calm and happy, since he had gotten rid of his sworn enemy, and could now win the world championship easily. But no. No, no, no! He didn't talk to me, but I was still his chief mechanic and I could see and understand things better than anyone. After Zolder's disgrace, Didier was never the same. He suffered, he was depressed, and I'm sure of what I am saying, he was deeply saddened with how things had ended with Gilles, in such a terrible and definitive way. Yeah, I think Didier was feeling guilty, because he behaved in a very strange, peculiar, excessive way, as if he wanted to think about something else, as if he wanted to drown his troubles, forget about all the horror that had happened. No one knows that Zandvoort 1982 is a victory without smiles. Didier wins, but does not smile, does not laugh, because something inside him has broken, maybe forever. He had a new mistress, it was like he didn't want to think, he didn’t even seem enthusiastic about the championship victory that was coming. Yes, the Holland GP is a good thing... but only for you. For those who secretly see what's happening in Ferrari, it shows a specific state of mind of Didier: cold, sad, melancholic. So I think these things should be known now, because they will end in a dramatic epilogue at Hockenheim, which is an event that is like a child of Zandvoort. The day of the crash in Germany, Didier arrives at the circuit half an hour late. Something serious, unacceptable. He has a long, scruffy beard, a distant look. He comes in company of two girls with whom no one thinks he had been discussing the weather forecasts with... so, Forghieri understandably is upset with him. It rains, it's not even worth going on track, but the situation is such that Mauro wants Didier to wake up and go back on track, because it seems that his mind is somewhere else. The rest is history."

Taking Over the World by Coyote Theory

so I've actually been keeping this as a draft for a few months because of some things that need to be fixed and a particularly annoying typo. But at this point I doubt that I'm ever going to find the will to fix it and re cut all the pictures (fugg you tumblr size limit).

if I'll ever fix this I'll just edit this post :)

Happy new year

Ayrton Senna, Brazilian Grand Prix post-race conference, 1990.

His eyelashes🥺