Mazda 787B and Mr Herbert

[bazburn]

For you peeps that went to Le Mans this year a little reminder, and for the rest of us...absolutely gorgeous noise...

http://www.pistonheads.com/news/defa...?storyId=23778

[s2driveruk]

i heard it ....was in a shocking state from the night before and literally couldn't get out of bed. It was an epic noise and i feel slightly ashamed i was so bad i couldnt get trackside to see it too. nevermind, thats what youtube is for

[bazburn]

i heard it ....was in a shocking state from the night before and literally couldn't get out of bed. It was an epic noise and i feel slightly ashamed i was so bad i couldnt get trackside to see it too. nevermind, thats what youtube is for

Disgraceful...

[HPmuirt]

I was also there in 1991 (one of my 9 trips), but unlike that shocking admission from David, I stayed up all night to watch the Mercs be chased down by the Jags, with this heroic little Mazda stuck in the middle.

The noise was sensational but what was even more impressive was the fact that Johnny either triple or quadruple stinted the last part as the other drivers were too tired and so he had to go to hospital and missed the first part of the podium (stair well in those days) as he was on a drip

What I don't understand is how Johnny managed to drive it this year, after all it now only has 3 wheels - I know this as I was in the Mazda pit when the car returned from Parc Ferme and I sort of borrowed one of the front wheels

It was a coffee table until I got married, now it lives in the loft and is coveted by my son who wants it in his room beside his 2009 Red Bull (Mark Webber not Vettel) wheel.

Cheers n

Si

[s2driveruk]

thats a great story Si....respect

They just dont race like that anymore!

[s2driveruk]

this was what lead up to the monster hangover: http://www.s2forum.com/forum/showthr...ano#post575750

[HPmuirt]

thats a great story Si....respect

They just dont race like that anymore!

Indeed they don't

As for the story, how we got away is the really funny part. One day I'll maybe did out some pics (film not digital) of the whole sordid affair.

I have many more "souvenirs" with interesting stories, such as the huge Audi flag that is on the wall in my study

The Audi flag required a midnight commando mission to capture as it was in the middle of the main Audi hospitality and we had to lower the entire flag pole, remove the flag and replace the flagpole as everyone sat underneath it eating
You have never heard such muted drunken sniggering as 3 grown men, dressed in black with makeshift balaclavas crept around the back of the hospitality and "acquired" my flag for me

Other souvenirs I also have include: -

The no.4 grid board as used in 1991
The green flag as used at the Ford Chicanes marshals post
The Audi sign from another hospitality venue
The Audi flag from the Audi pit garage
An Audi hat given only to Audi VIPs
2 huge boxes of Audi canapes (nope, hold on, we ate those )
Part of the armco from Mulsanne (could not find it recently but I have it somewhere)
Another small Audi flag from another Audi hospitality
A used brake pad from a Ferrari
A small piece of the body work from a McLaren F1 that "fell off"
3 large bags of Ice from Audi hospitality (kept our beer cold for 2 days)
A centre wheel nut from somthing that race in 1993 (cannot remember which pit I was in when it "landed" in my pocket)

Cheers n

Si

[bazburn]

Indeed they don't

As for the story, how we got away is the really funny part. One day I'll maybe did out some pics (film not digital) of the whole sordid affair.

I have many more "souvenirs" with interesting stories, such as the huge Audi flag that is on the wall in my study

The Audi flag required a midnight commando mission to capture as it was in the middle of the main Audi hospitality and we had to lower the entire flag pole, remove the flag and replace the flagpole as everyone sat underneath it eating
You have never heard such muted drunken sniggering as 3 grown men, dressed in black with makeshift balaclavas crept around the back of the hospitality and "acquired" my flag for me

Other souvenirs I also have include: -

The no.4 grid board as used in 1991
The green flag as used at the Ford Chicanes marshals post
The Audi sign from another hospitality venue
The Audi flag from the Audi pit garage
An Audi hat given only to Audi VIPs
2 huge boxes of Audi canapes (nope, hold on, we ate those )
Part of the armco from Mulsanne (could not find it recently but I have it somewhere) Another small Audi flag from another Audi hospitality
A used brake pad from a Ferrari
A small piece of the body work from a McLaren F1 that "fell off"
3 large bags of Ice from Audi hospitality (kept our beer cold for 2 days)
A centre wheel bold from somthing that race in 1993 (cannot remember which pit I was in when it "landed" in my pocket)

Cheers n

Si

So do you actually see any racing or are you just planning your next TWOCing...

PS must be a hoot going with you lot...