This was Barry Sheene's first 500cc GP race after he broke both legs while practicing for the 1982 British GP.This race was also Eddie Lawsons first ever 500cc GP race.
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@timcolder27893 жыл бұрын
The best season ever. Great scrap between the King and Fast Freddie.Shame that KR retired from GP's at the end of that season. Actually watched this race live on my lunch break in the local tv store.
@edgarherb-pu7vt7 ай бұрын
The good Time of sud Africa.
@javiervazquez-vm4ug Жыл бұрын
Eran unos tiempos maravillosos.
@jaustinkwack6 жыл бұрын
Fast Freddie !
@pabloperez40635 жыл бұрын
maybe, the best ever
@quartusbuys68313 жыл бұрын
@@pabloperez4063 not maybe. He was the best.
@pabloperez406310 ай бұрын
@@quartusbuys6831he was my héroe too
@smoke05s11 жыл бұрын
what are the, like 50 bikes on the grid, thats awesome. there are more bikes in the lead pack than the whole grid today
@pabloperez40635 жыл бұрын
and the concept " jump start" had not been invented.......gentleman agreement
@timcolder27893 жыл бұрын
That's what made it far more exciting and competitive. In the right hands a privateer bike could beat a works bike. Was not down to having the best bike in those days and no traction control, high tech electronics or control tyres. If you did not get your push start right you were either miles away from a chance of winning or someone would hit you up the back side.
@ewennicolson43422 жыл бұрын
Katayama must have had some weird gearing for the long straight. Fucked Haslam's race up a bit.
@jamesd21287 жыл бұрын
Very dangerous track, runoff room not even close to adequate. Too bad, looked a challenging circuit to race.
@billymc26815 жыл бұрын
Had to be man to race in those days. Check out the substantial hay bales between the pavement and guardrails....
@lancejonas87533 жыл бұрын
what utter rubbish. the tracks in Europe were way more dangerous at the time.
@jamesd21283 жыл бұрын
@@lancejonas8753 You know what ? I think you're right, I was too harsh judging Kyalami. I can only see a few corners that strike me as needing more room, don't know what I was looking at three years ago.
@HighFlyingOwlOfMinerva3 жыл бұрын
@@jamesd2128 All circuits in the 1980s were dangerous by today's standards, but safe by 1980s standards. Suzuka was also considered to be a safe circuit until Daijiro Kato slammed his bike at very high speed into a barrier in 2003. Needless to say, grand prix motorcycle racing has _always_ been a very dangerous sport and the most recent casualty - Luis Salom in 2016(!) - still proves this. You can put in I don't know how many safety features to lower the risk, but the slightest chain of unfortunate events can still cause a fatal accident.
@jamesd21283 жыл бұрын
@@HighFlyingOwlOfMinerva Very well said, from today's perspective, just about every track from the Eighties looks like a death trap, but at the time, they probably seemed very safe compared to earlier eras.
@chunder2712 жыл бұрын
Youd never guess too that the commentator was Sheenes PR man would you, awful!!