Post by Kasey Kagawa

Ah, the good old days of Formula 1. When the drivers had personalities, the teams didn’t require the GNP of several Third World nations to compete, and Murray Walker was still commentating for the BBC. We may not be able to turn to the past to fix the problems of only having two competitive teams in an F1 season, but we sure as hell can listen to the soothing sounds of V8s screaming their way down Shoreline Drive in Long Beach and Mr. Walker somehow managing to talk about three different things at once, and still have it all make sense. In that spirit, enjoy this in-car footage of Patrick Depailler’s hot practice lap around the 1979 United States Grand Prix West circuit at Long Beach, narrated by the one and only Murray Walker.