RIP Clay Regazzoni

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Sun 17 Dec 2006 19:07
RIP Clay Regazzoni - SjB {P}
www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=38123

Not the greatest F! driver, but terrific to watch on an a good day. Someone of the Alesi mould (or rather Alesi in F1 was of the same mould) as this obituary indicates.
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Sun 17 Dec 2006 19:50
RIP Clay Regazzoni - cheddar
Someone of the Alesi mould >>


I agree, also a man of great courage rather like Alex Zanardi.


By the way SJB, how are the twins, how old now, are they sleeping through etc. IIRC they are your first, ours were also our first, hard work though you dont know any different, perhaps much tougher if you have had one child then you have twins!
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Sun 17 Dec 2006 22:16
RIP Clay Regazzoni - SjB {P}
By the way SJB, how are the twins


Our first too, eight and a half weeks old, and doing fine thanks. Nights are getting even tougher as feeding intervals have reduced, but truly, still, life has never been better. :-) Emilia on the left, Michael on the right: tinyurl.com/yhqvru


Back to the thread; on Friday, whilst driving home from the chippie, I recalled that the great Mike Hailwood met his end doing the same thing. Sad that on the same day Clay Regazzoni met his end whilst making probably as equally mundane journey behind the wheel.
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Sun 17 Dec 2006 22:35
RIP Clay Regazzoni - cheddar
Congrats SJB, seems like only yesterday, cherish while you can, time flys!
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Mon 18 Dec 2006 08:42
RIP Clay Regazzoni - Clanger
Style & passion, if not consistency. RIP.
Hawkeye
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Stranger in a strange land
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Mon 18 Dec 2006 09:07
RIP Clay Regazzoni - henry k
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006...l

A couple of extracts point to a rather special person.

"When Brabham ? whose team owner Bernie Ecclestone had earlier offered him a good contract for 1977 ? then offered him less than half the money they had previously held out, Regazzoni declined: "I got the next flight back to Switzerland. It wasn't the money that was so important. I like to race with nice people."

He ran a driving school at the Vallelunga racing circuit in Rome at which a hand-control system enabling disabled people to drive road cars was adapted for racing purposes.

He was philosophical about his disability, saying: "You see little children with cancer, and you feel ashamed ? you've had years of good life which they will never have. I can't walk, but I can drive my Ferrari, I have my driving school for handicapped people, I can still go to races. I don't feel desperate any more."




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Mon 18 Dec 2006 10:13
RIP Clay Regazzoni - peterb
A racing driver with bags of character and on his day as fast as (almost) anyone.

I seem to recall a great win at Monza in the Ferrari (1975?), getting the 1977 Ensign into unfeasibly high positions (before it broke down) and of course Williams' first win..
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