On the basis that I am about 2 years behind with these blogs, I thought it worthwhile uploading an album of glorious F1 cars from the 3.0L era 1966-1985. They had a race on the Saturday of the Canadian GP and made for a wonderful spectacle, none more so than the sonorous ex-Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari 312 T5. While nobody could drive it like Gilles, just to see it around the eponymous circuit, the driver wearing a replica helmet, was enough to put a lump in one’s throat. Fabulous stuff. In the end it was a Williams wash-out with a one-two-three after the Brabham BT44 which set the pace in qualifying failed to make the start. Still, whatever the result it remains a monumental pleasure to see Grand Prix cars at speed around a circuit they raced on in period.
