{"id":1747,"date":"2011-04-06T20:21:01","date_gmt":"2011-04-07T03:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/?p=1747"},"modified":"2011-04-10T23:04:57","modified_gmt":"2011-04-11T06:04:57","slug":"formula-classics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/2011\/04\/formula-classics\/","title":{"rendered":"Formula Classics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The John Player Special Lotus from the <a href=\"http:\/\/7tuned.com\/index.php\/2011\/04\/player\/\">earlier post<\/a> got me intrigued on all the old Formula cars. Formula 1 today is cool and all, and its level of technology and engineering certainly demand recognition. However, it just doesn&#8217;t do it for me. Seems too soft with all the crazy electronics (then again, I hardly pay much attention to car racing nowadays). Wish the car-driver balance would be more disproportional, with a driver bias. When I look at the formula racing circa the 60&#8217;s and 70&#8217;s, I see a far more visceral touch. This is what racing should be about, raw and gritty.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Villeneuve70s.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1756\" title=\"Villeneuve70s\" src=\"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Villeneuve70s-600x480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Villeneuve70s-600x480.jpg 600w, http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Villeneuve70s.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/1966_monza_jackie_stewart_h16_169.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1749\" title=\"1966_monza_jackie_stewart_h16_169\" src=\"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/1966_monza_jackie_stewart_h16_169-600x337.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/1966_monza_jackie_stewart_h16_169-600x337.jpg 600w, http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/1966_monza_jackie_stewart_h16_169.jpg 869w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Clay-Regazzoni-Ferrari-312B.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1750\" title=\"Clay-Regazzoni-Ferrari-312B\" src=\"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Clay-Regazzoni-Ferrari-312B-600x366.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Clay-Regazzoni-Ferrari-312B-600x366.jpg 600w, http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Clay-Regazzoni-Ferrari-312B.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Lotus-56B-1971-The-last-turbine-car-driven-in-F1.-Also-Lotus-last-attempt-at-four-wheel-drive-in-F1..jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1752\" title=\"Lotus-56B-1971-The-last-turbine-car-driven-in-F1.-Also-Lotus-last-attempt-at-four-wheel-drive-in-F1.\" src=\"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Lotus-56B-1971-The-last-turbine-car-driven-in-F1.-Also-Lotus-last-attempt-at-four-wheel-drive-in-F1.-600x595.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"595\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Lotus-56B-1971-The-last-turbine-car-driven-in-F1.-Also-Lotus-last-attempt-at-four-wheel-drive-in-F1.-600x595.jpg 600w, http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Lotus-56B-1971-The-last-turbine-car-driven-in-F1.-Also-Lotus-last-attempt-at-four-wheel-drive-in-F1..jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/1962monacoferrari156skh5Sharknose.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1748\" title=\"1962monacoferrari156skh5Sharknose\" src=\"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/1962monacoferrari156skh5Sharknose-600x530.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/1962monacoferrari156skh5Sharknose-600x530.jpg 600w, http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/1962monacoferrari156skh5Sharknose.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/ferrari1964.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1751\" title=\"ferrari1964\" src=\"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/ferrari1964-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/ferrari1964-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/ferrari1964.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/mclarenmarlboro.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1753\" title=\"mclarenmarlboro\" src=\"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/mclarenmarlboro-600x398.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/mclarenmarlboro-600x398.jpg 600w, http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/mclarenmarlboro-1024x680.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/mclarenmarlboro.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Monaco-GP-1976.-Tom-Pryce-Jean-Pierre-Jarier..jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1754\" title=\"Monaco-GP-1976.-Tom-Pryce-Jean-Pierre-Jarier.\" src=\"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Monaco-GP-1976.-Tom-Pryce-Jean-Pierre-Jarier.-600x784.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"784\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Monaco-GP-1976.-Tom-Pryce-Jean-Pierre-Jarier.-600x784.jpg 600w, http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Monaco-GP-1976.-Tom-Pryce-Jean-Pierre-Jarier.-783x1024.jpg 783w, http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Monaco-GP-1976.-Tom-Pryce-Jean-Pierre-Jarier..jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/sparksalivetti.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1755\" title=\"sparksalivetti\" src=\"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/sparksalivetti-600x504.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"504\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/sparksalivetti-600x504.jpg 600w, http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/sparksalivetti.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The John Player Special Lotus from the earlier post got me intrigued on all the old Formula cars. Formula 1 today is cool and all, and its level of technology and engineering certainly demand recognition. However, it just doesn&#8217;t do it for me. Seems too soft with all the crazy electronics (then again, I hardly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1748,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1747"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1747"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1758,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1747\/revisions\/1758"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}