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3.0 out of 5 stars
Jackie's hat trick., 23 Sep 2009
This review of 1973 starts with the second race in the championship season and Jackie Stewart is on a quest to win back his world championship - a challenge which appears tough after world number one Fittipaldi steals a series of early wins.
Jackie Stewart retired at the end of this season, but he continued to actively work to make the sport safer. This DVD shows us several accidents with worryingly poor safety precautions - none more so than Roger Williamson's fatal crash where he sat inside a burning car with only fellow driver David Purley attempting to free him. His desperate attempts to put out the fire using a woefully inadequate fire extinguisher (which was the only one available) makes for sobering viewing.
Stewart may have retired a world champion yet again, but he certainly didn't end his career on a high. His young protégé François Cevert also died during a practice session for the last race of the season. Tyrrell pulled out of the race out of respect and handed the constructors championship to Lotus-Ford.
Formula 1 lost a young rising star, but when you watch this DVD a new name appears on the score sheets - James Hunt. '73 was his debut year and he certainly made an impression.
In a nutshell: So far during the Brunswick collection, the lack of actual race footage hasn't bothered me and I've been really impressed. But hearing that Jackie Stewart secured the drivers championship by driving the race of his life from 20th to 4th and not seeing any of it highlighted a deficiency in the 1973 coverage on this disk. This is a good DVD and a valuable part of the series but I do feel that I missed out one of the most instrumental moments of the season. The coverage in the other disks creates something of a story, but they must have struggled for footage this time round.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Stewart, class of the field, DVD lacking for race action, 25 Jun 2007
I own many of these titles from the Brunswick archives and I am mostly pleased to have them, they are the only way to see the formula one scene as it was from 1970 to 1980. In many ways I feel that formula one was better in this period for out and out racing, wheel to wheel action and before money rules and sponsors took away many of the reasons why we watched formula one in the first place, action!. These DVD's however are frustrating beyond belief as no actual real racing action is captured on them as Brunswick only use there own footage taken often from one corner on the track and it shows, painfully badly. Nothing worse than watching the drivers put on their helmets for five minutes, sit on the start line waiting for the lights, only for the picture to pause and the announcer to say "And Stewart won the race" So where was the race, let me see it, please !!! While races are omitted there is also the totally dreadful der,der,der,der der, der der der der music as the results are being shown, trust me it drives you mad, it will have you screaming for the remote to turn it down. Why cant they use TV footage, lets have a BBC Grand Prix style DVD using their own footage. In summary, its great to see the old drivers (many no longer with us sadly) and reminisce, but these DVD's are poor for any real race action, but its great to see legends like Stewart, Peterson and Cevert and all the others. Awesome
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4.0 out of 5 stars
special for the driving of jackie stewart, 14 Jun 2007
Generally see my review for '78. This year is special for the driving of jackie stewart
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