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50 Years of Formula 1 On Board
 
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50 Years of Formula 1 On Board
DVD ~ Stirling Moss
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A compilation of in-car camera action from 1950 through to the present day.

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Quality Over Quantity, 19 Dec 2004
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For as long as it's been on the box, the drama of F1 racing has been short changed by television. The cameras hardly ever do justice to the sheer energy of the cars travelling and racing at speed. Every race they pan along with the cars, zoom in too close, foreshorten the view, and generally do an excellent job of making the whole thing look a bit dull. The exception is the on-board cameras, which show just how quick the cars go and how tough it is to race the things... except these cameras are hardly ever used by the TV directors!
Perhaps realising this problem the F1 honchos have authorised the release of this compilation of on-board footage from the archives.

In summary, the programme contains rides with:
Juan Manuel Fangio testing at the Modena Autodrome (B/W)
Stirling Moss testing at Goodwood (B/W)
Stirling Moss at the Nurburgring (B/W)
Jackie Stewart following another car around the Nurburgring
Jackie Stewart commentating a demo lap at Brands Hatch
A 'bird's eye' view of Patrick Depailler in the 6-Wheel Tyrrell at Monaco
Patrick Depailler at Long Beach, CA
Jacques Laffite in practice at Monza
Ayrton Senna on a qualifying lap round Suzuka
Damon Hill and Michael Schumacher at the start of the Monaco GP
Mika Hakkinen catching and passing Schumacher at Spa
Schumacher at Monza
And a chronological compilation of clips of each World Champion in action

An optional commentary track features comments from Moss, Stewart and Mario Andretti.

Perhaps the best thing about the footage is that it's clearly been put together with plenty of thought. There's film of testing, qualifying and racing. The drivers are all World Champions or GP winners. The disparity between today's F1 and the past is subtly highlighted. For example Monza is seen now and in 1978 form, in 1989 Senna is still shifting his gears with a lever, and the angles that Depailler chucks his car around Long Beach at would be unthinkable today.
All in all this is a fantastic selection that shows properly why F1 drivers are a special, if slightly mad, breed.

However, this DVD does have a couple of problems. Firstly all of the footage from the seventies that appears here, as well as loads that doesn't, has been available for years on a double-VHS called 'Lap of the Gods' - which is far longer and has an excellent narration by legendary commentator Murray Walker.
F1 Onboard, excellent though it is, doesn't have fifty years worth of footage. And considering that F1 bosses are the only people who can (legally) make 'F1 Onboard Part 2', one does have to wonder if that's accidental or not...

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23 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, 8 Feb 2005
Given the thousands of hours of onboard action available, they really did choose some exceptionally dull footage.
I was hoping for action - overtaking, slides, offs, accidents, start line action. What I got was single laps of cars mostly by themselves. Where was Ayrton Senna hitting Martin Brundle from behind in the rain? Where was Jean Alesi applying tons of opposite lock with one hand whilst showing 'the bird' with the other at Adelaide in the Ferrari. This DVD does not have any excitment in it whatsoever. If you're looking for racing action, forget it.
The second section of the DVD has a brief clip (10 seconds?) of every F1 World Champion, and that's it.
Apart from some nice footage of the original Nurburgring, this DVD is pointless. It is not worth the money - and I'm saying this as a huge 'never miss a race' F1 fan.
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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars A cloud with a silver lining, 5 Jan 2005
Exciting concept, disappointing execution. Some super footage but an Autosport magazine review had me expecting so much more. I must admit to already owning 2 on board videos called 'lap of the God's' vols 1 and 2 and around half the laps are taken from those. So for me it was a case of seen it before. This was such a great opportunity. Why have just a 50 min dvd? Also, you must remember that the last 12 minutes or so are not on board. They are made up of short famous clips of every World Champion.
It was great to see a whole Senna lap at Suzuka and Hakkinnen passing Schumacher at Spa in 2000 was spectacular. Why not show Senna on a qualifying lap at Monaco? A must for a fan but don't expect too much from this dvd.
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2.0 out of 5 stars 50 years? Not even 50 minutes!
I rented this and it just about was worth the £2 it cost to do that. It jumps from 1957 to the 70s with barely a shot from the 60s. Very poor value.
Published 9 months ago by The Kinniburgh Kid

5.0 out of 5 stars THIS DVD DELIVERS
The DVD is split into 2 distinct parts. The first part is as it says on the tin "50 years on board". Read more
Published 11 months ago by A. Pitts

2.0 out of 5 stars Formula One's Greatest Hits (not)
Agree with all of the above that this is a good concept but a missed opportunity and any enthusiast will be familiar with most of the clips. Read more
Published 17 months ago by P. N. I. Jeffrey

1.0 out of 5 stars Not worth the money
What a rip off.... They seem to have missed most to the 80's out no coverage of Nigel Mansell.. what happened to those silly fast laps from the turbo days.... Read more
Published on 29 Dec 2005

3.0 out of 5 stars good, but not what you may expect
really this dvd should be called "onboard with the f1 legends", which is ok, but i was expecting this dvd to be a showcase of onboard action from over the years and not more or... Read more
Published on 20 Dec 2004 by lukedalton88

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