mw_uio said:
Socke, can you translate the article for us, seems like it would be a good read.
http://einestages.spiegel.de/externa...#featuredEntry
Cheers
MArk
Quito, EC
Not too easy, didn't do much translating in the past 20 years
And back then it was mostly technical documentation from english to german.
Here are the texts to the pictures, I didn't proof read and I'm unsure about my grammar, corrections welcome.
Picture 1) "Lenkungsaufgabe:" A small round wheel, three round gauges and lots of wires - this was a Formular 1 Ferraris cockpit in 1971 (a scene from the Netherlands GP 1971). Today a formular 1 steering wheel is oval and full of controlls. Here we have a season 2007 Ferraris cockpit shot at the Malaysian GP in Sepang.
Picture 2) "Pitstop:" the two pictures are exactly 30 years apart. Above is Jacky Ickx' pitstop in Monza 1968 and below Michael Schumacher in Spielberg 1998.
Picture 3) "Schraubstube:" The formula 1s change from a bold spectacle to a calculating enterprise can't be shown better then in thees two pcitures. Above the Ferrari box in Monza 1972 (note the gearbox in the dirt) and below the clincaly clean Ferrari Box in Bahrein 2005.
Picture 4) "Sperrgebiet:" How easy it was back then in formula 1, and how dangerous. Above a scene from Zandvort 1969 in which a photographer is aproaching the track to get his shots. The picture below shows the Turkey GP in Istanbul 2005, particularly security fences. grandstands, guard railing and a photographer out of harms way.
Picture 5) "Ewiger Lockruf:" Gridgirls is what the young ladies who liven up the paddock and the pitlane and add a glamourus touch are called. This has been the same in Monza in 1967 as in Nuremburg in 1998 and it is still the same today. The attire OTOH has changed dramaticaly, as these photos clearly show.
Picture 6) "Kurvendiskussion:" These two pictures show a most challenging curve. However, this particular part of the Spa-Francorchamps racetrack changed significantly from 1962 (above) to 2004 (below). It is now less challenging and more safe, for drivers and spectators.
Picture 7) "Vollgas-Telegram:" An abbreviation for the drivers name and numbers which are the world in racing. Here we see the so called Pitboards - in 1971 for Jo Siffer in Zeltweg, Austria (above) and 2005 the Ferrari crews message for Rubens Barrichello (cognizable from the brazlian flag) in Indianapolis (below).
Pciture 8) "Arbeitsplatz:" Here we see the drivers workplaces, 23 years apart. Above is Nelson Piquet preaparing for the race in his Brabbham BMW in Zandvoort 1984 and below is Nick Heidfeld in his BMW Sauber getting ready for the race in Valencia 2007.
Pciture 9) "Heldenparade: The drivers great the fans at the track, and we see that this ceremoney has changed, too. The picture above shows the parade before the swedish GP in Anderstorp 1974, below is the parade before the race in Hockenheim 2001
Picture 10) "Signalgeber:" Quick information about the current race situations is essential for formula 1 drivers. The picture above shows a scene from the french GP in Le Castellet 1993 when the drivers where still informed with abbreviated names on boards about the current situation. Below is a current command post, in this case BMW Sauber from the last season.
Picture 11) "Roter Bereich:" Deep red dominates these two backsides - above a Model from Marlboro at teh hungarian GP in Budapes and below a Ferrari race car. Both from the same year.
Picture 12) "Spannungsabbau:" Jacky Ickx found a shady place in Monza 1970, And Ferrari driver Felipe Massa relaxes - shaded by his team manager Jean Todt - in Barcleona 2007
Picture 13) "Zielschuss:" Both times the Monaco GP, both times photographers aim for the passing cars, anyhow, the pictures are from different epochs of racing and photography. Above is a pciture from 1969 and below one at the same place, with heavy rain, in 1997.
Picture 14) "Gasgeber" Formula 1 drivers have to have enourmus sensitivity in their right foot. That's with what they operate their accelerator. Above are the taped feet of swiss racer Jo Siffert - in a relaxed position at the GP in Monza, Italy in 1968. The picture below shows Michael Schumachers foot at the spanish GP in Barcelona 1997.
Picture 15) "Tollkühne Männer:" Ayrton Senna, the pictures above shows him at the GP in San Marino, Imola 1987, domnated the formula 1 until his death. Lewis Hamilton, in the picture below aht the GP in Istanbul 2007, delivered a sensational performance in his first F1 season.
Picture 16) "Schilderwald:" Acuratly sorted boards ready to be used. Above Monza 1969 and below Spa-Rfancorchamps 2007.
Picture 17) "Auf der Mauer:" Mechanics waiting for the next service. Above a scene at the Targa Florio in Sicily and below the Sauber mechanics at the hungarian GP in Budapest 2003.
Picture 18) "Vollgas im Visier:" Photographer Rainer Schlegmilch somewhen in the 60s at a formula 1 racetrack.
Picture 19) "Das Auge der Formel 1:" Rainer Schlegmilch - here we have a pciture from 2005 - shoots car racing for 46 years now.
