Two more GREAT GPs
1970 German GP - Hockenheimring. The first F1 GP at this circuit. A massive duel which started with Amon, Siffert, Regazzoni, Ickx and Rindt was slowly whittled down to just Ickx and Rindt. So it was Lotus versus Ferrari, Italy versus Germany and the crowd were on the edge of their seats. As the pair started the final lap Rindt ran wide at turn one. Ickx suddenly found himself in the lead with Rindt sat just behind waiting for his moment. It came under braking for the right hander into the stadium complex. With Rindt in the lead the partisan crowd went mental!
1982 Austrian GP - Osterreichring. The proper circuit! One week after the horrendous crash which saw Pironi's F1 career come to an end & Tambay win an emotional race, the circus moved to Austria. Tambay fell foul early on with a puncture. His drive back through the field to take a brilliant fourth having been dead last after his pit stop on lap two. Overshadowing all this was the drive of Keke Rosberg who chased down Elio de Angelis who inherited the lead when the second Renault expired. The last lap was nail-bitingly close with de Angelis winning by 0.125 seconds!
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