- 2 giorni fa
1 Mario Andretti - Lotus-Ford
2 Patrick Depailler - Tyrrell-Ford
3 James Hunt - McLaren-Ford
4 Alan Jones - Surtees-Ford
5 Clay Regazzoni - Ferrari
6 Gunnar Nilsson - Lotus-Ford
7 Jacques Laffite - Ligier-Matra
8 Harald Ertl - Hesketh-Ford
9 Noritake Takahara - Surtees-Ford
10 Jean-Pierre Jarier - Shadow-Ford
11 Masahiro Hasemi - Kojima-Ford
Ret Jody Scheckter - Tyrrell-Ford
Ret Hans Binder - Wolf-Williams-Ford
Ret Tom Pryce - Shadow-Ford
Ret Vittorio Brambilla - March-Ford
Ret Hans-Joachim Stuck - March-Ford
Ret Jochen Mass - McLaren-Ford
Ret John Watson - Penske-Ford
Ret Kazuyoshi Hoshino - Tyrrell-Ford
Ret Arturo Merzario - Wolf-Williams-Ford
Ret Emerson Fittipaldi - Fittipaldi-Ford
Ret Carlos Pace - Brabham-Alfa Romeo
Ret Niki Lauda - Ferrari
Ret Larry Perkins - Brabham-Alfa Romeo
Ret Ronnie Peterson - March-Ford
DNS Masami Kuwashima - Wolf-Williams-Ford
DNQ Tony Trimmer - Maki-Ford
2 Patrick Depailler - Tyrrell-Ford
3 James Hunt - McLaren-Ford
4 Alan Jones - Surtees-Ford
5 Clay Regazzoni - Ferrari
6 Gunnar Nilsson - Lotus-Ford
7 Jacques Laffite - Ligier-Matra
8 Harald Ertl - Hesketh-Ford
9 Noritake Takahara - Surtees-Ford
10 Jean-Pierre Jarier - Shadow-Ford
11 Masahiro Hasemi - Kojima-Ford
Ret Jody Scheckter - Tyrrell-Ford
Ret Hans Binder - Wolf-Williams-Ford
Ret Tom Pryce - Shadow-Ford
Ret Vittorio Brambilla - March-Ford
Ret Hans-Joachim Stuck - March-Ford
Ret Jochen Mass - McLaren-Ford
Ret John Watson - Penske-Ford
Ret Kazuyoshi Hoshino - Tyrrell-Ford
Ret Arturo Merzario - Wolf-Williams-Ford
Ret Emerson Fittipaldi - Fittipaldi-Ford
Ret Carlos Pace - Brabham-Alfa Romeo
Ret Niki Lauda - Ferrari
Ret Larry Perkins - Brabham-Alfa Romeo
Ret Ronnie Peterson - March-Ford
DNS Masami Kuwashima - Wolf-Williams-Ford
DNQ Tony Trimmer - Maki-Ford
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00:17Autore dei sottotitoli
00:30Autore dei sottotitoli
01:28Autore dei sottotitoli
01:31che è ronni petersson, ronni petersson's slowing down, sembra che c'era un problema
01:35magari un'engino fail, ronni petersson's definitivamente out of the race,
01:40what a shame for ronni, the swedish driver, l'ultimo drive for the march team
01:43but look at that mist, how can they drive through that james hunt
01:47you can see now why the race was delayed an hour and a half
01:50this mist rolls down from mount fuji and then just as quickly rolls back again
01:54but james hunt's making no mistakes, completing the first lap
01:59throwing up clouds of spray
02:03and look at that lead, must be 4 seconds there
02:07John, what's the second?
02:10james hunt in the lead
02:13james hunt twitching, look at that, almost out of control
02:17now he mustn't do that too many times, or james hunt
02:23james hunt of course the first, Nicky now they're back in about 5th place
02:27now if that situation continues, james hunt can win the world championship
02:31if Nicky can get up with him of course, it's going to be a very different matter
02:34but at the moment, no doubt about it, james hunt
02:37that red and white Marlborough McLaren M23, a 4 year old car
02:43designed by Gordon Copper, built just round the back of London Heathrow Airport
02:51James Hunt of course, only 2 Englishmen have won the world championship before
02:56Mike Hawthorne, and then Graeme Hilton, there's Mario Andretti in 2nd place I think
03:00Jodie Schick to Foley, I can't see John Watson, looks at John Watson's gone missing
03:08Mario Andretti the American has won 1 Grand Prix in the past
03:11way back in 1971, when he drove for Ferrari, in a 3rd car, in between his American commitments
03:17he won in South Africa, he won a non-championship race as well at the Ontario circuit in California
03:23but only 1 win, 1 Grand Prix win for Andretti
03:29James Hunt is the leader of this race
03:33the screaming track really got to pick his line, and there's Jodie Schickter
03:38going down the inside, perhaps he thinks there's better grip on the inside
03:41and making a challenge for 2nd place for Mario Andretti
03:44Mario Andretti 2nd at the moment, Schickter trying hard for 3rd place
03:50here's Hunt feeling his way
03:54very fast track this Fuji circuit, in the dry they lapped at 134 miles an hour
03:59but speed's very much down probably 20 seconds slower today
04:06streaming wet track, this terrible mist, and there another twitch
04:17Torre Brambilla in the orange march
04:20always a charge of Brambilla, the march is reputed to go very well in the wet weather
04:24they've always been quick in wet weather races
04:26Brambilla could be quite a threat in this race
04:32Lauda, Lauda is in the pits
04:34there's a conference, a cockpit conference going on there
04:36with his head right into the cockpit
04:38the chief engineer of Ferrari Mario Forghiere
04:41Forghiere he steps back
04:44now what is happening?
04:46Lauda's getting out of the car
04:47well this makes Hunt chances much stronger of course
04:50and they're talking to Daniel Odetto, the team manager
04:54Lauda explaining something
04:57the mechanics don't seem to be rushing round the Ferrari
04:59so there is James Hunt in the lead
05:02and Nicky Lauda seemingly out of the battle already
05:06and that is a turn up for the books
05:08that isn't something we expected at all
05:09we expected this to be a toe-to-toe clash between James Hunt and Nicky Lauda
05:17James Hunt 29, sorry stockbroker's son, there he is
05:20and Lauda 27, a Viennese paper mill owner's son in fact
05:27Lauda the world champion, the reigning world champion
05:30but if Hunt can keep this up, he won't be the world champion much longer
05:34of course if Hunt drops out of the race for any reason
05:37and there's a thousand and one reasons Hunt could drop out of this race
05:40then Lauda will still be champion even just sitting there in the pits
05:43and there is Lauda in the pits
05:45talking to one of the Austrian journalists
05:48already he's got his racing jacket on
05:51keeping warm
05:51and there's Brambilla
05:54Brambilla who moved up briefly into second place
05:56coming into the pits
05:58looks as if these pits are going to be really busy today
06:02and there on lap 5
06:04number 11 of course James Hunt in first position
06:06and there's Brambilla
06:07the quick front tyre change
06:12march crew from Bicester in Oxford
06:14you're working very quickly
06:15Brambilla the oldest man in the race
06:18and he's off
06:20now that is puppy book
06:22pitch work
06:23but in the lead James Hunt
06:24James Hunt still with that cloud of spray
06:28rushing round his Fuji track
06:29and there in second place Mario Andretti
06:31in the John Player Special
06:33the team
06:34the Lotus team
06:35started in confusion this year
06:37and now right back on the pace
06:39and Andretti of course on pole position
06:48Andretti
06:50Brambilla
06:51and there's the Japanese driver
06:53Hoshino in the Tyrell
06:55does not like a Tyrell
06:56because it's got a restyled nose
06:57but a Tyrell 007
06:58the older four wheel type
07:00nevertheless there he is
07:02and he's up to fourth place
07:03quite incredible drive
07:05there's three Japanese drivers
07:06in this race
07:07now there's never been
07:09a Japanese driver
07:09in a Grand Prix before
07:10to see one in fourth place
07:11well that is unbelievable
07:13the lap record holder at Fuji
07:15however this
07:17Kazuhoshi Hoshino
07:18a 29 year old driver
07:19normally races are Formula 2 March Tyrell
07:22a lot of experience
07:24around this circuit
07:26now can that Japanese
07:28keep up that position?
07:30there's his pit crew
07:32obviously delighted
07:33but it doesn't show
07:35on the Japanese face at once
07:39Brambilla
07:40leading Andretti
07:42spray hanging in the air
07:44a wet, damp
07:47unpleasant day here at Fuji
07:48there's Andretti
07:50unpleasant it may be
07:51but he's out to do the job
07:52of driving a racing car
07:54and it's something he does supremely well
08:00around that long, long left-hander
08:12James Hunt in the lead
08:15I think he is part of the track
08:19but now there's no doubt about it
08:21that Brambilla is catching Hunt
08:23Brambilla in that orange march
08:25there's the third man Andretti
08:27Mario Andretti
08:28switching the car a little bit
08:30there's Jochenmaas
08:32Jochenmaas in fourth place
08:33the team mate of course
08:34and there's Depay
08:35trying to drive past the other Tyrell
08:37he's probably the car that Depay himself
08:38used to drive
08:39a six-wheel
08:40French-driven Tyrell
08:41going past the four-wheel
08:43Japanese-driven Tyrell
08:45so Hoshino back to fifth place
08:47but a good performance
08:48nevertheless
08:49and a great performance
08:50from James Hunt
08:52no doubt the pits have told him
08:54that Loud's already out of the race
08:55he knows he's got to finish
08:57and there Mazzario
08:58Arturo Mazzario
08:59the tiny little Italian
09:01in the Frank Williams team
09:02coming into the pits
09:02oh and Hoshino's in the pits too
09:04now
09:05those Bridgestone
09:06they're Japanese Bridgestone tyres
09:08first time ever in Grand Prix racing
09:09it looks as if they aren't really up to the job
09:11it looks as if they've had a problem
09:12with that left front tyre
09:14they're putting another one on
09:17great to see a Japanese car in the Grand Prix
09:20on the main pit straight
09:24there's Hunt
09:25and Brambilla
09:26very close behind now
09:27closing on him all the time now
09:31Brambilla known as the Monza Gorilla of course
09:33his tactics sometimes are a little dubious
09:35I wonder what's going to happen
09:36when he starts attacking Hunt
09:37when he's starting to attack James Hunt already
09:42Brambilla only won one Grand Prix
09:44the Austrian he won it in the wet
09:45a good wet weather driver
09:47although he does tend to fling it down the road every so often
09:49of course when he won the Austrian Grand Prix
09:51he spun off as he waved to the chequered flag
09:54and crashed
09:55which an amazing race that was
09:57just over a year ago
09:58and he's trying to drive inside James Hunt
10:01Hunt cuts across the orange
10:02March knows
10:04Hunt's not having that at all
10:06get back Vittorio
10:07he's saying back
10:07this time there's no getting back
10:08but is he going straight on?
10:12he's spinning
10:12he hasn't
10:13he missed Hunt that
10:14what an incredible spin
10:18but he's still back in the race
10:19got first gear very quickly
10:21I bet James Hunt's very glad to see that happen
10:24in his mirrors
10:24and not right in front of him
10:25that almost took James Hunt
10:27out of the race
10:28and out of the world championship
10:30but no Hunt is in the lead
10:32Brambilla dropped a couple of places
10:33there's Jochen Maas
10:35Hunt's team mate
10:36went through a bad patch in the middle of the season
10:38but came back strongly
10:39when there were suggestions that
10:40you may be leaving the team
10:42Jochen, get on with it
10:44and that's exactly what he's done
10:45in the last one races
10:47Jochen Maas backing up James Hunt
10:48and there he is
10:49now up to 2nd place
10:51Jochen Maas the German
10:54and lapping Harold Ertel
10:57Ertel in the Heskiff
10:58one of the men of course
10:58who helped save Nicky Lauda's life in Germany
11:02Austrian journalist
11:04races in former two
11:05made his name in saloon cars in fact
11:07and there he is sandwiched between the two McLarens
11:12Ertel one of the men who's bought a ride
11:14doesn't get paid for racing
11:15he actually pays for the privilege
11:42and here's the Surtees
11:44the one normally driven by Brett Longer
11:46the Surtees
11:47of Noritaki Takahara
11:49and there's Brambilla third
11:52fourth is Andretti
11:56but the two McLarens in the lead
11:58Hunt first
11:59and Mass in second place
12:01so with those two McLarens out in front
12:03no real imminent danger to James Hunt
12:05we'll take a very short break
12:06and return to the race
12:07and to Andrew Marriott's commentary
12:09in just a moment from now
12:11story
12:1231 laps of the 73 run
12:14first 11 Hunt
12:15second number 12 Mass
12:18third to Payet
12:19fourth Brambilla
12:21fifth Andretti
12:21and sixth Watson
12:22Watson who's spun off early
12:24but is back in the race
12:25but it's James Hunt in the lead
12:28Surrey driver now lives in Spain
12:30followed by the German driver Jochen Maas
12:32former merchant seaman
12:34one comes from Cologne
12:39now it looks as if they're about to
12:41overtake Mario Andretti
12:42who's running
12:42strongly
12:43this pair
12:45really run through the field
12:46a lot of retirements
12:47a lot of cars dropped out
12:49and the two McLarens
12:50running in fine convoy there
12:53there's Gunnar Nilsson
12:54not Andretti
12:55Gunnar Nilsson
12:56they're about to lap
12:57the young Swedish recruit
12:59to the Lotus team
13:00lying about eighth overall
13:03oh and look at Mass
13:05Mass has had an action
13:05look at those sparks
13:08Jochen Maas in real trouble
13:10so it isn't a McLaren 1-2 anymore
13:13Jochen Maas is going to have
13:14a bit of explaining to do
13:15when he gets back to the pits
13:17seemingly lost control
13:18on the fast right-hander
13:20crunched into the Armco barrier
13:21ran all along it
13:22and there
13:23well the picture tells a story
13:24doesn't it
13:25that right front wheel
13:27crumpled up
13:28back at 90 degrees
13:31Mass walks away
13:32his pits
13:33looking out for him
13:35that's young Steve Bunnies mechanic
13:38but the yellow flag
13:40to warn other drivers
13:40there's a car
13:42partially blocking the track
13:43not actually on the racing line
13:44thankfully
13:46difficult to remove that car
13:47with one wheel
13:48bent back like that
13:51James Hunt
13:52in the lead
13:53nothing James Hunt
13:55doesn't want to do
13:56he possibly saw that happen
13:58in his mirror
14:01his pits in the inset there
14:02and he's about to catch
14:03Alan Jones
14:06and he's waving now
14:07he's either waving to the pits
14:08or to Alan Jones
14:09I don't think he's close enough
14:10to Alan Jones
14:11to wave him out of the way
14:13his pits are probably
14:14waving a tire at him
14:16to say
14:16do you want to come in
14:17do you want to fit
14:18slick racing tires
14:19because this circuit here at Fuji
14:21is drying out
14:24and he's waving to them
14:25and saying
14:25no I'm happy at the moment
14:28those front tires
14:29are only about two feet
14:30in front of me
14:32and I can see what they're doing
14:33and he will
14:34not only be looking
14:35at the race track
14:36he'll be looking at the tires
14:37looking in his mirrors
14:38rear tires
14:40to check their condition
14:41looking at the front tires
14:42it's the front tires
14:43that are likely to go off
14:46what happens is these racing tires
14:48which are grooved
14:48not like the racing six
14:49they've got big grooves in them
14:51when the circuit dries out
14:52they overheat
14:53and then lumps of rubber
14:55start to fly off
14:56now Hunt will notice that
14:57he'll have lumps of
14:59hot sticky rubber
15:00whistling past his ear
15:03and he'll know
15:05when to come in
15:06Hunt a master tactician
15:07at this sort of thing
15:08in fact
15:10Hunt of course
15:12won his very first Grand Prix
15:14the only Grand Prix
15:15he won for the Hesker team
15:16the Dutch Grand Prix
15:18a couple of years ago
15:19by making a technical pit stop
15:21and similar conditions to this
15:22as it was wet
15:23then it dried out
15:25Hunt chose just the right time
15:27to come into the pits
15:28and later he fought off
15:29a determined challenge
15:30from Lauda
15:31the first time
15:32the pair really
15:34knuckled up to each other
15:35this season they've been
15:36knuckling up to each other
15:37all season
15:40well not in this race
15:41because Nicky Lauda retired
15:43on the second lap
15:44when we hear it was
15:45because he thought
15:46conditions were just
15:47simply too bad
15:48to carry on
15:49a couple of other drivers
15:50Carlos Parche
15:51agreed with him
15:52but James Hunt didn't
15:53James Hunt continued to race
15:56that's what he's paid to do
15:57and that's what he's doing
15:57and there's somebody stopped
16:00looks as if the engine's blown up
16:01Hans Binder
16:02the Austrian
16:03young Austrian
16:04having only his second Grand Prix
16:06that's the second Williams car
16:07we saw the other one
16:08at Mazzario
16:09coming to the pits
16:11young Binder
16:12normally seen in Formula 2
16:15and he's definitely out of the race
16:18in fact he just sneaked in
16:19on the back of the grid
16:20on the last position
16:21on the 25th position
16:22a special concession was made
16:23to let him
16:25get into the race
16:26need some sort of special concession
16:28some sort of concession
16:29to push the car off the track
16:30right now
16:31but it's not in anybody's way
16:33and there is Alan Jones
16:34in that controversial 30s
16:38and Hunt
16:40not closing on Alan Jones
16:42I would have thought
16:43Hunt would have
16:43got by Alan Jones by now
16:46in fact he seems to be dropping back
16:47there's the
16:49there's the Williams
16:50looks as if it had a little fire in fact
16:52but
16:54Hunt
16:56car number 11
16:58next year
16:59if he wins this championship
17:01that car will carry number one
17:02but at the moment it's car number 11
17:05and there is Patrick Depay
17:07car number four
17:07the blue six wheel Tyrell
17:10and that
17:12nasty right hand corner
17:14off the main straight
17:15the main straight goes on to a
17:17a banked section
17:18which they aren't using
17:19so the cars funnel off the track
17:21then take a long fast left
17:23and a sweeping right
17:25into a left hair pit
17:26and then a long long long
17:28right hander
17:28that's the
17:292.71 mile
17:31Mount Fuji track
17:32never before useful world championship event
17:34but it
17:34appears to be a very good track here
17:36apart from this
17:37horrible
17:37weather
17:40very good organisation here in Japan
17:42they've done everything they can
17:44really put themselves out
17:49Hunt choosing his line
17:51you can see the drying line there
17:53but Depayet closing on him
17:54Patrick Depayet
17:56never won a Grand Prix
17:58never won a Grand Prix
17:58there's Gunnar Nielsen
18:01Depayet from Clermont-Ferrand
18:03central France
18:05learnt to race round the local
18:07Clermont-Ferrand
18:08track on a moped
18:09believe it or not
18:10Patrick Depayet
18:1131 years old
18:12married
18:15has never won a Grand Prix
18:16has led them
18:18has finished in second place
18:20on four separate occasions
18:21and has never taken the victor's laurels
18:24maybe he thinks that today
18:26here in Japan
18:27at the end of the season
18:28he has a chance
18:29it wouldn't stop
18:30James Hunt winning the world championship
18:32and something flew off
18:33Hunt's car there
18:34I think that was a bit of tyre tread
18:35you may just have caught in your picture
18:37something shooting up
18:39one can't see it by scrutinising that car closely there
18:43but maybe Hunt's entire trouble
18:45we'll have to wait and see
18:46certainly he isn't closing on Alan Jones
18:49Alan Jones in the Jurex 30s
18:50has pulled away from him
18:53so the pace of Hunt
18:55slackening
18:57still very much
18:59looking like a world champion
19:02but in motor racing
19:03anything can happen
19:06we've seen people run out of petrol
19:07on the last lap
19:08we've seen them crash
19:09on the last corner even
19:10and James Hunt knows that better than anyone
19:14the race is only over
19:15when the chequered flag comes out
19:20car bucking about a bit
19:22480 brake horsepower
19:23from the Ford Cosworth engine
19:27tuned by McLaren's own man
19:28John Nicholson
19:29a racer himself
19:30and Nicholson seems to be
19:32able to squeeze
19:33a bit more brake horsepower
19:34out of these V8 engines
19:35than any of the other people in the business
19:39and there
19:40you saw Jones
19:42and then Hunt
19:42the gap about the same
19:44now where's Patrick Depayet?
19:49the fiberglass nose section
19:51pressed in a little bit there
19:52by the air pressure I noticed
19:54and there's one of the Japanese cars
19:56the Kojima
19:57all Japanese car
19:59now Lag 58
20:02Hunt in the lead
20:08Hunt
20:10very good squash player in his time
20:13county standard
20:14and a very good
20:15backgammon player
20:16I might tell you as well
20:18did hear a rumor
20:19he'd won over 2,000 pounds
20:20just playing backgammon this year
20:22so
20:22there's a job for him there
20:23if he decides to go up the race track
20:26little flicks of flame
20:27coming out of the exhaust there
20:28on the overrun
20:29that's quite normal
20:30nothing to worry about
20:34V8 engine
20:34fuel injected
20:37four valves per cylinder
20:40480 brake horsepower
20:41approximately
20:41on a good day
20:42and it's a good day
20:43for James Hunt
20:46but Depayet is closing
20:48there's no doubt about it
20:49Patrick Depayet seeing
20:50coming into the fixture
20:51the Elf Tyrrell
20:53the team of course
20:54that Jackie Stewart used to drive for
21:00Depayet stays with the team next year
21:02Jodie Schechter of course
21:03leaves to go to the Williams-Wolf team
21:10Hunt no doubt thinking about tactics
21:12he can see Depayet in his mirror
21:22down that long straight speeds
21:25in the dry touching 180
21:26probably about 160 today
21:29at times
21:32well we're on about 120 miles
21:34an hour
21:35rather than 135 of practice
21:37gives you some indication
21:39of the wet
21:39but it is drying out
21:41if it dries out much more
21:42it's cold
21:44coldish weather here
21:46could be that the track won't dry out
21:48if it does of course
21:49we're going to have a
21:49spate of pit stops
21:50people rushing to change
21:51onto the slick racing tyre
21:53at the moment
21:54they can pick their line
21:55in fact
21:56the more thoughtful drivers
21:57actually drive out in the wet
21:59to conserve their tyres
22:04and there's Depayet
22:06you can see his closing
22:06just
22:07putting
22:07putting a wheel up over the kerb
22:11not a mistake
22:12just a
22:16these grumpy drivers
22:18put a car within an inch
22:19drive it over a penny
22:20if you put it on the track
22:22fantastic control
22:24the talent and skill
22:25beautifully honed
22:30large crowd here
22:32worth
22:32waiting an extra hour and a half
22:34for this race
22:34no doubt about it
22:35because it isn't all over yet
22:37there's James Hunt
22:39there's Patrick Depayet
22:42Clarem vs Tyrrell
22:434 wheels vs 6
22:46flag just waving there
22:48that was the pits
22:50view of the back of the pits
22:53they're wondering if they're going to have to do it
22:55for your change
22:55they're also wondering if Patrick Depayet
22:57is going to catch James Hunt
22:59because in those pits
23:01the electronic
23:02digital stopwatches
23:03ticking away
23:05if digital stopwatches do tick
23:08and they know exactly the position
23:11they know
23:14that Depayet is closing on Hunt
23:17they don't know how much Hunt's got in reserve
23:19we don't know how much Hunt's got in reserve
23:25but out in front where he's been
23:28for most of this race
23:31high there
23:33when you put opposite lock on this Tyrrell
23:35of course you've got 4 wheels to go
23:37not just 2
23:40still a great plume of spray
23:45all the engines of course well protected with grease
23:48to stop them drowning out
23:53and there's a shot of an empty pit
23:58against the pit rail
24:00photographers
24:01fans
24:01hangers on
24:02and there Depayet having a challenge at James Hunt
24:04trying to go down the inside
24:06Depayet definitely nearer now
24:11Patrick Depayet small only about 5 foot 6
24:13he looks rarely smiles
24:15and closing on James Hunt
24:17and trying making a passing manoeuvre
24:20and Patrick Depayet has taken the lead of this motor race
24:23Patrick Depayet first
24:25James Hunt second out
24:26is James Hunt in trouble
24:27Depayet closed very quickly on Hunt
24:30and I suspect that Hunt
24:31may have a problem
24:33his engine sounds ok
24:34so
24:35he'll probably be in the tyre department
24:37maybe in the gearbox department
24:38his gear changes seem crisp enough
24:41so perhaps he really is having a battle with his tyres
24:43so he's going out wide there
24:45keeping in the
24:46wet section of the track
24:47rather than the dry
24:51Patrick Depayet leading a motor race
24:52I wonder what's going through
24:53his mind right now
24:54he knows he's never won one before
24:56once going through James Hunt's mind
24:58he knows if he stays in second place
25:00he'll be world champion
25:02does he fight back?
25:04does he consolidate?
25:07but there Mario Andretti
25:09who at one stage
25:11Hunt almost lapped
25:12now we find Mario Andretti
25:14closing on James Hunt
25:16and there's the Tyrell pit
25:18smiles in the Tyrell pit
25:19to see Patrick Depayet
25:22in the lead
25:24Alan Jones through the picture again
25:25Depayet closing on Jones this time
25:28Jones driving a good race
25:30up to sixth place
25:33but there
25:34Andretti is in front
25:35James Hunt is third
25:36that was if James Hunt
25:38finished fifth in this race
25:39he isn't world champion
25:40third he's okay
25:41fourth
25:42well he'll finish
25:44with the same number of points
25:45as Nicky
25:46Nicky Lauda believe it
25:46or not
25:47same number of points
25:48as Nicky Lauda
25:48after these sixteen races
25:50but
25:52he will be
25:53still be champion
25:54if he finishes fourth
25:56quick glint
25:57the scoreboard
25:59eleven laps to go
26:00Patrick Depayet in the lead
26:02the car twitching
26:06by a hard driver
26:07earlier in the season
26:08on
26:10independent television
26:11we saw Hunt
26:12and Depayet clash
26:15pushed Hunt out of the race
26:17and a lot of people thought
26:18that perhaps that California result
26:19one which could lose in the world championship
26:21well he's still got the championship
26:23in his grasp at this time
26:27but he is much slower
26:29visibly slower
26:30around that long
26:31left hand
26:32sweep
26:32and into that right hand
26:34sweep now
26:36oh that James Hunt
26:38can keep up
26:38that
26:40position
26:46beautiful picture there
26:47on the satellite
26:48of Patrick Depayet
26:52undoubtedly France's
26:53best racing driver
26:57pass that long
26:58long pit
26:59straight
27:02the Elf mechanics
27:02craning forward
27:04to see their boy
27:07Mario Andretti now
27:08closing on
27:09Depayet
27:10what a turn up for this
27:10books
27:11this
27:12last third of the race
27:14really has changed
27:15the fortunes
27:17now hits Depayet
27:18first
27:18but
27:19pressure coming on
27:20from Mario Andretti
27:22he's only won one Grand Prix
27:25Andretti and the
27:26John Player Lotus
27:27designed by Colin Chapman
27:28and that team hasn't won
27:29for two years
27:30over two years in fact
27:31two years
27:32two months
27:32since they've won
27:34still one of the most successful teams
27:35in motor racing
27:36of course
27:39Depayet sliding
27:40and Andretti making a challenge
27:43will he make it?
27:44Depayet keeping to the inside line
27:47yes and Andretti's dying
27:48that's the same spot
27:49of course where Abraham Villa spun
27:50those two didn't spend
27:52and Andretti's in the lead
27:53Mario Andretti
27:56from Nazareth Pennsylvania
27:57and Depayet's car
27:59looks all over the place
28:03Andretti 36 years old
28:04one at Indy
28:05one at Daytona stock car race
28:07one top sports car races
28:10undoubtedly the best all-rounder
28:12in motor racing
28:14and there
28:15really hanging it out
28:16Patrick Depayet
28:17trying to keep up
28:19I don't know if he's got a problem
28:20like James Hunt
28:21he may be in time
28:22is he going into the pits?
28:23he's slowed
28:25no he hasn't turned into pit road
28:29so Andretti in the lead
28:31Depayet dropping back
28:32James Hunt dropping back
28:40John Watson I hear
28:41is out of the hunt
28:42the other British drivers
28:43John Watson and Tom Price
28:44not their day
28:45but it
28:45is it going to be
28:46James Hunt's day?
28:48he remains in third place
28:50yes it is
28:52Mario Andretti
28:55oh
28:59definitely trouble
29:00with the Tyrell car there
29:03and look at that tyre
29:04completely flat
29:06all the air has come out
29:07of that
29:08big fat
29:10racing tyre
29:12probably through overheating
29:14rather than actually a puncture
29:15and look at those sparks
29:16that car's running on the rim
29:18and Depayet still probably
29:20going faster than
29:21your eye would go
29:22in a road car
29:22with a completely flat tyre
29:24and sparks
29:25can only do harm
29:28that sort of
29:31bumping and crashing
29:32could damage the rear suspension
29:35Depayet pressing on
29:36smoke coming out of the tyre
29:37it's obviously getting very
29:38very hot now
29:40he must be cursing to himself
29:42Fred Joes no doubt
29:43under that
29:44blue and red crash helmet
29:46and the sparks
29:46still flying as other cars
29:49go by
29:54Patrick Depayet
29:55with a six wheel Tyrell
29:57what must Ken Tyrell
29:58be thinking now
30:00the fatherly figure
30:01in the Tyrell team
30:02the man that's built
30:03a team up from nothing
30:04the team that
30:06made Jackie Stewart
30:07the world champion
30:13Patrick Depayet
30:14not slowly but
30:16slowly for racing
30:17coming to picks
30:18and there
30:18is the
30:19Elf crew
30:21ready to change the tyre
30:22they've obviously had a message
30:23what's wrong with Depayet
30:28but where is James Hunt
30:32Andretti in the lead
30:33has that promoted Hunt to second
30:35or is he slowing even further
30:39two of the cars abandoned
30:41oh and there's Jodie Schechter
30:43Jodie Schechter
30:43who had made a pit stop
30:44Jodie Schechter
30:46out of the race
30:47what a bad time
30:48for the Tyrell team
30:49with three laps to go
30:50and we still see on the scoreboard
30:52James Hunt is second
30:55third Regazzoni
30:55fourth Alan Jones
30:57fifth Gunnar Nielsen
30:58and that's showing
30:58Harold Ertelsen
31:00and James Hunt is in the pit
31:01look at that
31:02left front tyre
31:03right front tyre
31:04sorry
31:04no tread on it at all
31:07and the other one is flat
31:09they're going to change all four
31:10you can hear these
31:11the hammers going there
31:13and Trini still in the lead
31:15James Hunt
31:16obviously in trouble now
31:18the tyre quickly going on
31:21there's two mechanics
31:23Howard Moore and Ray Grant
31:24working features
31:25for the whole McCarran team
31:28and where does that leave Hunt?
31:31is Hunt still in the championship Hunt?
31:38he has free
31:39the charts are getting confused here
31:43James Hunt
31:45back in the race
31:47just about four laps to go
31:52think Hunt is fourth
31:55Hunt in fourth place
31:56and that will keep him in the championship
32:00there's Mario Andretti in the lead
32:01and Dretti leading
32:05Hunt of course now has fresh tyres
32:07could make a lot of difference
32:09in these last 2 or 3 laps
32:10he could reel off very very quickly
32:14what a grandstand finish this is going to be
32:19right to the tape we're taking it
32:23yes James Hunt is in 4th place
32:25that's good enough
32:27let's just hope those tyres are good enough too
32:33and there's Mario Andretti
32:38passing Clay Regazzoni
32:39we haven't seen much of Regazzoni in this race
32:47Mario Andretti
32:49he certainly looks assured
32:50of his second ever Grand Prix win
32:54we've seen Hunt lead
32:55we've seen Depayet lead
32:57we've even seen Brambilla lead
32:59for about half a second
33:04Mario Andretti
33:06as a Pennsylvania in the United States
33:08born in Italy
33:10moved to America
33:12but at the age of 16
33:16Regazzoni in 5th place
33:17and could be a danger to Hunt
33:19if Hunt hasn't got into the groove
33:21of those new tyres
33:22now the scoreboard is showing Hunt in 5th
33:25now that's contrary to the lap chart I have
33:28and I think that Hunt is 4th
33:33so we'll just have to wait and see
33:34but I've seen those sort of lap boards wrong before
33:39and I'm confident Hunt is 4th
33:433 laps to go
33:45Mario Andretti in my heart
33:52scoreboard actually showing Regazzoni second
33:54well that's definitely wrong
33:59Mario Andretti
34:01almost a complete lap on the rest of the field
34:05Patrick Depayet of course made a
34:07but my lap chart shows him 2nd
34:17a cliffhanging finish
34:20to the 16th and final round
34:22of the 1977
34:23Motor Racing World Championship
34:25what a championship
34:26what a series it's been
34:29Mario Andretti
34:31car soon to be superseded
34:35John Player Special
34:40team must be delighted
34:41after 2 years of trials and tribulations
34:44losing their top driver
34:45Ronnie Peterson
34:46to see Mario Andretti
34:47leading for Lotus
34:49and look at that
34:50Hunt going past Alan Jones
34:52James Hunt has gone past Alan Jones
34:56and assures him of 3rd place
34:58Hunt moves up to 3rd place
35:00in front of Alan Jones
35:01Alan Jones holding the highest position
35:03he's ever held in a Grand Prix
35:04superb drive in the 30s
35:06but no match for James Hunt
35:09Mario Andretti
35:12on his way to victory
35:19Gunner Nielsen going well
35:21in the 2nd JPS
35:26Gunner Nielsen in 6th place
35:29attention here
35:30with just 2 laps to go
35:35Mario Andretti
35:36dives off the banking section
35:39into that long right hand corner
35:41and they are 1 lap to go
35:43and the scoreboard
35:44seems to have sorted itself out
35:45scoreboard sorting itself out
35:47showing to Pi a 2nd
35:49just flashing up Hunt 3rd
35:51Jones 4th
35:53regular zone of 5th
35:566th place Gunner Nielsen
35:58Gunner Nielsen
35:59team mate to this man
36:01Mario Andretti
36:042nd oldest man in the race
36:05born in Trieste in Italy
36:06but naturalised America
36:09an out and out racing enthusiast
36:11nothing Mario likes better
36:14than to talk about racing
36:15but what about James Hunt
36:17James Hunt
36:18he's 3rd now
36:19it looks as if he's going to be
36:22Britain's
36:23new world champion
36:27what a moment for Hunt
36:29what must he be thinking right now
36:32will the car hold together
36:36is the engine still holding its oil pressure
36:38are the tyres still holding all their air
36:44Mario Andretti
36:47and Mario Andretti takes the flag
36:49Mario Andretti has won the Japanese
36:50the first Japanese Grand Prix
36:52and Depayi tried to get by
36:53but he's a lap behind
36:54and there's James Hunt
36:56James Hunt finishing 3rd
36:57and almost catching Patrick Depayi
36:59and James Hunt is the world champion
37:01James Hunt is the new world champion
37:03Mario Andretti is the winner of the race
37:08what a finish
37:10our new world champion
37:12James Hunt
37:13by just one single point
37:18soon after the race
37:19we managed to get James Hunt
37:20on the line from Tokyo
37:21and I asked him
37:22what his feelings were
37:23when he was waiting for the decision
37:25whether to race or not
37:26well my main feeling
37:28is that the conditions
37:29were too dangerous
37:30to race
37:31and I didn't want to
37:33be put in a position
37:34of having to have a go
37:35in conditions that were safe
37:39certainly once the race had started
37:41you got away to a very good start
37:42and that was absolutely vital
37:44yeah
37:45if you get into the lead
37:45in a wet race like that
37:46it's a terrific advance
37:47you don't have to spray
37:49so you have a clear vision
37:50while everybody else
37:51is fighting about a lot of spray
37:52and then
37:53Brambilla came back onto the sea
37:54that was an interesting incident
37:55wasn't it
37:56hmm
37:58well I didn't need
37:58too much of it
37:59but I gathered he spun
38:01when I was giving him the old way
38:02when you eventually had to come
38:04into the pits
38:04late into the race
38:05was it because of a puncture
38:06or was it tyre wear
38:08no the tyre blew
38:09you see what had happened
38:10Dickie
38:11from half distance onwards
38:12I knew
38:12that I was in tyre trouble
38:14and I wanted to come in
38:15and change it
38:16but I lost communication
38:16with my pit
38:18right
38:18yeah
38:19and we couldn't
38:20I couldn't work out with them
38:21whether I should change or not
38:23and I knew they weren't going to last
38:24so I was
38:25it was odd so they weren't going to survive
38:27and I wanted to come in
38:29but I couldn't get a positive signal
38:30for them to come in and change
38:31because I didn't know
38:32whether I had time
38:33you see
38:33they were telling me
38:34they're flying better to limp round
38:36and just trying to hold on to my lead
38:37so I slowed right down
38:38just looking for fourth place
38:40I wasn't even trying to win the race
38:42for the second half
38:43and can I just finally ask you
38:45what are your immediate plans now
38:47I shall be getting drunk