A week or so back I promised to dig out some photos of the F1 in Adelaide where I met Jack Brabham and Juan Manuel Fangio.

I have come to the conclusion I was wise not to choose photography as a career as most of the photos are rubbish however I scanned a few which may be of interest.



Autographed by Fangio and Brabham





A Benetton team pocket patch; slightly champagne stained, but that is another story.



Two Gentlemen: Jack Brabham and Juan Manuel Fangio

Photos below Fangio in the silver Mercedes-Benz W196 and Brabham in the red Alfa Romeo 159. Just why Brabham was driving the Alfa I don't recall. Probably because it was a car once driven by Fangio. They actually started to get a bit serious and in the end Fangio spun out because of the hardened old tyres losing grip.











Champions at Adelaide F1 1990 : Top from the left : James hunt, Jackie Stewart, Denny Hulme. Bottom from the left : Nelson Piquet, Juan Manuel Fangio, Ayrton Senna, and Jack Brabham



Becky Blandford and her friend, Lady something-or-other (the blond girl the other side of the bar - can't remember her name) decided to become umbrella girls for a bit of a joke. "I do hope mummy is not watching TV. This could be seriously embarrassing!"

Peter

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