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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!"
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Great set of memories there Peter - thanks for sharing them  .
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Great memories Peter!
That line-up of drivers is good - less than half of them still with us, sadly!
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Wow, now that you mention it, only two of those seven are still alive!  Thanks for sharing those pictures Peter, must've been an amazing experience. Funny to see a younger, dark-bearded version of you!  Who are you with in that picture? Family?
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Wow. Beautiful. Thank you for sharing such a wonderful collection of pictures.
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Great pictures, thanks for sharing. 
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Terrific pics Peter, especially the line-up of F1 drivers and the sobering reminder of their (and our) tenuous grip on the racetrack of life. Fangio, Hulme and Brabbham were heroes for my father and thus for me as a boy. The rest were heroes for me as a young adult. Yes, only two of them left.
The cracker of a shot is the one of Jack and Juan Manuel together. Gentlemen yes but grinning like boys who've just shared a smutty joke!
Great post and thanks. Kerry
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If only F1 was like this today......Its lost something over the years.
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