Adam Jones

Elf La Filiere Renault Campus Champion 1999. French Formula 3 Promotion Champion 2000.Ex BTCC/GT driver. BRDC member,driver coach. Part of podcast

[Adam Jones @fastJones]

@SpeakerJHasler Yeah me too 👍🏼

[Adam Jones @fastJones]

It amazes me every time I watch these Le Mans videos without the chicanes. If anything was to go wrong it really is a plane crash and we witnessed this with the Mercedes in 1999. It’s the closest these boys were to the Isle Of Man TT riders but on 4 wheels. 💪🏼💪🏼🔊🔊🔊

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🇫🇷 1989 24 Hours of Le Mans

🇯🇵 Mazda 767B

Car 201 - 🇮🇪 David Kennedy - 🇧🇪 Pierre Dieudonné - 🇬🇧 Chris Hodgetts

Car 202 - 🇯🇵 Takashi Yorino - 🇧🇪 Hervé Regout - 🇺🇸 Elliott Forbes-Robinson

Car 203 - 🇯🇵 Yojiro Terada - 🇧🇪 Marc Duez - 🇩🇪 Volker Weidler

Amazing onboard footage of the Mazda 767B sitting at approximately 230 mph down the Mulsanne Straight prior to the two chicanes being introduced in 1990.

It is said that 248mph was achieved by other teams.

For the second year running, Mazda got all three cars home, crossing the line in their own formation finish. Kennedy and Dieudonné took their third consecutive class-win, coming in 7th overall. They covered just shy of 5000 km (almost 3100 miles) which was 32 laps further than Mazda had ever done at Le Mans. Their team-mates finished 9th and 12th.

🎥 @MazdaRacing 👏🏻👏🏻

#lemans #767B #cars #motorsport

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@WRCPAST @thespafixer 😀

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@thespafixer @WRCPAST 😀

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This was pretty unbelievable!! #Monaco #F1

[Paul McGinnes @PaulMcG1992]

During lap 80 of the 1955 Monaco Grand Prix, Scuderia Lancia driver - Alberto Ascari - makes an error at the Nouvelle Chicane & plummets into the harbour. #F1

[Adam Jones @fastJones]

Bring the noise back @F1 🔊🔊

[Paul McGinnes @PaulMcG1992]

Enjoy 90 seconds of V8-powered Formula One cars through the tunnel at the Circuit de Monaco. #F1

[Paul McGinnes @PaulMcG1992]

The sound of V10-powered Formula One cars through the tunnel at the Circuit de Monaco. #F1

[Adam Jones @fastJones]

@frentzen_hh Yes as soon as he started to go wide he was in trouble.

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It was all a result of riding the right hand curb and then putting him off the racing line. Unlucky for the car to land the way it did.
#mansellmania
#F1
#suzuka

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🇯🇵 1987 Japanese Grand Prix

Car 5

🇬🇧 Nigel Mansell - Williams FW11B Honda V6 Turbo

Practice

During the first qualifying session on Friday, October 30, 1987, Mansell was pushing hard to improve upon a time set by his Williams-Honda teammate and title rival, Nelson Piquet. While attempting to navigate the high-speed "S-curves" at approximately 200 km/h, Mansell lost control of his Williams FW11B. 

The car spun and collided backward with the outer tire barrier, causing the vehicle to become airborne before crashing heavily back onto the track

Mansell suffered severe spinal bruising and was in significant pain. He was airlifted to a hospital in Nagoya. Although he did not suffer any broken bones, the medical team declared him unfit to participate in the remainder of the event.

Because Mansell was the only driver still mathematically capable of catching Piquet in the points standings, his forced withdrawal meant that Nelson Piquet was crowned the 1987 World Champion before the race had even begun. 

Mansell missed both the Japanese Grand Prix and the final round of the season in Australia due to his recovery, cementing a disappointing end to a closely fought season.

🎥 @F1

#japan #williams #mansell #cars

[Adam Jones @fastJones]

@ianmiles What’s Jake Paul doing!! 😀

[Adam Jones @fastJones]

@WRCPAST Yeah he landed on the edge of the tarmac right on his arse. He told me this story personally a few years ago. Still can’t believe it. 😀

[Adam Jones @fastJones]

This was a mega era. If these cars were any quicker I think they would have needed some serious aero to keep the front of the car on the circuit. Look at the front wheels coming off the ground over the rise! 😳💪🏼🔊

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🇦🇺 1990 Tooheys 1000

Car 1

🇦🇺 Jim Richards and 🇦🇺 Mark Skaife - Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R

Qualified 11th

Race 18th

In the 1990 Bathurst 1000, Jim Richards and Mark Skaife drove the Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R for Gibson Motorsport.

While they were a formidable pairing, and the car as seen was beyond fast, they finished in 18th place overall, completing 146 laps.

Development issues were so severe that the team actually swapped their race car for the "T-car" (spare car) on the night before the race, in an attempt to solve ongoing mechanical niggles.

The 1990 race was famously won by Allan Grice and Win Percy in a Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV.

It is worth noting that while 1990 was not their year at Mount Panorama, the Richards and Skaife combination in the Nissan Skyline GT-R went on to dominate the following two years, winning the Bathurst 1000 in both 1991 and 1992.

🎥 Chanel 7 👏🏻👏🏻

#cars #nissan #carporn #australia

[Paul McGinnes @PaulMcG1992]

1988 Monaco Grand Prix: Gerhard Berger laps the Circuit de Monaco, during qualifying, in his Ferrari F187/88C.

Berger would go on to finish the race in P2, with team-mate - Michele Alboreto - coming home in P3. #F1

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Nigel Mansell / Gerhard Berger / Alain Prost / GP Silverstone 1990.

📹: FOM.

#F1

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🇦🇺 1986 James Hardie 1000

Car 05

Qualified 11th

Finished 5th

🇦🇺 Peter Brock and 🇨🇦 Allan Moffat - Holden VK Commodore SS Group A

A long clip but worth the watch 👏🏻👏🏻

Peter Brock at the wheel being interviewed during the race and also describing a lap of the circuit which is extremely interesting.

The circuit 1938–1986

1986 was the final year the track was run in its original, wide-open configuration before the addition of "The Chase" chicane on Conrod Straight.

🎥 Channel 7 👏🏻👏🏻

#cars #bathurst #australia #holden

[Paul McGinnes @PaulMcG1992]

Footage from the 1987 Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuito de Jerez.

The race was won by Williams-Honda driver Nigel Mansell, with the McLaren-TAG duo of Alain Prost & Stefan Johansson coming home P2 and P3 respectively. #F1

[Adam Jones @fastJones]

Yes Nige!! 💪🏼💪🏼
#F1
#NigelMansell

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Nelson Piquet / Nigel Mansell / GP Paul Ricard 1987.

📹: FOM.

#F1

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It always amazed me how the engines lasted, especially when revving that much for that long!! 💪🏼🔊🔊🔊

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🇬🇧 1994 British Touring Car Championship

Rounds 3 & 4 April 17, 1994): The early season races on the shorter Indy circuit.

Action from round 3

Car 4 🥉overall

🇬🇧 John Cleland - Vauxhall Cavalier

Car 33 - 4th overall

🇬🇧 Andy Rouse - Ford Mondeo

In 1994, the field was incredibly tight, and the short, tight confines of the Brands Hatch Indy circuit forced drivers into extremely close quarters.

Because both John and Andy were experienced, "no-nonsense" racers, their battles frequently resulted in door-banging and aggressive defensive maneuvers. This is footage of one such battle where the two are on the limit trying to battle for the final podium place.

1994 was a transitional year where the dominance of the Alfa Romeo 155s (with their controversial wings) forced everyone else—including Cleland and Rouse—to drive at 110% just to stay in contention. This contributed to the highly combative nature of the mid-pack and podium battles.

While the history books show the dominant performances of Tarquini and the factory Alfas, the "spirit" of the 1994 season is defined by the scrap-happy nature of drivers like Cleland and Rouse, who were fighting for every scrap of championship honor available.

1994 was the final season Rouse would compete in the BTCC.

Just epic times for the BTCC 🔥

🎥 @BTCC 👏🏻👏🏻

@jclelandracing @ROUSEBTCC

#ford #vauxhall #cars #motorsport

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🇦🇺 1992 Tooheys 1000

🔥RS500 vs GT-R🔥

Car 17 🥈 Overall

🇦🇺 Dick Johnson and 🇦🇺 John Bowe - Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth

Car 1 🥇 Overall

🇦🇺 Mark Skaife and 🇦🇺 Jim Richards - Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R

A Fantastic battle between Dick and Mark during the opening stages of the great race.

However, in the closing stages of the race, a severe rainstorm with hail hit the Mount Panorama circuit turning it into a treacherous, icy trap.

Numerous cars crashed including the race-leading Nissan of Jim Richards, which had a race ending badly damaged front left tyre and suspension before aquaplaning into the wreckage of several other cars near the top of mountain straight. 

Because the track was deemed too dangerous to continue, race officials brought out the red flag. Under the regulations at the time, race results were counted back to the end of the last completed lap before the red flag—which was Lap 143.

Because Richards and Skaife were leading on that lap, they were declared the winners, despite their car being sidelined in a crash

Dick Johnson and John Bowe, driving a Shell-sponsored Ford Sierra RS500, crossed the finish line "first" on the track after the race had been red-flagged. Believing they had won, Johnson celebrated, only to be informed later that the count-back rule gave the victory to the crashed Nissan.

There was a very famous heated moment between Richards, Skaife and the crowd during the podium celebrations.

This was the final year of the Group A regulations in Australia. The following year, the sport transitioned to the "Group 3A" rules, which laid the foundation for what would eventually become the V8 Supercars championship. 

Epic times 🔥👏🏻 🇦🇺

🎥 Channel 7 👏🏻👏🏻

#ford #nissan #australia #cars

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⚠️ Accident Footage ⚠️

🇬🇧 1989 British Grand Prix

Car 6

🇮🇹 Riccardo Patrese - 🇬🇧 Williams FW12C Renault V10

Qualified 5th overall

Patrese was running a fantastic 3rd overall when a stone burst the radiator of his Williams FW12C sending fluid all over his rear slick tyres.

What followed was a very large accident at Club Corner which he would have been approaching at around 150mph.

The Williams was completely destroyed but amazingly Patrese as seen is able to walk away.

Crazy when you see how big this was yet you hardly ever see it being shown.

Silverstone IMO was so much better in the past but clearly the safety aspect wasn’t so good.

�� @F1 👏🏻👏🏻

#formulaone #williams #italy #silverstone