Last Sunday was the Italian F1 Grand Prix at Monza. It was an exciting race run in very hot conditions in front of a huge crowd of Tifosi-Ferrari fans. It was as if the spectator areas had been sprayed red.
And to their absolute delight they got what they wanted- a well deserved Ferrari victory by Charles Leclerc.
I would have loved to have been there for this year's race but sadly my days of crossing the world to go to the big races are over but I was very fortunate to go to the 1981 Italian Grand Prix. It was also a very hot day but that year both Ferraris were out by lap 7 so a large part of the crowd went home or headed to a bar at that point. So different to this year.
Monza is a special place with an atmosphere like no other track. Back 43 years ago-is it really that long ago-it was all very casual and chaotic and with a pit pass I was able to wander down pit lane taking photos as the mechanics-they were called mechanics back then, not technicians-worked on the cars.
The photo above is one of my all time favourite photos. Closest to the camera is the Ligier Matra of Patrick Tambay and in front of it is the Ligier Matra of Jacques Laffite.
The photo was taken with an Olympus OM2 camera with a 28mm Zuiko lens on Kodachrome film.
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