... here is a masterpiece (or not..) from Brasil.. probably
one of the most evolved Carreteras ever... raced and modified over
many years by Camilo "Camilao" Cristofaro, had started out as a '36
Chevrolet and gradually metamorphosed into a 45'' tall racer.This is
the car in its mid 60's version.. It did umpteen "Mil Milhas", and
did win one or more of them I think..
Powered by an increasingly modified Corvette engine , ended up with
a fuel injected Can Am type staggered intake trumpet array poking
out of the bonnet... most noteworthy was the liberal use of Maserati
250 parts , and the biggest Borranis with butterfly knock-offs ever
produced (not exactly stiff enough to take the cornering loads
without deflecting alarmingly!), it ended up racing against Ford
GT40's on 14" rims with Firestone blue streaks , ( it was also
considerably faster than Bica Votnamis mid engined carretera.)
Camilo also raced a 250F with a corvette engine in mecanica
continental..
[DLG] The nose also looks a little like that from a Lotus 7.
was definitely styled off a maser nose.. Camilo loved his masers.. (
I think Colin Crabbe bought one of them , if not Robs Lamplough..)
[DLG] Interesting car though. It looks as though there is no
windscreen on the car, so the straight line drag must have been
quite high.
I think just reflection and angle of vee shaped screen .. don't
remember that race...
..was in page sent to me by friends in brasil re my first car, which
I designed for Celidonio, a space frame ally bodied Corvair mid
engined sports car... the blue one in top picture... I did the shape
first in ply-wood ( rather like an egg-crate), and Piciuto , a
funileiro (body man) bashed the shape out in aluminium... he
also did the body in ally for our first F1.. pretty much the same
way.. will see if I can recoup some photos this week ed as going for
a quick trip to S Paulo to see family...after three and a half years
absence.
Also in bunch Tite Catapani, great mate of Emerson , racing one of
the Gancia-Zambello ex Alfa -Jolly club Alfas and PV de Lamare in
Opala, who went on to win 5 brasilian touring car championships..
this car is the one I had done initially for Toninho da Matta ..
Christiano da Matta's father..
As we were racing on the outer circuit at interlagos ( anel
externo)we were all racing on Pirelli cinturatos for this race , as
we used the (imported ) wide tires only for full circuit racing,
hence the rather empty-looking wheel well .. must be on start of
main straight, though could also be at the "Juncao" the bit joining
the curva quatro to the subida do box...
...and also a shot of my first car for the fittis, with engine and
gearbox from a Rsk Porsche... swing axle at rear and all... also on
cinturatos... imported tyres only used on major races as too
expensive...65 and 66 were very busy times for me , as designed and
built 3 cars and was doing two uni courses...plus courting my
wife-to-be...
Monday 13th October 2003
[DLG] I see that the webpage has another picture of the
Christofaro car. This time you can see a windscreen, but seemingly
only covering half the area, the area in front of the driver.
Given the lack of black rubbering around the whole windscreen
edge, it would seem as though the car was indeed part open.
Will enquire with the old timers.. I wonder about a broken
screen during race , do not remember Camillo running with half
open car, even if for cooling driver compartment , as Mil Milhas
usually in November, and quite cold during night , fog was a feature
always. How do you like the views of track? It was quite rough, and
you had to be careful wandering though infield with the snakes .
spiders and scorpions... rumour has it that the central lake (that's
what the Subida do Lago was all about, there were two small lakes
roughly where curva tres is now ( after the Senna esses , sol corner
and curva dois) was paved with DKW engines, that uses to be thrown
in it after being changed surreptitiously on track after blow-ups in
the fog... a simple two stroke engine overhung from gearbox, could
be changed in 5 minutes and weighed something like 40kgs, a snip..
[DLG] Hope you enjoyed Suzuka. Why is it though that Schumacher Sr
always seems to screw up final round races so badly?? ..interesting to meet all the old pals and catch up with the
latest scandal,am glad not back into F1, nearly succumbed again last
year, seems the shark pond is getting worse.. Re Schum, he got
caught out by light rain in qualifying, and did mighty race, even
when caught out and had to pit to change nose... am not a fan but
his results speak for themselves.. out now for evening in Tokyo's
fleshpots with Krumm, Firman, Montoya's engineer and da Matta,
should be interesting, so will be going out, and might be gone some
time as Oates said to Captain Scott cheers Richard
Wednesday 15th
October
all is revealed, got answer back from Brasil... the carretera had a
broken windshield, rh side during race , but not a problem because
it was two panes... one of the leading Karmann-Guia
/Porsches had a long stop due to a broken windshield also , as did
many other cars... track condition was rough in those days , lots of
stones... regards Richard
Friday 24th October
Subject: the bard in the paddock... will let you fill in the
rest...
From Titus Andronicus
Thou dost over ween in all (Michael Schumacher)
Foul spoken coward, that thund'rest with thy tongue, and with thy
weapon nothing dares perform (Irvine)
What a caterwauling dost thou keep (Paul Stoddard)
As loathsome as a toad (Not Ross Brawn?)
Say wall eyed slave, whither wouldst thou convey this growing image
of thy fiend like face (Coulthard)
O most insatiate and luxurious woman (Cora Schumacher)
From As you like it
Her benefits are mightily misplaced (Erja )
What shall I call thee when thou art a man ? (Alonso)
I think he be transformed into a beast; for I can nowhere find him
like a man
And in his brain which is as dry as the remainder biscuit after a
voyage, he hath strange places
Lets meet as little as we can (Pollock to Richards)
I desire that we be better strangers (Richards to Pollock)
I was seeking for a fool when I found you
Certainly, there is no truth in him (Mosley)
You lisp and wear strange suits (Alan Henry)
Men are April when they woo, December when they wed (Bernie?)
From Henry VIII
I can see his pride peep through each part of him (Ronzo)
He begins a new hell in himself
His will is most malignant
There is mischief in this man (Wee Tam)
Your heart is crammed with arrogancy, spleen and pride (Ronzo again)
I abhor this dilatory sloth
You have as little honesty as honour (Name your own , there are libel laws here)
As goodness is poison to your stomach
You are strangely troublesome (Paul Stoddard)
Bless me, what a fry of fornication is at the door (Hotel lobbies at Brazilian GP)
From A Midsummer Night's Dream
Ill met by moonlight
Rash wanton
You heart hearted adamant
Tempt not too much the hatred of my spirit, for I am sick when I do
look on thee
I do repent the tedious minutes I with her have spent
What hempen homespun have we swaggering here
If you were men, as men you are in show, you would not use a gentle
lady so
Have you no modesty, no maiden shame, no touch of bashfulness
This is the silliest stuff that I ever heard (Dupasquier to Brawn, before Monza GP)
From King Lear
An admirable evasion of whore master man, to lay his goatish
disposition to the charge of a star
I have seen drunkards to more than this in sport (Panis & Schumacher after race in Suzuka paddock)
What a brazen faced varlet art thou
You whoreson cullionly barbermonger
Thou whoreson zed, thou unnecessary letter
Thou art a boil, a plague sore, an embossed carbuncle in my
corrupted blood
False of heart, light of ear, bloody of hand, hog in sloth, fox in
stealth, wolf in greediness, dog in madness, lion in prey (Flavio)
Thou art a traitor, false to thy gods, thy brother and thy father
From Pericles, Prince of Tyre Courtesy would seem to cover sin
Both like serpents are, who, though they feed on sweetst flowers,
yet they poison breed
What a drunken knave the sea was to cast thee in our way
Thou art the rudeliest welcome to this world
He did not flow from honourable sources
The pox upon her green sickness
Thou art like the harpy, which, to betray, dost with thine angels
face, seize with thine eagle's talons
Your peevish chastity is not worth a breakfast in the cheapest
country
The food is such as hath been belched on by infected lungs
From Henry VI Part 2
Base dunghill villain and mechanical, I'll have thy head. (Jordan to Durand) Sit there, the lyingest knave in Christendom (Team managers talking to sponsors)
A wonder and a pointing stock to every idle rascal
Small curs are not regarded when they grin (Sauber,Minardi & Jordan)
Beauforts red sparkling eyes blab his hearts malice, and Suffolks
cloudy brew his stormy hate
You put sharp weapons in a madmans hands (drawing office)
Base slave, thy words are blunt, and so art thou
Wedded be thou to the hags of hell
His breath stinks with eating toasted cheese
From Measure for Measure Thy bones are hollow, impiety has made a feast of thee
Come, you are a tedious fool.
Your bum is the greatest thing about you, so that, in the beastliest
sense, you are Pomey the Great
O you beast, o faithless coward, o dishonest wretch. Wilt thou be
made a man out of my vice
Thy sin is not accidental, but a trade (Teams PR persons)
It is certain that when he makes water his urine is congealed ice (Kimi Raikonnen?)
Silence that fellow, I would he had some cause to prattle for
himself (Frank Dernie)
Away with those giglets
