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Written by Stephen Dobie
Believe it or not, but there was a time when motorsport was on mainstream TV. Regularly.Not just Formula 1, either, but all manner of disciplines. And this is when you got just three channels piped through your aerial, not thousands through the witchcraft of satellites and fibre optics.It was also a time when racing drivers didn"t live behind obtrusive marketing deals, allowing them to clamber out of their F1 car and into an MG Maestro for a race against their mates, with complete ease.Confused? Simply watch the clip above, from something called BBC Rally Sprint". It saw stars of F1 and rallying in 1983 battle each other for supremacy in a handful of 110bhp hatchbacks.And they did so with reckless abandon. The tussle for top spot sees Nigel Mansell swapping places with John Watson (a fellow F1 driver) and Tony Pond (a contemporary World Rally driver), with other big names in the field behind them.
Date written: 2 Feb 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 6616
Believe it or not, but there was a time when motorsport was on mainstream TV. Regularly.Not just Formula 1, either, but all manner of disciplines. And this is when you got just three channels piped through your aerial, not thousands through the witchcraft of satellites and fibre optics.It was also a time when racing drivers didn"t live behind obtrusive marketing deals, allowing them to clamber out of their F1 car and into an MG Maestro for a race against their mates, with complete ease.Confused? Simply watch the clip above, from something called BBC Rally Sprint". It saw stars of F1 and rallying in 1983 battle each other for supremacy in a handful of 110bhp hatchbacks.And they did so with reckless abandon. The tussle for top spot sees Nigel Mansell swapping places with John Watson (a fellow F1 driver) and Tony Pond (a contemporary World Rally driver), with other big names in the field behind them.
Date written: 2 Feb 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 6616
