Ferrari 312B: Where the Revolution Begins Page #4

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And although these are only

the first laps of qualifying

the drivers are already pushing

themselves to the limit

to earn the top spots

on the grid for tomorrow's race.

Who had problems?

The Lotus went straight

at the 'Tabac corner.'

He was the one

who was driving fastest.

He is Japanese, from Kakanui.

Right now you're just

five seconds slower than the best.

But the car is fine if I remove that

when I'm going fast, because it gives me...

Cars re-enter the track

after a short stop

put in place after an accident by

Katsuaki Kubota

whose racing chances are compromised.

Let's see how the other drivers

will be able to

benefit from the exclusion

of the one Who so far proved to be

the fastest driver on the track.

Remember that this is one of two

qualifying sessions today.

Let's now see the lap

of Paolo Barilla with his 312B.

If he improves on his time,

he will take pole position.

Now the Ferrari is passing the chicane

and driving towards the Swimming Pool section.

His lap time doesn't seem to have improved

after the short pit stop.

It could be better.

This completes the first

of the qualifying sessions for Series F.

In first position Stuart Hall,

then Smith-Hilliards Surtees

followed by Dayton's Brabham,

Kubota fourth

and Paolo Barilla in tenth position.

We'll see if the former Formula 1

driver improves his time

and takes the pole

in the afternoon session.

When they suspend the session

and you are there at the pits

the pump heats up.

Even if you keep the electric pump on,

it does not load fuel anymore.

We must solve the pump problem,

otherwise the engine doesn't work.

But the pump hasn't got a problem

if he keeps the electric pump on.

So if you leave the battery

you let the electric pump go

and the pump cools down.

It has always been like this,

it never had this problem!

We are having some problems.

We are missing 4cm to the roll-bar.

But we can't add it,

we have to saw it from the car.

Are you kidding me?

If I were Paolo, I wouldn't race.

It's raining, guys! It's raining!

Qualifying might start again

in a few minutes.

They won't make it,

it takes two or three hours of work.

I won't get ready.

Finish...

The second and final

qualifying session is about to begin

for Series F that we remember

includes Formula 1 cars

dating from the period

1966 to 1972.

Notably absent from this session

are Katsuaki Kubota's Lotus 72

and the Ferrari 312B

of Paolo Barilla.

Given the sudden weather change,

cars are equipped with rain tyres

and it will be difficult for the drivers

to improve on their earlier times.

But let's see if this final

qualifying session

will produce unexpected results.

So the second round of qualifying

came to an end

leaving the earlier results virtually intact.

Finished?

Paolo has retired.

No, I'm sorry.

I'm sorry too,

especially for you, Paolo.

The greatest disappointment

is that the project remains unfinished.

We had all these hopes,

all this work

this joint effort

made by lots of people

and I cannot honour it.

I was sorry for everyone involved,

especially those people who worked on it.

For me personally I lived it instead

as a great privilege

because to bring

the Ferrari to Monaco

to race it,

is an extraordinary thing.

Because of something stupid,

we missed out on our dream.

It bothered me

that it was a stupid thing.

It really did!

And also the way that everything

happened in a way

to get us there to the point

where we could not do anything else.

You know, you are disappointed

for the two years of work

for the little thing here

you say... damn!

Two pumps broke

within just a few road tests.

This part here took us

20 days to make.

The nice thing was

that at the end of the race

in front of the tribunes

by the Swimming Pool section

everyone applauded the car!

That leaves you with a sense

that what you are doing...

You always doubt if you're doing

something important

if you're only doing it for yourself,

being selfish

but if someone can really appreciate it

then you think it was the right thing to do,

because this car

can be a beautiful thing for anyone

who sees it, lives or feels it.

What happened wasn't important.

A Ferrari must express itself.

It must express itself on the track.

And a car can express itself

only at 100% of its possibilities.

For us it means pushing it to the limit

in order to make it live

as it once lived.

In the second half of the season

Ferrari and Lotus continue

to battle until the last turn

making the tyres screech

on the asphalt, wheel to wheel.

But despite Ickx managing to reach

the podium more often

it is Rindt who wins two more races,

one after the other.

And it is in England

that Regazzoni manages to fully earn

Enzo Ferrari's trust

and his place in the team.

In Hockenheim, just as the flag is lowered,

Rindt ends up in the field

but it only takes him one lap to

regain the second place behind Ickx.

It is again Rindt

who crosses the finish line first

beating Ickx

by only 7/10 of a second.

Rindt dominated the middle part

of the season

and won four races in a row.

There was not that perception

of being able to catch up

a guy and a car like that,

it looked like a closed championship.

But Ferrari had not yet shown

to be able to keep that pace there.

Just before the long awaited

Grand Prix of Italy

something incredible happens.

From the beginning,

this is Ferrari's day.

Regazzoni dominates on the first lap

but then Ickx overtakes him

and takes control.

The all-Italian temperament

of engineer Mauro Forghieri

is an explosive mix.

The triumph is all Ferrari's.

With Ickx and Regazzoni recording

the best lap in the same time.

Then the Ferrari

had an extraordinary comeback

with a first Ferrari double-win

in Austria

which was a bit... Austria has always

been an Italian appetizer.

The Monza Grand Prix

is a roulette

because it takes place

on a high-speed circuit.

I think our drivers

know what they have to do.

They must help each other

and try to reach the last lap.

As close to first position

as possible.

Jochen Rindt,

who is almost the world champion

only needs a few points

with four races left to go

in order to become 1970s

world champion.

Monza 1970, I was twelve.

I had two favourite drivers.

Rindt and Jackie Ickx,

fighting in that year.

The feeling for everyone was that

Rindt had already closed the scores

because he was in great shape.

The image was that of a driver

and a car that were unreachable.

There was a suspicion

that it was a dangerous car.

I remember that it was the first time

there was an invasion of the track.

And it was an incredible victory for us.

The public considered Clay Italian.

The image of 312B and the image

of Monza have always been one.

For that day, for that victory.

That celebration remains in history.

So it was a perfect day.

It was one of the most beautiful

racing periods of my life.

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