Grand Prix Page #6

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...have not been improved over last year.

If anything, they're worse.

I don't see how they could

possibly be worse than last year.

- Let's write them a letter.

- They file letters.

A strongly-worded letter,

official, from the Driver Association.

They have a special file

for strongly-worded letters...

...from the association.

- We gonna talk about calling the race off...

...in the event of rain?

- No, no.

Please, Ritchie,

one thing at a time.

The subject is road condition.

They haven't changed the road

in 10 years. They not liable to do it.

We know you're taking your life

in your hands driving in the rain.

- When are we gonna do something?

- A letter demanding that the road...

...be paved.

- They can't pave the road by tomorrow.

- What's the point in talking about it?

- We talk about this business of rain...

...every year. It's damn well time

we did something.

Well, let's demand to cancel it, if it rains.

You can't cancel this race.

- Or postpone it.

- You can't even postpone it.

Gentlemen, gentlemen.

What about the flag marshaling?

Hey, look who's here.

It's Scott.

Find out which room they're in.

- Don't be foolish...

- Come on, man, find out.

- What are you doing here?

- How are you?

How are you?

Hooray! Hooray!

- Hey, Scott.

- Hi.

- How are you?

- Hey, Scott.

How are you?

How are you?

Is that you, Pete?

Better be.

Meeting over?

Scott's here.

What?

We'd better have a talk.

What do you wanna talk about, Pete?

May I...?

Really, Scott, this isn't

in very good taste.

That's very good, darling.

That's very good.

Isn't it, Aron?

I'm afraid you got a point, Scott.

He has a point.

- What do you want, Scott?

- You.

Do you mind, Aron? I'd like

to have a word with my wife alone.

- I've missed you.

- Well...

...that's a lie for a start.

Why do you say that? It's true.

If you've missed me, it's only because you

haven't had your damn cars to fill your life.

That's all I've ever been good for,

something for you to do between races.

When will you stop belittling yourself?

Don't psychoanalyze me.

I'm sorry.

I hate that sort of thing myself.

You walk in here

and calmly ask him to leave...

...and expect me to believe you care

one way or another about me.

What do you want me to do?

Assault him with my crutches?

- That's not very funny.

- No, it isn't.

I do care.

More than I can talk about.

But that isn't getting us anywhere, is it?

I want you back, Pat.

I'm gonna be driving again soon.

- I need you with me.

- No, no.

I've told you, Scott, I can't do it.

I can't live like that.

I won't.

What about him? He drives.

- It's different with him.

- Why?

- It just is.

- Because you don't love him.

I don't know what that has

to do with anything.

You know one of the most

beautiful things about a car?

If it isn't working properly,

you can strip the skin off...

...expose the insides...

...find out exactly where the trouble is...

...take out the faulty part

and replace it with a new one.

If only we could do that with people.

Good luck.

Luck has nothing to do with this either.

Bye.

With Jean-Pierre Sarti's Ferrari

in pole position.

Ten seconds to the start

of the Belgian Grand Prix.

Sarti's in the lead at La Source.

Almost the end of the first lap, and already

he's ahead of the second car.

It's Pete Aron's Yamura.

And there's Brabham running right

round the outside of Barlini.

Brabham in third place...

... but the Ferrari might just take him

again on acceleration.

They're side by side, down past the pits.

Barlini's going ahead.

He's outbraked Brabham into Eau Rouge,

and it's number seven Ferrari in third place.

And it's Jean-Pierre Sarti completing

his 16th lap.

The race is now half over.

Since the rain began, he's increased

his lead by three or four seconds a lap.

The worse the conditions,

the bigger the old champion's advantage.

If the Ferrari keeps going, this will be

his third Grand Prix win of the season.

Barlini's also very fast in the wet.

He's now a clear third ahead

of Jack Brabham.

There's Jochen Rindt coming out

of La Source.

He lost nearly a lap when he spun

in the worst of the cloudburst.

And there he is passing Guy Ligier,

moving up another place.

Here's the leader, completing

his 30th lap. He's got a big lead.

Jean-Pierre Sarti, winner of Monaco

and French Grand Prixs...

... is only two laps away

from his third consecutive win.

Here's the winner now.

The Yamura wins...

... and Pete Aron wins the Belgian Grand Prix

in the white Yamura from Japan.

But as Pete Aron

comes in after his victory...

... there's Izo Yamura...

... going to congratulate him

for bringing the...

His car home in first place

today in the Belgian Grand Prix.

Pete Aron, of course, won five Grand Prixs

in the past when he was with Ferraris...

... but that was three years ago.

He's had a lot of bad luck since then.

It's great to see him back

in the winning position...

- He drove a good race.

...so soon after joining the up-and-coming...

... Yamura team from Japan.

We'll see how good

he is at Zandvoort.

Barlini's second place for Ferrari, too,

will be very popular in Italy.

And there's Aron now, up on the platform

being presented with a garland of flowers...

... and Mr. Yamura joining him.

Both delighted with the quick success

of this new partnership...

... which has brought Yamura his first

Grand Prix victory after two years of flying.

He must be very pleased, indeed,

with Aron's performance today.

The 400 horsepower Yamura,

the most powerful of all the cars in the...

Albert! Groat!

- Let him go. Let him go.

- And here's Sarti coming in...

Are you all right?

Out of the way.

Out of the way, everybody.

Children? There were children?

I'm afraid Paris is impossible

this week, darling.

I must go right to Modena.

The car...

...it's completely

wiped out, you see.

It will be necessary to...

Stop it, Guido.

- Stop it.

- Get him out of here.

It will be necessary to test a new one

for the Nrburgring.

A very difficult course,

but one of the most beautiful.

- You will...

- Oh, stop.

Thing is, will it start?

It'll start.

Yeah, Roger had some

very big days in this car.

Coming into the pits now

is Scott Stoddard in the BRM.

The Dutch Grand Prix, here at Zandvoort

tomorrow, will be his first race...

... since his accident

at Monte Carlo in May.

His serious injuries

must be extremely painful.

- How did I do?

- You just set a new lap record.

The whole BRM crew

look very pleased.

Right, you owe me

a bottle of the best.

- Yes, indeed I do.

- Yamura.

One minute, 26.5 seconds...

... 108.5 miles an hour.

Aron, the American driver, won

the last two Grand Prixs at Spa in Belgium.

And the German Grand Prix last week

at the Nrburgring.

He now shares the lead

in the World Championship with 18 points.

Exactly the same as the Ferrari driver,

Jean-Pierre Sarti, the Frenchman.

Sarti's best practice time so far

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