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Motor Racing at the BBC: That Petrol Emotion

William Naylor

Jake Hayes

Motor Racing at the BBC: That Petrol Emotion: Episode 2

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How the oily rag pioneers emerged from English garages to take on the Italian marques.

Series celebrating the glory days of British motor racing. Charting how the oily rag pioneers emerged from the garages of rural England to take on the slick, Italian marques.

Formula One's archive series continues by charting how the oily rag pioneers of British motor racing emerged from the garages of rural England to take on the slick, Italian marques. A mixture of inspiration and perspiration led teams like Vanwall, Cooper and Lotus to dominate the sport for over a decade from the late 1950s onwards. Former mechanics Jack Brabham and Graham Hill became world champion drivers, John Cooper revolutionised the sport by moving the engine from front to back, and Colin Chapman, the genius of Lotus, created the aerodynamic racing shape we know today. All powered by a treat of a period soundtrack and some alarmingly pukka BBC voices.

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Archive series celebrating the glory days of British motor racing

Archive series celebrating the glory days of British motor racing, buffing up some of the BBC's most memorable coverage from the sport's earliest days.

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