Hello from Austria!

[LigierGitanes]

Hi motorsport fans,

my name is Robert, I am Austrian and I was born in 1973. My main interest is in Formula 1 from the 1970s and 1980s.

The first GP I remember watching on TV was the 1978 Swedish GP at Anderstorp that Lauda won with the famous Brabham fan car. I was four years old at that time.

It really got mad about F1 at the age of six during the 1980 season, triggered by this Panini sticker album. That explains my username, the 1979/1980 Ligier JS11 with the Gitanes livery is my all-time favourite F1 car, what a beauty!

My interest in F1 slowly began to decline from 1989 onwards, I found the cars of the post-turbo era less attractive than the massive monsters from the previous years. And it should get worse for me, with the "narrow-gauge" cars and grooved tyres from 1998...

So I kept reading books on the 1970s and 80s, and recently I extended my interest back to the 1960s. And I have set up a results database from the present back to currently 1980, I am slowly working my way back towards 1950. The database is for SQL Server, contact me if any of you should be interested in that.

My current obsession is collecting Grand Prix telecasts on DVD, I have a decent collection of full-race DVDs from the 1970s until 1993. If only I had more time to watch all of them.

So that's all for now, thanks for reading this.

[MonteCristo]

Hi motorsport fans,

my name is Robert, I am Austrian and I was born in 1973. My main interest is in Formula 1 from the 1970s and 1980s.

The first GP I remember watching on TV was the 1978 Swedish GP at Anderstorp that Lauda won with the famous Brabham fan car. I was four years old at that time.

It really got mad about F1 at the age of six during the 1980 season, triggered by this Panini sticker album. That explains my username, the 1979/1980 Ligier JS11 with the Gitanes livery is my all-time favourite F1 car, what a beauty!

My interest in F1 slowly began to decline from 1989 onwards, I found the cars of the post-turbo era less attractive than the massive monsters from the previous years. And it should get worse for me, with the "narrow-gauge" cars and grooved tyres from 1998...

So I kept reading books on the 1970s and 80s, and recently I extended my interest back to the 1960s. And I have set up a results database from the present back to currently 1980, I am slowly working my way back towards 1950. The database is for SQL Server, contact me if any of you should be interested in that.

My current obsession is collecting Grand Prix telecasts on DVD, I have a decent collection of full-race DVDs from the 1970s until 1993. If only I had more time to watch all of them.

So that's all for now, thanks for reading this.

You have great taste in F1 .

Welcome!

[Everso Biggyballies]

Welcome @LigierGitanes to TFL
Hi Robert You should find plenty of those with similar interests to yours here (myself included) .
I have been watching a few years longer thn you but the 70's is when I really got into it. Ligier (and Laffitte were great favourites of mine. Particularly in their V12 years.
Plus many others. I was always a huge fan of your fellow Austrian, Niki Lauda, going back before his Ferrari years. My hero figure.
I still enjoy F1 but to me the best times of F1 are long gone. Im just glad I was there to witness thebest times. (Im not alone here with those thoughts). I am always more keen to watch a replay of an old race from the seventies or eighties than anything from current times.

Enjoy your visits and time here. Sure there is plenty particularly in the Nostalgia area that will interest you.