The Brunswick material stands out in terms of quality but is lacking in depth. Often entire races are missed and some have only fleeting moments of action. Such is the case with this DVD (also available on video, as the rest of the series are.) The South African, Spanish, German and Austrian rounds are all … Continue reading “Double First: Williams and Jones” (1980 season dvd)
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“Villeneuve: The Life of the Legendary Racing Driver” – Gerald Donaldson
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Posted onGerald Donaldson’s memorable biography of Gilles Villeneuve is tipped to become a film to hit cinema screens in 2007.
“World Championship Review” – 2000 F1 DVD review
Posted onThe first two official season review DVDs were produced by Sony, and hence come labelled “compatibile with Playstation 2”.
“Who Else But Schumacher?” – 1994 F1 season video review
Posted onThe title of this video is not in the best of taste, given the death of Ayrton Senna in the third round of the season. Nor does it do much credit to Damon Hill, who finished the championship within a point of Michael Schumacher. Sadly this pivotal year in F1 history (given the deaths of … Continue reading “Who Else But Schumacher?” – 1994 F1 season video review
“What a Class Act” – 2001 F1 season video review
Posted onThe 2001 review video is exceptionally bad, especially given that the 2001 DVD review is pretty good, and they both have the same material to work from.
“Two Till The End” – 1984 F1 season review video
Posted onAlthough McLaren were dominant, 1984 was a close season – the closest ever, in fact, with Niki Lauda sneaking the title from team-mate Alain Prost by just half a point.
“The Official Review” – 2001 F1 season DVD review
Posted onThe 2001 season review DVD, again produced by Sony, is something of an oddity. It is not available as a commercial retail DVD, but was given away with early copies of the Formula One 2001 Playstation 2 game.
“The Official End of Season Review” – 1983 F1 season review video
Posted onThe quality of the footage on the 1983 review is not very good, and the commentary is simply appalling.
“The Official End of Season Review” – 1982 F1 season review video
Posted onThe 1982 season was probably the most important of the eighties – but for all the wrong reasons.
“The champion on the track” – 1999 F1 season review video
Posted onThis was the championship it seemed no-one wanted to win.
“Start to Finish” – 1981 F1 season review video
Posted onThis is as early as the official FOCA reviews stretch back, and it shows.
“Senna fights back” – 1993 F1 season review video
Posted onDespite the title, this video does not focus as narrowly on Ayrton Senna as the 1992 tape does on Nigel Mansell.
“Michael does it again” – 2004 F1 season review DVD
Posted onIt’s taken a while for FOCA to get their act together with F1 review DVDs – too long, really – but the 2004 DVD delivers the goods.
“Michael’s record year” – 2002 F1 season review video
Posted onIf you’re putting a collection of these videos together, put this one at the bottom of your wish list. There really is nothing to commend it.
“Michael & co. the dream team” – 2003 F1 season review DVD
Posted onAlthough there are DVD reviews available for the 2000 and 2001 season, FOM took until 2003 to start putting their own DVD reviews out.
“How to win a championship” – 1989 F1 season video review
Posted onQuite a few of these F1 season review videos have perplexing titles, and this is a prime example.
“Honda… all fired up!” – 1988 F1 season review video
Posted onThe 1988 season review video boasts a strong commentating line-up: F1 legend Stirling Moss and top pundit Tony Jardine.
“He did it his way” – 1995 F1 season review video
Posted onThe simmering Schumacher-Hill rivalry of 1995 makes for great viewing.
“Flying Finn first at the finish” – 1998 F1 season review video
Posted onThe 1998 season video suffers from the same irritating commentary that spoils the 1997 review.
“Down to the last 30 minutes” – 1997 F1 season review video
Posted onA case study in how to spoil good material with sloppy production.