We’re then reintroduced to the opening scene: Nürburgring, 1976, with the rain, wet-weather tyres, and the glimpse of a six-wheeled Tyrrell marking the event with a sense of foreboding. It’s hard to discern what is original footage, what is new footage of old cars or replicas, and what is completely computer-generated, which is exactly as it should be. Hunt and Lauda’s rivalry over the 1976 season is shown in montage format, with the pair trading blows race-by-immaculately-recreated-race. If you can’t deal with that, then you’re the asshole.” Lauda (Daniel Brühl) asks teammate Clay Regazzoni (Pierfrancesco Favino): “Why am I an asshole? You know by now I’m both quicker than you and better at setting up the car. The next season closes with Lauda taking the championship series and Hesketh running out of money, leaving Hunt without a drive for 1976. The following year Lauda is at Ferrari at the behest of former BRM teammate Clay Regazzoni, while Hunt is still fooling around at Hesketh. Hunt’s flamboyant Hesketh team, run by the foppish Lord Hesketh himself, is all wine, lobster, caviar and weed, while Lauda self-funds his way to a seat, leveraging his car set-up skills and playing hardball with the BRM team boss to his advantage. Howard lets the critical Nürburgring moment hang as we’re whisked back six years prior to follow Hunt and Lauda through their time in Formula Three, battling at the pointy end of the field.īy 1973, both have graduated to Formula One. It’s intoxicating, especially for us Gen-Xers that never got to see it, but the car porn is over all too soon. Exhausts spit fire, tyres scrabble for grip and ear-splitting engine noise overlays the impeccably recreated launches of the Ferraris, Ligiers and Lotuses. It’s moments before Lauda’s famous, life-changing crash at the Nürburgring circuit.
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