Gary Critcher

@WRCPAST @lessismoremike Take a look at this page on my very old website. I visited the accident site in 2001 when I was at Hockenheim for the Grand Prix working for FOM/Bernie. users.globalnet.co.uk/~garycr/2001/j…

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇬🇧 R.I.P Jim Clark Fifty Eight years ago, a British Formula One driver who many consider having been one of the world’s finest racers died in a tragic accident on the old Hockenheimring circuit in Germany. Jim Clark was 32 years old and was taking part in a Formula Two event at the request of Team Lotus for which he worked; he would have sooner been driving at Brands Hatch, south of London on that day. Jim was considered to be one of the safest, most skilled and naturally gifted drivers and his peers did not think that driver error had caused the crash. A deflated rear tyre was widely blamed and accepted as the cause for the incident. In 2002 the Hockenheimring was shortened and the major part of the old circuit, running through the forest, was torn up and the area reforested. It is almost as though this part of the course never was. The actual site of the accident is now buried in the forest and requires a great deal of sleuthing to find. There was even some doubt as to whether there would be anything to see even if we were lucky enough to find the spot. Disappointingly, the prospects of finding the memorial were slim. We stopped and decided to turn back, but just then John spied a small conifer in among the other trees on the river banking. We had found the site of Jim Clark’s tragic accident. On closer inspection we discovered a small stone, accompanied by bunches of flowers, sitting between the two small conifers. Mission accomplished. More photographs and John savoured the moment of achieving his ambition. Jim Clark died on this spot, supposedly from a mechanical or tyre failure, on a track that no longer exists. He would have been 90 years old this year. Words of the area by Mike Evan’s 👏🏻👏🏻 📷 Mike Evan’s 👏🏻👏🏻 @JimClarkTrust #f1 #jimclark #germany #lotus

Another excerpt from one of my film reels that will be featured on the new Patreon page. This is the Guards Trophy meeting at Brands Hatch in August 1968. @CJGrandPrix @dylanmichael77 #guardstrophy

@RepFine You wanker.

Happy Power Plant and Bridge Eve!

@dylanmichael77 Well, I edited it....

This is great footage, looks professionally shot and edited, perhaps by Wills Cigarettes? Looking forward to seeing the whole film. Glad to see Robin Widdows is still with us, aged 83. Pity he only got one shot at a Grand Prix.

@TalkingPicsTV Will you be airing the follow up too? 'Another Flip for Dominick'.

Coming Soon! Channel Premiere! Monday 13th April, 9:05pm. PLAY FOR TODAY: THE FLIPSIDE OF DOMINIC HYDE (1980) starring #PeterFirth #CarolineLangrishe #PippaGuard #PatrickMagee #DenisLawson time travelling drama #TPTVsubtitles

@MS2PZ You have a quite fantastic sense of humor.

This image depicts a family man who gave up wealth, privacy, peace, and endured relentless attacks to protect and serve a nation they deeply love.

Another for the upcoming Pateon page. This is home movie of the 1973 British Grand Prix, plenty of paddock footage! And yes, at 47 seconds, I realise I miss identify Peter Revson for Mike Hailwood! @dylanmichael77 @CJGrandPrix

Another reel for the Patreon site. You'll have to put up with my dulcet tones on this, explaining where I found the film! This is Silverstone in July 1966.

My subscription website won't all be prewar and 50s and 60s footage, it will also be things like this from 1985. All pictures are copyright me and are also unpublished. @CJGrandPrix @GrandPrixDiary @dylanmichael77 @F1History1950

@TheBishF1 @RoyalFamily @POTUS Absolutely, 100% right, Matt. The Royal Family should not be going anywhere the US at the moment....

@RoyalFamily Please compare your #Easter greeting (above), @RoyalFamily, with that of the @POTUS (below). You simply cannot debase your & the UK’s reputation by sending the king on an official visit to an unhinged, sadistic & foul-mouthed war criminal. You know I’m right. Cancel it now.

🐣✝️ Wishing a joyous Easter Sunday to Christians celebrating in the UK, the Commonwealth and around the world today.

@MarinaPurkiss @TedUrchin This CAN'T be real??

Trump’s latest post on Truth Social… Is anyone going to stop this depraved, demented dipshit?

@CJGrandPrix ....and I made sure the film was running at the right speed, too!

@tyrrell005 @MercedesAMGF1 @rwilliams1947 @archivetvmus71 @dylanmichael77 @F1History1950 @ian_845846 @GrandPrixDiary @gmracingblue Wowza – to state the obvious – they're bloody fast!

A brief clip of one of my home movie items, here's unseen film of the 1937 Donington Grand Prix. Excuse the shaky camerawork! @MercedesAMGF1 @rwilliams1947 @CJGrandPrix @archivetvmus71 @dylanmichael77 @F1History1950 @ian_845846 @GrandPrixDiary @gmracingblue

@FurkanGozukara @JohnCleese Great. Suck it up US.

Massive geopolitical shift. The BBC confirms European nations are completely bypassing Washington and negotiating directly with Iran to use the Strait of Hormuz. NATO and Gulf states absolutely refuse to join Trumps disastrous military campaign. The US is isolated.

@PeteHegseth @POTUS W.A.N.K.E.R.

A few screen grabs from another home movie in my archive, with a little help we've worked out that this is the 1936 Donington Grand Prix. Only 90 years old then! @CJGrandPrix @rwilliams1947 Unseen film! @BRDCSilverstone @donington_hist @DoningtonPark

@CJGrandPrix @MercedesAMGF1 @MercedesBenzUSA It certainly was, I have both stills AND film of that. The W165 was driven by Fangio.

@tyrrell005 @MercedesAMGF1 @MercedesBenzUSA Fantastic! That was the day that Moss & Jenks lapped in an SLR?

From my archive, Mercedes at Silverstone in 1967 for a demo run before the Grand Prix. @CJGrandPrix @MercedesAMGF1 @MercedesBenzUSA

And...new wallpaper for the PC.

Looking at the 1937 Donington film I'm going to attempt to restore it, this section has water damage to the edge of the film. I've made an initial effort as you can see in the second pic. Bear in mind this is 1 frame,there are 24 in a second! @rwilliams1947 @CJGrandPrix #oldfilm