Amazing program, more like a war documentary. One quote "the race wasn't stopped but that part of the race track smelt of burning flesh" is incredible
Stirling Moss has always argued for safety and I am surprised he wasn't mentioned. He had a huge crash at Goodwood and promoted safety, especially with his early retirement
I'm sure Stirling has argued for safety in the past, but not as vigourously as Sir Jackie, and I'm sure he thinks it's gone to far now. This is a quote from him taken from Wicki;
"I certainly had an appreciation of the danger which to me was part of the pleasure of racing. To me now racing is - the dangers are taken away: if it's difficult, they put in a chicane. So really now the danger is minimal - which is good, because people aren't hurt. But for me the fact that I had danger on my shoulder made it much more exciting. It's rather like if you flirt with a girl, it's more exciting than paying for a prostitute, because while you know you're gonna get it, the other one you don't. And I think with driving a motor car, the danger is a very necessary ingredient. Like if you're cooking, you need salt. You can cook without salt, but it doesn't have the flavour. It's the same with motor racing without danger. For me."
