It takes real couilles to rally a Citroen DS through the snow during the 1964 Monte Carlo Rally, while smoking a cigarette and looking completely nonchalant about the whole affair. Lucien Bianchi (an Italian-born Belgian, actually), my hat’s off to you. May those filthy Americans and rosbifs never insult the glorious mère patrie again! La Marseillaise toujours!
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Last Call – Who Says the French Are a Bunch of Wimps? Edition
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Their business is
warracing, and [the French] do their business.
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And if you keep trying without winning, just disqualify the four cars that finish ahead of you! Viva la Frog!
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The snow. The cigarette. The Goddess.
I'm not sure this photograph could be better, unless it was at a higher resolution.
Oh, hey, it gets bigger… yeah, I'm all set, thanks. -
The snow. The cigarette. The Goddess.
I'm not sure this photograph could be better, unless it was at a higher resolution.
Oh, hey, it gets bigger… yeah, I'm all set, thanks. -
The snow. The cigarette. The Goddess.
I'm not sure this photograph could be better, unless it was at a higher resolution.
Oh, hey, it gets bigger… yeah, I'm all set, thanks. -
Props? Where are my mad props?
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I don't know about mad props, but here's your massive props:
<img src="http://www.langhamindustries.co.uk/PIX/85tonne_propeller.jpg"> -
I don't know about mad props, but here's your massive props:
<img src="http://www.langhamindustries.co.uk/PIX/85tonne_propeller.jpg">
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I think it is a requirement to smoke a cigarette while racing a Citroen DS.
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Or, one from a wind tunnel (BMW AVZ designed and built by my company).
<img src="http://www.autobild.de/ir_img/67121274_2a14913a96.jpg"> -
It's hard to tell from the picture, but he's actually driving in reverse.
/Fun with French stereotypes
//Driving a Citroen DS in the snow in reverse while smoking a cig probably takes more couilles. -
That looks like a goddamn bicycle tire! Oh Frenchie, you so cool!
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Cool. That's not a job you hear about every day. I'll skip the blowhard jokes…
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Dang, look at the skinny bicycle tires on that thing! At least they were keeping the unsprung weight down.
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