Saucing It Up Bavarian Schtyle

So the other night I was reading this: A German-language first edition from the very early 1980s by BMW Mobile Tradition called Faszination Rennstrecke.

 

Bear in mind that this is/was a factory/works made and approved book.

So the lads are heading off to Sicily for a Formula 2 race at Enna.

Young Walter is stumbling out of bed at crazy o’clock.

 

The lads have breakfast and hop on their frankly AWESOME Spaten/M liveried team bus.

 

It was scrubbed clean by a mulleted man in his mega-tight togs.

 

 

That team bus photo again – those are BIG beer glasses.

Briefcase, tight shorts, aviators, cigarettes.

What an era to be a man.

 

 

Time to prep for the race – working on trumpets in your extremely tight togs or cut-off jeans.

 

Note the little plastic clip on pouches they have for their cigarettes.

 

A man stares in awe at dual camshafts.

 

Thirsty work, this spannering.

 More thirsty work

 

Just when you thought there couldn’t possibly be more drinking depicted in this factory-made book, there is.

 The blurb talks about bonding, and how a team has to stick together and is not just about the driver.

 

Eventually, between drinking sessions there’s a motor race.

Which BMW manage to actually win.

 

As a result there’s yet more saucing.

 

This time they even schnuck a bird (clad in a one-piece purple jumpsuit) on the bus.

 

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