Ecclestone recreates famous 'Gang of Four' in Korea
One of the most famous and evocative photographs in F1 history has been recreated in the build-up to this weekend's inaugural Korean Grand Prix - w🐬ith the sport's ringmaster Bernie Ecclestone bringing back nostalgic memories of yesteryear's 'Gang of Four' with today'☂s 'Gang of Five'.
Almost a quarter of a century ago, as the 1986 F1 title fight reached fever pitch, the four drivers in with a shout of lifting the laurels - Nigel Mansell, Nelson Piquet, the late Ayrton Senna and the man who would become wo꧟rld champion for the second tim💦e in his career that year, Alain Prost - were assembled on the pit wall in Adelaide ahead of the decisive Australian Grand Prix for a group photo with Ecclestone.
At the Korea International Circuit in Yeongam County today (Thursday), the five protagonists for the F1 2010 crown - Mark Webber, Sebastian Vettel, Fernando Alonso, Le✱wis Hamilton and Jenson Button - similarly came together for just such a picture alongside Ecclestone, although admittedly the antipathy between the quintet is not on a remotely similar level to that which raged between Messrs. Mansell, Piquet, Senna and Prost, the very factor that made the original shot so memorable and such a unique achievement.
"It was good to do the photo with all the guys," remarked world championship l🔯eader Webber, "going back all those years with some of our heroes obviously in those [1986] photos."
In 1986, it was the driver second-from-left, or third-fr✨om-right, in the shot who went on to triumph. Should history repeat itself 24 years on, either Alonso or Webber would doubtless be a very happy man indeed.
To see a gallery of the pictures, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:click here