#302 The 2017 F1 cars built to the new rules. We analyse the engineering, aerodynamics, livery and sponsorship of every car. Sniff Petrol on Jensen Button and Ross Brawn. Plus we mark the 40th anniversary of the tragic death of Welsh F1 driver Tom Pryce.
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published: 27 February 2017
duration: 40′ 50″
Presented by: Gareth Jones, Richard Porter & Zog
#302 The 2017 F1 cars built to the new rules. We analyse the engineering, aerodynamics, livery and sponsorship of every car. Sniff Petrol on Jensen Button and Ross Brawn. Plus we mark the 40th anniversary of the tragic death of Welsh F1 driver Tom Pryce.
Gareth Jones On Speed – Tom Pryce (English Version)
V1
John Watson told me “Tom was just a lad,
Not fierce, no trouble, not the slightest bit bad”.
Speed I’m sure was all that he knew
From Clwyd (or Denbighshire)
Where I come from too.
Chorus1
Tom Pryce, Tom Pryce,
We Welsh called him “Maldwyn”
He beat the best
Didn’t forget where he came from.
Tom Pryce, Tom Pryce,
We Welsh called him “Maldwyn”
He beat the best
Didn’t forget where he came from.
V2
We first saw his speed
One day at Silverstone
When he put his car
On pole position.
And then with effort
He emerged from the shadows
At Brands Hatch he won
In the Race Of Champions.
Chorus2
Tom Pryce, Tom Pryce,
We Welsh called him “Maldwyn”
He beat the best
Didn’t forget where he came from.
Tom Pryce, Tom Pryce,
We Welsh called him “Maldwyn”
He beat the best
Didn’t forget where he came from.
V3
In Kyalami
In Seventy-seven
Renzo Zorzi caught fire
A boy went to help him.
Jansen Van Vuuren
Ran over the track
The Clwyd boy hit him
And that was that.
Chorus3
Tom Pryce, Tom Pryce,
We Welsh called him “Maldwyn”
He beat the best
Didn’t forget where he came from.
Tom Pryce, Tom Pryce,
We Welsh called him “Maldwyn”
He beat the best
Didn’t forget where he came from.
Mid 8
In one awful moment
Both lives were relinquished
A flame of Welsh hope
Quashed, extinguished.
Chorus4
Tom Pryce, Tom Pryce,
We Welsh called him “Maldwyn”
He beat the best
Didn’t forget where he came from.
Tom Pryce, Tom Pryce,
We Welsh called him “Maldwyn”
He beat the best
Didn’t forget where he came from.
Coda
Not only Wales remembers “Maldwyn”
The world of racing
Knows also about him.
Writ large on a wall
Back home in Ruthin
“He beat the best,
Didn’t forget where he came from”.
“Fe gurodd y goreuon, heb gefnu ar ei gynefin”.
Almighty, victorious, thy great name we praise.
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Written, performed & produced by Gareth Jones
Celtic pipe drone by Steve Allan Jones
Recorder by Violet Berlin
If you would like to hear this song sung in the original Welsh go to Gareth Jones On Speed episode 217
In memory of Thomas Maldwyn Pryce 11 June 1949 – 5 March 1977
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#301 Premium superminis and on the road in an Auris. Gareth and Richard discuss the options if you want a classy small car. Gareth tests the economy claims for Toyota’s hybrid Auris. Sniff Petrol on Williams’ “new” driver and a Malaysian car company.
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© Gareth Jones 2005-2017
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Murray Walker Fantastic Absolutely Incredible
When Murray speaks
The world listens
Spot on
He sometimes misses
Always impressive
Incomprenhsible.
But I liked it best when Murray said:
Fantastic,
Yeah, I liked it best when Murray said:
Fantastic,
Yeah, I liked it best when Murray said:
Fantastic,
Absolutely, absolutely,
Absolutely incredible.
Fantastic, absolutely incredible
Fantastic, absolutely incredible
Fantastic, absolutely incredible
Faan, fan, faan-tastic,
Ab-so-lut-ely- incredible.
When Murray speaks
Fantastic,
It don’t take him long
Fantastic,
To make a prophecy that turns out wrong
Oh Yeah
He makes mistakes and he’ll confess
Excuse me, while I interupt myself.
Fantastic, absolutely incredible
Fantastic, absolutely incredible
Fantastic, absolutely incredible
Oh my goodness, oh
Fantastic, absolutely incredible.
Murray speaks to the world (Oh yeah)
He reads the race for us.
Anything can happen in grand prix racing
And it usually does
And that’s
Fantastic, absolutely incredible
Fantastic, absolutely incredible
Fantastic, absolutely, absolutely
Absolutely incredible
Fantastic, absolutely incredible
Fantastic, absolutely incredible
Fantastic, absolutely incredible
Fan, fan, fan-tastic,
Ab-so-lut-ely- incredible.
Fantastic
His voice will last for evermore
Faantastic
If it doesn’t it oughta
His voice will last for evermore
Driver’s names he’ll sometimes slaughter
Murray Walker – muddly talker
His voice will last for ever more,
Fantastic
He’s fantastic, absolutely incredible
I want to say so much more than I have time for.
We’ll miss Murray and I quote
“I have to stop now, because I‘ve got a lump in my throat”.
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Vocals – Gareth Jones
Programming – Paul Ireson
Additional keyboards – Gareth Jones
Written & produced by Gareth Jones & Paul Ireson
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Huge thanks to everyone who has appeared on, or helped us make our first 300 episodes.
“Here’s to the future now, its only just begun.”
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#300 Celebrating our 300th show with a bumper edition. We pick our favourite moments from the first 299 episodes and play some of our ……and your favourite sketches. Plus brand-new On Speed music: Murray Walker – Fantastic Absolutely Incredible.
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#299 The Shape of Things to Come. In the bleak reality of Brexit and Trump we look to the future and find solace in cars. The EV gold rush, can Faraday Future succeed where Tesla did? Sniff Petrol on Liberty, car servicing and a British car of the past.
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#299 The Shape of Things to Come. In the bleak reality of Brexit and Trump we look to the future and find solace in cars. The EV gold rush, can Faraday Future succeed where Tesla did? Sniff Petrol on Liberty, car servicing and a British car of the past.
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#298 Rock ‘N Roller. Gareth spends a week driving a Rolls-Royce Wraith. Gareth takes the car to north Wales to chauffer some old friends and find out what it feels like to enjoy what is described as the finest motor car in the world?
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#298 Rock ‘N Roller. Gareth spends a week driving a Rolls-Royce Wraith. Gareth takes the car to north Wales to chauffer some old friends and find out what it feels like to enjoy what is described as the finest motor car in the world?
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