Já foram ver o filme RUSH ??

Se ainda não foram, de que é que estão à espera ??

Niki Lauda e James Hunt depois do acidente do 1º

Provavelmente de um último empurrão, como eu !!!

Mas eu acabei de o receber e imaginem só de quem  ??

De dois pilotos da Nascar, Mark Martin e Brian Vickers, que como pilotos, nada têm a ver com a Formula 1 em si, mas com o desporto automóvel em geral e as criticas não podiam ser melhores, senão vejamos o que ambos disseram quando lhes perguntaram se já tinham visto o filme e qual as suas opiniões.

Mark Martin:

Q:  What is the best racing-related movie?

A:  Rush.

Q: Why?

Most racing movies have been pretty cheesy except for maybe the ones that go way, way back. Maybe I think Rush is so great because I didn’t race Formula One, but I was aware of the epic battle of ’76 and I really liked that movie. I really thought Ron Howard did a good job of doing it justice.

Brian Vickers:

“Rush was a great movie. Even if you aren’t into Formula One or NASCAR I think you’ll find it an interesting story. James Hunt and Niki Lauda were the fiercest of rivals in racing and – I won’t ruin the ending for anyone who doesn’t know the story – there’s a lot of twists and turns as they battled for the championship throughout the 1976 season.

“Every professional race car driver relates to a rival – we’ve all had our rivals during our careers. I think the movie shows what we all might not want to admit that your rival pushes you past limits that you didn’t realize you had. There’s a great scene in the movie. Niki Lauda admits to Hunt that – as he was recovering in the hospital after getting badly burned and nearly dying – watching Hunt win races on television motivated him to get better faster. Man, that hit home. I don’t think I’m anything like Niki Lauda but I can definitely relate to that scene. I remember watching races in the hospital after I had the blood clots. That’s mental torture for a race car driver and the desire to get back to racing overrides even your health issues.

“Rush is one of the few movies that kind of portrayed drivers as how we really are. We’re all different. I think a lot of times there are stereotypes for race car drivers, but this movie shows successful drivers with very different personalities. Niki had a single-minded approach to racing where that’s all he thought about and didn’t care if he was liked by anyone. James Hunt was a guy that enjoyed life partying and having a lot of fun. They were completely different but both were successful. That’s true in whatever form of racing you’re in. Heck, that’s true in life. I’ve got a different personality than Jimmie Johnson who is different than Clint Bowyer who is different than someone else. We’re drivers but we are people and people are all different. There’s no formula for success other than talent and hard work.

“One thing I admire Niki for is there are two people that this movie is about and only one of them is alive. You can see how he could easily spin the story in his favor but he didn’t. I felt like it was a very balanced, genuine story. He had his positives and his negatives, and he didn’t try to hide them. I admire that. Many times history favors the victors and I felt for him being honest about who he was and who James was, for better or worse. I got to spend time around Niki when I drove for Red Bull and the movie actor got him perfect. I can also relate to James Hunt’s perspective, which is feeling that you should enjoy life. For me, I think the ultimate answer is a balance between James Hunt’s and Niki Lauda’s mentalities. But that’s just me, other guys will answer differently.

“NASCAR fans will find similarities between Rush and Days of Thunder. I don’t know where I would rank Rush on my list of all-time great racing but I hope it’s a success. Good racing movies take the sport to new audiences and hopefully will win us new fans no matter what form of motorsport we’re in.”