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Originally Posted by leonidas
Funny how British motorsport seems reluctant to admit its own fascist connections and guilt though. How many British fans turned up to watch the Nazi Grand Prix teams at Donington in the 1930s?
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Have to say I think this is rather tasteless and demonstrates a complete ignorance of the circumstances or at least a convenient twisting thereof.
At the time there were two great teams, both were German and they were government supported. After that came Alfa Romeo. What were the British or indeed any other nationality's race fans supposed to do?
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Originally Posted by leonidas
Or cheer on Dick Seaman racing for a Nazi team as late as 1938? And then there's the Mosleys...
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Let's forget the "Mosley's reference, it has been done to death. However Dick Seaman was the top British racing driver of his day, a bit of a snob perhaps but once again, who were the public supposed to support?
They weren't the Nazi GP they were the European GP as far as I know.