Here are some WAV-files with recordings from the German Grand Prix in 1976. The recordings are in Mono (sorry), 16 bit and 22KHz.
Uncompressed files are gone. If you miss them, let me know.
What... Time Microsoft
ADPCMAntony Marsh 'the greatest and most...' 8 s 82Kb 'No Smoking' (it was a very dry summer) 17 s 190Kb Tyrrell-Ford P34. Jody Scheckter. Leaving Adenauer Forst. 10 s 107Kb March-Ford 761 (probably Vittorio Brambilla) at Adenauer Forst 13 s 140Kb JPS-Ford, Mario Andretti and March-Ford Vittorio Brambilla and Hans Stuck, all leaving Adenauer Forst. 19 s 207Kb Antony Marsh tells what J. Stewart said 7 s 68Kb The grid gets warned about rain... 11 s 120Kb 'there is heavy rain at the Karussell...' 12 s 134Kb There is more material to extract sounds from. Just need to get my sound-engineer working...
The Lauda accident.
(The picture is borrowed from the official Nürburgring-site.)
This is what first got out on the speakers when Niki Lauda had his terrible accident. The crowd reacts with boo's and whistles that the race is stopped because Mass (German, remember) is in the lead. And no one knows just what kind of accident it is.In German, by Jochen Luck the German commentator. 30 sek. Microsoft ADPCM compressed format at 336Kb
