Footage from the 1960 Formula 1 Argentine Grand Prix, in the pre-water bottle days. In the 1960’s, if it got too hot in the car during a race, the answer was wonderfully simple: to refresh the drivers they threw water buckets at them.
In the video below you can see Ferrari driver José Froilán González ‘having a drink’ in his Ferrari 246 car:
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