I don't know what will PD think about the Hitler pic, but if I was them, I wouldn't give a sheet - reasons are purely historic.
I also hope that PD will be so accurate to include all the original insignia on history cars from that period - if those cars will be in the game allright - as all the Auto Union and Mercedes-Benz racing cars of late 30-ties had some intresting insignia.
I'm a little bit dissapointed with the stance and knowledge of the author of the article - he's mentioning a true story form Nurb, when in 1938. superb young English driver Richard "Dick" Seaman (who has a stupid name allright, but back then there was no porn-star-lookalike-names-to-joke-with) took a German Grand Prix in face of 300.000 viewers who all came to watch Mercedes-Benz's driver Von Brausewitz win (as history recalls, before the race Seaman was told that he can race, but he can't win because of Von Brausewitz - it was a prioriy that most popular German driver win on German circuit, as whole Germany was seeing that race).
Unfortunately, after the trouble in pits, Von Brautshewitz had to stay in box, while young Seman (he was only 25 then), who was racing at second for the whole race, took his opportunity and made a victory there. Brits were very dissapointed with Seaman at time, as he was driving for Mercedes-Benz (remeber, in 1938, WWII was about the happen in no time), but the Seman itself didn't care about the politics - he was the only Brit ever allowed to race in - for that time - superb Mercedes W125 race cars, and the Hitler itself allowed him to race. As many don't know, Hitler was a great fan of racing, and he personally signed Seaman's licence for Mercedes.
Story of Richard Seaman is one of the greatest stories ever in racing history - he quited the college to race, his mother was financing his passion, but when he decided to race for Mercedes-benz, she was not happy. He didn't much care for that, as he moved to Germany and raced against all the biggest drives of that time: Von Brausewitz, Caracciola, Nuvolari and so on. In 1938. he met a beautiful daughter of BMW owner, Erica Popp, and they have fall in love - she was only 18, but as she was very rich, her face was very famous - she and Richard were the first mega-popular "tabloid" couple ever, but the romance didn't last long. In 1939. Richard died after the horrible crash on Spa, in race that was full of surprises - but he manage to put down records that will never be forgotten. Hitler even send a great flower-boquet on his funeral in England, and the WWII started only 3 month after the Seman died. He was 26 years old. He'll also stay remebered as only driver who ever died in Mercedes-Benz race car.
Brits, I guess, will never forgive him for racing for Germans in that very disturbing years for the whole world, especially not for cheering the crowd after he won the Nurb in '38 with the Nazi cheer, but he will remain as one of the greatest drivers of that period.
So sad that author of the article, apparently Englishman, is having that kind of negative attitude towards one of the greatest (English) drivers of all times.
oh yeah I have dial up... darn.
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