10 rubbish ways to end an F1 career

We count down the 10 worst ways Formula 1 drivers ended their careers. Let us know who we missed out! www.autosport.com/

[@AutosportOfficial]

Thanks for the feedback everyone - especially spotting the Alan Jones error! We assure you the person responsible has been fired and banished to spend the rest of their life at sea... We hope you've enjoyed the video aside from that.

[@12121149]

Jones won championship,with no sponsers,fuck you.

[@michael696925]

That was a bit testy lol

[@bandithimself6841]

Iceman of course they’re joking

[@samika1983]

1:32 Alan Jones 1980 World Champion*

[@femiceo328]

@@12121149 Why the cursing man geezzzz

[@sam21462]

Dude! Jenson Button got to go out telling Alonso that he was going to pee in his seat.That has to be worth something.

[@naughtymaster7994]

That team radio was epic

[@danielstark7239]

that was pretty cool

[@Smart1529]

@Mark Peel yes but it was a friendly joke between Jenson and Fernando

[@Serreski]

Doesn’t everyone pee in their car seat if they need to?

[@dougjudy5352]

Yenson my friend

[@Fynkzz]

Hill parking the car and going home is an amazing end. Why would you think the opposite

[@radihaydos95]

probably due to the fact he was forced to drive when he wanted out.

[@Warriorette12]

It seems like a really sad situation to me

[@TheSnaveeelPlaysGames]

@Adam Chlebovec I think all of us have been in a situation where we just don’t feel like carrying on; but to park the car like that when it isn’t just your neck on the block is a salty move at best. Hill was my childhood hero along with Mansell and I’m gutted to hear he did this. On the other hand, when I was younger I had an opportunity to go to a concert for free and I was really excited to go but I just got this incredible feeling that I shouldn’t. There was no reason for it but I heeded my gut and stayed behind as my brothers went without me. Nothing happened to them but I’d love to find out one day, while looking at my stats of life, if I avoided some kind of accident through a kind of Devine prompting. Maybe I’ll never know but I still believe it was the right thing to stay behind. Perhaps Damon had one of those moments? It is a dangerous sport after all... who knows, but he let a lot of people down none the less.

[@rogreu]

"Fuck this shit, I'm out"

[@user-underdasea]

​@@rogreu (in a ttte naraitor's accent) "and he did"

[@xXEpicMehXx]

at least these guys got to end their f1 careers alive

[@rawl5128]

That went dark...

[@samhanmun]

EpicMeh We have to remember bianchi though...

[@joshkay3012]

I think what EpicMeh means is that in the 1950’s-1982 death was common as cars and track were unsafe compared to today’s standards

[@TheChannel1978]

Agreed. Stopped watching the clickbait video after entry 3. There is nothing wrong with how these drivers ended their careers. They walked away with a fortune having raced at the top tier. But hey, I'm glad we had a youtuber make a video on it and call it a 'rubbish' ending to a career.

[@kuni5755]

True

[@anthonyiuculano6002]

Mika Hakkinen. Rumour has it he is still on sabbatical...

[@fabiosemino2214]

I saw him some years later in Mugello driving a struggling Mercedes against AUDIs for the DTM, he won that race basically by not changing tires when everyone did and hold on for dear life until the end with no more tires.

[@SidVish]

D hill depression and the fear of dying ended his career. Senna death effected him greatly. He is very underrated in my op.

[@paulallen8109]

Carlos Reutemann retired due to the Falklands War. An Argentinian in a British team didn't sound too good to him so he retired. To say he did badly in 1982 would be false. He finished a strong 2nd in the opening race driving the old Williams FW07 in its 4th season. He also matched Keke Rosberg in the races and scored competitive lap times in his last race.

[@jamesshunt5123]

Pretty fair assessment.

[@Threadoflength]

@Liam07F1 YT Same could be said of a LOT of the drivers in that era of F1. In the 6 years between Lauda's championships it could be said that Peterson, Villeneuve, Arnoux, Laffite, Watson, and Pironi could have won one or more. It was a turbulent and exciting time in F1, and a pity that so many worthy potential champions never got to be called champion.

[@MattVanPerry]

@@Threadoflength I think the smaller points rewards for races definitely had a big impact on that as drivers couldn’t get too far ahead even after winning a couple of races

[@TheEvilCheesecake]

Blame Thatcher

[@georgiosioannispappas]

@@Threadoflength Reutemann missed the WDC title in 1981 by ONE point!

[@SunnySikdar]

Where is Jolyon Palmer..... he was the only driver whose career end in F1 was first declared in social media by F1 fans.

[@bartman01021988]

Sunny FOXTROT terrible name to the title of the video.i think its supposed to be retirements or drivers forced out who have since retired or have absolutly no way back.palmers was shocking but although highly unlikely there is still a chance he could return

[@unidentifiablesmurf7963]

Sunny FOXTROT KARMA

[@srinitaaigaura]

The worst part was that he found out about his sacking from the news!!!

[@peekster0]

Jolyon who?

[@danielstark7239]

he didn't retire lol

[@TMJ32]

Saying "they race me so hard" in the middle of a race and ripping the front wing off the sister team's car.

[@richharris6647]

Savage. True, but savage.

[@Duval-In-The-Wall]

Albon is back lol

[@ciaronsmith4995]

No Montoya? Come on guys. Step it up.

[@mrmowjorisin]

Was looking for this comment

[@Balnazzardi]

Yeap Montoya's exit should definitely been here....crashed out himself and his team mate in USA 2006 and that ended his relationship in Mclaren and his entire career.... Considering he was regarded as one of F1's best talents between 2001-2004, his 1,5 years at Mclaren were highly disappointing, even if he managed to get 3 wins in 2005, but considering how great that car was and what Kimi was able to do with it, even that was disappointing and lets not forget his mistakes in Turkey and China as well, which costed valuable points for the team and Kimi in his fight against Alonso.

[@ciaronsmith4995]

He only got the wins in Silverstone and Monza because Kimi had a 10-place grid drop penalty both times. Kimi would have easily won those races. He was not at his best both professionally and also in terms of handling with the car in 2005 and 2006. He was a Brazil specialist so that is an exception.

[@Balnazzardi]

Ye true, Kimi were unlucky during both of those weekends...anyhow had Montoya been at the same level he was before he came to Mclaren, the team might have won atleast WCC that year....instead Mclaren's latest WCC is still from 1998....

[@Minx5892]

Ciaron Smith What could have been if Montoya stayed. 2007 champion? Shame we never saw him doing his usual brave moves from 06 onwards. At least we got max now.

[@oscarlock5724]

Romain Grosjean: *Hold my beer*

[@woltee8011]

You forgot Giancarlo Fisichella with his abysmal outing with his dream team Ferrari. What could have been a dream union, turned out to be a total letdown for all involved.

The 2009 Ferrari wasn't a good car, even though Raikkonen won a race. And Fisichella was replacement driver for Luca Badoer, who originally replaced Felipe Massa after his serious accident in Hungary.

[@Duval-In-The-Wall]

Man that was crazy, scored his and Force India’s first podium in years, then goes to Ferrari where it all came crashing down

[@Duval-In-The-Wall]

Qualifying dead last on his final F1 appearance in a Ferrari, you’ve got to feel for him

[@ultrahenk]

Johnny Herbert: spent his last season driving a massively disappointing Jaguar failing to score any points, had a heavy crash due to suspension failure in the final race of his career and had to be stretchered off. Can't think of many worse ways to end a career.

[@Duval-In-The-Wall]

Yeah Malaysia 2000 was brutal for Herbert

[@kilgarvan04]

Graham Hill. Failed to qualify at Monaco 1975. A race he won 5 times.

[@nevarmaor]

The ten worst ways to end an F1 career: Ayrton Senna Gilles Villeneuve Jochen Rindt Roland Ratzenberger Elio De Angelis Jules Bianchi Mark Donohue Jo Siffert Riccardo Paletti Ronnie Peterson (and a host of others ...) Any ending you walk away from, no matter how bad, is better than that.

[@samiraperi467]

That "Wings for Life" car, such a fitting name with all those winglets. :D

[@roelsiebrand2792]

Horrible looking car.

[@mulsanne1]

@@roelsiebrand2792 bruh

[@lampoilropebombs0640]

Actually everything from the mid 2000s looked like that

[@TimeLordX4]

I really think giedo van der garde should be on the list with what happened with sauber. Also, lastname, who made his debut in the 2018 Melbourne grand Prix only for it to be the last one was a sad story too XD

[@James_taylor810]

SageOfLight last name did one lap at Monaco as well

[@RogerKeulen]

I'm more a noname noname fan. Retired in lap 42 of Monaco. Did only a couple of races in 2017 & 2018.

[@mattlumsden4576]

What happened with van der garde and sauber?

[@SN13K3R]

Matt Lumsden After 2013, Van der Garde had the option to continue with Caterham or to sign a contract with Sauber as a test driver with an option to be full time driver in 2015. So he chose to take a side step and become a development driver for Sauber, he said it was difficult to step aside from racing but it would've been better for his career. In June 2014 Van der Garde signed the contract with Sauber to be a driver for 2015, but the team didn't want him to make it public yet. In November Marcus Ericsson was announced for 2015, Sauber said that Van der Garde would be announced at a later date. Then before the Brazilian Grand Prix, Felipe Nasr was announced for 2015, leaving Van def Garde without a seat to his surprise. Then in Abu Dhabi Giedo thought he was going to drive during FP1 for Sauber but for some reason the team didn't let him and it was Adderly Fong from Hong Kong who drove that day, basically meaning Van der Garde flew to Abu Dhabi for absolutely no reason and took a plane back to the Netherlands before the end of the weekend. In May 2015 Van der Garde sued a lawsuit in Australia, demanding the Australian judge to let him drive in Melbourne. A week later, still a couple days before the race weekend, despite the lawyer from Sauber saying it would be too risky and even dangerous, the judge made clear Sauber should let Van der Garde race for the team, Sauber wasn't happy with the statement and went in appeal. The appeal from Sauber was denied, but despite that, Van def Garde's chance to drive was unsure. This time, Van der Garde launched another lawsuit, this time not only against Sauber but also against team principal Monisha Kaltenborn. A seizure of property for Sauber and a prison sentence for Kaltenborn is requested. On Friday, Van der Garde shows up to Albert Park in a Sauber suit from Marcus Ericsson, but he couldn't drive during practice. The judge thinks him and Sauber should meet each other one final time to try and find a solution. The chance of VDG driving keeps getting smaller. After a long meeting, VDG wasn't given permission to drive. VDG realized his F1 career is now over, he stated he worked his entire life to try and become a successful F1 driver, but that dream had been taken away from him. All in all it was a pretty bizar situation and Sauber never wanted to comment on it any further.

[@andersonzardo7542]

I think Barrichello could be here too. After 19 years he ended his F1 Career with an uncompetitive Williams, and he didn't made a proper farewell (like Massa a year before his real retirement) because he's still wanted to sign to a team. In 2012, he tried to race for Caterham for 2 GP's to did a proper goodbye, but the team came to bankruptcy before.

[@boomjonggol5757]

Nikita Mazepin: Make that 11.

[@Duval-In-The-Wall]

Pastor Maldonado ended his F1 career being nailed by Alonso in T1 Also, Bruno Senna ended his F1 career by nearly handing Alonso the championship in 2012 Scott Speed ended his career aquaplaning off into the gravel at Nurburgring 2007. He was fired shortly for Vettel Also, Montoya causing a massive crash in 2006 by hitting his own teammate should be on here lol Nelson Piquet Jr's F1 career ended with him getting immunity from a scandal. Jean Alesi's F1 career ended in a massive shunt with Kimi Raikkonen in Suzuka 2001 Quite a few don't end well

[@doctorno1516]

I can see Alonso making that list when he retires

[@generalkenobi066]

Steamy Affair Racing he will retire like a legend

[@Rodrinki]

NOOOO PLEASE!

[@blessenthomas9601]

He will retire with triple crown... oly two man in histry

[@Rodrinki]

What does the McLaren has to do with the triple crown?

[@moofey]

GP2 retirement. GP2.

[@kruqtion9615]

How about top 10 great ways to end an F1 career?

[@alexkruger5234]

Kruqtion 1: Nico Rosberg!

[@Claggyt]

1. Alain Prost

[@RidwanNurzeha]

Alonso. Move to toro rosso and win the championship with Honda engine and then retired. Will be an epic ending

[@humanbeing9079]

Ridwan Nurzeha, lol

[@raywei8472]

#1: James Hunt, drowned in too much pussy

[@groupc12a]

Alan Jones - *1980 world champion

[@simonkevnorris]

Yes, I was going to post that. Nelson Piquet (Snr) was F1 champion in 1981.

[@thecommission6662]

@Jimmy De'Souza No.

[@Bennyboy1985]

Ayrton Senna= an iconic McLaren driver who whose last Grand Prix win came at Adelaide in '93, for McLaren. His last F1 race was for Williams, failing to score a point for them. Nigel Mansell= an iconic Williams driver at the same time Senna drove for McLaren. His last Grand Prix win came at Adelaide in '94 for Williams. His last F1 race was for McLaren, failing to score a point for them. Strange coincidence...

[@georgiosioannispappas]

Both started their career with Lotus and got their first wins with them.

[@polyphonydigital]

@@georgiosioannispappas senna technically started with toleman

[@lore0003]

7 of these guys have driven a Williams in their carreer

[@johnduncan5117]

Alesi getting wiped out in an unavoidable and spectacular crash with Raikkonen (who had a suspension failure right in front of him) in his last ever race (Suzuka, also Alesi's favourite track) deserves an honourable mention.

[@kasperutz6257]

Surely Jules Bianchi should be #1 on this list. That was a hell of a 'freak accident'.... Crashing is one thing, _but into a recovery vehicle_ that had no place being there without the Safety Car first being on track... Only 2-3m further across and he'd have been in the tyre barrier instead of under a tractor. Such a tragedy.

[@McLarenMercedes]

Tragedies and accidents obviously *don't count* as legitimate ways of ending one's career. Deaths are tragedies regardless of how and when. They can't be compared to careers fizzling out.

[@kickinbackinOC]

Back when I was an IndyCar fan, Nigel Mansel came in and made a huge splash. He learned unfamiliar tracks within a few laps, and won the championship first time out. He also did really, really well on ovals, oddly enough. (They look deceptively simple, but have a lot of subtle nuances) Part of Mansel's modus operandi was to play chicken with the competition, when heading into a corner. Both cars will not fit into the same space at the apex! You flinch first, and he takes the corner. However, the following year, the other Indy drivers had sussed his style, and fought back. That year, there were a lot of "offs" and "shunts" for the Lion, as the good old boys closed the door when they saw him coming. So the his "card trick" couldn't be played twice two years in a row. I still admire him, though, thought he was a great driver. I'm an F1 fan now, for the technological challenge, diversity in manufacturers, national spirit, glamorous venues, and personalities.

[@bmidg4123]

Mansell, whilst not being a particularly likeable man was just so exiting to watch whilst driving. He really knew how to ring the neck out of the cars he drove. A man who truly gave 110%.

[@privateinformation2960]

Mansell was a complete legend and underrated as hell. His own team manager (Peter Warr) at Lotus - 'He will never win a race as long as i have a hole in my arse' As for his M.O. - Well its what, 25 years on and feinting a pass on one side to come back on the other is STILL known as the 'Mansell' and only a select handful of drivers have ever pulled it off once, let alone regularly. He was just a flat out racer and didnt want the politics.. but at that time it was nigh on impossible to avoid.

[@jeremiahk5335]

The writing was on the wall even in 93.....Mansell drove the arse of that Lola to win the title...The penske cars were clearly faster on many tracks and in 94 dominated.

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

Jacques Villeneuve was 11 years old when his father Giles was killed in zolder during the accident during the practice session compared to Damon hill he was 15 when his father Graham died in the plane crash

[@gridtalk.online]

Awesome video.. great info and the list seems fitting! 🏎🏁

[@noahjaninda5371]

damon hill ended it amazingly. he just parked a good car and said “that was cool i’m done now” and just left what a true alpha

[@MrTheZMAI]

Jean Alesi had pretty sad last moments in Suzuka 2001 but he walked away with pride after comforting young and shaken Raikkonen who crashed into him

[@jussieronen3707]

To be fair Kimi's rear suspension broke, nothing he could have done to avoid the crash

[@leongamesx]

emerson left mclaren to drive the brazilian f1 car and support the team, there is no shame here

[@McLarenMercedes]

No shame indeed, nobody says that, but he could have won another two titles had he stayed at McLaren or returned to Lotus. Career wise he made a bad choice.

[@Threadoflength]

@@McLarenMercedes Not counting unforeseeable accidents, it was probably the worst career move in the history of F1

[@keithrichards4296]

@@Threadoflength You guys don't get it. There was NOT this obsession about breaking records and being multiple WC in that time. They were passionate about other values. One idol of them was Jack Brabham, who built his own car and was WC driving his own car.

[@JonathanAllen0379]

Alan Jones was the 1980 F1 World Champion, not 1981. That honour goes to Mr. Nelson Piquet, his first of three world championships.

[@corbinselanne7990]

None of McLaren's three cars in the weekend of Monaco 2017, Vandoorne in the second McLaren at Monaco found the barrier at Sainte Devote and the Honda engine went kaput on Alonso in Indy

[@piotrmadrachowski2626]

Nice vid my man, i'm waiting for another 'top10' like that :)

[@AlonsoRules]

Fittipaldi made his own mistake driving for his brother's team

[@driveronewilliamsnumber1250]

You forgot about me! What about my career? After losing my reigning title defense in the 1998 season I called it quits and now still retired.

[@RJSRdg]

Nelson Piquet Jr - career ended after revealing he'd deliberately crashed to bring out a safety car. Bertrand Gachot - lost his seat at Jordan after winding up in prison for punching a taxi driver

[@Duval-In-The-Wall]

That wasn’t the end of Gachot’s career, he drove for Pacific in 1995

[@victorbarrios2824]

Feel like Fernando Alonso, as good as a driver he is, might be the next one on here

[@engitect]

victor barrios Too sad he announced his Retirement

[@sunflowerapril1377]

victor barrios that would be so sad and unfair if that happens he's ny favourite of all time.

[@privateinformation2960]

@@sunflowerapril1377 man hes definantly not one of my favourites but he has been damn patient, affable, doesnt bitch too often, and is most definantly deserving of a nice send off. kind of like a spanish Jenson Button.

[@lapatron555]

Woop you are right

[@idiotamerica6422]

Alpine 2021: hi

[@hughcdavies]

James Hunt, Micheal Andretti and Giancarlo Fisichella would be in there IMO. James for the sight of him announcing it via the BBC after crashing out in Monaco 79. Micheal for his treatment by Ron Dennis, which was much worse than Ron and Nigel, that was always a marriage made in hell.

[@stocchero5168]

hughcdavies yeah James Hunt disappeared after 1978/79

[@nelsonschumacher7956]

michael andretti finished his career with a podium

[@johnt7630]

Hunt had a terrible car in his last season.

[@simonkevnorris]

As has been pointed out - MIcheal Andretti came 3rd at Monza in his last race. He thought he was as talented as his father was and kept on flying back to the USA between races.

[@nelsonschumacher7956]

he flew back between races, because he was not allowed to test, so there wasn't much point in living in a strange land ron had 3 drivers, but only 2 cars, so having promised mika seat time, guess who drew the short straw for testing between races

[@nrxkwibalda2886]

Vandoorne-screwed over by one of the biggest teams

[@Duval-In-The-Wall]

Senne Diamond Honestly if Vandoorne joined McLaren with their 2019 car, we would be praising his driving ability... Sainz has worked out for them though, but why was the car so awful in 2017 and 2018

[@terryalbery9751]

Great little vid ...well spoken and good content 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@electrode0]

Talking about bowing out when Gilles Villeneuve died i was living in northern Canada a newspaper report quoted Niki Lauda "If you are driving on the Autobahn in the left lane and you see a faster car coming at you at full speed in the right hand lane you do not change lanes" this article never made the major newspapers of the world or any international magazines.

[@nicorosbergf1fan783]

Nick Heidfeld also had a bad end to his career

[@vernonroach721]

Heikki Kovalainen and Vitantonio Liuzzi also.

[@Minx5892]

Nico RosbergFan Seriously, Nick was a pretty decent driver, actually held his own against kubica

[@steviegbcool]

pretty bad start and middle too

[@steviegbcool]

rarely

[@johncate9541]

Heidfeld is right up there with Jean Alesi as the unluckiest F1 drivers ever. Heidfeld probably more so, because Alesi kept picking the wrong teams on his own. Heidfeld kept beating his teammates and they kept moving to better teams and he didn't.

[@h3rb300]

Great Material ! !

[@12123188]

I think the Button one was epic. First he made a joke on the radio with Alonso. Then he f*****g flipped another car like no one did before. He retired like a boss.

[@rrr43875]

I have to strongly disagree with Hill. He went to the last race then out of self preservation, just said "fuck it." Some things are more important than risking your life for points, a trophy and bragging rights...

[@RidwanNurzeha]

Schumi? His comeback with Mercedes never to be a good thing.

[@TheDatpussy]

Ridwan Nurzeha he helped develop the car for the hybrid era.... Pretty big achievement that turned out to be.

[@martinh88]

He got a podium and a pole position in a car that wasn't anywhere near the top teams. He might've won in China (2012?) except the car broke down.

[@RidwanNurzeha]

McMuffinFluffin yeah, I forgot his comeback at the transition of F1 engine.

[@RidwanNurzeha]

martinh88 yeah I understand what you mean. But to see my idol comeback just became a laughing stock for some people really hurt my feeling. Back to those days when lot of people said Schumi shouldn’t take the opportunities and keep his retirement with the good end.

[@MacGovernor]

This is a dumb myth. The car just got worst with Schumacher.

[@randomchicken01]

I think Senna's was the worst way to end an F1 career...

[@sovietonion72]

randomchicken01 You cant include death in F1 as a career ender thats separate.

[@pauloliver6813]

@@sovietonion72 Why?

[@sovietonion72]

Paul Oliver Cause it's a fatal accident not a retirement.

[@pauloliver6813]

@@sovietonion72 Unfortunately for you, the name of this video is ""10 rubbish ways to END an F1 career". Not "10 rubbish ways to retire". Sense of humour?

[@sovietonion72]

@@pauloliver6813 They were related to retirements due to the drivers coming to the end of their career which is not Senna related.

[@andrzejkucharczyk7846]

Great video. Btw, anyone knows the music clip name in the background?

[@ryan0U]

Listen to the smoking tire podcast with Ligenfelter, apparently at LeMans one of their Corvettes retired and the driver just got out and walked away. I kinda wanna see someone do that in F1.

[@robsteer6872]

Fisichella should be in there...???

[@bartman01021988]

Rob Steer oh yeah i forgot how disasterous that ferrari drive was.that was his last spell wasnt it?

[@mahiru20ten]

*Last spell before becoming a test driver. His run in 2009 wasn't half bad, he got his last podium after 3 years. His days in Ferrari wasn't really that good, similar to his run in Force India.

[@nihildwo4874]

i mean for fisichella it was a great way to end his career. he is italian and had the opportunity to drive for ferrari. he was aware that going to ferrari from force india was not a step up to a faster car.

[@gamefan56]

Thing is, he got to drive for Ferrari and it effectively did set up his GT career after F1.

[@nihildwo4874]

@@gamefan56 that as well. i was pretty sure ferrari also had that in mind when approaching him.

[@EdgyNumber1]

Back in the days when you could switch in and switch out drivers at the drop of a hat, eh?

[@Timelord774]

Carlos Reutemann's retirement had another element to it. He left Williams (a British team) at precisely the moment the Falklands War between Britain and his native Argentina broke out.

[@Catcrumbs]

What's the name of the backing track? It sounds like the same melody as the second piece played by Keyboard Cat in his well-known KZbin video.

[@fugazinemesis]

Wasn't it T.S. Eliot who said: “This is the way an F1 career ends Not with a bang but a whimper.”

[@Quattro79]

Fun fact: if you rearrange the letters in T.S Eliot you can spell toilets.

[@mr.personality6953]

so sad the sport would treat champions like trash at the end of their careers when they weren't so good anhmore.

[@perussaataja]

Jean Alesi, Suzuka 2001, taken out by Räikkönen who spun ahead of him and Jean was unable to avoid collision. Had Jean finished, he would have had his name on the results of each race that year (yes, he spun out in Nürburgring but was counted in results as he was so close to finish).

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

I heard jenson button on the team radio in 2017 saying to alonso that he was joking that he was going to pee in alonsos seat

[@caribbean6820]

Villeneuve is a weird driver, he was terrific in 1996 and 1997, and absolute garbage from 2000 on.

[@Zero_Ninety]

He didn't drive badly from 2000 - 2002, but the cars were crap.

[@kimnice]

Was Villeneuve terrific in 96 and 97? Williams were miles ahead those years. He almost managed to lose against Schumacher who were driving that shitbox-Ferrari in 1997.

[@privateinformation2960]

yeah i always got the impression he was a bit too much of a party animal and a playboy. as in often quietly dragged back to bed by handlers after being found naked in someone elses swimming pool with a strange white substance that is totally just baking powder around his nostrils type playboy.

[@yellow_x522]

I guess that's what happens when someone is used to driving great cars but can't handle midfield cars.

[@emankcin1701]

@@kimnice Ferrari had good car in 97, not as good as Williams, but pretty close.

[@lv.99mastermind45]

A skiing accident or death is pretty rubbish too

[@kyleslater5245]

Those aren’t exactly choices

[@nilaydidolkar]

Very informative! Although could do better by summarising the info in the form of text or some video reel for each driver

[@yoshisdream]

You also forgot that Villeneuve was supposed to return in 2010 Season to drive with Stefan Grand Prix, but as you know, it didn't go that well.

[@koningwillie6839]

Daniil kvyat?

[@nickb3720]

not retired

[@ekofebrianto3659]

Dat Boi right now goes to ferrari development

[@Huntybun]

Then why is jensen on there?

[@corbinselanne7990]

Charlie Sheen Jenson suffered the same problem that took him out of the 2016 finale, here after pitching Wehrlein sideways into the outside barrier at Portier in Monaco while subbing for Indy-contending Alonso (who got taken out by a familiar nemesis from the 2015-2017 Formula One seasons: Honda engine)

[@koningwillie6839]

eko febrianto I know but it kind off is a sad ending of a f1 career

[@MrJewripper]

How about a video of f1 teams evolution and history and their engine suppliers ?

[@ShockFlash27]

That would be really cool!

[@engitect]

MrJewripper McLaren should make their own engines

[@Aprill264]

I like the title, it is so British XD

[@MattJ155]

Jochen Rindt for me. He died before he could celebrate becoming world champion.

[@johnschubert6029]

Umm.... Nelson Piquet jr?

[@kalakukko6979]

wondering same... he should be first of the list

[@pauleastwood45]

He wasn't good in the first place. His entire career was rubbish.

[@botigamer9011]

His retirement was brilliant. He was like "oh, you're firing me? Well, Mr. Simmons, stick your chashgates up your ass"

[@DavidReaburn]

Definitely should have been on the list! I was expecting him in #1!

[@sovietonion72]

Nowhere near as good as his father.

[@thecolourrose9022]

The 312 looks like absolute wank

[@joaopires1761]

The greatest part about Button's last race? He's got an ever-impending grid penalty for introducing Wehrlein's neck to the tyre barrier! Hahaha.

[@tugwilsond8907]

Good video. I’d forgotten about Damon Hill

[@dave41184]

The more I see this, the more I think Autosport is going downhill. It smacks of an idea that some newly graduated sports journalist would have come up with. Autosport used to be about quality content. I used to buy it almost every week when there was actually great articles to read. This 'video' is not partciularly dignified in it's approach and almost shames drivers who probably indirectly helped sell millions of copies of a once great magazine.

[@jonelson1983]

Agreed. I used to buy it every week too from the mid '80's, when it was quality journalism and always worth buying. Sadly in the mid 2000's it nosedived and became full of badly-written sensationalism. I switched to 'Motorsport'.....far far better.

[@woutergrob8587]

Okay boomer

[@mikowhy9608]

An important note - these drivers had success story behind them. Any next championship is a risk if you don't get a winning car. And how many of them you get in a single year - 1 or a generous 2 !?! As a driver you can't just sit out a year because a car isn't good... Look at Schumi, his move to Ferrari could have been a terrible choice - it proved otherwise years later. Move to Mercedes? - well, a winning car was built too late for him.

[@TheRealD4]

That 96/97 Williams must have been even more dominant than the RedBull 2010-13 or the Mercedes 14-17.... It made world champions out of Hill and Villeneuve :o

[@McLarenMercedes]

If it were then Damon Hill deserves all credit for that. He was a great development driver. So much so that Adrian Newey quit Williams when Hill wasn't retained for 1997. The 1996 Williams wasn't dominant pace wise, the other teams just did bad jobs. In 1997 the field was pretty even with 7 different teams leading a race at one point (Trulli nearly winning with a Prost, Hill nearly winning with an Arrows, Fisichella nearly winning with Jordan) Hill outqualified and outraced Alain Prost by the second half of 1993. Reliability issues denied him 3 wins, or he might have been champion that year. Whoever told you what you wrote above was full of it. Hill's podiums to races started ratio is better than Alonso's. Oh, and he nearly won with an Arrows-Yamaha at Hungaroring in 1997. "Dominant car" alright.

[@Duval-In-The-Wall]

Pretty harsh assessment tbh

[@Real_Retrophilia]

And as the cherry on top, you're featured on this list :P

[@hperantunes]

Was expecting to see Nelson Piquet Jr at the top of the list.

[@lzh4950]

When you remember that that also started, of all drivers, Grosjean's career

[@davidp.7620]

Coulthard struggled for 4 seasons on that team and after he retired it began to fight por Championships!

[@ferrari2k]

I just want to say I am thankful that Schumacher wasn't on that list. His last 3 years were not really brillant, thanks to the car. That was no nice way to finish his so successful career.

[@adammays9135]

Nigel mansell went on to win an Indy car championship the same year he retired from F1. That record will never be broken. I don’t know if I would label that as #1. Fernando’s was worse imo

[@JonKentplus]

erm, you forgot about Michael Schumacher terrible seasons with Mercedes

[@sairayassar7845]

He did not crashed out in the last race

[@froreyfire]

Now if you want to talk about the *really* rubbish ways to end an F1 career, go have a look at Senna, Ratzenberger, Gilles Villeneuve, Tambay, Pryce, Clark, Rindt, Peterson etc. Anyone who walks away with their health has had a better end.

[@hughwaddell5772]

David Coulthard or Ayrton Senna should probably be the top 2 drivers who ended their careers in the worst way!!

[@adamfry1125]

No way button should be on there. A pretty good performance on a return to Monaco. Tried a pass unlike the rest of the grid that day. Also he got a great send off in Abu Dhabi. Button did it well

[@pilt6569]

I love how the comments know absolutely everything lol

[@caKravartin9]

I would say Hill ended up retiring on his own terms in the end, hardly rubbish.

[@mgers75]

how the heck does Juan Pablo Montoya not make the list. Takes out his teammate at the USGP. Signs with NASCAR in a hissy the next week. Get parked and sued by Ron Dennis for breach of contract.

[@nirmalan5590]

What about Michael Schumacher? He was on the top,but his exit was far more ghastly than those you have mentioned. He literally had to be pushed out. He according to me was in no mood for retirement. Too confident to think he could make a comeback. His I think is a pure case of ," the higher you rise,the greater you fall". He should have quit diplomatically ,he didn't.

[@somescorpio1798]

Nico is a pretty boy who loves to hear himself speak. His new career on KZbin seems much more fitting.

[@newtownjustice5514]

It truly is, because the absolutely MOST rubbish way to leave F1 is to have your teammate sabotaged so that you can only barely scrape enough of a points advantage to technically call yourself a champion and then shamelessly flee competing like a cat fleeing a scalding-hot bath so that you don't get torn a new one next season defending a title you KNOW you could never have earned.

[@Minx5892]

Jeremi Watabiki So I'm guessing you think all youtubers are no life's and pretty boys...right ok. Rosberg beat him fair and square. And this is me, as a Hamilton fan.

[@Minx5892]

New Town Justice "Teammate sabotaged" Oh let me guess your one of the cancerous fans who think lewis lost because he was in a German car. Yeah, whatever. Nico won fair and square, how's about you learn that you need luck to succeed.

[@Crusher29]

Salty Hamilton fans still can't get over 2016

[@MattVanPerry]

@@newtownjustice5514 did he win the championship or not? You win the championship by having most points at the end of the season and he if he didn’t get those results in one or two races he wouldn’t of won. Also such a ridiculous comment, no doubt his dream in life was to win a world championship and he did and had nothing else to prove

[@TheJokerit19]

Rubens Barrichello, Heikki Kovalainen, Robert Kubica, Pastor Maldonado, and even Felipe Nasr to some extent just to name a few.

[@TheJokerit19]

I have my doubts about Kubica's chances, while Nasr's prospects of returning to F1 as a full-time driver don't look too promising at present either. The same with Jean-Eric Vergne, for example, which I forgot to include to my original comment above. Then, of course, there are Vitaly Petrov, Sebastien Buemi, Jaime Alguersuari, and Sebastien Bourdais as well.

[@DrSovertake]

TheJokerit19 no worries about Buemi .. he’s doing pretty well in WEC and Formula E

[@projectjt3149]

Certainly one thing, Kubica isn't unmotivated in his role at F1, even if it's behind-the-scenes. He has acknowledged that his age is holding him back (along with his arm paritally), but those things just won't cancel out passion.

[@lipcovitch1]

Rubens still races in Stock Cars series in Brazil. He`s doing well.

[@bartman01021988]

Engineer 314 to be honest by all accounts with a few tweaks to the driving position his arm isnt a issue at all anymore and did enough long runs at a circuit with plenty of tight bends to prove that.as hes said i think its his age holding him back and maybe although he would bring publicity to the team i dont think he would bring a big paycheck with him which seems to be the driving force nowadays

[@MENQN]

PASCAL WERHLINE worst because he didn't deserve it . He scored team Saubers only total points well outdriving the 2016 spec Ferrari spec unit.

[@axemanracing6222]

5:19 Oh yeah I can remember this race in Spa 1998. Eddie Jordan was holding Ralf Schumacher back. He was clearly faster but Eddie didn't want to see them crashing. That would've been Ralf's first win!

[@MrSniperfox29]

Hill had a cracked exhaust as well, meaning that if Schumacher passed him, Alesi would also probably pass him as well, costing the team a 1-2 finish at a time they needed to impress Benson and Hedges and Mastercard. A wise decision to enforce team orders given the circumstance, and lets be fair, Ralf was a bit of knob anyway.

[@mich722]

@@MrSniperfox29 What did Ralf do?

[@MrSniperfox29]

@@mich722 He'd previously crashed when overtaking Fisichella (his teammate at the time). Plus at the end of the year Ralf practically threw himself out of the way when The Michael was coming through the field, and then had the nerve to criticize Damon for daring to race The Michael.

[@TOFKAS01]

1:32 Jones was the 1980s champion.

[@peekster0]

1) Ayrton Senna. 2) Michael Schumacher Cant really care about the rest now can we?

[@kami_narisama]

Technically, accidents outside F1 can't really be counted, and as Michael has already retired anyway, i think he didn't count

[@peekster0]

@@kami_narisama I meant Schumacher when he left Mercedes.

[@lotusraptos]

@@peekster0 that's what he's referring to as well, Michael had already been retired for over a year when he had his accident, so he can't really be counted on this list.

[@Duval-In-The-Wall]

3) Jules Bianchi :(

[@danimalplanet18]

Alan Jones, the 1981 world champion?...

[@anuragbisht1200]

1981 was a cruel season ... many of those drivers retirement had something to do with it. Some evil spirit around ;)

[@largol33t1]

I disagree with you about Coulthard. That's totally fitting for someone who spent the vast majority of his career doing a mediocre job in some of the best cars available. And yet never won a world championship. Oh, and Mika Hakkinen wiped the floor with him more times than I can count. I also think Nigel Mansell should be down to third or fourth. The McLaren was useless in 1995 and if he had been at the team in 1998, Hakkinen probably would not have won as many races as he did. Even at the end of that season, there were plenty of people saying it was more the McLaren was the best car and it had less to do with Hakkinen's driving.

[@bmidg4123]

Coulthard........never a F1 winner....Ever.... Just not good enough.

[@simonkevnorris]

@largol33t - I was sitting at turn 1 for the Spanish GP that year = the McLaren wallowed through that corner - it was a really unstable car. @B Midg - I agree he was never that good in races. There was a race at Monza where he was on poll position and threw the car off the track at Ascari on the parade lap.

[@TheAniSi]

Nelson Piquet Jr Enough said

[@yindyamarra]

The Ford engine the Haas used for Allen Jones was the biggest load of rubbish ever made, if he had a reliable engine he would have made a lot more points, but money makes points so the team had what they could use with the budget they had

[@joaopires1761]

5:07 man, John Watson really was old. A front runner like that would be unthinkable these days.