1950 Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix Highlights (Colorized and AI-Upscaled)

The 1950 Monaco Grand Prix, was a Formula One motor race held on 21 May 1950 at Monaco. It was race two of seven in the 1950 World Championship of Drivers. Therace was won by Juan Manuel Fangio for the Alfa Romeo team after starting from pole position. Alberto Ascari finished second for Ferrari and Louis Chiron finished third for Maserati.
I have used Deoldify to colorize the raw footage and than spent hours of hand made optimization on the color of the cars. For better results I would need a professional video-editing program but I am pretty satisfied for now.
Tell me in the comments what you think about it and don't forget to subscribe if you would like to see more of this kind of material.
Link to the original black and white footage:
www.ina.fr/video/AFE85003549/...

[@billdexhart5179]

They were racing four cars wide. On the streets of Monaco. Where today they can barely do two wide. Amazing.

[@tiadaid]

Well if they crash, they're dead...

[@sabataskull9661]

That was real F1, not a Brad Pitt film

[@robertr7923]

the colors are a bit wiggly, and it looks like a painting sometimes. But holy shit dude. This is insanely cool. I'm blown away by the quality man. Unreal almost. You did a terrific Job

[@andreacolombo9795]

Thank you very much! These colorized videos requires hours and hours of work but for better results I would probably need a new editing software with more powerful masking features.

[@gabedobrasil]

Hey!

[@phil4986]

0:34 that's gasoline pouring out of the back of the car. One spark and it's all over. These guys, all of them, drivers and pit members, simply were of a different level of courage. Great, nicely reworked video. This is the future. In just a scant few more years, AI will get great enough to pixelate these wonderful videos and to add the high definition aspects that will greatly sharpen the images in ways we can barely believe. But this is already so much better then the original film. Great job, even, four years later.

[@andreacolombo9795]

Thank you buddy! Consider I did this 4 years ago if I had the time now you would be mindblowed by what is achievable now with enough patience and computing power.

[@indrocahyono7074]

Safety measures back then were simply non-existent 😂

[@Watchmanskey]

Damn I thought they were water from the radiator or something

[@topmounting]

Cannot understand how in this 70 years old footage you have the clear perception of the slopes in Montecarlo circuit, while in the modern ones you haven't.

[@EynerZagal]

The day a team named Ferrari would enter the sport and the rest is history

[@Rudeboi1613]

and now they have been shit for 20 years :)

[@puebespuebes8589]

They where already racing in the 1930s

[@afa1515]

@@puebespuebes8589Yeah but F1 started in 1950

[@martinclapton2724]

@@puebespuebes8589Ferrari wasn’t formed “officially” til 1947. Alfa Romeo won the first 2 F1 world championships, 1950 and 1951. They won every single race in those 2 years with the type 158/9 Alfetta cars apart from one, the 1951 British Grand Prix which Gonzales won in the Ferrari.

[@giuseppebandiera255]

@@afa1515 only the world championship started in 1950, F1 already existed before that (officially from 1946 and unofficially from the 20s)

[@ChaitanyaBhat21794]

Man. This is just wonderful. A big like for the video and for your efforts. You did a better job than any fancy editing person would have. Brilliant

[@grandcru5690]

exactly

[@russell-di8js]

7 finishers out of 19 starters, crazy!! Fangio, what a legend, A true master of speed, from the days when the driver drove the car & not electricals!!

[@anastasialj1923]

can’t wait for the next F1 Grand Prix. Although it’s so glamorous now, I still wish I could have seen the older races in person. that is what “hot me hooked” F1 ever since I was a child. The roar of the engines, the anticipation of the drivers…the flags and turns….Mesmerizing thanks for sharing the real F1…🏎🏁❤️

[@TonyHdzV]

Props to Franco Rol for starting the race in both 17th and 18th

[@andreacolombo9795]

Ahahah, my mistake! Alfredo Pian was 18th. Although results like that could be possible in those times. Maurice Trintignant ended the 1955 Argentinian Grand Prix BOTH 2nd and 3rd due to the possibility to share the drive. But definitely not in qualifying! :-)

[@TonyHdzV]

@@andreacolombo9795 How did that work for Trintignant? Did he finish the race then hop on the second car?

[@andreacolombo9795]

@@TonyHdzV The race was held in a very hot day and drivers needed cooling brakes, swapping cars in the process, so almost everyone drove on more than one car before the end of the race. That "almost" doesn't include Fangio that went on ignoring the heat and winning the home race.

[@jcgabriel1569]

@@andreacolombo9795 you forgot Juan Manuel Fangio and Luigi Fagioli at the 1951 French GP. Both drivers won and finished last!!!

[@talesfromtinpanalley-thedo6198]

incredible footage..great job in the colour tinting too

[@elnouk]

this is so cool!

[@grandcru5690]

Andrea Colombo: That is a fantastic Job. thank you very much, you are a great Artist. Keep it up😀

[@asalle2249]

Wonderful, thank you.

[@alandesouzacruz5124]

Excellent colorized work

[@ApproachingTankShell]

It really captivates the atmosphere of these races!

[@miroslawkocan5407]

Great ! Thank You man !

[@monza9307]

Wow amazing race and nice editing ❤❤❤

[@DIPLMATHVB]

@Andrea Colombo: Your video is awesome. Thank you for doing this.

[@FormulaReign]

Damn, this is cool. Great work

[@koko400gt]

A red car made its debut in this race. The rest is just history.

[@5coutboi280]

a dark red car (alfa romeo) 1st and a bright red car (ferrari) 2nd, and a red car (maserati) a full red podium. :)

[@koko400gt]

@@5coutboi280 🔴🔴🔴

[@TheInkPitOx]

Great job

[@fabianrocha9924]

Luigi Fagioli crashed in the pile-up during the first Lap and so this was the only F1 Race he entered where he didnt finish on the Podium

[@LeydenAigg]

Fangio... 🤩🤩🤩

[@MrsOliva]

Original version of this legendary lap

[@Aries19974]

Louis Chiron, the OG Monegasque

[@chriscastellon6970]

:34 Fuel spewing out the back ? yikes - Nice job with the coloration it's tricky I am sure

[@andreacolombo9795]

Thank you, it's a pretty looooong process hence why I stopped doing it. 🤫

[@joker_g7337]

Franco Rol started at the 17th and at the 18th place.

[@indrocahyono7074]

Wow they had a Thai driver finishing in the 5th position? Amazing..

[@andreacolombo9795]

The great Prince Bira, he won non-championship Formula 1 races during his career.

[@slashsmartyr]

Luckily those hay bales look really sturdy

[@rosarioricciardi2664]

grande Juan Manuel Fangio

[@ellugarformulero963]

Thanks for the clip, it helps me a lot that you have colored this historic video, I'm going to use it for a video of mine, I don't know if you authorize another youtuber to use your video in his video but I'm going to put your credits on the clip anyway. if you don't understand sorry, I'm copying this from the translator, thanks.

[@andreacolombo9795]

Don't worry, as long as there are credits, you can use it in your video. 😉

[@ellugarformulero963]

@@andreacolombo9795 thanks!

[@Thunderbirdsmodels]

The time when Monaco was a beautiful place

[@strayperson2802]

I wonder where is the pitstop area on this track

[@heyhags5583]

Imagine heading down the hill after the chicane (was it even there in '50? I'm not sure), losing the brakes and heading straight into that staircase. Ouch

[@robertorobertes7630]

Que grande Fangio!

[@livinginthisgalaxy7961]

cool

[@F1andSwiftie_16]

cool❤❤

[@f1slove]

Can anybody tell me where is the swimming pool chicane ??

[@patandderry8416]

Swimming Pool built 1969

[@bimonsolivar8898]

3:13h, wow!

[@AlonsoRules]

look at 0:38, there is a dude standing in the middle of the road

[@jcgabriel1569]

You should see the flag man at the end of the races at the time... They would walk into the track right next to the racing line to wave the checkered flag... Also, the flag men on these races were usually the race director himself...

[@86669Tommy]

oui

[@JayAlba8]

Wow Monaco used to actually work..

[@jordipena7984]

👌

[@user-gp9ws6dq9k]

The moments that f1 was of Argentina😌

[@memorimusic420]

The AI coloring is horrible but he cars and the footage is awesome!

[@CC-cr9dc]

Fangio🥰

[@solargentino664]

Fangio n 1

[@ps-mq7tm]

🙋‍♂️🏎🏁

[@aisgar1]

Monaco 😏

[@nickameNotFound]

this should be financed by the french government as art projets and legacy perpetuity

[@IgnacioGouk]

Three Argentine drivers, nowadays we can't even put a track in a 24 round championship...

[@danielcalero3929]

el que gobernaba, apoyaba..................

[@DanArnets1492]

IDK how this stuff works but you should've taught it using 1970s/80s footage since most buildings looked exactly the same

[@PinkHeadRadioFloyd]

And at the end Fangio win

[@SINGH_RAJAT]

The amount of retirees is comical😂

[@d.b.q.p.1540]

Damn it, 4 cars fit in a row, but today there is only one, Monaco is really not for modern racing cars, a terribly boring race! The Prince needs to think about a modern racing track!

[@davidsaizmartinez4435]

LSD

[@gabedobrasil]

I don't like so good but the f1 today its better

[@mikemike1071]

Colorizing ruins everything.

[@andreacolombo9795]

I respect your point of view, but as the like/dislike ratio clearly shows, other people seems to like it. In the description you can find a link to the original black and white footage.

[@grandcru5690]

Always doing everyone right, that's something that Nobody can do.

[@philippczeskleba3988]

colors were invented way before 1950 xD