ANOTHER ROBERTO MORENO TEAM! The Story of Scuderia Coloni (1987-1991)

[@TheLockbeard]

I’m a simple man. I see Roberto Moreno in the title, I click.

[@JohnSmithShields]

Roll on 100k subs

[@panashebwanya2706]

oh he just like me

[@riggerthegeek]

Same here and same if it were Riccardo Rosset too

[@rtimofei1]

I was about to type that! 😂😂😂

[@StanceSantos]

I see story and I click

[@mrterp04]

“Roberto, which small underfunded team would you like to race for?” “Yes”

[@cadgey1633]

I am the small underfunded team Emperor Moreno

[@mica7191]

Fanatec made me start playing Automobilista 2

[@aslamnurfikri7640]

Roberto Moreno has 2 moods: small underfunded minnows, and Benetton

[@MrBlazemaster525]

YAY ROBERTO MORENO EDIT: shame there isn't a picture of the Subaru-year livery, that was a banger

[@Limegreenedragon]

And rightfully so. This is the one piece of history that Subaru WANTS you to not know about

[@legoferrari14]

One last footnote about that Moderni-Subaru Flat 12 engine; Swedish manufacturer Koenigsegg bought the engines to use in their CC supercar but they found it was so lacking in potential that they used a heavily upgraded Ford-derived V8 instead.

[@butchblaster7073]

I love my Subaru. God knows it's not for its engine though.

[@extragoogleaccount6061]

@@butchblaster7073 Ehh..my four banger is going strong long term. I dont need horsepower though!

[@extragoogleaccount6061]

And now Koenigsegg is completely re-engineering every part of ICE drivetrains, did you see their new gearbox info?! I feel like if he took his talents for thinking outside and over the box, he could be successful in F1....well maybe not anymore...but from 1950-2000 I bet he'd have done well.

[@NitrousFox]

The engine wasn’t lacking potential, Koenigsegg lacked resources. The engine was reworked, bored out, and they were anticipating over 1000hp at 9,000rpm with turbochargers. I realize everyone has to start somewhere but not looking back now that he’s come up is a severe missed opportunity

[@ramirogarcia1967]

I met and collaborated a bit with this team, it was full of wonderful people, some of which I am still in touch. Fun times..

[@AntoniusTyas]

Fun fact: Frederic Dhainhaut later found himself in another Italian team in 1992. The shoebox bois. Andrea Moda. So in a way Dhainhaut returned to Coloni...-ish. EVEN MORE FUN FACT: That Motori Moderni company was started by Carlo Chiti. The same Carlo Chiti who worked on Phil Hill's Ferrari 156. And later on in 1999 a certain Swede named Christian bought the blueprint for that flat-12 engine for his car. But apparently things didn't work that well and his first production car used Ford Modular V8 with supercharger. The Koenigsegg CC8S.

[@mica7191]

I got Andrea Moda to drive in 1992 Belgian Grand Prix in rFactor... it finished P13...

[@keso_de_bola9174]

We need to make Aidan's channel hit 100k subscribers for the Roberto Moreno Story Time. Comment away! 🤣

[@Jejking]

WHO DOESN'T WANT MORE MORENO STORIES FROM UCNEL AIDAN 🥰🥰

[@animeholictops1225]

WE ARE CLOSE NOW 6.7K LEFT

[@de-fault_de-fault]

I’ve been watching CART from 1984 (first full season I could find) onwards and just got past Moreno’s first-since-F3000 win at Cleveland 2000, which I remember watching live. A remarkable journeyman career he put together and I’m here to reward any Moreno-adjacent story with clicks.

[@julianbailey2749]

For the original Geoff Crammond Grand Prix I used to always drive as Coloni because then I was driving against the full grid of 'proper' F1 teams. The car to drive was the same, whichever team you were in.

[@Jejking]

Only other livery, ofc (:

[@0121bdallan]

Brought back memories of wasting time at uni on that website back in the late 00s. will be missed

[@DankBoyy00]

Roberto Moreno deserved so much better than what he ended up getting

[@Mistertbones]

Poor Roberto Moreno. Talented driver, who drove for a whole bunch of underfunded teams.

[@terminateshere]

Another oddity was the teams late 1991 driver (Naoki Hattori) funded part of his pay-driver sponsorship via fan-paid signatures on the sidepod. Like Crowdfunding several decades early.

[@Athrun82]

Also those fans that signed the pod had the chance of winning a ticket to the F1 race. As the Japan race was always sold out this was a very nice incentive.

[@LathropLdST]

When you mentioned Minardi Motori Moderni... That was my go-to F1 playing card favourite.

[@areasquirrel]

"A French TV Channel" That made me realise, the late 80s? The dates added up. Was it La Cinq? Why yes it was. The channel that bought the French rights to F1 for a skip load of cash, but also happened to be part owned by Silvio Berlusconi, and collapsed in a mountain of debt. Yeah, that was a reliable money source for teams... It's Moreno time!

[@bundesautobahn7]

Reminds me of Tele 5 in Germany, which was also a Berlusconi venture. That channel replaced Musicbox in 1988, and then were replaced by Deutsches Sport-Fernsehen (DSF) in 1993. Today's Tele 5 is only related to the original Tele 5 in name and part of the ownership only (until 2019 at least). I believe DSF held also some F1 TV rights in the 1990s, or at least those races were broadcast over the shortlived DF1 digital service that was integrated into Premiere (now Sky Deutschland).

[@KR1736]

F1 Rejects was so great, man I miss those guys. Jamie and Enoch I think were their names

[@adamr1987]

It is still about as gprejects but a bit different to its heyday.

[@l1a146]

Aah Roberto. Who doesnt immediately click on anything that even mentions him. The champion of crap teams everywhere. You had to love him. 👍

[@ElectoneGuy]

1989 was a cool year. 20 teams, 39 cars.

[@robdavies8702]

Said website is still available on the Wayback Machine, I still read it from time to time!

[@deanfarrimond7543]

And from those Italian team failures, a crack team of strategists were born that Ferrari could not refuse to employ.

[@JohnSmith-rw8uh]

How many crap Brit teams were around then? quite a few. But can noone can compare with Ron Dennis. A-hole of the century.

[@theleftyboater]

Roberto Moreno was my favourite F1 driver next to Pedro Diniz

[@IrishPartizan]

I thought it was Roberto Moreno there for a second LOL 😂 Oh! it was.

[@Ikcatcher]

One of my favourite old story time episodes, hope to see you do another video on Eurobrun

[@pilotlasse]

7:35 In James May voice: "Oh crikey, it's the rozzers".

[@interstate366]

I’ve got a Subaru Coloni shirt that I bought online somewhere. Nobody understands it, but oh, the moment someone does.

[@ruudhobsumaz6473]

Two of the Coloni's (1989 and 1991) are in Dutch hands. I've seen demo's of them driving at Zandvoort. one time with Roberto Moreno driving!

[@Juozapas001]

Am i the only one who still waits for roberto moreno video? :D

[@majorkilljoy]

Loved the James May quote. Gave me a proper chuckle

[@wabba67]

Good stuff as always, thanks. It would be really interesting to see an in-depth, feature-length documentary film about these pre-qualifying years: "Just how bad can a racing team be?"

[@nicorosbergf1fan783]

If you haven't already listened to it I would recommend you the pre-qualifying episode of the "bring back V10's' podcast by The Race. I know it's not a exactly a documentary film but interesting and entertaining nonetheless.

[@joribremer5260]

How about a storytime about the “Other” Haas team ?

[@joribremer5260]

Had some good talent, but was a bit mismanaged .. and maybe the team was a year too early ...

[@grunchlk]

OMG one of my favourite teams - thank you 😊

[@svnofspades3014]

Imagine being a university student and being tasked with building an f1 car as part of your curriculum 🤣

[@RACECAR]

7:28 The absolute timing of those sirens at that point of the story was brilliant. Also, I can't think of a race that seems to have featured more chaotic races AND beyond nutty qualifying drives from teams that had no reason to qualify then Monaco. As cramped as that track is and as much of a dull experience it can be on race day, You have to admit: Its not short on crazy stories.

[@9176michael]

I believe a Subaru dealer in Australia has a flat 12 Coloni in his showroom.

[@mgrzx3367]

Roberto Moreno was easy to like. He was cool as ( expletive deleted). Your green eyes are popping. Didn't notice it before. Love your content. Thank you so much.

[@DekGT5mad]

Loved the disguised burp at the end, a fitting comment on Coloni! 😂 😂 😂

[@newjerseywales]

Our boy returning to his roots 😁

[@chrisrose4407]

Really like these stories, how about earlier team like Pearce, Connew, BRP, Gilbey LDS, ATS (1960s version), Scarab etc would be great if you could cover some of these. Or how about covering some oddballs that tried F1, like a USAC sprint car, or I believe somebody started a GP in a Lotus 7.

[@captiannemo1587]

Website that no longer exists or you didn’t use the wayback machine?

[@foxsonic5172]

Nice nod to top gear at the end

[@scottbarnes3116]

Not too far away to the RM video another 28k ish to not can’t wait 😂👍

[@Hesitatedeye]

Aidan being cute in making videos about teams Roberto Moreno drove for not the man himself. Well played Millward well played.

[@mikehipperson]

And Enzo Ferrari had the cheek to call the British teams 'garagistas'

[@megumei044]

I was just thinking of F1 Rejects the other day. Sad that they are no longer around.

[@icewhitegames6875]

Thanks again for a great video. I remember these crap two season teams.

[@Space_Reptile]

what was that website called? its likely to be found in the internet archive

[@ohyeahbaby768]

F1Rejects

[@DL-nn1ws]

100k can’t come soon enough

[@IliKeCAkEeverMrCake]

i love me some old f1 history :D

[@Holden308]

Roberto Moreno got quite a cult following (of sorts) in Australia and New Zealand in the early 80s racing Formula Pacific cars. He won the Australian Grand Prix in 1981, 1983 and 1984 as well the 1982 New Zealand Grand Prix, all driving Ford-Cosworth BDA powered Ralt RT4's. The only AGP he didn't win in that era was 1982 when he finished 3rd behind French duo Alain Prost (winner) and Jacques Laffite. Prost's win in 1982 was history itself. With his subsequent AGP win in 1986 in Adelaide he became (and still is) the only driver to win the Australian Grand Prix in both Aussie domestic and World Championship formats.

[@andrewwinslow9315]

PUPO MORENO VIDEO!!!! Who was his worst teammate? For me, it has to be King Hiro

[@paveloleynikov4715]

I need to rewatch Andrea Moda episode :)

[@nickwall2497]

Was the website Formula Rejects?

[@alaricbragg7843]

Yes.

[@signorpippistrello]

Holy cow! What happened? You look like someone attacked you with boiling water! Great video like expected otherwise!

[@AndyFromBeaverton]

Being about 300 lbs overweight in the rear compared to competitors is insane. Were they using cast iron?

[@ATEC101]

Cast cannoli.

[@minibus9]

awesome video

[@bundesautobahn7]

Ah, Coloni. What was their legacy? Oh yeah, Andrea Moda.

[@RantingBrummie]

Roberto Moreno would probably have raced a wheelie bin if it was offered to him...

[@pablohabibefigueiredo7142]

What about a video about Auto GP? I believe it's somehow related to Coloni...

[@indopleaser]

picture fund loophole: your computer monitor in the background showing slideshow of images.

[@chrisguardiano6143]

While Roberto Moreno was rubbish in F1, his career in Indycar/CART was much better with 2 wins & even a 3rd place points finish in 2000. He even wanted to do a few NASCAR Cup Series races in 2000 & 2001 which would have made him the first Brazilian to race in that series but Patrick Racing his team in CART said no. Christian Fittipladi eventually became the first Brazilian to race in NASCAR in 2003 in a brief stint in the famous #43 for Petty Enterprises.

[@VirmanaMarketing]

Moreno has a podium with Benetton. He wasn’t rubbish anywhere. He’s a phenomenal driver.

[@ruddgrandprix-speedrunraci8515]

*sees ROBERTO MORENO video* Target found. engaged in combat.

[@aaronaaronsen3360]

00:30 even the website went the Coloni way..

[@y_fam_goeglyd]

Of all those slow Italian teams (besides Minardi - that was at least run by passionate petrolheads), Coloni should have been the best given their experience in the lower classes. It's a shame so many of those teams seemed to be money laundering exercises back then. But then again, the mafia... 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@harbushy]

I dont get what was the 'big' funny deal with Moreno? Either way, good vid, Aidan!

[@officialmcdeath]

Were you referring perchance to F1 Rejects? \m/

[@MrDannyboyhall]

A flat 12 and a boxer engine are technically not the same thing to be a boxer I believe it it has to be 270 degree thing otherwise it’s a flat engine

[@ElectoneGuy]

Do Rial next.

[@GregBrownsWorldORacing]

I own a pressure washer that is badged as Subaru. It will roll as fast as you can push it.

[@parrotantics2046]

Just 27.7 thousand more... But at this point you'd make the remake of Forti story... And if you got enough patience you'd do the story of Minardi team. ;)

[@AJZulu]

It's the rozzers!

[@nanookrubsit]

Pedro Matos Chaves!

[@Gnrnrvids]

Couldn't hear it :D

[@JohnSmithShields]

Ooooo you tease.........

[@JohnSmithShields]

Good video. And some lovely foreshadowing/back story for the first ever storytime episode.

[@GreenHornet553]

EuroBrun was German and Onyx was British.

[@hockeyfan1988]

Is it bad that in my diecast collection I have a forti and a pacific? Lol

[@Tim_3100]

Ruddy moreno!! 🤣🤣

[@F-Man]

Ro. Ber. To.

[@PJD1942]

Be honest you love Ol Roberto , same hair do n all.. maybe not as vertically challenged or talented 🤣😂🤣😂

[@EyelessSnowy]

Are I wrong is assuming that "Scuderia Coloni" sounds like "Ferrari Asshole"??

[@voidraker1736]

First

[@grunchlk]

No, Coloni :p

[@MrWeedWacky]

Back when Formula 1 was more like "who can manage to not be slower than a slug, until you blow up" So, in 4½ seasons of racing, this team managed to appear for 13 races, but only managed to finish.... 4!

[@sayharris1361]

Nice Vid, Yo Aidan I’m not a bullshit guy please check your email on Instagram have a look at some of my images.

[@josephernest91]

Link to current events: fia/liberty media/f1 let andretti build a car and team etc. Make them prequalify! Lmao

[@theleftyboater]

Roberto Moreno was my favourite F1 driver next to Pedro Diniz