Are These F1's Ugliest Race Winning Cars?

[@bcswalkman]

I actually liked the Benetton B192 & B193 and think they looked purposeful and effective.

[@alexcarolan8825]

Me too, I think it looked pretty ahead of it's time, nicely eye catching

[@sloppynyuszi]

I liked it at the time too.

[@NazriB]

Lies again? Ugly F1

[@chuk4480]

I didn't know people thought that high-nose was associated with ugliness until this video. I agree with you here!

[@zinddy]

B192 is a classic, i love the higb nose cars, and the f2012 and fw34 is also super good looking

[@Basti11121988]

I don’t know why so much hate for the early 90s Benettons... such beauties

[@JayB-lz6yd]

pukefest

[@LuisBita]

Agreed ✅

[@willypro4949]

Some people hated them because they looked like NASCAR cars for how busy their liveries were with sponsors

[@joribremer5260]

The 91 car looked better

[@samricketts3903]

I agree

[@FrankypankyV8]

"A winning car is always beautiful" - Enzo Ferrari

[@aydankhaliq2967]

@Rollo Treadway Lauda didn't want to race for Enzo

[@romanmarmalyukov4428]

Wow, all of you are delusional. Lay off the crack pipe will you?

[@Leone2603]

Lies

[@russotusso1695]

@@GFSCN69 if I remember correctly it's not exactly 100% correct quote, it's something more like "racecar becomes beautiful only when it wins" tho I may be wrong and I don't remember the quote correctly.

[@GameOver-nm2us]

A failure F1 car can be beautiful too, proof: HAAS VF-19

[@mrmathh3680]

Am i the only one who thinks the b192 looks gorgeous with that yellow and green livery?

[@cantfindawayout]

No, you're defo not the only one. I like 92 and 93 Benettons more than the 95 one, for example.

[@gorkab8461]

B197 is the prettiest Benetton of the era, maybe also B194 for its well proportioned compactness

[@rajabbas8024]

That 1996 Ferrari looks like something out of phineas and ferb

[@omarzebibo1381]

100th like, even tho no one cares

[@thesoulbreakerx]

101st

[@SparingArc]

I would argue that more than half of the cars on the list aren’t ugly at all.

[@evo5dave]

I agree. Pretty much any car from the mid 70s would be uglier or the 1995 McLaren or Williams FW26, or the 1976 Ligier... the list could go on. Most cars on the video look okay and some even look great.

[@GameOver-nm2us]

I don't believe in an ugly F1 car (mind you 2014-2016 cars, pretend those never existed)

[@jeshkam]

B192?? Come on guys, what's wrong with you?

[@Sp4mMe]

He's repeatedly mentioned those high-nose cars as ones he hates so I'm not surprised, but I just can't see it. They remind me a bit of sharks - or fighter jets - with those noses. Yes, not the most beautiful F1 car, but among the ugliest race winning ones? Surely not.

[@Orcawhale1]

What's wrong with you? There's nothing pretty about the car in question, other than the livery. Remove your nostalgia glasses and look at it properly.

[@jeshkam]

@@Orcawhale1 It's stunning. Period.

[@JayB-lz6yd]

@@jeshkam pfffhahahahahahaha! oh my...

[@redbullsauberpetronas]

Idk why he hates high noses so much they're not ugly

[@SamuelSantos_]

I actually like the 1996 Ferrari. I like the nose they used early in the season and I like the car's low and wide proportions.

[@Meeehat]

Your opinion: (Exists) Me: Thomas has never seen such bullshit before

[@charlesfowler4308]

Wow imo it's the ugliest car on the whole list, I do like how the Mercedes looks tho 👀

[@creativecat2763]

I also like the high nose 1996 Ferrari

[@toxic2971]

@@charlesfowler4308 well he likes the look

[@somebloke2238]

Kinda agree the nose and side pods look fine it's just the bit around the drivers head that looks awkward

[@Flared]

Fun fact: The Benetton B192 was the last manual transmission car to win an F1 race.

[@Driver61]

I drove that car in a test at Zolder - smashing through the gears was insane!

[@kenlykkeslett7501]

@@Driver61 Really? How did you end up in that?

[@clicheguevara9917]

probably one of my top 3 arguments as to why schumacher is my GOAT.

[@stepladder3257]

@@Driver61 you have great content, you had teach us how great senna, schumi, alonso, and hamilton thanks

[@marguskiis7711]

@@Driver61 Bring the manual box back to the F1!

[@lomoon_kys]

Am I only one who really likes the 2012 F1 cars especially the Williams FW34 a tribute to the rothmans liveries of the 1990s

[@jean-luctikko9792]

Me too

[@fredogknopfler]

I honestly like the FW26. I remember picking it always in the F1 '04 game because it had such a cool nose.

[@JB22.]

I disagree with most of these

[@chevydyall7619]

Yep the no1 is the only poo one in my opinion

[@jacoja06]

Why does everyone always attack the Williams FW26 nose? I always thought it looked badass, compared to the generic looks the other 2004 cars had.

[@marcocardoso7348]

Agreed, people always say it was ugly but I actually thought it was a beautiful and very agressive design.

[@Roguescienceguy]

Agreed. It was the first thing i thought too when i saw it appear on this list. I actually think it's very goodlooking. Waaaay better looking than those weird things they drive nowadays

[@reinardish]

rule of art tell the beauty of something must have all part connected and streamlined

[@aifrench14]

I've always thought the B192 was a good looking car

[@zupperm]

Fernano Alonso deserves a medal for making the F2012 look good in racing.

[@torgejh9189]

I still wanna imagine what he could have reached with a reasonable car in that season

[@hfbloke706]

Kim Yo Jong's Sandwich F2012 was really bad. In qualifying it constantly got beaten by Red Bull, McLaren, Lotus, Force India and Williams of Maldonado. But F2012 was ok on race pace

[@TheLeewi98]

Kim Yo Jong's Sandwich And in some races it was even faster than the red bull. Red bull had a lot of struggles with their 2012 car and in many races were off the pace.

[@shileetan625]

@Kim Yo Jong's Sandwich Massa was a lap down, Kimi took 2nd

[@chielwouterscw]

I kinda liked how the f2012 looked.

[@Leopardo_Bianco]

Correction. The first Benetton with a high nose was in 1991. Albeit lower than the b192, but still the first one.

[@Austrian-Painter-88]

Benetton B192. What the hell??? It’s a beautiful car! In fact I find most of these cars attractive.

[@aydankhaliq2967]

Mercedes w196? I'm sorry are you drunk?

[@Orcawhale1]

Are you? Their reasoning is perfectly valid in this regard.

[@martinh88]

The open wheel 196 is nice. The one with all the bodywork is a mess and doesn't look like an F1 car.

[@aydankhaliq2967]

@@martinh88 thank you

[@aydankhaliq2967]

@@Orcawhale1 and I'm underage

[@LionMan98]

The B192??? You are tripping there.

[@DPW864]

The 192 wasn't the first high nose Benetton, the previous car the 191 was high also.

[@Nik-do1wd]

W196 was amazing to look at, and iconic, don't see it as ugly at all.

[@Dannzt]

I know im a minority on this but i like the f310. The low nose especially Also, the b192 the first high nosed benetton? Cmon now, get your facts straight

[@laszlokaestner5766]

I agree. I always liked the F310's sidepods, really striking and made it sort of look like an early style jet fighter.

[@antoniobuccheri5159]

Am I the only one loving 2012 stepnoses?

[@paco4668]

The Williams one isn’t too bad imo thanks to the dark livery on the nose, but I can’t defend the Ferrari sorry!

[@rubywest5166]

Even as someone who starting watching F1 and thought they looked okay at the time, I’ve gotta say they’re pretty ugly these days

[@Felgaldhinio]

The 2012 Ferrari I personally love the look of, very distinct aesthetic, don't get why it get's brought up when the Mercedes or Force India worse looking noses in my eyes.

[@daniellyons9931]

Nope, i love them and found the 2013 noses really bad

[@kawauchi2918]

Lotus E20 looked pretty good

[@Mechaxthemaskedgamer]

Fun fact pastor gave Williams their last F1 championship win in the fw34

[@outhdare]

Ferrari 126 CK from 1981. That car was a tractor with which only Gilles knew how to win.

[@reallynousername8617]

Rollo Treadway you take back sir the 1982 Ferrari was beautiful

[@gorkab8461]

@Rollo Treadway Not sure I agree, but I see the point. Throw in 1986 in the list too.

[@84RobinB]

The Ferrari F310, nose low or high I could never describe as an ug! OK, I'm biased, 1996 was my first full time season as an enthusiastic 12 Yr old fan, and I was a Schumacher fan boy for the next 10 years, but still objectively she was a curvey, quirky thing that brought out the best of Schuey as he hustled it around outpace the stand out Williams car on more than one occasion. 1995 Ferrari - a classic beauty, 1996 - an unconventional beauty!

[@rhyscarter3939]

0:39 There's an escalator on the front of that car. HaHa

[@pavise6333]

That's how the driver get in and out

[@charlesfowler4308]

@@pavise6333 actually a very smart feature to help save his energy for the race, climbing in and out of the car can be very taxing on the driver 😅

[@solunasunrise]

i liked the 90s highnose , especially the schumi ferrari seemed a little like a fighter jet with those side pots on top

[@crxstalline_]

I personally love the 2009-2013 cars, I think the 2012 Ferrari looks great

[@sf70hyt99]

Same

[@tarikg7734]

The part i’m confused is why autosport finds high noses and f1 cars from early 2010’s so bad and unattractive because most of them look pretty nice. Maybe it could be just me because i started watching f1 in early 2010’s

[@joshsmith7521]

The cars from 2000 to 2008 were far better looking than the cars from 2009-2016

[@FareastSN]

@@joshsmith7521 2014 especially is the cursed season for car design-wise.

[@adrianzanoli]

same, they are quite modern looking cars

[@Adithya13303]

The McLarens, Red Bulls and the 2010 Ferrari all looked really pretty.

[@SURGASURGE12]

The 2009-2016 cars have the ugliest rear wings in the history of F1. Ridiculously high and narrow. It ruined the proportions of the cars in my opinion.

[@b.hermann2520]

9:56 That picture that stops you for a minute just to look at it.

[@npc310177]

Dont agree with the Benetton B192 being on there, thought it was a great looking car. That Tyrell doesnt look too bad either..

[@erikalvarez4516]

Idk I really liked the walrus front end of the 2003 Williams. It was something new and bold compared to the ugly high pointy noses of the day.

[@JTeam45]

I don't agree with plenty of these lol. I liked the high-nose Ferrari F310 AND the Benneton B192..and all of the cigar-style cars.

[@Jimmie92]

Autosport, you can’t say ‘It WAS a lot uglier’, you are a channel compiled of journalists and experts, not one person and do not speak on behalf of everyone, aesthetics are an opinion, not facts. I didn’t mind the 1996 Ferrari at all, as a kid, I know I’m probably part of a minority haha

[@zacharyreino2443]

I actually love the early 2010's cars

[@saltedcactus2498]

Agreed

[@houseking9211]

and then the v6 era came and ruined everything

[@jesseemullen]

This might be controversial but I think the McLaren MP4/10 is beautiful. The raised nose with a Mercedes badge reminds me of the Penske Indycars of that era.

[@jiggy7108]

I like the look of most of these cars

[@Kevin_Vanit]

Actually I really like the F310B

[@mrvontrips]

That's the 97 car but if you're talking about the 96 high nose car that's the f310/2 which also really like.

[@pierzak3680]

i LOVE THE LOOKS OF ALL THE VARS SHOWN

[@spacemanmonster23]

I actually love that 1996 f1 Ferrari.

[@spacemanmonster23]

And the 1995 McLaren.

[@DuncanCunningham]

I loved that Williams with the walrus things

[@lourencoventura5917]

Most of these car are so beautiful and he is saying there are bad or ugly I totally disagree

[@goodmorningkay]

There are 3 choices I TOTALLY disagree with : 1) The late Ferrari 310 being ugly. It's among my top 30 best looking F1 cars OF ALL TIME. I love the nose. It looks so much better than the earlier version, and everything about it, all angles, looked really great; 2) The Cooper T81. I think this is a MASTERPIECE. The open-wheel design stood out to me against all of its' rivals at the time - definitely top 15; 3) The Benettons of the 90s their noses and all (the trend made F1 cars at the time, in my opinion EVEN better) looked amazing, kudos to Sebastian Neumann for pointing out so well, my favourite being the '95 TurboMiester

[@KyleP133]

You could put nearly every car from the last 10 years in this list and it would be full. The Benettons are not beautiful but they look fine. Same with most of the 60s cars.

[@friggincanvee]

the 1997 Ferrari addressed all of the ugliness of 1996, disagree that it was "hardly a stunner". It was so well proportioned and lines flowed so well. Smooth sidepods that blended into the monocoque, smooth nose, much lower side impact protection around the drivers head...

[@lestercombs1871]

The 71 Terrell was gorgeous

[@szewei85]

90s will always be beautiful even if design was 2 funky back in the day

[@craigmoy5457]

Lotus E21 anything winning in that era was a horror

[@itsmealex8959]

Funny how the weirder looking cars provided some of F1s best racing

[@M_TCL24]

F1 fans who likes high noses: "We're gonna rage"

[@tomoldrini4762]

i grew up with the skinny era of f1 so ive always liked them (not 2014 tho they were horrific)

[@StephenLMW]

The Ferrari 310b was a stunning car it was just a slow car the only reason why it was a race winner because the great Micheal Schumacher was behind the wheel I miss Micheal a lot

[@insertname8889]

I actually like the Tyrrel 011B

[@mikesko812]

I always thought the high nose cars looked very good and sleek. I never minded the high nose ferarri either I always thought the cockpit had a very cool shape

[@IPooopdogl]

I dont know why the high nose 90s f1 cars get so much hate

[@praddzzz]

9:56 my heart just skipped beats. What a podium ! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@ankushgatti4754]

Me low-key the only one like Williams FW34 ,ah man those 2012 cars looked something else manh! Gorgeous

[@saltedcactus2498]

The T81 is gorgeous

[@duckheadgaming]

Most cars on this list are not really ugly for me, just a bit odd at best. The 2014 Red Bull and Mercedes would've made it onto my list because of their weird noses. Also the 2008 cars with way to much winglets like the McLaren and the Sauber are not great to look at too.

[@nylzmotion]

The Benetton B192 is one of the best looking F1 Cars ever!

[@Leone2603]

Is it just me, or do the 90's highnose cars actually not look all that bad?

[@JarretM.]

common autosport, the only ugly car on this list is the f355…

[@patrickhein6986]

What? The Benetton B192 on this List? No man. Just no!

[@xml571]

This is just subjective! I found some of the cars incredible beautiful and the one you said are a beauty pretty boring (90s Williams are really boring while the Benetton looked aggressive and were a beauty in my eyes)

[@gentasepriandi999]

I watched f1 and schumacher since i see that stunning yellow bennetton b192.

[@Middlesbrough250]

3:42 I liked the Ferrari F310 Shark nose, the previous nose looked outdated for the season

[@GregzVR]

I love the walrus Williams, I've never found it ugly.

[@bernardoberner4]

I have a quite unique opinion about the Williams FW34 and the Ferrari F2012, i personally think they are one of the best looking f1 cars ever

[@mattheworvillefirdauzi5046]

Definitely forgot about the Red Bull RB9

[@thejudge-kv2jk]

This is a really bad list.

[@n.takuchev4390]

Well for me Tyrrell 011B is a striking F1 car

[@paco4668]

Is it bad I think the Ensign n179 and McLaren mp4/10 are good looking, including the first 3 intro cars?

[@davidskidmore3816]

Always thought the 2009 McLaren was hideous

[@creativecat2763]

true

[@aberamagold7509]

Approx. 0:36 😳 I hope that whomever designed the 1979 ensign had his crayons taken away.

[@MulettoMotorsports]

The W196? What the hell. The silver arrow is one of the prettiest cars from the era. And in the words of the driver "A pretty car is the one that wins."

[@GregzVR]

The 1996 Ferrari apart, the rest of this list is an extreme stretch at best, which also proves the time-honoured maxim to be totally true.

[@formula31]

b192? anything wrong with you mate?

[@JayB-lz6yd]

it's fugly as hell WTF

[@dingleberrys232]

I normally agree with these top 10’s, but this one was so off in my opinion. I feel the 2014 red bull, 2015 Ferrari, 1996 Ligier-mugen-honda should have been on there instead of some of the 50’s/60’s cars

[@_-MiamiVice-_]

The F310 with the low-nose was a beauty. Color and sponsor logos made a perfect harmony, regardless of its performance, the shape is beautiful too. But i'm not surprised considering the truly ugly 2009 Brawn GP cars haven't even made the list

[@andrewborrelli1512]

When Alonso won the Valencia Grand Prix in 2012 he led the championship with 111 points. His teammate Massa had 11 points.

[@lordofgeese2739]

I love how instead of saying the cars are ugly, which... y'know, they are, he just calls them aesthetically challenged. Gives me a laugh every time.

[@arbi9506]

The F2012 looks great, all high nose cars look good in my eyes

[@alexdummer9172]

who ever decided this list shouldnt be allowed an opinion smh

[@Xanderino]

Clearly such a list will always be subjective, but come on! Most of these cars are not even polarizing, they are just outright good looking: W196 & B192 to name two. Also, you criticize W196 for looking different than the other plain looking cars of that era and then go ahead and slap the Ferrari right on 10th place of your list for being boring looking? Hmmm...

[@guidoencalada3336]

The only words JBL seems to knows is “As much as possible” and “Aesthetically challenged”

[@jakeboxall-legge640]

I say the latter when I look in the mirror each morning

[@Bennyboy1985]

The 1991 Benetton B191 also had the raised nose

[@deadline0018]

Next list most handsome racing drivers ?

[@pressstart1490]

James Hunt, Ayrton Senna,

[@deadline0018]

Press Start ayrton had that smile 😍😍😍

[@KillerViper16]

I dont know why but I have always liked how the Ferrari F2012 looks

[@chadchadison2591]

The benetton b192 and those 2012 step nose cars aren't that ugly imo

[@Jackbyrne77]

Oh this list is awful!! Yeah you missed out every winning halo car. I’ll join the chorus of people saying that the B192 should not be there.

[@PMGF]

I always thought the Williams FW34 was good looking, sure it had that step, but most cars that year did.

[@michaelwoolaver6113]

Thanks, Ruskin

[@einoware436]

I quite like the F310

[@karigreyd2808]

I can see why most of these could be seen as ugly but the w196 is cool af! Aggressive looking imo I like it!

[@y_fam_goeglyd]

What's wrong with the Cooper - either of them? They're lovely! And the Mercedes? In either set-up. I can't think of a genuinely ugly pre-wing cars. Some are more beautiful than others but none are ugly. I understand the reasons behind the wings, but those early ones, especially the ones stuck high up, were genuinely ugly.

[@mrdraw2087]

What exactly is wrong with these high noses?

[@yusdiy]

Yes, they are fugly. Thank you for not turning off the comments.

[@duncanl249]

I can’t do it anymore. I refuse to stand by and watch the 2009-2013 cars - especially the 2012 and 2013 breed - be criticized. Those cars were gorgeous. Never understood the hate they got. Look past the step nose and you’ve got a beautiful machine!!

[@Spido68_the_spectator]

The 2011 cars were probably the best looking ones alongside the brawn gp and Ferrari (2009) and the McLaren and Lotus cars (2012 and 2013)

[@SURGASURGE12]

The rear wings ruined those years for me. Ridiculously high and narrow. I hated them.

[@whatdadogdoin634]

@@SURGASURGE12 they remind me more of the early 1990s rear wings where they aren't too low until it becomes a metal bar

[@ananastudio]

I like those 90's high nose F1 cars