F1 1974 Brands Hatch GP

F1 1974 Brands Hatch GP Highlights

[@chriswalker2858]

My first GP, lots of autographs great memories as a 15yo, awesome!!

[@markusmanstroma3156]

James Hunt / Lord Hesketh ....it was such a great time to watch F1

[@gary24fan]

Sex...The Breakfast of Champions!

[@probablygraham]

Wow - Luca di Montezemolo was so young! I used to love going to Brands Hatch in those days. The first Grand Prix I ever saw was at Brands in 1970. After a race, all the cars parked on the hill behind the pits would honk their horns and it went on for ages because everyone wanted to be the last person. It would stop for a couple of seconds and then there would be another "beep" and everyone would start again :-)

[@karl-unoisaksson4000]

This is so moving... I remember the guys who drove daddys trucks... They talked about a guy they called "Vackre Frasse" that died... And the grownups actually cried... "Vackre Frasse" is kinda like "Hansom Francois" The first time I realized that F1 heroes actually could die,,, was when my dads, and drivers, favourite Francois Cevert died... I was 6 and cried for weeks... And Ive cried for every driver who died since then - they are ALL my heroes ❤ Dad died waaay to young, he would have LOOOOVED the fights between Senna and Prost, Schumacher and Häkkinen... Love from Sweden 💖

[@bluv6]

I was there. My very first F1 race while on vacation in the UK. Couldn't have imagined then that 10 years later I'd be marshaling in an F1 pitlane in my hometown.

[@gotham61]

I was there also, and it was my first F1 race too. I was standing with my friends on the inside of the circuit at Dingle Dell/Stirlings. We were right there when Hans Stuck crashed out @6.40 in this video.

[@andrewklos9101]

Gotta love Jackie Stewart as a commentator. I used to love him when he did commentary on the Indy 500, spoke a mile a minute :-) but always a good description of the action.

[@carloalessandrorossin208]

I HAVE LOVED JACKIE FOR EVER. ONE OF MY FAVOURITES EVER.

[@buckfaststradler4629]

@@carloalessandrorossin208 Jackie's a twat - he tells you stuff that you can see for yourself onscreen. "Self certified half wit" was Max Mosley's opinion of Jackie

[@markholroyde9412]

Nothing but a boring, over describing, flapping Scotty dog...ugh.

[@dietpepsivanilla3095]

Nice to see Tom Pryce in this race. A talent cut short.

[@Nipajim]

Lovely guy, fortunate enough to know him when he drove F2 for Rondel ...

[@user-ns7tv2li1u]

Tom Pryce , Mike Haywood , Ronnie Peterson...legends for little time...

[@MrChromed]

Amazing driver with such an awful and tragic ending 😔

[@Biohazard0066]

probably the most dangerous era of F1, because the cars were a lot faster than the previous ones, but the tracks were pretty much same, also the era where F1 had the most legends on the grid.

[@JeffGR4]

Introducing and announcing the race is the great Raymond Baxter - a veteran R.A.F. pilot of WWII.

[@mixxmexx]

Greatest F1 commentator in my mind

[@racecardriver45]

Had the pleasure of meeting him at castle combe many years ago. Lovely guy

[@thejudge-kv2jk]

Thought I recognised him! Seen and heard him on a documentary on the Spitfire. Proper man.

[@jonnysl6560]

AND A PROPER ENGLISHMAN A GENTLEMAN

[@tower_studios_dave]

What a great video. That was a crazy time for me as an 8 year old boy. When this race happened, I was hiding underneath a sink in a warzone with bullets flying. I got out of there alive with a small plastic bag containing my most treasured possessions. One of them was a Corgi model of the 1972 championship winning JPS Lotus. I still have it today

[@hernanplitt4868]

Where were you?

[@Chatta-Ortega]

Obviously you grew up in Detroit.

[@jeelsvealnerve1163]

Interesting Dave... I was roughly the same age then, and also have a Corgi Model of Fittipaldi's championship winning car... given to me by my aunt. Parallel evolution!!!

[@tower_studios_dave]

@@hernanplitt4868 Cyprus. What is now the ghost city of Varosha, Famagusta

[@tower_studios_dave]

@@jeelsvealnerve1163 that's awesome 🙂

[@billforcht1034]

The sweet sound of the Ferrari! How I long for the good old days.

[@BorisNoiseChannel]

Finally a commentator who doesn't SCREAM his lines into the mic!

[@EXQCmoi]

You're my man. Those present-day poseurs, having their period, are just a joke.

[@LR_84]

indeed, that kroft twat is totally unbearable to listen to

[@stevemarino5745]

I could do w/o Kackie Stewart's motor mouth though. He has such a whiny voice.

[@volt7cooltangs701]

Raymond Baxter was class. Was a fighter pilot in the RAF in WW2.

[@tiadaid]

@@LR_84 I don't know. If I were to watch this live, I'd probably go to sleep. Croft is a fine commentator. Sure he may not be Murray Walker, but he's certainly not as bad as you're making him to be.

[@kramersigil7436]

Man, i prefer the flat 12s, v12s and v8 dfvs over what came after. Turbo, v10s, everything. These things just have a growl that gives the chills. I imagine what have been to experience it right there. Luckly tecnology makes It possible to have easy acess to these gems.

[@terryjacob8169]

I was at Brands Hatch for the 1974 British GP. Had a heavy night the previous evening and fell asleep out at Dingle Dell mid-way through proceedings. Only woken-up by the sound of Niki Lauda's tyre disintegrating !!

[@shaba2318]

14:30 What a recovery from Pryce!

[@volt7cooltangs701]

A fantastic era of F1. Superb BBC footage. Marshall’s with no hi viz vests. No safety cars.

[@kingofpattaya4524]

I was there, it was fantastic. I was 14 years old and climbed up a tree at Druids to get a better view. These drivers were my heroes and 5 years later I was out there in a Formula Ford trying to make a name for myself.

[@MrAlfredoferreira]

This exceptional collection of ancient GPs. Congratulations for sharing.

[@burningnose5866]

Thank you so much for these very clear pictures. Its unbelievable to see such old races in such clear colours ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@Astrostevo]

Cheers for this. Love seeing the footage of this old F1 era and races. Thankyou.

[@sergioleone3583]

Raymond Baxter was pure class. Wish we had announcers like him today instead of the shouters.

[@jeelsvealnerve1163]

Amen to that, sir.

[@BritishRaceCaller]

Oh you are so right. As a commentator myself, I marvel at his ability to commentate with just a lap chart and a few stopwatches. I love Murray Walker but as far as broadcasters go, I would take Raymond Baxter any day.

[@castrotroy6622]

R.I.P. Tom Pryce Ronnie Peterson Mike Hailwood Patrick Depailler Denny Hulme Clay Regazzoni Niki Lauda

[@KD-oi9sk]

Other than a lot more gravel traps its amazing how Brands Hatch track looks basically the same now as it did then.

[@corner63]

"Nurburgring, Nikki Lauda favourite circuit" said the comentator at the end. What a paradox.

[@andyberridge6455]

Brilliant, thanks for the quality upload.

[@TheFokker03]

ta for the upload.could watch races like this all day long,not the crap we have now.

[@vince065us]

Jody hasn't received the recognition that he deserves.The year before,he caused a multi-car shunt.In '74,he won the race.He became world champion in '79.He deserves better.

[@neilmartin3220]

Wow great footage. Thx for the upload. This coverage was way ahead of its time brilliant stuff. So sad hearing all those names which wouldn’t be here for much longer. Like Tom Pryce, Clay Regazzoni and Ronnie Peterson among others spooky stuff.

[@hernanplitt4868]

Regazzoni died an old man

[@castrotroy6622]

@@hernanplitt4868 yes but in a car crash in '06

[@castrotroy6622]

Remember Patrick Depailler

[@hernan636]

@@castrotroy6622 but he was old. Read the original comment.

[@castrotroy6622]

@@hernan636 yes but still tragically like the others

[@danielmicheli354]

Real cars, real drivers, real races...

[@ugolocassio522]

thanks to cosworth

[@billbrama5459]

Thank you for your uploads

[@Peasmouldia]

Very much appreciated R.B.s new for 74' hippy image and lack of "pants on fire" commentary. Thanks.

[@tvrman]

Remember it well - watching on the inside of Hawthorns. Great atmosphere.

[@darrenreed3257]

My Hero, met him twice at Brands XXXXXX

[@timetrialist]

lauda was killing it

[@weallfollowmanutd]

One of the best opening two laps i've ever seen. Considering back then the cars were so evenly matched, you cannot deny Lauda's talent. He still wasn't recognised as one of the best at that time, but that proved a lot.

[@Pianoguy32]

great to see luca di montezemelo age 27 running the ferrari team back then

[@JorgeAraujo97]

Such a long way for F1. From the glory of those days to the boring of the present time.

[@michelleferrero8206]

Go Emmo!!!

[@user-sh3cq5zv2i]

1974年のイギリスGPはブランズハッチ。シェクターのタイレルが制し9Pを獲得。フェラーリのラウダは序盤の好調なレース展開からパンクにより一気に抜かれ、残念な結果に。 この年はマクラーレンのフィッティパルディがワールドチャンピオンに輝き、混戦でフェラーリのレガッツォーニが2位でした。個人的にはこの74年あたりのF-1が大好きです。

[@cabbitshivers]

Nürburgring, "Niki's favorite circuit." 😬

[@subjektivenoise]

Back when F1 was fun.

[@Left-Foot-Brake]

Hats off to the brave marshalls...

[@williambrown6347]

I may be wrong but it almost looked like a tire failure, not a simple slow puncture. Regardless, great seeing Niki prior to his horrendous accident of 1976. Luca was really cool too; forgotten how young both were. They made a great team.

[@sdh41]

"Only" 25 of 37 qualified.

[@VirtualR]

Whoever says F1 drivers can't lead commentary obviously has never watched a 1970's F1 race

[@wobblybobengland]

Brilliant, in the days before 'elf an safety courses, you could walk around the pits with a pint in one hand and a cig in the other wearing a t-shirt, and if your dad knew a bloke, you could get to push a car off the circuit dressed in your own jeans and trainers, happy days.

[@stevemarino5745]

Amazing isn't it? You have to go back 48 years to see exciting F1 races! No fire suits or helmets in the pit lanes, no radio communication, no traction control or electronic driver aids, tires smoking on the starts, power sliding through corners, cars parked a wee bit off the track and left there when they break, just a great way to race.

[@spacepatriots6163]

👍

[@mercoid]

Except for lack radio communication, traction control and electronic driver aids. I couldn’t disagree with you more. All those other things are reasonable, safe and do not diminish the competition or spectator excitement at all.

[@phixxter6575]

lol

[@philipraiswell3570]

The group of people trying to push the car off the track at 7:18, as other cars fly by, looks like they were just members of the crowd? Unbelievable!

[@davidmccann9811]

Amazing that Lauda could hold 3rd place for so long on that tire.

[@G.P_79]

I love the intro.

[@HermitOfBlackLake]

Good quality. Nice.

[@gimmeshelter1969]

Gotta believe that luck plays such a huge role in F1 and Lauda saw all the steam drop out of this race as well as his 1974 title hopes with this puncture. This race was his to lose! Niki never recovered from this disastrous race as the momentum just left the Ferrari team after Brands Hatch. But for a tire puncture he would have won by half a lap and likely gone on and taken the 1974 WDC. Momentum is everything in sports and Ferrari lost it in total at this race. Damn!

[@seltaeb3302]

Nothing changes on that starting grid, as 100s of people mill around the cars with all the drivers trussed up & concentrating that they'll be alive & see that chequered flag.

[@C_and_C...]

I knew the 60s & early 70s were lean for Ferrari but had no idea that it had been 13 years since they won a race.

[@microsoffiobilligatez8935]

AMAZING !! THANK YOU FOR THIS RARE VIDEO !! Have you any video about Stanley-BRM 1975,1976 or 1977 ??

[@zarniwup123]

I will take a look at it.

[@terryjacob8169]

The 'Stanley Steamer' was never on track long enough to be caught on camera.🤪🤪🤪🤪

[@user-yk4gd1fl4z]

Jackie is a bit quiet in the box isn’t he? God gawd man let the posh dude get a word in. And I wonder how much tickets were to lounge around in the run off area lol. Ahhhhh the 70’s. Rock n Roll

[@richardrichard5409]

A homage to Ford and Keith Duckworth.

[@philippbehrend5559]

22:25 when Luca says the Ferrari is a very good car, Niki slightly disagrees :D

[@miljadragic7144]

😅

[@GrrMeister]

1:55 *What is that I see before me but a gigantic Phallic Symbol putting the rest of the field off ?*

[@beeemm2578]

Microphone?

[@Ralph2]

On that last lap I'm pretty sure Niki was looking for Jody in his mirrors, hoping that he would be lapped and could then just about crawl to the finish line. The extra lap was one too many for that battered Ferrari.

[@user-ns7tv2li1u]

Sure but call it bad luck Jody have many cars to pass...

[@markmitchell450]

37 cars trying to qualify wow and 25 made it through Time when cars where just mechanical and no real electronics and drivers where men with big balls

[@schwanzelstock1071]

Great! I really wish Ford would come back in F1 and work together with the HAAS team.

[@irvhh143]

Modern f1 boring as shit, computer driver , can't even see the driver. Next year: gender equality with electronic handicapping.

[@meerkatandpug]

I was there, it was a great day. Some of these drivers were sadly killed in the following years, F1 was still dangerous and exciting back then. These days it's boring rubbish.

[@ballaking1000]

Yes, lets get rid of the safety and let drivers die for our own amusement! Fucking moron you are.

[@muhammadsyarifhidayatullah2931]

@@ballaking1000 what he meant by boring is that - No overtaking like Used to - The battle doesn't feel intensed like used to be - Comentator well, feel bland - Current Engine sound are like the Engine that doesn't have a spirit to race

[@ballaking1000]

@@muhammadsyarifhidayatullah2931 Early 2000's and prior, overtaking was a rarity. Yes there was closer racing because of reduced size of cars and less reliance on donwforce but the deviation in performance between the teams was far bigger than today so those awesome battles you saw- happened every once in a blue moon. Slower cars stayed behind while the faster cars just sailed off into the distance. There's something like twice as many overtakes in 2018 compared to 2003 and almost triple as many to the 1993 championship. Why are the commentators bland? They're charismatic and are good at giving info/always having something to say. If they were to fuck up on some stat everyone would harp them. But when Murray did it, everyone would laugh like "that's so Murray" hmmmmm...... F1 is the pinnacle of motorsport in terms of absolute speed and technological advancements. Having half the size of a v12 engine while producing more power (especially torque) and is more economic is such a huge engineering feat but people just hear the sound and instantly say "this isn't what F1 is about" when really that person doesn't know what F1 is about.

[@chipattack912]

Jon Lenin 🤦🏻‍♂️ the fact that it was more dangerous certainly made it more exciting. Almost every track was a fast, natural terrain road course with character. You could see the cars suspensions move over bumps on the track and hear the drivers manually shift their exotic engines. Not to mention you could spectate much closer without 3 layers of fencing blocking your view. The live spectating experience is nowhere near as good today. And regardless of the engine configuration, size, etc, today’s engines sound like shit compared to these cars. Sound is half the experience of going to a race.

[@ballaking1000]

@@Azbert-uh5sz It's nice you think that.. I'll be enjoying current F1 while you guys dwell in the era before you were even alive/coherent. Enjoy.

[@paddle_shift]

Those days were marked by true brave men who raced against each other at a very high cost. F1 / Grand Prix racing was insanely dangerous. Then you go to the USAC racing where the race cars were heavier, even less technological, no brakes, 200+ mph 3 or 4 wide, you truly had to have lost your marbles.

[@MrWashek]

"... next round at the Nürburgring, Niki Lauda's favourite circuit, right at the beginning of next month." Not saying anything about desitny etc., just found it ironic :P

[@JCCyC]

That's a load of bullshit. Lauda always said he hated Nürburgring, even before the accident.

[@Astrostevo]

Whoah! Well spotted.

[@yvlakhtionov]

They gave him the 5th place finally

[@BauAuslese]

Fit apalled ee :)

[@paulkazjack]

Brands hatch. Best track in the world.

[@thefingoneshow5565]

Does anyone know if I'm able to use a clip of this video for a video I'm planning or will it be copyright strikes?

[@Biohazard0066]

Look at these cars, look at that track, jeez, these guys were insane for driving these things.

[@JoeOvercoat]

Lauda milked that tire. Incredible!

[@dengernoodle4391]

They didn’t red flag the race to have 8 people drag a car off the middle of the track? Holy shit

[@AnthonyMcqueen1987]

They never knew what is to come in 2 years time in 1976.

[@mrico5891]

6:10 chris hemsworth racing for Hesket team :)

[@Kasmuller]

People sitting in the grass "run off"

[@jimbobwalton1048]

Great times , so much more spectacular than the crap F1 serves up these days !

[@seant666]

Jackie Stewart sounding like Alan Partridge...

[@paxwallacejazz]

So Brands Hatch and Silverstone are both in England?

[@clarkkent2913]

Yes.

[@erebousde]

6:55... "Hans Struck"... really?

[@arjenvreeken1593]

Struck a wall and then got stuck... sounds accurate to me...

[@errorsofmodernism9715]

@woody Vallallellalunga they should have disabled the parking brake first

[@edwardburek1717]

Looks to me like Hans "Struck" retired when he "stuck" the Armco barriers... ha ha.

[@billmcle]

Nürburgring, Niki Louda's favorite circuit ??

[@chaskeyes6648]

Did you see the hand of "Malboro Man" at 24.27? @@!

[@kevin.dlt93]

Look Jody Scheckter at 13:08. What was he trying to say?

[@erebousde]

+kevin.dlt93 I think something like: "Move your Austrian ass, I am faster!"

[@oswaldisback8472]

Ah ah ah ah

[@williambrown6347]

I think Jody was trying to signal to Niki that his tire was in serious trouble. Drivers back then gave a damn about the life of each other, having seen so much death in their sport. Hamilton would not have done the same for Nico or anyone else, not these days. All cut-throat.

[@michael575538]

Kind of reminds me of a recent news segment that interviewed a USAC midget driver (I think) that pulled another driver from his burning car. He got awarded a medal. In a way it shows how the gentleman drivers of yesteryear is dead. I'm not trying to take anything away from the got that got the medal, but drivers all over the world have the opportunity to do what he did every weekend.

[@topcat4643]

Shame that in 2023 brands hatch is not on the calendar. One of the most exciting circuits in Europe, way way more exciting than Silverstone

[@jettrink7510]

Still miss Peter Revson...

[@maxduke1943]

I dont understand what Montezemolo is sayin. It depends if Sheckter had already finished the race or not., -- if yes then Lauda couldn't join the track. -- If Sheckter was still in his last lap, then yes, Lauda should have returned on track and finishing not lapped arriving 4th.

[@clarkkent2913]

Great time. But when you are complaining about no overtaking today - it was the same then. Just have a look.

[@garycook6717]

Get James Burk on the case

[@luisangelvalenti]

19:15 Villeneuve?? No, Lauda!!

[@maxmulsanne7054]

Ferrari drivers were tough back then. Notably during the self-destructive, political moments inside the circus.... er, I meant "organization."

[@AJ-Bruno]

Lauda would have scored 4 titles in a row with a bit more luck, 74-77.

[@hovogliadileggere]

it was the year of regazzoni. he lost 3 pts in monaco, for a misunderstanding with lauda

[@kramersigil7436]

Fitipaldi may have not have the raw speed, but the man was constant and able to keep a pace necessary to asure him the title. As a Brazilian we have great admiration for him here, its really hard tô leave a country like ours, with very little entry level conpetitions and go to Europe and succed.

[@ugolocassio522]

fitti poldy?

[@topcat4643]

Typically British…Commentator with a neck scarf 😂😂….love it 😮😊

[@rogerbayzand4455]

So much closer racing.

[@johnomahoney7755]

No driver aids! Cool.

[@malcpaul996]

Tyres today would never have lasted that long with a puncture.

[@malcpaul996]

@@terrystevens5261 I've got a complete back wheel off Theo Fabi's 1986 Benetton, complete with the Dymag rim. It's now a bedside table with a glass top. The tyre is starting to perish a bit. Wouldn't want to put it on a car now!!! 🙂

[@malcpaul996]

@@terrystevens5261 Mate, you must have been gutted!!! 🙂

[@forthrightgambitia1032]

6:45 Hans Stuck stuck again.

[@aureliobrighton1871]

... Bad Luck 'Struck' Stuck rather :)

[@juanqwerty3007]

Currently F1 pilots do not risk anything in cases like Niki Lauda, you change the tire in one seconds with fuel load, the truth is I think personally has lost all the charm of the races, with the lack of risks, the pit stops and electronic aids for driving.

[@johntrevena4280]

ASTOUNDING SOUNDS.. AMAZING MACHINES!!! does anyone else every so often hear turbo discharge waste sounds?? no turbo in THESE supposed to be but ibet being f1 the odd secret one mustbe hid on the odd car I FEEL??

[@EricIrl]

Absolutely not. You can't hide a piece of turbo machinery - especially in 1974. Turbochargers are quite hefty pieces of kit - especially with all the extra ancilliary equipment they need such as hoses and air intakes etc. The first turbos appeared in F1 in 1977.

[@johntrevena4280]

OK thanks but it's only coz I'm hearing waste gate discharge, hisssss... Every so often... What can that sound be???

[@andywarren9149]

and to think in 2016 there is only one team still on the go in F1.

[@bourlivak88]

Andy Warren two.

[@kevinjohnbetts]

Both Toro Rosso and Mercedes-Petronas *could* be seen as a continuation of the Tyrrell team. I'm not saying that they *should* but when teams change ownership yet retain the cars and/or the organisation and facilities can they be regarded as 'new'? I don't know, I'm just raising an issue of debate. :)

[@irvhh143]

Prolly why JH lost his confidence, snakebit by the hesketh amateurs.

[@johntrevena4280]

When F1 was dangerous and the drivers did risk there balls and race to the death at times, NOW THAT'S RACING!!!! HOW GOOD WOULD THOSE SILVERSPOON LOT IN F1 TODAY BE AT DRIVING THESE MACHINES IF THEY WERE RACING FOR THE TITLE IN :74???? LEWIS IN A HESKETH??? ABSOLUTELY NO CHANCE..

[@paulosantos7660]

A formula 1 raiz. Não essa Titica de hoje