Rio Haryanto: Where Is He Now?

Rio Haryanto was the first Indonesian Formula One driver, but his career wasn't really indicative of a future world champion. When he left F1, he's still done some racing here and there, so I set out to answer the question: where is Rio Haryanto now?
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[@joefk7922]

in my opinion, this guy is actually better than Gelael. He just didn't has a financial backing as strong as Gelael does.

[@phillipthong5115]

Rio is way better than gelael lmaoo

[@Idfk16_]

OF COURSE HE'S BETTER!!!😡

[@mackayoko]

He is much better, just one of those drivers who is okay, but not good enough for F1

[@aj8671]

Tbf Gelael Did well in Endurance Racing

[@wastefellow2569]

No shit. Rio made it to F1

[@raihanchandra3572]

4:04 mate i am Indonesian , and i can relate that statement because most of our people is not being well at social media, even Microsoft said that our people is the least polite in social media , if you said something that anger them you’re comments section will be fulled by overproud Indonesia who doesn’t watch the entire video , Anyway Goodwork mate

[@zanzan5747]

Lads be getting triggered easily and they’ll make sure to spam comments

[@raihanchandra3572]

@@zanzan5747 yes mate , and then they make sure , the creator never apear again :)

[@izazm714]

And theyre all people that doesnt have a clue about the topic thats being talked about

[@xquisid]

They're lack of understanding context behind topics.

[@zanzan5747]

as indonesian me self,i found it kinda funny/embarassing the way some of us react on social media 😅

[@kendrinawaskoro3031]

He still more worthy for F1 seat than Mazepin

[@PanggilAjaRand]

Mazepin just a "tool" to keep haas on f1

[@vincentkalalo2754]

It's kinda shame really because Danil Kvyat is from Russia and he's a better driver

[@arthasykes]

"Mazespin"

[@SelaningSejati]

I think he isn't

[@jipang10]

Gk lah mereka berdua sama aja 😂

[@JamesNS]

That 2016 Manor car actually looked so good tho shame it handled like a cruise ship

[@fedlyn9053]

idk how pepsi didn't copyright strike that livery

[@spaghettiman7108]

Fun fact: that car have the same color scheme as a metromini which is an Indonesian bus. so basically the 2016 manor car have the same performance as a metromini

[@michaelsanderson9562]

At least it was quick on the straights

[@Lol-pb9bx]

@@fedlyn9053 wdym that's clearly orange not red

[@zafrylaiman8695]

that's an insult to cruise ships

[@memet5811]

Haryanto is miles better than Gelael, Gelael just becomes a "senior" F2 driver, Haryanto needs more funding and probably a better sponsor. I think he's deserve F1 seat

[@monyet82]

He is better than Gelael but not F1

[@bullracing1]

@@monyet82 He should have done more racing in Europe. He probably lost most of his interest after his demotion.

[@fabian.a.p]

He's good, but not enough for F1. Skill wise (Pretty good, but not as good as the current line-up, except Mazespin) and financial wise (You know when you are good but not enough, you can helped by money).

[@billysino]

Him deserving an F1 seat is yet to know imo due to his career being cut short by lack of funding iirc, but if you compare Gelael to him I agree that he deserves it more

[@fabian.a.p]

@@billysino At least Rio got F1 seat, even if it's short.

[@pegasussurjaningtyas3848]

If he had Gelael's money, he would have won championships in the junior ranks.

[@jamesstudioanimation9410]

at least he won some races in gp2

[@AriTHFeeder]

Tbh the government sponsorship is not drying up. It’s just the parliament doesn’t want to fund him (Obv my government is ultra corrupt). But funny that they still fund Gelael (It’s more backroom deal). And his stationary company is the biggest in Indonesia, not ur small shop 😂

[@ColdHatch]

Gelael is funded by his dad who owns KFC Indonesia and not funded by the government if I know correctly

[@AriTHFeeder]

@@ColdHatch his dad funded him. But the government also help him till now. Likes of Pertamina and BNI (the state’s oil company rig, and national bank) help him. I know Bcause I’m Indonesian 😂 Fun fact: both the gelaels and indo government also help funded Giuliano Alesi, Nyck De Vries for a season

[@rotua98]

"how you guys think about this f1 racing driver that we had, his team asking for more money" "hei, we cant keep funding this kid racing team, he destroy the car all the time" "i know right, wasting money" "yeah we stop it, but what we gonna do next ? its not like we are about to spend it to another 'good' project" "bro, i think its better if we use them for 'ourself' instead"

[@ClovesDairy]

@@AriTHFeeder Giovinazzi aswell during his gp2 year

[@AriTHFeeder]

@@ClovesDairy also mitch evans norman nato philo paz armand

[@gibospartan6185]

I honestly respect him for getting as far as he did. Most F1 drivers come into the sport though the same routes which usually favour drivers from europe. It's notoriously difficult for drivers to break into F1 from countries that haven't had a driver before so being the first Indonesian F1 driver is something he can be proud of, even if his career didn't last long or garner any points.

[@fabian.a.p]

Well, he good, but he's not enough for F1. Skill wise and financial wise. He got beaten by his teammate. But he is one of the best Asian Racer tbf. Maybe it'll be like : 1. Albon 2. Yuki 3. Rio

[@gibospartan6185]

@@fabian.a.p I think there are many better asian drivers out there like Kobayashi and Zhou. I also wouldn't call Albon an Asian driver in this context. He races under a thai licence but he was raised in the UK, and came through the UK karting system.

[@fabian.a.p]

@@gibospartan6185 Ahh yeah actually.

[@rehannoor4961]

@@gibospartan6185 and his personality is more uk than thai...

[@rikkatakarada7947]

@@gibospartan6185 but still, Albon is Thai descedant and eligible for Thai citizenship so it's make him an Asian too, even he raised in UK.

[@wavevlr]

We can expect a "Alex Albon: Where is He Now?" In the future

[@mooosje]

sadly, yes

[@kvisser26games25]

DTM

[@michaelsanderson9562]

Pain

[@Llerhcoc]

Maybe he’ll pull a Sato and win a couple Indy 500s in the future

[@sebb8789]

This is painful as an Albon fan but he's probably not ever going to get back into f1. At least if he never achieves anything of major significance we can still be happy knowing that he was one of a small percentage of F1 drivers to stand on the podium.

[@ozamatazbuckshank7467]

4:02 touché. Indonesian netizen army really is something else, the overproud, the insult, the superiority complex, you name it. I know it damn well being a badminton fan. Every KZbin video, socmed post, internet forum about badminton the comments are 95% indonesian and 94% of those ppl are not nice

[@mnh1270]

As an Indonesian I can confirm this lol. Yeah most of Indonesian netizens are immature overproud d-head

[@mrzk9178]

That's true 😂

[@hearinea5800]

As an Indonesian, I also feel really embarrassed by the attitude of our netizens, I'm sorry for the bad experiences you've had with us.

[@bayuwijanarkosatriodiningrat]

sorry for that 🙏🙏

[@alisyahbanamail]

He is Indonesian, only Indonesian in comment section that notice minute 4:02 4:04

[@ibe9848]

Recently in 2020, he owns a cafe in his hometown, Solo, Indonesia. He probably much more into bussiness-things than racing for now. I live in Solo, and i can confirm that his cafe is still on bussiness, last longer than his F1 career with Manor. Sorry for my bad english.

[@yellowflag9945]

Is the food nice

[@yellowflag9945]

Also your English is decent

[@ibe9848]

@@yellowflag9945 not sure mate, i haven't tried them by myself. but it gained a lot of good reviews, seems like a slightly-above-the-average cafe in the town. search up "Grandis Barn by Rio Haryanto" on google for details.

[@fabian.a.p]

He's better be a business guy maybe.

[@rezapratama8548]

Last time i saw he's racing at gt world challenge asia, i don't know if he still race there or not

[@rubyissapphire]

Well, he was probably let go by the Virgin team cuz the team found out he wasn't a virgin anymore-

[@mrtom2854]

Bruh

[@JohnWarren]

oh no

[@jacobmassey3897]

The only reason he got into the team was so he could lay claim to being the first Indonesian driver in F1. His sponsorship came from cloud funding and then he got dropped for Esteban Ocon lol.

[@noobscoopsies1100]

Bruh

[@tylerwhite9360]

@@jacobmassey3897 in ocon’s first quali he got 13th I think? Whatever it was it was already higher then what rio ever managed

[@justinedzard]

"Professional chicken connoisseur" is probably the best description one could give to Sean Gelael

[@senoadjiaditya1535]

😂😂

[@estehpanas]

I've been wondering about this for years now ever since he left F1. It feels like after he left F1, news about him just went silent....... (for me at least), the hype from Indonesian fans just sort off went silent. And i never heard about him again until this video

[@hasthabratachristopherliat3176]

yea.... all the hype got off real quick here in Indonesia, probably bcos first, almost everyone only knew him as the first Indonesian f1 driver and just forgot abt him. Secondly, almost everyone watches badminton and football here, and if we're talking abt motorsports, we all watches motogp most of the time. And the last ones probably bcos of the media coverage isn't as big as gelael's

[@spaghettiman7108]

@@hasthabratachristopherliat3176 Do we even have race track that is actually somewhat decent?

[@adhikaseta9502]

@@spaghettiman7108 back to 90s sentul are rad

[@mobyhuge4346]

@@spaghettiman7108 Mandala should be good.... For bike racing at least

[@michaelantonius321]

As an Indo people, might better up hype someone who can actually perform well. Norris, or SUPERMAX SUPERMAX SUPERMAX is a great candidate. For real, we don't have the means to access F1 beside "the pirate way", which kinda burn out any hype from common folks in here.

[@HeinzlerHZ]

You should make a series like "Forgotten Drivers" which contains episodes about Enrique Bernoldi, Antonio Pizzonia, Robert Doornbos, Patrick Friesarcher, Tiago Monteiro, Christijan Albers, Alex Wurz, Christian Klien, Gaston Mazzacane, and of course Markus Winkelhock

[@JohnWarren]

Well, I’ve already made one on Winkelhock, and I’ll see if I can make a series :)

[@RizalBatheki]

Some of these drivers find success in other categories

[@taufiqutomo]

And of course Mark Plourde.

[@HeinzlerHZ]

@@taufiqutomo Never heard that name before, what year he raced in?

[@taufiqutomo]

@@HeinzlerHZ Within the Indycar community, Plourde is the lost driver whose legend says that if he ever shows up, the entire grid will scream in fear. Such is his ability - or at least that's what the legend says. In reality he's an Indycar meme, he used to maintain a website pretending to be Champ Car World Series' official page until 2016, eight years after the series is officially gone. And in that website, he posts race results (probably from a sim) and crowns himself champion multiple times. Won Champ Car World Series four consecutive times right after Bourdais left for F1.

[@Adrianbudiman]

"Shop Assistant" lol..... Kiky is one of the biggest stationery producer in Indonesia where the population is 250+ million people. His company is massive

[@taufiqutomo]

And still haven't MiniDrivers for using their version of Haryanto as notebook covers.

[@masteroffear5762]

It's not really that big considering how low the popularity this company is.

[@tobiaspellondou5907]

Yea, we Indonesian might be very polite in real life, but once we get behind a phone, everything changes

[@JohnDeso]

I feel you. Not all of us. But most of us.

[@rubrub_gd402]

Akwkwkwkkw konto

[@tomaten9477]

Indo barbar juga bro di dunia nyata wkwk

[@PinotNoir_]

Polite in real life? no shit KEKW

[@Rio_SenpaiYT]

@@JohnDeso yeah ..well i just hope indonesians will be more educated , and can be wiser with the internet...

[@kangchem]

Rio's s skill + Galael's finance = one seat at Alpha Tauri

[@neokurniawan7211]

or maybe Alpine team, or Alfa Romeo

[@neokurniawan7211]

or maybe just Haas

[@NeonColored]

Saying that Manor was a shitbox is an understatement. I remember Jenson Button complaining about being overtaken by Haryanto in China - "I know he thinks he's quick but he's not"

[@spaghettiman7108]

That thing is a damn bus, funny thing is it also has the same color scheme as a metro mini (basically it's a Indonesian bus)

[@faiqsalim2755]

rio can overtake button because rio had a fresher tires.

[@danverss6176]

Where did he say that?

[@stigsstupidcousin3102]

i think it was alonso

[@frostbytes5718]

@@stigsstupidcousin3102 nah it was JB, you can search it on youtube

[@satanicskater8136]

I met Rio once.. such a humble guy. gotta love him!

[@Hilmanpanjifirdaus]

Good Lord saves you, and prevents you from insulting angry Indonesian internet army. It's unfortunate that Indonesian has been so infamous in this regard. Anyway, it will be pleasing to see Haryanto competing in classic World Challenge Endurance event like Pokka 1000, Bathurst 12 Hours, and Spa 24 Hours. However it seems that financial backing remains the problem.

[@halimahnur7820]

To be honest, seeing him race in F1 has made Indonesians proud, even if fate says something else

[@tofugakiraidesu]

When I heard we, Indonesians finally got an F1 driver on the track I was really happy. Some months later... never heard of him... until this video got reccomended that I remembered we had a driver. Talk about a short lived dream...

[@richardchia8338]

4:00 HAHAHA

[@johnthompson837]

My favourite Rio Haryanto memory is that in a F1 Grand Prix in which is either didn't finish, or at least didn't finish well, he still won the F1 Driver of the Day award because Indonesians flooded the online vote. F1 changed the timeframe in which people could vote on the award not long after.

[@perdidledoink5475]

Had rio had geleals funding he definitely would have been in the sport longer then 12 races. Maybe Manor would still be around if he had Sean’s funding.

[@fiv5ten]

Now he's got 2 restaurant here in Indonesia. I guess he wants to focus on business and stuff

[@petrolweeb]

I remember when there's a Crowdfunding Campaign so that Rio can keep racing in F1 after Hungarian Grand Prix. But it was failed.

[@Manakamahendrakengo]

Yeah because it was only get 57000 euros (IDR 1000000000)

[@drianch.563]

ini sama bukan sih yang kayak sms gitu? dulu gua dapet sms iklan dari timnya doi minta bantuan dana buat balapan di f1, kalo gak salah goceng paling kecil

[@WatamelonUberSheep]

As an Indonesian I give you my full support for giving an honest opinion on our drivers. It will give the constructive criticism we need to improve. A lot of Indonesian people were making a huge scene at the chess community the other day only to be found out that their chess player causing all the drama certainly cheated lol.

[@auliamiftahulrazaq2268]

Aaarrrgghhh... No indonesian formula e riders allowed again

[@almahdipurnama9891]

I've met him near his house at Solo, he calmly greeted me while walking his dog, such a humble guy.

[@tborf1league166]

I really enjoy these kind of videos could you do Kobayashi because he’s gone onto have a success story

[@RizalBatheki]

I've been following him since 2009, read on the newspaper about his wildcard entry at Formula BMW Europe at Monza where he didn't finish a race due to suspension damage and Felipe Nasr won the race. Then he competed on the higher levels. In terms of lower formulae results, it was good but not at Grosjean, Hulkenberg or Leclerc level where they won titles every year. Some people say in mid 2010s GP2 weren't as strong as other seasons which they used it as a reason to why Joleon Palmer won the title but as said here he didn't get a competitive team until his final season. I'm proud of him, he's our best driver, statistically, and the first to race in F1 for our country. I admit I cried happy tears when he was announced he'd race for Manor. It was a dream come true for us Indonesian motorsport fans. But I'm a bit disappointed that he hasn't been racing a lot now. If only he signed for FE in 2017 or Superformula, not just testing. The team in GT series was found by his friend successful businessman David Tjiptobiantoro and Singaporean driver Gregory Teo. Sadly, they didn't race in Asian Le Mans earlier this year, I don't know why. Another thing I'm really disappointed of is that lack of concept and understanding among the people in general discredited him, very bad. People who had no idea of F1 screamed his participation was a waste of money, while they thought it should have been allocated for donations, building bridges, schools, and everything that had no correlations at all. He was sponsored by Pertamina, the state owned petrol company, they weren't the Social Affair ministry who were responsible of helping the poor. See how absurd that was. Too bad for him, the media highlighted that matter and the people mostly failed to understand as they largely only read the headlines of each articles. That's why some people falsely don't like him.

[@emdotrod]

I would say that the unfortunate fire in his father's factory is one of the main reason we never heard of him again.

[@dinololo13]

Rio’s dad owns one of the biggest stationery company in Indonesia. He’s making more money as a “shop assistant” than most pro racing drivers do.

[@X1erra]

Yeah. He's actually living a better life inheriting his father's company; the biggest stationery business in Indonesia. Considering how unlucky his career was in F1, I think it was the better life choice. I would blame Manor as the biggest letdown to his potential, and some of his own mistakes did ruin his reputation, which doesn't help things...

[@liamvandeseijp6901]

@@X1erra i’d blame the government more, they have Rio the bare minimum but funds Sean Gelael’s career until now still.. but considering the family’s connections to the government, its not even a surprise. Manor may have been the weakest team, but tbh they fell victim to F1’s old financial reward system and such, which was notoriously unfair (for instance Ferrari got the highest rewards regardless of their position in standings, solely from their heritage bonuses)

[@rikkatakarada7947]

@@liamvandeseijp6901 well, gelael founded majority from his Father and gov backed him just from gov based company like BNI and Pertamina. And in Haryanto case, he can't attract sponsorship, his father company can't really funding him more (because fire accident in his father company warehouses, make company financial in dire state), and literally begging ministry of sport to funding Haryanto F1 career, which is BIG NO NO to use ministry money alone to funding F1 career

[@bertsonder]

@@rikkatakarada7947 bro i always saw “pertamina” on kak lio driving suit, that means pertamina funded him already

[@rikkatakarada7947]

@@bertsonder yeah but isn't enough. Pertamina isn't like Petronas. F1 and F2/GP2 back then isn't cheap, and Pertamina both funding Haryanto and Gelael because of course they are Indonesian, Gelael can afford racing in GP2 later F2 until 2020 because her father funding him more than Pertamina and BNI could afford, of course Ricardo Gelael owns KFC rights in Indonesia. And Haryanto's father company, Kiky already in dire situation after fire back 2015 and F1 definetly way more expensive than GP2/F2 plus Manor also need funding to stay afloat at F1 2015 season.

[@vagishkumar4352]

Great video man was thinking about him a few days ago

[@ceePx]

i remember reading the news all going crazy when rio haryanto got a podium, and then i was like wait us, indonesians, got an actual gp2 driver? ok lol, good for him and then proceeds to forget that ever happening until this video lol

[@AaryanPrakash]

Loving the Content Dude

[@SamOGr]

He wasn't actually as bad as some people make out, he wasn't fantastic but he was decent, I'm not indonesian but an indonesian friend sent pictures from a supermarket there and the family still sell dvds about him 😂

[@AriTHFeeder]

It’s a book not dvd 😂

[@SamOGr]

@@AriTHFeeder I thought it was dvds but nonetheless still funny they do that

[@bullracing1]

I can even send you a picture of Gelael's supermarket lmao

[@AriTHFeeder]

@@bullracing1 oh geez just found out about that supermarket 😂. I think because the supermarket cannot compete with the likes of transmart and kemcik 😂

[@fabian.a.p]

He's good, but not enough for F1. Skill wise and financial wise.

[@JebMotorsport]

Where did you come from, where did you go, where did you come from Haryanto? To be honest, I don't think he was cut out for F1 at all. He did well in Asian junior series but apart from a couple of victories in GP3 and a fourth place in GP2 the year Vandoorne obliterated the competition, he barely registered as F1 material on the international scene. Great video regardless, John. I'm always impressed with your editing skills.

Thanks for up this dude ....

[@davidjamesnoble3170]

Fair video. When I was watching GP2 back in the day I certainly didn't think Rio looked out of place, he was respectable at that level and could potentially of had a decent career in sports cars. Kind of a shame how its ended up but not everyone can say they were an F1 driver so there's certainly worse careers to have.

[@VITORB82]

He made it into F1. Many of us made it to the Playstation, so he wins this one.

[@nicky9459]

Don't mind me just commenting to boost the algorithm here. As per usual tho, very interesting video man

[@louisandreas2034]

Appreciated it!

[@gosharubyy]

As an Indonesian and an F1 fan, i should say Rio is the best Indonesian driver so far. racing fans were excited and we also able to watch F1 in our local TV broadcaster thanks to him. Rio did make a huge hit here in Indonesia, too bad F1 nowadays were focused on money. Not being an overproud dude but really, he deserves another shot with better car

[@petrolweeb]

I heard about Rio was offered a Contract by Force India, But eventually he picked Manor.

[@faiqsalim2755]

@@petrolweeb he did but he picked manor instead bcs financial reason

[@HakunaMatata-uc8hj]

How did he deserve a better car i might ask? As far as i'm concern his junior career is not bad but doesn't reflect what it takes to get a shot at a better car. And don't forget his teammate scored points in manor while he didn't.

[@ridhoary8560]

@@HakunaMatata-uc8hj and did not down 4 laps... tho manor i might agree for the manor car is bad. But a chance for better car is not. Wehlrein scored point with it and yes u are right.

[@muhammadnoorfadhilah2414]

its sad to hear that he is leaving f1, but the most sad thing to hear is that he is being mocked by all of the f1 drivers, and ranked as the bad driver in the season

[@yukumoblood6292]

is it?

[@wildcrocodile6208]

well being a f1 driver from Indonesia is actually an achievement by itself, because we not have a proper racing driver development system in here

[@ajemajh]

smh the government only cares about football and badminton

[@wildcrocodile6208]

@@ajemajh badminton I can understand with the achievement we have, but football? really?

[@s21b0b]

motorsport culture in Indonesia, compared to even badminton or football, is way too irrelevant to start with. You need multiple regions to be involved in the culture (which might happen with new Indonesian tracks/circuits coming up).

[@suiyan6297]

found a gem on youtube. liked this series.

[@daniel-jq4sg]

hello im from indonesia ty for reviewing rio harianto. rio harianto doesnt have many sponsor only pertamina and kikcy why because nobody want to sponsor rio.for me Rio is better off not being a pay driver

[@kHz33]

How about making a video of Zsolt Baumgartner? He drove for Minardi in 2004 and for Jordan in 2003, albeit only for two races. He was the sole point scorer of Minardi in 2004.

[@KingofWolves3277]

also what about Ralf Firman, Nicolas Kiesa, Enrique Bernoldi & Alex Yoong?

[@muhammadfarhan581]

Levente Kóka But his teammate gianmaria bruni was better. Every qualifying bruni goes 1.5 sec faster. Kinda like kubica lost all quali to russel but score the only points

[@funalky]

As Indonesian, i'm so glad this video was show up on my recomended

[@jamescallender6894]

Great video John!

[@ZulRf]

"Angry Indonesian Fans" Well...can't deny that sh*t for sure. btw. Even I haven't heard single news about Haryanto before this video.

[@f1fan1998]

4:08 The single BEST description of Sean Gelael

[@weekex4977]

Great video! Keep it up!

[@jaymate4556]

I would like to see something like an f1 driver story for each current driver, newer fans might eat that sh1t up, great video as usual!

[@bocilgaragee9907]

"Where is he now" Indonesia:well he's at Indonesia 👌

[@SouthBear]

that livery was the best thing of manor just in general

[@AriTHFeeder]

Google Metro Mini Manor 😂

[@SouthBear]

@@AriTHFeeder lmaoooooo wtf is this

[@AriTHFeeder]

@@SouthBear basically That Manor livery is almost identical with the old Jakarta bus 😂

[@VINOGAMING-ft7bi]

@@AriTHFeeder XD

[@lazyreuvin]

Such an informative chuckle. Thank you KZbin for the channel intro =)

[@TheriusO94]

I'm followed him since 2007 until present when he was karting I also support him in every category of racing

[@rotua98]

Last time my dad watch F1 was on the Schumacher era, he was fans of him, and since that F1 kinda faded here and isnt as big as motogp, almost more than a decade no local TV aired the sport so its kinda awesome to see an Indonesian F1 driver at that time, but also funny to think that here most of people do love motogp and bike race competition is allover the country yet we cant land a rider on motogp *and the government suck, all they do is corruption, and when a guy try to bring country name into the world competition like Rio did, they dont fully support it, just like another good athlete we have in badminton or other sports, its always the soccer that get the attention isnt it ?

[@fabian.a.p]

Well, tbf, they not really wrong. Rio is good, but not enough for F1. His skill is quite decent, but compared to 2020 line-up, maybe he's nothing. I'm proud of him, but I think he's not enough. Maybe his skill is higher than Mazespin tho.

[@fabian.a.p]

Also, I'll choose Kevin over Mazespin.

[@felixsianturi9696]

bout Indonesian goverment, what do u expect huh? we got nothing but just degraded and degraded lmao

[@ddtriadi4688]

@@felixsianturi9696 I dont agree with you bro. gw udah ngalamin zaman pemerintahan dari era orba sampe hari ini, makanya gampang buat gw untuk gak setuju dengan pernyataan lu.

[@felixsianturi9696]

@@ddtriadi4688 there's exception if we compared it into soeharto's era. today much better i think. at least we should appreciate to our leader goverment bcs make Indonesia better 💯

[@abdillahaufa]

Haha .. as an Indonesian, I am grateful for discussing the Indonesian retired racer👏

[@candrawijaya9936]

owh

[@Adell-dr9mo]

?

[@s21b0b]

Wait, he retired??? Or is it because the pandemic fked him up?

[@gilangh1780]

@@s21b0b as far as I know he's now more focusing on his family's stationery business, also making some automotive contents on social media

[@winner_2260]

Proud to Rio was F1 Driver 😊👍

[@drianch.563]

As an Indonesian, I still remember got Rio teams short message (it was a blast advertisement SMS) to support them financially for racing in f1. The amount of money they ask was Rp.5000 if not mistaken, and nah they went to the government and then got the money instead

[@natelecarde962]

Even though he snubbed Rossi I do feel bad for him in the end, he should have gone the full season at least.

[@MudhaffarAdhwa]

Seeing how well Gelael is doing in WEC makes me think of what could've been if Rio got a seat in endurance racing or Formula e

[@atrspeed92]

The talent was there. You should see a clip from GP3 race back in 2011 in soaked Nurburgring fighting for a win, beaten out Valtteri Bottas in the process

[@aldiari5196]

im indonesian , and i like this guy video, so much. all he saying was right and that wise word to describe :)

[@ds7841]

When Rio become f1 driver I thought he Will be succesful because i don't know anything about this sport Now im realised because i love f1

[@goki6548]

That was EXACTLY what i was thinking of today lol

[@remil916]

have been curious where this guy went I chanced upon one of his races in his junior races he was a beast back then

[@KimiFan2002]

He also completed in the German and Hungarian GP in 2016, and as usual, achieved the square root of FA

[@gilangchrisma1594]

To be fair the stationary company is hugeeee. It's not like he became a shop manager, more like a CEO

[@nielsvanbezouw5207]

In my memory he just disappeared in to thin air😂

[@RoleAce]

Thank you for making this video, Indonesia does not have a big F1 fan base because mostly people care more about MotoGP. Mainly because majority of people here mostly use motorcycles for commute everyday. (Not that there isn't a lot of cars in Jakarta causing traffic jams EVERYDAY, traffic aint "that" bad outside Jakarta tho.) p.s Jakarta is capital city of Indonesia

[@risqimifta1142]

I'm an Indonesia and i like the video man, i just wanna say that u are lucky enough, cuz most of "Indonesian barbaric netizen" are not good in English, they literally can make your channel dissapear 😂.

[@zhangsenpai263]

Is it a coincidence that there’s an Arthur and Charles Pic, and and Arthur and Charles LeClerc?

[@kubix8049]

Leclerc*

[@musasetiabudi2971]

I never underestimated F1 driver although they are at the last position. At a speed of 250- 300 km /hour, if you brake one second too fast than Lewis Hamilton then you are already left 70 meter behind.

[@SMR69420]

Seeing what happened to Rio Haryanto and as a fellow Indonesian who wanted to become a F1 driver scares me that I might become like him

[@auditamaav4346]

*I apologize for my promise, this video has not yet 150k viewers. but thanks for making this video*

[@josephnus]

Haryanto was a decent driver, might be able to showcase his talent with a more competitive car as shown on his 2015 GP2 season. But the fact he was beaten up by Wehrlein so badly, it's either Haryanto is actually not that good, or Wehrlein is just exceptional.

[@GeraldWs]

Unfortunately Haryanto isn't good enough for F1, but i think if he getting a chance to be in Formula 1 again for at least 2 seasons, he will improve his skill and finally will do decent job in F1. I'm not gonna say he's bad racing driver, the fact that he wins some race and get podiums in Gp2 is pretty much good enough for me to say he's decent racing driver, and of course better than Sean Gelael.

[@alejandrogil2208]

a bit of both, but long story short, Haryanto was never F1 material. Still 10 times better than Gelael though

[@WillJK]

Well at least I can say that I've scored the same amount of points as him 😅

[@hanadee2046]

That's good video. Anyway, here's one thing you forgot to mention about his career after F1: Not only competing in GT World Challenge Asia in 2019 and Asian Le Mans Series in 2019-20, Rio also made one-off appearance at Thailand Super Series 2019. Driving Audi R8 LMS GT3 in Thailand Supercar GT3/GTM with fellow Indonesian Andrew Haryanto, he finished second on first race of season finale at Buriram, but didn't finished on race two after Andrew collided with other car. Anyway, I lived in same city with him. Cheers 🙂

[@putranw6606]

Sekarang dia dimana bro

[@hanadee2046]

@@putranw6606 sekarang sibuk mengurus bisnis keluarga

[@altezzaandre9651]

in 2019-2020 he still actively participating in racing contests ☺

[@JohnWarren]

Glad to hear it!

[@DylanJamesGP]

Harry and toe

[@JajaRojas]

Oh hi Dylan

[@elaldo2382]

You missed out the fact he won the poll for the first ever Driver of the Day award in Australia 2016. But it was taken away as there were a lot of bots rigging the poll.

[@fabian.a.p]

Huh? Source?

[@rezapratama8548]

and he doesn't deserved it if he won because he crashed to Grosjean in the pitlane

[@kami_narisama]

Not bots. But because the MASSIVE amount of Indonesian voting for him.

[@AntoniusTyas]

Aaaah yes. Indonesian fans and their toxic habits. Why am I not surprised.

[@kalifafawwazi924]

I hope my country has more people who are interested in racing like F1. I really want to see a great F1 driver from Indonesia

[@fajaradi1223]

Kita perlu puluhan bocah seperti Rio. Supaya mereka bisa berkompetisi dan mengadu keahlian sedini mungkin. Itu artinya puluhan atau mungkin ratusan orang punya kekayaan setara orang tua Rio.

[@rama7411]

Balapan formula mahal

[@kadekyudhistiras]

In case if I didn't wrong. In 2016, before he is replaced by Esteban Ocon. Rio, in that season, was once called The Rocketman because of China GP. He even faster than Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso on that track So I do believe he is a badass, but he just have a badluck

[@bulletclub316]

Ah i still remember that, It was because Manor have one of the best straight line speed on that year, Their top speed is one of the best tho!. But they have a shitty downforce, That why the car was uncompetitive XD

[@leonard_y32]

I'm still salty over what the Sky Sports F1 commentators, the one you always see on screen, said something like this years ago before Rio Haryanto began his debut on F1 grid= "Rio Haryanto? heh (small laugh), what's he gonna bring to the table?" I know he's not gonna win straightaway and have difficulties progressing with how F1 works, but hey, it is an achievement in itself for him. Almost made me sent a hate e-mail to them.

[@Jaloui]

Wehrlein is underrated

[@09shadowjet]

Who's here after both Haases finished +3 laps in Monaco?

[@okkymahardika748]

He's still in F1 2016 game

[@christianaugustin7047]

9:36 for where he actually is.

[@Dob_son]

Does anyone know what happened to Arthur Pic? He’s another GP2 driver who disappeared out of no where

[@rfs6517]

He works in a family business now

[@liamvandeseijp6901]

@@rfs6517 same with Charles i assume, he retired from racing really early

[@itswais77]

Not the forget you mentioned Rio's best quali at Baku but yeah he struggled alot in the blue flags he'd stay in pack in the beginning of the race but he dies off as soon hes lapped... big problem

[@golamrabbi9151]

Respect doesn't cost you money......respect your fellow human being

[@bhavik8758]

Make video about f2 johan Dhariwala 🤔🤔

[@solusiandroidcellphone2086]

As an Indonesian we proud of him I was followed him since he was a child with Gokart Race Then level up to formula 3 and 2 His golden time when he was on formula 3 and 2 He was so talented when comparing to another youth racer at the time... Unfortunately when he was on F1 he doesnt have enough money sponsorship and other things you need to stay in F1 And I think the TIM Manor back in time it wasnt pretty good time comparing to Another F1 Tim I wish we have another Formula Racer who can through to the F1 in a future Miss Rio and his action

[@obama1570]

gelael

[@harzal6750]

Quality content

[@johnfritz4052]

amazing! always been a Rio fan especially since i met him in 2016 and he seemed like a really nice guy. Not sure if you take requests but it could be interesting if you did a video on what happened to the Panama City or the Vietnamese Grand Prix