The F1 Race That NO ONE Wanted To Finish

[@Ziamex1]

If this race were to happen now, there would've been 8 vsc's, 6 sc's, 4 red flags, a 50,000 dollar fine for David Coulthard (for wearing the wrong helmet), death by firing squad for Ocon, and don't forget the dutch national anthem.

[@NicolasChiribelo]

Bold of you to give the victory to Jos Verstappen 🤣

[@CyanRooper]

There would still be a Williams DNF'ing.

[@fredyicey]

you just described in a sarcastic manner what my big problem with f1 is nowdays

[@Tony-es9jx]

@@fredyiceyYour problem is what exactly? It comes across to me that you have a problem with ensuring the safety of drivers and workers with the use of things to slow down/ bunch up the field. But maybe I’m just misunderstanding what you mean.

[@Yukino-014]

And how could you forget, a 5 second penalty for Esteban Ocon.

[@zayj3489]

"for a dude that embodied so much Italian passion, it's amazing he turned out to be french" 😂

[@FightingTorque411]

Though racing under a French passport, Alesi's family has Sicilian ancestry, and he feels almost as much Italian as French. It's a big part of why he followed his heart to Ferrari in 1991 instead of taking a Williams offer (that and Williams were dicking about with contracts and Ferrari did look a good prospect at the time)

[@durrell246]

He was adamant that he wasn't French, but French-Sicillian. He was even originally named Giovanni before his parents changed his name to Jean.

[@TommoMcCluskey]

New Revellinho dropped. ❤‍🔥

[@FH4Player6397]

Hey Wommo

[@Amm17ar]

New Tommo dropping soon too?

[@bigguy8435]

Hi Tomminho

[@Zack_F1]

Sup tommo tell minton I said hi

[@DarkRama-n-i]

No it didn’t, I don’t see it on Amazon

[@Biomaniac94]

I remember watching the BBC broadcast of this a few years back and noticed something really funny. If you listen really closely, during the Irvine/Salo/Häkkinen crash, you can hear the Finnish commentator screaming over Murray's own commentary XD You can even hear it in the race highlight video F1 posted on their own channel.

[@evetoyoumwah]

oh I need to look that up, being a Finn. :D

[@JamesTobiasStewart]

That impossible, Finns aren't capable of yelling! 😉

[@nishanthashok1188]

Can't believe Murray Walker roasted Luca Badoer that bad😮😂😂

[@Tzomthekliafafanboy]

It’s fitting that Lucas name is shortened to BAD. Very fitting

[@digitaldeathsquid3448]

​@@TzomthekliafafanboyI've seen him given the nickname "Look How Bad You Are"

[@Tzomthekliafafanboy]

@digitaldeathsquid3448 I remember Untasfasfled named his driver Luca Badyouare. I never heard it as a nickname for Badoer tho. Quite fitting, he was fucking horrible

[@heliumtrophy]

Given Murray's dispassionate call when Badoer's Minardi failed at the 99 European GP while in 4th place "Oh he's doing a Hakkinen" which I still feel was insensitive commentary given what those 3 points (as it was for the top 6 at the time) would have meant, just felt terribly cruel.

[@chrisc475]

The Forti cars really were appalling and regularly failed to qualify. They were utterly and pointlessls dreadful. Relating it to recent events, Williams in 2019 were WCC level brilliance in comparison.

[@W4ZEL]

People usually seem to forget that Panis had to beat Coulthard in a McLaren to win this race. Sure the attrition was off the charts, but this wasn't a steal either. He stayed consistent and fast despite the conditions, got aggressive when he needed to be, and was luckier than the others who had mechanical issues. Great video Josh !

[@FightingTorque411]

When he took the lead on lap 59, there were still nine cars running, and all except Badoer had qualified ahead of Panis. In a race where (correct me if wrong) nobody else made a single on-track overtake, he made FOUR. He was also fastest in the final Sunday practice session. I think he could genuinely have finished P3 or P4 even if nobody had retired. There was some luck involved for him to win, but an awful lot of talent too, and I think Canada '97 robbed us of seeing what he could do as much as Kubica's rally crash did for him.

[@ordinaryvids1685]

Panis would’ve been 90’s version of super max if the canada crash didn’t happen who knews…

[@caileanthomson1286]

Panis really got all the luck that day, didn't he? His team called for him to pit a few laps before the end for fuel, but he said something along the lines of "I can see Coulthard in my mirrors everywhere, if I run out of fuel, bad luck. But if I win, *we* win." And in parc fermé, there wasn't enough fuel to restart the car, but enough for samples by the officals. Phew.

[@FightingTorque411]

He still made four on-track overtakes (on Herbert, Brundle, Häkkinen and, less cleanly, Irvine) in order to get in that position to capitalise. Of the seven classified finishers, Panis was lowest of all on the starting grid, so he made a fair chunk of his own luck that day too.

[@jamesprumos7775]

It's a shame he didn't have that much the following season. He was 3rd in the standings before his crash.

[@sirnigelgresleyproductions4498]

Chat, Josh has cooked.

[@sirnigelgresleyproductions4498]

LET HIM COOK

[@Crosslox-duh]

He is cooking for a long time

[@ben6993]

I thought this video was going to be about the 1982 Monaco GP 😂 “Well we’ve got this extraordinary situation, we’re sat here waiting for a winner and we don’t appear to be getting one!” - James Hunt

[@UGRRetribution]

Josh didn't mention Badoer's teammate, Andrea Montermini: he crashed in the warm-up so only 21 cars entered.

[@FightingTorque411]

Incredibly, we were two hairs' breadths from having just ONE car finish. Barrichello crashed at Rascasse not because of losing grip in the rain, but because his rear suspension broke entering the corner. It had been damaged earlier in the lap, having been rear-ended into Massenet by... David Coulthard, who somehow got away without terminal damage himself. Furthermore, after Hill's engine blew it left a stream of oil down from the tunnel into the Nouvelle chicane. Alesi negotiated it safely, but when Panis arrived, he skidded on the fluid and did a 360⁰ pirouette into the chicane run-off without touching a barrier #blessed All of which means the only person not to have ANY drama the whole race (and could have been P1 out of 1 but for narrow margins) was Johnny Herbert. I'm pretty sure he also must hold a record for most positions gained for a podium finish without overtaking a single other car.

[@potatogirlcultist19]

Winning the inagural Formula 1 Battle Royale is the most Johnny Herbert way to win a race.

[@julianschernthaner4351]

I think Ocon does come close for his victory in Hungary 2021. Bottas more or less took out himself and four others, Leclerc had to avoid the mayhem and was then taken out by Stroll, Gasly also had to avoid the mayhem, so by the first corner, Ocon had risen to 2nd from 8th on the grid. Then upon the restart came Hamilton's tyre blunder and since Vettel in 2nd with whom Ocon battled all along without ever being passed was disqualified, one could even say his victory wasn't even in contention. :P

[@tanall5959]

Ok, hear me out: Remove the race time limit, bump the lap count up to 200. Endurance race in F1 cars with the winners being the ones that survive!

[@FightingTorque411]

So, F1 in the 50s but with added helmets and Armco, essentially?

[@scsutton1]

Refuelling might have to happen at some point.

[@heliumtrophy]

I'd happily watch

[@retrobeans24]

Or we could have each driver have a lap around the track with stroll just behind them, whoever can be in the vicinity of stroll for a whole lap and not be murdered, wins.

[@LunnarisLP]

All of that on a single set of hard tires. maybe add some softs for regulations xD

[@RichKonfusion]

Thank you for covering this race, one of my favourite of all time. Watching this happen at the time, glued to my tv at 12 years old, lit a fire that no Monaco race has matched!

[@miscellaneoussarnian5282]

One look at the title and I immediately thought of 1982 But then I properly read it and saw the thumbnail and realised that you were talking about 1996

[@OrangeLightning86]

I think that was the race no one wanted to win... and I even think the stewards didn't know who won.

[@CyanRooper]

1982 Monaco GP 🤝 1996 Monaco GP A comedy of errors where no one wanted to win.

[@chlcrk]

Same. But could easily have been given how ridiculous that one got

[@gallahant]

I thought of Nurburgring 1999, although the more fitting title for that one would be "The F1 race that no one wanted to win".

[@F1Krazy]

I think Josh already did a video on the 1982 Monaco Grand Prix, though I might be misremembering

[@aoife1122]

The canyon of Armco and caviar... again you put my spill-proof keyboard to the test. 🤣

[@robdavies8702]

First race I ever watched, so imagine my disappointment when I realised every F1 race wasn’t like that.

[@Wendrym]

"So after only a couple hundred yards of racing, 3 cars were already out of of the race. Soon however it would become 4."..... That sounds suspiciously familiar :D

[@dochidesu]

can't wait for this year's Monaco GP to have only 2 drivers finish the race

[@crapmalls]

Lance stroll beating danny ric

[@chlcrk]

Kevin Magnussen earning a race ban in style

[@wuju8338]

Josh Revell curse is back. perez will lawnmow cars istead of grass, magnussen will make the stewards work overtime, sargeant will merge his car with strolls and hulkenberg will win the GP.

[@heliumtrophy]

Nah this means it'll be a clean processional race in the eyes of many that relies more on tactics and the occasional move and is a panacea to people such as myself who believes DRS has destroyed F1 (you want that pass? EARN IT!).

[@kushagraN]

Who activated the survive no grip mod.

[@camerongreenwoodcrampakacgc.]

1996. The best Monaco Grand Prix ever. Apart from 1982, 1984, 1992, 1970 and 1997.

[@Ramtamtama]

An addition to the Schumi/DC helmet thing... others were offered, but Ferrari and McLaren were both sponsored by Marlboro. Hill was cruelly denied victory in Monaco by the only Renault engine failure in a Williams that season

[@H-Real_8]

It's funny how a Renault engine failure was rare back then

[@CyanRooper]

"I play both sides so that I always come out on top." - Marlboro when asked why they sponsored the two teams with the longest rivalry in Formula 1.

[@dennisthewalker]

I always love your story telling method. So engaging and fun to listen. Cant wait to hear more!!

[@Chakenios]

The master of Racing Story telling with a pinch of humor. Keep it up Josh.

[@LN_997]

10:24 Thank you for (correctly) calling Irvine Irish, and not British like a lot of people do

[@bmused55]

"Luca Badoer in the mobile chicane"...... I remember hearing that live. My mouthfull of pepsi exploded through my nose I had such a violent laughing reflex.... Murray Walker gold. God I miss his commentary.

[@nickcowling2744]

I’m new to following F1 so these videos are super helpful for helping me understand the history and culture of the sport. Always look forward to the new one

[@raptor1672]

One the greatest races of all time! So much DRAMA! I loved it, I was so happy for Panis. He was an underrated driver.

[@DarkLordDiablos]

I remember watching this race thinking WTF is going on with so many drivers either crashing out or going out with technical problems. The three drivers vying for the title not even seeing the checkered flag and only three cars finishing was very bizarre but highly memorable. Great video though with alot of information not to mention comedy.

[@hmdwgf]

This was the F1 race that got me into motor racing when I first watched it live. This race was so awesomely insane that it just didn’t seem real.

[@Porposing_Lusitanian]

9:19 I half expected it to be Sean Galael there for a second 😅

[@chrisc475]

Thanks for covering this race Josh. I remember it well. The most insane race I've ever seen, at the venue famous for the most predictable tedium.

[@Amm17ar]

I was 2 years old during this race. I too crashed out but mostly because I needed a nap.

[@soulslayergamer2318]

Pls we need more of that Reviews of old F1 Races!

[@thomasgotting6105]

I watched the race live. It was amazing. Since then, I watched it over and over again. Really an instant classic.

[@amirviola71]

A very intresting video, made even more intresting by the fact that a few days before Oliver Panis's only win was also mentioned by Daddy RPM. You two are my favorite F1 Artists/Journalists

[@nathanw9770]

0:36 Thats crazy, but whats even crazier is that people born during the 2012 season are now approaching secondary school (or are in middle school).

[@KITT42_KNIGHT]

I remember watching this live hoping Hill was going to win, only for his engine to take an early break for a BBQ! This was one of those mad races….

[@MarcBarkyMarta]

Knew exactly what this was the moment I saw the thumbnail. One of my favorite F1 races, the only victory for Panis, and a return to glory for Honda (and the first taste for Mugen).

[@HEADSHOT12331]

7:36 Eddie Commentating from the sideline: Ok that then going past. That was Oliver Pinesman again

[@LotsOfToubleUsuallySerious]

Imagine 2021 Nikita Mazepin driving alongside the others in this specific race. Basically everyone dead before the middle of the race

[@AnthroGearhead]

🫢

[@jayd2517]

It annoys me when some people say he only won because of the chaos. I have to point out to them that he fought to get near the front and then used skill to keep going while others fell.

[@tompearson7278]

I remember the Peter Windsor video on f1’s channel around 10 years ago of this - watching Panis controlling the car with sparks coming from the under tray is something else!

[@TylerTrailer1]

My day always gets better when Josh uploads

[@CaptainHoratioPugwash]

0:22 Epic 2024 Monaco race confirmed.

[@ThePerks2010]

Firstly thanks for the reminder that death isn't far away, but I remember watching this on telly and by the end we were all out of our seats for Panis crossing the line, mainly in sheer relief he'd actually made it 😂

[@moazreda6301]

it just need a little sprinkle of an unexpected rain mid race to spice things up and it becomes magnificent

[@Sh0ckmaster]

Panis was an underrated driver. I remember him in the 1997 season before his accident, and he was consistently qualifying in the top 6 in a Prost car that was punching way above it's weight. After his accident he was never quite the same.

[@hecksters423]

2:51 TU DU DU DU JOS VERSTAPPEN Bro did NOT listen to Jeff's warning about doing heroics into Saint Devonte.

[@minibus9]

nice video, will be interesting to see if Monaco is a presecion this year or nuts

[@WEBBERSPADE]

It was one of the first races I watched as a 10 year old. Remember it vividly. You didn't mention that Frentzen breaking his nose, as he had to put, meant it gave him the reason to change to dry tires. Which changed the course of the race even though he was (almost) a lap down.

[@chrisccc22]

I heard that Mugen Honda in 1996 in Canada. On the straight, it sounded far more ferocious than the 412 T2 of the year prior. It was a beast. It was the only car I had to put earplugs in for. It felt like 100 needles jabbing in your ears. It effing hurt man.

[@givmi_more_w9251]

In completely unrelated notes, the mention of Olivier Panis reminded me that my mom always got the giggles when his name was mentioned.

[@kian_de_gamer1638]

There is a bigger chance of Josh making a video about 1996 before the Monaco GP than there is a chance of a safety car in Monaco.

[@i3drivingnerd]

Thank you for the TPB clip 🤣

[@timgedrat1783]

Man you got me: "His frontwing was kaputt" 🤣🤣🤣 great masterpiece (to whom it may concern: kaputt = broken in german)

[@sophiaemily1819]

gee thanks josh, i really didnt need the realisation that 1996 was nearly 30 years ago, i feel old now

[@GuntanksInSpace]

I saw this on TV as a kid. Certainly was very weird, but even I popped for Panis's win. I think someone had nicknamed that little Ligier that could as the "Giant Slayer" or so lol.

[@hallowicked3189]

Watched this Race with my Dad(Patriotic half-French) on TV and he was literally praying for the Engine to hold on and after he saw Panis driving around with the giant French Flag he just started to scream/cry/sing the Marseillaise while i was laughing my a off. good memories.

[@y_fam_goeglyd]

I'm a self-confessed Damon fangirl. This race broke my heart. At least he won the British GP, something his dad didn't do. Obviously I cried my eyes out when he won the championship! (I've been neutral since he retired. It's much easier on the blood pressure.) Murray, generally a very kind commentator, could be quite vicious when he wanted to be 😂 I'm glad Panis won, especially after what happened to him in Canada. He was, as Josh said, very talented. There was another crazy race with a similar outcome about, crumbs, 10-15 years before this one? I can't remember the year. All the leaders kept breaking down. Patresi won IIRC. (I did watch it but it's a long time ago!) It seems that roughly once a generation Monaco gives us something worth watching.

[@venomancer711]

Jean Alesi the man who's stats couldn't be further from his actual performances. There is a reason why the TIFOSI loves him so much

[@Neilios1000]

In the 1966 movie Grand Prix, the drivers pre-race meeting for Monaco was filmed for the movie, and they were complaining that Monaco wasn't fit for current cars back then!

[@LegoSnoopDogg]

The thumbnail looks like Hakkinen is doing moving parkour with the F1 cars

[@mrwhiteshorts]

i remember that well. It was a loooong race hahaha. Agree with everything youve said. Good video well done. m

[@sirafoxtron1701]

3:52 Hold up that exist?! 4:26 I'm not done yet said by Michael Schumacher

[@ic3man]

Referring to Irvine as an idiot in the thumbnail is a stretch

[@djgill92]

Another amazing video

[@jacobbarton6689]

“all squabbling for who should be last” … kinda described perez magnussen hulkenburg crash this past weekend 💀

[@FabJK4]

Odd race for sure. Frentzen lost a good opportunity to secure a great result had that incident with Irvine not happened. But Olivier Panis was the fastest on the Warm Up session, proving that the car wasn't slow at all. Not even Coulthard, Hakkinen, Brundle, Herbert, Irvine and Villeneuve could match his race lap times.

[@retrobeans24]

Was brundle even that good tho.

[@cribbe6547]

@@retrobeans24 yes, Brundle was a very good driver. He would have achieved more if not for suffering a career changing crash in his debut year for Tyrrell in 1984 where he broke both feet. This accident meant he spent his entire racing career unable to do left foot braking. Without that accident he may have fought for world championships. He and Senna had a legendary F2 title duel in 1983 which Senna won in the final round

[@retrobeans24]

@@cribbe6547 make much more sense, his statistics don’t show anything but I’ve heard many people say he was good. Thanks for letting me know.

[@EmmadieJ]

I still remember watching that race when I was like 5 or 6

[@reptongeek]

'Some four hours later' Dude that was savage

[@zaywhite6873]

“A mobile chicane on 4 wheels” all time best joke

[@warwolffr6309]

And don t forget that Panis, was the last french winner until Gasly's Monza win, so that made him even a bit more of a legend

[@Kentanimationnnnnnnnn]

i could not imagine what went through coulthard's head as he wore schumi's helment and sweat

[@lordracer7743]

That was a hell of a race back then.

[@Patrick4Gooner]

Monaco is usually one race I don't look forward to as a fan but after seeing this video and the crazy season that Norris is having I can't wait to watch this weekend's race!

[@KestrelTown]

Another Josh Revell triumph!

[@King_Goat_JJ]

Not bad for my first F1 race. Don’t worry next race just a few more cars finished, six lol

[@sawyerclark1]

WAKE UP JOSH POSTED!🎉

[@MrRofl131]

Feels like yesterday. Was only my fifth season following f1.

[@jethroboorer2860]

Your faaaarkin good at this man. I still wish you'd speak full kiwi for us 😊

[@F1wgp7]

Alesi as Murray Walker always used to say is a "French Sicilian".

[@jamie1z459]

9:55 - 10:00 was not expecting that whatsoever

[@1greenMitsi]

watched it live, unbelievable race - the odds on Panis winning wouldve been eyewatering

[@georgewk92]

Holy shit, that Luca Badoer line was something I'd have expected from an old clip of James Hunt commentary, not from Murray

[@DarioDarrow]

8:01 This still hurts 😭

[@JTeam45]

Imagine if commentators were still allowed to be as savage as Murray and James could be.

[@Kacper_Akarii]

Knew it this race would be analized by Josh sooner not later

[@danielclare5443]

I don’t know why, but seeing a Red Bull and a Patronas sponsorship on a Sauber in the year 1996 is something I still can’t believe was ever a real thing.

[@jd749]

That was awesome!

[@JustinW2980]

We are now overdue a wacky race. Let it be this weekend!

[@barretmc]

That was a crazy diss to the peasant community.

[@DalozsanTheFox]

Please make a video about Zsolt Baumgartner🙏

[@sharkk127]

Isnt this basically every f1 race? You get the pole youre basically guaranteed the win

[@Ps1napse]

What a race it was!

[@DANNYonPC]

i was 3/4 years old, stop making me feel old..

[@Jocw27]

still remembered in France as the only french win until Gasly almost 20 years later

[@ChrispyNut]

Yea, I'm not bothering with this race weekend. I was reluctantly tuning in, but BBC have changed their radio player on the website, so can't sync with TV footage and that tipped the balance. I've always found Monaco incredibly boring, but habit's meant I've endured, but not this weekend. 🤞 I can use this to completely stop with F1 as I'm pretty tired of the whole thing at this point, but 30 years is a lot of habit to break.

[@AlyxF1Flame]

1:24 I would be curious to know your opinion on that. x)

[@ChristinaMaterna]

I like Crofty, but nothing holds a candle to the sly humour of Murray!!!

[@Speeder76]

Here's an interesting thing: it was the first of two races where the Minardis comit fratricide among them. If they didn't do that, they could have scored some points! Because on the next race, in Barcelona, Lamy and Fisichella will do the same thing! Looks like they didn't learn the lesson.

[@Blueflag04]

An exciting Monaco race for once