March 9th 1997 Australian GP TSN

[@GreatCdn59]

DUDE! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU UPLOADED THIS! this was the very first F1 race I "attempted" to watch live as a 10 year old - but I fell asleep, so my parents recorded the first 1/3 of the race on VHS until the tape ran out. I had the tape for maybe a year or two until someone in the family accidentally recorded over it. I never thought I'd get to watch that TSN broadcast again - thanks for this!!!

[@jeanclaude.transam]

This very TSN broadcast was when I first started watching F1. Been a massive fan ever since. FORZA FERRARI!!!

[@ryanstewart4444]

RIP Dutch. We miss you.

[@crigamon]

1:06:58 Memorable Murrayism about Alesi's out of fuel 😂😂😂

[@cmgamer1309]

"OOoOoH Jean, you may wel look a bit worried."

[@laszlocarreidas9548]

"6 seconds from his former team mate "- gaps were a bit different back then...

[@100SteveB]

Watching this in 2024 I am amazed at just how few marshal posts there were in this race, hence the lack of blue flags being shown. I am also thankful that the skills of the camera directors have improved so much since then, for the first 12 laps or so of this race you would have thought that there were only 3 cars on track. And watching this race also reminds us just how much better the on screen timing and other info is these days. Just a shame modern F1 cars sound like go-carts compared to these cars.

[@peeweeson]

can't believe Darren is gone!

[@QuangThànhVũLê]

1:07:16 That they are AB-SO-LUTE-LY FURIOUS!!!!!

[@alessandrodorsi9800]

Those were good times : in 1997 , our state television, Rai ( Italy) broadcasted all F 1 grand prix democratically free . Unless I'm very much mistaken 😅 this was the magical voice of Murray Walker, one of the world's greatest sport commentators together with Vin Scully ( USA, baseball ) and our Adriano De Zan ( Rai , Cycling and " Domenica Sportiva")

[@nickbrundli8996]

What a great time for F1. No comparison to today's gruesome farce!

[@AshleyHemingway-w2f]

Amen! Today's f1 is shit 😂

[@BurnBot_TV]

Boomer.

[@BurnBot_TV]

​@@AshleyHemingway-w2f you too, also a boomer.

[@MichaelSchumacherfan91]

If you hate it why do you still watch it then 😂

[@BurnBot_TV]

@MichaelSchumacherfan91 this.

[@DerEinzige21]

What's crazy is that while they were racing in Australia, Notorious Big was shot and killed on March 9, 1997. Still unsolved.

[@smalltimep]

Diddy done it

[@topic87-t3n]

Poor Biggie :((

[@laszlocarreidas9548]

Eddie "torpedo" Irvine - a jerk.

[@rodclark5831]

I thought his nickname was "enima" .

[@SpeedBrazilOficial]

AMAZING ❤

[@privateinformation2960]

holy shit. @3:38 - the only footage i know of (or likely exists) of a mastercard lola actually being driven. Those things didnt even race that weekend.

[@neilr4867]

Back when Melbourne was a beautiful city.

[@junkersbunkers]

West mclaren best livery ever on an f1 car like a great white shark hunting ya down 😂🏋️‍♀️💯💪🥃

[@McLMP4-22]

This was a very good race.

[@DaveAndBeth1978]

What on earth was Jean Alesi thinking?! 😂

[@EpicTrailRides]

Yeah did he not see the pit boards? Or was his radio not working? Always wondered what the story behind that was

[@iansimpson27]

@@EpicTrailRides His radio wasn't working. But he should still really have noticed the pit boards.

[@emontrailers]

zero overtaking

[@DavidLecuona-y6v]

So how did frenzen got to first ?

[@emontrailers]

@@DavidLecuona-y6v Overtaking is based on other people's mechanical failures and bit errors.

[@junkersbunkers]

Where gonna need a bigger 🛥️ 😂

[@shadeburst]

Frentzen proved conclusively that driving a championship-winning car he was not champion material.

[@japantuning88]

Was a totally different story with Jordan '99.

[@jordanblair4077]

I would hope you’re not referring to his DNF in this race because that wasn’t his fault. But yes he paled in comparison to Villeneuve in 97.

[@shadeburst]

@@jordanblair4077 He had the chance to seal victory with a hard second stint that would have brought him out in front. Jack, yes, an electric talent. I loved the way he showed Schumi who's boss in Portugal.

[@jordanblair4077]

@@shadeburst He had a braking problem regardless and would have still not finished the race.

[@Scorpio19110]

Apparently he had a dispute with Patrick Head throughout his tenure in Williams and according to Peter Sauber, he wasn’t easy to adapt to the team and car.