Martin's Masterclass, F1 in the 1980's | Brundle: Behind The Wheel

Martin Brundle explains the experience of racing in Formula 1 in the 1980s. The danger and excitement of the Turbo ear and what it was like to try to manhandle the mighty cars over a one-lap qualifying effort.
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[@bandidol200]

I could quite happily listen to Martin all day long, what a star! 😎

[@TheHabitual77]

I love how he's not blinded by nostalgia and and can talk objectionably about the different eras

[@413TomaccoRoad]

Objectively?😅

[@Kibbelingg]

Martin is incredible. He's talking here for almost 8 minutes straight without any input, and it's all so well structured, balanced, and above all, so insightful. Gem.

[@cobar5342]

Give me the 80's over today any time

[@dracula5487]

Let's get ready to Brundle. The commentary team of Martin Brundle and David Coulthard was a joy. Thank you...................😊

[@NicksSkillz]

Martin is remarkable! The differences he highlights between then and today are so extreme. The description of just keeping the car on the track being a win is really eye opening.

[@DeMichel93]

Martin is such a good story teller, it's amazing. His knowledge and experience is something else. I love this series! Thank you Alex for this fantastic opportunity to listen to Martin without the shackles of television.

[@davidhayles9579]

I'm glad Martin mentions unreliability. I think Derek Warwick said that he only finished half the races he started during the whole of his F1 career, whereas nowadays if an F1 car breaks down, or a power unit fails, there's a national investigation into what happened!

[@dantofoz11]

Retirements in the 80s-90s helped make the racing more exciting. There was a legitimate chance for almost anyone to nab a podium on any given day, whereas now it''s not unheard of for there to be no retirements in a race.

[@friktionrc]

Deffinitely..I’ve been watching F1 since the 70s so seeing how car tech has changed and how safe and reliable they are does make we wish for unreliability to be brought back to add another dimension…then again, it’s reflection of modern materials, manufacturing techniques and of course computer modelling etc etc etc….but yeah I remember watching races where any of the top 5 drivers could win…partly due to whose car would break down first. Guessing managing the car was a thing back then too.

[@peterwilkinson2912]

How many brilliant racing drivers (and Martin is unmistakably one) are also so brilliantly knowledgeable about the sport, it’s engineering and history ?

[@Hamish1968]

Always worth listening to, a very eloquent commentator.

[@samwhatley2834]

One Brundle is good, two is just spoiling people I could listen to Martin talk like this for hours - at this point I probably have a still not bored Thanks both!!

[@soylentgreennewdealtimeshare]

He's not a Ferrero Rocher; he is an human being. The same thing applies to both Brundles. Both have value, unlike one Ferrero, which has less value than two. I can listen to Martin Brundle for up to one hour, and then I need a little break because of that thing where statements sound a bit like questions.

[@PopulationProblem]

Awesome, another 50 hours of this stuff please!

[@Yappit]

So glad I stumbled onto this, love to hear Martin's input on the different decades and eras of F1. Can't wait for F1 to start back, excited for all the grid walks!

[@jacgol]

I could listen to your old man talk for days!! One in a million.

[@lardyboyw]

Lovely stuff. I started watching around '82, still watch F1 but dipped out in the second year of KERS and came back a couple of years ago. Crazy how consistent the cars are now. Still remember vividly the sight of Martin legging it back up to the garage carrying his seat after sliding upside down in the gravel, superb!

[@uv77mc85]

its a bit boring now. The cars are almost a spec series there is so little differences in them. Back then you had exciting designs and different engines. Now its more like indy car

[@thiaguinhooitodois2211]

This is just great. I enjoy hearing about Senna and why he was good. The 80s was fascinating.

[@sheldonsmith1294]

Seen him and Bellof in the only non-turbo F1 car at the time, theTyrrell. Montreal '85. They sounded awesome.

[@nervo6321]

Always love listening to Martin, very articulate and interesting and I take my hat off to him for driving F1 cars in the 80’s …in saying that although the cars were absolute beasts it is still my favourite era of racing.

[@marksvideochannel3592]

Love Martin's remembrances. One of the greatest eras in the history of the sport. I wonder, out of the many cars / teams he drove for, what is special to him about that Benetton in the picture behind him?

[@AndrewShakespeare]

I understand MB's point about the gaps between positions, but the uncertainty over reliability, missed gear changes, and unforgiving run-offs meant that any position was in doubt until the end. For ages, once a driver is on pole, the result is probably set, with the main variable being random distribution of penalties to spice up the championship.

[@allenjames515]

One thing i notice is the trailing of exhaust oil smoke, which was commonplace, a clear sign of an engine being not in perfect order. Nowadays the usual engine just runs clean or suddenly disintegrates. Also. When i first went to Silverstone it looked like a dead aerodrome but i could walk freely, now it looks like i imagine a prison camp does and is attractively priced for the Aga Khan. Compare my paying 50 pence for a plywood square to prop my bike at Creg ny Baa, walk up to a bank of heather and bracken and watch 170 mph bikes 8 feet away without even a string between little children playing and what i am delighted to see and hear. As some German said " Das ist freiheit.". The entire atmosphere of TT fortnight makes riding a 50 year old bike but watching the best currently available the most enjoyable part of a lifetime enjoying every aspect of motors from 26cc to 54 litres petrol and some collosal volume of ship engine.

[@matthewrobinson2410]

Amazing video thank you. So insightful

[@nicholasmassey3046]

Brundle = Legend

[@madam94]

Oh I love these vids.

[@jato62]

Excellent

[@Nebula_Ultra]

I cannot believe I'm here at the very beginning of what will be a premiere channel soon.

[@Antonowskyfly]

Laboratory pure gold.

[@georgesoliman9049]

This was fantastic! Those years must have been something else to witness. Thank you for the interview!

[@VincentFischer]

Sky can we have a son father duo commentary for F1 please.

[@CasperEgas]

I do think the danger made racing more fun. Nowadays they have gone so far trying to make it safe. If you compare it to something like speed cycling it seems a bit over done.

[@CasperEgas]

I prefer the old F1. Less clinical, more exciting, no DRS, more teams, more surprises.

[@joshuapowers4623]

I feel like the irony of formula1 now is that the thing that would actually make the racing better would be a deliberate decision to build the cars considerably worse than the technology allows them to actually be.

[@TougeMonSter3]

I have to disagree only in terms of the change to paddle shifting. That killed a lot of the emotions of driving that today’s cars do not have. Other than that he is spot on.