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[@Inferiis]

Yes, Moto GP is the "F1 of bikes", and Rossi isn't just a guy from Moto GP, he basically holds every record, like 9 titles, 110+ wins

[@wepsTRX]

I like your comment, but I refuse to tap the like button because it has 46 😁🤪

[@MrFreezeYo]

@@wepsTRX same :D

[@lost___espandrillo8075]

Yeah, thank you. We definitely need more guys for team motoGP. Is there a better grand prix series on the planet? IAN, please join our world! (46=GOAT)

[@F1-Passion]

IWrocker didn’t say Rossi is just some guy he was polite about it so give over you bum

[@nathcascen473]

Rossi is simply the GOAT of motogp.

[@matd675]

My favourite fact is about the 1997 European Grand Prix. In qualifying, Jacques Villeneuve set a time of 1:21.072. Michael Schumacher was second with a time of 1:21.072. Heinz-Harald Frentzen was third with a time of, yes, 1:21.072. Top 3 drivers qualified with exactly the same time, down to thousands of a second.

[@godbernaz]

Yeah but they already said back in the days, the counter was not that right like we have today, but still was fun to watch, and Im not saying that didnt happen its like commentators say, gonna be the misterys of f1 due the old tech if they actualy did the same exact timing or not.

[@David_C_83]

Now that's an odd fact I remember very well, surprised it didn't made this list, who knows if we'll ever see that again but regardless of how it happened, it'll remain an oddity in F1's history

[@TrainWreck444]

@@godbernaz kinda makes it even more impressive, if inconsistent tech produced 3 of the exact same time.

[@godbernaz]

@@TrainWreck444 true, to me is amazing but F1 became so boring, Cars are so unbalanced between each others, and F1 now is all about Hamilton, tiktoks, and retards 10y old kids. Why Im saying this, cause we we're amazed for this kind of timelaps, and now I have nothing to be amazed xd

[@streuthmonkey1]

@@godbernaz They use the same timing mechanisms today than they did back then.

[@danielflack7902]

Martin Brundle is going to love that, 3 races to deal with arrogant American celebrities on the grid.

[@dylanzrim3635]

Agent- “She isn’t doing any TV spots” Martin- “why even come to the grid then” (or something similar)

[@heroiam4067]

isn’t he the first one to be an entitled arrogant celebrity tho? Maybe he doesn’t like competition

[@Ezegames_RL]

@@heroiam4067 why is he?

[@paul-Ess]

But a laugh for us!

[@schabur365]

he’s one to comment. so called expert speaks like he raced yesterday….and he really didn’t. Jenson and Damon are so much better both a commentators and current knowledge.

[@Ennui.]

Here's a fun fact... During Fernando Alonso's debut season in 2001, the team he drove for (Minardi) was so short-staffed and financially unstable, that he was actively helping the mechanics work on his car... Like we're talking literally helping to take the whole thing apart and put it back together, for pretty much every race!

[@alexardies3171]

@hurrdurr.. Minardi was even allowed to drive with a V10 while every other team had to drive with a V8 later on in that decade. Fernando who was a two time world champion back then joked about it when saying:” why don’t they use Ferrari’s V 12?”

[@Ennui.]

@@alexardies3171 yep, that was Toro Rosso in 2006 (essentially Minardi)... The last F1 car to use a V10, even though they were basically outruled for the 2006 season.

[@alexardies3171]

@@Ennui. was that Toro Rosso? The first one than cuz Minardi was basically a Dallara chassis with a Ford Cosworth engine in the back. I don’t remember, all I know is that it was the last year of Michael Schumacher driving for Ferrari. Kimi took over and became world champion but I didn’t know that Minardi was called Toro Rosso. Thanks for the info. Greetings 🙋🏻‍♀️

[@Ennui.]

@@alexardies3171 Yep, after RedBull bought Jaguar in late 2004, they then bought Minardi in late 2005 as they saw that as an opportunity to have 2 F1 teams on the grid. They renamed Minardi into Toro Rosso (which just means RedBull in Italian lol) Nowadays the team is called Alpha Tauri. So yeah, we technically still have Minardi on the grid...

[@alexardies3171]

@@Ennui. yea when I was 14 I even saw Eddie Irvine on the podium in Monza. The only time he finished third with his Jaguar behind Shumi and Barichello in 2004. I’m Belgian so yes I speak 7 languages, Italian being one of them. I even work for Modena but I didn’t know that RB bought Jag and Minardi. Which is crazy because in 2017 I drove a Minardi on Fiorano!!! It was a Minardi from’89-90 which had the V12 Ferrari engine and o man it was bloody fast! Minardi was always way back on the grid but once upon a time they scored points driving in the midfield with that engine. Crazy story right? But true. Seb Vettel got his first win with a Toro Rosso so no wonder that he ended up winning four titles for RB. A shame that he couldn’t win a title with the Scuderia but Ferrari is known for their merciless behaviour with their drivers. Prost, Mansell, Alezi, Alonso, Seb.. all victims of their ruthlessness. I’m pretty sure that by the end of this season Charles and Carlos are gonna be ready for the mental asylum with all those fuckups in the pits.

[@timjohnun4297]

You really need to watch the movie RUSH, it's about the rivalry between Niki Lauda and James Hunt, during the 1976 season. It's based on reality and shows the true characters of 2 of the most iconic F1 drivers of all time (In my opinion). Niki was almost incinerated in a crash at the Nürburgring and the fact he was racing again, weeks later, is sport's biggest comeback story of all time (Again, in my opinion)

[@szandorthe13th]

Lauda missed only a single race which is incredible considering the severity of the incident

[@MufflerShop]

@@szandorthe13th he missed Austria and Netherlands, so 2 races, but impressive nontheless.

[@szandorthe13th]

@@MufflerShop double the length, but no less impressiveness

[@derheiligespaten435]

I think it is really sad that F1 doesn't race in Germany anymore. It's literally the country the car was invented in and cars are really embedded into the culture. Plus, I live about twenty minutes from the Hockenheimring and I'd really love to see F1 race there again ;)

[@csanadhorvath]

for real, Liberty is killing the sport. you only get into the calendar if you pay enough, and its become a bidding war. obviously Germany, France and Belgium dont want to (and probably CANT) pay as much as Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Russia, China and Las Vegas.

[@speedssk]

My dream has always been to watch a German GP live, really hope they bring it back eventually...

[@evilsocietyHD]

Actually in my opinion the thing that made most people not wanting that much races in the US is because you cant have unlimited races, so you have to cut off some others, and some of them are actually historical F1 racetracks (spa, mugello, monaco, monza, etc, etc) and the idea that some of them might be replaced one day, for business purposes is what makes people kinda hesitant about this.

[@VekhGaming]

My favourite fact is that Hans Heyer is the only driver to get a DNQ, DNF AND DSQ in the same race. Which is the weirdest hat-trick in racing I've ever heard of.

[@dominikbleuel4163]

The alonso technique blew my mind when someone pointed that out to me Back in the day the tires were extremely diffrent than today These had way less grip and it was hard to keep the temperatures up during a race This was due to regulations So alonso just entered corners extremely aggressive forcing the car to understeer on corner entry Something you usually dont want But this resulted in heating up the front tires in the corner wich generated grip that he used to get through the corner It made him faster than anyone

[@BurgoYT]

That’s so smart wtf

[@francescoferro9885]

You should look into Valentino Rossi’s career! He’s been the image of MotoGP for years and has now starter his car racing career, now competing in GT cars! He’s an Italian hero and quite the character!

[@MrJasperdeKnegt]

I second that 👍

[@SpeedyCM]

Kinda surprised he didn't mention Sir Jack Brabham being the only driver ever to win an F1 championship in his own car. As for the number of US GP's I don't really care unless it's at the expense of an existing GP like Spa as rumours were circulating recently.

[@jordanclark4635]

Same, it makes sense too, Europe has 500 million or so and like 10 or so races, America having 3 races isn’t too awful

[@Netrole]

i don't mind there being 3 races in america. I'm mostly bothered by miami and las vegas being street circuits. America has plenty of awesome race tracks, they should go there

[@user-dv3sm1ff5q]

Imagine having Laguna Seca in an F1 Calendar? Would be awesome as hell.

[@thresh9606]

i think Monaco is being removed and it should be sure its historical but its such a boring race

[@magnusmikkelsen539]

There is a F1 movie you need to see. It's called rush, and it's about two hard-core rivals, James hunt and Nicci lauda. It's amazing.

[@mbochum83]

13:05 Alonso would oversteer into corners to heat up the front tires which provided better grip through the middle and exit of corners. This was when teams could only use 1 set of tires during a race so the durability wasn't an issue.

[@counterfit5]

Understeer. He just prefers that as the overall balance of the car even now.

[@mbochum83]

@@counterfit5 He would oversteer by turning the wheel too far, causing the car to understeer. And drivers can't get away with this now due to the lack of tire durability.

[@FloosWorld_AoE]

Adelaide 1994 is pretty much known for the collision between Schumacher and Hill which spawned some controversy.

[@dylanzrim3635]

Michael sits with the crowd in this one yeah?

[@danigonzalez4299]

We forget that Mansell put the WIlliams on Pole and MSC crashed the car vastly trying to get it back. Thanks Nige.

[@vonsauerkraut]

There are worlds apart between Luis Hamilton and Michael Schumacher. Michael Schumacher, his car wasn't a rolling computer. Michael Schumacher had to do it all himself without all that electronic stuff

[@fredV35]

Considering the US place in F1, I'm of course glad US get to enjoy Formula 1 but I also find it unfair that the number of races their is done at the expense of other Grand Prix. I'm of course biased because next year I'm losing my home Grand Prix in France and it will probably alternate with Spa going forward, I'm quite upset about that.

[@triplemoyagames4195]

Yeah, like I guess one big reason is the sheer size of the US.However it is getting borderline ridiculous if one nation has three, as there only 23 races so it doesn't make that 13% percent of the calendar is one country, since there only 21 countries in the calender

[@jckdnls9292]

Crybaby , it's like a 7 hour drive from France to belgium. I'm south of Miami , and just to leave my state of Florida is almost 12 hour drive, to make it to Texas for Austin gp it's almost 24 hours non stop drive. That's why the US needs more than 1 race because it's HUGE

[@marco_1909]

@@jckdnls9292 i get the point that distances in usa is a bit further, but mostly this rich bozos are exploiting you guys, they know how much money you guys will spend on these races. its ridiculous the money they charge

[@triplemoyagames4195]

@@jckdnls9292 You want a paton the back or somth? Just because you decided to make the journey doesn't mean everyone now has too nor do they have the means of doing so. Secondly if anything the US doesn't NEED anything, it was fine with Austin, there arguably more laces that have a stronger argument.

[@triplemoyagames4195]

@@jckdnls9292 Would 2+ tracks be beneficial for F1? Debatable, it really only benefits American fans who are a minority

[@FormulaKimball]

You MUST check out F1 Adelaide 1986 Johnny Dumfries OnBoard - the V6 engines back then sounded so awesome, and the shifts are so quick (with an old school h-pattern), and the track layout is really cool. My first ever F1 race I saw on TV was 1985 Adelaide, what fun that was!

[@Matt09pearce]

Rossi is worth checking out! MGP is fantastic. he is also someone who developed some odd techniques

[@SilentKillerPrince]

John Surtees is the only person ever to be a World championship winner both on 2 and 4 wheels in their respective top tier series He won 1964 F1 championship and the 58-59-60 500cc championship in Gran Prix motorbike racing (wasn't called MotoGP at the time)

[@thomasnieswandt8805]

I was looking for this comment :)

[@crusherbmx]

I got hooked on F1 in 1981, the technology, the drama, the politics, the glamour, the intense announcers...so crazy

[@panpan1587]

@iWrocker, Jochen Rindt is the first and only driver to win the drivers world championship posthumously. he sadly passed away during the later stages of the season but had scored enough points to still win the title despite his death. a true racing legend RIP

[@dylanzrim3635]

It was at monza strangely enough.

[@theunreadcomment9834]

The Hamilton hand placement thing is actually because of the Merc 'magic' button which shifts the brake bias to allow him to warm the brakes and tyres better under the formation lap

[@likwiddawn]

Its actually him blocking the shift pad with his hand to not accidentally downshift since the shifter goes both ways. Pull click = gear up, push = gear down.

[@martinrobichaud9267]

He was using that technique when he hit that button in Baku, Like @LKWD sais, he is blocking the downshift paddle

[@AndorFazekas]

My facts: 1.The strongest natural aspirated engine is the ~2005 V10 engines. 900-1000HP and 19000rpm, this means the engine every single cylinders move up and down 316 times in one second. 2. In the 80s (mostly 1985-1986), turbo engines were timed at 5.5bar turbo pressure. This was achieved with a larger twin turbo kit and special super-soft tyres. Engines were 1.5L V6 or I4, the most powerful was the BMW engine, which had 1400 hp and was I4 only. These engines only lasted a few laps, after which either the cylinder or the turbo melted. 3. The qualify tyre was so soft that when the driver returned to the pits, the mechanics had to water the ground in the garage because the tyre was sticking to the ground. Qualify from the 80s Adelaide with BMW 1.5L I4...the strongest engine...and huge turbo lag kzbin.info/www/bejne/b6WXqpl-m7mZetU

[@maaikevreugdemaker9210]

Thanks for these facts!

[@user-po2rf1ds4p]

1400 hp at max in 1986 is only the official statistic, in reality there were rare qualifications (brands hatch one of them i think) where the power was... well lets say much higher than this.. "funky" fuel, whatnot.. the turbo was probably 6 bars

[@AndorFazekas]

@@user-po2rf1ds4p Oh yes

[@TheGouliat]

Fun Stuff for someone new to F1: One of the early 2000s Ferrari Cars was actually that good that they raced the 3 first races of the next season with the old car and still got nearly 1 second faster per lap each race then the second best team. This was the only time i have seen that a team did this.

[@serialkorner]

As a french fan born 1987 and remembering races since 1993, I do appreciate your point with too many races being held in the US. You may know there are fewer and fewer races in Europe, with races like France, Belgium, Italy or Monaco being questionned because they don't offer as much money as US or Barhain or Saudi Arabia to hold a race. And I truly think that's for shame. The sport was born in Europe and was always meant to be a worldwide show, but things are getting out of hand because of money, and forgetting the fans are not only where the cash is !

[@manweoettam]

About the number or races in a single country. Historically, in Italy there were different tracks over the decades, but 2 are the "classic" ones: Monza and Imola. For years, Monza was the Italian Grand Prix and Imola was the San Marino Grand Prix (San Marino is a little State inside Italy, like the Monaco Principate in France). Imola is an Italian city of Emilia-Romagna near San Marino, so its GP was held there. In Italy today we have 4 tracks able to host a F1 race: Monza, Imola, Mugello and Fiorano. The last is a little circuit of Ferrari, near its offices and production area in Emilia-Romagna, so it couldn't realistically held a GP even if it's omologated for F1 for obvious reasons of Ferrari. Mugello is a circuit classic for the MotoGP calendar and it's also a property of Ferrari in Tuscany. For years though the only Italian GP was Monza, because the San Marino GP doesn't exist anymore. Things changed in 2020, due to the F1 calendar changes for the covid pandemic. In that year, in Italy we had 3 F1 GP: Monza (Italian GP), Imola ("Emilia-Romagna and Made in Italy GP"), Mugello ("Tuscany GP"). Since 2021 in Italy we have 2 F1 GP, Monza (Italian GP) and Imola (Emilia-Romagna GP).

[@skittls80]

I'm from Valencia and the situation of the street circuit is very bizarre you can go over some parts of the layout with your street car and there's still the paint of the circuit there and they actually made a bridge for the circuit that is closed almost all the time

[@AcidBurnKill]

Dude. I am from South Africa. And a massive F1 fan all my life. I have watched many Americans trying to talk about and explaining F1. You my friend are 1 of the Greats! I could listen to you all day, really! Fantastic job, keep it up. And just a side note. Dont know if you already have, But give Drive to Survive a look on Netflix. You would love it!!! Cheers :)

[@gold4leaf]

4:32 The Hill's, Graham Hill (F1 champ 1962 and 1968) on the left is Damon's Father (champ 1996) on the right. Phil Hill in the middle is not related (champ in 1961) was born in the USA. Only other Father/Son winners are Keke (1982) and Nico Rosberg (2016) The current champ Max Verstappen 's (2021) father, Jos, also raced in F1 but never won a championship

[@rasmuswi]

Another "not quite" father/son pair is Gilles/Jacques VIlleneuve. GIlles won races, but never the championship, Jacques did.

[@mikespearwood3914]

Jos never even won a race!

[@bertalann7214]

Hi man, love your enthusiasm, I think all branches of motorsport have quite many interesting and exciting parts. Looking forward to learn more about NASCAR myself.

[@Hask5555]

Fun fact: the longest F1 track in history was the italian track of Pescara with 27km, the F1 races there in 1957.

[@jorgearg8701]

Alesi hand position was another thing... like a paint. Beautiful to watch.

[@inno-v8-ion165]

Senna's qualifying laps in Adelaide are must-watch F1 material. People say Senna's car is "dancing" when he drives and his Adelaide laps prove it!

[@miriamreiss]

Adelaide....I think it was in 1988 when Mansell lost the championship due to an exploded tire to Prost while Prost got kicked out early in the race......or that unbelievable race during that rain the following year(?)....crazy. Nigel Mansell was the unbelieveable crazy guy with a unique technic to break into corners which is great to observe, especially during the Silverstone GP's he won in spectecular fashion.

[@danigonzalez4299]

That was 86

[@danigonzalez4299]

The rain was 1991

[@itsheirapparent]

The Brawn GP story is incredible. Theres great videos on the whole story on KZbin that you could react to.

[@juanluisgomezregalado6434]

I love how you are so open about learning something new :) Welcome to F1 man !!!!!!!

[@davidmolling9222]

Hi Ian, another great video, has anyone told you that your face is orange on your videos at the moment, I still think you should do a reaction to Sir Jack Brabham. He built his own F1 car. He raced in the 60's and 70's I was very young, back then. Keep up the good work from Dave in Australia.

[@dylanzrim3635]

“Built his own” (with a kit purchased from lotus) Still props to him, dude was the first (and to my knowledge only) person to win a championship as the driver of a team named after himself

[@davidmolling9222]

@@dylanzrim3635 yes, I grew up watching him.

[@CallMeMavi]

I love how your sense of time is as well of as mine is. Timestamp around 6:00 This video posted in 2022.. COTA started in 2012 - 10 years from now.. -> "until they raced at cota a *few years back* last US GP before COTA was Indianapolis from 2000-2007 -> "they didnt race here in the last 10 years or something until [...]" very enjoyable video! excited to see people new to the sport becoming interested and all that :)

[@petert24turner71]

I liked the way you said you like baseball. I was privileged to see several games in the Kingdome in Seattle about a year b4 it was demolished. Loved the fireworks in the ceiling area.

[@anthonyw5261]

Definitely gonna check out original video. Bro, the more watch the more you'll enjoy 😉 🏎🏁

[@ChimozuFu]

Usually I get annoyed when people pause reactions videos a lot but I didn't with this one. You had a lot of great points and things to say. Great video

[@st520]

There are several videos with F1 and NASCAR drivers swapping cars for a few laps around a circuit. Jimmie Johnson and Fernando Alonso did it in 2018, as well as Tony Stewart and Lewis Hamilton in 2011

[@speedypete5445]

My brother worked for lotus and MacLaine making carbon fibre parts . He went on to develop a carbon fibre wheel for a F1 car . Because he was working a smaller firm and was ahead of the development and the big crews were behind they vetoed its introduction . I still have one at home

[@taebytae1]

My favorite random fact is when Charles leclerc won a race in monza (Ferrari home race) and ended Ferrari’s nine-year drought in front of the Tifosi in 2019

[@rickyferra5640]

man, I'm from Italy and every year I go to the Italian Gran Prix, and I tell you that you MUST go to a Gran Prix, it's an experience that you will remember it for the rest of your life.

[@werdnassorc8369]

Dude! G'Day from Oz. Don't forget we've got Bathurst coming up in early October. Last time time for anything Aussie built, next year, is full on Yankee branded racers, World series, HaHa. You'd fit in here, no worries, probs get ya self quite a few free beers. I'll shout ya a family size umbrella to keep the Drop Bears off, Lmao. Great Channel, Keep up the good work, we luv it

[@gwieser]

Hamilton's left hand on the top left of the steering wheel during starts is to block the gear shifter so that it cannot shift down accidentally.

[@JudasAyneela]

Exactly

[@petert24turner71]

I used to follow f1 intensely when younger, however with age things change, yes I'm still watching highlights.

[@danielmaas1827]

With regards to there being multiple races in the US, the reason that at I'm not a fan of that is that I'm afraid that F1 will become to Americanized (also considering the fact that it is owned by Liberty Media, a US company). With that I mean that it will become more about the show than about the sport. That being said, Texas has been on the calendar since 2012. Before that, Indianapolis was on the calendar from 2000 till 2007. I also don't know what the current "rules" are when it comes to number of races in a country, there used to be a rule that there could only be 1 race in a country. However, they circumvented this by adding for instance the European Grand Prix allowing there to be two races in Germany and later Spain for many years. Also, the San Marino Grand Prix allowed for two Grand Prix in Italy. Looking at the oldest driver to win an F1 race, in the early years of F1 (talking about 50's and 60's, it was more common that drivers were older. Fangio was for instance 46 years old when he won his 5th championship. With regards to the Ferrari being so good, rumors have it that the 2014 Mercedes was so good Mercedes were afraid that the FIA would introduce rules to slow them down. They therefore didn't race the car at it's full potential. And they still absolutely dominated that season winning all but 3 of 19 races. The following will probably get me a lot of criticism, but with regards to Schumacher and Hamilton winning 7 championships each: They only reason they both managed to do this, is that they both had cars that were extremely dominating. That is to me the biggest downside to F1. From time to time a team manages to build a car that is so much better than the other cars that it almost doesn't matter who is driving it. Don't get me wrong though, both of these drivers are amongst the greatest ever. A good example is mentioned in this video. In 2009 Jenson Button won the championship because the Brawn GP team had build a car that was dominating during the first half of the season (winning 6 out of the first 7 races) due to the double diffuser, a trick that many teams missed. Once the other teams managed to upgrade their cars and add a double diffuser themselves, Brawn GP fell back (winning only 2 races out of the remaining 10) and only won the championship due to the lead they had managed to build up during the first half of the season. Don't get me wrong, I've always been a fan of Button, but he wasn't good enough to be a world champion. Also, did you know that Jochen Rindt is the only driver to win the world championship posthumously. He passed away during a practice session at the Italian Grand Prix. By that time he had build up enough of a lead in the championship that he was still first by the end of the season even though he didn't race in the last 4 races of the season consisting of 13 races.

[@alexisborden3191]

1 Race per country was never a rule, there used to be 3 Grands Prix in the US in the 80s, at Long Beach, Detroit, Vegas, Dallas, mixed in and out.

[@CTFD13]

I'm not a fan of the Miami race being advertised as it was, Austin seems more on par with the other countries races, however... Even with 3 races in the US, the closest race to me, as a US citizen, is still Canada, and that is still a 10.5 hour drive for me, if I want to attend again. There's places in Europe that would put you within that driving distance of 4 or more tracks in a single season, so I'm a fan of more races in the US, particularly Indianapolis again.

[@themattschulz3984]

The Ferrari F2004 was the ultimate beast ... and it drove on grooved tyres back then, so it could go faster with slicks ... maybe even faster than modern F1, more topspeed for sure. Those V10 engines were brutal

[@lowrangemaniac5326]

About the fact of the Nascar, there's also the european championship of Nascar, named EuroNascar... They have the same rules of the american Nascar, but the cars have slightly smaller engine, still V8, and they're setup to make corners way better than the american Nascar's cars

[@dorlaretz5901]

their

[@lowrangemaniac5326]

@@dorlaretz5901 ? It's "they are", not "their"

[@Kris_T_]

I'm a Brit, and I have no problem with 3 USA races. Take the Euro leg for example, we have Silverstone (UK), Paul Ricard (France), Spa (Belguim), Zandvoort (Netherlands), Monaco etc. and all these circuits are within a day's drive of eachother. It's much easier on the logistics teams, compared to 'fly away' races. And it gives spectators options. Thousands of brits attend European races, Spa is particularly popular with uk f1 fans. So given the size of America, having flown the entire circus over the pond, it makes sense to have a few races. To give the teams a break from international flying (& jetlag), and to give more American fans access to races. If you live in Maine or Washington, it's a long way to COTA in Texas.

[@Hammerhead547]

Fun Fact: When a new driver at the 1967 Belgian Grand Prix asked Sir Jackie Stewart how too take a specific high speed corner he wss told "aim for the tree on the left side of the corner if you want too hit the apex".

[@sorscha6590]

3:31 Spa-Francorchamps used to be 9mi(14.45km)long from 1925to 1939, then they shortened it abit to 8.7mi(14.1km)from 1946 to1970, and 1979 it became the circuit as we know today of at 4.3mi(7km)long. In between Belgium had 3 other F1 circuits.

[@joseespinoza2687]

To our defense a lot of the European races take place geographically very close to one another. UK to the tip of Italy for example is like half the distance than from the East to West coast. If you look at it that way, it sort of make sense.

[@lepone2317]

A good Adelaide race for you to watch is the 1986 race. A final race-battle for the drivers championship between Nelson Piquet, Nigel Mansell, Alain Prost and future 3 time world champion Ayrton Senna, who was driving, at the time, the most powerful F1 car of the 80s Turbo Era: the mighty Lotus 98T. Powered by a turbocharged 1.5 liter Renault V6 engine that, in qualifying trim, produced over 1,240 horsepower! The race itself has its share of drama, as well. Definitely recommend that race for you to watch highlights of

[@PresidentScrooge]

Fun Fact: Michael Jackson was also a worldwide known Whiskey Expert. And if you enjoy abandoned locations, look up the olympic winter games in Bosnia and what happened to the location. Its pretty much grown into nature.

[@julianbarber4708]

I loved the Valencia GP track, and was quite successful there....on the computer.

[@alexandersmith7777]

The indy 500 used to be an f1 race between 1950 to 1960

[@senor-achopijo3841]

The Valencia Street Circuit (the one in ruins) was made in order to launder some money. It caused quite a controversy once that was revealed.

[@mattyt5605]

Regarding Lewis Hamilton, a lot of this year's performance is on the car. Mercedes was really struggling with the new regulations at the start of the year, but they seemed to have really turned the corner. Lewis should be back in title contention next year. And I'm saying this while not being a Hamilton fan.

[@rasmuswi]

Early in his racing career, Jean Alesi (i think) got stuck in his car because he had no clue how to undo his seat belt. After that, he INSISTED on buckling up his seat belt alone. If anyone tried to help him with the seat belt, he would IMMEDIATELY jump out of the car and start all over again!

[@nelsondawson9706]

TBH I don't think Vegas will work. And the rivalry between Lauda and Hunt I heard was awesome

[@juliusfucik4011]

The regulation changes have caught Mercedes on the back foot. If the regulations had continued unchanged, I think Lewis could have very well gotten his 8th title in this year. Lewis definitely has not lost any of his speed. He has some good years left. PS. As long as the racing is good, any country should have a race. More populated countries can have more races. However, I think we should stick to a maximum of 20 races per year.

[@dylanzrim3635]

Last years car was still very much derived from michael Schumacher’s final Mercedes, and even that original chassis took a few years to get up front

[@Kaimax61]

Their "zero" sidepods was a damn failure.

[@Seban420]

he did last year ;) he is leading the chart with 8 for a year now

[@reedhero6862]

Lewis could already have had 8 if it wasn’t for Nico

[@ZG0002]

@@reedhero6862 I'd personally blame Massi for him not having the 8th

[@IkerBCN]

17:50 There is a bit of history behind that circuit, which is a shame for us in Spain. It was built by the autonomous government of Valencia, which was corrupt at the time and they spent 300 million euros just to leave it a few years later.

[@silasb1982]

Günther Steiner also worked as technical director for RB Nascar team. He even moved to North Carolina

[@ChaufMT]

Fun fact: the Ferrari F2004 development. Ferrari tested it and it was a second faster then the previous car. They changed the timers, they disassembled the car. They could not believe it was that much faster.

[@JasperPijfers]

about the they didn't race in the us for a while until a few years back, they have been racing at cota since 2012, before that they raced at Indianapolis from 2000-2007. In the past they have also raced on the streets of phoenix for a few years and at watkins glen for about 20 years

[@jenniferharrison8915]

Very interesting, love facts, thanks! 👍

[@Steve0272.]

With the size of the US its reasonable to argue for 2 races , but in reality it comes down to tapping into a new marketplace for financial gain ... it is what it is

[@blek_5463]

The old F1 logo before 2017 is literally my childhood

[@Matt09pearce]

Perspective is a great channel! Well worth following if you love F1

[@DeathToTheDictators]

I think it's smart USA gets 3 races, since it's growing so much there(go where the money is)....but i think they should let Andretti form the 11th team, since there's all the extra US revenue coming in.

[@janzumstein8241]

It's definitely NOT SMART. To have 3 races there. 13% of the races will be in the US and that's just way to much. The excuse of "but the US is such a big country and F1 is really growing there!" is stupid. A country deserves 1 GP per year. If the US really want more, they should race of decent race tracks and not street circuits (which we already have way too many) where the layout is defined by, where are the most visited and famous places in the city. If they have decent race tracks for F1, okay, go race there, but not on these street circuits. Also, with 3 races in the US, F1 is way too much reliant on the US. They should really just race on good tracks. Replace Miami with Kyalami and Vegas with Germany. And they should safe Spa.

[@emma-xo1wh]

Maybe if the tracks were good. It's just flashy American bs. By all means, if they were going to use real race tracks or build a decent circuit but we're losing amazing tracks for boring racing

[@Obi-WanKannabis]

1986 Australian GP at Adelaide was the craziest season ender (well at least untill last season), please watch teh highlights, it was the perfect end to a great season.

[@user-po2rf1ds4p]

how is Nigel Mansell not winning the championship because his tyre blew a perfect end of the season?

[@nicoladc89]

Gilles Villeneuve in 1981 took 2 hours and 25 minutes to travel from Montecarlo to Maranello (435 km) with his Ferrari 308gts, stopping for petrol. Then he thought it would take too long and bought the helicopter, but since he couldn't read the instruments on board, he piloted the helicopter following the route of the highways. Ferrari gave Leclerc the SF90 with which he won at Spa in 2019. Valentino Rossi never drove so fast in a F1 car, his best was in 2008 at Mugello with a lap time a little less than 2 seconds slower than Raikkonen. A good time, but not good enough to compete in the World Championship. And that's the reason why he didn't become a F1 driver, he wasn't good enough to win. But yes, Ferrari really thought about hiring him as a driver. Anyway Valentino won 7 times the Monza Rally Show, 1 time the Gulf 12 Hours and now is a driver in the GT World Challenge Europe and he's the only one MotoGP world champions to win a Suzuka 8 hours. P.S. John Surtees won both MotoGP and F1 world championships. Mike Hailwood raced in F1 (with 2 podiums), in the Le Mans 24 hours (3 podiums) and won 9 MotoGP world championship and 1 F2 world championship. Someone once said "who does not have enough talent for two wheels uses four".

[@PHDarren]

2011 Canadian Grand Prix (the racing part) is one you have to see the highlights (link below), it was one of those unbelievable races you might encounter in an F1 comic book story, it started behind the safety car because of the rain, this is from the rolling start after the safety car went in - kzbin.info/www/bejne/eH2VlIOHarFnh9k

[@iDropPhats]

To be fair, the US is such a big country that we can hold multiple grand prix’s in totally different areas. Miami by the coast, Austin in the south, Las Vegas in the desert city. There could be even more tbh

[@hoapham7389]

Random internet comment here: I like your reasonable take on 3 races on one country. Very non biased.

[@magnusmunch2116]

6:12. COTA (The usa Grand pix) have been hold since 2012 in Austin Texas

[@imetzl9340]

F1 raced at Indy up to 2007, and have been racing at COTA in TX since 2012. The 2022 season saw them add the Miami race, and for 2023 theyre adding Las Vegas. So its not quite going from 0 races to 3 here. But I see your POV

[@danigonzalez4299]

Adelaide 1990, you can't miss 1986. The DRAMA is resumed there.

[@blommaertbart3224]

Top Auto sports as well as "top yachting" (such as the Americas cup) need 3 main ingredients: 1.)The absolute latest Technology + 2.) The best of the best in personnel and drum roll .... : 3.) The largest capital funding. Yes money money money and lots of it. Where better to be than in the USA for that last magical ingredient?

[@betaich]

Us races in the last 2 decades: Indianapolis 2000 -2007 Austin 2012-2019, obvious reason for not in 2020 and than again in 2021 and this year also Miami

[@KzS_Guenther_Luetjens]

If you are interested in old tracks, then search for real live dashcam drives on them. Examples are Deutschlandring, Old Hockenheim 30's and 60's-2000's layout, Bremgarten, Feldbergring. The Targa Florio is still fully driveable. I don't know how much of the Battenbergring still exists. Or take a look at the old Spa they used till the 70's. There is so much out of there. I loved seeing this videos and then happily found downloads for Assetto Corsa and can drive them, closely to how it felt, to race on it.

[@ElMundoDeHadesOK]

if im not wrong the F1 USGP has been running since 1958 in Riverside... then 1959 it was held in Sebring, 60 in Riverside again, from 1961 all the way to 1980 it was held in Watkins Glen, then in Phoenix 89 to 91, then, following many unpaid debts... it was NOT held for 9 years until 2000 when it started being held in Indianapolis all the way to 2007 ((if you haven't reacted to it yet.. you SHOULD check Indianapolis 2005)), then it wasn't until 2012 that another US race was held, since in 2008 the IMS and F1 couldn't agree on the terms. And.. it has been held ever since in Austin, in COTA.. except for.. 2020 because of the pandemic..

[@Obi-WanKannabis]

f1 had 3 races per season in the 1980s too. I don't think it's crazy since it's a huge country. Though I do not want historic circuits to be removed either. There is a clear happy medium to be found.

[@garfinkelc11]

On the topic of the US having 3 races, it's worth pointing out that those races are geographically further apart than a lot of the races in europe. Its a 3 1/2 hour drive from Spa to Zandvoort, less than 200 miles; the drive from the Las Vegas Strip to the Miami Autodrome is 37 hours and over 2500 miles, for the purposes of being a world sport they might as well be different countries. Even if you go by population, the US has 328M people and 3 races, the EU has 447M people and 7 races. If that were to be proportional the US should have 5 races. In which case I'd love to see Watkins Glen come back for a northeast race, and Long Beach for the West Coast

[@sergiogiacomosammartano7623]

Even though I am European, I am totally fine with having up to 3 races in the US next year, after all it's a very big country with a lot of people getting interested in the sport right now and with a lot of economical and business potential for the future. Furthermore, there have been some pretty terrible entries in the F1 calendar, in the past recent years (Saudi Arabia, Paul Ricard... to mention just a couple), so I have no issues if those will be swapped for a few more American races! What I am NOT really happy about is the choice of these last two US entries... Maiami and Las Vegas: both street circuits, with narrow tracks and quite uninspiring layouts. Why, Formula 1? Why not choosing some of the other AWESOME race tracks available in the US soil??? Racing in places like Sebring, Laguna Seca, Road Atalanta, Sanoma... they all are sooo damn good!!! And yet, the F1 management has chosen glamour over proper racing. This, I cannot really understand, nor I can look forward into. -_- That said, I can only be happy that F1 is finally getting the attention it deserves among US motor race enthusiasts. It's an awesome sport, with a lot of history, and tons of nuances, technicalities and many other things to like about! So, to all the American fans, welcome onboard!! :D

[@ammarisrar2005]

the US GP has been on the calendar since 2012 I believe when COTA had been built but before that, the US Grand Prix had been held at the Indy Motor Speedway and before that, it was held in Watkins Glen, Phoenix, Detroit, and Las Vegas that come to mind although the ones mentioned afterwards were classic raced from the 70s, 80s, and 90s.

[@croatiaboy11]

17:15 the trackside start sequence you watched was from valencia there

[@RamaAlonso]

You should see more of Fangio's history !

[@abramcastillo4121]

Actually the US has been apart of F1 sense 1908, but it wasn’t just in circuit of the Americas because you also had for example in 2007 with the US Grand Prix being held on the famous indi500 track using the infield portion of the circuit.

[@adampetten5349]

Kimis win also made him the winningest Finn. 1. Kimi Raikkonen 21 wins 2. Mika Hakkinen 20 wins 3. Valtteri Bottas 10 wins 4. Keke Rosberg 6 wins 5. Heikke Kovalainen 1 win

[@Parax77]

In the olden days Circuits used to be much much longer.. like Pescara at 25km or le mans at 14km. now spa is the longest remaining circuit.. long circuits are not good for grandstand spectating or the number of TV cameras required.. in the 80's and 90's they used to have to rely on helicopters to get TV coverage of the "forest sections" of Hockenheim and spa..

[@marcusfranconium3392]

60s 70s and 80s where the peak of F1 , where driver plus car made the difference . also a time that the seasons didnt end with the same number or same drivers they started with . and they had a lot fewer races per season all including training between : 1950 to 1970 7-10 races 1970 -1980 11-17 races 1980-2000 14-15 races 2000-2022 17-22 races Deaths by decade : 1950 15 1960 14 1970 12 1980 4 1990 2 2000 2 2010 3 2020 0 A total of 52 fatalities not counting

[@DenUitvreter]

They had fewer races otherwise the drivers couldn't attend the funerals of their collegues.

[@marcusfranconium3392]

@@DenUitvreter well that should have taken that long there was verry little to burry as they where cremated at the track .

[@justingable7270]

The 2014 USGP was run at Cota on the same day Nascar was at Texas for the 2014 fall race. The race where the #2 car bulldozes through the #24. Jeff didn't leave a hole.

[@Thewhitetile]

Fun Fact about Max. His dad was an F1 driver and his mom was also a very accomplished racing driver. He is the only kid that the two had before they divorced. His dad now has a number of other kids with his second wife. I believe the youngest is only a few years old. Its like he had the perfect combination of his 2 parents being amazing drivers before him.

[@bt99]

That's not right, he's having a sister from the same parents. She's 2 years younger called Victoria Verstappen

[@ZG0002]

Fun fact he is also a horrible person and wasn't a great F1 driver.

[@sward0483]

Driver ability absolutely factors into it. Doesn't matter how fast a car is if the driver can't get everything out of it. That being said, I kinda feel weird about Hamilton having that tying record. That merc has just been MILES ahead of everyone else for the entirety of the hybrid era. It really wasn't until last year that someone finally caught up to them. Vettel you could argue something similar, but that car was actually slower then it's competition. Adrian Newey is just a genius and what it lost in power and top speed etc, it made up for with the aero package and allowed Vettel to just monster that thing around corners

[@houseking9211]

2:40 another thing about Lewis is that he's very resiliant, he didn't win all of his championships in one string like most drivers, he has had spurts of wins Also for adelaide footage here's a 1990 ferrari onboard kzbin.info/www/bejne/hWOVdmuijcudjMk And here's a battle between senna and mansel in 92 kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3KteoJjZdVjn68

[@bobateacuber7646]

He did win most of his championships in a string though. Excluding 2008, his only break was 2016 where his teammate did and he came second…

[@FormulaPenguin483]

If you like old tracks out of use, I suggest Solitude in Germany(currently an actual road) and Clermont-Ferrand in France. The latter also has some history from the 70s.