Willy T Ribbs: Motorsport's Black Pioneer Full Documentary | The first black man to drive an F1 car

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A profile of Willy T Ribbs, the first black man to drive a Formula One car and the first black Indy 500 driver. Inspired by few, inspiration to many, he helped break down the colour barrier in American Motorsport.
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[@archibaldchimpin]

I followed Willy t all the way through his career from formula Ford,through to Indy, the man is a legend.

[@BaronDeRothschild]

"Uppity"... If your from America you know what is meant by that. Willy is a fearless one.

[@TerribleFire]

Have a lot of time and respect for Willy. Hes a real person.

[@curiosity3365]

Naw, Willy's an android.

[@boxingtechniquevideos5755]

@@curiosity3365 no his a ginger bread

[@alwishy2696]

The documentary on Netflix is amazing

[@jos3ph471]

Which one?

[@OGLifeJapan]

@@jos3ph471 it’s called “Uppity”

[@nastystew6942]

This guy was my hero when he qualified for indy 500 in 92!

[@LeeePowers]

I had his trading card back in the day.

[@davidjones8680]

Really enjoyed watching this, he is a real character for sure.

[@markredacted8547]

How anyone can dislike this video is beyond me. This was spectacularly made and such a journey, from where it started with Willy, to the now with Lewis to the unknown but hopefully better future because of all involved.

[@bbnCRLB]

Probably those that wrote those letters.

[@JDYTC]

Perhaps because they did not expect to watch a freaking video call. And perhaps because they did not expect to see so much Hamilton fanboyism. And perhaps because they did not expected to see so much BLM bullshit. Perhaps because they expected to see an actual documentary about Ribbs and not a video call interview about Hamilton. Perhaps because they are just really disappointed with this video that is not a documentary.

[@loutrec4375]

@@JDYTC have we even watched the same thing?

[@DR3ADER1]

Because Ribbs is a vile murderer? I don't know.

[@fxui]

@@JDYTC you are tripping man what were you on when saying this

[@mountainman6172]

Love this and going to watch this when I get home.... Ted Kravitz is all around well versed and is the right person to cover people with different background and path. That James Brown soundtrack is the icing on the cake.

[@Law9652]

How's he the right person for it?

[@CricketEngland]

What Ted don’t know about F1 ain’t worth knowing, because he always makes sure he does his homework

[@CricketEngland]

@@Law9652 so who would you do it then?

[@Law9652]

@@CricketEngland I mean how does he come from a different background. Middle class, went to Exeter, then had a career in journalism.

[@mountainman6172]

@@Law9652 His presentation and personality makes him very relatable.

[@oftengone]

Yes it's annoying to make everything about race, but Willy T is a true hero. He was threatened to be killed in America just because he was successful and black. He just wanted to enjoy racing like the rest of us. Living in a hostile environment is never nice...So if you're frustrated because you don't like him for whatever reason, try to understand the context. Thank you everyone

[@PotholesInMyLawn]

The truth should not be annoying... It should be a reminder that if we are not vigilant we can return to a place far worst then just talk. We can choose to look forward without looking back... and ignore the roads we have once travelled. But history is one of those things that can go both back and forward. To know where you want to go... you have to know where you have already been. If you don't, you may find yourself back where you started.

[@DR3ADER1]

Ribbs is NOT a hero, he is a diva and a murderer who intentionally decapitated a corner marshal by running him over with his indycar in Vancouver back in 1990. He belongs in a hole if you ask me or anyone with a brain or actual historical experience with Motorsport. Willy is more of a disgrace and the personification of an egotistical driver.

[@n01r3ux3]

@@DR3ADER1 all racecar drivers are all egotistical where do you think they get the balls to drive that fast. You have to have some degree or God complex

[@carltonbanks5470]

He doesn't make everything about race. The people who continuously sabotaged and denied him did. Just like for countless other black people who are simply trying to pursue happiness like all human beings.

[@maliwilliams7262]

Only the TRUE "INFERIOR" make it an "ISSUE"!!

[@Saahir5894]

Great interview, Willy is such a cool guy! Love his stories

[@donaldtracey4541]

Great interview Ted . Love it . Respect Ted for bring this .

[@donaldtracey4541]

@Teo Vokes 03 Yes it can be , if you watch it with emotion .

[@donaldtracey4541]

@Teo Vokes 03 wasn't having a dig at you . Just that our emotion can sometimes blind us .

[@donaldtracey4541]

@Teo Vokes 03 No worries . Respect .

[@Commander-McBragg]

Willy’s battles with Scott Pruett in TransAm were absolutely epic. One of the best American racing feuds of all time. I drove in a support series to TransAm in SCCA, so I saw Willy a lot. He was Muhammad Ali on wheels. Nobody had ever outwardly gotten into their competitors’ heads like that before! The elitist racers weren’t hip to it, but real racers were. Willy had serious respect as a driver. I wish there were a lot more of him in racing. He was awesome in Gurney’s Toyotas.

[@ja263]

Wow, this was so inspiring. What a legend !!!

[@marcianodemidof7135]

Willy T Ribbs🙏. Great interview Ted.

[@MazMaslin]

Ted delivers the best content for SkySportsF1. Thanks Ted!!

[@thegingaman]

Ted is one of the reasons I have sky F1 and Martin of course !

[@rigsbyrigged1831]

Thank you for this, Ted.

[@B4dd3r5]

Someone should put Willy in the current Mercedes W11, see what he makes of it. I'd watch that.

[@markredacted8547]

only if he's miked up 🤣 poor man will be sore afterwards, but I am sure it would be absolutely worth it

[@jamesbraun9842]

@@markredacted8547 He would be ok, probably start out driving slow but he'd be good.

[@cashonlyfatal]

Awesome Documentary!

[@victor9]

Well Lewis is now 7 time world champion. The dream goes on!

[@StephenBoyd21]

A great interview with a truly inspiring figure. Telling it like it, not what he thinks people want to hear.

[@mollyl.wiltshire9175]

Willy T stating the fact that Lewis is standing up and speaking out for what is right and good for humanity, not for his own financial gain and quite likely to his own detriment 💪💪💪💪👊🏻👊🏻

[@SIGMAMAN69]

True

[@k____5697]

Would be great if you could interview Willy, Lewis and his dad together. #pioneers

[@JuiceSkyy]

@Sky Sports F1 ... make this happen

[@Malc664]

@@JuiceSkyy Yes, next Austin race would be perfect.

[@wesr31]

willy ribbs is amazing. he's too great, i aspire to be as good as he is. on and off track.

[@rickslick730]

Thanks guys! I remember Willy T Ribbs when I was a kid

[@jt1731]

Willy is a living legend.

[@juanito10025]

Thanks, Sky sports for putting this out there. Wish we could get Sky sports in America.

[@lewishamiltonwdc4276]

Legend him and Lewis

[@DebbiSmithDC]

No comparison-leave Lewis out of it.

[@B-SPEQ-BE]

Wow, what a real intelligent and versed gentleman in his craft. I've watched F1 for years and it was only a decade or so later that i had some semblance of this titan in his sport . Just goes to show that money can't buy everything. Just like with Lewis, a massive talent, but he was just too good for his competition . Great examination of this proud great man.

[@bbnCRLB]

This is what most people don't understand. As a black person you spend time trying to break unnecessary barriers while others are putting in this time to better themselves. You need to be perfect a black person to be accepted. Look at Obama for instance, the man was judged on/by anything. And along came Trump and all of a sudden the standard was lowered. Lewis Hamilton is criticized for anything that other drivers do and get away with.

[@oftengone]

This is a sport controlled by white elites. They're just living their lives and that's ok but they will never truly understand

[@PotholesInMyLawn]

Spot on BBN Spot on brah!

[@alextavoularis8761]

@@oftengone No, no my friend. I disagree. The problem is that THEY UNDERSTAND, but THEY LIKE the situation. Btw I'm caucasian but I have to say the truth.

[@DR3ADER1]

What is this incoherent nonsense? Ribbs was a murderer who decapitated a marshal because he was an impotent, egotistical wannabe bully. Who squandered the good faith and generosity of Paul Newman and Danny Sullivan because he viewed himself as someone that he wasn't - a good driver.

[@boredstudent]

I saw the documentary on Netflix about Willy T Ribbs. That guy is awesome.

[@LtheDetective]

Thanks Sky Sports. Willy is one of my heroes of motorsports

[@Jenny-eg3uh]

This video is underrated >.>

[@surreallife777]

Trans Am racing from the 1980s to the 1990s was great. I recorded a lot of the races on disc, and Willie is in a lot of them. A really great intelligent driver.😊

[@mrcoal69]

he's a true inspiration to motorsport

[@SIFWD1]

"One thing that blew me away was how much fighting they do, a couple of beers man and the fist started swinging" hahaha - A real nice, charismatic and cool dude. Good job TK and Sky Sports.

[@rodneysteele7493]

Great interview

[@jsmith8219]

What a remarkable racer, so humble but so smart 👍

[@theworldismyoyster1]

Fabulous interview!

[@41BOT]

I am big fan of Willy T. Ribbs, a fan of Lewis Hamilton. I am also big fan of Thomas Sowell.

[@johnkenny5376]

A fantastic documentary & well worth a watch 👍

[@lewishamiltonwdc4276]

Respect

[@Somethingnow1]

You can really hear the sadness in his voice when talking about ali towards the end. He really lost a friend. This is very inspiring.

[@steeler4an]

You Can Never Forget Greatness,Skillz an Courage ✊🏿

[@andyracksthecams]

Will watch this on the big screen and not on the phone. Thanks.

[@davekoffman1000]

Excellent documentary and great job by Ted, as usual.

[@thegingaman]

Just watching this on Sky before the Bahrain GP, he seems a real sound and humous guy. Odd people have thumbed this video down.

[@curiosity3365]

Great choice of opening song; really respectful.

[@teneshaanderson4761]

Thanks Ted this was great

[@PotholesInMyLawn]

Wow this was awesome!

[@raisin39]

Man I love that Ali story but yours is matching. I know how you feel. I made go carts when I was kid and dreamed of racing. You were never alone in the car you drove, just like Lewis you have a new fan list and I'm on it. Can I go jogging someday with you? Greatest! I was at Sugar Ray's retirement in Baltimore. Ali was there ran climbed over stairs to walk along side of him. I had my hand on his shoulder yelling out " Ali" We are all racers....

[@alfonzocurry8035]

Awesome job Ted!! Willy you know what you mean to us. Enuff Respect!!

[@sebastiank.5137]

Willy T Ribbs is the man, I like his attitude.

[@TrueMexico]

Brilliant! It's a shame this important and interesting documentary has so few views compared to the channel average. I guess that's why so much F1 content is gimmicky and shallow, that's what get's the clicks.

[@downshiftpedal]

Great message. Thanks Ted

[@331paul]

Thank you for this.

[@francis121826]

I remember watching IMSA with Willy T. Ribbs and Scott Pruett. I was in my early teens and loved the racing. I had no Idea what Willy was dealing with.

[@amsterdamG2G]

Wow , i never heard of him before while watching F1 since the late 80s

[@andyfim]

Great respect! Thanks so much for this video! Amazing...

[@kevinlewis3037]

One of my racing heros

[@ittanbantan]

Why have I not heard about this man before today Saturday the seventh of May twenty twenty two...dam...had to spell that out.

[@mollyl.wiltshire9175]

thank you!

[@thebolsta]

I was in a club in Soho and Dizzy Gillespie was playing... Ted - No reaction It was open while 3 am... Ted - Wow

[@gijgij4541]

Now watch the film of his life, Uppity - I bought it on KZbin. What a man.

[@sikalalu]

very nice, thank you 👍

[@87leeb]

Is this the documentary Karum recommended during Miami practice?

[@dannyjohnson8662]

I thought the music sound track was a bit stereotypical of this gentleman

[@mremre6701]

Hamilton needs a one to one ✌🏾✌🏾✌🏾

[@oftengone]

Willy T!

[@omarmedani7522]

Great stuff

[@adamsmith3254]

What a top bloke

[@joshuatall8165]

He's my cuzzin and I'm proud of h I whould love to meet him one day!!

[@curiosity3365]

It was sad that at the 14:20 timestamp he didn't credit his dad for mentorship and leadership. That's a fierce and conspicuous distinction between Willy and Lewis amongst knowledgeable black men.

[@ronaspinall1742]

A true Man 👍

[@MrGloryglorymanutd18]

Senna is the GOAT in F1 but overall I think there's to many great drivers to say whose the GOAT.

[@lamecasimmons6188]

Hi Willie. Mother if Thomas Reid's daughter. Brenda's friend. Met you once. Have a blessed life.

[@Moke_one_kanobi]

I watched Willy shock the world when he won the Indy 500. To see the racism in the United States and the lack of racism access the country should be a big wake up call to Americans.

[@EyesUp1]

Love Willy T.

[@skeleguns10oooooo10]

He is racing in the SRX series

[@lindakaylopez611]

I loved it!!!

[@drivin379]

I wanna know why he chicken out at Charlotte in nascar ...BUT IM GLAD YOU DID WILLY THAT OPEND DOOR FOR DALE EARNHARDT

[@chrislj2005]

Ended up talking Lewis Hamilton. Was never a fan but he's won me over. That's Lewis for you. As much on track and even more off.

[@wintermoonlight666]

Nearly 10% of people disliking the video (8/99). Wonder how they fit into the theme behind this video...

[@erelpc]

Some people are just hard to please.

[@donaldtracey4541]

Yes , that 10% is not a member of the Human family .

[@donaldtracey4541]

@bsrlbck2013 That's not really important to me how many people like or dislike . I like it , even if I'm the only one . "Believe" is for those who don't Know!!

[@donaldtracey4541]

@bsrlbck2013 My comment is what it is , a comment if you have issue with it , that's your problem . For me the matter is Closed There is many more comments for you to focus on .

[@christinemccaskill1230]

Willy T ribbs the last of the great Willy's

[@jdogg4495]

Shocking this only has 14k views 2many racing fans missing out on a great story

[@rhyscondones]

we dgaf if ur first or last, just enjoy the vid m8

[@rottieshepcalibre9156]

food ready.. comfortable... SHOWTIME

[@BillyGoatBoy]

14:53 says a lot about England 👍

[@marcusgotti8231]

SALUTE!! real guy!!

[@carlo9524]

God made him the way he was.

[@MSimmonsAZ]

Watch Uppity about Willy T.

[@itspedrolo]

Sharl 'Chuck' Legrerg. Good job baby.

[@captainjosue]

LEWIS HAMILTON is always known as F1 world champion. Willy T Ribbs is always remembered as the first BLACK driver. LEWIS HAMILTON is NEVER, EVER, not once EVER known as the first black F1 driver or first black F1 world champion. But if Lewis Hamilton was American here in America his skin color would matter. And that is the major difference. In America your skink color matters.

[@alexbernadina3082]

for me Danny Ongais was the first black F1driver

[@slylockdefox246]

Ted is uncomfortable talking about race but I commend him. Uppity: Both! Ted... Yea it bin would've bin would've bin would've bin wouldn't it? 😂

[@krazykkarl]

Why do so many similar movies come out so close together?

[@mj0230]

What a guy. A massive shame that Sky felt the need to put 'Black' in the title, attributing some of this guys success to his race. This guy did everything off his own back, inspiring.

[@gdogg3710]

Is this the same one on Netflix, or a new one?

[@Mista-V]

A new one. The documentary on Netflix is more detailed.

[@discodavid26]

Great interview but would off liked to hear Willy talk more about his current feelings on bill Crosby (probably very mixed) and the terrible accident involving him at a Indy car street race where a marshal trying to push a different stalled car got hit by Willy and killed …… how much was his fault? …… how much was indycar officials/safety standards to blame?…… and did it kill his career momentum in Indy cars although he made the Indy 500 a few years after did it cost him full season drives?

[@discodavid26]

Whatever Willy answers-to my above questions are..... he is a grade A human being …… I was aware previously of Willy due to my love off indycar books but probably as they were written by a white American writer I picked up on his “uppity” semi aggressive nature through their words and wasn’t 100% sure on him …… but hearing him in person I cannot believe more people in motorsport didn’t give him a shot.

[@kabelotshita4510]

Someone is gonna misinterpret this and cause an issue like always

[@DR3ADER1]

Tell me with a sane mind how someone can misinterpret a murderer who crushed the head of a corner marshal and was known amongst many teams to be a massive diva and manchild that he couldn't be trusted with a drive even if he tried?

[@jakemorandthemomoz8154]

Isn't the white guy that guy who has fear of riciardo milos

[@waynebynoe99]

HEY! IN THE CARIBBEAN!! THIS I DO KNOW FOR SURE! [ONE HAS TO B VERY SHARP!! TO DRIVE FAST!!! & THE ROADS CAN B VERY NARROW!! STOP SIGNS DON'T ALWAYS SURVIVE!! & RED LIGHTS BETTER BEHAVE!! IF I HAD TO SEARCH FOR THOSE CHARACTERISTICS THAT MAKE A REALLY! GREAT DRIVER!! MOST LIKELY! THE AREA WOULD B A FITTING SEARCH! JUST SAYING!!