The Craziest F1 Finish Ever

[@NavF1]

Instantly knew this would be about Monaco '82. Honestly that race felt like an F1 open lobby where the challenge is to finish P2

[@ishaklemfadel5055]

Were you alive for it?

[@markschroder4523]

Well it also could have been Monaco '96 which was an equally strange finish

[@schneeweedchen9220]

These special occasions ('82, '96,..) when monaco produced an instant classic are reason enough for me to want this track to stay on the calendar.

[@VaticalliX]

and hey, they kept the TV cameras on the action! (unlike last year)

[@mrbungle3310]

​​@@schneeweedchen9220 but the sport is more predictable nowdays...this race had one real finisher,the rest basically didnt cross the line but it still has more finishers on paper than Monaco 96

[@namenamename390]

3:36 I love that marshall. He's signalling him that he's leading the race by just showing one finger. Walker actually pointed that out in his commentary.

[@ihathtelekinesis]

He did, but I think marshals would sometimes show that the track is slippery from rain by pointing to the sky as well as putting out the red and yellow flag. That could be what's actually going on here.

[@namenamename390]

@@ihathtelekinesis That would actually make more sense lol

[@simoneghilardini5211]

"NUMERO UNO!"

[@brimal_rage]

its the debris flag, the times Ive been told about it they mention rain and pointing the flag like a triangle towards the sky to indicate rain, but pointing with a finger would also work.

[@namenamename390]

@@brimal_rage The striped red/yellow flag warns drivers of a slippery surface. This can mean rain, oil and, as you've mentioned debris.

[@NavF1]

Renault engines blowing up. A tradition. From 1982 to 2022.

[@chime8727]

Long may it continue.

[@zTeaTheCoffee]

more like 1902 to 2022

[@ev06863]

A fourty year tradition must be upheld!

[@Armageddon_71]

Traditions.

[@y_fam_goeglyd]

I don't usually feel too sorry for Fred, but he didn't deserve that. He looked devastated, and that's not nice. Though some would say that it happening in Singapore was rather deliciously ironic, I am not thinking that. However, the curse of the anniversary/birthday/other celebration race struck again! You look through the history of important races in most drivers' careers and they rarely end well. A few outliers, but more often than not, they go out through no fault of their own. When I knew it was his 350th, I thought a) congrats, that's no mean feat* and b) you poor sod. *With Liberty/F1 adding races left right and centre, a rookie starting next year need only do 10 years to reach 240 races (Max hit 158 on Sunday!). Given how young most start these days - early 20s at most, a 15-20 year career is going to become a _lot_ more common. 20 years without missing a race (assuming nothing changes) will be 480 races! 15 years for 360. That's probably the most likely outcome. I don't know off the top of my head how many Lewis has done, but it's got to be a lot already, and he seems rejuvenated and ready to go for another few years - even a possible 5 more has been quoted by Toto!

[@Nitro55555]

1982. An F1 season that had some of the craziest races and most competitive teams, yet marred by horrific accidents and political bullshit.

[@jackthorton10]

1982… the 80s has well and truly arrived, and the era of excess was just about to burst at the seams

[@crusherbmx]

A giant train wreck...but I couldn't stop watching!

[@clipobserver]

Maybe the whole season should be covered

[@jackthorton10]

@@clipobserver Agreed

[@austinreed5805]

1982 Monaco and 1996 Monaco are just hysterical races. One has one of the craziest endings ever while the other has one of the craziest races ever.

[@sohamsengupta6470]

This feels like the F1 equivalent of the 1904 olympic marathon

[@jackthorton10]

Just someone, for gods sake, cross the line

[@sad8140]

Josh, would love you to cover the full story of Didier Pironi one of these days. It's quite a tale. Also - man, was 1982 a depressing year. Easily the worst in my memory.

[@eggselent9814]

But still arguably the best ever F1 season

[@sad8140]

@@eggselent9814 You're right in that it was certainly interesting and extremely competitive. But when I think of 1982, I think of how devastating it was to lose Gilles. Never mind Paletti's horrible death, Pironi's career ending accident, the driver strike, the Vegas debacle...

[@eggselent9814]

@@sad8140 I mean its the most eventful ever. 11 winners in 16 races, legendary races and drivers, the battle between Turbos and naturally aspirated cars, Scandals, Death, Danger, Politics, Drama and a completely surpising winner.

[@sad8140]

@@eggselent9814 It would make for quite a mini series (too much happening for a single movie!)

[@eggselent9814]

@@sad8140 Agreed

[@kevinn1158]

This was one of the first races I watched. LOL. Unfortunately, I started watching several races before Gilles crashed and died. Being Canadian, Gilles was becoming a really big name and then that crash happened. The 70s, 80s and early 90s were crazy. De crasherez, and Hunt constantly ripping his driving up.... Hunt never suffered a fool. I miss him too.

[@TheBrainSpecialist]

We're all in this ridiculous situation where we're all waiting for a winner to come past and we don't seem to be getting one! Man what I wouldn't give to watch James Hunt rip into modern F1, RIP

[@LotusMan1991]

Can you imagine James Hunt and Abu Dhabi 2021?

[@hazy33]

Yup, he'd absolutely detest DRS.

[@benjamincook8479]

Ah the race that led to my favourite piece of comentary from James Hunt Well, we've got this ridiculous situation where we're all sitting by the start-finish line waiting for a winner to come past, and we don't seem to be getting one

[@drewmah8735]

The joys of being a lap ahead of the field even when you crash on the last lap.

[@SiVlog1989]

"Certainly the most exciting, eventful, momentous Grand Prix I have ever seen," Murray Walker Can't disagree with him there

[@hishamhilal8332]

That was crazy .Its great that you actually did a video about this usually everyone talks about monaco 96 (which what I assume you meant when you said "for now")

[@richardpatton2502]

James Hunt high as a drunken kite! As per usual, what a freakin legend All the best to everyone

[@recipoldinasty]

Where can i see that on this video lol?

[@ShafinAhmedRafid]

Hunt wasn't high as a kite. The kite was as high as Hunt.

[@pauljennings8432]

This race is shown every now and then on Sky Sports F1, I'm sure highlights of it are shown on youtube too. It was a crazy race from start to finish.

[@theov527]

F1 Twitter would've lost their shit if that happened now

[@fourutubez7294]

F1 Twitter loses their shit when it rains.

[@GageHeibeck]

@@fourutubez7294 F1 Twitter loses their shit when theres a race.

[@NeoGraena]

F1 Twitter lose their shit when someone breathes

[@lucariothehero500]

F1 loses their shit when they exist

[@mareike2559]

My favourite bit of Monaco ‘82 is Elio de Angelis on the podium thinking he came third when he really came in fifth

[@stenovitz]

That race was my very first F1 race as a telly viewer, so the bar was set high for expectations of drama from the gun!

[@mrkipling2201]

The first F1 race i watched on television was the 1984 Monaco Grand Prix. Which was shaping up to be a possible first victory for Senna. Until the conditions forced the race to be stopped after 30 odd laps. Great commentary by James Hunt about Ayrton Senna at the end of the race as well.

[@jt1992ok]

Those marshals really had the stones to leap to Pironi's aid in that dark tunnel whilst cars are still running around full speed. No safety car or VSC either.

[@LukSter18998]

based

[@stuarttupp3541]

Man, they sat a looooooong way forward in those days. Feet right out beyond the front axle.

[@_B.M_]

De Cesaris on the podium ... a rare sight! Normally he'd only see the podium if he'd crashed into it!

[@gandalf_thegrey]

Good that Josh is back to reviewing past racing events. He curses just about everyone, but when they are already retired nothing can go wrong.

[@aethertag1530]

I mean I guess they could still die

[@CrunchyMotorsport]

I can remember watching a rerun when I was just getting into F1 as a kid and this races, alongside Spa 1998 was just great to watch

[@GothamWRizz]

yOuR tElLiNg Me AbU dHaBi WaSnT tHe CrAzIeSt FiNiSh EvEr ?!

[@PolishEddie92]

Abu Dhabi finished how it should have. The reaction after the race was the craziest ever. Hamilton fans sending death threats to Nicholas Latifi and his family, to Michael Masi and his family. Some really disgusting and Disturbing Behavior.

[@lorddrac_dontaskmetodance]

It's not crazy if it was set-up.

[@fourutubez7294]

@@lorddrac_dontaskmetodance It's not crazy although you may be .

[@EatsLikeADuck]

@@lorddrac_dontaskmetodance Crazy would be thinking it was a set up.

[@EMichaelBall]

@Dogecoin billionaire Hopefully you didn’t store your Dogecoin on FTX!

[@g.philipp22]

1:51 is he Keke Rosberg? Father of Nico, the monaco based youtuber? Who beat the 7 time world champion Lewis Hamilton IN THE SAME MACHINERY? 😱

[@raremediumdonewell]

Oh, how beautiful would it have been had Daly won with half a front wing, no rear wing, and leaking stuff everywhere. Would have been the most 1982 thing.

[@youlesie23]

Fitting that F1's craziest finish happened in F1's craziest season. 1982 had it all. A number of different winners, a title fight which nobody expected, two fatal crashes and a career ending crash (one involving the favourite for the title, another the championship leader), drama between teammates at Ferrari and Renault, a driver's strike, a debacle of a final race, some outstanding races, the craziest finish to a race ever, and an unlikely world champion. Not even 2021 could come close to the level of insanity that was 1982.

[@simonkevnorris]

I remember watching this live when I was living in Perth, Western Australia. Crazy race.

[@aifrench14]

the slow down lap is quite an interesting one too as it took a while for Patrese to realise he'd won the race!

[@johnvandeventer8668]

I can’t imagine those people watching the race live and seeing that

[@TigerofRobare]

If it was anything like how races are broadcast today, they wouldn't even know because the commenmtators weould be talking about everything else.

[@alistairmills7608]

I watched this race with my Dad. It was amazing. We both fell asleep in the middle but the volume of the apoplectic commentators I think it was Murray Walker and James Hunt woke us up. What an astonishing race. NASCAR just experienced a similar race three dats ago with 1/2 the field running out of fiel on the last two laps. Shane Van Ginsburgen cane third in his first oval race.

[@phil4986]

That was a fun time in Formula One. I fondly remember the Renaults blowing huge plumes of white smoke when the turbos gave up the ghost , usually in qualifying. But damn were they fast when they worked. Fun times.

[@dangerdean9066]

"Ferrari, being Ferrari" This is way I'm a Ferrari fan

[@thethirdman225]

I remember that time when Eddie Irvine was a good chance to be World Champion and when he pulled into the pits for fresh tyres, the team brought out three wheels…

[@AlexHM93]

96 Monaco was intriguing and interesting with only 3 finishing

[@KnightMarcos1]

To make things crazier, Patrese didn't knew he had won until he came back to the boxes.

[@christycullen2355]

This is hilarious. When you think it can't get worse it does 😅

[@jackthorton10]

That’s racing after all

[@josiahpetz5770]

Weirdest finish, for now. Until.... "No Mikey no! That is so not right!"

[@simoneghilardini5211]

Craziest race ever. Giacomelli retired after 4 laps when he was 2nd due to a suspension failure to his Alfa. Then throughout the race many heavy names retired in the midfield like Piquet, Laffite, Cheever, Watson, Lauda and Alboreto. At a certain point Patrese, Pironi, De Cesaris, Rosberg and Alboreto closed the gap on Prost, but then the Renault definitely took off. However, for over 20 laps Rosberg chased hard De Cesaris for the 4th place. De Cesaris held behind the finnish driver with a great defense and brought him to a mistake. Unfortunately his Alfa engine was misfiring in the last 15/20 laps, he would have won that race probably, great driver but terribly inconsistent, also for the cars that he drove, rip Andrea. Patrese was able also to restart his engine because the Loews Hairpin is in downhill, so he was quite lucky to fire it up. He thought that he had finished 2nd because he didn't knew that Rosberg retired.

[@williamayers2647]

How have I never heard about that until I watched this video??? Shocking!!!

[@tomnaismith3755]

these f1 cars fr be lookin like boats on wheels

[@propork]

ah 1982. my favourite year in f1.

[@Iroquois777]

Wonderful work!

[@whyareyoureadingmynickname8158]

I expected that this would be about that one race from 1971 where first five cars crossed the finish line almost at the same time, but I'm not disappointed with this one either.

[@thethirdman225]

That was the Italian Grand Prix, won by a Peter Gethin in a BRM. How things have changed…

[@PavlosLepaul]

I remember like about 10 or more years ago I found this finish on youtube and was shocked. That was pretty damn thing which I cannot see to happen again. After all I had to mention Imola 1985, where last laps were plagued by out of fuel for drivers at the front.

[@williamayers2647]

Wow! Didn't expect this video!!! Nice!!!

[@alexhwa2017]

Latifi liked this video

[@InTheDraftYT]

What are the coincidences, I was working on a video about this race! Excellent review mate!

[@mikejones8866]

I really enjoyed your style of story telling. The car "held together by stickers. LOL!!!

[@SeamlessShelf35]

Hopefully Monaco can deliver great races like this one. But not crazy like this one.

[@stormtrooper1874]

Why are Monaco Gps with a 2 on the year are cool like 1982,1992,2002,2012 and 2022

[@SeamlessShelf35]

@@stormtrooper1874, no idea.

[@jackthorton10]

It’s a theme

[@tiadaid]

Patrese wasn't disqualified because he was in a dangerous position, and the marshals pushed him into a less safe position.

[@dimitrijensk2845]

1:00 I think even Jeremy Clarkson said at one point to stop ISIS we should start gifting them Renault pickups and the problem will solve itself.

[@barath4545]

Which is unfair though, since French producers have made both rubbish cars and engines for the common road man and at the same time, F1 winning engines for racing, as well as for Le Mans style racing too. Renault has 12 Constructors titles and 11 for drivers. Peugeot has won Le Mans at least 4 times and Bugatti was French when they won everything pre-1934.

[@mikulitsi1819]

Yeah this is one of those races (together with Monaco '96) that will never be repeated again. We'll never have as crazy of an ending

[@Rlow-05]

renault engines are the best kind of explosive

[@real.p.1]

In todays F1, it would have been a boring race, where nothing could happen any more after the first incident due to race neutralisation, with the race ending under safety car.

[@TurbosTantrums]

I've always assumed they awarded the win to Patrese because trying to figure out what else to do was just too complicated, because about the only cars stil moving, Mansell and de Angelis, were a lap behind

[@ljw5768]

I was at that race in K grandstand so we had a perfect view of Prost binning it out of the chicane. Then, cars stopped coming past. It was a bit confusing.

[@Happymali10]

2:02 As someone who's F1-knowledge is largely limited to 1997-2015 I'm gonna need an explanation on "crashing in park"

[@camerongreenwoodcrampakacgc.]

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

[@swedishgeese.1]

Honestly Monaco 1996 and 1982 were absolutely insane

Great video. I liked your humorism throughout. 😂👍

[@koltface]

Oh that was too fun to watch! More please.

[@PbPomper]

I love how a driver hitches a ride on top of the sidepods with no helmet. Just think about that for a second.

[@vince065us.2]

Do you plan on doing a video on the 1997 race? That was a crazy one!

[@vince065us.2]

I meant to say the 1996 race.What a race THAT was!

[@akshathadayakar3621]

Josh your sense of humor is 🔥🔥🔥

[@greatsageclok-roo9013]

And yet somehow this still isn't the weirdest Monaco GP ever... We all know which one THAT goes to. *looks at '96*

[@robertsteel3563]

The Thumbnail and the Video title made me think that Arnie Flew to the Finish line in his Renault!

[@shinjisan2015]

I think they just decided "well, screw it, he actually made it across the line so we'll ignore that little push from the marshals."

[@Gias1]

up next Monaco 1996. Another crazy rain race. With only a few reaching the end.

[@haozhengyuan618]

I still remember Murray Walker's commentary for this match

[@allainangcao28]

The next closest would be the 1985 Imola race where 5 cars finished… 😂 Loving known as “The Day Everyone Ran Out of Fuel”

[@srxt6758]

Make a video on the whole season. It deserved a movie

[@greatsageclok-roo9013]

Who came back to this after Australia 2023? That... was a good contender for weirdest finish to a race ever.

[@flikq1]

You really need to setup a new channel for this stuff - "The F1 Historian" or something! It's great content! My Dad talked about this race a lot as he was watching while I was being born! Good times!

[@y_fam_goeglyd]

I remember that one very well. You're sitting there, wondering why you're wasting a perfectly good couple of hours (though it would have been me studying for my school leaving exams or watching F1. And I was brought up by an ex-rally driver petrolhead - which, for some reason, he denied being when he was older; petrolhead, not rally driver, he still loved those memories. Pfah, Dad, you were as bad as I am now! You wait till I meet you again down there 🔥👹🤣). Anyway, after one too many yawns it's getting to the point where I think I should go hit the books, but then again it's F1... And ooh look, it's started raining! Then all hell breaks loose, one car at a time and I was hooked! I have a very visual memory, it's tied to being an audiovisual synaesthete. I see things I hear. That's normally just music, but when something piques my interest and it's tied to a distinctive sound - like big engines! - I can conjure up certain memories very specifically. I don't remember the majority of that race, except the boredom (and the undoubted "why do I put myself through this every year" thought about halfway into nearly every Monaco race I've seen - my first one being Graham Hill's last! - can be feasibly implied), but as soon as the rain came, I can almost rewatch the rest of it on demand. (Don't tell F1, they'll try to copyright strike my brain!) But it helps to hear one of those engines revving its nuts off, or a wheezing turbo blowing itself up!

[@jackthorton10]

Sometimes fate and karma mix like oil a fireworks

[@hallamhal]

Say what you will about Keke Rosberg, but he did beat Derek Daly in the championship in equal machinery

[@ryanjohnstone8957]

Every time I hear this story it surprises me in some way, i think too much weird shit happened to remember it all 😂

[@lon242]

1:15 wait what was the Italian ham decal company? Parmalat was an Italian company that made dairy products, and Santal was, after some light Googling, a fuel sponsor?

[@blazedxjan]

i really enjoyed this - thank you

[@CammieRacing]

Was that Mansell's first podium?

[@ale8857]

In the thumbnail the car flying in Monaco is the number 16. Traditions😂

[@kamranseal1666]

Them: How quickly did you click on the Josh Revell noti? Me: Yes

[@nikolasjohnson6946]

Imagine if Patrese, Mansell, and De Angelis had also had issues. Fans would'vebeen sitting there waiting for Brian Henton or Mark Surer to finish an extra 4 or 6 laps respectively just to take to lead to win.

[@guus46]

That 82 season was so crazy...

[@RaianF1]

That thumbnail looks like a Trackmania world record speedrun

[@pickle_a_day_keeps_the_dr_away]

Ahhhh, I do look forward to your informative rants. Here's a thought, have you done a video on Montoya? Arguably one of the best "all round" drivers of his generation. Keep up the great work bro. #palmy 🇳🇿

[@philippderbauer]

So if Patrese should have been DSQed, then Pironi is kind of the legitimate winner of that GP despite He DNFed

[@dragroch5536]

Hey Josh, got an idea - With Red Bull under turmoil lately, think it would be the perfect timing for Rich Energy to make their comeback to the sport?

[@aryasena.45]

strong thumbnail game there sir

[@kotsosmanolis879]

They’re racing drivers, they don’t know how to slow down. Best. Quote. Ever

[@heliumtrophy]

If Patrese were to be disqualified and it would have to go back to whoever else was on track....and that would've been a 1-2 for Mansell and De Angelis in the Lotus if they crossed the start-finish line together but for those of you who absolutely hate Monaco, it would mean another 5-10 minutes of waiting for there to be a winner of the Monaco GP which seems to be getting increasingly vocal each year. It might've meant Peter Warr might not have uttered the famous put down in "Mansell will never win a Grand Prix so long as I have a hole in my arse!"

[@stylius]

What about 2021 SPA race? Crazy stuff.

[@blazi2293]

Well, in order to be the craziest finish, the race needs to start. We did have a Mazepin fastest lap though

[@stylius]

Exactly! Crazy.

[@strathruncie]

Yeah, that Outside Assistance rule only ever seemed to be enforced on a whim. 😉

[@amato5232]

Remember this from my Murrays Magic Moments video when I was 10

[@phlopi6]

if this video was from WTF1 it wouldve been about the race in Monza

[@davidchapman3042]

It was the height of the Commentators curse .

[@deanchur]

Well Singapore certainly put up a good fight last weekend for the craziest F1 race ever.

[@jacekatalakis8316]

Murry said in his book James Hunt was never sober during a Monaco GP and they'd have deckchairs and a small TV and not a proper commentary box at that time. Pissed up James Hunt. Wild finish. Typical Monaco race bar the inish

[@shantanubhatia7873]

“Ham sponsor” - sorry to nitpick but Parmalat are actually a milk and dairy company 😅

[@IcemanCFB]

Given that Patrese won, James Hunt would have likely blown more gaskets than a 1982 Renault engine