The Craziest F1 Team Owner You’ve Never Heard Of

[@WolfJustWolf]

I met the man a couple of months before he died. I had to do some work in his appartement. He gave me a 10€ tip, but never paid the invoice.

[@Cr1ngedClient]

Legend lmfao

[@Lachlans-i2s]

Classic trump narcissist move

[@juliusfucik4011]

​@glachloser Trump and his driver once had a flat tire. Some family helped them change the tire. A week later he paid off their house loan. Trump let homeless people live in the Trump hotel for free for months until they got back on their feet. You are obviously brainwashed by the media. Trump obviously thinks he is the bees knees, but he would definitely pay people who work for him.

[@juliusfucik4011]

​@@Lachlans-i2sTrump paid off the house loan of a man that helped him change a tire on his car. He also let homeless people live in his hotel for free. You should probably look into the real man and not the caricature the MSM have created.

[@puckloki873]

​@@Lachlans-i2sgetting super bored of folks like yourself that can't think rationally and eat anything you are told. You don't have to like Trump personally to understand his value. I don't even want to get into an argument but you are truly suck for bringing Trump up out of the blue. If you had to explain why Trump is uniquely awful you couldn't do it to save yourself.

[@stasajeric7366]

you cannot just drop that a serial killer owned an f1 team and give no other info. I need to know more!!!

[@mattskustomkreations]

Probably means the Saudi royal. 😂

[@dingushussey4100]

@@mattskustomkreations do you mean the dude who beheaded his servant in the london hotel?

[@mattskustomkreations]

@@dingushussey4100 I don’t know any specifics other than those guys seem to just knock off whomever they want.

[@ains2904]

he owned an f1 team in the 80's they were all out for blud

[@BoominGame]

I t was an hyperbole...

[@lucaslust3663]

In the last clip of him falling of the bike, the bike he's riding has an ashtray 😂 I mean this guy is a cult hero here in Belgium 😂

[@aberamagold7509]

I can't see it, but I'll take your word for it. It does fit the guy's lifestyle, and it's just plain funny.

[@hangingchad_]

He was PUSHED off that bike. Poor guy lol

[@claesII]

Was...

[@lucaslust3663]

@@claesII Fair enough...

[@claesII]

@@lucaslust3663We need, and maybe deserve, a new Jean-Pierre Van Rossem.

[@CreakingJordans]

God at this rate the RICH energy guy will be picked over Andretti if F1 plays its cards as it is.

[@Uzair_Of_Babylon465]

It will be so funny in a few months Andretti makes a F1 car which can drive on a track and they still reject they bid 😂😂😂

[@mrbungle3310]

Funny i think f1 is the closest to the 80s now for all the wrong reasons...i dont like the 80s really probably my least favourite decade for f1 because of the dumb street tracks and f1 boom...i hope like the 80s ended and 90s were amazing we'll se the same in the 30s

[@LuteFrontier]

Well yeah i mean he did have a deal with Haas before the rule change(2022)

[@bzilla-d4i]

The thing with Andretti is they were going to use customer Renault engines, and that's why F1 did what they did. They wanted them ready to perform

[@LuteFrontier]

nope they were going to use RedBull ones actully@@bzilla-d4i

[@nomar5spaulding]

I think you're misunderstanding the comment about being "democratically elected just like Hitler." He wasn't saying that Hitler was democratically elected, so other people who are democratically elected are like Hitler. He was saying Hitler was "democratically elected," as in, Hitler won an election, but it was hardly a fair election. He was calling Balestre corrupt.

[@Aldas001]

Ah fair enough, never thought about it from that perspective

[@jordanclark4635]

@@Aldas001he also didn’t win outright, he (/the Nazi party) got about 30 percent of the vote in a proportional representation system, and was then offered leadership by the President, iirc

[@nomar5spaulding]

@jordanclark4635 Which they then used primarily terrorism, but also some other crimes to pass the so called Enabling Act to make Hitler's dictatorship allegedly legal.

[@Ballin4Vengeance]

Funnily enough, Hitler was most probably elected fair and square in 1933.

[@cyan_oxy6734]

Few more details: Hitler personally was never elected but the Nazi party won a relative majority in the last election of the weimar republic. Reichspräsident and Chancellor were different roles with the president being personally elected while he picked the chancellor which was kind of like a prime minister. It's also important to know that towards the end of the Weimar Republic the parliament basically broke down from political infighting and much of legislation got passed by extensive emergency laws granted towards the president. At the time Hitler got into power the system was already beyond repair.

[@SluwVosjeh]

Van Rossem surely was and still is An icon here in Belgium. He was a crazy legend that just did what ever he wanted. From scamming people to even getting into politics and even f1 😂

[@sanderbroeders9184]

Ahh good old JP. Such a character 😅

[@smokeymcpaf1577]

Still remember him screaming Vive la Republique when they crowned Albert II 😂😂😂

[@SluwVosjeh]

@@smokeymcpaf1577 Legendary 😂

[@louislepage5111]

Obviously he supported the cigarette industry 😊

[@sanderbroeders9184]

@@louislepage5111 at the rate he smoked belga cigarettes he was half the industry 💨

[@kben24]

That livery was pure class tho…

[@davidius74]

Yeah, one of my favourites of all time

[@Koffieleuter]

🌈

[@ivandankob7112]

the scams or having a mayonaise in his hair?

[@ricochetpig]

Strong look!

[@eminzeynali6325]

Both Moneytron and Monteverdi editions are stylish

[@bobcharlotte8724]

The dude lived the 80s and made a company that sounds more 80s than anything an SF 80s movie could produce.

[@shannonandsheila1403]

The 80s were bad ass man

[@ixlr8677]

aye that they were me hardy.@@shannonandsheila1403

[@KlaximumSkroeft]

BRUH JEAN-PIERRE IS A LEGEND! As a Belgian who's grown up with him, he's a bit of a cult hero. All our parents hated him and thus, we loved him. Sometimes you need someone to kick some shins. RIP KING

[@hansdegeytere]

Exactly. I was in school with his son Pikky, he picked him up at the railwa y station in his Rolls Royce, parked in a very nonchalant way, he was already very nice and friendly, a cool guy that hung out with the young people at the Eiermarkt etc :)

[@johnnyricoMC]

2:44 RIP Peter Baert. Dedicated autosports journalist, probably the man most deserving of being called the Belgian Murray Walker.

[@Robalogot]

The problem with Van Rossem was that he actually was an economic genius, he was one of the few who understood the world of finance and was calling out bankers predicting the banking crisis in detail decades before it happened. He was so much smarter than anyone else on the subject that he believed he could set up a scam that was basically a copy of what the banks were doing, only with all the profits getting into his pockets rather than the shareholders of the banks. He was undeniably a criminal, but he was a thief who was stealing from people who were legally stealing from the regular people. Ending up this weird cult figure a lot of people had a weak spot for, even though nobody really trusted him.

[@-siberian-]

He was the Belgian Robin Hood, he stole from the rich and gave it to himself!

[@nickstarlingch]

Dude was a "Marxist economist," you can't be a Marxist and have a reasonable understanding of economics. Sounds like you're being overly generous to a commie bastard.

[@yvesss_818]

Dude , that scam he did is 190 year old and named after the first guy who did it. You give me money , everyone give me money , I pass it to the next person only when he ask his money back with a big % on top, if he don’t ask it back I buy Ferrari. What is smart about this 😅 The only smart thing about it is that the black money get laundries via van rossem

[@yvesss_818]

Remove your comment please 😂

[@M1ggins]

@@yvesss_818 Ponzi, and it's 100 years old.

[@lailaal-rubaie5236]

Your storytelling abilities, voice, cadence, visuals, pacing, humor all incredible. My favorite F1 KZbinr. Your ability to make such high quality videos that don’t only pertain to hot gossip or the most current news regurgitated again and again will always set you apart. 🏎️🏎️🤝

[@Jrh-rp7np]

I realize this was a different era and all that but F1 let in any scum bags that had the money … But,, today they won’t let in Andretti and Cadillac/GM because they “wont be competitive” and yet Haas is still on the grid with all the embarrassing things they’ve done like Rich Energy,, and then the Mazepin saga..

[@ThePapaja1996]

They atleast didnt get scam nigerian prince. Thats actually hapen to arrows

[@Rizon1985]

Dude after 7years HAAS still hasn't figured out rear brakes that work. Or to be more specific, a MGU-K that doesn't make the brakes fail. First seasons their cars couldn't stop ending up in a wall because the brakes refused to engage for the driver. Always at the most dangerous high speed corners. Literal death trap cars and FIA did nothing. Today total failures happen much less but you can still see the drivers constantly struggling with unreliable braking after high speed straights. It's like their storage or conduits have a safety threshold refusing further charge at some moments and the reaction is releasing pressure on the brakes no matter driver input.

[@nicodeboer7429]

I personally found it strange that Andretti wanted to enter so close before a regulations change. I mean it would effectively mean the team would have to build two cars simultaneously from the ground up, and in two years it is impossible to fully develop a car. Look at Mercedes that missed the right design at the beginning of the ground effect cars, and ar just now starting to catch up, and that is a team with a ton of experience. I think Andretti would fall flat on it's face if they were allowed to do what they wanted to do.

[@Rizon1985]

@@nicodeboer7429Yeah Mercedes had the most stupid and worst entry in F1 history. 4th, 4th, 5th, 2nd and then 8 years WCC with 7 of them WDC breaking every record around. Every other team missed RB applying exhaust to the rear diffuser and having a flex rake but Mercedes should have known. Using the most accomplished driver in history up to that point to train one of the most promising rookies. Totally didn't pay off.

[@Arctic_Falcon]

It's no better today with corrupt Jews like Brown and Wolff; and even Stroll is quite questionable.

[@DasE30Cuz]

I've heard Onyx mentioned on Bring Back V10s but didn't know any of this about the team or their awesome livery. Excellent video! This one ought to do well. 👍

[@Aldas001]

Such a great podcast

[@patrickcesalestajodywibowo741]

Love the old school F1, when many backmarkers team with mostly different unknown drivers are struggling each weekend to get their cars able to start the race. Good ol' days.

[@GameOver-nm2us]

Yes! Nowadays over half the grid are race winners, 16 of them are podium sitters, all of them scored points at least once, and they've all pretty much "celebrities" (Not really, only Hamilton is a real celebrity, the rest are well known, but you know what I mean)

[@IvanProsper]

I loved that car. The colour, the shape, the progression thru the season. Brilliant

[@MatteoPascolini]

The guy at the end totally pushed him into the curb!!!

[@Nicolasherdwick]

One story to help you understand why in Belgium he was considered half criminal, half hero: his ability to call out faulty or unfair financial/economical structures...and then exploit them in the most flamboyand, egotistical way possible. When he had his political party, it would receive government money based on the number of votes it got. Van Rossem thought this funding was too much and an unwise spending of government money. So he publicly asked the political leaders if he could give back that money. Of course the political leaders were deadly afraid to set a precedent that would not suit them and denied. Van Rossem promptly bought Ferrari Mondials for his political party staff using the money. And wput a Moneytron windshield banner on them.

[@MrX-qs2sn]

that pink and blue livery is ten times better than any of the BWT liveries the last few years

[@RafRC83]

I saw Van Rossem playing chess outside the club with the bouncers , he was EPIC!

[@guilhermebraganca4622]

I live next to where they tested, MaquiMundi go-kart track (closed at the end of 89). Used to be a fantastic facility, about 15min from the Rio f1 circuit and back in 89 was a very remote place (probably why they chose it for the test). The ORE1 lasted only 31km that day. Can't believe that car actually managed to score points in 89

[@GianniDeBlauwe]

Well known in Belgium though. Big docu of Van Rossem on belgian television last year. Amazing story he left behind with many private rumors which are still unknown on this day.

[@cristianosabian6720]

man, i just wanted to tell you that this is one of the best videos i've seen from you. you're the best f1 youtuber!

[@Bonksticker]

Every Belgian has heard of J.P van Rossum,he even went in to politics and had a comic strip with him as a carater ;)

[@willy.1369]

The glamorous nature wasn't really that new, knowing that in the early 70s, F1 had Hesketh. But boy was this team such one of a kind. 😂

[@aikotachibana1816]

The pink and blue is brilliant honestly. Reminds me of the Britten V1000 motorcycle. Very cool. Thanks for the video 😊

[@darkseid1358]

+ current Alpine F1 team BWT livery.

[@amaccama3267]

My great-grandmother once told me, "Never trust a man with a beard and no tash."

[@muhammadf1671]

isnt that a bit islamophobic

[@SP-pn7xx]

Pierre Gasley

[@SP-pn7xx]

​@@muhammadf1671 nah just arabs

[@amaccama3267]

Probably a bit racist. But then again, she was born in the late 1800's.

[@ENKTDeeColon_and_randomnumbers]

What did the amish ever do to her? 😅

[@Kh501pr]

"Politicians got immunity from prison sentences" what an infuriating fact to hear.

[@largol33t12]

Sadly, this is true in the US and Canada...

[@vetb882]

Yeah, bit they're not immune to . 224 cal. 500 grain. Van Rossen was Robin Hood, robbing the rich like a guy from the hood... They prolly deserved getting ripped off for all the rolling they did. This money thing is all a game, I think that crazy assed Dutchman was into something. I just heard about him and I also placed him in FKKKEN LEGEND status, 😮🎉😂❤

[@TheMusicGuard]

Not exactly true. Parliament can vote to clear the immunity which has happened in Belgium before. He spent 8 years of his life in prison.

[@Ikcatcher]

I would love to see you talk about the more weirder older F1 teams

[@tezzrterry7485]

There are quite a few.

[@tomdecoole123]

When I saw Jean-Pierre Van Rossem in the thumbnail, I knew I had to watch the video! Haha

[@maxheadrom3088]

Banco Nacional (National Bank) that's on Senna's hat was, at that time, close to bankruptcy. Nacional had been sponsoring Senna since when he raced karts and he continued to use the Bank's logo on his hat even though they had no money to sponsor him anymore. A nice guy - insane, though.

[@cynthiariordan1046]

And to think, they keep making Michael Andretti jump through all of these crazy hoops, just to tell him no.

[@_Clem_H_Fandango_]

Geesh, at first glance I thought that was a pic of Ron White on a 3 year bender in the thumbnail.

[@jareknowak8712]

What a Guy!! What a story!! Thank You!!

[@TheDJEnrique]

that man pushed him off his bike 😅

[@tl924]

Von rossem is actually just jos verstappen before he got his act together.

[@Labergemusic]

What a special moment in time. Thanks for creating such a great story.

[@garageamsterdam]

A few weeks ago I found out about him in a Belgian documentary about Ferrari owners. Now the rabbit hole has opened

[@andrewmcnamara1566]

Absolutely wonderful video! Thank you, I had never heard of this story.

[@maxholmgren7936]

Awesome video man, shame it only dropped at the same time as Lewis-Ferrari news destroyed the motorsport world. Love videos like this that you make about stories no one has heard of and I'm sure others do as well!

[@benediktwindisch2778]

the story of the team sadly ended in 1990. Manufacturer from switzerland, Monteverdi, who built beautiful and exotic sportcars, bought in but couldn't sadly keep it running. I love outsiders, in racing as car brands and would loved seeing Monteverdi succeed. A revival of that car brand would be awesome

[@michaelscott356]

3:14 I think you meant Ponzi scheme.

[@jonvia]

With his big beer belly, Im shocked bro could fit in an F1 car. Also, that clip at the end is hilarious.

[@alantaylor353]

That photo caption "Van Rossem looking for Porsche deal".. It's not behind that crash barrier mate.! 😂 😂

[@simonkevnorris]

I quite liked the colour scheme. I recall heading that he wrote a book about Belgian (and French) brothels.

[@musicreader4291]

Many details were given in the comments but I did not notice what had struck me the most at the time which was that after the death of his wife, Van Rossem decided to cryogenically freeze her body so that she could be healed in the future. Ultimately, no municipality in Flanders accepted his project and two years later, he buried her in the traditional way.

[@adambane1719]

GREAT video mate !!! Well done !

[@mwplayer3778]

Lawrence stroll kinda got the van rossem build

[@pedrao420]

a marxist f1 owner that lived of financial speculation. the world is a crazy place

[@kilagorila]

The guy must have literally slept with a cigarette in his hand.

[@yeethiccus5166]

He even had an ashtray on the bicycle you see in the clip at the end

[@davidius74]

Stefan Johansson proved during this season that he was the best driver in the 80's and 90's who NEVER got a F1 or Indycar win even though he did win the Le Mans 24hr teaming up with his teammate from 85-86 season with Ferrari and also 91 with Footwork, Michele Alboreto. Taking a car in it's first season with reliability issues and struggling to get out of pre-qual and managing a 5th and more importantly a podium shows that he was a good driver and that the car on it's day was a decent car. Sure they got a bit of luck in those races but even with luck the car and driver still need to be in a position to capitalise on it.

[@ilzee_vk]

1:09 you just listed the current sponsors of 2024, minus the serial killers (that we know of)

[@steveqsales]

what a great team led by a great character, what a guy, brilliant video and narration too, loved it, well done

[@smoothpoon86]

Only name more 80s than Moneytron would have been the Turbotron

[@VonDyck]

The blue & pink livery was brilliant 😍

[@patrickk6331]

James Bond villain if i ever seen one.

[@crimewavedelta7879]

This guy needs his own movie ASAP

[@leewm.gaudry3770]

Every second clip of this guy has him lighting a cigarette.

[@stejer211]

The editor must have specifically looked for non-smoking footage then, because Van Rossem was literally a chain smoker.

[@dmsanx]

Thank you. That was thoroughly enjoyable.

[@benoitdeclercq9722]

nice video. Van Rossem was a celeb indeed here in belgium..crazy what he all did.

[@GVGames1986]

It was fun when they used to let all kinds of ramshackle teams in, don't forget drivers like James Hunt got his chance in the no-hoper Hesketh outfit.

[@chrisschneiders6734]

Even thou you dismissed him calling them the Mafia we now know that was true.. They were a couple of grubs really.

[@caybokotze6044]

There is barely a clip of him without a cigarette in hand.

[@mk1cortinatony395]

He was pushed off that bike!:)

[@cathat9622]

18:10 Dont forget the Amemiya-San who ran Blue and Pink RX7's in Japan

[@Rizon1985]

As a Belgian, yeah I heard of it. He is a top icon in Belgian history. Modern copycats like Michel Van den Brande can't touch him in the amount of infamy he had.

[@keevitajamees]

That bicycle crash in the end. I'm sorry it was quite much

[@outhdare]

A bit unecessary.

[@shannonandsheila1403]

​@@outhdareAbsolutely necessary

[@tigerpjm]

Great story! Thanks for the video. Really cool to be brought up to date on Jabba the Hutt's origin story.

[@Uzair_Of_Babylon465]

Great video keep it up you're doing amazing things 😁👍

[@ragnar400o]

Very interesting story! The video really made me feel like I'm in the 80s watching all of the events unfolding

[@The_Bat_Signal]

Great video mate! Very informative. Hamilton to Ferrari next? 👀

[@atmoz_]

Love this type of videos, hope your focus more on this type of videos. Think one of your best videos I've seen

[@gringostarr69]

JJ Lehto my man drove for Onyx!

[@birandkoray]

it seems like the beginning of rbr, bur unsuccessful version

[@GameOver-nm2us]

If they had more money they would've definitely been race winners, maybe even champions

[@pdbbqpope]

Didn't he also write a tourist's guide to Belgian brothels?

[@wiegraf9009]

Dude was the definition of goblin mode

[@J-Gx]

They are making a series about his life. Filming starts this year mid summer

[@aircholo1245]

Great vid, thanks for posting.

[@CharlieTheAstronaut]

I love it when the description holds everythin BUT AN ACTUAL DESCRIPTION

[@taziefahmed9750]

we need pre qualify now with Andreti wanting a spot on the grid

[@EustTube]

Thank you for shining a light on this batshit crazy personality from the past

[@markmcardle2268]

Great video as always Aldas. Consider using transitions and switching to different soundtracks throughout the video. The continuous background music leads to loss of concentration. You've taken a tip from me before so hopefully this helps!

[@ricardopetrere]

11:00 Oh the good ol' Jordan marketing strategy, I miss those kkkkk

[@alantaylor353]

I enjoyed this, thank you.! Subbed & liked & the very best wishes from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🙏 ❤️

[@Elaba_]

I saw him driving an Audi TT once in Belgium. Of course the experience didn't last long because he was driving very fast.

[@paulbarnett5837]

Loved the livery, painted my bike these colours

[@adamsmith3254]

My guy fully pushed him off that bike 😂

[@17Uhr23]

Funnily enough Bernie later said 'We aren't some sort of Mafia, we are the Mafia.' And we all know what Max Mosely dressed in... so Van Rossum wasn't totally wrong. Anyways, great vid! Would've loved from you to include the attempted Monteverdi comeback in 1991, but it doesn't make much of a difference :)

[@wiegraf9009]

Yeah no lies detected

[@kayashotheprotogen4417]

honestly the onyx liveries were some of the best in my opinion

[@WaseemAhmed-vu5kc]

Wonderful video essay!!

[@bzilla-d4i]

This is one of my favourite F1 stories, an A level con artist 😂

[@CYMotorsport]

I’ve spent years now studying the sketchballs of the 80s with skeletons in their closet from Don Nichols, to Jean-Marie, to Jean-Pierre for a series. so this is amazing to see the Belgian talked about great job mate love this sort of coverage! My only side bar is Jean-Pierre was a Marxist at heart. Atleast he’d admit so much at one point in his life maybe not later favoring “libertarian” doctrine(probably more like anarchy lol) . He despised Jean-Marie likely for… well… reasons Balestre otherwise did his damndest to bury from his past. Needless to say the Htler reference was imo more a jab at that history than anything and Jean Marie’s skeletons from his service. I took it to mean JP thought Jean-Marie was wholly unscrupulous, much like Htler’s takeover of the Reichstag through federal elections via the NSDAP becoming the largest party forcing Hindenburg’s hand appointing him chancellor. Some pretty nasty political maneuvering that might apply but also tying Jean Marie to that dark past . Again just my take though reading too much into the words of a drug addict.

[@WindTunnelRacing]

The guy on the bike TOTALLY Pushed Him!!

[@ducedevlstear2471]

I was expecting just another clickbait, especially regarding the face on the picture to the video, Oh boy was i surprised that the reality was way beyond my imagination !

[@davidmarecek1754]

Nah, the car and livery looked amazing, especially with the pink highlights, unlike the Green ones they ran in next (and last) season

[@dl6860]

not a pyramid scheme, a Ponzi scheme.

[@nikobellic2515]

Even if the car wasn’t very good, it looks spectacular!

[@62davelee]

Dudes rock! Thank you for the vid!

[@bertrandgachotHype]

Great video! Very accurate... Well done... Me and Stephan still laugh about these crazy days!!!

[@koenruysseveldt3848]

He was a genius and started a political party and his straight on no nonsense approach and being a genius meant that no politician could take him on in debates. There are legendary clips and debates of it.