The Least Likely Successful Nation in F1?!

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[@vedranb87]

Honorable mention - Jarno Trulli, an Italian driver whose parents named him after a Finnish motorcycle driver Jarno Saarinen.

[@mjolio]

I remember it was so weird seeing someone named with clearly Finnish name until I heard the story. Wasn't aware of Jarno Saarinen at that point.

[@robbertroomer6705]

Helemaal mee eens, tot het laatst was Kimi sowieso mijn held! Vooral toen hij dat bord omhoog hield, met: i am stil here! En Nederlanders zijn ook zo, kort en duidelijk..... Maar helaas is f1 meer dan racen.....

[@kaamoshaamu]

Sisu is not courage, but more like perseverance.

[@nedzosf1gridbox]

Fair enough

[@macrossMX]

And one of the greatest demonstration of Sisu in action was Prime Kimi Raikkonen in Japan 2005, when he clawed his way from P17 to win the race.

[@Allu_Central]

@@nedzosf1gridbox you can't say fairer than fair enough

[@nedzosf1gridbox]

Wdym

[@ilesalmo7724]

Perseverance without expectation for reward or even recognition. It should be though of as "It's a shit job, but somebody has todo it"

[@apparentbeing]

The Finnish character is well suited to racing, where you have to be a little surprisingly calm so that you can fully concentrate on driving

[@gringostarr69]

thank you

[@gringostarr69]

And this is true. I learned "scandinavian flick", when I was about 10 years old. We had a summer cottage with tens of kilometers of roads and I was free to drive as much as I could, We had all kind of motor equipped vehicles there. From motocross bike to snowmobile and boats. Got to learn how to drive on the edge. There was just one rule. If I wreck something, i'll fix it. When I was a bit older (about 13, I got my first own rear wheel drive car that was a Lada 1600). All I did was drive and drive. I was into karting for a while, but it was too expensive. I still started working at inside karting track at the age of 15 on weekends and evening though to just drive, for free with minimum vage and even less.. cause all I loved was driving. What ever it was I drove it. During winter time it's easy to learn car controll just cause it's slippery and your 120hp car feels like a burnout rocket and that is what teaches you car control. Nice video!

[@gringostarr69]

And I didn't have much fear of death back then. These days I'll take it quite easy, but still love everything with engine and mechanical parts in it just to learn how those parts work :)

[@Jairion]

More like repressed.

[@needfoolthings]

Finns are like alligators: I don't know any personally, but I love them.

[@crystalracing4794]

Finland are the true GOATs of motorsport, period. Out of their 9 F1 drivers, 3 champions, 5 race winners and 7 podium finishers. That's the best success per capita ratio out of any nation in F1. Take into account their numerous champions and winners in WRC, DTM & Le Mans. On top of it, Nico Rosberg (being half Finnish & half German) winning in 2016. We've had countries like Sweden, South Africa, Belgium & Japan, who have produced more drivers, but never achieved as much success. The only nations you could claim come close to Finland in overachievement has to be Brazil, Austria, Australia, Canada & Argentina. As for Kimi Raikkonen, what a character and at his peak, the likes of Alonso, Hamilton & Schumacher were genuinely sweating when he challenged them. He's up there with Richard Burns & Alex Zanardi as my favourite drivers

[@crystalracing4794]

It could've been 6 winners had Mika Salo not obeyed Ferrari team orders at 1999 Germany for Eddie Irvine's title fight. Whilst the likes of Bottas & Kovalainen have been criticised for their lacklustre performances against Hamilton (ffs, Lewis is generational talent), only Lehto truly flopped due to his season at Benetton in 1994. But even then, his neck injury and no 2 status have to be accounted for.

[@Balnazzardi]

​@@crystalracing4794i think without his injury, JJ Lehto could have had rather successful career in F1. I mean he propably never was at level of Häkkinen or Räikkönen but he did win Lemans (2 times I think) but its hard ofc to say. He was simply unlucky with that accident and that Benetton/Briatore were forcing him back to the grid when he wasnt fully recovered yet. According to his doctors he should have remained out of F1 for rest of 1994 until he would have fully recovered

[@saiyerugara9038]

...And another thing, the 2 world champions of there's are 2 of the fastest drivers I've ever seen race. Hakkinen had 4 years of fame enough for the Hall of Fame and Raikkonen was only slightly worse but more successful in some areas.

[@me_too_thanks5062]

Finland has the most wrc champions, not per capita but period, and by a large margin

[@zanib8880]

Finland also is the most succesful country(?) in enduro, with dozens of world titles, supermoto world title, 6 or so motocross titles. Finland has been for ages a small giant on some random things such as motorsport, paper/tar/forest industry, telecom/phone industry.

[@cschnauz]

Good work, great vid. As an American who lived in Finland for 3 years, the Finns hold a special place in my heart! Hyvaa Nedzo, keep up the good work!

[@nedzosf1gridbox]

Thanks for the kind words mate

[@itseperkele181]

*hyvä :) Hyvää joulua - merry christmas Hyvää syntymäpäivää - happy birthday Hyvä [insert name here] - well done [name] If you want to be even more confused: Hyvin tehty - well done Hyvin iso - very large Hyväillä - to caress Hyvästi - good bye On top of the weird bendings of words, non-finns have a lot of trouble with the double letters in finnish, so dont worry about it :D

[@Tacko14]

Also, Finland is one of the few countries where you can actually drive. Imagine getting your license in London, Paris or Amsterdam, where reaching 30mph is a feat and no mistake. Overpopulation is the nemesis of motorsports. Of many things, but let’s stay focused here.

[@RandomGuy37]

Exactly. I drove my Corolla at 190 kph at an empty highway (It's theoretical maximum should've been like 185 kph) and have driven it really fast on plenty of gravel roads. Those are things you couldn't do at London, Paris or Amsterdam but are completely possible over here in Finland

[@gerarduspoppel2831]

​@@RandomGuy37you do know Amsterdam is not the Netherlands?

[@eemivanhanen1855]

@@gerarduspoppel2831he never said it was did he??

[@michaeldellorso889]

Racers start in karting though…

[@miika6739]

@@michaeldellorso889 not always the case in finland, we also have folk racing on the dirt

[@Tacko14]

If you want to win, hire a Tibetan monk. Neh… James May explained it well. In Finland, if you want to get your regular licence, you have to be a gravel and ice specialist. After that, F1 is easy.

[@skMepo]

well.. i got my license during the hardest conditions this year, you really dont really have to a specalist in anything, literally just keep your eyes open and drive normally maybe im just so like used to these conditions that i dont see it?

[@Randomii666]

There is indeed (or at least used to be?) a slippery surface lesson when you're getting your driver's licence. Depending on when you start your initial lessons, you'll have to do a series of tests like moose test and off camber corner oversteer test on either natural snow, or asphalt soaked in soap water. I've actually done it on both surfaces, and can say that the soap water bs is horrible. First you have a ton of grip, then suddenly none. It feels very fake and unrealistic compared to driving on snow or in heavy rain

[@zoolkhan]

@@skMepo haha.. i made my license in amsterdam, and now drive in finland. So i know how to deal with traffic _AND_ with "conditions" of the roads :-) Finns who never left their country, dont know what traffic is until they drove in high density areas of europe. ... yet my career is not in racing. Maybe because there are not enough pedestrians, bikes and trams in addition to cars and complex traffic-sign forrests to avoid or respect :)

[@takomakone3234]

​​@@zoolkhan​ Its not about the traffic but more rural roads where you can really test your limits. I had my "rally car" beater RWD 910 Bluebird under 10yo

[@skMepo]

@@zoolkhan well i can imagine that, if helsinki is alreayd pain in the ass for me

[@chradikaali]

Just to mention: Nico Rosberg of course competed as a German in F1, but he's also Keke Rosberg's son, and competed as a Finn in F3 Euro Series.

[@nedzosf1gridbox]

The only link he has to the country is his dad, he doesn’t know the language and never lived there, most Finns don’t see him has such

[@chradikaali]

​@@nedzosf1gridbox Apart from his first few weeks, he has lived in Monaco and Ibiza most of his life, not in Germany. He's German because of his German mother and does not speak Finnish because Keke chose not to speak Finnish with him. He still holds nationality of both Finland and Germany. I remember that many Finns were disappointed when he chose Germany over Finland but people also understood that it's his decision. Keke and Nico are both global citizens, and as such, Keke was always a pretty atypical Finn to start with. His son is just following that path.

[@Austrian_Painters_TopGuy]

@@chradikaali "global citizen" disgusting term with no substance or meaning to it No one can be such a thing

[@chradikaali]

@@Austrian_Painters_TopGuy What is disgusting about transcending one's identity over geography or political borders? Why should Keke or Nico be defined by their birthplace when their identity and life has been built elsewhere (not in Germany or Finland)? Keke sure represented Finland but he's not nationalistic at all. As the opposite to global citizenship, cosmopolitanism, or world citizenship, however you want to call it, nationalism isn't beautiful either, and can be seen to be pretty disgusting if manifested strongly.

[@Austrian_Painters_TopGuy]

@@chradikaali Nationality does not come from geography or political borders, but from genetics, from blood. See the etymology of the word "nation": "The English word nation from Middle English c. 1300, nacioun "a race of people, large group of people with common ancestry and language," from Old French nacion "birth (naissance), rank; descendants, relatives; country, homeland" (12c.) and directly from Latin nationem (nominative natio (nātĭō), supine of verb nascar « to birth » (supine : natum)) "birth, origin; breed, stock, kind, species; race of people, tribe,"" A Finn is a Finn, regardless of where he lives, because his race is Finnish. >nationalism isn't beautiful either, and can be seen to be pretty disgusting if manifested strongly I have never seen a disgusting case of nationaIism, I do not agree, I do not think that it can ever be disgusting. Patriotism can, which is fervent support of ones own government, and a government can be corrupt, immoral, wrong. But ones own race can never be, therefore love and support of ones own kin before all else, is by definition always beautiful.

[@hermo1977]

In the history of the WRC, 141 world championship podium places have been awarded. 48 of them have been taken by a Finn. That's how seriously we take motorsport 😉

[@McLarenMercedes]

Considering Finland has no local car manufacturers supporting their own drivers unlike say France, Britain and Italy this is even more remarkable.

[@Balnazzardi]

As Finn, I really appreciate someone doing recap of our F1 history like this! ❤ I really hope Bottas would get to keep his seat in F1 until Tuukka Taponen, our future star gets to F1. Because as long as Ive been alive (born in 1989) we have had atleast 1 driver in F1 so would be shame to see that streak end now. Rumors are that if Sainz doesnt accept Audi's offer that they might keep Bottas as Hulk's team mate atleast for 2025 but Bottas has also chance to possibly move to Haas or back to Williams depending on how F1 driver market shapes up As for Taponen, he is first ever Finn to win kart world championship and he earlier this season won Middle East Formula Regional championship by larger margin than Kimi Antonelli year before and is the favourite to win FRECA championship that starts next weekend in Hockenheim. So ye for Bottas its hopeless that he would ever get another shot in top team but I do hope he remains in F1 until Taponen gets F1 seat

[@gulogulo7636]

I was not aware that most of your roads are gravel, rather surprising.

[@KoteDarasuum]

@@gulogulo7636 most of Finland outside of southern finland where around 50% of the popupaltion lives in relatively small region is sparsely populated taiga forests, dotted with towns here and there so gravel roads are easiest to maintain outside of bigger roads between the towns.

[@HoseTheBeast]

@@gulogulo7636it really doesn’t feel that way, gravel roads really don’t have any traffic and I never drive on a gravel road. And I spend time in 3 different cities regularly and travel between them. But if I wanted to I could get to endless gravel roads in no time.

[@th3gite]

@@gulogulo7636 its not that we dont have paved roads, its just that we have that many gravel roads. Every main road have pavement, but we have tons of forest roads for military and forest industry. If you look at finish map close to russian border its filled with small gravel roads for military use.

[@EmilForsberg_GRYBO]

Yeah honestly i think the whole "happiest nation" thing has more to it than one would first think, Finns have a pretty relaxed competitive attitude, what i mean by this is that they're just more at peace with themselves and don't see a lot of consequences for failing, especially in something like motorsport. Because of this they take more risks than people of other nations, hence why Finnish F1 drivers are usually blisteringly fast on one lap pace and even in situations where things do go wrong, you rarely see them loose their cool (well besides Kimi if an enginer is pestering him) and they tend to allways come back strong, i still think 2007 is the greatest story ending to a championship ever, and in a season full of controvercy and heated rivalries who's they guy that manages to win? The calm, the collected, the cool, Kimi Räikkönen, pretty much sums it up i think

[@jackmonaghan8477]

And soon Finland may have a new name to add to its wall of motorsport fame in the form of Ferrari junior Tuukka Taponen (nicknamed "Tuukka the Tiger", and no it has nothing to do with Frosties as far as I'm aware). Also, prior to Hakkinen's sabbatical turned retirement, Raikkonen was rumoured to be joining Ferrari alongside Schumacher, but the Scuderia felt him "not mature enough". Imagine what might have been.

[@jimcurt99]

GO KIMI GO KIMI- my favorite F1 driver EVER

[@robbertroomer6705]

Mine also, but now after his stop, Alonso is the second 'MAN' pusching, and one off the last real racers on the track... And yes, i am from Holland. Racing is racing, and not all the woman talk ... Comon!!!!

[@kamukameh]

Yeah, that's an unique phenomenon. Quite similar to the Austrian drivers over the years: Rindt, Lauda (both world champions), Gartner, Koinigg (RIP, died in his only second F1-race) Wendlinger, Ratzenberger (RIP), Berger, Wurz, Klien, ... not that bad for an 8-million-resident-country I guess.

[@florianlassnig9769]

Forgot Friesacher

[@nedzosf1gridbox]

@florianlassnig9769 the less we say about Friesacher the bettet

[@florianlassnig9769]

@@nedzosf1gridbox doing a video on him would be cool, he seems like the only F1 driver nobody wants to remember

[@nedzosf1gridbox]

@@florianlassnig9769 he was just incredibly mediocre, a driver who had one season and did nothing in a backmarker team

[@makkisxd]

Didnt Rindt unfortunately die during 1970 season and still won the world championship and his finnish wife collected the wdc trophy or something

[@needfoolthings]

I throw skijumping into the mix of sports where I consider Finnish success almost logical. Get some quiet, focus on the tunnel, handle the rush and the environment, keep calm.

[@henriikkak2091]

Plus, a little crazy

[@chaoringmeister]

Always good to see a shoutout to the Flying Finns! They really should have no place having that much success statistically speaking but more power to them. Not to mention you could’ve counted Nico as an honorable mention while racing under the German flag there is enough Finnish in him that I would count it.

[@nedzosf1gridbox]

Most Finn (of which I’m not one) reject Nico because he’s never lived in Finland nor learned their language

[@ReneDescartes-hf9wb]

​@@nedzosf1gridboxfinn here. You are on the right tracks with that one. When he was still in minor formula series, I see one time how they diagonally had splitted finnish and German flag in podium😅.. Same times, when it started to look more sure that he is going to go to f1, he (I hear this from friend, who claim he see interview of him) was bigmouthing to finnish media, that if/when he gonto the f1, he going to race under finnish flag...never happened...so that was kinda last bloober and we didnt consider him to be finn at all....

[@DelCause]

I know that NZ has like, just one victory, but you couldn't say that NZ is populous neither well-off, or at least when compared to Finland. If anything in many cases NZ and Finland are usually compared both in politics, economics and many more.

[@saiyerugara9038]

Tbh, in a Formula 1 World Cup; Finland would definitely be in the quarterfinal with Hakkinen and Raikkonen as their drivers. They are definitely a motorsport country.

[@hurri7720]

Very good work and many details I have forgot. We Finns tend to rate Nico as more than half a Finn due to Keke, of course. Keke by the way declared that he would stop after his first championship years in advance. I feel a bit sad about your view about Bottas. He was never meant to beat Lewis and I think he got to grips with that and behaved like a gentleman too. Not easy, just look at the situation with Max. The last year with Mercedes must have been mentally hard for Bottas due to the immense British presure to have him replaced by a Brit. There is a national value with success in F1 too and Finnish drivers have never had much power or money from that connection and also not that many rich fathers either. For Bottas and Alfa Romeo I think he has been decent again keeping up hope but seriously it's a motor sport and you cannot demand a jockey to be fully content and dedicated given a three legged horse It is also possible that he has given his all to Alfa Romeo while also supporting his team mate. kzbin.info/www/bejne/inzKlnaHfNqSq8k

[@stobe187]

Hockey, driving all kinds of cars and keeping a low profile - the Finnish trifecta.

[@nedzosf1gridbox]

Unless your name is Kimi Raikkonen on a night out or Valtteri Bottas in a body of water

[@Betoni]

At least in my circles no one ever liked Kimi Räikkönen for some reason, i always found him hilarious. Dont know how other Finns outside my circles felt about him because i have never really followed or paid attention to our sportsmedia etc. But reading comments on the F! videos on youtube really does warm me to see so many people liking him.

[@butterflies655]

Kimi Räikkönen was and is very popular in other countries.

[@teemupiiparinen9618]

17:51 End of the link reads: "young JJ Lehto was the sunshine of the pit area, Häkkinen was fooling around on an unicycle."

[@epicon6]

12:13 maybe in the 60’s. I’ve drive all around southern Finland where most people live, like abourt 500 000km and only about 0.01% of those have been gravel. Only countryside side roads are gravel. Those roads still exist and people do drive roads like that hard but your statement is well off. Still in the winter which is 7/12 months we have snow which is similar to loose gravel.

[@jonnekallu1627]

There's a saying in Finland that Finn's are good at anything done with a helmet on. So if anyone can figure out how to do particle physics in such a way that it requires a helmet we get flying cars in no time.

[@yjfuykyil]

No, most roads outside of the large cities are not unpaved. Only a part of some very rural small roads are unpaved. I don't want people to get the wrong idea - this isn't russia.

[@yjfuykyil]

On another note, excellently researched video. Well done!

[@fatmallcop363]

You clearly live in a big city area. Immediately when you leave the city borders its gravel. The only paved roads are the ones that lead to the big cities.

[@yjfuykyil]

@@fatmallcop363 Uh, excuse me? I live in a small town. I've lived 20+ years outside of large cities. Lmfao.

[@yjfuykyil]

@@fatmallcop363 Also, aside of the fact that I'ved lived 5+ years in an actual rural area during my mil service days, this is just literally untrue.

[@fatmallcop363]

@@yjfuykyil bruv. There is literally 2 paved roads where i live. Aside from the town center.

[@hakkinenfan]

2:11 All the more frequently used roads in Finland are paved with asphalt, including the two shown here.

[@nedzosf1gridbox]

I think I had an outdated source

[@cassu6]

@@nedzosf1gridbox There's definitely a lot of gravel roads that are frequently used, but the main roads are definitely asphalt

[@hurri7720]

@@cassu6 , yes there is a lot of gravel left and most importantly you se very few, if any, police cars on them. And if you need more take the ferry to Estonia.

[@mjolio]

I think Rosbergs world championships win in 1982 was amazing when win from competition gave 10 points, 2nd place 6 points and 3rd place 4 points going down 1 point 'till 6th place. He won 1 race! Sure, there was accident of other competitor that made big affect, but that's kind of thing with cars that goes fast AF.

[@KliqHP]

great vid man

[@nedzosf1gridbox]

Thanks mate

[@sbow2892]

Kimi made the fírst Ferrari deal during 2005 and bad 2006 had nothing to do with it.

[@UltraCasualPenguin]

Keiho Rossperk, the best race driver ever.

[@Shippard]

Finland, amazing country from sports perspective. We have world records and world champions almost every sport. Without any sponsorship or a little and with so few people in our country (5,5mil. 5/2024)

[@mhh7544]

Quality vid. Thanks .

[@reigoj8228]

It's not just racing. Military: Ilmari juutilainen, WW II greatest aerial duelist. Lauri Törni, Soldier (CAPTAIN!) of three armies. Greatest querilla soldier of finland, germany and america. Simo Häyhä, Greatest sniper of all time. Technology: Ewrise system. Grand father of internet. IRC system. This system is how you can read comments in internet. Heartrate monitors. So tech wise, finns are top of the world. Education that is actual education helps with finland a lot, mostly due to the fact that there is no limit to interest. Rest of the world has bad habit to push people around towards "What is needed" which end with people not suited for a job trying to do a job they don't even like.

[@AmbientEpicuros]

World of Warcraft (MMO) there was a time when one guild ruled them all and that was not an international/interstate like most of the rivals and it name was Illegal Dani... kek.. Paragon and it was from the this very same country. Multiple "World first kills" before U.S., EU, RU, South-Korea, China etc. But building a raid guild within EU or even U.S. is very much different thing due to language barrier etc., but yeah. You can add there Aimo Huhtala from WW2.

[@jothain]

4:15 Jeesh that was bad. Even after hearing it few times I just couldn't make up what was said. From pictures I figured out 😁

[@Athrun82]

One could argue that South Africa would also fall under this category though they were a part of F1 in terms of racing calender and a lot of local heroes. And of course there is Jody Scheckter the only African F1 champion till this day

[@nedzosf1gridbox]

To be fair I always thought that era of South Africa had a very rich elite but I may have been wrong

[@Athrun82]

@@nedzosf1gridbox Well considering that those drivers were white I would guess you are on the right track. Though maybe not always rich but certainly the privileged ones. Heck they also had one female driver who did welll though her one F1 entry failed

[@GBURGE55]

Although South Africa had some talented local drivers, it really was only Jody Scheckter to achieve any real success. Finland on the other hand have had numerous F1 champions & various winners.

[@Athrun82]

@@GBURGE55 After Scheckter it somehow died of with South African drivers. Heck F1 boycotted South Africa for a couple of years and then returned for 2 years (1992-1993)

[@mhh7544]

....and in rally too . Group B Kings.

[@BrutalxDevil]

Like your videos, can you make a video on the super swed/Ronny Petterson?

[@nedzosf1gridbox]

I will do in the future although i did cover him in my video about the 1970 rookie class

[@STEFAZON500]

Fun fact, my father in law owns Leo Kinnunen´s old W140 S-Class Mercedes that the bought in the 90s,

[@nedzosf1gridbox]

Cool

[@WhyBeUgly]

*Looking at Bottas right now* Riiight, we're goated alright

[@lacai527]

Did not know much about our early F1, but we are not limited to F1, we have world class people in almost every sport, if you look NHL many fins there or WC, Winter sports we do fine, rally, world strongest man, in Esports Serral end Korean Starcraft domination after 23 years, like i said we do good in Esports also, and then we have many specialized people in labor, few evil genius hackers, you name it we produce it :D i see Sisu as: never give up, determination and thrive for improvement.

[@nedzosf1gridbox]

Sums it up perfectly

[@MrTimodon]

And there are more drivers from Finland! In F1 att water, at Roadracing, and motocross! And dragracing too! Anita Makela i think in Topfuel?

[@joonashannila8751]

Sisu is not courage. It is more like a prideful perseverance/persistance. The prideful/stubborn part is important. Finns have always been very heavy into motorsports. We drive our uncles' shitty cars on forrest back roads since children.

[@stedibear]

Why is it that so many english-speakers think finnish is somehow spanish, and think that we pronounce "J" as "H"? I'm really curious how someone makes that choice and takes the risk. Pronouncing "J" as "J" surely would be the safe bet, and thus understandable if it happened to be wrong. Just.. Why?

[@nedzosf1gridbox]

I studied Spanish at a high level in school, and my pronunciation is fantastic (for a non-native speaker), but the one thing I couldn’t do was successfully pronounce J sounds. The amount of times I butchered the word “alojamiento” in class was unreal. Hope that helps you understand

[@stedibear]

@@nedzosf1gridbox You started the video by saying you're going to butcher names. Understandable and completely fair. But my question, that I don't feel you answered, was why do you think finnish=spanish ? You don't pronounce "J" as "H" in english do you?

[@nedzosf1gridbox]

I never assumed Finnish = Spanish mate, it’s just the J sounds in particular that I mess up because there’s no English equivalent

[@stedibear]

@@nedzosf1gridbox So a spanish "J" has no english equivalent, therefore finnish "J" is the same as spanish? Help me understand your logic. Why wouldn't you just use the english "J" by default? Why go spanish "J" for finnish on a whim? This is my big question.

[@nedzosf1gridbox]

@@stedibear I didn’t replace the Spanish with the Finnish, not intentionally anyway mate, it might sound like that to you but I didn’t do it on purpose. You’ll see some more Spanish pronunciation in my next video coming out tomorrow that you can check too

[@kivamiesi]

You should made video of rally champion drivers. Then you would see that Finland is shy on F1.

[@nedzosf1gridbox]

Unfortunately I wouldn’t be able to do rally justice, I don’t know enough about it. I stick to what I’m good at, kind of like Finns in racing and building cool boats.

[@MrMejh]

they have a huge history of racing and rallying, so no its not a surprise.

[@nedzosf1gridbox]

Yea but they weren’t one of the founding nations, and had no recognition in open wheelers before the 70s

[@SpectralUltra]

Finland had Dave Mustaine. :D

[@Perkelenaattori]

That 2014 Ferrari is one of the ugliest cars ever to have graced the tracks. The front end looks like an NHL players nose.

[@robbertroomer6705]

Kimi must come back!!!!

[@davisjaudzems2277]

Honourable mention, Nico Rosberg (2016 F1 Champion) son Of Keke Rosberg (1982 F1 Champion). Nico is half Finish half-German but raced under the German Flag.

[@nedzosf1gridbox]

He’s only linked to Finland through his dad and he doesn’t know the language unfortunately

[@butterflies655]

​@@nedzosf1gridboxThe language is not everything.

[@nedzosf1gridbox]

It’s not everything but surely if you’re from a very homogeneous country you’d know the language? He’s never lived there, was born in Germany and spent most of his life in Monaco

[@sabasaba9790]

@@nedzosf1gridbox I still thought the connection between two champions with the same last same name would have been worth mentioning, especially when you mentioned Nico Rosberg around 34 minutes.

[@Jupeee]

​@@sabasaba9790 he may be half finnish but if he has no other connection to the country, he will never be finnish even as a honorable mention. Maybe a side-note at best for being the son of a finnish driver but he doesn't deserve a mention for just his heritage.

[@michaeldellorso889]

It’s interesting how European F1 has become. The thought of three Brazilians winning multiple championships is absurd today.

[@nedzosf1gridbox]

That’s because we haven’t had a generation defining Oceanian, American or Asian multiple time champion since Senna

[@ff-zero2804]

Well perkeleee

[@GorchaxGaming]

All finnish babies are born in the middle of the snowy winter, in a sauna, and after having been baptized in Koskenkorva and had their named engraved into their flesh by the family heirloom 'Knifen' are given the keys to a tuned up RWD 4 seated car with backseat torn out and are then sent off into the narrow woods in the middle of night. By the age of 3 or 4, some of them no longer get an adrenaline kick out of going 120mph with a 3ft wide car on a curving 3,1ft wide icecovered cattleroad lined with trees in the pitch blackness. These 3 and 4 year olds have the need to do 200mph while taking 80degree corners at 10G. These are you Hakkinens, Raikkonens, Rosbergs and kovalainens of the F1 circuits. I'm 99% sure everything i said is accurate. But ask a fin for confirmation just in case

[@BonoBronck]

Keke Rosberg's son Nico Rosbergg (also F1 WC) is not on the list as he is not a Finn as his heritage his father was. But regognized as German as his mother. - Nico doesn't even speak Finnish, yet even Vettel does. Roots? Missing!

[@ilkkak3065]

Nico has douple citizenship and he chose to drive German licence.

[@butterflies655]

Nico is very proud of his finnish roots.

[@Jupeee]

​@@butterflies655hardly matters if you have nothing to do with the country. It's like a half-italian immigrant in the states saying "I'm a proud Italian" despite not knowing the language, having never been there, never delved into the culture in the country (not just what other italian immigrants brought to the states) or having any other connection to the country. Yeah the heritage might be there but you're proud for something you never worked for. It's like being proud to be tall lol.

[@mhh7544]

It was Sid Watkins who saved Mikas life, head doctor of F 1 . Not some marshall .

[@nedzosf1gridbox]

According to grandprix.com: His life was saved by the efforts of the trackside medical team, including the President of the FIA Institute for Motor Sport Safety, Sid Watkins, and volunteer doctors Jerome Cockings and Steve Lewis, from the Royal Adelaide Hospital. Cockings performed an emergency tracheotomy on the track, delivering oxygen to enable Häkkinen to breathe. Watkins later arrived in the medical car, allowing the doctors to continue, restarting Häkkinen's heart twice. Häkkinen was immediately transported by ambulance to the nearby Royal Adelaide Hospital which was located about half a kilometre from the circuit. There he remained in a critical condition under care of the Trauma Service, the Neurosurgical Unit, and the Intensive Care Unit and remained in the hospital for approximately two months.

[@mhh7544]

@@nedzosf1gridbox I always though it was Sid who did the first aid .

[@nedzosf1gridbox]

@@mhh7544 it wasn’t lol

[@jockejocke1]

@@nedzosf1gridbox Why is that a lol?

[@nedzosf1gridbox]

I’m autistic and I use words such as lol as filler where I want to end a sentence without seeming too blunt. It’s not meant to be interpreted in its literal form (hard to gather now I look back) but it’s a fail safe that my brain thinks of when I don’t want to seem too blunt responding to people. Hope you understand

[@kimreinikainen]

As a finn i approve this video

[@Aquelll]

Mikä on kikka sen? Senkun varoo pikkasen!

[@KristianVirtanen]

If you want to win, hire a Fin

[@Alex.The.Lionnnnn]

Australia does ok considering we're on the other side of the planet where open wheel racing really isn't a thing.

[@nedzosf1gridbox]

Fair, although there was a program to bring the best drivers over in the 60s

[@huohization]

Not to mention everything is upside down there and you drive on the wrong side of the road, very impressive.

[@Alex.The.Lionnnnn]

@@huohization There's just that much downforce on an F1 car that they can drive upside down. Everyone knows that! 😅

[@ilet3049]

remember the time when everyone else was lapped, and only 2 cars were racing? good times. to me F1 is just a joke now.

[@nedzosf1gridbox]

That’s never happened in any F1 race, the lowest amount of finishers is 3 and the biggest win is by 2 laps, but not in the same race

[@ilet3049]

@@nedzosf1gridbox damn I'm really trying to find this race. what I remember is all that was left was mclaren and ferrari. I'm gonna find it though

[@KaiEskelinen]

Torille :D

[@kesamiesh]

Nico Rosberg has Finnish nationality tough he doesn't speak finnish. Minus points for father Rosberg for not teaching mother language to his son =( Keke Rosberg was actually born in sweden so depends on how you count, you could also put one championship to sweden and remove on pity-champ from finland :D

[@detonator2112]

Keke was born i Sweden because his father worked there when he was born. He has nothing to do with Sweden otherwise. He's 100% Finnish.

[@butterflies655]

Both parents are finns.

[@rreif5934]

Why not at least mention Nico Rosberg?

[@nedzosf1gridbox]

Because although his dad was Finnish, he grew up in Monaco and represented Germany

[@GBURGE55]

Already been said but he raced under a German licence not a Finnish one.

[@cschnauz]

The Finns dislike the fact that he never bothered to learn there language

[@Rypsolisti]

@@nedzosf1gridbox True but he has a Finnish passport. Actually that picture at 3:50 is pretty good, the three drivers at front all have Finnish passports! ;)

[@Balnazzardi]

Nico himself has said that he doesnt even feel like he is Finnish I believe and since he doesn't speak the language and never represented Finland in F1, we Finns neither consider him a Finn even if he gas Finnish passport

[@kilppa]

Want to win? Hire a Finn.

[@robbertroomer6705]

True!!! Or a normal Holland one❤

[@robbertroomer6705]

No nonsense, and race!

[@MrTimodon]

So Max Verstappen is a Finnish driver?

[@maicolx7776]

In 70s there were 32 drivers??? 😮

[@nedzosf1gridbox]

1989 saw 39 drivers attempting to make every race

[@jokintoinen]

only 40 likes on this video is a crime

[@nedzosf1gridbox]

Wow, thanks for your kind words, it motivates me to make more videos

[@memoredspectrum]

Nice video but it is just the surface as more is to become..

[@WizardOfOss]

Not even a mention of Keke's son?

[@nedzosf1gridbox]

Nope, he was only ever linked to Finland by his dad. Never lived there nor learned the language

[@WizardOfOss]

@@nedzosf1gridbox fair point, even when he has raced on a Finnish license earlier in his carreer, and would surely have some Finnish DNA in him.

[@nedzosf1gridbox]

@WizardOfOss he switched to a German license as soon as he realised it would get him more sponsorship which is fair

[@detonator2112]

Keke Rosberg is the most underrated F1 champ ever. Won the 1982 title with consistency with a non-turbo car that had 200 hp less than the turbos. 1983 and 1984 Williams were god-awful cars. Keke's only chance were the street circuits and he won both Monaco 1983 and Dallas 1984. Would have won Long Beach 1983 too but tried too cocky overtake on Tambay. Even Patrick Head said the 1984 car was horrible and borderline dangerous. Keke demolished Laffite (who was no slouch) like 13-1 and 14-1 in those two seasons. Everyone's talking about Senna's 1984 Monaco but watch how Keke dominated with slicks on a damp track in 1983. Then he easily beat Mansell in 1985, won two races and got a technical DNF from the LEAD in 4 races. 1986 hampered his reputation because he couldn't drive a understeery car. But the most impressive was the 1978 Silverstone win (a non-GP race) which he won with a crappy Theodore in torrential rain. Was one hell of a driver. Had he stayed in Williams, he would have won 1986 and 1987 for sure. Prost himself said that Keke had the best reactions and car control skills he had ever seen. Watch Kyalami 1985 after he hit an oil spot and see the charge after that... that was INSANE!

[@TheParez]

kekekekekekekekeroosbergeriroosbergeri (srry, if you are a non Fin, it's an inside-joke)

[@tapio_m6861]

I wouldn't call Finland the least likely successful nation in car racing, since I would argue that Finns are a lot more serious about racing than *any* other country. Finland is THE rallying country, and that will translate to F1 with some drivers.

[@Jupex]

F1 was crazy in the 70s into early 90s.. peoply dying left and right

[@nedzosf1gridbox]

From the mid 60s to the early 80s it was nuts

[@cgem8426]

What is Formula Crypto Bollocks?

[@nedzosf1gridbox]

I was playing off of the “Formula Vee” series, because there is a guy on social media called GaryVee who does crypto stuff so I was referencing that

[@GobiLux]

However

[@butterflies655]

I cannot understand why Finland would be the least likely successful nation in F1. What about Sweden? Norway? Iceland? etc. The population is only 5,5 million. Percentually Finland has done well.

[@nedzosf1gridbox]

Exactly, I mean that by the population they shouldn’t have an impact, but do which is good

[@B1gLupu]

Swedes are too busy making furniture and singing abba. Norwegians are probably busy fishing.

[@pasimakinen7494]

Hans Laine was also great driver, but die on racing.

[@mikpoiu6]

also finland is not the most likly as finland is quite wealthy with a culture of inovation

[@mikpoiu6]

unlikly*

[@mikpoiu6]

and GREAT VID btw

[@nedzosf1gridbox]

Thanks mate

[@bambi42]

why do all native English speakers mispronounce Schumacher's name?

[@nedzosf1gridbox]

I haven’t heard his name pronounced any different

[@bambi42]

@@nedzosf1gridbox Because most people mispronounce it. Google German pronunciation for it

[@acecarrera1]

These people use rally special stages to run errands, there has to be champion among them.By the way, other than promoting videos, you often say the word "however". Hey, I'm entertained.

[@juholaitakari1305]

The least likely??

[@nedzosf1gridbox]

Yup, in terms of small population and historical impact in motor racing in its early years

[@mhh7544]

Did you leave Nico Rosberg out by accident or purpose , he is a Finn you know , with German passport .

[@nedzosf1gridbox]

He’s never represented Finland in F1 though. Only link is through his dad, and although he represented Finland up until F3 Euro imo that’s not enough. Romain Grosjean was born in Switzerland yet everyone knows he’s French

[@mhh7544]

@@nedzosf1gridbox Jep he drove under German flag , so I guessed you left him out for that reason .

[@mioxm9614]

Not Finnish at all.

[@mhh7544]

@@mioxm9614 Not correct Nico Erik Rosberg (born 27 June 1985) is a German and Finnish entrepreneur and former professional racing driver.

[@mioxm9614]

@@mhh7544 He is Kekes son and has a finnish passport but that is where it ends. Born and raised in Monaco and drove under german licence. He himself said that he is not finnish at all.

[@squidcaps4308]

BTW, Nico also has Finnish passport, so.. half-Finn.

[@nedzosf1gridbox]

Yea but unfortunately never represented Finland in f1

[@squidcaps4308]

@@nedzosf1gridbox True, his only appearance under Finnish flag was in lower formulas.. or karting, can't remember which one. Culturally, he is a German from Monaco, and even Keke is like 75% "Finnish", being a bit of an oddball personality and has lived abroad most of his life.

[@NiffYT]

​@@squidcaps4308he was representing Finland in F1 during testing, but switched to Germany right before the season started.

[@squidcaps4308]

@@NiffYT Hmm.. do you know if he drove F1 in any official session, testing or similar under Finnish Flag? What is teating? I assume a typo but still wondering what it is suppose to say.

[@NiffYT]

@@squidcaps4308 testing

[@okok-gg5fl]

There wuold be more finns in f1 and any other top motor sport if we had more sponsor money available but finland is small poor country.also remember henri toivonen was fast open wheels also we should count nico also finnish racing riders😁

[@JutiMayranen]

Suomi Mainittu! - torille!

[@epicon6]

Is this the only thing ”Finnish thing” you have? 😂 Wow

[@dude7068]

the title of your video should be “ most likely nation to succeed in f1” aside from your brief cursory historical intro, your very first lines at minute 2:20 begins with almost verbatim to what google states . “ If you take all the roads in Finland, they add up to around 454,000 kilometres. Of those, approximately 350,000 kilometres are either unpaved private or forest roads. This is one of the highest proportions of gravel to asphalt roads in western Europe and that's why the Finns are so good at driving on them. instead of wasting 38 minutes on your video. go watch the top gear episode from over 20 years ago when james may on top gear went to visit hakinnen in finland when they talked about driving and “ sisou”. much more entertaining and informative. that 2 decades old top gear segment pre dates your regurgitated facts.

[@nedzosf1gridbox]

I literally showed parts from the exact Top Gear episode you mention. If you actually watched the video rather than thinking you know exactly what I’m going to say you’d realise why so many other people enjoyed it. If my content isn’t your cup of tea that’s OK, but don’t try to act like I don’t do my research because I do

[@dude7068]

@@nedzosf1gridbox regurgitating already known fatcts does not a video make. top gear was a world wide phenomenon which had hundreds of millions of viewers for every episode. perhaps one of the most watched tv programs ever. you merely rehashed that segment and decided to do a video about the exact same topic. didn’t i say in earlier comment that i rather rewatch that top gear segment instead of wasting 38 mins of time watching yours ? your reference to top gear only further illustrates my point about “regurgitation”. i prefer to digest food once and not to have it reflux back up to be enjoyed again. to each their own. no wonder your views are astronomical!! lol. keep at it lol

[@nedzosf1gridbox]

@dude7068 95% of educational videos regurgitate already known facts, how can I cover a topic like this with completely original material throughout otherwise?

[@dude7068]

@@nedzosf1gridbox by the way. the sherpas that help climbers reach everest are the “ most “ likely to not suffer altitude sickness. similarity, the finn’s are the “ most” likely to be great drivers. get the parallel? environment often dictates one’s skills. once again. the title you have is incorrect. finland is the “most” not least likely. follow the logic ? lol

[@dude7068]

@@nedzosf1gridbox you are educating no one. millions globally watched top gear and now top gear reruns. oops except for your 1 thousand subs. lol. cha ching !!!

[@mankihonda983]

Look we promise to stop doing motorsports as soon as Norwegians stop skiing.

[@nedzosf1gridbox]

Haha

[@moonliteX]

I'm finnish and almost 50. I've never had the impression our country is poorer or lower class than way over half of the other countries you listed. As a child literally every country you listed were REALLY cheap for finnish tourists. That means our economy was stronger. And class ... Come on. Decendents of kings, queens, tzars, counts etc .. like. What does america have in terms of class?

[@moonliteX]

you make us seem like poland or some of the balcan countries or ex-soviet eastern-european countries in general. we have always been western europeans and in most ways in the top of that too.

[@nedzosf1gridbox]

I apologise if that’s the way it came across. I wasn’t suggesting that Finland is poor, even if that’s how it sounded. I more meant that they didn’t have an imprint on a world stage really, especially in the early decades of motorsport, although wealth can be a factor, it was more in your case that you didn’t have much output on the world of motorsport for a while. Sorry if it sounded like I was being condescending, I didn’t mean to do that

[@moonliteX]

@@nedzosf1gridbox well did you look into rally? We had most of rally winners too.

[@moonliteX]

But yes. Thank you for the apology ❤️❤️ I'm good now. Just wanted to get the facts out there ❤️❤️

[@aleksisoukkala]

but finland is poorer than countries he is mentioning and we are on a same level than poland or balcan countries our sitizens personal wealht is western europes lowest (arroud 200000€ per person behaind sweden) in finland you are considered having high incom if you make 70k a year when everywher else that is high middel class insted rich.

[@kallekonttinen1738]

Your pronounciation.. Am native Finn and speak also good English.. When you pronounce a Finnish word or name it is very hard to figure out what you are saying.. good that I know all these people and places so I get the meaning..

[@nedzosf1gridbox]

I tried my best

[@heyitsseffrey]

As another native Finnish viewer I think you did great with the names @@nedzosf1gridbox. Even if one would pronounce the names perfectly while speaking English, it's extremely taxing to switch between 2 languages with very different rhythms and pronounciation. Especially with long commentary like this. Thank you so much for such a informative and well put together video! Your passion for the subject really shines through!

[@nedzosf1gridbox]

@heyitsseffrey thanks mate, glad you enjoyed it

[@Konki]

Mä meen laittaan torin valmiiks...

[@nedzosf1gridbox]

What does that mean in English?

[@Konki]

@@nedzosf1gridbox I'm going to prepare the market... (you know, we Finns go to the big market in Helsinki when we win at anything and it has begome a joke that we go there whenever Finland is mentioned by foreigners)

[@nedzosf1gridbox]

Ok, now I understand, good phrase

[@andraslibal]

USA is not successful at all in F1.

[@nedzosf1gridbox]

I mean it is, 2 champions and many more race winners. What’s the point of that in context to this video

[@andraslibal]

@@nedzosf1gridbox he starts by enumerating all the successful and rich countries by listing them, including the US. The US is historically not successful at F-1 it only had one American born driver who became a champion and one Italian born driver and both were decades ago. Compared to its size this is not significant. The US does not invest in this sport a lot, because it cannot dominate it, we see the same thing with football, the US rather plays its own version, just like with racing.

[@nedzosf1gridbox]

@andraslibal the USA had a lot of history in pre war Grand Prix racing. The Indy 500 is the oldest still running racing event in the world. This was more what I was referring to in the video

[@andraslibal]

@@nedzosf1gridbox I am not talking about racing in general this video is about F-1 specifically

[@nedzosf1gridbox]

@andraslibal I only mentioned the USA under the band of “motorsport” right at the start. Don’t know what you’re on about to be honest