The Shortest Formula 1 Career EVER?

[@F1Krazy]

This race also featured the largest starting grid of any F1 race in history: 35 drivers entered and 34 started. There were six others driving Loof's Veritas cars, and three of them actually finished the race.

[@RACINGUS95]

NASCAR which had 82 cars start the 1951 Southern 500: pathetic

[@BeagleBageler]

@@RACINGUS95best paying race, biggest racing field

[@RACINGUS95]

@@BeagleBageler exactly

[@wabba67]

Obligatory: and all of them were actually Formula 2 cars.

[@TheOz91]

Two cars bigger than any Indy 500 race. And many F1 drivers entered the Indy 500 because even finishing last would earn more money than any single F1 race during this time.

[@extremegrieferbible]

The 1953 German Grand Prix is also the earliest Grand Prix with a still living competitor - Hans Herrmann (age 95) made his debut in that race.

[@HangmanOfficialUploads]

You just jinxed it.

[@degraded1642]

did he die ​@@HangmanOfficialUploads

[@carsonneal]

i thought u meant he was 95 in the race i was SHOCKED

[@Yukino-014]

@@degraded1642 No. Herrmann still lives to this day, and celebrated his 96th birthday a little over a month ago. He's also not just the earliest F1 GP starter still alive, but the last F1 podium finisher from the 50s (1954 Swiss GP) still alive.

[@whyareyoureadingmynickname8158]

1950s F1 truly was a goldmine of bizarreness.

[@AutoRockinRacing94]

Some say his qualifying run is still going to this day

[@sSLOSs]

"what a time to be alive, well maybe not for him" - comedy gold 1:30

[@MulettoMotorsports]

Argentina's Miguel Angel Guerra could only qualify the modest Osella once in San Marino, 1981. The race and his career lasted 200m. Slim Borgudd (yes, ABBA's drummer) sent him straight to the guardrail right after lights were off

[@mokatta17]

I’m sorry but 1:54 feels like it was made by a highly regarded documentary studio, the music bits the vibe and everything just comes together so well. Amazing work Mr. Revell❤🔥

[@ThePsiclone]

"9.59? I tell you something, I do that lap time in a van" ~ Sabine Schmitz. RIP you amazing lady. (for anyone that doesn't know...she very nearly did do it in a transit van..10.08)

[@Suprahampton]

Not to forget the Lancia D50, a car so good Ferrari bought the entire team to get hold of

[@periklaskyriakidis6064]

Not exactly... Alberto Ascari was Lancia's main driver and he was killed at Monza in 1955, so Lancia quit their F1 program. Ferrari then decided to buy Lancia's car and went on to win the title in 56.

[@berserkfuryyy6798]

Crazy that bro wanted something under 12 minutes, but Ascari put down a sub 10 min. I mean, at least he got to live out his dream. More than I can say for myself.

[@colbymacleod3717]

Just wanted to say that listing Tenzing Norgay's name first when describing the first Everest ascent is based as hell

[@coronasdelaurel]

"Well ackchyually it wasn't the shortest F1 career because in 1953 they raced with F2 regulations" 🤓 It's a very good video! I don't know why people keep on saying that Apicella holds that record when he isn't. To be honest, I can't say that someone that at least qualified to a race had the shortest F1 career, but that's just my opinion. There are some drivers out there that never made it out of pre-qualifying, which might could be explored in future videos.

[@Aunini]

Amati, Sospiri, Bartels, Chaves, McCarthy, Hattori...

[@reptongeek]

But it could be argued that since they didn't qualify and thus be on the grid for the start that became the race, could they be considered an F1 driver, because they wouldn't have a race start to their name

[@elLooto]

Lets not reduce this to the absurdity of participation trophies.

[@deanverstraeten3850]

well, that was more interesting than studying for exams, by a long shot

[@Axle0Bullitt019]

I dare say naming a car meteor is better than naming your plane the meteor.

[@skynet0912]

It can even be argued that his distance total should be a flat zero but still classified him as a starter, because at the time, your lap started and ended at the timing line. So because he never actually reached the start line, the official distance would technically be zero, since he had covered no actual distance on the first official lap of the race. So his total distance is indeed correct, but he actually never clocked an official meter in the race...

[@kohikappu]

Hence then, Apicella > Loof in terms of legality.

[@ghomerhust]

"we're going back.... awe crap, too far." -shows pictures of wagon trains across the American plains in the 1800s this dry humor is much appreciated. well done mate

[@brzk_]

excellent video, josh! really good editing and pacing, great sense of humor. keep it up man

[@petewharton8449]

You gotta give props to the guy. He raced in F1 at the 'ring in the 50s. Got more balls than most of us even if he was slow.

[@lewisbloom]

One thing that should be noted is that the nords is long, like really really long, esp at the old old one. So those seconds difference actually put the cars of the day incredibly close as the modern equivalent would be, being a tenth behind a car after lapping what I think works out around 5+ modern day circuits length wise.

[@diabeticman2194]

Ernst Loof; never heard of him, but what legend!

[@Redd1ck45]

Can't wait for your next projects Josh

[@BOABModels]

Stalin's death date is 5th of March 1953, or 5/3/53. Very easy to remember.

[@Aotearoa_Kiwi]

Graham McRae's F1 career was pretty damn short too. Only one F1 start _(1973 British Grand Prix)_ and retired on the first lap!

[@kieran2221]

Well done for having the confidence of silence in this video - it worked extremely well!

[@harrisonturpitt]

Banging vid again

[@KMerse1]

Fascinating video. But you could have said as a silver lining how important the Veritas was for German industry. It was one of the most important single-seater manufacturers back then and the make made it to F1 more than once. Not nitpicking, but there is always more to the story :)

[@thomassf3]

Love how we all watch Josh's videos about people we've never heard of before 😂😂

[@fredb3400]

That Stalin joke. Deadly.

[@ic3man]

0:30 you mean 3rd year? It was 93 wasn’t it? 91 Jordan came into F1

[@eamonahern7495]

I see a Jordan formula one thumbnail, I click! 1993 was their 3rd year in formula one. Jordan's debut year was 1991.

[@milnez]

Love your work dude ❤

[@arendrap23]

Last time I heard the name Veritas was in Top Gear. Where Hammond compared the Veritas RS 3 to the Caterham R500.

[@Mahme343]

The way he waited I love ur vids

[@CrunchyMotorsport]

Seeing as Josh is remaking old videos, its time to redo the MasterCard Lola video

[@SuperGenericUser]

That car looked like it would be more at home in a Le Mans race than an open-wheel race series

[@nathanakers45]

His Name? Ernst Loof His Qualy? Ernst Aloof His Race? Ernst Oof

[@Hammerhead547]

When I was a kid there was a VHS series sold by K-Tel (Duke Video in the rest of the world) called Car Wars that featured "spins, shunts and shocking accidents that competitors walked away from". Marco's "spitrited" driving in the lower classes was often featured in the later editions of the series.

[@fredb3400]

Under 10 minutes on the nordschlaffe on bicycle tires in a glorified soap box. Just the idea of sitting in that ride looking at the track map is terrifying.

[@ninjamushroom8367]

Excellent vid Josh :)

[@Xs2...]

I heard his name once before. But never knew his 'deal' in F1, thanks Josh !

[@Numfuddle]

I don’t know what video editing, animation or generative AI magic you performed to create the sequence of the car driving around the Nürburgring but boy was that great work. Including little jokes and Easter Eggs like the „finish line straight on. Turn right for exit Breitscheid“ street sign was great. Kudos dear sir.

[@TheBread09]

My best guess is that he had someone drive around a Retro version of the track on AC to provide the needed footage

[@rnbicalho]

With those tires, a pace below 10 minutes in that track... is impressive!

[@michaelredford5389]

7:20 was half expecting an "and today's video is sponsored by Veritas". 😅

[@RACECAR]

Dude is pulling Miracles if he could get THAT sponsorship.

[@crusherbmx]

Thanks...now I have this urge to look up whether the Nordschleife really does have twice as many gravestones as corners.

[@Speeder76]

I like 1953. It was the year my mom was born. Anyway... the story of herr Loof only was on my knowledge some years ago, and there was always that... asterisk, if you like, about him and the car he used. But that was the time you had the Indy 500 on the calendar, and no competitive factory team but Ferrari, so...

[@matthiascerebri3315]

Its not a miracle that many people forgot about Loof since many grids were filled to the brim back then

[@minibus9]

excelnt video, really interesting one, sad story i lots of ways, but the fact that he helped Germany's motorsport scene post WW2 is great

[@Idontneedahandle-u3o]

This Video was longer than both their F1 careers put together though lmao.

[@luke_darga]

I simultaneously love and hate that I automatically knew this video was going to be about Ernst Loof before I clicked.

[@alecerdmann8505]

This feels like if modern F1 let Glickenhaus show up with his Hypercar and try to qualify.

[@PavlosLepaul]

Already after seeing thumbnail I exptected Loof story

[@Mr83an]

Hey Josh, please make a video about "Hans Heyer" the Formula 1 Pirate from Hockenheim 1977.

[@mikeklein1779]

Seconded!

[@CammieRacing]

Detective Josh is on the case!

[@dangerdean9066]

Never thought Stroll would make a cameo

[@tobiasz6613]

I tend to think of pre-ww2 motor racing as "The pioneering age" and the 1950s and 60s as "The heroic age" then 70s-90s as "the sporting age", where as by now, we're deep into "the entertainment age" of motorsport.

[@Happymali10]

There was a revival-attempt at "Veritas" a few years ago, but it's unknown if they ever made more than two prototypes/media cars (and unknown if those were even two or just one they repainted)

[@fedbet909]

1:12 he's Emanuele Naspetti, not Apicella

[@falc_4260]

It was the teams third year, not the second

[@goodshipkaraboudjan]

50s F1 cars and the 'Ring - no thanks. Would love to see a video on the pretty girl race around Macau in '95. Basically they got models and flight attendants then wacked them into Mazda (somethings) and sent them out with a co-driver whose job it was to wrestle the steering wheel off them. Absolute chaos and I'm all for it.

[@jarrah8270]

Interestingly veritas had a small revival in the early 2010’s i think after they made a track day car that looked like a modern version of the meteor. It was featured in an episode of top gear where hammond tested it against the Caterham.

[@philipppichler5681]

Loof (the oo is spoken as a long o) was a former BMW engineer, who ended up beeing back at BMW after the bought Veritas, because they lobbied against his company. With no money, neither from the governement or an investor (they only got scammed), they had no chances. Which is a shame, not only Hans Hermann did way better than Loof in that Veritas. What might have been if they had the chance to continue.

[@Bstingnl]

This video was shorter than the fastest lap on the Nürnbergring in 1953.

[@Eddie1992uk]

i was always surprise Apicella never got another go

[@frl6683]

Apicella must have had a wish for short races as he went driving for the legendary JLOC Lamborghini effort in the mid-late 2000s at Le Mans - if people don't know about it, lets just say it was the Kolles of the decade and if memes had existed that team would have them all.

[@RACECAR]

Running a car, in a time where safety was a massive afterthought and being flammable was the style at the time, not having anywhere near the budget of the big Italians AND calling it "Meteor" of all names is quite the optimistic choice.

[@deemagico]

what about Nissani senior?

[@extremegrieferbible]

Well, he definitely drove longer than two meters with that car.

[@deemagico]

@@extremegrieferbible ...you mean...few laps with multiple spins in one practise, with minute behind 23rd? 😁

[@joshmartinez7233]

Eleventymillion corners?! Wowza!

[@chrisclermont456]

Enjoyed this one!! 😂😂

[@Amm17ar]

Youre not guarenteed a dream in life. He did everything to make his come true. Thats more than a lot of us can say. Most of us wont ever even come a mile away from our dreams. He came closer than most. Gotta respect him for that.

[@ReinhardP]

Aaaah, Örnst Luhf, my favourite driver.

[@AndrewGeierMelons]

Ernst - the German word for "Serious" Ernst Oof 🤣🤣

[@abcdefgh-xf2th]

Percentage wise 3,9 seconds was actually a pretty small gap compared to what was generally seen in motorsport at the time.

[@kevinotoole3466]

excellent! thank you

[@joshuafrancis1959]

So just to clarify, when his company was bought out, they went on to form BMW? Or they were just bought out by BMW? If the first is true, they would go onto build some decent engines for Williams and Sauber through the 2000’s. which imo is a solid silver lining

[@Tohardtomakeachannel]

If you ever get a chance to go to this part of Germany you can drive the track for $25 euros. Highly recommend

[@Sc0tt_e]

Tiny nitpick but I coulda sworn it was Moss who had named the Nurburgring the green hell, not stewart?

[@timvernooij9096]

I will never not like the usage of "eleventy million"

[@johnyossarian1135]

TBF loof built his own car which is more than anything Lance Stroll has ever bothered to do

[@stanfrank9329]

YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! MORE FOGGY NURBURG STOCK FOOTAGE!! The SunnyV2 of motorsport content. Just overly orated media!

[@TeagDeav]

right on time

[@jureroso7989]

You should do video about Timo Salonen

[@peter-johndamonse5035]

Wait, 18 laps at +10 min a lap, how long were the average races back then?

[@frenchfrey65]

Just looked Ernst up on Wiki, the man sadly died 5 years later to a Brain Tumor :(

[@mikasalofan7759]

Great Video 👍👍 Can you please make a video of a another German racing driver, about Sophia Florsch? Like what the deal with Sophia Florsch? It would be great to hear your opinion here👍

[@marton154]

What came first: the joke Ernst Oof or the script for this video?

[@steelcladgamer6578]

His race was shorter than his car.

[@Skreezilla]

I mean do we count Hans Heyer? technically started but was DSQ'ed making it a none legal start....

[@drivingduck2234]

in My opinion Juan Manuel Fangio is the Greatest driver of all time...

[@enricohepner]

my man really used metres for the first guy and then feet for the second guy 💀

[@kazefw3834]

The fact that the distance is shorter that lebron James is hilarious 😂

[@Jack_inabox894]

Can you do a wtf happened to that sergi serocki (that 2018 williams driver) as I don't know what happened to him

[@Kaiserzeit1871]

Ernst Loof died of a brain tumor in 1956 at the age of 48. Very sad.

[@y_fam_goeglyd]

Of course there was that German who had the only DNQ; DNS (officially...); DNF(? query because of --) DSQ! In the 1970s IIRC?

[@TheAWShowUK]

Loof wasn't last in qualifying though, so not entirely a disaster.

[@harley7831]

Whats the background music you used?

[@goodshipkaraboudjan]

Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from The Nutcracker

[@johnyossarian1135]

I'd still maybe give it to Claudio Langes just since he had more DNQs and DNPQs than anyone else

[@whyareyoureadingmynickname8158]

But the fact that he had multiple DNQs and DNPQs tells you that he had a longer career. He lasted whole season.

[@johnyossarian1135]

@@whyareyoureadingmynickname8158 the longest career without really having a career then. At least Apicella got on the grid

[@rickyspanish4792]

At least he tried, so he's still a winner in my book!

[@samiraperi467]

6.5 feet? So basically less than half a car length.

[@Patrickonf1]

These guys had madly big bollocks to drive at suicidal speeds around the green hell 😮

[@MENQN]

Wehrlein was meant to join Lewis Hamilton in 2017 but got drooped

[@fleakletheotter]

Why does Josh have to fragment his dialogue like an automated train station announcer?