The Story of F1's Gang of Four | Senna, Prost, Mansell and Piquet

[@umityldz3240]

We will miss all. Senna, Prost, Mansell, Piguet.

[@kaiserwilhelmi7532]

How ironic a turk like you misses Alain Prost, who was of Armenian descent.

[@myka4337]

I agree, having the four of them on the grid together was special. Now we have the new guard of Verstappen, Leclerc, Russell and perhaps Noris. Time will tell with Norris, but the other three are very special to witness.

[@henriquecosta3031]

im Brazilian and i ont miss Piquet a bit... ;)

[@TK-jj9xr]

​@@henriquecosta3031got it, you like being lied to and hate genuine people.... 😂😂😂

[@pancon5]

That sliding overtake on Senna by Piquet... 😲😲😲

[@marbet2395]

Ore powerful car helps

[@pancon5]

@@marbet2395 Sure does!

[@p.s.6021]

Le plus belle et meilleure époque de la F1 👍✨👌 aujourd'hui en 2023 AUCUN pilote n'a le charisme la classe l'intelligence de ces 4 pilotes qu'étaient Mansell Prost Piquet Senna 💖

[@master-kq3nw]

no more rivals like this 4 driver golden age f1 era 1986 -1993

[@Duderino27]

As a Prost fan, 17 year old in 86, i think this was his greatest achievement in my mind from all his titles... not just one great nemesis but 3!!! What a way to win a championship on the last race FAIR AND SQUARE with an inferior car. My greatest regret is when he should have won with Ferrari in 90.... I would have preferred him losing in 89 and winning back in 90... but fate did it otherwise.

[@MrPeperoni79]

2:32: Now THAT is a wall of champions.

[@ArcadeMusicTribute]

To this day this has been my all time favorite Formula 1 Season. I was a Prost fan and to see him take the championship with the inferior car was absolutelly satisfying!!!

[@stevejh69]

Prost only won two of those title because Jean-Marie Balestre cheated for him.

[@kimiraikkonen949]

lmao no he didn’t stop making shit up. salty boy 😹😹

[@sz6498]

@@stevejh69 If balestre wanted to help Prost he would have removed that ridicolous points scoring system. He would have won 1988 too

[@stevejh69]

@@sz6498 Prost had him help so many times. They were bum buddies.

[@Stug9680]

@@stevejh69 Just one question. How old are you ?

[@TK-jj9xr]

as a Brazilian Piquet was the best of its era. the guy was not only a great driver, but a an awesome mechanic who knew how to fine tune his cars.

[@felipepeal2]

Sure.

[@mecano572]

Era um piloto completo!

[@marbet2395]

After 35 years this myth of Piquet as a great mechanic...

[@szczecom8467]

I think what today people call Max's dirty driving was the same what Ayrton was doing back in 80s. His rivals were furious how hard he was driving same as today Lewis or anyone else is complaining about Max's style. But his and Max's fans loved that.

[@fernandobermudegraca2787]

I remember Hamilton used to be just as aggressive and unorthodox a few years ago. Back when he didn't win much.

[@Cjbx11]

The difference is that now there are rules that the drivers are supposed to stick to. Back then it was pretty much anything goes. Senna (and the other drivers of that era) would never get away with driving like they did today.

[@naubersm]

Millenials

[@marbet2395]

Please don't compare Max with Ayrton. Max is more like Prost in Suzuka 1989. He did the dirty maneuver and the other paid in front on FIA

[@fabriciolima071]

7:52 This almost terminated the contract between Lotus and Renault. At this episode, Lotus didn't knew that the Renault EF4 engine's fuel comsumption was higher than the factory specs said and the calculations to the race strategy was completely wrong. The press blamed Senna. Senna got furious and and opened the team calculations and the specs showing that the engine was burning more gas that it suposed to do. Reanult got pissed. In 1987, Lotus would race with the Honda RA166E engines.

[@AlMartanda]

Respect from Russia! And we are not all for war. I'm very sorry for this day.

[@Sem5626]

tell your corrupt "leader" this... posting this on youtube comments achieves nothing

[@stuartbritton4811]

Putin was pushed into it. However, he is just as slimy as all the other political manipulators from both sides. I have no time for any of them. Scum bags, the lot of them.

[@rip4273]

Prost was such a great driver. Could win from any position.

[@marbet2395]

Indeed he was the only one who was able to win from the room of politic position

[@chrismc1977]

Still the best season I can recall. I was there at Brands Hatch for my first GP. Absolutely amazing! 86 stood for everything great about F1- different teams, engines, drivers all battling. Great competition & characters!

[@dionisiooliveirasoares8221]

Fantastic season!!

[@marcusmacleod]

Enjoyed that. Thanks. Back when men were men.

[@frankmorgan2772]

Lovely to see Nelson Piquet interviews talking about these guys, no censorship or pc bulllshit, he talks freely about everyone, lovely !

[@RafaelSilva-tg4yt]

He is still the greatest trash talker F1 ever had.LoL There are some of his interviews in Portuguese, subtitled in English on KZbin.

[@precise3006]

@@RafaelSilva-tg4yt this did not end well…

[@john2ndname]

what i love about Adelaide my birth place was it was always the driver championship contender in the 80's..I miss those glory days...

[@cracklinjack___9466]

Anyone else think there is someone's voice missing? Frank Williams? I'd love to have heard his thoughts.

[@cracklinjack___9466]

I agree. I was and remain a Ayrton Senna fan. I miss his voice too. I know there will be many to disagree, and I'm fine with that. But I miss Frank and Ayrton as well. We were genuinely lucky to see these guys in their and our lives. Everyone was amazing and the stakes were high. Brilliant one, brilliant all. Loved this era.

[@naubersm]

When pilots were allowed to have a personalitty.

[@theruckinmaul1460]

1+3+4+3 = 11 World Championship. Unbelieable.

[@danmannl2800]

We need another season like that with verstappen, norris, russell and leclerc!

[@pancon5]

Hopefully it materialises at some point!

[@GoGetYourShinebox]

Replace Russell with Hamilton

[@tomwells8093]

@@GoGetYourShinebox Replace Norris with anybody else

[@razeenparappurathshafiq708]

Replace Norris with Sainz jr

[@slammy102]

How ever did f1 go from this golden age, to whatever's that was in Miami a few days ago?

[@canismajoris6733]

Golden age? How can a golden age have cars that drive themselves?

[@slammy102]

@@canismajoris6733 Which 'cars that drive themselves' are you referring to from 1986? I suppose the cars did try to kill their drivers back then...

[@Claggyt]

Even as a youngster worshipping that "Gang of Four" photo I always wondered why Prost was wearing actual shoes as opposed to racing footwear. He was wearing shoes......

[@sushilamalanathans5523]

Why only 18k views???

[@imwithname843]

and Keke..

[@azynkron]

Like Berger said: It was down to you and your balls to get the lap times down.

[@canismajoris6733]

And the car...

[@SebastianX1.9]

It was great that Berger - Benetton won Mexico because it left the championship open for another race. Patrick Head should not have called in Piquet. Piquet was a smoother driver and probably had better tires left at that point.

[@eduardovieira7377]

I'm a fan of Piquet and in an interview here in Brazil, he said that halfway through the race the tires started to vibrate, that you couldn't see the braking at the end of the straight, so he stopped. Prost said that even though he made the pit stop a little before the halfway point, the changed tires also arrived vibrating at the end of the race. I think that was Mansell's mistake, he had the race in hand. Stefan Johansson, who was in fourth place, was light years behind him. It was about making the pit stop and securing the title. But Mansell is Mansell, if he was as intelligent and capable as Piquet, Prost and Senna, he would have won.

[@fmmnta]

Miss Rosberg, Lauda, Alboreto, Angelis, ...

[@murilocarvalho2903]

Nigel Mansell aos 1min e 50 segundos: "Prost era o Professor de manipulações e politicagem". Nigel Mansell at 1min and 50 seconds: "Prost was the Professor of manipulations and politicking".

[@Duderino27]

Piquet was a foul mouth but quite fair on track unlike dirty ruthless driver Senna.

[@jeshkam]

100% agreed. I'm a Prost fan. Actually my top 3 drivers are Villeneuve, Prost and Stewart. I never liked Senna, he was pushing too hard and was arrogant on track and sometimes off track as well. Plus his constant bragging about his relationship with God used to make me sick, just keep it private, dude.

[@szczecom8467]

Many people call it golden era. OK fine but please 2021 was a spectacular season.

[@amjan]

Nah, 2021 it's just Mercedes and RedBull, boring.

[@Duderino27]

Until the shameful last lap...

[@user-vh6sg6zc4w]

Sure 2021 was a good seasson but not like these one

[@BlessedBrazil]

AYRTON SENNA FOREVER

[@eb6084]

Hold on bitches…. Let’s mention that Piquet was the ONLY ONE who won his championships with two different teams, three different engines, Two different tire manufacturers and against crazy competition from whithin Senna lost by points to Prost both in 88 and 89. In 90 he punted Prost off. In 91 Mansell lost the Championship, Senna didn’t win it. Piquet should’ve been 6 times Champion. 80, 81, 82, 83, 86, 87. And had the Branham not broken down all the time he would’ve won 84 too. Look it up, I’m right!

[@ivanjulian2532]

Prost won world titles for McLaren and Williams, so that's two different teams. He won World Titles using a Porsche TAG turbo V6, and Honda V10, and a Renault V10. So that's three different engines. He came 2nd in the World Championship on 4 separate occasions. So besides being wrong about Piquet being the ONLY ONE who achieved what you claimed, if we use your logic Prost should have won the World Championship eight times.

[@anonymoustrusty483]

[Piquet widow detected]

[@amjan]

@@ivanjulian2532 Senna punted Prost off in 1990, so Prost would've won with Ferrari - that makes it 3 different teams.

[@David_D.]

Piquet's title win in 1987 is the most undeserved championship win in F1 history. He didn't beat Mansell in a straight fight once throughout the year and he won only half as many races as Mansell. His three victories that year were all inherited after drivers ahead of him had to retire; Germany after Mansell and Prost retired, Hungary after Mansell retired again and Italy after Senna went off the circuit to avoid Ghinzani. He was consistently out-paced and out-driven by Mansell all season but whenever there was a technical problem with a Williams it was almost always on Mansell's car.

[@ivanjulian2532]

@@David_D. I disagree.

[@user-wd1vk9ju1m]

Prost, consistant, quick and fair on track, sneaky behind the scene Piquet, quick and soso on track, most hated driver ever because he was just a piece of shit person, extremely dirty play. Senna, possibly quickest of them all, beast on track, no prisoners... fair and honest behind the scene, generally good person. Mansell, possibly only one to challenge Senna on pure speed, behind the scene generally good person but lacking a bit of commitment when it came to everything NOT racing To me the battle between Senna and Mansell was and has always been the most intense, 2 drivers with pure speed... and also the only two drivers on track that actually showed their respect for one another on and off track... even though they crashed many times together... These two were for me the drivers of the era... and Red 5 has always been my favourite... but thats just my opinion :)

[@ariveitz1941]

Race years like this one is why i dont bother watching anymore

[@artzreal]

why is Prost in the big four? the narcissist that had to rely on cheap politics and admitted help from Balestre to win titles for crap fans to count as real wins?

[@sz6498]

Maybe because he won with an inferior car? Maybe because he has more championship than the others three? (More win too) and maybe because he made more points than senna in BOTH 88 and 89 in the SAME car

[@tomwells8093]

@@sz6498 Prost was a great driver but he also used politics and his nationality to get ahead and cheat his way to titles, how much he was apart of these issues is debatable though. Exactly the same thing with Schumacher, exaggerating their greatness beyond what it actually was. Points mean nothing when Senna was ahead of Prost 80% of the time in the races before mechanical issues or retirement. Only a handful of races a year Prost could challenge Senna for a win in McLaren. I've got all races on archive and its very clear.

[@oscarjunior6546]

Alain Prost👎👎👎

[@olivierprevot4869]

Bitter, party of one, your table is ready. 😂