1961 Monaco Grand Prix BBC Highlights

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[@mikemike1071]

The good old days. Gone forever.

[@craigjohnson8069]

Manual shifting, sliding rear ends - love it. Only hay bale barriers - frightening. No fleet of luxury yachts in the harbor - almost a provincial setting. Awesome.

[@billrichter8871]

One of the greatest F1 drives, the 55' Mille Miglia win and 61' Monaco GP are Moss's two masterpieces!

[@bloqk16]

It's a pity in the modern era of motorsports that they've become so specialized that we no longer see top-tiered drivers, in their prime, switching back-and-forth between open wheel and sports cars in any given season.

[@elpatolucas22]

​​@@bloqk16contratos....un equipo de F1 te paga un mucho dinero para correr con ellos y te vas a otra categoría donde corres riesgo de lastimarte donde el equipo de F1 no saca ningun benéfico...Robert kubika estaba en F1 y por correr rally tuvo el accidente y se le termino la carrera de F1. Por mas que volvío con williams varios años después pero su mejor momento se lo arruino por el accidente. Luego los campeonato se han hecho mucho mas largos que antes eso también acorta el margen de qur un piloto de una categoría vaya a otra.

[@floydp4981]

I remember watching this race on TV, it was the only race ( apart from British GP) that the BBC used to televise in those days. And I remember enthusing about it with others, next day at school. Obviously Moss' wonderful drive plus how few cars were left in the race, 5 or 6 I think.

[@polcommwatcher]

Great footage of an iconic race. (Re commentary: Moss did not "lose" his side panels. They were removed before the start to help cool the cockpit.)

[@jcgabriel1569]

I believe the lack of side panels on Moss' Lotus had something to do with cracks belatedly discovered in the chassis tubing that was mended by his mechanic as the cars were waiting in the grid. Basically the mechanic removed the panels, and welded them up, but it was all done quickly and they had no more time to screw the panels back in.

[@paulrobilotti9294]

Joseph, i did not get down to your post about the panels and said something about that, you are correct they were removed and not lost

[@wentonmastermind]

This was always regarded by Sir Stirling as his finest victory. The film and commentary are a beautiful evocation of Monaco and the drivers of 1961. Thank you for posting.

[@0611930024838]

What a legend

[@andyelliott8027]

0.13 Moss talking to Innes Ireland who crashed in practice in the tunnel, he was thrown out of the car breaking his leg. Ireland said later " I came out of the tunnel without the car"............hahaha ! Moss stopped to help him and said Innes was worried he might have damged his "wedding tackle". Innes Ireland won the 1961 US Grand Prix a few months after this.

[@DJAC63]

A lot of 1960s film footage now looks better quality than 1980s video!

[@jonruehle9186]

Dale Chappell Because that was all shot on magnetic "tape", not film.

[@golfo0011]

"Monaco 1961, the race of my life"... Stirling Moss.

[@Vitor7478]

Before Senna, he was the king of monaco. Nice footage, good work

[@jockellis]

No, Graham Hill was.

[@lucaslaino7292]

@@jockellis true as epic

[@lucaslaino7292]

That rob walker 18 was something beautiful

[@mirrorblue100]

That 1.5 L formula produced some great racing.

[@curvedbridge]

Top Gear

[@iansheppard9736]

Watch Moss's precision in the corners compared to the other drivers. Peerless.

[@regiscordovadeavila3541]

Beantifull the Race ! My Good , big Sprint !

[@happymatt2013]

This is most nostalgic. The cars back then really were boneshakers, not an ounce of aero grip

[@EricIrl]

I wouldn't call them "bone shakers". In fact, because they relied on chassis, tyres and suspension for grip, by modern standards they were relatively softly sprung.

[@Blueflag04]

Moss masterclass

[@arnaudfauchere1769]

RIP Stirling...

[@scsutton1]

It was this drive that convinced Enzo Ferrari to sign Stirling for the Scuderia. What might have been if it weren't for that fateful Easter Monday race at Goodwood.

[@paulrobilotti9294]

I thought those missing panels were not put on to add lightness and not that they fell off or were lost

[@ps-mq7tm]

🙋‍♂️ 🏎 🏁

[@paulrobilotti9294]

what cars should sound like not what we have now

[@EssexNonLeague]

That can't be BBC footage as they were still years away from colour film. I suspect BBC coverage of the race was lost in the intervening years?

[@EricIrl]

It's not BBC footage. In the 50s and 60s many companies made their own film newsreel reports on various Grand Prix - often paid for by oil (and later tobacco) companies. I think this is from the very good Shell series. Many TV broadcasts in the 50s and early 60s were just broadcast live and no video recording was actually made at the time. Monaco TV provided the live feed to various European broadcasters who would re-transmit live. Some recorded the footage - others didn't. Others recorded but later wiped the footage. After all, that was the beauty of videotape as it could be reused multiple times.

[@jimwolfe4286]

GREAT Video ! .....I just sub'd your channel........ Thank you....

[@lesterbeedell9725]

Neville Lloyd commentating

[@robertthomas2001]

no computerization, a clutch, a gear shift, no anti-lock, not one driving aid, the only proper way to determine who can drive and who can not. today's racing more of a simulated video game played by kids.. I wouldn't get out of bed to watch today's F-1 if it took place down the block.

[@wusb8]

you couldnt drive a go kart.

[@robertthomas2001]

@@wusb8 i couldn't agree with you more...go carts are very difficult to drive competitively...almost as difficult as motocross at a competitive level which i did do for five years

[@bloqk16]

@robert thomas . . . and the grip was purely mechanical for those F1 cars in '61; no aero packages for grip.