Top 10 Crazy Pre-F1 Careers

[@harroldinab]

Imagine being given a speeding ticket by Nigel Mansell

[@christosanagn.9041]

I'd accept it and hand over the car itself.

[@JackHewett285]

Lol

[@mahrizhossain4308]

Man it would be an honour to get a speeding ticket from the legend

[@henryd6746]

Palpatine: ironic

[@timbrewin9241]

Senna allegedly got a speeding ticket and the policeman apparently asked him "Who do you think you are, Nigel Mansell?"

[@PyroBun_2844]

Imagine going to a bank and not knowing that one of the employees would be a f1 driver.

[@rickstrolled970]

Imagine being Romain’s boss and realising that he has left to become an F1 driver

[@vyasponnuri3375]

Haha

[@perspii2808]

@@rickstrolled970 that would be really miserable lol

[@nadiainterF9]

With that beautiful hair hahaha

[@gregorylagos6253]

I think it might've been his family's bank, don't quote me though.

[@verdiguy]

Clark was such a modest man. His headstone lists "farmer" above "racing driver", which is exactly the way he would have wanted it.

[@8-bitsteve500]

Greatest F1 driver ever. simple as that

[@thisisgav]

@@8-bitsteve500 Definitely. Out of 72 starts he only finished second once. Once (and even that was when he lost a cylinder)! In the vast majority of the races he didn't win it was only because his Lotus failed.

[@SuperDavidGnomo]

Clark with Senna and Fangio is in top 3 of all time!

[@RezaMaulana98YT]

A fun fact that I really liked about Palmer's doctorate skills is that he was the first doctor to arrive at the scene of Jacques Laffite's career-ending crash at Brands Hatch in 1986. Racing with Zakspeed at the time, Palmer parked his car by the pits, jumped out and helped the medical crew in extricating Laffite out of his car. He went on to finish the race in 9th, albeit 6 laps down from race winner Mansell.

[@y_fam_goeglyd]

And now he owns most of the racing tracks in Britain! Hasn't done badly for himself.

[@SuperDavidGnomo]

Better than his son!

[@silvanoghidini]

Magnussen before becoming an F1 Driver worked as a welder in a factory

[@ofuturopolimata6961]

Jan or Kevin?

[@silvanoghidini]

@@ofuturopolimata6961 Kevin

[@Elaba_]

He had a vision he could fix the crashed cars from Grosjean.

[@capucineletoile8047]

I think Bottas also has a degree in welding or forging or something like that.

[@boasyV2]

not sure that really counts

[@adamsmithhobbs4702]

"British driver tony brookes was known as the dentist so its not hard to guess what his profession was" Pornstar

[@bhaskararaogondela3805]

😂😂😂 reason for all the sins

[@JayWithAJ]

He administered a lot of fillings.

[@SamuelSantos_]

The Johnny Sins moment

[@-SPECTRE-]

He drilled so much

[@_mundi]

Tony Sins

[@LiamTalksMotorsport]

Interesting fact: my great grandmother looked after Jim Clark when he was young! He was the only boy in the family!

[@veronicaburke9107]

Wow Liam, that's really cool :D

[@yellowflag9945]

Never been jealous of a great grandma before but hey 2021 is a weird year

[@tundetheepic8631]

wow she must be so old

[@LiamTalksMotorsport]

@@tundetheepic8631 she died years ago

[@yellowflag9945]

@@tundetheepic8631 well my great grandma is older than the queen so yeah

[@kushagrachaturvedy2821]

Imagine winning a race AND passing your dentistry exam. He must've felt on top of the world

[@applejuice5272]

The crowning glory

[@davidvasquez08]

A smiling achievement

[@doomzday66]

I'm a dental student I am getting inspiration from f1

[@davidvasquez08]

@@doomzday66 go for it mate

[@johnm5092]

Some said at the time he was biting off more than he could chew, but luckily, he got in through the skin of his teeth.

[@helmuthoppe633]

Kamui before F1: failed to make people smile Kamui after F1: succeeded to make people smile

[@raimarulightning]

Kamui was awesome. I wish he'd had better backing.

[@avator3695]

2012 sauber team was great

[@x-rinanimationchannel3687]

@@avator3695 Before his career ruined up by Caterham team.

[@ras_732]

To be fair, he's having a much successful Toyota career in WEC~

[@AbrahamArthemius]

@@raimarulightning Well, at least he has a successful career in sportscar racing, both in WEC & IMSA.

[@mohammadazka31]

Slim Borgudd when he spun : *Mamma mia, here I go again*

[@msahrifebrian]

Jarang jarang indo ada fans f1.... Biasa GP (motor)....

[@mohammadazka31]

@@msahrifebrian wkwkwk udh dari 2005 ane

[@msahrifebrian]

@@mohammadazka31 ohh jaman Alonso, Raikkonen, Schumacher..... Sip lah.... 👍👍👍

[@danigonzalez4299]

Nigel Mansell is a true legend. He sold everything he had to get some races. He also won Indycar in 1993 in his debut year winning in his debut race and holding F1+Indycar titles at the time. Plus the guy raced LeMans 24h with a small team with his sons Greg and Leo in 2010 and he bought a Karting Track (i pressume where he started racing).

[@DucatiPaso750]

I got to high five him after he qualified on pole (just edging out Paul Tracy) at the 1993 Long Beach Grand Prix when he raced in CART.

[@j.s.unknkown7870]

Imagine being a Portfolio Manager and out of the sudden becoming a F1 driver

[@barkyonyx424b]

Stonks

[@FightingTorque411]

Imagine being one of his clients - "We're sorry to inform you that your financial advisor, Monsieur Grosjean, will be absent from the office for a while..."

[@Athrun82]

@@FightingTorque411 Or imagine Grosjean taking phone calls during the race. "I am bit busy here can we talk later *crash* Ok now we can manage your portfolio"

[@Elaba_]

Assistant.

[@silentnight1805]

He wasn't a full portfolio manager. That takes 7+ years of experience. He was a portfolio manager's apprentice.

[@Pedro2Silva]

Nowadays we have a guy who is going to race in Britcar for Praga He is a sim racer who races in a shed His name Sheddy Irvine

[@nerdzgaming8297]

"Please, no punterino Jimmer."

[@No_Name_2604]

A proud Somalian he is

[@TheJGJR9]

shack villnerve

[@TheNaughtyDog13]

Don't forget to add to his curriculum "Pride of Somalia", what a mad lad he is! :v

[@MTLoveridge]

Given the nickname Wanglebork

[@alozzola]

Imagine being on top of the world being a member of ABBA and then deciding “oh you know what guys I’m gonna be a racing driver bye byeeee” like what? Imagine seeing Kanye West enter an f1 race because he likes to drive fast it’s just so weird to me

[@Pandamasque]

F1's too expensive, but this still happens in other kinds of racing. Actor Michael Fassbender has started his endurance racing career aiming to do Le Mans. Jackie Chan has a successful endurance racing team, Michael Jordan has a NASCAR team now. Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason used to race a lot. It's not that uncommon.

[@johncale1849]

There was a time when Racing was much cooler than pop music.

[@rockzs74r]

He is not actually member of ABBA he is just a regular touring member

[@alozzola]

I can understand maybe running a team because a team is a team but maybe not being the driver for one it’s seems odd to me personally. I thought fassbenders was for a movie I saw a photo of him in a suit I didn’t think it was real I’m gonna do some research now that interesting

[@Pandamasque]

@@alozzola He's making a documentary series about his progress. The photo must have been to promote the series. It's free on Porsche official KZbin channel, I think.

[@jcrl4671]

Alternative title: how many ABBA jokes can be made in 1 minute

[@jamiestainer9389]

I was so confused until I watched the video 😂

[@Ghiaman1334]

I was gonna say they must've felt pretty pleased to squish all those in. I'd notice one and think to myself 'mamma mia, here we go again...'

[@FightingTorque411]

Many many many

[@zardinho]

Already made one.

[@obamagaming6642]

What's ABBA

[@yumenoko-g6y]

3:20 mortitian and mechanic, what a great combo

[@arielhernandez1660]

"IT'S ALIVEEEE!"

[@Elaba_]

His Sauber looked like a hearse.

[@srgk4430]

Imagine a hearse with a 700HP V8 being driven by an F1 driver.

[@j.s.unknkown7870]

Can we take a sec to respect, that the narrator is able to speak out loud the name of the French man at 2:14

[@tallAldiProduction]

Also the german ones weren’t bad either. Especially Mönchengladbach 😄

[@PowerClan1101]

Rosanna (the narrator), can speak French.

[@dougerrohmer]

Either she or Murray Walker mispronounces Senna's name (Eeeyairton?)

[@marcoskunrath5914]

@@dougerrohmer ah-YR-tohn. It's like that.

[@SomeYouTubeGuy]

@@dougerrohmer Actually you are incorrect. During his career Ayrton Senna's (full name Ayrton Senna da Silva) name was pronounced the way we all remember as "air ton" however in the 1994 season Murray Walker announced on air during a session (can't remember which sorry) that he was going to from that point on pronounce his name using the correct Portuguese pronunciation (eye-air-ton). Roseanna Tennant the narrator of this video is simply using the correct pronunciation in Portuguese.

[@facesoffearbrewing1229]

There are stories circulating that Max Verstappen was in high school.

[@johncale1849]

Middle school

[@fuckfirefox5114]

He was 16 when he signed the contract with Torro Rosso.

[@ulysse21]

rumors

[@astrosleep9625]

It's kinda sad Clark just wanted to push cars fast. He didn't care for the fame. He hated staying in tax exile and loved being back on his farm. His talent was arguably the greatest any f1 driver has ever had. He may not statistically be the best to me he always will be. The most complete driver of all time!!!

[@FightingTorque411]

I had the pleasure of visiting his reopened museum in Duns last August (my parents' house is about 45 minutes away) - it's strange trying to connect a "World Champion" with the surrounding quiet villages and farmland. Apparently his proudest moment, more than anything in racing, was being awarded the Freedom of Duns from the mayor, ceremonial key and all - although there's stock footage of him being very uncomfortable receiving it in front of a crowd and having to make a speech, which looks like it's being tortured out of him. (It also taught me that trophy size is in no way reflective of the race won - some of the minor series cups and plates are many times bigger than his F1 championship silverware!)

[@alasdairskelly7741]

I know the person who lives in the farmhouse he used to live in and it's weird how he was a world champion despite there being literally no racetrack in the local area

[@verdiguy]

Well said, Clark was an absolute legend. Hearing his contemporaries like Sir Jackie Stewart speak so highly of him, gives you a real appreciation of his talent and personality. In one documentary I watched, Dan Gurney was overcome with emotion talking about Clark and that was 50 years after he died.

[@Scott_Puss]

He has the highest win percentage of any F1 driver.

[@hellknightf1]

For me it will always be Alberto Ascari.

[@mslo7312]

What an epic sequel to 'Top 10 Crazy Post-F1 Careers'

[@astrosleep9625]

Maybe prequel

[@TSSR93]

9:21 « Took a chance on him » I see what you did here. Only ABBA fans will know

[@isunnyalive]

And also there's a reference to the famous "Thank You For the Music" song)

[@dhruvgeorge]

Winner Takes It All

[@henryd6746]

Take a chance on meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[@richardwilton722]

And "the Name of the Game" is winning.

[@turismo-2way996]

"Take a chance take a chance take a chance"

[@LucasOliveira-tt2ll]

I lived to see a racing truck displayed in an official F1 video. Thanks Slim

[@ciaranonuallain9250]

Imagine being Grosjean's boss at the bank he worked at , and watching him leave the bank to be a Formula 1 driver .

[@DucatiPaso750]

Switzerland has very generous paid time off and job security. I've heard of paid time off of up to 2 years.

[@LordOfTheBored]

Imagine having been Grosjean´s boss after his F1 career knowing that this young lad who you treated not so nicely too often made much more money than you in the last 10 years.

[@HEADSHOT12331]

Nigel broke the speed record for fastest man with a moustache. Yet enforced a speed limit.

[@InnerTurbulencia]

2020 version: "my dad is a millionaire and bought me an F1 seat, I've never had a job but I own 5 Ferrari's"

[@Jayyy8127]

Oof

☝️*this

[@emiliorivera6880]

Mazepin 🤭

[@timbrewin9241]

"My Dad is a billionaire*..."

[@kivol.3454]

thus

[@simonspeckmaier4309]

Panatano won GP 2 after his F1 carrer

[@fiarandompenaltygeneratorm5044]

So did Glock (but he returned again).

[@greatkali5866]

@@fiarandompenaltygeneratorm5044 and Glock was working as a Gerüstbauer (building scaffolders) before all of that.

[@nathanjensenracing]

My biggest flex is Jim Clark was next door neighbours to my grandma

[@alessandroguatieri]

That's very flexy

[@ferestrod3242]

BOI you must be the luckiest person in the world

[@FightingTorque411]

My dad went to school with Jim Clark - Morebattle Primary in Kelso - though Clark was several years above him and they didn't really interact.

[@lucasbailey8878]

That's amazing. My grandparents lived and still live in the town where Fangio was born. They met him on a couple of occasions

[@rick.05]

I live at 20 KM from the Ospedaletti circuit (Italian track) and at 80 KM from Monaco, this might be a quite big flex

[@el_Miguel_]

Keke Rosberg worked at some gas station in Finland... Well Keke fuelled my grandpa's motorcycle once

[@lorddrac_dontaskmetodance]

"Oooh, you see that car, watch that speed, Digging the F1 King."

[@morturiom9651]

i am a simple man, i see a Moustache with a Nigel Mansell and i klick.

[@maxedout1046]

No no no. It's Nigel "Bigote Cosmico" Mansell. Translated, that would be "Cosmic Moustache" Mansell. We fans of Spectrox like to give our heroes proper names.

[@Billiamiscool]

I'm surprised neither Fangio nor Perry McCarthy were mentioned. Fangio was a bus driver, and McCarthy painted the legs of oil rigs

[@hierjelarvinalonso8187]

Imagine Frentzen dancing the african coffin dance

[@greatkali5866]

while burying Hills career in 99

[@FormulaCringe]

Grosjean is very talented driver, but no one actually realized it

[@rickstrolled970]

Don’t get me wrong, he is definitely talented, but he seems a bit overrated now because of his crash

[@durodesduvo8424]

It’s odd to _not_ be a very talented driver on the F1 grid.

[@denja964]

fax

[@blankidelics]

@@durodesduvo8424 Paid drivers have entered the chat.

[@durodesduvo8424]

@@blankidelics most of them aren’t pay drivers which is what I’m saying

[@nickyjames1985]

Nothing but respect for Nige, one of the unhealthiest yet hardest working racing drivers in F1 and just a genuine guy

[@caio5987]

Damon hill was a motorbike courier in London in the 80’s

[@DucatiPaso750]

Supposedly Graham Hill didn't have an active insurance policy when he was killed piloting his airplane and it put the Hill family in financial ruin.

[@jamesreynolds2867]

@@DucatiPaso750 My understanding of Graham Hill final flight is Graham was not licensed for nigh flying, which would have invalidated any insurance he may of carried, but Graham Hill was really one of the last cavalier type of F1 drivers, and details of this kind, may not of occurred to him.

[@ourafilmes]

You forgot Ronnie Peterson who was a lift installer before he was an F1 driver!

[@aberamagold7509]

Kimi was a motivational speaker before he became an F1 driver.

[@metaltyre4894]

Kevin magnussen: am I joke to you? He worked in a welding factory

[@quentinhoL4nDo]

Lando Norris had also a pre f1 career He was a professional streamer (and even continuing his passion)👏

[@cazaguiros]

Streaming is a "career"? That is a occupation, not a career...

[@baysea259]

Sebastian Vettel : Detective

[@Editor_Hound]

Tony Brooks: Qualifying at 14.00, root canal treatment at 17.00

[@pacco7282]

1:40 the guy on the very left looks like Sebs younger brother Fabian Vettel. CRAZY!

[@fabianrocha9924]

Wow he really does!

[@6Alexis8]

Uh no ?

[@soundlessbird9181]

Kobayashi graduated from Clark Memorial High School, which also have alumni like Rikako Yamaguchi(Teacher/Voice Actor), Rino Sashihara(Idol, former HKT48 member), Chunna(Singer)

[@edu0013]

You guys deserve a raise. Never run out of ideas!!! Keep it up 👍🏻

[@andokhun7707]

Alonso : Where is "Palmer"? Engineer:He's taking care of the patient Alonso : KARMA different Palmer but yeahh same thing

[@danigonzalez4299]

Actally father and son

[@Inter0190]

You should have put Nino Vaccarella (1933-), Italian, 5 races with Scuderia Serenissima (1961-1962) and Ferrari (1965): at the time, he was a headmaster - his nickname was "Preside volante" (in English, "the flying headmaster")

[@RizalBatheki]

Damon Hill worked menial jobs like courier and laborer as a teenager cos his family went bust Brett Lunger, among the ones who helped Niki Lauda in 1976 is a Vietnam war veteran

[@mindujiman]

Now we are waiting for Post-F1 Careers You can include Frentzen's too

[@umar_07w]

its already a video search it up

[@soundlessbird9181]

Ocon already registered a company, himself as president

[@danijelujcic8644]

Hakkinen: advertising hearing aid ^^

[@tractie_]

"took a chance on him" Nice reference :D

[@teixeira6132]

Piquet was a professional tennis player before going to F1.

[@FightingTorque411]

That #1 entry must have been a joy to write the script for.

[@daverussell457]

04:21 - Gotta love Farina's aero screen.

[@tomi_tittums]

Imagine pointing out to someone watching F1 like "oh yeah, that's my doctor driving there."

[@ineednochannelyoutube5384]

I wonder. Do they display the title on the scorebord if the driver has a doctorate?

[@rendi_enzo]

Sebastian Vettel: *ballet dancer*

[@Rahul-kz5fi]

Oh

[@jacobmassey3897]

I can't picture Grosean working in a bank with that hair 😂

[@StefanoLinguanotto]

Great effort with those ABBA quotes. Thumbs up!

[@thomasroth84]

Timo Glock - scaffolder. Finished his apprenticeship exam as the best in the State of Hesse that year

[@Erik_The_Viking]

This was a great video, and interesting to see some of the various careers that drivers had.

[@brianligat2038]

After becominf F1 champ in 92, Mansell won US Indycar championship in 93, briefly holding both titles at the same time. Well done Nige.

[@alexbentley4087]

Jim Clark: *was a farmer* F1: Yo this guy on x games

[@2teethPogZa]

I knew it... the name Jim Clark just sounds like an old farmer in West Virginia...

[@davidvasquez08]

Lol

[@srxt6758]

Jim Clark was the most naturally gifted driver in f1 ever. Even bigger talent then Senna. Discovered racing at the age of 18 meanwhile Senna was karting since he could walk. Jim Clark rarely gets mentioned today and its a shame since he was better than majority of champs that are rated above him...

[@andreamoroni97]

Neither Tazio Nuvolari gets mentioned anymore, and he did miracles.

[@mfundonkosi4539]

Last time I was this early fangio won his first championship

[@armchairracer007]

I learned so much in this video. I had no idea they had dentists in the UK 😁

[@omrfrkcbk2660]

Awesome content. Thank you F1 media team!

[@jimmyc3030]

0:57 You say leaving, i say going out in a blaze of glory

[@garryrptr]

Leclerc Before F1 : Grosjean & Kimi's Engineer

[@shafinibrahimhossain6123]

Keep Fighting Fernando! We fight together, we race together!

[@kben24]

Not sure about that Kobayashi story, but I appreciate the highlight reel. Dude is a beast!!

[@soundlessbird9181]

His high school have some quality performer(not only comedies, also dance, vocal even voice acting) Like Rino Sashihara from HKT48, and Rikako Yamaguchi known as VA of Rio Momose in Idolmaster million live.

[@ThePanzafahra]

7:45 Imagine being pulled over on the IOM and you see Nigel pulling a line of something to the sounds of "You think you're Nigel Mansell or something?"

[@giovannilloretsorribas2836]

Funnily enough, the Isle of Man has no speed limit

[@ZedderZulu]

Shout out to Dr Palmer; when a multi-car pileup occurred at the start of the 1986 British Grand Prix at Brands Hatch, Jacque Laffite was sent feet-first into a wall and was badly injured. Palmer leapt from his own crashed car and immediately rushed to assist him.

[@lordomiotek]

Wow i thought its not possible to like Kobayashi even more now it urns out he used to be a comedian

[@matsimmo6208]

Tony Brooks. An inspiration to all LMP3 drivers

[@KaiserBS21]

Mazepin-Russian Assanitor/Mafia

[@johnlemon6303]

Number 1: Lando Norris, milk connoisseur

[@gmlo719]

Lando didn't become a milk connoisseur

[@subhamde8412]

Gamer/Streamer rather...

[@hannahmillington5781]

Nige is such a star, love his whole story

[@callum110597]

Amazing to hear all those pre-F1 careers!

[@Tizflint]

can we take a minute to realise that someone was studying to be a dental surgeon and driving in motorsport at the same time

[@azaz911c]

Kamui Kobayashi. He is a great driver, and I think could have had very significant F1 accomplishments if had a little more time in F1. Heinz-Harald Frentzen. Another great F1 driver.

[@JohnJones-oy3md]

9:32 - "Results are the name of the game". I see what you did there. LOL

[@lS-qp6zq]

Because it is freaking crazy expensive to break it in any racing scene, but one also has to have that enthusiasm as well to keep pursuing that given it's such a perilous career.

[@SergeyKorsikov]

admirable stories... never give up your dreams, guys!...

[@ricardoacuna3504]

No limits of being a Formula 1 driver ♥️

[@itissrinivasan]

Formula 1 driver and Band Drummer ! Woaaah ! That's too cool to believe !

[@pedropratta3985]

Lando Norris before F1: Lived with his father, Chuck.

[@ams_mace3084]

I worked in a cinema, cleaning the rooms and the bathroom, now im a gt sport racer and a 7 time local kart champion

[@tung123451]

Did not expect to see my step dad at number one 😄

[@Elaba_]

9:48 The winner that took it all.

[@pauljones1633]

Jonathan Palmer has done more for motorsport in the UK than probably anybody else ever has, and has received little to no recognition for it. If you’ve ever been to an MSV track (Oulton, Brands, Cadwell, Snetterton) you’ll know they are some of the best tracks in the country. All this and he’s saved lives as a doctor, If anyone deserves a knighthood it’s him.

[@quedeo]

Frentzen Rapid Hurses - "We put them in the ground while they're still warm."

[@alliancespy]

That Abba pun was smooth narrator, very smooth

[@jonasl.9344]

eyy sie hat Mönchegladbach mega gut ausgesprochen

[@jayrap94]

Kobayashi's hometown was that of Downtown's Hamada Masatoshi and Matsumoto Hitoshi if anyone's interested.

[@davidvasquez08]

Can you remind of who they are?

[@jayrap94]

@@davidvasquez08 Possibly Japan's most famous comedy duo in the modern age (both are over 50 now and going strong). Grew up in Amagasaki

[@davidvasquez08]

@@jayrap94 thank you

[@kebab_4202]

5-second penalty for the car that crashed to Alonso.

[@jok96_]

5 second penalty is a yoke! A YOKE!

[@rickstrolled970]

Car: Ummm, where is Alonso? Passenger: Ok car, Alonso is in hospital. Car: Karma!

[@gauthamsuresh1415]

@@rickstrolled970 isn't it the other way around?

[@rickstrolled970]

@@gauthamsuresh1415 yes, but I reworded it

[@pauloaz496]

And a d/t for not having insurance

[@josderbos9571]

Need not forget Mansell could have been a professional golfer as well!

[@dadu3833]

And he had a black belt in karate!

[@xrbm86]

I just love the narrator. Especially when she has to pronunce foreign names of places and people.

[@kokhueing9533]

The Kamui one is really shocking, what I only know is he had started his karting since very young age, it's just really hard to expect that a talentive racing driver would have another career before

[@myenglishisnotgoodenough]

I think this is Kamui's joke😅especially western(Kansai) Japanese people loves comedy....🤣🤣🤣

[@themasqueradingcow91]

NGL, I appreciate Romain G a lot more now. Working hard to make it in modern F1 rather than relying on sponsorships or family with deep pockets

[@francescozane7600]

Nor should we forget John Surtess who was a motorcycle champion before the F1 title. A record destined to never be achieved

[@GeorgiosIoannisPappasKeanu]

Don't be so sure about that. I can see Lewis Hamilton switching to MotoGP in 2023 and winning it in 2024...

[@lukerapley9053]

2:15 John... What was that again 🤣