Valtteri Drives the Classic Mercedes W125 from 1937!

What's it like to jump behind the wheel of a classic Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix car like the W125 from 1937? We'll let Valtteri Bottas explain...
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[@iqbalsuji5371]

"You need BIG BALLS to drive cars like this." - Valtteri Bottas, 2019

[@willemvangils2471]

@Bilal Khalid Valtteri*

[@s9drifto501]

Now wheres Hulkenburg?

[@Borals]

DannyThe MaverickHunter shut up with the dead memes

[@s9drifto501]

@@Borals F1 memes never die mate.

[@uggman9]

that´s the quote xD

[@nicholascharles4399]

Big balls + Finnish porridge 😁. On a more serious note, Mercedes please keep Bottas for 2020. He's a fantastic guy and he's a proven race winner.

[@0waffel0]

@@otonpikkuveli rumors.... Not confirmed. Just speculation from Auto Bild something

[@mell3109]

I agree, he has skills just missed the luck you sometimes need. That said the truly great drivers somehow always seem to find that bit extra so being a LH teammate is always going to be hard. If he races his own race he will come good. MB just need large balls to keep him.

[@lilbread9257]

Merc just ask hamilton what car you like for the next season 2018 same thong thats why valtteri were not that fast

[@Hash260]

@@rambany I bet Hass, drop Grosjean

[@mell3109]

lil bread not sure what you mean? Merc have always played it fair between teammates with zeros favourites until it’s obvious one can’t win at which time the team pull for the overall result. I have never heard VB state he is disadvantaged in anyway. LH got the hump when they pulled his mechanics away from him which upset his balance, didn’t make sense then or now however both drivers have proven to be very quick, VB has just been a tad unlucky as has SV in the red car. These guys are top drivers with little to separate them. The younger drivers are great but you can see they need experience before they become consistent. Max (after 4 years) is now becoming more complete. Just goes to show how good Lewis was to almost win the championship as a rookie!

[@corne0114]

0:52 ‘You need big balls to drive this’ i guess we now know what Valtteri is packing down there

[@nikhilrepalle8080]

Thats testicular cancer?

[@aanshulu2608]

@@nikhilrepalle8080 yep got that after looking at your channel🗑️🗑️

[@nikhilrepalle8080]

Will Smith are you a fellow beyond the grid listener?

[@aanshulu2608]

@@nikhilrepalle8080 yep here and there why not, don't mind a bit of kimi

[@mertguripek2824]

Mercedes makes a video with Valtteri Ocon has left the chat..

[@ManpreetKaur-ct1ek]

77 likes. Perfect

[@overtakemeimslow9232]

Pizza Steve this was recorded before the silverstone Grand Prix.

[@joaopedrocarneiro4645]

@@overtakemeimslow9232 r/woooosh

[@Wongphee]

Ocon Has joined Renaults Chat

[@yeyien2320]

@@ManpreetKaur-ct1ek 288 likes 😂👍

[@rosettedsouza7265]

Thank you Valteri and best of luck for the rest of the season.......xxxx

[@michaucholewa6804]

This Mercedes W125 is faster than Williams

[@bookedfive]

I love just how bottas push this car like a racing car. Which it should be .rather than just slow crawling it like a touring car

[@puebespuebes8589]

Sadly he did not drive them like the driver of the old day, modern f1 driver dont even consider controlled sliding as a thing

[@Champik333]

Wow. 600hp on this tiny tyres, with no aids. Fighting with a car for grip in every inch of track. That is mind blowing and emotional experience, very happy for Valtteri.

[@pauhull]

_aids_

[@clockdva20]

And at the Nordschleife race the cars had to carry more fuel to , so a real hand full . I saw this car at Donington back in 2007 got to touch it , but not to sit in it . The guys from the Mercedes collection were wonderful to talk to It also helped that my Wife is German so she could translate instead of them struggling to find English words They told us some very interesting facts about the cars back then and the different set ups for races . Every thing on these cars is like a work of art the detailing when you get close up to one and look inside the Cockpit and then at the engine , one of those great days . I mean you can see all the race cars in the Museum and that is mind blowing but seeing one running hearing the engine is another thing.

[@simfer_6782]

650 hp actually

[@brostenen]

I am all... This is a death trap with awesomme sound and great looks.

[@brostenen]

@@clockdva20 Perhaps Mercedes can replicate the car and give it better brakes. I would be honored to lead a team to create a new series of cars that are based on these old racers. Would that not be awesomme?

[@quanduid9690]

Wearing a helmet in on of these cars is like wearing knee pads while skydiving

[@poucxs9246]

They probably didnt even consider the idea of safety belts when they made it >< :-D

[@ebob4177]

@@poucxs9246 the idea was to get thrown out of the car if it rolls

[@kityhawk2000]

@@ebob4177 that's true in those days they thought it was safer to get thrown from the car in a crash than to be strapped to it, lol

[@bLiNdThInG1]

@@kityhawk2000 It saved Hans Hermann's life at Avus in '59 tbf. He would have died had he not been thrown out.

[@Davyfb75]

Nobody has mentioned the cicuits raced on mostly ordinary roads closed to traffic for the race

[@magnuskevinsen2380]

One of the best video ever seen. Bottas in a W125 ... dream come true. Dat sound, man !!

[@dennismorassut4005]

My vote is for Valtteri as well, and he needs the support and commitment of entire team like Nico had... especially from the top. He will never rise to the level of Lewis or Nico if he is treated like he is lucky to have the drive and feels constantly like he could be dropped at any time. No person "working" for any one company/team could truly excel under such pressure. Just my take... lots of luck for the rest of the season. We are behind you Valtteri!

[@penart8079]

Please keep Bottas...he is clinical and consistent and has been performing superbly this season and I think it would be harsh to let him go. And I am sure y'all know that's he is better than Ocon

[@Naulty]

reports coming out they are keeping Bottas and Ocon is going to Renault to replace Hulk

[@responsez47]

@@Naulty Why replace Hulkenburg, why not replace Kubica at Williams for his 2nd team?

[@Lucky8s]

Yep. It's been reported that Toto is keeping Bottas on Mercedes and Ocon is going to Renault to replace Hulkenberg. Ricciardo is staying at Renault.

[@McQuokka]

If I know Toto well enough, he will keep Bottas for 2020. There is no reason to switch to Ocon as it's an unknown instead of a great supporting act that they have in Bottas. The only thing that would happen is more points are taken off HAM or less points are scored and the second Merc is further down the standings, and then Mercedes aren't drivers or constructors champions. Makes no sense to change him now.

[@dpmakestuff]

He's not the most charismatic driver out there but you can't help but love him. I'm happy to hear the reports that he'll be staying with Mercedes.

[@chiragrawat1020]

He was literally dropping some classic sentences with that classy W125

[@siddheshthorat249]

Engine sound is so pure

[@masanobunishimura9040]

What a sound.....I love it

[@dashippo4372]

Greta will wet her pants, hearing it...

[@alikaty2k7]

Damn, that sounds good! Hope Mercedes keeps the best partnership going & retain Valtteri next year.

[@johannmckraken9399]

Quite an honor to be allowed to drive such an historic car. Trying to put down that much power without simply spinning the tires had to have taken a very special touch. We’re very fortunate that these machines run let alone still exist so hats off to Mercedes for allowing us to enjoy them! 👍🏻

[@jcgabriel1569]

Trying to put the power down without spinning the tyres is an impossibility in this car... In 1958, Tony Brooks and Peter Collins, both known Formula 1 drivers at the time, demonstrated a W125 and a W154 at Oulton Park. Brooks noticed a vibration while driving the W125, so, thinking that something's wrong, he pulled into the pits and reported it to the mechanics. He was then told that the vibration is actually caused by near-constant wheelspin under acceleration, and was sent out again! Peter Collins, on the other hand, had experience driving powerful GP cars, having driven the infamous BRM V16 in several occasions before. And when he drove the W125, he said that it is a lot easier to drive than the BRM, claiming that "it made the BRM look like an Austin Seven!"

[@kushaljaiswal9307]

Valtteri is an amazing driver and deserves that Mercedes seat more than anybody else so pls keep him

[@danmorrissette4814]

That Sound!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ~~~

[@The_Curious_Cat]

One of my favorite Mercedes-Benz racing cars. Beautiful!

[@Grenadeo617]

people will talk about all the great sounding modern cars, but this, this is a magnificent sounding car.

[@primeanomalous4275]

Godaamn the engine note on that ps. about time valtteri was given a ride 🧐

[@kruqtion9615]

I believe there’s a lack of media attention on 1930s Grand Prix Racing, when it was such a golden era.

[@lordofrims]

Mid to late 50's was the golden era with Fangio, Moss, and the rest making historic lap times

[@agskytter8977]

@@lordofrims Well, the the average speed of the 1936 Berlin GP at AVUS was not beaten until the Indy 500, oval, in 1986. The 50'ies F1 was a cottage series compared to the racing in the late 1930'ies.

[@nandadwirendragraha1210]

well there's aa lot of it in youtube

[@Amber_Holborn]

The W125 reached race speeds of well over 300 km/h (190 mph) in 1937, especially on the AVUS in Berlin, equipped with a streamlined body. In land speed record runs, a Mercedes-Benz W125 Rekordwagen was clocked at 432.7 km/h (268.9 mph) over a mile and a kilometre.

[@7srider]

Indeed a one in a million opportunity! On another note, Glad Mercedes choose you for another year too

[@juliancollie5438]

There must be so much footage of this and we only see 90secs. Please please release a full lap of Bottas in this car, it would be absolutely epic to watch. And get some more drivers in it!

[@marialyn13]

Nice drive val....very happy indeed that the Team let you stay for another year🤗😇👏👏👏

[@globaleye8]

A very well produced video capturing the glorious history perfectly - oh and isn't Valtteri a very, very lucky boy !

[@toast1797]

"You need big balls to drive cars like this" Drives around like a modern F1 car

[@mclarenjohnf1]

Great video again Letting your drivers prove they have large ones by driving these almighty animals, Those who arranged for them to drive them must have Large Ones too looking at the way they slide.

[@ensogaming988]

Bottas is great driver.

[@ToivonenDeltaS4]

I can't believe you don't have a longer video of this!? I'd pay actual money to watch more of Bottas in this epic car, please put more footage out there.

[@_sSs_Andreii]

Valtteri, it's James. Please let ... oh wait, you're alone

[@vetb882]

Jeeezus KERRRIST. 😲😳😲😧😳😲😧 did you HEAR that engine? Holy schitt, I've only seen those things in old footage with no sounds...that thing is A BEAST. I have a while new appreciation for the OGg F1 drivers but also a deeper respect for the new guys like Me. Bottas. This is like comparing a P51 Mustang we youth the Merlin engine to an F22 Raptor, a plane that reacts so suddenly and violently it can knock you out with so many G forces, just like today's F1 cards. This is simply AWESOME

[@TurreTuntematon]

I think Bottas has done a great job for the Team. The thing is that Lewis is just so bloody good that no one can beat him. Bottas is the best team mate you can have and a fair guy.

[@awittyusernamepleaselaugh7481]

There's only one thing that can stop Bottas. VaLtTeRi It'S jAmEs

[@Menugius]

"You need big balls to drive a car like this" Valtteri, are you trying to tell us something?

[@Latexi_LMX]

Thank you Toto for making a deal with Valtteri! Respect!

[@reflector0157]

Very Special👌

[@mell3109]

Merc feel like a completely connected team. VB is part of the balance of the team and I think good for the overall performance. LH respects and likes him and VB has proven he can compete. Long may this team stay together. Good luck to all in part 2 of the season.

[@poucxs9246]

The sound of that inline 8, wonderfull!

[@trentdawg2832]

Those cars are sooo beautiful, what a lucky dude

[@fadtayaysgaygeyag]

300km/h? This is insane!! I was ready to comment about the "big balls" thing, but Valtteri was faster.

[@linusschmutz3985]

437 kmh 1938

[@MDDeGrande1994]

Yes. It was also the most powerful Grand Prix/F1 car until the 1970s.

[@Grover91]

A modified version hit 269mph! 😱

[@Firemarioflower]

@@Grover91 The actual F......

[@Firemarioflower]

And of course in the 1940's they had less power. Took a while into Formula One years before they reached that level again of the Thundering Thirtees

[@chriskappert1365]

He is actualy racing it like it should be ! 😊😊😊

[@richardg.6807]

Apparently Toto decided to keep bottas and let ocon go, AKA hulkenburg May have lost his F1 seat. Pure speculation tho

[@magnuskevinsen2380]

Richard G. , hope so!!!

[@cekinekshn]

Hulk will probably go to Haas for Grosjean but I hope they will go for Kubica instead of Hulk.

[@javinjolly]

Here after the announcement. Good job lol.

[@tommyhittler]

sajlent Kubica will not get a seat next year. Hulk is probably not too keen on having Magnussen as his teammate though lol

[@kami_narisama]

@@tommyhittler Despite their altercation that one time, i heard Hulk wants to drive with Magnussen tho. But we'll see about that next year.

[@sentiasatransformasi]

i lookep up the W125 to learn more abt the car but i got to enjoy valtteri driving it n talked abt it. very unexpected n i'm just glad i searched for the car haha

[@SPIDERman9051]

i am hundred percent sure Botas will be at mercedes 2020 2021 and 2022

[@arunsatyarth9097]

idiot

[@f1mac734]

Thank god we can have faith in that

[@McQuokka]

2020 yes but they will be looking at other options for 2021 and beyond. No reason to switch to a new driver for 1 year prior to a complete rules and car redesign.

[@simonnyman9031]

Russell in 2021, then we don't know if Hamilton is still around...

[@Cashmonet315]

That is all of the cents

[@jns-dn6eq]

That sound. Absolutely epic

[@MercedesAMGF1]

🙌🙌

[@HVit-br9xe]

THE SONG !!! AMAZING! 🤩😍

[@alanprobsten2858]

Mercedes: Hey Val, wanna drive some cool stuff before you leave? I mean who said that Val: Sure..

[@iamyourgreatgreatgreatgrea6291]

I really hope we'll see Valtteri for at least 1 more season in Mercedes, because he's still growing enormously as a driver, which of course all drivers on the grid are...But I think it's pretty clear that Valtteri still has loads of potential to unlock, and if/when he finally does unlock that, he's gonna be absolutely blazing in every session!

[@diegoferreyra8166]

Such a beautiful car

[@lordofthewoods]

My favorite AND the most beautiful car of all time. Holding right now in my hand (albeit in sad shape) an LP that I first listened to in the 1960s as a child. Produced by Riverside Records/Bill Grauer Productions, it was recorded at Oulton Park, England on June 27th and 28th, 1958, and featured the W125 and W163 running both separately and simultaneously. Of course, Karl Kling was there (I expect these cars go NOWHERE without the director present : ) Nothing I've heard since has ever matched it.

[@jcgabriel1569]

Ah, Peter Collins and Tony Brooks drove the car that day, from what I've read...

[@Eltoca21]

That sound

[@kityhawk2000]

Please do more vids like this showcasing Mercedes history and cars.

[@BatZzn]

Why its such a short video? I like more driving impressions :)

[@dashippo4372]

Yes, let him drive Nordschleife with this car.

[@hamcio3192]

Big props to bottas he drove this car

[@c0r5e]

Valtteri , its James Let Lewis drive this and also feel less excited to so Lewis can look like as if he is very interested about the car.

[@fernandosantos4763]

Our silver beauty.

[@olderthandirt7023]

What a great sportsman, big balls Valtteri, your the man

[@jerryldavis1823]

Have u kept bottas or not? Simple question .

[@Rohan-cr5np]

They have apparently. Ocon is replacing Hulkenberg in Renault.

[@jerryldavis1823]

@Southpaw hahaha

[@geert574]

Valtteri it's James: Lewis requires both cars this week for personalisation so we're sending you to do some KZbin stuff in a 1935 car.

[@videojockeysword]

Oldest car I ever drove was 1943 Chrysler...it was WILD driving that down Pico Blvd in L.A. (taking it home to it's owner after repairs where I was working)

[@dashippo4372]

What a sound! I wish my R172 had half of it, only! 😍

[@Grover91]

The best sounding car in history.

[@sergiodavid5025]

No hay nada mas emocionante que conducir una flecha plateada. Bottas disfruta como un niño

[@pc9545]

Posting this video confirms Bottas is high likely to retain the seat :)

[@jullybelatvd]

I don't wanna loose him

[@ethownzbh]

600hp and over 600 lb/ft of torque on tires that skinny...the guys that raced these things must have had cut outs in their seats so they had a place to put their massive balls.

[@isaackoomson8370]

😂😂

[@gooseknack]

Exactly, one needs Big Brass Klankers to drive those old racing machines!

[@RaNDomNvr]

Sounds better than modern f1 cars

[@puebespuebes8589]

On paper this thing as more power per kilo than modern f1 ! 600hp and 800nm of torque for under 750kilo. Modern f1 have 1000hp ( only 800 from the engine ) and 200nm of torque for over 798 kilo. If you gave modern aero and tire to the w125 it would out accelerate a 2023 mercedes f1 !

[@elhadjiamadoujohnson4166]

Yup, you need big balls to be part of Mercedes racing history; and Bottas does have big balls!!!

[@entertaining1029]

Wow,this car is a beast,is a beauty,I LOVE THAN CAR!!! ITS SO PRECIOUS

[@brostenen]

Truly a death trap. I am like... WTF mercedes? What were you thinking back then, giving it such an engine, fully knowing that brakes were crap.

[@themanieq]

0:20 "Every time you stepped into the car you risk your life"

[@arjunswaminathan3987]

Valtteri confirmed 2020

[@ilopez9003]

I’m taking this as a confirmation of next season’s lineup

[@ooohhenrybmblm]

I’m really astonished by how much power output the W125 made for its time.

[@WjC00LEY]

Keep Valtteri!

[@roldanbogz2295]

Let Bottas Stay at Mercedes he is a world champion material

[@martingonzalez6915]

He isn't.

[@roldanbogz2295]

@@martingonzalez6915 oh I respect your opinion man

[@martingonzalez6915]

@@roldanbogz2295 Whatever Man.

[@poruatokin]

So refreshing to see one of these old beauties being pushed around a track by Valtteri, we saw power drifting, four wheel drift, oversteer and understeer. So glad he didn't drop it though - that WOULD have got him kicked out of the team.

[@mell1713]

#TeamMercedes

[@ImCookiiez]

Keep Valterri, he deserves it.

[@alphinphilip7501]

One honest review!!!😂

[@guiiimkt]

BIG BALLS

[@Tjescoo]

Wait wait wait... He's part of the history of Mercedes?! Are you trying to tell us something about next season, cheeky Mercedes media team?

[@magnuskevinsen2380]

Tjescoo , Yes, Mercedes will drive the W125 next season!

[@erdbeermarmelade6890]

This is so damn amazing

[@jwagner1993]

The real Champions

[@PikX221]

I get it Valtteri, you got some big balls.

[@frostyslushie5337]

Hope he win this weekend

[@pumkineater7219]

Mercedes would not release this video if they were thinking of getting rid of Bottas! I don't think Totos balls are big enough to face the backlash. But then again I may be wrong!

[@byronservies4043]

This was also my first thought

[@sdchaps]

More of this.

[@RistoKappet]

Would be awesome to have raw footage of the run or a full lap onboard

[@sphere5282]

Valterri's demeanor is perfect for Mercedes so happy he resigned w/ the team

[@Maverick09925]

Time for Mercedes to extend Valtteri's contract already, enough of this charade.

[@simonnyman9031]

Ocon goes to Renault, pretty sure it's confirmed now :)

[@geert574]

Lol for 1 year

[@danielsgrunge]

That's crazy..

[@sarangsharma5346]

very quick in replying hopefully valteri will also be quick and give Hamilton a tough fight, but I think its very difficult now

[@imakevidsable]

600 horses during the 1930s like seriously?

[@adampetten5349]

Yup

[@jimmyincredible3141]

Well, they pushed it a bit for speed records...up to ~700 hp and in the end this thing held the speed record for public roads until 2017 - 430 kph in that .... now thats a terrifying thought...

[@simfer_6782]

650 hp actually...

[@MDDeGrande1994]

Yes, it was the most powerful Grand Prix car until the 1970s.

[@WeeShoeyDugless]

Don't you just love the rip off the exhaust on the W125❤❤