When Formula 1 Drivers FIGHT

[@iansamuel5366]

I’m a marshal, and we always use James Hunt in Canada as an example to new marshals why you don’t grab or try and handle a driver unless they’re so dazed they’re about to walk onto the track. Their adrenaline is so high they can’t think straight in that moment, so a instant reaction like a punch isn’t uncommon, I’ve personally had some abuse hurled my way when trying to help drivers who’ve just been shunted out of the race 😂😂

[@slumberless7605]

How do you become one? I mean motorsport marshal, f1 or otherwise.

[@iansamuel5366]

@@slumberless7605 depends on what country your in, where do you live?

[@zeroelus]

Just want to say thank you for the work you've done.

[@iansamuel5366]

@@zeroelus thanks that’s sweet, and means a lot. But none of us do it for praise or recognition, we’re all just motorsport fans and absolutely love it, it’s a easy way to give back whilst enjoying the spectacle. If you have time to attend at lease 5 races at your local circuit contact them and sign up, join the worldwide family in Orange, it’s great!

[@GameOver-nm2us]

Could you please tell me which F1 drivers have hit you?

[@bukharijabarazman2700]

Imagine getting punched by your all-time idol… My brain would just shut off at that point…

[@jok3r906]

Nah... Swing back. Make some incredible memories

[@ThereMayBeLions]

Might as well make it something for the fans to talk about.

[@patrickcesalestajodywibowo741]

​​@@jok3r906Agree mate! When else in tick of time you can do some fight with your Idol 😂😂😂

[@nahfezshultz4773]

Become syndrome I guess?

[@Phuc_Yhou]

Imagine if your dad punched his girlfriend in the face and was controlling your career?

[@directorofnolearning]

The Piquet-Salazar fight will never get old. I love Clive James's commentary: "Piquet greeted Salazar affectionately. They go to karate class together and here was a chance to practice a few routines".

[@F1Krazy]

The fact that Piquet had to phone Salazar and apologise because the crash saved BMW from an embarrassing engine failure at their home race makes it ten times funnier

[@directorofnolearning]

@@F1Krazy If that's true that's brilliant! How did you find that out?

[@benrumble1379]

The F1 season reviews that Clive James narrates are some of my favourite things in the world to watch, mainly because of comments like this

[@973Gear]

Seeing Formula 1 Drivers fight... NASCAR: *Hold my beer.*

[@ENKTDeeColon_and_randomnumbers]

Tony Stewart: I can do one better 💀

[@LancasterResponding]

As of last week NASCAR drivers have resorted to throwing pieces of their own cars at each other.

[@letsgoLions.]

​@@LancasterRespondingReal Life Mario cart💀

[@johngancarcik5682]

​@@ENKTDeeColon_and_randomnumbersto be honest ward shouldn't have been out there drugged up and walked across a dark track in a black firesuit

[@SolidSonicTH]

I thought that crap Luca Corberi did in that karting race was unbelievable until I looked up some NASCAR incidents and realized there was a LOT of precedence for that sort of thing and then some...

[@hippyneilT]

Hunt addressed this at one point saying that he was so pumped on adenaline from the race he'd just instinctively lash out at anyone who touched him. He honestly felt sorry for those on the receiving end.

[@DeltanOptima]

So, Hunt was on gamer mode?

[@starguy321]

Yeah you can see that he’s not thinking in those instances. Apparently he was so pumped on adrenaline when racing that the whole car would shake on the grid when he was in it

[@CyanRooper]

He also used to throw up before getting in the car because a) he was afraid of crashing and dying b) he was still hungover from the night before

[@DeltanOptima]

@@CyanRooper nah, he was reducing his weight before the race. Only true racing drivers know this trick ;)

[@josemojeda1527]

​@@DeltanOptima Amateur. That was only a temporary trick, nothing permanent like removing an appendix

[@davooo5922]

came here just after max and carlos had a fight after colliding on lap 8 of the 2026 British Grand Prix

[@ethanstackhouse7274]

Can't believe ocon didn't get penalised for it, honestly why do we even have the fia if not to penalise the french

[@davooo5922]

@@ethanstackhouse7274 I know, kind of a racing incident but ocon should have got the blame. Sainz was furious...

[@maxholmgren7936]

We're gonna hold you to this (if anyone wins that fight, it's gonna be be the son of Jos)

[@TFSMF2]

How come nobody's talking about the move Pourchaire made on Albon, that was absolutely unacceptable

[@NR_88]

Max is just upset he doesn’t have the best car in the field and has to actually race against others.

[@benn87]

Fun fact. One of the people who was trying to hold Michael back at Spa was Stefano Domenicali, the current F1 boss, who was team manager at Ferrari at the time.

[@gswizzy17]

A fight in F1: a quick swing A fight in NASCAR: active warzone on pit road.

[@hankarmas]

3:32 "Take that, oh my goodness" -Murray Walker

[@heliumtrophy]

"That left Piquet, only one man with the big plan. Piquet's BMW was approaching the halfway stage for cool fuel - nothing could go wrong, everything had been foreseen except the awkward presence of Salazar at the new Mickey Mouse Ostkurve chicane. Salazar had been supposed to drop back but apparently had not read the stage directions. Piquet was calm however, he greeted Salazar affectionately. Piquet and Salazar go to karate lessons together so here was a chance to practice a few routines. This could be the highpoint of Salazar's career so let's see it again!

[@Spudchucker92]

@@heliumtrophyClive James…friggin legend 😎

[@NoahCashi42FR]

Bro supported piquet 😅😅

[@JackFormula1]

The real fight in F1 sits on Braking Point 😂

[@KJ28554]

And Ocon randomly being in the middle of it doing nothing

[@formulabf1]

@@KJ28554+5 Second Penalty

[@HangmanOfficialUploads]

@@KJ28554 I meant, to be fair, he was being French.

[@chlcrk]

@@KJ28554 Getting flashbacks to Interlagos 2018 while he's at it

[@WillowCreative]

formula 1: 10 minute video nascar: 💀

[@wilbo_baggins]

NASCAR is like ice hockey. It's basically a fight with the other sport as intermission

[@l88ch3r]

If only sim-racing had a way to express one's displeasure like this.

[@CyanRooper]

Multiplayer lobbies like Call of Duty lobbies would be the perfect solution.

[@donnycorn3086]

@@CyanRooper nah that'll make it worse. we throw hands like men.

[@Milk_Bag67]

It's called a pit maneuver

[@bengard18]

that’s why we have voice chat

[@gregd806]

Ah, James Hunt.. A man with Big Balls and no self control at times.. RIP James Hunt.. ❤..

[@Starkweather133]

Motorsport fights are so hilarious. Especially f1. Rich dudes that have never fought in their life winging punches at each other in helmets. Love it

[@jackcrola1076]

@Starkweather133 Cynical much?

[@nickb2049]

then there's American motorsports...

[@razick0]

Some of them had martial arts training, like Senna when he was young.

[@Aidan_-_]

Facts

[@JonFord78]

Then there is James hunt!!

[@ktbeatty]

1:02 Crisp, textbook right hook that landed squarely on the button. Two point round for Hunt with the knockdown. Couldn't put the marshal away though, so you have to question the power.

[@MarcBarkyMarta]

Piquet-Salazar is classic. We need the Murray Walker commentary that went with it. Hilarious.

[@heliumtrophy]

Clive James' commentary is better.

[@aoife1122]

You forget to mention that Gerhard Berger filled up Ayrton with fine Austrian schnapps... which emboldened the great man (who was pretty much a teatotaler) even more. 🤣

[@south_carolina_man]

These are cultured debate clubs compared to NASCAR driver disputes.

[@Skauldrich]

I think it's fair to say that we need Josh to make a NASCAR video on this... 😆

[@fredb3400]

Wait, are you telling me that overpaid hillbillies turning left get into fights? No. Way. 😂

[@jamesbraun9842]

Lots of the fights are between rich and poor teams. (Rich teams have a disposable in come, the underfunded teams have to rebuild the car). The real fights happen at the dirt track, and local track levels.

[@MrSniperfox29]

Piquet later apologised to Salazar for his response, mainly because as you said he wouldn't have won anyway

[@dustinabigan2776]

I doubt we'd get another pair of drivers getting into punching/kicking each other because 1) A lot of media and people now breathing down their necks and 2) I feel like drivers in general now are either friends and can work things out or just give each other the cold shoulder for a bit before going back to a talking relationship.

[@duhc2312]

With that being said, I hope gasly and ocon fight this year

[@stuntmonkey00]

> I feel like drivers in general now are either friends and can work things out I wish their freaking fans would too. So much drama on the Reddit and Twitter amongst so-called fans when their drivers are perfectly fine and get along.

[@CyanRooper]

​@@duhc2312 Fight over what? P18?

[@duhc2312]

@@CyanRooper picture this: last race of the year, both right behind kmag who is about to score points. On the last turn, kmag runs wide, they both pass him but crash into each other at the exit. Ocon takes his helmet and throws it into gasly car, who in response hits him with the steering wheel. Absolute scenes. (Important point, they wouldn't have scored points, they were just unlaping themselves)

[@CyanRooper]

@@duhc2312 That would be amazing lmao Netflix would market the hell out of that for DtS.

[@agruber630]

Jarno Trulli getting up on his tip-toes to yell at Adrian Sutil is an all-time classic! And I'm oddly disappointed you didn't show Lance Strulovitch shoving his trainer last year.

[@SolidSonicTH]

The press conference that came of it was the stuff of legends.

[@reptongeek]

I actually have some pictures, I don't know if you are blind

[@patrickcesalestajodywibowo741]

You know you f**ked up when the drivers letting out their best kicks and punches 😂

[@timzy4395]

8:35 "Jaw of Jaws" killed me LMAOOO

[@flips220]

I think Max and maybe George are the only hot heads left on the grid, and they'll mature more each year. If Mazepin hadn't gotten the boot, he definitely would have fought someone. edit: and Yuki

[@flips220]

@DanielDos2 Whoops, how did I forget about Yuki??

[@CyanRooper]

Verstappen has matured a lot over the years, there's no way he'd fight unless someone hit first. Russell might get rowdy but he's been well trained by the media (hence the PR63 jokes) so there's a good chance he'll stick to using words instead of his fists. Plus if Verstappen gets into a fight he won't lose much but if Russell gets into a fight he'll get his ass demoted to Clio Cup racing.

[@wangsengsin2527]

Yuki is the shortest driver on the grid, picking a fight would not be very wise

[@AlexsmithGT]

​@@flips220 you didnt forget him Lets be real F1 fans, yuki litteraly is not gonna fight. He'll scream at you but hes not gonna do anything.

[@davidspearie6921]

Everyone was ready to fight Mazepin, teammate included.

[@arun9654]

Another honourable mention: George Russell giving botass a hit aft the imola 21 crash

[@IIMIKEYMOII]

Canadian here. Grew up playing hockey. I find it funny when people online refer to the Max-Ocon incident in disgust or disdain, calling Max classless or whatever. In hockey you just take care of business on the ice, then move on. If you're gonna do some reckless shit, you'll pay the price. Self regulating. Max checked Ocon after and Ocon was looking for help. You drive reckless, expect consequences. I laugh at that incident and I'm totally in Max's corner about it. NASCAR has a culture of self regulation too. I just don't think F1 fans and esp the drivers really get what I'm talking about but it's pretty common in most other sports.

[@heliumtrophy]

Most F1 fans aren't used to seeing drivers fight and brought up on the nonsense of "violence doesn't solve anything," - neither does diplomacy. Ocon was being a dickhead which seems to be a pattern in his career.

[@FullTimeGaming360]

​@@heliumtrophy Ocon and being a tool for little gain or purpose go hand in hand. I get why he would be like that for racing for position as he barely made it into F1 and could be taken out easily so he is in nice terms a very committed driver but doing it over no points position in back marker where the damage to the car would cost more than you might earn for the positions value for the end of season 0 point teams calculations. Has it helped Ocon's career, not really as his teammates are doing better with Alonso and Checo at better teams and Hulkenberg who he replaced is having a pretty good time at Haas and I would suspect could probably give similar performances in the same car just no podiums as is tradition. He has held on to a seat in the worst team on the grid as unlike Williams, Haas etc they had the money, staff, drivers but couldn't put together any of it whilst Aston Martin has shot up the grid and McClaren have got their ship in order.

[@RedSpottedToad]

​@heliumtrophy hockey isn't exactly full of the most respectable people following all of the rules, seems like the violence hasn't solved anything. Violence breeds violence, and in a world class competition it has no place.

[@BestGuy2103]

Great video! I'd love to see you do this for more motorsport. As a NASCAR fan, we've had some good fights, like Cale Yarborough vs Donnie Allison and Jeff Gordon vs Brad Keselowski. But I would like to see how other motorsport goes about fighting

[@pastormaldonado9246]

Nothings better than a good meal and a Josh revell video

[@nicka3526]

Everytime I see that you have a new video posted I can't help but smile. I am constantly rewatching your videos. You are the reason why I follow V8s so closely now. Keep it up !

[@matt_v_photo]

I slowly wonder if every Brazilian driver mentioned in this video are or were secretly practicing Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

[@gigs96]

i don't know if he practiced jiu-jitsu, but Raul Boesel once worked as a DJ

[@Mateus_Carvalho]

Considering nobody tried a takedown, probably not.

[@matt_v_photo]

@@Mateus_Carvalho yet

[@thaiscarvalho6958]

??

[@Mateus_Carvalho]

@@matt_v_photo I don't think Senna is gonna learn it.

[@isthatrubble]

9:37 lmao hartley in the background

[@ljphoenix4341]

Congrats on hitting 400k subscribers recently Josh! 🇳🇿🔥

[@coolguy10060]

8:34 there is also a great story on Schumacher in his group c days where Derrick wariwickk kinda wanted to do the same to him. It was on beyond the grid podcast

[@BryanSteacy]

7:20 there's audio of Senna confronting Irvine. A reporter had his tape recorder rolling in the room. There's an "F1 On The Edge" podcast episode about it on Spotify.

[@ArnoldTriyudho]

Man, imagine NASCAR-esque fights in F1 😂😂 (with some helmet throwing)

[@WarBear666]

Like 3 days ago I was looking for a video like this and couldn't find one. Lo and behold this shows up. Thank you 🙏🏻

[@rogerjohnson6676]

That was fun, and well presented.

[@BilTheGalacticHero]

Ocon's penalty for Max turning in on him like he wasn't there was and still is utter bullshit.

[@Speedster04_BRA]

As a Brazilian, I can confirm we are constitutionally obligated to have fights because of traffic and/or car crashes.

[@TheBigAyland]

Josh's use of Simpsons Clips on point as always

[@gatling216]

I still hold that the greatest brawl in motorsports was the Cale Yarborough vs Donnie and Bobby Allison fight at the 1979 Daytona 500. Pretty much the perfect storyline for a brawl. The leaders crash out early but recover and are battling for the win on the final lap. They tangle and spin out of control. Bobby goes out to check on his brother, and a fight breaks out. All this as the 79 Daytona 500 was the very first to be broadcast from flag to flag on national television, as much of the country is locked inside after a freak snowstorm.

[@thehwguy4293]

That fight literally put NASCAR on the map throughout the country.

[@AugmentedGravity]

Tbh, Max's reaction to that Ocon incident is 100% understandable imo. I would be so fucking fuming.

[@JaydanPuriel]

THANK YOU I heard long enough from other people that Max was at fault in that race and that Max reacted to aggressively towards Ocon

[@damianbadowski2389]

I'm '94 so I remeber the Schumi era through the fog of childhood but him looking for a fistfight at every occasion is one of the clearest memories I have

[@alexandermacdonald499]

NASCAR brawls are absolutely wild

[@vinny7265]

Lesson of the day: If you're going to have a collision with another driver, you better pray that it will be anyone but a brazilian that is ready for a fight

[@richardvernon317]

There was a Brilliant Cartoon on a F-1 Tee Shirt back in 1987 titled "Nigel Mansell's 1986 Belgium Grand Prix Throttle Response!!!"

[@shubhayanc]

It was fun!! 😂 Thx mate

[@elisha.schiff]

These are some high quality segues

[@macrossMX]

Who needs Formula 1 when you have Formula Brawl. Sometimes, brawls like these is what you need to break the monotony.

[@codymyster10]

Salazar was a good driver in other categories; I'm glad that he represented our country at F1 (he should work on his boxing game 😅).

[@Docter_Docs]

Been waiting g for this one a long time. Your voice , humor.. 😆😆

[@calyodelphi124]

Considering how absurdly competitive racing drivers in general have to be in order to be good at what they do, and the fact that when you're in the heat of the race EVERYTHING is running on overdrive, it's honestly kind of mind boggling that we don't see fights break out more often especially in F1. NASCAR, however... :)

[@jaybobo]

Ocon absolutely deserved a serve for that one :D

[@YoungWooPark84]

I think Scott Speed having a fight with Franz Tost should at least get an honorable mention.

[@Aidan_-_]

As a Nascar this was hilarious

[@charlieneate8749]

Fan from Montana USA, keep making content Josh

[@fredb3400]

Senna was such a toddler withanger issues!! 😂😂 My money for the next fight is on Max. Walking on his daddy's footsteps, I assume!

[@SS711STOTCH]

F1 should take after hockey and just make fighting a part of the sport. It would be hilarious😂

[@sebastianahrens2385]

8:30 This image of "extremely angery Schumi" has always been funny to me, the amount of bitterness is so over the top. And to be fair, that really wasn't Coulthard's fault.

[@akshathadayakar3621]

Irish hair magnet 🧲 and jaw of jaws Josh never disappoints 😂😂😂

[@B__L]

Magnate*

[@akshathadayakar3621]

@@B__L thanks bruh

[@zanemurcha9742]

I once tagged Eliseo Salazar in a post on twitter about his Piquet punch up... He blocked me.

[@Thomas-zs5wt]

1:03 your gone hahahaha

[@CyanRooper]

Yo'rue*

[@Thomas-zs5wt]

oh grammar police is about

[@samhargett]

need the drivers to fight like nascar racers. will be so fun, and at the end of the season we have a boxing tournament with all the drivers

[@MoreThan7Digits]

4:53 Not mansell falling 💀🙏

[@LtNduati]

my favorite of all time is of course, courtesy of The Michael on Coulthard, but nothing, and I mean *_nothing_* felt more out-of-place and absolutely hilarious as Russell bonking Bottas at imola in 2021 😂😂😂

[@marcossonicracer]

Test your might... MORTAL KOMBBBAAAAAAATTTT XD

[@TheFatSandwhich]

Hartley at 9:36 gets me every time

[@Divebombracing]

Nascar meawhile Ufc 500

[@WannaBuyAGate]

Lmao at that Piquet front kick.

[@PentaRodriguez]

1:44 DJ RAUL BOESEL

[@Exponaut_R-01]

8:05 Anyone else only hear “OHHHH GOD!” from this thanks to Broadbent alerts

[@FlamesEnjoyer]

Local short tracks: hold ma beer

[@fredb3400]

- "Brazilians are hot blooded" everyone - "hold my tinfoil hat" the Verstappens

[@heliumtrophy]

Well he's closely associated with the Piquets.

[@gceara]

Antigamente era sangue nos olhos, mandar o dedo do meio, batendo roda com roda... Era bem mais legal.🙏🏻🏁🇧🇷

[@craigcharlesworth1538]

The thing I love most about the Piquet/Salzar fight is when Piquet tries to punch Salazar in the face despite the fact that he's still wearing his helmet. Probably not the smartest move.

[@givmi_more_w9251]

I knew that Senna punched Irvine in Japan, what I didn't know about was Berger's involvement. Now I have to think about that video of a crow teasing a cat, which somehow instigates a literal catfight, and the crow watching visibly entertained by the whole thing.

[@mateorios1636]

Salazaar once said that Piquet was a figurehead to him, That he was the one who brought him into F1.

[@maxholmgren7936]

"A lot to be desired as a human being". Why does Josh (and most it seems) think Nelson Piquet is such a bad guy? yes, he can be a bit unsavoury on occasion when he speaks and some press and fans don't agree with the humour or like the attitude. I can guarantee tho that most of us probably have a friend or relative like that where we tolerate that person for it, maybe even like him/her more for it. Just a thought/question

[@williamryan3254]

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Birds....lol

[@notdragoni6365]

Bro hit 400k🎉❤

[@PenultimateSpan11]

6:29

[@Speeder76]

BTW, brazilian for that is "porrada!"

[@gajofre]

LOVE that you chose the photo of Piquet and Salazar, I'm chilean and still think Salazar was an ass*ole. Loved the trolling.

[@blakegriplingph]

This is far more entertaining than the actual race lel

[@maverickstclare3756]

Bring Back Paddock Fights !

[@nano_iNsane]

3:32 mate, i'm from chile, and My Best moment of this race was Nelson put his shit out Salazar (a real Manus) My favorite Piquet moment of all times 😂, i dream about punch Salazar like him 😂😂

[@heliumtrophy]

Sounds like Piquet is revered in Chile.

[@nano_iNsane]

@@heliumtrophy na, just for me xD here a Lot of people defend Salazar. I'm the Piquet support xD

[@Chr.Monika6469]

It's funny how Piquet is one of the best drivers F1 ever had, but his driving always get shadowed by his behaviour...

[@DannyBoy-qd2jb]

British and European f1 fans “oh no stop this” Nascar fans “ Hell yeah let’s go!”

[@BDSFormula1]

9:50 that was watching an FE race btw

[@isthatrubble]

you forgot the bit where berger got senna drunk first, and he apparently basically never drank normally

[@maus6263]

Lucky those fights are before jiu-jitsu became a thing in Brazil

[@veepee1656]

nice video brah

[@RobTheGreenEngine]

They should label the blue flags with a sign saying “Obey me or get punched.”

[@GameKanaal37]

..... Brasil has something with F1 drivers wanting to knock eachother out. Rather that be the driver or at the track itself.

[@darudy]

Brazil kicking ass on and out of the track/ ring, f1 or mma, we don’t care lmao

[@feisty8]

i just want any F1 Driver to offer a "Knuckle Sandwich" to "Latte Boy" 😂

[@master-kq3nw]

I remember trulli sutil 2009 before were more fights then now but when crash happened always someone is guilty loose nerves and fight

[@zinddy]

I think there was one in montreal in 2002 if iam right, with montoya and villneuve, and in the pits villneuve tried choke montoya, atleast thats what i read somewhere

[@Divensi-ls]

Drinking game: each time Brazil or Brazilian is said in this video, take a shot

[@JasonHodgson]

Just in time for UFC300