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I was fortunate to see the races in Barcelona and Monte Carlo in 1973. You may not believe this story,but it’s true. The night before the race in Barcelona, two Spanish boys and me spent the night in the pit area. There was no security, none. We took turns sitting in the different race cars, what a thrill. Next morning the police made us remove our tent and leave the pit, we did as we were told, but didn’t leave the track, free race. In Monte Carlo the racers were much easier to make contact with, but I never again sat in a Formula one car. I have no idea who won in Barcelona, but Jackie Stewart won at Monte Carlo.

One of the most unluckiest drivers in F1

Gotta love how he used to swing his head side to side.

Amazing content! How about reviewing careers of Thierry Boutsen and Alessandro Nannini?

Same with Alonso. He was the best driver and got more out of bad cars than anyone. How he has two titles and Hamilton 7 comes down to the right team at the right time.

My memories of Alesia as a Ferrari fan during the early 90's were awesome....he was fantastic but so unlucky.

Ferrari also offered Alesi to step in for Schumacher after Silverstone '99, but Alesi wanted to stay committed to Sauber, only to then fall out with them hardly a month later. He would then join the awful Prost team for 2000. This guy couldn‘t make a good decision to save his life.

For a next Bad Decisions vid: Where in history, and of course there are multiple instances, that f1 technical and commercial decisions condemned it to become but a sad mocking of the sport it once was.

i love autosport's driver names. F1 names sound like... F1 names. Can't explain it but Formula 1 racers and cyclist 🚴 names are interchangeable as well it seems.

He definitely got my attention when he ran out of fuel in Melbourne in 1997.

I saw him win in Montreal.

the Ricciardo of the 90"........

misleading video title. Alesi was just outplayed by Mansell

I won’t forget him. First GP Silverstone inside Copse and there was this car then appears Number 27 Ferrari. The noise the smell it won’t leave me. And I love watching Jean my#1

Quick but lacked technical knowledge, similar to Daniel Ricciardo

One big detail you missed about the Piers Courage crash was at the car was not upside down when it caught fire. The reason why he couldn’t get out of the car because a tire hit him in the helmet which either knocked him unconscious or killed him on impact. If it wasn’t for that, he might’ve been able to get out of the car, but I don’t know

Just one ?

A LOT of ifs there. He wasn't even guaranteed a race seat at Williams, because the way Frank was holding out for other drivers, Ferrari made a more concrete offer and not knowing how to break the contract, he sought advice from Piquet, Piquet helped him with contract demands for Ferrari including a top of the range model - Ferrari were surprised but so keen were they that they signed the contract with him and then the whole negotiations with buying out the contract with Williams resumed. There's a good chance if he just kept to Williams he would have been stuck in a test driver role which is no way for a driver of his talents should end up. That would've been the biggest crime of all!

I wonder why Jean had his hands at 'ten to two' on the steering wheel? 😊

Alesi was the Chris Amon of our generation (80s-90s), but at least he got a win where Amon was cruelly denied. Had he gone to Williams, he would have won two or three World Championships.

Bad decision? I don't believe he made any bad decision, actually. 1) I am sure he never actually had a Williams contract, and he was being messed around by a non-committal Frank Williams. He only had a pre-contract or MOU but Frank was not committing to converting it. So when Ferrari offered him the world, he really didn't have a choice if he wanted to continue in F1. Plus, when he signed for Ferrari his team mate for 1991 was 3x world champion Alain Prost while at Williams it might have been either (most likely) Riccardo Patrese. In the end, Mansell got booted out of Ferrari and Williams pulled him from his tempetuous "retirement". So, Ferrari looked like a much better performance bet AT THE TIME OF SIGNING than Williams. Plus, it's Ferrari...not some British garagista. 2) In 1990 Williams-Renault was nowhere, and in both 1990 and 1991 the Ferrari was much better than the Williams-Renault. It's only during the 1991 season that Ferrari started to lose their way and Williams found theirs as the FW14 started showing its potential. Don't forget that Senna and McLaren started 1991 in a dominant position and looked to be walking both championships...in the second half of the season Williams and Renault finally started coming good, but it was too late. Senna and McLaren-Honda still won both championships. And Prost was fired by Ferrari.

Only a driver of such mercurial talent could make such awful cars so entertaining to watch.

I remember the arrival of Jean Alesi well. That US gp in 90 was epic. This was a future world champion for sure. One race win says very little about the real talent he had

Well said as usual sir. The issue of greatest driver and greatest number of wins (in all sports to be fair), seems to not take into account the sheer volume of races run today compared to the 70’s. I knew of Stewart, watched Senna and Schumacher, lost track of F1 when Vettel and Hamilton were in full swing, but they were all great for different reasons.

4.43 You had me there man, thought I'd stepped into an alternate universe for a moment there 😀

The man has talent, I was privileged to be watching these races. It was surely when F1 was real.

I have respect for Martin, but with Nigel Mansell amd Lewis Hamiltion who are both world champions, how can you say the Martin was the best British driver since Jackie Stewart? Really?

So they left Courage's body in a burnt wreck until the race was completed. I mean . . . ? And then Cevert.

The problem was that the bolts that held the armco barriers to the support posts were installed without washers, so that in the impact the bolt heads tore through the rails, allowing them to crush down and expose the steel I-beam support posts. That did the damage.

Qualifying was his F1 weakness, couldn't find those crucial last few tenths on a hot lap. On form, his race pace was as good as anybody's. He also admits that he didn't have the same level of self-confidence he felt in other series.

Excellent as usual sir. I think if your name was Martin in F1 you were fated to be seen as good but unlucky.

Attended my first F1 race in 1985, and this video is spot on and needed to be made. Only things I'd add would be the anti-competition rules (development tokens, testing bans, non-competition clauses in engine supply contracts) and the fact that cars weigh 800kg as opposed to 540 kg in the 80's and sound like someone farting in the bathtub

I’ve obviously watched this before, but it’s an excellent analysis of Mr Mansell. Enjoy all your productions.

This is a zero winner man…….

Jim Clark and then Cevert. Jackie Stewart was devastated seeing his close friends die.

Brundle was not match for Schumacher and Hakkenin. Not even close. He was a good jnr driver but was very average in F1. He was a good no2 and a journeyman!

What seasson is the last one you would consider old school/real f1? Great channel btw

1:31 Bootiful!! 😂😂

Martin brundle is now a f1 commentator

Jim Clark, the greatest driver of all time. Besides Ayrton Senna. :)

Easy one to answer Dallas 84 when he smashed his legs.

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Martin Brundle is a legend ... simple as that.

He had some of the most incredible teammates; Bellof, Schumacher, Hakkinen.

Interesting story. Annoying to watch with the blackouts.

Brundle is and was a giant moron, there I fixed it for you!

Brundle is still allive & enjoying life, unlike Senna...

Balls to the wall red 5!!On his day he was world class, however he was prone to costly mistakes, even bordering on reckless at times. However he was a brilliant out and out racer, plus he competed and won in one of f1s most competitive eras. 🎉. Hes a legend in my book, albeit slightly flawed.

Always rated him, yes i think he probably did underachieve in his f1 career. Just didnt seem to have much luck, which you do need from time to time. Lighting fast on his day though.

A match? Not even close.