The cars safe enough to survive are too expensive to crash. Number 2 this season crashed before he could develop. Gives you a real sense of perspective on what we have been seeing from "The Midfield Drivers" this era of cars.
Makes you wonder what Niki would say today after what Romain survived. What an amazing series Graham has provided forever with the great Lauda.... priceless.
I think there is a difference between driver safety and race safety... What we need to do is make the cars harder to drive on their limit. More power, less electronic aid and less downforce. That way we can have more dramatic races. Maybe then we will have drivers an their mental and physical limits, seeing who has what it takes to defend in corners, take chances with gaps and also see if they can actually get the car to the end of the race. Actual safety features like the halo need to keep coming. Imagine if Senna had a halo on his car... We may have been listening to his views on the subject. Basically, keep the drama but keep the drivers too.
It already died when they banned slicks. Then they have all kinds of stupid limitations. "You cannot refuel" "You can only use crappy tires" "You can only use X amount of fuel" I wonder when they will ban the drivers because they lose weight during the race which gives an advantage.
You don’t seem to realise that F1 is being sponsored by road cars manufacturers, and some of the things you want on a toad car is fuel economy. Why not develop that economic engine through F1, that way F1 won’t seem too pointless. And as for refuelling, they found out it doesn’t make the cars any faster, it only increases risk,
@@azeezosho9459 I´m certainly not an expert on F1 - but F1-engines rev with up to 15.000 rpm whereas "normal" cars have their optimal performance between 2.500 and 6.500 rpm. I don´t think that there are many similarities between a F1 engine and a "standard" gasoline engine for a family car - and fuel efficiency certainly is not one of the main priorities for a F1 engine. In addition an F1 engine basically lasts for a few races whereas most people would be offended if their own car couldn´t do 200.000 kilometers without major issues. So you just can´t compare those two engines and I assume only very few technical inventions and innovations from F1 cars find their way to mass-produced cars.
If you are driving 200+ mph, you won't think it's that safe. Back in Lauda's days, there was a mortality rate of 5-10%. It was safer to go to the moon than drive F1. We do not need to go back to that.
Niki Lauda can't from an era of lead paint, asbestos, and no seat belts. Anyone who survives that time generator tends to think less safe is "better." I think it's the paint chips and asbestos messing with their heads. Or boomer mentality. Imagine being one of the marshals that saved laudas life and hearing him say the sport is too safe. Can't help that the cars were built like shit in his era.
If they think the Halo will improve safety that's fine. But if it makes cars nice and safe then bring back the V10s and the V12s. If they do that nobody will mind the halo.
Having too many rules and regulations is also killing F1. It can be seen that the race day attendance are getting worse every year. Even the organizers are pulling out from organizing F1 in their country. My god! Don't make me start on the V6 engine. F1 is about fast car, fat tyres and loud sound. I went to the Malaysian GP 2017 and sat in front of the starting grid. I didn't have to wear ear plugs during the race start. It is that bad. I blame Bernie Ecclestone, Liberty Media please take note
Imagine if it was Hamilton a star, a champion one of the all time greats. It happened in F1 in 1994, it happened in NASCAR in 2001. If it happened today. Everybody would've freaked out...
The most ridiculous thing of all, is that it wasn't safety in terms of cars that killed Bianchi. It was the utter stupidity of having a JCB parked off the track that shouldn't have been there whilst the race was still going on.
funny how people will lose interest cause of halo,but the fact there is almost no real racing ,real competition and good overtakes doens't bother you ,,,, you like to watch 70 laps of people driving their vecihles on 60% of power and 50% riding skills...not allowed to overtake just riding ....but god forbid if they do the same thing but with HALO on....hahahahah c'mon.....
BMW-Sauber#992 your all over the place with your comment. Doesn't make any sense. Just because I don't like one thing doesn't mean I don't think other things are wrong with F1. I was making a general comment on the two things I hate most. Read things before submitting........
hahahaha and I was makin a comment about how its funnx you will lose interest cause of halo not cause of boring races....read your comment before ofcourse :) :) :)
BMW-Sauber#992 you started to talk about overtakes and "real racing". You sir do not make any sense. I doubt you are laughing that much. That's a lot of ha's :).
now it's even more funny how diplomatic you are...but started you comment on youtube with ''fuck''.....you sir do not make any sense.....losing interest cause of halo ...hahahahahahahahaha...that's all i can say...
Lived in Long Beach, went to the LB Grand Prix many times. F1 prior to '84. Niki Lauda and John Watson were teammates with McClaren/Marlboro. Great times. I literally lived up the street a couple of miles. You would walk around Fri or Sat and there would be a group of people and they were all speaking...let's say Italian. Then you came across another group of people that were speaking French, or German, or something. Like living in a different country. So cool.
Priceless times... motorsports, music, etc... from 70s/80s!! I grew up across the LA harbour in San Pedro. Wish I would have gone to experience this level of sporting event! I'm a huge fan of F1 and MotoGP!! Also, football ⚽ and darts!! Got to live in Europe during my military career. Americans to see what is outside US borders!!
not this time. This is not about being " right" but about promoting a dying sport that will certainly die if enough drivers do. We can make it safer and we should. It takes nothing away from the challenge. The people who want to see a driver die are just sick, retarded bastards. That is my personal opinion. I love to see F1 races but I do not want to see someone die. Breaks my heart ! unnecessary ! but I am civilized. These are not the days of the Roman gladiators.
@@linanicolia1363 No one wants to see people die, but if you make the sport TOO safe, everyone can do it. The point of Formula One is that only the best of the best drivers get in, out of the entire population. If it becomes too easy, then no one will watch F1, and the sport will start losing competition. If it starts losing competition, which it is now since no one else has a big chance than winning other than Lewis Hamilton, it will lose popularity, which it also is now. If it starts losing both, then it will die. The whole point of F1 is to have that adrenaline, that thrill, passion, emotion, drama, and excitement that you get from watching F1, and for the drivers, driving the car and racing against other drivers, their teamates, and their rivals. I agree that F1 should be safe, which it already is, and it can't get any safer without losing competition and popularity. It is good the way it is now. The FIA has imposed enough rules and bans to make the sport safe, and no one should try to make the sport safer, because it already is. And if you drive at 180 or 200 mph average speed, it's not going to be safe anyway, because hey, it's a sport, and the most dangerous one, racing. Drivers should at least have some sense of fear while driving or else it'll just become too easy. Plus, the FIA has already ruined the sport by slowing down the cars, and making them go from around 1,300 hp, with screaming loud V12s (music to my ears), to 850 hp, and lame-ass V6s, which suck in every possible way. Before, people used to think of F1 cars as the ultimate car, the car no one or no other car could beat. Now, it's pretty easy to beat an F1 car in terms of quality (since the parts break off like twigs being snapped in two and can't handle some wheel-to-wheel action), and top speed, and some are getting very close to the cornering ability as well, such as cars like the McLaren Senna.
@@thelamboman4085 Wait do you actually think parts break off easier now? I want you to look up some of those 1990's F1 cars with those V12's that you love so much and look at their crashes... they crumple like a tin can. And if you think F1 will become too easy when stuff like a halo is added, please tell that to Grosjean, whose life was saved through the halo and who was one of the most hardworking drivers in F1. jesus christ
@@sentientarugula2884 And you act as if cars don't crumple up now. You put your shoe on the front wing to tie it up and the wing will break. You slightly hit the front wing on a curb, and parts will break off. It runs into the gravel trap and front wing breaks off. A slight nudge from another driver and the car will break off parts. If the carbon fiber is stronger now, it is very thin than it was in the 90's. And who says I'm necessarily talking about the 90's? I never said the halo was bad, it would've saved Senna's life if it was a thing back then, it can be redesigned on something like a 2000's V10 car or a late 90's car, so I'm sure we can come up with a better design and fit it on there. Otherwise, F1 is just too safe, take the Belgian Grand Prix for example 2 weeks back.
It could never be fully safe anyway so there’s no worries about that , people would be more interested if they all had the same car & it would show us who was the better driver instead of the best car winning the races
Getting all the cars "equal" is an imposible task. Penske ran the IROC many years ago and drivers were often comlaining about car inequality (whether there was or not).
A few modifications to current F1: · Rumble strips right next to track limits · Strict single-file restarts with a designed area to change the pace (current format is stupid) · Bye bye DRS, hello "overboost" - A button pressed by the driver will increase the pressure of the turbo, each driver has up to 90 seconds of overboost per race and can be used whenever. Overboost is banned in qualifying · Less people on pitstops, 2 lugnuts per wheel and refueling is back but with Le Mans' rules (first tyres, then fuel, so a car can be moved even if on fire) · A full tank should be enough to do around 200km · There will be a set of approved cost-effective parts like gearboxes, suspension and brakes. Teams should focus on chassis, body, engines and hybrid systems · Front wing and rear wing should be NARROWER than the space between the tyres · Wings should have straight top and bottom lips (less turbulence means more overtakes) · All winglets are banned · Drivers should be able to fire up and restart the engine from inside the car · Only 3 engine maps for dry conditions are allowed plus one for rain, one for a safety car and the overboost · No race will be redflagged due to rain unless the top5 drivers get below a set average speed minimum (cut the whining!) · Each year there will be a randomly selected race with double points and a race length of 400km or 500km (307km all the time gets boring), Monaco is not part of the rotation
Motorsport are ment to be dangerous it’s not supposed to be something you can get bro with no fear. Nicky is right man even tho it doesn’t seem ethical to do.
I watched Monaco yesterday afternoon. I didn’t see one pass. Got bored, didn’t stay till end. The cars and drivers r top class, but the racing sucks. Conversely the Indy 500 has inferior machinery and driveling talent but they put on a much better show
Monaco has been a very hard track to pass on in the modern era. I can't watch the Indy 500, or any circle track racing though. It's so dangerous yet I don't find it exciting to watch at all.
We need to to get rid of the halo, bring back refueling and V10 or V8 and 2007 or 2008 updated aero kits, slightly thinner wheels and then F1 will be at its prime as it once was in the early 2000s
Timi Akinlonu formula one wasn’t that great in the early 2000s. Formula one was at its prime it the mid 80s to the late 90s. You had a field of world class drivers, cars were difficult to drive, lots of power, lots of noise, and the tracks were simply amazing. I’m sorry to say, but formula will never return to its former glory.
I've always maintained when you remove the elements of possible fatal consequences it is no longer a pinnacle of challenge and risk. F1 has become completely sanitized and sissified. I stopped watching 3 years ago it is a complete shitshow. The cars look like shit they sound like shit and most of the drivers are nothing but a pile of shit except for maybe three four five guys now...
Why would the chance of death make F1 better. You're a fucking psychopath if you enjoy watching something in the hopes that someone will be killed. Danger isn't necessary to F1; it's the racing that makes F1 interesting, not the fact that the driver could die if they make a mistake. If safety improvements can be made without negatively impacting the spectacle of F1 (which no safety improvements I can think of have) then they should be made.
David then how do explain that in the 70s it was normal that 200k or even 300k people visited the track over a weekend. When today a organisator can be proud to have about 100 to 150k spectators? Even if the racing today is much closer and competitive than it was back in the days?
I remember when me and my brother would get up at 4am to watch these races. Can't remember the last time I watched a race now. V10's need to come back (used to give me goosebumps listening to those engines!) Bring back refuelling, get rid of the fake racing DRS and KERS! Couldn't believe what I was seeing with the halo!!! Also why are they managing tyres at the pinnacle of motorsport?!?! It should be 100% flat out every lap! Grrrrrrr rant over. F1 take note of the fans before it's too late!!
@@Loammello2 I think halo is fine, but some of the ways they've tried to slow the cars down over the years has made me lose interest. There have always been rules and restrictions, but technology has improved so much, the lengths they've gone to to slow them and the methods they've used has taken the magic away for me.
Well its good to be safe... Why do ppl like watching others being killed... Have to agree drivers back then shud have been paid more but...overall its still a dangerous sport... And death will occur...although not as often
He did not say to remove safety altogether. He pointed out a fact; People like to see the odd crash, as long as no one is seriously hurt or killed. Otherwise racing is boring, and appears to have zero risks. The events of two weeks ago prove him right.
It's the reason why I'm a bigger fan of WRC, Isle of Man TT, Baja 1000, etc than Formula 1. If there is no danger to life and limb, it isn't a sport but a childs game like basketball or golf.
F1 won't give in to Ferrari claim to leave sport because Liberty is American and we don't play that shit. Here in America its "I'm the boss if you don't like it get out. Your loss more money for us".
Reducing the element of danger and possible death in all motorsports has greatly reduced it's appeal to the masses. Niki said it himself "people will lose interest in the end". It's Human Nature to be intrigued by something that can kill you. I don't care what anybody says or thinks. It separated the great drivers from everyone else back in the day. It's a fact that most won't talk about or admit.
I have probably watched a whole race about once in the last 20 years. I sometimes watch highlights but watching the whole thing is rather boring compared to other forms of Motorsport. They seriously need to reconsider what happens in F1 as no one likes follow the leader and no passing.
I think it's rubbish. I like to see accidents. I want every driver to get out though. I don't want to see accidents like Dan Wheldon, Justin Wilson, Jules Bianchi or even Massa etc If you would tell me that no one can die anymore in F1 I would take it right away. F1 dies because there is no overtaking anymore on most tracks, because there are too many aero parts that are unrestricted. And the technology is too expensive, only Ferrari, Mercedes and Red Bull have the money for buying expensive engines and then developing expensive cars (or developing the engine aswell). Renault is next because they also have a manufacturer behind them with money. Then maybe Mclaren, surely not as much money as the ones above and the rest of the field is struggeling. What would you expect? I only watch V8 supercars because the racing is great, the competition is incredible. The tyres are soft, there is refueling, the gaps are small and the racing is thrilling. F1 has soft tyres and dirty air. Not worth wasting 90min of my life for a race where nothing happens. I check the results first and then may rewatch it. Don't get me wrong, I love watching footage from the 70s and 60s but it breaks my heart everytime there is a fatal crash. F1 will stay dangerouse. Just look at the crash of Dario Franchitti. He didn't hit anything and had brain and spine damage. That can happy in F1 aswell. But at least accidents like Massa, Justin Wilson, Dan Wheldon, María de Villota and Henry Surtees won't happen again.
I would have asked Mr. Lauda, WHAT percentage (to become world champion in the F-1), does it take for say like the best driver and car. Of course he had a Ferrari and more importantly the assets and top of the line team to support him. I would guess any way. I phrased the question wrong. Taking all the danger out would make it boring. Hell, mize well have all the drivers sit In a conning tower and radio control their cars. I don't have a clue what I am talking about. RH DSD
To Race knowing you could die in every corner, Is not like to race knowing in every corner you could finish in a beach... Call this thing they do today with the name you want, but not Formula 1.
Yeah but Americans think that pit lane girls are somehow abusing women who voluntarily accepted an opportunity to make money and a career. I cannot see the US style of F1 lasting as the premier brand of motorsport.
@El ton true. And its bullshit that pit girls aren't in f1. Yeah my country has gone to shit. But you have to realize what has happened here. Our democracy has been hijacked by corporate lobbyists who own all media outlets. So when you see this crazy shit coming out of the USA its not the people. Its our fucking government.
Lauda was the physical epitome of ok boomer. Don't care how many f1 disciples he has. He reminds me of my uncle that bears about how his first truck came stock with a metal dash and no seatbelts and how it was better than today with all these unnecessary air bags everywhere and leather everything.
Haven't watched a full race in years. The cars are technically brilliant, but are too good and reduce the drivers to pilots managing systems, add to that the garbage playschool circuits made safe for little seb & lewis to run wide and come back to play and it's all a complete turnoff. Rindt, Peterson - visor down going for it, full opposite lock, three pedals/gear stick, plenty of mechanical grip, low aero - the drivers doing the work and living in the moment, that was F1. Perfect. Life is meant to be about going for it and not just racking up a big number and the fake pretence of danger that F1 is now. MODERN F1 IS FAKE, STERILE, CORPORATE, SANITISED, SHIT. Sooner road cars are full autonomous the better, the techie kids of today will switch off, big manufacturers will no longer have any reason to be in it so F1 can return to privateers and drivers willing to push the limits and beyond in old school/crude cars.
I dont like people who cross their legs like that in front of a person, I feel like that person is disrespecting the other. (Just my opinion dont care if you disagree)
I'm not sure what he's saying there. He says he doesn't want safety but then he says that he wants the drivers to walk way from crashes. Danger has nothing to do with the spectacle of F1, it is merely a coincidence of it. I love watching big crashes, but they're much more fun to watch knowing that the driver will be fine. If you're watching F1 hoping that a driver gets injured or killed then you're just sick. I think what he's trying to say, but can't quite convey due to his limited English, is that he doesn't want to see regulations limit the spectacle of F1; he's not saying that safety advancements are bad, which is what every idiot in the comment section is implying. He actually said that reducing the chances of death to 0 is good.
Safety is important yes. But inovations like halo are just pointless. What if halo gets broken and squeezes the drivers head or prevents his way out of the car? If the destiny wants your death you will die no matter how safe your position is
wtf. Stop talkin shit . Lauda didnt stop any race in suzuka to hand james hunt the championship cause in 1976 there was NO race in suzuka ! Season finale and only race in Japan was in Fuji. Not suzuka. On sunday morning several drivers voted against starting but the Organizers and FISA(today FIA) decided to start the race. Besides Lauda also Emerson Fittipaldi, Carlos Pace and Larry Perkins made the same decision. Do your research before talkin shit like that. The first Grand Prix in Suzuka was in 1987.
He didn't want to see no crashes, but safe enough to walk away from said crashes. I feel he wanted to see a balance. And I 100% agree.
The cars safe enough to survive are too expensive to crash.
Number 2 this season crashed before he could develop. Gives you a real sense of perspective on what we have been seeing from "The Midfield Drivers" this era of cars.
Makes you wonder what Niki would say today after what Romain survived.
What an amazing series Graham has provided forever with the great Lauda.... priceless.
The man said it himself. Part of the beauty of the sport is that danger and that thrill. If F1 becomes too safe, everyone could do it.
what kind of mental gymnastics does it take to come to that conclusion
Toxy Amazing isn't it?!
Dumb conclusion but I get the sentiment.
too bad no one can afford it
The question is where is that line??
I think there is a difference between driver safety and race safety...
What we need to do is make the cars harder to drive on their limit. More power, less electronic aid and less downforce. That way we can have more dramatic races.
Maybe then we will have drivers an their mental and physical limits, seeing who has what it takes to defend in corners, take chances with gaps and also see if they can actually get the car to the end of the race.
Actual safety features like the halo need to keep coming. Imagine if Senna had a halo on his car... We may have been listening to his views on the subject.
Basically, keep the drama but keep the drivers too.
It already died when they banned slicks. Then they have all kinds of stupid limitations. "You cannot refuel" "You can only use crappy tires" "You can only use X amount of fuel" I wonder when they will ban the drivers because they lose weight during the race which gives an advantage.
Require all the drivers to be fat and heavy, so it slows down the cars, you know, just for added safety ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Then again, you'd be the first one to complain about their good tires when they dont have to box because they last the whole race.
You don’t seem to realise that F1 is being sponsored by road cars manufacturers, and some of the things you want on a toad car is fuel economy. Why not develop that economic engine through F1, that way F1 won’t seem too pointless. And as for refuelling, they found out it doesn’t make the cars any faster, it only increases risk,
@@azeezosho9459 I´m certainly not an expert on F1 - but F1-engines rev with up to 15.000 rpm whereas "normal" cars have their optimal performance between 2.500 and 6.500 rpm. I don´t think that there are many similarities between a F1 engine and a "standard" gasoline engine for a family car - and fuel efficiency certainly is not one of the main priorities for a F1 engine. In addition an F1 engine basically lasts for a few races whereas most people would be offended if their own car couldn´t do 200.000 kilometers without major issues. So you just can´t compare those two engines and I assume only very few technical inventions and innovations from F1 cars find their way to mass-produced cars.
@@sukhmaidickoff a lot of technology in normal cars comes from f1 and motorsport, both in the fields of safety, fuel economy and performance.
He is right.... no one wants tp pay to watch boxing with Head guards on. Formula 1 should be for gladiators.
boxing with head guard is even more harmful to the brain because you can't take more punches.
Ice&Fire it’s the brain rocking around in the head that causes the damage & head-guards make that worse , they only stop cuts
It shows how messed up humans, are we wanna see guys risking their limbs, death and other gnarly injuries...
@@yvesbajulaz seriously its disgusting how people encourage other to risk their lives lol.
When you got Niki Lauda, the guy who got burnt alive, telling you that the sport is too safe, you know they fucked up.
If you are driving 200+ mph, you won't think it's that safe. Back in Lauda's days, there was a mortality rate of 5-10%. It was safer to go to the moon than drive F1. We do not need to go back to that.
Niki Lauda can't from an era of lead paint, asbestos, and no seat belts. Anyone who survives that time generator tends to think less safe is "better." I think it's the paint chips and asbestos messing with their heads. Or boomer mentality. Imagine being one of the marshals that saved laudas life and hearing him say the sport is too safe. Can't help that the cars were built like shit in his era.
@@chrisrautmann8936 thats not what he was saying. The point was there should be crashes thats what makes it thrilling but never should they be fatal
@@vadwvea7153 Today's F1 is far safer, but there are still grave dangers in driving. The only way to remove those dangers completely is to not race.
@@chrisrautmann8936 ok point?
If they think the Halo will improve safety that's fine. But if it makes cars nice and safe then bring back the V10s and the V12s. If they do that nobody will mind the halo.
Having too many rules and regulations is also killing F1.
It can be seen that the race day attendance are getting worse every year. Even the organizers are pulling out from organizing F1 in their country.
My god! Don't make me start on the V6 engine. F1 is about fast car, fat tyres and loud sound. I went to the Malaysian GP 2017 and sat in front of the starting grid. I didn't have to wear ear plugs during the race start. It is that bad.
I blame Bernie Ecclestone, Liberty Media please take note
@Danzash you are obviously too young to understand... or too old
"Mom! The formulas don't make the cool sound anymore!"
One of the most childish things to complain about.
Jesus: "Niki, take the wheel!"
Niki: "Jesus Christ! Cars are for kids. I'm a pilot now. Let me fly one of your fastest clouds."
R.I.P. Niki
The safety paranoia is out of control, especially since Suzuka 2014.
Imagine if it was Hamilton a star, a champion one of the all time greats. It happened in F1 in 1994, it happened in NASCAR in 2001. If it happened today. Everybody would've freaked out...
2014 was a very special case any safety device couldnt have saved jules with the shear G of it
The most ridiculous thing of all, is that it wasn't safety in terms of cars that killed Bianchi. It was the utter stupidity of having a JCB parked off the track that shouldn't have been there whilst the race was still going on.
@@weallfollowmanutd Grosjean would be dead my friends and some other guys too
@@nothinghere7391 aged like fine wine, considering without the halo, hamilton would be dead
FUCK THE HALO. Yes we will lose interest. V6 and halo needs to go.
funny how people will lose interest cause of halo,but the fact there is almost no real racing ,real competition and good overtakes doens't bother you ,,,, you like to watch 70 laps of people driving their vecihles on 60% of power and 50% riding skills...not allowed to overtake just riding ....but god forbid if they do the same thing but with HALO on....hahahahah c'mon.....
BMW-Sauber#992 your all over the place with your comment. Doesn't make any sense. Just because I don't like one thing doesn't mean I don't think other things are wrong with F1. I was making a general comment on the two things I hate most. Read things before submitting........
hahahaha and I was makin a comment about how its funnx you will lose interest cause of halo not cause of boring races....read your comment before ofcourse :) :) :)
BMW-Sauber#992 you started to talk about overtakes and "real racing". You sir do not make any sense. I doubt you are laughing that much. That's a lot of ha's :).
now it's even more funny how diplomatic you are...but started you comment on youtube with ''fuck''.....you sir do not make any sense.....losing interest cause of halo ...hahahahahahahahaha...that's all i can say...
See, at least Lauda has more sense than the FIA!
Remember, he wants safe F1, not lethal F1
@homie beaglePG how is it usless??
Lived in Long Beach, went to the LB Grand Prix many times. F1 prior to '84. Niki Lauda and John Watson were teammates with McClaren/Marlboro. Great times. I literally lived up the street a couple of miles. You would walk around Fri or Sat and there would be a group of people and they were all speaking...let's say Italian. Then you came across another group of people that were speaking French, or German, or something. Like living in a different country. So cool.
Priceless times... motorsports, music, etc... from 70s/80s!! I grew up across the LA harbour in San Pedro. Wish I would have gone to experience this level of sporting event! I'm a huge fan of F1 and MotoGP!! Also, football ⚽ and darts!! Got to live in Europe during my military career. Americans to see what is outside US borders!!
A man who was almost killed in the sport, is ALWAYS right
not this time. This is not about being " right" but about promoting a dying sport that will certainly die if enough drivers do. We can make it safer and we should. It takes nothing away from the challenge. The people who want to see a driver die are just sick, retarded bastards. That is my personal opinion. I love to see F1 races but I do not want to see someone die. Breaks my heart ! unnecessary ! but I am civilized. These are not the days of the Roman gladiators.
This is an argument from authority. Nice fallacy buddy. That instantly invalidates your point.
@@linanicolia1363 No one wants to see people die, but if you make the sport TOO safe, everyone can do it. The point of Formula One is that only the best of the best drivers get in, out of the entire population. If it becomes too easy, then no one will watch F1, and the sport will start losing competition. If it starts losing competition, which it is now since no one else has a big chance than winning other than Lewis Hamilton, it will lose popularity, which it also is now. If it starts losing both, then it will die. The whole point of F1 is to have that adrenaline, that thrill, passion, emotion, drama, and excitement that you get from watching F1, and for the drivers, driving the car and racing against other drivers, their teamates, and their rivals. I agree that F1 should be safe, which it already is, and it can't get any safer without losing competition and popularity. It is good the way it is now. The FIA has imposed enough rules and bans to make the sport safe, and no one should try to make the sport safer, because it already is. And if you drive at 180 or 200 mph average speed, it's not going to be safe anyway, because hey, it's a sport, and the most dangerous one, racing. Drivers should at least have some sense of fear while driving or else it'll just become too easy. Plus, the FIA has already ruined the sport by slowing down the cars, and making them go from around 1,300 hp, with screaming loud V12s (music to my ears), to 850 hp, and lame-ass V6s, which suck in every possible way. Before, people used to think of F1 cars as the ultimate car, the car no one or no other car could beat. Now, it's pretty easy to beat an F1 car in terms of quality (since the parts break off like twigs being snapped in two and can't handle some wheel-to-wheel action), and top speed, and some are getting very close to the cornering ability as well, such as cars like the McLaren Senna.
@@thelamboman4085 Wait do you actually think parts break off easier now? I want you to look up some of those 1990's F1 cars with those V12's that you love so much and look at their crashes... they crumple like a tin can. And if you think F1 will become too easy when stuff like a halo is added, please tell that to Grosjean, whose life was saved through the halo and who was one of the most hardworking drivers in F1. jesus christ
@@sentientarugula2884 And you act as if cars don't crumple up now. You put your shoe on the front wing to tie it up and the wing will break. You slightly hit the front wing on a curb, and parts will break off. It runs into the gravel trap and front wing breaks off. A slight nudge from another driver and the car will break off parts. If the carbon fiber is stronger now, it is very thin than it was in the 90's. And who says I'm necessarily talking about the 90's? I never said the halo was bad, it would've saved Senna's life if it was a thing back then, it can be redesigned on something like a 2000's V10 car or a late 90's car, so I'm sure we can come up with a better design and fit it on there. Otherwise, F1 is just too safe, take the Belgian Grand Prix for example 2 weeks back.
He is right, I haven't watch a F1 race in more than 10 years.
That says a lot especially how Niki pretty much almost died in 76
Maybe if they get rid of the wings (or most of the aerodynamic grip) and return to mechanical grip, the racing will be less predictable.
F11995:Risky and facinating works perfectly together.
F12020:safty and boring works perfectly together.
Aaaaaaand F1 1995 rn would have cost Grosjean his life... does that work perfectly together now?
this shaky camera killed the interview
It could never be fully safe anyway so there’s no worries about that , people would be more interested if they all had the same car & it would show us who was the better driver instead of the best car winning the races
Getting all the cars "equal" is an imposible task. Penske ran the IROC many years ago and drivers were often comlaining about car inequality (whether there was or not).
And yesterday grosejean have the same crash Niki have
How ironic that Grosejean also wanted less safety, but the Halo literally saved his neck!
Exciting sport is when its less predictable and more changes at the top positions. Give the teams more options for more strategies.
And shortly after this, despite the fact that all teams but one voted against it, F1 mandated that all cars have a halo installed on them.
Halo is a really good safety measures. There are so many other stuff FIA has done to degrade the quality and fun F1 used to be
Lmao the halo just saved a man’s life today. So emmm
@@rickr.a2806 Because they can't seem to build a guard rail that won't fail upon impact. That race car should've never gone through it like that.
@@Mav624 Bruh
@@Mav624 It still saved his life
this is so true, these days whenever i see an accident i'm never scared or worried about those guys cause i know they're fine.
A few modifications to current F1:
· Rumble strips right next to track limits
· Strict single-file restarts with a designed area to change the pace (current format is stupid)
· Bye bye DRS, hello "overboost" - A button pressed by the driver will increase the pressure of the turbo, each driver has up to 90 seconds of overboost per race and can be used whenever. Overboost is banned in qualifying
· Less people on pitstops, 2 lugnuts per wheel and refueling is back but with Le Mans' rules (first tyres, then fuel, so a car can be moved even if on fire)
· A full tank should be enough to do around 200km
· There will be a set of approved cost-effective parts like gearboxes, suspension and brakes. Teams should focus on chassis, body, engines and hybrid systems
· Front wing and rear wing should be NARROWER than the space between the tyres
· Wings should have straight top and bottom lips (less turbulence means more overtakes)
· All winglets are banned
· Drivers should be able to fire up and restart the engine from inside the car
· Only 3 engine maps for dry conditions are allowed plus one for rain, one for a safety car and the overboost
· No race will be redflagged due to rain unless the top5 drivers get below a set average speed minimum (cut the whining!)
· Each year there will be a randomly selected race with double points and a race length of 400km or 500km (307km all the time gets boring), Monaco is not part of the rotation
U just described Indy car dude just watch that
It did kill the race. Also the drivers should compete not the car companies. After all the man is driving a car, not the other way around.
Motorsport are ment to be dangerous it’s not supposed to be something you can get bro with no fear. Nicky is right man even tho it doesn’t seem ethical to do.
Maybe because it isn't ethical
If they add more safety now they might as well do the whole thing virtually
F1 Virtual Grand Prix exists so I guess they did
@@sentientarugula2884 is the racing good?
How do you not like niki ......
Straight up wisdom ....
We all like seeing crashes as long as the driver walks away from it
3:29 they are learning very quickly indeed, so fast that almost kills F1
What track is this interview at?
Spa francorchamps
1970 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
I watched Monaco yesterday afternoon. I didn’t see one pass. Got bored, didn’t stay till end. The cars and drivers r top class, but the racing sucks. Conversely the Indy 500 has inferior machinery and driveling talent but they put on a much better show
Monaco has been a very hard track to pass on in the modern era. I can't watch the Indy 500, or any circle track racing though. It's so dangerous yet I don't find it exciting to watch at all.
We need to to get rid of the halo, bring back refueling and V10 or V8 and 2007 or 2008 updated aero kits, slightly thinner wheels and then F1 will be at its prime as it once was in the early 2000s
Then no overtakes will ever happen.
Oh yes, let's improve F1 by making the cars and the racing shit. What a fantastic idea.
@@David-ud9ju Where is the Racing good to day?
Timi Akinlonu formula one wasn’t that great in the early 2000s. Formula one was at its prime it the mid 80s to the late 90s. You had a field of world class drivers, cars were difficult to drive, lots of power, lots of noise, and the tracks were simply amazing. I’m sorry to say, but formula will never return to its former glory.
I've always maintained when you remove the elements of possible fatal consequences it is no longer a pinnacle of challenge and risk. F1 has become completely sanitized and sissified. I stopped watching 3 years ago it is a complete shitshow. The cars look like shit they sound like shit and most of the drivers are nothing but a pile of shit except for maybe three four five guys now...
Well said for a pussy wannabe.
Alan Smithee shut up you fucking pussbag wannabe. Another armchair racer heard from go play with your fucking video games Sonny Boy
Why would the chance of death make F1 better. You're a fucking psychopath if you enjoy watching something in the hopes that someone will be killed. Danger isn't necessary to F1; it's the racing that makes F1 interesting, not the fact that the driver could die if they make a mistake. If safety improvements can be made without negatively impacting the spectacle of F1 (which no safety improvements I can think of have) then they should be made.
David then how do explain that in the 70s it was normal that 200k or even 300k people visited the track over a weekend. When today a organisator can be proud to have about 100 to 150k spectators? Even if the racing today is much closer and competitive than it was back in the days?
The change to the sound of the cars killed it for me, and before anyone says i know i’m being completely ridiculous lmao
todays formula 1 is a fucking soap opera full of premature teenagers
I remember when me and my brother would get up at 4am to watch these races. Can't remember the last time I watched a race now. V10's need to come back (used to give me goosebumps listening to those engines!) Bring back refuelling, get rid of the fake racing DRS and KERS! Couldn't believe what I was seeing with the halo!!! Also why are they managing tyres at the pinnacle of motorsport?!?! It should be 100% flat out every lap! Grrrrrrr rant over. F1 take note of the fans before it's too late!!
Even the drivers dont mind the Halo, why should you bitch about it?
@@Loammello2 I think halo is fine, but some of the ways they've tried to slow the cars down over the years has made me lose interest. There have always been rules and restrictions, but technology has improved so much, the lengths they've gone to to slow them and the methods they've used has taken the magic away for me.
@@deaddoll1361 thats a good point,
RIP Niki Lauda, a great racer and a great man!!💯
Well its good to be safe... Why do ppl like watching others being killed... Have to agree drivers back then shud have been paid more but...overall its still a dangerous sport... And death will occur...although not as often
The key is to not eliminate accidents, but to eliminate serious injuries.
Niki is right.
The halo comes
I will go.
Have you stopped watching f1 yet? ( I'm actually curious)
Joe i did
joe Gatrill almost 40% of the people have
What’s wrong with the halo?
did u stop watching? i genuinely want to know
Subtle little jab at Nico there lol
Probably wouldn't have said it if Rosberg hadn't retired. ;)
Not just Nico...lol
Yes, looking at the wikipedia list, it is indeed a solid burn on quite a few drivers :)
You may as well put a halo around a Moto GP Bike while you're at it... makes no sense.
I thought they want to have just one car on, measure the time and, hey presto, safest race!
after grosjean accident
#NoHalo
A nice lite 'fuck you' to Rosberg at 2:00
He is right. Im Brazilian and I lost interest to watch Formula 1 since 2013. F1 is too boring. I started to watch moto gp, and I loved.
This is exactly why I no longer watch F1. It is boring
Sorry Niki but I would rather go with safety.
He did not say to remove safety altogether. He pointed out a fact; People like to see the odd crash, as long as no one is seriously hurt or killed. Otherwise racing is boring, and appears to have zero risks. The events of two weeks ago prove him right.
It's the reason why I'm a bigger fan of WRC, Isle of Man TT, Baja 1000, etc than Formula 1. If there is no danger to life and limb, it isn't a sport but a childs game like basketball or golf.
VitalyMack fuckin idiot
@@carlav8529 snowflake
F1 won't give in to Ferrari claim to leave sport because Liberty is American and we don't play that shit. Here in America its "I'm the boss if you don't like it get out. Your loss more money for us".
I agree 100%. R.I.P you are a legend
He is dead now so he will not read your comment.
Reducing the element of danger and possible death in all motorsports has greatly reduced it's appeal to the masses. Niki said it himself "people will lose interest in the end". It's Human Nature to be intrigued by something that can kill you. I don't care what anybody says or thinks. It separated the great drivers from everyone else back in the day. It's a fact that most won't talk about or admit.
Next is Isle of Man
I have probably watched a whole race about once in the last 20 years. I sometimes watch highlights but watching the whole thing is rather boring compared to other forms of Motorsport. They seriously need to reconsider what happens in F1 as no one likes follow the leader and no passing.
I think it's rubbish.
I like to see accidents. I want every driver to get out though.
I don't want to see accidents like Dan Wheldon, Justin Wilson, Jules Bianchi or even Massa etc
If you would tell me that no one can die anymore in F1 I would take it right away.
F1 dies because there is no overtaking anymore on most tracks, because there are too many aero parts that are unrestricted.
And the technology is too expensive, only Ferrari, Mercedes and Red Bull have the money for buying expensive engines and then developing expensive cars (or developing the engine aswell). Renault is next because they also have a manufacturer behind them with money. Then maybe Mclaren, surely not as much money as the ones above and the rest of the field is struggeling. What would you expect?
I only watch V8 supercars because the racing is great, the competition is incredible. The tyres are soft, there is refueling, the gaps are small and the racing is thrilling.
F1 has soft tyres and dirty air. Not worth wasting 90min of my life for a race where nothing happens. I check the results first and then may rewatch it.
Don't get me wrong, I love watching footage from the 70s and 60s but it breaks my heart everytime there is a fatal crash.
F1 will stay dangerouse. Just look at the crash of Dario Franchitti. He didn't hit anything and had brain and spine damage. That can happy in F1 aswell.
But at least accidents like Massa, Justin Wilson, Dan Wheldon, María de Villota and Henry Surtees won't happen again.
I like how he looks now with the hat and everything
I hate the reporters voice
RIP
It's funny cus I would have prefered to race back in his day, even with the danger
I would have asked Mr. Lauda, WHAT percentage (to become world champion in the F-1), does it take for say like the best driver and car. Of course he had a Ferrari and more importantly the assets and top of the line team to support him. I would guess any way. I phrased the question wrong. Taking all the danger out would make it boring. Hell, mize well have all the drivers sit In a conning tower and radio control their cars. I don't have a clue what I am talking about. RH DSD
To Race knowing you could die in every corner, Is not like to race knowing in every corner you could finish in a beach... Call this thing they do today with the name you want, but not Formula 1.
Yeah but Americans think that pit lane girls are somehow abusing women who voluntarily accepted an opportunity to make money and a career. I cannot see the US style of F1 lasting as the premier brand of motorsport.
Mike Mellor America is going down hill because feminism is destroying it
Dont generalize all of america please.
@El ton true. And its bullshit that pit girls aren't in f1. Yeah my country has gone to shit. But you have to realize what has happened here. Our democracy has been hijacked by corporate lobbyists who own all media outlets. So when you see this crazy shit coming out of the USA its not the people. Its our fucking government.
He was completely right
I agree with him 100%
Lauda was the physical epitome of ok boomer. Don't care how many f1 disciples he has. He reminds me of my uncle that bears about how his first truck came stock with a metal dash and no seatbelts and how it was better than today with all these unnecessary air bags everywhere and leather everything.
Haven't watched a full race in years. The cars are technically brilliant, but are too good and reduce the drivers to pilots managing systems, add to that the garbage playschool circuits made safe for little seb & lewis to run wide and come back to play and it's all a complete turnoff.
Rindt, Peterson - visor down going for it, full opposite lock, three pedals/gear stick, plenty of mechanical grip, low aero - the drivers doing the work and living in the moment, that was F1. Perfect. Life is meant to be about going for it and not just racking up a big number and the fake pretence of danger that F1 is now. MODERN F1 IS FAKE, STERILE, CORPORATE, SANITISED, SHIT.
Sooner road cars are full autonomous the better, the techie kids of today will switch off, big manufacturers will no longer have any reason to be in it so F1 can return to privateers and drivers willing to push the limits and beyond in old school/crude cars.
Is actually virtually dead after Canada Gp 2019
lol go back to sleep
Jules Bianchi proves that f1 still isn't completely safe.
TheWolvesCurse it would his own fault he crashed
Jules Bianchi was to damn fast in that weather also the poor located tow retired.
He was unlucky just that, but a too secured F1 is not interesting.
Even your house is more dangerous than a racing track. Not even talking about the streets and the road you take to travel.
LIFE is DANGEROUS !
I totally agree
Make of car racing a e-sport? a RC sport? hmm IMHO Mr. Lauda is right.
I dont like people who cross their legs like that in front of a person, I feel like that person is disrespecting the other. (Just my opinion dont care if you disagree)
I'm not sure what he's saying there. He says he doesn't want safety but then he says that he wants the drivers to walk way from crashes. Danger has nothing to do with the spectacle of F1, it is merely a coincidence of it. I love watching big crashes, but they're much more fun to watch knowing that the driver will be fine. If you're watching F1 hoping that a driver gets injured or killed then you're just sick. I think what he's trying to say, but can't quite convey due to his limited English, is that he doesn't want to see regulations limit the spectacle of F1; he's not saying that safety advancements are bad, which is what every idiot in the comment section is implying. He actually said that reducing the chances of death to 0 is good.
It already has killed itself.
Basically he was fearing what NASCAR has become
Safety is important yes. But inovations like halo are just pointless. What if halo gets broken and squeezes the drivers head or prevents his way out of the car? If the destiny wants your death you will die no matter how safe your position is
I wonder if Nico Rosberg is listening to this. Straight from his former boss. A single champion does not prove enough
People forget losing Ayrton Senna. A whole nation lost its hero. That accident was totally preventable and thats what's being done today.
Safety is helping and killing f1
I just lost a lot of respect for Lauda , the Rat
This did not age well
Formula 1 Is dead the 1th of May 1994 at Imola circuit.
@O R oh you're right...He made only 65 pole positions on 165 gp...
@O Rbelieve me, you don't know what f1 was, pal... Hamilton &c. only formula gay...
@O R ahahahah go back to your meth boy/girlie
This is moronic. If danger is the only appealing thing then the cars and driving isn't entertaining anymore
V8 + halo
Or
V6 + no halo
NAS
V-Halo no Six!
I just wanted to write something equally silly as your question
V10 + no halo
V10+ halo because halo saved lives
this is the guy who wouldn't race in the rain because it was to dangerous an gave james hunt the world championship. .mind boggles..lol
read the comment ye flid...i mentioned rain not his crash ..muppet !!
It was a wet part of the Nurburgring that damn near killed him, of course he had issues with driving in the rain after that.
Gary Collins at Suzuka in a typhoon. You don't know shit about fuck
wtf. Stop talkin shit . Lauda didnt stop any race in suzuka to hand james hunt the championship cause in 1976 there was NO race in suzuka ! Season finale and only race in Japan was in Fuji. Not suzuka. On sunday morning several drivers voted against starting but the Organizers and FISA(today FIA) decided to start the race. Besides Lauda also Emerson Fittipaldi, Carlos Pace and Larry Perkins made the same decision. Do your research before talkin shit like that. The first Grand Prix in Suzuka was in 1987.
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