Got to be one of the best F1 races ever, it had a bit of everything. Rain, crashes, schumiee vs DC in the pit lane, Eddie Jordan skipping in ecstasy and a Damon Hill win. Just awesome.
The wider narratives of that season fed into it as well, with an epic title fight and Jordan's season of two halves. Plus Hill being cruelly denied Arrows' first win the year before, and his own history with Schumi. I think Ayrton Senna said the beauty of sport lay in the emotional ride it takes us on and this race delivered all of them. Could watch another million GPs and it would never be topped.
@@untizioacaso1300ight. Richardo Rosset. Marc Rosset was the tennis player who lost in the first round at the us open and decided to stay an extra day to practice… and in doing so, saved his life, as his ticket was booked on the fatal flight of Swissair 111.
@@freudsigmund72 macau was a lot of money, but nothing compared to this. A GT3 car costs in all about 500k€ but each of this f1 cars cost much more than that
You're right I saw this sequence so many times since that race and never paid attention to it, must have gone so high so far away, it could have definitely killed someone, f***...
Even to this day I've not forgotten how amazing it was to watch this race, as a kid I was so happy to finally see a Jordan win and Damon back at number 1. Epic race.
That day Coulthard crashed and caused the biggest mass collision in F1 history, got almost trapped in the gravel, and got hit hard by Schumacher with whom he almost got in a fistfight (during the actual GP). Yet he managed to still finish the race somehow.
@@brandonclevert3173Does anything quite top Australia 95 for pure comedy? DC said afterwards that his engine was in idle or something. I remember the t-shirts - "DAVID COUL-THUD - ENGINE IN IDLE, BRAIN IN NEUTRAL" lol
Haha! 😂 I watched this race live with my dad. We'd never seen a race like that before. It was completely insane and just awesome! I couldn't believe my eyes at the crash. I think that is when I fell in love with F1.
@@Kazimation Same for us and a lot of friends. This race got our family completely hooked, and a lot of friends told the same at school. Also helped that F1 was way more competitive back then.
I started watching f1 on and off in 1996 as a kid, but it was watching this race live on tv that made me a fan for life. Being 9 years old and watching that mass pile up and all the drama, I thought it was the greatest thing ever.
Earlier that year in Monaco... Walker: I hate to say this, but, a lot of people here are really debating whether Ricardo Rosset is Formula 1 material. Brundle: -Imma end this man's whole career- Well, it's a fairly short debate, Murray!
@@MrSniperfox29 oh yeah with Riccardo Paletti, thankfully with this one the safety standards were a lot better than they were in 1982 (still all the wheels flying around would have been really scary)
Let us not forget David Coulthard in these appalling conditions OH GOD! 😃 I miss old Formula 1 and the legendary excitement from Murray Walkers commentary. Just brilliant
I was 8 years old at the time of this race and wasn't really into F1, my dad was sort of a casual fan. He'd watch a race here and there but was never properly invested in it. Before this race i must have only watched 2 or 3 races but for some unknown reason me and the old man decided to sit down and watch the 1998 Belgian GP. Since then I've watched 7 GPs at Silverstone, been to Monza, Nurburgring and curcuit de Catalunya. Still hoping to get myself to this iconic race track one day! Will always have fond memories of this race!!
Post Belgian GP 2021, This is probaly why the FIA didn't want to start yesterday's race because they were worried chaos like this would happen or even worse
As an unapologetic Damon fangirl - even now - this is one of the best, and craziest, races of all time. What rarely gets mentioned is that despite the carnage at the start, and insane accidents later on, barring unreported (to the public) inevitable bumps and bruises, no one was injured. Not too many years before that, there would have been - at the very least - a number of hospitalisations. _That_ weekend in '94 (the one I hate remembering for obvious reasons) was only a few years before. Most of the drivers at Spa had been there. I would be _very_ surprised if no one had some sort of flashback or nightmare, during that moment, the race, or after it had all ended and they had physically moved on.
Normally I just watch quali and the race on a weekend especially since I live in the states and the sessions start at weird times but best believe the moment f1 is back I’m watching every single session and interview and anything to do with racing being back
It was the race that best reflected the Formula 1 spirit. I was 13 when I watched this race. I am 38 years old now. and Formula 1 today is never the same as it was in the 90s.
how to know tires can float on water step 1: Cover yourself in oil step 2: cover yourself in tire Step 3: wait for it to rain step 4: 1998 belgian GP start
Riccardo Rosset saw a pile up and thought; I'm having a bit of that. Schumacher was so fast he had lapped even himself before he came up behind an idling Coulthard. Those were the days.
Murray Walker: "That's the worst start I've ever seen!
Me watching this when I was a kid: "That's the best start I've ever seen!"
At least they started here lol
🙋🏻♂️too
Yeah, I liked watching motorsport for that reason 😂
I remember watching this as a kid thinking “this sport is amazing!”
One of the reasons I love F1. CRASHES.
So surreal that this is 1998 yet Martin Brundle sounds exactly the same as he does in 2022.
He's sounded 45 years old since he was 7 years old. Lol
He's been commentating in F1 almost as long as I've been alive just a few months off from the start of the 1997 season.
Seems like he was 39 year old, when this race came along and so he has since then kept the same voice.
He definitely makes a lot of mistakes now though
The start is basically every F1 online lobby in a nutshell.
Especially Canada, didn't have one start, not even from pole in which I didn't get crashed out
I was going to say Forza 7 but this too
GTA Online
Shadow Films yeah
*flashbacks to the f1 2019 Monaco piledriver*
Agreed
Murray Walker. Total legend. He was 75 years old when commentating on this race and his enthusiasm is infectious.
Got to be one of the best F1 races ever, it had a bit of everything. Rain, crashes, schumiee vs DC in the pit lane, Eddie Jordan skipping in ecstasy and a Damon Hill win. Just awesome.
And Jean Alesi on the podium, let's not forget that.
The Michael going faster on three wheels than some people were on all four....
@Diamond Dog Ron Dennis is an ahole though.
The wider narratives of that season fed into it as well, with an epic title fight and Jordan's season of two halves. Plus Hill being cruelly denied Arrows' first win the year before, and his own history with Schumi. I think Ayrton Senna said the beauty of sport lay in the emotional ride it takes us on and this race delivered all of them. Could watch another million GPs and it would never be topped.
I think this is the best F1 race ever, with Canada 2011 being second
MSC with 4 wheels: *faster than Coulthard*
MSC with 3 wheels: *still faster than Coulthard*
well, it takes a lot of skill to drive without a rear wing on an extremely wet track...
@@KumanoMTG how dare you insult his majesty msc!!
SCH*
Lewis with 3 wheels vs Michael with 3 Wheels??
@@goki6548 um Ralf Schumacher also there
Everyone: You cant drive a Car with only 3 Wheels
M.Schumacher: Hold my Frontwheel
I wonder how many laps he could've completed with just three wheels
And he is furious
People who drove the Relaint Robin: am I a joke to u?
HURRRR HOLD MY BEER JOKES
@@nutsackmania u r a joke
I love the innocence of Murray: "he's saying 'I'm going to the stewards'"
No Murray, he's going to stick one on Coulthard
Raging Schumi fanboy then snd there
@@LathropLdST race line ignorant coultard fanboi right here
You should say : "Eddie told me how Ayrton dealt with such a case back in Japan 93
Ayrton really used Irvine's country custom to deal an issue : the Irish way!
Another example during the golden years of BTCC: "I'm going for first" says John Cleland
It was at this point Maldonado knew what he wanted to become when he grew up
*Maldonado* of the day: *David Coulthard*
HUUUURRRR MALDONADO JOKES
Should be Pastor according to his name
Boring and predictable joke.
5:25 It was at this point Kvyat knew what he wanted to become when he grew up
can we appreciate the tyre at 0:58 doing a perfect double bounce on the barrier
Still surprised none of the drivers got hit in the head by a tire.
@Célio Cidral extremely dangerous. If a tyre lands on the drivers head then you're in huge trouble
Yes, we can. Beautiful stuff.
the tire fr did tricks ngl i can't stop replaying it
Pretty sure Jeff forget to give the message to everyone to be cautious into 1.
Back then, turn 1 didn't have the runoff area of today, so no "there's plenty of runoff area" was delivered.
“No heroics into La Source please”
"Shut up Jeff" (why was this radio message removed? It was the most useful one)
"Are you OK? Engine off, engine off"
Hahahahaha
1:03 Marc Rosset coming 2 seconds later, but still at full speed, and he's plowing through the field.
Ricardo
@@untizioacaso1300ight. Richardo Rosset. Marc Rosset was the tennis player who lost in the first round at the us open and decided to stay an extra day to practice… and in doing so, saved his life, as his ticket was booked on the fatal flight of Swissair 111.
It was the most expensive junkyard ever. 😄
I wouldn't want to pay Coulthard's car insurance premiums after that ;)
It is to this day ($13 million)
Welcome to David Hobbs' Used Car Lot!
@@thedude8248 just out of curiosity, what was the total damage at the 2017 GT world cup race in Macau?
@@freudsigmund72 macau was a lot of money, but nothing compared to this. A GT3 car costs in all about 500k€ but each of this f1 cars cost much more than that
So who’s watching after the terrible 2021 Belgium GP?
im.
Me......
I guess this is what 2021 Belgian GP would've been like, had to started.
Wanted to see if the older cars really had less spray, than these current cars.
@@ferdinandhendriks3507 without crash in Formation lap then finnish in top 3 like Max 1) Russell 2) and Hamilton 3).
Thats how a Start would look, when 20 Maldonados would Race against each other
Or an f1 online lobby
🤣🤣🤣
So... Formula E?
Love this comment
10 Maldonados & 10 Grosjeans 😂
Rest In Peace Murray Walker
3:39 rumours are this tyre is somewhere in the ionosphere to this day
You're right I saw this sequence so many times since that race and never paid attention to it, must have gone so high so far away, it could have definitely killed someone, f***...
Its 100% still orbiting the Earth, no question.
It's s🅱️inning around the Earth.
"Pronto, Sebastian?"
b0ss, i dont have a mcfucking tire. What do?
Even to this day I've not forgotten how amazing it was to watch this race, as a kid I was so happy to finally see a Jordan win and Damon back at number 1. Epic race.
"It's Coultard!!!" The most common crash-response from Murray Walker.
No it was Brundle
For years before they said that was Ericsson
@@dangerdean9066 it wasn't. It was Walker.
After the events of the 2021 belgian gp, im watching this as compensation
Highlights are longer than the actual race of 2021
That day Coulthard crashed and caused the biggest mass collision in F1 history, got almost trapped in the gravel, and got hit hard by Schumacher with whom he almost got in a fistfight (during the actual GP).
Yet he managed to still finish the race somehow.
This even tops Coulthard hitting the pit wall in Australia 95.
David was a below average F1 driver
Full stop
seems like there were 2 Schumacher's and 3 Coulthard's in the race
@@brandonclevert3173Does anything quite top Australia 95 for pure comedy? DC said afterwards that his engine was in idle or something. I remember the t-shirts - "DAVID COUL-THUD - ENGINE IN IDLE, BRAIN IN NEUTRAL" lol
@@ameya789 You must be a Schumacher fan boy
3:56 is where you can see a 3 wheeled Ferrari going faster than a 2019 Williams.
Yes Yes it's go is what I'll say when FP1 starts in Austria
what is the name of this narrator?
@@Anderson-kd4ny Murray Walker. Look up "Murrayisms" and have a laugh.
@@PetarJovanovic993 👍🏻
Austria 🇦🇹🇦🇹🇦🇹🇦🇹🇦🇹🇦🇹
Your gay
Can we appreciate how well Michael drove around on 3 wheels? Incredible.
Can we also appreciate that MS was close to punching DC with a helmet on? Lol.
That 3 wheel Ferrari on wet is probably still faster than 2020 Ferrari on softs.
So, why didn't continue the race?
0:02 Me when the F1 season resumes
3:39 for me
TYH 21 then it all crashes for ferrari
Ah, F1 in the 90s. Spare cars, massive shunts, and Murray Walker's infectious commentary. Such an incredible era.
This was a massive pile up after the first turn!. From Joe. X
I can't even imagine how exciting it must have been seeing this race live
Haha! 😂 I watched this race live with my dad. We'd never seen a race like that before. It was completely insane and just awesome! I couldn't believe my eyes at the crash. I think that is when I fell in love with F1.
@@Kazimation Same for us and a lot of friends. This race got our family completely hooked, and a lot of friends told the same at school. Also helped that F1 was way more competitive back then.
I got back from a family walk late ( trying not to tell everyone to hurry up ) dashed to the TV switched it on to F1 cars exploding everywhere.
I was 8 years old, but I remember it vividly..
I started watching f1 on and off in 1996 as a kid, but it was watching this race live on tv that made me a fan for life. Being 9 years old and watching that mass pile up and all the drama, I thought it was the greatest thing ever.
I have a feeling that if the 2021 race had the go ahead it would've been of this calibre no doubt
Some legends say, that Schumacher's front right tyre is still flying...
Straying on ebay.
😂😂
After 23 years????????
I think that tyre has gone all the way to planet Pluto and is stuck on its ice cold rocks.....
Also fisi
@@mynameisgrimlock3346 I think this is the reason NASA launched New Horizons craft just in case to double check it.
"Oh god!" Murray's commentary still spine tingling.
Rosset smashing into the drivers at the start as if he didn’t care
Earlier that year in Monaco...
Walker: I hate to say this, but, a lot of people here are really debating whether Ricardo Rosset is Formula 1 material.
Brundle: -Imma end this man's whole career- Well, it's a fairly short debate, Murray!
Or using phone while driving and checks insta 😁😁
"Mmm so many cars and debris...let's go full throttle!" 🤣
@@kimiklimenko1608 Like Ferucci ?
There's a reason the man's team even started calling him Tosser.
Guys just listen to the screaming v10 in neutral at 5:55 , that is the pure emotion of the sport were missing now. goosebumps
actually not even neutral just spinning the rears in the wet unbelievable
Yeah I picked up on that immediately...awesome!
exactamente el sonido de un fórmula 1 de esa época inigualable, está carrera la vi en vivo y nunca la he olvidado.
Sounded like an excited elephant
3 wheel Ferrari still faster than 2019 Williams
😂
F
And 2020 Ferrari
Faster than 2020 Ferrari apparently
That's probably true if the frontwing remained.
Murray's excitement when Schumi is storming into DC's pitbox gives me life.
5:28 “That just looks like a torpedo doesn’t it”
*angry Russian noises*
Angry Kvyat noise
*Hard bass cues*
Whoever was hit by Fisichella: "SOMEONE HIT ME IN THE F***ING REAR AT THE BUS STOP!"
CYKA BYLAT!!!!!!
Funny Italian noises
Anyone rewatching during the 2021 Belgian GP?
Yeah
Speaker:This is the worst start that I have ever seen in my whole life
Me:This is the BEST start ever.
M.A Q
Me: *flashbacks to the f1 2019 Monaco piledriver incident*
This is the worst start that I have ever seen in my life - Said the man who has seen people die on the start line
@@MrSniperfox29 oh yeah with Riccardo Paletti, thankfully with this one the safety standards were a lot better than they were in 1982 (still all the wheels flying around would have been really scary)
F1 2019:
Omg I lost a small part of my front wing this car is undrivable gotta retire
F1 1998:
* Schumacher driving half a lap with 3 tyres *
*omg I got a tiny flat spot on my wheel, welp better retire F
in the rain no less
*omg someone passed me well better retire
*omg I stalled on the grid welp better retire
Don't forget about Couthard right behind him with no rear wing, and most important, it was RAINING
This is my source of inspiration
*Maldonado* of the day: *David Coulthard*
Pastor Maldonado If i remember correctly it was your teammate who started the mess at La Source to open the 2012 race
@@corbinselanne7990 Correct. Grosjean is an idiot. Should've been sacked by Haas a long time ago.
@@corbinselanne7990 That was a masterpiece
@@ptristao01 How about you take his seat lol
More excitement in a single race than the last five F1 seasons.
Today was the absolute worst day in F1 history. Blows away the 2005 US GP.
@@ChampaBayBeast no it really doesn't...
@@ChampaBayBeast recency bias. Indianapolis was far worse.
@@schneeweedchen9220 at least they raced in indy
@a. corman well said
which is the best?
"Yes, yes it's go"
"go, go, go, go"
"it's lights out and away we go"
I prefer the in in in in in
@@filiospi it's James
The third when it comes to pure vocabulary.
The other two when it comes to being funny.
“Bwoah” or “you will not have the drink”
@@Cruzr1872 Definitely "You will not have the drink."
Let us not forget David Coulthard in these appalling conditions OH GOD! 😃 I miss old Formula 1 and the legendary excitement from Murray Walkers commentary. Just brilliant
I remember that race so well. Watched it together with my dad, it was stunning.
I was 8 years old at the time of this race and wasn't really into F1, my dad was sort of a casual fan. He'd watch a race here and there but was never properly invested in it. Before this race i must have only watched 2 or 3 races but for some unknown reason me and the old man decided to sit down and watch the 1998 Belgian GP. Since then I've watched 7 GPs at Silverstone, been to Monza, Nurburgring and curcuit de Catalunya. Still hoping to get myself to this iconic race track one day! Will always have fond memories of this race!!
That Jordan livery is 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Best one ive seen
With the hornet as their animal mascot at that time 🐝🔥🔥
The snake on the nose was awesome
Post Belgian GP 2021, This is probaly why the FIA didn't want to start yesterday's race because they were worried chaos like this would happen or even worse
Fake!
Can’t see Lightning Mcqueen weaving through and jumping over chaos
And it no one slowed down for McQueen to fly through! So fake!
I thought that the Lightning Mcqueen of the day was *Ralf Schumacher* especially that he was fair play.
Ahahah I see a man of culture
Rosset tried to do a McQueen there but it didn’t workout properly
Its in reverse I think
I get flashbacks of this race with the Spa 2021
We really need the “yes, yes it’s go” now.
Ja finde ich auch! Bist du Deutsch?
thedarkplane 33 Ja!
Cool! Vermisst du auch die Formel 1?
Sebastian Vettel Hello Sebastian Vettel How are you
Hab dich abonniert. Aus ehre
Honestly, I think racing is more exciting when you have one or two starts like this in a season.
Nah they don't even start anymore while its raining. They better stop racing at all if safety is no. 1 priority
They should limit the speed electronically but continue the race and allow restarts. So much more fun.
3:38 now I know where Jimmy Broadbent has got that in his streams
who?
@@cdel4391jummer
@@cdel4391He's a well-known sim-racing youtuber who is actually taking part in a real-life racing series.
The fact that the spa race "today" takes a lot of waiting time i have been watching alot of old spa race...
The start was amazing!😂
so fun that F1 cars in 2021 could not even race but Schumacher 1998 did almost a whole lap at 3 wheels in heavy rain
3:39 - MUSS DAS SEIN?!
SO EIN BOCKMIST ABER AUCH
Ah got muss da sein!!!
@@TaikaJamppa Does it have to be like that? Is that the way it's meant to be?
Something like that.
Not German, so not entirely sure though.
POV: You are watching this after the 2021 "race"
As an unapologetic Damon fangirl - even now - this is one of the best, and craziest, races of all time.
What rarely gets mentioned is that despite the carnage at the start, and insane accidents later on, barring unreported (to the public) inevitable bumps and bruises, no one was injured. Not too many years before that, there would have been - at the very least - a number of hospitalisations. _That_ weekend in '94 (the one I hate remembering for obvious reasons) was only a few years before. Most of the drivers at Spa had been there. I would be _very_ surprised if no one had some sort of flashback or nightmare, during that moment, the race, or after it had all ended and they had physically moved on.
5:26 predicting K🅱️yat 😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳
00:59 guy with camera could be dead there
MrDarex97 BRAVE MAN
Sheeesh he was extremely lucky, he'd have been decapitated
Anyone else come to watch this while the 2021 race hasn't started yet?
I boored that's why I came here
yup
0:13
In Italy there are 6 words that are legendary for this moment
Tutto
Regolare
Fino
A
Questo
Momento
3:30 Ladies and gentlemen, the world’s fastest tricycle
Watching this while waiting for the delayed spa 2021 GP ☕️
I'm watching the 2021 version but still haven't started the race.
Some say, it still hasn’t started to this day
@@JDT-Loadsamoney
Somewhere in Multiverse it did in that timeline.
Why Schumacher’s tyre jumped timelines.
I remember watching this with my granddad and dad. I must of been 5 years old. We waited ages for the restart.
I remember watching this live; I tell you what, they don't make F1 races like this any more.
It was peak F1. Take me back
There's more passing now
@@mvd4436 yeah but it's meaningless DRS passing.
@@leemaskell9896 No it isn't. The faster car has a chance to get by. Thats all it is
4:34 Me when my friend say I can’t have a slice of his cake.
Seconds before, when Schumacher arrived in the boxes, he literally throw, the steering wheel the his car.
Who comes after yesterday ''race''
“Yes yes it’s go!”
The word we’re waiting for
Normally I just watch quali and the race on a weekend especially since I live in the states and the sessions start at weird times but best believe the moment f1 is back I’m watching every single session and interview and anything to do with racing being back
"VILLENUEVE, LOOK AT VILLENUEVE"
top 10 quotes before disaster
Who's here after 2021 Belgian Grand Prix?
reminds me of aus 23
Same
F1 98 By Psygnosis = F1 2019 Online
One of the most epic race (and fortunatly only cars and feelings were hurt)
5:18 Yeah, take that, you cones.
"This is the worst start to a grand prix that I've seen in the whole of my life!"
Romain Grosjean: hold my beer
Funny it was at spa aswell
@@FlashedDisc96 no it wasn't it was at Bahrain
@@ericfording3556 ohhh i thought you were on about spa 2012
It was the race that best reflected the Formula 1 spirit. I was 13 when I watched this race. I am 38 years old now. and Formula 1 today is never the same as it was in the 90s.
Well, this is relevant again. Greetings fellow time travelers! 2021 here.
Still makes me laugh that Rossett decides "now is the time for power!" and ploughs in at the end.
5:58 i see mclaren finnish... what happen??
Coulthard came back to race after 10 minutes of fixing the car. There were only 6 cars driving so he hoped to score some points
@@v1rthanen He was very close, if 1 driver in front got a DSQ, he would have scored points.
Time travel
Here after the 2021 Spa...
Thanks for making F1 more enjoyable, Mr. Walker!
The start: absolute CARNAGE
Murray Walker: "Oh, this is quite apalling"
Definitely one of the best classic GP ever!
2023: Halo etc.
1998: Don’t die (optional)
I PREFER THIS THAN THE 2021 RACE
anyone does
how to know tires can float on water
step 1: Cover yourself in oil
step 2: cover yourself in tire
Step 3: wait for it to rain
step 4: 1998 belgian GP start
This is the best start I've ever seen. Endless action.
Remember watching this and being glued to my TV, incredible race.
0:37 anyone else hear the minecraft skeleton noise here?
what the fkuck
Yes I hear it
3:38 the commentary is just outstanding 🤣🤣
Murray Walker: "That's the worst start I've ever seen!
Me: "You should watch 2021 Belgian Grand Prix."
Man, watching this live as a fresh face 18 year old! Who knew this was gonna be the greatest race ever. It was believable at the time.
This race is almost a work of art, never tire of watching it.
5:27 - We finally found out who Kvyat took inspiration from
0:27 When the 2020 F1 Calendar were all canceled
This is why the race did not happen FOR REAL for Belgium 2021. THIS CARNAGE.
this is why it should have happened lol
@@aesir1ases64, yeah 1 car on the track.
5:25 Kvyat is that you ?
“Observe”
Should've had the clip of Eddie telling Ralf not to overtake Damon.....
Riccardo Rosset saw a pile up and thought; I'm having a bit of that.
Schumacher was so fast he had lapped even himself before he came up behind an idling Coulthard.
Those were the days.