BENETTON'S LAUNCH CONTROL! The Story of the 'Option 13' 1994 Cheating Scandal

I know, I've already done this video, but not having the rock music behind is better, right? Jazz for life and stuff...
The Option 13 Scandal is my favourite motorsports story. How it was all in within the carnage that was the 1994 season and how it tainted the legacy of one of the greatest drivers of all time.
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Ayrton Senna: Instituto Ayrton Senna- commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
FW15B: Morio upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi... CC BY-SA 3.0
FW15C: Martin Lee- www.flickr.com/photos/karting... CC BY-SA 2.0
Ross Brawn: Ben Sutherland- www.flickr.com/photos/bensuth... CC BY 2.0
B194 Silverstone: Martin Lee- commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... CC BY-SA 2.0
B194 Silverstone2: Martin Lee- commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
1994 Ferrari- Martin Lee en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari... CC BY-SA 2.0
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[@nemesis-music]

Was the code the driver needed to enter “Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A then Start “

[@chicobicalho5621]

It dawned on me, Senna's death was the "perfect storm". Beginning with Newey not getting the FW16 right, and Briatore launching his mafioso mode that very same year, combined with Schumacher being a fantastic driver, and Senna being a competitive animal determined to dominate in 1994, this placed Senna in a weird backfoot, able to pull off miraculous poles because he was "Senna", but having to "drive like hell" in races to find himself rowing against the tide rather madly, especially in Imola. Then, a suspension rod entering his helmet through a rubber gasket around the visor and piercing his brain, that was way too freakish. Perhaps, had he known things would turn around later in the season, or if the FW 16 had been more competitive earlier in the season, he would have been less anxious, or less eager to beat a car that was using illegal artifices, and, on top of that, being driven by a sensational driver.

[@amaccama3267]

Suggestion for story time. Jochan Rindts championship year.

[@LoganHunter82]

"Garak Menswear." What a devious clothing line you have there. Where can I Order online? Obsidian?

[@vino-g6669]

Yeah I think it's been a blessing in disguise all the copyright strikes and the likes that first got you started on remaking all your videos. I enjoyed the original ones but a few more years experience and a bit more TH-cam knowhow and it's now some of the best racing discussion content on youtube. Keep it up man.

[@PresidentScrooge]

This is a prime example of "It's only cheating, if you get caught"

[@zachcreech7411]

Willem Toett, Explained EXACTLY HOW THEY USED TRACTION CONTOL.... Soo... yes we do know that it was on the car. I don't believe that it was cheating, it was an ingenious loophole... But please don't say that we don't know.

[@samsammy007]

Garak: "The truth is usually just an excuse for lack of imagination."

[@jesseemullen]

There was a great video on Flavio Briatore where engineer Willem Toet explains how the Benetton team found a loophole in the 1994 regulations which allowed for software limiting RPMs depending on which gear the car was in as part of the engine management system. So, technically they did have a form of traction control that wasn't covered under the rules 🤣👍🏻

[@alenx5455]

How did ayrton wonder why Schumacher was beating him? Thats complete bs, considering how aerodynamically unstable and bad williams was at the start of 1994 yet ayrton got 3 out of 3 pole positions, was catching Schumacher at a rapid pace at brazil only to be DNF, then also got hit out of the race in the 2nd race, im pretty sure Senna was quite confident he could handle Schumacher, specially knowing they will fix the Williams soon.

[@meer1120]

The real master behind this mayhem has to be Briatore.

[@LIP3XGunner]

Legit laugh at the dab of the breaks joke.

[@quietbatperson3115]

F1 meets DS9. Love it.

[@aaronaaronsen3360]

Aaaah, the good ol' "I didn't do it" Briatore.. Weird that he also became involved in the Crash gate, right ? What an unlucky man /s

[@JakePetrolhead]

Honestly, Cheating in motorsport is often as interesting as the racing itself.

[@dylanzrim3635]

Can you do a quick episode about how high tech 90’s F1 teams really were? Like consumer grade laptops back then were the dimensions of a briefcase... yet I watch the 90’s adelaide GP’s and each team has paper thin almost MacBook spec laptops... on the sensible end it’s because they’re rich and are in a position to provide data that advances computer tech, and why racing games were so good from 95 onwards (F1 95 being wire models scanned into a world)

[@razvanmazilu6284]

"Ah, an open mind. The essence of intellect." - just a simple tailor

[@mp4boy]

Second time you've covered this and it's the second time I'm absolutely amazed that Senna could hear something was different with that car. To actually be able to hear that is crazy to me. Guy was definitely one in a million.

[@JamesBouault]

Great video.

[@smedley6444]

Only just found this channel, great listening for a rainy Sunday, I also agree, as being an ex-WRC mechanic from the 80’s & 90’s, ALL teams cheated, from Lancia using nitrous to Toyota’s applauded ‘restrictor’ cheat in 1994…