Yeah, me too. I particularly remember Road & Track's race report of the 1984 Detroit GP, with Brundle's Tyrrell taking it to the Turbos. You gotta love an underdog. I think he could have taken a championship or two off Senna if he'd been in competitive cars. He certainly would have won that F3 championship had Senna not crashed them both out of the last race.
3:19 What I’m loving about this series apart from the fact that I’m learning more about the insides of racing driving than I’ve ever known, is that as Martin is reliving these corners, and reliving the situations, you can see in his face and his mind that he’s actually back there reliving and feeling the buzz of the situation as it was at the time. That’s priceless. That says more than any words he could muster about these scenarios.
I grew up in the late 70s and 80s watching formula 1 on on telly late at night with my Dad (early in the morning AEST) i didnt give Martin Brundle much thought indeed anyone who was not in a Ferrari. Age and access to interviews with him and other drivers of the period is wonderful, through social media have given me an insight to his knowledge and experiences I am grateful for. I do love that he has 312 F1 scale model in his office.
Mosport (now called Canadian Tire Motorsports Park) is much improved, lots of upgrades have been made over the years and it is a super fun track to race.
@@davidsim5636 I go there almost 4-5 times a year if not more...it's my local track. The layout of the track hasn't changed at all. The run offs are still shallow,(now paved) but thats minor. Turn 2 is still one of the most dangerous, flat out blind and off camber turns in motorsports, followed by T4. Moss (5a 5b amd 5c) still the same. The facilities are still that of the 1960s minus the event centre at turn 10/front straight. Not may changes to the drivers, only afew for fan accessibility.
@@mikehunt9894 Maybe one day Mosport could be lengthened (with the original layout still retained) and the facilities could be updated to host F1 or WEC again?
Martin Brundle - The best sports commentator the world in my opinion. Martin, please never retire till you are at least 78 - one more year than Murray Walker!
Wonderful just to listen to the thoughts of the driver in Martins F1 commentary and here wonderful laconic like having a decent malt by the fire with him. More please!
Always enjoyable hearing from Martin, both his race commentary and recollections. I'd hope that I'm not in the minority in enjoying racing (either as a participant or spectator) in spite of the crashes, not because of them! I get a sick feeling whenever someone loses it--fingers crossed that they'll be OK! I never thought about it when I was driving--you can't actively think too much during a race, and considering possible bad consequences is a good way to realize them.
Shoutout to Mosport. American driver JP Montoya had a similar comment a few years ago at an IMSA race. Little track up in Canada. He joked that it was his first time there and he had to clean his race suit afterwards! 😂 But his last comment was how much he loved it!
Excellent video and I completely agree, the "scare" factor makes you find something buried deep inside that when it's time to come out turns out to be the very best you could offer for the job. Awesome stuff.
I was a spectator at turn three at Melbourne in 1996 when Martin had the massive shunt he mentions here. His car was 90 deg to the track as he passed us and I saw the top of his helmet. Everyone leaned forward to see where he went and the bunting barrier collapsed and we all fell flat. By the time we had rearranged ourselves Martin was running back to the pits... Great insights.
Old Spa Francorchamps gives me the creeps even in a sim, it`s Indy500 speed but on the public road. So many things wrong with that track. Must be the most dangerous track ever. You think you have it figured out, and then suddenly whilst flying in the air to a country far away, you realise, i don`t think ill ever get it. Interesting that Martin mentions Mosport, since i`ve had a similar experience in simracing, it`s such a simple track only like 5 corners which is why the grid is always full at the start, but somehow most never get to the finish because even if it`s not many corners, all of them are designed by the grim reaper himself, especially turn 2 i always imagine him standing near that left hander and just taking the occasional car when he needs one.
Yeah, Monaco. Can we have another look at your '86 incident at Mirabeau? As I recall you were chasing Piquet for sixth as part of a four-way dice, you ended up with a tyre mark on your helmet and Tambay went into the Armco upside down gearbox first ... and he was very lucky he didn't clear the barrier and come to rest at Mirabeau-bas
The crashes, on the straights of Macau is especially violent. Last it was Sophia and Zhang... with Sophia breaking the neck and Zhang his legs Edit* These were both in 2020's and with spectacular engineered cars, that saved their lives
My scariest moment amateur racing was at one of the least scary tracks in the world: Lime Rock Park. It had rained on and off all weekend. The day before the race during qualifying, a 911 driver was killed when he aquaplaned on the front straight and hit pit out flush with his rear end. The slides on his driver sear failed, which led to mandatory sear back braces in the US. Half of the drivers quit for the weekend and went home. It was raining very heavily at the start of my race the next day. As soon as the green flag dropped, my visibility completely disappeared. I could see absolutely nothing but the spray. I was midpack so I knew I had to keep the throttle pinned, or I would be rear ended by the car behind me. I knew I couldn’t brake until I saw the brake lights on the car in front of me slowing for T1. After what seemed like far too long, I saw his brake lights. At my second club race at Pocono, a driver had a heart attack and died. What a start to amateur racing that was…
Corner 2 at Mosport (CTMP) before it had paved runoff was scary. Blind double Apex at 140 mph after cresting a steep hill. It would have been scary without the elevation change. Manfred Winklehock died there in 85...
Awesome stuff, Martin is a legend and I'm old enough to remember him coming into F1 and driving for the legendary Ken Tyrrell.. super days indeed!
Yeah, me too. I particularly remember Road & Track's race report of the 1984 Detroit GP, with Brundle's Tyrrell taking it to the Turbos. You gotta love an underdog.
I think he could have taken a championship or two off Senna if he'd been in competitive cars. He certainly would have won that F3 championship had Senna not crashed them both out of the last race.
3:19 What I’m loving about this series apart from the fact that I’m learning more about the insides of racing driving than I’ve ever known, is that as Martin is reliving these corners, and reliving the situations, you can see in his face and his mind that he’s actually back there reliving and feeling the buzz of the situation as it was at the time. That’s priceless. That says more than any words he could muster about these scenarios.
I grew up in the late 70s and 80s watching formula 1 on on telly late at night with my Dad (early in the morning AEST) i didnt give Martin Brundle much thought indeed anyone who was not in a Ferrari. Age and access to interviews with him and other drivers of the period is wonderful, through social media have given me an insight to his knowledge and experiences I am grateful for. I do love that he has 312 F1 scale model in his office.
Mosport. (CTMP) still unchanged since 1961 and one of the last old-school tracks left.
Mosport (now called Canadian Tire Motorsports Park) is much improved, lots of upgrades have been made over the years and it is a super fun track to race.
@@davidsim5636 I go there almost 4-5 times a year if not more...it's my local track. The layout of the track hasn't changed at all. The run offs are still shallow,(now paved) but thats minor. Turn 2 is still one of the most dangerous, flat out blind and off camber turns in motorsports, followed by T4. Moss (5a 5b amd 5c) still the same.
The facilities are still that of the 1960s minus the event centre at turn 10/front straight. Not may changes to the drivers, only afew for fan accessibility.
@@mikehunt9894 Maybe one day Mosport could be lengthened (with the original layout still retained) and the facilities could be updated to host F1 or WEC again?
@@hmdwgf doubt it. Too much woodlands surrounding the area and too many tree huggers as it is.
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Martin Brundle - The best sports commentator the world in my opinion. Martin, please never retire till you are at least 78 - one more year than Murray Walker!
Wonderful just to listen to the thoughts of the driver in Martins F1 commentary and here wonderful laconic like having a decent malt by the fire with him. More please!
Always enjoyable hearing from Martin, both his race commentary and recollections.
I'd hope that I'm not in the minority in enjoying racing (either as a participant or spectator) in spite of the crashes, not because of them! I get a sick feeling whenever someone loses it--fingers crossed that they'll be OK! I never thought about it when I was driving--you can't actively think too much during a race, and considering possible bad consequences is a good way to realize them.
Shoutout to Mosport. American driver JP Montoya had a similar comment a few years ago at an IMSA race. Little track up in Canada. He joked that it was his first time there and he had to clean his race suit afterwards! 😂 But his last comment was how much he loved it!
Excellent video and I completely agree, the "scare" factor makes you find something buried deep inside that when it's time to come out turns out to be the very best you could offer for the job. Awesome stuff.
I was a spectator at turn three at Melbourne in 1996 when Martin had the massive shunt he mentions here. His car was 90 deg to the track as he passed us and I saw the top of his helmet. Everyone leaned forward to see where he went and the bunting barrier collapsed and we all fell flat. By the time we had rearranged ourselves Martin was running back to the pits... Great insights.
IOM TT Course....Hold my champagne!!!
As soon as I saw the title I said Le Mans. The speed is something else.
Exactly, and you're full throttle for so long. I can't imagine Old Mulsanne in older cars with no barriers
It makes sense he'd pick while discussing high speed corners being scary that since he never raced an oval.
I love this man. Brilliant driver, beeb there got the t shirt, talks complete sense and has motor racing running in his veins.
Proper legend Martin
Macau, just nuts!
Would be great to have a video about Martin's year at Zakspeed.
Old Spa Francorchamps gives me the creeps even in a sim, it`s Indy500 speed but on the public road.
So many things wrong with that track. Must be the most dangerous track ever.
You think you have it figured out, and then suddenly whilst flying in the air to a country far away, you realise, i don`t think ill ever get it.
Interesting that Martin mentions Mosport, since i`ve had a similar experience in simracing, it`s such a simple track only like 5 corners which is why the grid is always full at the start, but somehow most never get to the finish because even if it`s not many corners, all of them are designed by the grim reaper himself, especially turn 2 i always imagine him standing near that left hander and just taking the occasional car when he needs one.
Yeah, Monaco.
Can we have another look at your '86 incident at Mirabeau?
As I recall you were chasing Piquet for sixth as part of a four-way dice, you ended up with a tyre mark on your helmet and Tambay went into the Armco upside down gearbox first ... and he was very lucky he didn't clear the barrier and come to rest at Mirabeau-bas
Martin you are a legend!!
The crashes, on the straights of Macau is especially violent.
Last it was Sophia and Zhang... with Sophia breaking the neck and Zhang his legs
Edit*
These were both in 2020's and with spectacular engineered cars, that saved their lives
🤔Macau? The thumbnail nails it.
There are old drivers and bold drivers, but there are no old, b- Oh, wait - there's one!😁
My scariest moment amateur racing was at one of the least scary tracks in the world: Lime Rock Park. It had rained on and off all weekend. The day before the race during qualifying, a 911 driver was killed when he aquaplaned on the front straight and hit pit out flush with his rear end. The slides on his driver sear failed, which led to mandatory sear back braces in the US. Half of the drivers quit for the weekend and went home.
It was raining very heavily at the start of my race the next day. As soon as the green flag dropped, my visibility completely disappeared. I could see absolutely nothing but the spray. I was midpack so I knew I had to keep the throttle pinned, or I would be rear ended by the car behind me. I knew I couldn’t brake until I saw the brake lights on the car in front of me slowing for T1. After what seemed like far too long, I saw his brake lights.
At my second club race at Pocono, a driver had a heart attack and died. What a start to amateur racing that was…
How the flippity-jip has this channel only just been recommended!!
Brundle is THE BEST!! 😎
Corner 2 at Mosport (CTMP) before it had paved runoff was scary. Blind double Apex at 140 mph after cresting a steep hill. It would have been scary without the elevation change. Manfred Winklehock died there in 85...
Suzuka in the rain with a crane. A figure 8 circuit overpass crash sent Emilio Estevez to the future.
Did he ever drove races on the Nordschleife?
Yes, not too long ago he shared a 911 with his son Alex at the ring.
Can't hardly hear him but this is great content.
If you're using your phone speaker perhaps that's why, it's crystal clear.
The Ring ?!?
Seen some nasty accidents at Pau..?
Indianapolis or Isle of Man I'd imagine are the most dangerous.
Brakes will always overcome throttle.
my fave analyst ever. would rather have his life than even the likes of George Harrison
Martin for Prime Minister !!!
Tri ovals.
Stupidly dangerous
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Il suce pas que de la glace le Martin..