Discovering A Hidden Part Of The Old F1 Hockenheimring

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  • Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024

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  • @Sipunak
    @Sipunak 5 лет назад +648

    Kimi is the only current F1 driver who has raced there :P

    • @chubskii
      @chubskii 4 года назад +9

      The old track or just overall

    • @Sharlie83
      @Sharlie83 4 года назад +43

      Old, he started in 2001

    • @chubskii
      @chubskii 4 года назад +15

      Purple Nakazati they used the old track in the very early 2000s, wow

    • @Sharlie83
      @Sharlie83 4 года назад +9

      @@chubskii yeah till 2002

    • @chubskii
      @chubskii 4 года назад +4

      Purple Nakazati oh crap

  • @davesmith2194
    @davesmith2194 6 лет назад +1071

    The old banking at Monza!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Reims in France the old pit lane is still there!
    Brooklands!!!!!!!
    This series could be immense

    • @davesmith2194
      @davesmith2194 6 лет назад +6

      mareczek cukiereczek yeah, go on f1 RUclips channel and you can see will Buxton drive through France looking at all France Grand Prix tracks. Really interesting watch would recommend it

    • @kevinmulz9502
      @kevinmulz9502 6 лет назад +13

      Also for German fans the Nordschleife would be really interesting

    • @Circuitsofthepast
      @Circuitsofthepast 6 лет назад +1

      And I already visit all circuits called in this trheat.

    • @Circuitsofthepast
      @Circuitsofthepast 6 лет назад +1

      Here's the Monza banking ruclips.net/video/KuB0ciS_HW4/видео.html

    • @Circuitsofthepast
      @Circuitsofthepast 6 лет назад +1

      mareczek cukiereczek I think you mean Rouen-les-Essarts ;) Check this ruclips.net/video/2wpMCcW4ULo/видео.html

  • @markhenley3097
    @markhenley3097 6 лет назад +673

    I wonder what's left of the Österreichring today, and the Turkish GP.

    • @pturm1403
      @pturm1403 6 лет назад +31

      Red Bull Ring

    • @teegee6312
      @teegee6312 6 лет назад +76

      He meant "true" Red Bull Ring, before reworks :) Turkish GP (don't know exact name) circuit still exists, doesn't it?

    • @Cake_Doge
      @Cake_Doge 6 лет назад +54

      Istanbul Park is still alive. We had WRX back in 2014 and 2015

    • @222000seb
      @222000seb 6 лет назад +35

      The Istanbul Park's inbetween sections are mostly used by new owner İntercity(a car rental company) as an inventory space for all the cars they have. The track itself is still servicable and does host Sunday races from time to time.

    • @teegee6312
      @teegee6312 6 лет назад +2

      @@222000seb ok, thx for info guys

  • @nicholascowhie571
    @nicholascowhie571 6 лет назад +360

    Feel like I’m watching top gear! Love it!!!

    • @a_wozza_7365
      @a_wozza_7365 6 лет назад +11

      Nicholas Cowhie this is what i was thinking. Tbf matt would probably do a better job than the presenters on it now😂

    • @kaareltakeba2858
      @kaareltakeba2858 6 лет назад +1

      @@a_wozza_7365 but what about Clarkson Hammond and May what about those presenters?

    • @jordantraenkner1883
      @jordantraenkner1883 4 года назад

      Kaarel Takeba The current presenters, not the ones from three years ago.

    • @louise7289
      @louise7289 3 года назад +1

      @@jordantraenkner1883 current ones are shit tbh

  • @michaelsanger8327
    @michaelsanger8327 6 лет назад +223

    I remember the old Hockenheim Ring, especially Mika Hakkinen describing the counterpoint of the stadium section that felt like a football game, followed by the long straights that make you think you're the loneliest man in the world(ah, those Finns ^^ ) and then the breaking form 300+km/h to something around 60 where you have a feeling that the car would just roll over - to the detail that the breaking force would be so heavy that a drop of eye fluid could fly out of your eye to the inside of the visor ... ah good memories. Thanks for that.
    also, maybe next time bring a drone? :)

  • @aprilkurtz1589
    @aprilkurtz1589 5 лет назад +71

    There's also a marker for Clark at the spot he died, but it's hard to find.

    • @jamesburn8011
      @jamesburn8011 5 лет назад +1

      April Kurtz are there any pictures of it?

    • @aprilkurtz1589
      @aprilkurtz1589 5 лет назад +4

      @@jamesburn8011 I've seen pictures of it, but I can't recall where. It's probably in Google images. It's a small stone cross between 2 shrubby trees. Sorry I can't be of more help.

    • @jamesburn8011
      @jamesburn8011 5 лет назад

      April Kurtz thanks.

    • @mrt9941
      @mrt9941 5 лет назад +8

      True, that memorial is not the exact spot where he had a crash. There is an kind of grave stone at the real location

    • @oldanalytics3626
      @oldanalytics3626 4 года назад +5

      Thats true. Its a small stone with flowers between 2 trees in the Woods, where the old track was. The New Memorial is the old one. It just changed the location after the circuit was redesigned. And at the old place, the place he died, there is a new, small stone. There are some Videos here in RUclips where people searched and found it. ruclips.net/video/DmsAT5qcSIA/видео.html Its german, but at 2:30 you can see the original place. its still there! Hes also talking in german that they pute the Memorial to the new location, and after that created the small stone on the original place he died.

  • @DomainZain
    @DomainZain 6 лет назад +308

    For the next track you need a drone to view the old track

  • @Roberto57555
    @Roberto57555 6 лет назад +192

    Production and camera work of this is awesome guys! Keep it up!

    • @jamiemlawrence
      @jamiemlawrence 6 лет назад +1

      I agree, definitely see some influence from Top Gear. Looks great!

  • @davesmith2194
    @davesmith2194 6 лет назад +277

    I can’t wait for this series to continue. Brooklands and the ones in France that Will Buxton drove by need doing

    • @HojozVideos
      @HojozVideos 6 лет назад

      Dave Smith Reims*

    • @Hugo-um8nh
      @Hugo-um8nh 6 лет назад

      the probleme is that Reims has been destroyed

    • @davesmith2194
      @davesmith2194 6 лет назад +2

      BlackAres look on google, the old pit lane and grandstand is still there. Watch the video on F1 RUclips channel

    • @Hugo-um8nh
      @Hugo-um8nh 6 лет назад

      how do i tell you that i live in Remis ??

    • @davesmith2194
      @davesmith2194 6 лет назад

      BlackAres my bad.

  • @matthewthomas2546
    @matthewthomas2546 6 лет назад +349

    Jim Clark - still the greatest F1 driver of all time. Even Senna looked up to him as his idol. RIP

    • @364doubleplay
      @364doubleplay 6 лет назад +3

      Never heard of Schumacher??

    • @jmgaming6148
      @jmgaming6148 6 лет назад +27

      @@364doubleplay Schumacher wouldn't have survived 3 minutes in the cars Clark drove, just like most other drivers!

    • @364doubleplay
      @364doubleplay 6 лет назад +4

      @@jmgaming6148 how do u know?

    • @MashiatCOD99
      @MashiatCOD99 6 лет назад +22

      JMGaming But Clark would never have been able to drive any of the modern cars to as high a standard as any of the newer generation drivers. The sport evolves, and as do athletes. Drivers nowadays are far better than the ones who drove back in the 60s. Let's not forget that most of Clark's competition were basically old men who took up driving as a hobby in their 20s.

    • @jmgaming6148
      @jmgaming6148 6 лет назад +22

      @@MashiatCOD99 that's why I'd say there is no "all-time best driver", because time changes. It would make more sense to rate drivers in the centuries they raced in, like "the best in the 50's, 60's" etc. For me: the best in the 50's would be Fangio, in the 60's it was Clark.

  • @florianbertram9451
    @florianbertram9451 6 лет назад +171

    This is NOT how you drive around roundabouts in Germany 😉✌🏼 3:35

    • @r129r16pfl
      @r129r16pfl 6 лет назад +19

      Nothing wrong doing some shortcut

    • @Siddich
      @Siddich 5 лет назад +15

      my balls went into my body, when i saw it :-D

    • @roberttheis3832
      @roberttheis3832 5 лет назад +22

      Matt, the master of corner cutting 😂

  • @AlexRodriguez-oo9yu
    @AlexRodriguez-oo9yu 6 лет назад +58

    It’s annoys me how close everything is together in Europe. 7 hours from the UK to Hockenheim??? It takes 8 hours (without traffic) for me to drive from Long Island to Buffalo, and that’s just across New York State!

    • @glenkennedy2018
      @glenkennedy2018 6 лет назад +10

      Why would that be annoying? Surely its nice to have some things that are close together?

    • @CharBar07
      @CharBar07 6 лет назад +9

      I don’t think he meant it in a bad way. Maybe in an inconvenient way. Major cities are spread out from one another in US.

    • @AlexRodriguez-oo9yu
      @AlexRodriguez-oo9yu 6 лет назад +4

      glen kennedy Was meant in a joking manner. Annoying how far things are apart in the US compared to Europe

    • @glenkennedy2018
      @glenkennedy2018 6 лет назад +2

      No worries. Just couldn’t figure out why having things close would be annoying. Thanks.

    • @jbbzxy6749
      @jbbzxy6749 6 лет назад +3

      Because America is huge. Almost as big as the main part of Europe

  • @MastaMS21
    @MastaMS21 6 лет назад +76

    Can't wait to see the same video for Spa !
    Great job guys, keep going 🙂

  • @alanw8834
    @alanw8834 6 лет назад +89

    Matt I totally get it, you have driven thousands of laps around that track virtually (like me) and now you get to do it for real, in a supercar, emotional... glad you are living the dream and i get to live it through you, so thanks i appreciate it.

  • @virtuecarl
    @virtuecarl 6 лет назад +76

    Its like watching a kid in a candy store. Beautiful.

  • @jorhop4005
    @jorhop4005 6 лет назад +22

    My question is why did they have to destroy the rest of the old track? Imagine if Nurburgring destroyed the Nordschleife when they built the GP circuit.

    • @awsomef2004
      @awsomef2004 6 лет назад +9

      Tuff Ed Boi I believe it's something due to forest being protected and new track involved cutting down some forest so they had to make up for it by planting more trees and so the old track had to go

  • @derchemiker5136
    @derchemiker5136 6 лет назад +43

    Why weren't you considered when Top Gear went out of presenters?
    The work you do and the camera-production work is amazing.
    Keep up, Matthew!

    • @samu10k91
      @samu10k91 6 лет назад +1

      idk i like their videos but tbh they never stand in terms of cinematography/camera movements nor editing. And the lack of drone shots in this film is really a shame...

  • @NishantDash
    @NishantDash 6 лет назад +39

    Next up: Sudschleife!
    Please haha!

  • @jorhop4005
    @jorhop4005 6 лет назад +35

    Deaths like Jim Clarke is probably a reason why current F1 drivers rarely do another races outside of F1 because Jim died while doing a F2 race.

    • @HojozVideos
      @HojozVideos 6 лет назад +1

      Tuff Ed Boi F2

    • @jorhop4005
      @jorhop4005 6 лет назад +1

      @@HojozVideos thanks

    • @jamesburn8011
      @jamesburn8011 5 лет назад +1

      Tuff Ed Boi that doesn’t make any sense.

  • @johnnyroberts3761
    @johnnyroberts3761 3 года назад +5

    If I could go back in time, I’d definitely go see a race at the old Hockenheim track and sit in the forest section. It’s absolutely amazing that an F1 track raced through a forest! Shame they had to change it, though.

  • @nortonandreasson3192
    @nortonandreasson3192 6 лет назад +22

    Go to the old spa francochamp circuit

  • @jakobsrensen4541
    @jakobsrensen4541 6 лет назад +41

    RIP Jim Clark and Bert Hawthorne

  • @Mythbuster3808
    @Mythbuster3808 6 лет назад +16

    Did they really need to rip up the old track why could they not have just kept it but add the new layout.

    • @domdomdom5396
      @domdomdom5396 6 лет назад +8

      Mythbuster3808 The original plan was to widen the old track a bit. However that turned out to be impossible because of some nature preservation laws and ownerships of parts of the forest around the track. It was Tilke who wanted to keep the old layout. So they abandoned that Plan and came up with that expensive new layout. They still had to cut down a huge amount of trees (40 hectares iirc) , and to compensate that they had to tear down and reforest the old section.

  • @imfrcd
    @imfrcd 5 лет назад +1

    I attended the 1981 German GP, part of my "'81 World Racing Circus Tour" That was the finale. LeMans, Jarama, Snetterton, Brands Hatch, Silverstone, Spa, Hockenheim. Piquet bested Jones and the two Renaults. Spent most of the race at the Ost Kurve.

  • @Jake-ln6zk
    @Jake-ln6zk 6 лет назад +14

    This video was amazing! I would love to see you guys explore more defunct tracks in the future!
    I also love how Matt was grinning like a little kid while Rory was scared to death while you guys were driving the track.

  • @Seiferisthebest
    @Seiferisthebest 6 лет назад +26

    Amazing! Please go to the old Spa.

  • @TheColinChapman
    @TheColinChapman 2 года назад +2

    Thanks for giving it some thoughts, but to be honest, I expected much much more when I started the video. It is really worth taking a walk around the former first two long straights along the Jim Clark chicane (the gravel trap is still there) and further along the Hardtbachdamm which automatically leads You to the Ostkurve. I appreciate Your efforts, but there's far better videos with th same topic here.

  • @adrianvanderzandt4310
    @adrianvanderzandt4310 5 лет назад

    Roy Hesketh race track in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. The track was abandoned, then rebuilt about ten years ago and is now mostly a place where the residents in the area jog and walk their dogs. Top quality tarmac though!

  • @DerEinzige21
    @DerEinzige21 6 лет назад

    Wow this series will be like abandoned circuits of the past, but with actual live commentary. Can't wait!

  • @jameswg13
    @jameswg13 6 лет назад

    Brooklands, brands hatch , donnington, the old Austrian circuit. Oh so many and you could still do current tracks with forgotten sections

  • @DaniMacYo
    @DaniMacYo 2 года назад +2

    I love the Hockenheimring the old one was definitely cool but for me it got boring after a few laps or so. I much prefer the new one because I enjoy braking more and then getting on the power. Staying on the power for a while is boring.
    Do wish they didn’t let it get overgrown though should have preserved it like Monza. I also wish F1 could be more lenient with pay because this circuit deserves to be on the calendar. F1 has so much money they could even pay for the race itself not the idea I know but still would be nice of them.

  • @mazfpv1790
    @mazfpv1790 6 лет назад

    This is honestly one of the biggest things on my bucket list is to travel around to current and abandoned tracks and explore the history and importance of each track.

  • @clayneid
    @clayneid 6 лет назад

    Please, please, please, please, please more of this series! Please!

  • @adamvandevalk6906
    @adamvandevalk6906 3 года назад

    Dale Earnhardt Jr. does this same thing in America called “Lost Speedways” where they visit old abandoned NASCAR tracks. This is an awesome idea and very cool! Make more make more!

  • @Roar87
    @Roar87 6 лет назад

    Old Hockenheim was one of my favourite track with Imola. Sad that they change it but glad that the forest is reclaming it.

  • @FlyBoyGrounded
    @FlyBoyGrounded Год назад

    I love how much you sound exactly like I do if I'm ever lucky enough to drive my road car on an F1 circuit. I get how insanely privileged you feel and how ridiculously funny it is just to be allowed there.

  • @guilhermepestana8927
    @guilhermepestana8927 6 лет назад

    Please turn this into a serie where you explore tracks that used to be in F1 and now They are forgotten like Estoril, dijon-prenois, The old spa francochamps i dont know. Love your channel

  • @florianwalter704
    @florianwalter704 5 лет назад +2

    Nice! Went several times for a jopgging lap at the old Hockenheim circuit. Also to mention: What is shown in the video is only the officail Jim Clark Memorial. The real one (the sport where the accident occured) is only accesable by foot deep in the woods, where is a very tiny second memorial.

  • @SabNik
    @SabNik 6 лет назад +7

    What about the Österreichring guys? I love this format and seeing my home track and the history portrayed by you guys would be amazing

  • @rauldr37
    @rauldr37 5 лет назад +2

    Spain has also got old circuits around Catalonia in the northwest. An oval, Sitges circuit, and two city circuits in Barcelona, Pedralbes Circuit and Montjuic Circuit

  • @jeremymenchaca
    @jeremymenchaca 2 года назад +2

    I feel like Aston Martin would have been disappointed if you hadn't done a lap.

  • @danielminkin8568
    @danielminkin8568 6 лет назад +98

    Hello to the random person who reads this

    • @mrbones2235
      @mrbones2235 6 лет назад

      hello

    • @shiny9219
      @shiny9219 6 лет назад

      Hi

    • @jbbzxy6749
      @jbbzxy6749 6 лет назад

      Hi Thai guy

    • @900108Chale
      @900108Chale 5 лет назад

      *Kim Jong!* I had no idea you liked F1!
      How about a track in Pyonyang's new beautiful neighborhood: Ryomyong?

  • @Cake_Doge
    @Cake_Doge 6 лет назад +8

    Oval Monza and historic Spa would be great. I really like historic Le Mans Circuit and historic Silverstone but they are all messed up now.

    • @Cake_Doge
      @Cake_Doge 6 лет назад +2

      I would welcome you if you do a Istanbul Park video and don’t forget to dm me :D

  • @alexchop1242
    @alexchop1242 6 лет назад

    Always one of my favourite tracks, the pre 2002 Hockenheim.

  • @skyzocka
    @skyzocka 6 лет назад +19

    Red Bull Ring. Because Austria is Germany's neighbor.

  • @MarkVerstappen93
    @MarkVerstappen93 6 лет назад

    I walked the old track a few years ago including the first chicane. Unfortunately I couldn't find the place of the original Jim Clark memorial but it was quite cool.
    For a next one, I'd love to see Rouen, that's my favorite of the fully abandoned tracks.

  • @Nathan.Guthrie
    @Nathan.Guthrie 6 лет назад

    one of the best series ever

  • @ministrone
    @ministrone 6 лет назад

    Great series. Looking forward to seeing the Masta kink on the old Spa circuit!

  • @meescheveux
    @meescheveux 6 лет назад +5

    Quality, quality content! The research, the presentation and the editing are all great! Please go on with this series for a long time!

  • @killakanzgaming
    @killakanzgaming 3 года назад +2

    The Jim Clarke memorial is actually placed right in the middle of the road... where the road was that is...
    Also the tour guide was wrong. The Senna chicane was located on the current track. Roughly at the end of the strip of red run-off on the outside kerbing after the hairpin, that's about where the entry into the Senna chicane was... There is of course absolutely nothing left to suggest it was there though.

  • @sebamude
    @sebamude 6 лет назад

    I live near the track and I've been a few times at the old circuit. It's an unbelievable atmosphere standing where once the heros of motor racing passed at over 200 mph! But there is a mistake at the Jim Clark Memorial, it says his GP wins were from 1962 to 1967, but he has won one in 1968. Don't know why they're not changing it... Anyway, there are way moore things to explore there than what you have found ;)

  • @tracid303
    @tracid303 6 лет назад

    Awesome video!! Great stuff! Keep up the good work! :D

  • @MegaJK97
    @MegaJK97 6 лет назад +4

    You also should've visited the corner in the west directly located in Hockenheim.
    But still, great vid!

  • @bobigaming5418
    @bobigaming5418 6 лет назад +2

    Please Next do Estoril in Portugal

  • @witherana1478
    @witherana1478 6 лет назад

    You should go to that long german track that was really just a highway . I think it was called ASUM

  • @EurogamerItalia
    @EurogamerItalia 5 лет назад +1

    Man, if you want to look for good racing history, come at the old Monza oval and you'll go apeshit.

  • @taariqjeena
    @taariqjeena 6 лет назад

    Loved the video . Would love to see you do Killarney in South Africa .

  • @citoskeletas
    @citoskeletas 6 лет назад

    Would be interesting to see how look Valencia, Turkey and Indianapolis circuits after F1 abandoned those tracks.

  • @mp40fan
    @mp40fan 6 лет назад

    Great series! Zandvoort will be a nice place to visit!

  • @NavF1
    @NavF1 6 лет назад +18

    105 likes 0 dislikes!! Amazing ratio and tells the story of how the videos are quality guys!!

    • @Shadow977
      @Shadow977 6 лет назад +2

      More like the toxic part of the fanbase hasn't found it's way here yet.

    • @WTF1official
      @WTF1official  6 лет назад

      shhhhhhh they'll hear you...

  • @simonrautar6779
    @simonrautar6779 6 лет назад +9

    Make more of thos vids pls🙏🙏

  • @patrick383ironworker
    @patrick383ironworker 5 лет назад

    Please make 25 more of these, even if they're not all f1 tracks

  • @RufusBoi2008
    @RufusBoi2008 3 года назад +2

    Please bring the series back!
    I'd love for you guys to visit spa

  • @verdiguy
    @verdiguy 6 лет назад +4

    A lovely, nostalgic look at a classic track. I hope this becomes a semi-regular feature. Thanks for posting from an old-timer, whose first Grand-Prix was Jackie Stewart winning in Holland at Zandvoort.

  • @josephnus
    @josephnus 6 лет назад

    This is a great programme. Please make one for Pau

  • @thisismyhandle999
    @thisismyhandle999 6 лет назад +1

    What they did to this track is unspeakable. The new track in my oponion lacks character and flat out boring. It might have been bad for the visitors but watching the cars flying in those huge straights and through the chicanes was amazing.

  • @skypupi
    @skypupi 5 лет назад

    I went to that track once! We sat in the Mercedes stand and... ye... I’m sad it’s not a race now

  • @ashton_ising2841
    @ashton_ising2841 6 лет назад +1

    More of these old f1 stuff vids 👌

  • @TheHobatron
    @TheHobatron 5 лет назад +2

    I remember playing this version of the circuit on F1 Career Challenge on the PS2. Thought it was way more fun than the current version!

  • @sup1572
    @sup1572 6 лет назад

    This is emotional

  • @kenamikaze2366
    @kenamikaze2366 6 лет назад

    Magney-Cours or Valencia Street Circuit would be some nice vids

  • @theofilosgrigoriadis9840
    @theofilosgrigoriadis9840 6 лет назад

    Do Monza next! I loved this kind of video!

  • @crispyconcordsshorts_
    @crispyconcordsshorts_ 5 лет назад +1

    You guys should go to Monza. An epic track!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @InekoBK
    @InekoBK 6 лет назад

    Nice video , I wonder what track will be next . One question though , why is the British Aston with a British licence plate a left hand drive ?

  • @glenkennedy2018
    @glenkennedy2018 6 лет назад +2

    Do Imola. A fantastic old circuit that was a challenge to the drivers. It was also the scene of one of the most epic battles between Michael Schumacher and Fernando Alonso. Not to mention the fact that it took 2 racing drivers in one weekend and threatened to take a third.

  • @TrapAdy
    @TrapAdy 6 лет назад +1

    This was a really interesting video! WOW

  • @joestephan1111
    @joestephan1111 4 года назад

    The old course originally had no esses/chicanes. Those were later add-ons

  • @willamos13
    @willamos13 6 лет назад +3

    Should’ve called the video “Matt Gallagher and camera man wonder through German forest to look for a curve”

  • @sidex0307
    @sidex0307 6 лет назад

    The old Spa-Francochamp track is still accessible. Like to see it next!

  • @master-kq3nw
    @master-kq3nw 2 года назад +2

    Old hockenheim.was better then new one. Now threes there woods.

  • @leosteiner4040
    @leosteiner4040 6 лет назад +1

    Cool Vid mate
    Could you do the Nordschleife next

  • @lktn62
    @lktn62 6 лет назад +3

    not an f1 track but,.. it would be awesome to see the old Le mans track that went into the city of le mans that was used in the 1920s.

  • @mallku25
    @mallku25 6 лет назад

    awesome! more of this kind of stuff, please ;)

  • @Chris5291_
    @Chris5291_ 6 лет назад

    I love it 😍 good work guys 👍🏻

  • @callumscott953
    @callumscott953 6 лет назад

    I would say you guys should do Kyalami but thats probably just a bit out of the way

  • @dylanangel2870
    @dylanangel2870 5 лет назад

    two thirds of that tiny straight part after the hairpin, that's where the last chicane was

  • @magicdoggoiv4684
    @magicdoggoiv4684 6 лет назад

    Come to Monza man! I live right next to the circuit and i Can guide you to the old bankings :)

  • @vibhav_m
    @vibhav_m 6 лет назад +3

    If we're doing 'abandoned' tracks maybe you could come visit India lol.

  • @jakeunderwood9
    @jakeunderwood9 4 года назад +1

    So I'm remarkably stoned right now so bear with me.
    I'm an American and I'm completely and utterly new to F1. Started first paying attention part way through the 2019 season and Hockenheim was the first time I caught the entire race weekend. (The first race I ever saw was Baku 2018 where Verstappen and Ricciardo crashed into each other but I didn't actually decide to start watching until Hockenheim the next year. There's a story behind why I watched Baku but that's for another time.) When Friday practice was over, fairly early in the morning here in the US, I went out and bought F1 2019 and a racing wheel and jumped in and immediately played a 100% race at Hockenheim to become familiar with the track for the weekend. Creating a new tradition I plan to carry through the rest of my time watching F1. The reason I mentioned I was stoned was that this made me a little emotional. Particularly the moments you were actually driving on track. I imagined myself there driving on what is one of my favorite tracks if only for the reason that it was my first full race weekend. I'm sure many people have much deeper ties to their own favorites but this one got to me a little, probably with the assistance of my drugs. Lol. A bit silly to be emotional over a sport I haven't even seen a full season of but that's just who I am.

  • @larstv5453
    @larstv5453 5 лет назад +2

    RIP New Hockenheimring 2002-2019

  • @bruti2251
    @bruti2251 6 лет назад +1

    how is it to drive on the right side ^^
    must be a little bit weird with the steering wheel on the other side :D

  • @Bazzookie
    @Bazzookie 6 лет назад +1

    I really wish they just updated the original track to fit what the FIA wanted. the Original Hockenheimring was amazing. at least we still get the original stadium section. A few years ago I actually managed to sneak onto the track's grand stand at the start finish line. Hockenheim, tho not as good as the original layout, will always be one of my favorite tracks.

  • @maxtigerrang
    @maxtigerrang 5 лет назад +3

    Whos german as well and Lives two Hours of driving away?😂👌

  • @HarleyShowell
    @HarleyShowell 6 лет назад +2

    Do brooklands, I've walked up the banking and kinda decapitated my leg while coming back down

  • @dev_vadchhedia
    @dev_vadchhedia 6 лет назад +2

    I think all the dislikes were done by FIA and the team who made the new track ( please don't hate Tilke, his tracks are my favourite ones on the calenders )

  • @ollypolly8113
    @ollypolly8113 6 лет назад +3

    i know old le mans isnt f1 but it would be cool anyway

  • @JVerschueren
    @JVerschueren 6 лет назад

    It may not survive on the F1 calender, but Hockenheim will stick around as a race circuit.
    BTW: I didn't see signs of the dragstrip in the parts where I expected to see them... did they rip that up?

  • @zenokada2278
    @zenokada2278 3 года назад +1

    Bring back old hockenheim, wether f1 races there or not doesn’t matter. Just bring it back

  • @PimSchouten
    @PimSchouten 5 лет назад +3

    do one of Imola, just because it's an awesome track.

  • @rdl-f1gamer447
    @rdl-f1gamer447 2 года назад +1

    Ayoo Matt was Driving thru my Town 😂