Thank you for the new episode! With this race F1 has now reached a new peak of popularity in Germany in the 1980's. After the loss of the ATS Team we now have a new Team in Zakspeed whose boss Erich Zakowski is more professional then Günter Schmid from ATS. They are also well founded, thanks to sponsor West. Stefan Bellof now finally got Turbo power, so expectations are high for the future! Even the ZDF (Zweites deutsches Fernsehen - Second German Television), who 3 years ago claimed to stop broadcasting F1 races after the German Grand Prix '82, broadcasted their weekly Saturday evening sportshow live at the Nürburgring. On the other hand: Manfred Winkelhock's days in F1 seem to be numbered. It might be just a matter of time before he will only be racing in Group C sportscars. At least he is a winner over there.
Yes, it's always been odd that until a certain Herr Schumacher came along, Germany just hadn't produced that many top drivers. There was von Trips, of course, and I think Rindt was born in Germany, but there weren't really any German driver role models.
@@TurbosTantrums I think our problems started in the early 1960's: The pre-war victories had lost their glory as it became known that they had been financed by the Nazi-goverment with incredible ammounts of money. Then there had been the accidents at Le Mans 1955 and Monza 1961, which both involved a German car and a German driver. Circuit racing was not very popular at that time and support for young drivers very limited. In the 1970's Stommelen, Mass and Stuck got into F1 thanks to the support they got from Ford Cologne or BMW, but they failed to attract any larger interest in F1. For the 1980's there are two reasons in my opinion: - a lack of TV-coverage - caused by that a lack of financial support In Germany the public service broadcasting had the rights to show F1 until the end of 1990. Back then you primarly just got to see short highlights, except the German Grand Prix, the championchip decider and Monaco sometimes. Private TV-networks were first permitted in Germany in the early 1980's, but it took until 1991 before they grew big enough to take over F1 TV coverage. 1991 became our first season of full coverage, and it turned out to be a lucky coincidence that Schumacher drove his first races in that season. He simply was at the right place at the right time. The F1 interest he ignited helped many of the drivers that came in the next decade.
These were exciting times in F1! In any race you could expect any of the top 5 teams to win, is Lotus gonna win or Williams or Ferrari or Mclaren... maybe Brabham?
Thank you for the new episode!
With this race F1 has now reached a new peak of popularity in Germany in the 1980's.
After the loss of the ATS Team we now have a new Team in Zakspeed whose boss Erich Zakowski is more professional then Günter Schmid from ATS. They are also well founded, thanks to sponsor West.
Stefan Bellof now finally got Turbo power, so expectations are high for the future!
Even the ZDF (Zweites deutsches Fernsehen - Second German Television), who 3 years ago claimed to stop broadcasting F1 races after the German Grand Prix '82, broadcasted their weekly Saturday evening sportshow live at the Nürburgring.
On the other hand: Manfred Winkelhock's days in F1 seem to be numbered. It might be just a matter of time before he will only be racing in Group C sportscars. At least he is a winner over there.
Yes, it's always been odd that until a certain Herr Schumacher came along, Germany just hadn't produced that many top drivers. There was von Trips, of course, and I think Rindt was born in Germany, but there weren't really any German driver role models.
@@TurbosTantrums I think our problems started in the early 1960's:
The pre-war victories had lost their glory as it became known that they had been financed by the Nazi-goverment with incredible ammounts of money.
Then there had been the accidents at Le Mans 1955 and Monza 1961, which both involved a German car and a German driver.
Circuit racing was not very popular at that time and support for young drivers very limited.
In the 1970's Stommelen, Mass and Stuck got into F1 thanks to the support they got from Ford Cologne or BMW, but they failed to attract any larger interest in F1.
For the 1980's there are two reasons in my opinion:
- a lack of TV-coverage
- caused by that a lack of financial support
In Germany the public service broadcasting had the rights to show F1 until the end of 1990.
Back then you primarly just got to see short highlights, except the German Grand Prix, the championchip decider and Monaco sometimes. Private TV-networks were first permitted in Germany in the early 1980's, but it took until 1991 before they grew big enough to take over F1 TV coverage. 1991 became our first season of full coverage, and it turned out to be a lucky coincidence that Schumacher drove his first races in that season. He simply was at the right place at the right time.
The F1 interest he ignited helped many of the drivers that came in the next decade.
5:15. I also have a stiff neck but for very different reasons than Derek Warwick!
Love these videos. Its not often you start an F1 youtube video and end up googling South Korean skyscrapers from the mid 80s!
You should see the Wiki holes I fall down while researching these things
Honestly: really enjoyed that! Thank you, it's made a lovely addition to my evening.
The last Italian Driver to win a race for Ferrari.
These were exciting times in F1! In any race you could expect any of the top 5 teams to win, is Lotus gonna win or Williams or Ferrari or Mclaren... maybe Brabham?
The shocking reliability of the era had an upside for the spectators, even if it must have driven the teams up the wall...
Is it wrong to miss the unreliability? I'd love them to put oversized fragile turbos in modern cars!
This layout of the Nurburgring is better than the North loop, South loop, full loop and the current GP circuit.
Sadly this was the last race start for Francois Hesnault, what happened to him after this race?
I was there