Not to mention the obvious demonstration of giving up in Las Vegas. Was CR played because of the Falkins War? Perhaps. But then again he was far from being Alan Jones - who notoriously harrassed the faster Renault-turbos at Hockenheim for 3 consectutive years (1979 - 1981).
Brilliant. I was there that day in the Stowe grandstand. First time I have watched this in a long time. The cars were so unreliable compared to now, and the H&S oh my when that old St John’s ambulance crossed the track.
Incredible that you were there. Good for you for having memories of this remarkable day (as is any day one attends a F1 race). Any idea what happened to Piquet? He lost it all on his own, do you know why?
@@12barbluesful Oh ok, that's a bit of a relief as I was wondering if it was driver error. You know, like what Gilles did when he got the Ferrari all over the chicane and caused that pile up. So glad that his injury wasn't serious. Today we look back in can't believe how close to the front the drivers sat.
Unfortunately the Ferraris were notoriously dreadful on the Michelin tires: 11:48 Villenueve launches from 8th on the grid to 5th position by the first corner... 12:02 then at the third corner he makes a quick dispatch of Piquet to snatch 4th position... 12:18 he's fought his way to 3rd position before the tires fade on him. Just like Austria 1979, when he had to relinquish his lead position to Alan Jones - and people wonder why later on Gilles went nuts at Zandvoort that same year (1979).
@@maxmulsanne7054 All true. In 1979 in Zandvoort it was happening like in Austria. At the start of the race it went away, then the tires deteriorated. If the tire hadn't given way he probably would have finished second. I think the Ferraris would have been terrible even with good year tyres. They had a terrible chassis which contributed to tire wear, which was now obsolete. Especially in 1980 and 1981. But even in 1979 it was inferior to Williams. The only one who kept up with the Williams was Villeneuve, a great driver.
Indeed. The best driver of his era, perhaps the entire 1970s & 1980s for that matter. Those battles with Alan Jones in 79' are legendary. Notably at Zandvoort & Montreal. Good professional and respectful driving, none of that dirty driving driving or strung-out-on-stupid blocking either. Gilles gave AJ plenty of room to pass in Austrian & Canadian GPs.
@@maxmulsanne7054 Yes. I remember that in Montreal he was also criticized for having left a lot of space for Jones. But Gilles was like that, he didn't block his opponents. He was just trying to stay ahead by going faster.
i was at this race and goodness me it was boring as hell until the moment you realised watson might win. safety standards have come a long way in 44 years. that ambulance going across the track nearly froze my blood. this race would have been red flagged at least twice these days. Murray Walker clearly didn't have a clue how the McLaren was made.
Huh? did you not notice how high those cars sit up in the air? No ground effects here, that started a year or two later, when the cars were so low to the ground, they were glued to it.
@@mxracinguy5993 Wrong, the first ground effect car was the Lotus 78 in 1977, Lotus then brought the 79 out in 1978. Every one started 1979 with a Ground Effect car. Only the sides of the sidepods on a ground effect car touch the road. The underside is quite high in order for the twin Venturi tunnels to work correctly. The cars you are talking about were flat bottomed cars introduced in 1983. The entire underside of those cars was flat and did indeed sit close to the road. Google Lotus 79 plans and you will see how the underfloor is curved.
@studlydudly Really? I hadn't realized that even a car that sits roughly 20cm off the ground would have benefited from ground effects. I always thought that a vacuum effect had to be in place and for this the sidepods needed be so close to the ground that there's be virtually no clearance, thus my thinking that these didn't start 'till 83 when just about every car had the very low sideskirt. Yep, the decade of innovation. So neat to see what those super smart engineers came up with in the days before supercomputers.
@ It's the shape of the sidepods underbody that is the real magic, creating a curved surface that gradually increases in height as you get to the rear of the car. And if you seal the edges of the sidepods to the ground to stop air escaping, you get a massive increase in downforce. You can emulate a similar effect by running a flat bottomed car with a lot of rake, front to back, but it is no where near as effective.
52:59 Rosberg, running a next-to-last 11th, getting lapped by Reutemann's Williams. No one would've guessed that by the end of the next season, Rosberg would have the same number of wins as World Championships (and the number wasn't 0).
Actually, the quality of the footage is not good, as I also have poor recordings. However, I process the scenes with Topaz Video AI, and that’s how the quality appears as it does in this video.
It's so great to finally see footage of all these races I could only read about when they were happening.
Thank you for the upload. Excellent picture quality,
A time when I used to enjoy F1 - thanks for reminding me why!
unbelievable!!! thank you .great quality!!
Thank you so much for this upload! :)
Fabulous quality. Many thanks for sharing such a brilliant video.
thank you that was cool, nice to hear murray and james
Reutemann choking that was insane.
Not to mention the obvious demonstration of giving up in Las Vegas. Was CR played because of the Falkins War? Perhaps. But then again he was far from being Alan Jones - who notoriously harrassed the faster Renault-turbos at Hockenheim for 3 consectutive years (1979 - 1981).
Great to see plenty of action and incident not being constantly interrupted by a procession of safety cars and red flags.
Instead of safety cars, you get an ambulance crossing a live race track!
Isn't it marvelous! Also, sod all the broken down and crashed cars, we'll mop those up after the race! By jove those were the days!@@afrancis1582
Deewok, I totally agree!!
Brilliant. I was there that day in the Stowe grandstand. First time I have watched this in a long time. The cars were so unreliable compared to now, and the H&S oh my when that old St John’s ambulance crossed the track.
Incredible that you were there. Good for you for having memories of this remarkable day (as is any day one attends a F1 race). Any idea what happened to Piquet? He lost it all on his own, do you know why?
@@mxracinguy5993 front tyre puncture caused him to lose control
@@12barbluesful Oh ok, that's a bit of a relief as I was wondering if it was driver error. You know, like what Gilles did when he got the Ferrari all over the chicane and caused that pile up. So glad that his injury wasn't serious. Today we look back in can't believe how close to the front the drivers sat.
Thx. Great video. I was there....
These guys really were drivers.
That Ferrari had so much power, but handled like a tank...how Villeneuve won twice with it that year is beyond me.
I don't understand it either. Only Gilles could win with that tractor
Unfortunately the Ferraris were notoriously dreadful on the Michelin tires: 11:48 Villenueve launches from 8th on the grid to 5th position by the first corner... 12:02 then at the third corner he makes a quick dispatch of Piquet to snatch 4th position... 12:18 he's fought his way to 3rd position before the tires fade on him. Just like Austria 1979, when he had to relinquish his lead position to Alan Jones - and people wonder why later on Gilles went nuts at Zandvoort that same year (1979).
@@maxmulsanne7054
All true. In 1979 in Zandvoort it was happening like in Austria. At the start of the race it went away, then the tires deteriorated. If the tire hadn't given way he probably would have finished second. I think the Ferraris would have been terrible even with good year tyres. They had a terrible chassis which contributed to tire wear, which was now obsolete. Especially in 1980 and 1981. But even in 1979 it was inferior to Williams. The only one who kept up with the Williams was Villeneuve, a great driver.
Indeed. The best driver of his era, perhaps the entire 1970s & 1980s for that matter. Those battles with Alan Jones in 79' are legendary. Notably at Zandvoort & Montreal. Good professional and respectful driving, none of that dirty driving driving or strung-out-on-stupid blocking either. Gilles gave AJ plenty of room to pass in Austrian & Canadian GPs.
@@maxmulsanne7054
Yes. I remember that in Montreal he was also criticized for having left a lot of space for Jones. But Gilles was like that, he didn't block his opponents. He was just trying to stay ahead by going faster.
i was at this race and goodness me it was boring as hell until the moment you realised watson might win. safety standards have come a long way in 44 years. that ambulance going across the track nearly froze my blood. this race would have been red flagged at least twice these days. Murray Walker clearly didn't have a clue how the McLaren was made.
Aaahhh yesss 🙌🏼 Back before all the silly rules of today, back when drivers were allowed to actually RACE!!!
Full grandstands and pure racing
Awesome HQ footage! Thanks.
Danke, Super!.
Watson was the lead British driver &, i think, only British driver in 1981. So it was a perfect result for the Silverstone crowd.
Nelson piquet went On to win the world championship that year 🏆🏎️🇧🇷
Any idea what caused him to go off and hit the wall?
I@@mxracinguy5993I am not sure but something might have broken on his car
@@mxracinguy5993 blown tyre according to race reports
Loved f1 back then
Murray Walker is legendary
The Original Ground Effect era, wonderful.
Huh? did you not notice how high those cars sit up in the air? No ground effects here, that started a year or two later, when the cars were so low to the ground, they were glued to it.
@@mxracinguy5993 Wrong, the first ground effect car was the Lotus 78 in 1977, Lotus then brought the 79 out in 1978. Every one started 1979 with a Ground Effect car.
Only the sides of the sidepods on a ground effect car touch the road. The underside is quite high in order for the twin Venturi tunnels to work correctly. The cars you are talking about were flat bottomed cars introduced in 1983. The entire underside of those cars was flat and did indeed sit close to the road. Google Lotus 79 plans and you will see how the underfloor is curved.
He's right. Ground Effects was introduced to F1 (at least) in 1978. It was still permitted by the FIA until 1983.
@studlydudly Really? I hadn't realized that even a car that sits roughly 20cm off the ground would have benefited from ground effects. I always thought that a vacuum effect had to be in place and for this the sidepods needed be so close to the ground that there's be virtually no clearance, thus my thinking that these didn't start 'till 83 when just about every car had the very low sideskirt. Yep, the decade of innovation. So neat to see what those super smart engineers came up with in the days before supercomputers.
@ It's the shape of the sidepods underbody that is the real magic, creating a curved surface that gradually increases in height as you get to the rear of the car. And if you seal the edges of the sidepods to the ground to stop air escaping, you get a massive increase in downforce. You can emulate a similar effect by running a flat bottomed car with a lot of rake, front to back, but it is no where near as effective.
Good times, thanks.
Carlos Alberto Reutemann, the true champion of 1981.
PS: May you rest in peace, Lole, wherever you are.
Nope. He choked (like he always did). Deal with it.
It would have been Alan Jones if his cars werent plagued with gremlins.,.. Hockenheim & Monaco being good examples.
True champion based on what?
Silverstone has changed so much thru the years, but it has never lost its characteristics.
52:59 Rosberg, running a next-to-last 11th, getting lapped by Reutemann's Williams. No one would've guessed that by the end of the next season, Rosberg would have the same number of wins as World Championships (and the number wasn't 0).
He was the perfect replacement for Alan Jones, being the rock-hard driver that he was. Probably the best damn city circuit driver there ever was.
One of the few F1 races with no English drivers on the grid.
великолепная запись , абалдеть - все нащи!! спасибо автору
11:28 that would be a false start for sure today..
RIP MURRAY AND JAMES
Why the picture from 1981 better then from 1991-92-93?????
Actually, the quality of the footage is not good, as I also have poor recordings. However, I process the scenes with Topaz Video AI, and that’s how the quality appears as it does in this video.
Aos 17 minutos tem um acidente incrivel
Fix the aspect ratio