One of the biggest thrills of my life was at the Laguna Seca historic care races in Monterey California, around either 1984 or ‘85. I walked around a car trailer and there stood Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss along with I believe someone with Road & Track magazine. I took a coupe of pictures and they were kind enough to each give me their autographs. I’ll never forget it!
Racing God JIM CLARK - Unmatched Maestro. By far the Greatest Driver Ever - No doubt. He is and was "The Best of the Best" (Fangio, Senna, Prost, Stewart and countless others about Clark). No other driver in history until today was so superior as Clark - No other driver as so much "Grand Slam" - Pole/Win/Fastest Lap/Leading every lap of the race - like him. And all that from just 72 starts... ! This man is the Olymp of driving - the Michelangelo of racing - a dynamic art at the highest level. So smooth, so precise, so fast....simply out of this world. One, who won in Spa by 5 minutes (!) in monsoon rain with only one hand at the wheel (!) because of gearbox trouble...One, who takes back a complete lap (!) in Monza and back into the lead... One, who took pole on the original 22,8 km Nürburgring track by 9 (!) seconds and more....One who won Indy by 2 whole (!) laps... In 1965 he had the most succesful year of any driver in the history of the sport: He won the F1 World Championship, the Tasman Series with F1 cars, the Indy 500, the British and French F2 Championship, the British Touring car Championship, totally over 50 (!) victories in one season !!!! For eternity and by lightyears unmatched in the sport. That`s just some examples of his mesmeric unique genius...
If we believe Kubica (since Ferrari themselves have never commented on it) the following happens Kubica spends 2012 being Alonso's lap dog before the Mercedes revolution occurs in 2013 leading to him picking up maybe a handful of podiums over the next few years before Ferrari decide to sack him.
Well, Ferrari couldn't build good car at that time, so I don't think that Kubica's stint would be as dreamy as we would think. Ferrari finally built good car in 2017, but I'm not sure if Kubica stayed there for so long.
Suggestions for this new series of “if-1”/“what if-1” What if Senna survived What if Villeneuve survived What if Peterson survived What if Mansell doesn’t suffer the tyre blow out in 86 What if the Brabham fan car doesn’t get withdrawn (Lauda 78 champion but Bernie not viewed the same amongst paddock going into FOCAvsFISA) What if Pironi doesn’t have his career ending accident What if Button joined Williams with the contract snafu in 2004/5 What if Toyota stayed in F1 What if BMW didn’t stop developing the 2008 car What if Hulkenberg got the Merc seat (might be too early to do this one) What if the FIA DSQ Prost in 89 or Senna in 90 for Suzuka crashes What if Coulthard stays 1 more year (2009 Red Bull had a car better than Brawn for large parts of the year, however lacked winning experience and made silly errors) What if 2008 Brazil GP ends one lap early /Massa champion What if no hydraulics issue for Hamilton Brazil 07 What if Montoya doesn’t leave for NASCAR in 2006
If the rain shower hadn't happened in Brazil 2008, Lewis would've finished fifth ahead of Vettel, and the end of the race would've been a lot less interesting. But if the race had been one lap shorter, the risk/reward analysis in whether or not to pit with three laps to go would've been very different. Who knows, Hamilton and Massa might've stayed out?
@@elliotcrossan6290 yeah good point, I was trying to think of a way of proposing the what if question. What if the weather reports were wrong and it didn’t start raining as hard as it did isn’t as catchy
First, I love the concept and agree with nearly everything you said. I do think that Ickx/Oliver would still have won LeMans. Suggestions? -The 1976 German GP is canceled due to Niki Lauda's convincing the rest of the drivers that the track is too unsafe -Bruce McLaren survives his testing crash at Goodwood -The plane crash that took the lives of Graham Hill, Tony Brice, etc. doesn't happen -The 1955 LeMans tragedy never happened, so Mercedes remains in racing after 1955
Other alternative history ideas: - Bellof and Mansell together at Ferrari and/or Williams at some point in the late 80’s. - Senna’s four Williams titles on the bounce from 1994 to 1997. - John Barnard not being the angriest man in the world and somehow managing to sit still at McLaren through to the noughties, before retiring. - The 90’s cars if Senna didn’t end up brown bread. Wide track, 3.5 litre engines, sexier looking aero, massive diffusers etc, Prost back at McLaren. - Villeneuve v Pironi: Pironi drop’s out on lap ten with an alternator failure at Imola 1982 and both survive to continue their careers deep into the 1980’s.
I can help you for Villeneuve v Pironi scenario so here's my story 1982:Ferrari got a double DNF in San Marino GP Villeneuve/Pironi survives Zolder & Hockenheim Didier Pironi won the 1982 F1 championship while Rosberg/Villeneuve at top 3 in F1 standings 1983:Gilles Villeneuve departs from Ferrari to join Mclaren(Niki Lauda doesn't comeback to F1) also it affects Enzo Ferrari-Gilles Villeneuve friendship Tambay moves to Ligier-Ford Didier Peroni unable to beat fast-charging Piquet to 1983 F1 title while G.Villeneuve in 10th F1 standings 1984:Gilles Villeneuve lack of racing discipline cost him of 1984 F1 title to Alain Prost while Pironi/Alboreto(Arnoux went back to Renault) didn't have strong car to fight for the title 1985:Gilles Villeneuve attempts to take 1985 F1 title with maturity and hard work but ended up failing to reach the goal mainly terrible bad lucks in last 4 races to go while Pironi haven't done much improvent yet at Ferrari in 4th F1 standings 1986:Keke Rosberg moved to Brabham(implying that Warwick joined Arrows) and finished his career while S.Johansson went to Osella team Prost,Mansell and Villeneuve was in contention to take 1986 F1 title(Pironi and Piquet were out of the hunt) in 1986 Aussie GP,Mansell suffers a puncture & DNF while Villeneueve attempts to catch Prost fails because of another puncture and forcing him to pit and Prost winning 1986 F1 title 1987:Didier Pironi leaves Ferrari to join Ligier with Rene Arnoux while G.Villeneuve time with Mclaren will end sooner anyways Piquet won the 1987 F1 title while Prost & Villeneuve can't catch him quickly 1988:Didier Peroni retires from F1(S.Johansson takes the seat) and Gilles Villeneuve left Mclaren to join Arrows,replacing retiring Eddie Cheever Gilles nearly outscored his teammate Warwick but his costly DNF's gives him 9th in F1 standings(also outscoring Mansell & Patrese too) 1989:Gilles can't beat his teammate Warwick for 2nd time,finish in 11th F1 standings 1990:Gilles Villeneuve retires from F1 and joins 1990 CART season and retiring from 1994 CART season,he never won a CART championship but he did manage finish at top 5 in 1991-93 standings 1996-2006:he regulary helps his son Jacques in F1 and gave him more motivation 1997:he also mediates Jacques Villeneuve-MSC 1997 Jerez controversial incident currently:he is a team ambassador to Ferrari and Indycar commentator
I love this, especially when its actually 100% believable, I could see all this and also considering Clark/Hill did Indy 500 starts I could see Le Mans too, and it'd be Hill and Clark with triple crowns
1. Senna not dying at Imola 2. Lauda not crashing at the Nurburgring 3. Hamilton not going to Mercedes 4. Villeneuve not dying at Zonder 5. Brabham fan car not being banned 6. Williams active suspension not being banned
The sources I've read (Motor Sport magazine) say that Jim Clark actually had intended to retire from F1 at the end of the 1968 season. His first win in 1968 was his 25th and made him the new record-holder by having one more than the great Fangio, so he really had nothing more to prove. Considering that 39 year old Graham Hill won the 1968 title in real history it's a given Jim Clark would have won his 3rd title had he lived. The main reason Clark had intended to retire after the 1968 season however was because he was all too aware of the risks of having a lethal or crippling accident the longer one raced in this era. The most likely scenario of Clark not having his lethal Hockenheim accident is that he wins his 3rd title and calls it a day. As for Jackie Stewart's quest for improved safety. Well, does he still go about it with the same fervor? Jim Clark's death was a pivotal moment and Jackie Stewart famously said:"If it could happen to *him* then it could happen to any of us." (Chris Amon had said it too). Clark's death also made all the other drivers rally behind Stewart's concern for safety more. The 1969 LeMans scenario is unlikely too. First of all Ford had decided to withdraw all Ford factory teams at the end of 1967 when it became clear the new 1968 rules would limit the maximum displacement to 5,0 liters and thereby make the GT40 MkIV 7,0 liter go the way of the dodo. Hence the John Wyer Automotive bought the rights to racing the GT40 (Mk I) with the small-block engine. Does John Wyer have anything to offer Jim Clark (and Jackie Stewart who at this time is four years away from being the most successful Ford-powered driver in F1) ? The thing is that the GT40 really was past its prime by 1969 and Porsche had already won the 1969 WSC title by the time of LeMans. Fact is Porsche were favorites of winning their first LeMans outright. In the race itself the legendary Porsche 917 darted away in the distance and led for 90% of the race when the gearbox gave up. While Ickx ultimately won the race in his GT40 he did so by the skin of his death since the Porsche 908 driven by Hans Herrmann was right on his tail in the final hour and the two kept overtaking each other for the lead. In the end Ickx's winning margin was a mere 120 meters. My point is that Porsche won 7 of the 10 races in the 1969 WSC and the Ford only 2 - with the 24 Hours of LeMans really being a last victory, and a rather lucky one at that. It takes little to butterfly away this victory. Far less than Jim Clark still racing in 1969, driving for John Wyer and finishing the race. For all we know Jim Clark might have given chase to the super-fast Porsche 917 and retired the GT40 he was driving. Let's assume that Jim Clark wins the 1968 Monaco GP and the 1969 LeMans. Graham Hill still had three Monaco wins in 1963, 1964, 1965 and his Indy500 win in 1966. What stops him from getting that Matra drive in 1972 and winning like he does in real history? Also if he's not a seriously injured in 1969 he should be even more likely of winning it. As for Tyrrell's "starting its downfall". Oh, I don't know. Jody Scheckter was still in contention for the 1974 title going into the last race of the season. Fact is Scheckter was merely 1 point beind the leading Regazzoni and 2 points ahead of Fittipaldi at the Italian GP with two more races to go so he certainly looked like the champion at that stage having scored consistently. Had Francois Cevert lived and been the Tyrrell lead driver in 1974... Jackie Stewart certainly believed Cevert was a "future champion" and admitted that he saw Cevert easily tail him in many races but never racing him because it was agreed that Stewart was the team number 1. With Stewart retired for 1974 and Cevert being elevated to team leader... Colin Chapman knew that Graham Hill was getting rather long in the tooth (even back then) and was always keen on finding new driving talent. Even if Jim Clark survives and Hill somehow hasn't as serious a crash in 1969 I can't see Chapman keeping him after 1969. 1970 is probably the longest he could possibly have remained at Lotus and I still se Chapman trying to find somebody young and fast to challenge Clark. If Rindt doesn't get the Lotus drive in 1969 he stays at Brabham - which actually was good enough to have Jacky Ickx finish 2nd to Stewart in the championship. With a Cosworth DFV behind him Rindt probably wins some races and Chapman gives him a call in 1970... With Clark and Hill both at Lotus until 1972 - what happens to the great Emerson Fittipaldi? I reckon the Tyrrell 003 is pretty unstoppable in than hands of Jackie Stewart in 1971. As for an alternate history: How about Bertrand Gachot never socking that taxi driver, thereby never ending up in jail and thereby preventing Schumacher from making his sensational debut at Spa in 1991 driving the nimble Jordan (good enough to have DeCesaris be in 2nd with 3 more laps to go...) ? How does Schumacher enter F1 and what will the trajectory be? What team has a seat for him in 1992 (I'd say he gets Wendlinger's seat at March - the former Leyton House)...
Rindt surviving at Brabham, with Jack retiriing in 68-69, Ickx coming in from the Gulf sponsorship and Jack then leaving the team possibly 71-72 instead of immediately at the end of 1970 is an interesting idea too, Ecclestone is still tied to Rindt, invests in the team and Rindt may well have got a title in the mid 70's and survived too. Jack only dropped the team because of a tense home situation made worse from continuing driving in 1970 and he might have been able to stay longer in the sport, giving the Brabham kids an early start in F1 which then stops Ron Tauranac from starting RALT up again and conquering F2/F3 as he'd have a reason to stay with his mate in motorsport. Loved the video. Good thinking material!
Other ideas, Ayrton Senna surviving that horrific crash of 1994, Ken Miles not being killed at Riverside in 1966 testing the Ford J Car, also Stefan Bellof driving a Ferrari in 1986 and being the first German world champion in 1987 or something (I just realised 2 of the 3 wishes I had made on this comment were answered by the end of the video!!) also I would love to see a Senna vs Bellof fight in the 1990s something that puts Senna vs Prost in the shade.....
Your overrating Bellof super hard. He barely beat Brundle and he is Senna tier? He had one rated drive and thats because he was using an illegal car and the NA's were better in the wet than the Turbo's
Gilles Villeneuve and Francois Cevert would be interesting ones for me. Especially Cevert, I think Tyrrell could have realistically remained contenders for a lot longer, and thus had more sponsorship opportunities, which snowballs. Potentially could still be on the grid, like Williams.
@@the420secrets6 Brundle was a top tier talent, nearly beat Senna in British F3. The crash that broke his ankles affected his pace. Beating Brundle was big in the mid 80s
This would have heavily impacted Emerson Fittipaldi, without the title win in 1972 or drive at Lotus does he go to McLaren earlier? Keep his 1974 win, as a 1 time world champion does he jump ship to his brothers team? I doubt it, what if he stays at McLaren, this would probably take the 1976 title away from James Hunt. This is a bigger deal than it seems because that title fight was a big part of F1’s growth in the UK.
Man this is a great idea for a new series. Might I add a few ideas? What if Hamilton doesn't leave McLaren in the end of 2012? What if Schumacher doesn't sign for Ferrari in 1995? What if Rosberg doesn't retire in 2016? What if Ricciardo doesn't leave red bull in the end of 2018?
Alongside Hammy, what if Schumacher decided at the start of 2012 to sign a new deal, meaning no Mercedes move for Hammy. Schumacher then gets the all conquering hybrid Merc instead.
Absolutely love this idea - nobody else is doing this kind of work on YT currently. Here are some future ideas: - What if Ayrton Senna survives Imola 94? - What if Honda never left in 2008? - What if Hamilton chose to stay at McLaren in 2013? - What if Glock holds off Hamilton to the line in Brazil 2008? - What if the FIA/FISA + FOCA/FOTA split happened (1982 or 2009, your choice).
Great video! I’d love to see a what if storyline in which Sir Frank Williams never got injured in that car crash in France and was able to retain Adrian Newey at Williams. Would the Williams BMW partnership be dominant during the early 2000’s? What would have happend to McLaren? Would Ralph be the most successful Schumacher? Maybe Jaques or Damon would’ve been multiple world-champions
The one thing you left out is that Lotus was still running at the Indy 500 in 1968. After Clark's death, Chapman got Mike Spence to replace him and Spence ended up getting killed in practice at Indy. So even if Clark had survived Hockenheim, he would have only lived another month.
Excellent story. Very believable. Graham Hill was very protective over his younger colleagues. And the developments were not unrealistic (technical and personal/professional). My only change, were it my story - and it would be a far less interesting one! - is that JC would have retired at the end of that year and spent the rest of his days on his farm. But if he were to stay, yeah, I can see your timeline working.
Jim Clark has to be one of the most naturally talented drivers ever! And by far the greatest of his day! I just wish I could have witnessed his driving myself, but unfortunately I was born 31 years after his death...
Awesome Content! You should also do a "What If" Episode on Roland Ratzenburger (Apologies if I misspelled Roland's last name, I'm a American whose F1 knowledge comes from your Content) and Gilles Villeneuve (once again, apologies if name is Misspelled) Keep up the amazing work!
Apparently the reason JC wasn’t art Brands was Alan Mann hadn’t confirmed in writing the seat was Jimmy’s. Before Colin Chapman got Ford onboard with the DFV he tried to get money out of BSR, Britain’s biggest record player manufacturer and David Brown of Aston Martin fame. Given what’s going on in the real world at the moment an Aston DFV is a meaty conjecture, it would lessen the reliance on 007 and give them Gp, Indy and Le Mans victories to publicise.
Unhappy with the unstable car, didn't really want to be there, starting to look at life away from racing......the parallels between Clark at Hockenheim and Senna at Imola really are eerie.
Jim Clark when I was just over a year old when he died, never saw him race, but I regard him as the best racing driver ever, plus being very modest and unassuming.
I really like this series. I'm looking forward to more videos like that. May I suggest "what if Fittipaldi hasn't raced for Copersucar?" I've always thought that was way too early and he still had a lot to show, especially since Enzo Ferarri was so keen on having him.
If I may, I'd like to suggest: what if Tim Richmond had never passed away? Come to think of it, he's probably deserving of a Story Time video in his own right.
This is an interesting thought exercise, but, in my opinion, you've missed a few key things that, I think, would quite likely have happened: 1.Emerson Fittipaldi. With all the success and money Clark and Hill were generating for Lotus, Chapman would make a third car available, as some teams would do back then, to give younger drivers a chance. Hill was a great driver, but, after his escape from serious injury at that race in Watkins Glen in 1969, he still penned his successful book and gained a lot of popularity as a television personality, carving out a new and lucrative TV career with his wit and knowledge of racing. As he was raising a young family , he chose to race part-time in sports car racing, when his television commitments would allow, still winning Le Mans in 1972 in the Matra with Henri Pescarolo and being able to campaign and advocate through television for greater safety for not just public roads but also racing tracks. Hill survives beyond 1975, as his TV contract doesn't allow him to fly planes as it's too much of an insurance risk. Fittipaldi still gets scouted by Chapman and signed to drive the third car in 1970, ultimately replacing Hill for 1971, where he'd show off his talent. When Clark retires at the end of 1972, Rindt replaces him at Lotus, having carved out a solid career at Brabham. Rindt and Chapman clash heavily and the toxic atmosphere causes a souring of the relationship between Chapman, Rindt and Fittipaldi, with Fittipaldi leaving for McLaren and Rindt returning to lead Ecclestone's Brabham at the end of 1973. Chapman then signs Petersen and Hunt for 1974, who both stay with Lotus for several years, where they are always competitive. Fittipaldi brings title success to Teddy Mayer's McLaren, who then bring in Wilson Fittipaldi in a consulting role to keep Emerson (by now a F1 World Champion) happy. Fittipaldi is joined by Mario Andretti for 1975 at the behest of Marlboro, who want an American in the car, who promptly shows up Fittipaldi and wins the 1975 title in a close fought race against Lauda's Ferrari and Petersen's Lotus. Jacky Ickx stays at Ferrari, first alongside Mario Andretti (convinced by Enzo to drive full-time from 1971 until 1974) and then Niki Lauda, who finally manage to break the McLaren-Lotus-Tyrrell streak of championships by winning in 1976. 2. Jackie Stewart. With the hugely talented grid above him Stewart wins his only World Championship in 1973 at his 100th Grand Prix at Watkins Glen. He retires and is replaced by Peter Revson (thanks to safety advances made by Hill, Stewart and Clark, Revson does not crash and perish in 1974 as he's now not in a Shadow). Revson and Cevert keep Tyrrell close to the front of the field all through the 1970s., thanks to Revson's family sponsorship. So you now have 5 very competitive teams all through the 1970s with Lotus, Ferrari, McLaren, Tyrrell and Brabham. Talent will always find a way to show itself
Aidan; Fantasy or not this was a beautiful story and with your vast racing knowledge and exceptional story telling ability it took me to a place in my mind that I'd never imagined. Thank you for ending the way you did with Jim Clark as the greatest driver who ever lived which, as you mentioned, I've always believed even in real life. Thank you for your wonderful idea!
Here's my story 1990:Berger remained with Ferrari while Prost remains more loyal to Mclaren Prost would have certainly won 1990 San Marino GP and 1990 Hungary GP Prost capitalize on Senna consecutive 3rd DNF to win 1990 F1 WDC 1991:Alesi join Ferrari Senna winning 2nd F1 WDC in 1991 while Prost in 2nd at F1 standings 1992:Senna/Prost were overpowered by Williams in result Mansell 1st WDC 1993:Michael Andretti never joined F1,Ricardo Patrese remained with Williams,Brundle remained with Benetton and Eddie Irvine joined Ligier Prost dominates 1993 F1 season and giving him a 5 F1 WDC while Senna unable to catch Prost due DNF's 1994:Prost retired from F1,Senna moves to Williams to replace retiring Patrese Mclaren signs Brundle and Hakkinen while Irvine left Ligier to join Jordan MSC wins the 1994 F1 WDC
I like this "view of What If...?" Yes! Jimmy Clark, in my opinion since literally being an auto racing fan since 1963 when I was in my 12th to 13th year of life. Clark was #1 to me since I saw him at Indy in 1963 to the tragic time he died in April of 1968. STILL...I claimed Jim as #1 of my all-time favorite auto racing drivers (and, that's been many in Indy Champ Car and its related forms of "open wheel American racing") , F-1 drivers, and some of NASCAR. With the "natural talent" Jimmy had...Had the man lived even to now-a-days (September, 2024, when I am commenting on this episode), I would have made it a point in my 60 plus years of auto racing's following, to meet and chat for awhile with "my All-Time Hero of Auto Racing": the great Jim Clark of Scotland. Good show of "What If...?"
Nice new series Love you to do: What if Senna had moved to CART for the 1993 season? What if Tony George hadn't created the IRL and the split didn't happen?
@Mrmayhembac: You have just mentioned the two BEST ideas for Aidan to add to this "what if" series. Both scenarios would have totally changed the face of all American Racing Series...Especially NASCAR and it's meteoric rise in popularity during the 1990's and early 2000's. (That is, The era prior to all of NASCAR's concocted gimmickry's. Thus the beginning of that series "nose dive" of credibility!)
Senna adored Clark. Like how Hamilton adores Senna. Ayrton even visited the school Jim went too. I'd love to know how differently Hamilton or Ayrton would be if they had mentorship from their idols. like how Vettel had from Schumacher
Great Idea ! i have ideas for four more episodes : What if Senna survived Imola ? What if Mercedes never left the sport in 1955 ? What if Red Bull team never existed ? maybe Ford would have an F1 team ? What if BMW continued to develop the car in 2008 ? Kubica would win ? Or other teams ?
What if Honda stayed for 2009? What if Moss has better reliability in 1959? What if Mercedes never bought Brawn out? What if Rindt didn't crash at Monza in 1970? What if Lauda hadn't crashed at the Nurburgring in 1976? What if Michelin didn't have to change there tyres mid 2003? What if Ground effect didn't get banned in F1? the possibilities are endless
What if Roberto Moreno got a story time episode? In early December 2019, a man by the name of Jimmy Broadbent unexpectedly visited Aidan's house, and said "WE WANT MORENNNNNOOOOOOOO!!!!!". Aidan said no, but then Jimmy said "I'll give you my GT-R...". Aidan said yes, planning to sell the car and get richer. On the 19th of December, a new story time named "It's here... Roberto Moreno story time" becomes viral, gaining 100M views in the first 24hrs, massively boosting Roberto's fame and become an internet sensation. By Christmas, the video had over 2B views, and Aidan now had 10M subs and became a millionaire just before the new year. By then end of Januray, the video surpassed Despacito and became the most viewed video on UA-cam ever, with over 10B views, meaning half the population of the globe had watched it at least twice. Aidan now had 50M subs, and was a multi-millionaire, and, with his new found richness, he joined a world-class science school, with the intention of making a drug to lap Daytona 5 seconds faster per lap in iRacing in preparation for winning the 2021 Daytona 24 hours in top split. On February 25th, at a science lab in Devon, "Devon International Chemistry Club" or D.I.C.C was founded by Mr.Millward. However, by mid March, the COVID 19 pandemic had cancelled every Formula One race until further notice, angering all F1 fans among the world. Aidan abandoned his project of making the "Daytona Drug" and investing more time and money into making a COVID killer. In April 2020, Roberto Moreno repaid Aidan's favour of making him famous by endorsing the devoloping vaccine internationally, and since his global reach was unparralleled, in a survey on April 9 showed that 100% of participants would agree to take the vaccine, as long as it was made by D.I.C.C. By July, the team of scientists in D.I.C.C grew from 5 at it's founding to a team of over 2,600 scientists, with many more along the way, due to Roberto Moreno ncouraging young people to enter the Science field. On August 3rd 2020, Maria Galicia, a Spanish member of D.I.C.C, announced to the world that she had found a vaccine that was 99.969% effective against COVID in people of all age. Aidan named the vaccine "D.I.C.C Super Ultimate Covid Killer" or D.I.C.C S.U.C.K for short. by August 5th, D.I.C.C S.U.C.K was being enrolled. By August 31st, there were zero live cases of COVID in the United Kingdom and everyone had been give a D.I.C.C S.U.C.K, effectivley making the United Kingdom immune from COVID. Fans were allowed in races from September 2nd, and a whole new influx of races were being held in the UK, since fans were allowed to attend, with races in Brands Hatch, Donington Park and Snetterton all planning to hold races. However, only Brands would get to hold one, since the entire of Europe has been injected with D.I.C.C S.U.C.K by September 7th, meaning all races that had been cancelled to return with fans, but with a twist, since Aidan funded Magny Cours to get the French GP back to it's home, since another Paul Ricard lullaby would be "Unnaceptable." By Sptember 13th, every country (bar North Korea and the newly formed nation of Mazepin Island, after Dimitry Mazepin wanted to isolate himself and his son from COVID, gaining no information from the outside world and thus, ignorant to D.I.C.C S.U.C.K), had been handed and injected with D.I.C.C S.U.C.K, and by October 29th, the WHO announced that it COVID had been irradicated. On October 30th, Prime Minister Boris Johnson gave special permission to get Aidan knighted early, thus become "Sir Aidan Millward" and Roberto Moreno overwhelmingly won the Brasilian general election by 96%. Before the new year closed however, Aidan surpassed Jeff Bezos to become the richest man in the world and in October 2022, became the worlds first trillionaire. D.I.C.C bought out EA and now holds the lisence for F1 and WRC games, with IGN consistently giving them 10/10 saying "A little something for everyone, but A LITTLE EXTRA on top." In January 2023, Liberty Media lost F1 and was now in the hands of D.I.C.C, and the sport gained massive popularity due to it become way more exciting. Williams won the constructors title by 9 points from McLaren and Daniel Riccardo and George Russell tied on points, brining a one hotlap showdown in Devon, at the Circuit Of Covid Killer in Aidans back garden. Russell outlapped Riccardo by just 0.069 secs to win the title, becoming the first Williams driver to win the title since 1997.
@@Truenofan86 It was a REAL Ford F1 team, they just used the name Jaguar to promote, well, Jaguar since they owned them art the time. This came about after they bought out the independent Stewart GP (so I'm not sure why you are bringing them up). By your logic, Alpine F1 isn't the Renault F1 team because it's not called Renault anymore.
Jimmy Clark to me is by far, the greatest driver of all time. His skill across different types of racing disciplines is without peer, no driver in history comes close to Jim's natural skill. Look at Jim's 1965 results, no one driver past or present could achieve these results. JC's drive in the 1967 Monza GP where he made up 1 full lap is virtually impossible - I still can not understand how a driver could do this - exceptional. Dr Tim White
Fred Gamble, Goodyear International Racing Director in the 60's, wrote to ON TRACK magazine and, in the 23 May '93 issue, his letter - headed "Time For The Truth" - was published. This what Fred had to say. "Concerning the circumstances of Jimmy Clark's death...maybe it is time the truth is told. I was privileged to be a part of that era and a friend of Jimmy's, so was just as devastated as everyone else when he was killed. His car had a rear suspension failure; sadly one of the frequent and well-known results of the brilliant but fragile Lotus cars of that era. "I was Goodyear's first director of international racing at the time and, as Firestone was contracted to Lotus, after the accident and rumors of a tire failure, Firestone engineers showed me the tire off the Clark car, not deflated or failed, but obviously dragged sideways after a suspension failure. Jimmy would have had a chance of dealing with a puncture and deflation but suspension failure, no way could he have controlled the car. "I can understand Firestone not wanting to 'blame' Lotus car failure because of their corporate relationship with Lotus and Colin Chapman...I think those of us in the sport at the time who knew the details of Jimmy's death have probably kept quiet out of respect for Colin Chapman's brilliance as a designer, but more because the great Jim Clark was like a son to Chapman. I'm sure Chapman knew the cause of the accident but to have been publicly condemned for a fragile design failure might have been emotionally too much for Colin to bear." You could argue that a suspension failure was unlikely because of the gentle nature of the corner, the damp conditions and the fact that Clark, strangely off form, was not battling through from eighth place. On the other hand, that same car had been rear-ended during the previous race in Barcelona one week before. Perhaps there was an unseen weakness. Who knows?
Apparently Gilles Villeneuve was in talks to sign for McLaren for 1983. So if he had survived through 1982 he would have joined McLaren in 1983, which means Prost probably wouldn't have joined in 1984. He would have fought Lauda for the 84 Championship instead, and then would have probably been Champion in 85 and 86 instead of Prost. It would have been Villeneuve who would have become Senna's great rival instead, and who knows what would have happened on in to the 90s. Prost, who was fed up with Renault by the end of 1983 would probably have joined Williams or maybe Ferrari for 1984. If he joins Williams, Piquet stays at Brabham, or maybe joins Senna at Lotus for 1986. Then when Mansell joins Ferrari in 1989, Piquet moves over to join Prost at Williams. So you have Senna and Villeneuve at McLaren, Prost and Piquet at Williams, and Mansell at Ferrari. How things could have been but for fate playing it's hand
Given that Graham Hill didn’t found his own team, may I suggest Damon had his dad a lot longer? Which probably means he starts his racing career earlier (doing better with Graham’s support) and he might use a different helmet design.
As a Welshman I’d love some Tom Pryce content, either What if Tom Pryce had lived, or apparently there was rumours of him joining Lotus instead of Ronnie Peterson, what if that had happened
You have to do one like that with senna. Would be great to hear what he would have done in the 95 to 97 cars.......... Maybe a goodbye stint at mclaren for 2 or 3 years............ We wouldn't have the michael today.
Here's my story 1952:Argentinian racing fans are shocked seeing the first Argentina F1 champion Juan Manuel Fangio died from injuries in Monza and due Fangio death,he can't defend the 1951 title 1952 & 1953:Ascari dominates the seasons with 2 WDC 1954:Jose Frolian Gonzalez took the opportunity to win his F1 title in 1954 and JFG and other Argentinian race car drivers pays tributes to Fangio at Buenos Aires cementery 1955:Moss took his 1st F1 title after inconsistency of Castellotti and Trintignant took out their championship hopes out 1956:Moss demolished the championship with his 2nd F1 title win 1957:Moss again dominates everyone in 1957 F1 championship with 3rd F1 title 1958:Moss went to Ferrari,in result Collins joins Vanwall Moss put the 4th title in hopes with strong consistency,it did work when Hawthorn suffered a DNF in German GP and Moss took advantage with 4th consecutive win in German,Portugal,Italy and Morocco GP another 4th F1 title for Moss 1959 & 1960:Brabham halts Moss consecutive championships streak in 59 and 60 1961:Von Trips & P.Hill fight for the championship while Moss keep it consistent in getting podiums and wins(4) and he won the 1961 Italian GP while P.Hill finished at 3rd plus getting another 5th F1 title 1962:Graham Hill won the 1962 F1 WDC while Moss and P.Hill fell into 6th & 7th F1 standings mainly underperforming car 1963:Moss joins Team Lotus,in result Trevor Taylor moving to Reg Parnell racing(Lola),Moss unable to beat Jim Clark for 1963 F1 WDC and finished in 2nd 1964:Moss,Clark,Surtees and Hill is now to take to win 1964 F1 WDC in Mexico GP After Hill and Clark were out of the hunt,now Moss challenges Surtees but Bandini block him from overtaking Surtees in results of 1964 F1 WDC is taken by Surtees 1965:Moss again unable to beat Jim Clark for 2nd time,in result of course another Clark 2nd F1 title 1966:Moss retired from F1,Peter Arundell is signed to join Team Lotus Brabham 3rd F1 title
I have a couple of ideas for other What ifs: 1) What if F1 had a US Grand Prix between 1992-1999? (where, when and maybe some altered history), 2) What if someone else sponsored Haas in 2019 (Amazon, Nintendo, UA-cam or even Penske himself)? 3) What if Chip Ganassi joined F1? It could have been in 1996 (buying Forti) or in late 2007/early 2008, saving Super Aguri (before maybe shutting down because of the Lehman Brothers collapse).
Wonderful alternative reality account ! I still think it’s interesting that Ickx left F1 for sportscar racing because he thought fighting for the tenths of a second in practice made life too difficult/dangerous. I also wonder if Peterson also had forsaken F1 after the disastrous Lotus 76 that the two of them would each have had successful sportscar careers.🤔
@@truantray More like, "McLaren would have continued to suck"". After Senna won at Monaco in '93 it was eight races before a McLaren driver got to the podium, and it was Michael Andretti at Monza. If you've got Ayrton Senna in your race car and he goes eight races without a podium, you've got problems with your race car. But Ron Dennis would never admit that. Not to mention that in '94 McLaren had that crap Peugeot engine.
Bravo! I'd be so happy if your timeline was real that I don't even care that Emmo probably wouldn't be the first Brazilian to win a F1 Championship in it (his F1 debut would happen much later and he would join his brother in the Copersucar team before getting a competitive seat).
@@AidanMillward One the same as this but without COVID19 would certainly be better. Also looking forward to the one in which Ayrton Senna wins the WDC at least another two times, probably three.
Epic idea. Enjoyed the first one 1. Gilles Villenueve and Didier Pironi both walked away from their 1982 accidents unhurt. 2. Francois Cevert's accident never happened 3. Adrian Newey didn't leave Williams
It's a shame that there isn't a lot of footage for Clark just to show he clearly is one of the greatest ever and for that reason sadly i think he will become forgotten about in more years to come, would love to see a what if Bruce McLaren survived, 100% agree that Clark is the greatest all round driver tho.
For senna, I think it would be interesting to ask the question, what if formula 1 had not banned all the technological advancements in the 1993 williams?
@@MrSniperfox29 well yeah, but others would be working on the same sort of tech. With Senna still in the picture, how long would Williams dominate before another team catches up to them? More important, what would F1 look like today if the FIA weren't so ban-happy?
@@alaeriia01 Apparently technologywise McLaren had caught them up, but they just lacked a good engine. Obviously if Benetton get their mitts on Renault engines for 1995 they become competition, and since that deal had nothing to do with performance it's likely it still happens.
Or: -What if USAC hadn't lost its top people in a 1978 plane crash, causing owners to lose faith in the organization -What if Tony George hadn't created the Indy Racing League, keeping CART teams out of the Indy 500 which lead to defections by their top teams
Seeing Clarke and Stewart at 80+ wandering the pits would have been glorious.
*Clark
That would've been soooo cooooool
This would have been wonderful. Jim was definitely the best all round driver we have ever seen in any car. So sad we missed out on him being with us.
I agree it would have been awesome. But would he? He was a quiet farmer. Perhaps he would never have gone to the track.
One of the biggest thrills of my life was at the Laguna Seca historic care races in Monterey California, around either 1984 or ‘85. I walked around a car trailer and there stood Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss along with I believe someone with Road & Track magazine. I took a coupe of pictures and they were kind enough to each give me their autographs. I’ll never forget it!
Copyright: _exists_
Aidan: Fine, I'll make my own stories, with blackjack and hookers.
In fact....forget the stories and the Blackjack
@@davidvasquez08 instead of Mighty car mods : Distinctly adequate car modifications for a more efficient car that doesn't piss of Senna .
Potential idea: what if Hamilton stayed at McLaren and Yenson went back to his old mates at Brackley in 2013
GET IN THERE JENSON
Or Hulk went to Mercedes instead
What if Michael Schumacher took a pay cut to go to Honda in 2008 because of his old pal Ross Brawn becoming the team principal?
@@Spermwhales93 then Honda prob would have stayed so no brawn or merc
@@TinyBearTim Honda might have left anyway because of late 2008 economic crisis.
Racing God JIM CLARK - Unmatched Maestro. By far the Greatest Driver Ever - No doubt. He is and was "The Best of the Best" (Fangio, Senna, Prost, Stewart and countless others about Clark). No other driver in history until today was so superior as Clark - No other driver as so much "Grand Slam" - Pole/Win/Fastest Lap/Leading every lap of the race - like him. And all that from just 72 starts... !
This man is the Olymp of driving - the Michelangelo of racing - a dynamic art at the highest level. So smooth, so precise, so fast....simply out of this world. One, who won in Spa by 5 minutes (!) in monsoon rain with only one hand at the wheel (!) because of gearbox trouble...One, who takes back a complete lap (!) in Monza and back into the lead... One, who took pole on the original 22,8 km Nürburgring track by 9 (!) seconds and more....One who won Indy by 2 whole (!) laps...
In 1965 he had the most succesful year of any driver in the history of the sport: He won the F1 World Championship, the Tasman Series with F1 cars, the Indy 500, the British and French F2 Championship, the British Touring car Championship, totally over 50 (!) victories in one season !!!! For eternity and by lightyears unmatched in the sport. That`s just some examples of his mesmeric unique genius...
Kubica not having his accident and moving to Ferrari for next episode?
If we believe Kubica (since Ferrari themselves have never commented on it) the following happens
Kubica spends 2012 being Alonso's lap dog before the Mercedes revolution occurs in 2013 leading to him picking up maybe a handful of podiums over the next few years before Ferrari decide to sack him.
Kubica/Alonso at Ferrari would have been interesting
Well, Ferrari couldn't build good car at that time, so I don't think that Kubica's stint would be as dreamy as we would think. Ferrari finally built good car in 2017, but I'm not sure if Kubica stayed there for so long.
I second that
If only this were true. Jim Clark in my eyes is the greatest ever. Brilliant 👏
Definitely
Imagine the alternative history if Roberto Moreno Story Time existed
What if Moreno had just decided "sod this, I'm going home"?
@@Mateus_Carvalho the world would collapse in on itself
Suggestions for this new series of “if-1”/“what if-1”
What if Senna survived
What if Villeneuve survived
What if Peterson survived
What if Mansell doesn’t suffer the tyre blow out in 86
What if the Brabham fan car doesn’t get withdrawn (Lauda 78 champion but Bernie not viewed the same amongst paddock going into FOCAvsFISA)
What if Pironi doesn’t have his career ending accident
What if Button joined Williams with the contract snafu in 2004/5
What if Toyota stayed in F1
What if BMW didn’t stop developing the 2008 car
What if Hulkenberg got the Merc seat (might be too early to do this one)
What if the FIA DSQ Prost in 89 or Senna in 90 for Suzuka crashes
What if Coulthard stays 1 more year (2009 Red Bull had a car better than Brawn for large parts of the year, however lacked winning experience and made silly errors)
What if 2008 Brazil GP ends one lap early /Massa champion
What if no hydraulics issue for Hamilton Brazil 07
What if Montoya doesn’t leave for NASCAR in 2006
What if Rosberg was at mercedes in 2017 and 2018
What if Beloff lived to drive for Ferrari
What if Schumacher stayed with Ferrari till 2012
If the rain shower hadn't happened in Brazil 2008, Lewis would've finished fifth ahead of Vettel, and the end of the race would've been a lot less interesting. But if the race had been one lap shorter, the risk/reward analysis in whether or not to pit with three laps to go would've been very different. Who knows, Hamilton and Massa might've stayed out?
@@utkarshchaurasia2233 I think he should hold off on doing ones that are too recent, isn’t enough real timeline consequences to draw material from
@@elliotcrossan6290 yeah good point, I was trying to think of a way of proposing the what if question. What if the weather reports were wrong and it didn’t start raining as hard as it did isn’t as catchy
First, I love the concept and agree with nearly everything you said. I do think that Ickx/Oliver would still have won LeMans.
Suggestions?
-The 1976 German GP is canceled due to Niki Lauda's convincing the rest of the drivers that the track is too unsafe
-Bruce McLaren survives his testing crash at Goodwood
-The plane crash that took the lives of Graham Hill, Tony Brice, etc. doesn't happen
-The 1955 LeMans tragedy never happened, so Mercedes remains in racing after 1955
well, if that incident never had happened, Mercedes would've still retired from racing anyway.
Other alternative history ideas:
- Bellof and Mansell together at Ferrari and/or Williams at some point in the late 80’s.
- Senna’s four Williams titles on the bounce from 1994 to 1997.
- John Barnard not being the angriest man in the world and somehow managing to sit still at McLaren through to the noughties, before retiring.
- The 90’s cars if Senna didn’t end up brown bread. Wide track, 3.5 litre engines, sexier looking aero, massive diffusers etc, Prost back at McLaren.
- Villeneuve v Pironi: Pironi drop’s out on lap ten with an alternator failure at Imola 1982 and both survive to continue their careers deep into the 1980’s.
I can help you for Villeneuve v Pironi scenario so here's my story
1982:Ferrari got a double DNF in San Marino GP
Villeneuve/Pironi survives Zolder & Hockenheim
Didier Pironi won the 1982 F1 championship while Rosberg/Villeneuve at top 3 in F1 standings
1983:Gilles Villeneuve departs from Ferrari to join Mclaren(Niki Lauda doesn't comeback to F1) also it affects Enzo Ferrari-Gilles Villeneuve friendship
Tambay moves to Ligier-Ford
Didier Peroni unable to beat fast-charging Piquet to 1983 F1 title while G.Villeneuve in 10th F1 standings
1984:Gilles Villeneuve lack of racing discipline cost him of 1984 F1 title to Alain Prost while Pironi/Alboreto(Arnoux went back to Renault) didn't have strong car to fight for the title
1985:Gilles Villeneuve attempts to take 1985 F1 title with maturity and hard work but ended up failing to reach the goal mainly terrible bad lucks in last 4 races to go while Pironi haven't done much improvent yet at Ferrari in 4th F1 standings
1986:Keke Rosberg moved to Brabham(implying that Warwick joined Arrows) and finished his career
while S.Johansson went to Osella team
Prost,Mansell and Villeneuve was in contention to take 1986 F1 title(Pironi and Piquet were out of the hunt)
in 1986 Aussie GP,Mansell suffers a puncture & DNF while Villeneueve attempts to catch Prost fails because of another puncture and forcing him to pit and Prost winning 1986 F1 title
1987:Didier Pironi leaves Ferrari to join Ligier with Rene Arnoux while G.Villeneuve time with Mclaren will end sooner
anyways Piquet won the 1987 F1 title while Prost & Villeneuve can't catch him quickly
1988:Didier Peroni retires from F1(S.Johansson takes the seat) and Gilles Villeneuve left Mclaren to join Arrows,replacing retiring Eddie Cheever
Gilles nearly outscored his teammate Warwick but his costly DNF's gives him 9th in F1 standings(also outscoring Mansell & Patrese too)
1989:Gilles can't beat his teammate Warwick for 2nd time,finish in 11th F1 standings
1990:Gilles Villeneuve retires from F1 and joins 1990 CART season and retiring from 1994 CART season,he never won a CART championship but he did manage finish at top 5 in 1991-93 standings
1996-2006:he regulary helps his son Jacques in F1 and gave him more motivation
1997:he also mediates Jacques Villeneuve-MSC 1997 Jerez controversial incident
currently:he is a team ambassador to Ferrari and Indycar commentator
I love this, especially when its actually 100% believable, I could see all this and also considering Clark/Hill did Indy 500 starts I could see Le Mans too, and it'd be Hill and Clark with triple crowns
-Had Mansell pitted in Adelaide 86...
-Had Reutemann stayed in Ferrari or Williams not changed to goodyears in 81...
-Jean Alesi to williams in 1992
Great ideas!
@@Arrows Thank you. Even more could be said about the lost generation of the 1970’s. Roger Williamson, Tom Pryce, etc.
I'm so sad. Beautiful tribute and 'what if?', Aidan. He's my favourite driver.
1. Senna not dying at Imola
2. Lauda not crashing at the Nurburgring
3. Hamilton not going to Mercedes
4. Villeneuve not dying at Zonder
5. Brabham fan car not being banned
6. Williams active suspension not being banned
Don't forget Bruce McLaren.
The sources I've read (Motor Sport magazine) say that Jim Clark actually had intended to retire from F1 at the end of the 1968 season. His first win in 1968 was his 25th and made him the new record-holder by having one more than the great Fangio, so he really had nothing more to prove. Considering that 39 year old Graham Hill won the 1968 title in real history it's a given Jim Clark would have won his 3rd title had he lived.
The main reason Clark had intended to retire after the 1968 season however was because he was all too aware of the risks of having a lethal or crippling accident the longer one raced in this era. The most likely scenario of Clark not having his lethal Hockenheim accident is that he wins his 3rd title and calls it a day.
As for Jackie Stewart's quest for improved safety. Well, does he still go about it with the same fervor? Jim Clark's death was a pivotal moment and Jackie Stewart famously said:"If it could happen to *him* then it could happen to any of us." (Chris Amon had said it too). Clark's death also made all the other drivers rally behind Stewart's concern for safety more.
The 1969 LeMans scenario is unlikely too. First of all Ford had decided to withdraw all Ford factory teams at the end of 1967 when it became clear the new 1968 rules would limit the maximum displacement to 5,0 liters and thereby make the GT40 MkIV 7,0 liter go the way of the dodo. Hence the John Wyer Automotive bought the rights to racing the GT40 (Mk I) with the small-block engine. Does John Wyer have anything to offer Jim Clark (and Jackie Stewart who at this time is four years away from being the most successful Ford-powered driver in F1) ?
The thing is that the GT40 really was past its prime by 1969 and Porsche had already won the 1969 WSC title by the time of LeMans. Fact is Porsche were favorites of winning their first LeMans outright. In the race itself the legendary Porsche 917 darted away in the distance and led for 90% of the race when the gearbox gave up. While Ickx ultimately won the race in his GT40 he did so by the skin of his death since the Porsche 908 driven by Hans Herrmann was right on his tail in the final hour and the two kept overtaking each other for the lead. In the end Ickx's winning margin was a mere 120 meters.
My point is that Porsche won 7 of the 10 races in the 1969 WSC and the Ford only 2 - with the 24 Hours of LeMans really being a last victory, and a rather lucky one at that. It takes little to butterfly away this victory. Far less than Jim Clark still racing in 1969, driving for John Wyer and finishing the race.
For all we know Jim Clark might have given chase to the super-fast Porsche 917 and retired the GT40 he was driving.
Let's assume that Jim Clark wins the 1968 Monaco GP and the 1969 LeMans. Graham Hill still had three Monaco wins in 1963, 1964, 1965 and his Indy500 win in 1966. What stops him from getting that Matra drive in 1972 and winning like he does in real history? Also if he's not a seriously injured in 1969 he should be even more likely of winning it.
As for Tyrrell's "starting its downfall". Oh, I don't know. Jody Scheckter was still in contention for the 1974 title going into the last race of the season. Fact is Scheckter was merely 1 point beind the leading Regazzoni and 2 points ahead of Fittipaldi at the Italian GP with two more races to go so he certainly looked like the champion at that stage having scored consistently.
Had Francois Cevert lived and been the Tyrrell lead driver in 1974...
Jackie Stewart certainly believed Cevert was a "future champion" and admitted that he saw Cevert easily tail him in many races but never racing him because it was agreed that Stewart was the team number 1. With Stewart retired for 1974 and Cevert being elevated to team leader...
Colin Chapman knew that Graham Hill was getting rather long in the tooth (even back then) and was always keen on finding new driving talent. Even if Jim Clark survives and Hill somehow hasn't as serious a crash in 1969 I can't see Chapman keeping him after 1969. 1970 is probably the longest he could possibly have remained at Lotus and I still se Chapman trying to find somebody young and fast to challenge Clark. If Rindt doesn't get the Lotus drive in 1969 he stays at Brabham - which actually was good enough to have Jacky Ickx finish 2nd to Stewart in the championship. With a Cosworth DFV behind him Rindt probably wins some races and Chapman gives him a call in 1970...
With Clark and Hill both at Lotus until 1972 - what happens to the great Emerson Fittipaldi?
I reckon the Tyrrell 003 is pretty unstoppable in than hands of Jackie Stewart in 1971.
As for an alternate history: How about Bertrand Gachot never socking that taxi driver, thereby never ending up in jail and thereby preventing Schumacher from making his sensational debut at Spa in 1991 driving the nimble Jordan (good enough to have DeCesaris be in 2nd with 3 more laps to go...) ?
How does Schumacher enter F1 and what will the trajectory be? What team has a seat for him in 1992 (I'd say he gets Wendlinger's seat at March - the former Leyton House)...
There are infinite possibilities with this series
Rindt surviving at Brabham, with Jack retiriing in 68-69, Ickx coming in from the Gulf sponsorship and Jack then leaving the team possibly 71-72 instead of immediately at the end of 1970 is an interesting idea too, Ecclestone is still tied to Rindt, invests in the team and Rindt may well have got a title in the mid 70's and survived too. Jack only dropped the team because of a tense home situation made worse from continuing driving in 1970 and he might have been able to stay longer in the sport, giving the Brabham kids an early start in F1 which then stops Ron Tauranac from starting RALT up again and conquering F2/F3 as he'd have a reason to stay with his mate in motorsport.
Loved the video. Good thinking material!
The idea of this Series is suuuuuper SICK i absolutley LUV IT!!!!!!!!!
Half way in, chills and goose bumps like crazy. This is great, keep it coming.
Other ideas, Ayrton Senna surviving that horrific crash of 1994, Ken Miles not being killed at Riverside in 1966 testing the Ford J Car, also Stefan Bellof driving a Ferrari in 1986 and being the first German world champion in 1987 or something (I just realised 2 of the 3 wishes I had made on this comment were answered by the end of the video!!) also I would love to see a Senna vs Bellof fight in the 1990s something that puts Senna vs Prost in the shade.....
Your overrating Bellof super hard. He barely beat Brundle and he is Senna tier? He had one rated drive and thats because he was using an illegal car and the NA's were better in the wet than the Turbo's
Gilles Villeneuve and Francois Cevert would be interesting ones for me.
Especially Cevert, I think Tyrrell could have realistically remained contenders for a lot longer, and thus had more sponsorship opportunities, which snowballs. Potentially could still be on the grid, like Williams.
Another one is if Lauda never crashed at the Nordschliefe
What if we had a senna vs villeneuve? So basically, if gilles didn't die in 82
@@the420secrets6 Brundle was a top tier talent, nearly beat Senna in British F3. The crash that broke his ankles affected his pace. Beating Brundle was big in the mid 80s
We have not forgotten about this series Aidan, we want more
This would have heavily impacted Emerson Fittipaldi, without the title win in 1972 or drive at Lotus does he go to McLaren earlier? Keep his 1974 win, as a 1 time world champion does he jump ship to his brothers team? I doubt it, what if he stays at McLaren, this would probably take the 1976 title away from James Hunt.
This is a bigger deal than it seems because that title fight was a big part of F1’s growth in the UK.
Man this is a great idea for a new series. Might I add a few ideas?
What if Hamilton doesn't leave McLaren in the end of 2012?
What if Schumacher doesn't sign for Ferrari in 1995?
What if Rosberg doesn't retire in 2016?
What if Ricciardo doesn't leave red bull in the end of 2018?
Alongside Hammy, what if Schumacher decided at the start of 2012 to sign a new deal, meaning no Mercedes move for Hammy. Schumacher then gets the all conquering hybrid Merc instead.
@@MrSniperfox29 probably wouldn't have been able to keep up with rosberg
@@sam.s4816 Yes. He didn't keep up with Rosberg that well in 2010-2012 either, so I don't think Schumacher could've won more championships.
@@sam.s4816 But he would have picked up more wins along the way, extending his own record where as Hammy would have been an also ran
Absolutely love this idea - nobody else is doing this kind of work on YT currently. Here are some future ideas:
- What if Ayrton Senna survives Imola 94?
- What if Honda never left in 2008?
- What if Hamilton chose to stay at McLaren in 2013?
- What if Glock holds off Hamilton to the line in Brazil 2008?
- What if the FIA/FISA + FOCA/FOTA split happened (1982 or 2009, your choice).
Great video! I’d love to see a what if storyline in which Sir Frank Williams never got injured in that car crash in France and was able to retain Adrian Newey at Williams. Would the Williams BMW partnership be dominant during the early 2000’s? What would have happend to McLaren? Would Ralph be the most successful Schumacher? Maybe Jaques or Damon would’ve been multiple world-champions
The one thing you left out is that Lotus was still running at the Indy 500 in 1968. After Clark's death, Chapman got Mike Spence to replace him and Spence ended up getting killed in practice at Indy. So even if Clark had survived Hockenheim, he would have only lived another month.
I'm gonna look forward to this series. Clark is my local hero growing up 10 miles from Chirnside.
Being from the borders mine as well. There is something about the southern part of Scotland that produced some truly talented racers.
Excellent story. Very believable. Graham Hill was very protective over his younger colleagues. And the developments were not unrealistic (technical and personal/professional). My only change, were it my story - and it would be a far less interesting one! - is that JC would have retired at the end of that year and spent the rest of his days on his farm. But if he were to stay, yeah, I can see your timeline working.
Interesting one: If Senna went to CART in the 90s after the test.
I'd love to see that one
Too dangerous for most modern drivers. Ironic that a freak F1 accident killed him. You never can tell can you? Ask Schumacher . Skiing FFS !
How you don't have at least 100k subs is shocking to me. Your content is incredible.
Jim Clark has to be one of the most naturally talented drivers ever! And by far the greatest of his day! I just wish I could have witnessed his driving myself, but unfortunately I was born 31 years after his death...
This was great! I always wondered how many more titles Clark would’ve won, considering lotus was still competitive in the early 70s
"What if Jim Clark survived"
*pulls out an EL34*
Ok now you have my attention sir...
The second GOAT pentode, after the EL84
GREAT SCOTT.
Really enjoying the series, can we have one where Moss goes to Ferrari in the early 50s?
Or if Moss hadn't crashed and drove a Ferrari being run out of Rob Walker Racing, with Alf Francis as his mechanic, as was the plan
Love the T shirt.
What if Schumacher hadn't retired in 2012 and stayed on!
thank you for doing this. its something ive thought about it so much since jim was such an amazing driver
Awesome Content! You should also do a "What If" Episode on Roland Ratzenburger (Apologies if I misspelled Roland's last name, I'm a American whose F1 knowledge comes from your Content) and Gilles Villeneuve (once again, apologies if name is Misspelled) Keep up the amazing work!
Apparently the reason JC wasn’t art Brands was Alan Mann hadn’t confirmed in writing the seat was Jimmy’s.
Before Colin Chapman got Ford onboard with the DFV he tried to get money out of BSR, Britain’s biggest record player manufacturer and David Brown of Aston Martin fame.
Given what’s going on in the real world at the moment an Aston DFV is a meaty conjecture, it would lessen the reliance on 007 and give them Gp, Indy and Le Mans victories to publicise.
Unhappy with the unstable car, didn't really want to be there, starting to look at life away from racing......the parallels between Clark at Hockenheim and Senna at Imola really are eerie.
At Lotus Clark would have had a new car to look forward to for 1970 in the form of the Lotus 72
Oh Boi when you said fanfiction you weren't lying
Jim Clark when I was just over a year old when he died, never saw him race, but I regard him as the best racing driver ever, plus being very modest and unassuming.
If the big Le Mans 55 crash didn't happen could be an interesting one. Greatly changes Mercedes history in motorsport.
I really like this series. I'm looking forward to more videos like that. May I suggest "what if Fittipaldi hasn't raced for Copersucar?"
I've always thought that was way too early and he still had a lot to show, especially since Enzo Ferarri was so keen on having him.
If I may, I'd like to suggest: what if Tim Richmond had never passed away?
Come to think of it, he's probably deserving of a Story Time video in his own right.
You again
He has done NASCAR videos so he might. Tim Steele is deserving of a story time.
This is an interesting thought exercise, but, in my opinion, you've missed a few key things that, I think, would quite likely have happened:
1.Emerson Fittipaldi. With all the success and money Clark and Hill were generating for Lotus, Chapman would make a third car available, as some teams would do back then, to give younger drivers a chance. Hill was a great driver, but, after his escape from serious injury at that race in Watkins Glen in 1969, he still penned his successful book and gained a lot of popularity as a television personality, carving out a new and lucrative TV career with his wit and knowledge of racing. As he was raising a young family , he chose to race part-time in sports car racing, when his television commitments would allow, still winning Le Mans in 1972 in the Matra with Henri Pescarolo and being able to campaign and advocate through television for greater safety for not just public roads but also racing tracks. Hill survives beyond 1975, as his TV contract doesn't allow him to fly planes as it's too much of an insurance risk. Fittipaldi still gets scouted by Chapman and signed to drive the third car in 1970, ultimately replacing Hill for 1971, where he'd show off his talent. When Clark retires at the end of 1972, Rindt replaces him at Lotus, having carved out a solid career at Brabham. Rindt and Chapman clash heavily and the toxic atmosphere causes a souring of the relationship between Chapman, Rindt and Fittipaldi, with Fittipaldi leaving for McLaren and Rindt returning to lead Ecclestone's Brabham at the end of 1973.
Chapman then signs Petersen and Hunt for 1974, who both stay with Lotus for several years, where they are always competitive. Fittipaldi brings title success to Teddy Mayer's McLaren, who then bring in Wilson Fittipaldi in a consulting role to keep Emerson (by now a F1 World Champion) happy. Fittipaldi is joined by Mario Andretti for 1975 at the behest of Marlboro, who want an American in the car, who promptly shows up Fittipaldi and wins the 1975 title in a close fought race against Lauda's Ferrari and Petersen's Lotus. Jacky Ickx stays at Ferrari, first alongside Mario Andretti (convinced by Enzo to drive full-time from 1971 until 1974) and then Niki Lauda, who finally manage to break the McLaren-Lotus-Tyrrell streak of championships by winning in 1976.
2. Jackie Stewart. With the hugely talented grid above him Stewart wins his only World Championship in 1973 at his 100th Grand Prix at Watkins Glen. He retires and is replaced by Peter Revson (thanks to safety advances made by Hill, Stewart and Clark, Revson does not crash and perish in 1974 as he's now not in a Shadow). Revson and Cevert keep Tyrrell close to the front of the field all through the 1970s., thanks to Revson's family sponsorship.
So you now have 5 very competitive teams all through the 1970s with Lotus, Ferrari, McLaren, Tyrrell and Brabham. Talent will always find a way to show itself
Aidan; Fantasy or not this was a beautiful story and with your vast racing knowledge and exceptional story telling ability it took me to a place in my mind that I'd never imagined. Thank you for ending the way you did with Jim Clark as the greatest driver who ever lived which, as you mentioned, I've always believed even in real life. Thank you for your wonderful idea!
This is an amazing series
I think what if Prost didn’t leave McLaren in 1989
Here's my story
1990:Berger remained with Ferrari while Prost remains more loyal to Mclaren
Prost would have certainly won 1990 San Marino GP and 1990 Hungary GP
Prost capitalize on Senna consecutive 3rd DNF to win 1990 F1 WDC
1991:Alesi join Ferrari
Senna winning 2nd F1 WDC in 1991 while Prost in 2nd at F1 standings
1992:Senna/Prost were overpowered by Williams in result Mansell 1st WDC
1993:Michael Andretti never joined F1,Ricardo Patrese remained with Williams,Brundle remained with Benetton and Eddie Irvine joined Ligier
Prost dominates 1993 F1 season and giving him a 5 F1 WDC while Senna unable to catch Prost due DNF's
1994:Prost retired from F1,Senna moves to Williams to replace retiring Patrese
Mclaren signs Brundle and Hakkinen while Irvine left Ligier to join Jordan
MSC wins the 1994 F1 WDC
An alternative universe where Ferrari understand how strategy works after brawn leaves
Or one where Enzo is a chirpy, fun and sensitive owner.
I like this "view of What If...?" Yes! Jimmy Clark, in my opinion since literally being an auto racing fan since 1963 when I was in my 12th to 13th year of life.
Clark was #1 to me since I saw him at Indy in 1963 to the tragic time he died in April of 1968. STILL...I claimed Jim as #1 of my all-time favorite auto racing drivers (and, that's been many in Indy Champ Car and its related forms of "open wheel American racing") , F-1 drivers, and some of NASCAR.
With the "natural talent" Jimmy had...Had the man lived even to now-a-days (September, 2024, when I am commenting on this episode), I would have made it a point in my 60 plus years of auto racing's following, to meet and chat for awhile with "my All-Time Hero of Auto Racing": the great Jim Clark of Scotland.
Good show of "What If...?"
Fascinating thoughts on an alternate f1 universe cant wait for the next one
Nice new series
Love you to do:
What if Senna had moved to CART for the 1993 season?
What if Tony George hadn't created the IRL and the split didn't happen?
@Mrmayhembac: You have just mentioned the two BEST ideas for Aidan to add to this "what if" series. Both scenarios would have totally changed the face of all American Racing Series...Especially NASCAR and it's meteoric rise in popularity during the 1990's and early 2000's. (That is, The era prior to all of NASCAR's concocted gimmickry's. Thus the beginning of that series "nose dive" of credibility!)
Alt Story Time: love it!
Senna adored Clark. Like how Hamilton adores Senna. Ayrton even visited the school Jim went too. I'd love to know how differently Hamilton or Ayrton would be if they had mentorship from their idols. like how Vettel had from Schumacher
Great Idea ! i have ideas for four more episodes :
What if Senna survived Imola ?
What if Mercedes never left the sport in 1955 ?
What if Red Bull team never existed ? maybe Ford would have an F1 team ?
What if BMW continued to develop the car in 2008 ? Kubica would win ? Or other teams ?
What if Honda stayed for 2009?
What if Moss has better reliability in 1959?
What if Mercedes never bought Brawn out?
What if Rindt didn't crash at Monza in 1970?
What if Lauda hadn't crashed at the Nurburgring in 1976?
What if Michelin didn't have to change there tyres mid 2003?
What if Ground effect didn't get banned in F1?
the possibilities are endless
Ford have HAD an F1 team, Jaguar F1 which then became Red Bull Racing when Ford pulled out
What if Roberto Moreno got a story time episode?
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@@MrSniperfox29 i’m talking about REAL Ford F1 team with the Ford branding without Stewart or Jaguar
@@Truenofan86 It was a REAL Ford F1 team, they just used the name Jaguar to promote, well, Jaguar since they owned them art the time. This came about after they bought out the independent Stewart GP (so I'm not sure why you are bringing them up).
By your logic, Alpine F1 isn't the Renault F1 team because it's not called Renault anymore.
Jimmy Clark to me is by far, the greatest driver of all time. His skill across different types of racing disciplines is without peer, no driver in history comes close to Jim's natural skill. Look at Jim's 1965 results, no one driver past or present could achieve these results.
JC's drive in the 1967 Monza GP where he made up 1 full lap is virtually impossible - I still can not understand how a driver could do this - exceptional.
Dr Tim White
Loved this alternative history. Could be because Clark is one of my heroes. But fascinating all the same.
Interesting and entertaining episode i think im going to enjoy this series.
Plus an idea what if Honda never left F1 at the end of 2008.
Verrrrry Interesting Mr Millward
if clark had survived that F2 race at Hockenheim in 1968, he may very well have ended up being F1 champion maybe two more times.
I love the level of detail
Fred Gamble, Goodyear International Racing Director in the 60's, wrote to ON TRACK magazine and, in the 23 May '93 issue, his letter - headed "Time For The Truth" - was published. This what Fred had to say.
"Concerning the circumstances of Jimmy Clark's death...maybe it is time the truth is told. I was privileged to be a part of that era and a friend of Jimmy's, so was just as devastated as everyone else when he was killed. His car had a rear suspension failure; sadly one of the frequent and well-known results of the brilliant but fragile Lotus cars of that era.
"I was Goodyear's first director of international racing at the time and, as Firestone was contracted to Lotus, after the accident and rumors of a tire failure, Firestone engineers showed me the tire off the Clark car, not deflated or failed, but obviously dragged sideways after a suspension failure. Jimmy would have had a chance of dealing with a puncture and deflation but suspension failure, no way could he have controlled the car.
"I can understand Firestone not wanting to 'blame' Lotus car failure because of their corporate relationship with Lotus and Colin Chapman...I think those of us in the sport at the time who knew the details of Jimmy's death have probably kept quiet out of respect for Colin Chapman's brilliance as a designer, but more because the great Jim Clark was like a son to Chapman. I'm sure Chapman knew the cause of the accident but to have been publicly condemned for a fragile design failure might have been emotionally too much for Colin to bear."
You could argue that a suspension failure was unlikely because of the gentle nature of the corner, the damp conditions and the fact that Clark, strangely off form, was not battling through from eighth place. On the other hand, that same car had been rear-ended during the previous race in Barcelona one week before. Perhaps there was an unseen weakness. Who knows?
Apparently Gilles Villeneuve was in talks to sign for McLaren for 1983. So if he had survived through 1982 he would have joined McLaren in 1983, which means Prost probably wouldn't have joined in 1984. He would have fought Lauda for the 84 Championship instead, and then would have probably been Champion in 85 and 86 instead of Prost. It would have been Villeneuve who would have become Senna's great rival instead, and who knows what would have happened on in to the 90s. Prost, who was fed up with Renault by the end of 1983 would probably have joined Williams or maybe Ferrari for 1984. If he joins Williams, Piquet stays at Brabham, or maybe joins Senna at Lotus for 1986. Then when Mansell joins Ferrari in 1989, Piquet moves over to join Prost at Williams. So you have Senna and Villeneuve at McLaren, Prost and Piquet at Williams, and Mansell at Ferrari. How things could have been but for fate playing it's hand
Given that Graham Hill didn’t found his own team, may I suggest Damon had his dad a lot longer?
Which probably means he starts his racing career earlier (doing better with Graham’s support) and he might use a different helmet design.
As a Welshman I’d love some Tom Pryce content, either What if Tom Pryce had lived, or apparently there was rumours of him joining Lotus instead of Ronnie Peterson, what if that had happened
OH BOY WHAT A START
This was pretty fun, very enjoyable. Keep it up mate!
You have to do one like that with senna.
Would be great to hear what he would have done in the 95 to 97 cars..........
Maybe a goodbye stint at mclaren for 2 or 3 years............
We wouldn't have the michael today.
Well done! I really enjoyed this story and look forward to the next.
This was a really interesting video. Such flights of fancy, when kept a little reasonable are great fun.
The big one:
WHAT IF AYRTON SENNA SURVIVED THE 1994 SAN MARINO GRAND PRIX?
What do you guys think would happen?
This is beautiful. Respect.
im starting to think what if Fangio didn't survived his accident at Monza in 1952
Here's my story
1952:Argentinian racing fans are shocked seeing the first Argentina F1 champion Juan Manuel Fangio died from injuries in Monza and due Fangio death,he can't defend the 1951 title
1952 & 1953:Ascari dominates the seasons with 2 WDC
1954:Jose Frolian Gonzalez took the opportunity to win his F1 title in 1954 and JFG and other Argentinian race car drivers pays tributes to Fangio at Buenos Aires cementery
1955:Moss took his 1st F1 title after inconsistency of Castellotti and Trintignant took out their championship hopes out
1956:Moss demolished the championship with his 2nd F1 title win
1957:Moss again dominates everyone in 1957 F1 championship with 3rd F1 title
1958:Moss went to Ferrari,in result Collins joins Vanwall
Moss put the 4th title in hopes with strong consistency,it did work when Hawthorn suffered a DNF in German GP and Moss took advantage with 4th consecutive win in German,Portugal,Italy and Morocco GP another 4th F1 title for Moss
1959 & 1960:Brabham halts Moss consecutive championships streak in 59 and 60
1961:Von Trips & P.Hill fight for the championship while Moss keep it consistent in getting podiums and wins(4)
and he won the 1961 Italian GP while P.Hill finished at 3rd plus getting another 5th F1 title
1962:Graham Hill won the 1962 F1 WDC while Moss and P.Hill fell into 6th & 7th F1 standings mainly underperforming car
1963:Moss joins Team Lotus,in result Trevor Taylor moving to Reg Parnell racing(Lola),Moss unable to beat Jim Clark for 1963 F1 WDC and finished in 2nd
1964:Moss,Clark,Surtees and Hill is now to take to win 1964 F1 WDC in Mexico GP
After Hill and Clark were out of the hunt,now Moss challenges Surtees but Bandini block him from overtaking Surtees in results of 1964 F1 WDC is taken by Surtees
1965:Moss again unable to beat Jim Clark for 2nd time,in result of course another Clark 2nd F1 title
1966:Moss retired from F1,Peter Arundell is signed to join Team Lotus
Brabham 3rd F1 title
Much better this. Whoever writes the script for real life needs to hand it over to Aidan.
I have a couple of ideas for other What ifs:
1) What if F1 had a US Grand Prix between 1992-1999? (where, when and maybe some altered history),
2) What if someone else sponsored Haas in 2019 (Amazon, Nintendo, UA-cam or even Penske himself)?
3) What if Chip Ganassi joined F1? It could have been in 1996 (buying Forti) or in late 2007/early 2008, saving Super Aguri (before maybe shutting down because of the Lehman Brothers collapse).
No suggestions from me, I'm off to the parallel universe were Clark survived. Awesome!
Wonderful alternative reality account ! I still think it’s interesting that Ickx left F1 for sportscar racing because he thought fighting for the tenths of a second in practice made life too difficult/dangerous. I also wonder if Peterson also had forsaken F1 after the disastrous Lotus 76 that the two of them would each have had successful sportscar careers.🤔
Was that Jim at the window?? Lol Great vid. Cheers
This is Aiden, of AlternateHistoryHub.
Its Alternate History Hub if Cody was a british fan of motorsport
Idea: what if that wasn't glock...
???
@@flintey360 what's the question??
@@williamprice3657 nvm
Massa would be a world champion and Hamilton has only 6 championships. Not much changes.
@@RandomGuy37 yea I suppose
What if Michael Andretti didn’t get the axe from McLarern in 93
He would have continued to suck in 1994.
@@truantray More like, "McLaren would have continued to suck"". After Senna won at Monaco in '93 it was eight races before a McLaren driver got to the podium, and it was Michael Andretti at Monza. If you've got Ayrton Senna in your race car and he goes eight races without a podium, you've got problems with your race car. But Ron Dennis would never admit that. Not to mention that in '94 McLaren had that crap Peugeot engine.
Bravo! I'd be so happy if your timeline was real that I don't even care that Emmo probably wouldn't be the first Brazilian to win a F1 Championship in it (his F1 debut would happen much later and he would join his brother in the Copersucar team before getting a competitive seat).
"This functional Universe that we're in" Yeah, right.
Made me laugh dude the universe is functional it’s the idiots than run the country that are nonfunctional
It’s a perfectly functional universe, the best universe. There are a lot of universes out there but this the best.
@@AidanMillward One the same as this but without COVID19 would certainly be better. Also looking forward to the one in which Ayrton Senna wins the WDC at least another two times, probably three.
Epic idea. Enjoyed the first one
1. Gilles Villenueve and Didier Pironi both walked away from their 1982 accidents unhurt.
2. Francois Cevert's accident never happened
3. Adrian Newey didn't leave Williams
What if Elio De Angelis stayed at Lotus and Ayrton Senna went to Brabham.
Liked that actually mate 👌👍👏🤣Clark was a genius.
the name hockenheim will always fill me with dread and despair.
Suggestion for a potential future video: what if Stefan Johansson would have replaced Bertrand Gachot at Jordan in 1991 instead of Michael Schumacher
Or Dave Coyne!!
It's a shame that there isn't a lot of footage for Clark just to show he clearly is one of the greatest ever and for that reason sadly i think he will become forgotten about in more years to come, would love to see a what if Bruce McLaren survived, 100% agree that Clark is the greatest all round driver tho.
For senna, I think it would be interesting to ask the question, what if formula 1 had not banned all the technological advancements in the 1993 williams?
Williams dominate 1994 I think is the answer
@@MrSniperfox29 well yeah, but others would be working on the same sort of tech. With Senna still in the picture, how long would Williams dominate before another team catches up to them? More important, what would F1 look like today if the FIA weren't so ban-happy?
@@alaeriia01 Apparently technologywise McLaren had caught them up, but they just lacked a good engine.
Obviously if Benetton get their mitts on Renault engines for 1995 they become competition, and since that deal had nothing to do with performance it's likely it still happens.
What if Toivonen survived and group B rally continued?
Love the window cleaner appearing at the end
Well, this is awkward, Just restarted my "What if" series a few days ago lol.
I would love to see more episodes like this, only instead of focusing on just F1, with all forms of motorsports.
Video is fun, that little extra at the end is hilarious! 😂
Lets be honest, the most realistic result is he gets killed driving a different Lotus
'What if the indy split never happened'
Or:
-What if USAC hadn't lost its top people in a 1978 plane crash, causing owners to lose faith in the organization
-What if Tony George hadn't created the Indy Racing League, keeping CART teams out of the Indy 500 which lead to defections by their top teams
@@arthuralford Owners had already lost faith in USAC by the plane crash. The IRL did destroy a lot though.
CART would be bigger than Snormula Yawn.
Very cool. I really enjoyed this.
What if Gilles Villeneuve survived, went to McLaren in 1983 and eventually had one of the greatest F1 rivalries ever with Senna?
I enjoyed this one looking forward to another one of these.