Every weekend having to shut my bedroom door to block the engine noises, while I played my ps2, and my dad going mental downstairs at his screen “HAMILTONS A BLOODY TWAT!”
At eighteen thousand revolutions per minute this isn't music this, is the scream of science. This is the inner world of pneumatic valve springs, of mean effective pressure, three hundred brake horsepower per litre of displacement. The quest for the perfect four stroke V8 naturally aspirated reciprocating engine. And in the middle of the hot metal, the carbon, the alloy technology, sits flesh and blood. Rising out of its carbon fibre monocoque the coolest head. These are the eyes that could pick a face out of a crowd, as if motion were being slowed down, not passing in a blur at 200mph. This, is the pure mathematics of angles and aerodynamics, the physics of g-forces and friction, and the raw instinct to race. These, are the masters of speed. This.. is Formula One.
Besides the "new fangled hype", the theme we all loved so much (Fleetwood Mac's "The Chain) was a incredibly hard act to follow. That bassline is ONE OF THE BEST IN THE WHOLE FREAKIN' MUSIC HISTORY!!!
Well they didn't quite nail it. The 'this is formula 1' part caused them some headaches as it was all but done when they realised quite how different the 2009 cars would look and they couldn't afford to redo it.
I still think the new one is really good, I think the music is better in my opinion, it’s just the graphics that need to be improved, same goes for the official intro’s graphics too.
The current theme is awful in my opinion. It's just far too generic, really. It's one of those songs that's very catchy so it gets stuck in your mind but it's just a bad song, so it's annoying that you can't get it out of your head. I suppose that's the purpose of an intro theme song. Because every time you think about it you think about F1 and want to watch it. Well I watch all the races anyway and don't need convincing to watch them, so I get this song stuck in my head for no reason. The theme of F1 is, and will always be, The Chain by Fleetwood Mac. It's the greatest intro theme song of any sport, and even any TV show in general. It just feels like F1. The BBC have a blanket agreement with the music industry that lets them use any song for free, without having to pay any royalties. And it's why F1 had The Chain as its intro, and why shows like Top Gear always had amazing soundtracks. So obviously Sky Sports don't want to have to pay the expensive royalties for the song so we get the generic theme instead. It's such a shame. The BBC are the kings of sports broadcasting, partly because they never have ad breaks cos of the TV license, but also they just always have the best intro themes. The Grandstand theme is genuinely an absolute banger of a song. The Nascar theme is also annoyingly generic yet catchy enough to stick in your mind. But yeah, F1 should absolutely always have The Chain as its theme tune. It breathes and bleeds F1. It's sublime.
I was one when this season was happening but this has to be one of the best F1 Seasons of all time, nearly every team scored a podium, the field was really close for the majority of the season!!
man that theme just unlocks some kind of memory deep in my head, neither of my parents were really into F1 but I always remember hearing the engines and this intro. incredible.
Whatever genius wrote that intro needs some sort of award, because it was perfect. It really captured the over-dramtic, fierce, and raw essence of motorsport and the incredible racers in the driver seats. The other genius who edited it also needs an award, because the sound design captured the intensity of the power man has been able to harness for his own purpose. This is what motorsport is about!
The problem is Sky who had used it in their trailer for their full exclusive deal that started in 2019 got into a bidding war with C4 to use it and ended up that neither got it.
I remember playing with my toys on a Sunday afternoon and hearing this and my dad going mental at the tele and I hated it . Now am a massive f1 fan and he hated it before 2021 and a got him back into it 😂
The year is 2009 It’s a Sunday afternoon, my parents are egging on last year’s champion, Hamilton. My brother and I are building Lego F1 cars on the floor. Life is good
I hold the BBC high for doing F1 justice... I was sad when ITV lost the FOM broadcast rights at the end of 2008 but when the Beeb got hold of it a year later the rest is history. 😄
This to me is childhood, sitting down on a Sunday with my dad waiting for this, as someone else has said Sky just can’t replace this, chills every time
Its hard to beat the "the chain" for the music. In Ireland in the late 90s early 00s the network used "right here, right now" fatboy slim. It was the best music outside of the chain for f1 ive heard.
15 years on and this still goes so hard. I have more nostalgia for the late 90s early 00s intros but this one is so elite. CGI holds up surprisingly well too
I was never really into formula 1 as a child, always more fascinated by touring cars, older race cars and rally cars… looking at the current state of FIA and the broadcasted racing we have at the moment, i am extremely disappointed that i missed out on this buzz as a kid. Now im finally able to appreciate those glorious cars of the noughties. Too late. I am sad i am only just discovering this.
Can't say I liked the CGI cars in this version of the intro, but nothing beats "The Chain"''s epic guitar solo as the Formula 1 theme. The Sky Sports F1 theme is very forgettable by comparison, IMHO (no idea why ace Korean acapella group Maytree covered the Sky theme on UA-cam, but not this far superior one!).
This one probably hit off so much more than the current ones because it was actually focused on the car - the new one is just a film credits with the names of the drivers which is then repeated on the start grid section …
This is the best f1 intro EVER period I really can't stand the Brian Tyler theme anymore. It doesn't sound like f1 to me. This is what we need. Or just something new
2009!? I was gonna say 2012 at the least, honestly cannot believe it’s been so long. (I would literally replay this at least 5 times whenever it came on lol) 1:17
This... *Is Formula One.*
Yeah😁👍
*hairs start rising*
Chills
*Starts banging head on table*
Goosebumps
These are the things Sky cannot replicate. I miss when F1 was on BBC.
Formula 1 on BBC is the best coverage there's ever been, the end of season credits stuck in your memory too.
It’s now on sky tv u brits
@@williswild4586 not everyone has the luxury to pay 20 quid to watch 2 weekends of racing action a month though
@@noelmcgovern3987 nice point
@@noelmcgovern3987 i have it for free
This Fleetwood mac intro was honestly the pinnacle of F1😂
Fr, nothing can top it
When I used to hear this song on a Sunday as a kid...
Pure, unadulterated, excitement!
It’s funny how badass this is, from awesome back then to extremely nostalgic now
i was the 1000th like
Every weekend having to shut my bedroom door to block the engine noises, while I played my ps2, and my dad going mental downstairs at his screen “HAMILTONS A BLOODY TWAT!”
Lol
Your dad is correct tho tbh
@@burkah_6953 he is lol I hate Hamilton
@@thegamingguyrich99 to be fair tho his brother is an alright fella met him an oulton park
What's so bad about Hamilton?
The music that let us know an old man was going to shout at us enthusiastically for two hours.
Don't disrespect Eddie Jordan like that 😂😂😂. But yeah The Chain meant one thing, Murray going at it like a man possessed for 90 minutes
Ben Edwards wasn’t THAT old
The new intro grew on me after sometime but the Fleetwood Mac one was so much hype everytime it was on i was doing air guitars everywhere 😂
Funnily, Flootwood Mac thought it an outro.
Agree, I do like the new one, but the BBC version is sooo good!
At eighteen thousand revolutions per minute this isn't music this, is the scream of science. This is the inner world of pneumatic valve springs, of mean effective pressure, three hundred brake horsepower per litre of displacement. The quest for the perfect four stroke V8 naturally aspirated reciprocating engine. And in the middle of the hot metal, the carbon, the alloy technology, sits flesh and blood. Rising out of its carbon fibre monocoque the coolest head. These are the eyes that could pick a face out of a crowd, as if motion were being slowed down, not passing in a blur at 200mph. This, is the pure mathematics of angles and aerodynamics, the physics of g-forces and friction, and the raw instinct to race. These, are the masters of speed. This.. is Formula One.
Yeah we heard
Shakespeare should take notes
Here's to you, Ahab!
There are poets out there...
What’s a peunmatic valve spring
1:18 the shivers.
The BBC really nailed the Formula 1 intro. The hype was always just unreal. Ive never been a fan of this new one
The new theme is really good. But the bar was set too damn high!!! THIS... IS FORMULA 1!
Besides the "new fangled hype", the theme we all loved so much (Fleetwood Mac's "The Chain) was a incredibly hard act to follow. That bassline is ONE OF THE BEST IN THE WHOLE FREAKIN' MUSIC HISTORY!!!
Well they didn't quite nail it. The 'this is formula 1' part caused them some headaches as it was all but done when they realised quite how different the 2009 cars would look and they couldn't afford to redo it.
nah the ones are so sick
I still think the new one is really good, I think the music is better in my opinion, it’s just the graphics that need to be improved, same goes for the official intro’s graphics too.
I can only just remember this I was almost 5 years old at the time 😂
So can I, I was about 3 I lovs the old theme and the new one
Same
Yeah man 2010 was my first F1 and just remember this GOAT intro and I was 6
Same brooo
As much as I love Brian Tyler's theme for F1 - This is the intro I grew up watching
The current theme is awful in my opinion. It's just far too generic, really. It's one of those songs that's very catchy so it gets stuck in your mind but it's just a bad song, so it's annoying that you can't get it out of your head. I suppose that's the purpose of an intro theme song. Because every time you think about it you think about F1 and want to watch it. Well I watch all the races anyway and don't need convincing to watch them, so I get this song stuck in my head for no reason.
The theme of F1 is, and will always be, The Chain by Fleetwood Mac. It's the greatest intro theme song of any sport, and even any TV show in general. It just feels like F1. The BBC have a blanket agreement with the music industry that lets them use any song for free, without having to pay any royalties. And it's why F1 had The Chain as its intro, and why shows like Top Gear always had amazing soundtracks.
So obviously Sky Sports don't want to have to pay the expensive royalties for the song so we get the generic theme instead. It's such a shame. The BBC are the kings of sports broadcasting, partly because they never have ad breaks cos of the TV license, but also they just always have the best intro themes. The Grandstand theme is genuinely an absolute banger of a song.
The Nascar theme is also annoyingly generic yet catchy enough to stick in your mind.
But yeah, F1 should absolutely always have The Chain as its theme tune. It breathes and bleeds F1. It's sublime.
Everytime this came on, dad would crank up the volume as a summon to the TV room, chills everytime, unbeatable intro
This just screams my childhood
the first minute was a bit like a fever dream, but when this came out this animation was at the pinnacle of existence
An intro that will never, ever, be bettered. The Chain was practically written for F1.
This is the intro I grew up with and know. This is nostalgia. This is goosebumps everytime.
Me too!! So much memories
I remember waking early up for the first race in Melbourne and the fantastic result by Brawn GP.
I was one when this season was happening but this has to be one of the best F1 Seasons of all time, nearly every team scored a podium, the field was really close for the majority of the season!!
You forget the fact BRAWN GP FINISHED NEARLY A LAP AHEAD!
@@ItsABeautifulDay. but by the end of the season even halfway through it was between Red Bull and Brawn also the cars looked so sexy
Nostalgia
man that theme just unlocks some kind of memory deep in my head, neither of my parents were really into F1 but I always remember hearing the engines and this intro. incredible.
Whatever genius wrote that intro needs some sort of award, because it was perfect. It really captured the over-dramtic, fierce, and raw essence of motorsport and the incredible racers in the driver seats. The other genius who edited it also needs an award, because the sound design captured the intensity of the power man has been able to harness for his own purpose. This is what motorsport is about!
Fleetwood Mac The Chain about 3 minutes in credit all of them for writing it credit the Beeb Boss back in the 80's for picking it
@@lorddarlo6194 What is a "Beeb Boss"?
@@MusicAccount0102 The Boss of the BBC shortened to the Beeb
@@lorddarlo6194 I'm using that now😂
i was 13 in 2009, which was my second season of watching f1. full body chills at this, unreal
I knew next to nothing about F1 until the 2020 season, but this is the one thing I had always remembered and associated it with.
Watching this before Abu Dhabi 2021. This is Formula 1.
"the scream of science" gives me chills every time
Sky can never replicate this ever.
The intro that played before Brawn fought against all odds and conquered the world
I was 6 years old when I first heard this wish f1 went back to bbc
Gave me goosebumps and it's my first time seeing it.
This is so much better then the F1 theme song now👌
The Chain is timeless, immortal. I hope one day get BBC get F1 back and bring back this theme.
The problem is Sky who had used it in their trailer for their full exclusive deal that started in 2019 got into a bidding war with C4 to use it and ended up that neither got it.
I remember playing with my toys on a Sunday afternoon and hearing this and my dad going mental at the tele and I hated it . Now am a massive f1 fan and he hated it before 2021 and a got him back into it 😂
The year is 2009
It’s a Sunday afternoon, my parents are egging on last year’s champion, Hamilton. My brother and I are building Lego F1 cars on the floor. Life is good
Holy shit the nostalgia
Legendary, Classic, Immortal!
Fuck me the adrenaline rush is unmatched with this intro. The badass voice, the masterpiece solo.
This Vid truly shows how awesome f1 is and it’s not just driving round a track in circles 50-60 times
Remember when you got lots of actual sports coverage on BBC for the license fee. Pepperidge farm remembers.
Missing it being free on the Beeb
This sounds like a movie trailer
I hold the BBC high for doing F1 justice... I was sad when ITV lost the FOM broadcast rights at the end of 2008 but when the Beeb got hold of it a year later the rest is history. 😄
I miss BBC F1. Greetings from Belgium!
That bassline is just
The one and only True F1 theme, can't be replaced at all along side the wonderful GO GO GO of murray walker
This to me is childhood, sitting down on a Sunday with my dad waiting for this, as someone else has said Sky just can’t replace this, chills every time
When I was a kid this was the hypest shit
Its hard to beat the "the chain" for the music. In Ireland in the late 90s early 00s the network used "right here, right now" fatboy slim. It was the best music outside of the chain for f1 ive heard.
Oh yeah now that would be good today
So many memories of hating vettle and wanting Lewis or Jenson or Alonso to win
9yr old me hearing/seeing this for the first time is something il never forget.
My grandfather died a few weeks ago and when I play this I will remember him because he loved the Formula 1 and car racing
V8 NA engine...miss those days
15 years on and this still goes so hard. I have more nostalgia for the late 90s early 00s intros but this one is so elite. CGI holds up surprisingly well too
As a kid so nostalgic for me omg
goated intro
I was never really into formula 1 as a child, always more fascinated by touring cars, older race cars and rally cars… looking at the current state of FIA and the broadcasted racing we have at the moment, i am extremely disappointed that i missed out on this buzz as a kid. Now im finally able to appreciate those glorious cars of the noughties. Too late. I am sad i am only just discovering this.
this just brought back so many memories
Can't say I liked the CGI cars in this version of the intro, but nothing beats "The Chain"''s epic guitar solo as the Formula 1 theme. The Sky Sports F1 theme is very forgettable by comparison, IMHO (no idea why ace Korean acapella group Maytree covered the Sky theme on UA-cam, but not this far superior one!).
Fucking glorious! C4... go back to the chain.. we want F1, we want the Chain as it's anthem!
Btw the song is called the chain by fleetwood mac
This intro is so much cooler
Oh yes... Best F1 intro ever!
after hearing this every sunday as a kid and forgetting it ….i’ve finally found it again
“And it’s go, go GO”
IS THIS WHAT THE NEW F1 FANS ARE MISSING?!?!?!?!?
This gets u sooo hyped for the race. Now sky presents it and it's not as gd
I keep coming back to this masterpiece. It captures motorsport so so well.
the fact i still remember this and i was like 5
This one probably hit off so much more than the current ones because it was actually focused on the car - the new one is just a film credits with the names of the drivers which is then repeated on the start grid section …
Brawn fairytale season
I am here in 2024 to inform you that this introduction has indeed not died and will never die 🫡
Pure nostalgia
This is the best f1 intro EVER period
I really can't stand the Brian Tyler theme anymore. It doesn't sound like f1 to me. This is what we need. Or just something new
My feelings exactly
So much nostalgia, back then I was just in secondary school loving life waiting for the weekends for F1!
Murry Walker and The Chain. For me that was when F1 was at its best!!!
peak F1
this is the proppeer theme of f1.
no doubt about it
That is the song of my childhood lol
Incredible intro
But the itv one with moby was more nostalgic for me since it was the first one i can remember growing up
Classic 🔥🔥🔥
Gives me goose bumps every time. This years intro is a joke in comparison
came here to say the same thing. if there’s anything the bbc did right it’s f1 coverage
Always knew when F1 was on in my house. Screaming V8's and THAT Fleetwood Mac baseline. Great times.
goosebumps everytime
Chills every time
How do i remember this when i was 2 at the time
Oh yeah this is THE F1 INTRO
Chills
1:11 like if you had hairs going up the back of your neck
Pure nostalgia 😭
Imagine how good this would Look today.... The Car building Up and starting to Race.
oh god the memories of being a kid n my dad watching this every weekend. now i’m the one watching it 😭
The perfect intro doesn't exi-
300 brakehorse power per litre of displacement 🥶🥶🥶
I miss this so much😭
Holly shit!!! Goosebumps all over my body.
2009!? I was gonna say 2012 at the least, honestly cannot believe it’s been so long.
(I would literally replay this at least 5 times whenever it came on lol)
1:17
THIS is how I wanted my licence fee to be spent 😁
When I used to get excited for F1 on the weekend.
1:18
what a fucking banger
Ngl i only started watching f1 in Miami this year this gives goosebumps
The nostalgia brooo