This race and the NASCAR "worst race ever" have a lot in common...bad tires, most regulars not racing, and stubborn leadership that is unwilling to do what is best for the sport.
As a proud born and raised Hoosier (Indiana native) it is disappointing to me that Indy lost its F1 date due to this ridiculousness. Now that Pirelli has proven that they can make good tires for racing on 19° banked corners at Zandvoort, I say that Indy should get another chance, even if it's just a special event for no points the week before COTA.
3:13 I watched it on highlights, and it was BAD... until that farce in Spa this year. I mean: I like a good rainy battle, but not when you're stuck behind a safety car.
i loved the italian grand prix! i feel like formula one is becoming a bigger thing here in the states, and theres a great video by athletic interest called "why america doesn't watch formula one" all about liberty media's efforts to change that
I remember that race. and calling its a debacle doesn't come close to describing how bad this was. Formula 1 is fortunate to even have a race in the U.S. after that, as many American racing fans haven't forgotten the black eye it gave F1 in this country to this day. Plus there being no American driver competing for the top spot in F! since Mario Andretti, or that oval track racing is overwhelmingly king in North America.
That Hamilton accident this last weekend was scary 😨 glad all are safe! Also, I lived in Hockenheim Germany about 1 KM from the track, rode my bike through that forest every work day. Such a beautiful venue but dang those F1 cars are so loud it shook the plates in the cupboards!
Fun fact - I was at this race with my dad (I was 10 at the time) and stayed for the whole thing. As weird as it was, I was a Ferrari fangirl at the time, so I 100% didn't mind lol. Also he's being dramatic when he says there were "incensed mobs" - that didn't happen. People were pissed and trying to get their money back, but it was nowhere near as bad as he makes it seem.
@@kabirconsiders Absolutely amazing! Our seats were in Indy Turn 4/F1 Turn 1, so not only could you see the cars going down the front straight at 210mph, but also the insane deceleration for T1. That, and the way the track was set up meant you could see the cars pretty much all the way from Turn 13 to Turn 6. As much as 2005 sucked, they've added a chicane to that part of the track now and I want F1 to come back so badly! Sure we've got COTA, but that's in TX (three days of driving away from me), and the history and fan experience at Indianapolis is unrivaled. And Indy is still an FIA Grade 1 circuit. Make it happen already!
i like F1 but let people over take more then it would be so much better and if they cut corners like they did at monza they should do what nascar does where the car has to stop fully before going again...there needs to be more overtaking...
Lots of new F1 fans in America, I'm the rare "gimme back the sparking turbo 4's and I'll watch again" American fan. Real race cars are fueled by men in hazmat suits.
This is why F1 is so unpopular in the US. F1 had a perfect window to rise as NASCAR had just peaked and was about to hit a slump. Indycar was in the midst of its split and had lost not yet reunited and recovered. If F1 was around in America from about this whole time they could have overtaken both local motorsports. But due to this race they wouldn’t come back until 2012 dooming their expansion efforts. In my opinion it’s kind of a good thing. As much as I love F1 i hold my native series near and dear to my heart. Losing them to F1 would really hurt a lot of diehard American fans.
I don't think F1 would have ever overtaken NASCAR or Indycar in America. Most of the races are in Europe and take place at 8 or 9 AM EST on a Sunday where many Americans will either be asleep or getting ready to go to church. It's even worse on the west coast where European races start at 5 or 6AM. In an age of social media, not as many people are going to tune in and watch a rerun when they can just watch highlights on UA-cam or check the results on twitter. Maybe we would have gotten a few more European night races to accommodate the Americans a bit, but it'd still be tough for F1 to ever be the top dog over here.
I’m a big formula one fan as long as I can remember since I was like 3 or 4. Ironic enough though 19th June 2005 the day this race happened was the day I was born 😂
Aidan Millward also did a video about this race, and he went into more of the F1 politics (i.e. the too cozy relationship between FIA president Max Moseley and Ferrari principal Jean Todt) behind the fiasco.
There's debate as to whether or not the Belgian Grand Prix this year was a worse race...or whether it could even be considered a race.... 6:18 They also own the Atlanta Braves baseball team. 7:27 Actually, Josh Revell did a brilliant video on F1's failures in New York, called "Why Formula 1 FAILED in New York". Tyler Barth also did a video zeroing in on the failure of the Grand Prix of America at the Port Imperial Street circuit, called "The Race We Didn't Need: The New Jersey Grand Prix At Port Imperial". 13:37 ...and Tony Stewart (the same Tony Stewart who is currently co-owner of Stewart-Haas Racing) got injured in a pair of early-race incidents (one in the Busch [now Xfinity] race, another in the Coca-Cola 600). The worst thing, is Bridgestone had enough tires to supply every team, but the FIA and Ferrari blocked it (and Jean Todt [yes, current FIA president Jean Todt] was GM, CEO, and special advisor at Ferrari at the time). Now, check out Black Flags Matter's latest video, The Worst Indy 500, and S1apSh0es' other tire war video, "Blood on the Asphalt: The NASCAR Tire Wars of 1988-89 and 1994".
The funny thing is, me and my family actually planned on going to this race, but we didn't because I had a terrible case of pneumonia. I think I can say with absoulte certainty that I'm lucky I caught pneumonia, simply because having pneumonia was more entertaining than the 2005 USGP.
In fairness, S1ap published this video about a year ago, so Belgium 2021 hadn't happened yet. Also, I don't consider Belgium to be an actual race because they never actually went under green and had a chance to race. It was an honest-to-god parade.
@@rdfox76 I'm not saying that S1ap is wrong or anything. It was the worst race at the time. Belgium officially qualifies as a race as it awarded points, and that is the sole reason it's such a joke. If they just cancelled the thing no one would be talking about it. It'd be like if you played 1 half of an inning of baseball, the batting team scored a run, and you then called the game and gave them the win.
2:10 FIA determined it to be the trailing driver's fault, and with Verstappen's penalty, the team may chose to install a new engine, and move him to start from pit lane anyway. ua-cam.com/video/k660y7johY0/v-deo.html Scott Mansell, however, thinks the penalty is unfortunate and should not had been levied, and just put it down as "Racing Incident" because as a driver himself, he'd probably do something similar as well.
Netflix has done more for the growth of FI in America than anything, I’m now a F1 junkie cause of those documentaries, love the sport, the politics suck though
What’s funny is that the algorithm for UA-cam was recommending this to me in the days leading up to the Hungarian GP. Lewis Hamilton alone on the grid after the big crash on the first turn looked eerily similar to the six car grid in 2005. 😂
Very few people I know that are race fans care about F1, a lot of people who went to the Indy race would never go to F1 race again even if the tickets were free. If you want see real racing go to any local asphalt or dirt track. The world of outlaws sprint cars puts on a great show on dirt. I live in Indiana and there a lot better ways to spend money going to a race than F1. Indy just had another bad race with a nascar race there with tons of problems.
I don’t know how true this is but I saw another video on this race and the commentator said that if the FIA forced the teams to race and the worst happen(a driver ended up getting killed) that the state of Indiana would apply manslaughter charges to anyone who was involved in the decision.
i thought yesterdays race was so so good as well. i'm not sure if youve mentioned what team/driver youre mainly a fan of but i think everyone is a ricciardo fan deep down whether they know it or not. SO glad lewis is okay, the halo absolutely saved his life. i dont care how ugly people think the halo is, its the best modern f1 invention imo. we saw it with romain and lewis, and multiple other times. i heard lewis is going to have to see a neck specialist to make sure everything is okay. that crash was absolutely terrifying. i do agree that part of what makes max so so so good is his aggression, but i personally think he has some maturing to do because he always blames it on the other driver and rarely takes full responsibility for his incidents with other drivers on track, but maybe that is just something that comes with time. (and maybe i am a biased hamilton fan. i absolutely recognize max's unbelievable and generational talent, though). as for formula 1 in the states, most people dont know about it and have never heard about it because when you think of racing in the US, you think NASCAR and indycar, so people dont focus much on f1 in the grand scheme of things. its growing here though, for sure, though i think drive to survive is also helpful in that regard. they tried to have an f1 race in new york (the track was in new jersey, actually, but close enough, it was very close to new york) but it never happened, i just remember that vettel went to test it out and thats the only reason i remember it at all. new york city is just so small and compact that i dont see a place where a race could realistically occur there, but i agree, that would be the absolutely incredible. i think austin is great, and im looking forward to seeing how the miami race plays out.
I’d say Mclaren is my main team but my love for Mercedes has grown as Lewis has been there for a while now. Max definitely has some maturing to do, it was obvious he was angry at the botched pitstop and that bled into the race
Love these racing story videos. Definitely recommend the Rewinder series by Secret Base. If you love looking into the biggest moments in us sports and the context behind them these are the best vids. Also any video from wendover productions and half as interesting channels are fantastic
This race and the NASCAR "worst race ever" have a lot in common...bad tires, most regulars not racing, and stubborn leadership that is unwilling to do what is best for the sport.
And a tire war. Never forget that Talladega 1969 was towards the end of the tire war between Goodyear and Firestone....
The Long Beach Grand Prix is still being run, it's just an Indycar race now (it will be held from September 24-26 this year). . .
S1apSh0es blood on the asphalt: NASCAR tire war
Jimmy Clark getting killed at the Nurburgring was probably the worst.
Thanks for reacts to the worst Formula 1race . I did know about this one.
With the win yesterday, Ricciardo won a bet with his team owner and Ricciardo will get to take a drive in Dale Earnhardt's 1984 NASCAR car.
18:39 Reason 1 that everything, even water and fizzy drinks, are now poured into plastic cups at events.
As a proud born and raised Hoosier (Indiana native) it is disappointing to me that Indy lost its F1 date due to this ridiculousness. Now that Pirelli has proven that they can make good tires for racing on 19° banked corners at Zandvoort, I say that Indy should get another chance, even if it's just a special event for no points the week before COTA.
3:13 I watched it on highlights, and it was BAD... until that farce in Spa this year. I mean: I like a good rainy battle, but not when you're stuck behind a safety car.
I believe Kimi Raikkonen drove in the NASCAR Trucks division
After F1 left, the infield track itself has seen a race until this year's Verizon 200. That was the final regular-season race before the playoffs.
8:14 Not until Zandvoort in Holland this year.
This is when I stopped watching F1 till recently.
i loved the italian grand prix! i feel like formula one is becoming a bigger thing here in the states, and theres a great video by athletic interest called "why america doesn't watch formula one" all about liberty media's efforts to change that
I’ll definitely check out that athletic interest vid! I’m glad to hear f1 is becoming bigger in the US, it was inevitable I feel
I remember that race. and calling its a debacle doesn't come close to describing how bad this was. Formula 1 is fortunate to even have a race in the U.S. after that, as many American racing fans haven't forgotten the black eye it gave F1 in this country to this day. Plus there being no American driver competing for the top spot in F! since Mario Andretti, or that oval track racing is overwhelmingly king in North America.
That Hamilton accident this last weekend was scary 😨 glad all are safe!
Also, I lived in Hockenheim Germany about 1 KM from the track, rode my bike through that forest every work day. Such a beautiful venue but dang those F1 cars are so loud it shook the plates in the cupboards!
Yeah the ham/verstappen crash was a real shocker, I don’t think anybody was expecting it!
Fun fact - I was at this race with my dad (I was 10 at the time) and stayed for the whole thing. As weird as it was, I was a Ferrari fangirl at the time, so I 100% didn't mind lol. Also he's being dramatic when he says there were "incensed mobs" - that didn't happen. People were pissed and trying to get their money back, but it was nowhere near as bad as he makes it seem.
What was it like seeing the cars in person? Must have been pretty cool!
@@kabirconsiders Absolutely amazing! Our seats were in Indy Turn 4/F1 Turn 1, so not only could you see the cars going down the front straight at 210mph, but also the insane deceleration for T1. That, and the way the track was set up meant you could see the cars pretty much all the way from Turn 13 to Turn 6.
As much as 2005 sucked, they've added a chicane to that part of the track now and I want F1 to come back so badly! Sure we've got COTA, but that's in TX (three days of driving away from me), and the history and fan experience at Indianapolis is unrivaled. And Indy is still an FIA Grade 1 circuit. Make it happen already!
they need to come back to indy 🙄 i’m 20 miles away and it’s be DOPE lol
My first race was Imola 94. Quite the introduction.
Must have been one hell of an experience!
i like F1 but let people over take more then it would be so much better and if they cut corners like they did at monza they should do what nascar does where the car has to stop fully before going again...there needs to be more overtaking...
Well since you've done the worst Nascar race and now the worst F1 race, I guess you might as well do the worst Indycar race next
Lots of new F1 fans in America, I'm the rare "gimme back the sparking turbo 4's and I'll watch again" American fan. Real race cars are fueled by men in hazmat suits.
Hazmat suits 😂😂
@@kabirconsiders hell yeah man, back in the 80's F1 fuel men wore those head to toe silver suits because the fuel contained benzene and toluene.
This is why F1 is so unpopular in the US. F1 had a perfect window to rise as NASCAR had just peaked and was about to hit a slump. Indycar was in the midst of its split and had lost not yet reunited and recovered. If F1 was around in America from about this whole time they could have overtaken both local motorsports. But due to this race they wouldn’t come back until 2012 dooming their expansion efforts.
In my opinion it’s kind of a good thing. As much as I love F1 i hold my native series near and dear to my heart. Losing them to F1 would really hurt a lot of diehard American fans.
I don't think F1 would have ever overtaken NASCAR or Indycar in America. Most of the races are in Europe and take place at 8 or 9 AM EST on a Sunday where many Americans will either be asleep or getting ready to go to church. It's even worse on the west coast where European races start at 5 or 6AM. In an age of social media, not as many people are going to tune in and watch a rerun when they can just watch highlights on UA-cam or check the results on twitter. Maybe we would have gotten a few more European night races to accommodate the Americans a bit, but it'd still be tough for F1 to ever be the top dog over here.
@@kay_sou true I always forget about west coast times also I wake up at 8 every Sunday for F1 so it’s become normal to me lol.
I’m a big formula one fan as long as I can remember since I was like 3 or 4. Ironic enough though 19th June 2005 the day this race happened was the day I was born 😂
That’s quite the coincidence!
So you are the fellow responsible!😁🤣😂😅
@@jerrysantos6484 ye I apologise for being born on such a bad date 😂
@@dacoolmilkshake4917 I do not fault you one bit my Good Man. I still Love you. 😁👍
@@jerrysantos6484 it’s all g thank you! 😂👌
Aidan Millward also did a video about this race, and he went into more of the F1 politics (i.e. the too cozy relationship between FIA president Max Moseley and Ferrari principal Jean Todt) behind the fiasco.
I’m definitely one of the fans that came from Drive to survive. Can’t wait to go the the US GP next month
Me too.
There's debate as to whether or not the Belgian Grand Prix this year was a worse race...or whether it could even be considered a race....
6:18 They also own the Atlanta Braves baseball team.
7:27 Actually, Josh Revell did a brilliant video on F1's failures in New York, called "Why Formula 1 FAILED in New York".
Tyler Barth also did a video zeroing in on the failure of the Grand Prix of America at the Port Imperial Street circuit, called "The Race We Didn't Need: The New Jersey Grand Prix At Port Imperial".
13:37 ...and Tony Stewart (the same Tony Stewart who is currently co-owner of Stewart-Haas Racing) got injured in a pair of early-race incidents (one in the Busch [now Xfinity] race, another in the Coca-Cola 600).
The worst thing, is Bridgestone had enough tires to supply every team, but the FIA and Ferrari blocked it (and Jean Todt [yes, current FIA president Jean Todt] was GM, CEO, and special advisor at Ferrari at the time).
Now, check out Black Flags Matter's latest video, The Worst Indy 500, and S1apSh0es' other tire war video, "Blood on the Asphalt: The NASCAR Tire Wars of 1988-89 and 1994".
Hey Kabir I know this is a weird reaction request but you You got to react to Sports TV theme music.
Well if you are interested about the tire wars you need to see slapshoes video blood on the asphalt,i think you will enjoy it
What I think they should do for F1 US GP is have them race at Daytona's road course.
The funny thing is, me and my family actually planned on going to this race, but we didn't because I had a terrible case of pneumonia. I think I can say with absoulte certainty that I'm lucky I caught pneumonia, simply because having pneumonia was more entertaining than the 2005 USGP.
Indy 2005: I am the worst F1 Race ever!
Belgium 2021: Allow me to introduce myself
So true! Only two laps 😂
In fairness, S1ap published this video about a year ago, so Belgium 2021 hadn't happened yet.
Also, I don't consider Belgium to be an actual race because they never actually went under green and had a chance to race. It was an honest-to-god parade.
@@rdfox76 I'm not saying that S1ap is wrong or anything. It was the worst race at the time. Belgium officially qualifies as a race as it awarded points, and that is the sole reason it's such a joke. If they just cancelled the thing no one would be talking about it. It'd be like if you played 1 half of an inning of baseball, the batting team scored a run, and you then called the game and gave them the win.
I'm a huge F1 fan in America. Hamilton/Verstappen crash was inevitable. Will things cool down after this event? Or will they heat up?
2:10 FIA determined it to be the trailing driver's fault, and with Verstappen's penalty, the team may chose to install a new engine, and move him to start from pit lane anyway.
ua-cam.com/video/k660y7johY0/v-deo.html Scott Mansell, however, thinks the penalty is unfortunate and should not had been levied, and just put it down as "Racing Incident" because as a driver himself, he'd probably do something similar as well.
I remember watching this unfold wondering if they'd actually do it. Yup, they did.
Netflix has done more for the growth of FI in America than anything, I’m now a F1 junkie cause of those documentaries, love the sport, the politics suck though
I wish the US Grand Prix was in the mountains of Montana or North Carolina somewhere
Don’t get me wrong I ADORE cota
What’s funny is that the algorithm for UA-cam was recommending this to me in the days leading up to the Hungarian GP. Lewis Hamilton alone on the grid after the big crash on the first turn looked eerily similar to the six car grid in 2005. 😂
Very few people I know that are race fans care about F1, a lot of people who went to the Indy race would never go to F1 race again even if the tickets were free. If you want see real racing go to any local asphalt or dirt track. The world of outlaws sprint cars puts on a great show on dirt. I live in Indiana and there a lot better ways to spend money going to a race than F1. Indy just had another bad race with a nascar race there with tons of problems.
I don’t know how true this is but I saw another video on this race and the commentator said that if the FIA forced the teams to race and the worst happen(a driver ended up getting killed) that the state of Indiana would apply manslaughter charges to anyone who was involved in the decision.
Would love to see you reacting to the current races too, Monza was incredible and I’m a huge Danny Ric fan so I lost my mind.
I tried, F1 copyrighted the video 😩. Maybe I’ll blur the screen or something
Can you do nfl highlights from this weekend
I’ll try, they might get copyrighted
@@kabirconsiders also Wisconsin jump around for the first time in two years
The worst formula 1 race was 3 weeks ago at Spa-Francorchamps
I think I may have recommended this! Great video from S1ap, I say. Right up your alley!
You should check out the brickyard 400 from 2008
It's the truest form of how bad diamond grounding was for a race track
I will!
Wow didn't expect Michelin really stepped up didn't expect that from a cooperation
Yeah they did the right thing!
My guy Kabir is an f1 fan?! Whattt?!!
I was at that race. I was 8 years old
i thought yesterdays race was so so good as well. i'm not sure if youve mentioned what team/driver youre mainly a fan of but i think everyone is a ricciardo fan deep down whether they know it or not. SO glad lewis is okay, the halo absolutely saved his life. i dont care how ugly people think the halo is, its the best modern f1 invention imo. we saw it with romain and lewis, and multiple other times. i heard lewis is going to have to see a neck specialist to make sure everything is okay. that crash was absolutely terrifying. i do agree that part of what makes max so so so good is his aggression, but i personally think he has some maturing to do because he always blames it on the other driver and rarely takes full responsibility for his incidents with other drivers on track, but maybe that is just something that comes with time. (and maybe i am a biased hamilton fan. i absolutely recognize max's unbelievable and generational talent, though). as for formula 1 in the states, most people dont know about it and have never heard about it because when you think of racing in the US, you think NASCAR and indycar, so people dont focus much on f1 in the grand scheme of things. its growing here though, for sure, though i think drive to survive is also helpful in that regard. they tried to have an f1 race in new york (the track was in new jersey, actually, but close enough, it was very close to new york) but it never happened, i just remember that vettel went to test it out and thats the only reason i remember it at all. new york city is just so small and compact that i dont see a place where a race could realistically occur there, but i agree, that would be the absolutely incredible. i think austin is great, and im looking forward to seeing how the miami race plays out.
I’d say Mclaren is my main team but my love for Mercedes has grown as Lewis has been there for a while now. Max definitely has some maturing to do, it was obvious he was angry at the botched pitstop and that bled into the race
Love these racing story videos. Definitely recommend the Rewinder series by Secret Base. If you love looking into the biggest moments in us sports and the context behind them these are the best vids. Also any video from wendover productions and half as interesting channels are fantastic
Thanks Jason :) the Rewinder series is coming soon
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I'll put it on the list!
Loving these racing videos
Thanks Shaunne :)