Niki Lauda himself said the film was 80% accurate, which is saying a lot. Basically, the main divergence from history was overplaying their rivalry. They were actually roommates early in their career and did a lot of stuff together. But of course, for a movie, you need drama.
They also played down the extent of his physical injuries when he was in the hospital because apparently in real life the top of his skull had been completely charred and his face was bloodied beyond recognition which was why he was given the last rights. The doctors also had to create brand new procedures in order to vacuum his lungs because no one had ever survived an accident of that nature before.
@ohauss This is correct. The legendary Niki Lauda had also accepted Daniel Brühl at his home, mostly for Daniel to study him and portray him in the most accurate way. Unfortunately, James Hunt died 30 years ago, so Chris Hemsworth coulldn't do the same. Anyway, this is an mazing movie about two legends in formula 1, second (but very close) only to 1966 Grand Prix. Too bad drivers after the GOAT Ayrton Senna, won't be a movie subject, otherwise it'll be a comedy. After all, Niki Lauda said about nowadays F1 cars that they could be easily handled by a monkey and who are we to question him? Last but not least, Hans Zimmer created an extraordinary and epic movie score...again....
One of the most underrated movies ever. It should have received multiple Oscars noms. Definitely Brühl for his performance as Lauda, as well as the cinematography, direction and score should have been contenders.
Frankly, this score touched me way more than the one for "Dune", and yet Zimmer got an Oscar for the latter, and this one was largely ignored, nominated only for the San Diego Film Critics Society (and didn't win).
It has to be said: For a German it's close to impossible to do a convincing Austrian accent, but Daniel Brühl not only did it perfectly, but managed to do a perfect Niki Lauda, which is incredibly difficult as well. His performance is outstanding and he was totally snobbed for an Academy Award nomination. Also, I would love to see you guys should react to… "Senna" (2010). It's one of the greatest documentary films you will ever see and showcasing the greatest F1 racer in Ayrton Senna.
Well, Daniel says he got to hang out with Niki quite a bit, but initially Niki told him "Just bring hand luggage; that way if we don't like each other you can piss off back to Berlin". Thankfully they did get on, and you can see it in his performance.
When I watched it the first time, I was really impressed by Daniel Brühl not mimicking only a Viennese accent this well but also Lauda's personal manner to talk. And I'm from Vienna myself so I would know.
@@raytr4100 The only thing I had to criticize was Brühl's nose. It wouldn't have been such a big deal, if they had used a small bit of prosthetics to make his stubby nose a Lauda-like hooked one.
Hunt was a brilliant motor sports commentator after he retired from racing. His insights and dry sense of humour brought him a wide fanbase. He often criticised drivers he did not think were trying hard enough.
Totally agree, his commentary with the late and great Murray Walker, where he'd correct Murray and speak his mind on the 'antics' of certain drivers (mentioning no names as to not offend their fans) was equally refreshing and entertaining. Two F1 legends in their own right. R.I.P. to them both.
And he never missed a chance to lambast Riccardo Patrese any opportunity he could, as Hunt (along with other drivers) blamed Patrese for causing the accident which led to the death of Hunt's close friend Ronnie Peterson.
Quick note. When Lauda invited Daniel to Vienna he said on the phone "Only bring carry-one baggage, if we don't like each other, you can piss off right away." That's the way Niki was, straight forward honest. I met him once at a racing event for drivers at the Nürburgring (I have driven Mini Cup Series and GT4 back in the '90s). I liked him, and I think he liked me too. We wouldn't have spend 3 hours talking about racing if he didn't. LOL
R.I.P to two of the greatest F1 pilot's in history. You guys made me cry like a baby (I'm 43) This was the first time I have rewatched clips from Rush since Lauda died. It hit hard. I used to watch F1 on German tv and Lauda was often on as a expert. I can ensure you that he never changed. Even on tv, he would say if something was Shit. Honest to his last breath. What a champ. 💪💯 Stay safe 🤘🇺🇲🇩🇰🤘
@Francisco Ramirez That driver was Guy Edwards. His son, Sean Edwards, played him in the film. Sadly, the son was killed later in 2013 in a crash at the Queensland Raceway in Australia.
Daniel Bruhl's performance was spot on. Niki Lauda is not an easy person to play. Lauda was such a perfectionist. Granted, Lauda himself wasn't perfect, but while he was racing, in his prime, he was difficult to beat. I thoroughly enjoyed the movie and the reaction was fun to watch.
Watching Niki's engineering acumen reminded me of another true-life incident. Niki started an airline after racing, called Lauda Air. One of his 767s crashed over Thailand, and the investigators were convinced it was pilot error, but Niki was adamant it was an engineering problem, and eventually proved it was a design fault that led to a redesign of a component of the plane, and I believe a retrofit of all existing 767s.
Once he proved it was a design problem, he told Boeing to issue a press release exonerated the pilot. Boeing aid it old take months for the lawyers to review the new report. Lauda said in that case he would inform the media he would take an identical plane up the next day and recreate the event since Boeing said there was no design flaw. Boeing released their corrected report the next day. Lauda was not a person who bluffed.
Niki was so adament. He flew to the crash side to investigate himself. He was diggin through the rubble until he found, that he was right. He was not only the first airline president to personaly visit a crashside, he was also the first who investigated himself. Also to this very day, he raimains the only one who ever did it.
The scene of Niki driving Emily's car is so funny, especially when he proves to her - Yes, I'm a Formula One racer with the two Italian fans in the backseat! "Rush" and "Ford v. Ferrari" really stoked the fires of racing in my heart again. I think a great racing film could be made about Brazilian F1 legend, Ayrton Senna.
That 1976 F1 season was even more unbelieveable than the film depicts. I recommend looking in to a documentary on it. Probably one of the best seasons ever. Lauda and Hunt are both heroes in my eyes but, in totally different ways.
I watched a BBC documentary I think was called F1 : The Killer Years. Watching it was heartbreaking as so many drivers died from the 50's to the early 80's and it's only when you realise that even though the drivers had a healthy rivalry their wives and kids would follow them from race to race and they all became like family as they saw so much of each other and the inevitability that sometimes at least 2 families would lose a father per season while the drivers safety concerns were routinely ignored by the governing body as they just wanted to make as much money as possible. It's improved a hell of a lot today but so many talented drivers paid the ultimate price to get us here
Open wheel driving in America was pretty deadly as well. I'll never forget watching the Indianapolis 500 when I was a kid and seeing "Swede" Savage hitting that inner wall and his car bursting into flame on TV. One of his tires must've went 25-30 feet in the air. Savage died in hospital about a month later.
The Japan GP had to start because natural light was fading and they had too much money invested in sponsorship deals. I remember Nelson Piquet used to faint when he walked out of the car because the pressure inside was so violent, the drivers were what mattered less in the whole thing.
I'm so glad that safety has become so much better. It pisses me off to no end when people complain nowadays it's "too safe" and leads to less overtakes and more boring racing and that racing is dangerous and peolple get paid lots of money for it. I fucking take more boring races where people can survive a crash like Grosjean did a few years ago, over seeing drivers die in crashes. There are calcuated risks that cannot be avoided and then there are absolutely unnecessary risks that can absolutely be avoided and mitigated. I'm watching since the early 90s and watching the 94 Imola weekend as a kid was rough and I do not want to ever see a weekend like that again in racing. It's sad that every single advance in safety always came at the back of drivers being killed and not of foresight.
Funner fact: you can take your own car on a lap during the TF (Touristenfahrten - tourist driving). Costs a fair bit, but it's fun. Just don't get cocky.
"Niki Lauda" The particular competitive spirit of Lauda would face quite a peculiar challenge when he went into the aviation world (where he just behaved as you've seen in the film). Lauda eventually dedicated to the Austrian airline he owned: Lauda Air. On May 26, 1991 (interesting timing for a reaction on his life) Flight 004 of Lauda Air, operated by a Boeing 767, crashed in Thailand after a thrust reverser on one of the engines deployed in mid flight (usually, you don't want that, because when you have one engine pushing forward, and one pushing backwards, the plane enters an out of control spin that can rip the plane apart; which happened to this plane: it disintegrated in mid air due to the huge aerodynamic forces it was subjected to). Lauda himself participated in the investigation and when the main cause of the accident was about to be determined as pilot error (given that some previous studies that tested an uncommanded thrust reverser deployment determined pilots had enough control to recover and still fly the plane). But Lauda, a pilot himself, doubted the version that his pilots were the main cause of the disaster and insisted to test the scenario and recreate the conditions in a simulator himself. He got two conflicting outcomes: when he tried the scenario in a simulator at an airport, the plane could be recovered; but when he got permission to try the scenario in a simulator at Boeing (the plane's manufacturer), he couldn't save the plane in any of the attempts. The official explanation was that simulators sometimes yielded wrong results. Further investigation, though, turned out that the test to certify the plane for this particular malfunction, wasn't conducted originally by a third party; instead, the FAA let Boeing to make the test, and the manufacturer did it... at a third of the height and half the speed of a regular commercial flightM under those specific condition the plane could be recovered. The FAA accepted the results as generally good and, as a result, the simulators that didn't belong to Boeing offered the wrong simulation in all conditions and all pilot training to recover from this malfunction was, basically, flawed. Lauda insisted that Boeing should publish an statement recognizing this danger; but the company tried to push back the publication, saying it would take months to "get the wording right". Lauda warned Boeing that if they were so sure the main cause was pilot error and a thrust reverser deployment was survivable in all cases, he (with a couple of volunteers) would try the recovery procedure *while flying a real Boeing 767*. Boeing asked Lauda not to try it; when he doubled down and called a press conference to pull the stunt, the company issued the statement almost right away, recognizing that this particular malfunction in the Boeing 767 was not survivable as previously thought. The crew of Lauda Air 004 still did some mistakes, but the main issue was that they had no chance to recover the plane once the malfunction happened, and many of the mistakes came from the assumption that, even with an engine operating in reverse, they could keep flying to an airport for an emergency landing. The Boeing 767 had to be redesigned to prevent this issue from ever happening again, partially, to the particular way in which Niki Lauda dealt with challenges. Lauda Air was eventually merged into Austrian Airlines, the national airline of the country; although it's reported some planes still use the Lauda Air livery.
In 1991 a Boing o fLauda Air crashed in Thailand. Niki flew to the crashside and began an investigation. He wanted to know, if he choosed the wrong pilots, or if it was the jet. It was the jets thrust reversal. I will never forget the time, when he was an F1 expert on RTL. RIP Niki Ruhe in Frieden Niki
I'm old enough to have seen the real Niki Lauda's crash when it happened...Emily's reaction to his crash is exactly how we all reacted when it happened...I remember as a kid my parents pulling me away from the TV and not letting me watch because they were 100% certain he was dead and they were going to be pulling his remains out of the car.
Sorry, but you cant have seen it on TV "when it happened" in 1976 the Nürbugring didnt have cameras because of its lenght. The crash was filmed by a spectator with his personal Super 8 cam. The footage was released after a couple days later, when international tv stations learned about the film.
It probably felt like we were seeing it live because the images appeared so quickly, Nurburgring had 5 sections, it was not possible to have track marshalls or even medical aide for the entire track let alone tv cameras. I think the first race to be televised entirely was the GP of Monaco in 1978, as the only inner city circuit it was probably easier. I was 13 and remember the whole thing vividly what I did not know at the time was that Niki's helmet was new and was not fitted to him, that is why it came out with the impact. Jackie Stewart called the track "the green hell", there at been some 50 accidents there prior to Niki's crash.
My local Copenhagen movie theater decided to illustrate one of their toilet stalls stall doors with this film. Right next to “Dark Knight”. Trust me, that’s an honour.
Hey guys great reaction!! I saw this in the theater with my dad. We r big formula 1 fans. My dad was 78 at the time & he loved it!! It’s an absolute crime this film wasn’t nominated for any academy awards.
Well, Hunt is right in the sense that they are like knights facing death in a sport watched by an audience if you take the term "a nobility" as him meaning "boldly reaching for greatness rather than being common" which is hinted at in Lauda's intro narration.
An outstanding movie, in a very similar vein also with great performances I can recommend Le Mans ‘66 (or Ford v Ferrari in the colonies) with the added bonus of a fight between Jason Bourne and Bruce Wayne.
I saw Rush 2x in the theatre. The sound was amazing!!! I saw Rush in a big theatre too with THX sound and I jizzed in my pants! LMAO. No kidding to this day one of the best sound experience I've had with at a movie. I love this movie! I think it is one of the best race movies! At the time it came out I didn't know why it wasn't a monster hit!! One of the best times I've had at the movies!
20:03 A gross mistranslation. It's a lot closer to "If i am going to do this, then only with you". I think they tried to emphasize, that Lauda wasn't exactly the most charming person around and that his relationship was only ever going to come second to racing, if it came down to that, but the translation doesn't do the sentiment justice. I've seen people argue that it tries to set up that their marriage failed under the stress of the subsequent events, though i personally think that is a stretch and also doesn't reflect the reality of a faithful and commited husband who took his marriage as seriously as anything else he did for better or worse. EDIT: Recommendation for Ford v. Ferrari, another great racing movie.
Great reaction. I love this movie. Great visuals, great sound design and music. The ending gets me every time. Glad I did watch it in the cinema back then.
Nice reaction of a great movie. Ragazzoni was a Swiss from the Italian speaking area, had a pretty decent career and won the GP in Monza. He later became paralysed from the waist down after an accident. He died in a car accident in 2006 and Lauda attended his funeral. He was somewhat like Hunt, race and women
Comparing Formula One to NASCAR is like calling a lion tamer a lap cat owner. 🤣🤣🤣 By the way, as an Austrian I'm also team Niki, though I really liked James Hunt. 🙂
Can't believe that this movie is from 2013! This is such a good movie and story. Everytime I have to think about Ayrton Senna. I was 16 when he had that fatal accindent Thanks guys for this reaction, haven't seen another reactor do it
I will never forget the summer of ' 76. Hitchhiking around Europe and listening to Hunt clawing his way back in his epic battle with Ferrari and Nikki. Your excellent review of the film mentioned the soundtrack and particularly the music. Another great film with a masterful sound is " Dunkirk " - also scored by Hans Zimmer. Watched it in an Imax theatre - an epic experience.
This is the movie that got me hooked on Formula 1. Since I saw this in the theater, I went to a race the same year for the first time in my life and have been hooked ever since. Now I go to one race per year, luckily, I am near an F1 track, and I think I am very lucky to have this passion to enjoy.
Depressing fact, due to Lauda's crash being so infamous that turn on the Nürburgring is now referred to as Lauda's links aka Laudas Left. I can confirm that seeing it with surround sound is the best way, i saw it in theaters and when those V12's fired up I felt it
I was amazed when I saw the first trailers for this back in 2013, how well Daniel Brühl nailed Niki Laudas way of speaking, his accent (not just in German, but also in English!)...when the casting was announced, I said to myself "This is either gonna be brilliant or a (pun intended!) car crash...So happy it turned out to be the latter! Brühl admitted he was so nervous for not only playing someone who was still alive at the time, but also someone who was so well known to the target audience of the movie. Niki Lauda worked as a pundit for the German F1 broadcasts for over a decade. Hans Zimmer's score is absolutely brilliant, just saw him in concert last friday for the second time in years...his live concerts are something else and I urge you to get tickets if there is one near you...I think he's gonna be on tour again in 2024, and they sell out quickly! More racing movies: Since the centenary edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans is coming up next weekend (June 10/11) the already mentioned "Ford v Ferrari" (2019) with Matt Damon and Christian Bale depicting the Le Mans 24 hours race in 1966, and "Le Mans" (1971) with Steve McQueen in his most personal movie...he was a huge racing nut and tried to make the ultimate racing movie...it doesn't have much of a story and the dialogues are a bit cringe at best, but the racing sequences will blow you away! Same goes for "Grand Prix" (1966) with James Garner, depicting a fictional F1 season...it has its lengths but again, the racing scenes are anxiety-inducing!. Last but not least, for all NASCAR folk: "Days of Thunder" (1990) with Tom Cruise, also featuring one of Hans Zimmer's early movie scores...basically Top Gun on wheels! Because Emily loved the cinematography so much: it was done by Anthony Dod Mantle, who won an Oscar for "Slumdog Millionaire"!
Well, the marriage scene was awfully translated in the subtitles. it should have been 'And if I do this now, then only with you.' and not, 'and if I'm going to do this with anyone, it might as well be you.'
Ayrton Senna made the difference to put safety 1st in F1 races. True leader inside and outside the race track, and likely the best F1 pilot ever. Ironically he died in a race accident so bad that even all the safety measures he pushed to implement did not suffice to save him. If I recall right his car bounced up in a slight bump right before a curve and flew straight into a concrete wall. 200 mph to 0 in a fraction of second. They got his body out of the car in apparent perfect condition but his brain was simply crushed against his skull due to such brutal decceleration. This was the shock of a generation of F1 fans. Nothing ever was the same without him.
It was a brillant film and one thing I want to add after reading the comments is the casting of the main protagonists. It was amazing casting , plus phenomenal acting. It was so good that it's not everybody that noticed that we see the real Lauda/ Hunt at the end.
This old man lived through that story as a fan, and this film is mostly the legend, with some truth from people who knew those involved and were still alive to be interviewed when the film was made. Niki Lauda's words are the voice-over as he wrote a good book about his career and this time in particular. James Hunt died on a golf course of a heart attack at 45 years old, after a racing comeback, then a number of years commentating on Formula 1 alongside another man often heard in the English language version of 'Rush' - Murray Walker, a WWII veteran who became the voice of Motorsports on British radio and then TV for decades. Murray Walker also wrote a book and several articles about the changes and development of Formula 1 over his time, and he was always honest about how the sport claimed the lives of so many talented drivers, often before they got a drive with a decent team and had a chance to show what they could have achieved. It's worth reading. There is a film 'Grand Prix' 1968, which shows how Formula 1 was before the cars got wings and airboxes (and when there were NO safety considerations) which is well worth watching. Especially for the sequences that inspired the pod racing in 'The Phantom Menace'.
The movie Grand Prix is a fictional melodrama of a film, but the racing sequences are so brilliantly shot, all for real of course in the 60s, it's really worth a look.
I have been a long time F1 fan and can remember the Lauda/Hunt rivalry back in the mid 70's. Unfortunately back then F1 was rarely televised in the U.S., so we had to rely on all of the automotive publications for our information, (i.e. Motor Trend, Car and Driver, Road & Track, etc.). The death rate in F1 (and all of motorsports) at that time was so high that there were many calling for an end to the sport in general. Everyone was amazed that not only did Niki survive that horrific crash and fire but that he was able to get back in the car and race after having missed only 2 races. What an amazing and inspiring person and story. He was always a vocal advocate for increased safety measures and was just one of the many that have made motorsports so much safer for all. He was also a key member of the Mercedes F1 team from 2012 until his death at 70 in 2019. He is missed by all who knew him.
I am a big fan of Formula 1 and this film reflects a great phrase "There is more to racing than just winning". There are great stories in motorsport that excite and sadden. I also recommend Ford V Ferrari. A true story in the 24 hours of LeMans.
From a self confessed F1 nerd; This movie is about 85/90% accurate which in Hollywood is incredibly good. This championship is 1976. The year after Lauda won the title for the second time. However, by the time the 80’s rolled around both men had retired from the sport. Niki concentrated on running his own airline whereas Hunt moved into the commentary booth where he was famous for his ‘tell it like it is’ style, a job he held until he died in 1993. Niki however couldn’t stay away and returned to the sport in 1982 and even won the title again in 1984 before retiring for the final time as a driver in 1985. He Is the only men in the sports 73 year history that has ever won the championship, retired and came back to win it again. Following an awful race weekend in 1994 in which 2 drivers died, the Grand Prix Drivers Association was reformed (a drivers union) in which Niki was president. The GPDA have since been instrumental in the improved safety standards and there has only been one fatality from an F1 race since. Niki also had several team management roles including being a team principal for Jaguar and most notably as non executive chairman with Mercedes until he passed away in 2019. For another F1 movie May I recommend Senna. It’s more of a documentary style but really heart wrenching even for a non F1 fan. It has big links to that awful weekend in 1994 I mentioned previously
Great editing of your reaction. This was such an epic racing battle back in the day. Those of us that followed F1 in the 70's were so invested in this story. Niki and James were both legends as were all of the drivers who literally put their lives on the line every weekend.
The translation at 20:00 before Nikki Lauda gets married is misleading or wrong. He does not say: "... might as well be you." He says: "... only with you."
F1 races have been traditionally the top of car racing. The best technology available, insane horsepower in the lightest possible car, unbelievable adherence to the pavement especially at fast speed, drivers have to endure sereval g's in each curve. And there are a lot of curves in F1 track, because the intent is for the best balanced car and driver combo to win, not simply the top speed car.
I’m I massive F1 fan and love this movie. Yes thankfully the safety has improved dramatically since the 70’s the last time someone passed away was Jules Bianchi in 2015 (but the crash was in 2014). which made them look at more protection and that’s how the Halo was introduced. Niki Lauda was an incredible person and even when he came back to F1 to be the chairman of Mercedes’ F1 team about 10 years ago, whenever he got asked anything you got a straight answer with no BS. One of the funniest story’s I’ve ever heard was Toto Wolff saying they both drove to one of the races and stopped at a cafe. Someone outside was eating a croissant and he said to Toto look I’ve found my ear.
If you fancy something else relating to Lauda that is very impressive watch the air crash / mayday episode "Testing the limits" where he personally helps solve an air crash investigation of one of his airline planes.
I remembered, during the BBC's live broadcast of the 1989 Monaco Grand Prix he described René Arnoux's comments that non-turbo cars did not suit the Frenchman's driving skills as "bullshit".
Great reaction guys! I was highly suspect before this came out, as the most recent big budget racing movie was "Driven" with Sylvester Stallone, and that was awful. Fortunately Ron Howard brought his usual expertise, and the casting was excellent as well. I especially loved the fact that they used real cars wherever possible and kept the CGI to a minimum. Finally, I was a big fan of Lauda and read one of his autobiographies. He was definitely blunt, did not suffer fools, but also had a wicked sense of humor. Bruhl really captured him perfectly.
Niki Lauda was on the Formula 1 cast in television in germany every year. He was such a legend and so humble. The end of the movie always makes me tearing up and as i saw you i teared up even more 😪
Great reaction. This is probably my favorite racing movie. I saw this with my son in the theater opening day. Was absolutely blown away. We went and saw it the following day again. The cinema photography and sound was amazing. So here is something for your behind the scenes for you. While Ron Howard was filming this movie he would post pictures on his Twitter. There were some cool pictures of the cars, and camera car set ups. Being a huge racing fan I couldn't wait for this to hit the theaters. After my son and I saw it opening day, I tweeted on Twitter about seeing it. I was so surprised then Ron Howard replied. We talked via Twitter, for about 30 about his movie. One of the coolest things. It was really cool because it was a public tweet, several people got in on the conversation. One was a good friend of mine, she said she would wait until is came out on home video to watch it. Both Ron and I told her she should see it in the theater. That Sunday she sent me a direct message, thanking me for teller her to see it on the big screen. One of my favorite shots was the one where they were drilling through the visor. If they ever show this at the theaters again near you I would go. I know here is Phoenix, they will show older movies one night a week. They recently showed Blazing Saddles on the big screen. When this makes it back to the big screen, I know Ill be there.
YES! I've been watching F1 since I was a kid & absolutely love this film. It's remarkably accurate to the real events, with some bits thrown in for the film of course.
Though not a movie, it was almost made just like one, is the F1 documentary of the legend and with his name as the title 'Sena' I often watch this and that back to back.
One of my favorite motorsports docufilms on racing is called Heart Like a Wheel based on Shirley Muldowney the first female professional drag racer on NHRA
Lauda was a bit over the top, but that was because of the writing, Brühls performance was incredible. I have been a huge F1 fan during the Schumacher era, started watching around Senna's death. During all that time, Lauda was on german tv, as the hosts sidekick and professional commentator. This acting is so on point, just like he came across as a commentator and his voice is almost indistinguishable from the real Nicki Lauda (except for during his last years). Nicki was never a "guy i would like to have a beer with", but i do really miss seeing him on tv and am really sad that he is gonne.
European Nascar... Ooooh no.... 😬 Emily, to give you some idea, F1 and Nascar share only 1 track. COTA in Texas. 2023 Nascar pole time was 2:10.760 (average speed ~72 mph) 2022 F1 pole lap time was 1:34.356 (average speed ~130 mph) 2019 Indycar Pole time was 1:46.017 (average speed ~115 mph)
@@Flibster I saw a video comparing F1 speeds to NASCAR around COTA, and the F1 car would LAP the NASCAR stock car EVERY 3 LAPS. It’s like pitting an Olympic runner against a Discord moderator.
This is a fantastic movie to watch whether you’re into F1 or not. Niki later came out of retirement in the ‘80s and raced for McLaren (Hunt’s team in the film), Hunt later became a wonderful color commentator and even announced many of Niki’s final races (as well as Niki’s championship win with McLaren) Definitely needs a sequel with Senna vs Prost but SENNA is a great documentary companion with this film
The feature film documentary Senna is great to watch. It is about the greatest Formula 1 driver of all-time Ayrton Senna and his fierce rivalry with Alain Prost. It is a compelling and beautiful insight into Senna’s life, philosophy, his competitive spirit and F1 career.
I love this film immensely, It's nearly real, it's not bullshit, it's simply an astoundingly good way of showing people's different personalities and the respect that they had for each other simply brilliant.
They don't teach southerners the concept of racing outside of the Nascar "take a slight left turn for 30 minutes"? Yeah, the rest of the world does real racing that requires actual skill.
Any driver that drives in any form of auto racing all understand the risk and the skill it takes for their own discipline. It's such a shame that the fans have to be elitist snobs and fawn over "real racing" when ALL of it is real racing. It's all skill, all speed, all cheating death. So you can stop with the "real racing" bs
There is a Danish TV pundit called Claus Borre that for years commentated F1, and boxing and whatnot, for Danish TV. After his retirement, he told an anecdote about a female assistant tagging along for one of the F1 races. *"It is a very special experience to see Formula 1 up front. Even the best technical production with multiple cameras cannot come close to the experience of watching a Formula 1 race live. The sound, the smell, the atmosphere, it is utterly indescribable and must be experienced before you can understand it. I had a funny experience once with a production assistant coming along to Silverstone. She wasn't interested in motorsports at all, thinking it was the most lame ass shXt out there, didn't want to come at all. But when the start went off - and Formula 1 fans all know this moment with the inferno from the many racing cars - she completely collapsed with euphoria and sat down in the commentator's box and just cried like a baby. More or less had an orgasm on the spot."* No matter how educated a girl is, it all becomes primal, when that roar of 20+ ultimate racecars rushes over her. And that's why boys risk their lives out there.
Hunt was actually a pretty bloody nice bloke. And the films plays up their dislike for one another. I mean they actually were flatmates for a period of time. Also Hunt was one of the few people who was at the height of the Apartheid in South Africa outspoken about it and actively wasn't involved in commentating if he could help it and any fees were given to the people struggled to fight against the Apartheid state.
I've seen this a few times, this was the first time I've seen that crash since the Romain Grosjean crash, that anxienty, fear and hope came flooding back.
Love your reaction. I saw this on IMAX when it came out. Thank you Ron Howard and Hans Zimmer. My son wants to be a Formula One engineer and is on track so far. Masterpiece.
Great reaction as always, guys. Would recommend: - Ford V Ferrari (2019). - Grand Prix (1966). Basic synopsis spoilers ahead: - Ford V Ferrari is about the 1966 24 hours of Le Mans race (Endurance racing). - Grand Prix is about a fictional 1966 Formula 1 season. Hardly anybody reacts to Grand Prix and it makes me sad. The dialogue scenes are a bit slow but the racing scenes are insane for 1966.
20:00 a little context: It's a bad translation in the subtitles. What he actually said was "But if I am going to do this now, then it's ONLY with you". Whoever did the subtitles actually turned one of Niki's few open affirmations of his love to Marlene and their marriage in this movie into some throwaway line that makes Niki look colder than he actually was.
There was a similar story played out at the same time in the motorcycle world championship between flamboyant, outspoken Englishman Barry Sheene, and cool, methodical American Kenny Roberts Snr.
Brilliant film. IMHO it's Ron Howard's best. Yes the cinematography, editing and score are fantastic as are the two leads especially Daniel Bruhl. And yes it was immense seeing it at the cinema. So good.
This movie and Netflixs Drive to survive got me back into F1 after Senna I stopped following the sport. Imho the 80s and 90s had the best sports rivalries
There's some great documentaries about F1. 1 being the best along with Jackie Stewart story. Both deal with safety in F1. But I would also recommend the 1966 movie Grand prix. Its slightly dated but its the driving sequences are amazing.
Nikki sadly passed away in 2019 just before that years Monaco Grand prix. Also this film is set in 1976(when F1 cars were made of Aluminium and not Carbon fibre).
Niki Lauda himself said the film was 80% accurate, which is saying a lot. Basically, the main divergence from history was overplaying their rivalry. They were actually roommates early in their career and did a lot of stuff together. But of course, for a movie, you need drama.
They also played down the extent of his physical injuries when he was in the hospital because apparently in real life the top of his skull had been completely charred and his face was bloodied beyond recognition which was why he was given the last rights. The doctors also had to create brand new procedures in order to vacuum his lungs because no one had ever survived an accident of that nature before.
@ohauss This is correct. The legendary Niki Lauda had also accepted Daniel Brühl at his home, mostly for Daniel to study him and portray him in the most accurate way. Unfortunately, James Hunt died 30 years ago, so Chris Hemsworth coulldn't do the same. Anyway, this is an mazing movie about two legends in formula 1, second (but very close) only to 1966 Grand Prix. Too bad drivers after the GOAT Ayrton Senna, won't be a movie subject, otherwise it'll be a comedy. After all, Niki Lauda said about nowadays F1 cars that they could be easily handled by a monkey and who are we to question him? Last but not least, Hans Zimmer created an extraordinary and epic movie score...again....
@@PavlozKapeliz The funny thing is the score of "Rush" does more for me than the one for "Dune" - and he got an Oscar for that one...
its also Lauda joke about 20% risk...
One of the most underrated movies ever. It should have received multiple Oscars noms. Definitely Brühl for his performance as Lauda, as well as the cinematography, direction and score should have been contenders.
Frankly, this score touched me way more than the one for "Dune", and yet Zimmer got an Oscar for the latter, and this one was largely ignored, nominated only for the San Diego Film Critics Society (and didn't win).
If it was made now, it surely would win awards, F1 got known over the last few years to more audiences now.
@@ohauss I have not seen Dune, but this film has one of the greatest scores ever.
It has to be said: For a German it's close to impossible to do a convincing Austrian accent, but Daniel Brühl not only did it perfectly, but managed to do a perfect Niki Lauda, which is incredibly difficult as well. His performance is outstanding and he was totally snobbed for an Academy Award nomination.
Also, I would love to see you guys should react to… "Senna" (2010). It's one of the greatest documentary films you will ever see and showcasing the greatest F1 racer in Ayrton Senna.
Yeah, Daniel did a fantastic job. And amen on the Senna film.
Well, Daniel says he got to hang out with Niki quite a bit, but initially Niki told him "Just bring hand luggage; that way if we don't like each other you can piss off back to Berlin". Thankfully they did get on, and you can see it in his performance.
When I watched it the first time, I was really impressed by Daniel Brühl not mimicking only a Viennese accent this well but also Lauda's personal manner to talk.
And I'm from Vienna myself so I would know.
Completely agree. He nailed this.
@@raytr4100 The only thing I had to criticize was Brühl's nose. It wouldn't have been such a big deal, if they had used a small bit of prosthetics to make his stubby nose a Lauda-like hooked one.
Hunt was a brilliant motor sports commentator after he retired from racing. His insights and dry sense of humour brought him a wide fanbase. He often criticised drivers he did not think were trying hard enough.
Totally agree, his commentary with the late and great Murray Walker, where he'd correct Murray and speak his mind on the 'antics' of certain drivers (mentioning no names as to not offend their fans) was equally refreshing and entertaining. Two F1 legends in their own right. R.I.P. to them both.
And he never missed a chance to lambast Riccardo Patrese any opportunity he could, as Hunt (along with other drivers) blamed Patrese for causing the accident which led to the death of Hunt's close friend Ronnie Peterson.
Quick note. When Lauda invited Daniel to Vienna he said on the phone "Only bring carry-one baggage, if we don't like each other, you can piss off right away." That's the way Niki was, straight forward honest. I met him once at a racing event for drivers at the Nürburgring (I have driven Mini Cup Series and GT4 back in the '90s). I liked him, and I think he liked me too. We wouldn't have spend 3 hours talking about racing if he didn't. LOL
thats sick mate, what series did you race in
I too met Niki in the late 90s and asked him about meeting you. He remembered and said he hadn't liked you at all and was just being polite.
R.I.P to two of the greatest F1 pilot's in history. You guys made me cry like a baby (I'm 43)
This was the first time I have rewatched clips from Rush since Lauda died. It hit hard.
I used to watch F1 on German tv and Lauda was often on as a expert. I can ensure you that he never changed.
Even on tv, he would say if something was Shit. Honest to his last breath.
What a champ. 💪💯
Stay safe 🤘🇺🇲🇩🇰🤘
Emily's reaction at Lauda's crash was so telling. I think we all had a similar reaction to it. A great sequence done by the film makers and actors
You would think it was exaggerated in the movie with how the other cars crashed into Niki, it's crazy this actually happened
One of the actors who pulled Lauda out of the fire was the son of one of the racers who actually pulled Lauda out of the fire.
@@brucebieberly4166 oh wow that's really neat! 👍🏻👌
@Francisco Ramirez That driver was Guy Edwards. His son, Sean Edwards, played him in the film. Sadly, the son was killed later in 2013 in a crash at the Queensland Raceway in Australia.
Daniel Bruhl's performance was spot on. Niki Lauda is not an easy person to play. Lauda was such a perfectionist. Granted, Lauda himself wasn't perfect, but while he was racing, in his prime, he was difficult to beat.
I thoroughly enjoyed the movie and the reaction was fun to watch.
Watching Niki's engineering acumen reminded me of another true-life incident. Niki started an airline after racing, called Lauda Air. One of his 767s crashed over Thailand, and the investigators were convinced it was pilot error, but Niki was adamant it was an engineering problem, and eventually proved it was a design fault that led to a redesign of a component of the plane, and I believe a retrofit of all existing 767s.
Once he proved it was a design problem, he told Boeing to issue a press release exonerated the pilot. Boeing aid it old take months for the lawyers to review the new report. Lauda said in that case he would inform the media he would take an identical plane up the next day and recreate the event since Boeing said there was no design flaw.
Boeing released their corrected report the next day.
Lauda was not a person who bluffed.
Niki was so adament. He flew to the crash side to investigate himself. He was diggin through the rubble until he found, that he was right.
He was not only the first airline president to personaly visit a crashside, he was also the first who investigated himself. Also to this very day, he raimains the only one who ever did it.
"You English, you're such @ssholes." I saw this in England in theaters when it first came out. That line got a huge laugh in the audience.
Same here! It didn’t even sound like an insult to me. I was thinking at the time, “why, thank you!”. I don’t know why. 😂
The scene of Niki driving Emily's car is so funny, especially when he proves to her - Yes, I'm a Formula One racer with the two Italian fans in the backseat! "Rush" and "Ford v. Ferrari" really stoked the fires of racing in my heart again. I think a great racing film could be made about Brazilian F1 legend, Ayrton Senna.
I was realy upset that Daniel Brühl was not nominated for an Oscar for this. It´s such a shame.
Absolutely criminal that he wasn't even nominated. He didn't just play Niki. He WAS Niki.
That 1976 F1 season was even more unbelieveable than the film depicts. I recommend looking in to a documentary on it. Probably one of the best seasons ever. Lauda and Hunt are both heroes in my eyes but, in totally different ways.
I watched a BBC documentary I think was called F1 : The Killer Years.
Watching it was heartbreaking as so many drivers died from the 50's to the early 80's and it's only when you realise that even though the drivers had a healthy rivalry their wives and kids would follow them from race to race and they all became like family as they saw so much of each other and the inevitability that sometimes at least 2 families would lose a father per season while the drivers safety concerns were routinely ignored by the governing body as they just wanted to make as much money as possible.
It's improved a hell of a lot today but so many talented drivers paid the ultimate price to get us here
Yeah F1 during those years was just a blood sport some people literally went to just to see if some one would die or crash.
Open wheel driving in America was pretty deadly as well. I'll never forget watching the Indianapolis 500 when I was a kid and seeing "Swede" Savage hitting that inner wall and his car bursting into flame on TV. One of his tires must've went 25-30 feet in the air. Savage died in hospital about a month later.
The Japan GP had to start because natural light was fading and they had too much money invested in sponsorship deals. I remember Nelson Piquet used to faint when he walked out of the car because the pressure inside was so violent, the drivers were what mattered less in the whole thing.
I'm so glad that safety has become so much better. It pisses me off to no end when people complain nowadays it's "too safe" and leads to less overtakes and more boring racing and that racing is dangerous and peolple get paid lots of money for it. I fucking take more boring races where people can survive a crash like Grosjean did a few years ago, over seeing drivers die in crashes. There are calcuated risks that cannot be avoided and then there are absolutely unnecessary risks that can absolutely be avoided and mitigated. I'm watching since the early 90s and watching the 94 Imola weekend as a kid was rough and I do not want to ever see a weekend like that again in racing.
It's sad that every single advance in safety always came at the back of drivers being killed and not of foresight.
Fun fact : the Nurburgring is still in use today as an active race course. On a "lighter" note , the track is also known as "the green hell"
Funner fact: you can take your own car on a lap during the TF (Touristenfahrten - tourist driving). Costs a fair bit, but it's fun. Just don't get cocky.
"Niki Lauda"
The particular competitive spirit of Lauda would face quite a peculiar challenge when he went into the aviation world (where he just behaved as you've seen in the film).
Lauda eventually dedicated to the Austrian airline he owned: Lauda Air. On May 26, 1991 (interesting timing for a reaction on his life) Flight 004 of Lauda Air, operated by a Boeing 767, crashed in Thailand after a thrust reverser on one of the engines deployed in mid flight (usually, you don't want that, because when you have one engine pushing forward, and one pushing backwards, the plane enters an out of control spin that can rip the plane apart; which happened to this plane: it disintegrated in mid air due to the huge aerodynamic forces it was subjected to).
Lauda himself participated in the investigation and when the main cause of the accident was about to be determined as pilot error (given that some previous studies that tested an uncommanded thrust reverser deployment determined pilots had enough control to recover and still fly the plane).
But Lauda, a pilot himself, doubted the version that his pilots were the main cause of the disaster and insisted to test the scenario and recreate the conditions in a simulator himself. He got two conflicting outcomes: when he tried the scenario in a simulator at an airport, the plane could be recovered; but when he got permission to try the scenario in a simulator at Boeing (the plane's manufacturer), he couldn't save the plane in any of the attempts. The official explanation was that simulators sometimes yielded wrong results.
Further investigation, though, turned out that the test to certify the plane for this particular malfunction, wasn't conducted originally by a third party; instead, the FAA let Boeing to make the test, and the manufacturer did it... at a third of the height and half the speed of a regular commercial flightM under those specific condition the plane could be recovered. The FAA accepted the results as generally good and, as a result, the simulators that didn't belong to Boeing offered the wrong simulation in all conditions and all pilot training to recover from this malfunction was, basically, flawed.
Lauda insisted that Boeing should publish an statement recognizing this danger; but the company tried to push back the publication, saying it would take months to "get the wording right". Lauda warned Boeing that if they were so sure the main cause was pilot error and a thrust reverser deployment was survivable in all cases, he (with a couple of volunteers) would try the recovery procedure *while flying a real Boeing 767*.
Boeing asked Lauda not to try it; when he doubled down and called a press conference to pull the stunt, the company issued the statement almost right away, recognizing that this particular malfunction in the Boeing 767 was not survivable as previously thought.
The crew of Lauda Air 004 still did some mistakes, but the main issue was that they had no chance to recover the plane once the malfunction happened, and many of the mistakes came from the assumption that, even with an engine operating in reverse, they could keep flying to an airport for an emergency landing. The Boeing 767 had to be redesigned to prevent this issue from ever happening again, partially, to the particular way in which Niki Lauda dealt with challenges.
Lauda Air was eventually merged into Austrian Airlines, the national airline of the country; although it's reported some planes still use the Lauda Air livery.
"European nascar"
A cat of culture: That's it, I'm leaving.
In 1991 a Boing o fLauda Air crashed in Thailand. Niki flew to the crashside and began an investigation. He wanted to know, if he choosed the wrong pilots, or if it was the jet.
It was the jets thrust reversal.
I will never forget the time, when he was an F1 expert on RTL.
RIP Niki
Ruhe in Frieden Niki
I'm old enough to have seen the real Niki Lauda's crash when it happened...Emily's reaction to his crash is exactly how we all reacted when it happened...I remember as a kid my parents pulling me away from the TV and not letting me watch because they were 100% certain he was dead and they were going to be pulling his remains out of the car.
Sorry, but you cant have seen it on TV "when it happened" in 1976 the Nürbugring didnt have cameras because of its lenght. The crash was filmed by a spectator with his personal Super 8 cam. The footage was released after a couple days later, when international tv stations learned about the film.
It probably felt like we were seeing it live because the images appeared so quickly, Nurburgring had 5 sections, it was not possible to have track marshalls or even medical aide for the entire track let alone tv cameras. I think the first race to be televised entirely was the GP of Monaco in 1978, as the only inner city circuit it was probably easier. I was 13 and remember the whole thing vividly what I did not know at the time was that Niki's helmet was new and was not fitted to him, that is why it came out with the impact. Jackie Stewart called the track "the green hell", there at been some 50 accidents there prior to Niki's crash.
My local Copenhagen movie theater decided to illustrate one of their toilet stalls stall doors with this film. Right next to “Dark Knight”.
Trust me, that’s an honour.
Hey guys great reaction!! I saw this in the theater with my dad. We r big formula 1 fans. My dad was 78 at the time & he loved it!! It’s an absolute crime this film wasn’t nominated for any academy awards.
Well, Hunt is right in the sense that they are like knights facing death in a sport watched by an audience if you take the term "a nobility" as him meaning "boldly reaching for greatness rather than being common" which is hinted at in Lauda's intro narration.
“I will never understand that mindset” James Hunt: that’s why no one will remember your name.
An outstanding movie, in a very similar vein also with great performances I can recommend Le Mans ‘66 (or Ford v Ferrari in the colonies) with the added bonus of a fight between Jason Bourne and Bruce Wayne.
I saw Rush 2x in the theatre. The sound was amazing!!! I saw Rush in a big theatre too with THX sound and I jizzed in my pants! LMAO. No kidding to this day one of the best sound experience I've had with at a movie. I love this movie! I think it is one of the best race movies! At the time it came out I didn't know why it wasn't a monster hit!! One of the best times I've had at the movies!
20:03 A gross mistranslation. It's a lot closer to "If i am going to do this, then only with you". I think they tried to emphasize, that Lauda wasn't exactly the most charming person around and that his relationship was only ever going to come second to racing, if it came down to that, but the translation doesn't do the sentiment justice. I've seen people argue that it tries to set up that their marriage failed under the stress of the subsequent events, though i personally think that is a stretch and also doesn't reflect the reality of a faithful and commited husband who took his marriage as seriously as anything else he did for better or worse.
EDIT: Recommendation for Ford v. Ferrari, another great racing movie.
Great reaction.
I love this movie. Great visuals, great sound design and music. The ending gets me every time. Glad I did watch it in the cinema back then.
Definitely one of Ron Howard's best films he's directed.
If you haven't seen Ford vs Ferrari/Le Mans '66. I highly recommend it. On par with Rush, if not even better.
Ford v Ferrari is also a fantastic racing movie, but Rush in my opinion is better. But not by much.
@@D25Bev I disagree. Rush is a lot better in my opinion
Nice reaction of a great movie.
Ragazzoni was a Swiss from the Italian speaking area, had a pretty decent career and won the GP in Monza. He later became paralysed from the waist down after an accident.
He died in a car accident in 2006 and Lauda attended his funeral. He was somewhat like Hunt, race and women
Comparing Formula One to NASCAR is like calling a lion tamer a lap cat owner. 🤣🤣🤣
By the way, as an Austrian I'm also team Niki, though I really liked James Hunt. 🙂
Can't believe that this movie is from 2013! This is such a good movie and story. Everytime I have to think about Ayrton Senna. I was 16 when he had that fatal accindent
Thanks guys for this reaction, haven't seen another reactor do it
I will never forget the summer of ' 76. Hitchhiking around Europe and listening to Hunt clawing his way back in his epic battle with Ferrari and Nikki.
Your excellent review of the film mentioned the soundtrack and particularly the music.
Another great film with a masterful sound is " Dunkirk " - also scored by Hans Zimmer.
Watched it in an Imax theatre - an epic experience.
This is the movie that got me hooked on Formula 1. Since I saw this in the theater, I went to a race the same year for the first time in my life and have been hooked ever since. Now I go to one race per year, luckily, I am near an F1 track, and I think I am very lucky to have this passion to enjoy.
Depressing fact, due to Lauda's crash being so infamous that turn on the Nürburgring is now referred to as Lauda's links aka Laudas Left. I can confirm that seeing it with surround sound is the best way, i saw it in theaters and when those V12's fired up I felt it
I was amazed when I saw the first trailers for this back in 2013, how well Daniel Brühl nailed Niki Laudas way of speaking, his accent (not just in German, but also in English!)...when the casting was announced, I said to myself "This is either gonna be brilliant or a (pun intended!) car crash...So happy it turned out to be the latter! Brühl admitted he was so nervous for not only playing someone who was still alive at the time, but also someone who was so well known to the target audience of the movie. Niki Lauda worked as a pundit for the German F1 broadcasts for over a decade. Hans Zimmer's score is absolutely brilliant, just saw him in concert last friday for the second time in years...his live concerts are something else and I urge you to get tickets if there is one near you...I think he's gonna be on tour again in 2024, and they sell out quickly!
More racing movies: Since the centenary edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans is coming up next weekend (June 10/11) the already mentioned "Ford v Ferrari" (2019) with Matt Damon and Christian Bale depicting the Le Mans 24 hours race in 1966, and "Le Mans" (1971) with Steve McQueen in his most personal movie...he was a huge racing nut and tried to make the ultimate racing movie...it doesn't have much of a story and the dialogues are a bit cringe at best, but the racing sequences will blow you away! Same goes for "Grand Prix" (1966) with James Garner, depicting a fictional F1 season...it has its lengths but again, the racing scenes are anxiety-inducing!. Last but not least, for all NASCAR folk: "Days of Thunder" (1990) with Tom Cruise, also featuring one of Hans Zimmer's early movie scores...basically Top Gun on wheels!
Because Emily loved the cinematography so much: it was done by Anthony Dod Mantle, who won an Oscar for "Slumdog Millionaire"!
Well, the marriage scene was awfully translated in the subtitles. it should have been 'And if I do this now, then only with you.' and not, 'and if I'm going to do this with anyone, it might as well be you.'
Exactly, as someone from Austria I was shocked, this scene is really cute but the translation gave it a whole other meaning in a bad way 😂
I could watch your cat all day. I don’t think I even watched the reaction until the end when the cat finally bounced lol
Ayrton Senna made the difference to put safety 1st in F1 races. True leader inside and outside the race track, and likely the best F1 pilot ever. Ironically he died in a race accident so bad that even all the safety measures he pushed to implement did not suffice to save him. If I recall right his car bounced up in a slight bump right before a curve and flew straight into a concrete wall. 200 mph to 0 in a fraction of second. They got his body out of the car in apparent perfect condition but his brain was simply crushed against his skull due to such brutal decceleration. This was the shock of a generation of F1 fans. Nothing ever was the same without him.
It was a brillant film and one thing I want to add after reading the comments is the casting of the main protagonists. It was amazing casting , plus phenomenal acting. It was so good that it's not everybody that noticed that we see the real Lauda/ Hunt at the end.
IMMORTAL phrases by Emily: Let's watch some EuroNASCAR 🤣😂🤣😂
This old man lived through that story as a fan, and this film is mostly the legend, with some truth from people who knew those involved and were still alive to be interviewed when the film was made. Niki Lauda's words are the voice-over as he wrote a good book about his career and this time in particular.
James Hunt died on a golf course of a heart attack at 45 years old, after a racing comeback, then a number of years commentating on Formula 1 alongside another man often heard in the English language version of 'Rush' - Murray Walker, a WWII veteran who became the voice of Motorsports on British radio and then TV for decades.
Murray Walker also wrote a book and several articles about the changes and development of Formula 1 over his time, and he was always honest about how the sport claimed the lives of so many talented drivers, often before they got a drive with a decent team and had a chance to show what they could have achieved. It's worth reading.
There is a film 'Grand Prix' 1968, which shows how Formula 1 was before the cars got wings and airboxes (and when there were NO safety considerations) which is well worth watching.
Especially for the sequences that inspired the pod racing in 'The Phantom Menace'.
Recommending the docu "1 - Life on the Limit" to learn more about that era and just how dangerous F1 was in the 60s and 70s.
The movie Grand Prix is a fictional melodrama of a film, but the racing sequences are so brilliantly shot, all for real of course in the 60s, it's really worth a look.
I have been a long time F1 fan and can remember the Lauda/Hunt rivalry back in the mid 70's. Unfortunately back then F1 was rarely televised in the U.S., so we had to rely on all of the automotive publications for our information, (i.e. Motor Trend, Car and Driver, Road & Track, etc.). The death rate in F1 (and all of motorsports) at that time was so high that there were many calling for an end to the sport in general. Everyone was amazed that not only did Niki survive that horrific crash and fire but that he was able to get back in the car and race after having missed only 2 races. What an amazing and inspiring person and story. He was always a vocal advocate for increased safety measures and was just one of the many that have made motorsports so much safer for all. He was also a key member of the Mercedes F1 team from 2012 until his death at 70 in 2019. He is missed by all who knew him.
I am a big fan of Formula 1 and this film reflects a great phrase "There is more to racing than just winning". There are great stories in motorsport that excite and sadden.
I also recommend Ford V Ferrari. A true story in the 24 hours of LeMans.
From a self confessed F1 nerd;
This movie is about 85/90% accurate which in Hollywood is incredibly good.
This championship is 1976.
The year after Lauda won the title for the second time. However, by the time the 80’s rolled around both men had retired from the sport.
Niki concentrated on running his own airline whereas Hunt moved into the commentary booth where he was famous for his ‘tell it like it is’ style, a job he held until he died in 1993.
Niki however couldn’t stay away and returned to the sport in 1982 and even won the title again in 1984 before retiring for the final time as a driver in 1985. He Is the only men in the sports 73 year history that has ever won the championship, retired and came back to win it again.
Following an awful race weekend in 1994 in which 2 drivers died, the Grand Prix Drivers Association was reformed (a drivers union) in which Niki was president. The GPDA have since been instrumental in the improved safety standards and there has only been one fatality from an F1 race since.
Niki also had several team management roles including being a team principal for Jaguar and most notably as non executive chairman with Mercedes until he passed away in 2019.
For another F1 movie May I recommend Senna. It’s more of a documentary style but really heart wrenching even for a non F1 fan. It has big links to that awful weekend in 1994 I mentioned previously
Great editing of your reaction. This was such an epic racing battle back in the day. Those of us that followed F1 in the 70's were so invested in this story. Niki and James were both legends as were all of the drivers who literally put their lives on the line every weekend.
The translation at 20:00 before Nikki Lauda gets married is misleading or wrong. He does not say: "... might as well be you."
He says: "... only with you."
Sometimes, truth is stranger than fiction. An incredible story.
F1 races have been traditionally the top of car racing. The best technology available, insane horsepower in the lightest possible car, unbelievable adherence to the pavement especially at fast speed, drivers have to endure sereval g's in each curve. And there are a lot of curves in F1 track, because the intent is for the best balanced car and driver combo to win, not simply the top speed car.
I can't hear the music of this and not think of 'The Rains of Castamere' from Game of Thrones.
I’m I massive F1 fan and love this movie. Yes thankfully the safety has improved dramatically since the 70’s the last time someone passed away was Jules Bianchi in 2015 (but the crash was in 2014). which made them look at more protection and that’s how the Halo was introduced.
Niki Lauda was an incredible person and even when he came back to F1 to be the chairman of Mercedes’ F1 team about 10 years ago, whenever he got asked anything you got a straight answer with no BS. One of the funniest story’s I’ve ever heard was Toto Wolff saying they both drove to one of the races and stopped at a cafe. Someone outside was eating a croissant and he said to Toto look I’ve found my ear.
"Music is sooo good."
Hans Zimmer is the fking reason.
Brilliance 🤯
If you fancy something else relating to Lauda that is very impressive watch the air crash / mayday episode "Testing the limits" where he personally helps solve an air crash investigation of one of his airline planes.
I remembered, during the BBC's live broadcast of the 1989 Monaco Grand Prix he described René Arnoux's comments that non-turbo cars did not suit the Frenchman's driving skills as "bullshit".
Great reaction guys! I was highly suspect before this came out, as the most recent big budget racing movie was "Driven" with Sylvester Stallone, and that was awful. Fortunately Ron Howard brought his usual expertise, and the casting was excellent as well. I especially loved the fact that they used real cars wherever possible and kept the CGI to a minimum. Finally, I was a big fan of Lauda and read one of his autobiographies. He was definitely blunt, did not suffer fools, but also had a wicked sense of humor. Bruhl really captured him perfectly.
Niki Lauda was on the Formula 1 cast in television in germany every year. He was such a legend and so humble. The end of the movie always makes me tearing up and as i saw you i teared up even more 😪
I can feel my body aching and losing strength when I hear "European NASCAR"
Great reaction. This is probably my favorite racing movie. I saw this with my son in the theater opening day. Was absolutely blown away. We went and saw it the following day again. The cinema photography and sound was amazing.
So here is something for your behind the scenes for you. While Ron Howard was filming this movie he would post pictures on his Twitter. There were some cool pictures of the cars, and camera car set ups.
Being a huge racing fan I couldn't wait for this to hit the theaters.
After my son and I saw it opening day, I tweeted on Twitter about seeing it. I was so surprised then Ron Howard replied. We talked via Twitter, for about 30 about his movie. One of the coolest things.
It was really cool because it was a public tweet, several people got in on the conversation. One was a good friend of mine, she said she would wait until is came out on home video to watch it. Both Ron and I told her she should see it in the theater. That Sunday she sent me a direct message, thanking me for teller her to see it on the big screen.
One of my favorite shots was the one where they were drilling through the visor.
If they ever show this at the theaters again near you I would go. I know here is Phoenix, they will show older movies one night a week. They recently showed Blazing Saddles on the big screen. When this makes it back to the big screen, I know Ill be there.
The Oscar for best supporting role should’ve been given to Daniel Brühl. Really, he deserved it.
Thank you so much for reacting to this. Daniel Bruhl was amazing.
Im a huge racing fan and Ron Howard did this justice
YES! I've been watching F1 since I was a kid & absolutely love this film. It's remarkably accurate to the real events, with some bits thrown in for the film of course.
Though not a movie, it was almost made just like one, is the F1 documentary of the legend and with his name as the title 'Sena' I often watch this and that back to back.
I still get goose bumps every time when the cars drive towards the screen at the end cos I remember how fakken amazing it sounded in theater.
One of my favorite motorsports docufilms on racing is called Heart Like a Wheel based on Shirley Muldowney the first female professional drag racer on NHRA
Lauda was a bit over the top, but that was because of the writing, Brühls performance was incredible. I have been a huge F1 fan during the Schumacher era, started watching around Senna's death. During all that time, Lauda was on german tv, as the hosts sidekick and professional commentator. This acting is so on point, just like he came across as a commentator and his voice is almost indistinguishable from the real Nicki Lauda (except for during his last years). Nicki was never a "guy i would like to have a beer with", but i do really miss seeing him on tv and am really sad that he is gonne.
European Nascar... Ooooh no.... 😬
Emily, to give you some idea, F1 and Nascar share only 1 track. COTA in Texas.
2023 Nascar pole time was 2:10.760 (average speed ~72 mph)
2022 F1 pole lap time was 1:34.356 (average speed ~130 mph)
2019 Indycar Pole time was 1:46.017 (average speed ~115 mph)
@@Flibster I saw a video comparing F1 speeds to NASCAR around COTA, and the F1 car would LAP the NASCAR stock car EVERY 3 LAPS. It’s like pitting an Olympic runner against a Discord moderator.
Incredible performance from Bruhl and stunning cinematography. This movie always hits me in the feels.
This is a fantastic movie to watch whether you’re into F1 or not. Niki later came out of retirement in the ‘80s and raced for McLaren (Hunt’s team in the film), Hunt later became a wonderful color commentator and even announced many of Niki’s final races (as well as Niki’s championship win with McLaren)
Definitely needs a sequel with Senna vs Prost but SENNA is a great documentary companion with this film
The feature film documentary Senna is great to watch. It is about the greatest Formula 1 driver of all-time Ayrton Senna and his fierce rivalry with Alain Prost. It is a compelling and beautiful insight into Senna’s life, philosophy, his competitive spirit and F1 career.
I love this film immensely, It's nearly real, it's not bullshit, it's simply an astoundingly good way of showing people's different personalities and the respect that they had for each other simply brilliant.
Senna (2011), Rush (2013) and Le Mans (1971) are my favourite films about motor racing.
Amazing films all three! To me F1 dead On 1 May 1994 in Imola with Senna... After that F1 has become more boring every year.
They don't teach southerners the concept of racing outside of the Nascar "take a slight left turn for 30 minutes"? Yeah, the rest of the world does real racing that requires actual skill.
Any driver that drives in any form of auto racing all understand the risk and the skill it takes for their own discipline. It's such a shame that the fans have to be elitist snobs and fawn over "real racing" when ALL of it is real racing. It's all skill, all speed, all cheating death. So you can stop with the "real racing" bs
If you folks have not seen it, it would be great to see you react to Ford vs Ferrari. 👍💯
There is a Danish TV pundit called Claus Borre that for years commentated F1, and boxing and whatnot, for Danish TV. After his retirement, he told an anecdote about a female assistant tagging along for one of the F1 races.
*"It is a very special experience to see Formula 1 up front. Even the best technical production with multiple cameras cannot come close to the experience of watching a Formula 1 race live. The sound, the smell, the atmosphere, it is utterly indescribable and must be experienced before you can understand it. I had a funny experience once with a production assistant coming along to Silverstone. She wasn't interested in motorsports at all, thinking it was the most lame ass shXt out there, didn't want to come at all. But when the start went off - and Formula 1 fans all know this moment with the inferno from the many racing cars - she completely collapsed with euphoria and sat down in the commentator's box and just cried like a baby. More or less had an orgasm on the spot."*
No matter how educated a girl is, it all becomes primal, when that roar of 20+ ultimate racecars rushes over her. And that's why boys risk their lives out there.
Hunt was actually a pretty bloody nice bloke. And the films plays up their dislike for one another. I mean they actually were flatmates for a period of time. Also Hunt was one of the few people who was at the height of the Apartheid in South Africa outspoken about it and actively wasn't involved in commentating if he could help it and any fees were given to the people struggled to fight against the Apartheid state.
"European Nascar" - the racetrack where the movies pivotal moment happens has over 150 turns..😁
I've seen this a few times, this was the first time I've seen that crash since the Romain Grosjean crash, that anxienty, fear and hope came flooding back.
Love your reaction. I saw this on IMAX when it came out. Thank you Ron Howard and Hans Zimmer. My son wants to be a Formula One engineer and is on track so far. Masterpiece.
Oh hell yes! One of the most underrated movies of the last decade, at least.
This movie is absolutely brilliant!
F1 the pinnacle of motorsport
The last monologue brings tears to any red blooded man.
Great reaction as always, guys.
Would recommend:
- Ford V Ferrari (2019).
- Grand Prix (1966).
Basic synopsis spoilers ahead:
- Ford V Ferrari is about the 1966 24 hours of Le Mans race (Endurance racing).
- Grand Prix is about a fictional 1966 Formula 1 season.
Hardly anybody reacts to Grand Prix and it makes me sad.
The dialogue scenes are a bit slow but the racing scenes are insane for 1966.
"Le Mans", for the cars. Not much of a story, but the racing was exemplary.
Le Mans 1971 with Steve Mcqueen.
20:00 a little context: It's a bad translation in the subtitles.
What he actually said was "But if I am going to do this now, then it's ONLY with you".
Whoever did the subtitles actually turned one of Niki's few open affirmations of his love to Marlene and their marriage in this movie into some throwaway line that makes Niki look colder than he actually was.
I actualy remeber that F1 season when I was a kid it was huge we all loved it and James Hunt was a national hero !
Ah, James Hunt, every British schoolboy's hero!
There was a similar story played out at the same time in the motorcycle world championship between flamboyant, outspoken Englishman Barry Sheene, and cool, methodical American Kenny Roberts Snr.
James Hunt died tragically young. I remember when he came on and played the trumpet on TV.
Brilliant film. IMHO it's Ron Howard's best. Yes the cinematography, editing and score are fantastic as are the two leads especially Daniel Bruhl. And yes it was immense seeing it at the cinema. So good.
Also I wouldn't be surprised if someone makes a film on Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen's rivalry from 2021.
Americans: NASCAR - is there anything else?😂
I don't like cars, even less motor sports. But i LOVE this movie, seen it over 10 times!
Niki allways had his heart on his tongue..RIP legend
This movie and Netflixs Drive to survive got me back into F1 after Senna I stopped following the sport. Imho the 80s and 90s had the best sports rivalries
Mr Keeping It Reel “I think we all got it” 👀 yeeeeessss. We ALL got it …🏃🏻
There's some great documentaries about F1. 1 being the best along with Jackie Stewart story. Both deal with safety in F1. But I would also recommend the 1966 movie Grand prix. Its slightly dated but its the driving sequences are amazing.
19:46 The real driver actually said that in real life. 🤣
Nikki sadly passed away in 2019 just before that years Monaco Grand prix. Also this film is set in 1976(when F1 cars were made of Aluminium and not Carbon fibre).