Indeed. A very likeable man. He made a mistake signing for Ferrari. At Williams, despite their previous reputation for viewing drivers as employees, he would have been nurtured and looked after. Ferrari, being a big, political bureaucracy did not work like that, and in Alain Prost, he had the ultimate politician and diplomat as a team-mate, who sorted him out comprehensively. He wasn’t able to politick effectively and make the team work for him. But come to think of it, very few drivers (bar Ascari, Surtees, Lauda and Schumacher) have been able to get the very best out of Ferrari.
We need a team like Jordan on the grid again that provides the conveyer belt of drivers for the top teams. All the teams seem to have junior drivers these days, but we need more cars on the grid so they can actually race and upset the top drivers and bag the odd win and podium.
Omg this is getting to be the best f1 channel on UA-cam! Every single interview is ace. If only you could laugh with Gilles and Ayrton about things… brings a tear to my eye.
@@MooncricketsInc yeah, they did!! There are some UA-cam shorts clips on the FFS channel (but not yet an in-full video podcast), and the full episode can be listened to on Spotify. My favourite one!!
It’s a shame they never asked Jean about the story of him and Gerhard rolling their valet car in the Maranello car park right in front of a horrified Jean Todt.. 😂
I don't usually listen to podcasts on Spotify but these podcasts are so good that I binge listened to all the episodes. Its a shame you guys didn't upload the podcasts on Spotify at the same time as UA-cam. Please continue uploading podcasts on UA-cam regularly! This is the best podcast of all time! There is no other F1 content creator that can match this content.
One of his best years was 1996 in the Benetton. He was regularly on the podium as a best of the rest behind a dominant Williams, designed by Newey. Add to the fact Briatore and Brawn were fighting, and a lot of the crew were already packing their bags for Ferrari jobs. Much like his display in Phoenix, 1996 was a real show of the talent.
That' s true. However , they ( the team and Alesi) had too fanfaronned , jumped uo and down before the season start and puts audience expextation very high. In that regard, the results were a huge deception. I remember the interview that Alesi gave to french paper L'auto-journal in the pre-season. He was clearly saying he was targeting the world title 1996 and he had no time left and he was anymore not at an age to be satisfied with small pieces. ( small results) ( translated from french). If they had played it a bit down , 1996 would be perceived as a far less of a deception or underachievement.
@@thiswillprobhrtI just went back to my local kart track and they have new karts, as soon as I hopped in already the seating position felt different the position of the wheel was different than i was used to and my arms got super tired holding it normally so I held it like Alesi does higher up and it helped
Always admired Jean as a driver, and when he speaks you just think he is gonna start to cry, a great talent who just seemed to miss opportunuties in F1. If you know F1 you will know what I mean, one of my favourite drivers of all time and a true gentleman. About 20 years ago I was reading my monthly F1 magazine and I found out Jean is 1 day older than me, we will both be 60 this year in June. So I hope June is a great month for you and your family and have a very, Joyeux 60ème anniversaire.☘ :}
In F1 you have to be in the right car at the right time, which helps explain Alesi's one win. Its been 11 years since Alonso won a race, over 2 years since Hamilton won, and Schumacher didn't win any races in his Mercedes comeback. You can't be too critical of Alesi. Maybe he should have nursed the cars better, however even when Schumacher started with Ferrari, they were unreliable.
Alonso and Hamilton are the victims of rules which are favoring Adrian Newey (and the team he is designing for). The rules were set to end the Mercedes dominance and they saw the only way is favor Newey but it turned into bigger disaster instead.
@@Bale4Bondthat’s harsh on Jean. Danny doesn’t have half the talent, heart or grit that Jean did. Danny got a big head and started to act like a public figure and a “celebrity” ahead of being a racing driver. Jean always has, and always will be a racing driver first and foremost.
@@Bale4Bond not disagreeing on the principle here, but the comparison to Danny is unfair to Jean. Jean wasn’t a glory hound, it’s fair to say that he followed his heart, and was a gentleman, almost to a fault.
I was there to see his only son and I've just realized his debut it race in France 1989. I went to Monza a number of times and was a number of frustrating car breakage including the year a rear hub failed and eventually. Back in the days of the V12s Alesi and of Berger were usually first out of the pits. To hear the shreik of the Ferrari engine as it made it's way around the Royal Park at Monza or the Ardennes Forrest was something else.
One of my favorite podcasts...every time I hear their journeys I am reminded how much of life Jordan has lived...so many experiences that these guys had.
This is a great thing to see. In our life we meet and make certain relationships with people that will stay forever. A great piece of humanity watching Jean And Eddie
If you only knew how Jean Alesi scared me on Suzuka, 1995. I was so afraid for Schumacher that he would be so rapidly caught and brutally outraced by Jean.😂
Jean is synonymous with my F1 childhood nostalgia. So great to see him, and I love to hear the story of him going to Ferrari, as I only knew the speculation in the press at the time.
If you want to see how popular Jean was with everyone in the F1 paddock. go and look for video clips of him passing the checked flag for his 1995 Canadian win..... the whole pitlane was out on the pit wall cheering him over the finish line. EVERY team! That is love!
it's so good to see jean alesi. one of my all time drivers. i love jean alesi! such an icon and so much style. lovely guy. and to hear him say that about fernando, awesome. bring mark webber on!!!!!
Jean was an old head when I started watching i think he drove a prost car in his last year but great to hear n see the gratitude he has for Eddie n his family
Allez-y Jean! He is such a legend. His manner of holding the steering wheel remains unique, and his car control was second to none. I remember seeing him get a massive tank slapper in the 412T2 once and by some miracle he kept the car on the track. Anyone else would have been in the wall.
@nicjackson5741 it is a travesty of injustice he only got that one win though ,(great one to win on your birthday I agree) he should have been a 3- 4 time race winner at least I feel. Cheers
love it, jean is my hero. i had 2 hero in my life, jean, and webber. then i grew up and now i'm simply passionate of motorsport. i'm not a fanatic anymore.
I never get this when Jean Signed for Ferrari the 641 was pretty much the best car on the grid. How was he to know the Williams would be better for the next 6 years
He came to the Paris launch of the renalt r29 and my debut as a test and demo driver for them. Met him a couple of times after that. Lovely genuine guy.
Peter Windsor: “I remember going to a nightclub - it was DC’s party actually - after a Brazilian Grand Prix one year, and it was a late party,” “There was a balcony overlooking the dancefloor and I went up to the balcony to look down on it, see who was there and what was going on, and Kimi was up there.” “He had his elbows rested on this balcony, staring into space. I stood next to him and we both stared in silence at this scene, and then suddenly Kimi turned to me and said, ‘I hate Formula 1’, and then just walked away.” Quite a contrast between these two Ferrari drivers. 😄😄
I'd put Patrick Tambay's Imola 1983 and Jean Alesi's Montreal 1995 wins as two of the most emotional victories in all of the time F1 has been held, the circumstances both of course related to Gilles Villeneuve. I loved Jean's very individual 11-1 hands on the steering wheel style. Very likeable guy, very good driver, perhaps not quite top drawer, but an extremely reliable number two, a good man to have on the team. Great interview.
17:56 The funny thing is that they were 2 Jordan on the podium alongside Alesi for his very first win. And 3 years later in Spa 1998 when Jordan won his first grand prix and even 1-2 with Hill and Ralf, Alesi was there on the 3rd place, which would be his last F1 podium.
I saw Jean win his only F1 win in Montreal in 1995 and have a picture of Michael on the back of his Ferrari editing the hairpin. Mind you in 1995 I did go to 11 of the 17 GPs! Alesi led many laps at the European GP in Germany that year.
It is impossible to dislike Jean, he’s all heart! 😭❤️
Too much heart for his own good. I didn't get to his battles with Eric Comas, but he really made a splash with Tyrell at Pheonix
Indeed. A very likeable man. He made a mistake signing for Ferrari. At Williams, despite their previous reputation for viewing drivers as employees, he would have been nurtured and looked after. Ferrari, being a big, political bureaucracy did not work like that, and in Alain Prost, he had the ultimate politician and diplomat as a team-mate, who sorted him out comprehensively. He wasn’t able to politick effectively and make the team work for him. But come to think of it, very few drivers (bar Ascari, Surtees, Lauda and Schumacher) have been able to get the very best out of Ferrari.
Awesome driver.
By far the best podcast at the moment. DC & EJ are natural co-hosts. Jean Alesi is just brilliant.
We need a team like Jordan on the grid again that provides the conveyer belt of drivers for the top teams. All the teams seem to have junior drivers these days, but we need more cars on the grid so they can actually race and upset the top drivers and bag the odd win and podium.
Jean was my favourite driver back in the day.
And my favourite, always flying the flag for him and Berger.
Alesi (briefly) re-passing Senna at Phoenix was utterly fantastic.
taking the lead at the start of the Portuguese 93 GP from the 5th position on the grid
Omg this is getting to be the best f1 channel on UA-cam! Every single interview is ace. If only you could laugh with Gilles and Ayrton about things… brings a tear to my eye.
And Michael 😢
The most likable figure, probably ever to race in F1 alongside Rubens. I doubt you'll someone who'll truthfully speak an ill word about Jean
I love these oldschool stories. They're great. The characters that were in the business back then. Just great.
These 3 should be the next top gear trio. The chemistry is there
Eddie Irvine,Ross Brawn, Jean Todt, Alain Prost, Hakkinen and Ralf Schumacher on future shows👌🏻
Eddie Irvine is going to be 🔥
Ralf Schumacher episode was so good!! NEED to see Hakkinen on here
If they live in Monaco no problem.. they probably do 😂 don’t blame them
@@bethaniie_
They had Ralf on their show already?
Not available on here, or is it behind some paywall?
@@MooncricketsInc yeah, they did!! There are some UA-cam shorts clips on the FFS channel (but not yet an in-full video podcast), and the full episode can be listened to on Spotify. My favourite one!!
I love Jean Alesi.
Coulthard is fantastic in this.
Jean and Gerhard were quite the pair at Ferrari
It’s a shame they never asked Jean about the story of him and Gerhard rolling their valet car in the Maranello car park right in front of a horrified Jean Todt.. 😂
Best interview yet. I love Jean Alesi. Down to Earth and a real icon of motorsport
3 nobodys to some, 3 fucking legends to most. So happy F1 is in my blood
I don't usually listen to podcasts on Spotify but these podcasts are so good that I binge listened to all the episodes.
Its a shame you guys didn't upload the podcasts on Spotify at the same time as UA-cam.
Please continue uploading podcasts on UA-cam regularly!
This is the best podcast of all time! There is no other F1 content creator that can match this content.
One of his best years was 1996 in the Benetton. He was regularly on the podium as a best of the rest behind a dominant Williams, designed by Newey. Add to the fact Briatore and Brawn were fighting, and a lot of the crew were already packing their bags for Ferrari jobs. Much like his display in Phoenix, 1996 was a real show of the talent.
That' s true. However , they ( the team and Alesi) had too fanfaronned , jumped uo and down before the season start and puts audience expextation very high. In that regard, the results were a huge deception. I remember the interview that Alesi gave to french paper L'auto-journal in the pre-season. He was clearly saying he was targeting the world title 1996 and he had no time left and he was anymore not at an age to be satisfied with small pieces. ( small results) ( translated from french).
If they had played it a bit down , 1996 would be perceived as a far less of a deception or underachievement.
My favorite driver in 90’s F1. Maximum attack, always great to watch and of course the hand position was unmistakable.
I tried doing that in karts. Didn’t end well 😂
@@secretagentbloke Same for me actually. It's a very weird way to hold the wheel.
@@thiswillprobhrtI just went back to my local kart track and they have new karts, as soon as I hopped in already the seating position felt different the position of the wheel was different than i was used to and my arms got super tired holding it normally so I held it like Alesi does higher up and it helped
Always admired Jean as a driver, and when he speaks you just think he is gonna start to cry, a great talent who just seemed to miss opportunuties in F1. If you know F1 you will know what I mean, one of my favourite drivers of all time and a true gentleman. About 20 years ago I was reading my monthly F1 magazine and I found out Jean is 1 day older than me, we will both be 60 this year in June. So I hope June is a great month for you and your family and have a very, Joyeux 60ème anniversaire.☘ :}
DC and EJ thanks so much for the great potcasts this is the best now whe here storys from that time so great thanks again regards from the netherlands
In F1 you have to be in the right car at the right time, which helps explain Alesi's one win. Its been 11 years since Alonso won a race, over 2 years since Hamilton won, and Schumacher didn't win any races in his Mercedes comeback. You can't be too critical of Alesi. Maybe he should have nursed the cars better, however even when Schumacher started with Ferrari, they were unreliable.
Alonso and Hamilton are the victims of rules which are favoring Adrian Newey (and the team he is designing for). The rules were set to end the Mercedes dominance and they saw the only way is favor Newey but it turned into bigger disaster instead.
How this guy only won 1 Grand Prix still baffles me till this day
Bad career choices.
The Ricciardo of his day.
@@Bale4Bondthat’s harsh on Jean. Danny doesn’t have half the talent, heart or grit that Jean did. Danny got a big head and started to act like a public figure and a “celebrity” ahead of being a racing driver. Jean always has, and always will be a racing driver first and foremost.
@@Marcoz588 Alesi rejected a part-time gig at Ferrari in '99 as Schumacher's replacement in favour of his seat at fucking Prost.
Let that sink in.
@@Bale4Bond not disagreeing on the principle here, but the comparison to Danny is unfair to Jean. Jean wasn’t a glory hound, it’s fair to say that he followed his heart, and was a gentleman, almost to a fault.
I was there to see his only son and I've just realized his debut it race in France 1989.
I went to Monza a number of times and was a number of frustrating car breakage including the year a rear hub failed and eventually.
Back in the days of the V12s Alesi and of Berger were usually first out of the pits. To hear the shreik of the Ferrari engine as it made it's way around the Royal Park at Monza or the Ardennes Forrest was something else.
Great to listen to a true legend in Jean , fantastic podcast we want more please
Jean was my childhood hero!
Still is, really (37 now) 😅
Legend!
One of my favorite podcasts...every time I hear their journeys I am reminded how much of life Jordan has lived...so many experiences that these guys had.
I first saw Jean in the Silverstone European F3000 round in 1989 driving for Eddie, great cars great days!
Channel should be renamed "Irish Pirate & Scottish Pilot".
This should be top voted ! Simply gold my guy, I hope they get to see this and do change the name !
This is a great thing to see. In our life we meet and make certain relationships with people that will stay forever. A great piece of humanity watching Jean And Eddie
Ron Dennis soon please! 🧨
or at least Conor Moore pretending to be Ron Dennis
BRILLIANT INTERVIEW EJ & DC!!! Was alway's a fan of JA, thank you for telling us so much "behind the scene's" stuff. WHERE'S MY CUT??? LOLOLOL
What a privilege to hear this chat.
I subscribed just because Jean was being interviewed. Man's a legend. Love Jean
I love these FFS, thank you, (I didn’t hear the podcasts).
Yessssss a full podcast on youtube! 👏
If you only knew how Jean Alesi scared me on Suzuka, 1995. I was so afraid for Schumacher that he would be so rapidly caught and brutally outraced by Jean.😂
Well done on another great interview, really enjoy reliving motorsport in the 80's/ 90's
My favorite driver. Thanks for interview.
love these podcasts with Eddie and DC and their OG guests ....hope it really takes off and keeps going
Love Alesi ❤
Great interview, such a gentleman and loved watched him throw the car around in his F1 days
Jean what a legend great interview
So entertaining, thank you all
a couple of old friends together, what a great show, thanks for enternaining us!
Jean is synonymous with my F1 childhood nostalgia. So great to see him, and I love to hear the story of him going to Ferrari, as I only knew the speculation in the press at the time.
Great stuff, nice insight into Jeans' relationship the Jordans... thanks David !
This is one of the best f1 podcasts out there ! 👌
Awesome Jean you are and always will be a HERO to us all in Quebec Canada … thank you David and Eddie AWESOME PODCAST as always ❤CHEERS
Met david in south africa 🇿🇦!! Lovely guy my first ever f1 race I watched was Brazil 2001 where he won
If you want to see how popular Jean was with everyone in the F1 paddock. go and look for video clips of him passing the checked flag for his 1995 Canadian win..... the whole pitlane was out on the pit wall cheering him over the finish line. EVERY team! That is love!
it's so good to see jean alesi. one of my all time drivers. i love jean alesi! such an icon and so much style. lovely guy. and to hear him say that about fernando, awesome. bring mark webber on!!!!!
Jean is still the best!!! Thanks!
It was a fantastic season. Was part of that team. So good, some fabulous reminicing. What a fabulous driver.
So glad I found this! Absolutely love Jean Alesi…brought a tear to my eye. Well done guys, this is a great format. ❤
This is the best podcast channel I've found. Love it, raw and all heart. 👍🏻👏🏻
These interviews with Eddie are incredible. Well done David and team!!
I would have liked to hear a little about his Benatton years, Not bad cars ( again not good) and he got quite a few points in combattive drives.
Great podcast
Jean Alesi, what a lovely and nice man. I was so happy for him when he won in Canada. Great talant driving his heart out.❤❤
As a long time Spotify listener, I thought video uploads would never come and I'm very thankful!
Great podcast Gents! Gladly subscribed. I already see that there's one with Gerard Berger, watch that tomorrow! Happy days!
amazing these 3! I am learning to heart Coulthard! that Spa crush is deep in me, but one day I am going to get over it soon
Wow i just love this podcast, more more more please.
Guys love these videos. The formats great. 👍
Wow three great legends hear great stream and so nice your so honest
Jean was an old head when I started watching i think he drove a prost car in his last year but great to hear n see the gratitude he has for Eddie n his family
David Coulthard is great. A funny man far more entertaining than Brundle.
Allez-y Jean! He is such a legend. His manner of holding the steering wheel remains unique, and his car control was second to none. I remember seeing him get a massive tank slapper in the 412T2 once and by some miracle he kept the car on the track. Anyone else would have been in the wall.
Jean is one of the coolest F1 drivers ever 😎
Great to see Jean giving Fernando some love
Alesi is such a star; a bright talent whose luck squandered what should have been at least a title. Such natural speed and a lovely guy!
Simply brilliant!
Jean is an all time hero!
Jean not winning monza 95 nor 94 and 97 for that matter where some of the most gutwrenching losses ive experienced as a lifelong F1 fan
I'm with you there fella, but I remeber I cried like a baby when he did win at Montreal.
@nicjackson5741 it is a travesty of injustice he only got that one win though ,(great one to win on your birthday I agree) he should have been a 3- 4 time race winner at least I feel. Cheers
This is the new #1 car podcast in my opinion.
love it, jean is my hero. i had 2 hero in my life, jean, and webber. then i grew up and now i'm simply passionate of motorsport. i'm not a fanatic anymore.
I never get this when Jean Signed for Ferrari the 641 was pretty much the best car on the grid. How was he to know the Williams would be better for the next 6 years
Greatest moment for me was being in Montreal and seeing Jean win the race!
great episode!!
He came to the Paris launch of the renalt r29 and my debut as a test and demo driver for them. Met him a couple of times after that. Lovely genuine guy.
Peter Windsor:
“I remember going to a nightclub - it was DC’s party actually - after a Brazilian Grand Prix one year, and it was a late party,”
“There was a balcony overlooking the dancefloor and I went up to the balcony to look down on it, see who was there and what was going on, and Kimi was up there.”
“He had his elbows rested on this balcony, staring into space. I stood next to him and we both stared in silence at this scene, and then suddenly Kimi turned to me and said, ‘I hate Formula 1’, and then just walked away.”
Quite a contrast between these two Ferrari drivers. 😄😄
Love hearing the stories behind the racing when we would watch F1 on the tele box.👍🏻😀
I funking love this podcast there is nothing like it
I'd put Patrick Tambay's Imola 1983 and Jean Alesi's Montreal 1995 wins as two of the most emotional victories in all of the time F1 has been held, the circumstances both of course related to Gilles Villeneuve. I loved Jean's very individual 11-1 hands on the steering wheel style. Very likeable guy, very good driver, perhaps not quite top drawer, but an extremely reliable number two, a good man to have on the team. Great interview.
Jean, always rooting for him. Don't think he got the best cars at the right time. Great series guys; lots of fun and insights.
Jean Alesi, what a class act
This is amazing stuff!!! 😍
Jean is a real gent 👍🏻
Loved watching Alesi, he's the type of driver who made you sit up in your seat when the camera was on his car. Anything could happen.
That was brilliant ❤
I’m in bed with flu at the moment and really enjoying all episodes o ffs.
Miss them off the tv, ino David does be on. but they know how to make you laugh. Quality lads
Bloody brilliant interview....getting into the real piranha club
JA a true legend 👏
Saw Jean Alesi spin out in the early 90's at kyalami.... Good memories.... he was fine.... obviously.
Attended both races at Phoenix
Watching Jean attack was a beautiful thing, and quite unexpected at the time, to say the least
17:56 The funny thing is that they were 2 Jordan on the podium alongside Alesi for his very first win. And 3 years later in Spa 1998 when Jordan won his first grand prix and even 1-2 with Hill and Ralf, Alesi was there on the 3rd place, which would be his last F1 podium.
What s charming gorup,
enjoy to listen
I saw Jean win his only F1 win in Montreal in 1995 and have a picture of Michael on the back of his Ferrari editing the hairpin. Mind you in 1995 I did go to 11 of the 17 GPs! Alesi led many laps at the European GP in Germany that year.
Enjoyed this EJ is a riot ...,! 🤣
Gotta love Jean Alesi!!