Also not the only time there’d be a track invasion at Silverstone. After Zhou’s car was peeled from the catch fence the Just Stop Oil nutters did their little sit down protest on the track.
@@EverySocondOfMine They'd have to be hosed off the track if the race wasn't stopped at that moment lol. Not giving them attention would be the last thing FIA/FOM would be thankful for.
Fun fact: Ferrari have won EVERY race where there's been a track "invasion" German 2000 (Rubens) British 2003 (Rubens) Singapore 2015 (Vettel) British again 2022 (Sainz)
Having met that former priest, he is defo a weapon. Nutjob and genuinely may be a paedophile (look it up if Aidan don't mention it idk I'm at the start of the video). His ability to jig around Central London for hours on end however is impressive
I was at Kyalami watching the race when that horrific accident took place. It happened right in front of the grandstand where I was sitting and I had the misfortune of seeing the whole tragedy unfold before my eyes. I was 17 y/o at that time and in my final year of high school. It's something one will never ever forget even if they live to be 150.
The 2004 Olympics Mens Marathon: I can remember clear as day, an alternate angle they showed where one of the spectators lands a marvellous hook on Neil Horan to "subdue" him Mainly because I remember my dad shouting "wallop!" from the other sofa as they looped the replays
I was watching the race from Cospe. When we saw this unfold on the big screen there was a collective gasp followed by stunned silence until one guy piped up ‘ah, what annnn idiot’.
Speaking of Tom Pryce, have you considered covering his story? There’s barely any coverage of him on UA-cam, and most of it is “deaths caught on camera” type compilations. It would be nice to hear more about his career up to that point, instead of just the accident itself.
He's one of the best up and coming driver at his time but his life cut short unfortunately. It will be great opportunity for him cus there's very less content about him.
I was thinking the same thing. He definitely had the potential to win the world championship, and in every only race I’ve seen him in he was always running up front before a crash or reliability trouble. Also, I wonder if that big hill at Kyalami would’ve played any part in Tom not seeing the Marshall
I was there with my Dad and my great uncle, I was only about 8 at the time and I could barely believe what was happening. I remember my Dad texting my mum about someone running onto the track and my mum asking "oh no, he's not dressed head to toe in red is he?" (how I dressed for the Grand Prix as a kid).
Social Media to a degree was around in 2003. you had message boards and live chat etc. I was at this race and when the idiot hit the track my phone started pinging like crazy with messages from people I knew from AtlasF1 (now Autosport forums) thinking it was me because of the kilt. I was busy explaining to the people around me that he wasn't Scottish (like me) but Irish!!
Oh, yeah, social media was definitely a thing by then. My youngest kids who would have been teenagers then were big into LiveJournal, and did the chat room thing, too.
Came to think of it, it's an interesting coincidence that two of Barrichello's best performances came at Grands Prix with track invasions, the other of course being his first win at the 2000 German GP you mentioned. Edit: Hadn't watched the part where you mentioned it when I made the comment lol
I've met the tackling marshal, Stephen Green, a number of times in the last few years during my marshalling career. He's a clerk for MSVR these days and a lovely bloke. Had no idea who he was the first few times I met him until someone said 'you know who that is don't you'
I watched it live on RTE (the Irish national broadcaster). They used to show the races back then. I'm from County Kerry in Ireland. Rest assured we're not all like that lunatic down here.
A funny piece of random F1 trivia for you, Ferrari have won every race where there has been a track invasion. Most recently being the 2022 British GP with Sainz and the 2015 Singapore GP with Vettel.
I think Jacques Schulz his reaction said it all back then. DA IST EINVERRüüCKTER AUF DER STRECKE! ' THERE IS A WICKED PERSON ON THE CIRQUIT' and he was screaming that out loud xD
I think anytime there's been a track invasion, a Ferrari won the race. 1977 Kyalami if you want to count it was won by Niki Lauda. 2000 Hockenheim was won by Barrichello and so was 2003 Silverstone and lastly, 2015 Singapore was won by Seb Vettel. All wins were in Ferrari's.
Allow me to add another example: The 1989 Brazilian Grand Prix, won by Nigel Mansell (who the crazy person ran directly in front of, BTW) in none other then, you guessed it, a Ferrari. So if I had nickel for every time a Ferrari won a race involving a track invasion, I'd be 30 cents richer. Its not mind blowing, but its rather nutty how often "Track Invasion" and "Ferrari" go together.
2020 Bahrain is the exception. A marshall crossed the track with a fire extinguisher in front of Lando Norris. That race was like Kyalami 77, Watkins Glen 73-74 and 73 Zandvort put togheter. Thankfully no one died.
Social media existed back then, it was just much smaller. I was an early adopter on LiveJournal and often posted about F1. The site had only about 2 million users in 2003. It was a Golden Age as most of them were writers, musicians, and artists.
Went backwards under the old bridge heading out onto the track for a parade lap in my Austin healey sprite at silverstone classic. Absolutely amazing experience.
I do remember watching that race! It was the second year I was following F1. I believe it was Webber in the Jaguar who pulled out to give that maniac a bit of a juke.
I remember watching this live on the TV - by coincidence they went to a pre-planned ad break just as it happened (James Allen had already said "we'll be back after the break", then you just saw a split second of the guy on the track running towards the cars and heard Allen shouting "OH NO!" before it cut to the ad break). I was convinced when it came back after the ad break they were going to give us some terrible news! Also, while social media wasn't around in the form of facebook and twitter in those days, there were still plenty of F1 forums around, I remember discussing F1 on the Planet F1 forum as early as the 2002 season!
STONE COLD! STONE COLD! STONE COLD! Nice shirt. I had no idea that the priest had gone completely bonkers. Still part of me thinks that his doing the whole Hitler thing was to get attention.
FUN FACT - My teacher when I was in Year 6 and 7 Mr Brown was a Grandstand Steward at the 2003 British Grand Prix and he was looking after the Becketts Grandstand so he might have seen Neil Horan’s antics
"Read the Bible and the Bible is right" as he ran after men and boys with the tadger flapping about in the breeze.... Pps, watching Aiden read the bit about the World Cup had me f'ing dying. Brilliant 👏🏼
And I'm sitting thinking "Oh yeah, sure. The book that condones slavery and a whole smorgasbord of other atrocities should be the measuring stick of morality for all of humankind. What's your book versus a million-dollar racing car? 🙄"
I watched this Race on Premiere here in Germany and although the english Commentary for this is kinda legendary, the german commentary is awesome too :D Jacques Schulz going nuts calling this guy 'insanely life threatening' and repeating the words of his colleague Mark Surer that the Safety Car has to be out there in double the volume is fantastic. Jaqcues always was very passionate with his commentary, i loved him :)
I was about to say goodbye to UA-cam because I couldn’t find anything to watch on here anymore. And here you are like a savior. Keep up the great work man!
Got to know Steven Green via a motorsport forum in the mid 2000's. Really nice guy and still have a laugh at his 15 seconds of "fame" Sadly lost touch with him these days.
I remember watching this race, I'm in Australia, so from memory, the race didn't start till 11 at night. I dozed off somewhere just after the start and woke up just as they were showing him running onto the track. Took me a couple of seconds to realise what was going on, first thought that came to mind was Tom Pryce.
Thank you for the cruelly accurate and imaginative description about the fire extinguisher...I don't need to see the video. Love the history and cool for the medal awarded.
Watched the race in the departure lounge at East Midlands Airport. I remember there was a split second of TV coverage showing him on the track before the camera cut away to something else on track. My dad and I both noticed it before the camera cut back and we heard James Allen's infamous commentary.
Aidan, stories like this are why i subscribe and keep coming back. Superb job. As a newer F1 fan i heard a reference to this back during Silverstone and always wondered the tale behind it.... and my assumption that it must stark raving lunatic were confirmed. As for the SA incident... holy hell. I saw that in some compilation video and I wasnt ready for it. I would highly advise against anyone searching that out.
@@clansome I've seen many fatal crashes and, while they all suck in their own way, that is the only one I outright regret seeing. (seeing 9/11 live on TV as a kid, as well as having high school history classes include a lot of brutal war/genocide footage - both real and Hollywood - has slightly messed up my brain's ability to be shocked by death the way it probably should be) To make matters worse, unlike most of the others I've seen, I wasn't expecting it, I was going through the season documentaries about the 70's on F1TV. They could really benefit from putting a severe injury or death disclaimer on the relevant documentaries and archived broadcasts, especially as most of the content is completely safe.
@@TheMur28 I well remember when my wife and I took the kids for a nice day out at the Biggin Hill Air Show back in 2001 and we were right opposite the King Cobra when it hit the ground in a ball of flames. Still lives with me to this day.Just wonder what impression it left on our sons who were both in their early teens at the time. It was a very strange day, surreal.
ya - i remember that well, quite distinctive was James Allen's reaction to the leprechaun on the track, hard to forget. thanks for the background - that guy was crackers. Remarkable to hear that Green rec'd the same award as David Purley, i think that's great - the image of Purley's heroic actions are engrained in my memory.
This was the first F1 / race I saw in person, and words can't describe how much of a Rubens Barrichello fan I was. So, track invasions aside this was an incredible race. So relieved no one hit him
Only grand prix that I've ever managed to get to so far in my life time. I remember everyone being gobsmacked seeing him on the screens at Luffield. Plus Rubens pass on Kimi through bridge was epic!
The Roger Williamson crash is one that I really can't stand to watch. Very thankful for all the safety improvements over the decades. I had never heard the full story of this guy's lunacy well beyond running on the track at Silverstone.
Huh! I just told my kids the story of the GP a few days ago. 😄 A friend and I were on a bender the might before so we were just about waking up when the pre-race show started. He didn't care about the race because "F1 is boring" but I said I wanted to watch it so he joined me. He still remembers it to this day 😃 The Hungarian commentator went totally crazy: "SOMEONE TAKE HIM AWAY!!" and "It's over!! There will be no more British grand prix!!" Him being the director of Hungaroring was well aware the scrutiny a circuit has to pass. Although Silverstone might have got a more preferable treatment. One more thing: the reporter from the pit lane said about the craziness of jumping around on the Hangar Straight that even when a car passes him in the pit lane at 80kph his heart still skips a beat because of the noise and the wind so he can't imagine what it's like to be there.
i remember seeing this race live, in australia with the ITV coverage. i remember particularly mark webber taking evasive action and a few drivers commenting afterwars it would've been an ugly incident had he been hit. love your channel. i love thinking back to those days of f1.
I’m probably one of your older sub’s , and yeah I think I’ve watched the 77 race with the Marshalls running across the track maybe twice just to see what the chaos was all about it’s like a train wreck you can’t get out of your head.
I love the new Silverstone layout, but I do miss Bridge corner. I know it's logically impossible, but would be nice if it was still part of the circuit
@@nickklavdianos5136 you're correct. The left-handers weren't great - can only think of Damon and Michael there in 95 for any action after Bridge and before Copse
I agree with you Aidan the new hotel across from the wing pit buildings on the Hamilton Straight is cool. Although it is fully booked until at least 2024!
It's a shame you don't do a "Best Moments of the Year", because your face when you had to read out Horan's signs from the World Cup would be a solid top 3
ITV ad break again, we just got a brief glimpse of Horan before the Toyota sponsorship break bumper, leaving us going "Was that a person on track?!" "Oh my goodness me!" was what we got on RTE as well. It was practically lead commentator Peter Collins' catchphrase back then. Everyone fell over themselves that day to say "The car in front is a Toyota!" Would have been the thumbnail for WTF1's Best Reactions video, in an alternate universe. The Pryce incident is in graphic detail on the Brunswick Season Review, and has a graphic content warning on F1TV. I originally saw this review on ESPN Classic - remember that? - and it was blurred out. Sky went further and freeze framed beforehand when they aired it. Got it on DVD this year, no such luck. Awful. Footage of the protestors this year was briefly captured on the cameras of those dragging battered vehicles back to the pits. Way to play into certain publications' - rhymes with Haley Sail - stereotypes of climate being a load of hot air...
I remember watching this live on TV. I thought "What a f**king idiot. Has he never heard of Tom Pryce?". I had, and had seen the video (this was pre-UA-cam and such things had to be downloaded off shady Italian websites).
I remember the one at Athens in 2004, the spectator basically flattened him and sat on him until officials came out.The Ruling the Brazilians want was for previous things like this at the Olympics Marathon, but when they happened it was that the Olympic Marathon event was never considered a true competitive event unalike track events (despite runners making the Marathon distance event so outside the Olympics in Boston, Yonkers, or a few other events in Europe) until after WWII in the 1950's, a few prior to WWII timing of the Olympic Marathon was done so the racers could finish just before the Olympic closing ceremonies like about 1--2 hours before for most of the finishers.
I remember watching that, from the grandstand on the hangar straight. The only Time I've ever been to the British GP and my first race I ever attended. I was watching the cars go around Stowe and all of a sudden everyone started standing up blocking my view, me and my uncle just looked at each other and stood up ourselves to see what was going on, couldn't believe what I was seeing. Everyone in the grandstand had to have a chuckle in disbelief after he'd been removed. Something I'll never forget,
Charlie Jarzombeks fatal wreck is the one that sticks with me. One of the only Basilar Skull Fractures that was televised. At one point they cut to a roof shot zoomed on the marshals holding Charlie up by his shoulders and one of the marshals lifted his head back showing blood pouring from his nose and mouth. I salute these brave men; they’re the reason we’ve seen fatal wrecks reduced to a weekend out.
Charlie J seemed like a hell of a nice guy. It happening so quickly after Richie Evans made it doubly sad. So glad they've got the HANS now because the Modifieds at Martinsville is one of the best matched car to venue spectacles in the sport.
Usenet was definitely around post 1990, that was social media o a sort with newsgroups and messages. If I can find an archive that goes back far enough I now want to ig through and see i anyone got really heated in 90 or 94, by 97 we had web forums/MSN/Yahoo/AIM and all that good stuff around that time. Ah, Web 1.0, simpler times... Some days I miss the simplicity and innocence of 90s internet. Wireplay, anyone? EDIT: Oh yeah, the papers, at least the tabloids had a big black and white photo of Horan in the middle of the track with his signs and so on, and then the race report too, If I'm remembering it right that marshal was also in shot running towards Horan. I wonder how many drinks that marshal got bought, I feel like someone like that deserves free drinks for life. I don't even want to think what'd happen if Horan got collected by a car at 170. Also Ralph Firman trivia. he's the only driver to go through a timing beam backwards, thank you 2003 ordan
@@wingracer1614 It wasn't just AOL. Yahoo chatrooms were as bad as modern social media too. And BBS boards as well, come to think of it there were many ways to get mad at Schumi or Hill ans in 94 online, all you needed was a modem and Freeserve as the saying goes
I was only 8 when this happened but I feel like I remember it going to an advert JUST as it happened. Seem to remember hearing James Allen start shouting then it went to the advert cut off
I remember watching this race in Tenerife on for some reason RTL. Since I speak no German whatsoever, I honestly thought the track invader was some sort of weird joke by RTL at first 😅
I don't know about the British coverage, but in the US, the Speed Channel went to a commercial just before this happened, so I went into the kitchen to do something and all of a sudden my dad starts yelling for me to hurry back and see what's going on. They came out of commercial showing a replay of the guy running down the track. By then, the announcers (Rick DeBruhl, David Hobbs, and Steve Matchett) had a few seconds to calm down and report on it as opposed to live, but the most interesting reaction to me was my dad getting all ticked off that the Safety Car was deployed for a full-course caution and what that would do to the race and the driver positions. I remember thinking: "That's what gets your attention, the Safety Car?"
Didn't he get some jail time or this? I don't remember EDIT: Went to check. He got a few months Also, this: The marshal who tackled Horan was awarded the BARC Browning Medal, for Outstanding Bravery, the second recipient after David Purley.
@@AidanMillward Well considering Firefox crashed just after you said the guy got tackled, kind of hard to when my browser just up and gets tackled to the floor too
I had the pleasure of performing a 'stop & search' on this chap at the 2004 Trooping the Colour. He was on a list of possible agitators to be aware of, and was definitely 'equipped' for making a scene. Anyway, having established who he was (not difficult 😅), he was passed off to some colleagues who led him up to Trafalgar Square and away from the parade, whilst i got to go back to standing still on The Mall 😂 It was the morning after my wedding day later in the year when sat at breakfast, I saw the sports pages and the report on his antics at the Olympics and had a 'what if?' moment.
This and Brazil are the only reasons I remember the 2003 season at all. Was watching this on Speed though, and I can't remember what the guy's reactions were.
I remember watching this race live on ITV; at the time I was a big Jarno Trulli fan, & was elated to see him take the early lead of the race. When it came back from the break to the scene of that crank running up the road, my initial reaction was being really annoyed he'd ruined his lead. Though that quickly gave way to a very distinct lurch I felt seeing him try to run in front of one of the cars. Could have ended so much worse, relieved it didn't.
I remember British GP in 2003. When that idiot ran out onto the track I thought it was a steward slowing everyone down. But then I realise it was an Irish protester. He also disrupted the men's marathon in the 2004 Olympics in Athens.
And there were Extinction Rebellion people at Silverstone this year nearly getting run over by F1 drivers. I'm surprised none of them got curb stomped quite frankly I don't know why Max and Bernie had it in for Silverstone. The chaos in 2000 was because it was given the Race 4 slot at an inappropriate time of year and then it got criticism the next year despite the organisers doing everything in their power to deliver because Bernie couldn't arrive on time. The two of them did do some good when they ran F1 but at times they could be utter lightpoles
It wasn't them, it was Just Stop Oil. Although Extinction Rebellion did pull a stunt at the 2020 British Grand Prix behind closed doors race. They snuck in and unfurled a banner at the Club Corner grandstand.
i remember watching it i think it was still on channel 9 aussie free to air but i may be mistaken bc ch ten got it from them at some point and i cant recall when it changed hands b4 ending up with foxtel
5:19 funny thing, the priest at my grandfather's funeral actually read the same thing that the sign says as the casket was being lowered into the ground. (he hasn't run onto a racetrack yet though).
Here’s an idea for a Silverstone redesign. I’m not sure how runoff would be sorted but if it could be done, it go like this: Starting on old pit straight, copse corner unchanged, maggots becomes fast left hand kink leading up to the old becketts similar to how it was pre 1991, but becketts itself is tightened, into a 2nd or 3rd gear hairpin. Chapel becomes another left hand link leading onto hangar straight. For Stowe, people probably won’t like this, but it becomes a complex similar to Bahrain turns 1-3, making DRS viable down hangar, and a good overtaking opportunity. Vale and club complex remains unchanged, and here is where things get different. For abbey, it becomes the fast left hand link it was up until 1993, that further leads into an unchanged bridge corner, then a tightened priory bend, let’s say 2nd or 3rd gear in current cars. Short straight into a brooklands hairpin, 1st gear, then luffield is unchanged. Woodcote unchanged as well, lap is over. Let me know what you think of this layout.
I’ve always wondered if that piece of the track, the bridge section, could come back and or be used again. I don’t think runoff would be an issue, as the track is literally a former airfield. You might need to do some resurfacing and move a grandstand or two, but I think nothing major would need to be done to bring it up to standards. The track also is literally just chilling there, waiting to be used again. I’m not sure though and I am interested in hearing other opinions.
I've sure seen some strange races watching the British GP. Schumacher's last lap serving of a penalty. Everyone's Pirelli's exploding right before the end of the race. And multiple track invasions. It's like someone put a curse on Silverstone.
What REALLY freaked me out was that the feed cut to a shot of him on the track for about 2seconds, then went instantly to commercial......given there's a delay loop to allow filtering of live content, we all thought they'd seen this muppet turned into chunky salsa and cut the feed before that went out.
Yes I remember that happening, though others tell me it played all the way through. I am sure it happened as you said and it was 2 secs of seeing him and then quick jump to add break. When you look at the offical F1 vids on YT, you can hear James Allen say "More racing to come here at Siverstone" which was the normal way they used to go to ad breaks. I remember saying at the time "What are we going to return to"
That man is on my list (I mean I don't actually have one but let's assume I do) of people for which I feel nothing but deepest hate. Literally a personified disgrace.
Also not the only time there’d be a track invasion at Silverstone. After Zhou’s car was peeled from the catch fence the Just Stop Oil nutters did their little sit down protest on the track.
Was about to say this. Thanks to zhou crashing though, it was never shown and they never got the attention they wanted :D
The best timed red flag in history. Also one of the best cover-ups in recent memory.
@@EverySocondOfMine They'd have to be hosed off the track if the race wasn't stopped at that moment lol. Not giving them attention would be the last thing FIA/FOM would be thankful for.
@@EverySocondOfMine just stop oil dlc for rf2 and new damage model 🤣
Fun fact: Ferrari have won EVERY race where there's been a track "invasion"
German 2000 (Rubens)
British 2003 (Rubens)
Singapore 2015 (Vettel)
British again 2022 (Sainz)
You've got to feel bad for the marathon runner who was about to win Olympic gold, only for this absolute weapon to take it away from him.
Having met that former priest, he is defo a weapon. Nutjob and genuinely may be a paedophile (look it up if Aidan don't mention it idk I'm at the start of the video). His ability to jig around Central London for hours on end however is impressive
Vanderlei de Lima did win Bronze, but more importantly, earned the Pierre de Coubertin Medal, which is the IOC's highest honor to give.
I don't think a judge in the land would have convicted him for chinning that bellend mid-stride.
The F1 priest said he regretted that one.
I remember both incidents very well
I was at Kyalami watching the race when that horrific accident took place. It happened right in front of the grandstand where I was sitting and I had the misfortune of seeing the whole tragedy unfold before my eyes. I was 17 y/o at that time and in my final year of high school. It's something one will never ever forget even if they live to be 150.
I remember my dad saying "if he gets hit, I'd feel sorry for the driver"
The 2004 Olympics Mens Marathon:
I can remember clear as day, an alternate angle they showed where one of the spectators lands a marvellous hook on Neil Horan to "subdue" him
Mainly because I remember my dad shouting "wallop!" from the other sofa as they looped the replays
Obviously didn't smack him hard enough to knock some sense into him.
I was watching the race from Cospe. When we saw this unfold on the big screen there was a collective gasp followed by stunned silence until one guy piped up ‘ah, what annnn idiot’.
Speaking of Tom Pryce, have you considered covering his story? There’s barely any coverage of him on UA-cam, and most of it is “deaths caught on camera” type compilations. It would be nice to hear more about his career up to that point, instead of just the accident itself.
Excellent suggestion.
He's one of the best up and coming driver at his time but his life cut short unfortunately. It will be great opportunity for him cus there's very less content about him.
The best overview of Tom Pryce's career is in the book "The Lost Generation" by David Tremayne.
I was thinking the same thing. He definitely had the potential to win the world championship, and in every only race I’ve seen him in he was always running up front before a crash or reliability trouble. Also, I wonder if that big hill at Kyalami would’ve played any part in Tom not seeing the Marshall
A brutal and needless death of Tom and that marshal
I was there with my Dad and my great uncle, I was only about 8 at the time and I could barely believe what was happening. I remember my Dad texting my mum about someone running onto the track and my mum asking "oh no, he's not dressed head to toe in red is he?" (how I dressed for the Grand Prix as a kid).
Another fun fact about Horan in 2009 he appeared on Britains got Talent and he made through the auditions but didn’t make the live shows
What was his talent?
@@AndyFromBeaverton he did a jig
He also distrusted the 2004 Olympic marathon knocking over the leader with a couple of miles left
Didn't Neil Horan wind up joining 1D? Oh wait, that's Niall Horan. I can barely tell those two apart. Lol
His little stunt cost us a golden medal in the Athens' Olympics. Prick.
Social Media to a degree was around in 2003. you had message boards and live chat etc. I was at this race and when the idiot hit the track my phone started pinging like crazy with messages from people I knew from AtlasF1 (now Autosport forums) thinking it was me because of the kilt. I was busy explaining to the people around me that he wasn't Scottish (like me) but Irish!!
Oh, yeah, social media was definitely a thing by then. My youngest kids who would have been teenagers then were big into LiveJournal, and did the chat room thing, too.
I don't count message boards as social media though
Came to think of it, it's an interesting coincidence that two of Barrichello's best performances came at Grands Prix with track invasions, the other of course being his first win at the 2000 German GP you mentioned.
Edit: Hadn't watched the part where you mentioned it when I made the comment lol
I've met the tackling marshal, Stephen Green, a number of times in the last few years during my marshalling career. He's a clerk for MSVR these days and a lovely bloke. Had no idea who he was the first few times I met him until someone said 'you know who that is don't you'
Could you imagine if Taki Inoue had been there, it would have been absolute carnage.
He would've swerved to avoid Neil and crash into someone else!
2003 was a fabulous season. I was 12 years old, it made hooked with F1 and the likes of Kimi, Fisi & Webber
I watched it live on RTE (the Irish national broadcaster). They used to show the races back then. I'm from County Kerry in Ireland. Rest assured we're not all like that lunatic down here.
I knock about with a load of Irish lads with the potato nation stuff. Most of them are from Cork I think. 😅
I remember watching on ITV at the time. What James Allen actually said live was "OH....." and then they went to adverts!!
I seem to remember ITV going to break when the lunatic went into the track. Probably because they thought they'd be broadcasting a live death
A funny piece of random F1 trivia for you, Ferrari have won every race where there has been a track invasion. Most recently being the 2022 British GP with Sainz and the 2015 Singapore GP with Vettel.
Ferrari International Assistance at work.
And yes, I'm kidding. Mostly. I think.
I think Jacques Schulz his reaction said it all back then. DA IST EINVERRüüCKTER AUF DER STRECKE! ' THERE IS A WICKED PERSON ON THE CIRQUIT' and he was screaming that out loud xD
I think anytime there's been a track invasion, a Ferrari won the race. 1977 Kyalami if you want to count it was won by Niki Lauda. 2000 Hockenheim was won by Barrichello and so was 2003 Silverstone and lastly, 2015 Singapore was won by Seb Vettel. All wins were in Ferrari's.
2022 Silverstone won by Sainz
Spooky
Ferrari Strategists: *WRITE THAT DOWN!!!*
Allow me to add another example: The 1989 Brazilian Grand Prix, won by Nigel Mansell (who the crazy person ran directly in front of, BTW) in none other then, you guessed it, a Ferrari.
So if I had nickel for every time a Ferrari won a race involving a track invasion, I'd be 30 cents richer. Its not mind blowing, but its rather nutty how often "Track Invasion" and "Ferrari" go together.
2020 Bahrain is the exception. A marshall crossed the track with a fire extinguisher in front of Lando Norris. That race was like Kyalami 77, Watkins Glen 73-74 and 73 Zandvort put togheter. Thankfully no one died.
Social media existed back then, it was just much smaller. I was an early adopter on LiveJournal and often posted about F1. The site had only about 2 million users in 2003. It was a Golden Age as most of them were writers, musicians, and artists.
Woaa ...that quote ... Was something else
Went backwards under the old bridge heading out onto the track for a parade lap in my Austin healey sprite at silverstone classic. Absolutely amazing experience.
03 was an amazing season!!!
I do remember watching that race! It was the second year I was following F1. I believe it was Webber in the Jaguar who pulled out to give that maniac a bit of a juke.
I remember watching this live on the TV - by coincidence they went to a pre-planned ad break just as it happened (James Allen had already said "we'll be back after the break", then you just saw a split second of the guy on the track running towards the cars and heard Allen shouting "OH NO!" before it cut to the ad break). I was convinced when it came back after the ad break they were going to give us some terrible news!
Also, while social media wasn't around in the form of facebook and twitter in those days, there were still plenty of F1 forums around, I remember discussing F1 on the Planet F1 forum as early as the 2002 season!
I remember is cutting quickly I thought they had cut because they did not want to show a possible fatality live on TV.
STONE COLD! STONE COLD! STONE COLD! Nice shirt.
I had no idea that the priest had gone completely bonkers. Still part of me thinks that his doing the whole Hitler thing was to get attention.
FUN FACT - My teacher when I was in Year 6 and 7 Mr Brown was a Grandstand Steward at the 2003 British Grand Prix and he was looking after the Becketts Grandstand so he might have seen Neil Horan’s antics
I remember first watching it ten after just before the 2013 British GP which was another crazy race
"Read the Bible and the Bible is right" as he ran after men and boys with the tadger flapping about in the breeze....
Pps, watching Aiden read the bit about the World Cup had me f'ing dying.
Brilliant 👏🏼
Imagine if I’d read it with a straight face. It’d be clipped and sent around the internet pretty quickly to make me look like a Nazi sympathiser 🤣🤣🤣
@@AidanMillward
I'd still watch you 😉
@@AidanMillward Herr Millward. 🤚🏻Klopp!
And I'm sitting thinking "Oh yeah, sure. The book that condones slavery and a whole smorgasbord of other atrocities should be the measuring stick of morality for all of humankind. What's your book versus a million-dollar racing car? 🙄"
@@bluesrike Kersplat!!!!!
I watched this Race on Premiere here in Germany and although the english Commentary for this is kinda legendary, the german commentary is awesome too :D Jacques Schulz going nuts calling this guy 'insanely life threatening' and repeating the words of his colleague Mark Surer that the Safety Car has to be out there in double the volume is fantastic. Jaqcues always was very passionate with his commentary, i loved him :)
I was about to say goodbye to UA-cam because I couldn’t find anything to watch on here anymore. And here you are like a savior. Keep up the great work man!
Got to know Steven Green via a motorsport forum in the mid 2000's. Really nice guy and still have a laugh at his 15 seconds of "fame" Sadly lost touch with him these days.
One of the best channels on you tube for all of the motor sport stories.
I see a new one I click.
Missed opportunity Aidan:
“If you liked this video, subscribe and GIMME A HELL YEAH!”
And that the way the story goes, cause Stone Cold said so
Certainly remember now you've reminded me. We had a Marshall killed in eerily similar circs at an IndyCar race here in Vancouver where I live.
I remember watching this race, I'm in Australia, so from memory, the race didn't start till 11 at night. I dozed off somewhere just after the start and woke up just as they were showing him running onto the track. Took me a couple of seconds to realise what was going on, first thought that came to mind was Tom Pryce.
Thank you for the cruelly accurate and imaginative description about the fire extinguisher...I don't need to see the video. Love the history and cool for the medal awarded.
Watched the race in the departure lounge at East Midlands Airport. I remember there was a split second of TV coverage showing him on the track before the camera cut away to something else on track. My dad and I both noticed it before the camera cut back and we heard James Allen's infamous commentary.
Aidan, stories like this are why i subscribe and keep coming back. Superb job. As a newer F1 fan i heard a reference to this back during Silverstone and always wondered the tale behind it.... and my assumption that it must stark raving lunatic were confirmed.
As for the SA incident... holy hell. I saw that in some compilation video and I wasnt ready for it. I would highly advise against anyone searching that out.
Yeah that Tom Pryce crash can NEVER be unwatched, not that any fatal crashes can be but it was truly horrendous.
@@clansome I've seen many fatal crashes and, while they all suck in their own way, that is the only one I outright regret seeing. (seeing 9/11 live on TV as a kid, as well as having high school history classes include a lot of brutal war/genocide footage - both real and Hollywood - has slightly messed up my brain's ability to be shocked by death the way it probably should be) To make matters worse, unlike most of the others I've seen, I wasn't expecting it, I was going through the season documentaries about the 70's on F1TV. They could really benefit from putting a severe injury or death disclaimer on the relevant documentaries and archived broadcasts, especially as most of the content is completely safe.
@@TheMur28 I well remember when my wife and I took the kids for a nice day out at the Biggin Hill Air Show back in 2001 and we were right opposite the King Cobra when it hit the ground in a ball of flames. Still lives with me to this day.Just wonder what impression it left on our sons who were both in their early teens at the time. It was a very strange day, surreal.
ya - i remember that well, quite distinctive was James Allen's reaction to the leprechaun on the track, hard to forget. thanks for the background - that guy was crackers. Remarkable to hear that Green rec'd the same award as David Purley, i think that's great - the image of Purley's heroic actions are engrained in my memory.
Oh my, I've been living in Killarney for the past 8 years. Must ask around about this lunatic.
This was the first F1 / race I saw in person, and words can't describe how much of a Rubens Barrichello fan I was. So, track invasions aside this was an incredible race. So relieved no one hit him
Only grand prix that I've ever managed to get to so far in my life time. I remember everyone being gobsmacked seeing him on the screens at Luffield. Plus Rubens pass on Kimi through bridge was epic!
Oh yeah I can remember this clearly, watching at a friends house. What a mad man..
The Roger Williamson crash is one that I really can't stand to watch. Very thankful for all the safety improvements over the decades.
I had never heard the full story of this guy's lunacy well beyond running on the track at Silverstone.
I remember that race. Never knew the rest of that guys story, though! What a lunatic!
Huh! I just told my kids the story of the GP a few days ago. 😄
A friend and I were on a bender the might before so we were just about waking up when the pre-race show started. He didn't care about the race because "F1 is boring" but I said I wanted to watch it so he joined me. He still remembers it to this day 😃
The Hungarian commentator went totally crazy: "SOMEONE TAKE HIM AWAY!!" and "It's over!! There will be no more British grand prix!!" Him being the director of Hungaroring was well aware the scrutiny a circuit has to pass. Although Silverstone might have got a more preferable treatment.
One more thing: the reporter from the pit lane said about the craziness of jumping around on the Hangar Straight that even when a car passes him in the pit lane at 80kph his heart still skips a beat because of the noise and the wind so he can't imagine what it's like to be there.
i remember seeing this race live, in australia with the ITV coverage. i remember particularly mark webber taking evasive action and a few drivers commenting afterwars it would've been an ugly incident had he been hit. love your channel. i love thinking back to those days of f1.
That facepalm moment :D Pure gold, thanks.
I’m probably one of your older sub’s , and yeah I think I’ve watched the 77 race with the Marshalls running across the track maybe twice just to see what the chaos was all about it’s like a train wreck you can’t get out of your head.
If I remember correctly, the coverage went to an ad break just as the priest ran on to the track.
I love the new Silverstone layout, but I do miss Bridge corner. I know it's logically impossible, but would be nice if it was still part of the circuit
It was a very good corner but I am not sure it would help racing.
Totally possible. The 1991-2010 circuit configuration still exists intact.
@@F-Man you couldn't keep the new section and Bridge as they bypass each other
@@nickklavdianos5136 you're correct. The left-handers weren't great - can only think of Damon and Michael there in 95 for any action after Bridge and before Copse
The old Bridge layout was great in qualifying, but the newer layout is better for racing
I agree with you Aidan the new hotel across from the wing pit buildings on the Hamilton Straight is cool. Although it is fully booked until at least 2024!
Love your storytelling ability. Thanks for doing the research and articulating it so well.
I miss the old Bridge layout. Forza Motorsport 2 memories, haha, back when Forza was almost a sim
The Motorsport sport games have always been more sim. Horizon leans more towards arcade
It's a shame you don't do a "Best Moments of the Year", because your face when you had to read out Horan's signs from the World Cup would be a solid top 3
ITV ad break again, we just got a brief glimpse of Horan before the Toyota sponsorship break bumper, leaving us going "Was that a person on track?!" "Oh my goodness me!" was what we got on RTE as well. It was practically lead commentator Peter Collins' catchphrase back then.
Everyone fell over themselves that day to say "The car in front is a Toyota!" Would have been the thumbnail for WTF1's Best Reactions video, in an alternate universe.
The Pryce incident is in graphic detail on the Brunswick Season Review, and has a graphic content warning on F1TV. I originally saw this review on ESPN Classic - remember that? - and it was blurred out. Sky went further and freeze framed beforehand when they aired it. Got it on DVD this year, no such luck. Awful.
Footage of the protestors this year was briefly captured on the cameras of those dragging battered vehicles back to the pits. Way to play into certain publications' - rhymes with Haley Sail - stereotypes of climate being a load of hot air...
I remember watching this live on TV. I thought "What a f**king idiot. Has he never heard of Tom Pryce?". I had, and had seen the video (this was pre-UA-cam and such things had to be downloaded off shady Italian websites).
I remember the one at Athens in 2004, the spectator basically flattened him and sat on him until officials came out.The Ruling the Brazilians want was for previous things like this at the Olympics Marathon, but when they happened it was that the Olympic Marathon event was never considered a true competitive event unalike track events (despite runners making the Marathon distance event so outside the Olympics in Boston, Yonkers, or a few other events in Europe) until after WWII in the 1950's, a few prior to WWII timing of the Olympic Marathon was done so the racers could finish just before the Olympic closing ceremonies like about 1--2 hours before for most of the finishers.
I've met Neil Horan, he's still at it and nuts.
I remember watching that, from the grandstand on the hangar straight. The only Time I've ever been to the British GP and my first race I ever attended. I was watching the cars go around Stowe and all of a sudden everyone started standing up blocking my view, me and my uncle just looked at each other and stood up ourselves to see what was going on, couldn't believe what I was seeing. Everyone in the grandstand had to have a chuckle in disbelief after he'd been removed. Something I'll never forget,
Charlie Jarzombeks fatal wreck is the one that sticks with me. One of the only Basilar Skull Fractures that was televised. At one point they cut to a roof shot zoomed on the marshals holding Charlie up by his shoulders and one of the marshals lifted his head back showing blood pouring from his nose and mouth. I salute these brave men; they’re the reason we’ve seen fatal wrecks reduced to a weekend out.
Charlie J seemed like a hell of a nice guy. It happening so quickly after Richie Evans made it doubly sad. So glad they've got the HANS now because the Modifieds at Martinsville is one of the best matched car to venue spectacles in the sport.
Usenet was definitely around post 1990, that was social media o a sort with newsgroups and messages. If I can find an archive that goes back far enough I now want to ig through and see i anyone got really heated in 90 or 94, by 97 we had web forums/MSN/Yahoo/AIM and all that good stuff around that time. Ah, Web 1.0, simpler times...
Some days I miss the simplicity and innocence of 90s internet. Wireplay, anyone?
EDIT: Oh yeah, the papers, at least the tabloids had a big black and white photo of Horan in the middle of the track with his signs and so on, and then the race report too, If I'm remembering it right that marshal was also in shot running towards Horan. I wonder how many drinks that marshal got bought, I feel like someone like that deserves free drinks for life. I don't even want to think what'd happen if Horan got collected by a car at 170.
Also Ralph Firman trivia. he's the only driver to go through a timing beam backwards, thank you 2003 ordan
I remember some raging arguments in AOL chatrooms from 94-97.
@@wingracer1614 It wasn't just AOL. Yahoo chatrooms were as bad as modern social media too. And BBS boards as well, come to think of it there were many ways to get mad at Schumi or Hill ans in 94 online, all you needed was a modem and Freeserve as the saying goes
I was only 8 when this happened but I feel like I remember it going to an advert JUST as it happened. Seem to remember hearing James Allen start shouting then it went to the advert cut off
I remember watching this race in Tenerife on for some reason RTL. Since I speak no German whatsoever, I honestly thought the track invader was some sort of weird joke by RTL at first 😅
I don't know about the British coverage, but in the US, the Speed Channel went to a commercial just before this happened, so I went into the kitchen to do something and all of a sudden my dad starts yelling for me to hurry back and see what's going on. They came out of commercial showing a replay of the guy running down the track. By then, the announcers (Rick DeBruhl, David Hobbs, and Steve Matchett) had a few seconds to calm down and report on it as opposed to live, but the most interesting reaction to me was my dad getting all ticked off that the Safety Car was deployed for a full-course caution and what that would do to the race and the driver positions. I remember thinking: "That's what gets your attention, the Safety Car?"
I think the US coverage was David Hobbs and Bob Varsha(?). I don't remember what they said, but I remember watching the race.
Didn't he get some jail time or this? I don't remember
EDIT: Went to check. He got a few months
Also, this:
The marshal who tackled Horan was awarded the BARC Browning Medal, for Outstanding Bravery, the second recipient after David Purley.
Did you watch the whole video where all this information was given to you without having to check yourself? 🤣
@@AidanMillward Well considering Firefox crashed just after you said the guy got tackled, kind of hard to when my browser just up and gets tackled to the floor too
@@jacekatalakis8316 and still you were able to write that comment 🤔
I had the pleasure of performing a 'stop & search' on this chap at the 2004 Trooping the Colour. He was on a list of possible agitators to be aware of, and was definitely 'equipped' for making a scene. Anyway, having established who he was (not difficult 😅), he was passed off to some colleagues who led him up to Trafalgar Square and away from the parade, whilst i got to go back to standing still on The Mall 😂
It was the morning after my wedding day later in the year when sat at breakfast, I saw the sports pages and the report on his antics at the Olympics and had a 'what if?' moment.
My dad shouted at me for shouting Fucking Idiot.
I was 21 and he made me feel 5 again.
Good Times!!
1:42 & this was the greatest layout of Silverstone in my opinion (having driven it)
I remember seeing him on the track and thinking “WTF?” the steward who tackled him should have got a medal
I miss Bridge Corner. Absolutely flat out
This and Brazil are the only reasons I remember the 2003 season at all. Was watching this on Speed though, and I can't remember what the guy's reactions were.
I remember watching this race live on ITV; at the time I was a big Jarno Trulli fan, & was elated to see him take the early lead of the race. When it came back from the break to the scene of that crank running up the road, my initial reaction was being really annoyed he'd ruined his lead. Though that quickly gave way to a very distinct lurch I felt seeing him try to run in front of one of the cars. Could have ended so much worse, relieved it didn't.
Tom Pryce thing is arguably the most horrific moment ever in F1.
I remember British GP in 2003. When that idiot ran out onto the track I thought it was a steward slowing everyone down. But then I realise it was an Irish protester. He also disrupted the men's marathon in the 2004 Olympics in Athens.
I remember this race very well. I was sat in a beach bar with a couple of girls while on a lads' holiday!
And there were Extinction Rebellion people at Silverstone this year nearly getting run over by F1 drivers. I'm surprised none of them got curb stomped quite frankly
I don't know why Max and Bernie had it in for Silverstone. The chaos in 2000 was because it was given the Race 4 slot at an inappropriate time of year and then it got criticism the next year despite the organisers doing everything in their power to deliver because Bernie couldn't arrive on time. The two of them did do some good when they ran F1 but at times they could be utter lightpoles
It wasn't them, it was Just Stop Oil. Although Extinction Rebellion did pull a stunt at the 2020 British Grand Prix behind closed doors race. They snuck in and unfurled a banner at the Club Corner grandstand.
Thanks for that, got mixed up between the two
What an absolute lunatic, I'm just glad Taki Inoue wasn't driving at the time. That would have been brutal
Taki was so slow, Horan could have just stepped out of the way.
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We would have found out what would happen if a human gets hit by an f1 car at 180MPH
@@CrunchyMotorsport we do, the marshal hit by Tom Pryce.
Maybe more people should have invaded the track during Rubens career, he seems to unlock god mode when spectators get on the track
I remember this and thought he was crazy
i remember watching it i think it was still on channel 9 aussie free to air but i may be mistaken bc ch ten got it from them at some point and i cant recall when it changed hands b4 ending up with foxtel
5:19 funny thing, the priest at my grandfather's funeral actually read the same thing that the sign says as the casket was being lowered into the ground. (he hasn't run onto a racetrack yet though).
great video
Here’s an idea for a Silverstone redesign. I’m not sure how runoff would be sorted but if it could be done, it go like this:
Starting on old pit straight, copse corner unchanged, maggots becomes fast left hand kink leading up to the old becketts similar to how it was pre 1991, but becketts itself is tightened, into a 2nd or 3rd gear hairpin. Chapel becomes another left hand link leading onto hangar straight. For Stowe, people probably won’t like this, but it becomes a complex similar to Bahrain turns 1-3, making DRS viable down hangar, and a good overtaking opportunity. Vale and club complex remains unchanged, and here is where things get different. For abbey, it becomes the fast left hand link it was up until 1993, that further leads into an unchanged bridge corner, then a tightened priory bend, let’s say 2nd or 3rd gear in current cars. Short straight into a brooklands hairpin, 1st gear, then luffield is unchanged. Woodcote unchanged as well, lap is over. Let me know what you think of this layout.
I remember this!
I was at the race, there were no big screens where I was and I was wondering what the hell was going on lol
i remember.. yup!! and when i saw that dude on the olympics..i knew it was him..!!
Since you mentioned the Kyalami Tom Pryce incident I had to look it up. I really wish you didn’t.
I’ve always wondered if that piece of the track, the bridge section, could come back and or be used again. I don’t think runoff would be an issue, as the track is literally a former airfield. You might need to do some resurfacing and move a grandstand or two, but I think nothing major would need to be done to bring it up to standards. The track also is literally just chilling there, waiting to be used again. I’m not sure though and I am interested in hearing other opinions.
I've sure seen some strange races watching the British GP. Schumacher's last lap serving of a penalty. Everyone's Pirelli's exploding right before the end of the race. And multiple track invasions. It's like someone put a curse on Silverstone.
I never knew that this was the same guy who interrupted the marathon in Athens 2004.
The 1977 incident makes me wonder why they still send corner marshals on track with no physical protection (safety vehicle.)
What REALLY freaked me out was that the feed cut to a shot of him on the track for about 2seconds, then went instantly to commercial......given there's a delay loop to allow filtering of live content, we all thought they'd seen this muppet turned into chunky salsa and cut the feed before that went out.
Yes I remember that happening, though others tell me it played all the way through. I am sure it happened as you said and it was 2 secs of seeing him and then quick jump to add break. When you look at the offical F1 vids on YT, you can hear James Allen say "More racing to come here at Siverstone" which was the normal way they used to go to ad breaks. I remember saying at the time "What are we going to return to"
iv seen the tom price 1, yeh its horrific.
the most violent 1 ive ever seen was gordon smiley in america, that 1 was just brutal
Have you covered the Yukovich streamliner that never raced and the 1955 Indy 500 before?
Here I am!
That man is on my list (I mean I don't actually have one but let's assume I do) of people for which I feel nothing but deepest hate. Literally a personified disgrace.