That's why the drivers back then we're heroes. Nowadays overpaid primadonnas with the urge to use the fword and no reason to act like they do something special.
As a retired club road racer,30 years in Porsche 911's, this was as real as it gets. My head is flooded with memories of battles exactly like this. Absolutely love the helmet cam! Thank you very much for sharing.
Me too. 3 years ice racing with podiums and 3 wins, 3 years in 1 liter F3/FC, 1 win, and the rest in Formula Fords and Skippy cars including a test day in a Barber Turbo SAAB. Back in the day, with 30+ entrants, there was always someone to duel with. Good times! -dave
@@dgwachtelTime attack only for me, but amazing memories at Imola under a storm, at Rijeka circuit at sunset or battling with friends in open pit lane sessions. 😀
Agreed - I am not sure the car's owner appreciated the danger his expensive piece of F1 history was being put in by a guy who wanted to race with his elbows out - would be interested in what other historic drivers would have made of his moves.
@@markwalton3706 i don't blame him tho, if i had the ability to drive like that, i sure would. and if i had to hire a driver for my f1 car, i would hope they would drive like this!
@@nightowlrally 😂 _"If you no longer go for a gap that never existed, and didn't blame the netcode, you're no longer a simrace driver..."_ - 5enn4_4ver probably
I LOVE how at around 4:21 you can hear the sound of the other car's engine get really loud as you are near it for a few moments. This was proper full on racing, brave and talented drivers all of you.
Watched this last night at 1am before going to bed and thought it was clickbait. I literally stood in front of my TV for the whole video with a smile that got bigger and bigger. I don't know who you are, but you drove that car perfectly. I loved how everyone in this video was actually driving hard but fair. I hope you upload more videos like this, it is more exciting than watching F1 currently! Hats off.
Pure heaven. I raced DTM’s on tracks like this mainly in Germany the 80’s… SPA is iconic and a true test for both cars and drivers. That 10K RPM howl…nothing like it…you feel it in your bones. It’s addictive…explains why Fernando still races…he’s a junkie for this stuff. 😉😊
Damn, every time you took Eau Rouge I held my breath! And I shook my head multiple times in disbelief when you were at top speed. This is SO MUCH MORE SPECTACULAR than modern F1 cars! I love this! 🤩😍🤤
It's a dog box, they are much better suited to clutchless shifting compared to road car synchromesh. To upshift, you just release the gas and quickly shift. To downshift, you momentarily blip the gas while going through neutral, just like you would when heel-toeing. It must be (and usually is) done quickly and decisively, that's best for dog box transmissions. Of course, clutchless revmatching is more critical.
Just fabulous stuff!! Thank you for sharing. Modern F1 drivers must look at this and think “Now why couldn’t I have been born in that era and have raced those cars!!”.
FANTASTIC!!!!!! You make me feel shiver on the spine with this video Mate!! My compliments for the race management and for the progression of the driving, in the last attempt after the safety car you were a devil! You got all from the car, thanks for shared
This is the best video I’ve seen this year! The racing is brilliant, the noise is incredible… also having the camera on your helmet to show more natural movement 👍
Man, what a race. At the begining I thought the driver was very conservative, which guaranteed him safety, I think I'd take more risks at his place, but after the safety car he became a monster, took all the gaps he could. And the sound of this car, omg, how I'd love to see this on the current F1 cars
Such great footage. I wish we'd had material of that quality from the actual 1980s races, sigh. And I just notice that I like the old layout of the Bus Stop chicane better, though.
What a great video. That engine, I could listen to that for hours. Sounds so much like the flat 12 in the 917. Rock and Roll has one thing in common with F-1. Today, R+R does not sound like rock and roll and F1 doesn't sound like F-1. Outstanding driving. Thank you!
I've watched plenty of Masters racing where I felt like the drivers had more money than talent. This was not one of those times. That was beautiful driving of beautiful cars around a beautiful track. Great video!
think I'm Nr100 of your subscribers 🤩 but what a great vid Werner, this is how racing should be, close but fair and bouncing of the rev limiter and so close you can see the white of your opponents eyes in his mirror! Keep those amazing vids coming please.
They were racing like it was for the 1980s championship 😮
That was the hardest vintage race I've ever seen.
It looks like karting on steroids.
@@mrfranzose Exactly!!!
100% was expecting to see a glorified parade lap. This is not that. This is chef's kiss 🤌.
Fabulous wasn't it...
Eau Rouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge!
compared to this modern day F1 seems like LGBTQ+ queer exhibition
This is what we want
deaths!!
@@jcoast1yes they can still cause deaths, but these tracks are in a way safer than older tracks
@@jcoast1 There are still deaths in motorsport, mainly spectators of rally...
@@mrsnugget6624 it wasnt just the tracks that were causing deaths, these cars were just a 1 way ticket to death if u crashed
@@keeganstcroix6865 Yeah I would be scared sick trying to drive these fast.
These gentlemen have HUGE balls.
I can only take my hat off.
so sketchy…those chassis and cockpit aren’t built like they are today 🙏
and wallets :D
I was thinking the same! And where on earth do they put them in those tiny cockpits? Respect
if u think these guys have huge balls check out rally racers
Huge arms too i guess...
Helmet cam like this is so much better than the in helmet camera we get in F1.
Problem is: internal helmet cam doesn't get as good as an external mounted one.
And external cams are really dangerous.
@@LuizSPKI think the cameras are the least dangerous part of all this 😂
@@MD-uu5nt DEFINITELLY not, but it's one more factor.
Why are they dangerous?
@@liviu543 helmet penetration in a crash
This is as close to the real thing as I will ever get. Possibly the greatest video on UA-cam, ever.
@@seancampbell693 Never say never. Weirder things have happened.
Totally agree! I stood in front of my TV the entire time with a gigantic smile. It just got better and better!
Yeah, you oldheads must be soiling your diapers from excitement.
You might look at YT's vids on both the Ferrari 312PB and shovelnose, then make-up your mind. And don't miss the "drive-along" vid in the Cheetah.
If you have a decent pc you can drive those things in VR with a good simrig. Its an absolute blast.
Ah the good old days when your feet and head were the main part of the crash structure
That's why the drivers back then we're heroes. Nowadays overpaid primadonnas with the urge to use the fword and no reason to act like they do something special.
The body takes the blow so the engine doesn't
@@1997jankuschef drivers on 17s6d a week were cheaper than the cars
@@1997jankuschef drivers on 17s6d a week were cheaper than the cars
Just like your mom in the wh0rehouse
As a retired club road racer,30 years in Porsche 911's, this was as real as it gets. My head is flooded with memories of battles exactly like this.
Absolutely love the helmet cam!
Thank you very much for sharing.
Me too. 3 years ice racing with podiums and 3 wins, 3 years in 1 liter F3/FC, 1 win, and the rest in Formula Fords and Skippy cars including a test day in a Barber Turbo SAAB. Back in the day, with 30+ entrants, there was always someone to duel with. Good times!
-dave
@@dgwachtelTime attack only for me, but amazing memories at Imola under a storm, at Rijeka circuit at sunset or battling with friends in open pit lane sessions. 😀
Same. Grew up karting then junior formula in Europe. Dad also raced vintage in US. That was pretty epic. Awesome driving.
That guy in yellow is a goddamn menace! No idea of braking zones, cutting corners, bits flying off his car.
He drives in real life the way I drive in racing games.
Agreed - I am not sure the car's owner appreciated the danger his expensive piece of F1 history was being put in by a guy who wanted to race with his elbows out - would be interested in what other historic drivers would have made of his moves.
@@markwalton3706 i don't blame him tho, if i had the ability to drive like that, i sure would. and if i had to hire a driver for my f1 car, i would hope they would drive like this!
I would 100% watch this over modern F1 any day.
Me too me too and if they crash they are most likely dead or in severe debt
Damn, these Assetto Corsa mods getting ridiculously realistic. Jokes aside awesome driving and footage :)
God, what a beautiful race track, beautiful soundtrack, and beautiful cars. Thanks so much for posting. 👍🏼
Indeed!
I can’t get over the noise, it must sound unbelievably good inside the car.
You'd been thinking that this is some VR gameplay in a lobby full of sweats, but in fact this is actual hard racing. 😮
It couldn't be, because no one got cannon-balled at La Source. THEN it'd be a proper lobby
@@nightowlrally 😂 _"If you no longer go for a gap that never existed, and didn't blame the netcode, you're no longer a simrace driver..."_ - 5enn4_4ver probably
I LOVE how at around 4:21 you can hear the sound of the other car's engine get really loud as you are near it for a few moments. This was proper full on racing, brave and talented drivers all of you.
Balls of steel. Kudos sir, that's some top quality racing.
Watched this last night at 1am before going to bed and thought it was clickbait. I literally stood in front of my TV for the whole video with a smile that got bigger and bigger. I don't know who you are, but you drove that car perfectly. I loved how everyone in this video was actually driving hard but fair. I hope you upload more videos like this, it is more exciting than watching F1 currently! Hats off.
The raw sound is beyond savage. Gotta love real gauges with the lcd screen tacked on top.
Beautiful. They actually had to lift in corners and slipstream deserved its name. And the noise ... fantastic footage and well driven.
i am so glad the algorithm brought me to this page. this is the best F1 content on UA-cam
Pure heaven. I raced DTM’s on tracks like this mainly in Germany the 80’s… SPA is iconic and a true test for both cars and drivers. That 10K RPM howl…nothing like it…you feel it in your bones. It’s addictive…explains why Fernando still races…he’s a junkie for this stuff. 😉😊
Best onboard footage I’ve seen in a long time
Amazing to watch. I rarely comment on youtube videos but you deserve every bit of help with the exposure algorithms! Thank you for uploading
Thinking this is a sim because of the thumbnail makes for a very very **very** pleasant surprise
thanks for recording this. so awesome
Mate... What a nice drive... Almost the Piquet by Yourself, Great control of the car too... Greetings from Brazil.
Great onboard impressions. It was really cool watching these cars being driven well at Spa. Thanks for the show.
that yellow car wasn't being driven well, thats for sure lol
Damn, every time you took Eau Rouge I held my breath! And I shook my head multiple times in disbelief when you were at top speed.
This is SO MUCH MORE SPECTACULAR than modern F1 cars!
I love this! 🤩😍🤤
Ah, the 80's and 90's F1 era are the best! That's the genuine racing spirit!
That’s how top single seat should be now! The sound, huge speed, very brave chaps indeed!! Brilliant racing and brilliant video, thanks for uploading!
My God, i love everything in this video...
Thank you for driving this car hard. She deserves nothing less, and thanks for the footage. Cheers!
Pleasantly surprised that this is a real race! These corners, the wind,... united with a dangerous piece of machinery 😍 Just lovely!!!❤
Driving like this essentially without a clutch is some incredible work, thank you for posting this footage!! ❤
It's a dog box, they are much better suited to clutchless shifting compared to road car synchromesh. To upshift, you just release the gas and quickly shift. To downshift, you momentarily blip the gas while going through neutral, just like you would when heel-toeing. It must be (and usually is) done quickly and decisively, that's best for dog box transmissions. Of course, clutchless revmatching is more critical.
Just fabulous stuff!! Thank you for sharing. Modern F1 drivers must look at this and think “Now why couldn’t I have been born in that era and have raced those cars!!”.
That was a damned good race. Congratulations to you, Werner. Thank you for that video.
Bravo! That was some great racing! Well done to all the drivers.
FANTASTIC!!!!!! You make me feel shiver on the spine with this video Mate!! My compliments for the race management and for the progression of the driving, in the last attempt after the safety car you were a devil! You got all from the car, thanks for shared
2:24 somebody lost a shoe.
Damn, you beat me to it :D
Might look like a shoe but its not, rewind it.. might be a broken F1 body part that was thrown from the cars in front toward back..
@@poplaurentiu4148 Yes, you can see the front 2 cars touching each other freeze frame.
Who throws a shoe, man?! Honestly!
@@thevidguy11 Welcome in this debacle.. is you the one who try to make a funny joke the rest of us figured out is not "a shoe".. Honestly.
one of the best tube clips I've seen, old racers are driven like they should be, balls of steel
Oh my, the bloody sound such memories, thank you👍😁
Mindblowing. Cars that are made for this driven as they should be. Kudos for this fantastic experience!
Proper racing. Excellent dice with the FW07 👏🏻👏🏻
Wow! SO good, great driving and the sound this car makes - I couldn’t stop watching 😍😍😍
The best video of the year, thank you !
Fun to watch. 80s classic F1 is my favourite class. Impressive straight line grunt from the Brabham and some great outbreaking from the Skol car.
From one driver to another, Great drive! Super fun to watch! Thank you
Great driving Sir, this is real F1. Sheer skill, seat of the pants racing plus the guts to match 😎🏆
Wow. Talk about taking me back to my Teen years. Went to my 1st F1 race in 1984 and these were the types of cars I was used to seeing.
That was unbelievable. What a drive. Magnificent to watch!
Thank you very much for this amazing footage! That safety car worked out really well!
Immediately subscribed. What a visceral experience. Thank you. Incredible driving
Nice man, wow, what a feeling! AMAZING! You dont come closer to the feeling of your childhood heroes.
Some crazy turbulence when he got behind the Williams Saudia Air Alan Jones ground effects car! Freekin awsome footage i watched it 5 times!
Thank you so much for this video. Great sounding and looking cars from the old days, when we spent our sundays in front of TV.
Wow. Great footage, and amazing soundtrack. Thanks for sharing it.
Thank you very muvh for sharing your race inside the car! Amazing! ❤
Hard fought racing, but giving enough space for others. Superb vintage racing!
this is some wicked awesome onboard footage!
This is the best video I’ve seen this year! The racing is brilliant, the noise is incredible… also having the camera on your helmet to show more natural movement 👍
Such a fantastic sound! Pure goosebumps...
At 1:00 the guy in the yellow car had a huge moment! Had dirty tires from his small excursion before.
What a wonderful video!
Thank you so much !!!
I enjoyed the hell out of watching this! I even cheered out loud when you passed the dude who locked up into the corner. Just subscribed. 😊
At first because of the camera quality I thought this was a game and almost clicked off hahaha threw my brain off. Epic.
Haven't played many video games?
Thanks, very engaging footage - I felt being so much in your car and driving. Just great. Want to do this in Assetto Corsa now. 👍
Amazing footage, one of the best racing video's I've ever seen. Damn these guys have balls of steel!
Man, what a race. At the begining I thought the driver was very conservative, which guaranteed him safety, I think I'd take more risks at his place, but after the safety car he became a monster, took all the gaps he could. And the sound of this car, omg, how I'd love to see this on the current F1 cars
Crazy, I would love to have one of these opportunities once in my life 🥺You are extremely fortunate, enjoy it! 💪
Absolutely gorgeous video. Learned new braking points for this incredible circuit . Thank you
Such great footage. I wish we'd had material of that quality from the actual 1980s races, sigh. And I just notice that I like the old layout of the Bus Stop chicane better, though.
What a great video. That engine, I could listen to that for hours. Sounds so much like the flat 12 in the 917.
Rock and Roll has one thing in common with F-1. Today, R+R does not sound like rock and roll and F1 doesn't sound like F-1.
Outstanding driving. Thank you!
Now THESE are the kinds of go-karts I want at my birthday party! 😂
That was by far the most intense video I ever saw on UA-cam. Thanks for sharing!
True racers racing their vintage f1 cars ilove it well done everyone!!!!
Incredible to be there, fantastic drive from all and some brilliant moves caught on the camera
I stood in one spot for 15 minutes, enjoying every minute of this video thank you ❤
I cannot comprehend how you have such "few" subscribers. This is the best channel i‘ve ever discovered!
That was some superb driving right there, friend! What a great race! Thank you for sharing.
Finally, quality material on UA-cam. These machines have that something that modern race cars don't have.
That was absolutely fantastic. Bravo on a great drive.
Sensational. I have never seen any good Eau Rouge onboard footage like this. And great driving from start to finish. More of that, please!
What a race !!!! Fantastic. Once you were both up to temp then the safety car great battles !!! Well done great result too
I've watched plenty of Masters racing where I felt like the drivers had more money than talent. This was not one of those times.
That was beautiful driving of beautiful cars around a beautiful track. Great video!
Beautifully done! Very clean! Congrats on the P2!
My heart was racing at the safety car restart can’t imagine what yours was doing!!
Thanks for the clip, just absolutely amazing stuff.
Simply amazingly good. Thank you for keeping these race cars alive!👍🙏
The sound, the speed it's terrifying and beautiful thank you for this video!
think I'm Nr100 of your subscribers 🤩 but what a great vid Werner, this is how racing should be, close but fair and bouncing of the rev limiter and so close you can see the white of your opponents eyes in his mirror! Keep those amazing vids coming please.
Thanks, much appreciated !
12:01 POV: You're Ayrton Senna
the best video on racing i've watched this year!
so exciting ! Many thanks
That final battle after the safety care is SURREAL. Brilliant driving!
This is great footage. Thanks for sharing. I was there all weekend, and enjoyed it a lot!👌🏻😃
The golden age of motorsport in my opinion, dont forget we had Group B rally too around the same time.
Outstanding! Loved the pass into turn one on the restart!
the sound!!! lovely. brings back so many memories. thk U
I enjoyed the whole video. Thanks a lot for uploading. 😊
This is the clearest footage Ive seen! Amazing for 1980. 🙏🐭
Great job! Glad to see a bit of oversteer coming off some of the corners.
Absolutely amazing footage. 80's vintages are best