From 2:06 to 2:13, it take amazing skills and balls to control this car. At 2:13 he is probably 2-3 inch from the metal gates and all this at WOT.... just plain crazy
Thats Fast looks like about 180 mph on the straight. I wonder if even todays best sports bikes can keep up with Patrick on this track with concrete everywhere.
Patrick Depailler was a shy, diminutive, chain-smoking Frenchman who carried a BIG stick in Formula 1 in the 1970's. He would probably have been a World Champion in the right car and drove with an almost fearless confidence and style. He was very much like Gilles Villeneuve and Stefan Bellof........it is unfortunate that he met with the same fate.
What a driver... Patrick was much better than most people think. In some way he reminded me of Gilles, because both of them had this spirit and passion about flatout racing,
watching practice sessions from 1978 is even more exciting then watching todays races? what the hell went wrong with grand prix racing? btw: RIP patrick depailler. one of the most talented drivers ever.
To all the people that say F1 is boring now, are you not watching this season? I couldnt give a rats ass about taking your hand off the wheel to change gears, I seem to recall the drivers taking their hands off at eau rouge last season to operate the F-duct?
this one of the 10 dangerous track in history of f1. but that drivers have no fear,i want the that track back again, but bernie said , oh it s too dangerous and fast , yes walls is so close but is better then asian tracks who have run off area and boring race.in this track always see crash of f1 cars maybe this usa monte carlo but more faster then monaco.
Absolutely insane, old school is always best, these are real men in real proper racing cars. Not now where they have power steering and flappy-paddle gear boxes, old school is proper manual gear boxes and just a steering wheel linked to the wheels. Plus love the sound and look of the car, Patrick Depailler = amazing.
I love F1, even today but THIS IS IT, a proper manual gearbox, like it always should be, where YOU are in total control of the car, no silly flappy-paddle gearboxes and most important, no traction control, it is amazing to see the skills it takes to control a car with so much power going to the back wheels and in every corner a crash waiting to happen only avoided by the talent of this guy.
Man and machine with electronics at a minimum. Laser like steering, rev matched down shifting, tons of down force, impressive brakes, ultra balanced chassis, and a screaming small displacement V8 serving up eye watering acceleration!!!
Yes, a lot of us miss those F-1 days of old "when racing was a little more "hardcore". But after all, it is competition. Teams will invent gizmos and gadgets to go faster and faster. Technology will inevitably push the sport forward, no matter how much some of us wish for those days of simplicity. The good thing is that a lot of this technology ends up in the cars you and I drive to pick the kids up from school.
Yes indeed a lot of us miss those sounds of F 1 cars of old. But, what we must rememberis that it is competition and teams will scheme and invent gadgets and gizmos to go faster. And that is just the way it is......
@bigredbosshog Agreed, he's the best one of this generation. I could only name Hamilton, Button, Schumacher and Webber. I thought of Vettel as well, but... well just look at what he did in Spa this Sunday.
@WhenWorldsCollide91 crucify me if you want for saying this, but i think Senna could have controlled these cars. prolly not as well as Depailler did here though.
Great vid of great driver. He was definitely a bad-ass. The onboard of his lap around Monaco in the 6-wheeler is even better. His wet run around Montreal will make the hairs on your neck stand up.
Wow, what's that thing he is holding in his hands...could it be? Shit, it is...a fucking STEERING WHEEL, not a play station controller!!! And...OMG, he's taking one hand off the steering wheel to change gear...WOW...he's actually changing the gears himself, the car's not doing it for him, i didn't know it was possible;)
THIS, above, is why i used to be passionate about F1, real cars driven by men, not the CAD designed vomit operated by corporate automatons from the pages of Mens Fitness!
Hear hear. Bring back the days when it was a pissing contest between a bunch of chain smokers driving cars that were fiery explosions waiting to happen, each man just trying to prove he had the biggest balls. Those were the motherfucking days.
@fearbeforefearbefore Sadly, those days were only remembered as exciting because one was almost always guaranteed a massive accident or fatality. See, F1 became boring when everyone stopped dying - and thats the sad nature of the human race.
@zuss10r I can't agree any more. The 'men' today are paid millions for driving cars who aren't even 1/4th as easy to drive as this ones. Would make more sense if this guy right here was paid more than Kimi or Fernando.
@zuss10r It was certainly much more fascinating. Probably, the most difficult to drive among all the cars used in F1 were those of 1967/8, as they're wingless.
That era was even more dangerous.
Patrick Depailler died with a steering wheel in his hands in 1980.
@zuss10r I agree with you in spirit but no human could manually downshift a modern F1 car fast enough given the absolutely rediculous brakes that they have now.
@zuss10r No, I don't think so pal. Find some old footage of crashes, and you watch the spectators reactions - it's not much different to a Roman coliseum. What was the last GP you went to? Have you ever watched an old car take Copse, then watched a modern F1 car take copse at almost twice the speed? You don't know what your talking about - just another armchair know-it-all.
@jamemarsh Sorry don't play video games son. And for the record, i wouldn't watch modern F1 even if you paid for the ticket. I'll stick with riding and racing motorcycles, you just stick to your weed.
Don't waste your time replying, as i won't be reading it.
@zuss10r I'm not your son. And that's your loss, because I know for a fact, you would be in total awe at a modern car lapping a track, but then you've never been to a GP, therefore you wouldn't ever know, but I suppose that still that gives you the right to make ill informed & uneducated remarks about something you've never actually experienced. And who said anything about weed? On what basis did you come to that conclusion? A sweeping generalisation I guess.
@zuss10r "Wow, what's that thing he is holding in his hands...could it be? Shit, it is...a fucking STEERING WHEEL..." I just laugh my ass out with that one,LOL.
@zuss10r I agree with 95% of this comment. But, i gurantee you every single driver back then would've killed to have paddle operated shifting on the steering wheel, and massive downforce. That's what they were striving for back then anyway.
OMG Imagine having to take your hand off the wheel to shift! :) Incredible; these guys had BRASS BALLS. And check out those 55 gal. oil drums outlining the pit lane - don't see that much anymore hahaha
I like the action starting at 2:05 till end. Mechanical feeling the real driving for a racer. They saw everything better on the circuit then drivers today.
Warms my heart to see such enthusiasm and admiration expressed here at this video. I attended every F1 LBGP, including the the first trial run Formula 5000 race; worshiped these cars, drivers, the whole scene. But never have I seen in-car footage like this from that era. Just so pure and beautiful. Everything. Chills down my spine. Thanks so much for posting.
RIP - He was killed testing for the 1980 German Grand Prix, when his steering failed at Ostkurve, and he crashed into the barriers at 280 km/h (174 mph).
This is something unreal! I forgot it could have been true 30 years ago. Long Beach couldn't be raced now in such conditions! The beginning is incredible, Patrick driving "fast" through people without any problem and then waiting before going on this wild track with his heart beating loud. Those guys were heroes because they could lose their life or being seriously injured in a fraction of a second. Patrick was an artist, he had a fast life, he would be sad if he knew what became F1, I am sure.
@ms670b look how patrick drive through people easily, today if mark webber drive like this in pit stop , haha would be punished forever. long beach best track is there any chance too see again in f1,? where clay reggazonni have crash 1980 in which turn''?
just outstanding. real race cars, real men, slick tyres, manual gearboxes, clutches..... oversteeer, racing, overtaking, fabulous video. how i wish that we could have proper f1 back. are you listening max & bernie? i hate the current crop of f1 cars. so clinical, so dull. can you imagine the current breed of drivers doing this? no.neither can i. what a shame.
This was the one James Hunt crashed in and spent the rest of the race trying to hit the other driver while he was driving past. Real men in real cars. None of this marching down the pit lane while lots of people try and restrain them.
It's more than talent... It's having the balls to put your very life on the line every time you go out on track. No where is it more apparent than the F1 drivers from this era. Very few, if any, of us will ever be as good at anything as these guys were at driving..
Yes, just can't be related to open wheelers today. It was very great fortune indeed to survive any major accident without major injury or worse. You'd struggle now to find a driver prepared to race these at full speed for any distance. You could in fact imperil yourself a few degrees more then and drive a formula 5000 - the extra 200 pounds of weight in the 5 litre iron V8 on your shoulders. (Just in case the DFV lacked the weight to crush the tub & driver from behind in a big front in hit)
A few years ago Martin Brundle got back in his first Tyrrell - he said then that he wouldn't have raced it today. (Still counts though Martin - you did.)
Far out, look at the wheel spin he gets and watch the car infront slideeeeeeeee........................... No such thing as electronics back then, no computers, no traction control, no fly wire, just mechanical cars, if F1 want to save money, why don't they ban all electronics and go back to mechanical cars?
I've got lap of the gods and have watched it loads, its an awesome video but Murray walker gets right up my nose, i love how you've got rid of his annoying voice, now it sounds great with headphones turned up!
The introduction of turbos a few years later though changed all that. I think turbos were introduced in 1983. However, some cars in the 1950's used turbos and superchargers.
Renault introduced turbos in 1977 but they didn't win a race until 1979. Ferrari got their first turbo car in 1981, and Brabham introduced their BMW turbo engined car in 1982. By late 1983 all top teams used turbo engines, and in 1984 there wasn't a team using non-turbo engine except for Tyrrell and they tried to cheat with the weight that year and got all their scores stripped at the end of the year.
There were no turbo-cars in the 50's, only supercharged ones in 1950-1951.
I think I've watched all the best F1 and alla single-seaters on board cameras laps in history, and this one is the BEST EVER !!! always on the run Patrick ;-) Fearless driver.
That pit-out was only for practice/qualifying. During the race the pit-out was on the main straight. Back then there were too many cars attempting the race to fit them all in the race day pits, so they were extended.
This is really HC stuff! Not like nowadays boring safety racing with miles of tarmac run offs everywhere. That driving on those circumstances was brilliant.
From 2:06 to 2:13, it take amazing skills and balls to control this car. At 2:13 he is probably 2-3 inch from the metal gates and all this at WOT.... just plain crazy
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Thats Fast looks like about 180 mph on the straight. I wonder if even todays best sports bikes can keep up with Patrick on this track with concrete everywhere.
Phantom096 3 weeks ago
we really need to bring f1 back to long beach
rockypc24 1 month ago
How can he countersteer his car, while being mid-air at 2.06 ?
TheCrashnebula 2 months ago
Patrick Depailler was a shy, diminutive, chain-smoking Frenchman who carried a BIG stick in Formula 1 in the 1970's. He would probably have been a World Champion in the right car and drove with an almost fearless confidence and style. He was very much like Gilles Villeneuve and Stefan Bellof........it is unfortunate that he met with the same fate.
abarth1959 2 months ago 3
This is real Formula One. Not that poncey stuff we get nowadays.
Khandricar 2 months ago
2:03 Fuck, it's awesome.
elkyf1 5 months ago
What a driver... Patrick was much better than most people think. In some way he reminded me of Gilles, because both of them had this spirit and passion about flatout racing,
TifosiAlonso 5 months ago
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long time ago in galaxy far far away, where the F1 races werent so fucking boring...
EvilCrewMember 5 months ago
One of my favourite drivers. Never had a team that matched his skills. R.I.P hero
NOXXism 6 months ago
@TheJBerger51 thats why I said last season...
bumeyes 7 months ago
watching practice sessions from 1978 is even more exciting then watching todays races? what the hell went wrong with grand prix racing? btw: RIP patrick depailler. one of the most talented drivers ever.
franneck1989 8 months ago
To all the people that say F1 is boring now, are you not watching this season? I couldnt give a rats ass about taking your hand off the wheel to change gears, I seem to recall the drivers taking their hands off at eau rouge last season to operate the F-duct?
bumeyes 8 months ago
@bumeyes F-Ducts are no longer allowed in F1.
TheJBerger51 7 months ago
@bumeyes You are absolutely right ;)
jeanclaude780 7 months ago
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How cool is that,original lay out of track up on ocean blvd. Very Nice to ride along, thanks for the vid.
lolahavasuaz 8 months ago
real Pilot!
not fuckin' fashion kids....
webjoyz 9 months ago
What a fantastic car! I love that ford cosworth engine. You just can't beat it.
Khandricar 9 months ago
Absolute Gold, the car moving around, squatting on acceleration, dancing around under brakes and sliding around the corners. Just fabulous.
snorky2208 9 months ago
this one of the 10 dangerous track in history of f1. but that drivers have no fear,i want the that track back again, but bernie said , oh it s too dangerous and fast , yes walls is so close but is better then asian tracks who have run off area and boring race.in this track always see crash of f1 cars maybe this usa monte carlo but more faster then monaco.
master82565 10 months ago
Does anyone know how common onboard cameras were during the seventies? Also how big were the cameras?
John27346 10 months ago
he died while driving an alfa romeo
maiallo 10 months ago
Driving skills most can only dream about ! God gawd ...
how do you remember which way to turn next !
nitrofumes 11 months ago
within 15 secs he'd have a 5k fine for speeding in the pits if that was today lol
rikki87sufc 1 year ago
Marvellous!
Depailler on a very wet track:
"Patrick Depailler at Montreal in Tyrrell 008" (You Tube)
syntaxerror9 1 year ago
back when sex was safe and racing was dangerous.
lordlingcp 1 year ago 2
2:26 - 2:29........uhh amazing drift
hgwsjsu 1 year ago
Absolutely insane, old school is always best, these are real men in real proper racing cars. Not now where they have power steering and flappy-paddle gear boxes, old school is proper manual gear boxes and just a steering wheel linked to the wheels. Plus love the sound and look of the car, Patrick Depailler = amazing.
hgwsjsu 1 year ago
1:46 Nice drift!
MattiDaDude 1 year ago
where can i find the lap of the gods dvd for formula one?
BleedThemBones 1 year ago
I love F1, even today but THIS IS IT, a proper manual gearbox, like it always should be, where YOU are in total control of the car, no silly flappy-paddle gearboxes and most important, no traction control, it is amazing to see the skills it takes to control a car with so much power going to the back wheels and in every corner a crash waiting to happen only avoided by the talent of this guy.
jorgito999 1 year ago
LOL the pit exit is just a bunch of barrels, awesome times!
bubi8894 1 year ago
magnificent
carmans37 1 year ago
Now that's what I call driving
evofreak1304 1 year ago
Man and machine with electronics at a minimum. Laser like steering, rev matched down shifting, tons of down force, impressive brakes, ultra balanced chassis, and a screaming small displacement V8 serving up eye watering acceleration!!!
Mloner1 1 year ago
1:07-1:25 Absolutely amazing.
YouthEnergy 1 year ago
Awesome Sounds
jeffprusia 1 year ago
1:46 Drift :D
TheAgainstWind 1 year ago
looks like a bitch to corner compared to now
araregoodguy 1 year ago
Yes, a lot of us miss those F-1 days of old "when racing was a little more "hardcore". But after all, it is competition. Teams will invent gizmos and gadgets to go faster and faster. Technology will inevitably push the sport forward, no matter how much some of us wish for those days of simplicity. The good thing is that a lot of this technology ends up in the cars you and I drive to pick the kids up from school.
bigredbosshog 1 year ago
Yes indeed a lot of us miss those sounds of F 1 cars of old. But, what we must rememberis that it is competition and teams will scheme and invent gadgets and gizmos to go faster. And that is just the way it is......
bigredbosshog 1 year ago
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charles19502010 1 year ago
2:28, now that's fucking RACING! I wonder how many of the so-called today's F1 stars would've thrown that one straight into the concrete wall.
WhenWorldsCollide91 1 year ago
@WhenWorldsCollide91 Every last one of them except maybe 5 of them. Tell me your five and I'll tell you mine.....I'll give you one. Lewis hamilton
bigredbosshog 1 year ago
@bigredbosshog Agreed, he's the best one of this generation. I could only name Hamilton, Button, Schumacher and Webber. I thought of Vettel as well, but... well just look at what he did in Spa this Sunday.
WhenWorldsCollide91 1 year ago
@WhenWorldsCollide91 Exactly the same I picked. I would chose Alonzo over Vettel though.
bigredbosshog 1 year ago
@WhenWorldsCollide91 crucify me if you want for saying this, but i think Senna could have controlled these cars. prolly not as well as Depailler did here though.
BleedThemBones 1 year ago
@BleedThemBones actually, I totally agree with you.
WhenWorldsCollide91 1 year ago
I agree 100% the new tracks and tne new cars really sux
dedte1 1 year ago 4
@dedte1
you´re right, the magic is gone
ltbielski 1 year ago
This is the original configuration of the Long Beach course.
Lctoliver 1 year ago
Great vid of great driver. He was definitely a bad-ass. The onboard of his lap around Monaco in the 6-wheeler is even better. His wet run around Montreal will make the hairs on your neck stand up.
ironspear1 1 year ago
I sure miss that Queens Hairpin at the end of Shoreline Dr.Indy cars drivers couldnt handle that today
Sniffalick 1 year ago
@overandout58, driving today "cars" is much harder.
KillerDreck89 1 year ago
Awesome car!
RedSunCZE 2 years ago
I never get bored of this oldschool F1 , this is one of the best onboard vid's i have seen from these days
evofreak1304 2 years ago 2
You're right! I wanna sit in these cars.
The engine sound is music for my ears.
KillerDreck89 1 year ago
the best onboard that i ever seen! gooood!
sergino035 2 years ago
Sure beats those crappy IRL Indycars that race on this circuit today!
richdeveau24 2 years ago
the only thing slowing this car down is the weight of the drivers balls ... wish f1 was like its now ... pity .,..
brusnabullet 2 years ago 12
holy crapoly!! now that is car control. perhaps the best onboard ever. Rip Patrick+
dazzyboy74 2 years ago 11
19 seconds of full throttle down Shorline Drive..... What a beautiful sound
cstrnutt2004 2 years ago 4
Thanks for that Patrick ... RIP
olsharezee45 2 years ago 2
skills. he has dem
fuNkyblablablubb 2 years ago 2
1.30 che cazzo di apertura
littlefrank90 2 years ago
Wow, what's that thing he is holding in his hands...could it be? Shit, it is...a fucking STEERING WHEEL, not a play station controller!!! And...OMG, he's taking one hand off the steering wheel to change gear...WOW...he's actually changing the gears himself, the car's not doing it for him, i didn't know it was possible;)
THIS, above, is why i used to be passionate about F1, real cars driven by men, not the CAD designed vomit operated by corporate automatons from the pages of Mens Fitness!
zuss10r 2 years ago 79
Well said zuss!
tifosaurus 2 years ago
Hear hear. Bring back the days when it was a pissing contest between a bunch of chain smokers driving cars that were fiery explosions waiting to happen, each man just trying to prove he had the biggest balls. Those were the motherfucking days.
fearbeforefearbefore 2 years ago 45
@fearbeforefearbefore WORD!
WhenWorldsCollide91 1 year ago
@fearbeforefearbefore those were the motherfucking days , i know we were there ,, and we were the best FOREVER THE #27
niikodas 11 months ago
@fearbeforefearbefore Sadly, those days were only remembered as exciting because one was almost always guaranteed a massive accident or fatality. See, F1 became boring when everyone stopped dying - and thats the sad nature of the human race.
jamemarsh 10 months ago
I wish i could drive such thing.
KillerDreck89 2 years ago
@zuss10r No Kidding man!! Your right on!!!!!
rickymcu 1 year ago
@zuss10r I can't agree any more. The 'men' today are paid millions for driving cars who aren't even 1/4th as easy to drive as this ones. Would make more sense if this guy right here was paid more than Kimi or Fernando.
toureyaya24 1 year ago
@zuss10r It was certainly much more fascinating. Probably, the most difficult to drive among all the cars used in F1 were those of 1967/8, as they're wingless.
That era was even more dangerous.
Patrick Depailler died with a steering wheel in his hands in 1980.
stefanorso 1 year ago
@zuss10r I agree with you in spirit but no human could manually downshift a modern F1 car fast enough given the absolutely rediculous brakes that they have now.
OMGtehWINNAR 1 year ago
@zuss10r What a prat you are & the 64 people who've stuck their thumbs up your arse
jamemarsh 10 months ago
@jamemarsh Appears you are the odd one out, but then you are probably used to that.
Stick to your PlayStation!
zuss10r 10 months ago
@zuss10r No, I don't think so pal. Find some old footage of crashes, and you watch the spectators reactions - it's not much different to a Roman coliseum. What was the last GP you went to? Have you ever watched an old car take Copse, then watched a modern F1 car take copse at almost twice the speed? You don't know what your talking about - just another armchair know-it-all.
Stick to your Xbox.
jamemarsh 10 months ago
@jamemarsh Sorry don't play video games son. And for the record, i wouldn't watch modern F1 even if you paid for the ticket. I'll stick with riding and racing motorcycles, you just stick to your weed.
Don't waste your time replying, as i won't be reading it.
zuss10r 10 months ago
@zuss10r I'm not your son. And that's your loss, because I know for a fact, you would be in total awe at a modern car lapping a track, but then you've never been to a GP, therefore you wouldn't ever know, but I suppose that still that gives you the right to make ill informed & uneducated remarks about something you've never actually experienced. And who said anything about weed? On what basis did you come to that conclusion? A sweeping generalisation I guess.
jamemarsh 10 months ago
@zuss10r "Wow, what's that thing he is holding in his hands...could it be? Shit, it is...a fucking STEERING WHEEL..." I just laugh my ass out with that one,LOL.
Tuscopa 9 months ago
That 2:07 catch is just amazing! Most people would probably go fetch the car ont the guard rails!...Briliant driving.
Tuscopa 9 months ago
@zuss10r I agree with 95% of this comment. But, i gurantee you every single driver back then would've killed to have paddle operated shifting on the steering wheel, and massive downforce. That's what they were striving for back then anyway.
suzuki400boi 5 months ago
The balls it must have taken to go down that straight. Fucking amazing.
suspendingdisbelief1 2 years ago
This is awesome video footage.
MrMeangreenmachine 2 years ago
One of the best vintage F1 onboard videos I ve ever seen! One of the last years the F1 cars could oversteer in such a way. Excellent Patrick!
tifosaurus 2 years ago 7
Absolute Awe. Thats all I have for the drivers of this era.
scubywrxr 2 years ago
they should go back to this track layout for IRL and ALMS
SynysterToken 2 years ago
its amazing to see the speed of these crude cars driven by these drivers inches away from the wall
tuner562 2 years ago
patrick te ne sei andato troppo presto riposa in pace
lupescarese 2 years ago
This was the best clip on the "Lap of the Gods" videos - plenty of car movement and barriers!!!
blox74 2 years ago
Very nice at 2:07
batta26 2 years ago
1:44 the yellow car in front, woah!
Doggfair 2 years ago
OMG Imagine having to take your hand off the wheel to shift! :) Incredible; these guys had BRASS BALLS. And check out those 55 gal. oil drums outlining the pit lane - don't see that much anymore hahaha
roswell1965 2 years ago
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SennaAlonso 2 years ago
I like the action starting at 2:05 till end. Mechanical feeling the real driving for a racer. They saw everything better on the circuit then drivers today.
pirlone808 2 years ago
Warms my heart to see such enthusiasm and admiration expressed here at this video. I attended every F1 LBGP, including the the first trial run Formula 5000 race; worshiped these cars, drivers, the whole scene. But never have I seen in-car footage like this from that era. Just so pure and beautiful. Everything. Chills down my spine. Thanks so much for posting.
johnpeterrevson 2 years ago 4
awesome footage
RedikCZE 2 years ago
Hard Work!! Thats Amazing... The Real Formula One Action..
pirlone808 2 years ago 3
RIP - He was killed testing for the 1980 German Grand Prix, when his steering failed at Ostkurve, and he crashed into the barriers at 280 km/h (174 mph).
ProjUltraZ 2 years ago
If you don't have the BALLS with those cars :)
geforce5700fx 2 years ago 2
from 1:05... the acceleration..wow...!!!
goerge4 2 years ago 2
This is something unreal! I forgot it could have been true 30 years ago. Long Beach couldn't be raced now in such conditions! The beginning is incredible, Patrick driving "fast" through people without any problem and then waiting before going on this wild track with his heart beating loud. Those guys were heroes because they could lose their life or being seriously injured in a fraction of a second. Patrick was an artist, he had a fast life, he would be sad if he knew what became F1, I am sure.
ms670b 2 years ago 3
I agree!
Formula One is so fucked up.
I wish i can drive one of these old cars.
LDlala23 2 years ago
yes absolutely.
people were "cool" these days ^^
bulgman 2 years ago 2
the cars looked stupid these days ^^
nikokaoniko19 2 years ago
@ms670b look how patrick drive through people easily, today if mark webber drive like this in pit stop , haha would be punished forever. long beach best track is there any chance too see again in f1,? where clay reggazonni have crash 1980 in which turn''?
master82565 1 year ago
wow, just wow, real racing, when formula 1 was great, and just listen to the noise of that Cosworth V8 as well
djchocice 2 years ago 2
just outstanding. real race cars, real men, slick tyres, manual gearboxes, clutches..... oversteeer, racing, overtaking, fabulous video. how i wish that we could have proper f1 back. are you listening max & bernie? i hate the current crop of f1 cars. so clinical, so dull. can you imagine the current breed of drivers doing this? no.neither can i. what a shame.
fatboy69s 3 years ago 2
Listhen to the Cosworth. Sounds good.
vrema 3 years ago 3
This was the one James Hunt crashed in and spent the rest of the race trying to hit the other driver while he was driving past. Real men in real cars. None of this marching down the pit lane while lots of people try and restrain them.
fullmontymechanic 3 years ago 3
The whole video kicks. But the very 1st seconds are insane! RIP, Patrick!
Simonthehead 3 years ago
patrick...out lap...warm tyres and brakes...don't block drivers on fast lap...1.31 maximum attack!!
6en6ible 3 years ago
It's more than talent... It's having the balls to put your very life on the line every time you go out on track. No where is it more apparent than the F1 drivers from this era. Very few, if any, of us will ever be as good at anything as these guys were at driving..
roswell1965 3 years ago
Yes, just can't be related to open wheelers today. It was very great fortune indeed to survive any major accident without major injury or worse. You'd struggle now to find a driver prepared to race these at full speed for any distance. You could in fact imperil yourself a few degrees more then and drive a formula 5000 - the extra 200 pounds of weight in the 5 litre iron V8 on your shoulders. (Just in case the DFV lacked the weight to crush the tub & driver from behind in a big front in hit)
gcmc2 3 years ago
A few years ago Martin Brundle got back in his first Tyrrell - he said then that he wouldn't have raced it today. (Still counts though Martin - you did.)
fullmontymechanic 3 years ago
at 0.36 marshall at exit of pit lane dressed in slacks & sports jacket. marvellous!! Pure 70's...!!!!!!
6en6ible 3 years ago 2
Yes, let the drivers drive the cars again - and why not go back to Long beach too - one of the greatest tracks ever for F1
gcmc2 3 years ago
Far out, look at the wheel spin he gets and watch the car infront slideeeeeeeee........................... No such thing as electronics back then, no computers, no traction control, no fly wire, just mechanical cars, if F1 want to save money, why don't they ban all electronics and go back to mechanical cars?
montoya111111 3 years ago 2
Youre speaking outta my soul.
I wish i was in the 70s, i wanna drive this old one.
LDlala23 2 years ago
Is the Ford DFV v8 cossie sound? just brutal omg
kees499 3 years ago
Wow listen to the engine sounds at 1:10!
RacingHeroes 3 years ago
Definitely!!!
And what about the wheelspin control at 2:06? Astonishing!!!
markux1983 3 years ago
amazing footage, and great audio/video quality.....this is da-bomb-diggety on surround sound with the "BIG SCREEN" picture.........Dude........!
lolahavasuaz 3 years ago
Controlled violence.
X180SE 3 years ago
I've got lap of the gods and have watched it loads, its an awesome video but Murray walker gets right up my nose, i love how you've got rid of his annoying voice, now it sounds great with headphones turned up!
tarajacko 3 years ago 6
This is probably from a Japanese DVD called Drivers Eyes. It has the option between Japanese and natural sounds :)
RemcoHitman 3 years ago 2
at 1:47, check out the save by the yellow car in front of Depillier
fueldragster 3 years ago 4
these cars had about 540-550 Bhp... and their weigh was less too than today cars... and it still was going fast
andriusssska 3 years ago
The introduction of turbos a few years later though changed all that. I think turbos were introduced in 1983. However, some cars in the 1950's used turbos and superchargers.
craighp101 3 years ago 2
@craighp101
Renault introduced turbos in 1977 but they didn't win a race until 1979. Ferrari got their first turbo car in 1981, and Brabham introduced their BMW turbo engined car in 1982. By late 1983 all top teams used turbo engines, and in 1984 there wasn't a team using non-turbo engine except for Tyrrell and they tried to cheat with the weight that year and got all their scores stripped at the end of the year.
There were no turbo-cars in the 50's, only supercharged ones in 1950-1951.
McLarenMercedes 8 months ago
And to think that this is only a practice session! Holy. Mother. Of. God.
roswell1965 3 years ago 5
that man had balls!
kfs025 3 years ago 5
They all did! Big brass ones! These where the real F1 drivers!!
mickeynismocat 3 years ago 3
brilliant vid
CrazyGranda 4 years ago 3
Go fast or go home....
Autan4 4 years ago 4
Amazing........
Long Beach G.P. has certainly come a long way.....
this shows the boys up on Ocean Blvd.
If Chris Pook (annual promoter) had it his way, I'm sure this would be the current track lay-out......Nice.........!
lolahavasuaz 4 years ago
i miss that circuit and old school F1..those were the days
mattcrash69 4 years ago 5
I think I've watched all the best F1 and alla single-seaters on board cameras laps in history, and this one is the BEST EVER !!! always on the run Patrick ;-) Fearless driver.
maladsyko 4 years ago 6
How cool is that,original lay out of track up on ocean blvd. Very Nice to ride along, thanks for the vid.
lolahavasuaz 4 years ago 2
Wow, dangerous pit exit. Those ol F1 cars could move out on that long straight. Cool to see Clutching & Shifting, no power NOTHING!
vuetube 4 years ago 2
That pit-out was only for practice/qualifying. During the race the pit-out was on the main straight. Back then there were too many cars attempting the race to fit them all in the race day pits, so they were extended.
damiengray 4 years ago 2
Pazzi! Impressionante!
Rosemeyer78 4 years ago 3
Best. Onboard. Footage. Ever.
aljuk 4 years ago 2
Putain!!! ca c'est du pilotage. La sensation de poussée , la glisse, c'est super impréssionnant
Patrick, si tu nous lit....
vieugmat 4 years ago
This is really HC stuff! Not like nowadays boring safety racing with miles of tarmac run offs everywhere. That driving on those circumstances was brilliant.
Jyllenberg 4 years ago 4
crazy!!! The sound is awesome!
00117064 4 years ago 2
wow
salvasirignano 4 years ago
foooooooooooooook :S
MagicAyrtonforever 4 years ago
best sounding Cosworth I´ve ever heard!
starship21ZNA9 5 years ago 3
Brilliant Driving by a master, RIP Patrick.
mkilner 5 years ago 6