The Maser 250F and PF were the last of the successful front engined F-1 cars. When Cooper and Lotus began racing rear engined cars, the Maser was like a P-51 Mustang in the early era of jets ~ it could still prevail, but needed the most-skilled pilot and a kiss on the lips from Lady Luck. You had to love the brave Knights who still raced them against newer cars. I hated the song VOLARE when I was a kid, but it certainly helps to place this setting (Goodwood/Maserati) squarely in the late 1950s.
He is so adaptable...he is able to driver every generation of cars so easily...the background song was a classic. :) . Any one knows what song it is ?
They really were the most beautiful racing caars of all time. I saw a 1957/8 Maserati at the Beaulieu Motor Musuem and it was the most amazingly beatutiful thing I have ever seen.
@elsspoel It's the Tec-Mec - built by Valerio Colotti for the 1959 season after Maserati had officially withdrawn from F1. Lighter and shorter than the earlier models and often described as being how the 1959 250F would have looked if the factory had continued development.
Alter der Prügelt das Schätzchen aber ganz schön über den Kurs. Da wird aber nix groß an der Fahrwerksabstimmung gemacht worden sein. Denn sein füßchen darf man eigentlich nich heben heben man in die Kurve geht. ;)
Moss is a hoot! "Chasing the same crumpet". On the flip side, THe 250 F became obsolete when F-1 switched from alcohol to gasoline , I think in 1959. That move sent all the engine folks back to the drawing board, and revived the Coventry-Climax.
"thrown out the car clear" if it was the new cars you would be trapped inside while it catchs fire and blows up. Unless you quick enough to get out. Basicly these cars are probly more safer than nowadays
today's cars don't catch on fire, c'mon when was the last time you saw a car catch fire after a crash? that hasn't happened since the early 80s...
i just love how casual the drivers were, "oh we'd go shopping together and chase the same bit of crumpet... ...when you go down the straight you could look for girls but then you had to concentrate in a corner" lol!
@ultrahenk No it is not the V12. It was known in period as theTec-Mec Maserati. Made by Colotti circa 1959 and was much lighter than the actual 250F design. They were able to do this because Grand Prix races had been shortened in 1958 from 500 miles to 500 kilometres and much more standard fuel "Avgas" was used so the cars needed to carry less.
I know there were some early development 55 exe's done by the 65 mod team. Although fun, and at times recreating a great 'front-engined feel', they were very far from the rigorous standards of accuracy needed for public distribution. Awesome fun tho!
No you are sadly correct these are NOT to be confused with F1 cars, no egocentric drivers, lawyers and drivers, no indeterminate diffusers of dubious legal or illegal design. No arguing about races in Paris 4 weeks after a race, overtaking aplenty........no it's not F1....sadly.
With respect to Brundle, I wouldn't describe him as a "legend". For me, that puts him in the same company as Nuvolari, Fangio, Clark, Villeneuve, Senna etc.
Intelligent and fast.Did you see him in the 2 seater demo F1 car ?he drove this with gusto (was later banned!!!).Best F1 commentator perhaps, ever.Why ?because he actually knows first hand and can relay this.Not just billy banter.
Dean Martin makes this video so good.
and those cars we absolutely amazing!
3 wheeling it through most of those corners - great job Martin.
much respect
MiniKonstii 3 weeks ago
It's nice to see an old school pilot like Martin Brundle driving all these legendary cars!
ameroargentino 1 month ago
"Yeah baby love.....all that!!"
Bigman46 1 month ago
Fangio also drive this car! Fangio Rules
gausadri83 1 month ago
so how many corners did he 3 wheel it through?
mrsides89 1 month ago
This car is beautiful. I love the way these grand prix cars were designed; they were, in essence, Saturn V rockets strapped to pods. <3
0besePlatypus 2 months ago
The Maser 250F and PF were the last of the successful front engined F-1 cars. When Cooper and Lotus began racing rear engined cars, the Maser was like a P-51 Mustang in the early era of jets ~ it could still prevail, but needed the most-skilled pilot and a kiss on the lips from Lady Luck. You had to love the brave Knights who still raced them against newer cars. I hated the song VOLARE when I was a kid, but it certainly helps to place this setting (Goodwood/Maserati) squarely in the late 1950s.
FLSHBK1 2 months ago
bello
yallowrosa 2 months ago
Crumpets, mmm...
THEORIGINALEXSCAPER 4 months ago
3:27
Notice the front wheel lifting off the track.
Driving this monstrocity is suicide, I tell ya, SUICIDE! 0.0
SonicXSTH 5 months ago
He is so adaptable...he is able to driver every generation of cars so easily...the background song was a classic. :) . Any one knows what song it is ?
pummyy 6 months ago
@pummyy
"Volare" sung by Dean Martin...Enjoy
myRSisfantastic 2 months ago
WOW... I had no idea the pedals were reversed. Not to mention that he drives without giving a fuck! Amazing
Orangebike666 7 months ago
They really were the most beautiful racing caars of all time. I saw a 1957/8 Maserati at the Beaulieu Motor Musuem and it was the most amazingly beatutiful thing I have ever seen.
thegreatbasher 8 months ago
Yeah! Baby!
onyaszimba 8 months ago 2
chase the same crumpet... pure class from Moss there!
99JBIZZLE 10 months ago
death - acceptable risk
EvilCrewMember 10 months ago
By 1958 Maserati was broke. The 1957 WC did not pay off.
The 46 year old Fangio drove this car a few times in his retirement year....
It was not up to matching the Ferrari Dino and Vanwall that year..
Cooper and Lotus were 1959 and 1960
You see the old leaf springs and no ARBs..... a wonder they weren't still using
friction shocks....
Maserati did better building the 2.9 Birdcage sports racers for privateers....
J.C.
375GTB 11 months ago
By 1958 Maserati was broke. The 1957 WC did not pay off.
The 46 year old Fangio drove this car a few times in his retirement year....
It was not up to matching the Ferrari Dino and Vanwall that year..
Cooper and Lotus were 1959 and 1960
Maserati did better building the Birdcage sports racers for privateers....
J.C.
375GTB 11 months ago
Ex F1 drivers like the classics! And Brundell gets almost as much speed out of this one as he ever did out of the F1 cars of his day ....
principalrhs 11 months ago
are you sure the maserati is not a replica ? some weird lines that I do not recall !
elsspoel 11 months ago
@elsspoel It's the Tec-Mec - built by Valerio Colotti for the 1959 season after Maserati had officially withdrawn from F1. Lighter and shorter than the earlier models and often described as being how the 1959 250F would have looked if the factory had continued development.
connected365 8 months ago
this thing is fast, but the chassis and suspension tuning... 3 wheel cornering?
SuperInline6 1 year ago
Love the way the front wheel lifts in corners!
SebVettel18 1 year ago
Stirling Moss is one classy motherfucker.
caesiume 1 year ago 5
Ohh brother your trying to make the opening like the Movie Grand Prix.
Look's good but the volare song don't work with racing Car's,
kirkconway 1 year ago
My brothers English teacher knew Aryton Senna, Senna told him that he worshiped Fangio, and who can blame him?
brigadeir998 1 year ago 2
anyone know the name of the song at 0:26?
whatdumd 1 year ago
@whatdumd The song is VOLARE by Dean Martin
bmwnasher 1 year ago
A fair few nods to the le mans and grand prix films at the start :)
jonnymv94 1 year ago
Alter der Prügelt das Schätzchen aber ganz schön über den Kurs. Da wird aber nix groß an der Fahrwerksabstimmung gemacht worden sein. Denn sein füßchen darf man eigentlich nich heben heben man in die Kurve geht. ;)
Creditoris 1 year ago
Inside front wheel OFF the ground! haha
togalogs 1 year ago
@togalogs lol
caesiume 1 year ago
Martino Brundeli is beautiful !!!! :-))))))
mrblue979 1 year ago
wait no, my favorite modle isn't this one.
AnonymoussourceL0L 2 years ago
my favorite car. then it's the BMW M1, then it's the Ariel Atom
AnonymoussourceL0L 2 years ago
I love the way he doesn't just do a lap, but really gives it a bollocking!
randar3 2 years ago
martino brundeli, lol
and stirling moss too, "we'd chase the same crumpet" hahaha!
inverted pedals, that would be so strange... imagine if you were about to crash and you panic and hit the accelerater!
FormulaOneFan4Eva 2 years ago 2
The best 250F!
demio13 2 years ago 3
Moss is a hoot! "Chasing the same crumpet". On the flip side, THe 250 F became obsolete when F-1 switched from alcohol to gasoline , I think in 1959. That move sent all the engine folks back to the drawing board, and revived the Coventry-Climax.
bobbyray56 2 years ago
Strange car...never seen a 250F like this one...
alvez9811 2 years ago
It is a beautiful video
great video this is love
I love this video
This is passion and love
Passion run car
a sweet kiss bye from Italy
Princegto 2 years ago
This is love
Princegto 2 years ago
"Martino Brundeli" Very good!
TheTubeDoor 2 years ago 20
strange the nearside front wheel lifting?
alfamonk 2 years ago
what a superb car. A pleasure to watch
ewencameron 2 years ago
"thrown out the car clear" if it was the new cars you would be trapped inside while it catchs fire and blows up. Unless you quick enough to get out. Basicly these cars are probly more safer than nowadays
connell256 2 years ago
today's cars don't catch on fire, c'mon when was the last time you saw a car catch fire after a crash? that hasn't happened since the early 80s...
i just love how casual the drivers were, "oh we'd go shopping together and chase the same bit of crumpet... ...when you go down the straight you could look for girls but then you had to concentrate in a corner" lol!
FormulaOneFan4Eva 2 years ago 2
The last time an F1 car really caught fire was at Imola in '89, after Gerhard Berger's crash.
The bulging hood of the car seems to suggest that it has to house a big engine, so would this be the V12 version of the 250F?
ultrahenk 2 years ago
@ultrahenk No it is not the V12. It was known in period as theTec-Mec Maserati. Made by Colotti circa 1959 and was much lighter than the actual 250F design. They were able to do this because Grand Prix races had been shortened in 1958 from 500 miles to 500 kilometres and much more standard fuel "Avgas" was used so the cars needed to carry less.
spitfireJEJ 1 year ago
if the pedals are in different possitions, how do you heel and toe?
julianleeho 2 years ago
50's in GPL NOW!
DnylF1 2 years ago
I know there were some early development 55 exe's done by the 65 mod team. Although fun, and at times recreating a great 'front-engined feel', they were very far from the rigorous standards of accuracy needed for public distribution. Awesome fun tho!
PaulLMF 2 years ago
"...chased the same crumpet!" LOL
mallamoozoo 2 years ago
No you are sadly correct these are NOT to be confused with F1 cars, no egocentric drivers, lawyers and drivers, no indeterminate diffusers of dubious legal or illegal design. No arguing about races in Paris 4 weeks after a race, overtaking aplenty........no it's not F1....sadly.
2zorro3 2 years ago
i find it hard to call these f1 cars im not saying there not im saying we hae come a long way
lamage89 3 years ago
Chase the same crumpet haha! Moss is a legend! F1 will never be like that ever again.
mickeynismocat 3 years ago
what a beautiful car....
MrBombastic1st 3 years ago
I have to see and hear that car at least once in my lifetime.
DirtySanchez419 3 years ago
then get yourself down to goodwood next summer ;)
SeigeCJ 3 years ago
I have and i can tell you it sounds absolutely amazing.
RR1Joel 3 years ago
The earlier 250F's were much more beautiful. Kinda bastardized by '58
PaulLMF 2 years ago
God what a sound
Koenonator 3 years ago
love it when the right front tyre is in the air
ChandradharSharma 3 years ago
which one does it hav the nirvana music in?
miroslavsmith 3 years ago
damn, look at that chassis flex!
justin6378 3 years ago 2
"When you're going down the straight, you're checking your instruments, looking for girls, all that kind of stuff". Lol.
Moss=LEGEND.
F1Archives 3 years ago 60
@F1Archives Ah so the reason Stirling never won the championship is revealed. Fangio chased wins while Moss chased the girls LOL
Holden308 10 months ago
martin brundle is verging on being a legend.
samfisha 3 years ago
With respect to Brundle, I wouldn't describe him as a "legend". For me, that puts him in the same company as Nuvolari, Fangio, Clark, Villeneuve, Senna etc.
nutty1957 3 years ago
Intelligent and fast.Did you see him in the 2 seater demo F1 car ?he drove this with gusto (was later banned!!!).Best F1 commentator perhaps, ever.Why ?because he actually knows first hand and can relay this.Not just billy banter.
sofiaabarth 2 years ago
"chase the same crumpet and all that sort of stuff" - great quote from moss!
gp4nut 3 years ago 2