Pisses me off when the circuits change or go altogether. It destroys the past and the future, I want to see modern cars racing on the old tracks so that I can compare them. I know that much of the changes are to do with safety but still....
1:442:59 That's the little rise that doomed Tom Pryce. The marshals should have been instructed not to cross there, but people didn't think about safety like that in those days.
@longde senna is legend and atractive driver prost is boring driver who always drive good car, 1. 1986 is not deserved to be a champion, 1989 balestre help him to be a f1 champion, . kyalami is dangerous track and fast too bad for kyalami that we never see again in f1 kyalami or south africa, africa is only continent who have not f1 races. bernie want gp iraq or vietnam.
As said above. The greatest ever F1 driver was Alain Prost. Here's why:
1. He was 4 times world champion yet NEVER enjoyed favouritism from his team. Yet Senna got Honda favoritism in 1989
2. In all the seasons he drove a competitive car, he had a F1 world champion as his team mate - and he outscored every single one of them (Senna included).
3. He would have been world champion 6 times had it not been for the retarded 11-race-rule.
You couldn't be more wrong. Both Senna and Schumi were and are gentlemen. You shouldn't believe all that crap media is writing. Ask Brazilians what Senna did and donated for them. There must be also something about Prost's character if he couldn't fit any team. Or can you blame all those teams for that? Didn't think so either. After one famous Suzuka GP, Prost ran into race marshals and complained to FIA President Balestre about Senna's driving. That's how gentleman Prost was.
@t3r080 Search for the video where Senna punches Eddie Irvine in the face and tell me again if Senna was a gentleman. As for your Balestre comment, seems your only sources are the biased "Senna" movie? If Prost "couldn't fit any team" then how could he drive for McLaren in 1980 and then be fully welcome back into McLaren for 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 and 1989? That's 6 non-stop years at McLaren.
ALWAYS this bullshit about Senna and Schumacher being the best. The greatest ever F1 driver was Alain Prost. Here's why:
1. He was 4 times world champion yet NEVER enjoyed favouritism from his team
2. In all the seasons he drove a competitive car, he had a F1 world champion as his team mate - and he outscored every single one of them (Senna included).
3. He would have been world champion 6 times had it not been for the retarded 11-race-rule.
@1HeerenveenSC i dont think any of the circuits u mentioned are boring buddy , i think todays formula 1 has suffered alot from all the changes n rules theyve introduced on the last decade , dont get me wrong i love the racecars cuz theyre fucking fast , but id say that 99% of the time the races r kinda boring
@f1fan84 all circiuts now in f1 are boring , only spa,montreal and suzuka are best. how will be today drivers like hamilton drive on this kyalami i dont think will be live anymore, you see that downhill in start finish line 240 mph goes straight into a 1 corner. kyalami in 90s not that good like old one. i hope that kyalami back in f1.
I really enjoy going onboard with a turbo and seeing Prost's driving style is an added bonus, but Murray's obnxious commentary detracts from my overall enjoyment of this video.
South Africa had an openly racist policy of segregation back then and many fans and drivers were against going there. Then as the politics changed they rebuilt it for 93, but sadly the new one isn't in F1 either.
no conocia este circuito, alcancé a ver el gp de sudafrica de 1992 y 1993 cuando ya habian cambiado el trazado, realmente tenia una recta impresionante, que era en bajada y luego en subida, me imagino que mas de un motor se habrá reventado por la exigencia, y vi como Alain Prost, mi primer idolo de la formula 1, controlaba ese renault y donde ahi si tenias que saber manejar, especialmente en las curvas rapidas, se notaba desde siempre sus condiciones, y por eso que fue 4 veces campeon mundial
alonso was baby this time ..prost senna villenueve clark stewart lauda best drivers ever been no need to remember .schumis and hamilton lol but they ok i guess lol just cant compare with those guys i mention
honestly though, why is it that you never hear prost mentioned as one of the best drivers ever. you always hear senna and schumacher, and from the true history buffs, tazio nuvolari, jim clark and sometimes even stirling moss. but not a damn word about prost. what do you guys think?
Remembered something: in 1980 he injured hmself twice in shunts, and he used that as a pretext to break his McLaren contract and go to Renault. Of course, he came back, since there was also a new management in the team (Teddy Mayer out, Ron Dennis in at the end of '80).
He did, quite a few times. But not quite often enough. :P Apparently, he rejoined McLaren in 1984 and the first time he actually crashed hard enough to damage a chassis severely after rejoining McLaren was in practice for the first Phoenix GP, 5 YEARS LATER.
Well put. You never see him in an onboard video wrestling with the car, he only makes the necessary corrections, never more movement and energy used than was necessary. Smooth and lightning-quick.
Too dangerous. Now any tom dic and harry can race on todays slowed down rubbish tracks, Doing this to the current tracks has allowed the P******S of racing like Fischela and the like to have a bash. Can't see him being able to go through corners like Jukskei. Whats still there is sunset, clubhouse(tightened), Esses(bankned in), Basically made easier and the rest I think was designed when the designer didn't know what to do so he dug in a playgroups paper bin for a scribble and joined it up. CRAP
There's a video in-car of Senna 9 years later at the new track and it's so tight and twisty that it sounds like he didn't even get up to 6th gear for the entire lap. It isn't the tracks they should change. It's the run-off areas in the dangerous corners. You can't race on a track that's too twisty to pass. I agree with you.
hey hey hey the new circuit isnt crap! sure the old one is 10 times better...just took up way to much space...too much cash to maintain it... the new circuit takes up much less space...i do prefer the old ciruit so much more! dont get me wrong...just the new circuit is entertaining! and very challenging
sure the traction control put a dimmer on things... but now thats over, the cars are faster and racing is good! its not a surprise to see you an shumacher supporter...especially with him being the one driver that took most advantage of driving aids!!!i seriously wouldnt make these comments if i didnt know what i was talking about. ive grown up around racing,and i have my connections which i dont feel neccesary to mention.I just wish you were not such a hypocrit,maybe i would listen to u a lil...
hahahaah buddy, when did i once even compare my dad to prost??? or the game??? i never once said todays drivers are better! and i didnt call you a noob...all im saying is that you have no clue of the pressures of todays drivers and how skilled they are if you are going to call them noobs! seriously! If you knew anything about motorsport and trying to achieve a spot in F1 then you might understand more...
my dad used to race a lotus seven and formula GTI here back in the day. We now have the track on a pc game GTR2 and he cant get enough of it. If you have GTR2 download the track. apparently its very accurate. just the cars are a bit too fast to reflect true laptimes. only lil prob with it is barbeque which i think is a bit too tight in the game. my dad says he would go flat out through there and in the game you have to drop to 3rd gear...
1-Don't compare your daddy and your PC games with Prost driving a turbo powered engine almost completely flat out with cold tyres on Kyalami....
2-Be respective since you don't know me and I also don't know you, insults are just for people who has no reason to justify a serious and kind discussion on something.
please shut up! your naive comments are not worthy of life! i still believe these times shown in the video to be of when men were men! but your comment is stupid and naive! how can you call the super-humans, if you want, noob clowns??? you must be F*CKING stupid!
Anyway, it's not their fault but the business itself: they are robots and do what they are told to do.... that's not motorsport... Those days, drivers had to push hard with hard cars, had to manage the fuel, the turbo pressure, the manual down shifts, save tyres and brakes, plan strategies for the race, work a lot on the set up of the car.... Today, they just press accelerator and push. The strategy, set ups, etc., are carried out by teams, not the driver!!!
lucianoestivill, u are a naive prick... you seriously think current F1 drivers are "noob clowns"? wtf bro? they are a damn side fitter than any f1 driver back in the day. dont get me wrong. this video proves and shows the time of when men were men, they were freaking incredible!!! but you have to be seriously stupid to make a comment like yours! please go get a life!
In regard to my comment that current drivers are robots and clowns, is just my point of view: They are spinning around all the time, blocking wheels, crashing, doing silly things, etc. Today, they just become whiners who even when they make mistakes, NEVER accept their own faults, always blame each other, never apoligized, just whine around everytime... They seem to have become media and marketing boys, rather than F1 drivers.... Totally gay approach on the sport....
I imagine Hamilton, Massa, Alonso or Raikkonen driving a car like this one.... LOL... Since traction control was banned this season, they don't stop to make stupid mistakes, spins, crashes, cutting chicanes, crashing on pits, blocking tyres...... They're sucking in fact..... Comparing this noob clowns F1 drivers with Prost, Senna, Lauda, Mansell or Piquet, is like comparing Britney Spears with Bach or Mozart, LOL....... Poor boys.....
It would be nice to upload Kyalami 1982, when The Professor Prost leads initially but suffers a puncture and must drive slowly to the pits for a new tire. He resumes in last place, lapped by the leaders, yet manages through sheer brilliance to carve his way back to a dominant lead to win the race... UNBELIAVABLE!!!. Just THE PROFESSOR, one the Best of All Times, no doubt. As I read in a posting made by an expert F1 fan, about Prost: A GIANT OF A DRIVER, A TRUE ARTIST!!!. MERCI ALAIN!!!!!!!!
Regarding downshifting technique, I can see that Prost liked to go straight from say 5th to 2nd whereas Cheever went through 4th and 3rd in the process. It sounds as if Prost just changed the gear and let go of the clutch as one would do in a passenger car, not using heel and toe. I wonder why this doesn't unsettle the car the way it does in small single seaters.
As in Belgium 1986 (when Alain contact with Berger, broke his nose, and after a critical pit stop, He resumes in last place with a seriously bent steering column requiring him to adjust his steering by a 1/4 turn on the straights for the rest of the race. He sets race fastest lap and finishes 6th. John Barnard watched the telemetry and said Prost didn't once touch the boost and braked only by downshifting. Barnard rates it one of the best performances he's ever seen in his life..... ALL SAID...
I would guess it is because he makes the downshift later in the braking phase so the kickback by the engine isn't that great to throw the car off balance..
im not sure if you replying to my comment about having to drop back into 3rd gear, but if you watch in the vid, prost goes flat out though barbeque...
Tom was killed at just about maximum speed at the end of pit row just before the bridge and his car took him all the way down the straight to Crowthorn corner, where it crashed into Jacque Laffite and the barrier. You can see by this in car video that he didn't have a chance to avoid the marshall. His number was up!
Goosebumps listening to the sound of that engine, traction control makes engines sound horrible when it cuts in. Prost got owned by Senna though, and I lost respect for him when I heard of his antics at Ferrari. Also, his constant whining, always blamed the car-like Button and Fisichella. Still one of the greats though.
The Ferrari wasn't anywhere near as bad as was made out in my opinion, it still ran the McLaren all the way to the last race. The Ferrari 640 looked amazing by the way =)
amazing, like tcederholm said it feels so undramatic nowadays in comparison, but there's no reversing technological advance, and the emphasis will continue to shift further away from the driver.
Kyalami is still there. Different track, however. Some of the old still in play. A lot of history there. Today, it's surrounded my residential neighborhoods and businesses. Back in the day, it seemed far from Johannesburg, even though it really wasn't.
that lovely roar from the Renault engine
2willboi 2 weeks ago
Pisses me off when the circuits change or go altogether. It destroys the past and the future, I want to see modern cars racing on the old tracks so that I can compare them. I know that much of the changes are to do with safety but still....
projectilequestion 3 weeks ago
He must have had really strong neck mucles!
1994PaulF 4 weeks ago
1:44 2:59 That's the little rise that doomed Tom Pryce. The marshals should have been instructed not to cross there, but people didn't think about safety like that in those days.
Hynee 4 weeks ago
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If only Ayrton Senna would have shown up in Schumi's era or Vettel's era and left Alain Prost alone to dominate the 80's.
Phantom096 1 month ago
the circuit changed at 1991 and in 1992 was the first race on the new circuit
MrHappySnacky 4 months ago
why have they changed the circuit? it was a beautyfull,fast en spectacular circuit and the new circuit is much dumber..
MrHappySnacky 4 months ago
Really? A similar track? Just kidding...
eversonabreu 4 months ago
@eversonabreu I came here because I just saw an onboard lap of the Bhudda International
morris850 4 months ago
indian gp track just look like kyalami replica
smokinjoe11 4 months ago
@longde senna is legend and atractive driver prost is boring driver who always drive good car, 1. 1986 is not deserved to be a champion, 1989 balestre help him to be a f1 champion, . kyalami is dangerous track and fast too bad for kyalami that we never see again in f1 kyalami or south africa, africa is only continent who have not f1 races. bernie want gp iraq or vietnam.
master82565 5 months ago
SHUT UP MURRAY!!!!!
zuss10r 5 months ago
SHUT UP MURRAY!!!!!
zuss10r 5 months ago
This track was MAD Dangerous!!! Kyalami had it's OK moments, it's BAD moments, and it's FUCKED-UP moments!!!
xJohnx228x 6 months ago
As said above. The greatest ever F1 driver was Alain Prost. Here's why:
1. He was 4 times world champion yet NEVER enjoyed favouritism from his team. Yet Senna got Honda favoritism in 1989
2. In all the seasons he drove a competitive car, he had a F1 world champion as his team mate - and he outscored every single one of them (Senna included).
3. He would have been world champion 6 times had it not been for the retarded 11-race-rule.
4. Unlike Senna and Schu, Prost was a gentleman!
longde 6 months ago
@longde
You couldn't be more wrong. Both Senna and Schumi were and are gentlemen. You shouldn't believe all that crap media is writing. Ask Brazilians what Senna did and donated for them. There must be also something about Prost's character if he couldn't fit any team. Or can you blame all those teams for that? Didn't think so either. After one famous Suzuka GP, Prost ran into race marshals and complained to FIA President Balestre about Senna's driving. That's how gentleman Prost was.
t3r080 6 months ago
@t3r080 Search for the video where Senna punches Eddie Irvine in the face and tell me again if Senna was a gentleman. As for your Balestre comment, seems your only sources are the biased "Senna" movie? If Prost "couldn't fit any team" then how could he drive for McLaren in 1980 and then be fully welcome back into McLaren for 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 and 1989? That's 6 non-stop years at McLaren.
longde 6 months ago
ALWAYS this bullshit about Senna and Schumacher being the best. The greatest ever F1 driver was Alain Prost. Here's why:
1. He was 4 times world champion yet NEVER enjoyed favouritism from his team
2. In all the seasons he drove a competitive car, he had a F1 world champion as his team mate - and he outscored every single one of them (Senna included).
3. He would have been world champion 6 times had it not been for the retarded 11-race-rule.
4. Unlike Senna and Schu, Prost was a gentleman!
ChrJahnsen 9 months ago
Formula One cars with 3.0 litre V10 has the best sound. Watch Jarno Trulli's 2004 Monaco Pole Lap and see why.
rvind92g 10 months ago
i would give anything to drive that car...
lecheparavaka 10 months ago 2
The circuit itself is actually incredibly dull, all the corners are pretty much the same, it was the cars and the drivers that made F1 amazing.
Bobobidodo 10 months ago
Awesome!
veyronzondaf 11 months ago
'Kyalamy is another great circuit which has disappeared'
'This one is lost forever'
yea, and what do we have now? Boring circuits like Korea, China and gay stuff like that :S
1HeerenveenSC 1 year ago
@1HeerenveenSC i dont think any of the circuits u mentioned are boring buddy , i think todays formula 1 has suffered alot from all the changes n rules theyve introduced on the last decade , dont get me wrong i love the racecars cuz theyre fucking fast , but id say that 99% of the time the races r kinda boring
f1fan84 11 months ago
@f1fan84 all circiuts now in f1 are boring , only spa,montreal and suzuka are best. how will be today drivers like hamilton drive on this kyalami i dont think will be live anymore, you see that downhill in start finish line 240 mph goes straight into a 1 corner. kyalami in 90s not that good like old one. i hope that kyalami back in f1.
master82565 11 months ago
Alain Prost's technique is amazing!
He shifts up and down as if it was an automatic gear box!!!
justAnotherJapanese 1 year ago
Loved going to kyalami and had the oppurtunity to be there many times. Brings back good memories.
panther1110 1 year ago
Awesome track - better than Republic Korea or Bahrain...
CotteJunge 1 year ago 4
motore turbo e cambio manuale...sentite che musica
fasterbit06 1 year ago
These are really glorified go karts lol
Grazydine 1 year ago
STFU Murray!
niallio77 1 year ago
@niallio77 STFU yourself.
Lukeno52 1 year ago
there is NO part of the race track you go below 100 mph in Kyalami; Awesome!!
d0d0Lgarutz 1 year ago 4
i loving the style from murray walker,he is the best!!
but the track is also a cool one,but tom pryce died here
TheLukas12364 1 year ago
They pass on the main straight at 190-200 mp/h... that's over 340 km/h...
Wow!! this is speed!
orionintelligence 1 year ago
WOW!!!
What and awesome track!
BraceZenith 1 year ago
Awesome Track!
comali2212 1 year ago
Alain Prost is very beautiful.
justAnotherJapanese 2 years ago 5
Another great circuit sadly gone! :(
alphabetaxenonzzzcat 2 years ago 27
Alain, always so smooth.
christosswc 2 years ago 22
@christosswc keystone light, always so smooth
Kampfy90 8 months ago
I really enjoy going onboard with a turbo and seeing Prost's driving style is an added bonus, but Murray's obnxious commentary detracts from my overall enjoyment of this video.
goate 2 years ago
ihanku jätkä istuis kanootis..
mikaeli80 2 years ago
what a track. pissed of i missed this track i werent even born and didnt start watching F1 till '96. still great lap from the tacticion
vegetablepatches 2 years ago
Does anybody know why Kyalami was discontinued as a race circuit?? What a track!!Open roads, black tamarack as far as the eye can see! BLISS!
ChristianVonSTIG 2 years ago 5
South Africa had an openly racist policy of segregation back then and many fans and drivers were against going there. Then as the politics changed they rebuilt it for 93, but sadly the new one isn't in F1 either.
tyresmoke 2 years ago
no conocia este circuito, alcancé a ver el gp de sudafrica de 1992 y 1993 cuando ya habian cambiado el trazado, realmente tenia una recta impresionante, que era en bajada y luego en subida, me imagino que mas de un motor se habrá reventado por la exigencia, y vi como Alain Prost, mi primer idolo de la formula 1, controlaba ese renault y donde ahi si tenias que saber manejar, especialmente en las curvas rapidas, se notaba desde siempre sus condiciones, y por eso que fue 4 veces campeon mundial
AndresN4 2 years ago 3
omg i loved ronnie he was the fastest driver on the circuit at his time so was gilles villeneuve
tikonim 2 years ago
yes of course even people that werent world champions like pironi ,villenueve never was either and ronnie petersson,
joe744 2 years ago
we can add Piquet and Mansell very good drivers
tikonim 2 years ago
alonso was baby this time ..prost senna villenueve clark stewart lauda best drivers ever been no need to remember .schumis and hamilton lol but they ok i guess lol just cant compare with those guys i mention
joe744 2 years ago
yeah the straigt when they get to the start/finish line get me the creeps when tom pryce hit that poor marshall at 285 km/h at least ouch...
joe744 2 years ago
for me prost as good as senna and better than schumi..schumi had 7 titles but with less competition than when prost race and won his 4 th titles
joe744 3 years ago 2
honestly though, why is it that you never hear prost mentioned as one of the best drivers ever. you always hear senna and schumacher, and from the true history buffs, tazio nuvolari, jim clark and sometimes even stirling moss. but not a damn word about prost. what do you guys think?
Metal4Truth 3 years ago
Remembered something: in 1980 he injured hmself twice in shunts, and he used that as a pretext to break his McLaren contract and go to Renault. Of course, he came back, since there was also a new management in the team (Teddy Mayer out, Ron Dennis in at the end of '80).
vikirad 3 years ago
He did, quite a few times. But not quite often enough. :P Apparently, he rejoined McLaren in 1984 and the first time he actually crashed hard enough to damage a chassis severely after rejoining McLaren was in practice for the first Phoenix GP, 5 YEARS LATER.
vikirad 3 years ago
Well put. You never see him in an onboard video wrestling with the car, he only makes the necessary corrections, never more movement and energy used than was necessary. Smooth and lightning-quick.
vikirad 3 years ago
Fantastic video! Great circuit and driver.
AyrsenF1 3 years ago
Why did they get rid of the old circuit?
liveundrums 3 years ago
Too dangerous. Now any tom dic and harry can race on todays slowed down rubbish tracks, Doing this to the current tracks has allowed the P******S of racing like Fischela and the like to have a bash. Can't see him being able to go through corners like Jukskei. Whats still there is sunset, clubhouse(tightened), Esses(bankned in), Basically made easier and the rest I think was designed when the designer didn't know what to do so he dug in a playgroups paper bin for a scribble and joined it up. CRAP
holoi145 3 years ago
There's a video in-car of Senna 9 years later at the new track and it's so tight and twisty that it sounds like he didn't even get up to 6th gear for the entire lap. It isn't the tracks they should change. It's the run-off areas in the dangerous corners. You can't race on a track that's too twisty to pass. I agree with you.
liveundrums 3 years ago
Yes seen that one and believe it or not they made it even tighter about 5 years later than that.
holoi145 3 years ago
hey hey hey the new circuit isnt crap! sure the old one is 10 times better...just took up way to much space...too much cash to maintain it... the new circuit takes up much less space...i do prefer the old ciruit so much more! dont get me wrong...just the new circuit is entertaining! and very challenging
monts01 3 years ago
sure the traction control put a dimmer on things... but now thats over, the cars are faster and racing is good! its not a surprise to see you an shumacher supporter...especially with him being the one driver that took most advantage of driving aids!!!i seriously wouldnt make these comments if i didnt know what i was talking about. ive grown up around racing,and i have my connections which i dont feel neccesary to mention.I just wish you were not such a hypocrit,maybe i would listen to u a lil...
monts01 3 years ago
well if u want to win u take advantage of everything at disposal. Weather that be driving aids or not...
Schumi was just as good without TC. All his team mates caught up when they got TC.
bizadfar 3 years ago
hahahaah buddy, when did i once even compare my dad to prost??? or the game??? i never once said todays drivers are better! and i didnt call you a noob...all im saying is that you have no clue of the pressures of todays drivers and how skilled they are if you are going to call them noobs! seriously! If you knew anything about motorsport and trying to achieve a spot in F1 then you might understand more...
monts01 3 years ago 2
my dad used to race a lotus seven and formula GTI here back in the day. We now have the track on a pc game GTR2 and he cant get enough of it. If you have GTR2 download the track. apparently its very accurate. just the cars are a bit too fast to reflect true laptimes. only lil prob with it is barbeque which i think is a bit too tight in the game. my dad says he would go flat out through there and in the game you have to drop to 3rd gear...
monts01 3 years ago
monts01:
1-Don't compare your daddy and your PC games with Prost driving a turbo powered engine almost completely flat out with cold tyres on Kyalami....
2-Be respective since you don't know me and I also don't know you, insults are just for people who has no reason to justify a serious and kind discussion on something.
3-I'm not a noob....
lucianoestivill 3 years ago
please shut up! your naive comments are not worthy of life! i still believe these times shown in the video to be of when men were men! but your comment is stupid and naive! how can you call the super-humans, if you want, noob clowns??? you must be F*CKING stupid!
monts01 3 years ago
Anyway, it's not their fault but the business itself: they are robots and do what they are told to do.... that's not motorsport... Those days, drivers had to push hard with hard cars, had to manage the fuel, the turbo pressure, the manual down shifts, save tyres and brakes, plan strategies for the race, work a lot on the set up of the car.... Today, they just press accelerator and push. The strategy, set ups, etc., are carried out by teams, not the driver!!!
lucianoestivill 3 years ago
lucianoestivill, u are a naive prick... you seriously think current F1 drivers are "noob clowns"? wtf bro? they are a damn side fitter than any f1 driver back in the day. dont get me wrong. this video proves and shows the time of when men were men, they were freaking incredible!!! but you have to be seriously stupid to make a comment like yours! please go get a life!
monts01 3 years ago
In regard to my comment that current drivers are robots and clowns, is just my point of view: They are spinning around all the time, blocking wheels, crashing, doing silly things, etc. Today, they just become whiners who even when they make mistakes, NEVER accept their own faults, always blame each other, never apoligized, just whine around everytime... They seem to have become media and marketing boys, rather than F1 drivers.... Totally gay approach on the sport....
lucianoestivill 3 years ago
I imagine Hamilton, Massa, Alonso or Raikkonen driving a car like this one.... LOL... Since traction control was banned this season, they don't stop to make stupid mistakes, spins, crashes, cutting chicanes, crashing on pits, blocking tyres...... They're sucking in fact..... Comparing this noob clowns F1 drivers with Prost, Senna, Lauda, Mansell or Piquet, is like comparing Britney Spears with Bach or Mozart, LOL....... Poor boys.....
lucianoestivill 3 years ago 3
Doesn't mean that they are THAT bad though.. just takes time getting used to..
szlaszlo84 3 years ago
Lost forever? Not anymore thanks to great sims like rfactor and GPL.
gillesmustang82 3 years ago
still real life is a tad bit better
szlaszlo84 3 years ago
Anyone out there may post a video of the 1981 F1 race at Kyalami?
YRHDB 3 years ago 2
It would be nice to upload Kyalami 1982, when The Professor Prost leads initially but suffers a puncture and must drive slowly to the pits for a new tire. He resumes in last place, lapped by the leaders, yet manages through sheer brilliance to carve his way back to a dominant lead to win the race... UNBELIAVABLE!!!. Just THE PROFESSOR, one the Best of All Times, no doubt. As I read in a posting made by an expert F1 fan, about Prost: A GIANT OF A DRIVER, A TRUE ARTIST!!!. MERCI ALAIN!!!!!!!!
lucianoestivill 3 years ago
Alain Prost. Murray Walker. The greatest, both of them.
beeDUB75 4 years ago 3
well prost a profesor lol..he was real smooth
i think the smartest of all drivers and senna
the 1 with more balls hehe
joe744 4 years ago
Regarding downshifting technique, I can see that Prost liked to go straight from say 5th to 2nd whereas Cheever went through 4th and 3rd in the process. It sounds as if Prost just changed the gear and let go of the clutch as one would do in a passenger car, not using heel and toe. I wonder why this doesn't unsettle the car the way it does in small single seaters.
jedrinck 4 years ago
As in Belgium 1986 (when Alain contact with Berger, broke his nose, and after a critical pit stop, He resumes in last place with a seriously bent steering column requiring him to adjust his steering by a 1/4 turn on the straights for the rest of the race. He sets race fastest lap and finishes 6th. John Barnard watched the telemetry and said Prost didn't once touch the boost and braked only by downshifting. Barnard rates it one of the best performances he's ever seen in his life..... ALL SAID...
lucianoestivill 3 years ago
I would guess it is because he makes the downshift later in the braking phase so the kickback by the engine isn't that great to throw the car off balance..
szlaszlo84 3 years ago
im not sure if you replying to my comment about having to drop back into 3rd gear, but if you watch in the vid, prost goes flat out though barbeque...
monts01 3 years ago
The LAST FAST CORNER the last one for Tom Pryce was called the "Kink" corner
Ok Kyalami.
Schneppenheimer 4 years ago 2
Kalami. ?
Schneppenheimer 4 years ago
No. K Y A L A M Y.
eversonabreu 4 years ago
No,no. K Y A L A M I.
eversonabreu 4 years ago 9
niki won here after his 76 accident he was very hapy but was told on poduim about pryce
dead , so he wasnt happy after that , that was march 1977 .
joe744 4 years ago
yes tom pryce killed marshall and himself at start/ finish , but wasnt his fault but marshall crossing of course but this course is
gr8 or was cause no longer there. prost was master there peterson and others also
joe744 4 years ago
Wow that was amazing i wish i could have seen the old Kyalami
SlilentWitness 4 years ago
I saw superbikes race there in 1983. I sat at "The Kink". They came past at about 300kph. Amazing. I was only 11 years old, but I'll never forget it.
signfeld3 4 years ago
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Bar-B-Que bend? Is that where Tom Pryce bar-b-qued that track marshall?
whompus02 4 years ago
No. Tom Pryce's crash in the straight of start at the Kyalami circuit. In the barbecue band dies Peter Revson, three years before.
eversonabreu 4 years ago
Tom was killed at just about maximum speed at the end of pit row just before the bridge and his car took him all the way down the straight to Crowthorn corner, where it crashed into Jacque Laffite and the barrier. You can see by this in car video that he didn't have a chance to avoid the marshall. His number was up!
VonTripps 4 years ago 2
@whompus02 tasteless
tyresmoke 8 months ago
Frank Williams once said he knew no other driver who could surpass himself effortlessly (easy to say) on cue on any given lap.
zoomerx 4 years ago
great cameracar great alain..
old times
deluxxxxxxxxxx 4 years ago
Goosebumps listening to the sound of that engine, traction control makes engines sound horrible when it cuts in. Prost got owned by Senna though, and I lost respect for him when I heard of his antics at Ferrari. Also, his constant whining, always blamed the car-like Button and Fisichella. Still one of the greats though.
AlonsoLegend 4 years ago
well he went from the mclaren the best car in 89 to ferrari which had a terrible reputation
dariusb23 4 years ago
The Ferrari wasn't anywhere near as bad as was made out in my opinion, it still ran the McLaren all the way to the last race. The Ferrari 640 looked amazing by the way =)
AlonsoLegend 4 years ago
By his antics I mean examples such as telling mechanics to change the set up on the car, even Mansell's-potentially dangerous.
AlonsoLegend 4 years ago
amazing, like tcederholm said it feels so undramatic nowadays in comparison, but there's no reversing technological advance, and the emphasis will continue to shift further away from the driver.
salvasirignano 4 years ago
Great footage and great sound from the old Renault V6 turbo. What a shame the track no longer exists, it had some fantastic, sweeping corners.
mcqueenthee 4 years ago
mighty cars in those days
alpinaman 5 years ago
Such a pity that the old track is no more! When will SA be hosting a GP again?
Ruthin2007 5 years ago
never. Bernie only wants money. i think that Brazil is on risk to lost the GP too.
renanlombigous 5 years ago
There are rumours for a 2009/2010 race. Just wait and see.
AlonsoLegend 4 years ago
This particular track was fantastic, the new circuit is quite frankly, a disgrace!
wak4life 5 years ago
Kyalami is still there. Different track, however. Some of the old still in play. A lot of history there. Today, it's surrounded my residential neighborhoods and businesses. Back in the day, it seemed far from Johannesburg, even though it really wasn't.
3338MAN 5 years ago
Such a great circuit. It's such a shame that this particular track is no more.
5150UK 5 years ago
Exciting circuit!!!
Ruivb 5 years ago