Chaos at the end of the 1975 British Grand Prix

[nicholasjones88]

who is the guy at 1:05? did he die?

[duncr]

Just watched the same footage on ESPN classic and it's all the same

[91jb12]

when Hunt spins into the pack, it sounds like his car is made of card the way it breaks up.

[altfactor]

I think this clip may have come from two separate broadcasts.

Jackie Stewart's call may have been from an edited tape that aired a week or so later on "Wide World Of Sports", while the finish of the race may have been from a (presumably live) British TV (BBC or ITV) broadcast of the race.

For Stewart, it was the second major auto race he covered that year which ended early due to heavy rain. The Indianapolis "500" that year also was ended early due to rain.

[AlexGRFan97]

@altfactor No, on the first part of the race Jackie clear says "and now it's time to go back to Murray Walker" so it is most likely unedited.

[543regiment]

good quality

[RogerTurk]

Wilson Fittipaldi spinning with the #30 Copersucar...

and a lot of marshalls in the track... what a mess ...

[AlexDeLarge90]

Shame this was Emerson Fittipaldi's last win in F1. Had he decided not to join his brother's Copersucar team, to make a "Brazilian" top team, he no doubt would have won more races.

Well, he got a resurrection in CART racing though, still racing aged 49.

[00dacousin]

Catch fencing was used right into the 80s; one of the last was I believe Zolder 1982 where Nelson Piquet became trapped

[ROONTANG]

A British Leyland on the circuit? Shit, that's more dangerous than the torrential rain and aquaplaning, LOL!

[Zoomer30]

In reguards to the fenceing, seems like decapitation could be an issue also.

[TARARADER]

Was this the race Tom Pryce wrecked while leading?

[duxberry1958]

this sound like the pits too me...

[Funeral4aFan]

Silverstone, right? Oh, WOW it looks different nowadays. I miss the old track.

[TOMPULGAS2]

EMERSON FEZ A ESCOLHA CERTA:TROCOU OS PNEUS E GANHOU A CORRIDA(A ÚLTIMA NA F1).UM MONTE DE GENTE BATEU POR CAUSA DO TORÓ.VOU FAZER A LISTA POR VOLTAS:20-PRYCE 28-CRAWFORD 45-STUCK 50-WILSON FITTIPALDI E DAVE MORGAN 51-NICHOLSON 53 HENTON,BRISE E JARIER.54 WATSON E DEPAILLER 55-MASS,DONOHUE,HUNT,SCHECKTER E PACE.(DETALHE:PACE FICOU EM SEGUNDO,SEGUIDO POR SCHECKTER,HUNT E DONOHUE.

[RO83RTFERRARI]

'And the pits looks like Piccadily Circus' LOL

[MadMrMac]

"They've got seatbelts and everything else..."

It's unbeliveble that these safety standards were something obvious to people in these days.

All hail Sid Watkins!

[sookster54]

Wow looks like an ice rink with those ~500kg cars sliding all over.

Oh and the commentators sounded fine, yay Jackie!

[Zoomer30]

What is the point of the chain lenth fense there, are they trying to decapitate people??

[dogboner2001]

@Zoomer30 The catch fencing was an early attempt to keep the cars from clouting the Armco walls at speed (predates tire walls, gravel traps, "grasscrete", and today's paved runoff areas). The theory was sound, but the fencing had the unintended effect of "catching" the drivers into their cars occasionally (nasty in case of fire, post-accident).

[modernhitler]

LOL Picadilly Circus

[Zoomer30]

Let's all run around on the effing track and see if we can get run over few times. F1 in the 70s = inmates running the asylum.

[mauownage]

@Zoomer30 Two years later in Kyalami, somebody DID got run over.

[Zoomer30]

I remember Jackie S from his work with ABC and the Indy 500s (I'm 39). I have no issue with his voice (althogh don't know what Picadilly Circus is, must be in London)

[LAURISTA]

who is the guy of 1:03??? is a person?

[jeffgardens]

the narrator of the second race is looking like the dale wilson who voiced the characters of the animated series dunaka duck nascar racers

[UsonianAC]

@alexminardi Lolicon2008 commented on the wrong video.

[mellilore]

Announcers Jackie Stewart and Murray Walker I guess

[63Johno]

Thanks for posting this. It was the very first GP I went to, and I always hoped to see the TV highlights some day (no VCRs back then!). I always thought Jackie Stewart's commentaries featured sneaked-in references to firms he represented. "There's Donohue in the First National City Bank car" being a case in point.

[bavarianbass]

who are the commentators? love them!

[specko0623]

The first one is Jackie Stewart, the other one i don´t know.

[riseup20twelve]

@specko0623 murray walker

[Marceloony]

Esta foi a última vitória de Fittipaldi na F1.(the last Fittipaldi's F1 win)

[uliqed]

What an accent !!!

[PYLrulz1984]

What a clusterfuck!

[CaxiasFreguesia]

Fittipaldi had a high skill on wet tracks, mainly for his calm and clean style of driving that produced the impression that he was less quick than others.

[bourlivak88]

a bit like the first corner in Nurburgring 2007..

[ma55aracin9]

..or Spa-francorchhamps '98

[bourlivak88]

yes but in Spa it was just a stack-up, all the drivers crashing with each other, but in Nurburgring there were many cars flying off the track in the same corner, independently on each other, you know..thats what I meant.

[SigourneyBeaver]

I think Emerson Fittipaldi went into the pits.

[Waterfall64]

i dont kneed 2 right a job app coz i got a gud job at duh momint i bet itz beter dan urs innit. i fink dat u shud take a chill pill n fink bowt wot u missin coz like wot wiv duh riceshin right now u gotta fink bowt duh pore pplz wiv shit jobs like n me wiv me gud lingo n wot wiv bein wiv it i am goin place me innit. shunt use duh word retard itz not proper u no.

[CarpMagic95]

@Waterfall64 lol :o)

[hazzardwantcookies]

@Waterfall64 god do you type with your butt-cheeks? xD

[Waterfall64]

i fink u shud calm down n just except dat u aint az smart az u fink n dat diss iz an proper way 2 talk know so get wiv it u no.

[Waterfall64]

wot i fink iz ure problim iz dat u dont no how 2 talk street innit coz diss iz how pplz talk now coz like wot wiv duh kidz now u gotta talk like diss so i fink dat u shud lightin up a bit innit n knot disrispekt me coz i am well smart n ure a bit dim seying dat stuff 2 me innit.

[Waterfall64]

bin 2 schoo m8 n im smarter dan u so know knead 2 speek 2 me like dat innit.

[Happiersideways]

Seriously, you've got no fucking chance in life talking like that.

[crowdiegal]

@Waterfall64, I highly doubt you have any intelligence if you spell words that atrociously so I suggest improving your spelling before claiming your smarter then anyone else around here

[Waterfall64]

"you're" and "than".

[MarcBolan3]

I Think he means the Spanish grand prix, not the British

[tizerist]

f1 cars looked way cool in the 70's

they look really flat, and have a ducks beak style front

[drlargepants]

I bet number 19 was swearing like a pirate when Hunt was sliding towards him!

[C0starulz]

omg 1 car 2 car 3 car 4 i feel like going to sleep now

[NialoF2]

Murray Walker sounded alot younger back then :P

[Waterfall64]

wot u on abowt diss int muray waker wot u seying like i fink dat u kneed to licin 2 duh guy takin innit coz like wot wiv duh guy seyin dat n wiv duh uvver gy doin duh crash n wot wiv duh uvver guy i fink dat duh communtatur is doin gud job so waker iz like rel gud innit coz wen u lissin 2 dat uvver guy i fink dat he iz like know gud cos duh waker guy he we're doin it 4 so long n dat iz why he iz so gud innit coz like wot wiv duh thyming n dat he iz wiv duh fing in duh seventees coz of duh bairn

[NialoF2]

lol wut

[alexminardi]

I didn't really understand a word of it either...

[f1ryan1]

@alexminardi The reason you didn't understand a word of it is because Jackie Stewart is Scottish like me. You are obviously not Scottish

[alexminardi]

@f1ryan1

I think that comment was aimed at someone elses post! I understand Jackie fine :-)

[mysticusa]

@f1ryan1 why did they let a scott commentator? only scotts will understand it,,

[MatheusBond]

@NialoF2 He was younger back then d'oh.

[FATHEROFTHREEKIDS]

at 1:04 is that a marshall thats been run over that they are helping, notice in the commentary Jackie Stewart changes what hes saying when he sees this

[Athaeus]

Yes, it's a marshal - Howard Tilden. He broke a leg but recovered fully.

[tizerist]

indeed, well spotted

hilarious, yet deadly serious

[rdtli]

yeah that s sir jackie ´´ the pits looks like piccadily circus´´ kkkkkk, awesome and funny comment, cheers from brasil

[mirandamier84]

Jacky Stewart i believe

[connell256]

half of the track looks dry other half looks soaking. Who is the first commentator?

[alexminardi]

Yeah, it's amazing how different the weather is at both ends of the circuit! It's Jackie Stewart commentating.

[PYLrulz1984]

@alexminardi

Yeah, its amazing when you get this type of weather in the summer on a large track, regardless of whether its a large road course like Silverstone, or a large 2.5 mile oval for NASCAR. You could be at one end of the track wondering what the devil is going on, why cars are pitting for wets, or why they are stopping the race, yet in the other end of the track, its just miserable in terms of weather.

[patko1610]

looks like on old Silverstone was been many problems

[david181993]

Wait forget what I said. He is on here just you don't hear him until half way through.

[david181993]

Wonder why murray walker wasn't commentating here.

[afuzzyduck]

its an american broadcast

[jam13wales]

i think they used the british feed in america, because murray and jackie commentated for vritish tv i believe... :)

crazy end to the race though, reminds me of malaysia this year amongst others lol.

[LB1973]

No it isn't, Its the original BBC coverage it was shown on ESPN classic last year. ESPN classic is available in the UK

[00dacousin]

Yes exactly what i was going to say

[LB1973]

Er he is, Jackie Stewart followed by Murray after a couple of mins.

[david181993]

Yea, read my second comment....

[eldisturbio]

What was the deal with that wire fencing? It looks like some kind of trap. I'm puzzled by it.

[dogboner2001]

Early attempt to keep shunted cars from reaching Armco/concrete/etc at speed. Deemed a safety hazard in its own right, was eventually replaced by larger gravel & sand traps at every potential run-off area.

[DAH210774]

Great footage, I've uploaded Qualifying from Imola 94 if anyone's interested...

[thunderracer83]

Hunt The Shunt iving up to his name!!!!!!!

[ysgol3]

Who's that poor sod at 1.05 ?

[Simonthehead]

Great video.

Thanks for sharing! \o/ \o/ \o/

[dextersno1fan]

It pissed down? In Britain? i cant believe that at all!!!!

[Troylito]

That's pretty awesome. I've never seen this footage before.

[macclad3]

The WHOLE safety setup there was amateur hour.

Full Stop.

[motorsportnutter4eva]

I've never seen so many cars go off at the same corner, luckily no-one was hurt. This race was also where Tom Pryce got his first and only pole position.

[Didado07]

1975 was the season with many rain races. Leaving the track was very dangerous at that time with all those fenches and poles. Later that season, Mark Donohoe was killed in practice during the Austrian Grand Prix when his front tyre exploded and hit the fenches and a pole split his helmet. The Britisch GP 1975 was in one way historic for Emerson Fittipaldi, because it was his last win ever in a F1 car.

[nouvalari]

So it looks like the Transit won then. Good ol BRSCC

[jdb47games]

After this race the FIA revised the red flag rule so the result would be as per the positions two laps before the red flag, rather than the last completed lap. That is more likely to produce a fair result, by removing from the equation the jumbling up of the order that a red flag incident tends to cause.

[jimeditorial]

Pity...as I recall, Vittorio Brambilla would have had a well deserved podium if the results were frozen at the moment the red was displayed..

[ysgol3]

Anybody got film of Graham Hill's parade lap before the race ?

[f1guy17]

isnt this the same year that jochen mass died at monza or was it a different season?

[alexminardi]

Jochen Mass is still alive as far as i know. You're probably thinking of Jochen Rindt who was killed at Monza in 1970.

[COLETTEDAVE]

Ahhhh, Murray Walker. Wish he still did the commentry now. It's not the same without THE voice of F1

[ddlovetts]

LOL Austin Princess as a safety car. How times have changed.

[ts944]

I enjoyed the man of action leaping over the fence- then getting his coat caught on the fence!

[ilferrari]

"They've got seatbelts and everything else"

[IllinoisHighwayMan]

Announcers would *never* mention that today. Shows that the safety standards in '75 are crude by today's standards.

[tiadaid]

Of course the announcer is Jackie Stewart, F1's safety crusader

[FlavioCapimba]

Last Fittipaldi victory in F-1. Incredibly with heavy rain he decided to went on track, refusing to go to the pits. The weather changing every fifteen minutes he improved his advantage. The next day, Sunday, an italian newspaper so as to annoy Niki Lauda published: FITTIPALDI CAPOLAVORO ... (Fittipaldi masterpiece). One of the great moments of F-1 all times.

[JSofBritain]

Nice commentary from Jackie.

[FuzzyBerk]

Is it me or was there a carbon copy of this at the Nurburgring this year??? I wonder who was injured?

[me35656]

amazingly, nobody was badly hurt.

[andriusssska]

Comentars are by J.Stewart

[shoqja]

cahos

[Dietpepsivanilla]

I believe this was the race where Tom Pryce got his only pole. It was also nice to see some footage of Tony Brise too. Two of Britain's greatest hopes, but sadly they were both dead within two years of this race.

[showtimethemusic]

sadly , no.

[ToroRosso20]

Anyone have Donohue's accident in the 1975 Austrian GP?

[fabiooliveira73]

Esse é o palco da última vitória do Émerson na F1. D 1976 pra frente, meu fio, correu na Copersucar e só subiu no pódium + duas vezes. 2º no Brasil em 1978 e 3º nos EUA (Long Beach) em 1980. Só isso. Entre 1976 e 1980, maioria das corridas ele pontou do 6º ao 4º lugar, e a pior campanha d toda a passagem do Émerson na F1 foi 1979, terminando o campeonato em 21º, com 1 pontinho só. Foi 6º no Gp da Argentina nesse triste campeonato.

[schumisatokubica]

yeah,noone was injured.like 2003 brazil,practically everyone went off at the same place

[penguinpunter]

whose that there pulling out from under the car at 1:03?? did he die??

[alexminardi]

It's probably a marshall or spectator but i'm pretty sure no one was killed during this race

[Holland1953]

The guy was a marshal called Howard Tilden who only broke a leg. Ken Tyrrell magnanimously took him to Monza when he was well enough. I saw Howard at many Grands Prix afterwards, so he was classified totally fit to resume his marshalling activities.

[wak4life]

Man, that was crazy. Although Jackie Stewart was mainly the commentator, but as long as we heard from Murray, too.

[shinri1]

I was at this race. It had been raining on and off all day, but it was one brief heavy downpour that caused all the problems. From my grandstand seat at Woodcote, we could not see the pile up, and this of course was long before they had any type of video displays for the spectators. I do remember Graham Hill driving a farewell lap before the race.

[00dacousin]

I've read on Wikipedia that it was actually a hail storm is this true or just Wikipedia being Wikipedia?

[shinri1]

I don't recall any hail, but we were on the dry side of the track and avoided the major downpour.

[renanlombigous]

q loucura