The Missing Diamonds Of Monaco: The Weirdest Formula 1 Story No One Talks About
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What's your theory on the Missing Diamonds of Monaco? Let me know in the comments below. Subscribe for more Formula 1 Stories: bit.ly/2T3TGbK . Time stamps below:
Setting Up The Plot- 1:57
Ocean’s EXPLAINED- 2:58
The Rise Of Jaguar- 4:46
The Mystery Man - 6:27
Danny ocean is one of the marshalls
Actually, diamond and carbon fiber are from the same element but diffrent structure., which is 'carbon'. :) IMHO, The F1 car itself has the same element of a diamond.. :)
Reihan Byzanthira that’s actually an incredible end scene credit line a bonus reel haha my mind is kinda blown
Mohammad Bahathir Hashim those stones are surely in tact somewhere laying in the streets!
@@CYMotorsport Yes, sure indeed. :) Diamond in the rough.. :)
But, the F1 car is way more expensive then the diamond. But why the F1 teeam wanted to pay for losing the diamonds? because they knew the risks..
"Oh I'm terribly sorry, I've lost your diamond!"
D:
"...in my Jaaaaaaaag!"
i hear clarkson's voice
Charlie Robertson From memory I think it was Hammond who said that one, but it could easily be any of them.
Incredibly underrated comment.
aaaah i see a man of culture here
“I’m sorry! I ran over your dog!.......in my jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagggggggg”
Imagine walking on the streets of monaco and finding a diamond in a plant pot
plot twist beny steinmetz is tracking his diamonds and finds you later after you sell it
@@CYMotorsport you must be fun at parties
That's Monaco baby!
Wouldn't even be a surprise, considering it's Monaco.
Plot twist the marshalls are Brad, George and Matt. Jazzy heist music plays...
Is this how red bull found their magical funding for their F1 entry?? 😉😉
Josh Tiel how else could they afford David Coulthard :)
CrankyYankeeF1 - Fun Fact, if you search ‘F1 Driver with box face’ on google, DC appears
@@daillyarran yesterday I searched Minecraft Steve and there was a picture of DC
Miller Heileife yeah but with what F1 costs, that is a lot of drink revenue! Not saying they didn’t have it but I’m sure a few diamonds would help haha
Shaban Satan interesting how channel 4’s Steve looks similar to minecraft Steve and coulthard is his cohost! Coincidence??
It's Monaco, there are random diamonds on the ground like cigarette butts.
that & all the dog shit
true story. i saw them.
@@esonuguler true I was the diamond
True, i was the dog shit
My theories are:
1. They were just THAT desperate for money
2. They were unaware of the fact that the diamonds were uninsured
possibly. seems unlikely a team would accept that risk. i alluded to it in the vid but they tried to give a jaguar as repayment which I thought was VERY weird haha .
If the diamonds were uninsured then 100% they are fake as fuck!
@@Renwoxing13 It could be that no sane insurance company would insure a diamond placed on an F1 car. There is zero upside. Yet the idiot who owned the diamond still placed it there or gave permission.
Can't we just ask Benny?
Nah, it was just a plan to smuggle resources to some terrorist organization. The drivers were told to crash into those specific places in which there was a marshall ready to pick them up. How can't everyone see that?
This sounds like a good GTA V DLC: Diamond coated cars
Kinda similar
Ironic cause they added formula one cars to the game
@@flavioks5438 And a new heist.
Grand Theft Auto Online: The Formula One Heist.
Gotta wonder what they would Carbon Nitride on an F-1. I mean, Titanium is cheaper than Ion Bonding, fer cryin outlowd. Costs me around $300 USD to treat, just the slide and frame of a 1911A1 Combat Commander, and thats what, 6 square inches, of 416R stainless steel. Imagine a F1 car, sheeted in .100 thick of 4140 Carbo Nitrided steel. Damn!
I remember this race. I bet some corner marshal retired soon after this! More stories like this please! Love the channel!
Robert Allen Thats what im saying man! Someone freaking found them haha yeah I purposely lightened up the story I’ll be mixing them in more. Glad you liked it, Robert more to come soon
I don't think so, at least, not if they live in Monaco themselves.
@@dezedaar8009 They could of easily been French from a few miles away and not at all wealthy.
I think either a marshall has it or it was some sort of scam by the diamond guy. Anyone who mines for precious minerals in poor countries and exploits the wealth of the country and its people are also not going to be far away from other nasty plots.
I still have it on VHS ^^
No... none of this happened. This was a ruse to promote a movie... a heist movie. The fact that the diamonds were NOT insured is very, very telling. See, I'm fairly confident that the diamonds were no longer on the car at the beginning of the race because this is all WAY too coincidental. Something appears to get stolen that is - in and of itself - a promotion for a heist movie with a plot where things get "cleverly" stolen? Come on! And then there's the lack of insurance, which is a very big deal because, if they had insured the diamonds and this was nothing more than a publicity stunt, where you are pretending they've "gone missing" but you then collect from an insurance company because of your "loss"... you've just committed fraud, and you're going to go to jail. Insurance companies are notorious for investigating these types of things and, more often than not, they're the ones who break major cases involving huge insurance payouts when even the police couldn't figure out what was going on. So, you can't involve an insurance company if this a publicity stunt. There was no repayment for the diamonds to the billionaire. Oh, they said they did... but it never happened; it was all part of the stunt.
I definitely understand the promotion aspect, and I think that's at the heart of this controversy. I think it was the plan all along to say that the diamond "went missing" - no matter what transpired in the race. To give off the impression that an elaborate heist had taken place. Perfect promotion for the movie. The only catch is...nobody seemed to care because..ya know..Monaco.
Yeah a gorilla marketing campaign makes sense. Coincides well with a heist movie plot and the cost of the diamonds lost might have paid for itself in publicity. I don’t know how much attention it got at the time but I don’t think 600k is that much in terms of movie advertising and maybe they thought losing the diamonds would get a lot of attention. We’re still talking about it so in one way it worked lol.
Seems legit
a couple days ago i was talking with my mom about this and she doesn't belived me at all, thank u Bro, i'm gonna show this to her, Great
That's a weird coincidence! I'd completely forgotten about it. And I saw the race!
haha well the fact that this happened even just once makes it worth it to me to keep making the occasional light-hearted fun video :)
come on.. 600k is nothing.. it's 2-3 front wings :P
bboyjunyor well if we are comparing them to a front wing they’re just slightly less carbon in a different shape without any paint
Those are some cheap front wings seeing how a front wing is 300k each and thats just to build it, developing it or even making the smallest change to it costs about 10-15 million. so in short the wing was worth more then the diamond mounted on to it. Edit: oh yeah I forgot there is also a 500k fee for crashing.
Myrre we arnt talking about development just the price of a wing
Two stories from the past that would be interesting to cover, 1 is Bertrand Gachot and his road rage incident, which inadvertently gave Michael Schumacher his start in F1, 2 is the story from the 90s alleging that grand prix cars were being used to smuggle cocaine around the world.
www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/37146829
www.cbsnews.com/news/f1-front-for-drug-dealers/
Glenn B is I did either of these it would the second. There’s been some extensive really good reporting on this over the years. I’ve come to the conclusion it does Happen . Not sure on a major major level . But Miami is a hub for that activity. No wonder they are pushing so hard for such a shite track haha
Glenn B oh yes. Racing business has been known for drug smuggling. All series have had it really. Would be a good story.
@@CYMotorsport Please do a video on this one it would be sooo interesting!
Thank you for all the info, as a new F1 fan who discovered love for this sport a little late, im binge watching your videos for 7 hours now. You do good work for all of us. Thanks again.
You’re a legend marko! I’m so glad you enjoy it. I put a lot of love into these bc I think you’ll enjoy them so it’s cool to hear the feedback
Great video. This is really one of the best formula 1 channels on CZcams. All the best dude!
glad you liked it Dave ! different kind of content I wanted to try. looks like its going well thus far. thank you for your support!
Never heard of this before lol. Amazing, but idiotic story in the part of the people putting diamonds in racing cars ROFL! Thanks!
Leo Charles I’m glad you liked it Leo! It was fun to make haha just so odd seeing what people will ignore when they really want something like that sponsor money haha
@@CYMotorsport I remember this race also. Formula 1 teams stunt at the Monaco races. They also have had diamond covered helmets.
www.motorsport.com/f1/news/monaco-gp-diamond-helmets-for-hamilton-and-kovalainen/289348/
www.pinterest.ru/pin/400187116868039992/
Also, Alonso once had gold shoes in Hungary:
br.pinterest.com/pin/440860251002695148/
This video is totally what sets your channel apart. What a great story. I have a vague recollection of something with jaguar team and Monaco, but I couldn’t figure out what is was. When I try to explain why formula 1 is so amazing and different I should tell them this stories. Can’t wait for the next one.
I tried to mix it up- I’m glad you enjoyed it. I have another variation in content type Coming soon I know you’ll enjoy it :) thanks for the feedback! And yeah f1 has more twists and turns than the circuits themselves!
Great video bro.
Again , you have created a masterpiece.
I think that those diamonds were taken by the marshals at the crash scene.
glad you liked it Karan! they had to have been encased is my thing. they couldn't have just broken free the crash would have bee at less than 70kph
With so many cameras around the track, IDK. Would prefer to know they were actually lost forever and possibly swept away, like that money that was burned in the original Ocean's 11 movie.
Really interesting! Felt a little bit drawn out, but I did like the video! Keep it up mate
bob william yeah I can usually never win haha but less people mention length on 11 min videos over 37 minute videos haha glad you hung in there and thanks for the feedback. I actually want to try a 4-6 minute vid. One coming VERYYYY soon :)
CrankyYankeeF1 👍
Yeah it feels like this video could have been 6-8 minutes long without losing any vital part of the story. Still a good video though!
Loved the video. Love the dive into the past telling stories like this. I never knew this even happened, but damn that’s a great story.
Yeah it’s a cool little story - I hadn’t seen anyone doing this sort of stuff. I’m likely going to do a mini one on Aston Martin with all the news. I wrote about it extensively obviously and don’t want to regurgitate but this might be an interesting take on not only telling the news but also sharing some history about the last time Aston was in F1. Wike you watch that?
"There is no embellisment here..." ya. A diamond tipped F1 car. No embellishment.
I mean... if you're alluding to me making that up you'd be incredibly incorrect considering the actors from the movie are in the garage all weekend
CrankyYankeeF1 No, I think they’re making a joke based on the definition(s) of embellishment, which can either mean
1) to decorate something with ornamentation (like putting a diamond on an F1 car); or
2) to add untrue details to a story to make it more interesting or entertaining (the definition you were using in the original script).
axelcosgirl surprised no one whooshed me haha
Great video man, nice job.
Glad you liked it friend!
I remember this, I just assumed it was a publicity stunt.
Wow, I have to say that you’re a great storyteller! Love it! 👌🏻
MP_Racing glad you liked it sir. Def changed it up this time to keep you all guessing
Great videos always
I vividly remember this race! Christian Klein put it in the barriers; my theory is that: The diamond was fake! Also, what about insurance?! An insurance company is surely involved! Follow the money 🤑
J M I mentioned it toward the end - I couldn’t trace it. Beny never admitted outright but it’s reported it wasn’t insured which is what still makes it an interesting story for me!
@@CYMotorsport Also, surely the premiums for such a policy would be utterly astronomical.
what insurance company would cover you putting a $400k diamond on the nose of an F1 car during a race?
@@codyjewell1460 if you research the history of outrageous insurance contracts you will find some of the most craziest insurance stories you never heard of! Off the top of my head: Insurance against an alien invasion, insurance of specific body parts, etc. etc. whatever it is, if you're willing to pay the price then someone, somewhere, will underwrite you an insurance contract!
@@jayrusty2012 both of those make sense because they don't carry an outrageous amount of risk. This is more like an insurance company covering someone's million dollar vase to be dropped out of an airplane at 15,000 feet and land on concrete. it's literally an accident waiting to happen.
Great content brotha
Very interesting. Very cool editing!
I'll be stretching into these new territories over the next few videos! thanks for the feedback - much more to come
Had to double check thats not actually 1st april today. Crazy story - I appreciate the effort you put in to your videos, as i mentioned in one of your previous videos - it soothes my ADD!
He'd make a lovely eBook reader. V soothing voice :)
haha glad i kept up quality. My ADD was loving the new animation effects and learning that.
thank the mic for that Mandy haha and ambient music
My theory? My theory is that right at this very moment William Storey is down at Monaco peaking through bushes and checking drains on the side of the road while viciously foaming at the mouth
We'll probably get a tweet about it in the morning
The only guy more likely than Flavio to beat him to the diamond haha
Michael Charity Does Williams story have a son that race is GT cars?
Thank you Cranky Yankee
Very cool
Thanks Dan glad you liked it!
Your story telling is so good. You’re my dude. Also, DuPont...ah..amazing memories there in the late 90s to mid 00s with Gordon.
Different kind of story this time to try it out. Some people aren’t gonna like it that’s okay it’s just not for them but you all know I like to switch it up and not let things get stale for ya! The DuPont 24 I grew up idolizing!
CrankyYankeeF1 those were the good days. Once he retired, so did I. Nascar is hot trash these days. That’s when I picked up F1. Right around 2016. I naturally gravitated towards Hamilton since him and Gordon hung out a lot and he was there at his final race in Miami. Now I’m in love with this sport.
seems like we got ourselves an underrated CZcamsr with great content that deserve a sub and like.
Thanks Stefan! good time to sub it was literally as I was posting a new doc haha.
I’m slightly obsessed with the 04 season as it was the year that 8 year old me fell in love with F1. I can’t quite believe I’ve never heard of this incident before. Great vid 👍
Same I love 04. I harp on it a lot in my Williams doc. It’s arguably the most important year in their history
Fantastic video
Would love to see you do historical pieces. From the birth of GP to the modern you've already done. I love the way you discuss team dynamics and car performance/technology.
I am just getting into F1 and am so glad I found this channel
I’m thankful for you!
The team switched the diamonds with fakes and then declared them lost. That is 500.000 pure profit for a team that is about to die very soon.
Yeah I don’t get people in the comments who keep saying that’s nothing in F1 haha that’s not how a business is run . Just bc it’s expensive doesn’t mean it’s free cash flow. A quick 500k off the books untaxed can go a longggggg way
Nice and entertaining, good vid, I think this was a pub stunt; they found the diamond, but it brought more people to Monaco.
Glad you liked it! they still haven't found them and reported the set as officially lost. my only thinking was if it was a stunt, why wasn't it in the movie haha i kinda figured that was the point but maybe not
6:10 I’ve watched it so many times but never zoomed in so thanx for that CY. Thought i had heard all F1s crazy stories but this is totally new to me. Common sense isn’t that common.
!!!!LMFAO I just noticed your merch cup with “Fernando is faster than you.” and I freaggin LOVE IT!!!!! And want it now!!!
Simply bc you’re video was great and you’re not the guy that starts w demanding to smash the like button I’m dropping a like and a sub!
Something tells me that someone switched the real diamonds out for fake ones before the race and when the crash happened the fake was disintegrated which is why it was never found
Wow. I thought I’d heard most F1 stories. This is nuts.
glad you were entertained! that was the objective with this piece in particular - a crazy story to keep you all on your toes!
I'd say Jaguar were just desperate for some attention and needed that special sponsor.
P.S. I think Klein should've took the blame because HE crashed the car.
THEFLYINGLEMUR39 yeah a lot of people don’t think there’s more to it. I’m not so sure I do either. Really I just wanted to try a video that’s not as I ate as as my normal stuff haha but don’t get too used to it I’ve got the fall and rise of McLaren next then a major rivalry . I don’t wanna say in case some one reads this and tries to beat me to publishing it haha but it’s gonna get crazy that’s for sure. Ironically Red Bull ran a major Star Wars even at Monaco the following year. Felt a little tacky but atleast there weren’t diamonds in it haha
@@CYMotorsport yeah never knew about this but the Star Wars one was big the next year. Thanks for reply :)
THEFLYINGLEMUR39 hey that’s my job! Thanks for spending your free time watching
Conspiracy theory: Klein crashed on purpose knowing he was going to be out of the game with jaguar and took them without notice!
KLIEN
And to think that a single F1 car is worth more than both those diamonds combined.
Good job!
marko grbac glad you enjoyed it :)
4:42 Typo he is called Klien and not Klein.
Good eye Cody
@@CYMotorsport also (sorry to be picky, as this is a great video), 5:54 - there is no Friday running in Monaco, FP1 & 2 are on Thursday
Hmmm... I bet the Pink Panther has it. Seems a task for Inspector Cluseau.
Nice vid mate, keep'em coming.
Thanks Rudolf haha yeah let's get someone in there. hell I'll fly over and take a look around if they are still claiming it's "gone"
All these years I was waiting for someone to make a heist movie about this 😂
It should have been in the movie! Imagine how awesome that would be
I'm brand new to watching f1. These videos are excellent
I'll be shortening them from my typical hyper long format next week too! welcome Danny :)
Great video! Just on nitpick. In Monaco, they don't drive on fridays. Free practice is on thursday!
Damn, I'd forgotten about this! Thank you for this, I remember it being the most bizarre stunt ever. It was incredibly weird. 🤷
I always thought that the "diamonds" on the cars were faked, the real ones being swapped before the race. And why no insurance? No insurance investigation after the fact (I'm not involving the drivers in any shenanigans. Whereas logic says it's not impossible, I personally find it highly unlikely that they were paid to lose them. Webber, for example, would have told them to p!ss off, and when they got there, to p!ss off again lol). With them "disappearing" (maybe a false marshall or two?), the police would have nothing to go on. Jag would have paid up to make the embarrassment go away asap. Only my hypothesis, btw, I'm factually clueless as to what exactly happened, so I've gone my usual cynical route 😉
Never forgave Ford for shafting Jaguar, btw. They wrecked Justin Wilson's F1 career. He was such a smooth driver, he'd have been a wonderful long-term addition to the driver pack, and maybe he'd still be around. ☹️
I've actually a huge fan of Justin Wilson weirdly enough you mention that haha and knowing what I know about Beny from other videos and even deeper research on this that I left out, he doesn';t seem like the fake diamond type. he's made F1 trophies before included the one image I have of him presenting it to Kimi personally. I'm glad you found it interesting and thank you as always leaving a well thought out comment :)
Wow Justin Wilson!! Gotta go look up what he’s doing now. Talk about smooooth operatooooor.
This made my day. Oh man.
great narrative act, very enjoyable to wach!
As a thought, it might be stupid what I'm saying, maybe they knew that will happen and counting on viral spread for a marketing strategies. create a controversial story aiming an viral propagation. I'm not saying a good idea, I'm just sharing my thoughts.
Algerian In Lab I mean here I am making a video about it 16 years later haha it worked to a degree so I think you are correct!
Cheers mate! What I didn't get of your video is, are those diamonda missing? What do we know of the aftermath? Al I learned is there were diamonds on track and they 50% of them crashed. So....
Where does the story take shape. Love your (other) vids to death btw.
I always wondered where those came from. I found them on my balcony the next morning following the GP.
IRS headed your way now mate
Nice one 😂😂😂 this comment is Lolz
600k would've been peanuts in F1 back then. The teams were estimated to be spending roughly $2billion yearly!
that's much different than off the books surge of cash. spending is obviously the opposite of net income haha and handing mark webber (not alleging anything!) for instance $300k untaxed as a spot bonus as a goodbye present would def make a difference in his life haha
I really doubt jaguar were spending 2 billion yearly
@@ryanhilden1443 Jaguar didn't spend 2 Billion dollars yearly. There's an article in the March 2003 edition of F1 racing magazine, which estimates F1 as a whole was spending 1.3 billion GBP (or roughly 2 billion USD) per season.
Yeh Ferrari were estimated to spend around $400M in 2004.
No teams ever have spent 2 billion nearly
“All of this, actually happened” - Billy Ocean at the scene of the crime? @1:40
The whole diamond value would have been what it would have cost to have the movie name on the car for 3 days, Maybe Jag where payed in diamonds not cash.
Well played sir. I purposefully left it out I wanted to see who would know or notice or even think about the livery. If you look close you can see “Steinmetz” on the car near the tyre. I like to do that as my own fail safe should a video get tons of blow back like I made it up. Well how do you explain the freakin name on the car if they were fake diamonds haha
That the diamond went "missing" was itself supposed to be part of the promotion
I picked up a couple of pieces of sparkly glass at that race. I may need to take another look in my F1 memories box.
The driver was in on a setup and the martials helped and they split it
haha this would be epic
That was the real oceans 12 😂😂
I know imagine if they used the scene from the race that woulda been incredible
You can see footage from 1st lap crash, Klien lost his front wing and hit the barrier way before getting in that slow corner and you can see something shiny flying away over the barriers in the grass.
I’ve never seen that footage. In fact the official footage cuts away. Can you send the link?
So Jaguars PR guy did a podcast for Formula 1 on the Edge, and he said that the amount of the diamond that was lost pales in comparison to the exposure they got that day. There were 24 seconds nationwide in USA that had jaguar loosing the diamond and they didn't even announce that Renault or that Trulli had won the race. It was tens of millions of pounds of publicity that you couldn't buy.
My favorite part was when Jaguar went under in November of the same year.
See kids? Don't block outside assistance that can get you further up the grid.
see williams haha good point
I remember that race but also remember the other team had also, McLaren. Not sure which year it was but both McLaren drivers had diamond crust on the helmets & only for Monaco GP which was weird.
yep and guess who designed the helmets baby haha
The marshals recovering the car must’ve known about the diamonds, I reckon one of them found them and didn’t tell anybody obviously.
No one would put real diamonds on a car displayed in public uninsured,
let alone a race car on a race track.
Jaguar probably thought the diamonds were real because or Steinmetz. He'd use his reputation to make them believe it.
Perhaps the diamonds weren't found because they shattered on impact?
they wouldn't have shattered. they were encased too - they've got to be somewhere right? and I still can't believe they'd be fake - Clooney, Damon, the whole gang was all there. seems like a big event to fake it haha but it's 100% possible
Damn that is ..... Just wow ...
I don't know how hot a f1 car nose can get but diamond can turn in to CO2 gas when reacting with O2 at high temperature
Maybe REALLY high temperature but there wasn’t anything present to make the entire enclosure disappear. Just thought it was odd this footage or promo was never mentioned again
I guess Jaguar accepted to mount the diamonds because they didn't even ask about insurance
which is wild to me!
maybe it was the whole publicity/marketing plot for diamonds to be seemingly heisted?
See that woulda been genius. Like even if they used it in the film haha very illegal but hilarious if they had the car crash on purpose . Or even if they used it later if it was an accident. But they never even mentioned it in the film in any way.
lol they routinely crash multi-million dollar machines (the cars themselves) and pay their drivers on avg 10 times to 30 times the cost of those diamonds... it is a publicity stunt with the full understanding if their was a crash, it would just make it all the more worthwhile... 350k diamond lost at grand prix? STORY!! you are proving them correct right now.
The diamonds they were placed on the car, were glass. The switch was made in advance. To have insurance would have required additional verification.
Just seems unlike steinmetz
9:17 You are a real F1 fan if you thought that that was the Hungaroring coming into frame ...
I’ve watched this video countless times because EVERY time I think, “don’t do it!” hoping it’ll end differently….but yet it’s like watching a train wreck in slow motion. One of the coolest, yet cringiest, videos you’ve done. I wouldn’t put a lego on a car for a race, let alone a diamond!
strikingly beautiful diamond model...
If I was jaguar, i would put the diamonds into the drivers helmet all though that may cause safety regulation issues im pretty sure somethings were lenient back then
yeah good point actually. idk how this passed inspection to begin with
I wish I had known this when I was there on holiday last summer, I’d have had a good look around. 🤩🧐
Hahaha that would be incredible if someone went after seeing this and found it
This story made no sense in 2004 and it still makes no sense today.
By the way Klien lost his front wing and had a first impact with the armco before crashing out at Loews, so I am thinking there is a chance it got displaced before the car ended up in the tyre wall.
Incredible eye! Honestly this feels months ago I shouldn’t remember but I know I have that in the script I feel like I took it out bc you can def so it’s loose in the footage but I couldn’t find where . Since you’re the first In Tens of thousands to mention it, it’s killing me... where did it happen? Back then the camera coverage was shite so I couldn’t pin point before the Giancarlo carnage
@@CYMotorsport On the replay you can see Klien losing his front wing at the exit of Mirabeau, then colliding with the armco on the kink between Mirabeau and Loews. It's unlikely that a front wing failure would happen so early in the race, so I am guessing that he might have collided with one of the Jordans at Mirabeau. IF the diamond got lost at Mirabeau or at the exit it would make sense that it would get lost, because it would have ended up on the racing line, or right next to it. By the way I am surprised that the FIA approved of this, because this seems like an easy way to cut down a tyre.
Imagine doing the casino heist in open wheel cars
Imagine how sweet that movie scene would have been. Accident or not they shoulda got something haha
Great video!! First time I have watched your channel, so good job!!
I remember watching that race live. I also believe if I remember correctly that there was a little bit of a controversy with those diamonds being mounted on the front of the cars. It just seems so obvious and unsurprising that they would go missing. a
Anyhow I don't want to say too much because what I have to say would be terribly politically incorrect.
I would like to see a video from you because you are American about why Lewis Hamilton does not get the respect from British F1 fans that he deserves. It seems when Lewis Hamilton comes to the US he gets a lot of respect. I think your opinion on this matter would be very interesting.
Thanks Sean! glad you enjoyed it. Yeah I can tell you that video would get destroyed haha I can say the very quick answer is Schumi. while we're watching another great and a recent one has hung them up, the purists will say things to discount their sense of pride for the past. It's easy to forget how good Larry Bird actually was and say he wouldn't score today which is absurd. Or that Messi is no where near the talent as Pele for xyz. but in 20 years, we'll lift up Messi and discount whoever the newest star is. Formula 1 for me just goes in cycle. i've noticed the same trend you mention because I am an "outsider" and I've never understood it either. the car is quick but Hamilton is not only winning, just in 2019 alone he's SCORED in every race too. that's not easy.
Ngl this video completely caught me off guard 😂
haha got to keep you on your toes!
@@CYMotorsport I will be looking forward to it if your making Spygate 😏
Interesting to me to note that the placement of the Jaguar on the livery is the prototype for the current livery
damn good eye - didn't actually think about that.
I seem to remember this I think one of the marshals might of taken off with them or the drivers pocketed them
which one of those blokes looks shifty
Eclestone knows...
Haha somehow I thjnk you’re right
Has anyone asked “who was on the corner crew?”
surprisingly, I found very little follow up on this as well
Not gonna lie it looked pretty slick
Lol... I need some bling on my daily driver! But c'mon man I'm sure you could of used a cubic zirconia and nobody would of known a difference. Nice video this was a good one. You could start a series like dumbest criminals but use F1 stories.
yeah I'm running a bunch of content ideas all at once haha that's sort of one I'm doing. and I'd break it down in playlists for you all
@@CYMotorsport I think that would be cool. Along with dumb decisions you could add dumb cheating. Idk I think there are a bunch of ways to go. But you have a good idea I haven't seen anyone else doing this.
@@mugenmafia8158 I've got a controversy playlist the next one will be "spotlights" so some features about one driver in history just a short narrative piece. some people are going to hate it but I think many will welcome that I've never seen that done really
@@CYMotorsport that is why I like your channel. Don't be scared to talk about a controversial issue. Some people might get butthurt but I'm sure more people will like it.
150 times more interesting than any other movie heist plot
imagine if this was included in the movie and they got footage of a character running over and grabbing in typical ocean's style! would have been a wayyyy better movie hahah
1of the track officials got very rich that day...
I stilll wanna go someday and look myself haha
How did it pass tech inspection? Surely there would be safety objections to the chance of a large piece of shiny rock being flung off the car at high speed and injuring a marshal/driver/fan in the worst case or at best gouging a tyre
that's actually a really good point. fake diamond or not haha
Honestly, the diamond going missing was irrelevant to The PR stunt. The fact that diamonds were being added to a Formula 1 car already generated millions of dollars in hype for oceans 12, and the diamond going missing was just the cherry on top. The company that provided the diamonds was relatively unknown in the gemstone space before the incident, but afterwards? We're still talking about steinrich and how it let one of its diamonds be mounted on a formula 1 car. All in all, everybody won. Jaguar got a massive cash infusion, oceans 12 got a humongous publicity boost, steinrich diamonds became well-known after the incident, we all had a fun story to tell, and some lucky sod made off with a $250,000 diamond!
I thought only the diamond on Klien's car went missing....i dont remember anything happening to webber that race, but alas...17yrs is a long time
Well surely some heads at Ford and steinmetz knew each other well. I bet they did ensure the Diamonds, and gambled on a nice payout if something did happen. Which as you point out was very very likely in their case!
and I wouldn't count out Christian being asked to play game for a little chunk
I can technically only speculate in these videos due to their reach and libel, but I’m comfortable speculating here that it wasn’t just cut and dry fake diamonds haha I think you understand the nuance of what I’m able to say but many are confused why I did this story then I started realize people don’t get I can’t just Willy Nilly say anything I want haha I’ve seen Journalists and content creators with smaller channels get sued for less
CrankyYankeeF1 meaning it’s our job as the viewers to extrapolate and insinuate.. which we are very happy to do of course! :-D Thanks for the great video
Thing is the Car is litterally Worth tens of Millions, the fact that the diamonds got lost in the Crash did not make it all that much more expensive
Mark Webber said the diamond were fake
How is nobody mentioning the fact that an engine is $10.5 million? I know things in racing are expensive, but good grief! Are we talking R&D to make one is $10 mil and each additional one is then much cheaper to produce, or $10 mil a pop?
Andrew Moseley more the engine development divided by the allotted number of engines over a year. But additionally, that 10.5 figure is the limit on net purchase power towards engine for the full year each team is limited to. At a simple math level, if you wanted to look at individual engine costs, you’d take 10.5 million divided by the number of engines allocated that season. That’s what it cost you for instance if you for some reason wanted an F1 engine in your flat haha There’s a few figures on engine cost but both ways I felt comfortable with it. The number is SIGNIFICANTLY higher for a top engine. The Merc hybrid tech that rolled out in 2014 took four years and hundreds of millions to develop.
Diamonds are essentially worthless especially to a diamond miner
Adams Angels very true haha which is why it never seemed that crazy that a couple Diamonds off the books in exchange for putting Steinmetz on the the side of a Formula 1 car (I noticed no one has caught that yet) isn’t too bad . Just speculating out loud not accusing haha
Yep, artificial scarcity
Interesting you picked the Red Bull team for movie tie-in comparison since the Red Bull team rose from the ashes of Jaguar.
The entire video is about jaguar .. haha