Watched 'RUSH' a few years ago. So loved both of their characters...two different opposites who are remarkable, tenacious fighter-survivor. Love the moment when they call each other 'Champ'...this is what some would call as 'Pseudo-enemies' I believe, where their spirit and audacity are there because they exist within the same realm...they are both legends in their own rights.
Actually, the two of them were good friends off the track - they even shared a flat together when they were both racing in Formula 3. I suppose 'Rush' had to be made the way it was because it sold more movie tickets to people who see life in simplistic terms of either/or. But those of us who know our motorsport history can't help but roll our eyes...
"he'd been breathing fumes, now, for nearly a minute.." And what the narrator didn't say, is that those fumes not only had bits of burnt plastic, carcinogens, and Petroleum.. but was also approaching 7 or 800 degrees C by the time his car had been hit on the track following the initial collision with the barrier, by the time it entered his lungs. I know it's possibly a small point, but I just thought maybe the narrator might have mentioned that the fuse were extremely hot and damaging his lungs. According to the doctor's, almost 40% of the alveoli had been burnt away in an instant. His lungs then started burning, melting, and filling up with fluid. And this is happening before he's got out of his car. And while this is happening, his scalp, ears, face, lips, eyelids, eyeballs themselves, and just about anything else so horrific you can't even imagine it, was just being melted and burnt off his body at over 1000 degrees. Fucking brave man. To then have to go through daily vacuuming of his lungs which was like torture - sticking tubes down your throat right inside your lungs - whilst you're awake - and sucking the fluid and detritus out whilst trying not to choke and spit blood. Extremely fucking brave man.
Clint Tapper l would agree. However this sport epitomises everything that's ugly & despicable about F1 & motor sport in general! Money's worth more than human lives! It's truly revolting! 😱😡
@@bear0balls While what you say is correct . All these drivers were well aware of the risk they took. Unfortunately it was the death and injuries that they dealt with that has led to the safety that is mandated today. Grosjean's accident proved 2 things that safety measures now in play do work ,but also that there is still much to be fixed and improved . Like removing every inch of Armco from a racing circuit. It wasn't safe when Cevert was decapitated by it 1973 and had it not been for the Halo bar another Frenchman would have suffered the same fate. The fact that antiquated barriers like that are still in use 47 years later is a huge screw up
Driving after such an accident took so much courage. Admitting that you were too scared to drive perhaps took even more. Lauda was a true legend and so much of the safety of modern F1 owes a debt of thanks to his courage.
The fact that James Hunt was able to win the championship in a 3 year old car against a dominant ferrari who shat on the other competition during the first part of the season is downright impressive
That is true. On the other hand, Hunt won the '76 championship by a single point - over a man who very nearly died in a crash that put him out of contention, and who was busy fighting for his life for three races while Hunt was racking up points. To my mind, Hunt won that championship by default. To come back the way he did, Niki Lauda had balls of solid brass. Lauda won world championships in '75, '77 and '84 - and was the moral winner of the '76. Hunt won one championship - more by blarney than anything else, was completely off the pace in '77, and retired shortly after. There's no doubt in my mind who the better driver was. Compared to Lauda, Hunt was a flash in the pan.
@@nicholasvandenberg5337 100% agree with you been rewatching the entire saga and man every time I’m mind blown by not only the bravery but the unheard of dedication never seen today
i witnessed 76' as well as 75', 74' etc. This doc is just a real jog back to those years. Just outstanding and fantastic and if you really followed GP in those years, that year, this is a must see and a keeper. Tell your kids the story.
Hunt was passionate, hot blooded,with no siscipline but a true natural talent born to drive,Lauda was also full of talent but also cool,calm and connected,disciplined,i admire his decision to stop in japan,life is above any title and the truth is that if Lauda had avoided his accident in germany Hunt would not win the championship,Hunt waljed out of F1 with the same decision,i respect them both,Laudw was a low tones character,Hunt was like a rock star, the Mick Jagger of F1
They didn't have to embelish the real story much...or at all really, for the movie Rush...it was all right there for the telling...sport, speed, intrigue, clash of two personalities, tragedy...you couldn't write a better story...facinating! Thanks for posting, and greets from Connecticut!
I saw Rush earlier tonight. Absolutely excellent movie! They definitely picked the right two actors to play Lauda and Hunt! Brilliant movie. Ron Howard does it again!
Very interesting. The movie Rush follows this particular documentary's narrative pretty closely. It even ends with Lauda and his airplane, like the movie.
Laudas AGV helmet flew off in that dreadful accident, if it had stayed on things would of been so very different. Charming guy, wonderful dry wit, met him in Ibiza 1984 RIP.
Lauda put it simply when he said that Hunt was a driver at that point that you could drive wheel to wheel with for 200 miles and nothing would happen.Hunt was a true natural.
@@spacepatriots6163 you're both idiots. He means u can drive wheel to wheel for "x" amount of distance. He has said this a few times. He means distance not speed
While Hunt was in the booth at the '82 British G.P., after an incident involving Jochen Mass, James commented that Mass was a "slow thinker" when it came to making split-second decisions. Then Sir James doubled down on that opinion by alleging that Mass' slow thinking had a part in G. Villeneuve's death. What massive balls! That's why I miss James Hunt still to this day.
In defence, the documentary doesn't specifically state that Peterson and Depailler were dead in 1976 (although it doesn't say they weren't, either). I think that part should be taken as an illustration of the dangers of Formula 1 in the 70s.
- The Brazilian pioneer at the Englands single seat Formula Ford tournaments during 1969, the Racing Driver Ricardo Achcar, had some and good competitions moments shared with Mr. Hunt. - We have a fantastic picture from one of those chalenges,showing Achcar leading Hunt. - For me, a special and very nice picture (Achcar is my father). Nino Achcar .
23 years ago today we lost this great man. Blindingly fast, disarmingly charming, ruthlessly honest and highly intelligent. Sadly, in today's world, our current World Champion has only 1 of those qualities. He retired to early but, it meant I got to hear his ready wit at each race commentating alongside Murray Walker as a youngster discovering this gladiatorial sport.
Real late comment "2021" All who live for their passion, and some gifted talents always become HEROES... I hope all who live now remember how much we leave behind........ Florida MIKEY.
I think if James was alive today and saw the way F1 has gone with everybody's words being scripted and everyone has to look so perfect for the cameras and sound so perfect for their sponsors and for the media, I think James would have only 4 words to say. "SCREW YOUR POLITICAL CORRECTNESS".
Niki in an interview with the Italian classic cars in 2003 said that the incident of the nurburgring not caused by an error in driving but BY A MECHANICAL FAILURE rear suspension.
James hunt didn't care about breaking records. He just wanted to prove he could win and keep on living his life to the fullest. He didn't conform he was honest that's why some people didn't like him. Well I am too young to know much about these guys here but I can tell they had passion for what they did and not mainly because of money unlike today.
They both had a passion and drive to win. Top drivers though very different to each other. Respect their memory and all that they gave to motorsport in their time. I saw and shouted . I laughed and I cried at each loss over many years of spectating and then purely as a low skill amateur , I raced for a few seasons myself.
I know this comment is worthless, but I miss James Hunt tremendously. In all of my years of interest in F1, he was among the most down to earth drivers I can remember. He never failed to call a spade a spade.
Heck I only recently watched 'Rush' and honestly I didn't think the incident would be that horrible and what we got on-screen was exaggerated by Hollywood magic but man was it accurate. Gotta commend Niki for still being able to even get in an F1 again after a traumatizing experience like that mad respect
Anoraks read on😊:- Sounds counter intuitive but, in actuality, that Ferrari 312 flat 12 back in the day had probably 20/25 or more bhp (depending on atmospheric conditions) LESS real world ponies (not dyno ghosts) than the customer DFV V8s of the day and, the M23s Cosworths had been breathed on by Nicholson-Mclaren tuning making another 15 bhp on top of that disparity, that's quite an advantage....for you can run more wing, for more grip with same top end or, combination of. Ferrari claimed higher bhp but, faster circuits proved the difference. Also, the boxer lost 20 bhp plus during a race due to block shiftage causing poor piston ring sealing and, a prosperity to loose valve face integrity to the point that they were very much a disposable engine. The 'barn door' DFVs would go again after a rebuild. That said, the Fezza boxer pulled more low end torque, over a far wider power band compared to the brutal DFV, far smoother and, kinder on tyres and rear end components, was good on tighter circuits. The 312 ran a five cog box until completely replaced so torque back up was more important than the Mclaren M23 running a 6 speed Hewland box. The fezza lump was a wide engine not great for aerodynamics and lardy, the DFV being narrower, lighter, taller yes, but that not overly so once all the ancillaries were nailed on. It was thirsty enough for Ferrari to eventually go over to Lucas fuel injection, incredible given their patriotism. 😉 Source:- Cosworth Racing when I had them as a customer.😎
great drivers. Sad to see what racing has become today. I did see rush yesterday at a pre screne, and I thought it was quite good. It's a movie so it will never be perfect, but it gave me a insight on 2 drivers I never knew about. f1 was never my main interest in racing, but I have much respect for them. If anything the movie helped give the general public some idea of who these mostly unknown the the general public people these days are.
Many thanks for posting this great doc. I lived in the UK until I moved to the USA in 1983, and miss F1 - NASCAR just doesn't have the balls or the fascination for me! When I was a kid, my greatest hero was Jimmy Clark.
Never got to see his kids grow, that must be the worst thing ever, 45 isn,t nothing, but at least he had a good life, short but good.Him and Nikki were good friends, most people said they hated each other. Every sport needs a James Hunt to keep it interesting.
I'm impressed by how much James Hunt had go his way in 1976. By all accounts he was a great racer, but it looks like he won by default. The business at the British Gran Prix was particularly troubling. 1976 was the first year I paid attention to Formula 1. The drivers all seemed godlike to me. Being and American, I was routing for Mario and those cool looking John Player cars.
Not to mention what happened in Jarama! McLaren's front wing was found too narrow, but they didn't get any penalty when they should have been disqualified, and those points gave Hunt the title, in the end... P. S. If all drivers seemed gods to you, I just can't imagine what Lauda looked like...😉
Niki lauda is a hero of mine a man of determination a man of precision and the way he got involved with the ntsb to get to the bottom of the crash that his airline suffered was nothing short of phenomenal
Ron Howard said on the 'making of Rush' documentary, he had to leave out a lot of events from the 76 season, as if he told the whole story, no one would have believed it was true. Hollywood gave us Rambo and the Terminator, but Laudas story was too much. That to me is the very definition of being a badass
Yes, I have to admit that there are some mistakes in the documentary. The one that sticks out for me is the mention of Ronnie Peterson in "The Roll Call Of The Doomed", but he died two years later after the Italian Grand Prix in 1978 (also Patrick Depailler didn't die until 1980). Other than that it's a good documentary.
I had no idea that Hunt had passed.....Lauda, the intellectual......Hunt, the romantic..... Respect for both of course.....but your heart is saddened knowing he’s not on this earth any more....maybe he wasn’t meant to be an old man, but 45 is far too young
Those big air box cars were always my favorite of the Formula 1 . It's a damn shame they were rolling coffins . My hero Mark Donohue died in 1975 from a accident at Austria . A year later Watson gave Penske it's only F1 win at that track .
Niki was my hero when I was 11 tears old. I cried at the wheel of my car when I heard on the BBC world service that James had died. These two were true gladiators. F1 has had some greats, but these two rank with the very best and their relationship was deep. About 7 years ago I lived in Sri Lanka opposite the airport hotel and I had a colleague who had his breakfast there everyday. He called me up afterwards and said “thy guy you like was at breakfast”, he didn’t know Niki’s name but said “the guy in the jeans, sweater and red hat”. Turns Niki and a couple of traveling companions overnighted there on the way to Malaysia. Had I got the heads up earlier I could have shot over to at least see him, if not disturb him at all. Would have loved to see him. Hero’s both.
My body hair went up in the air a douzen times watching RUSH... that movie is so godamn great... Please make RUSH2! Prost and Senna. That would be epic
Tobias Grønvold Not for the crashes, I should have made that more clear. I know they used real stunt cars for the racing but just about every crash was CGI, I would have preferred if they built some mock up cars and have some stunt drivers crash them. It would look so much better on camera, it's what they did in the movie "Grand Prix" and it looked more real than Rush, and that movie came out in 1966! This being said I went back and re watched Rush today (Why i'm making this comment) and I found it much more enjoyable than when I first saw it. That's why i've deleted my previous comment, I don't agree with everything I said.
William Furniss Yeah, you kinda have to watch two or three times to start enjoying it. The CGI was terrible, they should have used some simulator software and build the cgi around that. That scene that Nikki and Hunt crash in F3 (although it never really happened) did not look real at all, the motions of the vehicles, etc, were terrible. Perhaps hire some modeller that actually likes and knows Motorsports so he can have a look and say "naah looks like a bad video game".
Uhh there was plenty of that. James was told off alot because he refused to wear a suit at sponsor events. He instead turned up in a t-shirt and shorts and bare feet XD
“People always think of us as rivals, but he was among the very few I liked and even fewer that I respected.” (Niki Lauda)
And the only one I envied - Niki lauda about James Hunt
Watched 'RUSH' a few years ago. So loved both of their characters...two different opposites who are remarkable, tenacious fighter-survivor. Love the moment when they call each other 'Champ'...this is what some would call as 'Pseudo-enemies' I believe, where their spirit and audacity are there because they exist within the same realm...they are both legends in their own rights.
Actually, the two of them were good friends off the track - they even shared a flat together when they were both racing in Formula 3.
I suppose 'Rush' had to be made the way it was because it sold more movie tickets to people who see life in simplistic terms of either/or. But those of us who know our motorsport history can't help but roll our eyes...
@@nicholasvandenberg5337wow I didn’t know that
"He was one of the few drivers I liked, one of the fewer number I respected, and the only one I envied" - Niki Lauda
You put that a lot more politely than I would have.Philw
"he'd been breathing fumes, now, for nearly a minute.."
And what the narrator didn't say, is that those fumes not only had bits of burnt plastic, carcinogens, and Petroleum.. but was also approaching 7 or 800 degrees C by the time his car had been hit on the track following the initial collision with the barrier, by the time it entered his lungs.
I know it's possibly a small point, but I just thought maybe the narrator might have mentioned that the fuse were extremely hot and damaging his lungs.
According to the doctor's, almost 40% of the alveoli had been burnt away in an instant. His lungs then started burning, melting, and filling up with fluid. And this is happening before he's got out of his car.
And while this is happening, his scalp, ears, face, lips, eyelids, eyeballs themselves, and just about anything else so horrific you can't even imagine it, was just being melted and burnt off his body at over 1000 degrees.
Fucking brave man.
To then have to go through daily vacuuming of his lungs which was like torture - sticking tubes down your throat right inside your lungs - whilst you're awake - and sucking the fluid and detritus out whilst trying not to choke and spit blood.
Extremely fucking brave man.
Thanks for putting me off my supper ;)
Clint Tapper l would agree. However this sport epitomises everything that's ugly & despicable about F1 & motor sport in general! Money's worth more than human lives! It's truly revolting! 😱😡
@@bear0balls While what you say is correct . All these drivers were well aware of the risk they took. Unfortunately it was the death and injuries that they dealt with that has led to the safety that is mandated today. Grosjean's accident proved 2 things that safety measures now in play do work ,but also that there is still much to be fixed and improved . Like removing every inch of Armco from a racing circuit. It wasn't safe when Cevert was decapitated by it 1973 and had it not been for the Halo bar another Frenchman would have suffered the same fate. The fact that antiquated barriers like that are still in use 47 years later is a huge screw up
Maybe this is what had Jackie Stewart so worried that he had the sport changed around and into the lame sport it is today. Hats off to heros like Niki
You think people need to be told that petrol fumes are hot? Whilst watching the man on fire? And seeing his ruined face after? Alrighty then.
Driving after such an accident took so much courage. Admitting that you were too scared to drive perhaps took even more. Lauda was a true legend and so much of the safety of modern F1 owes a debt of thanks to his courage.
Actually hunt campaigned a lot for improving the safety
I picture these two legends enjoying a bottle of champaign together looking down on raceweekends.
R.I.P.
Brilliant. Rush bought me here and opened my eyes to the competitive nature of these two blokes.
Good for you!
Me too! It was a great movie!
Brandon O'Sullivan same
The fact that James Hunt was able to win the championship in a 3 year old car against a dominant ferrari who shat on the other competition during the first part of the season is downright impressive
That is true.
On the other hand, Hunt won the '76 championship by a single point - over a man who very nearly died in a crash that put him out of contention, and who was busy fighting for his life for three races while Hunt was racking up points.
To my mind, Hunt won that championship by default. To come back the way he did, Niki Lauda had balls of solid brass.
Lauda won world championships in '75, '77 and '84 - and was the moral winner of the '76.
Hunt won one championship - more by blarney than anything else, was completely off the pace in '77, and retired shortly after.
There's no doubt in my mind who the better driver was. Compared to Lauda, Hunt was a flash in the pan.
@@nicholasvandenberg5337 100% agree with you been rewatching the entire saga and man every time I’m mind blown by not only the bravery but the unheard of dedication never seen today
@@nicholasvandenberg5337 Would Nikki have won the championship if he finished the race no matter what place he finished in?
@@davemarshall1597
All he needed to do was finish at least one place ahead I believe. Because Hunt only won the title by one point
You can tell just by the way they talked about each other that there was a friendship and respect and love for each other. RIP Nikki and James.
The actors from the movie Rush actually look like the real guys.
Even Lauda's wife. The casting on that movie was perfect!
this isnt 'Rush' though
@@dr2stroke611
No but these are the real guys and the actors from the movie look like them
@bakinek
Okay
@Jerrold Ramsby
No. Nobody cares
9:49 CAUTION WIDE VEHICLE!
*DISQUALIFIED! You're disqualified!*
***** You're too awesome! 1.8cm too awesome!
That's what she said.
i witnessed 76' as well as 75', 74' etc. This doc is just a real jog back to those years. Just outstanding and fantastic and if you really followed GP in those years, that year, this is a must see and a keeper. Tell your kids the story.
29:32 "Good Morning. I'm going to be ze world champion today" - Hunt was AWESOME!
Lauda said that...not Hunt :D
That happened in a hotel in my hometown I really wished they shot it for Rush
@@rodrandelavona4818 yes indeed Niki said that and boy did i laugh when James mentioned it!
@@rodrandelavona4818 Duh!
The Movie "Rush" brought me here... Great film👍
Hunt was passionate, hot blooded,with no siscipline but a true natural talent born to drive,Lauda was also full of talent but also cool,calm and connected,disciplined,i admire his decision to stop in japan,life is above any title and the truth is that if Lauda had avoided his accident in germany Hunt would not win the championship,Hunt waljed out of F1 with the same decision,i respect them both,Laudw was a low tones character,Hunt was like a rock star, the Mick Jagger of F1
Rest In Peace Champion. Forza Niki.
They didn't have to embelish the real story much...or at all really, for the movie Rush...it was all right there for the telling...sport, speed, intrigue, clash of two personalities, tragedy...you couldn't write a better story...facinating! Thanks for posting, and greets from Connecticut!
My friend Chris and I appear at the 28.47 mark. Ahhh the memories....Porsche Parade lap with the Titans of the sport at Mosport in 76.
I drove my Brand new 914 in the Porsche Parade with Carlos Pace on board.
I think "Rush" pretty much does these incredible men justice. But not quite :D
I saw Rush earlier tonight. Absolutely excellent movie! They definitely picked the right two actors to play Lauda and Hunt! Brilliant movie. Ron Howard does it again!
What amazing footage! Such a feel good documentary. 59 people don't appreciate the finer things in life.
6 more years have gone by since you wrote this and now it's up to 140. Probably 140 people who suffer from terminal political correctness.
@@Musicman81Indythey are gay
Crazy watching Nikis crash only weeks after Romans crash and to imagine help was 5 minutes away from him and only 30 seconds behind Roman is crazy.
Very interesting. The movie Rush follows this particular documentary's narrative pretty closely. It even ends with Lauda and his airplane, like the movie.
I hadn't noticed, you're right! LOL!
I mean the season didn’t change in order. It followed the events of the season. Also Lauda was important in the making of both this and rush
Howard did a bang up job on that film
Laudas AGV helmet flew off in that dreadful accident, if it had stayed on things would of been so very different.
Charming guy, wonderful dry wit, met him in Ibiza 1984 RIP.
27:35 Hunt homes in on Lauda in the crowd and quickly makes his way over 😊
man the cast for Rush really looked like the real people, especially Lauda and his wife
Gripping, I have goosebumps on my forearms at the end of this docu. Well played Lauda and Hunt.
You could write a book on Niki Lauda quotes. He had wisdom to spare.
Lauda put it simply when he said that Hunt was a driver at that point that you could drive wheel to wheel with for 200 miles and nothing would happen.Hunt was a true natural.
@anirosama - mph, you mean?
@@jonnifjader 200 km/h
@@spacepatriots6163 you're both idiots. He means u can drive wheel to wheel for "x" amount of distance. He has said this a few times. He means distance not speed
Rush brought me here.
IKR! Great movie
James Hunt, the forever World Champion of 1976.
hearing his son at the end talk about how proud he is of his father is so touching. what greater memory could a father ask for??
Great movie, great story, great people. I wish we had more of them around, Niki and James, you will always be remembered.
Happy days I was 15 remember it well days long gone and better as far as iam concerned
While Hunt was in the booth at the '82 British G.P., after an incident involving Jochen Mass, James commented that Mass was a "slow thinker" when it came to making split-second decisions.
Then Sir James doubled down on that opinion by alleging that Mass' slow thinking had a part in G. Villeneuve's death.
What massive balls!
That's why I miss James Hunt still to this day.
In defence, the documentary doesn't specifically state that Peterson and Depailler were dead in 1976 (although it doesn't say they weren't, either). I think that part should be taken as an illustration of the dangers of Formula 1 in the 70s.
Just saw it after so many years. Excellent post, excellent work from the BBC team. Thank you !
Indeed, I think I have watched this at least 4 times
im here it's because i watched RUSH!
- The Brazilian pioneer at the Englands single seat Formula Ford tournaments during 1969, the Racing Driver Ricardo Achcar, had some and good competitions moments shared with Mr. Hunt.
- We have a fantastic picture from one of those chalenges,showing Achcar leading Hunt.
- For me, a special and very nice picture (Achcar is my father).
Nino Achcar .
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Nino Achcar that's so great, Nino, I'm sure you are very proud :)
Unfortunately your link seems broken. ..
Sir... YOU are The grand gentleman and forever, the face of GP. Truly an encyclopedia of the sport.
Came here after seeing Rush! It has inspired me and opened my eyes to such a great sport!
I remember reading that they both cried when their mother told them he'd died. That speaks for itself. RIP superstar.
23 years ago today we lost this great man. Blindingly fast, disarmingly charming, ruthlessly honest and highly intelligent. Sadly, in today's world, our current World Champion has only 1 of those qualities.
He retired to early but, it meant I got to hear his ready wit at each race commentating alongside Murray Walker as a youngster discovering this gladiatorial sport.
The forgoten years of the 70's Formula 1, Hunt, Lauda, Andretti, Fittipaldi, etc how many are alive today ? Sure, we never forget them...
I think you are correct, Connactzor. The 70s was a high-fatality decade for Formula One.
Real late comment "2021" All who live for their passion, and some gifted talents always become HEROES... I hope all who live now remember how much we leave behind........ Florida MIKEY.
James hunt is a cool man .. Cuz he did lot of this in his life time .. He dint decide do a one thing.. He did all things what life can enjoy ❤
I'm going to watch rush because of this awesome documentary
I think if James was alive today and saw the way F1 has gone with everybody's words being scripted and everyone has to look so perfect for the cameras and sound so perfect for their sponsors and for the media, I think James would have only 4 words to say. "SCREW YOUR POLITICAL CORRECTNESS".
It would be great to get his undiluted opinion on certain drivers
Now im going to see Rush again....
Legend iconic GOAT
Two great men. RIP James Hunt
Niki in an interview with the Italian classic cars in 2003 said that the incident of the nurburgring not caused by an error in driving but BY A MECHANICAL FAILURE rear suspension.
James hunt didn't care about breaking records. He just wanted to prove he could win and keep on living his life to the fullest. He didn't conform he was honest that's why some people didn't like him. Well I am too young to know much about these guys here but I can tell they had passion for what they did and not mainly because of money unlike today.
They both had a passion and drive to win.
Top drivers though very different to each other.
Respect their memory and all that they gave to motorsport in their time.
I saw and shouted .
I laughed and I cried at each loss over many years of spectating and then purely as a low skill amateur , I raced for a few seasons myself.
Like this if Rush got you here, motivate you or got you into racing 👍
No
I am so sorry for his two sweet sons losing their daddy so early :( I bet he was a great father.
If you consider there were pretty much 2 deaths a season and about 30 drivers, that sounds about right.
I know this comment is worthless, but I miss James Hunt tremendously. In all of my years of interest in F1, he was among the most down to earth drivers I can remember. He never failed to call a spade a spade.
Heck I only recently watched 'Rush' and honestly I didn't think the incident would be that horrible and what we got on-screen was exaggerated by Hollywood magic but man was it accurate. Gotta commend Niki for still being able to even get in an F1 again after a traumatizing experience like that mad respect
Excellent documentary. Thank you for posting.
Anoraks read on😊:- Sounds counter intuitive but, in actuality, that Ferrari 312 flat 12 back in the day had probably 20/25 or more bhp (depending on atmospheric conditions) LESS real world ponies (not dyno ghosts) than the customer DFV V8s of the day and, the M23s Cosworths had been breathed on by Nicholson-Mclaren tuning making another 15 bhp on top of that disparity, that's quite an advantage....for you can run more wing, for more grip with same top end or, combination of. Ferrari claimed higher bhp but, faster circuits proved the difference. Also, the boxer lost 20 bhp plus during a race due to block shiftage causing poor piston ring sealing and, a prosperity to loose valve face integrity to the point that they were very much a disposable engine. The 'barn door' DFVs would go again after a rebuild.
That said, the Fezza boxer pulled more low end torque, over a far wider power band compared to the brutal DFV, far smoother and, kinder on tyres and rear end components, was good on tighter circuits. The 312 ran a five cog box until completely replaced so torque back up was more important than the Mclaren M23 running a 6 speed Hewland box.
The fezza lump was a wide engine not great for aerodynamics and lardy, the DFV being narrower, lighter, taller yes, but that not overly so once all the ancillaries were nailed on. It was thirsty enough for Ferrari to eventually go over to Lucas fuel injection, incredible given their patriotism. 😉
Source:- Cosworth Racing when I had them as a customer.😎
excellent video, 9:50 I couldn't stop laughing at that sticker in James's car.
Rush is great movie!! Thanks for this documentary video. Thanks for your parents !
A good video about two fast men and their fast work and life.
great drivers. Sad to see what racing has become today. I did see rush yesterday at a pre screne, and I thought it was quite good. It's a movie so it will never be perfect, but it gave me a insight on 2 drivers I never knew about. f1 was never my main interest in racing, but I have much respect for them. If anything the movie helped give the general public some idea of who these mostly unknown the the general public people these days are.
Many thanks for posting this great doc. I lived in the UK until I moved to the USA in 1983, and miss F1 - NASCAR just doesn't have the balls or the fascination for me! When I was a kid, my greatest hero was Jimmy Clark.
Never got to see his kids grow, that must be the worst thing ever, 45 isn,t nothing, but at least he had a good life, short but good.Him and Nikki were good friends, most people said they hated each other. Every sport needs a James Hunt to keep it interesting.
I think you need to watch and read a lot to get a fuller picture. Thanks for sharing
How can someone give a thumbs down on this documentary?
I'm impressed by how much James Hunt had go his way in 1976. By all accounts he was a great racer, but it looks like he won by default. The business at the British Gran Prix was particularly troubling. 1976 was the first year I paid attention to Formula 1. The drivers all seemed godlike to me. Being and American, I was routing for Mario and those cool looking John Player cars.
Not to mention what happened in Jarama! McLaren's front wing was found too narrow, but they didn't get any penalty when they should have been disqualified, and those points gave Hunt the title, in the end...
P. S. If all drivers seemed gods to you, I just can't imagine what Lauda looked like...😉
Niki lauda is a hero of mine a man of determination a man of precision and the way he got involved with the ntsb to get to the bottom of the crash that his airline suffered was nothing short of phenomenal
Am I the only one who was they could grow. Up watching this rivalry live cause that rush movie was fantastic got to be the movie of the year !
The kids at the end, wow, I hope they went on to live life with that level of respect, imagine a World today if all kids were like that. Fantastic.
Ron Howard said on the 'making of Rush' documentary, he had to leave out a lot of events from the 76 season, as if he told the whole story, no one would have believed it was true. Hollywood gave us Rambo and the Terminator, but Laudas story was too much. That to me is the very definition of being a badass
Patrick Depailler wasn't dead until 1980....?
Great vid. James was my favourite ever racer and was a hero from my youth. Thank you for this...
21:00 - Lauda actually describes what happens when you die
Rush 2: Lauda vs. Prost
Rush 3: Senna vs. Prost
Oh, and while I'm at it:
Rush 0: The Jochen Rindt story.
Jochen Rindt with German Passport!
Rush 4: Lewis vs Nico
Nah, Rush 4 can be Senna vs. Prost. For Rush 3 wee need some Tokyo Drift-vibes, so I say Rosberg vs Hamilton
Yes, I have to admit that there are some mistakes in the documentary. The one that sticks out for me is the mention of Ronnie Peterson in "The Roll Call Of The Doomed", but he died two years later after the Italian Grand Prix in 1978 (also Patrick Depailler didn't die until 1980). Other than that it's a good documentary.
I had no idea that Hunt had passed.....Lauda, the intellectual......Hunt, the romantic.....
Respect for both of course.....but your heart is saddened knowing he’s not on this earth any more....maybe he wasn’t meant to be an old man, but 45 is far too young
Great 👍 video of two awesome racers
what a great documentary, thank you for posting!!!
Rip Nikki Lauda🙏🏿🙏🏿
Niki
Why are people so upset with each other here? This is CZcams not a dating site. Pease please and enjoy that great movie.
Those big air box cars were always my favorite of the Formula 1 . It's a damn shame they were rolling coffins . My hero Mark Donohue died in 1975 from a accident at Austria . A year later Watson gave Penske it's only F1 win at that track .
Niki was my hero when I was 11 tears old. I cried at the wheel of my car when I heard on the BBC world service that James had died. These two were true gladiators. F1 has had some greats, but these two rank with the very best and their relationship was deep. About 7 years ago I lived in Sri Lanka opposite the airport hotel and I had a colleague who had his breakfast there everyday. He called me up afterwards and said “thy guy you like was at breakfast”, he didn’t know Niki’s name but said “the guy in the jeans, sweater and red hat”. Turns Niki and a couple of traveling companions overnighted there on the way to Malaysia. Had I got the heads up earlier I could have shot over to at least see him, if not disturb him at all. Would have loved to see him. Hero’s both.
good documentary !! thanks for posting this !
Thanks for sharing. Great story ❤
Great doc...thank you very much,
Never saw this. Thanks for the upload 👍
Thanks for uploading! This was a great perspective on these 2 greats.
Both are legends now
It's a good idea! Rush 1: Hunt vs Lauda, Rush 2: Lauda vs Prost, Rush 3: Prost vs Senna.
excellent doc I enjoyed it thanks for the upload cheers
My body hair went up in the air a douzen times watching RUSH... that movie is so godamn great...
Please make RUSH2! Prost and Senna.
That would be epic
im here because of Rush :)
me2 :)
best movie of the year
William Furniss They used real formula 1 cars from that period in the film. Watch the behind the scenes.
Tobias Grønvold Not for the crashes, I should have made that more clear. I know they used real stunt cars for the racing but just about every crash was CGI, I would have preferred if they built some mock up cars and have some stunt drivers crash them. It would look so much better on camera, it's what they did in the movie "Grand Prix" and it looked more real than Rush, and that movie came out in 1966!
This being said I went back and re watched Rush today (Why i'm making this comment) and I found it much more enjoyable than when I first saw it. That's why i've deleted my previous comment, I don't agree with everything I said.
William Furniss Yeah, you kinda have to watch two or three times to start enjoying it.
The CGI was terrible, they should have used some simulator software and build the cgi around that. That scene that Nikki and Hunt crash in F3 (although it never really happened) did not look real at all, the motions of the vehicles, etc, were terrible. Perhaps hire some modeller that actually likes and knows Motorsports so he can have a look and say "naah looks like a bad video game".
After the accident of Niki caused by a mechanical failure was a shame as the ferrari and enzo ferrari treated Niki.
I wish people would shut up about a modern day film. Just try to get on with how it was. Believe me, it was so much better!
Thanks!
Thanks for the upload, great stuff.
Uhh there was plenty of that. James was told off alot because he refused to wear a suit at sponsor events. He instead turned up in a t-shirt and shorts and bare feet XD