1955 Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix, Alberto Ascari last race.
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- čas přidán 25. 05. 2020
- Alberto Ascari died exactly 65 years ago at Monza, the 26th of May 1955. I tought it would be a good day to share my remastered version of his last race, only 3 days before his fatal crash.
If you'd like to have an in depth view of who Alberto Ascari was I really recommand you the Italian Wikipedia page about him (if you don't know Italian, Google translate does a pretty good job).
The 1955 Monaco Grand Prix was race 2 of 7 in the 1955 World Championship of Drivers. The 100-lap race was won by Ferrari driver Maurice Trintignant after he started from ninth position. Eugenio Castellotti finished second for the Lancia team and Maserati drivers Jean Behra and Cesare Perdisa came in third.
Disponibili sottotitoli in Italiano. - Sport
Vista l'enorme popolarità che questo video ha raggiunto nell'ultima settimana ho pensato che sarebbe stato carino aggiungere i sottotitoli in italiano per chi non mastica l'inglese. E quindi detto fatto, spero che vi siano utili!
Seeing the huge popolarity this video has reached in the last week I thought it would be cool to add Italian subtitles for non english speakers. So here we go, I hope you enjoy them!
Forza Ferrari !
do you have 1956, 1957, 1958 ?
La Lancia D50 d'Ascari est une voiture techniquement remarquable. C'est le grand Vittorio Jano qui l'a conçue. il faut noter que le moteur est porteur !
Après cette voiture il faudra attendre 1964 avec la Ferrari 1512 (Surtees, Bandini) pour voir de nouveau un moteur porteur; Ensuite il y a eu le BRM H16, porteur également, et la fameuse Lotus 49.
Ce n'est donc pas Lotus qui a inventé le moteur porteur.
grazie mille per questo video. E' incredibile.
@@DL-ls5sy I agree that car was a beast. In October 1954 Ascari destroyed the lap record in testing at Monza, lapping 3 seconds faster than the pole time Fangio set for the Italian Grand Prix. Unfortunately they had serious problems with reliability. After Ascari's death Ferrari bought all the racing material from Lancia and Fangio won the 1956 World Championship on a modified D50 proving it was indeed a winning car.
Incredible to think I was there and it was my 2nd Monaco GP. I was 12 in 1954 and am still an F1 fanatic
You have to tell us more! Where were you watching from and what do you remember?
Damn that's good. I was only 2 at the time and this wasn't even on my radar then.
@@jetfromgladiators Yes ! because it was not yesterday !
@@jetfromgladiators Hi.I was in the press box as my father was covering the races. I saw my first cricket test at Lords in 1948 aged 6 from a similar spot and all my working life from October 1960 to January 1967 was freelance sports reporting, while getting a doctorate in Asian languages at the Sorbonne university in Paris and being classical music correspondent in Europe for an Australian newspaper. I've never earned a penny in my life except by writing, and writing about what I enjoy. But I had incredible tragedy too when turning to war reporting aged 25. Two wives and my first daughter were killed in Indochina. I should have been a racing driver :). Ciao. Anton
Wonderful.
Their racing suit was quite literally a polo shirt.
yeah. it was like today a rich people sport.
How much prettier Monaco track was when there weren't corporate logos covering every available surface!
And I love the commentator's description of a car crashing, vaulting the barrier and plunging into the harbour as "tremendous excitement"!
The same for the cars and drivers; no rolling corporate billboards back then.
The quality of some of the footage emerging online of vintage F1 is exceptional. Allows those of us who weren't there to imagine what it was like much more easily than the typical grainy B&W reels. Wonderful
It’s all available on F1TV, the entire archive is pretty much there. This is pirated
Alberto Ascari is for me an underrated F1 driver 32 starts 13 wins. There were no safety precautions. Poor Ascari sat in the fire for minutes.
am 83, and saw my 1st f1 race at Nurburgring in 1960 when i was stationed in Germany
and now the cars are twice as fast
Man, and I thought I had followed F1 for a long time.
You have four years on me!
Greetings from Germany!
@@ronkistner2672 but not as deadly as back in the day when your main safety feature was hoping youd be thrown clear of the wreckage and it took an hour for the oxcart to take you to a barn used for a hospital.
That sounds beautiful. What a time to be alive. You saw something I’ll never see again
Ascari The Goat of F1 🐐❤
"and here we see Stirling Moss climbing into his Mercedes, wearing slippers and a short sleeved shirt, cause he planned on going fishing with a few of his friends on his yacht, later on".
ps: 2:34 Does the guy in the hat have a covid face-mask in his hands?
@@BorisNoiseChannel nope, but if you have any german or italian grandparent around 80 years or more you know they all carry nose tissues all the time.
Used to get those as gifts as a child just to be prepared if I ever sneezed of needed to grab something dusty =)
..or in '61 (1) having a fuel leak fixed on the grid while (2) wearing a cotton driving suit but not having the already-thin side body panels of his Lotus 18 attached? To keep him cool during the race, of course. Yeah.
Not to mention stoping by for the Happy Hour at the Ritz along the way.
@@caribman10 Try to remember this was only a few years after WW2 & folks idea of "Safety" was somewhat different from the H&S Snowflake generation of this era
Ascari is one of the Greatest ever - no doubt. Some rated him above Fangio, 9 GP wins in a row between 1952 and 1953 says more than thousand words, and this in an era with not many races...like the Greatest of all times - JIM CLARK - in 1968 at Hockenheim, Alberto died lonely on the track at Monza. Jim in a minor F2 race and Ascari during a private test. Still so sad after all these decades.
1955 was such a tragic year for motorsport, Ascari's death, Le Mans' disaster, and the loss of two great teams as Lancia and Mercedes Benz
Now Mercedes are back
At least in a way, Lancia's F1 program lived on with its team merging with Ferrari. The red cars used from 1956 up to around '61 were in a way done by Lancia personel. Vittorio Jano in particular helped design the Lancia, The V6 Ferrari of 1958 and the Sharknose if my memory serves me right
I can’t believe they raced Ascari so soon after this frightening wreck.
1994 was more tragic
1955 fue mucho más que 1994, murió mucha más gente, la muerte de Ascari, gran campeón y el retiro de dos grandes marcas, Lancia y Mercedez Benz en su mejor momento.
what an incredible high quality movie, i love it
4:56 - Sir Stirling Moss heading out for a Sunday Drive in a short sleeved shirt. Respect.And that roll call
Moss, Fangio, Hawthorne, Ascari.....
Thank you so for keeping these men and their memories alive.
Brilliant film! A 1955 lineup of true racing legends. These were authentic sports cars driven by masters of the art of auto racing.👍
oh no, 1955 was a bad year for some people at le mans
AT our Indy 500, TOO!
Too much death!
Ascari at Monza tests....
SAD!
J.C.
2:56: 1955's definition of safety barriers.
Von trips....
Smart move making them out of combustible materials.
Frightening watching this to see absolutely zero consideration for driver safety and very little changed for decades. Bandini's death 3 days after being fried alive still haunts me.
@@ViN-kr3ri How did that happen?
1:47 driver safety equipment - tartan seat cover.
Ho avuto il privilegio di vedere correre questi piloti alla mitica targa Florio del 55, 56,57,58,59, ed al giro di Sicilia 54,55,56. Rivedere questo filmato rinnova in me una grande emozione ricordando l'automobilismo e i piloti dell'epoca.
You are very fortunate
What an incredible driver Fangio
This is just utterly wonderful. It looks such a genteel time in history but only ten years after the war.. Teams with four or more cars in one race is just a mind blowing thought with todays costs. More of these films please.
I grew up in the fifties and sixties, I am 76, man did we have it so much better then. Some of my friends are still working to support their sorry ass children, thank God I never had any.
Thank you, I am now in my 70s, what memories this brought back, Moss ,Fangio, Ascari and Hawthorne!
What a marvel that film !
I discover it just today as I read at the age of 10 the book on this 1955 Trintignant's victory, the 1st of his carrier (only 2 wins in F1). I've remembered this French book all my life and this why I've loved Formula 1 so much (much less for some years!) and Ferrari.
Thank you for this very high quality film for the time with such a precise commentary !
Now, Hans Herrmann is the only racing driver in this video still alive.
And, come to think of it, the only living 1950s Formula 1 drivers to this day were both former teammates of Sir Stirling Moss, Hans Herrmann (Mercedes-Benz) and Tony Brooks (Vanwall), with Brooks being the only living Formula 1 World Championship race-winning driver of the 1950s.
Lucky Hermann
Are you talking about race win because Tony Brooks didn’t win a World championship title?
@@user-wm1wz1pv9o Yes, by that I mean he won World-Championship races.
Edit: I edited the main comment accordingly.
Tony Brooks has passed away now RIP 🕊
@@dre359 indeed. Now the Vanwall team drivers are no more...
Wow... it's excelent... I would wish to watch all the races from the 50s and 60s in this quality..
Thank youuuuu
Part of me agrees with you but so many of the races from these times ended in drivers or spectators being killed. The same year this footage was filmed 80 people were killed at Le Mans. That's not really something I want to see in a race.
@@kityhawk2000 some really troublesome rraces happened back then...
and yet, showing it might be just the thing to stop it repeating itself as more and more angry internet commenter say safety is killing excitement =/
@@RadeticDaniel To be fair, most of the really bad accidents tended to happen in sports car or road racing. Yes, drivers were killed or injured in F1 but by and large, spectators and marshalls etc were not. The only serious GP accident I can think off involving spectators was Monza in 1961 - which was at a "proper" circuit where safety would normally have been better than a road race.
@@kityhawk2000 They could cut the crash out of the film.
Love those cars and drivers you can only hear about. Moss, Trintingnant, Fangio, Ascari, Hawthorne, and may others. Great film. Love those old F1 cars with the front t engine e, narrow tires and drivers racing in shirtsleeves. The time changed too fast too soon, and not very well.
That was really harsh for Ascari. He escaped death at Monaco only to have a fatal accident at Monza three days later.
Awesome!!
I follow F1 since 1974!
Amazing to see Farina, Ascari, Fangio, Behra, Hawthorn, Sir Stilrling Moss, racing.
Thanks for share
This is absolutely outstanding. Thank you for sharing a classic racing moment in time. 👍👍
What a style and class - fantastic to watch. Thank you so much for uploading 🙏
This was the first race I ever heard that I don’t remember as I was only months old,but my father would have had me in my crib in the living room. Such a thrill to watch it now. Thank you very much for posting this.
Thank you for posting.
Amazing to think that the 75 race looked completely different than this one in only 20 years.
Totally agree, and now if we see the 2001 race and the 2021 look the same thing , I think... In my opinion.
¡Extraordinario! Gracias por compartir esta maravilla.
This is gold , awesome footage
Stupenda testimonianza dell'ultima gara del grande e mai dimenticato Alberto Ascari, una F1 d'altri tempi.
Mai vista prima, grazie!!!!!
...Maurice Trintignant, alias Pétoulet!!!🏅Grazie per avere sharing this short but fantastic vidéo.
Brilliant, thanks for posting it!
Nice ..collection ..I do not have words to thank you brother
fantastic footage. Unbelievable what you can do with them
Thanks for the video.
Thankyou for a wonderful moment in time. The whole atmosphere this film documents must feel like a fairy tale now. All places along this incredible beautiful coastline full of life and miracles. The race, cars and drivers themselves are way above my reservoir in expressions. 🌹:)
Those Lancias are beautiful!
Thank you for Posting!
Complimenti, è stata un ottima idea! è stato molto emozionante osservare i campioni del passato ormai piloti immortali come Fangio , Stirling Moss, Ascari ,Farina, ecc. oltre alle mitiche scuderie dell'epoca quali Lancia, BRM; Vanwall !
Grazie Mille
frikkkin awesome video. I love the good ol days. OK, so 1955 was not a great year for motorsport, but you guys know where Im coming from. Great video. Well worth the watch.Lancia D50 footage that makes the machine look fantastic. The last of the silver arrows. Vanwall, Maeratti, Villoressi, Farina, Behra. 21 minutes. Its as good as GP highlights today.
Much better than the current F1 scene!
Fantastic vid! I love these cars.
Thanks for sharing, appreciate it 👍
ciao Andrea, hai fatto un bellissimo lavoro!! Complimenti, e grazie di cuore... Continua così. Un abbraccio
What a fantastic piece of history!.
fantastico, grazie!
Thank you very much for posting this. It is fantastic to watch this era of GP cars in action (and in colour). To the 41 people who have disliked this video... I have one question: why?
Probably boss eyed.
Great video, made my afternoon - thanks for the upload!
Incredible footage bravo sir
Fabulous vintage F1 racing, thank you!
Amazing,thank you.
65 years later and the run from St Devote up to Casino looks the same. But today's space aged steering wheels and cockpits look much different,
Absolutely brilliant, all the people involved and the cars, very familiar to me. Brings back many memories.
Thank you for sharing 👍
Ascari has always been an underrated driver in regard to when people think back, he was as good or better than all in my view at that time, only Fangio has with him. Sadly he died at Monza this year (55).
Kind of surprised the cars look so primitive, this was the second half of the 20th century after all, 10 years after the end of WWII. And wow, Ascari survived a plunge into the harbor with hardly any injury, only to die in another crash only 3 days later? I guess his time was up!
yeah but the first years after war there was not much progress in race car design
also remember back then there was a lot lot less money in f1. here we have a few factory teams and a few privateers. back then an f1 team might have a dozen or so people people.
What beautiful footage...
Bellissimo video,cosa dire?Ascari è un mito assoluto dell' automobilismo Italiano,un grande simbolo.Che piacere vedere questo video, grazie.🚙👍🎖️
amazing footage, ace commentary too
Bellissimo video!
Jay Leno would like to see this one. It's got his benz car hauler in it
The original was scrapped; Leno's is a recreation.
Moss: Uhh yo maybe hmmm check behind you once in a while?
So much good footage, love the casino shots
Bellissimo filmato... storico!
Those Lancia’s were quick,and those were the days✅
I was only four years old,so a tad before my time
More emphasis on safety today👍
Très beau document. Merci du partage.
the best vídeo of f1 old race.
Its just crazy how back in these days open cockpit racing drivers, Grand Prix, Indy 500 etc found it safer to not wear seat belts as they had a better chance of surviving a crash by getting thrown out rather than be strapped into the cars which nearly always burst into flames and often flipped when they even had fairly minor crashes. No roll bar meant near certain death if the car landed upside down and caught fire.
20:13 the closest we ever get to see #44 on a Ferrari F1 car
U never know :)…
Great spot!
Well, it’s closer now:D
Brilliant video
Thanks for sharing ;-)
Stunning cars
nice footage
Beautiful footage....
I love the 50 and 60 ies....
When F1 was truly worth watching. RIP the spirit of exciting motor sport
Great footage of real drivers in
action!
Brilliant! really fantastic footage of some very brave and skilled men. And I agree with other comments made, to those viewing, set the playback to X1.25 to get near as 'correct' speed as possible.
Every one of those men who drove F1 in those days....they were certainly different. They had a sense of courage I cannot even begin to imagine.
Priceless stuff. From the modern perspective, the lack of safety for drivers, pit crews and spectators is jaw-dropping. Watch out for spectators wandering around on the pavement on the outside of high-speed corners...
Not that group B rally 30 years later was any better LOL
I thought these cars seemed very slow, then when I looked at the marshalls standing at the hairpin, their arm movements were in slow motion. I increased the video playback speed in the settings, and found that the x 1.5 setting was the closest and the marshalls now moved normally. The cars engines sounded more realistic as they are revving higher... the only drawback is the narrator speaks faster with a higher pitched voice... I found the video far more enjoyable at this setting as the cars are going much faster and appear more realistic in their movements. give it a try..
hm i ve tried it but it seems to be too quick, 1.25 seems to be fine to me, but wondering why the original is so slow, or does it just look slow
@@kolumbijcan You're probably right, I think the ideal speed is somewhere between the two. but it is still a lot better at x 1.25
yeah, pretty much czcams.com/video/8GwdzpzDd28/video.html
@@kolumbijcan 1.2 is the conversion for playing a 25 frames per second video at 30 fps
maybe it was some weird conversion between PAL and NTSC from the original up to when this became available
The guys standing on the downhill corner seem to move too fast at 1.5x
The two sky blue cars were the French Gordini Type 16, powered by a straight-6 engine.
Fantastico ho vissuto un GP prima di quando sono nato.....Conoscevo tutti per interviste e 1 Villoresi perchè conosciuto personalmente fantastico.......
Fantastic reds and blues from the old Kodachrome film!!! Yes the race was great too.
What a wonderful film.
The sound of these Monsters!!! Incredible!!!!
Fabulous film 👍
The days of glory……🙏🙏
65 years ago.
Great quality video thanks for the entertainment 👍
Eccezionale filmato, ben girato, che ci mostra in ogni particolare il circuito come era nel 1955 (a differenza di altri filmati più confusionari), i vecchi palazzi sulla Avenue Albert 1 che non esistono più, la corsia sul porto che all'epoca era una solo per l'ormeggio imbarcazioni e che pochi anni dopo è stata allargata appoggiandosi sul mare, sono state costruite le piscine e in seguito La Rascasse (e quindi la parte di pista prima della curva del Gasometro è diventata corsia box). Noto che all'altezza della chicane sul porto è già presente un palazzo di linea moderna con i balconi lineari, quello che nel 1967 si troverà direttamente affacciato sul rogo della Ferrari di Bandini. Pensavo fosse un palazzo costruito successivamente. Inoltre si vedono bene le operazioni di salvataggio di Ascari dopo il famoso tuffo in mare. Inoltre si nota chiaramente un cameraman con telecamera all'inizio della salita del Beau Rivage, pertanto la gara fu trasmessa in tv (cosa eccezionale dato l'anno!). Tutto il filmato è molto interessante e costituisce un reperto storico non indifferente.
Grazie! Un video fantastico, abbiamo potuto vedere quasi come si può fare oggi una mitica gara degli anni 50! Mi domando: dov’erano questi filmati e perché nessuno li ha pubblicati prima? Osservare “al lavoro” i piloti del passato ci consente di giudicare il loro valore... c’è da dire che un campione di oggi allora avrebbe vinto salutando le ragazze per quanto era più facile e approssimativo! Molti non saranno d’accordo ma io ne sono certo.
I piloti di oggi sarebbero stati forse più veloci dei piloti di allora, ma non so quanti di loro sarebbero arrivati vivi a fine stagione. Mia opinione naturalmente. Un incidente come quello di Grosjean oggi, voleva dire morte certa.
@@andreacolombo9795 Questo è vero e si sposa con la domanda su quanti avrebbero (giustamente, perché la vita è sacra) accettato la sfida. Approfitto per considerare, appena il giorno dopo, che l’incidente di Grosjan è un caso a parte, da film del mistero: per come è avvenuto e per le conseguenze così opposte su auto e pilota! Un vero miracolo anche per chi ai miracoli non crede. Mi ricorda l’altro di quest’anno, la moto che vola a 30 cm dalla faccia di Valentino, cosa che molti “normali” ai box avrebbero baciato per terra e detto “va bene, ho capito!” prima di andare ad appendere il casco al chiodo. Grojan, che ha avuto l’insolita fortuna di trovare sempre chi gli ha dato una macchina nonostante, pur velocissimo, abbia distrutto tutto e tutti quelli che gli passavano vicino, speriamo faccia finalmente tesoro di quest’ultima azione di un angelo, che gli ha ancora perdonato una manovra sciagurata, capendo prima che glielo facciano finalmente capire che è ora di dedicarsi alla sua bella famiglia.
Whats a Beautiful Era...
VERY WELL DONE!
Next season it would be Fangio in the D50/Ferrari!
Forza Ferrari
J.C.
Interesting lines taken by Fangio, food for thought
A wonderful demonstration of how to steer a car using the throttle !!!.
No computers, just engineering . Awesome !
Miss these guys...every one of them!
Great driver Alberto Ascari always duelling with Fangio