DID FORD EVEN CARE? The Story of Jaguar's Failed F1 Endeavour

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Jaguar joined F1 to big fanfare. The big cat, Ford money, Ford factory team, British Racing Green back on the grid... And it failed.
So what was the reason for one of the biggest car makers in the world with all that money failing at the top level, when it has a rich history of being very good at motorsport? Let's have a look.
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  • @AidanMillward
    @AidanMillward Жыл бұрын

    Throwback to the old story telling ways. Because I know some of you have kids and well... I look like that thing monching on Kenneth at the start of the first Resident Evil game. Don't want to scare them now, do we?

  • @y_fam_goeglyd

    @y_fam_goeglyd

    Жыл бұрын

    Don't be so horrible to yourself! If it makes you feel better, then by all means record as you please, but I think that anyone who matches looks with intelligence is a fecking moron. (Edit: I didn't mean anything negative about your looks... I'm thinking about stupidity in the comments section only!) Just had a flashback to the XK8/XKR. The second most beautiful car in history, after its "parent" E Type. 😍

  • @weezercollector

    @weezercollector

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm fine with seeing you actually on screen, it was just that the audio and video of you speaking never seemed to be synced up so it was very distracting. 😛 Keep up with the great content, I always find your videos interesting. 😉

  • @kwisin1337

    @kwisin1337

    Жыл бұрын

    Get well, man.

  • @mafiousbj

    @mafiousbj

    Жыл бұрын

    Ah yes such an iconic scene...would need you to dub the zombie grunts in British though ^^

  • @e2thesmooth
    @e2thesmooth Жыл бұрын

    In Adrian Newey’s autobiography he mentions that when he joined Red Bull there were a lot of stuffy management types who’d make comments like “we’re still Jaguar really”, so he basically helped the new management identify and dispose of the chaff. Sounds like cosy corporate culture was a big part of Jaguar’s woes

  • @danielross7221

    @danielross7221

    Жыл бұрын

    It was the Ford motor company after all. Listening to the brilliant bring back V10 podcast about the jaguar story. Apparently they would only fly there staff on Concorde business class to and from America and also when Niki lauda was in charge he put a expenses claim in for sparkling water which he bought his at hotel and they said he could only claim back for Still water because it was cheaper.!!.

  • @Jb33124
    @Jb33124 Жыл бұрын

    "but it's okay, because they've got a Jaaaaaaag" This man. He knows.

  • @irrsinnrainer
    @irrsinnrainer Жыл бұрын

    As a kid back in the day I thought this was one of the coolest looking liveries I had ever seen. Unfortunately racing isn't won by looks only...

  • @heliumtrophy

    @heliumtrophy

    Жыл бұрын

    True as if that were the case I would've declared Ligier the winners of every single season in the 80s and no races would've been held....the environmentalists might've liked that

  • @josephernest91

    @josephernest91

    Жыл бұрын

    Same. That green just gets to me. That and the west black and silver mclarens.

  • @irrsinnrainer

    @irrsinnrainer

    Жыл бұрын

    @@josephernest91 Yeah, that McLaren West livery is also one of the really good ones from that time periosd. And I always loved the Yellow and Black Jordan stuff.

  • @LethalJizzle

    @LethalJizzle

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes! That Jag green and the blue of the Prost are my favourites.

  • @benanderson95
    @benanderson95 Жыл бұрын

    This should have been a match made in heaven. Stewart coming off from 1999 with 4th in the constructors, and even a win. Now they have full backing from the Juggernauts of Ford, plus a new beautiful British racing green livery from Jaguar. I was too young to remember the takeover, but I can't imagine how excited and disappointed people must have been with this takeover.

  • @AeroGuy07
    @AeroGuy07 Жыл бұрын

    At one of the early US GPs at Indy I got a free Jaguar coffee mug. They were doing some sort of marketing thing and asked me some questions about Ford and Jag and racing. I had the mug for about 3 years. I guess the warranty ran out because it broke in the dishwasher for no discernable reason.

  • @Elaba_

    @Elaba_

    Жыл бұрын

    As the dishwasher began its cycle, Jay heard a strange noise. It sounded like something was scraping against the inside of the machine. He dismissed it as just a glitch and went about his day. That night, Jay went to bed early, exhausted from a long day at work. But as he lay in bed, he heard a strange noise coming from the kitchen. It was a scraping, scratching noise, like someone was trying to claw their way out of the dishwasher. Jay got out of bed and went to investigate. As he approached the kitchen, he saw something that made his blood run cold. The F1 mug was on the counter, shattered into a thousand pieces. But that wasn't the worst part. The broken pieces of the mug were moving on their own, like they were alive. Suddenly, a single piece of the mug detached itself from the rest and started to roll across the counter. It rolled off the edge and onto the floor, where it started to grow and expand. It was becoming something else entirely. Jay watched in horror as the piece of the mug transformed into a tire, just like the one from an F1 car. The tire started to move on its own, rolling across the floor towards Jay. He tried to run, but it was too late. The tire had him in its sights. It chased him through the house, smashing through doors and leaving destruction in its wake. Jay was trapped, with no way out. He could hear the tire getting closer and closer, its pops and burbles filling the air. In the end, Jay was never seen again. Some say he was consumed by the tire, while others claim that he was taken to a different dimension, one where the F1 mugs are not to be trifled with. The broken F1 mug was never seen again, but its legacy lived on in the nightmares of those who had witnessed its terrifying power.

  • @y_fam_goeglyd
    @y_fam_goeglyd Жыл бұрын

    It was a heartbreaker to me. The Jag team had so much potential. I always wonder why some people or corporations go into F1 or other sporting endeavour, but they are clueless about running the team and won't let those who know how to do it just get on with their jobs. Then when there is hope with the new design, they don't invest in it and they're surprised when it goes tits up. A tax dodge of some sort? Having a "failure" can remove a lot of tax due from the main company? I honestly don't know.

  • @ThaDutchDK1989

    @ThaDutchDK1989

    Жыл бұрын

    Flavio briatore, had zero idea about racing , but knew how to run a team and setup a working business. Flavio once said he didn’t had a clue what the mechanics and engineers said, but in the debrief he just asked wich department wants what and he would try to accomplish that. And he just loved winning in everyway ( money wise and business wise)

  • @X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X

    @X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X

    11 ай бұрын

    @@ThaDutchDK1989 Despite his failings, Briatore has to be applauded for building the modern single-driver-focussed F1 team by creating the environment in which Schumacher won seven titles for two teams (with key personnel moving with him to Ferrari), and then building the one team, "Alonso-Renault", to topple them.

  • @charamia9402
    @charamia9402 Жыл бұрын

    Storytime with Aidan Millward is one of my favourite times - face on screen or not. In all seriousness I really enjoy these dives into moments of F1 history, your way of communicating the information keeps my brain engaged at a very comfortable level.

  • @JohnSmithShields

    @JohnSmithShields

    Жыл бұрын

    Storytime introduced me to the channel, and helped in bringing me back to F1 in general along with a few other channels.

  • @mrkipling2201

    @mrkipling2201

    Жыл бұрын

    Absolutely brilliant channel. I love F1 history and this channel makes videos on some of the most controversial issues in F1 history. Top quality videos as well.

  • @andrewbowen4544
    @andrewbowen4544 Жыл бұрын

    Ford didn't know who Eddie Irvine was even when he was the highest earner on Ford's book They said "Who is this Edward Irvine and why are we paying him this much"

  • @andyh1314

    @andyh1314

    Жыл бұрын

    Edmund

  • @LeeePowers

    @LeeePowers

    Жыл бұрын

    I'd heard it was "Who the hell is Ed Irvine?"

  • @jimcurt99
    @jimcurt99 Жыл бұрын

    Horrible results... but one of the best liveries ever- that cat on the intake is EPIC

  • @ivaneurope
    @ivaneurope Жыл бұрын

    And the real kick in the rear that spelt the doom for Jaguar was IMO Ford's programme in the World Rally Championship. In 1997, when Ford got involved with their old pal Sir Jackie in F1, Ford had also began working with one Malcolm Wilson and his own small racing team in Cumbria, called M-Sport. M-Sport became Ford's de facto works team in WRC and has built every single Ford WRC car since then - from the makeshift Escort WRC (which was in reality a reworked Escort Cosworth Group A), through the successful Focus and Fiesta to the current Puma Rally1 Hybrid (though Ford's involvement has been wishy-washy since 2012). During the early 00's WRC years Ford had the likes of Colin McRae in Carlos Sainz and the Focus WRC could've been a championship winner had McRae...you know, finished the rallies more often. Ford and M-Sport would achieve some success in 2006-07, but only the constructors' title as this was Sebastien Loeb's reign of dominance (not even rivaled by the likes of The Michael and Sir Lewis in F1 with their 7 titles - Loeb won 9 IN A ROW). A Ford rally car would eventually win the drivers title in 2017 and 2018 with Sebastien Ogier driving the Fiesta WRC, but by then Ford's involvement was at the bare minimum at best.

  • @EvanLoxley
    @EvanLoxley Жыл бұрын

    8:14 I like that whoever took a picture of one of Ford's Assembly plants didn't care that there was a Honda Odyssey in the shot as well. Makes me wonder if the photographer was trying some low-budget stunt or not.

  • @NewbombTurk.

    @NewbombTurk.

    Жыл бұрын

    If you ever get to see the parking lot of ANY of the big 3 in the US, it's not uncommon. Workers drive what they can afford, and the benefits of working for one of them aren't significant enough to dictate otherwise. Typically, the only employees you see actually driving the product are upper management and a few "long in the tooth" employees who are closer to retirement.

  • @gordonwallin2368
    @gordonwallin2368 Жыл бұрын

    Anytime it's just Management running the show, it a recipe for failure; motorcycles, airplanes, cars-if there's no one that's involved emotionally with the actual product/machine it won't work. Look at Harley and Boeing; the Harley is still, okay on life-support-but alive. Boeing management couldn't tell a 707 from a Cessna 150 Get better, this is such a good channel. Cheers from the Pacific West Coast of Canada.

  • @AmanAli-dc1sy
    @AmanAli-dc1sy Жыл бұрын

    As Eddie Irvine said "Great idea, horribly executed"

  • @OnionChoppingNinja

    @OnionChoppingNinja

    Жыл бұрын

    pretty much all of human history summarized.

  • @bzilla1090
    @bzilla1090 Жыл бұрын

    Jackie did good job, even if those Ford-Cosworth engines were unreliable as hell they were quick, when Ford took over it all went to hell in a handcart

  • @JoshuaC923
    @JoshuaC923 Жыл бұрын

    When Andretti announced their partnership with GM, i was thinking to myself why not Ford? Then the Red Bull announcement came out

  • @1greenMitsi
    @1greenMitsi Жыл бұрын

    together with prost and arrows, the most iconic liveries of the turn of the millenium

  • @ThaDutchDK1989

    @ThaDutchDK1989

    Жыл бұрын

    Renault R25 mild seven is iconic 2

  • @il-ma.le.

    @il-ma.le.

    Жыл бұрын

    Sauber Petronas, a personal absolute fav of mine

  • @MPal24
    @MPal24 Жыл бұрын

    8:00 I think Minardi actually did put in more effort, tbh. They built fairly decent chassis for a team with almost no money.

  • @edwardsuter9442
    @edwardsuter9442 Жыл бұрын

    I was an Eddie Irvine fan so the excitement for this was huge. Irvine coming off a Championship contending season, given the reigns to lead a team that looked to be on the up, now given an injection of cash from Ford. That disappeared fast when it quickly became very obvious that the suits did not have a clue on how to run the team properly. Even in the days before everything was on social media and internet, the news of how dysfunctional the team was just kept getting out. The Rahal and Newey incidents were just the icing on the cake. I guess they were the 2000s version of the modern day Ferrari? Ah well. At least the car was a looker...

  • @GigglingChinchilla
    @GigglingChinchilla Жыл бұрын

    Wasnt the '99 Nurburgring GP the European GP? The Luxembourg GP was '97 and '98 I believe.

  • @RANDOMZBOSSMAN1

    @RANDOMZBOSSMAN1

    Жыл бұрын

    It was

  • @mrkipling2201

    @mrkipling2201

    Жыл бұрын

    That's what I thought.

  • @King_Ears
    @King_Ears Жыл бұрын

    Another day, another Aidan video. Life is good

  • @Rainman...
    @Rainman... Жыл бұрын

    This brings me to my roots in F1 when Ford bought Stewart is when I really started paying attention I was a Jag fan and I'm still a Red Bull fan

  • @scfMetro

    @scfMetro

    Жыл бұрын

    Same with me, I´m really excited for the new RedBull-Ford partnership for 2026 onwards

  • @Rainman...

    @Rainman...

    Жыл бұрын

    @@scfMetro Hell yeah! I was at the 2003 USGP and watched Jaguar with Webber and Wilson with Cosworth V10's it was glorious 😎 Ps I have permanent hearing damage!!

  • @calumclark1719
    @calumclark1719 Жыл бұрын

    Great Video. It has always annoyed me how badly Jaguar F1 was run, could have been a huge competitive force but was a clusterfuck. Just sums up corporates that know F all. You may have a point if they had just been Ford F1. A bit of me still wants to see a Jaguar F1 team again just to do it Justice

  • @ferrarif1enzo
    @ferrarif1enzo Жыл бұрын

    Probably didn’t help when Henry Fords grandson was looking over the paperwork and reputed to say” who’s this Ed Irvine on 10 million dollars! He’s earning more a year than me!” Also when we knocked down the browns lane plant in Coventry, had access to the back of the jag museum, found a stack of floors in the grass, asked if I could have one and told no 😢 would’ve looked amazing suspended from the ceiling but was told it was all in a legal dispute between Ford and jag so couldn’t save one

  • @McLarenMercedes

    @McLarenMercedes

    Жыл бұрын

    "Probably didn’t help when Henry Fords grandson was looking over the..." Quite amazing he did that since he passed away on the 29th of September 1987. That story btw is a myth which has been ever more exaggerated over the years. Originally it was supposedly some clueless, new accountant (which at least sounds somewhat plausible) wanting to cut down on the "needless expenditures" of the company. I however very much doubt a driver earning what is a drop in the ocean in the annual expenditures of a giant corporation would have been the focus of these cost-saving measures. Ford's revenue at that time (2002) was $162,26 *billions* . "He’s earning more a year than me!” Right. And this is when somebody ought to question the validity of this statement seeing as a paltry $10 million is far from what a president of a huge corporation earns. Henry Ford II was reportedly good for $400 million at the time of his death in 1987 - and that amounts to $1,05 billion dollars in 2023 value. It's a good thing to question the validity of all circulating "amazing stories" every once in a while. And a little fact checking goes a long way to dispel them.

  • @alexlazebat839
    @alexlazebat839 Жыл бұрын

    well jackie sold them a flanker the deal was before canada 99, Jaguar scored 49 points in 5 years. 3 x 6th finishes in 2003, 2 x 6th places in 2004. (points changed in 03) and Red Bull surpassed that total in 2 yrs

  • @gavinivers8941
    @gavinivers8941 Жыл бұрын

    At the time I remember a story doing the rounds was a senior Ford Manager looking through the cost sheets, and asking " who is this Irvine fella, and why are we paying him so much?" Totally out of touch.

  • @ashooaway
    @ashooaway Жыл бұрын

    Here's the thing though what I don't understand is wht everyone wants them back so much.

  • @patrickhein6986
    @patrickhein6986 Жыл бұрын

    "Know your Role" (Rock, The- 1999). Brilliant stuff! 😂👍

  • @millzyboy500
    @millzyboy500 Жыл бұрын

    How many Clarkson impressions can you spot 😂Good video and well informed as always

  • @16BitJayGaming
    @16BitJayGaming Жыл бұрын

    I never really thought about the position of the jaguar and the bull in their respective logos until you mentioned it here. I remember the hype behind Jaguar at the time, so interesting to hear about the issues behind closed doors. Been a long time lurker, keep up the good work Aidan. Love the content.

  • @GregBrownsWorldORacing
    @GregBrownsWorldORacing Жыл бұрын

    I think Sir Jackie sold the team for about a 4 million dollar profit. Not bad money, if you can get it.

  • @georgemurton
    @georgemurton Жыл бұрын

    👍 Love the content!

  • @terminateshere
    @terminateshere Жыл бұрын

    Jaguar weren't far from 5th in the constructors in 2003...but Sauber and BAR both had big 'double score' races in the final stages of the season, something Jag couldn't muster. Not sure if it would have helped them long term but might have rallied them a bit.

  • @signorpippistrello
    @signorpippistrello Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for another refreshing one! Always came here for the story telling, not for moving pictures! BUT remembering the O‘s 11 thing: wouldn’t such promos be worth a video? I’m thinking of RB in Monaco for example, when stormtroopers were the pit crew and Vader the lollipop….! That was soooo rad (for F1)!

  • @FormulaMonte
    @FormulaMonte Жыл бұрын

    I like your videos very much. You are smart about the race cars and you are a cool dude.

  • @craigmoy5428
    @craigmoy5428 Жыл бұрын

    Great story of Jack Nasser fronting up to a shareholders meeting where he was coping it in general about performance of stock etc. When an old guy took to the microphone and asked Jack who is the highest paid employee at Ford...... Jack contemplated it and said well I guess I am as CEO, the little stock holder said NO SIR it is some bloke I have never heard of or seen from Ireland.......

  • @AdamTheMan1993

    @AdamTheMan1993

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm guessing he was referring to Eddie Irvine who is from (Northern) Ireland

  • @minibus9
    @minibus9 Жыл бұрын

    awesome video

  • @Lazbotable
    @Lazbotable Жыл бұрын

    It was Ocean's Twelve they were promoting in 2004.

  • @weslittlereptilefamily3418
    @weslittlereptilefamily3418 Жыл бұрын

    Hell yea dude! Thanks for the content

  • @RLRSwanson
    @RLRSwanson Жыл бұрын

    Listening to this there's more than a few similarities with Fords IMSA GTP (and the Group C and F1 turbo V6) efforts back in the day. The IMSA program in particular reads like they were constantly shooting themselves in the foot with the politics, intrigue and logic defying decision making. I think it drives home the point of what for example the Probe...Magnum whatever it was called GTP could've been as the AAR Toyota Mk.III is for all intentd and purposes the same car/concept properly executed.

  • @tadroid3858
    @tadroid3858 Жыл бұрын

    I still have my Jaguar Racing hat in the basement somewhere. Awesome logo!!

  • @ccrider8483
    @ccrider8483 Жыл бұрын

    Kind of reminds me of Toyota's involvement in F1. IIRC they spent a lot of money and didn't really get much in the way of results.

  • @SteveDull
    @SteveDull Жыл бұрын

    Beans on toast. A winning combination! 👍

  • @andygreener3130
    @andygreener3130 Жыл бұрын

    I was working for Bridgestone in 2004 so saw those ‘diamonds’. If they weren’t plastic stuck on with superglue, I’m hung like a well hung donkey!

  • @Nismo-gy3wz
    @Nismo-gy3wz Жыл бұрын

    Webber did some very good things in that car.

  • @Thebibs
    @Thebibs Жыл бұрын

    That was Ace. Can you do an episode on the few failed attempts of Porsche to re enter F1?

  • @TheBigDawgSL
    @TheBigDawgSL Жыл бұрын

    Best looking F1 cars bar none. That metallic green and white with that cat is ICONIC

  • @caphowdy666
    @caphowdy666 Жыл бұрын

    Well if we are including having a Cosworth built engine called a Ford engine, then there is no reason the Ilmor engine is not a Mercedes engine as well. Oh and Johnny Herbert won the European GP at the Nurburgring, not the Luxembourg GP. Oh and another thing to consider was how pissed off people were that Lauda did a deal to supply engines to Jordan who ran with the Ford name on their car, and he did not tell anyone.

  • @mrkipling2201

    @mrkipling2201

    Жыл бұрын

    I thought it was the European GP. When I heard Luxembourg I was like what??

  • @caphowdy666

    @caphowdy666

    Жыл бұрын

    @@mrkipling2201 From memory the track was on the calendar for 95 and 96 as the European GP the switched to Luxembourg for 97 and 98, but was back to being the European GP in 99.

  • @mrkipling2201

    @mrkipling2201

    Жыл бұрын

    @@caphowdy666 I'm sure you are right. I remember the European GP taking place at different tracks in the 1990's. Donington Park in 1993 for example.

  • @caphowdy666

    @caphowdy666

    Жыл бұрын

    @@mrkipling2201 Yeah they did mix it up with Euro for a while. Brands Hatch and Jerez both had that honour too.

  • @mrkipling2201

    @mrkipling2201

    Жыл бұрын

    @@caphowdy666 I thought that was the case. Thanks for your help mate, much appreciated.

  • @ThaDutchDK1989
    @ThaDutchDK1989 Жыл бұрын

    This livery and the Renault R25 mild seven are one of my favorites

  • @CD-Gaming
    @CD-Gaming Жыл бұрын

    I vaguely remember that livery, but mostly as I bought a third party PlayStation controller and Memory Card sporting it! I had the box for many years and even found the Memory Card, but I have no idea as to what became of the controller! It must have been PSOne, as the Memory Card, but it had the dual Analog Sticks and rumble function, so was likely a third party DualShock, basically! Shame, too! I liked that pad!

  • @matthewpotter8491
    @matthewpotter84913 ай бұрын

    The car/team may have been trash, but probably my all time favourite F1 livery. Was absolutely popping! Loved that metallic green. Everything just worked so well.

  • @sullybiker6520
    @sullybiker6520 Жыл бұрын

    JYS in his bio said that Ford brought in a supermarket chain mentality to a corner shop.

  • @Ikcatcher
    @Ikcatcher Жыл бұрын

    Ford management when the F1 team they don’t care about doesn’t do well: Surprised Pikachu face

  • @ibex485
    @ibex485 Жыл бұрын

    I'm not convinced things would have been any better if the cars had been Ford branded. Ford won the drivers title with their works engine team in 1994, and nobody at the company seemed to notice. I can't remember that being used in any adverts, not a single one. (Unlike Renault in the '90s, who got good mileage from their F1 success.) Corporations trying to oversee the running of F1 teams always ends badly, it's not the 1950s any more. Merc's success would not have happened if the corporate management in Stuttgart hadn't had the good sense to keep their noses out and let Toto & Nikki get on with it. (If it was up to me I'd ban large corporations from owning F1 teams, for the long-term good of the sport, and limit them to say 40%.) People forget (or don't realise) that Ferrari is overseen by a giant corporate entity which is always interfering too. That explains a lot of their peoblems. Add it the nationalism and internal Ferrari politics and... We shouldn't complain that the Ferrari team so often fails to work properly and keeps screwing up, but instead be amazed that it functions at all.

  • @bryemycaz

    @bryemycaz

    Жыл бұрын

    Part of that problem was that Benneton moved to Renault in 95 and Ford in the UK probably kept quiet as the 94 title was contencious.

  • @nhailstone
    @nhailstone Жыл бұрын

    Interesting vid. Am I right in remembering that ford pulled out of most motorsport when they pulled the team due to issues with car sales? Hence why cosworth was sold to the owners of champ car, because that was the series’ only engine?

  • @TomSchillemans
    @TomSchillemans Жыл бұрын

    I played an F1 game on my gameboy colour at the time and I always used the jaguar team because I thought the car looked the coolest

  • @docslappy8946
    @docslappy8946 Жыл бұрын

    They didn't help by over promising and building the hype train - we're going to win straight away. At one point, weren't there three managers in charge? And, get well soon Aidan.

  • @lewiskemp5893
    @lewiskemp5893 Жыл бұрын

    Schumacher won his first championship with Ford engines. I was hoping for good results. I guess I got them but it was with Red Bull

  • @stemartin6671
    @stemartin6671 Жыл бұрын

    Iirc they have the Jag F1 car at Coventry Motor Museum if anyone wants a look

  • @LoneWolf2k4
    @LoneWolf2k4 Жыл бұрын

    It was a weird time for Ford. They wanted to be a factory team on the International Stage. I seem to recall a WRC venture around that time, that was also not a fruitful endeavor. They weren't bad. Just... not good.

  • @mrwhatever9025
    @mrwhatever9025 Жыл бұрын

    At least we got to have the Jaguar's liveries

  • @stickdeath1980
    @stickdeath1980 Жыл бұрын

    Love my Jag :D

  • @joeogle7729
    @joeogle7729 Жыл бұрын

    Yes Minister the F1 team...

  • @stevenjoy3537
    @stevenjoy3537 Жыл бұрын

    Be good to have a video on the failure of Toyota too

  • @newjerseywales
    @newjerseywales Жыл бұрын

    Can we have something JGTC / Super GT next. Even if it's just your thoughts on it.

  • @volante8657
    @volante8657 Жыл бұрын

    Ford: " I'm gonna screw up a team........in my Jaaaaaag...... "

  • @TL98
    @TL98 Жыл бұрын

    You know why Jag didn't have any R6 f1 car? to avoid copyright issues with yamaha

  • @Ramtamtama

    @Ramtamtama

    Жыл бұрын

    It was rebranded as the Red Bull RB1. There wouldn't have been any copyright issues anyway as Jaguar R6 and Yamaha YZF-R6 are sufficiently different and not competitors.

  • @AndrewGeierMelons
    @AndrewGeierMelons Жыл бұрын

    My cat (named Cosworth), it's his favourite team!

  • @AndrewGeierMelons

    @AndrewGeierMelons

    Жыл бұрын

    And another thing, as a Jag owner, I wish he had done better

  • @l1a146
    @l1a146 Жыл бұрын

    Even as crap as they were. In the last few years it was Webber making them look better than they were. Christ he even put the thing on the front row of the grid at one point. Then the back tyres fell apart. Poor old Mark good punter at his peak, but always in the wrong place at the wrong time when he was at his best. Cool livery though. Not JPS lotus 79 cool. But up there.

  • @15DEAN1995
    @15DEAN1995 Жыл бұрын

    The jag f1 car is one of the best looking ever, I wished the Aston Martin was the same colours.

  • @AidanMillward

    @AidanMillward

    Жыл бұрын

    Aston Martin’s BRG is a more teal colour. It’s a bit weird, we call it British racing Green but there’s no actual defined colour for it. Lotus is the “official” colour, Jag has a darker green, Bentley’s is VERY dark green, Aston more teal/turquoise and there’s probably a hundred variations in between.

  • @brodiemiller2296
    @brodiemiller2296 Жыл бұрын

    Too bad F1 isn’t a beauty contest, because those liveries made me drool 🤤

  • @brandonairey4040
    @brandonairey4040 Жыл бұрын

    The timing of all this leads me to think this team should have been branded Aston Martin. The brand new Vanquish was being released and it’s far more prestigious than Jaaaaag. It’s to bad ford dropped the ball so badly.

  • @Tacko14
    @Tacko14 Жыл бұрын

    I like storytime. Thinking aloud here: this was the time that Ford bought anything that was up for sale. Volvo, Jaguar, Land/Range Rover, Aston Martin… David Bowie LPs, if Del Boy wasn’t there first. If it was a bargain, they got it. Pure desperation because Ford themselves were going nowhere fast. GMC did likewise, which cost us Saab and Lotus. It was a competition, not for making better cars but for just buying up other brands, hoping those’d save the big boys. Like a negative version of King Midas. And anything they bought jumped from the frying pan into the roaring bonfire. Detroit is still a mess, as far as I know. Ford never invested in or committed to F1, it was just a hedgefund to them. Toyota may have failed, but they get my kudos for at least genuinely trying

  • @AndyS-kv2jh
    @AndyS-kv2jh Жыл бұрын

    In my opinion I thought the Jaguar livery was one of the best in the early 2000s.

  • @ndh06
    @ndh06 Жыл бұрын

    Was the Jaguar f1 British racing green? I remember them having to change its shade because it was too heavy or didn't look good on TV.

  • @Rosario_Verano
    @Rosario_Verano Жыл бұрын

    There's a rumour of Ford's president (I think) asking ''who's that Eddie Irvine guy and why is he getting paid more than me?''

  • @AdamTheMan1993

    @AdamTheMan1993

    Жыл бұрын

    You know it is very concerning when your company runs a F1 team and you don't know the name of 1 of your drivers

  • @jhatgotagat300
    @jhatgotagat300 Жыл бұрын

    My dad worked in the what he called “skunk works” of Ford. He knew when they bought the team it was just like a moving billboard for them. There to sell road cars and nothing els. Sad tbh growing up around detroit and loving cars then learning about the history and Motorsport icons that came from here, to just be disappointed with the last ford backed car in the top end of motor sport. I’m happy to see they will have a gt3 car soon but damn this still annoys the absolutely shit out of me.

  • @VonBlade
    @VonBlade Жыл бұрын

    Their driver choices were strange. Irvine was fine, but only fine. Klien, Pizzonia and PDLR were never going to set the world alight. Rahal never understood F1 and within 18 months Ford were getting cold feet. Jaguar was doomed from day 1.

  • @AidanMillward

    @AidanMillward

    Жыл бұрын

    Irvine played a blinder with that deal. Took Ford for a LOT of money.

  • @ibex485

    @ibex485

    Жыл бұрын

    Damn right he did. Said later he couldn't believe how much Ford were offering him, just when he was being booted out by Ferrari. I wonder if that contributed to Jaguar's problems, right from the start Eddie was there for the money and not personally invested in the project (as Coulthard was when he was enticed to join Red Bull for example). Eddie drove some great races at Jaguar, but most of the time seemed rather unmotivated and not especially interested in being there.

  • @JohnSmithShields

    @JohnSmithShields

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@AidanMillward Eddie seemed to be in the right place, right time to get some great deals.

  • @marklittle8805
    @marklittle8805 Жыл бұрын

    Ford could have done so much, but as they would have done in the 60'S had Carroll Shelby not bluntly told Henry Ford 2 to keep the bureaucracy away from him. Ford just didn't have the sense to spend sensibly. It is hard to say WHY they couldn't see sense since usually in racing they figure it out. Damn shame

  • @LucasOliveira-tt2ll
    @LucasOliveira-tt2ll Жыл бұрын

    So you lost an expensive diamond attached to a car? Yeah, but don't worry, it was a Jaaaaag

  • @mike04574
    @mike0457410 ай бұрын

    video on BAR?

  • @louielouie95
    @louielouie95 Жыл бұрын

    1999 Luxembourg Grand Prix Was Called The European Grand Prix

  • @DarkLordDiablos
    @DarkLordDiablos Жыл бұрын

    At the end of the day Ford are to blame for going with Jaguar in the first place and agreeing to paint the car British Racing Green instead of blue a d white. They could have very easily changed the livery after the first season but they didn't. Also their management style caused issues and instead of addressing it they just doubled down.

  • @T_Mo271
    @T_Mo271 Жыл бұрын

    I thought that Rahal would straighten out the issues, but that was a total flop. Very disappointing that.

  • @Rainman...
    @Rainman... Жыл бұрын

    I do think they would have cared more if they had Ford on the side, but on the other hand when the economic crisis hit in the late 2000's they would have pulled out anyway

  • @daveblock4061
    @daveblock4061 Жыл бұрын

    They thought they could just buy wins/credibility ala GT40/DFV with badge engineering. Having the S-Type (Taurus) and X-Type (Mondeo/Contour) carrying the Flag did not help.

  • @TheTotallyRealXiJinping
    @TheTotallyRealXiJinping Жыл бұрын

    Ah; the venerable Jackie ‘No’ Stewart vs Track Owners

  • @rossrreyes
    @rossrreyes Жыл бұрын

    One of the best looking F1 cars ever. But you never saw it because it was always at the back.

  • @NotSoKevin1
    @NotSoKevin1 Жыл бұрын

    The car may have been a bit crap, but i will always love that livery.

  • @jamsstar2010
    @jamsstar201010 ай бұрын

    Ford wanted aston purely to steal the front grill 😂

  • @ianriggers
    @ianriggers Жыл бұрын

    Jaguar were put up for sale & then Red Bull brought them out in the November 2004.

  • @robbyburns
    @robbyburns Жыл бұрын

    If they had gotten Adrian Newey who knows

  • @HeavyMetalGamingHD
    @HeavyMetalGamingHD Жыл бұрын

    Isn't it ironic, that ford return to f1 again with this very team?

  • @klepetar
    @klepetar Жыл бұрын

    well..F1 got mark webber.. red bull racing.. and Jackie got some Cash. !!

  • @Sticktothemodels
    @Sticktothemodels Жыл бұрын

    Beans on toast is atrocious I’m afraid brother

  • @JohnSmithShields
    @JohnSmithShields Жыл бұрын

    I loved the look of the Jaguar cars, but it was always just the Ford team in my eyes.

  • @mrwhatever9025
    @mrwhatever9025 Жыл бұрын

    too many chiefs who had no idea about F1 and not enough Indians ( like Toyota ) + underfunded but at least we got some awesome liveries .

  • @Mike_Connor
    @Mike_Connor Жыл бұрын

    You rushed through the end of Jaguar F1, but in fact, at the time, there was a lot of concern that, though Ford had put the team up for sale, they would have shuttered it had they not found a buyer. Red Bull coming in buying it was a gamble, but one that paid off.

  • @Jean.P.Cartier
    @Jean.P.Cartier Жыл бұрын

    Isn’t Ford way similar to Toyota way?

  • @bodavid5873
    @bodavid5873 Жыл бұрын

    Why were the German GP’s at the Nurburgring, being called as the “Luxembourg “ GP

  • @1dree1

    @1dree1

    Жыл бұрын

    Because the German GP was Hockenheim at the time, so the second German race had to be something different. :) Normally that was the European GP, but in 97 Jerez had to replace Estoril on short notice ..so the second Spanish race became the European GP and the Nürburgring needed another name - Luxemburg in this case, which is rather fitting as it's really nearby. I think that stayed like this in 98 and got back to "European GP" in 99 or so.

  • @JohnSmithShields

    @JohnSmithShields

    Жыл бұрын

    The same way the San Marino GP was really a second Italian GP.

  • @bodavid5873

    @bodavid5873

    Жыл бұрын

    @@1dree1 ty

  • @1dree1

    @1dree1

    Жыл бұрын

    @@bodavid5873 you're welcome :)

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