Just came across this video. I was there for this testing day, I remember it well. I remember sitting in The Kentagon at lunchtime next to Keke Rosberg and members of his team. I also remember Ayrton Senna sitting in his car in the pits about to go out and looking at me for a photograph. Also remember Nigel Mansell sitting in his motor home on a brick mobile phone. Great memories, my fav' track (GP) in the U.K.

@BarryPrice1959

7 жыл бұрын

\yes we used to enjoy going to the test days........great to be able to watch the cars arounf the Brands Hatch GP circuit.........Cheers Barry

@Gabrielnobre

3 жыл бұрын

That's so good man. In those times I was here in Brazil cheering for him (Senna) as a child. He was my hero.

Hands up, I got emotional watching this. I was at this test, great days of F1, miss it so much.

Brands Hatch 1985 qualifying day one Senna runs his fastest lap of 1:08.020 and takes first place.But this wasn't enough for him,he worried about Piquet catching up with him.So In day two of qualifying,takes his beast lotus 97T out of the pits and run the hell out of it...he scores 1:07.169 the fastest run of all time back then and takes pole position.Senna says:This was my fastest run ever I'll never forget it!! Damn Good old days! I miss Ayrton we all miss Ayrton! Thanks for this awesome nostalgic video!

@Gabrielnobre

3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful. The people NEED the F-1 to release the footage of Senna, especially in those black golden Lotus times!

Great sound! Thanks for keeping the original soundtrack and not messing it up with music.

What fantastic footage and sound! I watched at Spa in 87 and the Honda engine made your chest vibrate as they went by. Todays cars are just not visceral enough compared to this era.85 to 87 was a golden era inside of a bigger golden era!

The best noises F1 ever made! The V12's and V10's were great, but these things just sounded mental!

@BarryPrice1959

8 жыл бұрын

+Stratahoovius Yes and Bloody Quick too!

Thank you so much, I've been looking for this kind of footage for years This is the best amateur footage from the 80s ever I was dying to hear turbo era cars

@BarryPrice1959

6 жыл бұрын

Thank Philip......very interesting times in Motorsport in general back in the 80's.....the Turbo cars were very quick and spectacular cars......especially around a circuit like the Brands Hatch Grand Prix Circuit.....driven by some of the legends of F1.......Regards Barry

@philgates2k

8 ай бұрын

​​@@BarryPrice1959I just want to know if these turbo engines were as loud as the naturally aspirated 90s and 2000s engines? I love these turbo engines so much, I cried when I heard the 2014 engines for the first time, I was hoping they would be as loud and rugged as the 80s. I hope to God the 2026 engines will be better.

Thanks for posting this gem. Love all the shots of Keke - my all time favourite F1 driver. I long for this era, proper cars, engines, drivers and circuits. Brands easy better track then than Silverstone is now....

This was when F1 was turbo charged and the engines roared with anger especially when they changed gears, the engines exploded with a screaming surge of power every time they let out the clutch! I'm from Montreal and I went to the GP twelve times!I really miss the great 1980's !

Thank you for the footage! Those of us who weren't alive during the first turbo era appreciate it! What an event to be able to hear these monsters in person..must have been glorious!

@BarryPrice1959

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks prochrgedLT1.....When Renault first started the 'Turbo' cars most of us weren't that impressed, but as they developed and everyone had turbo cars this got pretty interesting.......just pure power these cars were built, and driven by some of the legends of the sport, Mansell,Senna, Prost, Burger etc it turned out to be a spectacular era in F1......its good for people to see the footage of what these cars were like 'Close up'.........regards Barry

@Gabrielnobre

3 жыл бұрын

@@BarryPrice1959 It was Glorious! Let me just quote more people: Senna, Prost, Mansel, Piquet, Berger, Lauda, Fitipaldi, Fangio, Clark, Gilles Villeneuve, Patrese, Alesi, Schumacher, Mika Hakinen, etc.

one of the golden age. thank you very very much for sharing

@BarryPrice1959

7 жыл бұрын

No worries Jelios, great era in F1....glad you enjoyed the footage............Regards Barry

Omg wow what a find truly wonderful.

@BarryPrice1959

9 жыл бұрын

EssexV6 Many Thanks EssexV6.......yes they were truly spectacular back in the day..........its hard to imagine that these cars were around 30 years ago...........F1 has gone backwards in my Opinion...........Cheers Barry

One of the best old vids of these cars I have seen that has really good sound! Thanks so much for the upload! Oh and they were very loud! Especially when they would backfire on gear changes! Saw them in Adelaide when I was a teenager.

Woww Omg...Great memoir with this year.... i was a child and remember these turbo sound when I went with my uncle to see 1985 Imola and Monza Gp... thank you Sir for upload.

@BarryPrice1959

7 жыл бұрын

No Worries fenderfan......glad you enjoyed the footage of the Turbo era, those cars were awesome with all the power they had and driven by some of the greats of the sport.......Regards Barry

Barry these videos are so good. I always loved the FW11/B as a young lad cos of Mansell but tended to prefer the normally aspirated sounds of the later cars as they were so loud. Now I’m not so sure, these sound brutal! Brilliant upload.

Was there for both testing days, free to get in. Those were the days. Sneakily stayed in the pit lane after lunch taking photos and wandering around. Then went to the grand prix a month or so later.

Another EXCELLENT show, thank you sir

@BarryPrice1959

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks Nonsoun10 those cars were very quick and made a great sound.....driven by some of the 'Legends' of the sport........Cheers Barry

Thank you so much Sir barry..I was a 10 years old child in the 1985 and in that year I went for the first time to see my first GPs with my uncle ( imola, monaco, monza...) great memories with those beautiful engine's sounds.. Regards Marco.

@BarryPrice1959

6 жыл бұрын

Many Thanks Marco.........some impressive races your uncle took you to.......oh how I would loved to have seen these cars at MONZA!.....fantastic......Regards Barry

Great camera work Barry i love Brands best track in the world!

@BarryPrice1959

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Interlocks........Regards Barry

So freakin fast were these cars ! Gladiators... Thanks for sharing

@BarryPrice1959

5 жыл бұрын

Cheers Pancho842 glad you enjoyed........regards Barry

Brands Hatch, such an awesome circuit. I read somewhere that they've recently restricted public access to some of the GP loop. Such a shame. I was there in '85 for the European Grand Prix. The PA was completely inaudible where I was stood so I had no idea Mansell had won untii long after the race had finished.

@BarryPrice1959

6 жыл бұрын

Hi Matt......you can still get out onto the Grand Prix loop.......theres a few more fences but you can still watch from out there......you get a clear view of Hawthorns & westfield and dingle dell......just part of surtees you cant get too.......but you can see the exit of stirlings and he run back to clearways.........still a great circuit even today.......Regards Barry

@matth1589

6 жыл бұрын

Good to know, thanks.

best videos of first turbo era on you tube. no question at all👍☺☺☺☺

@BarryPrice1959

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Samurosa...........glad you enjoyed the footage...............Cheers Barry

The acceleration was mind blowing.. I can t immagine how strong those driver were push back on the seat

Dad got me out of school for the day to go to this tyre test. I remember Fabi spinning out of Surtees and facing the wrong way on the straight. Also got Senna and Bellof's autographs, what a day for a 10 year old.

@BarryPrice1959

3 жыл бұрын

That sounds like a perfect day Steve!.....good on Ya Dad!

have you more of these??damn this is awesome footage!!!!!!

Excellent 👍

amazing, thanks for sharing

@BarryPrice1959

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks the turbo cars were spectacular!..........cheers Barry

the skill to drive these was immense. no power steering using fat tires with a lot of drag for down force then driving it using a tricky h pattern gear box. must be unnerving to up shift in a bend at high speed in a car with the wastegate wired shut during qualification

damn .. i can see the back of the pilot going back to the seat due the turbo

Awesome footage

@BarryPrice1959

9 жыл бұрын

Chris McMahon Cheers Chris............Im really glad I was able to capture some of this Era of F1

@rondee

9 жыл бұрын

Barry Price Thanks for the upload, Barry!

uh oh, that BMW straight four sounds brutal

Brabham sounds amazing

Poor Johansson, he probably thought Ferrari was going to keep developing the car.

1:25

7:30- the commentator mentions Senna's "second last weekend in Holland". The Dutch Grand Prix was on August 25th, and between the Dutch GP and the Italian GP 2 weeks later, the JPS logo on the rear wings switched from 'John Player Special' to just 'John Player'. So I'm assuming this footage is from the weekend of August 31/ September 1?

@BarryPrice1959

7 жыл бұрын

Yes Im not sure of the actual dates, this was filmed on the mid week test days at Brands a couple of weeks before the Grand Prix at Brands in '85'

"and there goes Red Five, Nigel Mansell on a flier in his new Williams, powered by the all new Turbocharged Honda engine, I am told, or at least understand from Honda engineers that this year they are expecting at least two wins from Mansell, let's hope they have their wish granted, to James!"

That sound... Can't never be compared to nowadays shitty things.. Raw power is the way to go! Without anything you don't really need to race.

@BarryPrice1959

7 жыл бұрын

Agreed Tomi....just awesome power from the Turbo cars.....driven by the best.....nothing quite like it these days.........Cheers Barry

not bad sounding, still prefer the aggressiveness of the v10 and v8.

@matth1589

6 жыл бұрын

At the time they were absolutely deafening. Still, when '89 rolled round and there were suddenly V12s, V10s, and V8's and variations of each it was pretty orgasmic. I'd been too young to see the pre-Turbo era live, so I had no idea what I'd been missing.

0:57 97T

@boagaffe4918

3 жыл бұрын

8:33

@boagaffe4918

3 жыл бұрын

9:09

This track is extremely dangerous! Racing in F1 in those days was Russian roulette!

@80sf1fan2

3 жыл бұрын

No, it was real, no playstation game

@nanzuke

3 жыл бұрын

@@80sf1fan2 Some time ago Lauda used the same sarcasm with the current F1. When trying to drive a car it was a disaster. He failed to dominate the PS! Every moment has its challenge! I am a fan of the category in the golden times ... but in terms of security I stay with the current system!

Very little on Senna