This documentary has aged like the finest wine. The almost unfiltered access that it gets to the driver inputs, Ron's thoughts, the behind the scenes stuff puts overhyped manufactured shows like DTS to shame.

@DarylLewis

4 ай бұрын

I am in full agreement with all points made in this comment.

@blijvendvertrek

3 ай бұрын

I've been watching this since it aired, and I keep coming back to it: it's so well made.

Lovely moment between Ron and Ayrton @15:00 Two of the absolute best @ their respective jobs and the mutual respect just radiates.

@DarylLewis

Жыл бұрын

I agree with your every word and couldn’t have put that any better, 100%

Almost 30 years since I first watched this, i still think it’s one of the best F1 documentaries. Look at the contrast of Mika’s emotions, before (full of confidence) and after (dejected) the race.

Ron dennis is quite an inspirational figure in f1

Incredible to think Senna was gone mid way through the next season, his first with Williams.

Dennis is such a bizarre character. In this episode alone he makes many quite uncomfortable situations (parading around correcting engineers and the Senna chat) and then at the end he does a really good job with Mika after his crash. It's almost like he revels in making everyone else feel awkward lol

@DarylLewis

2 жыл бұрын

Yup… Far too aware of the cameras maybe?

Thank you for uploading these. Why this series was never released on dvd is beyond me, a totally different insight into the world of F1. Very interesting.

@DarylLewis

3 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome!

10:52 what a nice moment from the 3 legends of this sport. I was born in 1995 and I didn't have an opportunity to witness those times so this documentary is very interesting, especially for someone who prefer McLaren and Ron Dennis over Ferrari and their politics :) I'm going to watch all episodes. Dennis, Senna, Hakkinen is magical trio for me. Thank you for uploading.

@DarylLewis

6 жыл бұрын

Nice words! :) Great to hear you're enjoying these videos

@fam.hunger5244

4 ай бұрын

If you really think Ron Dennis and McLaren were less political than Ferrari, maybe you should talk to David Coulthard.... I agree with you about engineers. There was less politics at McLaren (if you exclude the Schumacher/Brawn/Byrne era at Ferrari where there was NO politics at Ferrari). But otherwise - Coulthard was always disadvantaged and treated differently than Häkkinen and no other team than McLaren had more politics regarding technology than McLaren. They were constantly spreading rumors in the press that other teams had illegal technology on their cars to make them slower just because they hadn't come up with similarly clever solutions themselves. Such things were constantly being spread in the press, especially from the mid-90s onwards. And they themselves had technology on their cars that was far more dubious, such as the starting aid that was activated by the starting lights....

A brilliant series, lots of background info great footage genuine fly on the wall documentary, shame its not repeated on TV. Its better than some of the Drive to survive episodes on Netflix!!

@DarylLewis

Жыл бұрын

Completely agree. Much better than the Drive to Survive episodes for me. This is genuine real footage, instead of over hyped fake rivalries created just for added drama.

McLaren, Senna, Berger, Honda, Marlboro, Dennis

Amazing! Thanks so much for uploading these.

@DarylLewis

6 жыл бұрын

You're welcome David, great episodes aren't they

Thank you for this. I haven't seen these episodes.

@DarylLewis

2 жыл бұрын

No problem! Enjoy!

Loved McLaren from 93 to 99 Sad Senna left for Williams 😢 Thanks for these uploads 💙

Amazing 2020 👍👍

I remember this.i dont forget him.24 years

Fantastic inside view into Mclaren's (unknown at the time) handover from their previous World Champion to their next one. None of the fireworks of the previous handover this time however.

17:34 smile dont change ANYTHING its handling amazing

those subtitles are killing me. 😂 17:13 i'm still turkey? 😂

@DarylLewis

3 жыл бұрын

😂

@claudioschumi87

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤌

SENNA was sumthing else the C,P,U saying the engine is fine and Good to go but he chould here it was not 100% and he was Right. This was my time falling in love wit F1 as a 12 year old when this was made I miss them Day's because F1 today whould put you to sleep its that boring need to bring back cars like them Good old day's.

Those were the day I was still interested in F1

@DarylLewis

3 жыл бұрын

Dirk Diggler Better days

Dude. You got some bloody good videos on your channel. My days...

@DarylLewis

Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot brother that’s good of you to say that. More to come when I get a bit more time on my hands. I loved the 80s / 90s F1 era, grew up watching that as a kid.

@papanoel3999

Жыл бұрын

@@DarylLewis same for me. 80s and 90s F1.. not so much nowadays. And also, anything that has Senna in it, is always a bonus...

@DarylLewis

Жыл бұрын

@@papanoel3999 he’s my favourite of them all mate - I was at Donington ‘93 with my Dad to see one of his most famous wins. I mean I was only a kid, but still… 🏁🇧🇷

@papanoel3999

Жыл бұрын

@@DarylLewis same for me. I actually remember being around 9/10 in the mid to late 80s,and I was always Senna when it came to racing on skateboards with my mates. Lol. Never got to see him live tho, just the tele.. So, lil bit of jealousy there mate. Lol.

@DarylLewis

Жыл бұрын

@@papanoel3999 the kids now have no idea mate. When I watch some of his pole laps, sliding the car, with one hand on the wheel. The other changing gears (manually!).. those cars were beasts. Present day drivers just do not compare for me. Real F1 that was bud.

Best too drivers ever in same team. Senna and Mika. Thats coolt.

5:41 Mika thinking.....Mmmmmmm........'Hit the big time now'. Wonder if I I've finally got enough growth worthy of a shave yet? hehe

always remembered that senna was right

Where i found with subtitles?

@DarylLewis

4 жыл бұрын

Piloto Cutucarteuboga I’m really sorry - I’m not sure where on the net you could find the video with subtitles.

Can u imagine to was born a kid of Ron Dennis?

@Pedrotubes1

4 жыл бұрын

Kkk que tipo de pensamento é este?

Mika the chauffeur

Shame Drive to Survive can't be like this. If you can't accept F1 for what it is then don't watch it because there are too many clueless people being attracted to the sport through the misinformation they're getting from that badly edited Netflix "reality" show.

@DarylLewis

Жыл бұрын

Agree with that. All those fake and dramatised rivalries, pathetic. This shows F1 in it’s true form.

@jacobmassey3897

Жыл бұрын

@@DarylLewis I've had people at work come to me and ask "how can you watch F1? It's nothing like it is on Netflix" that says it all about the so called fan base the sport now appears to have.

Nowadays the technology is fully maxed out and that leads to uniform solutions. That in turn takes away the excitement that one tries to compensate with the help of the sophisticated rulebook. However, this only works until everything has been fully restricted. Fact is, that this sport is ruined by its own high standards. When you look at what attracts todays F1 watchers (a fan is a whole different type of person) most than it is car livery, helmet design or drivers salary. The most superficial and least entertaining things Motorsport can provide. These watchers then consider themselves experts by putting on nerdy YT videos. This is all crap! I started becoming a Formula 1 fan in 1976 and man, it was excitement at its absolute peak which was held on a constant level from one year to the other. Demanding racetracks that have been integrated into nature, powerful and good-looking cars, real driver personalities and stories. Synonymous with 1986 season. Nothing left!

Ron is so awkward

M. Andretti: Couldn't beat the pace car Mika : Beat Senna in first qualifying. Oh, and kill the person that randomly sets off that loud siren.

sorry but ron denis is just so arrogant and was he gary newmans father?

why mclaren didnt work with HONDA' ? this ford, was worst engine in the 90´s...for mclaren

@VWaudiRULEs

4 жыл бұрын

Honda switched to a V12 for 1991 and became slow. The Renault V10 was running circles around it by mid 1991 and 1992 was hopeless. Honda left at the end of 1992. The Ford engine was getting really good but McLaren had the customer spec, not the factory spec like Benetton. McLaren finally got more competitive versions of the Ford engine by late 1993, except here it failed on Senna and the championship was lost. Still it gets worse for McLaren in 1994.

@ElectoneGuy

2 жыл бұрын

The Ford HB was an excellent V8. McLaren received customer-spec engines. Michael Schumacher would win the World Championship with a Ford V8 in 1994. To call it the "worst" engine is absolutely ridiculous.

@ElectoneGuy

2 жыл бұрын

@@VWaudiRULEs Honda's V12 was not "slow". The McLaren chassis of 91 and 92 was not up to par with the Williams FW12. But, the Honda was still making more power than the Renault both years.

@VWaudiRULEs

2 жыл бұрын

@@ElectoneGuy That's interesting proposition. Maybe Honda theoretically had more power but it's also about fuel consumption, weight and reliability. Yes the 91 and especially the 92 McLarens were lacking when compared to the FW14, however judging how in 1991 Senna didn't stand any chance at Monza which is a power track, or Monza and Hockenheim in 1992 (actually both 91 and 92 for Hockenheim) would suggest the FW-14 was much better at straight line speed. Only Adelaide in 1992 the Honda engine seemed more competitive again, but that would be their last race.

@ElectoneGuy

2 жыл бұрын

@@VWaudiRULEs The Williams also had superior aerodynamics which would have helped (look at the 1988 March 881 for instance). Of course, we're probably only talking about 10-20bhp difference. The Renault was a very "driveable" engine with good power delivery throughout the rev range.