He said somewhere that you can't use words like "tragedy" etc. at every situation as a comentator, because what would you use when the real tragedy happens? I think that "amazing" is the most iconic murrayisms :v
Murray did have a point really... I don't think Prost was really expecting to be world champion going into - and for most of - that race. The only way it was possible for Prost to get the championship was to win the race with Mansell placing no higher than 6th... And Prost was lacking pace that weekend... But the planets aligned for him that day, in the closing stages of the race Rosberg dropped out from the lead, Mansell's tire exploded one lap later, then Williams did a cautionary pitstop for Piquet reacting to the tire blowouts, putting Prost in the lead... For most of the race, Williams was in position for one of it's drivers to be champion, then briefly the other, and ended up with neither...
1986: "That is not a fast stop by modern standards. Over seventeen seconds...." 2019: "Oh, one of the slower ones from Red Bull. Over two seconds...thats about to ruin their race."
Nico Rosberg Retired in 2016. The Rosberg racing in the 1986 Australian Grand Prix was Nico's father, Keke Rosberg and he retired from Formula1 Racing after the 1986 season and the 1986 Australian Grand Prix was his Final Formula1 Race.
If Murray had been using his smarts he would have figured that there was a potential problem for all of the front runners except Prost who had pitted to change tyres.
@@jameshogan6142 not obvious it was a wear issue until Mansell's tyre went (zero stop strategy was commonplace back then). Although perhaps Murray or Hunt could've suggested Mansell play it safe and pit for fresh tyres from 3rd, as he had more than a pit stop advantage over 4th.
@@Adam-pu6jg The McLaren was exceptionally kind to it's tyres. Mansell lost points at Mexico from having to pit three times for tyre wear while Prost managed to remain in contention for the title by taking second with just one pit stop. The Williams was therefore more prone to tyre wear and this should have been factored in. As far as I remember the only driver who won a race without a pit change that season was Berger who won at Mexico on hard compound Pirelli tyres,
I mean, he got it in the end. It's more than most other 'promising but ultimately left disappointed' drivers ever achieve (like Hulkenberg, for instance)
leewat idk this Schumacher guy seems like he could really challenge for championships in the future. bold prediction but i could see him becoming one of the greatest.
From wikipedia: "The blue flag may also be used to warn a driver that another car on the same lap is going to attempt to overtake them." I think it was just the stewards warning Senna he was about to be passed.
He did very well to keep that car straight though , with only 3 wheels lol but yeah this is why Piquet Prost and Senna won so many more Titles , Mansell always was very erratic and drove aggressively too often.
@@alessio94952 then the sub 9 seconds stop with the unlimited pit speed is probably not too far off the current pit times with 2 seconds stops and a pit speed limit
I like how everyone is making excuses for Mansell and Piquet while Prost clearly had an inferior car. They were simply beaten by Prost who was able to drive fast and put pressure on them all the while saving his tyres for the end of the race. "Poor Mansell" didn't blow a tyre by accident, but because Prost was catching up on him, same thing with Piquet who made mistakes and a bad decision under pressure, because he knew Prost would keep going strong till the end of the race.
Indeed, but if Piquet wasn't sabotaged by Willians due to the fact tha Mansell is Britsh, he would have won 1986 title easily. Wouldn't be as impressive as his titles in 81 and 83, however, since he had the better car in 86.
Motorsport magazine officially ranked this Grand Prix as the greatest Grand Prix of all time and it’s not hard to see why it’s ranked so highly 3 men where still in the running for the title Piquet made a costly mistake Mansell was the odd’s on favourite but when his tyre blew not only did Murray Walker deliver an iconic one liner it now meant Alain Prost who had the inferior car had a real chance win the title and win it he did 1986 is a very strong contender to be the greatest season of all time
It was a really great car, close to the FW11 (Keke Rosberg passed Mansell and Piquet (and Prost) leading this race, so how 'inferior' it was? McLaren was the best team btw).
@@clubpenguin13531 The McLaren was the equal of the Williams. It may have not had the same turbo boost capability or straight line speed but it compensated with chassis design and kindness to it's tyres.
@@youturbo2478the Williams was definitely the better car in 86 and in 87 as well. Prost would have had the title locked up in the Williams 3-4 races before Adelaide.
One of the reasons the stop was so slow might have been that it was unexpected. Prost had been clipped by another driver and his tyre was damaged. This caused him to come in a lap or two before his scheduled tyre change.
We should be thankful for Piquet Sr. action's bc we wouldn't know anything about the wrongdoing of his son if it wasn't by his courage. We only know what hapened behind the curtains between Briatore, Alonso and Piquet Jr. because he went to the press and told everything.
I was at the 1992 AusGP on start finish straight, I was 3. I still remember parts of it, you’ll never forget the noise. From memory Senna or Mansell shunted. I really miss seeing it live
@@daniel6323 No doubt? I very much doubt it. He barely outscored Berger by a point in 1992, and he immediately got out qualified by Hakkinen, not to mention that he has the worst pole to win ratio of all multiple time world champions
The greatest of all time in my opinion considering who he had as team mates lauda and senna for example , not like most greats with second rate number 2 drivers along side them
@@Misunderstoodmedia2810 Lauda,Senna,Rosberg,Mannsell and Hill...9championships. Lauda and Senna beat Prost at first year, Prost BEAT both of them NEXT YEAR. Prost is the strongest ,toughest. sorry my bad english.
It seems to be an unpopular opinion, but for me prost is without doubt the greatest driver of all time he raced in an era with senna, piquet, lauda, mansell and even Schumacher, just to name a few grates, and still came out 4 times world champion
Personally, I would say Schumacher and Hamilton were both better, but Prost is very close. He was very much the greatest of all time before he retired.
This race and that 1986 season was both iconic and ironic at the same time. Both Mansell and Piquet fought tooth and nail for the title, and Prost snatched it under their noses. And despite having a slower and unreliable car Prost was very consistent.
In this race, Rosberg was playing the hare for the williams to wear out their tires. The Williams team thought they could do the whole race on the same set of tyres, but they were wrong, when they called Piquet back for the pit stop it was too late. Prost said his fuel gauge read zero two laps before the finish, but he didn't slow down and stopped with no fuel a few metres after the finish. There was a bit of luck but he never gave up. It's an inspiration for everyone. In short it was not as simple as it seems on TV, winning a championship at that time was extremely difficult. Prost and team Mclaren did the impossible that year.
@Ultralight wot? Most of the teams are from Britan, engineered by Brits, and the current reigning champion is a Brit. Not to mention people like Ross Brawn, Bruce McLaren, Sir Frank Williams, Sir Jackie Stewart.. What kind of statement is that?
@@wouterstigter812 all you need is just some graphics showing the current standings - and how that impacts the championship standings - which is perfectly doable with the footage available
wouter stigter he means leaderboard, gap between drivers etc. Of course you can not record a 34 year old race again with modern cameras but you can overlay it with current graphics.
This race had so much potential. There were three potential world champions and that made the drama incredible at the start. As Rosberg pulled away it seemed like all Mansell had to do was finish the race to win the world championship. Then Rosberg retired and then before you could even think about what it meant Mansell's tire blew. This really has to be one of the great F1 races.
@@tamishgambhir7106 Nelson Piquet keep saying up to this day that williams was trying all the way to bring him down and make the english guy a champion with the english team. Nigel Mansell.
Dramatic, unforgivable mistakes from my favorite driver Piquet, great lesson from the Prof. Prost but i feel sorry for Mansell, he was the guy that year.
Murray: He may have been prepared to move over- *Mansell's tire explodes* Murray: *AND LOOK AT THAT. OUT THA- AND COLOSSALLY THAT'S MANSELL, THAT IS NIGEL MANSELL*
Remember it like it was yesterday. Walker and Hunt will never be topped as a team in the commentators booth. So much better than the shouting from Crofty in the first 2 laps of GPs where nothing much is happening compared with those first laps of Australia
It is really interesting to see how different commentators signify different eras in F1. Much like the drivers and the cars themselves. -(Bring back the V10s goddamnit)-
My god, look at all the exhaust fumes coming out of those cars. I love the cars from this Formula 1 era, but also very happy the way it's headed now, environmentally speaking.
If there's a really old race live streamed again, please please update the entire race so that we have a live lap counter and a live standings list that we can look at to understand what's going on. I found this race unwatchable and tuned out within 30 minutes.
