Formula 1's Deadliest Season: The Season of Terror 

I remember at the beginning of Rush, Lauda said something to the effect of taking a look around at the first drivers meeting of the season knowing two drivers wouldn’t be there to see the end of the season was a hard pill to swallow in the sport.

It makes me glad that long gone are the days of no roll bars, no seatbelts, and no safety features

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Ok, I subscribed. Your thorough research and use of actual human narration is refreshing in 2024.

Hawthorne's fatal crash happened in England.

I can't overstate how hard you try to be respectful about the topics you're covering. Polish that silver play button whenever it comes in, because it'll be well earned. 🙏🏻

Learning how someone died has always been fascinating to me. But As sad as death is i see it as knowledge in growing a Motorsport into what we see today. Making the racing, cars and drivers better and safer along the way. Always Love the videos keep up the great work man👍🏻

There were rumors that the other drivers let Ed Elisian burn to death in Milwaukee 1959 by preventing fire trucks to get to him on the track quicker

Would definitely love to see more F1 content!

You should do a video talking about Jean Behra’s fatal crash at Avus in 1959

I’m so glad F1 has improved safety so much that Max Verstappen flip last year would have been 100 percent fatal

Mike Hawthorn died on a road in Britain (Guildford) NOT Germany!

A decent effort and a thumb-up from me. That said, some errors need to be corrected. Fiamma Breschi was not Luigi Musso's wife (a girlfriend, yes). I understand some pictures do not match the narration, due to scarcity of exactly fitting pics. But: it's not right to put in photographs unrelated to Formula 1 and unrelated to the 1958 season. At 6:34 you show Portago's wreck of a sports car (Ferrari 335 S) from Mille Miglia '57 (12 May) , then at 6:42 we see a wrecked sports car (Ferrari 290 MM) on 27 May 1956, at Nurburgring - neither is an F1, neither is 1958. For the rest, it is mostly right and informative, although you should not relate 5 fatalities with 1958 season (as you mention, Mike Hawthorn was killed in 1959, after having finished his F1 career, in a road accident).

Having that many deaths in the same season is awful. I hope this will never happen again!

While Indianapolis 500 was officially a f1 race it really wasn’t as no f1 teams or drivers took part

great video, thank you

fire as always🔥🔥

Grand Prix cars until the '60s basically were bins made up of thin metal sheets and filled with high-octane fuels which were just unpatiently waiting to fire up and/or explode, sitting on little more than slightly upgraded bycicle wheels and tyres. Sometimes it's said that people having born and grown up in a period of world wars and then impending nuke war just had a different perception of risk, and for them it made little difference dying under the bombs or in a glorified trashcan launched at 250 KpH - Maybe, at least the latter can give you some fun. Anyway, no wonder 1958 was the darkest Formula 1 season ever: technology was improving yet, but safety had not caught up, still was virtually non-existent (helmets, which anyway back then were barely more than upgraded horseracing models, being the only measure at the time, and having being made mandatory only since '52!). We might be fascinated by the vintage factor of it, but early GP racing was actually brutal and deadly, something no one today would like to actually try. To me, actual peak was "Turbo Era" (1983-'88) F1, when safety had cunsistently improved (albeit some disgraces happened - Elio de Angelis' death in '86, during a test, is the most noticeable, albeit it was more due to inefficient rescuers than the accident itself) and cars still were raw, completely unassisted and savage analogue "monsters". That was the "squaring of circle".

Burst, not bursted. Appreciate the depth of your video

This was the year of Fangio's kidnapping as well, and yet Castro treated him with honor and respect, seeing the Argentinian champion as a bargaining chip. Also of those double digit races, one was the Indy 500, which would only last two more years as an official F1WC round which leads to statistical oddities of drivers having a win and earning points despite only competing in one race in the season or overall in a career

So tragic. To lose all 3 drivers! Unbelievable...

Peter Collins could have won the 1956 F1 title, but handed his Ferrari to Fangio mid-race after the latter had retired at Monza. His relationship with Ferrari was always fractious and he was only driving for them in 1958 at Hawthorn's request. His amazing drive at Silverstone that year, holding off Stirling Moss, guaranteed the F1 title for Hawthorn and Ferrari. A great driver, often forgotten.

The narrator has zero chance of becoming a motivational speaker.

This and 1960 were very bad years for F1 for sure. Safety has come a very long way since those lethal early years.

Back when F1 was goated

By the way, it is not “bursted”, it’s “burst”. But besides that, awesome video as usual, keep it up man!

I couldn't say that I enjoyed your video, but it was very interesting nevertheless. No new topic for me, but it's simply scary interesting how people risked their lives for entertainment.

Hawthorn and Collins behaviour was appalling after Muso was killed

The 70's

Why were they mad at Ed? He had an accident.

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Overshadowed of course.

Poor Collins was a foot at most off line, and it was enough to take the car off the track and kill him. He was so brilliant and such a wonderful gentleman, so so sad.

Bursted??? Do you mean “burst into flames “????

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Nfjj needs to make more NASCAR AND F1 NOT JUST F1

Those were harsh words from Mrs. Musso at the end. You shouldn't wish somebody's death like this. I'd say the old man (Ferrari) should prevent rivalry on the edge between his drivers, they shouldn't have competed neck to neck towards each other, rather against other teams. This might have been the reason why Vanwall took the first Constructor's Prize instead of Prancing Horses.

F1 has always been a mess.

we need this back its too boring without a fatality now and then

1973 f1 and IndyCar now

bursted is not a word... "cars burst into flames" they didnt bursted... also if youre going to do documentaries like this... make sure you have your facts right before hand....

Sloppy video. For example, the photos of Musso's accident are actually of other wrecks involving sports cars - not his F1 car.