The Clive James Grand Prix Show - Classic F1 Documentary 

This era of cars were so great to watch

Brilliant Clive James, just the right combination of genuine interest, humour and cynicism that we all used to love him for.

Wish we still had Clive today. A proper presenter.

Clive James was an absolute legend. Biting wit and hugely informative. Sadly missed.

The world is a less intelligent place without a man of the calibre of Clive James.

Clive James' wit was very special. That he applied it to F1 was a gift for us

This is GOLD, Mr. Clive James, hats off to you sir.

Clive was incredible, funny, witty, observant, intelligent and more than that he was just wonderful with his use of the English language and engaging the audience

Ahhh man, I was at this one! I was backpacking at the time and arrived in Oz in April 95: one of my best 'claim to fames' was that I was at the last GP in Adelaide and the first GP in Melbourne (actually ended up at 2 GP's in Melbourne, as the company I got a job with got my visa extended, so stayed in Oz for 20 months!). Damn, this is mad.... I cannot believe this was nearly 29 years ago...... where the hell did it all go???? (Oh, and I'm now 52, just in case anyone was wondering!! 🤣🤣)

F1 history. How things have changed. This is fantastic

So much better than what we are used to now

What a classic! Just getting damon and michael together next to eachother at the high of their rivalry! And then asking "damon what do you think of michael?"😅

A few days after this race at 8 am I drunkenly walked into a large fella on an Adelaide footpath at low speed. Clive laughed it off and helped me on my way. Lovely bloke. Could mix equally wit the top end of town and even me. Thanks Clive.

OMG the memories, I started working in F1 in 1996. It's not an easy job. This Clive James video gave me the confidence to push on .... for another 17 years in the Sport. RIP Clive James, brilliant human being. Thank you

Hakkinen was dying before intensive care specialists at the scene did a tracheotomy to allow him to breathe, as the base of his skull had been crushed; at the hospital, Mika received a new Australian medical technique that kept oxygen flowing to the brain after a significant head injury; this allowed him to fully recuperate.

Clives use of language related to his subject matter is absolutely incredible. And he makes it sound so easy.

I have never seen this documentary, but it's really fascinating, I don't know if it was ever shown on itv in the nineties , but it's really good I think the late 70s to the early 2000s was F1s golden era .

I remember this from the day. Clive James was an amazing broadcaster, as this excellent documentary presented the world of 1990s F1. How young everyone looked!

It was a lot more work to produce a video of this quality back in the days before... well, back in the day. A masterpiece by a master craftsman featuring master craftsmen driving masterfully crafted, state of the art machines.

Pure class, the ultimate Aussie

If they’d held Grands Prix for journalism, Clive James would’ve had the number 1 on his typewriter season after season. How lucky we were to have witnessed his genius. Great upload, Fifth Gear.

I was there standing on the corner of the corner of Flinders and Hut Street photographing with the Italian F1 photographer Rossi. It was sickening when we heard that Mika Häkkinen had crashed and was struggling for life.

Thanks for posting - how I wish we in little old Adelaide still had the F1 GP 😪 greets from South Australia.

We miss you Clive James......well I know I do. Legend.

What a treat, great video. Clive James always got it right between being witty and taking the pee. 95 was an interesting year, Barrichelo and Irvine hated each other, the other memory of this year was Murray Walker forever going on and on about how good Schumacher was!

I remember this! The 95 season has to be my absolute favourite period of F1; the teams, the cars, the drivers. Awesome to see it again.

brilliant documentary, thanks for uploading this!

The 90's were the "golden years" of F1 imho. (and I'm very grateful that I was there to witness them) Great to see and hear Mr. Clive James in his optimal form as always!

this is a really, really good bit of video.

Clive was an absolute savage! One of the best ever to cover the sport.

Thanks for posting. Clive James is the consumate entertainer. His love for F1 always shines. And showcasing Adelaide is a bonus for me.

James was a first class writer, journalist, comedian and entertainer. He could make interesting even something as dull as cars driving around fast. Thanks for the upload.

clive james was brilliant i loved his show

This was just brilliant. Only the presence of Murray Walker or Margarita Pracatan could have improved it.

Clive was THE MAN. Dryest humor ever! he and Irvine seemed to get on well.

Clive James, one of the greatest Australians of all time possibly. He did the reviews for 82, 84 and 86, all reccommended. Also did a wide variety of telly programmes for god knows how many years.

More of this please!!

Clive James was awesome 👌 ❤

Clive narrated the 1984 and 1986 F1 seasons. From Joe. X

This is fantastic. A trip back in time 👏🏻

It's funny, after spending 10 minutes saying how Hill and The Michael would come together, it was The Michael and Alesi who did instead as Hill walked off with the win

You’ll really miss this era of f1. Its genuine racing, hype is organic, everyone is pushing for advancement of technology and you can really say its the pinnacle of motorsport. Nowadays its all funfare, too much gimmick and the off track happenings is more exciting than the racing itself 😂😂😂

If you can, please download this video before RU-vid removes it. Clive James' videos keep getting harder and harder to find.

Thanks for sharing 5th Gear

Absolutely brilliant! Thank you for sharing!

Make the 90s Great Again.

Clive was so good.

Thanks for uploading this.

6:27 "they'll go on accelerating until they melt". Perfect description of an F1 car

As a recent F1 fan this is a fantastic time capsule

omg that schumi and damon hill interview was so funnny. this whole documentary is poetry

4:10 this guy sounds like a big schumi fan

27:13 Eddie Irvine says he ignores the glamorous women....I almost choked on my Martini!

Clive James. How I miss him!

A Clive James video??? I better save it before RU-vid gets rid of it.

Remarkable uplaoad, thanks!

Watching this in 2024 is wild. This was my childhood.

James was chiding Schumacher for not apologising for his on track collisions in 1995? Uh, two of those collisions were clearly Hill's fault - Silverstone and Monza.

Great! Loved the insights and the humor.

This era is what got me into F1 and I used to regularly attend the Adelaide Grand Prix, racing today isn’t as entertaining as it was back then I for and the sport has suffered. I might be biased but the Adelaide track was also one of the best in the world and had everything to test the car and driver and gave for great racing where as if you compare it to Melbourne which took this race it’s dull and boring

Clive you where a brilliant presenter

great vid. thanks for posting.

Really cool. Ive never seen it before 😊

Clive James was the Everyman, great in his time.

Haven't seen this for years!

Top notch F1 show. Fascinating. I’m a fan of many years and I learned some interesting bits from it

Decades-long F1 fan and never knew Mika had a serious brain injury. As a Shumi fan, I now have even bigger respect for Hakkinen.

Great Documentary when F1 was fantastic. Not so much now.

As a person who is pretty well versed in English literature, I greatly appreciate this. Never heard of him but I like his style of presentation

Great documentary. Also another in a litany of examples British journalists completely absolving British drivers of accidents they cause. Ah, a tradition unlike any other.

This was when F1 was F1 and not the bore parade racing that we watch today with cars that are twice the size of these back in the 90's.

Wonderful

DC so young! Looking like the guys of today.

Fantastic

Drive to survive 1995

Absolute genius

How good was that. Those where the days.

To brzmienie silników jest znacznie lepsze niż w dzisiejszych bolidach.

19:43, typically $50 to 70million for a top team. His budget $25,000,000 (that was way back then).! No wonder he was struggling.

It’s a nail biting finish between Marlboro cigarettes and Rothmans cigarettes. 🚬

Great video, they def don't make like this anymore

Brilliant good old days Michael schumacher greatest f1 drivers all time

The most praise adelaide has ever gotten in history

35:50 "In Australia, bag pipes count as entertainment instead of tortue" :D

22:53, Niki's thoughts; One day you'll realise..

THE former fiancee of David Coulthard last night spoke of her split with the Scottish Formula One driver. Speaking from the Monaco apartment she shared with Coulthard, Andrea Murray, 23, said: ''I do know that David is with someone else now.'' Miss Murray, who was speaking as her former fiance failed to finish at the San Marino Grand Prix in Imola, said: ''I am going to throw myself into my photographic career, which is starting to take off.'' She declined to say why she was in the Monaco apartment, when she had been reported to be in Britain with friends. It will only fuel rumours which abound on the Formula One circuit that her split from the 26-year-old Scot, was far from amicable.

Knocks any DTS episode out of the park.

"The rewards of a racing driver" Shows three pretty sexy women.

".. Like any other circus it leaves a circle on the grass."

Gosh ! Those Drivers are so Young in this Video ,lol !

Shumi " I go walking with my dogs , my wife " lol

4:29 Why should he?? It was Damon's fault.

RIP Schumi

Miss those real men racing

Fantastic, better than modern f1 that's so boring last 12 years

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George Harrison at 36:42 😮

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Watching these beautiful cars and glamor of Formula One in the 90s, you really do see how utterly shit💩 the sport has now become. Wow what a dreadful fall