I agree, having the four of them on the grid together was special. Now we have the new guard of Verstappen, Leclerc, Russell and perhaps Noris. Time will tell with Norris, but the other three are very special to witness.
Le plus belle et meilleure époque de la F1 👍✨👌 aujourd'hui en 2023 AUCUN pilote n'a le charisme la classe l'intelligence de ces 4 pilotes qu'étaient Mansell Prost Piquet Senna 💖
As a Prost fan, 17 year old in 86, i think this was his greatest achievement in my mind from all his titles... not just one great nemesis but 3!!! What a way to win a championship on the last race FAIR AND SQUARE with an inferior car. My greatest regret is when he should have won with Ferrari in 90.... I would have preferred him losing in 89 and winning back in 90... but fate did it otherwise.
To this day this has been my all time favorite Formula 1 Season. I was a Prost fan and to see him take the championship with the inferior car was absolutelly satisfying!!!
I think what today people call Max's dirty driving was the same what Ayrton was doing back in 80s. His rivals were furious how hard he was driving same as today Lewis or anyone else is complaining about Max's style. But his and Max's fans loved that.
The difference is that now there are rules that the drivers are supposed to stick to. Back then it was pretty much anything goes. Senna (and the other drivers of that era) would never get away with driving like they did today.
7:52 This almost terminated the contract between Lotus and Renault. At this episode, Lotus didn't knew that the Renault EF4 engine's fuel comsumption was higher than the factory specs said and the calculations to the race strategy was completely wrong. The press blamed Senna. Senna got furious and and opened the team calculations and the specs showing that the engine was burning more gas that it suposed to do. Reanult got pissed. In 1987, Lotus would race with the Honda RA166E engines.
Putin was pushed into it. However, he is just as slimy as all the other political manipulators from both sides. I have no time for any of them. Scum bags, the lot of them.
Still the best season I can recall. I was there at Brands Hatch for my first GP. Absolutely amazing! 86 stood for everything great about F1- different teams, engines, drivers all battling. Great competition & characters!
I agree. I was and remain a Ayrton Senna fan. I miss his voice too. I know there will be many to disagree, and I'm fine with that. But I miss Frank and Ayrton as well. We were genuinely lucky to see these guys in their and our lives. Everyone was amazing and the stakes were high. Brilliant one, brilliant all. Loved this era.
Even as a youngster worshipping that "Gang of Four" photo I always wondered why Prost was wearing actual shoes as opposed to racing footwear. He was wearing shoes......
It was great that Berger - Benetton won Mexico because it left the championship open for another race. Patrick Head should not have called in Piquet. Piquet was a smoother driver and probably had better tires left at that point.
I'm a fan of Piquet and in an interview here in Brazil, he said that halfway through the race the tires started to vibrate, that you couldn't see the braking at the end of the straight, so he stopped. Prost said that even though he made the pit stop a little before the halfway point, the changed tires also arrived vibrating at the end of the race. I think that was Mansell's mistake, he had the race in hand. Stefan Johansson, who was in fourth place, was light years behind him. It was about making the pit stop and securing the title. But Mansell is Mansell, if he was as intelligent and capable as Piquet, Prost and Senna, he would have won.
100% agreed. I'm a Prost fan. Actually my top 3 drivers are Villeneuve, Prost and Stewart. I never liked Senna, he was pushing too hard and was arrogant on track and sometimes off track as well. Plus his constant bragging about his relationship with God used to make me sick, just keep it private, dude.
Nigel Mansell aos 1min e 50 segundos: "Prost era o Professor de manipulações e politicagem". Nigel Mansell at 1min and 50 seconds: "Prost was the Professor of manipulations and politicking".
Hold on bitches…. Let’s mention that Piquet was the ONLY ONE who won his championships with two different teams, three different engines, Two different tire manufacturers and against crazy competition from whithin Senna lost by points to Prost both in 88 and 89. In 90 he punted Prost off. In 91 Mansell lost the Championship, Senna didn’t win it. Piquet should’ve been 6 times Champion. 80, 81, 82, 83, 86, 87. And had the Branham not broken down all the time he would’ve won 84 too. Look it up, I’m right!
Prost won world titles for McLaren and Williams, so that's two different teams. He won World Titles using a Porsche TAG turbo V6, and Honda V10, and a Renault V10. So that's three different engines. He came 2nd in the World Championship on 4 separate occasions. So besides being wrong about Piquet being the ONLY ONE who achieved what you claimed, if we use your logic Prost should have won the World Championship eight times.
Piquet's title win in 1987 is the most undeserved championship win in F1 history. He didn't beat Mansell in a straight fight once throughout the year and he won only half as many races as Mansell. His three victories that year were all inherited after drivers ahead of him had to retire; Germany after Mansell and Prost retired, Hungary after Mansell retired again and Italy after Senna went off the circuit to avoid Ghinzani. He was consistently out-paced and out-driven by Mansell all season but whenever there was a technical problem with a Williams it was almost always on Mansell's car.
Prost, consistant, quick and fair on track, sneaky behind the scene Piquet, quick and soso on track, most hated driver ever because he was just a piece of shit person, extremely dirty play. Senna, possibly quickest of them all, beast on track, no prisoners... fair and honest behind the scene, generally good person. Mansell, possibly only one to challenge Senna on pure speed, behind the scene generally good person but lacking a bit of commitment when it came to everything NOT racing To me the battle between Senna and Mansell was and has always been the most intense, 2 drivers with pure speed... and also the only two drivers on track that actually showed their respect for one another on and off track... even though they crashed many times together... These two were for me the drivers of the era... and Red 5 has always been my favourite... but thats just my opinion :)
why is Prost in the big four? the narcissist that had to rely on cheap politics and admitted help from Balestre to win titles for crap fans to count as real wins?
Maybe because he won with an inferior car? Maybe because he has more championship than the others three? (More win too) and maybe because he made more points than senna in BOTH 88 and 89 in the SAME car
@@sz6498 Prost was a great driver but he also used politics and his nationality to get ahead and cheat his way to titles, how much he was apart of these issues is debatable though. Exactly the same thing with Schumacher, exaggerating their greatness beyond what it actually was. Points mean nothing when Senna was ahead of Prost 80% of the time in the races before mechanical issues or retirement. Only a handful of races a year Prost could challenge Senna for a win in McLaren. I've got all races on archive and its very clear.