Lovely stories, not many F1 drivers from such humble beginnings. Id say he was in-between the grafters as he put it and the drivers with god given natural talent. He put his life on the line in some of those le mans cars too . Respect...
Tiff is such a lovely guy. I could have happily listened to another hour of Tiffs amazing life with cars. Fingers crossed The Intercooler will have him back for a second podcast.
Tiff's enthusiasm has always been infectious and listening to him touch on his racing history and adventures was a joy. Shame it came to an end so quickly.
Love tiff and love the podcast. There were moments where it felt like you were taking over tiff which was irritating. I’m sure it’s the delay or something though.
@@memememine1That was a fabulous video... They really are great sparring partners, elite level wheelmen and bring the laughs while getting sideways. They make it look so deceptively easy. Two of the best... Maybe THE two best.
Top bloke Tiff. His autobiography “Tiff Gear “ is a great read if you can get a copy. I remember him at the Motor Show with Clarkson and Quentin Wilson: they were a great treble act !
The dream of which Tiff speaks of is Moto 2 in Bike racing. They all have a to run the Triumph 760cc engine and either a Kalex or Speedup chassis no mater who the Manufacturer is. The playing field is as level as it gets in a GP class.
Tiff how was the Dome rc83 to drive? I have a scale diecast at home, one of my favourite racecars based on looks, it clocked very fast on the hunaudieres with those huge long Venturi tunnels
These Englishmen would not be moaning about F1 if Lewis, Lando or George were dominating in the Newey cars, they would be praising the "amazing" talent. And Rosberg was a bloody good driver, his whole career from Jr racing to F1 backs that up. Absolutely ridiculous to be blaming the rules when Lewis get's beaten by a team mate in the same car! That's a lot of blaming, as it happens a lot!
@@SteveR-w1qyep, if they allowed someone to challenge max it would make a huge difference. Hamilton had nico and valteri, sienna had Prost etc max has no team challenger
Sorry I don’t have 45 minutes: did they ask Timothy how he came to be called Tiff instead of Tim, and whether he thinks a name like “Tiff Needell” furthered his career, because it’s… memorable?
was christened Timothy, but when he was born his three-year-old brother had trouble getting his tongue around the name and pronounced it Tiffamy, and it stuck.
If he was then who he is now, a bitter hypocrite, his mentality was probably a bigger problem than his name. I was a fan and started watching him here on YT love cars F1 and then I found what Tiff and his side kick where really like, nasty bitter old men
The year that Tiff finished third at Le Mans was my first of many visits. We went with Chequers Travel. En route we picked up a gentlemen at King’s cross, who sat behind us on the coach. on the return journey, he told us he was Tiff’s dad! - and I’m pretty convinced he was telling the truth…
Tiff is one of the greatest!, I watched most if not all of 5th gear and his more driving enthusiast approach in comparison with silly TG really worked for me. It is unbelievable he is still active in this way at his age; completely in awe with this.
@40:30 I know Brian Redman, he is my grandfathers neighbor, he is a great guy, very funny, he has a skin graft on his face from his upper thigh, he likes to greet people with a peck on the cheek then tell them they "didnt have to kiss his ass like that!"
Have always followed and admired Tiff . What a career. Being a similar age totally agree when he talked about real cars programmes of EARLY Topgear and Fifth Gear not the rubbish that followed when Clarkson took over.....NOT a car programme. Have even waiting for another season of On The Road, but don't have Amazon Prime ! Annoying.
Formula one made itself obsolete and it's not anybodies fault, unless you consider technological advance wrong. So the only way to make it interesting again, would be to go back so to speak - loose technology. What would totally defy the purpose, as formula 1 was conceived to be the pinnacle of technology in automotive racing. What fans really want, is historical F1.
I agree with Tiff with the British obsession over F1. People were spitting out their tea that someone doesn't know Martin Brundle and there is a world of Motorsport out there. Endless analysis of boring races its not just the Americans who struggle to get into F1.
