Brilliant channel. I love F1 history from the 1980's and very early 1990's. Up until the end of 1996 actually, when Damon Hill won the World Championship. More 1980's and very early 1990's videos please!!
The unique nose gave it really good floor down-force, but poor front grip. I guess having the heavier honda engine at the back, made front grip worse compared to 1990.
Though I love the James Hunt commentary on the Senna v Alesi battle, the most exciting way to watch it is with the Japanese commentary. Those guys were going crazy!
Ken got the quote wrong, it was: "read my lips, no new taxes" also great video, the high nose while new at the time, had a massive impact on the design of F1 cars as the 90s continued
Please keep these videos going . They are fantastic. 92 ferrari Damon Hills arrows The first Benson and hedges Jordan Mp4/18 the one they didn't use Love how your chosing F1 cars you love and not just the best . Cars we haven't Sean a lot of .
The 1990 Tyrrell was light and nimble with its Brian Hart prepared Cosworth DFR engines. When they threw the heavy Honda V10 in the back, it completely knackered the handling.
The handling was good enough for 2nd on the grid at Monaco and 2nd in the race in Canada. The bigger problem was losing Dr Harvey Postlethwaite early in the season. It seems likely to me that he did a lot of race engineering too and when he left everything went backward.
I think 91 was a crying shame for Tyrrell. Should have been so much better. I think the Honda was something of a disappointment- Mugen support rather than factory (who were concentrating on McLaren). Given it was a championship winning engine in 1990 it was nowhere in 91. Never seemed to go like it had ~700hp or rev as high as when it was in a McLaren…. Maybe the altered weight distribution & Pirelli tyres contributed. Monaco was sadly an exception & not the rule. Modena was also disappointing- his driving seemed to lack the flair & excitement that Alesi had in 1990
Any possibility of making season review videos for the 1980's and very early 1990's?? I would pay to watch something like that on this channel!! On a membership or Patreon thing, or something similar.
Gachot prior to his imprisonment wasn't any better than De Cesaris and when a certain German kid called Michael Schumacher made waves, it was clear that Gachot was an inferiror driver. I'd argue that drivers like Häkkinen, Herbert (both of whom dragged a sh*tty Lotus-Judd), Capelli, Brundle and Blundell would've done far better job than Gachot in the Jordan or Nakajima in the Tyrrell if you ask me
