When a Nigerian prince SCREWED a Formula 1 team

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There's a stigma around Nigerian princes. But the story of a legitimate Nigerian prince trying to make his way into Formula 1 just seems so surreal that it makes you wonder if it was even in the slightest bit true? Well, in this vid, we have a look at Prince Malik Ado Ibrahim. And what happened after his time in the topflight of motorsport...
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@miha493 2 года назад

Nigerian prince, Rich Energy, Haas with lord Mahaveer as first driver, Mazsepin as his honorary squire and Latifi as cheer squad/reserve driver and Andrea Sassetti as Team Principal would be greatest team in f1 history.

@alvuigi_07 2 года назад

What about Sean Gelael?

@TLTeo 2 года назад

@@alvuigi_07 He can be the #2 driver. And for WEC memes we can call the team ByKolles

@leandrociarrapico9256 2 года назад

And give them Life's W12 engine.

@just_some_bigfoot_hacking_you 2 года назад

Taki Inoue and Yuji Ide as the strategists. With the Moda shoe makers as engineers.

@kohikappu 2 года назад

And Flavio Briatore as the CEO

@ellax325 2 года назад

As a Nigerian, I'm impressed he got away with it that long. Anyone who did 2 seconds of Googling would know, Nigeria doesn't have princes. We've never had a Monarchy. The closest thing we have is tribal chiefs.

@ADOmatedTV 2 года назад

You’re quite mistaken. Traditional rulers are still very much around.

@Artanis99 2 года назад

I think they usually claimed to be displaced heirs of some of kingdoms that constituted Nigeria in pre-colonial and colonial times. Trouble is that the most of the traditional rulers have their own titles such as Oba (closest translation would be emperor) of Benin who is currently Ewuare II since 2016. Scam itself is much older than the internet. As far as we can tell it started as Spanish prisoner scam in 18th century in which scammer would approach rich mark with letter claiming that a member of prominent family is secretely imprisoned in Spain and needs money to bribe the guards to smuggle him out of country with promise to pay it back tenfold as soon as he arrives home and claims his fortune.

@Jef_Vermassen 2 года назад

The children of chieftains usually called themselves a prince in the west. My stepdad was a son of a chieftain, he always thought it was ridiculous that some called themselves a prince. Than there are also other titles that gets translated in King/Prince even though that doesn't reflect the title.

@benfulford3943 2 года назад

What??? There aren't Nigerian prince's? Oh shit, I need to contact my bank.

@plantpog1986 2 года назад

@@benfulford3943 lmao get rekt

@Menrva13 2 года назад

It has happened in MotoGP as well last year. The VR46 Racing Team thought to be in contact with Aramco and a Saudi Prince. It turned out it was a scam but took a while for the parties involved to notice it

@mikefung9145 2 года назад

Holy shit didn't know that. Valentino is supposed to be the most experienced team and driver on the motoGP grid. Can't imagine it happened to him out of all people

@liamvandeseijp6901 2 года назад

I don’t think it was a scam, i think the prince and Rossi failed to reach an agreement, probably regarding the prince’s demands. There were rumors that one of it was for Rossi to race another year, which he definitely didn’t wanna do

@Menrva13 2 года назад

@@liamvandeseijp6901 sadly it was. There's a well made doc video and some articles detailing the entire event. Both are in Italian though. It was so grotesque to say the least. It was a scam by an alleged Italian architect and a Moroccan playing the role of the Saudi Prince. Aramco immediately denied that it was approached by VR46. VR46 were in talks with third-party people who were faking to be members of Tanal Global Holdings. They did not even have a proper company email but a Gmail one. That detail alone speaks volumes. VR46 have been naive, but nothing terrible to be ashamed of.

@liamvandeseijp6901 2 года назад

@@Menrva13 ohh yikes, that i had no idea about. A deal from Aramco does sound legit, and when it never happened i assumed maybe they pulled out because Rossi refused to race, or if Rossi backed out because of human rights reasons, either or. I haven’t heard about a scam yet, this one’s new. Edit: apparently it was also revealed on Twitter, i had just gone off it last 3 weeks so i guess thats where i missed it all 😂

@Ofitus21 2 года назад

@@liamvandeseijp6901 That's the thing. Media and press (even Dorna) seemed to echo the news of Aramco sponsoring the team, and Aramco was from the very beginning denying there was a deal, or even the desire to make a deal. It took a while for things to fall into place and for the team to understand what was actually happening

@haiksimitian5755 2 года назад

2:34 Damn it Josh you had to do me, a Dallas cowboys fan, like that! I come to this channel to escape my football teams incompetence not to relive it!

@thekingmansplainer6813 2 года назад

Daily reminder that your head coach is Mike McCarthy

@martynr-7183 2 года назад

@@thekingmansplainer6813 Could be worse though, could have had Mike Zimmer. The guy actually hated winning this year!

@thekingmansplainer6813 2 года назад

@@martynr-7183 Fuck me the 2021 Vikings are 1 of the most frustrating NFL teams ever, so much talent only for the head coach to waste it all. Hey with him gone at least you'll have a great chance at playoffs this year!

@rsg8712 2 года назад

@@thekingmansplainer6813 as a vikings fan i can agree

@thekingmansplainer6813 2 года назад

@@rsg8712 Yeah he's to hoping they get to the playoff next year, I have no ill will towards the Vikings and frankly sucks that players like Cook aren't in the playoffs this year.

@MisFakapek 2 года назад

Dear Josh, 125,000,000 USD has exactly 9 digits (nine), not 8 (eight). Yours faithfully, Manus. (It's at 4:44 for anyone who is confused or just didn't notice).

@Riskzey 2 года назад

Marnus

@cookedbacon24 2 года назад

Instant like for dunking on the Cowboys, awesome. Also, thank you for getting me back in the world of F1. Keep up the amazingly informative and funny work.

@lorddrac_dontaskmetodance 2 года назад

Me at the beginning: "How do you guys not know about the Nigerian Prince scams?" Unless Josh was just assuming.

@Angrynood 2 года назад

Stephen A. cameo made my day. His reactions will always be gold. Thank you for that. Surprised to see you follow American Football though Josh!

@Limegreenedragon 2 года назад

He's Canadian

@svleda9145 2 года назад

@@Limegreenedragon he’s kiwi 🇳🇿

@Limegreenedragon 2 года назад

@@svleda9145 oh yeah, completely forgot about the Hartley vid he did. I mean I though he was Canadian

@MulettoMotorsports 2 года назад

Of all the things stored for me in this life. I didn't expect the Nigerian Prince chain e-mails to be what makes me feel old.

@CrunchyMotorsport 2 года назад

'In the same way you'll pay caution to boarding Graham Hill's airplane' Bruh......

@Adithya13303 2 года назад

That was just low. Not even funny.

@TheShockninja 2 года назад

Smh

@ieuanharries429 2 года назад

As someone who likes a dark humour, even I felt off from that. I think it was just hugely unexpected coming from Josh himself

@dylansmit3883 2 года назад

@@Adithya13303 Way too low indeed...

@nathantuff8814 2 года назад

Yeah that one was too far.

@cribbe6547 2 года назад

I miss Arrows. It's a shame Malik essentially created the teams demise, as in 2000 the car was very quick & competitive with de la Rosa & Verstappen scoring good points and the car being the fastest in a straight line. Only reliability hampered de la Rosa picking up podiums in Hockenheim & A1 Ring. The car was even competitive in 2002 as you mentioned with Frentzen scoring points until the team collapsed. Makes me wonder what could have been. Great vid Josh

@rosarioyeen1371 2 года назад

Prince Malik + the incompetent Tom Walkinshaw going all Dallas Cowboys with the team like a wannabe Jerry Jones = fallen Arrows.

@cribbe6547 2 года назад

@@rosarioyeen1371 bit harsh on TWR, given his success in other formulae over the years he did better than other privateer teams around the same time that arguably had better backing (Prost) and not a million miles off teams with vast funds (BAR). I think the issue was with how the money in F1 really spiralled in those early 2000s, after that poor '98 season with a car that struggled with the new grooved tires and the '99 disaster with only 1 point scored left the team always bleeding money, even after the 2000 season when they had a strong car and points finishes they couldn't build on that into 2001 with that terrible Asiatech badged engine.

@NeoGraena 2 года назад

Orange Arrows was actually cool, that color scheme was judt too good

@MillionaireWizard 2 года назад

Before the Video: Is it that T-Minus Guy with Arrows? After the Video: Yep. My suspicions are true.

@RockstarPoole69 2 года назад

2:45 Ouch, even the people of Dallas managed to feel that burn

@miniblitz16 2 года назад

The jab at the Dallas Cowboys was unexpected but absolutely appreciated lol

@EddieVanAidan 2 года назад

The ‘99 Arrows livery is legit one of my favourites of all time. All the cars that season had great colours actually

@willemkranendonk7618 2 года назад

More memes about the Cowboys is appreciated. Thank you Josh!

@bradroper7694 2 года назад

Wasn't expecting a v8 supercar cameo on your channel. I would love to see your take on the 2014 Bathurst 1000 sometime. I'm jealous of you Kiwis and Aussies for having one of the gems of motorsport in your backyard. Btw I'm a Yank and nice dig on the Cowboys.

@greatsageclok-roo9013 2 года назад

Yeah, that 2014 race was just... something else. I can still remember it so vividly.

@icanrunat3200mhz 2 года назад

William 'Bad Santa' Storey heard about this guy and found pure, lifelong inspiration.

@peter5302 2 года назад

Josh, we need a WTF happened to Tomas Enge video!

@THECRAZY320 2 года назад

I remember this sponsor being an option in ea f1 manager.

@sandilemdluli9725 2 года назад

Cowboys fans can't catch a break 😂😂

@elaldo2382 2 года назад

BRILLIANT video idea! I remember this happening when I just started watching F1, but being only 10 years old I didn't really get what was going on.

@peterbradshaw8177 2 года назад

I’m a 49ers fan, and I approve this message.

@jeracerx 2 года назад

One correction, that Le Mans entry was actually a part of the Diablo Supertrophy, which was a single make series that ran as a support race to LM in 1996, he's actually mentioned in the intro really quickly by Stephane Ratel ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3CV2Imjbjic.html and interviewed here ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3CV2Imjbjic.html

@Edward-qj8ez 2 года назад

We were told about this from my dad who worked for John Barnard at the time. Had absolutely no idea what was going on haha

@patrickracer43 2 года назад

"We got Lamborghini and Ducati onboard with t-minus!" Lamborghini and Ducati: "ayo what?"

@frankbieser 2 года назад

Good vid as always. As to Ibrahim's predictive ability I'd have to say, even a broken clock is right twice a day.

@micahkiyimba8641 2 года назад

That CowBoys Joke is Brutal mate. Have Mercy of "America's team" please

@agonzo626 2 года назад

Loved that cowboys joke😂😂🐏

@HeinzlerHZ 2 года назад

Man, this got to be the fastest talk I've ever heard on this channel.

@johnej8286 2 года назад

Oh my lord as a 49er fan, I cannot tell you how much I fucking DIED laughing when he said the Dallas cowboys and Stephen A came on screen😂😂😂😂💀💀💀

@hamstaganza9240 2 года назад

I love how you make any random topic a fun fact! Ur videos are pure quality. I just got my Don’t Be a Manus T-shirt in the mail. Love it!

@QwertiusMaximus 2 года назад

"Give that the sport isn't getting any cheaper. Or fairer. To team not name Ferrari." Mercedes: "Am I a joke to you?"

@RACECAR 2 года назад

Despite the dominance, Mercedes aren't being paid to show up like Ferrari had for the longest time (up until Liberty Media bought up F1)

@ItsTheBigDeal 2 года назад

Absolutely love the eye twitch on mention of the similar energy drink ‘manufacturer’! 😂 keep up the fantastic work dude!!

@pauljennings8432 2 года назад

The joke about Graham Hill was a little below the belt man, a good overall summary though

@PaDDy7389 2 года назад

Arrows had one of the best liveries in the early 2000s, along with Jaguar and Jordan.

@gigsawsoljier1408 2 года назад

shame the other 2 were big let downs peformance wise

@PaDDy7389 2 года назад

@@gigsawsoljier1408 Up until the Arrows' departure, Jordan and Jaguar were always ahead of them in the championship. What finally killed Jordan was the tobacco advertising ban and the loss of big money and not being able to attract new big financiers. Jaguar didn't have that problem with Ford behind them, so I actually expected more from them.

@stephencruse6525 2 года назад

the original rich energy

@Xs2... 2 года назад

0:18 he has died and send an email ? wow

@RACECAR 2 года назад

No joke, I literally had an email that might as well had said that. Guessing I had this sent from someone who wasn't as polished with this scam as the others were.

@mahmoodbello1258 2 года назад

Being a Nigeria, I find the Nigerian Prince thing to be hilarious. Scammers aint cool though!

@soprano875 2 года назад

I actually work at the place where haas launched that car in the video and the whole thing was a shambles the car turned up late and then nobody showed up to come collect the car the next day so we had to leave it out the front in the road as we had another car coming in, completely baffling anybody that walked past thinking what the bloody hell is a formula 1 car doing in the road in central London🤣🤣 just shows how bad that whole team was (and arguably is still) run

@kaspernystrom3818 2 года назад

So this is where Mr Bad Santa and Rich Energy got their inspiration from...

@hondrosvas 2 года назад

As a Tottenham and Cowboys fan,the disrespect from Josh is immeasurable across two videos🥲

@thevoid7635 2 года назад

didn't expect Mark Skaife reference lol

@tungmingxuan8559 2 года назад

0:01 You know what Josh, when the Son of the deposed king of Nigeria emails you directly, asking for help, you help. His father ran the freaking country, okay?

@not_french 2 года назад

You know it going to be a good video when the title starts with "When a Nigerian Prince"

@001jules 2 года назад

Prince blah blah blah, the most famous member of the royal family

@yeabuddy2222222 2 года назад

I was not expecting cowgirls slander in this video but i am here for it lmaoooo

@Mr.Engine993 2 года назад

Your videos are great Josh. Only one complaint: you speak a little bit too fast making it hard to follow sometimes. Other than that nice and educational content as always :)

@melvinpearse5630 2 года назад

My nationality is Nigeria you got me excited Mr.Revell

@hamburgermatty 2 года назад

That Dallas Cowboys reference.. YESSSS 🤣🤠

@andrewking_8 2 года назад

Great stuff as always Josh, except that Cowboys reference was a low blow.... haha

@y_fam_goeglyd 2 года назад

According to a comment I read the other day, there is no royal family in Nigeria... How true that is, I don't know.

@realtyme5218 2 года назад

That’s cowboys joke was downright uncalled for.

@chronikoolgrowz5526 2 года назад

That 2002 Arrows livery though...! 🍊🍊🍊

@samdavies1752 2 года назад

That 2002 arrows was such a good looking car

@leoverrilli7498 2 года назад

Another banger, great video Josh!

@qazitalhaali8929 2 года назад

That sigma prediction and that coming from him. Maybe F1 should interview scammers for predicting the future.

@rosarioyeen1371 2 года назад

I'M GONNA BE THAT GUY: This farce was one of many reasons that I forever think Tom Walkinshaw should have just stayed the hell out of F1. He singlehandedly killed Arrows.

@Isanion 2 года назад

"pay caution to the wind" ??? I've never heard this expression. I know "throw caution to the wind". Is it regional?

@MrSpanks 2 года назад

Loved it BUT why the Graham Hill airplane joke??

@krzysztofkoodziej8425 2 года назад

As always... A great video. Keep it up Josh

@CharliePayneJohns17 2 года назад

ARROWS Or as I like to call it The Wednesday car

@MasterCheater96 2 года назад

As always great video but I almost choked on my dinner when you made the cowboys joke😂

@dstmusic9303 2 года назад

Now where have I seen this video before....? 🤔🤔

@griffin.87 2 года назад

Do a video on Robert Wickens. He finished on the podium in his return to racing at Daytona in the IMSA Series

@rickywilcocks2712 2 года назад

Massive fan of your content form the 90s

@AEPRacing 2 года назад

Amazing video as always

@harrycope2225 2 года назад

Josh I’m a big fan of your videos but I thought the comment you made about Graham Hill’s aeroplane was at best distasteful and many might consider disrespectful and offensive! I am all for a bit of banter and taking the mick out of people but when it’s about the dead and how they died I think you should refrain in future?

@Curt_Sampson 2 года назад

From what I understand, Hill was flying a landing approach at night, in thick fog, without current pilot certifications (his FAA pilot's cert, FAA instrument cert and British IMC cert were all expired) in an aircraft that didn't even have a current certification. Doing that alone would be bad enough, but killing five passengers doing this is, well, I have no words for how irresponsible that is. I don't think that people who kill others deserve respect, at least not for doing that.

@retsoptihs0 22 дня назад

@@Curt_Sampson Agree completely. And let's be honest, it's far from being "too soon" lol. Graham's estate got sued after the crash IIRC.

@Mark-ge8kn 2 года назад

Was literally talking about Nigerian princes at work today hahaha

@tomoldrini4762 2 года назад

Woah that graham hill joke was darkkk😂

@mlvendetta8330 2 года назад

Ikr lmao 😂

@chrisknight6884 2 года назад

Not dark, just uncalled-for and sick. Not even remotely funny.

@retsoptihs0 22 дня назад

@@chrisknight6884 It was funny. 1) Because I didn't expect it from Josh, more of an RPM joke. 2)Because it's kinda true.

@coolL9457 2 года назад

I was still a tiny lad back in '99. I still remember asking me dad "whats a t-minus?", only for him to pause while giving an answer along the lines of "oh its a sponsor like... *blank stare*". He couldn't find anything about it so he called it even back then that this was a scam.

@asparceproton1 2 года назад

Did I just get taunted by a Kiwi over American football? I think I did...

@malte8388 2 года назад

Oh my I love the Dallas Cowboys mention thank you for that

@kibe2134 2 года назад

It must suck to have everything your country is known for be a type of scam... I'm looking at you, Paraguay.

@adrianmugari8416 2 года назад

3:06 Uh.... Were we supposed to laugh at that tragic accident?

@TheHotSkillet3 2 года назад

I’m watching this video to forget about the cowboys failures last week and some how you toss that little diss in 😔

@shrizznap 2 года назад

Love the Stephen A Smith cameo! Nothing brings Americans together like hating the Cowboys

@naanmanbabu405 2 года назад

Fantastic video Josh, but as a cowboys fan, that was outta pocket mate.....

@mmogaddict 2 года назад

Before emails you used to actually get mailed letters like this. I remember my dad getting several back in the 80's

@carlospineda5507 2 года назад

As someone who lives in Dallas and is a cowboys fan, that joke was so unexpected but hilarious.

@jammydodger7065 2 года назад

remember hearing about this when I watched the donut media video about f1 sponsorships, fun stuff

@zharziss 2 года назад

I miss Arrows and Minardi.

@SiVlog1989 2 года назад

Josh, you should do a collaboration with S1apsh0es with his series Liers, Thieves and Lawyers with stories like this, MasterCard Lola, Andrea Moda etc

@uthmanbadmus1965 2 года назад

As a Nigerian I agree with this statement 4:40

@SteveCastaneda93 2 года назад

2:34 Josh, y u do dis 🥲

@BvG_Venom 2 года назад

I was expecting the Trailer Park Boys stairs joke after the Graham Hill airplane bit

@NickArvan 2 года назад

The story of Ricardo Londoño and how he almost got to drive a Formula 1 car deserves a video.

@AnindyaSDhar 2 года назад

Michael Scott: when the son of the deposed king of Nigeria emails you directly, asking for help, you help! His father ran the freaking country! Ok? F1: ...

@ramboroids 2 года назад

Wow, the dallas cowboys flopped was news in New Zealand, how bad does a fan base have to be to travel halfway around the globe!

@j2p284 2 года назад

Could you make a video on Jack Aitken please?

@AlwaysChasingStorms 2 года назад

WHY DO I LOVE THE ARROWS A18 SOO MUCH?!??!??!??

@T1ago23 2 года назад

3:06 Brroooooo, Oh my Gooodd!! 😅😅😅

@ilikestuffandstuff4127 2 года назад

Not gonna lie, i've always had a thing for that '99 Arrows paint job, kinda miss that black/orange/white combo on the grid...

@KR1736 2 года назад

A Graham Hill death joke. Bro.....lmfao

@danielfielden7971 2 года назад

great video, as aways! sounds like his voice is sped up tho no?

@turismo-2way996 2 года назад

"Boarding Graham Hill's plane" OOF

@Hammerhead547 2 года назад

I'm sure that Lamborghini would've had no problem with his private labeling scam, that totally wouldn't have ended up with a giant lawsuit that would've tied "Prince" Malik up in court for 20 years.

@Sakuraprime2 2 года назад

2:36 😂😂😂🤣🤣 HOW ABOUT THEM COWBOYS LOL

@josejuarezcoret1816 2 года назад

I'm a cowboys fan, and it is sad but true. Also the cowboys remind me of Ferrari, they always have great expectations but never win in the past years.