I'm sorry, but Ascari should be #1. His last race ended in the most outstanding way ever, and I highly doubt anyone else will ever be able to say "my last race, I sunk a car in the most famous harbor in the world."
@vysws
Жыл бұрын
highly doubt anyone will say "i won a WDC while dead"
@Spike-sk7ql
Жыл бұрын
@@vysws only one person can claim that.
@jamielumsdon2926
Жыл бұрын
@@vysws probably cause they are dead?
@vysws
Жыл бұрын
@@jamielumsdon2926 👍
@Jonas_31
Жыл бұрын
@@Spike-sk7ql I don't think he CAN claim that...
@Spike-sk7ql
Жыл бұрын
STILL waiting on Mika to come back from sabbatical.
@rhodriedwardwilliams
Жыл бұрын
He kind of did in DTM
@sametozkan9175
Жыл бұрын
And he did for ROC as well
@Hello7488to
Жыл бұрын
Hi
@Red_Tsar
4 ай бұрын
Mika Häkkinen to drive for Audi from 2026 onwards Source: trust me bro
@ilanlaham6911
Жыл бұрын
Just surprising how out of all 31 drivers, only the top 9 actually managed to finish their last race.
@EmmaForman28
Жыл бұрын
Most don’t leave the sport if they’re doing well.
@edostella17
Жыл бұрын
Poor Jochen and Ayrton! 😅😦 I didn't realise what I was going through when I opened the video, then suddenly it sprung to mind how not all of them had a chance to retire
@jrpdude8486
Жыл бұрын
Who did they even award the trophy in the season Jochen "won?"
@Atte093
Жыл бұрын
@@jrpdude8486 The trophy was given to his widow Nina.
@JTeam45
Жыл бұрын
Farina dying in a traffic accident after dropping out of races multiple times due to teammates deaths or close calls is tragic in an especially depressing kind of way.
@sandalphoncpu
Жыл бұрын
It’s a shame AM stopped Seb from finishing the best of the rest yet again in the 6th fastest car. It would’ve been well into the top 6 best last race performance ever
@alexhonix3125
Жыл бұрын
my stupid ass thought this was going to be ranking every last race in a championship lol
@princeendymion9044
Жыл бұрын
That's a great video idea though
@wsbnews4270
Жыл бұрын
@@princeendymion9044 no its a retarded idea
@sportsnerd100
Жыл бұрын
@@princeendymion9044 too toxic tbh. 2021’s placement would divide the whole comment section. (I have 1964 at 1st btw)
@fbi0529
Жыл бұрын
I would put Jim Clark only 3rd. What Hawthorn and Rosberg did - retiring at their Peak after winning their one and only championship in the last race of the season - is imo the greatest thing that can happen to any race driver to walk away in peace with yourself
@jestring3966
Жыл бұрын
I would argue that Clark was still in the prime of his career, looking at the constructers for team lotus on the coming years he easily could have won more titles
@corpsecoder_nw6746
Жыл бұрын
@@jestring3966 exactly, Clark and Senna were going to fight for the title had they not died in such tragic ways. But Rosberg and Hawthorne should get the nod because they were doing the best after making up their minds on their careers.
@saiyerugara9038
Жыл бұрын
Hmmmmmm... Verstappen was robbed, he should be 1st here lol!
@cartierclips1126
Жыл бұрын
@@corpsecoder_nw6746 exactly, hill nearly beat Schumacher in 1994 before Michael had to intentionally crash into Damon to win the championship, which means senna would’ve mostly won in 1994 if not for the accident and also won in 1996 and 1997 if not maybe 1995 too
@michaellavery4899
Жыл бұрын
It's about their standings after their last F1 race. Jim Clark's life ended tragically but not his F1 career. Edit. No-one knows the true reason for Clark's car failure. That being the case, he cannot be held to account. A car failure that is outwith the control of the driver is a chance event. It could happen to any driver. Sadly it happened when Clark was racing at one of Europe's fastest circuits in an F2 race.
@ForzaPolska06
Жыл бұрын
Oh yeah nobody will beat Ascari in that regard
@LukeTansiongco
Жыл бұрын
Bros underrated fr. No doubt he has a case as a top 10 driver ever.
@snobey
Жыл бұрын
@@LukeTansiongco maybe he scored his championships in a dominant cars, but when you are able to challange Fangio, destroy your teammates and finish p2 on a debut (Monaco), you know you are doing good
@jrpdude8486
Жыл бұрын
Maybe Rindt?
@KitKitChanIsaac
Жыл бұрын
Rosberg retired right after beating Lewis Hamilton in equal machinery.
@ameEeeee3
Жыл бұрын
Not funny
@KitKitChanIsaac
Жыл бұрын
@@ameEeeee3 UNO Reverse Card
@parkershaw8529
Жыл бұрын
LOL, poor goat.
@adizMMZ
Жыл бұрын
@@ameEeeee3 always funny
@ameEeeee3
Жыл бұрын
@@adizMMZ but its overused rn
@saiyerugara9038
Жыл бұрын
These great careers really went out how they should have in a way. Respect to all.
@Kubica8888
Жыл бұрын
Rip rindt and senna and clark
@DaniMacYo
Жыл бұрын
I wish you could have included both Schumacher’s last races 06 and 12. He had a mega drive in 06 from a puncture and last. Then again his true final race saw a puncture and last as well crazy that. But I understand it’s the final race. Even though he had two. 12 is the official final.
@theafro
Жыл бұрын
The really tragic part about Mike Hawthorn's death is that his young son was also killed, and they only went out to get chips.
@enadizenideniz
Жыл бұрын
As far as I'm concerned Hawthorn only fathered one son who is still alive to this day? In the accident where Hawthorn was killed only he died?
@theafro
Жыл бұрын
@@enadizenideniz You're right, I just fact-checked my faulty memory! apparently I'd confused hailwood with hawthorn, or the person that told me about it did. still a sad end for either.
@enadizenideniz
Жыл бұрын
@@theafro yeah I had to look it up because it sounded so shocking! Now that you mention Hailwood: He and his 9 yo daughter actually died in an accident due to a lorry making an illegal turn. It actually says his son was the only survior of the incident and that the lorry driver was fined a ridiculous £100... this is tragic man...
@aifrench14
Жыл бұрын
some believe Hawthorn was on a deathwish knowing he only had a couple of years to live tops and was being deliberately reckless. (now the Hawthorn/Hailwood confusion has been cleared up)
@enadizenideniz
Жыл бұрын
@@aifrench14 oh yeah he was diagnosed with something terminal. I read that too
@philipbain
Жыл бұрын
Rindt drove the balance of the 1970 season in the brand new Lotus 72 which was inherantly different and revolutionary being the first car with radiators in side pods. The 49c was the version used for most of 1969 into early 1970 which was introduced following the failure of the 4 wheel drive Lotus 63.
@AdrianDowthwaite
Жыл бұрын
"Keep fighting Michael." 👑 Love that comment by Peter.
@philipbain
Жыл бұрын
Re. Nigel Mansell, it's a pitty that he ever went to McLaren for '95 as his win at Adelaide in' 94 would have been the perfect send off. Its also a pitty that his team in Indycar (Newman-Haas) were on a downward trajectory as first Penske and then for the rest of the decade Reynard superceded Lola as the car to have in the series which led to Nigel leaving the series after '94.
@DrJReefer
Жыл бұрын
I think Nigel had an "I'm too old for this shit" moment. Wrestling a car that couldn't handle for shit scared him and he decided it wasn't worth it.
@plantfeeder6677
Жыл бұрын
Still it was a great party at Laguna Seca the year he won the CART championship in '93. To bad he didn't stick around. Those Fords got real fast at Indy in '95-'97. A Ford powered car still holds the 1 and 4 lap qualifying record at Indianapolis.
@Sp4mMe
Жыл бұрын
Kinda surprising just how many had really lowkey, disappointing endings to their career ...
@skyhigh6089
Жыл бұрын
Very few had the sense to retire while at the top.
@sandmaenchen
Жыл бұрын
Very insightful video. I'm not surprised to see my man Jim Clark at the top, though. One could argue he died at the very peak of his F1 career: he did not only win his final Grand Prix, but the last three Grand Prix he participated in (the opening round of 1968 and the last two rounds in 1967).
@plantfeeder6677
Жыл бұрын
The Ford-Cosworth DFV was just getting sortted. It would've been a whole different ballgame going forward had he lived.
@simonbarrett6059
Жыл бұрын
Senna, that sunny Sunday afternoon that will always be yesterday afternoon.
@kekepiket9153
Жыл бұрын
Piquet was 2nd on the road in Australia 1991. The race was red flagged , so they took standings from a lap before
@tomastoth4018
Жыл бұрын
Happy Heavenly Birthday Jimmy (accidently, I've watched this video exactly on March 4th when Clark would turn 87).
@DerGeraet205
Жыл бұрын
Crazy how polar opposite some of these are. From winning the title and retiring to losing their lives in the race, can't see a much bigger difference between them
@luisvaldes1568
Жыл бұрын
The pic at 1:30. The lady in the top middle of pic with floppy hat was Rindt's wife. She would time his laps with her stop watch sitting right there. He did not come around that time and she knew right then it was bad. Saw pics of that years end of season ceremony, she went with Jackie Stewart and picked up the F-1 champ trophy.
@daveblock4061
Жыл бұрын
Rindt was killed in a Lotus 72, not a 49. Easy to tell with the revolutionary wedge nose and the radiators in the sidepods.
@Sebast
Жыл бұрын
This will be a great one
@michaeljohnston6783
Жыл бұрын
The misinformation in this video... Hakkinen will return from his sabbatical any day now!
@Samasamuel
Жыл бұрын
Rank every race winner next please 🥺
@untouchedsports8296
Жыл бұрын
I think ranking drivers who crashed and died to end their career is rather un classy.
@HUE_Larry
Жыл бұрын
Agree
@sportsnerd100
Жыл бұрын
Its part of the list. Then should he not have ranked senna on the ‘90s list?
@carlosfurukawa6133
Жыл бұрын
This is about perspective.. a racing driver ending his career must to be something epic. Surely Ascari did it, but in some way did Ayrton too..sad but true!
@eggreedgious5194
Жыл бұрын
Interesting video, I disagree with some of the rankings but overall enjoyed the video and learned a few things. Thanks for making!
@boosterboyzaen8323
Жыл бұрын
Man, it must suck to die whilst racing as a world champion. I am not joking or being sarcastic in any way
@Spike-sk7ql
Жыл бұрын
I mean..... to go out while doing something you love is probably one of the best ways to go out.
@DrJReefer
Жыл бұрын
@@Spike-sk7ql "he died doing what he loved. Well... until the fireball hit him" Terry Pratchett.
@spudgunn8695
Жыл бұрын
I sincerely doubt it bothered them for very long, if at all!
@philipbain
Жыл бұрын
Although the Surtees team left the F1 World Championship in 1978 they continued in the Aurora AFX British F1 championship in 1979 after which the works team was disbanded, however, their cars continuing to be raced in the hands of privateers into the 1980 season in British F1.
@hugovilag
Жыл бұрын
It's honestly sad so many were relates with early deaths, wether their own or close one's.
@JustinW2980
Жыл бұрын
Impressive video. My feed just sent me here and I confess I have never heard of this channel.
@Alonso21.
Жыл бұрын
Good video as usual, great job 👍
@realdaddydagoth69
Жыл бұрын
honestly, retiring due to "mental fatigue" was absolutely pathetic, hill should be at the bottom
@frasie741
Жыл бұрын
He suffered from depression for large parts of his career. He finally had enough of with how much he was struggling and didn’t want to risk his safety when he couldn’t bring himself to care
@skyhigh6089
Жыл бұрын
The wedge shaped Lotus Rindt drove in 1970 was model 72, not 49C. Also, I wish they had included Jenson's radio message to Alonso saying "he was going to pee on his seat".
@sdstewart87
Жыл бұрын
Didn't Piquet try to qualify for the Indy 500 twice after retiring from F1? I'm sure he raced in the Indy race in Brazil too, didn't he? You mean Hamilton started a rivalry by blaming the team and saying they were favouring Rosberg. Clark didn't lose control. A tyre failed and fired the car into the trees. He had no control over that.
@zorndeslammes
Жыл бұрын
Piquet not only tried to make the 500 but he wound up breaking both his legs when his car nosed into the Turn 2 wall.
@TrynePlague
9 ай бұрын
I love that background track.
@Cnimail
Жыл бұрын
What was every world champion’s *best* race? Argue amongst yourselves, class.
@derek7827
Жыл бұрын
I almost spat out my water when you jumped into Jochen Rindt first thing. I didn't even consider that when I clicked on the video
@Spike-sk7ql
Жыл бұрын
I don't think Prost "scared Mansell away", and honestly had Nigel stayed, I wholly believe he would have been a 2 X WDC. Thing is, he wouldn't have become a CART champion in 93 either.
@DrJReefer
Жыл бұрын
As I remember he felt like Prost conspired with Ferrari to make sure he had an inferior car.
@Spike-sk7ql
Жыл бұрын
@@DrJReefer wouldnt put it past Prost to do such a thing. He most certainly did NOT want another Senna situation on his hands, and Nigel was no pushover. He chased Piquet out of Williams after all. Prost was smart, and very good at the politicking in F1. That goes all the way back to his Renault days against Rene Arnoux.
@neilonaniet
Жыл бұрын
@@DrJReefer Mansell just hated Prost. It was as simple as that.
@DrJReefer
Жыл бұрын
@@neilonaniet He's French. Nige is English. It's in his genes
@skyhigh6089
Жыл бұрын
Prost was a vastly superior driver. Mansell needed the robotic FW14 to correct his constant blunders.
@jonnywalker3208
Жыл бұрын
Rindt... wow. So he was dead when he won??? That's mad
@snobey
Жыл бұрын
Clark the goat
@SantiagoBuisness
8 ай бұрын
Jim Clark 🏴
@luuduonghy659
6 ай бұрын
The Ayrton Senna incident would affect badly to F1 Erik Comas, who was being help by Ayrton Senna in SPA 1992 Qualifying would witness Ayrton incident scene. The incident would affect him so bad that he withdrawn from that race and retire from F1 at the end of 1994.
@KidnamedSubbs
10 ай бұрын
Mika fans waiting for his sabbatical HOW LONG IS THIS GONNA TAKE
@piglos
Жыл бұрын
Denny Hulme left Brabham for McLaren after winning the championship in 1967. And Brabham retired after the 1970 season, which was rather successful. A win, and should have won at Monaco and Brands Hatch
@skyhigh6089
Жыл бұрын
In my mind he won at BH... only race in history where a DSQ car was reinstated after spending time in their own pit.
@stinkyroadhog1347
11 ай бұрын
No, he lost BH because he ran out of fuel just after the final corner and Rindt overtook him@@skyhigh6089
@jonnywalker3208
Жыл бұрын
Awesome video as always
@DannySB991
Жыл бұрын
I'm going to be one of those guys, the safety car at Imola, is that not a Cavalier and not a Vectra? :D Anyway I'll stop now, love the video!
@aifrench14
Жыл бұрын
in the UK it would have been a Vauxhall Cavalier but Opel never used the name Cavalier, making it a Vectra
@Claggyt
Жыл бұрын
Very good 👍
@jacobfarkas3916
Жыл бұрын
Great video as always! Comment for the algorithm.
@CmLeo145
5 ай бұрын
Jochen rindt didn't die on impact. He could have been saved if they had brought him quickly enough to a hospital. He died on the way there.
@craigcolavito5606
Жыл бұрын
my main man in the number 1 spot, very happy to see that!
@el_henricko
Жыл бұрын
26:01 😢😭😥
@ALLTHINGSTV1
Жыл бұрын
im sorry but prost did not scare of mansell as you put it what a load of bull. williams didnt want mansell anymore it was even shown live on tv the mess they made of it. mansell is 1 of the very few drivers who would race anyone in any car.why are people so down on 1 of the most underated f1 drivers ever ?
@michaellavery4899
Жыл бұрын
Only half way through this but it seems only Nico Rosberg can be at No.1. Whatever you think, he departed with his head held high and at the pinnacle of the sport. Edit. Jim Clark at No.1. I'm forgetting my history and can't argue.
@skyhigh6089
Жыл бұрын
So did Prost.
@bfapple
Жыл бұрын
14:57 I understand Hill was suffering from depression that year?
@danielmp2085
Жыл бұрын
It could be argued that from all final races that were final because the driver died in them Rindts was the best because at least he managed to win the championship.
@stinkyroadhog1347
Жыл бұрын
Jochen won Monaco in the 49C and in Zandvoort, debuted the 72
@CurtGullin
Жыл бұрын
well thats an interestin video to make ! great
@wombat4191
Жыл бұрын
"At long last he was left alone" You don't need to watch the video to know who tis is referencing :D
@elliotttalksf1825
Жыл бұрын
This is a cool idea for a video
@GamerFlair
Жыл бұрын
31, 30.... I'm detecting a theme here...
@solsol1624
Жыл бұрын
Alan Jones could have been equal top of this list having won his last race in 1981, only to come out of retirement a few years later
@rdevroede
Жыл бұрын
Everyone is bickering about who the GOAT is. Saying it was Senna, Hammilton, Schumacher or even Verstappen… but Jim Clark is hands down the best there ever was.
@TilleyOlsen
Жыл бұрын
Give us little clips if you can mate😭
@johnshaw1939
Жыл бұрын
That horrific week at imola shouldn't have gone on after ratzenburgers death
@rcspaintservice
Жыл бұрын
Jochen Rindt should have been no.1 due to being the only F1 Champion posthumous.
@david-468
6 ай бұрын
Seeing Rosbergs career just reaffirms my thought that Hamilton was a selfish teammate, Hamilton tried to take him out multiple times because his TEAMMATE was beating him in points , say all you want about Schumacher but he wouldn’t have ever done that to a teammate
@REI02021809
Жыл бұрын
Jackie Stewart founded his own team in 1997
@paulsontag9233
Жыл бұрын
You were far too kind to Damon Hill and Mansell. Both parked undamaged cars petulantly.
@neilonaniet
Жыл бұрын
Nigel Mansell wasn't petulant, was he? LOL
@skyhigh6089
Жыл бұрын
Particularly Nigel who drove a decent McLaren.
@4517onlyglory
Жыл бұрын
Sir Jackie should rank just before Farina
@iancullen8314
Жыл бұрын
Think Graham Hill should have been higher. I was a triple crown winner after all
@skyhigh6089
Жыл бұрын
This is not about how great they were, but how their last race was. And Graham's Embassy seasons were a disaster.
@d9zirable
Жыл бұрын
14:58 KWAB
@TheGeorge360z
Жыл бұрын
gimi
@aifrench14
Жыл бұрын
Mansell and Hill (Damon) should be at the bottom, due to the shame of retiring a healthy car for no good reason, we're not talking Lauda at Fuji here, that was perfectly justified. Jim Clark has to be the greatest all round racing driver of all time... is there nothing that guy couldn't do?! :)
@pendremacherald6758
Жыл бұрын
I think Senna and Rindt should be swapped. But I can see why they weren’t.
@skalty9868
Жыл бұрын
Sadly Jochen Rindt did NOT get to become champion between his first and final race 😞
@bernardausterberry6174
Жыл бұрын
Brilliant.
@rafa57games
Жыл бұрын
In formula 1, or you retire like a hero or you race long enough to retire in a blown Engine in a backfield car
@ronsutherland4653
Жыл бұрын
Lotus 72
@randomisedjacob
Жыл бұрын
Rindt died in Qualifying at Monza so wouldn't Austria have been his last race?
@Swagduckyyy
Жыл бұрын
Wait, Did the cars have cameras on the front as shown in 9:51?
@windturbine6796
Жыл бұрын
That was for filming for the 1966 movie Grand Prix.
@corpsecoder_nw6746
Жыл бұрын
ok Rosberg should've been 1st, he won a title in his last race against a formidable champion. Hawthorne also deserved 2nd on this list because he had to keep up with Stirling Moss, the greatest driver to never win the world title. Clark was going to keep racing. Rosberg and Hawthorne had made up their minds. Clark had the best final race result and was the finest driver of the top 3, but putting him higher doesn't exactly make sense.
@Sp4mMe
Жыл бұрын
Rosberg's retirement was weirdly controversial at the time ("He's running away!"). Never understood that sentiment. He did what he wanted to do, never was shy talking about why he retired, and he seems to be perfectly at ease with his life now. Seems to me like he's done everything exactly right.
@skyhigh6089
Жыл бұрын
Hawthorn's last race wasn't so great. He needed Ferrari team orders to overtake Hill and win the title.
@Neilmaduray4165
Жыл бұрын
Ayrton Senna...F1's Greatest
@CatchiestWorm12
Жыл бұрын
Why did no one want to win in 1982? I'm not so knowledgeable on that year
@PeterBrookF1
Жыл бұрын
11 drivers won a race that year and nobody won more than two. Didier Pironi almost won the title despite missing the final five races due to a career-ending crash, most teams boycotted Imola, and Monaco went through six different leaders in the final three laps!
@skyhigh6089
Жыл бұрын
A brutal commercial war between FISA (big manufacturers) and FOCA (English teams). Canceled and boycotted races, unreliable Renaults and blatant cheating.
@MENQN
Жыл бұрын
Abu Dhabi 2021 doesn't count as an official race
@stinkyroadhog1347
Жыл бұрын
It does
@skyhigh6089
Жыл бұрын
Too much salt is bad for your blood pressure.
@saiyerugara9038
8 ай бұрын
...So I guess his last race is hitting Vettel at Saudi then lol!
@RobinBooze468
Жыл бұрын
I believe Mansell won his last race in F1. In 1994 after leaving Mclaren he raced twice for Williams, winning the last round in Adelaide if I'm not mistaken
@skyhigh6089
Жыл бұрын
You are mistaken. He was sacked by McLaren after the Spanish GP, where he retired without a mechanical failure complaining of poor handling. The Williams drivers were Hill and Coulthard.
@RobinBooze468
Жыл бұрын
@@skyhigh6089 It seems like I was not mistaken, pole and win in the last race of 1994 in a Williams en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_Australian_Grand_Prix
@aifrench14
Жыл бұрын
you are very much mistaken, he was dropped by Williams in favour of Coulthard for 95 and did the unthinkable by signing for McLaren (considering the considerable distain between the two in previous years) for the season where it just went so wrong it's beyond belief...
@alexlazebat839
Жыл бұрын
should put vettel there just yet possible return to replace stroll, Vettel announced his retirement when the car was uncompetitive when it was a point scorer i think he regretted it but couldnt change his mind as alonso was already signed. Hakkinen let coulthard pass
@nemesisn4522
Жыл бұрын
Alonso should retire tomorrow still hope for his last race so I can celebrate
@A-m-K
Жыл бұрын
To me, Aytrons last race will always be Adelaide 93. Man, was that a brilliant season from aytron, with a almost 100hp lower engine than bennetton (Who had the better ford engines) and Williams (Who had the best engine with their renault)
@MooncricketsInc
Жыл бұрын
Why is Rindt ranked so low? The guy died during the season, and still won the title. Schumacher should've stayed retired, them mercedes days were brutal..
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