Grand Prix Rejects

As the title says, I want to watch as many full Formula 1 races as possible from the past, but of course they are difficult to find.
I found some random races on torrent sites, and countless season reviews which show 5-10 minutes of every race, but of course it's not the real thing...

My dream is to collect every race into a gigantic collection, preferably in English (Murray Walker rocks ), but on any language if necessary. I'd like to ask for your help with links, ideas, information, anything you could provide to achieve this goal. I know it's an immense task and doubtful if it ever can be achieved, but someone once said that unachievable dreams are the bests

Julien wrote:As the title says, I want to watch as many full Formula 1 races as possible from the past, but of course they are difficult to find.
I found some random races on torrent sites, and countless season reviews which show 5-10 minutes of every race, but of course it's not the real thing...

My dream is to collect every race into a gigantic collection, preferably in English (Murray Walker rocks ), but on any language if necessary. I'd like to ask for your help with links, ideas, information, anything you could provide to achieve this goal. I know it's an immense task and doubtful if it ever can be achieved, but someone once said that unachievable dreams are the bests

The best plan would be to break into the FOM archives and steal all the tapes, but somehow I don't think that's what you were thinking. Anyway, this guy has some full races on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/perfect2O

tommykl wrote:

Julien wrote:As the title says, I want to watch as many full Formula 1 races as possible from the past, but of course they are difficult to find.
I found some random races on torrent sites, and countless season reviews which show 5-10 minutes of every race, but of course it's not the real thing...

My dream is to collect every race into a gigantic collection, preferably in English (Murray Walker rocks ), but on any language if necessary. I'd like to ask for your help with links, ideas, information, anything you could provide to achieve this goal. I know it's an immense task and doubtful if it ever can be achieved, but someone once said that unachievable dreams are the bests

The best plan would be to break into the FOM archives and steal all the tapes, but somehow I don't think that's what you were thinking. Anyway, this guy has some full races on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/perfect2O

I think Bernie should allow the FOM archives to be sold. Like, for instance you pay £5 and get the 1982 Monaco GP on DVD, full and as broadcast.

pasta_maldonado wrote:I think Bernie should allow the FOM archives to be sold. Like, for instance you pay £5 and get the 1982 Monaco GP on DVD, full and as broadcast.

I agree, it would probably be alot more popular then just having one little season review each year.

darkapprentice77 wrote:

pasta_maldonado wrote:I think Bernie should allow the FOM archives to be sold. Like, for instance you pay £5 and get the 1982 Monaco GP on DVD, full and as broadcast.

I agree, it would probably be alot more popular then just having one little season review each year.

Why doesn't he do this. I mean, it's an opportunity to make money and the fans would like it.

This guy has quite a few http://www.youtube.com/user/dangerouskSNK/videos?flow=grid&view=0 - some with BBC commentary there.

darkapprentice77 wrote:

pasta_maldonado wrote:I think Bernie should allow the FOM archives to be sold. Like, for instance you pay £5 and get the 1982 Monaco GP on DVD, full and as broadcast.

I agree, it would probably be alot more popular then just having one little season review each year.

Speaking of the season review DVD, does anyone know when it comes out?

pi314159 wrote:

darkapprentice77 wrote:

pasta_maldonado wrote:I think Bernie should allow the FOM archives to be sold. Like, for instance you pay £5 and get the 1982 Monaco GP on DVD, full and as broadcast.

I agree, it would probably be alot more popular then just having one little season review each year.

Why doesn't he do this. I mean, it's an opportunity to make money and the fans would like it.

Without wanting to insult older people: he's old and doesn't get internet technology, it's simple as that. If someone close to him could convince him that it would be a wise choice to do so, he probably will.

I know two dodgy Chinese video sites which have most of the races from 1990 to 2004 on, mostly Australian coverage where they present the show, and cut to the UK commentators just before the race starts...

Me and a good friend of mine do have a huge Database with races from 1920 till 2009 orso, we collected lots of them in the past.
Can ask him to give me access to his VPN and i can upload them to MEGA.co.cz ?

pi314159 wrote:

darkapprentice77 wrote:

pasta_maldonado wrote:I think Bernie should allow the FOM archives to be sold. Like, for instance you pay £5 and get the 1982 Monaco GP on DVD, full and as broadcast.

I agree, it would probably be alot more popular then just having one little season review each year.

Why doesn't he do this. I mean, it's an opportunity to make money and the fans would like it.

It's what I have been saying every so often on this forum for several years now. There are some races that I would love to see again - Adelaide 1995, Monaco 1996, Spa 1998, Imola 1994 (never seen it in full), etc...

dr-baker wrote:It's what I have been saying every so often on this forum for several years now. There are some races that I would love to see again - Adelaide 1995, Monaco 1996, Spa 1998, Imola 1994 (never seen it in full), etc...

I can tell you, one of the Chinese websites does indeed have Imola 94. Murray Walker commentary as well. Quality isn't brilliant, but at least you can watch it...

The same website (same user) has uploaded Adelaide 95, with Eurosport coverage.

East Londoner wrote:

dr-baker wrote:It's what I have been saying every so often on this forum for several years now. There are some races that I would love to see again - Adelaide 1995, Monaco 1996, Spa 1998, Imola 1994 (never seen it in full), etc...

I can tell you, one of the Chinese websites does indeed have Imola 94. Murray Walker commentary as well. Quality isn't brilliant, but at least you can watch it...

The same website (same user) has uploaded Adelaide 95, with Eurosport coverage.

Could you possibly email me the direct link sometime please? Thank you!

dr-baker wrote:

East Londoner wrote:

dr-baker wrote:It's what I have been saying every so often on this forum for several years now. There are some races that I would love to see again - Adelaide 1995, Monaco 1996, Spa 1998, Imola 1994 (never seen it in full), etc...

I can tell you, one of the Chinese websites does indeed have Imola 94. Murray Walker commentary as well. Quality isn't brilliant, but at least you can watch it...

The same website (same user) has uploaded Adelaide 95, with Eurosport coverage.

Could you possibly email me the direct link sometime please? Thank you!

Just done so.

East Londoner wrote:

dr-baker wrote:

East Londoner wrote:I can tell you, one of the Chinese websites does indeed have Imola 94. Murray Walker commentary as well. Quality isn't brilliant, but at least you can watch it...

The same website (same user) has uploaded Adelaide 95, with Eurosport coverage.

Could you possibly email me the direct link sometime please? Thank you!

Just done so.

Thank you!

I have the whole Imola weekend 94 on dvd (incl. free practice and so on) can send you it by post if you like .

dr-baker wrote:

East Londoner wrote:

dr-baker wrote:It's what I have been saying every so often on this forum for several years now. There are some races that I would love to see again - Adelaide 1995, Monaco 1996, Spa 1998, Imola 1994 (never seen it in full), etc...

I can tell you, one of the Chinese websites does indeed have Imola 94. Murray Walker commentary as well. Quality isn't brilliant, but at least you can watch it...

The same website (same user) has uploaded Adelaide 95, with Eurosport coverage.

Could you possibly email me the direct link sometime please? Thank you!

To me too, please

f1-gast wrote:Me and a good friend of mine do have a huge Database with races from 1920 till 2009 orso, we collected lots of them in the past.
Can ask him to give me access to his VPN and i can upload them to MEGA.co.cz ?

I would be in your debt like... forever if you would share it with me

f1-gast wrote:I have the whole Imola weekend 94 on dvd (incl. free practice and so on) can send you it by post if you like .

Why not rip it instead so you can keep the original and share with the rest of us?

Well the commentary is Dutch will upload a preview of it to my yt account

AndreaModa wrote:Speaking of the season review DVD, does anyone know when it comes out?

It's out now (if of course you're looking for last year's review), I've seen it in a few stores here for about $30 AUD.

Also, for the Australian members here, keep an eye out for classic races on the 7Mate show, Motor Mate. It airs every weekday afternoon from either 1 or 2PM to 4:30PM (one of the two episodes is usually repeated early in the morning) and sometimes features F1 races from the 50's and 60's, as well as motoring documentaries and rally reviews from the Group B and early Group A era.

Alright, if you guys really, really want to put some effort into this, I am a part-time member on the F1Zone Forum. After you post 20 times, you get instant access into the F1Zone Member Multimedia page, which has lots of races, season reviews, and documentaries from 1988-2012. There are a bunch of onboard videos and various races from before 1988 but you have to look for them. They even have WRC, Le Mans and GP2/3 races on there. You just have to post a bunch of times.

I actually have every race from the start of 1992 onwards either on tape or on DVD. I would have had the races from mid-1989 to the end of 1991 as well had I not been so stupid to erase over the top of them, many years ago.

Thank you for posting this information.

I have a lot of the race reviews that were released on VHS in the UK by Duke. 1984 to 1987. I have about 20, if memory serves me correctly. They're on the list to convert to DVD when I get a chance.

tristan1117 wrote:Alright, if you guys really, really want to put some effort into this, I am a part-time member on the F1Zone Forum. After you post 20 times, you get instant access into the F1Zone Member Multimedia page, which has lots of races, season reviews, and documentaries from 1988-2012. There are a bunch of onboard videos and various races from before 1988 but you have to look for them. They even have WRC, Le Mans and GP2/3 races on there. You just have to post a bunch of times.

Thanks for that, I've just registered

An epic bump for this, mainly because I have an urge to watch the 88 season in full and a certain contact who I once had for certain items that may have facilitated this (yes, I know you know what I'm talking about, but I don't want to get anyone into trouble) has disappeared off the face of the earth it would seem. Hmph.

Barbazza I searched for 1988 races on good old Youku.com and I found this for a start. The titles are in Chinese and you'll have to identify the races via the videos but the commentary is BBC.

BTW I found F1Win.com, a website which has 2000s races. The 2000, 2002-3, 2005-6 races have ITV commentary but 2001 is in Russian and the rest have Spanish commentary.

good_Ralf wrote:Barbazza I searched for 1988 races on good old Youku.com and I found this for a start. The titles are in Chinese and you'll have to identify the races via the videos but the commentary is BBC.

BTW I found F1Win.com, a website which has 2000s races. The 2000, 2002-3, 2005-6 races have ITV commentary but 2001 is in Russian and the rest have Spanish commentary.

Thanks a million for that second link there man

Though I'll be blaming you when I have to sit repeat exams in August!

I've started building my own private collection using Firefox's Youtube download plugin, soon to be aided by an in-transit DVD recorder to grab any Sky Sports F1 Classic F1/GP Uncovered features they do. Focussing just on championship races for the time being, I've gotten up to but not including Monaco '55 (which sits on my Sky+ planner from a feature done last year but I can't find the relevant broadcast on the web, which triggered my purchase of aforementioned recorder).

Of the races I've gone over so far, includes something like a 20 second(!) newsreel for Monaco 1950, some in a foreign language, while some races - Bremgarten 1950 was the first - seem to have no moving record of them whatsoever (that I've found anyway!). The best of the races I've done to date seem to be 10-15 min newsreel formats, I guess that'll be the norm up until I start getting up to the late 70s, but it'll still be fun. I guess once I reach 1981 that is when Bernie copyright issues might make finding stuff harder.

Agree that Bernie/FOM are ignoring a potential cash-cow by not making available for sale to the public full archive broadcasts...

I've found Dailymotion to be a good alternative if YT can't deliver the goods, just a heads up in case you didn't know about it.

AndreaModa wrote:I've found Dailymotion to be a good alternative if YT can't deliver the goods, just a heads up in case you didn't know about it.

Sometimes when I load the website it has a tendency to crash my (relatively new) computer for about a minute or so.

good_Ralf wrote:Sometimes when I load the website it has a tendency to crash my (relatively new) computer for about a minute or so.

That might be Flash Player's fault in my opinion.
Funny thing is that my Android handheld console loads Dailymotion just fine, despite being a single core system.

Would it be illegal or otherwise ill-advised to have a regularly updated thread with links to watch old Grands Prix online?

It's a grey area - if you can't access legally old races, then it shouldn't be a problem.

Personally, I would share links via PM instead of the forum. If FOM ever trawl the forums (and I have reason to believe they have done in the past - the Reject YouTube thread is evidence), they'll take down pretty much every link we've shared.

Yeah perhaps best not to tempt fate.

I know (and am certain a lot of people here know) a certain website from where you can find lots of old and very old races.

If anyone here is interested, please private message me (my mail account is active, I will receive the messages) and I'll give you the instructions. I'm not keeping the secret for the sake of it, but because it's a very good site that I won't contribute to see taken down.