I Drove The Worst Car From Every Decade Of F1 Since The 1990s...

Added: 2026-05-30

[00:00:03]In this video, we are going to be racing in the slowest car from each of the last four decades of Formula 1. Up first, we have the 2021 H, which entered into 22 races and scored zero points.

[00:00:18]>> That went well. The H VF-21 was driven by Mick Schumacker and Nikita Mazipin who on his day was truly stoppable and struck confidence into his opponents.

[00:00:40]Here we go. Let's get a good start.

[00:00:48]See you later. Oh my god, what a start that was. Right, this is going to be okay. We just need to like just take it nice and easy. Don't make any mistakes and we should be fine.

[00:00:59]>> Oh, okay. Right. There's a bit of a difference in straight line speed. I think >> he's looking in his wing mirrors to see what's happening at the rear. It's Maxappen coming his way.

[00:01:09]>> Oh, um, that's not ideal. He's really close.

[00:01:13]I'm going to have to use some PRS there.

[00:01:15]>> These are critical corners for this Grand Prix.

[00:01:17]>> He's going down my inside. No. Fappen.

[00:01:20]No. Can we fight this?

[00:01:23]>> Damn it. He's got me.

[00:01:27]>> Doesn't want to.

[00:01:27]>> Oh my god. This car does not have much downforce. And it also doesn't have much straight line speed. So, that's just brilliant. I mean, what has it even got?

[00:01:35]It's got nothing.

[00:01:36]>> I've got nothing left.

[00:01:38]>> Full throttle, FULL BLAST ALL THE way to turn one. And he is gaining, gaining, gaining in the slit streak.

[00:01:43]>> Oh, Hamilton's going down the inside.

[00:01:45]Yes, look at that. We've defended. We've held on to the P2 position.

[00:01:51]All >> right, this next corner might be the most spinable corner. Oh, in the game.

[00:01:56]What is that?

[00:01:57]>> That's another fabulous save. Yes, >> I did approach it too quickly.

[00:02:04]Oh no, Hamilton's Hamilton's going for it. We're going to fight this though.

[00:02:07]We're going to fight this. That is a very good sight for fans of Lewis Hamilton. He will now drive past him.

[00:02:13]Give him a cheery little wave.

[00:02:15]>> We can do this. Bri, we're going down the inside.

[00:02:17]>> And he's going to try and make THAT LUNCH. AND HE DOES.

[00:02:20]>> RIGHT. He just turned in on me there.

[00:02:21]What the hell?

[00:02:23]Crazy.

[00:02:24]>> Right. Yeah, we'll take that. Still P2.

[00:02:26]This is going amazingly well.

[00:02:29]>> Right on the power. Oh god, we're running out of BRS already. Oh, and Hamilton's right there.

[00:02:33]>> And he's just trying to break the slipstream now. And there's Hamilton, but trying to go down the outside. Is he going to sweep through? Can he keep it on the road? He can. He's done it.

[00:02:43]>> Oh, he's still there.

[00:02:44]>> No, Hamilton, don't do it to me. No, we don't have to down force. Can we hang it in there? Yes, we can. Oh, I forgot DS.

[00:02:51]Come on. Come on.

[00:02:52]>> Bad news for Lewis Hamilton in terms of He looked like he was going to challenge for second place. Take second place.

[00:02:58]>> Yes. Yes. Oh my god. Look at that.

[00:03:01]Fantastic. We're still P2.

[00:03:03]>> What are you doing here?

[00:03:04]>> Oh my god. God, I can't believe how well this is going.

[00:03:07]>> Supreme skills and bravery going on out here.

[00:03:10]>> Right, we got Oh my god, he sent it down the inside. Oh, Hamilton, what are you doing?

[00:03:15]>> And he's got a better exit. Hamilton with a much better exit.

[00:03:17]>> Oh, we thought no ears left. It's so over >> before they GET TO THE CORNER. It is third TIME LUCKY FOR LEWIS HAMILTON.

[00:03:25]>> HILLARY.

[00:03:26]>> NO, I'm bought us as well.

[00:03:28]>> This is [ __ ] madness.

[00:03:29]>> Okay, we will get DS in the main straight though. Rebel is is within touching distance if he puts one little foot wrong.

[00:03:38]>> Oh, you're going Oh my god. Hello.

[00:03:41]>> Oh no.

[00:03:42]>> Well, that looked like F1 against F2.

[00:03:45]>> Now we have a [ __ ] bunch of wankov.

[00:03:47]>> Okay, they're going side by side. So maybe maybe >> it'll be a brave move from there, but very risky move. And he takes that risk.

[00:03:54]>> Okay, we almost hit Perez, but that's a nice move actually. Okay, we're back up to P5. Okay, this could be okay. I mean, we've lost positions to both Mercedes and both Red Bulls, which are obviously the quickest car by quite some distance.

[00:04:07]So, we might actually be able to defend from the cars behind.

[00:04:12]>> Oh, no.

[00:04:14]>> Okay. Right. That's okay. We're getting the slip. Oh, Gazzley. No, >> the hurt. That That's an ouch moment, isn't it?

[00:04:21]>> Bit of a snap of over steer there, but I think we can fight this. We can take the inside here. Yeeha! What a move.

[00:04:27]>> Lovely. Look at that. Fantastic. Okay, so we're down to P6 on lap six. So, I mean, if we keep up this average, we'll finish P7. Um, although that being said, Gazi's just gone down the inside there.

[00:04:41]He's coming at me with quite a lot of speed. Oh, and he's gone.

[00:04:45]>> There he goes. And he just breezes down the inside.

[00:04:52]>> 3 seconds. Come on. Oh my god. I'm inside. Carlos Hines, right? This is where we need some speed. They're coming out of the pits. They're coming out of the pits. Science. Let's No. Let's not fight now. They're coming out of the pits.

[00:05:04]>> He is going to want to forget this weekend as quickly as possible.

[00:05:09]>> Okay. Okay. Okay.

[00:05:11]>> Can he make it stick into the hair?

[00:05:13]THERE HE GOES AGAIN.

[00:05:16]>> RICARDO, you absolute donut.

[00:05:19]>> It can go right down to the checkered flag. And look at Oh.

[00:05:23]>> Oh, science. Come on. Why? Let's be friends, please.

[00:05:29]Oh, why?

[00:05:31]>> That is just tragic.

[00:05:33]>> How do you have so much traction? What the hell?

[00:05:36]>> Champions drive class of the field there. Just kept bumping them in. Knew where the extra grip was.

[00:05:42]>> Oh, Cenoda, don't do it to me.

[00:05:44]>> And now his throttle foot is planted against the firewall.

[00:05:49]>> Oh, I think we're okay. I think we're okay. Yes. Yes. P3.

[00:05:55]Oh, what?

[00:05:57]>> This is an over celebration. This is bang out of order.

[00:06:01]>> Next up, we have Hispania's HRT F111 from 2011, which also failed to score a single point. Their only achievements were giving Daniel Ricardo his F1 debut and the Italian Grand Prix, where Luxie pulled off one of the best overtakes of the season. There are 7 billion people in the world, but just 24 Grand Prix drivers. They're lined up in the same 200 m of tarmac for our entertainment.

[00:06:29]>> Yeah, we are starting from P20, but it's not quite last. So, yeah, and hopefully we can get a good start. Right, here we go.

[00:06:35]>> They get away perfectly off the front row. No grid.

[00:06:39]>> Okay, that's not too bad.

[00:06:42]Go around the outside here. Oh, Sergio Perez in front of me.

[00:06:47]>> Oh, he's leaving no margin out there at all. Oh, this corner terrifies me. No.

[00:06:52]No >> traditions.

[00:06:55]>> Yeah. Anyway, okay, that's a pretty good start, actually.

[00:06:59]I don't know why in this game it always looks like Oh my, right. Why is he just break checked me then? What the hell was that about?

[00:07:05]>> THIS IS WHAT HE FLIPPING DOES.

[00:07:07]>> IT'S ILLEGAL.

[00:07:08]>> NO, we can't quite go down the inside of arrest. Not yet. Oh, there we go. Look at that. Okay, past a couple of cars there.

[00:07:16]>> You live on your wits. Look at this.

[00:07:18]Talk about living on your wits. That is brilliant. Brilliant.

[00:07:22]>> Right. Perez is going down the inside.

[00:07:24]That's okay. We'll take the outside.

[00:07:27]Oh, let's see.

[00:07:29]>> This guy >> just swerving out of the way. What on earth are you doing?

[00:07:33]>> Yeah, it doesn't feel great. I did I quickly did time trials in a Red Bull before this just to warm up and this does not feel the same. That's definitely safe to say.

[00:07:42]>> And he got on the throttle early. The back end of the car still sliding around a little bit on him through there. No, I'm not getting overtaken by Paul arresttor.

[00:07:49]>> Are you sure about that?

[00:07:50]>> I mean, I am because I have, but come on.

[00:07:53]>> And he's just going to out drag him through the exit. He didn't need to risk it up the inside.

[00:07:57]>> Maldonado wants me. I can really feel it. He's on me. Is he going to Oh, he just bailed out of that. Okay.

[00:08:03]>> What? Oh, he's going for me now. Oh, he's gone. He's just gone. And there's just nothing I can do about it. And he's No, he's Oh, he's almost lost it, though. Let's go to the inside. Why not?

[00:08:12]Oh, look at that. That's absolutely beautiful.

[00:08:15]No.

[00:08:16]>> And uh he was like, "Okay, whichever way you defend, I'm going to go the other side cuz I've got so much more grip.

[00:08:23]I've got a better car."

[00:08:24]>> Up your pace. The car behind catching you.

[00:08:26]>> Up my pace. Like up your car. Come on.

[00:08:29]How am I meant to up my pace in this?

[00:08:31]>> It's a [ __ ] box.

[00:08:33]>> Oh my god. There's cars that have already pitted and they're ahead of me and it's lap five. Right into the pits we go. Thought I was going to go into a wall there.

[00:08:40]>> So on it goes.

[00:08:43]Looked okay, didn't it? Not super fast.

[00:08:45]>> Yeah. Okay. And we are we're still ahead. Oh, not everyone came into the pits though. That's not good.

[00:08:51]>> And that's Is THAT GLOCK? IS THAT GLOCK GOING SLOWLY?

[00:08:54]>> OKAY. Who's this ahead? Teemo Glock is ahead of me.

[00:08:57]>> He has been mighty through this section of the racetrack and at the moment it's sticking for him.

[00:09:06]Where is my grip? H why have I done this to myself? I'm playing one of the most beautiful old F1 games and I've chosen to drive in a tractor. Right. I just want to get a top 20 finish to be honest.

[00:09:20]Oh, we have. We're up to P19. Come on.

[00:09:27]>> Tire temperatures are looking really good.

[00:09:30]>> Oh, I thrilled. Right. Well, we may be in an absolute tractor, but at least the tire temperatures are good.

[00:09:40]Okay, but here we go. Round the final corner. We're going to finish P19.

[00:09:45]Yes, I will take that. We gained one position in the race. What you want a [ __ ] medal?

[00:09:50]>> For the 2000s, we are driving the Menardi PSO3, which entered into 16 races and scored as many points in 2003 as Tottenham have league titles since the 1960s. All right, here we go. We're at the Temple of Speed which is Monza, but unfortunately it's not the Temple of Speed today because we're in a Manardi.

[00:10:11]Anyway, here we go. Let's do this. Not bad reaction. That is a quite a bit of wheel spin. And we've immediately lost the lead of the race to Michael Schumacker, but I mean it's Shoeacker and a Ferrari, so that's kind of understandable. There goes another Ferrari. Oh, someone's gone down the inside. We fight this maybe.

[00:10:28]>> I've gone. You've been >> on the power. No. Damn it. Okay, not the best start. We're already down to P4 and it's been about three corners. Oh yeah.

[00:10:39]>> Oh, and Kimmy Reichen's sending it down the inside. Can we get a switch back maybe?

[00:10:43]>> No.

[00:10:44]>> Damn it. This Manali doesn't go anywhere. It's not actually terrible through the corners, but it's just so underpowered. It's unbelievable. Anyway, P6 about halfway through the lap. That's not terrible. Oh, there's another Renault going down the inside. Oh, is he going to truly Oh, he's not leaving the space.

[00:11:03]Okay, we're down to P7. Oh, okay. We're down to P8. We're still in the top 10 somehow. But I mean, is that something?

[00:11:11]Oh my god, I can't drive. That wasn't even the car. That was just me being stupid.

[00:11:16]>> What a blithering it is.

[00:11:18]>> Okay. And we've lost another position.

[00:11:21]Oh, and there goes another car. We only lost like four positions that lap.

[00:11:25]That's progress. We lost nine in the first lap and Okay, we're five in this lap. Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

[00:11:32]Please.

[00:11:34]>> Okay, well, Mark Webb has just absolutely sailed past us getting overtaken by a Jordan. What is this? And oh my god, no. No. Give me power. No, no, please. No, no.

[00:11:48]Can we send it down the inside? Maybe. I mean, there's no harm in trying. What could go wrong?

[00:12:01]I can't believe he did that.

[00:12:04]>> Yes. Come on. Come on. Ridiculous.

[00:12:07]Oh, we made an overtake through.

[00:12:10]>> I don't believe it. We're not in last place.

[00:12:12]>> And that's one of the greatest things I've ever seen in Grand Prix racing.

[00:12:20]>> There goes that dream. We're in P19, which appears to now be last place. Ah, where did it all go wrong?

[00:12:29]Oh my god, we're P8. Yes, someone uh was at Kardust Must have retired.

[00:12:35]>> Two very boring minutes later, >> we're going to finish P8. I will take that. That's a pretty good result. Only 89 seconds off the lead.

[00:12:44]>> I don't know the guy and I'm embarrassed for him. Up next is the Life L190, which entered into which tried to enter into 14 races, but failed to pre-qualify for every single one. It might not be the quickest in a straight line or have the most grip or have good handling or be the most reliable.

[00:13:05]Um, but yeah, let's do it.

[00:13:08]>> Spar is generally acknowledged to be the world's finest Grand Prix circuit. It's 4.3 mile left. Comprises specially closed public roads. The grid is clear for >> There we go. That seems like a pretty decent Okay, not a great start actually.

[00:13:24]Center's absolutely stormed off into the lead. We're down to P3 already going into the first corner. We slightly tapped someone there. Oh my god, I've got no grip. Okay, we're down to P4.

[00:13:35]Okay, we're down to P5. Um, so that could be worse. I mean P6 actually. Uh, well, now it's P7. Um, oh. Oh, someone's going down the inside into O.

[00:13:48]>> Oh, I feel like I barely have enough power to get off the hill. There's just no straight line speed. I'm struggling.

[00:13:55]I've only just got to 140 mph.

[00:13:59]Oh god. Okay, this isn't good. Oh, okay.

[00:14:04]There goes the crazy. Oh, right. End chemistra. We're down to P. No, we're down to P13. Alt P14. Okay. Right. Well, hopefully we should stop losing some positions now that we're not on a long straight. What am I meant to do?

[00:14:22]I've Oh my god. Stop overtaking me. I have absolutely no power whatsoever.

[00:14:29]Oh god, I'm down to P16 in half a lap. Right, we're going to go defensive. No, please don't overtake me.

[00:14:38]No. No, stop. This is not fair.

[00:14:44]Oh my god. How is he so quick? Like I don't have that grip. I'm Oh, I'm like a snail going through these corners. Oh, and that's it. I'm already in last place.

[00:14:54]>> I'm I'm going to finish this race, switch off everything, and go to bed. Cry.