Don't know if you've seen it, but the movie "Rush" is in my opinion by far the best F1 movie ever made. It is about the Hunt vs Lauda rivalry mentioned in this video. Starring Chris Hemsworth as James Hunt and Daniel Brühl as Niki Lauda
Quite over saturated in some ways to make it black and white for Americans, but the most next to correct one, yes. Could you imagine someone kidding with Niki? Never happened, they both had a very sharp mouth and while Hunt partied openly, Lauda was doing it more privately but harder with Falco in the DomRep^^
@@timdraper4559 Why? The only thing really annoying me were these wheel to wheel "battles" in second gear on the straighs with F2 cars, the rest was a quite good movie.
Grand Prix is a classic. I knew nothing about F1 until watching it - a historic opening sequence, loved the story of American and Japanese racing and auto manufacturing working to break into the European dominated clique of F1, the strategies of driving and team competition. Love that film.
Yes to the Senna doc, happy to see you commenting that you’ll watch it. But I’ll also recommend BBC’s “Grand Prix: The Killer Years” - if you can find it - which details the sport’s evolution from something callous and brutal to actually survivable. It’s not a cheap and creepy “biggest crashes compilation!” but a sober bit of history with interviews with drivers - or their widows. The early years were really more akin to ritual sacrifice than racing; it’s quite jarring to learn just how different the attitudes were.
This video does a pretty decent job from Senna on, it's criminaly brief on the earlier stuff. "Grand Prix: The killer years" (Grand Prix being the origin of F1) gives you a great basis of the origins of F1, it's dangers, the drivers, their famlies and how it eventually became obsessed with safety (Big part due to Jackie Stewart), and it takes us neatly up to just after Senna crash. Well worth a watch/reaction.
I've seen the Senna Doc twice now. It's so good. It really humanizes him and the struggles he had against the FIA rules, his mortality, his view and relationship with God, and his struggles with his own determination to succeed, often pushing himself to disaster.
@@Dirkus17 You need to take into context that her being 15 at the start of the relationship has no bearing as it wasn't against the law in Brazil in 1985. Do not judge the man until you research all the information relevant please. She was also chaperoned at the beginning by her family.
Special mention to Jack Brabham. Driver , team owner and team designed engines and cars. 3 times champion in the 1960s. Made rear engined cars the way to go.
There's a channel called "Huge if true". Cleo Abrams visits The Red Bull F1 Factory in the UK & goes into detail explaining the engineering & speaks to Max Verstappen. She's bloody brilliant. There's 2 videos. Make sure you get the latest one as it's much more detailed than the first.
@@NoProtocolthe Senna Documentary using Archive footage is a masterpiece. I've not seen the new Netflix series but I have to recommend the doc, it's really innovative in my opinion because they don't do the usual talking head interview style they use voice over for context but every chance they get instead of having someone tell you how Senna was feeling or thinking they used archive footage of Senna saying himself in his own words what he was thinking and feeling.
My dad worked right next to the Sauber Garage in Hinwil, Switzerland, back in the 90's when they had a F1 team (before it changed to Red Bull Petronas), so we went several times when they presented their new cars ahead of the season. Nice people.
The F1 explained for rookies video is great imo, as of music I'll suggest fenomeno by Fabri fibra by far my favorite Italian song (we all know F1 is huge here in Italy 😅)and generally one of my favorite songs
Replying to 2:15 It was the 24h of Le Mans. In the between wars period, Le Mans actually was the French Grand Prix (nowadays F1 races) for a while. Grand Prix were defined in 1900 by the Gordon Bennet cup and stablished that races have to be at least 300km is distance, without an upper bound. The first GP was about 900km in length 😅 Now F1 races for the minimum number of laps to complete 305km on the circuit. The only exception is Monaco because that would breach the contractual time limit for TV broadcasts
The first Grand Prix was in 1906, held by the the Automobile Club de France (ACF) at Le Mans. The ACF was a founding member of the Association Internationale des Automobile Clubs Reconnus (AIACR), which would become the FIA. The ACF ran Grand Prix racing up to the 1920s, after which the FIA created the Commission Sportive Internationale (CSI) to oversee international motorsport. CSI would become FISA, until it was rolled back into the FIA in the 1990s. As far as I can tell, only one of the inter-war French Grands Prix held was at the Le Mans circuit - in 1929. The 24h was never a Grand Prix.
Check out Guy Martin in 'Can Guy Make it in an F1 Pit Crew?' The fitness and training required just to change a tyre will blow your mind (some of the training was actually redacted due to secrecy).
You never fail to impress me with your knowledge and interests. Pugilism to astronomy, whatever tweaks your interest, you share it with us with which I'm grateful as im like that myself. Happy new year to you and your family xx
The most impressive thing to me is how quick the pit crews have gotten. I don't have a specific vid because it was recommended to me, but it was the progression over the years of how much time they take with changing tires and the like, the amount of time cutting drastically every few years or so. Really something to see. Also, check out the movie Rush, they showed a small clip from it. It covers the rivalry between Hunt and Lauda, and I remember it being pretty entertaining.
To answer your question about age, direct drive steering columns took a lot of strength and cars were really expensive (think of owning a hellicopter today) before world war 2. When F1 began in the 1950's there wasn't enough time for many people to be introduced to driving, develop skills and join the competition. Fuel distribution was still nowhere near what we think as normal from today's perspective either. So most drivers with enough skills to race, survive and race again were over 40 years old and had began racing in the 1930's before all racing stopped in Europe. To put the risk in perspective, fatal incidents took down about 15% of competitors every year. For every 20 people trying to run, 3 would never go back home.
Not sure if you would be into it or not, but I actually have a book recommendation for F1 called "I just made the tea..." by Di Spires. Not technical at all, but written by someone that helped run the motorhomes and did catering for some teams in the 70's and 80's. So she got to know a lot of the drivers and people around the sport really well.
There is so much to comment on: - F1 cars in the '50s reached similar top speeds compared to the current ones (less power, but also less drag), but are nowhere near to current machinery in terms of overall laptime. - The LeMans disaster had a wide impact on motorsport overall. Because of that huge accident, Switzerland issued a law that banned racing on circuits in their country, which was valid until 2022. That's why races (i.e. kart races) in Switzerland used to be held on empty parking garages on Sundays. - 'Rush' is a pretty decent film, if you ignore the historic inaccuracies and added drama - IMO the video didn't pay the '80s turbo era enough respect, one of the most insane and dangerous eras the sport has seen. Those engines were real monsters! The BMW M12/13 in the back of the Benetton B186 produced nearly 1,700(!) bhp in quali trim and was powered by something called 'rocketfuel' (very powerful, but equally poisonous fuel). To put that into perspective, the current turbo-hybrids are reaching less than 1,100 bhp in quali trim (cumbostion engine and electric motor combined). - Little off-topic: Nowadays fans like to complain about F1 contributing to sportswashing (mainly in the Middle East), but forget that they've been doing this for decades, i.e. Argentina, Spain and Portugal during its dictatorships or South Africa during Apartheid. Many were cool with those races, but have a problem with the new ones. Talk about hypocrisy! My (F1/sport specific) musical recommendations: - 'Šumaher' th-cam.com/video/4Qh9Cz0c-sM/w-d-xo.html by Bosnian singer/parodist DJ Krmak. He sings about a guy watching F1 races who expresses his desire to be Michael Schumacher for one day, while mimicking Balkan folk music. - 'Es lebe der Sport' ('Long live sports') th-cam.com/video/lIOGZOlm3MI/w-d-xo.html by Austrian pop legend Rainhard Fendrich, where he satirizes the outgrowing value of entertainment in sports, forced by its viewers. It also touches on F1, where he states that the viewers are satisfied once they've seen cars either crashing or exploding.
The cars in the 50s got somewhat near modern top speeds, 180MPH being reasonably common in the late 50s but on tracks that were much MUCH faster. The tracks they reached those speeds on regularly have since had chicanes and other changes or aditional cornering complexes added to reduce the speeds over the years.
@@dzzope Yes, I am aware of that. Back then the circuits were a lot more simplistic and safety wasn't really a thing. No way F1 or any other motorsport series would race at something like the old AVUS, which was just two corners connecting two long straights.
The Association Internationale des Automobile Clubs Reconnus (AIACR), which would become the FIA, was founded in 1904. One of its members, the Automobile Club de France (ACF) ran Grand Prix racing until teh 1920s, when the FIA took over. The FIA held a World Manufacturers Champiosnhip from 1925 to 1930, though from 1928 to 1930 the championship was not awarded due to too few races (2 in 1928, 1 in 1929 and 1930). Then the European Champiosnhip was held between 1931 and 1932, and then 1935 to 1939, though the 1939 championship was not awarded due to other events that year. F1 regulations were formulated in 1947, and several races, even Grands Prix were held with F1 rules. The F1 World Championship was first held in 1950. The original F1 regulations were basically the pre war Voiturette class (1.5L Supercharged), which was a step below the Grand Prix car class (3.0L Supercharged/4.5L unsupercharged).
shout out to Piet Mondrian. I see that in your background. im recommending Mothers Cake and Spiral Drive again on the music side of things... also imho Wax Taylor is fire!
Latest F1 driver to die was Jules Bianchi, who was 25. Rodger Williamson was 25. The guy who had the experienced head on his shoulders to try and save him was 27 or 28. Senna had just turned 34. Ratzenberger was 33. These are young men.
My music recommendation is "Space Road" by the Japanese jazz fusion group Casiopea. I know that Japanese jazz fusion is closely associated with auto racing anyway, but I also just really enjoy listening to it.
I saw a documentary on the BBC (I think) years ago, covering the improvements in safety standards, and it was shocking. Back in the day, a driver would crash and his car could end up on the track on fire, and the race still continued. Often with the driver having died in the accident, and the other cars having to drive around them, until the end of the race! Not sure if it's available to react to, but definitely worth a watch if you can find it. From doing a quick search, I think it is called "Grand Prix: The Killer Years", as it covers the campaigning of the drivers to improve safety.
As for documentaries, I highly recommend on called "Bruce McLaren". It gives a good perspective on the transition from garagists full enterprise constructors in F1. Bruce McLaren and Jack Brabham were the last drivers to become constructors. It hits specially hard that they actually helped design or develop parts of their cars.
If you're looking for F1 engineering explained, the Driver61 channel is exactly what you need. Some suggestions below. These are general but they have very specific (transmission, clutch, aerodynamics, etc) ones as well: $5000 Normal Engine vs $10 Million Formula 1 Engine The INCREDIBLE Evolution of Formula 1 Lap Times How F1 Teams Make Money The Incredible Evolution of Formula 1 Horsepower | Track Evolution Why F1 Engines EXPLODE 2022 Formula 1 Compared to Other Race Cars
I suggest watching The Race for some of the engineering stuff of the modern era, though maybe they also discuss it on their podcast "Bring back V10's". Also, there are some awesome books to check out as well on the topic, from Marc Priestley, a former Mclaren engineer, and Guenther Steiner, who was the team boss at Haas F1 from 2016 till 2023.
James Hunt his legendary phrase "" Sex, the breakfast of champions"" and Senna's ""If you no longer go for a gap that is there, you are no longer a racing driver"" should have been included in the docu IMHO.
Back then there was very little mechanical grip and literally zero aerodynamic grip and absolutely no regard for safety so they were fast but only in a straight line
Measuring the speed of racing cars is quite complicated, but the easiest comparison is lap times. Obviously some will have more top speed, some acceleration, others downforce or breaking or grip, but it ultimately comes down to lap times, but even then not just outright one lap pace, but how consistently a car and driver can keep repeating good lap times, this we refer to as race pace.
Music recommendation: - Butterflies and Hurricanes, by Muse (title song of F1 2005 game) - Tema da Vitória (do Senna), a piece created by TV Globo to celebrate Brazilian victories im F1 broadcast, that became so frequently played for Senna, it became his own song.
The cars didn't have much less power at any time, but imagine the grip of a bicycle carrying 600hp. At Laguna Seca for example would have had to start breaking before the finish line to make it around T1 :D
They have actually gotten a lot younger over the years. Back then you could pretty much build a car and enter races. Driver/owners, while not common, was a thing. With the cars being much less physically demanding than they are now and also the scrunity and the need to win for sponsers being less cut throat drivers raced a lot longer. Well, that is if they survived.
It's not straight line speed that was going up but cornering speeds due to improved aero understanding. At Senna's fatal crash the car bottomed out and the underfloor aero stalled. He lost downforce and therefore grip.
Yes, Le Mans 1955 wasn't a part of F1 calendar, it's part of entirely different series and now Le Mans 24 hours is one of the most prestigious races that exist, being part of triple crown of motorsport (together with Monaco F1 GP and Indy 500), Graham Hill is the only driver in history to win all 3 and among current drivers Fernando Alonso was the closest to win it but he still needs to win Indy 500 (he tried but failed in the past) The drivers are younger than back in the day, because some of the drivers from 1950s or 60s were 40-something year olds and I think there were even 50-something year olds driving in F1, while now most of F1 drivers are under 30s, they also start their career much earlier, because we can see 18 or 20 year olds driving F1 cars while back then it was uncommon to be under 25 and drive it (2025 will be a year full of young talent in F1, because we will have 18 year old Antonelli in Mercedes, 19 year old Bearman in Haas, 20 year old Bortoleto in Sauber, future Audi and 20 year old Hadjar in VCARB, junior team of Red Bull) The funniest thing about Spygate is that nobody would ever notice anything if not for a wife of the guy who stole the documents from Ferrari to give them to his team Mclaren, because she had to print them and used PUBLIC PRINTER to do that XD You should definitely watch some of Rick's videos, especially the F1 meme iceberg!
Never Forget *Michael Shumacher* one of Formula 1's legendary drivers decided to go for skiing (after retirement from F1) and got into horrible accident that some sources say he still hasn't recovered to full health even today!! 😥😥 Another former German F1 Driver *Nico Roseberg* decided to retire very early in his career just because he felt he needed more time towards his family and he also acknowledges how dangerous Formula 1 racing is! Let that sink in!! I'm just surprised everybody knows & nobody talks about this!
Senna crashed at something like 190mph. For some time, the cars had been using carbon fibre chassis, which had dramatically improved safety. A British driver John Watson was the first to crash one, which I remember watching. It was a horrific, high speed crash, the sort we'd got used to seeing nothing but ambulances leaving the scene of. Consider out amazement when Watson stepped out of the car, apparently entirely unharmed. That's what carbon fibre brought. And I guess with it came a degree of complacency. We'll never know for sure, but one aspect of Senna's crash was probably low tyre temperature, and thus lower tyre pressure, after a few slow laps. That reduced the ride height. The hypothesis is that as the aero-loading on the car decreased the ride height too much and the car ended up skidding on its underneath surface. That removed all grip from the tyres, giving Senna no chance. A consequence of the crash was the introduction of minimum ride heights, enforced by wooden plank fitted under the cars that has to survive the weekend without too much wear (penalty: disqualification). Also, tie wires in the suspension struts were introduced to keep the wheels and struts more or less in place, even if they'd been shattered.
There is a video called 'How a Formula 1 Race Car Works' from 'Animagraffs'. It explains with some details each part of the cars but it is three years now, so not totally up to date. And another one goes into F1 engines; 'How Tiny Formula 1 Engines Make 1000 HP!' from the channel 'Engineering Explained'.
In the 1950's the top speed of the cars was arguably higher than in the 1990's. They could go over 340km/h im straights during races. The difference is that now the average speed is much higher and tracks have a lot more corners and slow sections. This relates to the G-Forces and driver's physical training like you've said =)
The trouble with looking for a video about the detailed engineering in F1 is that much about the engine design, chassis design, suspension design, etc. is all very commercially sensitive. The teams don't go showing off the fine detail, because they've long since learned to keep it to themselves! There is a video "We teardown the IndyCar Engine to expose its Secrets! Cosworth XD Turbo Methanol V8" which goes into a similar engine, built by one of the F1 greats. It's a pretty old engine, but it's about the closest I've seen in detail to the modern designs. This particular engine lacks things like the pneumatic valves that F1 engines have used for a long time now.
There are so many missed stories about the technology developments in F1. I.e. when they started experimenting with "down-force" aerodynamics on the cars, and everybody thought it looked stupid until it worked and everybody copied it. And all of the random things that were developed and banned. Or the 6 wheel car. And the stories about the Germans and British having their post WW2 rivalry, and how the aircraft engineers from germany (left over from WW2 but not allowed to work on aircraft) got in on the action.
Spygate cost Mclaren $100Mil but cost Nigel Stepney his life when he parked his van on the hard shoulder of the M20 motorway and walked out in front of a lorry.
Absolute top speeds really haven't increased as much as you'd think over the years; they were hitting 180 mph in the late '50s and 200 in the late '60s, compared to the mid 230s nowadays. But the cornering speeds have increased significantly over the years with advancements in tire and suspension technology and since aerodynamic aids came in around 1970. Music: "Samba de Verão" by the Brazilian group Ordinarius And back in the day New Zealand was big in F1, so "Killer Bee" by Phoebe Leyten
Indycar is technically decades behind F1, but is in my opinion much more entertaining as more drivers and teams can win. But anyway: th-cam.com/video/FE5FGSEQc8Q/w-d-xo.html Some music recommendations: Morgan Page ft. Lissie - The Longest Road: th-cam.com/video/dU7CgxQQKWI/w-d-xo.html Pomplamoose - Les Yeux Noirs: th-cam.com/video/gfiqW1WaGbw/w-d-xo.html Amanda Jenssen - Happyland: th-cam.com/video/BMXZgzYnzlk/w-d-xo.html The Dead South - People Are Strange: th-cam.com/video/v4YQJ6KuWvQ/w-d-xo.html First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar: th-cam.com/video/gekHV9DIjHc/w-d-xo.html Röyksopp ft. Karin Dreijer - What Else Is There?: th-cam.com/video/ADBKdSCbmiM/w-d-xo.html iamamiwhoami (Jonna Lee): - Chasing Kites: th-cam.com/video/ETCnS4Lj9Y4/w-d-xo.html And Lucia - a very swedish tradition at December 13: th-cam.com/video/jEirlFocbWo/w-d-xo.html
🤔Hmmm very insightful, what made me surprised me is how old Formula One actually is! The only person I already knew about was Lewis Hamilton. Also I hope the reactor brings back the thing where they point at the camera and go “click👉🏿” at the end. More racing videos!
A Formula 1 car... Can go from 0 to 100 mph and back to a dead stop in about three seconds... Generates so much downforce that at 100mph it could stick upside down to the ceiling... Is so aerodynamic that just letting off the throttle will slam you into the seatbelts at 2g.
have you ever made a q&a video or "about me" video? I think many would enjoy that as for the video, it was interesting. I always appreciate your varied interests in just about everything.
YES please, I also have always wanted to know more about the engineering, and just what the heck is this mysterious "Formula" that everyone mentions but no-one can explain to me?
The video failed to mention the major change in F1 cars from mechanical grip to aerodynamics in the 60s and 70s, with Colin Chapman being a major driving force behind this.
Wanted to request “Americas War Horse Marine: Sergeant Reckless” by The Fat Electrician. Also as for motor-sports related content… then I’d recommend one of EmpLemons NASCAR videos, more specifically “There’ll never ever be another Dale Earnhardt”.
@ Mine too lol actually he’s one of my favorite channels period on TH-cam and the “Sergeant Reckless” video may just be my overall favorite videos of his… or at least it’s a top 3 of his imo.
@ also as for the EmpLemon NASCAR videos, one of the reasons I’d recommend those is because they’re so good that they got me, someone who’s never liked NASCAR and could probably even be described as a “NASCAR hater” to be somewhat interested in NASCAR after watching his videos about it.
I know nothing about NASCAR but I have seen one of Emplemons videos on the greatest poker run of all time (that may not have been the exact title) and I liked it, so I’ll put it on the list!
BTW the 1937 Mercedes W125 at the beginning had a top speed of 190mph. At Monaco this year, the top speed was 177MPH... (yes this is the slowest circuit but still). A more streamlined version of the W125, built for top speed did 268.9mph!!! The biggest developments in the terms of lap time were the tyres and brakes, the W125 literally didn't have ANY compared to today.
Not a massive F1 fan. But remember it in every Sunday as my Scottish dad was cooking Sunday dinner. Remember him REALLY not liking Schumacher. Many things are missing I think from this. Including Hill driving Schumacher off tje track multiple times after Schumacher pulled hos nonsense. Making Schumacher shake like a leaf?
On the music front... In the UK Formula 1 is permanently linked to 'The Chain' (1977) by Fleetwood Mac. For decades the Guitar Solo was the the theme used by BBC coverage. You will find various versions all over You Tube. Here is the best, IMHO, version of the Solo. The 2009 BBC Intro. th-cam.com/video/n9h34xYsRrI/w-d-xo.htmlsi=fFWilmeDoHBrHI07 And here is the whole track. th-cam.com/video/xwTPvcPYaOo/w-d-xo.htmlsi=7q8CYWtwE66paWPK
I can't speak for F1 specifically but generally speaking an organisation will have insurance to cover losses to their business if someone important kicks the bucket and the person themselves will have their own life insurance policy. I suppose the personal policy could be paid by the company if that was negotiated it. That's how it works in the UK anyway.
If you like cars and are not familiar with the Donut Media YT channel, they had a great series called Up To Speed where they broke down the history of different cars. It’s pretty great, I’d start with the Mitsubishi Evo video
Being that I started following F-1 in the late 1960's it has changed dramatically over time. Drivers were much older in the first days of F-1. Cars were not as fast and were common to break down. Tracks have changed dramatically also. Driver safety was not a concern at all in the beginning and the inherent danger was a part of the allure. Most people would not risk death for a sport. They didn't even use seat belts till the early 70's I think. A lot of the first drivers had been through WWII so driving fast and dangerously was not a big thing to them. Jackie Stewart was a multi world Champion and was instrumental in demanding better driver safety and track safety improvements. If you have an real interest look up him and how he effected the sport.
Oh, and about recommendations, Chainbear has a lot of vids on his channel, including a bunch about the technical part, and about strategy and stuff. Really interesting channel
Not one to do a reaction to because it's too long, but in terms of engineering, there's a great interview with the designers of the McLaren MP4/4 - one of the most dominant cars of all time. Well worth a watch if you have a spare hour: th-cam.com/video/xRtjeWsIscc/w-d-xo.htmlsi=QceKtuY19R_M-WBQ
No idea of a single Formula 1 video (yet) but here are three channels that you might want to watch if you 'get the F1 bug' Peter Windsor, best for current F1 and a big chunk of history. Once managed the Ferarri team, also managed drivers www.youtube.com/@peterwindsor Aidan Millward. Sarcastic mainly historical F1 stuff. I have linked to his recent video on the 'nearly fatal' other events of the 1994 season, which might be worth a 'Reaction' th-cam.com/video/w_alU8LWhOE/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Oxi_m3Ri-5PYL-rV No longer being updated, but Chain Bear is a great tutor. www.youtube.com/@chainbear
Yeah, likewise. Watched since I was 5 back in '94, until 2021, never missed a race, been to Silverstone 3 times and Spa once in the V10 era. Used to watch it whenever it was on, even practice sessions at 5am. Now I don't watch, at all.
They likely wouldn't have 'automobile insurance' in a traditional manner as they are not road vehicles and do not drive under the same assumptions of liability as an everyday automobile would. The cars would likely be covered, if at all, under a Property Insurance policy as assets of the corporation. Without doing anyresearch, I would guess they are generally just operated as any business machine and wrrtten off as an expense of doing business, without much, if any, in terms of actual insurance in event of a loss. I can't imagine an underwrtier accepting them, nor could I see a team pay for such coverage, which would assuredly be prohibitively high if such a policy was written.The sponsors likely cover the losses incurred.
Around 0:40 when the narrator says "at any point your car may break down and send you into certain d...th" That was not a fatal incident and driver walked away normally. The failure itself was also the only one of it's kind. While I do appreciate the attempt at humor and not showing a gruesome crash with such a lighthearted voice tone, it was very misleading in the way it is edited.
Not really been a fan of F1 for a lot of years having been kind of interested (probablt back in the late 70s/ewarly 80s?). Books: hmmm, can't really think of one. Music: Red Barchetta by Rush springs to mind.
Don't know if you've seen it, but the movie "Rush" is in my opinion by far the best F1 movie ever made. It is about the Hunt vs Lauda rivalry mentioned in this video. Starring Chris Hemsworth as James Hunt and Daniel Brühl as Niki Lauda
I was about to make the exact same comment. Fantastic film
Quite over saturated in some ways to make it black and white for Americans, but the most next to correct one, yes.
Could you imagine someone kidding with Niki? Never happened, they both had a very sharp mouth and while Hunt partied openly, Lauda was doing it more privately but harder with Falco in the DomRep^^
Grand Prix with James Garner is leagues above Rush
@@timdraper4559 Why? The only thing really annoying me were these wheel to wheel "battles" in second gear on the straighs with F2 cars, the rest was a quite good movie.
Grand Prix is a classic. I knew nothing about F1 until watching it - a historic opening sequence, loved the story of American and Japanese racing and auto manufacturing working to break into the European dominated clique of F1, the strategies of driving and team competition. Love that film.
Yes to the Senna doc, happy to see you commenting that you’ll watch it. But I’ll also recommend BBC’s “Grand Prix: The Killer Years” - if you can find it - which details the sport’s evolution from something callous and brutal to actually survivable. It’s not a cheap and creepy “biggest crashes compilation!” but a sober bit of history with interviews with drivers - or their widows. The early years were really more akin to ritual sacrifice than racing; it’s quite jarring to learn just how different the attitudes were.
GP:TKY is 100% where most people should start learning about F1. Such a good doc (As is "ROAD" about roadracing, Dunlops in particular)
This video does a pretty decent job from Senna on, it's criminaly brief on the earlier stuff.
"Grand Prix: The killer years" (Grand Prix being the origin of F1) gives you a great basis of the origins of F1, it's dangers, the drivers, their famlies and how it eventually became obsessed with safety (Big part due to Jackie Stewart), and it takes us neatly up to just after Senna crash. Well worth a watch/reaction.
I've seen the Senna Doc twice now. It's so good. It really humanizes him and the struggles he had against the FIA rules, his mortality, his view and relationship with God, and his struggles with his own determination to succeed, often pushing himself to disaster.
Watching it will be my New Year’s Day plan
@@NoProtocol You won't regret it. Promise.
Does it mention the 15 y/o?
@@Dirkus17 You need to take into context that her being 15 at the start of the relationship has no bearing as it wasn't against the law in Brazil in 1985. Do not judge the man until you research all the information relevant please. She was also chaperoned at the beginning by her family.
@@chrisb7198 But does the documentary mention it, though?
Special mention to Jack Brabham. Driver , team owner and team designed engines and cars. 3 times champion in the 1960s. Made rear engined cars the way to go.
There's a channel called "Huge if true". Cleo Abrams visits The Red Bull F1 Factory in the UK & goes into detail explaining the engineering & speaks to Max Verstappen. She's bloody brilliant.
There's 2 videos. Make sure you get the latest one as it's much more detailed than the first.
I’ve seen one of her videos on the channel, loved it! I’ll look for the other. Thank youu
@@NoProtocol Agreed. Please check out the other one. The one with Red Bull. Brilliant explainer.
It's fun to watch too she's such a geek about it all 😂
Senna doc: big yes
I’ll have to watch it over the holiday!
@@NoProtocolthe Senna Documentary using Archive footage is a masterpiece. I've not seen the new Netflix series but I have to recommend the doc, it's really innovative in my opinion because they don't do the usual talking head interview style they use voice over for context but every chance they get instead of having someone tell you how Senna was feeling or thinking they used archive footage of Senna saying himself in his own words what he was thinking and feeling.
@@NoProtocol Yep...Its very emotional, grab your tissues
@@NoProtocolhe's talking about the documentary, not the very poor netflix serie "Senna". It's horrible.
The world domination is so we can gather the ingredients for Tea & Biscuits.
Though I'm pretty sure we already had cows.
and then subsequently not use said ingredients to keep the flavor nice and bland
My dad worked right next to the Sauber Garage in Hinwil, Switzerland, back in the 90's when they had a F1 team (before it changed to Red Bull Petronas), so we went several times when they presented their new cars ahead of the season. Nice people.
The F1 explained for rookies video is great imo, as of music I'll suggest fenomeno by Fabri fibra by far my favorite Italian song (we all know F1 is huge here in Italy 😅)and generally one of my favorite songs
I love that you ask the right questions.
Never accept an ambiguous statement at face value.
The movie "Rush" is the story of James Hunt and Niki Lauda. It's a pretty good film.
I haven’t seen it yet! It’s on my list
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@@NoProtocol also Ford vs Ferrari (2019). Excellent film.
It does make Hunt out to be too mean to Niki. In reality they were always friends, and James was more cheeky than mean. Like a naughty schoolboy.
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It was the 24h of Le Mans.
In the between wars period, Le Mans actually was the French Grand Prix (nowadays F1 races) for a while.
Grand Prix were defined in 1900 by the Gordon Bennet cup and stablished that races have to be at least 300km is distance, without an upper bound. The first GP was about 900km in length 😅
Now F1 races for the minimum number of laps to complete 305km on the circuit.
The only exception is Monaco because that would breach the contractual time limit for TV broadcasts
The first Grand Prix was in 1906, held by the the Automobile Club de France (ACF) at Le Mans.
The ACF was a founding member of the Association Internationale des Automobile Clubs Reconnus (AIACR), which would become the FIA. The ACF ran Grand Prix racing up to the 1920s, after which the FIA created the Commission Sportive Internationale (CSI) to oversee international motorsport. CSI would become FISA, until it was rolled back into the FIA in the 1990s.
As far as I can tell, only one of the inter-war French Grands Prix held was at the Le Mans circuit - in 1929. The 24h was never a Grand Prix.
Check out Guy Martin in 'Can Guy Make it in an F1 Pit Crew?' The fitness and training required just to change a tyre will blow your mind (some of the training was actually redacted due to secrecy).
I think I’ve seen one of his Isle of Man videos a while back! Thanks for recommending this
You never fail to impress me with your knowledge and interests. Pugilism to astronomy, whatever tweaks your interest, you share it with us with which I'm grateful as im like that myself. Happy new year to you and your family xx
The most impressive thing to me is how quick the pit crews have gotten. I don't have a specific vid because it was recommended to me, but it was the progression over the years of how much time they take with changing tires and the like, the amount of time cutting drastically every few years or so. Really something to see.
Also, check out the movie Rush, they showed a small clip from it. It covers the rivalry between Hunt and Lauda, and I remember it being pretty entertaining.
lol I don’t even fully understand how they’re moving that fast
My complements to your wide spreaded interest and understanding! Never a dumb not understanding question from your side !
To answer your question about age, direct drive steering columns took a lot of strength and cars were really expensive (think of owning a hellicopter today) before world war 2.
When F1 began in the 1950's there wasn't enough time for many people to be introduced to driving, develop skills and join the competition.
Fuel distribution was still nowhere near what we think as normal from today's perspective either.
So most drivers with enough skills to race, survive and race again were over 40 years old and had began racing in the 1930's before all racing stopped in Europe.
To put the risk in perspective, fatal incidents took down about 15% of competitors every year.
For every 20 people trying to run, 3 would never go back home.
Not sure if you would be into it or not, but I actually have a book recommendation for F1 called "I just made the tea..." by Di Spires. Not technical at all, but written by someone that helped run the motorhomes and did catering for some teams in the 70's and 80's. So she got to know a lot of the drivers and people around the sport really well.
.. Music - o "Tema da Vitória" tocava sempre que o Senna ganhava
There is so much to comment on:
- F1 cars in the '50s reached similar top speeds compared to the current ones (less power, but also less drag), but are nowhere near to current machinery in terms of overall laptime.
- The LeMans disaster had a wide impact on motorsport overall. Because of that huge accident, Switzerland issued a law that banned racing on circuits in their country, which was valid until 2022. That's why races (i.e. kart races) in Switzerland used to be held on empty parking garages on Sundays.
- 'Rush' is a pretty decent film, if you ignore the historic inaccuracies and added drama
- IMO the video didn't pay the '80s turbo era enough respect, one of the most insane and dangerous eras the sport has seen. Those engines were real monsters! The BMW M12/13 in the back of the Benetton B186 produced nearly 1,700(!) bhp in quali trim and was powered by something called 'rocketfuel' (very powerful, but equally poisonous fuel). To put that into perspective, the current turbo-hybrids are reaching less than 1,100 bhp in quali trim (cumbostion engine and electric motor combined).
- Little off-topic: Nowadays fans like to complain about F1 contributing to sportswashing (mainly in the Middle East), but forget that they've been doing this for decades, i.e. Argentina, Spain and Portugal during its dictatorships or South Africa during Apartheid. Many were cool with those races, but have a problem with the new ones. Talk about hypocrisy!
My (F1/sport specific) musical recommendations:
- 'Šumaher' th-cam.com/video/4Qh9Cz0c-sM/w-d-xo.html by Bosnian singer/parodist DJ Krmak. He sings about a guy watching F1 races who expresses his desire to be Michael Schumacher for one day, while mimicking Balkan folk music.
- 'Es lebe der Sport' ('Long live sports') th-cam.com/video/lIOGZOlm3MI/w-d-xo.html by Austrian pop legend Rainhard Fendrich, where he satirizes the outgrowing value of entertainment in sports, forced by its viewers. It also touches on F1, where he states that the viewers are satisfied once they've seen cars either crashing or exploding.
Thank you for all this.
I have very little to add anaywhere on this comment section after reading you comment =)
The cars in the 50s got somewhat near modern top speeds, 180MPH being reasonably common in the late 50s but on tracks that were much MUCH faster. The tracks they reached those speeds on regularly have since had chicanes and other changes or aditional cornering complexes added to reduce the speeds over the years.
@@dzzope Yes, I am aware of that. Back then the circuits were a lot more simplistic and safety wasn't really a thing. No way F1 or any other motorsport series would race at something like the old AVUS, which was just two corners connecting two long straights.
The Association Internationale des Automobile Clubs Reconnus (AIACR), which would become the FIA, was founded in 1904.
One of its members, the Automobile Club de France (ACF) ran Grand Prix racing until teh 1920s, when the FIA took over.
The FIA held a World Manufacturers Champiosnhip from 1925 to 1930, though from 1928 to 1930 the championship was not awarded due to too few races (2 in 1928, 1 in 1929 and 1930).
Then the European Champiosnhip was held between 1931 and 1932, and then 1935 to 1939, though the 1939 championship was not awarded due to other events that year.
F1 regulations were formulated in 1947, and several races, even Grands Prix were held with F1 rules.
The F1 World Championship was first held in 1950.
The original F1 regulations were basically the pre war Voiturette class (1.5L Supercharged), which was a step below the Grand Prix car class (3.0L Supercharged/4.5L unsupercharged).
shout out to Piet Mondrian. I see that in your background. im recommending Mothers Cake and Spiral Drive again on the music side of things... also imho Wax Taylor is fire!
Latest F1 driver to die was Jules Bianchi, who was 25. Rodger Williamson was 25. The guy who had the experienced head on his shoulders to try and save him was 27 or 28. Senna had just turned 34. Ratzenberger was 33. These are young men.
My music recommendation is "Space Road" by the Japanese jazz fusion group Casiopea. I know that Japanese jazz fusion is closely associated with auto racing anyway, but I also just really enjoy listening to it.
2009 Brawn GP championship could be a whole documentary in itself, worth looking it up!
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I saw a documentary on the BBC (I think) years ago, covering the improvements in safety standards, and it was shocking. Back in the day, a driver would crash and his car could end up on the track on fire, and the race still continued. Often with the driver having died in the accident, and the other cars having to drive around them, until the end of the race! Not sure if it's available to react to, but definitely worth a watch if you can find it. From doing a quick search, I think it is called "Grand Prix: The Killer Years", as it covers the campaigning of the drivers to improve safety.
As for documentaries, I highly recommend on called "Bruce McLaren".
It gives a good perspective on the transition from garagists full enterprise constructors in F1.
Bruce McLaren and Jack Brabham were the last drivers to become constructors.
It hits specially hard that they actually helped design or develop parts of their cars.
By far the best f1 TH-cam channel is: rocket powered mohawk
If you're looking for F1 engineering explained, the Driver61 channel is exactly what you need.
Some suggestions below. These are general but they have very specific (transmission, clutch, aerodynamics, etc) ones as well:
$5000 Normal Engine vs $10 Million Formula 1 Engine
The INCREDIBLE Evolution of Formula 1 Lap Times
How F1 Teams Make Money
The Incredible Evolution of Formula 1 Horsepower | Track Evolution
Why F1 Engines EXPLODE
2022 Formula 1 Compared to Other Race Cars
Thank you Eric!
I suggest watching The Race for some of the engineering stuff of the modern era, though maybe they also discuss it on their podcast "Bring back V10's".
Also, there are some awesome books to check out as well on the topic, from Marc Priestley, a former Mclaren engineer, and Guenther Steiner, who was the team boss at Haas F1 from 2016 till 2023.
Yes on the documentary!
James Hunt his legendary phrase "" Sex, the breakfast of champions"" and Senna's ""If you no longer go for a gap that is there, you are no longer a racing driver"" should have been included in the docu IMHO.
Back then there was very little mechanical grip and literally zero aerodynamic grip and absolutely no regard for safety so they were fast but only in a straight line
James Hunt was the charismatic fun loving rock star of F1. Never been anyone like him before or since.
Measuring the speed of racing cars is quite complicated, but the easiest comparison is lap times. Obviously some will have more top speed, some acceleration, others downforce or breaking or grip, but it ultimately comes down to lap times, but even then not just outright one lap pace, but how consistently a car and driver can keep repeating good lap times, this we refer to as race pace.
Fairly good catchup on F1 his use of black screen was over the top should have just used it on the Senna crash.
Music recommendation:
- Butterflies and Hurricanes, by Muse (title song of F1 2005 game)
- Tema da Vitória (do Senna), a piece created by TV Globo to celebrate Brazilian victories im F1 broadcast, that became so frequently played for Senna, it became his own song.
The cars didn't have much less power at any time, but imagine the grip of a bicycle carrying 600hp. At Laguna Seca for example would have had to start breaking before the finish line to make it around T1 :D
"Formula 1, Explained for Rookies" from Cleo Abrams
"Formula 1 cars, explained for rookies (with Max Verstappen)" from Cleo Abrams
They have actually gotten a lot younger over the years. Back then you could pretty much build a car and enter races. Driver/owners, while not common, was a thing. With the cars being much less physically demanding than they are now and also the scrunity and the need to win for sponsers being less cut throat drivers raced a lot longer. Well, that is if they survived.
It's not straight line speed that was going up but cornering speeds due to improved aero understanding. At Senna's fatal crash the car bottomed out and the underfloor aero stalled. He lost downforce and therefore grip.
Yes, Le Mans 1955 wasn't a part of F1 calendar, it's part of entirely different series and now Le Mans 24 hours is one of the most prestigious races that exist, being part of triple crown of motorsport (together with Monaco F1 GP and Indy 500), Graham Hill is the only driver in history to win all 3 and among current drivers Fernando Alonso was the closest to win it but he still needs to win Indy 500 (he tried but failed in the past)
The drivers are younger than back in the day, because some of the drivers from 1950s or 60s were 40-something year olds and I think there were even 50-something year olds driving in F1, while now most of F1 drivers are under 30s, they also start their career much earlier, because we can see 18 or 20 year olds driving F1 cars while back then it was uncommon to be under 25 and drive it (2025 will be a year full of young talent in F1, because we will have 18 year old Antonelli in Mercedes, 19 year old Bearman in Haas, 20 year old Bortoleto in Sauber, future Audi and 20 year old Hadjar in VCARB, junior team of Red Bull)
The funniest thing about Spygate is that nobody would ever notice anything if not for a wife of the guy who stole the documents from Ferrari to give them to his team Mclaren, because she had to print them and used PUBLIC PRINTER to do that XD
You should definitely watch some of Rick's videos, especially the F1 meme iceberg!
Thanks for explaining Le Mans! Yess, I just read the median age of drivers now is 27. I do like Rick’s channel, especially his condensed recaps
Cleo Abraham F1 explained, brilliant. Almost as good as you ha ha all the best from the 🇬🇧
Lucky on Netflix (if it's still on)
The life story of Bernie Ecclestone.
Never Forget
*Michael Shumacher* one of Formula 1's legendary drivers decided to go for skiing (after retirement from F1) and got into horrible accident that some sources say he still hasn't recovered to full health even today!! 😥😥
Another former German F1 Driver *Nico Roseberg* decided to retire very early in his career just because he felt he needed more time towards his family and he also acknowledges how dangerous Formula 1 racing is!
Let that sink in!!
I'm just surprised everybody knows & nobody talks about this!
The rivalry between James Hunt and Niki Lauda is legendry. This was immortalized in the film Rush. If you watch it, you will not be disappointed.
They make James too mean to Niki though. He was more cheeky than mean. They were friends in real life.
For a video called "the entire history" it sure focusses on recent stuff way way more than it should.
Senna crashed at something like 190mph.
For some time, the cars had been using carbon fibre chassis, which had dramatically improved safety. A British driver John Watson was the first to crash one, which I remember watching. It was a horrific, high speed crash, the sort we'd got used to seeing nothing but ambulances leaving the scene of. Consider out amazement when Watson stepped out of the car, apparently entirely unharmed.
That's what carbon fibre brought. And I guess with it came a degree of complacency.
We'll never know for sure, but one aspect of Senna's crash was probably low tyre temperature, and thus lower tyre pressure, after a few slow laps. That reduced the ride height. The hypothesis is that as the aero-loading on the car decreased the ride height too much and the car ended up skidding on its underneath surface. That removed all grip from the tyres, giving Senna no chance.
A consequence of the crash was the introduction of minimum ride heights, enforced by wooden plank fitted under the cars that has to survive the weekend without too much wear (penalty: disqualification). Also, tie wires in the suspension struts were introduced to keep the wheels and struts more or less in place, even if they'd been shattered.
There is a video called 'How a Formula 1 Race Car Works' from 'Animagraffs'. It explains with some details each part of the cars but it is three years now, so not totally up to date. And another one goes into F1 engines; 'How Tiny Formula 1 Engines Make 1000 HP!' from the channel 'Engineering Explained'.
Thanks for the recommendations Joakim!
In the 1950's the top speed of the cars was arguably higher than in the 1990's.
They could go over 340km/h im straights during races.
The difference is that now the average speed is much higher and tracks have a lot more corners and slow sections.
This relates to the G-Forces and driver's physical training like you've said =)
The guy who two front wheels fell of at the being is fine and walked away, voice guy said "death" straight after and looked worried
The trouble with looking for a video about the detailed engineering in F1 is that much about the engine design, chassis design, suspension design, etc. is all very commercially sensitive. The teams don't go showing off the fine detail, because they've long since learned to keep it to themselves!
There is a video "We teardown the IndyCar Engine to expose its Secrets! Cosworth XD Turbo Methanol V8" which goes into a similar engine, built by one of the F1 greats.
It's a pretty old engine, but it's about the closest I've seen in detail to the modern designs. This particular engine lacks things like the pneumatic valves that F1 engines have used for a long time now.
F1 started as "Grand Prix" (grand prize) and that's included in F1 history
There are so many missed stories about the technology developments in F1. I.e. when they started experimenting with "down-force" aerodynamics on the cars, and everybody thought it looked stupid until it worked and everybody copied it. And all of the random things that were developed and banned. Or the 6 wheel car. And the stories about the Germans and British having their post WW2 rivalry, and how the aircraft engineers from germany (left over from WW2 but not allowed to work on aircraft) got in on the action.
Spygate cost Mclaren $100Mil but cost Nigel Stepney his life when he parked his van on the hard shoulder of the M20 motorway and walked out in front of a lorry.
Absolute top speeds really haven't increased as much as you'd think over the years; they were hitting 180 mph in the late '50s and 200 in the late '60s, compared to the mid 230s nowadays. But the cornering speeds have increased significantly over the years with advancements in tire and suspension technology and since aerodynamic aids came in around 1970.
Music: "Samba de Verão" by the Brazilian group Ordinarius
And back in the day New Zealand was big in F1, so "Killer Bee" by Phoebe Leyten
I really like this samba! Thank you
I dont really know where F1 is big but if Germany works ill recommend Funky Blue by Kraan.
Indycar is technically decades behind F1, but is in my opinion much more entertaining as more drivers and teams can win.
But anyway: th-cam.com/video/FE5FGSEQc8Q/w-d-xo.html
Some music recommendations:
Morgan Page ft. Lissie - The Longest Road: th-cam.com/video/dU7CgxQQKWI/w-d-xo.html
Pomplamoose - Les Yeux Noirs: th-cam.com/video/gfiqW1WaGbw/w-d-xo.html
Amanda Jenssen - Happyland: th-cam.com/video/BMXZgzYnzlk/w-d-xo.html
The Dead South - People Are Strange: th-cam.com/video/v4YQJ6KuWvQ/w-d-xo.html
First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar: th-cam.com/video/gekHV9DIjHc/w-d-xo.html
Röyksopp ft. Karin Dreijer - What Else Is There?: th-cam.com/video/ADBKdSCbmiM/w-d-xo.html
iamamiwhoami (Jonna Lee): - Chasing Kites: th-cam.com/video/ETCnS4Lj9Y4/w-d-xo.html
And Lucia - a very swedish tradition at December 13:
th-cam.com/video/jEirlFocbWo/w-d-xo.html
🤔Hmmm very insightful, what made me surprised me is how old Formula One actually is! The only person I already knew about was Lewis Hamilton. Also I hope the reactor brings back the thing where they point at the camera and go “click👉🏿” at the end. More racing videos!
A Formula 1 car...
Can go from 0 to 100 mph and back to a dead stop in about three seconds...
Generates so much downforce that at 100mph it could stick upside down to the ceiling...
Is so aerodynamic that just letting off the throttle will slam you into the seatbelts at 2g.
have you ever made a q&a video or "about me" video? I think many would enjoy that
as for the video, it was interesting. I always appreciate your varied interests in just about everything.
YES please, I also have always wanted to know more about the engineering, and just what the heck is this mysterious "Formula" that everyone mentions but no-one can explain to me?
The video failed to mention the major change in F1 cars from mechanical grip to aerodynamics in the 60s and 70s, with Colin Chapman being a major driving force behind this.
Wanted to request “Americas War Horse Marine: Sergeant Reckless” by The Fat Electrician. Also as for motor-sports related content… then I’d recommend one of EmpLemons NASCAR videos, more specifically “There’ll never ever be another Dale Earnhardt”.
I’ll definitely be watching of The Fat Electrician! One of my favorite history channels at the minute
@ Mine too lol actually he’s one of my favorite channels period on TH-cam and the “Sergeant Reckless” video may just be my overall favorite videos of his… or at least it’s a top 3 of his imo.
@ also as for the EmpLemon NASCAR videos, one of the reasons I’d recommend those is because they’re so good that they got me, someone who’s never liked NASCAR and could probably even be described as a “NASCAR hater” to be somewhat interested in NASCAR after watching his videos about it.
I know nothing about NASCAR but I have seen one of Emplemons videos on the greatest poker run of all time (that may not have been the exact title) and I liked it, so I’ll put it on the list!
You asked from what speed to what speed - 136.6Mph to 201.2Mph was the speed change / updated speed rec
Westbam! That's amazing. Haven't heard that name since forever. Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!
If you watch the Senna documentary, not the very new series, it’s one of the best sport docs of all time
Yes to Senna documentary. I just finished it and it's amazing. Please do reaction to it...
One correction from that guy, Mercedes is from Stuttgart, they don't wear lederhosen, that would be the Bavarians.
BTW the 1937 Mercedes W125 at the beginning had a top speed of 190mph. At Monaco this year, the top speed was 177MPH... (yes this is the slowest circuit but still). A more streamlined version of the W125, built for top speed did 268.9mph!!! The biggest developments in the terms of lap time were the tyres and brakes, the W125 literally didn't have ANY compared to today.
yes to the Senna doc
but another music recommendation: Jerry Was a Race Car Driver - Primus
I didn’t know this one before
Not a massive F1 fan. But remember it in every Sunday as my Scottish dad was cooking Sunday dinner. Remember him REALLY not liking Schumacher. Many things are missing I think from this. Including Hill driving Schumacher off tje track multiple times after Schumacher pulled hos nonsense. Making Schumacher shake like a leaf?
Definitely watch Senna, it's a great doc. PS, you will cry. PS, Schumi remains the GOAT. PS, bring back the f'ing V10s! That's all.
Wow. These comments fill up fast! One of my band mates os starting me on the F1 stuff
On the music front...
In the UK Formula 1 is permanently linked to 'The Chain' (1977) by Fleetwood Mac. For decades the Guitar Solo was the the theme used by BBC coverage.
You will find various versions all over You Tube.
Here is the best, IMHO, version of the Solo. The 2009 BBC Intro.
th-cam.com/video/n9h34xYsRrI/w-d-xo.htmlsi=fFWilmeDoHBrHI07
And here is the whole track.
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I can't speak for F1 specifically but generally speaking an organisation will have insurance to cover losses to their business if someone important kicks the bucket and the person themselves will have their own life insurance policy. I suppose the personal policy could be paid by the company if that was negotiated it. That's how it works in the UK anyway.
Back then, when you were 25, you looked like you were 50 !!!
If you like cars and are not familiar with the Donut Media YT channel, they had a great series called Up To Speed where they broke down the history of different cars. It’s pretty great, I’d start with the Mitsubishi Evo video
The history of Formula Juan!!😂😂
Being that I started following F-1 in the late 1960's it has changed dramatically over time. Drivers were much older in the first days of F-1. Cars were not as fast and were common to break down. Tracks have changed dramatically also. Driver safety was not a concern at all in the beginning and the inherent danger was a part of the allure. Most people would not risk death for a sport. They didn't even use seat belts till the early 70's I think. A lot of the first drivers had been through WWII so driving fast and dangerously was not a big thing to them. Jackie Stewart was a multi world Champion and was instrumental in demanding better driver safety and track safety improvements. If you have an real interest look up him and how he effected the sport.
Vid is from early last year. Last year Max Verstappen won 19 out of 22 races. This year he won his 4th title in a row :)
Oh, and about recommendations, Chainbear has a lot of vids on his channel, including a bunch about the technical part, and about strategy and stuff. Really interesting channel
Not one to do a reaction to because it's too long, but in terms of engineering, there's a great interview with the designers of the McLaren MP4/4 - one of the most dominant cars of all time. Well worth a watch if you have a spare hour: th-cam.com/video/xRtjeWsIscc/w-d-xo.htmlsi=QceKtuY19R_M-WBQ
That’s fine with me! I’ll still watch it
F1 is goated moto sport
Netflix : Drive to survive! .. Behind the scenes docu.
Imagine if she ever stumbled on rocket powered mohawk f1 channel 💀💀💀🤣🤣
Thanks. for sharing
No idea of a single Formula 1 video (yet) but here are three channels that you might want to watch if you 'get the F1 bug'
Peter Windsor, best for current F1 and a big chunk of history. Once managed the Ferarri team, also managed drivers
www.youtube.com/@peterwindsor
Aidan Millward. Sarcastic mainly historical F1 stuff. I have linked to his recent video on the 'nearly fatal' other events of the 1994 season, which might be worth a 'Reaction'
th-cam.com/video/w_alU8LWhOE/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Oxi_m3Ri-5PYL-rV
No longer being updated, but Chain Bear is a great tutor.
www.youtube.com/@chainbear
Best smile on TH-cam
Yes Rush was the best Film in the mind of most fans I would say
I used to love F1 until Liberty and Netflix took over.
Yeah, likewise. Watched since I was 5 back in '94, until 2021, never missed a race, been to Silverstone 3 times and Spa once in the V10 era. Used to watch it whenever it was on, even practice sessions at 5am. Now I don't watch, at all.
They likely wouldn't have 'automobile insurance' in a traditional manner as they are not road vehicles and do not drive under the same assumptions of liability as an everyday automobile would. The cars would likely be covered, if at all, under a Property Insurance policy as assets of the corporation. Without doing anyresearch, I would guess they are generally just operated as any business machine and wrrtten off as an expense of doing business, without much, if any, in terms of actual insurance in event of a loss. I can't imagine an underwrtier accepting them, nor could I see a team pay for such coverage, which would assuredly be prohibitively high if such a policy was written.The sponsors likely cover the losses incurred.
I know people love it but I can't get into it. BTW you have the best smile on youtube :)
Around 0:40 when the narrator says "at any point your car may break down and send you into certain d...th"
That was not a fatal incident and driver walked away normally. The failure itself was also the only one of it's kind.
While I do appreciate the attempt at humor and not showing a gruesome crash with such a lighthearted voice tone, it was very misleading in the way it is edited.
you should watch rick's f1 addiction if you want more f1 related (in meme way)
Regarding Senna, I'd recommend the 2010 film "Senna".
I've heard and seen some negative things about the new Netflix show.
If you want more technical stuff on F1, Driver61 is a great channel.
He goes into a lot of detail.
Not really been a fan of F1 for a lot of years having been kind of interested (probablt back in the late 70s/ewarly 80s?).
Books: hmmm, can't really think of one.
Music: Red Barchetta by Rush springs to mind.