Yes, the first bunch of clips are at Monaco, specifically the swimming pool section. If you think it’s wild now, you should see it back in the 80s and 90s, before they opened that part of the track up. It was even tighter, no room for error
The way those cars just instantly swap direction through the swimming pool section, man alive! That and Eau rouge/radillion are some of the BEST in auto sports for slow motion action.
Also to sdd,back then teams used to run t cars. Qualy cars,lightweighted with room for 4-lap fuel only.that made it even better,considering the qualy cars were even lighter,there was little to no safety aspect,before john barnard took carbon fibre to produce a monocoque for the mclaren in 80’s,all chasis were made up of aluminium or some sort of metal which was so dangerous it would bend and tear into pieces upon collision,there was no crash absorbing structures before barnard made use of carbon fibre for chasis. So drivers knew they had to give their life if they messed up their qualy run going off into a high speed corner
The qualy laps in the 80's, with turbos, bubble-gum qualy tires and just the right amount of gas to do 3 laps were especially wild. Adn those engines sounded nice too.
@@threadtapwhisperer5136 Radillion kinda lost its charm when it lost the gravel and the cars had so much downforce they could just take it flat out. Puhon is my new favourite corner at Spa. Some other great corners include Degner 1 at Suzuka, Scheivlak at Zandvoort (a criminally underated corner imo), Campsa at Barcelona and turns 9-10 at Jeddah.
The F1 cars did indeed get much quieter. Heck, I was at the Zandvoort GP yesterday, and if there's 1 thing that I noticed, it's that the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars are way louder than the F1 cars. In-case you wonder, the Porsche Supercup is part of the F1 schedule, so if you have a ticket for an F1 race, you'll be able to watch the Porsche Supercup as well.
I have heard a few 911 cup cars and I can agree that they are very loud, I have seen ones with and without cats but even those don't come close to nascar
I haven't seen the V6 cars live, but I do remember the Porsches were spectacular too. Man, I miss the whole atmosphere... Maybe I should return to the circuits
They are more quiet yeah, but sound is wasted energy and obviously the more power they actually put onto the wheels instead of out the exhaust the better.
@@Clangokkuner F1 is not about efficiency. It's about entertainment. No sound - no entertainment. If you want efficiency, watch Formula E. Those are very effivient
Eau rouge and raidillon is so legendary and looks beautiful, would be a massive shame if F1 drop spa there's also an insane ground camera angle right at the foot of it, which they used in the 2019 broadcast and you can see clips of online, the speed is crazy, they just come and go so fast it's hard to comprehend
Yes unfortunately there were some deady accidents because you can t see the straight going uphill....like Antoine Hubert in f2, spa is a great track but in parts dangerous as hell, going blind up the hill when someone crashed😢😢
I attended several Australian GPs before heading to Europe for the Belgian and Italian races in 2014. The V10 and V8 sound was more exciting, but in the turbo hybrid era it was nice to be able to attend a race without earplugs.
Actually you pronounced the word 'Raidillon' quite good. It's 'Raidillon', not 'Radillon' : the uphill part of the track is named Raidillon and comes from the French word 'raide' which means steep. Greetings from Belgium, love your vids, they are so relaxing, and it is just so interesting hearing the opinion of someone on the other side of the globe in many things I'm interested in, or even practice myself. Keep up the good work !
The current streaming and directing is done in a huge studio in London. Above every track is a helicopter hovering at a 1000 meters as a kind if antenna broadcasting it to londen. And there is a while team just switching images, filtering radio messages, showing replays. They even start the music at trophy ceremony from there. Its an enormous operation. And absolutely watch the Zandvoort GP from yesterday, that was a crazy race and a great atmosphere around the track. People dancing and partying in the pouring rain while the race was suspended.😂
That camera angle through the swimming pool section at Monaco is probably one of the best on the calendar… The last clip in the wet was funny because I remember them talking about wet tyres at the Dutch GP over the weekend… They were saying that the full wet tyres can fill a bathtub in 1 second with the amount of water they push out, that’s mind boggling 🤯
Oh man. Those v10s from the early 2000s are insane. Proper screamers. Im pleased to say i have heard them up close and personal back in the day and at events like goodwood. Simply awesome and was a crucial part of the theatre of formula 1 for me. On the camera angles i would say indy car coverage is pretty good as well. Some unique angles and tracking cameras.
I got to watch Finland WRC this year in person and they are SO LOUD between the trees and you can hear them through the forest for crazy long distances.
the corner combination is Radillion de'l eau rouge something like that, eau rouge is the tiny kink at the bottom and radillion is the impressive extreme incline turn
I went to Spa a couple of times in the 1980's and that hill after Eau Rouge looks like a vertical face from the bottom. Apparently it is 17% and rises 134 feet. Pushing the kids up the footpath next to the track was hard work.
That reminds me of the vehicle entrance that runs alongside the diving turn 11/12 section at Road Atlanta. One of Dave & Buster's hospitality people at the race gave me and my dad a ride up the hill in their golf cart one of the last times we went, and I wasn't sure that thing was gonna make it.
I've been to Monaco on vacation, not during F1, but driving on these roads, i just couldn't comprehend that these F1 cars could go around these corners with that speed... it shouldn't be possible
Nothing beats seeing F1 cars live…I’ve been lucky to see the races in Melbourne, Suzuka (japan), Malaysia, Singapore and Barcelona…and the sound in person is soooo different to on TV…it goes through you. I am also lucky to know someone that did go to every race in the 2017 season…I don’t know how he did it but he did!
There’s a wicked shot of I think kimi going up towards eau rouge and the camera is facing back onto the driver and it looks like he’s taking off. It truely shows the elevation and how quickly they go through there
The Static camera in Melbourne is also awesome, it's when they hit the S section of the track. The speed conveyed is even crazier then the ones you showed us.
At Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps after turn 1(La Source) right through Eau Rouge and Raidillon down to turn 7(Les Combes) is held flat in an F1 car in the dry, and the modern F1 car is OVER 320kph/200mph
Something to remember about the olders cars, They were much much lighter and only a little less power (though much much less torque) They are faster today but initially (and even in certain scenarios still) older cars were faster in the corners, especially with fast changes of direction. It can be hard to appreciate just how fast these cars are.. Remember that there is a hair-pin at the end of the wall you see the cars hugging on the approach to Eau Rouge and then up Raidillon.. Thats 198mph out of a 1.6Trubo hybrid in about 8 seconds. And these are grip / momentum racers not drag.. Also, as epic as Spa is, it's litterally half of what it used to be. Spa was always a bit of a speed freak track. From the hair-pin at La Source, to the braking point at Les Combes it's 23 seconds of full throttle, only ever a slight lift through Radillion if really heavy on fuel and maybe on hard tyres too. It's not far from the Nürburgring, which was made of 3 loops, North, South and start/finnish loops vs what we know today. (Nordschliffe/North loop) Both are legendary homes of F1 I advise watching Grand Prix: The killer years, This shows how F1 was dragged into the modern era with safety becoming the priority rather than race on no matter the situation. I cannot reccomend this strongly enough, even if you don't react to it.. but it's very much worth watching either way or anything on Juan Manuel Fangio / Sterling moss / John surtees (multiple bike champ and f1 champ) / Jim Clark(personally I and sterling moss, jackie stewart and senna all thought he was the best driver ever) / Jackie Stewart / Jochen Rindt(only ever posthumous F1 champion) / Niki Lauda / Alan prost / Senna / Schumacher / Vettel / Hamilton / Werstappen There are many many other great drivers but these stick out to me as some of the tipity top most memorable.. Some due to not having the chance to make more of an impact. Then there are those who are synominous with F1.. Like either Murray walker, He was the voice of most motoersport for many many years this side of pond and Dr Sidney Watkins.. All Legends in their own right.
Big F1 fan here. Unfortunately I only attended one race until now. I was at turn 1 at Monza in 2012 and I could hear the cars clearly up until the first Lesmo corner. Acceleration after the first chicane was unbelievable from up close. Because Monza is a park, you can hear the engines echoing throughout the whole park. Beautiful memories!
By far my favorite two cameras in F1 are : 1 : Lap 1 of Silverstone in the past few years. The camera follows the front for almost half the lap without a cut with insane angles. I recommend watching lap 1 silverstone for the past 4-5 years and you will be amazed. 2 : Radillon exit in spa at lap 1. 20 cars exiting that corner at 300 Kph (around 190 Mph). It's one hell of a site to see. And the camera captures how truly fast they are.
there was a shot in 2019 in Spa that was absolutly brilliant ! one of the best shot EVER in formula 1 (there was a small camera on the ground, in de curbs on the Eau Rouge. magnificient
One of the great overtakes at Spa was Michael Schumacer being passed by Mikka Hakenien while they were Lapping while passing either side of Ricado Zonta
As a 35+ year F1 fan, it’s great to see your appreciation for the sport and welcome aboard as a new F1 fan! Your absolutely right too, there’s some real classic battles from years gone by. However we’ll be saying the same thing in 20 years about races now, don’t let the current history being made escape your attention either.
You should watch the latest GP at Zandvoort........ It's like a movie. Multiple heavy rains, forgotten wheels at pitstops, wheel to wheel banging and the best national anthem being done by Andre Rieu with his full Strauss orchestra!!!! And Max wins as usual ;-)
The action was entertaining, but the track itself is, in my humble opinion ofcourse, pretty boring compared to Spa. Only reason i'd visit Zandvoort is for the Orange army which is always amazing and good fun to hang out with. But that is just me, i realise i may be biased coz Spa is my home track. Just keeping it real. 🤘❤️🇧🇪🇳🇱
The best pass at Spa? Mika on Michael, 2000, a.k.a. the 'Zonta Sammich.' Three wide, going into Les Combes: Michael outside, Mika inside, Ricardo in the middle - at over 200 mph. One of the best all-time overtakes in any series.
My first ever experience of F1 in real life, at Spa, was entering the venue at the entrance nearest to Eau Rouge / Radillon. As we were coming through the gate, one of the support race practice sessions was coming to an end, but after just a few minutes we distantly heard the F1 lads starting to fire up in the pits. A few minutes later, and with hardly any warning, this tiny little car (they were much smaller in the late 90's, early 2000's) zipped past up the astonishingly-steep hill at an incredible speed with such incredible noise. I was hooked.
The first images are taken at the pools chicane in Monaco. I was there in 2003 and from that position you realise how much the ground effect sucks down the cars. It's unbeliavable !
100% on the difference between watching at home and attending an event. The latter is an experience, but the former allows you to follow the game/match/race/whatever much better. You get various camera angles, replays, on-screen data, etc. And you can walk off at any time to take a leak in private. Also lovely.
I visited Spa in 1999. We sat at the bus stop chicane. So we saw them leave the pit. When the where at the end of the Camel straight, after Eau-Rouge and up Radillion you still heard the cars as if you where standing next to them. So loud at that time. Before the race we went to view Eau-Rouge and man it is steep. You don't have that feeling when you watch it on TV. It is like a driving up a wall
When i was 15, I was able to go see a 25hr beetle fun cup race at spa-francochamps thanks to a friend's family who brought me along. TV really doesn't do the raidillon hill justice. It looks 2-3x bigger when you're there irl.
I think you gotta see it once in person to really know what it’s like. For all sports. I did go to Indy to see an F1 race, completely changed my respect for these guys watching on tv now.
The circuit of Spa-Francorchamps used to be part of the public roads in the past, I remember in the late 80's when I drove to Luxemburg from my home in the south of the Netherlands, you could still drive from the hairpin at La Source the entire track via L'eau Rouge and Raidilon up to Les Combes where you would leave the track to continue on the normal road. And the good thing was that is was one way traffic as the traffic in the other direction would use the other half of the track past Blanchimont, the pit street and start line. So you had the vast open track to you if there wasn't to much other traffic around and you could floor the pedal (watching out for cops however). L'eau Rouge was steep indeed, and somewhere in the early '90s a chicane was built to take this part out of the public road. By now a new deviation exists around the circuit so you can't get on it anymore in normal traffic. Now you have to book a track day.
The V10 era was down right impressive in person, both in terms of sound and visually. And yes, I think those flat corners are the best to show how much grip an F1 can generate both mechanically as well as aerodynamically!
F1 was my favourite hangover TV, Sunday races. Ski jump was it after new years eve. Have not seen flow TV in 12-15 years, but assume it`s still a thing.
The best camera angle in F1 for me is the one looking down the S'es in the first sector of COTA. Watching the cars come at the camera pulling some of the highest switching G-forces on the calendar is insane.
As a formula one fan for over 25 years, I have to take my hat off to you sir. Even as a Nascar fan, you knew the corner name up the hill in Spa. 95% of F1 fans and even some drivers call it Eau Rouge, but that's only the the entry corner to the top of the hill. On top of the hill you have Radillion. So hats off to you sir, you know more about F1 than most F1 fans.
I assume you're thinking of eau rouge as the other name. This was technically a different corner (in the same area of the track) but has been removed as part of the track. Only the first left curve is part of the original Eau Rouge. This is WAY steeper in real life btw.
I've been a fan of F1 for many decades. I remember watching the occasional race when Wide World of Sports would carry them (1970's). I love these camera angles. I do love watching the in car videos of the pole laps that F1 posts on their web site. It almost looks like a video game, that no human could react and drive that quickly. If you want to find yourself cringing and pulling back from the screen, watch the in car qualifying at Monaco.
When you paused at 6:58, that was Kimi Raikonnen passing Michael Schumacher and I remember watching that live and losing my mind at that pass as a teenager watching
You should see a video about Kubica, he was driving a Renault around the 2nd minute of the video, he was in F1 only from 2006 to 2010 and again from 2018 to 2022, but he's such a legend, even Alonso said back in 2008 that Kubica was driving better than him. Mobile Chicane has a video about the whole BMW Sauber thing and it touches in detail about Kubica.
First time (Spa) I saw and F1 car take a corner, I jumped because I was absolutely certain that it would go straight ahead and crash. One must be there and see, experience,the impossible speed f1 cars take on flat corners, it defies logic and physics. Crazy.
You should watch f1 2004 indianapolis qualifying from Pablo Montoya. The camera angles and cheer speed is astonishing combined with that amazing sound especially on the banking.
On Eau rouge, I think that low turn is easy one, but then you go over hill and turn left blind. There are pictures, where F1 car is all wheels of the ground there, (Keke Rosberg). Those turns are legendary..
I bawled me eyes out in 94 when Arynton Senna died still remember it like yesterday watchin it live I was shattered an almost stopped being a fan but thank God a young exciting German by the name of Michael Schumacher smoothed it over for me luckily plus he gave Prost hell
You should have a look at the 24h race Spa from last year and the years before. There was a camera right on the bridge of the river "eau rouge" with approximatly 1m distance to the cars. The most epic camera angle I have seen so far.
Hi, about the best corner in F1 in the world, at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit, the name is actually confusing. I live here and let me explain. The bottom part of the corner is called 'eau rouge', the same name as the river that runs beneath this corner. Then the top part of the corner, the part that turns to the left over the hill is called 'Raidillon'. So there you have it, the corner actually has 2 names, and people often mix them up haha. Some call it Eau Rouge Raidillon even.
Eau Rouge is the bottom, Radillon is the top. You can choose whatever you want to call it. Radillon is Ra - di - yo ('o' sound from the word 'on'). the n is silent. I always call it Eau Rouge, from the creek that flows there. Stood there in july and on the top, very exhausting hill climb. It's a wall of tarmac, curbs and barriers. Impressive.
The scream they made back then… it hurt your chest in the way past. By the end of practice your teeth hurt from clenching and you felt like your heart and lungs were vibrated till they turned to jelly
That fast corner on spa francorschampes (6.24) that track echos trough the whole area if we are driving towards the circuit we can hear them from miles away its absurd
F1 camera work is some of the best in the world and the standard that others reach for. If you want to see other insane camera work, look at MotoGP or World Superbike. Between the riding and the camera work, it's right up there with F1. While the swimming pool section of Monaco and Raidillon/Eau Rouge are great corners, there are much better views on both tracks. If you want flat out speed, Pouhon (turn12) and Turn 18 at Spa are things to watch. Pouhon is flat out, downhill, off-camber and Turn 18 is a flat out left-hand kink. Both are fantastic to watch. Side note, up until this year, Monaco has its own television team for F1. That meant that the broadcaster was at the mercy of that team for coverage. This year, the normal team did the broadcast. We'll see about next year.
The naturally aspirated engines sounded so much better, managed to witness them live before they made the swicth to the turbo hybrid, you had to use ear protection or the sound would blast your ears lol , especially on the first lap and noise just before the start of the race with all the cars revving was nuts
I believe racing is the only sport that TV can not do justice to. To hear that earsplitting roar of a 911 GT3 at 180mph at Road America can not be relayed properly through audio devices. I can't explain it but its LOUD
F1 on top with the sound Quality, but the onboards could be better. We have the 360° cam who just record and doesnt stream so you only see it on yt. Like the 2018 singapore pole lap in 360°, you could check that out. Because this cam really show the speed of an f1 car. The onboards are good but the sence of speed sometimes even off board is a little bit slow. On most tracks. I mean f3 cars look as fast as f1 cars. And i really need to focus on the tv to see the difference sometimes. I think f3 cars are smaller and push go on some turns to the limit so that it look fast while f1 cars are bigger and just drive flat through so that its the illusion that the turn isnt as sharp as it irl is. Because you see an f3 sliding through turn 2 and think wow that car is on the limit, thats fast. And than there comes and f1 and just flys by, and your like yeah that turn wasnt even a sharp turn. F1 cars are so stable and fast through turns that you forget how far they travel and how much distance there making
Its not motorsport, but checking out some rocket videos could be pretty cool They are marvels of engineering and have amazing sounds at launches SpaceX landing their rockets, or Saturn V / SLS launch videos might be a cool one to start with?
First of all I really enjoy your videos and your perspective, having been a Nascar fan, is all the more compelling. One thing that you lit up on, not to undermine the rest of the video, is the observation that many sports, F1 included, are best experienced from the comfort of your own living room. I couldn't agree more when it comes to F1 or Indy/Cart for that matter. Having attended several of these races in person, no matter where you are positioned, the bulk of the race is a few minutes of absolutely nothing, then 'wing, wing, wing' (my best attempt at sound effects), then a few minutes of nothing. Additionally on TV you also get a cornacopia of factoids and minutiae that you don't get in the stands or on the paddock. Sure, there's a 'party atmosphere' much like tailgating, but the race itself is pretty boring, I've been in the stands and had VIP passes and right in the thick of things but you're right. It is better sitting in my underwear, staring at the big-screen. Cheers. Oh, you know what I think that I'll add just a little more that you may not encounter on the typical F1 videos. There has always been a Lot of behind-the-scenes political-type influence in the sport. Another thing is that the governing body has done things to 'accomodate' certain drivers. Schumacher for example was part of that governing body and rules changes benefitted him. Around the 90's, they, for example, outlawed slicks in favor of grooved tyres supposedly to slow the cars down and make them less dangerous. This change decidedly benefitted specific drivers. There's lots of that kind of stuff in the sport but bottom line, what a sport it is!
You should go back to 1992 and listen to the Ford V8, Renault V10 and also when Ferrari had their V12. Some of the best was from 1992 between Mansell and Senna. So much close racing between those two.
Another thing to notice is that around mid 2010s F1 started changing all their broadcast cameras to tele-objective lenses, which kills the depth perception and with it the sense of speed for any shot not going side to side. If you see race starts from the 1990s or 2000s and compare to the late 2010s, you get the sense the cars are slower of the grid, when they are absolutely not. So that's a shame in my opinion. Trying to get rid of blur for big screen hi-def TVs, they lost the speed essence in the footage =/
As a long time f1 fan it pains me to say it, but camera work in Indycar is much better for the broadcast, however you can get the onboards of all 20 drivers at once (along with their radio) which is absolutely mint especially when they are using helmet camera (it's behind the visor, so you see exactly what the drivers are looking at
Ian, my Scalextric slot cars travel at incredible scaled up speeds and can be a blur on the track, but some of these camera shots are amazing, these machines rocket!
The F1 cars got quiter because of new regulations. As far as I know, regulations were to use a 2,0 liter engine. After that the new regulations hit which bumped it down to 1,6 liter engine. I dont know if its true or not, but apparently they come up with this to reduce the speeds of the cars because all the high-speed crashes, to reduce high-speed crashes and mitigate injuries and fatalities as close to 0 as possible. Well, with the new technologies, they still managed to pump out the same power out of a 1,6 liter and are still going 300 km/h like nothing happened, althought they help themselves with the DRS system for overtaking in zones, where DRS is allowed.
If only F1 regulations allowed use of active suspension, then we would see truly insane cornering speeds. The last time active suspension was allowed, in 1992, Williams (the only car with active suspension) was 1-2 seconds faster per lap(!) than the best drivers in best competing teams (e.g. Michael Schumacher and Ayrton Senna) without active suspension. It's still unclear if the active suspension was banned because it was considered unsafe or if it was considered to be too good technology (similar to ABS brakes and traction control) to make it harder for a truly skilled driver to raise to the podium.
Yes, the first bunch of clips are at Monaco, specifically the swimming pool section. If you think it’s wild now, you should see it back in the 80s and 90s, before they opened that part of the track up. It was even tighter, no room for error
The way those cars just instantly swap direction through the swimming pool section, man alive!
That and Eau rouge/radillion are some of the BEST in auto sports for slow motion action.
Also to sdd,back then teams used to run t cars. Qualy cars,lightweighted with room for 4-lap fuel only.that made it even better,considering the qualy cars were even lighter,there was little to no safety aspect,before john barnard took carbon fibre to produce a monocoque for the mclaren in 80’s,all chasis were made up of aluminium or some sort of metal which was so dangerous it would bend and tear into pieces upon collision,there was no crash absorbing structures before barnard made use of carbon fibre for chasis.
So drivers knew they had to give their life if they messed up their qualy run going off into a high speed corner
The qualy laps in the 80's, with turbos, bubble-gum qualy tires and just the right amount of gas to do 3 laps were especially wild. Adn those engines sounded nice too.
@@threadtapwhisperer5136 Radillion kinda lost its charm when it lost the gravel and the cars had so much downforce they could just take it flat out. Puhon is my new favourite corner at Spa. Some other great corners include Degner 1 at Suzuka, Scheivlak at Zandvoort (a criminally underated corner imo), Campsa at Barcelona and turns 9-10 at Jeddah.
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The F1 cars did indeed get much quieter. Heck, I was at the Zandvoort GP yesterday, and if there's 1 thing that I noticed, it's that the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars are way louder than the F1 cars. In-case you wonder, the Porsche Supercup is part of the F1 schedule, so if you have a ticket for an F1 race, you'll be able to watch the Porsche Supercup as well.
I have heard a few 911 cup cars and I can agree that they are very loud, I have seen ones with and without cats but even those don't come close to nascar
I haven't seen the V6 cars live, but I do remember the Porsches were spectacular too. Man, I miss the whole atmosphere... Maybe I should return to the circuits
Yeah 2023 f1 cars have 1.6 liter engines so tiny engines cant make big loud sound
They are more quiet yeah, but sound is wasted energy and obviously the more power they actually put onto the wheels instead of out the exhaust the better.
@@Clangokkuner F1 is not about efficiency. It's about entertainment. No sound - no entertainment. If you want efficiency, watch Formula E. Those are very effivient
Eau rouge and raidillon is so legendary and looks beautiful, would be a massive shame if F1 drop spa
there's also an insane ground camera angle right at the foot of it, which they used in the 2019 broadcast and you can see clips of online, the speed is crazy, they just come and go so fast it's hard to comprehend
Yes unfortunately there were some deady accidents because you can t see the straight going uphill....like Antoine Hubert in f2, spa is a great track but in parts dangerous as hell, going blind up the hill when someone crashed😢😢
I attended several Australian GPs before heading to Europe for the Belgian and Italian races in 2014. The V10 and V8 sound was more exciting, but in the turbo hybrid era it was nice to be able to attend a race without earplugs.
Actually you pronounced the word 'Raidillon' quite good. It's 'Raidillon', not 'Radillon' : the uphill part of the track is named Raidillon and comes from the French word 'raide' which means steep. Greetings from Belgium, love your vids, they are so relaxing, and it is just so interesting hearing the opinion of someone on the other side of the globe in many things I'm interested in, or even practice myself. Keep up the good work !
To see, hear and feel those V10s was just something my mind could not comprehend the first time.
The current streaming and directing is done in a huge studio in London. Above every track is a helicopter hovering at a 1000 meters as a kind if antenna broadcasting it to londen. And there is a while team just switching images, filtering radio messages, showing replays. They even start the music at trophy ceremony from there. Its an enormous operation.
And absolutely watch the Zandvoort GP from yesterday, that was a crazy race and a great atmosphere around the track. People dancing and partying in the pouring rain while the race was suspended.😂
That camera angle through the swimming pool section at Monaco is probably one of the best on the calendar… The last clip in the wet was funny because I remember them talking about wet tyres at the Dutch GP over the weekend… They were saying that the full wet tyres can fill a bathtub in 1 second with the amount of water they push out, that’s mind boggling 🤯
The up corner of spa is Eau rouge (red water in french) and Radillon. They do all flat out 300 km/h
Eau Rouge doesn't go up though
Oh man. Those v10s from the early 2000s are insane. Proper screamers. Im pleased to say i have heard them up close and personal back in the day and at events like goodwood. Simply awesome and was a crucial part of the theatre of formula 1 for me. On the camera angles i would say indy car coverage is pretty good as well. Some unique angles and tracking cameras.
I got to watch Finland WRC this year in person and they are SO LOUD between the trees and you can hear them through the forest for crazy long distances.
the corner combination is Radillion de'l eau rouge something like that, eau rouge is the tiny kink at the bottom and radillion is the impressive extreme incline turn
I went to Spa a couple of times in the 1980's and that hill after Eau Rouge looks like a vertical face from the bottom. Apparently it is 17% and rises 134 feet. Pushing the kids up the footpath next to the track was hard work.
That reminds me of the vehicle entrance that runs alongside the diving turn 11/12 section at Road Atlanta. One of Dave & Buster's hospitality people at the race gave me and my dad a ride up the hill in their golf cart one of the last times we went, and I wasn't sure that thing was gonna make it.
I've been to Monaco on vacation, not during F1, but driving on these roads, i just couldn't comprehend that these F1 cars could go around these corners with that speed... it shouldn't be possible
Nothing beats seeing F1 cars live…I’ve been lucky to see the races in Melbourne, Suzuka (japan), Malaysia, Singapore and Barcelona…and the sound in person is soooo different to on TV…it goes through you. I am also lucky to know someone that did go to every race in the 2017 season…I don’t know how he did it but he did!
There’s a wicked shot of I think kimi going up towards eau rouge and the camera is facing back onto the driver and it looks like he’s taking off. It truely shows the elevation and how quickly they go through there
The Static camera in Melbourne is also awesome, it's when they hit the S section of the track. The speed conveyed is even crazier then the ones you showed us.
The old T11/12, now T9/10.
Absolutely insane going through eau rouge + radillon at 320km/h. Mofos are passing on the outside, too!
At Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps after turn 1(La Source) right through Eau Rouge and Raidillon down to turn 7(Les Combes) is held flat in an F1 car in the dry, and the modern F1 car is OVER 320kph/200mph
Nothing gives my goosebumps more than hearing a early 2000's F1 car going through eau rouge then the sound fading up the kemmel straight.
For me it’s the camera view from inside the helmet, shows plainly the skill these drivers have.
Something to remember about the olders cars, They were much much lighter and only a little less power (though much much less torque)
They are faster today but initially (and even in certain scenarios still) older cars were faster in the corners, especially with fast changes of direction.
It can be hard to appreciate just how fast these cars are.. Remember that there is a hair-pin at the end of the wall you see the cars hugging on the approach to Eau Rouge and then up Raidillon..
Thats 198mph out of a 1.6Trubo hybrid in about 8 seconds. And these are grip / momentum racers not drag..
Also, as epic as Spa is, it's litterally half of what it used to be. Spa was always a bit of a speed freak track. From the hair-pin at La Source, to the braking point at Les Combes it's 23 seconds of full throttle, only ever a slight lift through Radillion if really heavy on fuel and maybe on hard tyres too.
It's not far from the Nürburgring, which was made of 3 loops, North, South and start/finnish loops vs what we know today. (Nordschliffe/North loop) Both are legendary homes of F1
I advise watching Grand Prix: The killer years, This shows how F1 was dragged into the modern era with safety becoming the priority rather than race on no matter the situation. I cannot reccomend this strongly enough, even if you don't react to it.. but it's very much worth watching either way
or anything on Juan Manuel Fangio / Sterling moss / John surtees (multiple bike champ and f1 champ) / Jim Clark(personally I and sterling moss, jackie stewart and senna all thought he was the best driver ever) / Jackie Stewart / Jochen Rindt(only ever posthumous F1 champion) / Niki Lauda / Alan prost / Senna / Schumacher / Vettel / Hamilton / Werstappen
There are many many other great drivers but these stick out to me as some of the tipity top most memorable.. Some due to not having the chance to make more of an impact.
Then there are those who are synominous with F1.. Like either Murray walker, He was the voice of most motoersport for many many years this side of pond and Dr Sidney Watkins..
All Legends in their own right.
Big F1 fan here. Unfortunately I only attended one race until now. I was at turn 1 at Monza in 2012 and I could hear the cars clearly up until the first Lesmo corner. Acceleration after the first chicane was unbelievable from up close. Because Monza is a park, you can hear the engines echoing throughout the whole park. Beautiful memories!
By far my favorite two cameras in F1 are :
1 : Lap 1 of Silverstone in the past few years. The camera follows the front for almost half the lap without a cut with insane angles. I recommend watching lap 1 silverstone for the past 4-5 years and you will be amazed.
2 : Radillon exit in spa at lap 1. 20 cars exiting that corner at 300 Kph (around 190 Mph). It's one hell of a site to see. And the camera captures how truly fast they are.
i’m so happy your channel’s gaining traction man. this is a nice little community you’ve built here
Just wanted to say it’s great to see you improved your content quality, I’m loving your new face cam quality!
The hill in Spa (yes, it is "Raidillon") looks absolutely amazing in person. It's really steep, much moe than you can see on TV.
there was a shot in 2019 in Spa that was absolutly brilliant ! one of the best shot EVER in formula 1 (there was a small camera on the ground, in de curbs on the Eau Rouge. magnificient
One of the great overtakes at Spa was Michael Schumacer being passed by Mikka Hakenien while they were Lapping while passing either side of Ricado Zonta
As a 35+ year F1 fan, it’s great to see your appreciation for the sport and welcome aboard as a new F1 fan! Your absolutely right too, there’s some real classic battles from years gone by. However we’ll be saying the same thing in 20 years about races now, don’t let the current history being made escape your attention either.
You should watch the latest GP at Zandvoort........ It's like a movie. Multiple heavy rains, forgotten wheels at pitstops, wheel to wheel banging and the best national anthem being done by Andre Rieu with his full Strauss orchestra!!!! And Max wins as usual ;-)
The action was entertaining, but the track itself is, in my humble opinion ofcourse, pretty boring compared to Spa. Only reason i'd visit Zandvoort is for the Orange army which is always amazing and good fun to hang out with. But that is just me, i realise i may be biased coz Spa is my home track. Just keeping it real. 🤘❤️🇧🇪🇳🇱
The best one is definedly the monaco chicane headon
The best pass at Spa? Mika on Michael, 2000, a.k.a. the 'Zonta Sammich.' Three wide, going into Les Combes: Michael outside, Mika inside, Ricardo in the middle - at over 200 mph. One of the best all-time overtakes in any series.
That speed! it is something like no other on the ground and tracks like this! Those g-forces!
My first ever experience of F1 in real life, at Spa, was entering the venue at the entrance nearest to Eau Rouge / Radillon. As we were coming through the gate, one of the support race practice sessions was coming to an end, but after just a few minutes we distantly heard the F1 lads starting to fire up in the pits. A few minutes later, and with hardly any warning, this tiny little car (they were much smaller in the late 90's, early 2000's) zipped past up the astonishingly-steep hill at an incredible speed with such incredible noise.
I was hooked.
The first images are taken at the pools chicane in Monaco. I was there in 2003 and from that position you realise how much the ground effect sucks down the cars. It's unbeliavable !
100% on the difference between watching at home and attending an event. The latter is an experience, but the former allows you to follow the game/match/race/whatever much better. You get various camera angles, replays, on-screen data, etc.
And you can walk off at any time to take a leak in private. Also lovely.
I visited Spa in 1999. We sat at the bus stop chicane. So we saw them leave the pit. When the where at the end of the Camel straight, after Eau-Rouge and up Radillion you still heard the cars as if you where standing next to them. So loud at that time.
Before the race we went to view Eau-Rouge and man it is steep. You don't have that feeling when you watch it on TV. It is like a driving up a wall
When i was 15, I was able to go see a 25hr beetle fun cup race at spa-francochamps thanks to a friend's family who brought me along.
TV really doesn't do the raidillon hill justice. It looks 2-3x bigger when you're there irl.
I think you gotta see it once in person to really know what it’s like. For all sports. I did go to Indy to see an F1 race, completely changed my respect for these guys watching on tv now.
The circuit of Spa-Francorchamps used to be part of the public roads in the past, I remember in the late 80's when I drove to Luxemburg from my home in the south of the Netherlands, you could still drive from the hairpin at La Source the entire track via L'eau Rouge and Raidilon up to Les Combes where you would leave the track to continue on the normal road.
And the good thing was that is was one way traffic as the traffic in the other direction would use the other half of the track past Blanchimont, the pit street and start line.
So you had the vast open track to you if there wasn't to much other traffic around and you could floor the pedal (watching out for cops however).
L'eau Rouge was steep indeed, and somewhere in the early '90s a chicane was built to take this part out of the public road.
By now a new deviation exists around the circuit so you can't get on it anymore in normal traffic. Now you have to book a track day.
The V10 era was down right impressive in person, both in terms of sound and visually. And yes, I think those flat corners are the best to show how much grip an F1 can generate both mechanically as well as aerodynamically!
I went to the first race in Austin and you can hear the cars 10 miles away. It's intense and amazing.
F1 was my favourite hangover TV, Sunday races. Ski jump was it after new years eve.
Have not seen flow TV in 12-15 years, but assume it`s still a thing.
The best camera angle in F1 for me is the one looking down the S'es in the first sector of COTA. Watching the cars come at the camera pulling some of the highest switching G-forces on the calendar is insane.
As a formula one fan for over 25 years, I have to take my hat off to you sir. Even as a Nascar fan, you knew the corner name up the hill in Spa. 95% of F1 fans and even some drivers call it Eau Rouge, but that's only the the entry corner to the top of the hill. On top of the hill you have Radillion.
So hats off to you sir, you know more about F1 than most F1 fans.
I assume you're thinking of eau rouge as the other name. This was technically a different corner (in the same area of the track) but has been removed as part of the track. Only the first left curve is part of the original Eau Rouge.
This is WAY steeper in real life btw.
There's nothing like the howl of a V10 F1 engine. The modern cars are so muted by comparison.
V10 Sound is just pure eargasm.
I've been a fan of F1 for many decades. I remember watching the occasional race when Wide World of Sports would carry them (1970's). I love these camera angles. I do love watching the in car videos of the pole laps that F1 posts on their web site. It almost looks like a video game, that no human could react and drive that quickly. If you want to find yourself cringing and pulling back from the screen, watch the in car qualifying at Monaco.
The machines became more silent, but they are faster and stronger then ever, this year's, 2023, really has beautiful cars.
Hey Ian:
Eau rouge: " Oh rooooooooj "
Radillion: Rad-E-oown, like Rad, 'e on.
When you paused at 6:58, that was Kimi Raikonnen passing Michael Schumacher and I remember watching that live and losing my mind at that pass as a teenager watching
And Webber on Alonso 4 seconds before that
@@robertleeimages I didn’t see that live because the Raikonnen pass was 2012 and that’s when Grosjean went bowling took people out, including Alonso
You should see a video about Kubica, he was driving a Renault around the 2nd minute of the video, he was in F1 only from 2006 to 2010 and again from 2018 to 2022, but he's such a legend, even Alonso said back in 2008 that Kubica was driving better than him. Mobile Chicane has a video about the whole BMW Sauber thing and it touches in detail about Kubica.
The G-Force the drivers go through in the turns is crazy
Dead is always on watch in the famous corner “Eau Rouge” at SPA circuit.. The corner is both loved and hated because of that.
First time (Spa) I saw and F1 car take a corner, I jumped because I was absolutely certain that it would go straight ahead and crash. One must be there and see, experience,the impossible speed f1 cars take on flat corners, it defies logic and physics. Crazy.
That Corner is called ( EAU ROUGE ) Most of the drivers said it is their overall favourite corner.
You should watch f1 2004 indianapolis qualifying from Pablo Montoya. The camera angles and cheer speed is astonishing combined with that amazing sound especially on the banking.
On Eau rouge, I think that low turn is easy one, but then you go over hill and turn left blind. There are pictures, where F1 car is all wheels of the ground there, (Keke Rosberg). Those turns are legendary..
I bawled me eyes out in 94 when Arynton Senna died still remember it like yesterday watchin it live I was shattered an almost stopped being a fan but thank God a young exciting German by the name of Michael Schumacher smoothed it over for me luckily plus he gave Prost hell
You should have a look at the 24h race Spa from last year and the years before. There was a camera right on the bridge of the river "eau rouge" with approximatly 1m distance to the cars. The most epic camera angle I have seen so far.
Hi, about the best corner in F1 in the world, at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit, the name is actually confusing. I live here and let me explain. The bottom part of the corner is called 'eau rouge', the same name as the river that runs beneath this corner. Then the top part of the corner, the part that turns to the left over the hill is called 'Raidillon'. So there you have it, the corner actually has 2 names, and people often mix them up haha. Some call it Eau Rouge Raidillon even.
Eau Rouge is the bottom, Radillon is the top. You can choose whatever you want to call it. Radillon is Ra - di - yo ('o' sound from the word 'on'). the n is silent. I always call it Eau Rouge, from the creek that flows there. Stood there in july and on the top, very exhausting hill climb. It's a wall of tarmac, curbs and barriers. Impressive.
That corner on the Spa circuit here in Belgium, is also a blind corner, those guys don't even lift the throttle.
You definitely got a subscriber today!
The scream they made back then… it hurt your chest in the way past. By the end of practice your teeth hurt from clenching and you felt like your heart and lungs were vibrated till they turned to jelly
I always enjoy curb cams, they're fun
Spa is the best and the most legendary track in Formula 1 for all time ,favorite track to the most Formula 1 drivers
That fast corner on spa francorschampes (6.24) that track echos trough the whole area if we are driving towards the circuit we can hear them from miles away its absurd
F1 camera work is some of the best in the world and the standard that others reach for. If you want to see other insane camera work, look at MotoGP or World Superbike. Between the riding and the camera work, it's right up there with F1.
While the swimming pool section of Monaco and Raidillon/Eau Rouge are great corners, there are much better views on both tracks. If you want flat out speed, Pouhon (turn12) and Turn 18 at Spa are things to watch. Pouhon is flat out, downhill, off-camber and Turn 18 is a flat out left-hand kink. Both are fantastic to watch.
Side note, up until this year, Monaco has its own television team for F1. That meant that the broadcaster was at the mercy of that team for coverage. This year, the normal team did the broadcast. We'll see about next year.
The naturally aspirated engines sounded so much better, managed to witness them live before they made the swicth to the turbo hybrid, you had to use ear protection or the sound would blast your ears lol , especially on the first lap and noise just before the start of the race with all the cars revving was nuts
Touring cars usually have some pretty decent camera placements. BTTC.
zandvoort hugenholtz corner during F1 races is almost like a videogame. Check the footage of 2021. Insane.
I believe racing is the only sport that TV can not do justice to. To hear that earsplitting roar of a 911 GT3 at 180mph at Road America can not be relayed properly through audio devices. I can't explain it but its LOUD
F1 on top with the sound Quality, but the onboards could be better. We have the 360° cam who just record and doesnt stream so you only see it on yt. Like the 2018 singapore pole lap in 360°, you could check that out. Because this cam really show the speed of an f1 car. The onboards are good but the sence of speed sometimes even off board is a little bit slow. On most tracks. I mean f3 cars look as fast as f1 cars. And i really need to focus on the tv to see the difference sometimes. I think f3 cars are smaller and push go on some turns to the limit so that it look fast while f1 cars are bigger and just drive flat through so that its the illusion that the turn isnt as sharp as it irl is. Because you see an f3 sliding through turn 2 and think wow that car is on the limit, thats fast. And than there comes and f1 and just flys by, and your like yeah that turn wasnt even a sharp turn. F1 cars are so stable and fast through turns that you forget how far they travel and how much distance there making
The new helmet camera view is amazing
wow thats a big and stylish mustag
Its not motorsport, but checking out some rocket videos could be pretty cool
They are marvels of engineering and have amazing sounds at launches
SpaceX landing their rockets, or Saturn V / SLS launch videos might be a cool one to start with?
man love your love of racing...
The corner/chicane that you are referring to at 5:21 is called the Eau Rouge.
Love it! Great Video man
This is when Michael Schumacher winning 7 world championship and the best track is the tunnel at Monaco they are doing about 202 mph through it
F1 TV 15.99 you have no idea what you're missing! it's worth getting!!
I was in spa and trust me going to the tribune at the top of radillon or something like that it’s crazy steep but the vieuw is amazing
The turbo hybrid cars are louder IRL than on camera, I can tell you that, not as loud as the old cars but still louder thgan they sound on TV
First of all I really enjoy your videos and your perspective, having been a Nascar fan, is all the more compelling. One thing that you lit up on, not to undermine the rest of the video, is the observation that many sports, F1 included, are best experienced from the comfort of your own living room. I couldn't agree more when it comes to F1 or Indy/Cart for that matter. Having attended several of these races in person, no matter where you are positioned, the bulk of the race is a few minutes of absolutely nothing, then 'wing, wing, wing' (my best attempt at sound effects), then a few minutes of nothing. Additionally on TV you also get a cornacopia of factoids and minutiae that you don't get in the stands or on the paddock. Sure, there's a 'party atmosphere' much like tailgating, but the race itself is pretty boring, I've been in the stands and had VIP passes and right in the thick of things but you're right. It is better sitting in my underwear, staring at the big-screen. Cheers. Oh, you know what I think that I'll add just a little more that you may not encounter on the typical F1 videos. There has always been a Lot of behind-the-scenes political-type influence in the sport. Another thing is that the governing body has done things to 'accomodate' certain drivers. Schumacher for example was part of that governing body and rules changes benefitted him. Around the 90's, they, for example, outlawed slicks in favor of grooved tyres supposedly to slow the cars down and make them less dangerous. This change decidedly benefitted specific drivers. There's lots of that kind of stuff in the sport but bottom line, what a sport it is!
You should go back to 1992 and listen to the Ford V8, Renault V10 and also when Ferrari had their V12. Some of the best was from 1992 between Mansell and Senna.
So much close racing between those two.
I love your videos man, we want to live with you this moment but the image is transparent like a ghost 👻 😅 🇫🇷
Another thing to notice is that around mid 2010s F1 started changing all their broadcast cameras to tele-objective lenses, which kills the depth perception and with it the sense of speed for any shot not going side to side.
If you see race starts from the 1990s or 2000s and compare to the late 2010s, you get the sense the cars are slower of the grid, when they are absolutely not.
So that's a shame in my opinion.
Trying to get rid of blur for big screen hi-def TVs, they lost the speed essence in the footage =/
More F1 videos please. It's how I found this channel
Hellooooo from Switzerland, Europe! :)
They past Peter Brock in the 05 Torana like he was standing still
your worth waiitng for...period
As a long time f1 fan it pains me to say it, but camera work in Indycar is much better for the broadcast, however you can get the onboards of all 20 drivers at once (along with their radio) which is absolutely mint especially when they are using helmet camera (it's behind the visor, so you see exactly what the drivers are looking at
Ian, my Scalextric slot cars travel at incredible scaled up speeds and can be a blur on the track, but some of these camera shots are amazing, these machines rocket!
The F1 cars got quiter because of new regulations.
As far as I know, regulations were to use a 2,0 liter engine.
After that the new regulations hit which bumped it down to 1,6 liter engine. I dont know if its true or not, but apparently they come up with this to reduce the speeds of the cars because all the high-speed crashes, to reduce high-speed crashes and mitigate injuries and fatalities as close to 0 as possible.
Well, with the new technologies, they still managed to pump out the same power out of a 1,6 liter and are still going 300 km/h like nothing happened, althought they help themselves with the DRS system for overtaking in zones, where DRS is allowed.
2019 spa gp also had a cam in the curbs
If only F1 regulations allowed use of active suspension, then we would see truly insane cornering speeds. The last time active suspension was allowed, in 1992, Williams (the only car with active suspension) was 1-2 seconds faster per lap(!) than the best drivers in best competing teams (e.g. Michael Schumacher and Ayrton Senna) without active suspension. It's still unclear if the active suspension was banned because it was considered unsafe or if it was considered to be too good technology (similar to ABS brakes and traction control) to make it harder for a truly skilled driver to raise to the podium.
The Panasonic F1 is a Toyota V10 :)