Are the 2022 Formula 1 Cars ACTUALLY Harder to Drive?

Are 2022 F1 Cars going to be really hard to drive?
So Lando Norris said in an interview that the 2022 F1 cars are ‘not as nice to drive’ after trying it in the McLaren simulator - and yes, that was a pretty fleeting comment that lead some to think that these new cars are going to be really tricky.
Now, to some, that is a great thing - moving back to cars that look more lively with drivers battling them through the corners. But we’re not sure on whether things are going to pan out that way.
So today, I’m going to give you my thoughts on these cars from the perspective of a driver, and we’ve got Scarbs to explain this from the perspective of an engineer. All to figure out if they will ACTUALLY be harder to drive. Lets go!
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Before we get into it, what did Lando ACTUALLY say?
‘It's a very different car to drive. In a way not as nice as this season.
“But I think hopefully that's the same case with every other team as well. And we'll see, there's no point trying to think it's amazing or terrible.’
Now, it’s GOING to be very different - there are so many changes that it would be strange if it driove the same. But the ‘not as nice’ bit? That did seem strange to me.
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[@Driver61]

What do you think? Harder or easier to drive? *Drop a sub to get us to that MAGICAL 800K Subscribers*

[@Firebolt1729]

Begone bots

[@sirmounted8499]

Really don't know so I am looking forward to when the season starts. I have tried the '22 car in Assetto Corsa and it is terrible compared to the '21 car.

[@spidi26]

Always a pleasure to have Scarbs on board ! 👏

[@electron5271]

@@Firebolt1729 It's been pretty bad lately. KZbin has some work to do.

[@kas-lw7xz]

@@electron5271 there are even opensource projects to prevent this, yet KZbin can't do this

[@dontwannaname]

In 2009 testing, Jenson Button complained about the handling of the Brawn. He stopped complaining when he was told he was a second quicker than everyone else 😂

[@firebolt8004]

Perspective is a powerful thing.

[@Firebolt1729]

@@Car.V1 Ikr, these bots are ruining KZbin, but YT still is doing nothing about it, instead they care about dislikes lol

[@MiguelMedV]

@@Firebolt1729 Also KZbin: "Let's have fun deleting non-offensive comments, but leaving all the toxic ones! ^^/"...

[@Diemsi04]

@@Firebolt1729 also youtube: we should add NFT's!

[@paulmichaelfreedman8334]

@@Firebolt1729 Those adbots appeared round the time youtube quit the dislikes.

[@Firebolt1729]

Lando's only driven one generation of F1 cars though. I'd be interested in what experienced drivers like Alonso, Vettel or Hamilton have to say about it. Ricciardo didn't like the way last years McLaren drove either plus they still have to get in the new cars. Quicker transients is exactly what makes cars more difficult, and what extracts most skill to keep them in optimum performance window. It is especially demanding when avoiding snap oversteer or tank slap moments. This is also a reason why consumer market simulations tends to lean towards unrealistically slow transients. This season should be interesting to say the least.

[@commanderlewisskipperton8721]

Damn 18+ bots!

[@theonlylolking]

If Ricciardo can't beat or get close to Norris this season then he will be replaced.

[@tropicaltree1196]

@@commanderlewisskipperton8721 The president of the slow seb fanclub is back🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Firebolt1729]

@@tropicaltree1196 Not you again... Get a life

[@A.i.r_K]

@@tropicaltree1196 says the guy, "Germans biggest fraud against Britian's biggest fraud" in aldas's most recent video

[@commanderlewisskipperton8721]

We need to first see what experienced drivers like Vettel, Alonso and Hamilton think of the new cars to know if Lando's theory is correct or not.

[@tropicaltree1196]

slow seb and his fanboys would whine about how the cars "DoN'T sUiT hIs DrIvInG sTyLe" so that slow seb's season would seem less embarrassing🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@commanderlewisskipperton8721]

@@tropicaltree1196 no one currently knows if the new Aston suits Seb's driving style or not so we first need to hear his opinion.

[@tropicaltree1196]

@@commanderlewisskipperton8721 Slow-seb fanboy playbook: 1. ALWAYS MAKE EXCUSES FOR SLOW-SEB 2. Call anyone who disagrees a HaTeR 😂 3. Insult everyone who disagrees (the more childish the insult, the better 🤣🤣🤣) 4. Never aknowledge reality 😭 5. Avoid factual arguments because the facts are not on slow-seb's side 6. Blame the team, always claim that they have some sort of conspiracy against slow-seb 😂 7. Hype up stroll because when slow-seb loses to him, it will be less embarrassing (no one will fall for it though 😂) 8. Never mention that Slow-seb lost to Ricciardo and Leclerc while driving the same car as them 😂 9. Always stay delusional and make it your life's mission to keep the slow-seb fraud going 10. Party hard at the slow-seb fanclub when slow-seb manages to spin his way into the prestigious and amazing p13 in the race 🤣 11. Forget about Adrian Newey, and his cars (illegal traction control, blown diffuser, coanda exhauster, flexible front wing etc.) 12. Everything this year is still Ferrari's mistake (and somtetimes Leclerc's) 13. Slow-seb is driving a 1000HP monster, that's why he spins 14. Remember, last year slow-seb won every grand prix, but aliens invaded the Earth, and our memory was deleted 15. Try to get everyone who disagrees banned from KZbin 😂😂 16. Always fawn over slow-seb's desperate and cringy off-track pr stunts 😂😂😂

[@tropicaltree1196]

@@commanderlewisskipperton8721 Of course Slow seb and his fanboys would be eager to cry about the car not suiting his driving style to divert attention away from slow-seb's miserable performances on the track 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@commanderlewisskipperton8721]

@@tropicaltree1196 like I just said, we first need to hear his opinion. You can't judge his opinion before he actually gives us his opinion.

[@BmacRDX]

It's a very plausible explanation that the aero and tire model isn't yet correlated to the real car yet, and I would not expect them to be. Tire modeling is the most difficult thing in racing, and with how big the aero changes are, I'd be surprised if they were there yet too.

[@eicossa7993]

What makes tire modellin so difficult ? I thought aero cfd stuff was the most difficult.

[@BmacRDX]

@@eicossa7993 tire physics is really difficult because it doesn’t follow conventional physics for friction and at the peak of the working range, the tire is at least partly multi-phase (solid and liquid), making it extremely difficult to determine what you're working with. Tire data presented to race teams shows grip vs load and inclination angle (camber), among other things, but that only gets you in the ballpark for optimizing the car for the tire. With such a big change (18" wheels, plus larger diameter), I'd expect dialing in the suspensions in 2022-2023 to make the new tires work will be just as much of the focus as improving the aero. CFD has much higher repeatability and fidelity actually.

[@Sweaty__Sheep]

Good call

[@logzeronan]

@@eicossa7993 Rubber is difficult. For a long time empirical and semi-empirical tire models have been used. When racing you also have dynamically changing contact shape, pressure and temperature making it more difficult.

[@kizmetmars]

What do I think? I think I'd be in a wall with either car, if I didn't stall it.

[@gandalf_thegrey]

yeah... same

[@DeliriumzzZ]

First stall, then wall

[@firebolt8004]

Lol

[@jessethomas630]

Nice to see a realistic comment for once😂

[@h3r63rt]

Same here.

[@ierbutza21]

I could see Alonso doing well if the Alpine is half decent since he has a lot of experience in a lot more racing series and maybe some young drivers could take longer to adjust if the style is changed.

[@stellar6643]

Alonso will destroy Shamilton in the same car

[@Firebolt1729]

@@stellar6643 Like he did in 2007?

[@GhostonYoutube201x]

@@stellar6643 yeah i guess you started watching f1 after alonso left mclaren?

[@mrdude9671]

Yeah he has been racing for 22 years , and has raced in F1 , LeMans 24Hr , Indycar , FIA world Endurance , 24Hrs Daytona . If the cars are difficult to drive , then it’s going to be a jackpot for Alonso . The only real competition for him would be Carlos Sainz , cuz he is one of the drivers who may not be quick but knows how to extract the best from the car and is scary consistent . Also he is going to have that Ferrari power (given 2022 Ferrari is not a tractor) So if there is anyone who can challenge him it’s going to be Carlos (Given that Alpine develops a descent car , even if it is not necessarily the best , like 2020 Racing Point)

[@Spotter-]

@Kimi Timoskainen he also drove the F14T, can’t be much worse than that.

[@Dispariabooks]

I hope the cars aren't harder to drive just to be harder to drive. If they offer more of a risk/reward scenario, where they become very difficult to drive at the ragged edge, but offer the precision to extract an extra 10th that safer driving couldn't provide, then THAT would be good racing.

[@jannadrielcervo7753]

F1 has been like that in the 1960's, minus the danger of crashing. So we will see who shine with pure skill alone.

[@Dispariabooks]

@@jannadrielcervo7753 to a degree, yes. But it is not accurate that every car has been equally difficult and rewarding to drive. The V10 era with grooved tires, for example, required a much more conscious awareness of the edge than the last few years. The recent cars are almost all driven in the exact same way and, at the top level, it comes down to package more than pure skill (again, not taking anything away from drivers today). The idea is to provide a car that works well to a high level for everyone, but requires master precision and feel to extract the last few percent of performance. The cars of the last few years were blunted from that, in a sense.

[@suuuuuuuu124]

Ahhhh 2016 verstappen might comeback if that's the case, It will be sad for the ferrari boys

[@Yelonek92]

I think it's not a matter of "easier" or "harder". Just "different". And because drivers are accustomed to the old driving style, they simply have to forgot some old habits and relearn driving

[@Xitronix]

Agreed👍

[@venomau5speedz]

Just like Daniel had to last year. 👍

[@Yelonek92]

@@venomau5speedz Daniel is one of my favourites and from one side I'm afraid of him, looking how he was learning new car last year and thinking that he will again learn a new car... but on the other hand - every driver will be learning a new car now. So maybe Dan will be a one step forward?

[@colebaker___]

As amazing as the engineering of the past generation of F1 cars is, I would much rather see drivers having to wrestle the car to find speed rather than just point the car and it goes like the past few years

[@canismajoris6733]

It's a lot easier sometimes to wrestle since you have more room to make a mistake. Cars that drive completely in line punish you more for making mistakes

[@Jajeweet]

@@canismajoris6733 No

[@BTcaice]

I think that is more an issue of drivers not being on the limit all race long. We've given that up in favor of tire strategy and component longevity. I think we'll get drivers on the limit more in future regulations but for now we're getting rid of the spending war and that should come with its own benefits.

[@realMaverickBuckley]

I mean .. they kindof do have to wrestle them as is. I think.it was George Russle that said 'On your fastest lap, you'll never have 100% pure grip in the corners. You wanna be sitting on that 95% grip limit where it *looks* like you have grip on TV but in the car you can feel that you're almost 4 wheel skating through the corners."

[@valerierodger7700]

“Just point the car and it goes” 😂 yeah, sure, that’s all the drivers have had to do in recent years

[@howy5799]

I’m glad about this, if Lando came out and said they’re easier to drive than last year, you’d be making a video “Will the f1 2022 cars be boring”. I’m all up for the cars to be harder to drive, as long as the drivers are not put at a greater risk to their safety then, I’m all up for the cars to be tricky.

[@tiagodumont4422]

I have a feeling we'll have a lot of unpredictable crashes. Ground effect is prone to sudden grip variantion due small changes on the ground and these cars are REALLY heavy... It'll be like suddently losing traction on a station wagon.

[@DaveCompton5150]

I dont think so. They are basically heavy Indy cars this year. I expect more crashes from cold tires.

[@joshhill5932]

@@DaveCompton5150 agreed but not heavy indycars. They are about the same weight. I think a lot of F1 fans thing ground effect cars are late 70s early 80s F1 and don't realize indycar/cart have been running ground effect cars since 1980. If the 2022 F1 cars drive anything like the last years of CART than the fans and the drivers will be very happy.

[@benfulford3943]

This was true for the first generation of ground affect cars that had an actual skirt that dragged along the ground. The sudden loss of grip was when this skirt bounced over the bumps causing a big loss and downforce. These new generation of ground effect cars won't suffer from this effect in the same way as they do not have skirts. I can't see this happening

[@IPL_VIC]

They will also most likely still have that wooden plank that will stop them from bottoming out as they have had them for decades now. Your statement is somewhat flawed. These engineers have probably thought about this already years ago…

[@pod_036]

@@DaveCompton5150 i thought new tyres reached optimal temps easier, unless you are talking about the blanket ban

[@TheDragonaf1]

Why the fuck would they ban the tire blankets?? Thats like banning fresh worked in running shoes at an Olympics events.

[@davidca96]

When a major change happens until the drivers figure the car out this always happens. They havent driven them enough to really know yet in my opinion, Lando was just implying it drives differently and he personally must have not liked certain aspects as much but once he gets used to it he may change his mind too early to know.

[@davidca96]

@Damar Fadlan Hello.

[@maozedong981]

@@davidca96 Hi

[@udellalec]

I wonder if Albon’s experience in DTM last year with a similar style of “lower profile” tire will help out at all with the new tire coming this year in F1.

[@SaminHam]

Let’s hope so. I’m rooting for him this year

[@v1ncy982]

And Alonso has driven the LMP1 car with 18"

[@GloomGaiGar]

don't they use Michelins?

[@efivos5362]

02:05 “the car is gonna run very flat to the ground… very low very flat”. 05:50 “the floor is still as high as it was last year”. Is it me or those two arguments are contradictory? What’s the actual case?

[@artnull13]

Yup absolutely contradictory particularly considering he specifically also said no high or low rake. - one person is wrong clearly, I’m guessing that’s Driver61

[@pod_036]

He talks about the floor angle rather than ride height

[@elisteiger6909]

Your videos are just so good compared to all the other F1 channels. Less clickbait and amazing in-depth information. Thank you for rising above the gossip and BS. Also love all the none F1 content and sim racing videos

[@ytadi9229]

I have a feeling Alonso n Vettel will be up there with Lewis

[@Mr2it3881]

I want to see Super Seb this year so bad!

[@commanderlewisskipperton8721]

@@Mr2it3881 the majority of the F1 fanbase wants to see Super Seb this year so bad. He is the fan favorite afterall.

[@pranavps851]

I don't know about Vettel...after seeing him today at the ROC. Didn't look very quick.

[@ytadi9229]

@@pranavps851 that's not F1 anyways..

[@Mr2it3881]

@@pranavps851 I thought that was more of a fun race

[@lucaviani6798]

Love Scarb, please keep him around for the 2022 season!!!!! You guys make a great pair!

[@CallsignEskimo-l3o]

The internal driver battles with each team will be interesting this year. With both drivers having to adapt to the new cars, it will be interesting who comes to terms with the changes first. Experienced drivers who have driven for a number of teams with different design philosophies may have an advantage: Alonso, Vettel and Sainz for example

[@hellogoodbye4906]

Curious which drivers adapt quickest. I like to see Vettel get back near the front again

[@EMANUEL-vt8ok]

Adaptation isn't Seb best ability 2014, 2020 but if the car will be like the 2011 redbull (best season in Seb carrer sorry but 2013 wasn't that good because the domnation started after mid season regulation change that slowed down Lotus and Ferrari) he can really fight maybe not for the title (because i dont see any ambitions in Aston Martin) but maybe for few podiums.

[@hellogoodbye4906]

@@EMANUEL-vt8ok yeah i dont see Aston being title challenges. Just Vettel is very clever driver (most german drivers usually are), could imagine he'd be great at feedback, design ideas etc. Which could be very important with such changes

[@mrdude9671]

I think Carlos Sainz would adapt the best cuz he is a SMOOTH OPERATOR . And also maybe his fellow Spaniard Alonso , he has 22 years of experience and has raced in F1 , indycar , Lemans , FIA endurance 24Hr and. Daytona 24 hr

[@KlaximumSkroeft]

Adaptation just screams Sainz

[@Chris-xl6pd]

@@hellogoodbye4906 Whilst i like Seb it would be wise to think about 2014, like the first guy to reply said. Seb after being use to the blown diffuser for the last 3-4 years? (cant remember exactly) he got spanked by the new driver Riciardo as the FIA banned the diffuser. This example isnt perfect because Daniel was there for his first season so for daniel he was trying to learn something new, but for seb he was trying to unlearn what hed been use to, still though i think it gives a good insight that Seb isnt really that good at adapting.

[@pedrovoigt4334]

I really like the fact you bring Phil Collins to help with the engineering part

[@avallach2061]

I would love a harder to drive car because we would see drivers developing different driving styles like in the old days. I doubt it will be harder to this point though.

[@utetopia1620]

Wouldn't the lack of vibration in the on board camera be more due to the actual camera and stabilization tech than the suspension tech? Its sort of an odd analogy or comparison... i mean, Fernando Alonso's helmet cam at Spa in 2021 was a rickety mess (although amazing footage)

[@merlinkruse5357]

Thought the same. The things said about the suspension may still be true, but I'm sure camera stabilization is heavily used for these onboard perspectives, considering the footage is used for TV broadcast.

[@fxckrio]

@@merlinkruse5357 definitely, cameras have very good stabilisation now, even the little action cameras

[@JakobusVdL]

my thought also, and the track surfaces are so much better. I think it was an analagy too far from Scarbs.

[@Neil3D]

I just wrote the same thing before seeing your comment, doesn't matter it'll get lost in the stack. But yea 100% the reason is down to OIS in the onboard cameras else they wouldn't be suitable for todays broadcast quality, sure the cars will be smoother but the fact that there's zero shake in that view is because of image stabilisation

[@duderama6750]

The new tracks are billiard tables compared to the past.

[@gold6813]

Drivers like Alonso, Hamilton, Russel, Sainz and Verstapen are known to adapt their driving around the nuances of a car not suited to their preferences.

[@sammorrissey9094]

What? Verstappen has basically always had a car designed for him

[@MiguelMedV]

@@sammorrissey9094 For as much as I used to dislike him, in 2016 when he joined Red-Bull, the car was adjusted to Ricciardo and Kvyat...

[@BernMile5]

@@sammorrissey9094 ehem, Hamilton-

[@MrSociophobia]

@@sammorrissey9094 Yes, but even he said that the RB that Albon and Gasly had a go in was a handful to reign in. He might have had a hand in developing it in that direction, but he said it wasn't really the 2nd driver's fault they couldn't get the car working. And the car from 2021 that Checo drove was significantly easier to drive.

[@paulmichaelfreedman8334]

@@sammorrissey9094 Maybe so, but he is highly adaptable. Max has a natural ability to get the feel of the car pretty fast. Which makes sense, if you're in the F1 league you're expected to be adaptable.

[@gastonhitw720]

every new car is hard to drive, imagine how hard it was back in time whenever a regulation changed, 1994 for example, that's how it is, that means old generations will have an easier time driving the 2022 car because they've been through many changes, like alonso, hamilton, ricciardo, vettel, perez, verstappen(can drive anything) so if Lando is truly worried about the difficulty then he won't perform well

[@wiggy110]

Ricciardo? did you watch last year

[@B__L]

Ricciardo is awful at adjusting to new cars. He did terrible in his first seasons for Renault and Mclaren.

[@r9fox32]

I would imagine a lot of the difference in the camera shaking effect he mentioned is due to modern image stabilizing software on the cameras that they didn't have back then, rather than just the suspension.

[@gamaltk]

Absolutely just look at the drivers' heads

[@paulmorgan8254]

I agree, just look at the helmet cam footage although obviously it isn't a fixed mount.

[@Real28]

Good. That's what makes current Indy Cars so much fun to watch. They require the driver to do more work, they aren't easy. That produces closer racing and more input from the driver and less the car doing the driving.

[@onomatopoeidia]

I agree. Been watching F1 since the 70’s and Indy is much more exciting from the cockpit view now than current F1 where it’s just so sedate. They have to actually continually manage the car in Indy like the old F1 days.

[@supremowilliam703]

I think this season's car will suit alonso's driving style well. I hope alpine will create a great car this year

[@lewiskemp5893]

I liked and I'm not an team fan. I love Alonso and think he's great at adapting to new rides

[@mikezof3690]

Great video with tons of information great job @Driver61 One small thing I noticed though is that the music background of the video could be better with a bit better mixing, volume adjust and would be awesome 👌

[@berndkemmereit8252]

A good driver can handle any car after a few races, as he learns how the car behaives and adjust his driving style. I'm looking forward to it and hope for some nice surprises. Let's hope they change the engine so that other manufactures can join, like Audi and Porsche.

[@adamn7125]

New engines will come in 2025

[@berndkemmereit8252]

@@adamn7125 they agreed on it already? I thought hey are still in talks....cool

[@maozedong981]

If Audi will join F1, they must always change the timing chain maybe 10 times at one Race. This means a lot of time loss at the Box.

[@avilaomar10]

9:03 that could be because of way better image stabilizers than of sennas’ era but just sayin

[@f1matt]

Would be cool to get a video explaining the current "driver in loop" sims F1 teams use.

[@Neil3D]

Pretty sure the primary reason why the camera shook far more during the "Senna" era was because they now have image stabilisation in the cameras... not arguing that those cars wouldn't have been bone shakers but modern cameras have optical image stabilisation and without that they wouldn't be broadcast quality today

[@louscannonmagoo9989]

Fairly sure that the image quality of last year is due primarily to image stabilisation improvements compared to Senna’s late 80s car onboard camera technology as opposed to being the quality of the suspension.

[@s-pracing8514]

TBH I'm not always a fan of Driver61's opinions, but he is very Knowledgeable and these videos are very informative, great content and I will always stay subscribed

[@maxmustermann369]

if thats true, i wonder who will adapt quickest/best. my speculation would be, that the older drivers like hamilton, vettel and especially alonso could really benefit here, since they have driven cars that were more difficult to handle in the past. i guess we ll see soon...

[@canismajoris6733]

Vettel is bad in any car that doesn't suit him perfectly so I doubt it

[@Jajeweet]

Look at drivers that do well in the rain to see who is good at adapting quickly.

[@gustavojavier2353]

Dude. You're so good at this. Thanks for putting out these videos.

[@shedactivist]

Good video. I like the stereotype engineer as a scruffy person in a messy workshop versus the polished presentation of the fancy driver, lol

[@MrDoctorDave]

How much will banning torsion bars affect the suspension's ability to keep the car flat and the new aero tuned correctly?

[@scottyskydog]

I know when Porsche stopped,using torsion bars and switched to Bilstein coil overs the cars ( 935’s ) were one to two seconds quicker!

[@javierporto2313]

Torsion bars are not banned

[@themarauder6108]

The only feedback fans should be interested in is from drivers like Hamilton, Verstappen, Ricciardo, Vettel and Perez. Lando's only been in F1 since 2019 and he's only driven for Mclaren, so of course he'll find them to be "not as nice."

[@aberamagold7509]

Very informative video, it explained things I had wondered about and even more stuff that I don't have the knowledge base to have even thought about.

[@U2BURE]

The smoothness on the camera is more about camera technology improving, not the suspension

[@atn_holdings]

We're talking about car v0.1 of a completely new ruleset versus the pinnacle of a decades-long cycle. This is manufactured. The race cars of the next couple years are going to have barely anything to do with what's being tested right now. Of course the first few are gonna be rough around the edges.

[@gamaltk]

Good point!

[@FairladyS130]

Interesting times. I wonder if an Indy car driver's input would be useful in assessing a new F1 car and how accurate is the simulator compared with the real car.

[@MaxRank]

It will be interesting to see how Max adapts to a flatter car, the Redbull has always had a high rake.

[@tatum6727]

Time for Fernando again.

[@SergeantMoetz]

It's going to be exciting to see which drivers can adapt and alter their driving style to fit the new cars the best. Experience could play a very important role at least in the first couple of races.

[@rockha6070]

is winter testing being show on tv ? i think the race said it not being broadcasted and we will only seen them drive around on tv in Bahrain in fp1

[@IamFleisch]

I could listen to Scarbs talk for hours

[@JoshuaSmith2309]

Interesting that it wasn't mentioned about the front wing generating less downforce so less "pointy" front end which some drivers really like depending on the speed of the corners

[@itsmekaaa9635]

Not sure if the footage is really the best metric to use for smoothness. Most cameras, or video software, can apply image stabilization.

[@matthew-jy5jp]

Always the best F1 and motorsport content Scotty 💯

[@Z-u-m-a]

Personally don't care if they're easier are harder to drive so long as it's more about the actual driving (skill, bottle) and less about system management (tyres, fuel).

[@FrodoFett]

Have the new rules done away with the plank to regulate ride height, or how has that particular technical reg been adjusted to allow for the ride heights required to make effective use of the underfloor aero?

[@willywonka4340]

I recalled the lotus 79 with ground effects and movable side skirts were hard on the spines of those who drove them; they were that stiff. yet they were crazy fast.

[@Sum_Ting_Wong]

My dark horse is Aston Martin and Vettel. If they have a good balance and rear end I pick Vettel to be blistering

[@hristiyandimov481]

No🤣🤣

[@DonEnzone]

@@hristiyandimov481 Hilarious how so many people put Vettel up there for 2022. Lot of sentiment probably.

[@hristiyandimov481]

@@DonEnzone most likely

[@whracing]

With the tyres,racing on the edge will be more difficult to get consistent, harder tyre walls mean the tyres will slide more quickly and then over heat quickly

[@jonsingleton4023]

its going to be amazing at the first race, the teams have a lot of work to do to find the balance but they will. Hopefully its going to be like karting, nose to tail close racing, sliding them around at the limit with last minute dive bomb passes!

[@adityaakula9434]

Craig Scarborough needs his own channel where he just talk just tech , F1 GT and anything he wants to talk about .. Ill listen !!

[@GonzoDonzo]

Good. Im of the opinion that they should still have a stick shift so harder is better to me

[@paulvannoordwyk8968]

another quality informative video, cheers!

[@jimjimsauce]

i think the cars will end up being easier to drive, but right now the cars are just too new to be personalized and tailored to the drivers’ preferred driving technique yet, as they’ve had multiple years with their old car. at least that’s what i think lando means by not as nice.

[@Sebastian-yl7nq]

can’t wait to try out the 2022 car in iRacing and F1 2022!

[@onomatopoeidia]

Yeah cos last year’s Merc is as dull as dull! The Renault 3.5 is much more fun.

[@evann5451]

I’m all for skill being more important in F1 over the car itself. But as a driver myself, I want a car that I am confident with and one I know won’t do anything unpredictable under me. There has to be a happy medium out there

[@eoghanburke2581]

Cant wait for this new season, hopefully the new cars will at least look faster and harder to drive.

[@barclaymatheson8240]

A car who's down force is constantly changing in relationship to the proximity of the car ahead has to be more difficult to drive than a car that has a more stable and consistent down force. Landos problem is he can't see over the bigger tyres

[@JoaoSilva-on4od]

This was very informative. Thank you both.

[@henriwolbrink]

I have a feeling that the curves will become a lot trickier to use. They will really disturb the ground effect. And the thinner tyres will also have less grip.

[@dadadadana]

I cant wait for the new season to start.I have a feeling that this would be one of the most interest season in the last 20 years if we exclude the 2021 season.

[@bjrnchrstn]

Excellent video 👌🏼

[@innerspace56]

Best video I've seen yet on these critical topics. Driver61 and Scarbs doing that dirty work. Not clean..

[@Juice14G]

What are the changes in suspension on the new rules?

[@charlesjmouse]

Hmm... A car that is hard to get the most out of, but is non-the-less satisfying to drive and watch is one thing. But a car that is a pig to drive, even if fast when driven 'correctly', is no fun for the driver or spectators. Fingers crossed. PS: Thanks for being one of the few F1-related channels that consistently produces good content rather than the load of old tosh seen elsewhere.

[@krahnica]

Love your videos! Keep ‘em coming!!!

[@thegregdavieschannel]

My simulation and modeling skills are not yet up to f1 standards, but from what I have done, aero principles are reasonably accurate to model and calculate in computer simulations. What people seem to forget about aerodynamics is that the principles have been valid for as long as the earth has had the atmosphere we know today, all that's changed is our ability to understand this. All the big advancements in aerodynamic understanding were done before computer simulations. There were no courses or books on how to build an aeroplane when the Wright brothers took their first flight, no one used a wind tunnel to develop an aeroplane for another 30 odd years until the dc3 was being developed. No one knew how an aircraft would behave as it passed through the sound barrier until after the event. Practice has always led the way, theory and calculations have always followed prototypes. Simulations as we know them today are derived from theoretical calculations. What's far more difficult to model is how the tyres respond, how they deflect in corners, how the respond over bumps. Quite a bit of the cars suspension movement has been through the deflection of the tyres since the 1970's. Physical load test rigs can be build and the tyres can be measured under these conditions, but dynamic loading in practice will always give different results to a test rig. Underside aero performance has always had a strong correlation to suspension and tyre control. The instability in the 1994 Williams was because the suspension movement couldn't maintain the parameters required by the aero package, so in certain corners the aero balance would change causing the cars to spin. More recent cars do still have these issues to a certain extent. The only real certainty I could really predict for this season is that it's going to be interesting to see how things pan out. Whilst none of the current team personal have hands on experience of ground effect, Adrian Newey did study few ground effect as part of his university degree just as the original ground effect was being phased out. Given what he usually pulls out of the bag during major rule changes plus his experience, I think it would be very brave to bet against him.

[@cabotthomas7917]

@Driver61 what does exactly your past racing/driving CV look like? Tell us more or please make a video of your past driving exploits. Thanks!

[@dejoelf2883]

I have a feeling these cars are gonna feel like the v8 era cars except they are bit heavy and big. I think drivers are Lewis and Alonso will adapt very quick but I hope seb will be there with them on top too💚

[@abcxyz123]

Max will adapt quickest as usual, Alonso super quick as well

[@nandkuj]

No doubt, there's going to be a transition period where drivers have to learn the cars and the teams will try to perfect and refine the new formula so hard at the start but it should get easier over time and those who don't adapt should make way for new drivers

[@MrSociophobia]

I wonder if this is an advantage for drivers whos been in bad cars like the Haas boys or Latifi and George who drove the difficult Williams or Max who mastered the RB that the others couldn't. Though Max had a large part in developing the RB.

[@utkarshtyagi10]

It was made upto Max’s preferences that’s why it was difficult for others to drive but Max.

[@abcxyz123]

Max has been known for adapting extraordinarily quick but all test and team managers since young age, of course expect him to do that again. Just the actual lap times also depend on the car and he might not be at the top in speed.

[@scottyskydog]

If the new ground effect cars are anything like the previous ground effects cars there used to be a need for even stronger neck muscles an if I’m not mistaken there were cases of drivers experiencing blurred vision!

[@Realtime1501]

The hybrid era since 2017 was a measure of braking I think the 2022 cars will be a measure of accelerator control

[@cartersmith9632]

I think cars that are hard too control will be a good thing. As long as the airwake behind the cars are fixed, it should make it more about the driver and less about the car (to a limited degree of course), which is what fans want.

[@swthrhsathanasopoulos7288]

Really loving the videos keep them up!! Cant wait for f1 to be back

[@wiktork]

9:05 cameras have now stabilization! WTF

[@squeakybunny2776]

sssstt

[@madLphnt]

I love the british enthusiasm shining through at the beginning, only because i know he loves driving and cars. .🤣 . Same reason i love british humor. And now for something completely different....

[@writwikishmam]

only thing I hate about wheel covers is now we won't see the glowing disk brakes in the braking zones

[@KendoSwordsman]

If they have to run super low that implies they're going to be running very stiff suspension. I can see that upsetting some drivers definitely and perhaps there's going to be a lot of lock ups as well.

[@ThatOneDude7]

2:04 He expands on it here

[@41BOT]

There will be more driver mistakes for sure.

[@squeakybunny2776]

does stiff suspension make lock ups easier or harder? I would think there is less weight transfer while braking with a stiff suspension making it easier to not lock up. But maybe it doesnt really matter as long as the driver is just used to the way the suspension is.

[@41BOT]

@@squeakybunny2776Less weight transfer means more load transfer. It means tires at front will get loaded up faster. More load means more grip. However there is a thing called tire load sensitivity, it basically means as load on tires increases, the increase of grip is diminishing, so although drivers will probably be able to brake harder, it also most likely will be trickier to avoid locking. Although engineers definitely can play with suspension and adjust antidive geometry accordingly. IIRIC the tires will also be wider, wider tires by default are less load sensitive. Basically there are lots of variables, and hard to tell. But most likely braking will be more extreme, and also more demanding on driver.

[@squeakybunny2776]

@@41BOT "less weight transfer means more load transfer" I think I understand but what I thought would be trickier about a less stiff suspension is dat the load exerted on the front tires varies during braking. I thought it would perhaps be easier if the load applied would be more static during braking.

[@doctorscoot]

Could it be that the new car is just _different_ ? The 20-21 McLaren had that widely reported "odd" characteristic, which clearly didn't bother Lando as much as it did Danny Ric. I've also seen it said (mostly by Peter Windsor) about differences in driving style, in that (to simplify) some drivers are much more used to the full brakes - off brakes - aggressive turn in - apply throttle at apex style, whereas other drivers are more brake slightly earlier - turn in - finesse brake and throttle through corner until you hit the apex style. And that Danny Ric was in this latter category and Lando in the former, with the McLaren not being forgiving to that latter style. And it might be the new McLaren is now "better", or at least, not as good to drivers with Lando's style. Or just that it's different to the old one. Think about the difference to a FWD hot hatch on the limit and a RWD sports car or even a Porsche 911. If you've never driven the latter on the limit, it's a lot different to the FWD and you might exit the car thinking this RWD sports car (in a simulator) is a pile of oversteering backwards into the inside barrier piece of sh-t. And Lando, of course, has only ever driven McLarens of that exact design lineage his whole career and now has to adjust to a new car characteristic. For me, it's almost as if any other driver had made that comment, I'd be inclined to think there's something in it. Or it might be McLaren just trying throw a bit of smoke up.

[@eighta-snickers2685]

Not sure I totally agree with the camera stability analogy. High definition camera stailisation software has come a long way, even in the last 5 years, I'd suggest that for this reason I think it maybe not the best comparitive tool between the era's. I dont, however, disagree with the intent of the point made.

[@adamb2619]

I’m all for them taking their hands off the wheel and smashing a lever. Make it harder.

[@MisoElEven]

Im afraid we wont see shit in the winter testing :D no team is going to show their real car, lets be honest

[@jonfreedman9069]

to me, the 2022 cars will be like open wheel WEC LMP cars. should be interesting to watch.

[@MietoK]

Hopefully they are much harder! Remove the paddles like WRC :)

[@onomatopoeidia]

Yeah…H-patterns and clutch pedals all round. Switch off the pit communication too. Let the smartest and most mechanically sympathetic win :)

[@crusherbmx]

We've only seen one digital image of a 2022 car, but already I want to see a comparison maybe mid season shootout between a 2022 car and a 2020 or 2021 car, do it this year while the old cars are still fresh.....it won't happen, but it would be cool to see.

[@Maky-vo7qs]

the most adaptable drivers like carlos and george will take advantage of the new regs.

[@lorddemon8019]

I think that veteran drivers like Alonso, Vettel, Ricciardo, Botas or Hamilton (if he participates this season), they could adapt faster to the new car than the rest. They have driven cars in different eras with different aero packages, V10, V8 and V6 engines... and the younger drivers may need a bit more time to adapt to the new cars due to their lack of experience. But who knows? I may be wrong and the young drivers will give us a surprise.

[@kelliebrooks9094]

This is a super tough position for all drivers...I put 10 pounds on the back of my TAG senior Rotax max cart...an didn't have time to test it...I couldn't race it till I did some real hard practice laps an I needed to move the weight forward I already new that but didn't have time...it was a wash...

[@aobrien2]

I would love to see them all drifting at 150 round Becketts and Maggots but i'm not holding my breath. It is tremendously exciting to think we may have dialled in a golden era and as these rules are not a knee jerk reaction like we had under Bernie we have a chance. I think they will be way more difficult to drive and we may even be able to put the ludicrous 'its the car' arguments aside as inevitably some drivers will really struggle, see Vettel post blow exhausts, Hill on skinny grooved tyres and Schumacher without being able to endlessly test

[@TheNextHokage1108]

Hey i know nothing about f1 other than car go fast and tony stark looked cool doing it. Anyway i kinda wanna get into this Where can i stream actual races?