The Art of Defensive Driving - Success and failure in overtaking in Baku

There were loads of battles throughout the Azerbaijan GP - most involving Max Verstappen! In this video, we look at six particular battles in Baku to examine how to drive defensively and how NOT to defend position.
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[@harrypoon3410]

"you don't own the whole track" Stroll: hold my dad

[@GiorgioPolara]

Now it's mazespin

[@deeformed2475]

Hold my jet

[@alexisgomezsalinas3560]

@@GiorgioPolara mazepins dad doesn't really own any f1 track. Strolls on the other hand owns the track in canada.

[@renelammers813]

@@alexisgomezsalinas3560 he doesn't own it no, he owns mont-tremblant which f1 does not race on now

[@lesblase3667]

@@GiorgioPolara Stroll can drive though

[@StephenBoyd21]

I use all of these tactics on the M25.

[@jasoneseosa3625]

you deserve more likes

[@purplelemongamer8221]

As you should

[@montyboon4127]

Made my day 😂

[@kiandodd5670]

brilliant

[@kaicooper5917]

I'm yet to travel over 60 mph on the m25... traffic 🙄

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"Weaving like a caffeinated cobra". Petition for Chain Bear to be a F1 commentator?

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[@unimaginablefaliure799]

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[@AlfaEcho]

3/1

[@unimaginablefaliure799]

Jay Wing 100000000000/1

[@tjthegreat7]

Him and Jimmy Broadbent would be epic as a team

[@emissarygw2264]

Insurance: We'll cut your rates if you take a defensive driving course Me: Deal

[@shawn1447]

lmao

[@Zandroid01]

"If a car is significantly alongside your own, you must leave them space." nice yoke but this is bumper cars now

[@guilemaigre14]

Prior to 2017, there was a caviat in the rule book that stated that even if the front wing was next to your rear tire, it was considered "significant enough". But i think it is gone from the rules. Go figure.

[@stephenwhiddett]

Its just about impossible for a driver to judge that well so pointless having it in the rules.

[@tobiahgoodin8185]

More about stewards using it to judge who was at fault and whether penalties should be applied. Way too hard for drivers to try to adhere to such a vague rule while racing.

[@Astronomynatureandmusic]

@@tobiahgoodin8185 Point is, with drivers full of adrenalin, passion and a big ego, you can make sharp rules all you want but they are gonna try to drive to (or over) the edge anyway. Which keeps it interesting. :)

[@sebastian8538]

„All de time you have to leabe a space. ALL DE TIME!“ *spanish accent off*

[@64cgfan]

But crashing also gives your competitor fewer points than not overtaking as well (read: Prost, Senna, Schumacher)

[@PiousDevel]

don't put senna there

[@sergeantsupreme4395]

@@PiousDevel why not? He deliberately crashed into Prost in 1990 I think and won the title, then admitted to it when it was too late to hand out penalties

[@PiousDevel]

@@sergeantsupreme4395 no he never admitted it to some thing he never did and prost won championship it was prost because if senna won that race he would of won. stop talking out of your ass

[@PiousDevel]

@@sergeantsupreme4395 and prost got senna moved on the right where turning right in a group is quite hazardous and quite suicididal

[@PiousDevel]

@@sergeantsupreme4395 and senna got penalised heavily from the corrupt fia president that was basically in bed with prost

[@Driver61]

Great explanation!

[@Nonkel_Jef]

Now that’s an endorsement

[@intensionless]

Great video. Very nice to see a physics/mechanics based video, instead of a passion fueled rant. Those can be good, but lately I feel I've seen to much passion and not enough sense.

[@vstar7196]

I don’t see “science/physics or passion” in this these demonstrated videos. I see driver experience, skill and edict.

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ZeroBlu I guess they never miss, huh?

[@shiftyplayerunknown166]

Although his videos are great... i think you should watch Drive.to.Survive on Netflix...you'll see a new side of F1 :)

[@lePierre1860]

Thank you, Vsauce! .. I mean, Chain Bear! Also, that cheesy wisdom in the end. :3

[@carlosf7187]

lePierre1860 hi Vsauce Micheal Here

[@coffeeguyd]

If only people listened to the cheesy wisdom, videos like this wouldn't be necessary, lol

[@nachiketh]

Animations are amazing

[@elkhoft]

Got this recomended after 2021 British GP)

[@mchammer5026]

8:46 "and was surprised when it was suddenly full of Max" got a good chuckle out of me

[@jarso]

You should remember article 27.6, which says: "More than one change of direction to defend a position is not permitted. Any driver moving back towards the racing line, having earlier defended his position off-line, should leave at least one car width between his own car and the edge of the track on the approach to the corner."

[@jarso]

At full: FIA Formula 1 Regulations 2018 Article 27.2 Drivers must observe the provisions of the Code relating to driving behaviour on circuits at all times. FIA International Sporting Code Appendix L Chapter IV, Paragraph 2 b. Overtaking, according to the circumstances, may be carried out on either the right or the left. A driver may not deliberately leave the track without justifiable reason. "More than one change of direction to defend a position is not permitted." Any driver moving back towards the racing line, having earlier defended his position off-line, should leave at least one car width between his own car and the edge of the track on the approach to the corner. However, manoeuvres liable to hinder other drivers, such as deliberate crowding of a car beyond the edge of the track or any other abnormal change of direction, are strictly prohibited. Any driver who appears guilty of any of the above offences will be reported to the Stewards. e. It is not permitted to drive any car unnecessarily slowly, erratically or in a manner deemed potentially dangerous to other drivers at any time.

[@mikespearwood3914]

@Wokk and who are you?

[@mikespearwood3914]

@Wokk Ahhh no problem then Max. ;P

[@slavtrooper3851]

It was changed

[@brucewayneisdeadpool830]

I did not expect a prequel meme to pop up. A suprise to be sure, but a welcome one.

[@CoversTavo]

- Max, have you seen this? It's very important. - Yes yes, I see it later....

[@TheChiefomatic]

This is gold after the weekends race.

[@jwool5209]

I think Baku and Brazil is slightly different as if you both gi wide at Baku you both go into a wall

[@mayag9011]

Why is this recommended after the verstappen crash? 🤣

[@liammurray9274]

IMO Max deserved a penalty for blocking on that incident with Ricciardo, Ricciardo's move was fair and should not have been risky if Max stuck to the rule of only moving off your line once to defend.

[@summervibes5730]

@MachineGunIt true

[@ivan_da_ape2482]

@MachineGunIt 2021 lol 😆

[@ivan_da_ape2482]

@MachineGunIt championship leader but ok

[@ivan_da_ape2482]

@MachineGunIt you have a point but he still does drive well sometimes

[@a7G-82r]

@MachineGunIt Pretty sure this exact incident was the last time Verstappen drove into his competition

[@hooligansharma]

Great video. Still Riccy yielded sensibly many times throughout the race and Maxy was overagressive in defense before the crash. I reckon some sensible respect needs to be accorded with teammates. Like Nicki Lauda said, mainly Max's fault.

[@bigfoz]

Ashish R Sharma i agree the way max defended/attacked throughout the entire race needs to be addressed because all engagements he had all he did was basically tell the other drover back off or we crash. And that was demonstrated when it eventually happened, riccairdo got himself into a position where he would likely overtake, verstappen created the crash.

[@OneNubNinja]

Ashish Sharma yea. I'm not really a fan of Max because he's young and dumb. Don't get me wrong he knows how to drive but he needs to be less aggressive and actually care for what's going on around him

[@mikespearwood3914]

@Graham Thomson Yes, hopefully Max is growing up now, and will stop these bumper car sabotage shenanigans.

[@Wuppie62]

@@mikespearwood3914 You could say that about Max a year ago or two maybe, but not anymore. Max already updated his driving, it's time your judgment got an update as well.

[@kryse4806]

@Max Verstappen shut up

[@vedranb87]

Here after Silverstone '21

[@cadelaide]

Don’t forget me when Liberty Media pick you up as an analyst!

[@izzatziedan]

Anyone watching after Max and Lewis battle in Brazil 2021?

[@Duckduckduckhey]

This is officially the most underrated channel now on KZbin. No, seriously.

[@sankhakarunaratne9697]

Need one of these for the 2021 British GP

[@jasonnliano150]

well i got recommended this after verstappen's defense on lewis lol

[@MrRhubarbs]

Nice video but still think it's maxs fault. He moves and gives Daniel no room to go.

[@sjonniedegangster9939]

Max maybe moved like half a meter to the right and then 2 to the left. And danny ric left it very late. But in my opinion it doesn't even matter because the team lost 20 points and that hurts being a redbull fan

[@MrRhubarbs]

Sjonnie De Gangster true but max doesn't play fair if you make a move early. Almost out brakes himself earlier in the race, ran wide and Danny Ricc almost went into the wall. Agreed it was awful for the team but I think it's unfair to say Danny Ricc was responsible because as we've seen time and time again if max hadn't moved back across he would've made the move stick.

[@LucasDegen]

No matter who to blame, I loved the fight they had all weekend. It wasn't even for first place so I rather see a great fight and crashing, then a boring "Rosberg-win" we saw a few years ago. I watch F1 since 1991, and I watch it for the show.

[@sjonniedegangster9939]

MrRhubarbs i would blame both. And those moves earlier were fine I think. Ricciardo also did some verry tough defending and that's what we turn our tv's on for right

[@tobiahgoodin8185]

Ricciardo was giving Max ample room all race, because he knows Max doesn't care if he hits someone. This is on Max and Red Bull for not giving team orders. Max doesn't care if he causes someone to crash, even his own team mate. Worst kind of driver IMO as he hinders the team. Last year was mostly mechanical issues. This year, Max's driving has been costing Red Bull massive points.

[@bhaumikpatel32]

Superb like as always....You have changed my view of seeing F1 completely..! Awesome..!

[@shadweller]

What a race it was to have all these examples, who would've thought a track like Baku would be so good.

[@dkoul3686]

This video needs update after the Crashtappen turn 4 Interlagos incident. You just don't need to break

[@HarjasSingh0123]

Who else is here after the Mexican Minister of Defence's perfection in Abu Dhabi?

[@SomeTenth]

Max should write down those summary points on a piece of paper and stick them right in front of him on the Halo frame.

[@samleuning]

SomeTenth he didn't even really.kove the wheel when braking so it was all just the wind

[@GuidoNeele]

You do know that 80% of the examples were about Max right? So Max doing the defending as it should be done (you can argue about the last one). Ocon doing it the wrong way.

[@kevinjanssen4689]

Verstappen did these things, hence why he was the point of this video by his amazing defending

[@RobertJaqui]

@@GuidoNeele wrong he s not good on 6:50

[@ThomasNing]

concise explanation, clear animations and just enough humour. Another nice video as always!

[@LeiteLuke]

Hi Grey, good to see you here.

[@EG-br2mz]

whos here after crash in copse corner ?

[@tegarandikash]

Max should clearly need to watch it

[@gleebeng22]

Like clockwork, you're here with great and relevant content. Keep up the awesome work!!!!

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“You can’t just turn in as if they aren’t there” Players of any casual racing game: “Who decided that?”

[@charlycembalo]

Great video! Please continue to analyse situations of the race weekend. Iit is awesome to have the race situations in mind as you explain the theorie.

[@michieljurgens5391]

I love the way you analyse the red bull crash, not taking sides and explaining it from both sides

[@F50v12]

Extremely well explained! The animations were fantastic!

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Man this was the most informative video of your channel for me till now :D Good job

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Love these types of videos from you!

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[@Jargendas]

I lost it at "Ricciardo is surprised, when his breaking space is full of Max" xD Another great video, keep up the good work!

[@luisfed97]

The video Checo watched preparing for Abu Dhabi 2021.

[@chainbear]

Lots of opinions here in the comments. I love it. What do you think of the Ocon/Raikkonen crash? I'm clearly on the side of Ocon at fault but at the time there were people saying Raikkonen shouldn't have been where he was.

[@ZenonENTX]

I think Ocon just wasn't aware that Kimi was there in the 1st place. But, honestly Kimi took a weird position to overtake, it was quite obvious that Ocon was going to take the apex and Kimi wouldn't make it unless Ocon completely gave up the fight. At the end of the day, Ocon paid for his mistake, so not a big deal.

[@kevincossou3012]

Ocon top i really like Raikkonen but it's a flop bad position for overtake

[@nugrahamidarna]

Chain Bear F1 rai is right to be where he was. Problem is, he wasnt danny ric. He needs to learn outbreak his enemy when he is on racing line. Yet, he didnt. Otherwise, that wouldnt happened

[@dml09]

Initially I thought Raikkonen was too tight to the corner entry and not far enough alongside Ocon to have a chance at overtaking, but watching it back he had a better line and more of his car alongside than I first thought. Ocon was defending before the braking zone, so he surely knew Raikkonen was there, which makes me think Ocon might simply have misjudged how much space to leave, as he tried to maximise his racing line through the corner. That said, Raikkonen was still relatively tight to the corner, and with only around half of his car alongside, it would probably have been more sensible for him to back off if he were able. He did appear to have more of his car alongside as they came into the braking zone though, so he may well have been committed enough that he couldn't back out. Fitting two cars through these tight, wall-lined square corners is not easy though. It often doesn't come off well unless the inside car has most of their car alongside, and has a lot of space on the inside so that they've got a wide enough entry to avoid running wide on exit. This was the case with Raikkonen and Ocon coming into the previous corner, which they got through with no contact.

[@jonathanhealy402]

Ocon and Raikkonen were side by side for the whole race up until that corner so it's not like Raikkonen charged down the inside. Ocon should wear the lion's share of the blame since he cut across and didn't afford Raikkonen space.

[@ApparentlyGod]

I'm not sold on Danny's dummy being too late. The average result is exactly what you want from the defending driver, for them to move and thus commit as it's too late for them to come back across. Any other driver (except maybe K Mag) would've been sensible enough to accept that they were dummied and prepare for a counter attack in the next series of corners except the defending driver this time happened to be Max, the very reason a written rule about moving under braking exists. Danny's move could be considered a gamble but the only risk is if the defending driver is gonna play by the rules or not.

[@HallowedManhattan]

terrific and timely content. great use of animation as well. look forward to these vids through the rest of the season!

[@dragonage200]

1:21 "All the time you have to leave DA SPACE!"

[@ashleysarginson1264]

I love these videos, they're very well explained

[@KCRBellski]

Lifelong NASCAR fan finally getting into F1, I'm loving it so far and your videos have been great in helping learn the physics, tactics, and about the cars. Thanks for the vids!

[@Mooza1]

Another incredibly clear and knowledgeable video.

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oh hi from silverstone 2021

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[@MrRezQ]

Alonso definitely watched this before today’s race

[@andreacodolini3640]

Great video! Easy to understand and make F1 more interesting to watch...Liberty Media should pay you! Looking forward to the next one :)

[@Habu71]

Man I have been racing (mostly) Cars for more than 20 years and use all types of these tactics and lines pretty regularly, but it is really cool to watch how you break it all down and give me a back to basics look at the how and why. Something you can easily forget, even when using these. Over time you become a creature of habit and forget the technical basics of why things are working and closing yourself off to fundamentals. I really enjoy your videos as a reminder of fundamentals techniques and how they are implemented.

[@toby3307]

These videos are getting better and better. You and Marc Priestly are the best F1 related channels by far.

[@peterandreaskirklossius825]

Yet another relevant video. Thanks a lot!

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[@Conservator.]

Excellent explanation! Looking forward to further details on you complex calculations regarding your final conclusion.

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Your video's are really good! Scientific yet light, objective yet fun! Truly deserve the route to 100k subs

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Awesome animation love these !!

[@junyoung458]

EPIC video! Your number of subscriber will sky rocket if you keep making videos like this! One subject about the most important thing that happened during the last week's race!

[@marvinstoldt7032]

Thank you for bringing back some simple analysis and physics. Perfectly objective, such a great video!

[@ArianrhodTalon]

The KZbin algorithm brought me back to this video after watching Fernando Alonso's defense against Hamilton in the 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix.

[@Pavankumar-oy3xz]

Super informative! Thanks a lot

[@iandlv6835]

Beautifully explained Chainbear, as usual.

[@stevekindo7604]

I've been waitching formula one for the past 3 years and i absolutely love your videos, they explain so many things and i watch the races differently. Keep up the good work

[@SriyanGaming]

10:07 Not if you’re a Williams driver

[@dirt3bertolusso]

I love this video, make more for every race overtakes

[@stalex35]

Super video. I'm so happy you've made a series out of racing tactics and moves!!!! Great job!

[@liamnolan3997]

In one of your earlier videos, you explained how teams will have one driver attempt an undercut to force rivals to pit, this relieving pressure on his teammate. You should do a video explaining this and other common team orders and why they’re used. Your videos are great by the way! Keep up the good work!

[@jasonwinde]

Anyone else here after Brazil brushing up on their facts? 😂

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Loving these types of videos. Have you thought about doing race analysis every race weekend? Would be awesome.

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[@timladbrook1916]

Great video, love the content. keep them coming.

[@BC-iq8ks]

I believe they should use a different wording for the rule to make it simpler. The one move rule comes from the idea that you can defend a line or force the attacker into a disadvantageous line. Following the movements from the car behind is bloking. So just write it down like that. You can't defend a dummy though. Because if you remain on your line you didn't fall for it, thus it isn't a dummy, and if you fall for it and defend again it's a double move. Once you fell for a dummy you have two options: accept it and try to defend from where you are or crash while trying to cover it off, like verstappen did on Sunday .

[@carmillawoo6505]

The whole moving under braking rule is FIA pussyfooting anyway. That rule didn't exist 15 years ago, it was made to stop max becoming a world champion instead of vettel.

[@AndrewFrink]

i'm pretty sure it was made to avoid a max-ric type accident, or the sort of an accident that Mark Webber had a few years back with a caterham. These sorts of accidents can be very dangerous as it's very easy for the following car to be launched by the rear tires. This has been helped with the lower nose rules, but wheel to wheel can still launch the following car. Somewhere like Baku that probably means landing on/in/over a wall.

[@BC-iq8ks]

LillyGaming I never said moving under braking though. That said, even though the rule didn't exist explicitly 15 years ago, it was considered illegal blocking, as the car behind is forced to give up the move or crash. Again it returns to the principle that you may defend a line not the car behind you. Ignoring all that, it's a stupid move, as it will end like it did on Sunday more often than not. As for the FIA conspiracy, has Max even been penalized by this, despite the stewards saying that he moved twice.

[@ckasetti1233]

They definitely should penalize Max so this double move defending doesnt became the norm.

[@Fifthelement203]

As always you deliver chain bear. Arguable the best f1 channel. Great work. N great song lol

[@Ollie2220]

The quality of these videos is fantastic! :)

[@rorarueta4899]

Lol "don't drive your attacker off road" Max does this all the time w out penalties

[@fabianc6025]

If he beats them to the line they can just brake, you know?

[@matheusmachado2473]

Counting how many of those "not to do" things were done by Verstappen in the last races of 2021

[@00aPPa00]

Considering the fact that FIA introduced a verstappen rule back in 2016 due to his dangerous driving says a lot about him 😬

[@niallhiggins2342]

@@00aPPa00 Says he’s champion of the world

[@FilBack]

I have no doubt you will more than double your audience in months. Excellent video! Your voice and explanation style is very very good.

[@paulmartin591]

Your channel is so awesome. Always loved racing but recently decided to truly dig deep into F1. Thank you for making these!

[@mdace14]

Do agree with Lauda. Verstappen was 70% to blame and Riccardo was 30% (Even if it pains me as a RIC fan)

[@vernonbear]

FpsRanga With you there. Neither driver was blameless, Max should shoulder the burden though. Neither driver was helped by the team on the pit wall though, leaving them to race has been their undoing, racers want to race, teammates even more so. All teammates will say that getting the better of the guy in the same car is important. Throughout the race Max & Daniel were trading blows and I felt that Max was being too aggressive, Daniel should’ve known that Max would be planning to defend his position aggressively, that’s where Daniel made his error. Had both parties been managed by their team more effectively then it never would’ve happened. I want to see racing but as Chain Bear rightly says, crashing brings less points than losing a position, in this case, Red Bull lost everything by not having more control of their drivers.

[@AndrewFrink]

I agree that Daniel should have know that max would move under braking, but the fact is that Max should not be moving around as much as he does. This isn't the first race where he moves around a lot, and Daniel isn't the first to run into issues with it. I know other drivers have complained on the radio and at drivers meetings about the movement.

[@ckasetti1233]

Yeah other drivers have been complaining about Max for a long time now. The stewards should give him a little penalty so he would cool down. And to deter others from taking the same idiotic style.

[@DaniDuffMan]

I can't see why Ric should be 30% fault here, Ver simply broke the rules twice. If you say he should expect Ver to defend like that, well, he shouldn't try to overtake him at all. And F1 would be dead. Furthermore, being on the same team doesn't increase Ric's fault, it just makes Ver looks more stupid, in my opinion. Luckily we have enough rules to cover most of Ver's mistakes.

[@TomShootsPhoto]

awesome video, so informative. Cheers fam (Y)

[@Shaun.Stephens]

Excellent well-balanced analysis. Thanks.

[@devius6342]

Nice, and detailed Video. Was waiting for it since the crash.

[@Lordsuhn]

You really give Max the benefit of the doubt. Max made two blocking moves near the breaking zone. His fault.

[@tomasbravosternberg3139]

This age well... Checo 🐐

[@lesblase3667]

Aged well for Checo. Not for Max though

[@Adam-eo5ff]

Easily the best analysis of the Red Bull crash. Thanks mate, top notch content!

[@GiantInsects]

Easily the best explanation of the Ricciardo/Verstappen collision, which I never fully understood

[@teamgrimaracing3607]

Love your channel keep it up

[@medilyesoudhini7411]

So damn informative ✌️✌️ great video

[@bifurcated]

Really great content for picking up the finer points of the races as a newbie to the sport! Thanks!

[@paulmertens5522]

Love these videos, great explanations and very helpful visuals!

[@pierregasly3547]

2:03 Verstappen should learn it.

[@niallhiggins2342]

World Champion

[@pierregasly3547]

@@niallhiggins2342 Thanks to Masi and Stewards.