How Formula E made a race track out of an exhibition centre | London E-Prix

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Formula E returned to London and created and inside/outside, upstairs/downstairs absurd and brilliant circuit to do so. How did they do it? I went to find out.
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[@namenamename390]

Chain bear learned Google Earth and 3D tracking, and now flexes his powers hard. Turned out great

[@BunzJackson]

He's also employing the presenter slow walk toward camera. The man can't be stopped.

[@turbo_brian]

Something something skill share ad

[@claymoody7931]

F1's Jon Bois

[@Werzion]

I hope next is the new Flight Simulator, would make the Google Earth parts even more good looking :)

[@GBduds]

Google earth studio is just keyframes, and tracking is just putting dots down in trackable places of the video

[@isaacbragg-gardiner2456]

I can't stop thinking about how this is like a real-life version of a mario-kart track(coconut mall anybody?)

[@joaopedrosambatti2474]

Everybody gangsta till someone does the super shortcut in quali

[@usamahattaymiyah8670]

Yep, complete with uh... game design weaknesses to exploit

[@bro_hornet]

Blue Shells incoming

[@mitchell-wallisforce7859]

@@bro_hornet I could see Formula E doing that for real tho XD

[@remcokampstra539]

They did this in Utrecht (The Netherlands) if Im not wrong

[@Frostfly]

Love how much access they gave you. it was a good race, I just wish people would STOP RUNNING INTO SAM BIRD

[@chainbear]

It's a never ending nightmare

[@cornishcactus]

That one thing makes the championship a joke. The rules of doing well put you at the back with the dribbling idiots.

[@NightHawk8137]

Sometimes I like to believe that secretly the actual championship is crashing in Sam Bird without it looking intentional. It helps quell the pain of not getting to watch my favorite driver.

[@paulomarinho1963]

Giving the fact that most of the crashes, involving Sam Bird, were caused by himself, then, if you really want to see him doing well, you should be wishing to see Sam stopping to run into another racers before worrying about people running into him.

[@Frostfly]

@@paulomarinho1963 you don't actually watch the races do you?

[@dasraffnix9471]

F1-fans: "Monaco is just an oversized Gokart track!" Fe: Hold my beer.

[@bhagirath2008]

Juice*

[@versthappening603]

at least in this track you can actually overtake smh

[@Rainman...]

@@bhagirath2008 *organic soy latte

[@vdogmr12]

The thing is that Fe cars are only slightly oversized Go-Carts, so it works. As opposed to F1, which are WAYYYY oversized and powered Go-Carts

[@bhagirath2008]

@@vdogmr12 exactly

[@thedeamonmeteor69420]

The production quality of this video is better than the Pirelli Pzero Hard Tyres™

[@bechararammouz5276]

love this comment lol

[@huwillysh]

Verstappen: That doesn’t really say much

[@panosvitsas]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@astroknight5]

Weirdest/coolest part was the main straight and pits being under shade.

[@Kilo-sz4ch]

Yeah

[@adamdickinson2894]

It looked a lot like the Singapore pit straight

[@ThatGenericName]

I love how at 14:10, he didn’t have a shot panning left, so he reversed a shot that was panning right

[@greendude96]

Holy f...i actually didn't notice that when watching. Good eyes sir!

[@harryjohn_HJ]

I think you are the Eagle eyed viewer he mentioned in the video

[@Shaun.Stephens]

Are you other guys double-screening? I noticed it instantly.

[@adamdickinson2894]

Oh shit yeah

[@NightStalker1988]

Haha, how ingenious

[@alaeriia01]

Turn the double hairpin into a vertical loop. Do it for the memes.

[@blackwhattack]

Tokyo Drift style

[@mitchell-wallisforce7859]

This is Formula E. Like a lotta bat-shit crazy ideas I'd expect them to put this into action before most everyone else even lets the thought cross their mind.

[@Wilipeidia]

Honestly if FE cars had more downforce I wouldn't put it past them. . .

[@juanordonezgalban2278]

They don't have the engine oil starvation problem 🤔

[@ineednochannelyoutube5384]

@@juanordonezgalban2278 That only happens with carburated engines afaik.

[@Ch3mG33k]

I love Formula E's willingness to just try crap out. It leads to some excellent racing and a brilliant spectacle. Excellent vid, Stuart!

[@Zarzar22]

Yeah. Their freedom from tradition that F1 is trapped within is so great. They can try whatever they want because they have nothing to lose

[@philspencelayh5464]

Having tried watching Formula E , it's a good way to get to sleep and it has a very long way to go to be engaging. All of the circuits I have so far seem could do with changing, perhaps using proper circuits like Croft or Donnington would improve matters.

[@sarthakmohanty997]

@@philspencelayh5464 That's just your opinion. I personally find it quite engaging. The 2021 Monaco e-Prix was, in my opinion, probably the BEST RACE on the Monaco Street Circuit I've ever seen. The F1 Monaco GP is absolutely sub-par to the 2021 Monaco e-Prix.

[@someonewithsomename]

Just imagine indoor-outdoor race IN RAIN!

[@Noremax]

This is why they need to host this race is Winter/Spring. Although knowing how backwards UK weather can be it would probably have the opposite effect.

[@lockdown550]

@@Noremax would probably rain right after the event

[@Bridget4President]

Formula E doing everything in their power to bring about the Wipeout timeline

[@mitchell-wallisforce7859]

Underrated. Fucking. Comment. I'm dyin' over here. It's funny cause it's so true.

[@officialtibby]

in the best way possible, this feels like a cross of Jay Foreman's Unfinished London and a Tom Scott video

[@mols89]

Chain Bear is a quality channel. Incredible content presented in a very entertaining way.

[@isaacbragg-gardiner2456]

This was crazy! Thanks for the track walkthrough, and I'd honestly be down to see some more formula e stuff during the summer break

[@paulmorales1607]

I love the production value in this video! Also, this came in perfectly because I was wondering this exactly when I watched the race. Greetings from Mexico, keep up the great work.

[@NightStalker1988]

What a neat idea to have the videocall image superimposed onto the future track while he gives his explanations. Made for an interesting viewing experience.

[@carriew5106]

Oh my god a track around St James Park would be amazing. An iconic location that hosts loads of sporting and national events (Marathron/ Trooping the Colour/ Olympics) it even had the Tour de France complete it's leg there in 2014).

[@awsomef2004]

An old racing game on the OG xbox called Project Gotham Racing has some fictional race tracks around St James Park. They were fun

[@slimjimmer]

@@awsomef2004 as did MSR (same dev team I think) on Dreamcast. Exactly what I thought when they mentioned the St. James park circuit. Would have loved to have seen that.

[@vl3005]

Yeah, I was bummed to hear they ditched that. Maybe in later seasons?

[@markchapman4580]

"Formula E likes its tracks wide enough to go racing in a safe and entertaining way." Does it? Does it really?

[@Olivyay]

They need their tracks to be wide indeed due to all the bodywork debris they leave in the middle of them during the races!

[@wojomojo]

Nicely done! Particularly all the CG overlay stuff is great for visualizing.

[@outlaw2448]

Great video CB, throughly enjoyed a video about putting a race together in a city/building.

[@frontrowviews]

Formula E is so much more interesting than most people think it is, hopefully this video changes that🙌

[@JoshuaC923]

Most exciting new series, still exciting after so many years

[@mitchell-wallisforce7859]

Frankly they've been shooting themselves in the foot with all the gimmicks. If it weren't for Fanboost and Attack Mode I'd make a genuine effort to watch as many races as possible.

[@frontrowviews]

@@mitchell-wallisforce7859 I always see attack mode and fan boost as DRS and ERS in F1, the sport would probably be better off without them but they are needed right now

[@vl3005]

@@mitchell-wallisforce7859 Attack Mode is the only strategy element the FiA can implement at this time, so it's very much needed in my book. Fanboost is actually a popularity contest for the drivers and nothing more. This is really just to give the fans a way of showing their support for their favorite drivers. Every racing series has that, DOTD in F1 etc... Usually the drivers that get it only use it for one overtake, but the problem is they then have to revert to efficiency mode because they use more energy for that single overtake, so it balances out really, and the driver that lost the position has a fighting chance of getting it back... happened a few times, really. Seriously, though. If you say these "gimmicks" are what's keeping you from giving it "genuine effort to watch" you're just lying. If you had said something else worth mentioning as a drawback I might have taken you seriously, but now it's just too late. Truth is - it's an awesome racing series that's REALLY innovating racing. You just have to watch the Monaco race of this year (The full GP track this time, don't know why they didn't do it in earlier seasons) to understand it's power.

[@PanzerFalcon2232]

Just watched the highlights of Race 2, absolutely mental

[@huplim]

Chain Bear is now flexing with that video transition... Awesome stuff!

[@benclarkson5928]

Love your formula E content, the videos you done on the qualifying format was what got me into formula E and now I watch every session

[@ClarkeDesign]

It was a truly superb transformation and event. As a pit lane marshal, it was odd and exciting to be indoors for our duties and to watch the racing. Great job by everyone to pull off this first of a kind event. Next year, just add in a few more e-series to give the fans (and everyone else) some other racing to watch please.

[@birb2200]

The quality of this video is amazing. Absolutely brilliant! Well done, Chain Bear.

[@roi354]

The most amazing thing about all this is I live 26 miles away and knew nothing about it. Formula E marketing needs a bit of work to keep up with the planners

[@regaltheif]

I really want FE to visit Detroit's Belle Isle circuit. Smack dab in the middle of a city, the track is already designed, and would be perfect for FE. Add to that all of the auto industry/electrification marketing possible in Detroit, it would be perfect.

[@thearsenalmisfit2414]

You could yhrow in Il Notre dame at Montreal, home of the Canadian GP pre covid. This track smacks of a go cart track . I much prefer proper perface builtt tracks. I'm not a fan of street circuts like Monaco and Singapore and the dropped tracks like Detroit, Vegas, Dallas and Phoenix.

[@TechTechPotato]

Oh nice, you got in to create some content. I wasn't so lucky and I'm just up the road as well.

[@duckrutt]

Dude, you need to talk to Sean. I'd love to get your take on a race reaction.

[@zakmorgan9320]

The question is like to see them answer: what's their minimum specification (for the race track)

[@Samu-dx6eb]

5:25 Damn, I hate the Admiralty Arch. I crashed into that thing so many times in PGR as a kid.

[@SWatchik]

PGR was maybe the game that got me into racing in general. What was it about that game that was so fun as a kid 🤣

[@TheValkorian]

This was great to watch, felt like a something you would not be surprised find on TV with the production levels you put into.

[@Silent_Shadow]

The part explaining the super slick exhibition floor is just fascinating! We can literally build a racetrack anywhere and run state of the art racecars over it. ❤

[@olliecane8816]

I absolutely LOVE this new video format, you absolutely SMASHED it and made it interesting the whole way through, a round of applause 👏🏻

[@vycanismelodis]

I didnt like that chicane just after the double hairpin at first but now i understand that its there for safety i appreciate it a bit more

[@ルリヤ-p6g]

I kinda wish the tracks would be wider cause the cars are massive

[@Timberwolf69]

Well, try to squeeze an F1 car in there...

[@kylehakes6866]

An incredibly well produced video. I rarely ever comment on KZbin but I believe that this production is worthy of commendation for the extreme effort required to make a video of this calibre. The access to incredible video locations, top notch interview, and supreme level of detail made this a totally captivating story. Top notch work.

[@frontrowviews]

This is by far one of the better KZbin videos I’ve seen in a while

[@xxxN4TURExxx]

Incredible attention to detail and masterful production, Chain Bear truly outdid himself with this video!

[@chantzukit681]

i don't understand how this would get less views than the usual Chain Bear videos. true Formula 1 fans should expand their exploration horizons with Formula E too, just as Chain Bear did!

[@drudge5268]

This video goes harder than Wendover Productions, which is basically as good as it gets when it comes to logistics on youtube...amazing work.

[@drudge5268]

Great use of Google Earth in this. Was it not possible to operate a drone for the overhead London shots?

[@chainbear]

I don't have a drone! Also there's an airport there, so that might have been tricky

[@alexanderguesthistorical7842]

I think that's absolute genius. I think as the team solve all the problems associated with the first outdoor/indoor race, more racetracks will follow suit. Once Covid has (finally!) gone, the benefit of housing half of the circuit in one huge building, and the other half remaining as a traditional outdoor event will become overwhelming. The first of many, I bet. And the first one is in London! Brill. Hopefully it will stay there indefinitely too, and be the "gold standard" of it's type. Mind you, when it rains, how will the tyres cope???............

[@SockyNoob]

As long as it doesn't turn into Caesars Palace lol. This looks like something straight out of fantasy. Love the memoriam for his father.

[@RenaultCRS]

I really enjoyed this , kudos to your editing, although the good old 2D visualization is still memorable

[@KingsOfRugby]

I love Formula E so much. Give F1 these designers because a lot of their tracks are so good. I think Diriyah is quite underrated, technical and tricky.

[@snoboreddotcom]

The FIA have heard you request, a new Tilka track has been granted

[@vaska00762]

Designing an FIA Grade 1 circuit that meets all the criteria for track design and designing an FIA Grade 3 circuit that has far fewer requirements for track design... well... you can see how only a handful of people really get to design new Grade 1 tracks, while Grade 3 gets to have a lot more freedom and creativity, because there isn't the same FIA grandee breathing down your neck asking you how wide such and such a piece of track is.

[@KingsOfRugby]

@Pauline Weinberger Tilke

[@gautambose5200]

Can you do a video that explains the Formula E pitlane/overtake issue that happened?

[@DrPepperone]

Great production on this video! Bravo

[@SarosRacing]

What a video. You just blew me away with the amount of effort you putted in to it. This might even be my new favourite video of yours, also given the fact that I watched and enjoyed both Formula E races there (via TV, I was not there in person).

[@AuroDHikoshi]

Between this and Templehoff, Formula E is showing they can do into different places and build a track up using the space provided.

[@vaska00762]

Tempelhof is great as a venue simply because they make full use of the airport terminal building for all sorts of stuff. I went to the 2016 ePrix that year, and aside from seeing Alain Prost in the flesh, some stuff was just so cool. They used the baggage reclaim belt to put things like tyres, spanners and wheel guns, which was a visual delight, and the check-in desks were used for meet & greet and autograph signing sessions, with each check-in desk done up as if each team was an airline. I do hope that when Gen 3 comes around, they make full use of Tempelhof to expand the track to include some of the runways.

[@JoshuaKJ5]

Now to get an E-Prix going through my house!!😎

[@penny387]

amazing video! It´s always impressive to see how much work goes into organizing those events.

[@noahsmith7715]

The production value on this video is insane! Repping the east London massive

[@karililjendal]

12:19 - Nice dub over there. Feels very authentic :) Fantastic video over-all. Love the style and switch between seeing you on the actual track and hearing the interview

[@Kysen10]

need wider tracks, currently it's too much like Scalextric

[@AuroDHikoshi]

It's the city street that add to the width, they aren't always given the space like Germany, they have to be mindful of where they're currently aiming at

[@Harvles93]

As soon as I saw the enterances and exits from the expo to get up to level and back down, I was mind blown. This is SO cool. I detest the sound of Formula-E cars, it gives me a headache so I cannot watch it for long periods of time, but I will DEFINITELY be watching this.

[@Stormynormy42]

This was extremely well done! Didn't know about this track, but now I want to go back and watch that race, very cool stuff

[@samsaltwell]

This isn’t the first time you’ve seen a futuristic car driving around the Excel Centre… remember the first time you saw the Batmobile in The Dark Knight?

[@ShimmeringSpectrum]

Really loved getting to see the behind-the-scenes view of how a Formula E gets put on. Would love to see more like this from you in the future if you get the opportunity.

[@conorstevens3771]

That was a surprisingly smooth transition between camera work and google earth

[@Iamwatchingyou75]

Th Amsderdam ArenA in would be a intersting venue. It has a huge ramp, a road underneath it and some parkinglots around it.

[@Olivyay]

London succeeded in organizing what Brussels had planned for 2017 at the Heysel (the original track was supposed to go inside an exhibition centre too) but abandoned due to the never ending political bickering in our country. Congrats, London!

[@ccramit]

This is so cool. Part indoor, part outdoor race. Formula E is the perfect series for a race like this.

[@_spacemanriff]

the music and the google earth in the intro gave _mad_ jon bois vibes

[@danielbarnes2885]

What an effort you put in to this video. Thank you.

[@csl___]

Really incredible video, I love the detail you went into. I would love to see more FE videos from you!

[@geekdiggy]

the amount of effort it took to make this video...wow. bravo.

[@s8muel]

When did Chain Bear start showing his face? Great to see the face of a genius behind these videos!

[@martinclarke3562]

Great vid and great to see you out and about. Thanks

[@natybug]

Fascinating topic and a brilliantly edited video, great job!

[@stormchaser9738]

The editing on this ideo is truly top notch. Well done chain bear!

[@ViciousDogAustria]

This looks like a Trackmania Nation's track come to life.

[@rodawallace]

Solid breakdown, good show. The Walking Shrubbery was mildly terrifying...

[@crashkid3000]

Yo, that was awesome! Great insights to how the track was conceptualized and built. Thanks CB

[@TripleTSingt]

very cool video, very nice connection of the "vloggy" stuff and the interview. :-)

[@utahnl]

This track turned out to be a very pleasant surprise.

[@tetraktys6540]

Fantastic production and content! Very interesting, well communicated. I had no idea.

[@Majigitajog]

Mate, the production value. I'll say it again. THE PRODUCTION VALUE

[@applemachome]

Wow great video. That was a crazy track and a crazy race match

[@salmiakki5638]

9:14 not even british, but counting the ground floor as the first floor is illogical, *expecially* in an exhibition centre, when you most probably will have below ground floors that will be labeled as (-1,-2,-3..). Between floor 1 and -1 there should be 2 floors of difference, because the difference (1-(-1)) equals 2 . that's it, the reason is that simple

[@kalebroark87]

I'll have to disagree. Using the ordinal "first" for a place that generally can at best be reached second seems much more illogical to me.

[@RubyRoks]

The production value on this video is trememdous!

[@3qui1i6riM]

Incredibly well-done video! I'm blown away!

[@parmesan6133]

if we don't see this in forza motorsport 8 and we get long beach again then im gonna get mad cause this has to be one of the coolest racetracks out there

[@nvrndingsmmr]

My god, what a great video! Your hard work paid off, this is great!

[@VisualBasic6]

nicely executed transition to 3d, not many get it right.

[@chainbear]

It took a couple of gos, not gonna lie

[@richardscarr5104]

Well done to you as well, great content and production

[@scsutton1]

I had to double take when RAF Northolt came on, because I thought that was the Top Gear Test Track for a second. Come to think of it, I'd LOVE to see the Top Gear Test Track host a Formula E race.

[@lisandroperrone6690]

OMG! what a great piece of special content for this channel. Amazing work mate.

[@TheMrFishnDucks]

Fantastic video

[@mattbell2374]

This was awesome! Reckon you could do the same for the Miami circuit next year? 😂

[@NemTES]

This has got some real chart party energy.

[@mitchell-wallisforce7859]

Oh sweet baby Jesus..... That may be the best video on this channel, which is saying a LOT for Chain Bear content. Credit to you, the dude who was filming, and whoever the hell was behind that world-class editing (probably also you, but the point still stands). Easily one of the finest pieces of motorsport content on the internet as far as balancing entertainment, information, and the general vibe. The production value was off the charts. Top marks, Stuart. Bloody well done! Oh yeah, and to cap it all off, I completely agree with your viewpoint about the race itself, though for slightly different reasons. Formula E's incredibly intrusive and extremely pervasive gimmickry turns me off of it before I ever even give the races a chance, but from what I DID see of that London E-Prix, there was a lot of good along with the bad. Shenanigans can be forgiven, but this race, and this track, showcase better than anything just how much potential Formula E has if it could just ditch Attack Mode and Fanboost already. The unsavory aspects - both of the race itself and the series at large - overshadowed the immense logistical achievement that had to occur for this event to even happen. One that, again, you did an exceptional job of displaying. Basically, you did a good job. A very good job. If Formula E are smart, they'll try and collaborate with you on some videos like Autosport once did.

[@tintinsco]

Hella cool vid. Particularly fascinated by the resurfacing

[@MaximusLongus]

Germany here. We also use the ground floor / first (upper) floor system instead of the american first floor = ground floor system. Don't know about other languages, but this might once more be a Europe/America divide instead of a Britain / rest of the world one.

[@markmackela1246]

That opening Google Earth shot with synth music has real Jon Bois vibes

[@henryz3341]

This is such a sick video, thank you for making this. The editing with the gogle earth really reminds me of some Jon Bois videos (in the best way possible)

[@lsemaldokhar4154]

Stuart, where has this creativity been over the years? Awesome video. I’m thinking of a remastered “F1 Explained” playlist that uses some of the editing styles from THIS video. Maybe? Please?

[@Deano.1978]

What an awesome vid Stuart, well done and keep up the good work.

[@SumitShrivastava17]

Hearing that soundtrack in the intro, thought i was watching a kliksphillip or 3 kliksphillip video.

[@mgrant011]

It’s really clever really for years all forms of motorsport have used a typical track layout Street circuit a permanent circuit but formally has gone one step better answer use the building at self would be really great if other series could use this track for around would be interesting to see

[@swordfish1929]

I would quite like to go next year. My dad and brother went back when they were racing at Battersea and had a great time.

[@timothyjohns3561]

Super video. Very interesting. Great use of the zoom-call-talking head too...