Why can't F1 race when it's very wet?

When the rain storms come, sessions get delayed, races get red flagged and we all wonder - why do we even have wet tyres if we can't go racing?
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[@redd1567]

Simple answer: They're not boats

[@josh8962]

Ferrari: Am I a joke to you?

[@registrado54]

True, even though the ferrari does handle like one

[@lnko]

@@josh8962 yes you are a joke, Ferrari

[@CertainExposures]

Tell that to Hamilton.

[@TheFikri136]

Lmao, maybe someday, F1 will make a "boat" mode for too wet track?

[@molybdnum]

The only logical follow-up question is: How dry is too dry?

[@eoinshimizu967]

yes, please! This video also needs to be created

[@kristerrs]

You better watch out You better not cry Better not pout Im going in dry

[@ivan_pozdeev_u]

They drive across Sahara in Paris-Dakar so there doesn't seem to be a limit

[@pantyfas9669]

We will find out with this year's Spanish Grand Prix.

[@hitemwid1t]

@@ivan_pozdeev_u engine was overheating so yea

[@Keex11]

Stuart: "Hey, I have a great idea for a practical demonstration!" Talk about instant regret. :-p

[@ApothecaryTerry]

I was fully expecting him to slide on his front down a tarp and give us a comparison of the how much water F1 tyres clear vs his face. Would have been less cold too.

[@costerowywot]

i'd fill up a bath. easier, and you just say that full wets pump this much every second, while travelling at 300km/h.

[@KumaKaori]

the on-screen at 5:10 is /brilliant/. XD. And that exhale really emphasizes the regret.

[@smartin2174]

I always have to think about Jules Bianchi under those circumstances. It's good to go safety first.

[@r.j.williams]

Same

[@aqpatt4675]

yeah but the FIA hasn't learnt the lesson, we have seen many cranes on the circuit even since then

[@theimposter2210]

@@aqpatt4675 that was idiotic there should have been a safety car before the crane came out

[@registrado54]

@@aqpatt4675 but now it's always with a safety car. Haven't seen them deploying a crane without SC yet

[@georgerussellfan6353]

#forzajules

[@lam19bo]

"Its not suitable to see people die or get hurt for our entertainment " Romans-Ummm,excuse me

[@someoneunseen5168]

F1 in the 50s 60s 70s 80s : Hold my beer.

[@masterchief8646]

it actually is and there are enough drivers who would risk their lives just like back in the day... This modern F1 races are just fucking boring with no risky driving etc

[@andytgt5682]

@@masterchief8646 yea but i don't wanna see my fav drivers die

[@matthewmatthew638]

Are we in an alternative universe where UFC doesn't exist?

[@rego22o76]

@@masterchief8646 I don't think you are ok

[@F1Krazy]

5:54 "Anything could be in that spray... maybe a car spun out and stationary across the track." And that's exactly how Belgium '98 happened. Coulthard spun, nobody could see him, and they all just ploughed into each other.

[@naga5707]

And then there's Rosset

[@mikelewis495]

Coulthard got it twice that race, actually

[@FightingTorque411]

@@mikelewis495 Coulthard shunted no fewer than 17 cars that day - crashed his own in the morning warm-up, took himself and 12 others out at the first start, knocked out Wurz on the opening lap of the restart, and his famous incident with Schumi later in the race. De Cesaris could only dream of such ruthless efficiency.

[@campkira]

race are voting by the driver... if they want to race then it is fine.. it is 2020... we can driving a car in the rain....

[@salmanfarruz]

@@campkira what are you talk8ng about you daft?

[@ditraditdit1]

while waiting Belgian GP is starting, i instantly remember this video🥲

[@TheSenatorXV]

I mean racing in heavy rain just starts to look like everyone tiptoeing around to stay on track, which is interesting but not nearly as amazing as wheel to wheel dry or light rain racing.

[@hkr667]

True but in the pasts years we've seen multiple times that everyone pitted for inters right away. Surely that's overdoing it.

[@jonlamontagne2626]

Or that weird moment between heavy and light rain and you have a drive like Max last year in Brazil!

[@neelparmar6690]

Petition to turn on the sprinklers prior to every session. A damp track would spice things up

[@bradstad9932]

Dry racing just becomes Hamilton and Bottas competing to see who can push their UNTERHUNTEN cars to the limit. Light rain or bust.

[@counterfit5]

Finnigan Sargeant I always think back to Malaysia 2009 when Nick Heidfeld went for a spin at what looked like 25mph

[@huplim]

Meanwhile, Kimi’s having an ice cream at the Malaysian GP

[@nathanschafsnitz8860]

I was just gonna say when there’s too much water the there’s bound to be a finish man eating ice cream somewhere

[@PrestonWatches]

Or he was having a shit

[@danmanthe9335]

Mmm. Ice cream

[@Kris_T_]

Just to give the power of water some context, a few years ago I was working In a bus garage. During a huge storm bus services had been stopped due to high flood waters, but it was nearing the end of the day and we were aware that a lot of people were stranded as most of the rain and flood water had arrived during the day whils people were out and about, a number of us took the highest capacity single deck busses we (wright commanders) had and headed out across north wales, we had no assigned routes, we were just given areas to cover and told to go wherever was necessary to get people home. That day I discovered that if you drive a Fully laden bus into flood water, even at walking pace, it will pull a wheelie. The sheer force of the water under the front of the bus, weighing about 10 tons, with about 2 tons of humans onboard, and the front wheels lifted about a foot of the road, fortunately, at about 5mph, lifting the throttle brought the wheels back down, but it's a very strange feeling when the steering go's light and you lift up into the air, remember a bus driver sits ahead of the front wheels.

[@PrograError]

london much?

[@neutralspace-ishguy]

How did the passengers react?

[@S3Mi87]

@@neutralspace-ishguy "Wheeee, do it again!"

[@Huntracony]

I've had to travel in similarly bad conditions as a passenger, but unexpected heavy snow instead of rain. I was out in the cold, wet snow for like 20-30 minutes, where buses normally come every 8, when one of the ~6 people waiting informed us that the buses had all been canceled. While everyone was taking their time figuring out what to do, a bus finally came, at a snail's pace. It was jam packed, but at least it wasn't as cold, and it was going somewhere. Sliding all over the place, it took about an hour and a half for it to arrive at the train station. Well, close to the train station, as there was a huge traffic jam of buses in front of it. It took another two hours or so for the jam packed train to leave, and about an hour after that I was home. The whole trip took 5-6 hours where it normally takes about an hour, and I was standing for a lot of it, but if it weren't for bus drivers like you, I wouldn't have gotten home at all that day. So, thank you on behalf of all of the people you got home to their comfy beds.

[@Kris_T_]

@@neutralspace-ishguy i was going quite slowy, most of them thought it was a large speed hump until the rear end didnt go over anything.

[@AliceAngstrom]

That 3D layers-of-mist animation was brilliant! I know you don't do 3D very often, but that was perfect for driving the point home, and it did so incredibly elegantly.

[@blue04mx53]

And the extra added benefit is that full wet tires just look cool.

[@steamingice4434]

Can you make a video about the different things race engineers say to their frivers, like what engine modes to use and that sort of stuff. Ps love the vids :)

[@moonfuji6740]

Yeah i really want to understand the '' scenarios ''

[@volrath__]

The dificulty is with a video concept like that is most teams speak in code, so you need to know the code before you can make content about it, most of the stuff is shorthand for a series of pre discussed and memorised condidtions. Some of it is easy to work out "plan B" is obviously their alternate race strategy. The most famous phase we know about is "multi 2-1" Red Bulls code for hold station, don't fight, car two in front of car one, but If we didn't know the meaning it could be anything. Multi is normally to do with the multifunction display and 2-1 would be a position on that display, unless we knew all the menu options its hard to do deep analysis of it... Its the same for engine modes or strat modes, the drivers know what it means because the memorise a literal book of commands, but for an outside viewer its hard to know exactly what it means, we can normally figure it out, but if its that obvious it might change throughout the season...

[@HaXD1209]

The Kimi's part will last roughly 15 secs

[@snakelele4148]

I believe he's made a video on engine mapping which relates to your question on engine modes

[@filmandfirearms]

You'd have to ask every team individually about that. They change constantly, because of different track situations and to prevent the other teams from figuring out what their competition is doing. Mode 1 at Bahrain could be an entirely different setup from mode 1 at Monaco

[@TheAshleyYoyo]

Oh jeez that Diet Coke clip absolutely made me lose it - I salute you sir 😂

[@yez_20]

Well we got to know how wet is too wet in this year’s memefest, also known as spa 2021.

[@Olivyay]

I never understood the extension of Parc Fermé rules to qualifying, I feel it has robbed us of some surprises in the races where teams/drivers could overcome a performance deficiency by trying last-minute setup changes on Sunday.

[@kapilbusawah7169]

There's something admirable and absolutely inspiring about watching the drivers tame these beasts in the wet. As a spectator I really love watching any race use the INT tires but I don't want it to be a crawl. I want some wet races. I want to see how things are really done when it gets sticky out there, or actually the opposite

[@magibagi3881]

4:45 those tires do be looking kind of THICC!

[@MrXaniss]

You know it's a good day when Chainbear uploads.

[@hukuando]

Last time I was this early, Stuart made a video teaching Ferrari how F1 works in an Italian accent. Anyone else remembered that one?

[@NarendraWicaksono]

The real question is: Have Ferrari seen the video yet?

[@adenkyramud5005]

@@NarendraWicaksono apparently not

[@hxssan27]

Yep. A piece of art

[@existentialselkath1264]

Idk, I'd kinda enjoy an f1 race at 15mph. Just turn on the pit limiter and let them race anyway

[@StarkRaven59]

The cars would hate it, and the drivers would resort to bumper cars, so the budgets would hate it.

[@TheNotFakeBot212]

The cars would likely overheat

[@buffy62f1]

The intro looks awesome 💯

[@TomBaldwin2483]

There was a great shot in the red flagged F3 race shown on the Sky Pad, where from the paused image looks to have only two cars, one on the left and one on the right of the screen but when they resume the video, three cars appear in the center out of thick spray fighting for position.

[@SHenanegenz]

Chain Bear, the animation quality of your videos really improved a lot since I've been watching.

[@hm94goal]

you should have started this vid to the music of "riders on the storm"....that would have been EPIC

[@W123KartSport]

Very good video. As a marshal, we take bad weather VERY seriously. One thing you you did forget to mention from a marshaling point of view is that if visibility is bad enough that you can't see the previous or next station, the drivers can't either and you would have to stop the race. Another reason we have this rule is if the radios or landlines go down. We can still "talk" with another station using hand signals but in heavy rain? forget it.

[@TheRealGirlWeeb]

I always love your content!! Really informative and fun to watch! I often have a general idea about the subjects, but i don't know the details and I'm often not even sure if what i think is correct. Thanks for these amazing videos! Your voice is great to listen to!!

[@davenz000]

They've become more and more risk adverse, the calendar dates have changed to times of the year where there's the least chance or bad weather in those locations and now a third of races are held in the desert.

[@StarkRaven59]

Risk reduction is generally beneficial. If you run a race where/when it's least likely to be rained out, you reduce the chance of not satisfying teams, sponsors, and spectators. Saying "we can't race today" is a PR nightmare. As for the races in the desert, I'm more willing to blame massive piles of money than a particular fear of rain.

[@Free-4554]

Can’t wait for everyone to go back to this video after Spa 2021

[@DavidG-vn2zp]

I am learning soooo much in these vids. Keep the good work up!!

[@byst33]

You have the best F1 KZbin channel imo. Super informative and to the point. Keep it up!

[@aumpauskar4653]

I always love these in-depth analysis videos. Keep them coming more often ChainBearF1

[@MetalMilitia072583]

Hahah the soda chug 😂 good stuff

[@gondil07]

Absolutely hilarious!

[@ultravince_xxi]

that was beer but same effect 😂

[@Four-S]

@@ultravince_xxi really, looked like coke zero to me

[@vuongkyvi]

Deja vu?

[@canercaliskan311]

I love your Videos and your Voice is so soothing, helps me sleep well afterwards! Thank you for the nice content.

[@he1ar1]

If it isnt safe enough for the helicopter to take off and get to the hospital, it is not safe enough to race. Also have to remember in the 90s cars would have a wet setup in bad whether. Whereas today's cars use the same setup in the dry as the rain. So cars run much closer to the ground than in the 90s in the rain and the chance for aquaplaning are much greater..

[@someoneunseen5168]

They can setup the car for rain or dry. Soooooo set the car up for rain??🤔🤔 Can race a wet setup with dry tyres in the dry yknow... might even shake things up...

[@DjDolHaus86]

It's a brave man who tries to chug the cold, bubbly boi that is diet coke

[@rosstaylor1039]

In hindsight, they really should have shown this video during the 2021 Belgian Grand Prix

[@shadowpersonoftheunknown6245]

Excellent video and explanation Chain Bear! I absolutely love this and you've really got me thinking about all of the science behind it.

[@will1856]

Send this over to Jeremy Clarkson... he still doesn’t seem to be able to understand it

[@aPol.01]

"we as spectators don't want to see death or any serious injury" Have ya heard of NASCAR?

[@someoneunseen5168]

@@valerierodger7700 same when its wet.. crashes and spins. Little or slow teams can mix it with the faster cars... And besides that, F1 throws a safety car if its *slightly damp* and a fly happens to fart in the pit lane.

[@kentonbrewer3232]

Man, I just don't think you get it.

[@ashleywasteney1099]

They stop at the first sign of rain and dry the track afterwards with huge jet engines on the back of a truck. They take it to the opposite extreme

[@f1motorsports985]

Me, trying to summarize it in 1 one word without watching the actual video: S🅱️inalla

[@brendan8162]

Darkray no need for a correction, having 🅱️ is a part of the meme

[@mrwri]

We should have an unofficial race where they go around the track in two man kayaks if its too wet to race. One lap to see who wins a bottle of water trophy.

[@Nebras]

Your animation is really improving , keep it up mate .

[@jonathanj2205]

I really like these videos! Could you please do a video on ‘Jobs in F1’ Thanks

[@notadestinygun6556]

I don't understand how you get these animations done so quickly every week. You really are the best.

[@brandonm8901]

Brilliant visuals, sound, presentation and content again

[@nikisrb]

What a great little skit, your videos are absolutely phenomenal

[@kamdenkennedy9414]

I just started watching F1 so I'm finding your videos very helpful! Thanks!

[@razvanmazilu6284]

Last time I was in this early the track was still dry.

[@luuk19_]

So that was last sunday

[@razvanmazilu6284]

I hope the joke wasn't too dry for you 🤭

[@Fred_P]

3:34 The full wet tyres are rotating in the wrong direction. The aim of the tread pattern is to push water outwards, not inwards.

[@sanjayrachapudi]

I love this channel! Thanks chain bear 🐻

[@Quintendejong123]

0:24 Also F3 race 1 was stopped

[@serg99pro]

You're videos deserve to be on the F1 channel

[@kittykat55663]

I really really appreciate your dedication and hard work you put in to doing all these designs, it has made me more appriciative of your work and of all the ins and outs of formula 1, please know this is something I really value in your channel.

[@panthpatel3066]

Wait for the clouds to break: Spa 2021

[@y_fam_goeglyd]

Anyone who's ever aquaplaned in an ordinary car, especially at speed, would _never_ want to see a racing car do it. It's happened to me and despite it being about 35 years ago, I have never forgotten the terror (I'd not long passed my test!). I don't want to see cars heading towards 200 mph or even 200 kph in such conditions. As ever, beautifully explained, Stuart. Thank you.

[@D3athangel1]

OOh! I like the new intro! Great video as well, as always :D

[@leeshaw1593]

The production value has shot up recently. This a brilliant video

[@SteenPedersen]

Interesting video. I am impressed by your knowledge and your editing skills. It would be fun to see how you make these videos and escpecially the graphics.

[@eoinshimizu967]

Come for the technical content stay for the commitment levels displayed. Cheers!!

[@PrograError]

not sure if the teeth are still there tho... gotta be arse freezing

[@StarkRaven59]

As a club-level marshal, other things to consider are visibility from station to station. We would stop racing if you couldn't see the next marshal station through the fog/rain. Lightning in the area was also a stopping point because we were on land line radios. It's also not advisable to race in the remnants of a hurricane, due to the wind in addition to the rain.

[@ghshrksidhc5460]

Damn bro, your channel really grew! Video posted 1 day ago already has over 100 000 views, you really deserve this bro, well done! ( :

[@RdTrpBrgr]

Watching this while waiting for Belgian GP to start.

[@failingattempt9984]

Always looking forward to this

[@shanem4545]

The analysis here is so good. Immediate subscribe.

[@gchetail]

Great video as always. ps: Your manicure is amazing.

[@MrGermanpiano]

This was really educational. Nice video :)

[@jtalexandre]

Great way to explain the water on the tyres with those graphics.

[@SiVlog1989]

One glaring example of a race that was too wet, the 1991 Australian Grand Prix at Adelaide. To this day, it's the shortest Grand Prix in F1 history, with the race being stopped on lap 16 but the result being declared on lap 14. Even Senna was frantically gesticulating in his car, calling for the race to be stopped

[@satyris410]

I came home from Download Festival 2011 on the Monday after the Canadian Grand Prix had been on the day before. This was the days when it was broadcast on the BBC and fortunately on iPlayer to catch-up TV on demand. Somehow I managed to navigate my way to the replay of the race without finding out whom had won, nor any spoilers about the race. The program was so long and there was a 4-hour limit to the length of iPlayer programs, so I had to go back on to the website and navigate my way onto another listing for the race where the most amazing conclusion of any race ever was shown. I've since tried to re-watch, red flags, DC bird-watching and all. But it just wasn't the same. Needless to say watching Seb screw up on the last lap and Jenson Button fight his way from just about dead last to take the win will stand out as one of my favourite races of all time.

[@Hammercat42]

The fistrule of rainraces is that you need to go 90 a 100% on the trottle on the straights and if you won't be able to do that: well than it's to wet to race. For the corners it's the same: Grip from the tarmac vs grip from the aerospeed, you can perfectly have optimal grip in some wet tarmacs but if you drive to slow for the corner than you will spin either.

[@kiwiofmelville]

Thank you for conducting live science for our benefit!

[@darkblacklion2123]

the most underrated yt channel

[@Ikcatcher]

Gonna need to send this to the many twitter replies I saw on Saturday who would rather see safety thrown out the window for their own entertainment

[@GenKi.13]

I just want to add that the composition of the rubber is also different for the slick/intermediate/wet. To accommodate the ranges of temperatures encountered duribg these conditions.

[@Justin-gu9my]

i dont know. i just love your videos. keep doing! alwys good stuff

[@muzamir]

I’m so early Ferrari hasn’t crashed into each other yet (Thank you for all the likes but I need YOU to subscribe)

[@fajrurahman2633]

I laughed yet heartbroken, damn it

[@MrTrinomial]

my soul hurts

[@kr15t14n_]

lol

[@nathaliestarlight6372]

Theyll do it again

[@user-oq2ez5lz8w]

Nathalie Starlight let’s see about that

[@JB22.]

Hey could you do a video explaining the haas penalties and what makes telling them to stop on the formation lap different to mid race.

[@LuizOliveira-bq7wl]

Love the new intro!!!!!

[@81casperflip]

Two races that come to mind with rain, Monaco 96 and Brazil 03

[@ArchbardWava]

Truly accurate analogy for water dispersion by the tires with that can there, ChainBear. 😂

[@hazeluzzell]

Absolutely agree with your safety talk.

[@The_Bookman]

Ohh, lovely pandemic metaphor at the end there. Another great vid. Fantastic work, sir. Your body of work is going to be absolutely invaluable to anyone learning the ways of the sport for years to come. Also, your illustrative chug-a-lug made me spit out my tea. XD

[@bradwhiteuk]

If you're new to F1, search youtube for "2007 european grand prix" for a great example of what would not be allowed nowadays.

[@SaadKidwai]

Awesome, thank you!

[@tomhutchins7495]

Typical Chain Bear: taking an annoying thing and explaining it so well that it seems completely reasonable.

[@kevin1234gg]

5:07 oh the face of regret hahaha

[@Saml3838]

Really great graphics to show the drivers’ perspective

[@syntaxerorr]

Thanks. Great video!

[@ahsanaltaf664]

Love the intro!

[@volrath__]

Its almost like you saw the "debates" I was having over the differences between conditions for F3, 2 and 1 over the weekend on WTF1's Facebook lol, awesome content as always!

[@animeholictops1225]

I felt like i was fighting a damn war on Twitter. the responses in almost any tweet during saturday on F1 Twitter were absolute fucking cancer.

[@animeholictops1225]

F1 Twitter is almost always cancerous, but Saturday was especially aids.

[@volrath__]

@@animeholictops1225 It actually really frustrates me that so much of the F1 community is just a toxic cesspit. I love the sport and want to talk about it with people, but so often its just idiots shouting idiotic things... Im glad I have a Discord server where I can talk F1 and its mostly toxic free...

[@Qaianna]

Interesting to watch this after the Nascar boys tried out CotA ... in the wet. Apparently even a relatively huge Camry look-alike is still hard to see when it's doing about four kph in the straight.

[@GayCheesetuber]

I remember a few years (maybe about 10) When I went to see British Superbikes at Thruxton. It started raining during the day and a support race was red flagged after what must have been about half the grid went down. Bearing in mind this is motorbike racing where the rider doesnt have a carbon fiber tub to protect them.

[@raihanrusli2720]

Me, in 2021 post belgian grand prix watching this now

[@minirock000]

The noise at the beginning even bothers my cats. Your videos never had that before.

[@joenne]

I got a weird Diet Coke add halfway through the video

[@Werewolf_Boyo.From_CRK]

3:10 Same happened in 2019 German Grand prix(much people did DNF)

[@balinoob1837]

It's like when we don't go to ride our when there's a HUGE winter storm we don't go too fast or the snow will make you slide and you see not even 200m away so you slow your speed, now you might go 70km/h, so imagine how running at 300km/h can be hard and dangerously too dangerous

I like the music of your channel 👍

[@notsogreatsword1607]

Thank you for your sacrifice Stuart. That was a bit painful to watch but it did drive home your point quite well!