Driving a Renault F1 car for the first time at Paul Ricard circuit France 26-10-2017 - Matthew Creed

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Driving a Renault F1 car for the first time and most probably the last time, a true dream come true. With the help of Scott Mansell tuition at Driver61, Renault F1 team.

[@totobyafrica847]

You're driving and lines are so smooth and satisfying

[@gcraib]

Good lines but I thought he could accelerate sooner, maybe upshift early if he is worried about traction.

[@SalmonVFX]

Graeme Craib mate its a fucking f1 car, you know how hard that is to drive hahaha

[@thatautoguytv]

@@gcraib You have rules in this things, they'll not let you ruin a F1 Car , the cones are there for it, you cannot accelerate before them and you have to do a lot of lift and coast and only then break because other wise your body will not handle the G forces. It is meant to be an experience and not an F1 audiction, if you want a little bit more Formula Racing Experience go to Silverstone Single Seater Formula Experience where you can go as fast as your talent lets you.

[@tomeddie14]

Really impressive speed if this was your first time!! I couldn't even begin to imagine!

[@robinthebobin6537]

Yeah agreed! Despite all the unintelligent comments that people (probably ten year olds tbh) have put on this video about how they would "brake later" and "trust the car more", I can safely say I'd be very scared to do a lot of this, especially the speed he was doing on the straights! Insanely good job for a first (and unfortunately probably last) time driving a literal F1 car

[@tadexas1191]

@Khari Tristan fucking walking ad

[@ammarisrar2005]

@@robinthebobin6537 bro I would just enjoy the moment, and really let the feeling "damn, I am driving an F1 car" feeling sink in, and also a normal person or at least I would not be able to push this thing hard, my ears wouldn't let me and I am physically incapable of driving a Formula 1 car to its limit

[@george5955]

​​@@robinthebobin6537 Hello! Could you tell me in which country this was done? Also, if you have knowledge, how much is the $ value to drive an F1? Thank you.

[@AJzilllaPro]

@@george5955I think it was about 11000 euros

[@ThatShelbyGuyIgor]

Dude you beasted this drive! VERY impressive

[@ComteDeGracey]

Congratulations. For sure a memory you will keep forever. And it is one of my biggest dreams.

[@tom.mcnamara]

Congratulations on your engagement, and getting to drive this awesome car!

[@FlavioSpirit]

Boa noite !!!!! Cara, que experiência incrível, que Máquina fantástica. Me deixou sem palavras...... Obrigado por nos levar de carona pra curtir essa velocidade incrível. Muito obrigado pelo vídeo e parabéns pelo canal. Abraço do Brasil......

[@matteino1980]

very smooth for such a beast. Congratulations, you did great.

[@gcraib]

Loved this, I race a lowly F2000 single seater and would love to get into one of these things.

[@michaellmalcolm8413]

That was a really good drive the footage is excellent

[@garsmassif]

I’m jalous ! What an expérience ! 😮

[@antoniocarlossilva4028]

Dar para perceber que quando ele sempre acelera, a cabeça imediatamente vai para frente. Deve ser uma experiência ímpar.

[@joaobatistasa1271]

Queria ver o Prost pilotando essas máquinas modernas de hoje e muito legal ver o professor na pista novamente

[@FlavioSpirit]

Boa noite. Realmente seria fantástico. Grande abraço.....

[@martinioan9119]

Excellent job!

[@bocarsall3797]

Impressive! Congratulations! How does it feel inside? I see your head kind of moving each time you shift up a gear, was the gravity particularly challenging at that speed?

[@sparkplug964]

That looked so mush fun, OMG

[@saqibiqbal5642]

Wow I can only imagine, I wish I can drive this machine, even for half lap.

[@courtneygillespie]

Formula 1 is intense 😳 I didn't know they go as fast as they do.

[@osully1490]

Hi, Don't know if you remember, but I was there that day with you. A day I will never forget in a hurry! Definitely a dream come true!

[@TheBudoAcademy]

Awesome! Number 100 sub!

[@P.P718]

Muy buen piloto .

[@ben6993]

Crazy how much your head goes forward when you change gears, can’t even imagine how it must feel being full on the brakes in these cars

[@ammarisrar2005]

I cant imagine the hearing tolerance the drivers had back in the V10 and V8 eras, those things are screaming right behind your ears

[@Hrisson]

Nice drive!

[@abdullatiff8069]

i love your helmet where is it from

[@TVL2500ls]

Geiler Sound 👍. Nicht zu vergleichen mit dem armseligen Möchtegersound der heutigen F1 .

[@patrickcesalestajodywibowo741]

How much you have to paid?

[@devnidhiyadav5264]

wow bro

[@kevtalbot137]

Mega

[@hayleymelen]

Wow, that's impressive. You drove like a real life racing driver!!

[@elpatator9863]

Hayley Melen Hmm naa

[@diegovillavicencio3172]

nope

[@RaceActionNL]

Yes he did. You saw his confidence growing lap by lap. You could see that with another 50 laps of practice he would be up to speed. Perhaps within 5 seconds of a real racing driver or a female race river (evoking feminist)haha

[@Strahany]

I'm an ex-racer, he did really well.

[@saulcr839]

@@RaceActionNL Max verstappen the first time he drove an F1 car was more or less 5 second behind , go see it and come back here and say he could do it only 5 seconds slower .

[@emiliofernandez7117]

How do you get to do something like this? i would seriously consider going to another country to try this out if i knew how

[@emiliofernandez7117]

Rafale I tried searching Renault f1 challenge and nothing came up :( is there any other place I could test out a formula car? like an f3 or f4 car? I have experience in go-karts and what not :)

[@coyy9106]

@@emiliofernandez7117 Well there's a high contrast between go karts and F3. 😂

[@GuilhermeCayres]

Tks for the information Rafale!

[@Bogi93Channel]

Just type: Formula driving experience on google, there are plenty of sites who are offering this, price is from 1700e-10000e by average depending on how many laps you want and which racing curcuit you choose.

[@Moonfaster]

Christ! How did it feel?? Scary?!

[@sparkplug964]

Any idea on cost on this?

[@bfapple]

Was there any rev limit on this?

[@kerimca98]

Website claims 18,000 rpm With modern technology, and V8 having once reached up to 20,500 rpm, this looks believable

[@mateomurn7505]

So that is Lotus f1 car from 2012 or 2013, right?

[@CreedRacing23]

2012, Kimi’s Dubai race winning car

[@George-xb5ey]

Im 6 foot 4 i don't think il ever fit into an F1 car :(

[@colinhawkins4093]

Do you need experience, I race go karts would that be enough, how much does it cost? Would it be possible to do this?

[@CreedRacing23]

They give you a lot of training throughout the day in formula 4 cars ready for the 3 lap. My wife completed 3 laps, there was quite a few people unable to drive the car. It costs around 10,000€ per person. My wife and I won this as a competition with Renault 👍

[@gcraib]

You would deck need single seater experience, for various reasons including seating position, view, downforce vs mechanical grip, acceleration and decleration. Fair old jump from F4 to F1, would have thought F3 would be better step to F1.

[@gcraib]

*defo not deck

[@vihaandas4346]

Why are you on superhard tyres?

[@kerimca98]

Cheapest maybe? Still grippy as hell

[@Cassius.]

I wanna know which was more scary, the F1 car or the proposal?

[@CreedRacing23]

Neither scary! Proposal nervous, driving the formula one car incredible but sad as I know I would never be able to drive a car like that again!

[@Fijidummo]

@@CreedRacing23 never say never man you could have it happen again you never know! Self defeating claim but you get it 😂

[@HugOCovers]

It proves that we could have a lot of great pilots unknown for all the world but didn't had a chance. So we have to see the 20 in F1 all the time, thinking that they are the best of best's pilots 🤦‍♂️

[@yurisoares6339]

foi passear kk

[@Juandinggong]

Such a stupid and confusing track layout

[@CreedRacing23]

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[@search4orlife]

Looks about as slow as that car can safely be driven.

[@donnyuploader]

Not the brightest spark are you lad

[@search4orlife]

Have you ever driven an f1 car? Because I have and as I said this is as slow as this car can be driven without the brakes and tires being too cold.

[@donnyuploader]

@@search4orlife I have driven a Jordan 2001 for 3 laps and 9 laps and A Lotus 2012 for a total of 15 laps. I race Formula Ford regularly

[@search4orlife]

And you think this guy is driving fast?

[@donnyuploader]

@@search4orlife Nooo haha very slow and lacking any confidence

[@AZFREEFLY1969]

Need to give it some....brake harder....have faith in the car.

[@hayleymelen]

AZFREEFLY1969 mate you try thinking about that when you’ve got 3 laps in an F1 car for the first and only time in your life!

[@zekeaffy9647]

The brakes are too stiff even if you press it as a hard as you can....even if you did, you braked as far as 40% in the corners...so its not easy since...all race cars like that...note that racing cars are nothing like normal car brakes..

[@gcraib]

True in theory, more braking will give more trip at front and better speed through corners which in turn gives more reinforce and more grip. But as other films have said it's not easy, especially when you have limited experience. Driving single seater cars with aero is very different to road cars with mechanical grip only.

[@gcraib]

*downforce not reinforce

[@GrigoriMalikim]

@@zekeaffy9647 Not sure I understand your comment. F1 brakes are like nothing else on earth. They are carbon/carbon...only the Space Shuttle had the same and it's no longer around. There is NO standing on F1 brakes because hardly touching them is more than enough. Valentino Rossi and Tony Steward both said the most surprising aspect of getting to drive Hamilton's Mercedes was the brakes...like nothing either had ever experienced and being told about the brakes in the driver's meeting did nothing to prepare them for reality...and their drives were years apart yet exact same story. Also, with 4,000lbs of down force on the front wing just letting off the gas is close to semi-aggressive braking in a passenger car with ABS. There are no race cars that give any experience even close to F1 brakes. Sure, Rossi came from bikes, but Steward was an Indy car champion and he said an Indy car is like a mini-van compared to F1 brakes.

[@duckfffd]

its not f1 car......

[@CreedRacing23]

Is it not 🤔 What is it? 🤷‍♂️