F1's Tyre Rules (2016) Explained

[@DWindustries]

You need to make more videos about f1 rules. Very helpful

[@philippkaufmann8]

I also think so after this video ge go my subscription

[@ObsoleteMule]

+vic7799 Of course how else will they fill the allocated pre qualifying and race shows

[@CurbSlayers]

This is one of the best F1 explanation videos I've ever see. Why don't you have hundreds more just like it? It's your only video! Please make more. After 25 years of watching I've finally given up on F1 for the joke it's become and have cancelled my satellite television subscription, but I could watch videos like this all day long! ;-)

[@safhirarovida8850]

completely agree

[@limedashseven]

Come back to the channel. You will be surprised.

[@goattttttt954]

@@limedashseven hello in 2022 :)

[@TimVanhee]

Offside once was a hard rule to explain.

[@ConfiUser3]

There is a reason why the Q2 tyre is the first stint tyre. It is to create more action in Q3 so the drivers can still go for a qualifying lap instead of staying in the pits because they want to save the tyres for the race. You can see it best in the 2013 season where many midfield teams didn't put a lap in Q3 and instead just came out for an out and in lap. I'm really looking forward to this rule change because it could simulate a tyre war (without a tyre war) and benefit the drivers and teams who understand the rubber xD

[@joseph02251]

+TedDiniMer And also there's the added thing were lets say you set your fastest time in Q3 with your special Q3 only tires you couldn't use them in the race.

[@ConfiUser3]

Absolutely correct :)

[@kallo182]

+TedDiniMer I just find it all fucking stupid. They should bring all those Tyres like in this Video, but without any rule. Let the Teams and Drivers desite what king of Tyre they want to drive. Like back in the 90s, before 97. They had Hard, Medium, Soft and Super-Soft. And the Drivers could do what they want. If you drive with Hard you need only one Stop. With Medium you need two Stops, and with Soft you need 3 Stops... Every Driver could choose the Tyres what his drivestyle support.

[@philippkaufmann8]

+Karl S. it might seem to be better in the 90s, but this rule is about Strategy and planing the tyre for the week end. So the dominant Teams (Mercedes, Ferrari etc.) can choose an other tyre strategy as a midfielder Team like Sauber or Lotus. I think it brings a lot more space to plan the weekend and make it more interesting. I know it might seem a bit triky in the beginning but after a few races it will be possible to understand a bit more about it. Sry 4 the long Answer

[@benjones7158]

+Karl S. I love that idea. But I'm not convinced Pirelli would allow it. If a team stuffs up its strategy, we'll be seeing tyres blistering and puncturing. That's the last thing Pirelli wants to be advertising. But it'd be entertaining!

[@pawriq]

Great video. One thing you missed. When the driver didn't get into Q3 his tyres picked by Pirelli for this session can be used in the race.

[@yaswanths]

+pawriq He covered at 7:48. For my understanding, If you didn't get into Q3 you won't get the tire. Even if you are into Q3 at the end of session that tire has to returned. So in any case you can't use in race the one set aside by pireli.

[@palosamo]

From the official F1 website: 'Drivers who make it through to Q3 must hand back the set of the softer compound tyres nominated for Q3, and start the race on the tyres with which they set their fastest time in Q2. All other drivers will be able to use the set that is saved for Q3 during the race.'

[@snowjix]

+palosamo Id say thats pretty convincing, dont you think. :D

[@pshores]

palosamo if did not make it to Q3, can you start on any tyre or must it still be the tyres used for fastest lap?

[@aslamnurfikri7640]

Angelo Pengue if a driver doesn't make it to Q3 he can use any tyre he wants

[@Ofitus21]

Very very complex. But if you think about it, it is very clever. This will make races very interesting and we might see interesting results because of that

[@AndrewLewer90]

+Ofitus 21 Meh, should have made it 13 sets of tyres, Pirelli to decide what compounds to bring to the race and let the teams and drivers decide which compound out of the three chosen by Pirelli and how many tyres with each compound... Because a race weekend where someone focuses entirely and uses only the Ultra Soft compound would be interesting and totally different from a Hard compound only week end or even a mixed one... Just like it was in the early 2000's

[@flyhighpizzapie]

+Aaron Henderson Nothing will change. There will be only one optimal strategy per race, just like now. Everyone will use the same tyres all of the time.

[@ToCGambler]

+flyhighpizzapie Well, not really... Often enough different strategies have the same outcome in terms of laptime and final race time with just a few seconds difference. Now come race day, depending on traffic and Safety Car, teams could risk more by undercutting with the softest compound, meanwhile the one being undercutted is maybe on the hardest or whatever. That will definitely bring more excitement already and a more mixed up grid... Another scenario might be that one stint on the hardest compound can be covered by 1 stint on the softest and 1 additional stint on the medium compound, see where I'm coming from? Hard to explain, just like the actual rule lol

[@flyhighpizzapie]

+ToCGambler Everyone will use the same tyres. Unless they have a massive issue with one tyre, everyone will use the same tyres. If it was completely open and you could use any of the tyres available, then you might have the possibility of someone running something a bit different but you're limited to three different tyres and everyone will be on exactly the same.

[@flyhighpizzapie]

+Lewis Mckay That wasn't my prediction, that was Jenson Button's. I agree with him.

[@plasmagolem15]

Hey, I really enjoy having videos like yours helping me keep track of the different regulations the various series use, and how they affect the teams,divers and public response, it really helps clarify the picture. Please keep doing these, your content is well structured and clear to understand, the animation is simple and clean and really helps keeping track of the data. I would love it if you did a video giving a general overview of all the aspects that are regulated in F1 or explained the logistics behind an event(i just roughly estimated each race has over 830 tires shipped(and they ain't small)) or the process behind a race direction call. Anyway much respect for this vid hope to see more.

[@geoffgoldplum1231]

tldw; nobody understands it, drivers are told to baby the tires, you nod off before the first pitstop and when you wake up an arrogant Mercedes driver is on top of the podium with a bottle of champagne.

[@osmking8]

pretty much

[@hadzicrae5364]

This was literally me for the US GP to be fair it was like 4am or something but I stayed awake during the free practice sessions where there was no running and all we had were the teams having fun in the garage which was way more fun that's gotta be saying something :/

[@yanistadjer8389]

you forgot the orher mercedes driver in 2nd place with a smaller bottle sad and mad

[@heavyharris5580]

So, did this year turn out how you expected?

[@lightningmatt7594]

HeavyHarris technically they're talking about 2016

[@andrewvasquezz]

Very helpful video. I'm a new F1 fan & never really had a full understanding when the announcers were talking about limited tires used on weekends & about hard, medium, & soft compounds.

[@ferozqcs]

Fantastic Video man. Have been watching f1 for just over a couple of years so this is so useful. You should make more videos man

[@EpicCoookiE]

MOOOOOORREEEE!! great content, a bit hard at first to understand by how fast you were explaining, but it ended up being very informative. also very entertaining. please explain more of the 2016 rules/cars

[@ARSZLB]

my mind is blown. that was a hell of a lot of info on tires

[@jaymemcg]

Great work, nice update for us who like to switch off a little during the off season!

[@alvierahman90]

make videos like this and you can't go wrong

[@moderngooddays5264]

I hope you keep making these really in depth rule explanation videos. Very helpful!!

[@jenslaursen1]

Great video ! :)

[@buk1ngham]

The greatest education content about F1 i've ever seen! Why didnt u keep doing your videos in 2017 season? Ive really enjoyed to watching it!

[@DieselWorld1]

thank you for this easy explanation , things will be more clear i think by the start of the season and race after race it will be more easy to understand , thanks again and keep it up

[@MrMrm324]

Great video! never got my head around the penalties involving the power unit, I'd love to see a video about that. Once again great video

[@sharpygvet]

Please make more information videos about F1, really enjoyed this. Got a lot of subjects that can be covered history of f1/ reviews of f1 season so newer fans can understand F1 better, Strange rules, technical explanations, team/driver news and much more! Would really love to see it.

[@MichaSpielt]

Great video :) I am really looking forward to the new F1 season!

[@lachlantelfer]

Great video, simple and straight to the punch. Keep them coming.

[@mich8050]

thanks so much for this explanation dude, I hadn't realised ultra softs were being brought in. this is gonna be in my watch later section so I can refer to it throughout the season

[@Khanistan101]

This is an amazing video! Watched it on WTF1 (just found out about this website as well!). Got really confused when I read the rules and this has made it so much clearer. You got a new sub! :D

[@s1mpl3_]

This looks fantastic. It will definitely make the races more interesting. Can't wait to see it in action.

[@tomcairns3303]

Very interesting way to disappear a lot of confusion, very well put together of a video! :)

[@porchelana321]

Great vid! up till now, I had no idea they added a new, even faster compound for this year. Can't wait to see how that works out for all the drivers in the grid!

[@bardfamebuy]

The beginning was very Douglas Adam like, loved it!

[@wanderotter6643]

Great Video. Mindblowingly complicated rules.

[@camstruttz3505]

can someone tell me what's going to happen with wet or intermediate tires? like are they still classed in the tire count or are they provided unconditionally?

[@levipartridge2790]

I think the teams/pirelli just have loads of them in storage so they can be brought out if needed, but it's not something the sport makes obvious

[@rensphilipsen8583]

Each race weekend they'll get 3 sets of wets, 4 sets of intermediates and as explained in the video, 13 sets of dry-weather tyres. Great video!

[@OwenAce]

Cam Struttz they are definitely provided unconditionally

[@krindypomperdil3282]

Holy crap, I actually understand an F1 rule set after watching since 2013. Thanks!

[@Exevium]

It's almost like they don't want us to watch anymore...

[@danielchong5032]

+Sander Kamp Indeed. They want us to think as we watch now, not that I have a problem doing both at the same time.

[@treatb09]

+Sander Kamp probably don't

[@stephenrennie1739]

+Sander Kamp BBC trying

[@matheusbarrel]

how wrong where u hun best season in a long time

[@treatb09]

Matheus Barrel learn how to use where, were properly

[@dylancotton2061]

This clears it up a bit more. Good video mate.

[@ZPS_STG]

The ultra softs will blow when exiting the pit stall. Every. single. time.

[@gingerninja879]

+ZPScissors Haha

[@718Gilbert]

+ZPScissors im gonna go conservative and say they'll go about a sector and a half and nico will be on the radio complaining about tire wear.

[@treatb09]

+Chris Smith and vettel has been given a hover car

[@NejcMihelic]

And one year later here are we, saying that ultras might last the whole race

[@snowjix]

We might even stick on the Extreme Wets, they dont work in the rain anyways, so we might aswell use them in the dry.

[@Shostakovichn]

amazing job mate!

[@adambennet8398]

Thank you, that's actually really clear with some in depth info that I hadn't heard about yet 👌🏻

[@lolbro508tank3]

more videos like this one of the best explanations ive seen

[@Aaronies]

Thanks that was really helpful! also thanks for telling me about ULTRA SOFT because I didn't know about that new compound

[@xGabicca]

Great video! The tyre rules seem like an improvement, but I guess that will depend on how the tyre compounds turn out.

[@vframuh]

If you can please do more of these videos for the other rule changes, love the video!

[@LASTCARonBROCK]

A very informative and interesting video - good job!

[@samuelwilliambrown]

Super clear video thanks. Beats watching sky confuse me when they try and explain it!!

[@AdzSONLINE]

Please make more videos, this was great!

[@keyboarddancers7751]

I cannot believe anyone could possibly find Formula 1 a boring endeavour!

[@robshootuit]

the Q2 tyre for the first stint of the race is pretty smart. because cars who didnt get into Q2 so the cars in the back of the grid will start off with fresh tyres. giving them a slight advantage over the rest of the field. Q2 will be a very high risk high reward session. if you make it to Q3 you can go full out. but is it worth going for another hot lap in Q2. i can see this make for interesting practice sessions.

[@Rdinhoo]

Please please make more videos of F1 (rules, etc.) ! Good presentation!

[@diogofigueira7090]

Great video, keep them coming!! Could you possibly do a video on overtake strategies or defensive strategies? That would be pretty cool!

[@Henrix1998]

So, medium, super soft and ultra soft on one weekend. Pretty unlikely

[@jaffertv]

For a weekend like Monaco or Singapore it's not entirely unlikely, however they are more likely to choose the 3 softest compounds

[@HandlesSuck123]

Monaco will have Soft, Super Soft, and Ultra Softs.

[@danielchong5032]

+Henrix98 that might pretty much accurately describe Singapore tyre choices.

[@petev.6598]

+Henrix98 I think the rule was that those three allocated compounds to a race are always next to each other. So only three possibilities: H-M-S, M-S-SS, S-SS-US. And the last one is available only on street circuits. So, two sets of three compounds from where to choose from for most races. No H-S-US possible.

[@Henrix1998]

+Pete V. I know. The video has the error

[@matteatonmusic]

Great video man, look forward to more :)

[@toilah]

Great video mate!

[@yifanzhu3744]

love your video. Keep more coming Do a video on rules changes in 2017? Explain tokens for engines?

[@MrVinit1989]

Amazing Description....It makes F1 hell lot interesting...thanks

[@LucLev]

Very well explained - good job!

[@avoqado89]

Now that there's no refueling and only tire stops, it's nice to have three compounds for a better range of aggressive or conservative tire races. The q2 tire rule is probably to level the top 10 with the rest of the field, since the rest of the field is actually travelling a longer distance.

[@ThomasKlausen]

Great video, really enjoyed it even though I'm not that into F1

[@maahir4763]

You need to make more videos. I see potential in this channel. Subscribed

[@safhirarovida8850]

subscribed to your channel right away! this is very helpful. please make more videos about f1

[@leeds4eva2013]

really helpful video on explaining this years even more complicating rules, tbh, I'd love to see how codemasters integrates these rules into f1 2016, that could be an interesting outcome

[@rikicraft9476]

the born of a legend (sorry for my english)

[@stizettox]

Thanks, that is the best explanation I've seen 👍

[@vsci79]

Interesting and well explained. Thanks!

[@tvstealer]

Oh man, explaining the F1 tyre rules takes a 10 minute video

[@daandw6734]

Well, it has made the races more exciting (in 2016, 2017 tyres were too hard). There are more f1 rules that are hard to explain, but there is no reason to know the rules. (although i think pirelli should also use colours that are the same for every race)

[@midhunrajr3381]

Thanks for the information. I thought race starts with the Q3 tyres. Never thought about the Q2 tyres. Great

[@ZakrobDoesGaming]

Great Video!

[@topgear279]

This explanation was better than the one from ted's notebook

[@thedr00]

Love this vid, who'd have thought a chat about tyres would be so engaging! On a separate note, you've inspired me to make my corporate presentations more interesting, what app(s) did you use to make the video?

[@acidicfate]

This is an amazing video. MOAR.

[@mrdan123x]

Fucking solid video. Well done!

[@kepandasky]

For a good video like this, I am expecting your view counts will hit at least 6 digit figure by mid-week next week. Keep up the good work, very nice video BTW.

[@kubakrupinski9533]

Great video! I totally didnt get the rules when I read it on f1.com and thought i would i would have to see the races to get it :)

[@stevenw9993]

Really nice make more of these videos please.

[@mattchadwick9016]

I think the top ten have to start on their fastest Q2 tyres to buck the trend we saw a few years ago of drivers who just 'scrape through' to Q3 opting to not run in the shootout in order to start from say P10 but on a fresh set of options, as it used to be mandatory to start on your fastest (but worn) Q3 set

[@TedSchoenling]

What will happen is some teams will get it right at the start, others will not. And by the end of the season everybody will have figured out the fastest way and the strategies will largely look the same. This is due to the fact that the cars are too similar due to the tight regulations on the formula. There are a limited number of good solutions and once you go for the optimum solution the choices are narrowed down to 1 or 2... This solves nothing. Thanks FiA for making things more complex for no gain.

[@lazaglider]

Bloody well done sir.

[@TheCluelessAF]

Great job mate.. Great content!

[@gabewood983]

I kinda like the tyre rule... can't wait to see how it plays out

[@jazzGT]

excellent video! keep'em coming!

[@aarondixon8114]

The harder tyre is called the "prime" and the middle tyre (not the softest but not the hardest) is called the "option" and the softest tyre is called the "quali" I believe. Ferrari had a radio chat with vettel in Japan 2016.

[@gibbenjamin]

these videos are amazing

[@chilledpeperami]

Great video, keep making more.

[@MapleRuss]

Thanks! This was very helpful.

[@dannywhite132]

you sound like a combination of Murray Walker and "the escapist" youtube channel. loved this video. you should make more :D

Super good! Can you do for 2017 and for other rules too! Awesome

[@streamleazefishhouse]

Really good video dude. These rules are too complicated.I think they should have to choose 1 compound for qualifying and the race. Softer tyres will go quicker and quali but will require an extra pit stop in the race... It will allow slower teams to grad a headline or two on Saturday :) This is what it was like in the 90s.

[@jerseybean59]

Thanks for the explaination. Rediculous over complication and this is only the tyres! How can a layman possibly understand a race as it unfolds?

[@ANILTHEGAME]

Nice explanation! Good job mate! (Y)

[@derekho8]

thanks for the video ! PS , love ur drawings ^^

[@ethanhooper744]

That did make sense. Thank u for the explanation

[@Pepperon-E]

Nice video man

[@samrutten6201]

Awesome video!

[@jamesl8640]

2:15 that worked.

[@VaibhavSarda]

please please do one for the new qualifying rules!!

[@teaandcoffeeM]

I most like the idea of handing back tyres to force drivers to run them because they have nothing to lose.

[@zeser5230]

Pirelli is doing a clever job here :)

[@troyherring1634]

can you do some Le Mans or WEC videos?!?

[@Afie.R]

please upload more regarding the regulation in F1 2016 . I wish to know more

[@ramon0ad]

Great explanation! By the way what programme did you use to create the animation of the video?

[@martantero541]

first videos are not usualy this good

[@AdzSONLINE]

The start on Q2 tyre rule is so they run flat out in Q3 for a top 10 shootout, rather that setting two sectors the pitting for the rest of the session and having fresh tyres in the race. Sensible rule really.

[@tommykee12]

Ted explanation on sky was pretty clear