"Formula 1 Explained for Rookies" | The F1 explanation I needed... (Thoughts & Commentary)

[@Jon.S]

The $140m budget cap IS way less than they used to spend, at the peak, Red Bull, Ferrari and Mercedes were each spending over half a billion per year. Also bear in mind that the $140 is just for the car development. It excludes a TON of non-performance stuff....personnel costs, marketing, infrastructure, certain operational costs. It's likely that the teams are still spending over $250m each per season, it's just they can only spend $140 on "making the car go faster".

[@daray666]

Most personel is included only drivers and the three highrst paid staff members are excluded. www.fia.com/sites/default/files/fia_formula_1_financial_regulations_iss.12.pdf#page6 Point 3.1 (d)

[@LuaanTi]

What's funny is that the whole reason Formula started was to keep costs _down_ - it _restricts_ the cars (that's what the "formula" means, and there's multiple categories). But of course, over time, with tighter restrictions, it gets all the more expensive to push the cars to perform slightly better. It's also meant to improve safety and interest, of course, but back at the start, it was meant to make it possible for "underdogs" to compete too.

[@gwaptiva]

I'm willing to bet that "personnel" costs aren't included in that. Not just the drivers earn a ton, but those engineers don't come for 50k a year either

[@pmenzel86]

Personnel costs are included under the cost cap, with the exception of the 3 highest salaries. Pretty much all operational costs are included too. Infrastructure has a separate budget, which I believe works on a multi year rolling basis. The whole cost cap is so complex that teams hire dedicated accountants purely for overseeing their compliance!

[@Jon.S]

@@pmenzel86 not all personnel costs though, because you can have entire divisions of people outside the cost cap if their activities aren’t related to the performance of the car.

[@zurnie]

A classic racing axiom is Do you want a fast car? Throw more money at it. in re F1, I saw a video years ago, 80s, With old school driver Nikki Lauda. The video was to answer the question on how fast F1 cars were. They lined up a European Ford Tempo GT, Their version of the Ford Taurus SHO, a Porsche GT3 and Nikki's F1 car. They sent the Tempo off first. Then after a minute the Taurus. Then the Porsche. The entire time Nikki is sitting on the pit wall drinking a cup of coffee. Finally gets time to send off the F1 car. Nikki gets his fire suit on, then helmet, gloves and climbs into his F1 car. He attaches the steering wheel. The pit crew hits the starter. No fire. They hit it again, No fire. On the third try it fires up and Nikki tears out of the pit row area. He passes all the other cars before one even completes a single lap.

[@LuaanTi]

The most ridiculous thing is how tightly you can tweak the F1 car to the race you're doing; the straights, the curves, the driver... the cars are always made to fit the best they can. They don't have the highest top speeds, or even the highest accelerations you can get from a car. But on a race track? Oh boy. It's crazy what they can get out of such a tiny car and engine :)

[@avigdonable]

“Rush” - fantastic movie if anyone fancy a good evening entertainment.

[@666Wizardsleeve]

Must have been a very long track

[@LuaanTi]

@@666Wizardsleeve I don't know about Lauda, but have a look - kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYPYhqNrgrlmi8U The difference is absolutely ludicrous. After seeing F1 on the same track, all the other cars seem downright sleepy. The cornering F1 cars can do is astonishing - and just look at how fast they can brake too. It's like watching go karts on sped up video :D

[@nicoladc89]

@@avigdonable Rush is full of bullshits.

[@rickybuhl3176]

Cleo is one of the few that have done a video on this with the 'I care' energy and considering F1 is a weird combo of tradition, technology, geekdom and fandom - this is what we need to introduce it to new people. Not someone simply reading the words. GGs

[@omargj1]

Cleo Abram's channel is fantastic she and her team does great research on the topics of each video and also she speaks wich such passion about science and technology that makes those videos very engaging.

[@GatorNick]

Started watching Formula 1 four years ago and have not missed a race since. Awesome sport

[@christianlabetoria7167]

me since 2022 and i'm die hard Ferrari fan. No matter how my team disappoint i still love Ferrari

[@DaveMcIroy]

​@@christianlabetoria7167, so you never saw someone winning a title with Ferrari? That's sad.

[@matthewgubbins8515]

I've been watching since my dad took too Silverstone in 1999. I was the two corners before Michael Schumacher crashed and broke his leg

[@DHW3008]

There are, if I remember rightly, three types of penalties during a race. Drive through penalties basically means you have to drive through the pits (they have a speed limit), stop go penalties mean you have to pull in as of you're doing a pit stop (but aren't allowed to do any work) for however many seconds your penalty is and time penalties that get added on.

[@nicksykes4575]

A couple of Brits you may want to look at, John Surtees, multiple TT winner, and the only man to win world championships on 2&4 wheels. Also Nigel Mansell, who became Indy Car champion in his rookie year, while he was still reigning F1 champion.

[@ExitiumNL]

I've been watching F1 for nearly 30 years now. When I was young my dad was always watching it and I often watched along. Stopped watching for a while about 15 years ago, but got back into it 10 years ago again. I basically watch every single weekend (usually live, unless it's a night race for me, then I watch it as soon as I wake up), and also visited a few races in Belgium and Spain in the past. F1 is more about the car, but the driver still has a lot of impact as well. Max Verstappen, the champion of the past three years, would not become champion racing in a Sauber or an Alpine, but Sargeant wouldn't become champion in a Red Bull either. There are more things not included in the budget cap, like salary of the three highest-paid staff members (besides the drivers), marketing, travel expenses for personnel (not cars and equipment, that is included), etc. Also cost for engines isn't included because some teams develop their engines and other teams buy engines from said teams.

[@FLStyle]

My favourite era of F1 was 1996 to 2006

[@neutchain7838]

V12-V8 😊

[@-RoyBatty-89]

It was everybody's. Golden age.

[@mallockracer]

A pair of Schumi fans.... I think the golden era was the 70's but grew up watching from the late 80's@@-RoyBatty-89

[@bloodymarvelous4790]

So after Ayrton Senna.

[@tjp353]

A video you might like to watch is 'Dr John Hinds - the fastest road racing doctor'. It's not F1 related but I thought it was worth mentioning anyway. John was a 'flying doctor', a first responder in Irish road racing and the Isle of Man TT. He rode a similar bike to the racers and followed the pack, so he could quickly respond to any crash. He gives a great insight into how crashes are dealt with and lives are saved. He died in 2015 during an event in Co Dublin aged just 35.

[@san-joshuabarrett]

As a full time F1 geek fan that watches religiously, I'm happy to see your reacting to this video. Top ten unexpected crossover moments right here.

[@JIMRECURVEGUY]

F1 is an awesome spectacle, but you are correct on the self driving cars to wit: the experiment has already turned out deadly in several circumstances. I mean we are not at "The Jetson's" level yet.

[@RadeticDaniel]

Music recommendation: Butterflies and Hurricanes - by Muse It was the opening to F1 2005 videogame and fits wonderfully with the CG video played along for the game

[@gmdhargreaves]

F1 is fascinating! I love the engineering especially the composite materials used and how they are developed by the different teams. It really is at fore front of technology plus there’s the racing and politics! I agree if you don’t want to control a machine and drive it why give in to chance that something out of your control could happen ❤❤❤

[@JoeBlow_4]

Thanks for this video. I watch your videos but I haven't watched a lot of F1 because I honestly thought it was akin to Indy racing, but on windier tracks/roads. Knowing these teams build entirely different cars makes it way more appealing to me. I may be a new F1 fan.

[@antiwokehuman]

Cleo is just awesome at explaining things

[@FLStyle]

I've never seen this channel by Cleo Abram before, I'm going to give that a subscribe, thanks for pointing me in that direction

[@BruceHoult]

Cleo is good. I've been watching her before she had her own channel, when she was at Vox.

[@bearofthunder]

I agree with you about self driving cars. There are many reasons for this, where one is that the technology is not reliable, and another is that I like to do it myself.

[@trecasreca1817]

If you are interested in the engineering behind the car there is a video ( kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGiaYWqwer1sjpY ) which explains aerodynamics and all kinds of systems in an f1 car. (if you want an extremely nerdy and detailed look at f1 cars)

[@terpcj]

Regarding self-driving cars: for me the metric is a simple one: accident and casualty performance vs human-driven cars. I don't expect anything near perfection for a computer to drive for me, just better odds of me getting where I need to go without additional maintenance or doctor bills. But that's me. A lot of people are very emotionally invested in exceptionalism in some form or another (in this specific case, human exceptionalism) and will brook no substitutions...unless they are perfect perfect perfect. And frequently, not even then.

[@robinbalaochieng5303]

So f1 did a video on their main KZbin channel explaining the rules ,all in all very simple to understand 🙌

[@cuszco]

If you're interested in the logistics of F1, Wendover Productions has a great video about that here on YT.

[@NoProtocol]

Thank you for this recommendation! I'm going to put it on my list

[@jasonstem9908]

Some were spending 400mil every year just a few years ago, while other teams struggled with budgets under 100mil. The cap is a constraint one of many implemented a few years ago to close the gap between cars while not having Spec series (everyone runs a single or small choice of chassis) like indycar, Nascar, superformula(Japan), supercars (Australia) ect.

[@Bwachaauh]

Cleo Abram is really cool. Always exited and enthusiastic about science and technology.

[@JLucasART]

The editing of cleo is so strange for me

[@ShawnHinck]

Cleo did a great introduction to F1, Driver 61 and engineering explained both have great videos on the tech in F1, engineering explained’s video on the V10 engine was amazing, and a surprisingly good one was the Driver 61 video on the the wheel nuts.

[@vaudevillian7]

Oh yeah they do loads of neck strengthening exercises, in IndyCar too, especially with the higher speeds on ovals

[@nvstewart]

It's nothing to do with the higher speeds. Cornering G's are lower in Indycar compared to F1. However, they sustain G-Forces for much longer as the corners are longer. Most corners in F1 only last a couple of seconds.

[@ItsMeBliz]

I love watching the reactions on this channel. You are clearly a very intelligent young woman with a thirst for knowledge, and it's brilliant to see a reactor actually absorbing the information of the video,rather than brushing over the content then making totally incorrect assumptions.

[@stefanpaetrow6355]

the big teams spent a lot outside the races. with dozens of new parts , their own test track, and hundreds of testing hours. so came to race day with a huge advantage. thats why the money cap was created

[@markherrick2180]

It's totally different live than on TV. Now that the cars are hybrids they are as loud as they used to be. When you see a F1 car braking or accelerating out of corners, it's unreal. And going through high speed corners is incredible. Ref. what you said about Lewis and neck muscles...

[@steddie4514]

I would thoroughly recommend you watch rally. Admittedly not as technical as F1 but the driver skill is definately something to behold...especially the Scandinavian drivers. 👍🇬🇧

[@NoProtocol]

I’ve watched a couple of rally videos on the channel in the past (:

[@Cwhitey1967]

On self driving cars , i agree with you now. It doesn't seem quite ready. When i am 80 and they take my licence because i am a danger, I may change my mind. Freedom to go where you want on your own is important.

[@TheHarrip]

Our team built an unmanned stealth figter jet "taranis" they are definitely using the same tech principles for cars. Driverless vehicles will be fine. 10 years. We also have hololenses, bit like the apple vision but its see-through and you control it by looking and blinking or speaking a vr model of every detail of the jet superimposed over the real thing and you can walk around and see it all to help in the build process. Its pretty impressive tech

[@squidcaps4308]

Sky has no trees, snow, ice, incorrect lane markings, cats jumping on the road and the thousands of little things that self driving cars would need to not just react to, but to also understand their meaning to us, humans. It is entirely different problem from air or sea. In salt flats you could easily do it, navigate thousands of cars without using any roads, all going from different A to different B.

[@LuaanTi]

There's a reason flight sims were pretty much the first sims that actually worked :)

[@casmatt99]

​@@squidcaps4308 I trust a well crafted algorithm over most of the driveling, distracted idiots on the road today

[@squidcaps4308]

@@casmatt99 You should not. The algorithm is much stupider than a toddler. It is just very good at the very specific things but the problem is incredibly complex. Self driving cars need to make moral decisions in a split second. Do you think that they can do that? They don't know the difference between a cat, toddler or an inanimate object. The only way self driving cars can work is if the entire road network is designed for them. You need to remove all living things, including pedestrians.. Who still are humans. Lane assists, cruise control with radar, braking assist.. that kind of aids WILL work, they already do as the problem there is trivial, and the magnitude of the decisions they can make is very limited. For ex, lane assist will not make a U turn all of a sudden, it can only do slow, gradual changes. Self driving cars need to be able to EVERYTHING, including life and death decisions based on sparse information. A literal bug can cause self driving car to get messed up.

[@casmatt99]

@@squidcaps4308 you're using the worst case scenario as a standard, which isn't a very compelling argument. Self driving technology is already unbelievable, and we're still in its infancy. Like any new tech, only time will allow maturation into a tool that helps humans. And I reject the assertion it can only only work if public ways are redesigned - they already work on modern roads. I understand that there are some cases of infrequent occurrence which might confuse a self driving vehicle, but that's why humans should always be behind the wheel ready to intervene.

[@juhojokimaki7876]

On the self-driving cars: I do think that we should be cautious in implementing them. However, compare this situation to, for example, people being afraid of flying. When people feel that they are in control of a situation they accept a bigger risk than when they feel that they are not (people think that driving is normal while flying is terrifying even though they are more likely to die in a car accident on the way to the airport). Obviously if a self-driving car causes a fatal accident, that's horrible and it feels like technology has "gone wrong". However, human drivers cause avoidable fatal accidents everyday. So the question becomes: If self-driving cars are shown to cause less accidents, shouldn't we all have self-driving cars, even if it feels uncomfortable?

[@LuaanTi]

Shouldn't we have fewer cars? That would improve the safety much more than self-driving cars ever could ;) Personal cars are by far the most dangerous form of transportation - as in, around 50 times more likely to cause fatalities than bus and rail. And that's not counting pedestrian fatalities, which again, personal cars absolutely dominate. People talk a lot about aircraft being the safest form of transport, and sure, they are (with caveats) - but the difference between planes, buses and rail is quite small. It's the personal murder machines that we should be worried about :D And that's before you go into how ridiculously uneconomical they are (not helped by self-driving cars), how they affect the people driving them and around them (not helped by self-driving cars), how they impact the environment including the incredible noise pollution (not helped by self-driving cars), how they disproportionately harm the poor (not helped by self-driving cars) and I could go on. It's especially ridiculous in the US, of course, but it's pretty bad everywhere. Personal cars kind of ruin everything; and self-driving cars don't really help with any of that. Self-driving cars are just another gimmick the car companies are trying to sell you to make it seem like they're trying to do something to improve on the problems of personal cars. But it's just a show. All they want to do is sell more (and more expensive) cars, with everyone else footing the bill like always. And I doubt the motorists will be receptive anyway - just look at how hostile they are to pretty much anything that is meant to make cars quieter, safer, more efficient. It's almost as if they are personally offended when you introduce something like, say, auto start-stop. Not very good with math.

[@juhojokimaki7876]

Sure, we could have fewer cars - but what's the alternative for transportation? In and near cities, public transportation is the answer, but that doesn't work in more rural areas. Also, in America, for example, the entire transportation system is built around cars and that system is not capable of changing very quickly.

[@blechtic]

The problem with self-driving cars is that the environment they're suppose to work in is ridiculously complex. Most people don't even realize how complex it is, because our brains do a lot of work in order to parse all of it to simple concepts and feelings for us to make decisions on and because it is really difficult to even list all the surprises and differences you can have once you move out of a tightly controlled and maintained test tracks. When you think of it like that, driving assists make so much more sense than autonomous driving. Now, one might think there's then a feature creep in the assists towards self-driving. Well, maybe, but the flipside of that is that the less the driver has to pay attention, the less they will. Even if they are responsible and try to, they'll drift off or get bored or distracted or they assume the car will handle something it won't and that results in slower and shoddier supervision. I suspect that (once you remove the boy racers from the equation) people who drive manual are safer drivers than the automatic drivers simply because the act of driving requires them to pay more attention in order to keep traction, stay on the right gear, etc.

[@berkebus]

I think there's a psychological element here that was revealed by the use of rental bikes and scooters that can be 'left at your destination for another person to pick up'. People grow an attachment to the things they own because they control them and interact with them. When you take away more of this interaction people will not only care less about the vehicle they own, but will also feel detached from any of its actions. Cue the rental bikes whom get left on the street, nobody gives a damn, and they stay there until the end of time. Similarly, self-driving cars could be targets of vandalism -while they drive- because there's less of an ethical deterrent to attacking a machine, and if one of them is left in the dust somewhere where its owner is nowhere to be found, authorities will be forced to move them around in an attempt to control parking spaces. In other words, I don't think humans and self-driving cars will go well together. You'd have to replace every car with a self-driving car at the same time to truly make it work, yet some people enjoy driving themselves. Public transit works differently, because the implication of control is the track itself or the bus driver already driving and keeping a human eye on the bus. With nobody to watch over a machine while it's going, the best use I can see for self-driving cars is for people whom are sitting in the car already and for some reason are unable to drive themselves (blind, mute, no functional hands, feet or arms).

[@juhojokimaki7876]

​@@blechticOf course the environment is very complex for self-driving cars, but that's a solvable problem. Right now self-driving cars are already being tested in traffic and while they are not yet able to handle every situation, they are constantly improving with new AI systems. Also, human drivers can't exactly handle every situation either. On the driving assists, I mostly agree. If you have to do less to drive the car, it is much easier to lose focus on driving.

[@zenzombie72]

Combine 2 universal interests. A driver's, who simply wants to see how fast they can do a circuit of a track. A mechanic's, who simply wants to design and build the best fast-driven vehicle. They need each other. They support and inspire each other. I see now why both the manufacturers' and drivers' points standings are equally valid.

[@jhas727]

Pushing boundaries of aerodynamics, The sheer data from fuel to engine to wear on parts and not to mention steps that make are cars safe through the innovations in the sport.

[@z4v3k]

And of course they don't tell you how boring it is, you might see 10 overtakes in about 2 hours... no point watching the whole race, just watch the 5 min highlights on their official channel if you're interested. On the other side Moto GP (bikes) is way more action packed.

[@DavidStebbins]

Does F1 really make our road cars better? Years ago, when asked how relevant F1 racing was to road cars, Luca Colajanni of Ferrari shrugged and responded, "Even our road cars aren't road relevant."

[@TrashskillsRS]

Formula E are in an electric first mindset. The cars are quite small and also have a way lower topspeed As a result they have their own twisty go-kart size tracks, with some Mario Kart inspired boosts.

[@blechtic]

They're also use the same chassis, same motor, same battery, same tyres, ...

[@maxwellsage7422]

I really enjoy the cadence of your voice, very calming

[@azynkron]

Another fun fact: Originally you had to win all races to get paid. Hence "Grand Prix" - Big Prize. Also, if you start watching today you missed the golden era which was mid to late 1980s. It never got better than that. Every season there was 4-5 potential winners and the racing was much closer. 1986 was the height when e.g. BMW provided an engine with 1500bhp in qualifying trim. Yeah.. 1500.. with very little downforce. Those cars where space rockets.

[@JamesBond-44]

MERCEDES HAS 1000 WORKERS FOR THE TWO CARS AT THEIR FACTORY. FERARRI HAD A BUDGET OS OVER 400 MILLION UNTIL THE BUDGET CAP TO 140 MILLION.

[@stephenrobins4756]

A drive-thru penalty is where the driver has to enter the pits and drive the full length at the pit-lane at the pit-lane speed limit which is usually 60 - 80 kph. If they are called into the pits for a drive-thru, they are not allowed to stop for work to be done on the car. If they need wok to be done, the driver must complete the penalty, leave the pits and then return. A time penalty (usually 5 or 10 seconds) is applied in one of ways. If the car has to stop for tyres etc. the pit crews are not allowed to touch the car before the penalty has been served. If the car doesn't have to pit, the penalty is added to the total race time, In either case, the result is to move the car down the results. Other penalties come in the form of flag signals . The can be : Black / white flag for unsporting behavior e.g. exceeding the track limits, deliberately impeeding another driver etc. This is a warning to modify your behavior. Failure to do so can result in disqualification. Black flag means your race i over. Usually given after black / white flags have been ignored. You must stop at the pits within a fixed number if laps. Black flag with an orange disk. There is a fault on your car that you may not be aware of. It could be damaged bodywork which is in danger of coming off and causing a problem to you or other drivers. It could also be the fact that you are dropping fluid such as oil, coolant or hydraulic fluid. All will reduce grip either to your car or to other drivers. You must stop at your pits and get the problem resolved within a certain number of laps or yo may be given the black flag.

[@HalkerVeil]

I agree about self driving cars. But only in the context of our current road system. It only really works if every single vehicle is a self driving car. And not mixed with pedestrians.

[@colin-op2ty]

Great video ,really opened my eye's on a sport I've been watching my entire life Thank you

[@RTScorp]

Hello... it should be noted that despite the cost limits... they develop technologies and parts in other competitions such as Hypercars (WEC LEMAM and others) and thus "lower" costs in F1.

[@JohnHazelwood58]

As she mentioned e-cars at the end ... since a few years they are racing "Formula E" with e-cars on city tracks, too. It's like a real video-game! The cars have zones where they can charge up their batteries and they can get power-up-boosts, interactive voted by fans and so on. Maybe you want to check out "Formula E", too!? o_O

[@TomH2681]

If you're interested in the technical aspects of F1, I would recommend the channel Driver61 by Scott Mansell (no relation to the world champion Nigel Mansell). You've already seen one of his videos ("When rallying got too fast"). Recommendations from Driver61: - When F1 teams get caught cheating - The 1993 Williams active suspension (so good it was banned) - The F1 car with four pedals (McLaren 1998) - The F1 car with infinite gears - When F1 had massive turbos It's a very good channel if you're a nerd 😀

[@dcanngieter]

Do I love F1? Yes Is F1 the most useless/wasteful form of entertainment? Yes Because of the research and technology used can be put to better things unlike movies

[@RadeticDaniel]

I recommend you check Quadrant's channel video in an F1 driver physical training. Its an association of content creatoes on youtube with Formula 1 driver Lando Norris.

[@RadeticDaniel]

Also recommend the technical videos of Mark Priesley (F1 Elvis) who is an engineer and former mechanic of McLaren F1 team. For rule details and sporting basics you can never go wrong with Chain Bear and his amazing art and sense of humor

[@zucroh]

Cloe is an amazing creator, all her videos are so great and deserve a watch Also she has a video about the Formula E

[@joits]

Would love for you to go into a deep dive on F1 videos. Here's a few I recommend: Formula One Explained by MKBHD: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qWm6eYxpfNqmrpIsi=HQJj_1s9mg1m9Lyo Why The Average Human Couldn't Drive an F1 Car | WIRED kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIfPdpR5p6hmf68si=NttYXUutT0Nzr1l8 What is an F1 Driver's Workload Like Durin a Lap: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i5uXpGNun9WkjsUsi=sMxP6c3s_eUCY9OV How Much is an F1 Car Worth: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6K5dZ5uhdBqbLcsi=ymxi7-jAFwbT8vn1

[@NoProtocol]

Thanks for sending these videos with links (:

[@joits]

@@NoProtocol Oh and one more... one of the craziest incidents in the last few years and since you aren't really interested in Drive to Survive, here's a short clip instead: Grosjean's Insane Fireball Crash kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYqwm6poqM-Lp7csi=XYlHNxxlQnwo7bhM

[@powerkingez9682]

before the cost cap roule mercedes and ferarri was spending about 600-700 million dollars a season so its fairly mental

[@7StringBlazer]

Your timing is wild! I just watched this video from Cleo on Sunday night. F1 is so cool though, pretty much totally different from my main interest in drift cars!

[@markgough6538]

Her other video is even better, she talks with the world champion, sits in the current car and is in a warehouse room surrounded by red bulls historical machines. She is like a kid in a candy store. It's refreshing her showing such interedt as a fan and pretty smart too, like you. Better than zombied out by Kardashians etc and becoming an airhead, Regards from Mark in Australia

[@PresidentScrooge]

The thing about Formula 1 is that its not really that much about racing that makes it entertaining. There are other racing series that are much more exciting to watch purely for the racing itself. Kinda like how 24h of Le Mans also isn't the best endurance discipline (but lots of prestige of course which attracts the best of the best). What makes Formula 1 such a wortwhile watch are several factors: - Racing 'duh - Engineering - Personalities - Gossip and Drama You have to keep in mind its 20 drivers, 10 teams, 10 team principals. All know each other pretty much inside out. Many races against each other in the past in junior series. As a result you dont just watch 11 vs 11 players (or more) with like 20 teams. You have that little circle of drivers and principals with a lot of interpersonal drama, scheming, trying to find loopholes in the rules, etc. It's like Desperate Housewives for men with super fast cars.

[@shadowthief9918]

So when it comes to racing, especially vehicle racing, all of them can be boiled down to 2 types of racing. Either you have a set distance and you race to complete the set distance the fastest or you have a set time frame and you try to go the farthest distance in that set timeframe. Indy car, formula 1, and rally car racing have a set distance or total lap they have to complete the fastest vs an endurance racing like the 24 hour Le Mann race where they have to race for 24 hours and see how many laps they can complete. And from what I understand the Le Mann racing there are are multiple racing going on at the same time where companies are racing prototype cars(where they are racing with parts that they developing/designing and trying out for the first time) and production cars( racing versions of cars you see on the road).

[@Shiftry87]

When she brought up the point that ppl think it could be spend on other things is very true when u look at what the teams did during the Covid lockdown. Look up Project Pitlane and the insane speed the F1 teams was able to restructure there facilitys to not design racing cars but instead aid supplies for hospitals. What they managed to design aswell as massivly improve on in a few weeks would have taken most companys several months if not years to do. What they did and at the speed they did it in is just unheard off.

[@FLStyle]

14:26 I love the idea of self driving cars, all the comfort of public transport and none of the... public

[@kurtnelle]

I love the idea because humans keep getting behind the wheel of a 2 ton machine... drunk. Self Driving seems to be the only way to solve that problem once and for all.

[@sirsancti5504]

I use "public transport". It's boring.

[@viagetty2743]

Imagine the accomplishment of a tin can being able to interpret and navigate it's surroundings and then imagine an idiot being against "the idea"

[@P-M-869]

Plus, the innovations they create to win and protect the driver eventually ends up in the cars we drive.

[@FLStyle]

This channel by Cleo Abram does in fact have a Formula E video if you're interested in continuing this line of videos

[@NoProtocol]

Thank you! I’ll have to check it out

[@krinord]

"How a Formula 1 Race Car Works" by Animagraffs is brilliant (Though the design philosophy has changed now to Ground effect design to produce the majority of downforce as per the regulations or the "formula") And "Adrian Newey's Formula 1 Design SECRETS" by Driver61 a video about the most aerodynamicist, designer and technical director in Formula 1 history Those 2 videos are really good for people with an interest in the science of F1

[@JPVLDRodrigues]

I'm Portuguese. I grew up with F1. It's glorious.

[@zawilious]

more Rally videos plzz

[@mikza29_]

One thing that she didn't talk about is, wich is very important, apart for going in depth of the aerodynamic and component stuff, is the tyre strategy that each team has to come up with during every race, considering the characteristics of each track (for example: the type of surface, more rugged or smooth; or if its an high speed of low speed corner track). Every one has access to a 3 sets of every type of tyre: Soft - medium - Hard - intermidet - wet. During a race every driver has to pit at lest once during the race and change the type of tyre mix. So, they have to do a pitstop where a crew has to work best to be quicker as possible as evey second counts to stay in fornt of your opponent. Also Tyre management is a thing, as if you degradate too much you're tyre you can loose up to 1 second per lap wich means an eternity in f1 terms. Sorry for the length, but I thought she missed an hugely important matter regarding this... As always, nice video though. :) And forza Ferrari!

[@NoProtocol]

So much more goes into that than I would have imagined! I’ll look for a video on it

[@Isleofskye]

@@NoProtocol Over to Bahrain where Max leads from Lewis.Midway through: It's Max from Lewis and at The Chequered Flag ................................it's still Max from Lewis(though a driver, nearly, did pass another driver on Lap 34). Now repeat, for, almost, every Grand Prix, every year with only the names of the major drivers changing..zzzzzzzzzzzz

[@jonathanalderman7705]

DRS usually happens when the car behind is less than 1 sec from the car infront, it makes for better overtaking speed and a better race.

[@davebcf1231]

Not usually, always. You only get DRS if you're one second or less behind the car in front. It's a hugely flawed system that has led to most passes being really boring "DRS passes." Indycar has a much better system. They get push to pass. For each race they all start with a certain amount of push to pass and they can choose when to use it in the race, so cars can use it to attack, but also to defend. Getting someone to use up more of their push to pass to keep you behind can leave them vulnerable later, etc. It leads to way better racing and more strategy involved.

[@321drum]

I went to Watkins glen in New York 1980 the last year they raced f1 cars there

[@stuarthumphrey1787]

Been watching F1 since the '70s. Absolutely love it

[@Isleofskye]

Over to Bahrain where Max leads from Lewis.Midway through: It's Max from Lewis and at The Chequered Flag ................................it's still Max from Lewis(though a driver, nearly, did pass another driver on Lap 34). Now repeat, for, almost, every Grand Prix, every year with only the names of the major drivers changing..zzzzzzzzzzzz

[@XFactOG]

“What about Hollywood” was my favorite part

[@omargraham8591]

10:49 to be technical RBR is the reverse. The product and everything else is to support the racing

[@Isleofskye]

Over to Bahrain where Max leads from Lewis.Midway through: It's Max from Lewis and at The Chequered Flag ................................it's still Max from Lewis(though a driver, nearly, did pass another driver on Lap 34). Now repeat, for, almost, every Grand Prix, every year with only the names of the major drivers changing..zzzzzzzzzzzz

[@Jonw8222]

Go back around 10 or 15 years ago, it was more than double for the top teams. The teams at the back would spend less, but it was basically a spending battle between top manufacturers from around the world. Toyota is one example of a team that spent huge amounts but still never won anything (so they left). Similar with Honda. Ferrari, McLaren (paired with Mercedes) were the biggest spenders that would actually win something. Redbull bought Jaguar's old team and Merc bought Honda's old team.. and it's those three (Ferrari, Merc and RB) that have been the top performers in the last 10 years. The budget cap has given the smaller teams more of a chance but it's still the same names at the front. The Japanese teams showed that it's not money alone that helps you win. But when you have skilled engineers and a well organised team, money obviously helps.

[@RobCoops]

The budget cap is the formal on paper cost cap. But look at redbull who have and in part are still building an engine development and production operation. That is not part of the 140M budget nor was their brand new state of the art windtunnel for testing full sized xars in for instance. There are a lot of ways the rich teams find creative ways to deal with the cost cap. Keeping in mind that the big three teams Ferarri, Mercedes and Redbull are getting the lionsshare of the F1 profits which allows them a lot more freedom to spend spend spend which they most certainly do.

[@FlankerB3]

you should check out weird F1 car design videos like the six wheel Tyrell (two pairs in the front) on Williams (two rear) pairs, or even when Ferrari did something similar by double stacking wheels in the rear like a cargo truck or a bus.

[@FlankerB3]

also the story of Brawn GP the team that existed for one season and won both championship titles.

[@chargeriderepeat7024]

Love your content and that jumper...but F1 makes watching paint dry twice look exciting.

[@hamster1zombie170]

Ok @No Protocol - you need to do a video on why you dont like the idea of "self driving cars" please... Thanks

[@Isleofskye]

Oh ! Lotd, thank you for making me born in London,70 years ago where we had freedom and control over our movements....:)

[@markherrick2180]

The biggest difference to US motorsports is first of all the money. For instance, a front wing on a F! car costs around 180000 dollars. So if they were to bunch up the cars with excessive safety car phases to bunch the pack up like in the US, it would be extremely cost intense. F1 cars are pure performance.

[@D25Bev]

Unfortunately, as someone that hasn't missed a qualifying session or race in almost 25yrs.. the cars, the racing, track choice & overall enjoyment of Formula 1 has only gradually declined over that time. WEC, IMSA, WRC & MotoGP are all better these days.

[@TheAlja]

Could you maybe elaborate further your stance on self driving cars? Maybe in a future car related video. Humans make mistakes, get intoxicated, get distracted, get tired or just old and slow, computers don't. I would feel much safer if cars were controlled by logical computers than by unpredictable humans.

[@opperbuil]

For good memes around F1, the 'Troll F1' channel regularly posts the ones viewers sent in. Could be nice to react to, even if it's just for April's fool's day.

[@DavidCubie1]

I dont know if americans just didnt watch F1 or that is just you haha. In Europe that what you do on Sunday over lunch. Especially the old era, with old legends and better sounding engines. My childhood.

[@grac3fuIIy]

Cleos content is amazing! Definitely should react to more videos

[@agentsus9681]

The biggest teams used to have runaway spending issues, up to $400M, thats why the FIA introduced the cost cap.

[@Senrabekim]

Efficiency is huge in F1, I think if electric technology was currently more efficient they would use it. FE is fun, but it's way slower, and it is somewhat humorous watching most of the cars not finish the race because they run out of juice. But that brings me to another aspect of the difference, up until this year Formula E drove to a time limit of 45 minutes, now it is a lap number but still well under the number that F1 finishes, for example F1 runs 78 laps at Monaco, while Formula E manages 29. In neither spec is refueling or recharging allowed. The Formula E cars Weigh considerably more than F1 cars, even though F1 has been getting heavier and heavier with the specs over the last several years; with F1 cars having a minimum weight of 798kg with driver and Formula E is currently at 840kg with driver. The power units are completely insane in F1 though, these things are unreal. 1.6 liter turbocharged v-6 hybrids, over one thousand horsepower revving to 15,000 rpm. Now this next number is going to sound terrible compared to your daily but remember that this is race conditions at over 200 mph, F1 cars get 8 mpg during races. This is still more efficient than Formula E cars pushing half the power, especially with the carbon cost of the batteries' production figured in. I am excited to see the next step in F1 engine regs in 2026, carbon free fuel, it's going to be bonkers, whatever it is.

[@shantodas8184]

bigger teams used to spend around 500-600 mills every year and it was kinda unfair to the teams that are not as rich. that is why the budget cap was introduced primarily

[@ferchrissakes]

I enjoy F1 from much the same perspective as Cleo, i.e. for all the engineering (and sometimes the ingenious _cheating_ that engineers dream up), and while I do prefer to see particular drivers win over others I don’t have much brand/manufacturer attachment. But either of those aspects alone can be reason enough to follow it: cars, drivers, manufacturers. Reason to _not_ follow is something Cleo _didn’t_ mention, which is how F1 is very much used for “sportswashing” by nations who want a PR boost or just distraction from their less ethical practices. Pay a bunch of money, build a squiggly track, and you too can be the proud host of a few days worth of glitz and glamor, and maybe your human rights abuses wIll get drowned out. Also, I think F1 team bosses and actual dictators just have a lot in common; you probably have to have an outsized ego and be a quasi-psychopath to hold either job. So yeah, F1 is also ugly and _filled_ with horrible people. All of which is a shame, because, again from my personal point of view, the technology is incredible, and occasionally a gifted _and_ one of the few sympathetic-seeming drivers win (or at least the non-sympathetic ones don’t) and it’s a lot of fun

[@jeffjaeger739]

Nope, I'm not into the idea of self-driving cars, either. it seems like a simple glitch in the software could cause an accident. or the software could get hacked, and we'd have a new form of terrorism to worry about. there was (I think) and episode of Elementary where a self-driving car got hacked and was used to kill the passenger (although I can't seem to find anything on it, right now).

[@mallockracer]

As a life long F1 fan and amateur racer, I would look up Jim Clark son of a Scottish sheep farmer, humble, shy, but regarded by his peers and those that know to be the most naturally talented F1 driver or even the best all round racing driver of all time, the real... Top Gear did a great tribute to him...A book to read is How to build a car by Adrian Newey when it comes to techy stuff and the more human element The Mechanics Tale but Steve Matchett. I remember in about 2002-2003 the Ferrari budget including driver wages was north of 900 million.

[@ferchrissakes]

Can recommend “the logistics of F1” by Wendover here on KZbin. As much as I think F1 is neat, the scale of the thing can be hard to fathom and, frankly, to justify. Like learning that your favorite film spent millions cutting down a forest because it was the wrong color or something. Feels excessive, even if the result is enjoyable.

[@666Wizardsleeve]

Thou art still my favourite person reacting to stuff. I also enjoy learning about things. Formula 1 is not my bag, but I totally love MotoGP. So I get how people can say “I don’t get MotoGP, I love Formula 1” or Nascar, or whatever floats your particular boat. I also loved the comment about the engineering and being driven by “nerds”. If a nerd is a person who is so passionate and committed to something that they deem that more important than ensuring that they are, at all times, appropriately clothed in garments that their peers (who avidly watch what other people are wearing) approve of, and only listen to similarly peer-approved music, then sign me up as a proud, card carrying, flag waving, passionate and committed Nerd. I totally agree about not looking forward to self-driving or autonomous cars. Even though a huge percentage of human drivers are absolute morons, a larger percentage are not. And the percentage of people who would be ambivalent about running someone over would be minuscule. Can’t expect that from a computer! Love your work.

[@TheApilas]

I goot hooked on F1 back in 1977 when I was 4 years old 😅

[@dutchyjhome]

Formula E indeed is based upon all electric race vehicles. But hold on here...: Electric battery vehicles... So how "clean" are those Electric Vehicles (EV's) to begin with..? Well when we're talking straight up normal consumer EV's then: at the time of production all EV's have such a huge Carbon Footprint that the first owner whom basically orders this EV, will have to drive this EV for at least 100.000 Miles just to get break even Pollution wise spoken, with a more or less comparable fossil gas car (Internal Combustion Engine car --> ICE car) and you may have to ask yourself where all of this electricity comes from an EV uses during it's life: Mostly Cole Energy Plants an Nuclear Energy Plants, oh yeah and a very little contribution by Solar and Wind Green energy. So an EV creates an enormous amount of pollution at production/assembly, when in use as a Cole/Nuke car and at the end of it's cycle at disassembly since old batteries are heavy polluting. So yeah it is safe to say that EV's are part of the Emission problem and they are absolutely not part of the solution. The HICE cars however can be, sine a HICE car only produces H2O as a exhaust emission product. Now what is a HICE car..? Hydrogen Internal Combustion Engine Car. Of course based upon running on Green Hydrogen, then and only then the HICE cars are as free of emissions as can be. So a HICE car running on Gray Hydrogen is as bad as running a car on fossil fuels. All other forms of Hydrogen except Green Hydrogen (coming from wind and Solar energy only) are increasingly bad. Different color tables of Hydrogen can be found on the internet.

[@juliusperseus8612]

I think It would be Great to Have a Similar Video for Rallye.

[@bucketslash11]

you should check out Le Mans 2016 ending, it's quite possibly the most dramatic ending ever to the 24 hours of Le Mans

[@Phaevryn]

Given how clueless, preoccupied, texting, dumb or just problematic a lot of people on the roads are, I really DO see a future for self driving cars but I feel the infrastructure needs to be adjusted to it and it needs to be standardized. That's going tot take a few years but in 10-12 years this could easily become the norm.

[@marcanderson8669]

Drive through penalty: This can be very costly for a team in tems of position for that race. It means the penalized driver has to drive through the pit area at the pit speed limit once during that race. Time penalties are usually more severe, but a drive through can also cost the driver the race. When the penalty is completed is up to the team, so a certain amount of strategy can come into play in the same way a joker lap in rallycross does.

[@coast2coast00]

A drive through penalty is 22-28 seconds depending on the track, time penalties are 5 or 10 seconds.

[@highfunctioningsociopath4761]

Drive To Survive isn't a reality show, but a documentary series. The subject matter would still be continuing to taking place as it has for many decades, regardless of whether the show was being made or not (which, as the genre indicates, is documenting it). And it's a very good series, interesting even if you're not into F1.

[@zHawkC]

DtS over sensationalises lots of stuff like reality TV and doesn't cover the season in a coherent, documentary type style. As a long time F1 viewer I found DtS more annoying than interesting and gave up on it. The more you follow F1 the more obvious the flaws.

[@highfunctioningsociopath4761]

Fair enough.

[@davebcf1231]

No, it's absolutely reality TV. They use deceptive editing to create storylines, drama and rivalries that don't actually exist. It's done more to hurt the sport than help. The new "fans" it has drawn in are fans of drama, not motorsports. Most will quickly lose interest and move on to the next fad as soon as the show ends. From the perspective of Liberty Media (owners of F1) it's been a big win because it's obviously made them lots of money, but for long time F1 fans it's an annoying reality TV show that pushes drama instead of informing people about what's really going on in the sport.

[@cupid_stunt7414]

Maybe try a video called "F1 pit stop in 2 seconds : An in depth analysis"

[@vaudevillian7]

Guy Martin has done some interesting F1 shows

[@Vendrix86]

the video didn't really do a gj explaining about the structure of the sport, the hierarchy and how the drivers even end up in F1. I know there are tiers (F3 for example) and none of this was mentioned. This was more about the F1 cars than anything. I personally do like the idea of self-driving cars. Eliminates tired or bad drivers and in the long run would reduce accidents drastically, plus you can go to sleep! The only possible downside I could think of is eventually no one would know how to drive in the future so if you're stuck on the side of the highway you'd have to wait for a self-driving tow truck to haul you away.

[@FlankerB3]

I think the game Watch Dogs 2 gave a good take on self driving cars in some conditions - Kobayashi Maru type scenarios when loss of life is unaviodable. Which life is AI driven car going to spare!? In game inventors decided for "life score" system. That reminds me of that The Orville episode (Majority Rule).

[@RadeticDaniel]

Formula-e has the same car body for all teams, with each of them developing their own engines. Their objective was to race in city streets and improve battery efficiency over time