Formula One Side Dampers Explained

[@Porsche996TT]

More of these videos please.

[@andy-dt7to]

erm, this doesn't explain anything about how they work. It just goes over what the dampers are, that they can be adjusted or set up differently and where they go in the car. But no explanation of how 'side' dampers work.

[@candykanefpv]

andy it's a mass that vibrates to create a negative feedback loop for vibrations. Look at how they're used in skyscrapers and you'll understand the basics of it.

[@andy-dt7to]

@@candykanefpv I know how dampers work. But this video does nothing to explain how side dampers work in an f1 car.

[@candykanefpv]

well obviously they're not going to go into the detailed intricasies of how they work because things like that are always kept secret.

[@BrandonKent136]

@@candykanefpv thats a different kind of damper.... take a vibrations course

[@candykanefpv]

@@BrandonKent136 yes, but the principle is the exact same. ya fuckin muppet

[@billyindiarto7209]

Help us ChainBearF1

[@BoleDaPole]

Nice try chainbair

[@SachaSommer]

The Music is very annoying and completely unnecessary in my opinion.

[@doylehenry8209]

F1 cars are awesome 👏🏾

[@maurizioarrivabene8182]

The f1 suspensions are insane. Not only does it need to work at low speeds, but also at high speeds where the downforce pushes it down and the car doesnt lose rideheight. For example in eau rouge, where 3,500 kg push the car down. Also under braking the car cant lean forward. But it also needs to be compliant over kerbs, and it has to work in corners aswell. F1 is the pinnacle of motorsports

[@wingracer1614]

When people talk about high speed vs low speed damping, they are not talking about the speed of the car. They mean the rate of acceleration in the suspension. Slamming into a curb in a low speed corner is a high speed acceleration for the damper. The roll the car experiences entering a high speed corner is a low speed acceleration for the damper. To put it more simply: high speed damping is for bumps, low speed damping is for roll, pitch, heave and warp. Dealing with downforce at varying vehicle speeds is not really the job of the dampers. That's handled more by the springs and suspension geometry.

[@maurizioarrivabene8182]

@@wingracer1614 yes, i know, i just said that. I specifically talked about the f1 suspension. But thanks for clarifying for the people that dont know...?!

[@Ducksauce33]

More Scarbs please.

[@f1news675]

This people really know about F1

[@sik59rt]

is that adjustable damper used to get a good baseline during testing before a non-adjustable unit is installed for quali/race?

[@takumi121212]

Great video thanks for this upload

[@Ducksauce33]

It would make sense they get there dampers from oval track racing companies like Penske. Knowing how important and finely tuned there suspensions must be in comparison. Just let them do all the hard work and buy it from them. If you look in any NASCAR teams garage they got walls full of shocks. They are one of the few things they really can play around with on the cars and during the race.

[@mancheetah5610]

please don't compare f1 to nascar

[@Ducksauce33]

Please don't be a shit starter

[@insertname8889]

James Tarver Why not? Don't tell me "Because NASCAR is shit" or "Because F1 is more complicate"

[@wingracer1614]

Dampers are one of the few areas that is not tightly controlled by the regulations in both NASCAR and Indy. Penske saw this as an opportunity to get an advantage by making his own dampers. The end result is that Penske are some of the best you can get for any racing series in the world. They are not alone of course. Many F1 teams, even if they make a lot of the parts themselves, partner with the likes of Ohlins.

[@rjanzen3810]

fyi.. if you can't grasp the simplest grammar difference between "their" and "there", you will lose any credibilty with most readers here straight away.

[@ryanm.6947]

Really wish they did a better job on this. Always love seeing this stuff get attention. If I get back into vlogging I'll probably pick up where they left off for one of the episodes.

[@clutchyfinger]

Generally, the higher the Downforce on the balance of the car, the more load the dampers are set to handle and be able to rebound, keeping the car stable over bumps, and not having the wheels lose contact patch. (Rebound always has more energy than the actual damping) Something easy to picture is to imagine a spring attached to the wheel and it is too floppy to keep what is on top of the wheel from moving everywhere, so you stiffen the spring and add something that will absoarb all the newton meters of force of what is making everything move when cornering or over bumps. F1 cars use more dampers than a regular car to stop the floor from moving vertically and scraping along the ground due to the load of air pushing down. It is a fine blance, that teams like Williams may just get wrong one year, and be completely useless, because there is something un-harmonious with the load of N/m going through the front vs the rear. Whether it be the loss of weight of the air mid corner, or in the suspension.

[@dbaider9467]

Hiya Autosport - where can the rest of this conversation be accessed?

[@MrRacs1]

Great video! More about suspension please!

[@christianguzman8228]

I like when Tom Hanks uses his british voice.

[@DucatiKozak]

Always great videos, Peter & Scarbs! But how can you make a suspension vid and NOT mention the suppliers. I'll start with (one of) the best - Multimatic! A Canadian co. whose suspension division is headquartered in UK and has supplied many F1 teams (& other levels of racing).

[@andrewjackson4773]

People in the comments keep mentioning music while I'm over here thinking there was a little cat in the office.

[@mjk302]

So it works in reverse to suspension with suspension 👍

[@Gabriarq]

No explanation found in the video

[@alext8828]

Most misunderstood element in a vehicle. IMO.

[@Phos9]

He mentioned the inerter, they seem odd to me, like they’re trying to increase the moment of their unsprung weight.

[@OussamaErraji]

If you can't wait for a video here is a good engineering explanation of inerters, aka J-Dampers in F1: www.racecar-engineering.com/articles/f1/understanding-the-j-damper/

[@marcgoodman4561]

Is there music? wtf

[@lost_valley]

Lewis Hamilton said after Spa that Ferraris was using "tricks". I'd love to know what he meant by that.

[@Phillguy]

WHAT DOES IT DO? YOU DID NOT EXPLAIN WHAT SPECIFICALLY WHAT A SIDE DAMPER DOES!

[@xXUnoriginalNameXx33Meygaera]

WTB more chain bear.

[@LChem1]

How about a side Pamper? To go with the halo and soon to be full skirts and bonnets. Then kotex will sponsor F1. Can't be too safe, 2 deaths since 1994

[@mukyv1]

More scarbs less weird music please