How do F1 Wheel Covers Work?

[@Driver61]

I'm kinda getting used to these now - what do you think? *Don't forget to subscribe*

[@lucascabini3686]

absolutely love it!!!

[@Certihenry]

@@lucascabini3686 ayooo

[@A-BYTE64]

It looks rubish, especially tyres

[@zaphy6342]

ruins the entire look of the car for me, but the bots seem to love them

[@jessicalacasse6205]

those rules change make hard for normal people to get in ...(look soccer why so popular every can get it in few sec)they come like a goverment(fun police) and f it all up trying to gain a little...( if they didnt put those rules we would had under car downforce in 1980 and we would have evolved but we now doing backward tech to get forward cuz someone didn t like the visual of a car at one time ....

[@xb70valkyriech]

Would've loved to see the cfd of the 2022 cars both with and without wheel covers for comparison

[@blank7467]

Lol sry ur comment was fucked by a bot

[@anidiotinaracingcar4874]

Wait, what? And make the video relevant!?

[@lobozlato11tj]

I was waiting for this and it never came.

[@alunesh12345]

@@blank7467 Believe in JESUS today, confess and repent of your sins. No one goes to heaven for doing good but by believing in JESUS who died for our sins. Hell isn't fun. GOD loves you soo much unconditionally.😍😚😍❤

[@mingc4698]

@@blank7467 how come the bot comment stays at top? 🤔

[@DaveWeston]

I'm surprised how little has been done by the teams to integrate them into their livery. Mercedes have their AMG logo, Mclaren have a splash of blue and [finally] it's revealed Alfa Romeo have something that matches the rest of their livery, rather than urban camo! Would have loved to see Williams put copper coloured covers on to match their Duracell sponsorship. And zero excuse for Alpha Tauri not to have gone white, after being the only car with white rims last year.

[@malharcarvalho10]

The fan made liveries which were floating around all winter had wheel covers 10x better than the ones we actually got. Smh

[@styren2815]

Probably cause paint increases weight. Might sound petty, but every gram counts in F1 😂

[@mingc4698]

Wouldn’t it be cool if some team do those spinner text thing.. when the wheel up to certain speed and it present a logo or text or some image.. and when they fully stop.. is just Dots everywhere

[@evann5451]

White on those rims would have looked awful

[@LilSebastian_]

Speaking about grams you reminded me to smoke some old toby, “the finest pipe weed in south farthing” - Gandalf

[@blademan7671]

One of the coolest things about F1 was always the glowing brake discs. Covers eliminate that. I wish they could have made spec wheels and covers, while giving us the view to the brake discs. Remember the McLaren with the rear wheel braking? ;)

[@bocahdongo7769]

We can stick LED and will display their team director's head rolling around Much better, modern, and future than glowing disk contraption

[@bkalinic]

No one really ever commented that much on those discs, but I agree that they look cool

[@senorspahrtan]

The brakes have been obscured for years with brake ducts. It’s been rarer and rarer so see glowing brakes. This is something that hasn’t been commonplace for a decade or more.

[@grandmasterplank]

Great video, really clear insight. But they still look terrible. These new cars looks superb, but would look even better if we could see the new much larger wheels, and not these hideous wheel covers. Just look at the photos of the cars being wheeled out of the trucks without the covers on, amazing. The FIA have missed a big trick here.

[@PozzaPizz]

Man the flat wheels look amazing dude

[@alunesh12345]

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[@bocahdongo7769]

You can stick LED and showing team director's or F1 Driver's head rolling around. It's much cooler, future, and improve drag than open wheel. It's F1 duh

[@shreypatel6401]

Don't judge the book by its cover 😀

[@miicar204]

@@bocahdongo7769 i had the same thought. do animations for sponsors and stuff!

[@johantrejo_]

I’m curious whether teams will suffer from brakes overheating more often

[@alunesh12345]

Believe in JESUS today, confess and repent of your sins. No one goes to heaven for doing good but by believing in JESUS who died for our sins. Hell isn't fun. GOD loves you soo much unconditionally.😍😚🍂😍❤

[@ventzp2133]

@@alunesh12345 If doing good isn't the right intention... I'm afraid you'll be horribly upset with your tickets to the afterlife

[@rodolfo6reyes640]

They have brake ducts now, so I don't think so

[@artskeohnaad]

@@rodolfo6reyes640 They had brake ducts before. Only for the front brake ducts, the allowed diameter is increased from 278 mm to 325-330 mm. The diameter of the back brake ducts is still 275-280 mm. Therefor, I'm also wondering if the cooling is sufficient this year

[@rodolfo6reyes640]

@@artskeohnaad still, the majority of the cooling is done by the air coming from the air ducts, so I don't think it will be a problem.

[@JsDs1020]

F1: increases rim size to make them more akin to what is on high performance road cars. Also F1: cover those suckers up so they look like the steelies on a 2002 golf diesel.

[@daandesanders4282]

But if the static covers are better, why not make that a spec part.

[@canepaper967]

good question

[@lucascabini3686]

amazing video as always, thanks and let's go on like this, always love when your videos come out!!!

[@FarrYaweh]

When these cars were released first thought in my mind was "2009" There's a lot of similarities. Remember how crazy the cars looked in 2008? with all the sticky outtie bits as Brundle used to say. We had a very similar thing going on with the bargeboards on the last generation of cars. Curious to see if we'll see the same kind of shakeup 2009 had. With the previous years top contenders unable to really compete for wins.

[@spoolindsm127]

Oh is that where Sam gets "sticky uppy bits" from?

[@FarrYaweh]

@@spoolindsm127 Exactly.

[@simonbyrne1182]

The new cars look great overall and I'm genuinely excited for the new season to start for the first time in years. However I love a nice alloy wheel and I think the cars would look absolutely stunning without these covers. I understand the reasons for them but they don't half look odd.

[@LilSebastian_]

These new cars look like golf carts. They suck.

[@simonbyrne1182]

@@LilSebastian_ some flashy golf courses you've been to! 🤣

[@kizmetmars]

With all the out wash being pointed up, I can't wait to see this years rooster tails.

[@alunesh12345]

Believe in JESUS today, confess and repent of your sins. No one goes to heaven for doing good but by believing in JESUS who died for our sins. Hell isn't fun. GOD loves you soo much unconditionally.😍😚🍂😍❤

[@vladimirzakrevski3157]

@@alunesh12345 but is Jesus a Merc or Ferrari man?

[@alaeriia01]

@@vladimirzakrevski3157 Jesus is a Giovinazzi fan, so He currently supports Alfa Romeo.

[@vladimirzakrevski3157]

@@alaeriia01 there is wisdom in your words

[@davidbrown8517]

All the wheel covers are manufactured by Red Bull and they have the ability to have LED lights.

[@amirbasssystem]

How about wings?

[@F1ll1nTh3Blanks]

By RBAT to be specific?

[@F1ll1nTh3Blanks]

Is Aston the only team using LED?

[@artnull13]

Aside from the fact the video specifically says BBS are making the wheel covers

[@justmy-profilename]

@@artnull13 BBS produces the rims, but Red Bull the wheel covers.

[@TheWookiee1977]

Back in 2009, I was still a new fan of F1, and I was actually under the impression that the wheel covers were part of the KERS system. 😅 It's funny to me that it took me almost 13 years to find out that they weren't.

[@TillURide420]

How did brawn do it without having the front wheel cover spin? That’s super dee duper totes magotes and rectal itch makes for a good dinner snack

[@obiwankenobi7154]

I live near the HAAS hq, and there were numerous reports of missing trash bin covers. I wonder why 🤔?

[@alimantado373]

Be careful of cluster bombs living so close! :)

[@aobrien2]

Wasn't a big fan but they look better than pre 2010s Citroen Saxo drivers Halfords membership card versions and even if we don't like the visual hopefully we'll love the effect.

[@coolthought8456]

I think having F1 is brilliant in making this wheel cover as a spec part to force the team not to spend money on its development while having its intended purpose of cleaning up the side and back air of the F1 car to encourage overtaking. As usual, your explanation are both insightful and brilliant and I really enjoy them.

[@Z3DZ3R0]

@Driver61 I usually watch all youtube videos at a faster speed but here I could not keep up at normal speed due to the fast switching frames. Please leave the frames a bit longer on screen so the viewer can actually see something on the photos and not be like pointless flashing images in a music video. Thanks! Great content overall.

[@tashriquekarriem8865]

2009 cars to me was so beautiful they look so clean uncluttered and elegant😍

[@alunesh12345]

Believe in JESUS today, confess and repent of your sins. No one goes to heaven for doing good but by believing in JESUS who died for our sins. Hell isn't fun. GOD loves you soo much unconditionally.😍😚🍂😍❤

[@dundermifflinity]

@@alunesh12345 take it elsewhere

[@alimantado373]

2007, mad aero bullhorns, F wing etc those cars looked like fighter jets, my favourite period for F1 Aero.

[@starby1243]

I honestly think 2009 cars are ugly

[@starby1243]

@@alimantado373 I absolutely loved the BMW aero... Amazing stuff

[@austinformica7246]

I'm a new fan to F1 and love learning more about the sport. This channel is just fantastic. Thank you for the quality content.

[@caio5987]

Didn’t they get rid of them due to safety? I remember in that era there was a lot of incidents where the cover would interfere with the wheel change during the pit stops and cars would be released without the wheel being properly attached

[@omursaraslan6316]

Such a pity we won't see those iconic rims at 18".

[@alunesh12345]

Believe in JESUS today, confess and repent of your sins. No one goes to heaven for doing good but by believing in JESUS who died for our sins. Hell isn't fun. GOD loves you soo much unconditionally.😍😚🍂😍❤

[@squabbbb]

I'm sure we will at some point, odds on someone's wheel covers pop off after a bump

[@omursaraslan6316]

@@squabbbb I want open wheels back :(

[@ap9970]

Surely Renault went with "If you can't beat them, crash"

[@galadrhim1]

In the 80s, my mom had fake wire wheel hub caps. I'd like to see those in F1. :)

[@Rob-bt7io]

Can't await the first rainy race, where we probably will see all these new aerodynamic features, especially the updraft at the end of the car.

[@squabbbb]

Check out day 3 of Barcelona testing. They chucked down some water to emulate wet track conditions and you can see the outwash in action

[@bobclarke5913]

Great vid! Though I hope they don't live up and are banned again. I just don't like hubcaps on racecars.

[@alunesh12345]

Believe in JESUS today, confess and repent of your sins. No one goes to heaven for doing good but by believing in JESUS who died for our sins. Hell isn't fun. GOD loves you soo much unconditionally.😍😚🍂😍❤

[@darthkrator9366]

I want to see them with the 18 deep wheels they look so bad ass

[@TimmyTheSnail]

The neon Brawn wheel covers are iconic and nothing less!

[@alimantado373]

DoubDiffuser... they were lucky to get away with it :)

[@TimmyTheSnail]

@@alimantado373 huh?

[@OmDahake]

This was a question that I really wanted to know but no one would care much about Thanks for explaining

[@sosexyimsexy134]

*Only for fans over 18 years old* girl in perfect BODY G BUNNYGIRLSS.SITE ❤️ cup milk god & perfect erotic body constriction god Toro face transcendent beautiful sister like a famous model tricks I do not know Megan: "Hotter" Hopi: "Sweeter" Joonie: "Cooler" Yoongi: "Butter So with toy and his tricks, do not read it to him that he writes well mamon there are only to laugh for a while and not be sad and stressed because of the hard life that is lived today. Köz karaş: '' Taŋ kaldım '' Erinder: '' Sezimdüü '' Jılmayuu: '' Tattuuraak '' Dene: '' Muzdak '' Jizn, kak krasivaya melodiya, tolko pesni pereputalis. Aç köz arstan Bul ukmuştuuday ısık kün bolçu, jana arstan abdan açka bolgon. Uyunan çıgıp, tigi jer-jerdi izdedi. Al kiçinekey koyondu wins taba algan. Al bir az oylonboy koyondu karmadı. '' Bul koyon menin kursagımdı toyguza albayt '' dep oylodu arstan. Arstan koyondu öltüröyün dep jatkanda, bir kiyik tigi tarapka çurkadı. Arstan aç köz bolup kaldı. Kiçine koyondu emes, çoŋ kiyikti jegen jakşı dep oylodu. # 垃圾 They are one of the best concerts, you can not go but just seeing them from the screen, I know it was surprising 💗❤️💌💘

[@ManoloSeFue]

Another spot to put on a ad decal.

[@christianhorner001]

Good video. No BS, no clickbaits, no begging. 👍

[@MarcusLindblomSonestedt78]

So no glowing brake disks anymore? :(

[@Armunn01]

The wheel covers make the F1 cars look like they are running around on space-saver spares. All they need is to be painted yellow with a speed rating on them and they would look perfect on any Commodore or Falcon in a Bunnings carpark doing donuts on a Friday night

[@sawtoothspike]

Nice to see Reference to F1 Technical. Been on that site for like 20 years, such a great forum. Hopefully Steve see's this video

[@kevinyuqiwang9307]

it would be more illustrative and substantive to have the CFD comparisons side-by-side and briefly explain what the color scale represents

[@vladimirzakrevski3157]

Try to make cars easier to over take FIA: got it, make em long, wide, and heavy

[@WyFoster]

Now that we are using so much under body aero, how poor do you think visibility will be in rain races?

[@phillspearsfish]

Amazing videos as always but a pause and highlight of the areas of effect would be lovely for noobs like myself. Thank you so much for your videos they are always enlightening! :-)

[@GrrMeister]

*Thinking about getting a set for my Fiat Punto !*

[@dunkothesmart]

1:28 idk i dont really pay attention to f1 outside of your videos, but i think what yall have said over and over again is that the FIA dance is to protest other teams' changes while simultaneously developing their own version, so i guess it just doesnt seem that surprising that renault did the same for wheel covers.

[@Jorchicca]

Knight Rider did this back in 1982

[@2811JPR]

0:35 That car is absolutely stunning.

[@imal3x387]

in the wet you can see how much is lifting the air but again:)), in the wet is creating much more turbulence and lifting the humidity in front of the next cars==> less visibility for the next drivers(just a theory i think)

[@Aw3some98]

What happened to the digital wheel covers that were shown off the infographics on them?

[@augustinep6193]

The spec covers look like some cheap steel rims you'd put on the car for winter driving.

[@jockellis]

That 1990 Ferrari is the most beautiful F1 car ever, IMHO. They could put headlights on the fenders like old English cars and run races without overhead lighting.

[@danyb97]

This season there are lots of knowns and I kinda like it because nobody knows who will be the best 👌🏼

[@jayhow997]

They're also larger now for the larger wheel so should be more beneficial than previous sizes.

[@charlesjmouse]

So... are you required to run wheel covers? I could imagine a situation where a team went all-in for qualifying performance to get to the front, but without wheel covers. An aerodynamic hit that might be more than offset by making your car much harder to overtake. Dirty? Indeed, but sadly when have F1 teams ever played fair?

[@1hajimata]

Sorry but I’m relatively new to F1 and I’ve seen some cars with LED displays on the wheel covers. Are those going to be on the 2022 cars? And what would they be used for?

[@osks]

Very nicely done!

[@thisisben3593]

They look a he'll of a lot better than I thought they would, that display car was a horror show. I'm starting to like these F1 cars the most

[@stevegabbert9626]

Frankly, I didn't even notice the covers, probably because I'm used to seeing them on sprint cars. But what I did notice are the tire/wheel brows, or whatever they're called. What are their functions?

[@blxtothis]

Oh boy, overtaking affected by spinning wheels? Can’t wait for the first hover car to be introduced!

[@thebbbrain]

Would be interesting if they could've used the wheels to create a suction thru and inward to cool the brakes, then duct direct that air to the barge area for further treatment...but alas we have covers

[@piyushsahurkar9362]

Hey, heard about porpoising in the F1 testing recently, I had a question,. Indycars uses ground effect to create down force alongside wings. And they reach a much higher top speed in straights, but they never seemed to have suffered from this problem before, how and why ??

[@GuidoHaverkort]

They probably did suffer it but they fixed it already. I heard that it's not really that hard to solve and all teams are expected to have fixed this before the first race. But i'm not sure

[@tyler_bt3326]

The Indycar’s downforce isn’t as ground effect reliant as these cars, so the wings still do a good amount of the work to keep the car glued down

[@ingendukjennerv2198]

@@GuidoHaverkort your right it is not a difficult problem to solve outright but is tricky to solve without sacrificing performance

[@RB26N]

heave damping and springs (aka 3rd springs) , along with bumpstop....problem solved. Someone correct me if i'm wrong, the 3rd springs are banned now for stupid reasons so they are most likely stuck on using stiffer corners springs and corners bumps which probably hurts corners quite bit.

[@piyushsahurkar9362]

@@RB26N thanks for that bit of info

[@max.racing]

Old F1 cars looked and sounded so much better. I miss the old rims from BBS.

[@Noone-jn3jp]

I thought this actually meant covers for the tyre, like a canvas cover to keep debris off the good rubber, The thumbnail makes the covered wheel look bigger. They do use like bags on the whole wheel right?

[@BeastMastery]

Do i smell burning breaks if the weather is hot?

[@DamienAlexander]

Lol 80% of the comments are bots

[@mazzaaa3920]

The irony is real

[@ryangentzler5713]

I think the wheel covers look stupid but if they help make the racing tighter and more exciting then thats good enough for me

[@kitchendevil123]

great job guys explaining it all.Ime still none of the wieser but i feel like i am ready for the next season.thanks to all at driver61. :)

[@Batters56]

Pirelli to F1: we’re sick of being a laughing stock, we want road relevant 18” rims. Wheels that really stay with people you know? F1: don’t worry, they’ll be relevant to every road user. You’ll love it! Pirelli: aargh we didn’t mean every road users worst road memory of getting a flat tyre and getting the space saver out the boot!

[@starby1243]

Scott sounds and looks different and younger without the moustache

[@ToyotaCorolla-qs7ml]

I like how aston martin for the covers made them look a little like the ones their Valhallah Has

[@Awesummzzz]

Sorry for the stupid question, but why do they not change the shape of the wheel instead of adding a cover?

[@davidduanes9574]

With the introduction of halo I didnt think they can come up with anything uglier.. I stand corrected. (That said, yes I agree that halo was a good safety decision)

[@darbazmuhammed]

Loving the explanations

[@ragerancher]

I absolutely love the look of the new cars. I also seem to be in a bit of a marmite category in that I really like their new livery.

[@beachcottage3740]

OMG, that '90 Ferrari was so gorgeous.

[@laz288]

Nothing like going back in time to the era of hub caps.

[@eltoncarneirogimenez6299]

now i know what the basic version of an f1 car would look like if it was street. with those covers on the wheels.

[@formulaone2.0]

F1: your marketing it bad Also f1: let’s get them back

[@loginavoidence12]

are they next going to bring back those gaudy chrome spinners certain people put on their es-co-laids

[@pac_jon]

A bin lid. LOL

[@markscarborough1018]

Let's move to trendy large wheels and low profile tyres so the cars look cool! ....Now let's cover them so they look just like they did before!

[@dak1st]

What about encapsulating the whole wheel in a wheel cover?

[@johnbastille5483]

You referred to brake cooling in your intro, but never addressed it in the body of the piece. I still am at a loss to see how brake cooling is possible with these wheel covers. (?)

[@oldmanc2]

Brawn had the best looking wheel covers

[@gordonwallin2368]

Cheers from the Pacific West Coast of Canada.

[@alunesh12345]

Believe in JESUS today, confess and repent of your sins. No one goes to heaven for doing good but by believing in JESUS who died for our sins. Hell isn't fun. GOD loves you soo much unconditionally.😍😚🍂😍❤

[@nigelbagguley7606]

Is there a technical reason for not using full wheel covers on F1 front wheels to reduce drag.

[@jimmy41607]

Thought you are going to explain how static wheel cover stay in place

[@stine8689]

I say scrap the covers and substitute with more POWER BABY!!!!!!!!!!!

[@misja7]

And all the wheel covers are made by Redbull for all the teams. The part number even starts with RB18

[@soar011belize]

Jesus that 1990 Ferrari just wow…. truly a sexy car

[@seanonraet8327]

I don't mind the wheel covers but I wish more teams would paint them

[@kidoctane]

I, for one, cannot wait for hubcaps to make a return on road cars ........😁

[@Malte1996]

When showing complex Diagrams like the Airflow-Thing. Just say where to look, so see what you are talking about.

[@mlgraccoon2311]

people will still say that my hub caps aren't sporty while they are literally F1 technology

[@barryvanderdong]

I'm very curious to know how much time one wins compared with cars without wheelcovers

[@williamLrz]

That’s called Lewis protector

[@FormulaProg]

Is Scott having a sabbatical?

[@elisteiger6909]

Where is Scott?

[@artnull13]

@@elisteiger6909 apparently with Megan

[@elisteiger6909]

@@artnull13 haha apparently

[@jimbrown7196]

Paint them orange and they'll look like a space saver spare.

[@brainwashingdetergent4322]

I’d like to have access to that software so I could plug my 20’ diesel box truck and food trailer combination unit into so I could see how to improve airflow at highway speeds!

[@OmDahake]

I think the high Aston Martin wing would be to somehow reduce porpsing I guess as by increasing ride height this is just my theory

[@sosexyimsexy134]

*Only for fans over 18 years old* girl in perfect BODY G BUNNYGIRLSS.SITE ❤️ cup milk god & perfect erotic body constriction god Toro face transcendent beautiful sister like a famous model tricks I do not know Megan: "Hotter" Hopi: "Sweeter" Joonie: "Cooler" Yoongi: "Butter So with toy and his tricks, do not read it to him that he writes well mamon there are only to laugh for a while and not be sad and stressed because of the hard life that is lived today. Köz karaş: '' Taŋ kaldım '' Erinder: '' Sezimdüü '' Jılmayuu: '' Tattuuraak '' Dene: '' Muzdak '' Jizn, kak krasivaya melodiya, tolko pesni pereputalis. Aç köz arstan Bul ukmuştuuday ısık kün bolçu, jana arstan abdan açka bolgon. Uyunan çıgıp, tigi jer-jerdi izdedi. Al kiçinekey koyondu wins taba algan. Al bir az oylonboy koyondu karmadı. '' Bul koyon menin kursagımdı toyguza albayt '' dep oylodu arstan. Arstan koyondu öltüröyün dep jatkanda, bir kiyik tigi tarapka çurkadı. Arstan aç köz bolup kaldı. Kiçine koyondu emes, çoŋ kiyikti jegen jakşı dep oylodu. # 垃圾 They are one of the best concerts, you can not go but just seeing them from the screen, I know it was surprising 💗❤️💌💘

[@weallfollowmanutd]

The wheels remind me of a VW transporter. They could've made a better job of them to be honest.

[@therighttoreply4849]

I ñeed you to explain something, how was it, that lewis could start race near the back of pack and pass them all , then go on and win, with all that air coming off the cars, for the last few year and other drivers could,

[@Takeitlightly6]

Hub caps are back. Even on tuner cars.

[@prasadshirvandkar5373]

Such a good video