How Formula 1 Tyres Are Tested

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Special thanks to Pirelli for making this possible, and to Dr Obbs for his assistance!
Disclaimer: The animations featured in this video are not official material provided by Pirelli and are for illustrative purposes only.
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[@letuotter]

YEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSS please try to show the manufacturing process, that's very interesting to materials nerds like me

[@NotSure416]

Yeah, there's a video out there of how F1 tyres are made.

[@theairaccumulator7144]

If they won't even let you buy a legit F1 tyre why do you think they'll show any step of the process in more than passing detail?

[@insertgenericusernamehere2402]

The Tom Scott of Motorsport

[@abigailcooling6604]

Very accurate.

[@JoviusAquariums]

Very accurate, very high compliment, very deserved!

[@race-element]

Nice explanation of wheel slip and load, it's a very underestimated part of motorsports.

[@DFSJR1203]

I worked for several years as a tire technician on the Firestone Firehawk IndyCar tires. In case of a blow out I used a reciprocating saw to cut them apart. My main job was looking for belt delamination and figure out why it happened.

[@74_pelicans]

thanks for your service

[@frankdatank5002]

All this just to see Michelin still make a far better product! Hey at least in F1 they are shiny so that’s pretty to see when they exit pit lane!

[@Palmit_]

and the Michelin Man .. which in my mind, is everlasting ultimate product marketing. Is the michelin man even for sale these days ? What could pirelli even be able to do to match that iconic status. After all, pirelli just throw their used rubber into more rubber. sure a hat and a tshirt, but pirelli are not and have not created anything "iconic". No logo. No identity. just dull record book entries.

[@Palmit_]

even dunlop made tennis shoes and tennis balls.

[@acebase14days]

The GOAT has posted🤚🏿🗿

[@sebulbathx]

The tyres are so complex like you think "it's just rubber" but there is so much more to it. So much money and research goes into this it's totally its own section beside the cars. And this just shows the importance for knowing or having the most data on the tyres to be able to extract the most grip.

[@GeorgeProbably]

Mario Isola - my GOAT! Those 3D graphics are super clean too!

[@adam_sanderson]

What a legend. I love seeing behind the scenes of the stuff we often overlook in motorsport! Great video. 🔥

[@aljaz9394]

Best F1 youtube channel by far, always very interesting and informative, stuff you don't see anywhere else

[@alanlucas501]

Fascinating! Thank you for that! 🙏🏻👍🏻 More please!

[@abigailcooling6604]

It's always a good day when a Matt Amys vid drops! Please please please try to show how the tyres are made in future - I really wanna know

[@giridharanvel919]

Awesome video, hope you can make the manufacturing process video happen.

[@AndyFromBeaverton]

It would be really cool to see the testing machine introduce curbing. It could be done if the surface below the road belt had hydraulicly lifted sections.

[@las10plagas]

nice! would have loved to see the raw footage and sound of those tests ;-)

[@jimlong8077]

I sold tires in Texas for over a decade. All the older guys who made the most sales used to say "Those Pirellis dont last cos they test em in Italy where the climates all cooler and they wear ouit faster in this texas heat". I used to parrot their advice. I think back and laugh now...

[@alexpeartree2019]

1:10 definitely looking for a calendar 👀😉

[@Palmit_]

really good vid and very interesting. Thank you. One thing, and i'm sure i wont be alone in asking... How do they make the new tyres so shiny and stay shiny until fitted and used?? Is it a heat treatment? A special coating? A combination of both? Thank you in advance :)

[@Nebula490]

I was looking out for George russel hiding in a corner trying to figure out why he can't drive quick.

[@Alewiska]

Yes please show how they are made!! Also how they fuel F1 cars now lol I can’t find any videos on it

[@kevinthabomoore1558]

Brilliant brilliant video!!

[@Octet]

100kg? Seems low

[@johnblayn]

Don’t show this to Bin Russel

[@GeometryEX-hp9zs]

I have always hoped to add more tire suppliers. A single tire supplier means monopoly and unstable quality. The team has complained about this issue several times. Pirelli's tire degradation seems to be the most obvious among all tire suppliers. And the team does not really know the limit of the decline. As a result, the team's strategy will become very extreme. If Michelin or Bridgestone can be added, the situation will be much better. Increasing competition is still important. However, I understand that Michelin withdrew from the F1 supply contract mainly because consumption and research and development are not proportional. Simply put, supplying F1 is a losing business. In the end, they withdrew from the tire supply. The current F1 is not good-looking, and it is even a bit too boring. Maybe it won't be long before the F1 bubble will stop completely.

[@folu12]

Time to see if George Russells comments hold weight.

[@rofalmatt]

wow!

[@andrewmcleod9312]

Thank you so very much for this video !! You are an absolute champion !! Learnt a lot from this video !!

[@HappySmiley23]

If you want to make a video in the Pirelli factory in Romania contact me, we'll see what we can do...

[@shaxxs]

Honestly I'm still amazed how Matt gets all these access 😆 Great video tho, as always

[@travel1071]

I can't wait for the video about the manufacturing of tyres!!!

[@wfomph1435]

Y E S MORE

[@livin90proof]

How has this geezer not got more subs , such a great channel 👏 👍

[@pokornys4745]

Secret testing facility 😅 not anymore

[@jaydensmith1181]

Well its not a seceret anymore is it?

[@--onewheelskyward--]

I'm surprised to hear you say you never thought of tire noise- it's most of what you hear every day when you go outside. In a city, it's a vast majority of the ambient sound, and has been since engines (petrol and otherwise) have gotten relatively quiet, but tires have not. I learned this one the hard way riding a bike path in the middle of a freeway near an airport, I couldn't hear the 737 a few hundred feet overhead because of the noise from the cars nearby.

[@SmallBlogV8]

When I was a child I used to think that ambient air made a sound. I didn't realise that what I was actually hearing in moments outside with no other noise was mass tyre roar from the M4 motorway a couple of miles from my home...

[@--onewheelskyward--]

@@SmallBlogV8 hah wow! The things we simply accept, eh? :)

[@shadesofpurple06]

Great video Matt

[@juusoleinonen]

They need to change the tyres. Current ones suck

[@BobSmith-qq3ig]

first

[@ZedNinetySix_]

Michelin > Pirelli

[@jorge8596]

No wonder their tires are shit if they are putting 100kg of load on a test where the real tire would have at least four times that

[@jamesmccaul2945]

All the drivers and teams hate these tires. The reason Pirelli are the sole F1 tire supplier is simply because of $$$, it has nothing to do with competence or excellence. Obviously. To imply anything else is to treat your "beloved" audience as morons while cozying up to a heartless corporate entity. Cool.

[@benbradbury3665]

Are they actually tested? based on some of the issues from this season… there is definitely some extra quality control needed…

[@Seanbyford]

That’s a rather simplistic opinion. It’s impossible to 100% map a tyre to a track surface as the track is constantly changing throughout the race - and the driver will not always drive optimally due to his own errors and traffic

[@MuhammadNiz007]

It's time F1 ends this monopoly and let's other tyre manufacturer join because Pierrli era has been the worse

[@jamnchips]

None of them want to join because of the tyre degradation rules