Formula 1 Invited Me To Their Headquarters

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[@aaron_ow]

It's mental how many camera feeds they have access too at any given moment, now I understand why sometimes we see a Stroll replay instead of an overtake on track.

[@sundaydriver15]

so many cameras and we still didn't get a decent shot of the Alonso-Perez finish line battle. even on their channels they have reposted a fan's video from the stands.

[@henkjanvanraikonnen5073]

Last Sunday was crappy again. To suddenly switch away during the exciting battle between Alonso and Perez to the finish of Verstappen who was 8 seconds ahead of No. 2 Norris and who was again 20 seconds ahead of No. 3. So they show that boring finish, so that the viewers can’t watch the moment supreme had to miss more than 10 seconds of the fight between Alonso and Perez. Really crappy TV production👎

[@henkjanvanraikonnen5073]

@@sundaydriver15 Last Sunday was crappy again. To suddenly switch away during the exciting battle between Alonso and Perez to the finish of Verstappen who was 8 seconds ahead of No. 2 Norris and who was again 20 seconds ahead of No. 3. So they show that boring finish, so that the viewers can watch the moment supreme had to miss more than 10 seconds of the fight between Alonso and Perez. Really crappy TV production

[@smOOdiebOOdie]

@@sundaydriver15yeah Brazil gp was a BIG fail in production

[@timmys8119]

@@henkjanvanraikonnen5073they have to show who comes first and second no matter how boring that might be, because it’s the most important moment of the whole sport 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@StefanVerkerknl]

This video could be 2 or 3 hours long and I don't think I feel bored at any moment watching the video.

[@tostyjoost]

yes

[@BraydenF1]

I agree with this.. I find myself skipping 9/10 videos. This was the one.

[@bawantharathnayaka]

yesss

[@lzugner]

Too bad it was so hard to understand what they were saying...especially that woman.

[@SmallBlogV8]

Watching the race, you wonder sometimes how they can fluff stuff up. But then you get a look behind the scenes and now I'm impressed they manage to achieve a coherent broadcast at all! What a huge array of things to manage in real time and get constantly correct/optimised for a flowing broadcast.

[@dominicviner6619]

That’s why we see stroll doing nothing or running wide and not an overtake

[@wyattpereira3336]

@@dominicviner6619 That race the tv direction was handled by TMC, a French company responsible for the world feed for the Monaco Grand Prix each year. After that year they renegotiated the contract and now is handled exclusively by F1 themselves. So that particular error/incident wasn't the fault of the F1 tv direction team.

[@jqsgarage]

I work for F1 as an editor in that very building, and you've done a great job on capturing what its like there!

[@brrrake]

This is so wild dude! Did you manage to figure out who the director was from Brazil? I just want to talk to them... Great video!!

[@straight-edgemalu]

😂😂😂

[@tusharacharya1416]

*insert KDB meme*

[@ItsFozzy]

Great insight Matt! As someone who loves the BTS and technical side of large scale broadcasts, this video is a winner 👌 I could sit and watch the gallery all day

[@coin5207]

7:05 how ironic out of all the team radios they could have used to demonstrate this, they choose Leclerc losing hope again in his strategy team

[@afading]

It's iconic

[@joesassoon54]

I was fortunate enough to get a tour round the Biggin Hill HQ last year, and it is crazy how much goes into the broadcast. You've done an excellent job at highlighting the talented people that bring us the sport every week!

[@CharlieHC]

How did you manage to get a tour

[@joesassoon54]

@@CharlieHC I cold emailed the right person I guess? Always been fascinated in the F1 broadcast, so thought I’d try my luck and managed to get in touch with the right people.

[@CharlieHC]

@@joesassoon54 Yes I am also really interested in the media centre, I’m lucky to live 20 mins away I’ve been looking at potential careers and there are a lot of jobs to do with IT which is a subject I am currently studying, I’ll see where my qualifications take me and I would love to work there

[@joesassoon54]

@@CharlieHC best of luck with it! I’m sure they’re always looking for passionate people with the right qualifications

[@ruioliveira1832]

As a F1TV suscriber... thank you for this, amazing insight into such a great part of my F1 experience.

[@deeperton]

That is huge... With all of this, it is hard to imagine how hard it would be to upgrade streaming to 4k, how much hardware needs to be upgraded to handle 4x-8x multiplied stream bandwidth or proxying it in real-time into this system...

[@Alixer560]

Dude this video could not have come at a better time. I was just talking with my friend yesterday about how insane the production must be, and really wondering how its all done. This answered everything I wanted to know about how the production works. Hats off to you for providing it in such a succinct and understandable way too. This video is amazing.

[@Ripstikerpro]

Thanks very much for seeking and doing these behind the curtain videos on production, safety and racing. They're amazing

[@f1multiviewer]

This is amazing! What I would do to be a fly on the wall in this place during the race… Thanks for showing us!

[@racingprincipal]

Wow, just wow! How they get all that to work and sync during a race is just remarkable. Great job as always showing and explaining.

[@santicar10]

Man, as someone that wants to do TV broadcasting/video editing someday for Formula 1, this video was an absolute pleasure to watch. Seeing all the behind-the-scenes stuff was so unbelievably cool, thank you so much for documenting this. Hopefully I'll get to work there someday, as it's my dream job to do motorsports video editing.

[@trollmanrs]

Thanks Matt, a great insight from Biggin Hill and how the data is transmitted from all around the world to litttle old England. As a video compression Engineer I have been to a lot of live sports events and Broadcast companies all over the world, but I would love to see behind the scenes at F1. Fantastic work by the whole team to deliver that amount of video/audio/data week in and week out. Thanks for the video

[@MattGrayYES]

Oh this is a great overview good work. I’m going to pass this round all my broadcast engineering friends :D

[@JavierMercedes]

Amazing behind the scenes look Matt!

[@simoneghilardini5211]

If I'm not wrong I remember that the remote broadcasting of the international feed was a thing planned around 2023-2024 season as one of the Net Zero 2030 targets, but the COVID deal anticipated the whole program. Plus, it would be interesting to see where they have their whole historical video and photographic footage archive. Brilliant video behind the scenes!

[@OnlyVic]

This was so cool and informative to watch. Loved it!

[@adambarber100]

Please please please make a video about F1 software. You showed off a mind-boggling amount of custom software that powers that facility, and I would like to learn about it. Do they handle software engineering in house? What do they build, vs. what are they buying from 3rd parties? So many questions!

[@aptiveviennapro]

Including the font styles too?

[@bawantharathnayaka]

I think they created own softwares in house

[@EvanDB]

Great piece of content. I am a Vision Broadcast Engineer for NEP. It’s great to see how F1 has created their unique remote workflow and managed to pretty seamlessly introduce it during covid without many major issues. Knowing how intricate remote broadcasts can be: massive respect One thing I’d like to know, I did see some OCP’s in the video but my guess is that these were for the local studio camera’s. Am I correct in assuming that shading is done locally on track due to delay? I have done shading on a camera remotely in the Netherlands during the olympic games in China, but that was only for a flash interview. Can’t imagine you can shade a sports production with so many frames of delay

[@FXCartel]

This is the content we need please keep going back and coming back with more we need the behind the scenes I've missed your uploads

[@DinoRowan]

Matt continues to get amazing access to some really rad behind the scene F1 stuff that I'm always super interested in. Keep it up!

[@djcallofduty2473]

As an AV engineer and F1 fan, this is heaven

[@quadtwist]

I was lucky enough to get a tour of the broadcast centre at the '15 Canadian GP. I was blown away then, but it's amazing to see how much it's progressed. Having a remote UK based operation is so much better for staff and helps ensure even better levels of consistency for each broadcast.

[@AtlasBiggins]

Cracking video Matt, well done.

[@andysaquatics]

This was really cool. Loved the bit on how they put up the radio messages. Great video, subscribed.

[@KarlenBell]

8:30 YES! FINALLY! I know how they get the dirt off the cameras! I always see the screen rolling down, but always wondered how they do it! So cool!

[@Damemer]

fantastic video, unmatched insight. brilliant stuff Matt, as always!💚

[@oscrito]

one of the most impressive thing about f1 is that the editor for their youtube channel - the highlights to FP/Quali/Race always come out within an hour of the actual event, their real time editing is unreal

[@bhavinplays]

So much go behind the scene to make this is epic sports happen every weekend! Thank you for taking us behind the scene

[@Obergeniesser]

Incredible video! Thank you for all these insights. This is truly also the pinnacle of broadcasting.

[@JesusSaves4Ever777]

This was soooooo cool to finally see a behind the scene, awesome, thanks

[@AlexPettitt]

I just geeked out so hard over this! Great content as always Matt 👌

[@purwantiallan5089]

Thanks for this epic video, Matt Amys!

[@vrccb]

Unbelievably complex. What a fascinating insight behind the scenes. Thank you so much x

[@JohnHyland2]

Outstanding!! I’m always very curious about how things work down to the smallest detail and your report answered a lot of these kinds of questions I’ve had. Really well done thank you.

[@gabrieltenorio]

You never miss Amys! Fascinating look behind the scenes! been a fan since the graphics tutorial lol!

[@NeilArcher]

Fantastic insight and a mind blowing set up. Great video! 👏👏

[@HardKickz14]

Never thought it was such a gigantic operation. But wouldnt expect less. Outstanding video

[@RustyShakleford666]

I LOVE Matt's technical F1 videos. He always does an amazing job.

[@marcpeiron_studio]

Amazing, thanks for sharing it. I would love to go there and ask a million questions!

[@jermsp]

As a broadcast engineer, and long time F1 fan, really dope to see the FOMTC. Wicked video Matt!!

[@RicoOder]

I love your content around f1 and great to see that f1 opens its doors to show someone around. Never ever have I seen any footage of their headquarters. 😍

[@IanParker]

As always.. brilliant. Thank you for this

[@neurisms]

Amazing vid. So much explained in 10 mins

[@lzugner]

It should have been 20 minutes long. They talk too darn fast.

[@iiExplosionz12]

A lot goes into the production of broadcasting the race and what goes behind the scenes. Thank you for making this video and I'm glad F1 invited you to the HQ!

[@rych7852]

What a great vid. It blows my mind how they turn all those screens into a broadcast that is so good consistently! Yes, they miss something every now and then, but its still brilliant. Also , didn't know that Alex Jacques actually works for F1TV and not Channel 4. So the Ch4 commentary is actually jut the F1TV comms I imagine DORNA who handle MotoGP have a similar set up somewhere as well

[@RafaelGrande]

Thanks for the trailer Matt, it looks awesome! I can't wait to see the 90 minutes full version of this video 😋😋😋

[@Roger-mg8zh]

lovely video thanks for see with you behind the scene

[@User57655]

That is so cool to see, thanks for the insight!

[@CuriousJet]

This is incredible insight, it’s awesome!

[@RenoF1]

matt amys: answers the real questions i have. thanks for another cool insight man

[@TobinLeigh]

Awesome vid matt!

[@zsoltimatyas4682]

Its crazy how much work goes behind the scenes 😲

[@svenonnerstad1494]

Thank for sharing this. I wondered how they did this. Now I know. 😃👍👍

[@tdc96]

Great stuff!! Thank you!!

[@timoooo7320]

Wow now I understand why when an on board camera has water or dirt or oil on it, you then see that going down. I always thought that it was just the wind blowing the water or dirt downwards. It's incredible the amount of technology they have. You would think the wing camera is like a glorified webcam but it's way more than that. It's incredible that F1 does all this in-house

[@iosulas]

This is the best video I've seen in the whole year! Congrats! By the way, when an F1 car enters the garage, the onboards signals are cut. Is this an automatic process, or there is someone there turning them on/off?

[@zedearl5181]

Great video Matt, happy to subscribe. 😊

[@claytondavis9325]

Aww man I was really hoping he was going to use Lance Stroll as the replay example. Great video as always, Matt!

[@OfficialMeep]

looks like nuclear power plant control room.

[@edmondmurphy]

Fantastic video, top quality production too. New subscriber here!

[@straight-edgemalu]

Great content. I knew it was complex but not to that level.

[@TedMan55]

7:11 this guy sounds eerily like russell

[@vishwjeetchavan4656]

that's so wild, so many camera's and all i would get so overwhelmed if I was in that position

[@procatprocat9647]

F1 is a fantastic export for England 🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@andycopping7220]

great video mate, great access.

[@duffyrides]

This was an epic video ! Good job !

[@Chillgamer.]

there should be a documentary about the behind the scenes from the side of F1 itself.

[@soulforsale2834]

It’s honestly amazing that the latency is less than 2 seconds considering how far and to how many locations the footage has to go to.

[@TheodoreAggelopoulos]

Cool stuff, amazed about the fact they are using a ND and Gradient filter on the camera. Wish the feed from the car's camera wasn't only 720p. It's time they moved to 1080p...

[@theTechNotice]

Yeah, abit more complicated than our BTS 😱😱

[@farhanafif8032]

amazing , Thank you for the Content !

[@mvarick1]

Matt - Great content! Since you have seen (and done) this - might you consider reaching out to other sports (football; US/NFL football; hockey; etc) to explain their logistics in bringing their content? /keep up the great work!

[@Housestationlive]

this topic deserves more than a 10 minutes video 😄

[@lzugner]

Yeah, and talk slower.

[@chirayugijare702]

This was so fascinating!

[@lolaridgeback5875]

This is crazy!!

[@velociraptor5962]

Wow. So many moving parts!!

[@rynosraceroom66]

This was awesome !

[@TimStanford1]

Christmas has come early - thank you

[@GeoMiluti]

Very interesting ! Thanks you

[@ShadowWolfe]

If you get invited back, you should ask about if they'll ever go for less wide-angle lenses to show the speed of the cars more. Or just, generally choosing better camera angles focused on battles rather than going for fancy camera shots.

[@bits2646]

I'd love to hear about the hardware P.S.: That onboard camera is a piece of magic, how smart is it designed, impressive !!

[@filipseema]

very insightful and nice video!

[@ericbauchet81]

Great content. Congratulations

[@leonitzler3350]

be interesting to see the monaco broadcast system... im guessing its just a guy with a laptop with some guy shouting behind him GO TO STROLL

[@Bigchi3f]

Okay fine I’ll give them a break when broadcast is a bit off it’s bloody impressive they can stay on top of anything.

[@THOMB]

This is awesome

[@Kscopes8888]

6:47 i assume this was filmed before or at the start of the season as De Vries is still there

[@YHK_YT]

Damn that’s so nice of them allowing you to enter and show how things work behind the scenes. Would’ve Beene extremely cool if they’ve shown a clip or let you film during the race or a practice session, since we would’ve seen how chaotic it gets when you have multiple people talking trying to get out the best broadcast they can

[@DurkChocolatee]

Loveeee your content man!

[@Sean084]

Wow! Incredible!

[@RoadRashHD]

Now if they can stop cutting to a crowd shot or a replay, while there is a pass going on track, that would be great

[@autohmae]

Cool video, lots of information, but surprisingly, I don't think I learned something I didn't know.

[@ThunderApache]

All these technologies yet they cut to crowd videos instead of overtakes 😂.

[@Xathon]

I really wish we got more director's room content, like they did with Vettels crash in Germany 2019.

[@DonLavos]

Great video!!

[@steveb_]

I see over 50 screens.. last weekend's sao paulo gp had fewest overtakes on that track in years and yet we have seen only half of them and most in replay