Podcast: Adrian Newey | Engineering the Greats

[@burnmyuncle141]

Adrian: seb likes the rear very stable and the car turned in very early, he isn’t comfortable with oversteers and nervous cars Ferarri : Behold the SF90

[@neb-yr5589]

I wish people who complain about Seb's spinning tried to understand the sport.

[@stewdickson]

sBinnata

[@ciaronsmith4995]

Completely opposite of Kimi. Further to my point they don't have a similar driving style at all.

[@AbhishekGoyalAg]

Cars are what they are. If you want to be at the top of the sport and cant adapt to the car and get the maximum out of it, there are others who can do it.

[@ciaronsmith4995]

@@AbhishekGoyalAg Horrible lazy mentality. A driver should shape the car how he WANTS it to be through his precise feedback. That's a sign of true skill.

[@samueldowney2806]

These engineer interviews are just so good.

[@fragu123]

One of the great characters and geniuses that racing brought up.... fantastic!

[@JaYb97716]

Interesting insight to a humble and shy genius. I can understand why Adrian rarely does interviews.

[@theelf152]

I cannot believe they did not ask him about his time at Mclaren in particular about the MP4-20 and what he thought about he Kimi performed in those years.

[@Redlingstein]

Read Neweys book

[@markspence3295]

What a nice chap. Modest and reserved. And he’s written a great book too.

[@memolano100]

I didn’t know that he wrote a book. Thanks for saying that, I will search for it right now.

[@chaxx6466]

@@memolano100 it’s called how to build a car, trust me it’s really good

[@Shaz-naz]

Currently reading this book. Can confirm it's a great read. Especially for an engineering student like myself.

[@MajesticDemonLord]

at 41:35 - that cheeky smile... He's already spotted a few things and has worked out how to use/abuse them.

[@flyingdutchman773]

Fantastic interview, wish it was 3x longer.

[@luiscunha8899]

Love this series! Would love to see an interview with Rory Byrne!

[@spencerrollins7582]

Everyone talks about how Verstappen, Leclerc, and Russell are "generational talents" without ever mentioning the people who give them the car to showcase their alleged generational talent. Without a car capable of winning, you will win nothing in F1. Adrian Newey is a generational mastermind. We're here in 2022 now, and I still wholeheartedly agree with him (as an engineer and aerodynamicist) that the 2022 Technical Regulations are a bid to improve racing without contemplating the whole picture. The general public is pleased right now because there are several different packages being fielded, but in 2023, convergence will be nothing short of extraordinary. These regulations are overwhelmingly prescriptive, from convex and concave specifications, to the AoA requirements, appendages, measurements, spec and standardized parts, homologation, etc. F1 was never meant to solely revolve around the driver. All the money and CFD/Wind Tunnel/CAD and computational restrictions are based on the constructors championship (WCC), not the drivers championship (WDC). For all intents and purposes, the WDC is nothing more than a formality for the fans. No money is awarded for the WDC. F1 is about the symbiotic relationship between intellect and ability. Driver and engineer. Moreover, ingenuity and advancements in technology. There are hundreds of spec-series forms of motorsport out there, F1 is not meant to be one of them. These regulations are so restrictive that nothing will come from these regulations. What was proposed, that is limiting the number of upgrade packages throughout the year, severely limiting computational and physical testing, having requirements and FIA mandated testing for dirty air (i.e. car cannot create wake of which results in a 15% loss of downforce at 2 car lengths behind, 12% at three car lengths, 8% and four, etc.) and very simple restrictions such as the car cannot be wider than 2m, longer than 4m, taller than 2m, and safety measures like standardized side, front, and rear impact tubes, with a standard monocoque. Let the teams engineer. With the budget cap set and a limitation on the number of upgrades a team can bring, the teams will be able to innovate amazing cars and technology. Let's go back to hydraulic actuated suspension parts, gas heave dampers, inerts, all of which would eliminate porpoising and excessive bouncing due to suspension stiffness. F1 is doing certain things right, but I have to agree with this amazing mastermind. The aerodynamic portion of these regulations are ridiculous. There were far better ways to cure the race-ability issues that have plagued F1 forever due to irrational decision making and poor track design.

[@Redlingstein]

Everyone IS talking abt the genius Newey!

[@swenly1007]

Ron Dennis has disliked the video... humble brilliance of adrian

[@nnoddy8161]

I want to hear the story behind the re-engineering of the active FW14 for 1994.

[@djcheetah2007]

read his book, great read mate

[@arealassassin]

Hard to believe that such a prestigious magazine cannot afford lapel mic's. These gentlemen are not public speakers, they are not familiar with the techniques of using a handheld microphone- and so the quality of the interview suffers. Please correct this issue, as many small details of the story are lost when the interviewee gesticulates with the mic while speaking.

[@seansmith4833]

It is distracting

[@edfoster1447]

Hi Arealassassin, we have tried lapel mics, but the quality simply isn't as good. I know there is a problem when guests move their heads and not the mics, but we do brief them beforehand and try and avoid it!

[@Pete-z6e]

arealassassin ahhhh, armchair experts! Where would we be without them.

[@gigiminiotti]

@@edfoster1447 I work in the audio line of business so I do well know the problem. It all depends on the quality of the lapel mic, quite obviously. I use Sennheiser MKE2s (omni, very small), MKE40s (cardioid, very conspicuous), or Countryman B3s (omni, very easy to conceal) and quality issues are non-existent. If one wishes the mic not to be established, the B3 is certainly the one to go for.

[@MetaFootballTV]

The one they did with Mansell was lapel-micced.

[@DYNASPORTS66]

First of all, 35.000 subs imo heavenly underated sub count for the GOLD we can find on THIS CHANNEL! The anekdotes and insights in some of the brightest minds in egineering is just priceless! Patrick Head, Harvey, Gordon Murrray, Frank Dernie, Chapman and Newey some of the brightest minds in engineering still today. Gotta love that! keep this content coming please. Greetings from a 30 year F! fan from Amsterdam and thank you!

[@cesc1495]

Jeremy Clarkson to Seb Vettel: "Adrian and I use to go to the same school. He use to copy me in physics"

[@davidacosta3390]

huge newey fan !! hope he keeps creating beauty

[@rhozzy]

oh boy, he did

[@Samson44444]

@@rhozzyand then it ended

[@martinoulthwaite7327]

much like my other love, speedway, too many rules and regulations has naffed it. the simpler the rules, the better the drama.

[@ciaronsmith4995]

25:23 - Kimi was leading the team in his second year with the team Adrian........when you nearly won the title in 2003.....and Raikkonen obliterated DC. Max was getting beaten by Ricciardo in his second year, Newey must be having some false recalls of Kimi's time at McLaren. Yes, Kimi was green in 2002, but he barely had any track time, the car broke down in 11 out of 17 races....

[@alexjohnward]

Kimi lead on the track, but Adrian is talking about off track leadership here.

[@ciaronsmith4995]

Kimi in year 3 was probably more of a leader than Max in year 3. By 2005 that was only Kimi's 5th season!@@alexjohnward

[@dushanrathnayake5007]

Thank you for doing this, a legend indeed! I will comment later, still watching, that interesting, always wanted to hear from these geniuses!

[@Mr.Wednesday.]

This man is a genius straight up

[@JamesCroisdale]

What a nice chap.

[@sdchaps]

Fantastic. Only wish it was longer.

[@321-Gone]

23:11 - Heart felt. New respect. Also, many of the questions would be very interesting today since 3 years ago. 2 CCs and 3 DCs.

[@ultrascreens5206]

Thats why Seb struggled to adapt, he needed the planted rear. Interesting to hear it from Newey.

[@mexicanlawconsultant]

The first five places in the grid finishing times are separated by milliseconds, and the last 5 places are also separated by milliseconds. The reaction time of these drivers is around 150 to 200 milliseconds. You do the math.

[@oliverhwd]

A real life living genius. Go and win Ferrari a couple of world championships and you’ll go from a genius to a God.

[@aaronmathew8939]

this didnt age well about 2021 cars looking similar

[@jameshart7236]

At 18.34, Newey says, "there's a lot of things Formula 1 can learn from Indycar." I would love to know just what those things are...

[@Fran_SG]

One of the best. Or Maybe the best. Thanks for the interview!!!

[@ChemistRNS]

😂 At this point the regulations are a list of what I like to call Newey nerfs

[@sresto7943]

To have the honer of Adrians view and time is a privilege, I may read his book again, one of the greatest engineers and minds.

[@meinwarcrafttagebuch5142]

The rule book should set a minimum weight, maximum dimensions of the car and the amount of fuel they carry and that's it. If they decide to build high downforce cars with 3L turbocharged engines with 10.000 hp then why not. If they can carry that over 70 labs and manage that the drivers don't lose consciousness in the corners I am fine with it. And about the overtaking and dirty air. It does not make the race more interesting when all the overtaking takes place on the straight by pressing the super Mario button. Just my opinion. Or a Jeremy Clarkson used to say: F**k F1!

[@nigelbeardmore9036]

I love your comments and completely agree. I know some will say it brings us back to old school racing in a way. That’s what it was all about. Engineering, technology and advancement. THINKING OUT SIDE THE SQUARE. That’s what engineering is all about. Not to be hamstrung by stupid rules to enforce all teams have the same car. If you want that. Race production cars. Just enforce safety and budget cap as well Done. Best car,s, Best team, brings best drivers, drives our sport!, brings fans. Nige n Debs down under. 👍🏼

[@meinwarcrafttagebuch5142]

@@richardt6347 I know that I should not take your comment literally, but sticking something (whatever) at the back of the car would, on the one hand, ruin your drag and make it easier for other to pass you on the straits, on the other hand, how can anything create more turbulences than a giant spoiler? But sure some rules about safety are not a bad thing, completely agree. The main idea behind my comment was to have as little rules as possible and there are some race classes that go this road. Pikes Peak or this Australian time attack as just two examples, even back then the CanAm series had pretty much no rules and these series are and were pretty exiting imo.

[@meinwarcrafttagebuch5142]

@@richardt6347 oh I see, I thought your point was that teams would start to build cars to others disadvantage instead of increasing their own performance so that we end up with James Bond type cars with machine-guns on the bonnet ;-) Yes I agree with you about the abuse of the rule book that's why I think that the top class should have a very open rule book so that abuse is either very easy to verify or it does not make sense at all. I.e. when you don't limit the engine but the fuel then the effect is pretty much the same but checking the tank size is a super easy task. On the other hand the development would not go into the direction of making a motor more powerful but to make it more efficient and that is a whole different game and beneficial for all of us. Or you give the team as much fuel as they like to have and no restrictions on the engine that would result in very cheap engines coz it does not make sense to have an engine with 10.000 horses. Same with aerodynamics. Efficient aerodynamics are extremely complicated and therefore expensive to develop. Allow for ground effect cars and the aero gets cheap and in 3 years we have cars that create so much downforce that the drivers pass out, so it does not make sense to increase it any further.

[@SOSchangedme]

This interview would be way better if he were retired...

[@adilmujeeb5445]

Your book is amazing

[@gregnewman7516]

He is brilliant he could look at the rules bend them so far fia did not understand that is how RB won the championships they did flexy wings exhaust ducting air through car and lots else

[@Sturmbock71]

I love his Drafting Board :)

[@garrykneale]

I like the other interviews .this guy is very talented but boring .came back to the same point time again ..didn't enjoy ..Gordon Murray great Steve Nichols great so infomative

[@amilcargaroeb7428]

I hope adrian joins ferrari we want to see magic happen

[@philb8437]

Very interesting !

[@petekdemircioglu]

Yaw heee heee. Gördük. Üniversitelerinizi de, Royal Societynizi de.

[@stephenhayston4314]

I didn't eat all the MnMs I'm sorry but our data shows you did!

[@shanemolloy2824]

This is fascinating stuff, thank you.

[@alexcox7204]

What a hero, understated but clearly the genius behind the cars that allow the drivers to succeed! Would have been interesting to hear about his other projects...

[@gegwen7440]

What a misused term that is (Hero). 😉

[@SumanthVepa]

This series is absolutely amazing!

[@gaveshnimsara3914]

As of today 9th October 2022, add another title to the list. Because today Max Versterpan won the 2022 F1 world drivers championship in a Newey's car. And after 3 months add the constructors championship as well.

[@hugodiazgarcia1266]

Congratulations for your interview to Adrian Newey about working with some of formula 1`s leading driveers and what it takes to win championships...

[@James.P.D]

Excellent insightful interview thanks 👍

[@Upthesteve]

What he said glaring now, the cars are still not closer after year 2. 2023 and Redbull is half a lap faster than the whole field. There is a possibility they could win every race for the 2023 season if they want to.

[@radomiriz]

Jesus, you could put the link the shop in the description. Do you want me to do it for you?

[@cetkovojicic5635]

The guys made some good cars,but we forget that he made the car that killed Senna. Noone talks about it ever.

[@kristianmilicic8501]

Well new regulations have produced (for now) wide varieties of F1 cars bodywork, that even surprised great Adrian Newey.

[@andrewnicholson6330]

I could sit and listen to Adrian all day !!

[@95nishanth]

His voice at the intro sounds like a 1940s documentary.

[@PaulMcClennon282]

24:03 max? Seb? Wonder who he’s referring to

[@Mandykiss4500]

Mostly Max I think

[@Novotny72]

I'm only 14 mins in but this is great

[@gribbin7889]

Adrian Newey unintended ASMR

[@spacewalker2676]

Adrian to Ferrari

[@claytonwoolcock4723]

They actually asked my question! Only just saw this now...

[@halfbrain86]

24:05 who is he refering to?

[@DemijanJuric]

Gasly for sure

[@alisamer7472]

Best series ever please give us more and more knowledge

[@stavroshadjiyiannis6283]

One of those geniuses that can't really express themselves.

[@sebastiank.5137]

NASA called they want their engineer back.

[@RhythmicEye]

Awesome 👏 Thank you!

[@fishtail123]

Fascinating 45mins. Thanks for sharing

[@Trevisio]

Non aero cars like Formula Ford follow closely

[@crhuskey]

I love this man's persona. He is every oil and grease covered lifelong mechanic that owns the little shack with a single old lift up the street and does the best work in town. Except his really was among the best and people took notice, so now he is that same old man, but with a lot more money and some dress casual clothes someone bought him for an interview. Thats the impression I got from this lol

[@RMutt1]

Legend

[@theRCLlama]

Formula ones equivalent to Einstein

[@peterflynn9123]

Humble genius. Thank u

[@333chamaeleon6]

What an amazing man. Thank you

[@Aldiyawak]

45:55

[@kanny8742]

Birmingham man

[@sjt275]

He has a thinly veiled contempt for drivers .

[@briankearn6991]

Except Bobby Rahal. No one ever says anything bad about Bobby Rahal.

[@dilankapintoe3591]

Amazing interview

[@georgeroy9806]

Is this on any podcast app?

[@skygod1067]

👏👏👏

[@MrMonti500]

How is it possible that no mention of Ayrton Senna or what happened in the 94 car took place is mind boggling... No comments really..

[@ronniemacdonald2768]

Because it was 26 years before the interview and it's been done to death including through the courts for years?

[@MrMonti500]

@@ronniemacdonald2768 Actually the time passed has nothing to do with it. The only information I reviewed from him was by actually buying his Book How to Build a F1 Car where he touches on the matter. It is as you know a subject at the least very contentious in that the Italian Courts ruled against what Williams has said to have been the “supposed” cause of the Crash. A Driver of Ayrton’s caliber and commitment to the Sport has left a lot to be desired with the regards to the Definitive conclusion as to the cause of the accident, most unfortunately! And Williams of which Newey was a big part of at the the time has a huge responsibility in that! Starting with as you may know.. the delay in handing over the Black Box Data of the Car to the FIA at the time… Curiously enough for some reason they also NEVER touched on the very same subject in the Patrick Head interview! That for me is simple flawed and bad journalism. For me good Journalism is asking Protagonists of events the HARD questions….

[@ronniemacdonald2768]

@@MrMonti500 Yeah they wouldn't get him on the show if they asked him that. He isn't forced to do the interview. Use some intelligence.

[@MrMonti500]

@@ronniemacdonald2768 Have to disagree with the intelligence part…

[@MrMonti500]

For many an informed F1 Fan that consider Ayrton Senna the finest F1 driver ever to have graced the F1 Circuits, it is a crucial flaw on part of the interviewers to have never specifically debated both with Adrien Newey and Patrick Heads in their interviews their thoughts on the FW-16 Car and what they thought specifically happened with the car and it’s development working with Senna either pre-season, the first 3 races of the 94 season and then obviously the accident itself! I’m sorry that is either poorer or biased journalism. There is just no other way of putting it. Ayrton himself deserves so much more than this! What a shame...

[@tomrichardson129]

Read his book, Newey talks about it in detail

[@ukqwerty999]

Bringing that up in the middle of his work day would just be disrespectful

[@MrMonti500]

@@ukqwerty999 don’t quite know what you meant. Disrespectful is NOT bringing that issue up, both for F1 Fans and Ayrton and his memory itself. It is to me inconceivable that still today almost 30 years on doubt still remains about what caused the accident, a steering column failure due to poor intervention in it’s modification, a suspension failure, a puncture? Ayrton and F1 Fans do not deserve that! Moreover!.. The Race itself should not have taken place by Italian Law after Ratzenberger’s Death. An utmost important point that most unfortunately is also so often overlooked. A certain Mr Ecclestone and the others in FIA and FOCA were never interpolated in Court due to they’re abhorrent and inhumane decisions at the time…

[@ukqwerty999]

@@MrMonti500 you seem far too emotionally invested in it for any type of meaningful debate on the subject mate.. I did what Tom Richardson above suggested and listened to the Audiobook on amazon, there's no way Adrian could have covered all that detail in that interview and I don't think he would have wanted to skim over it. Like I said not the conversation for the middle of a normal working day. Have fun listening to the book or reading it, the reasons are interesting, I had heard similar from Hill but never this full version of events. Damon's book is amazing on the mindset needed to do what they do for a living and how hard it was for him to attain it.

[@MrMonti500]

@@ukqwerty999 Emotionally invested? Are you a Psychologist? Sir I am questioning the Lack of questioning on the Subject since it was, after all, a 50 minute interview and it did profoundly affect Adrien in that he stills feels a sense of responsibility in the whole event surrounding the accident. I do suggest you read his Book How to Build a F1 Car. The Time taken to answer his version of events would translate to a maximum of 5 minutes in the interview, you’d understand if you’ve the read the book. Have a difference of opinion on the Topic it seems so please don’t try and play Psychologist on the subject. It is exactly by Discussing, debating and requesting clarification on an issue that one can get somewhere with regards to real truth. That is should what Journalism should be in my view, ask the Hard questions… Interesting questions… That I’m sorry was lacking both in his Interview And Mr Patrick Head for some strange reason you don’t think? But you have a different opinion so let’s leave at that shall we…

[@owaisahmed1109]

well Adrian was wrong about the cars looking similar part

[@Mandykiss4500]

That’s because the Regulations changed after it got delayed by Covid…the original Regs were extremely restrictive

[@meneersjonnie]

Well this man has some homework to do, the RB car is not good enough

[@dans1454]

Lol aged like milk

[@abc123gpl]

his voice and way to speak makes my feet go to sleep........ im out.....

[@avada0]

I suspect Newey's just plain wrong with the new regulations. Engineers often are, when they're just saying something from intuition, instead of proper examination, calculations and whatnot. I think a looser set of aero regulations would shortly be defeated, as people would find way to create vortices a turbulence for the following car. He also does not offer an alternative.

[@MeltingRubberZ28]

This aged like milk

[@avada0]

@@MeltingRubberZ28 How so? Did you see some alternative world F1 with a looser set of regulations? Hell, even what we got seems to ha too a much leeway for generating vortices, via floor edges strake edges and who knows what else.

[@weignerleigner3037]

@@avada0 from what I understand it’s not really the aero that has allowed for better racing it’s more of the tyres that have made a better impact. Drivers still complain about dirty air and the gap from verstappen and leclerc to everyone else behind is no different than verstappen and Hamilton to everyone else last year. They still finish 10-20 seconds ahead of everyone else. Hell verstappen is doing donuts in the middle of the race and still winning lol. And he was right that the top teams are still at the top the only thing that has changed is merc falling behind Ferrari and redbull. But redbull Ferrari and Mercedes have been the top teams every since 2013 really. So not much has changed. You look back in the 70’s 80’s 90’s when there was more freedom and smaller teams at least had a better chance of competing. Probably because there was less restrictions and more technical freedom.

[@avada0]

@@weignerleigner3037 The racing is not much better than it was to be honest. The aero helped drivers keeping closer but successful overtakes without DRS are still rare. The tires still suck. The talk most of the time is still about degradation and graining, and tire management. Barely changed. It's annoying.

[@radomiriz]

Was Adrian stoned or just very tired when giving this interview?

[@Juandinggong]

radomiriz He probably had a redbull before the interview.

[@JaYb97716]

Hes extremely shy and rarely does interviews. It's just speculation on my part but it's possible he may have Aspergers who knows? Hes an engineer not a celebrity anyway so who cares. Sorry English not my first language.

[@4doormk1]

@@JaYb97716 That depends on what you classify as a celebrity....

[@almelling6699]

F1 mastermind your joking. Ask maris Guglemin when this guy designed a tub that was to small for Guggles feet. A mass of money wasted. Why dont you think why he was fired from Leyton House. His work since has been by his colleagues not him.

[@almelling6699]

You are putting the credit to him have you seen how many people there are on that team and the aerodynamics team , this is media bs, someday you will realise just how much this stuff is used for many different things.

[@Chyeahokay]

You never made a mistake? You sound stupid calling out a legends mistake. His accomplishments far outweigh this failures. We all make mistakes at work

[@almelling6699]

Yes when i made a mistake it was me that paid for it ,and i am not an idiot, engines that powered some of his creations were my designs, go away and get real ,,,,end of.

[@Lanse1984]

This did not age well :)

[@auser1617]

Adrian, don't go on the public speaking circuit..........