Pull This Cable And You Destroy A Formula 1 Car

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Every Formula 1 car has a red cable which once pulled destroys key engine components, but why do they have this feature and how it relates to the FIA Jump Test (Cockpit Exit Exercise).
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[@tomm1413]

The only way Williams will win a race soon is by fitting a hook on the car to pull the red cables on the other cars

[@Untoastedbagel1271]

The only issue would be Williams would need to be somewhere close to the other cars to achieve this

[@c4joshwa664]

@@Untoastedbagel1271 when they're getting lapped hehe

[@Mandarin9900]

That's some Speed Racer type shit lmao

[@ForzaPolska06]

​@@Untoastedbagel1271 being lapped Easy

[@neosonixyz]

bit untimely seeing as Albon just got p7

[@Pvt_Garry_G]

3:00 escape the f1 car in 7 seconds sounds like a Taskmaster challenge! also the "I forgot the steering wheel" followed by the engineers "Yeah, its in my hand" was very Alex Horn.

[@tony_gaming_king]

lol

[@oc-1191]

LOL

[@sirsluginston]

Did not expect a TM reference, love it

[@NikoCubeRoot]

Sounds like a Roblox game obby

[@SoldierMed68W]

Hearing 12 seconds, I thought “that’s not a lot of time”. Then I remembered watching Romain Grosjean’s crash and how 12 seconds felt like an eternity.

[@chrisi7127]

So horrifying wstching that live. My mother actually loved grosjean, as she was a big alfa romeo fan. I yelled out in terror when I saw the fireball, my mother was speechless and we were both sure he had died.

[@ESPHetfield]

He was in there for around 30 seconds, definitely felt like an eternity

[@stefevr]

​@@chrisi7127you mean haas?

[@OneAndOnlyZekePolaris]

Says pull this cable and you destroy the car, but doesn't talk about it until more than half way into the video. Which still DOES NOT destroy the car.

[@lordcrafty7578]

did you expect the car to blow up? Rendering the car unusable pretty much counts as destroying it although presumably it could be put back in working condition yeah.

[@OneAndOnlyZekePolaris]

@@lordcrafty7578 I never said anything about blowing up you troll.

[@rickherman4539]

I always fast forward the bull shit . a 20 minute video I watch about 3 minutes

[@OneAndOnlyZekePolaris]

@@lordcrafty7578 Did you notice that I have way more likes than your trolling self does? No one said blow up.

[@TheFalconAgent]

@@OneAndOnlyZekePolaris all ur likes are from impatient people

[@the_kovic]

Reminder that Robert Kubica on his comeback must have attempted and passed the 12 second extraction test with his injured hand. I find that quite impressive.

[@tobywonkinoby8916]

And Lance Stroll had to pass the tests with his injured wrists at the beginning of this season.

[@nothinyaseehere9449]

Billy monger races f3 and did this test for f1 and passed. He’s a double amputee, above knee and below knee. He lost his legs in an f3 race. It’d be hard to get your whole body weight on your arms in a laying position like these cockpits. I tried in a formula ford 3 months after I lost both my legs and I can tell ya it wasn’t easy. Thinking where to grab was the hardest.

[@vernerikerppola4438]

@@nothinyaseehere9449 Monger has electrical prothesises in his legs while he races. How could he therefore use any pedals huh?

[@nothinyaseehere9449]

@@vernerikerppola4438 he races with hand controls normally in formula 2. I use prosthetic legs aswell and I use the throttle brake n clutch pedal.. it’s really not that hard…

[@dalibxjsu5691]

@@nothinyaseehere9449 he's never even raced in formula 2, he stopped racing in 2019...

[@CYMotorsport]

I’ve done some of the carbon fiber work on extinguisher moulds but never understood nor have seen anyone explain how remote charging works. That was super interesting

[@jfbeam]

The AFFF system in my track car (former race car) has such a remote charge - and it's decade old tech. The charge is a common BB-gun CO2 cartridge. (I like it because I can refill it (water and soap powder) without all the hazmat crap with shipping a pressurized system - which is what's in the active race car(s).)

[@joewatts6016]

The 'E' is for Extingusher, not the electrics. Common Confusion for new marshals, or even experienced ones in the heat of the moment. Yes it should kill the power to the car, but if cutting the power is the only goal, then go nowhere near it. F1's have the neutral button on the front of the chassis. This shuts down the ERS and puts the car in neutral to allow you to push it. Oddly alot of these are really small and near impossible to press with the big ERS gloves, marshals are required to wear. I always had a sharpie or something to poke in the hole. Even with the steering wheel in place the amount of effort needed to turn the wheel while leaning in beside the car it also quite alot.

[@davepusey]

My understanding was that the E stood for Engine, and that pulling the wire would just stop the engine. For use in accidents like Massa 2009 where he was knocked unconscious and unable to turn it off himself.

[@joewatts6016]

@@davepusey Nope E is for Extingusher. There is a electric lightning triangle in club racing for electric shut off

[@davepusey]

@@joewatts6016 I specifically said E for ENGINE, not Electrics which as you say has it's own lightning bolt symbol.

[@Weazyl003]

i thought it stood for emergency

[@01001000010101000100]

It doesn't destroy the car, it just makes it require some extra maintenance. It would surely cost a lot of money to accidentally pull that cable, but what in F1 doesn't cost a lot of money?

[@ammarisrar2005]

It’s insane how fast you need to extract yourself from a Formula One car, even a fit person would struggle their first few times, also, how many attempts does a driver have to do this test?

[@tomwaddy9035]

I think they have as many tries as they need which is a bit mad really

[@andyowens5494]

Its also insane how quickly you an roast to death in there; overalls are only fire retardant, not fire proof, and certainly not heat proof. Self-extraction is also practiced at Formula Student (and a whole host of other events) - its important.

[@raphaelrodrigues1645]

​@@andyowens5494the weird thing in Formula Student is the fact that the driver has 2 less seconds to leave the car, and almost none pf them are trained racecar drivers

[@jfbeam]

Seeing how fast they can burn, and how hot, it's not surprising at all. When your car is on fire, you will be HIGHLY motivated to get out. We practice that. But we can't practice with the car covered in AFFF, which will make the job MUCH harder. (that stuff is effectively soap.)

[@JackJackJackJackJackJack]

@@raphaelrodrigues1645as someone who has gotten into a fsae car before, it looks a lot easier to do that over an f1 car lol

[@deadeyeduncan5022]

Love that they focus on how fast you get that steering wheel back in, really lets you know what they're focused on.

[@claytondavis9325]

I always look forward to your videos, Matt! They offer a deeper look into the underappreciated aspects of F1 that make the whole show possible.

[@shaxxs]

A video about "The Logistic of F1 Safety Car" would be cool, how they prep the car, setup the car for each track, or how they ship the car

[@borisxanovavich4466]

Wendover Productions has a video on this, you might want to give it a look

[@fluchterschoen]

Do you mean a video about the F1 Safety Car, or about F1 car safety?

[@shaxxs]

@@fluchterschoen No, I was wondering how they flew the car for each GP, how they loading and unloading it, how they prepare it, etc.

[@blaizify]

Great video! My only gripe is the feeling that the end of the video was rushed. Could have definitely used 10-20 more seconds of footage of your fire extinguisher setup in use. Keep up the awesome work!

[@mattamys]

Doesn’t last for very long and once the fluid was coming out there wasn’t really anything else to see!

[@fluchterschoen]

​@@mattamyssounds familiar

[@SFH_Jenkins]

Thank you for the information. I've been contacted by Williams to pull all the strings on every other car. They gave me the two dollar bill, which is more than enough for me.

[@dfreeman32]

Love this kind of detailed insight in to some of the more technical pieces of F1. And the TDF rep is amazing!! More of him please.

[@CamiloSperberg]

Mick Schumacher's fire extinguisher went off in his F2 time during I believe Austria, but I had no idea it was some very nasty chemicals! Thanks, learned some new stuff today

[@tom4208]

Yes because in a situation where I am in danger and need to exit a fiery vehicle I will always remember to put my steering wheel back in place in under 12 seconds

[@southernracing2468]

I like how they say they are so expensive but let’s just put it back in the flaming car so it doesn’t get lost🤣

[@tom4208]

@@southernracing2468 Right... it seems like they care more about that steering wheel than the driver himself..... idgaf if that steering wheel was made with the holy grail itself, its not more valuable than my life... fuck that thing it can burn... 🤷

[@rapidshot3033]

Thats crazy strength to be able to extract yourself from a formula car in less than 10 seconds after all those g forces your body experienced

[@julianbrelsford]

"The steering wheels are very expensive " Well, to mitigate against that they should've just engineered the cars to work with an off the shelf game controller like you'd have for your ps3 😂

[@briannissley9055]

PS3? Have you been in a coma for 15 years? If so, my apologies.

[@xjunkxyrdxdog89]

​​@@briannissley9055Google "titan sub controller" They were making a joke

[@theoshaviolation]

This comment aged like milk

[@ekxo1126]

for some reason when I first read the title I immediately thought there was a cable somewhere in the world that if you pull makes a random F1 car in the world explode randomly

[@sumerrana6805]

now we know how to stop Verstappen

[@user-il7lq8zn8z]

Emp

[@unfortunately_fortunate2000]

"202012" damn I guess technology hasn't changed at all in the future

[@d3fault1420]

nice pfp

[@unfortunately_fortunate2000]

@@d3fault1420 a fellow member, very nice

[@Chimera_Photography]

I’m SO glad they explained the steering wheel thing further. I was like, hold up, they what? Even if on fire? 😂 nope

[@dawsonarkell9722]

Williams just needs to send Logan Sergeant around with one of the t-Rex grabber arms to try and pull all the red cables

[@Tangerbound]

Don't pull the "E" Wire

[@somethingbutnot7217]

I’m gonna pull the e wire

[@comicfan3133]

I work at a formula Student Team, and there are similar regulations about getting out of the car and also a button on the outside, which turns all electronics off. but there we don´t have such advanced fire extinguisher. I am not the driver, but i also did the Cockpit exit exercise once, and it isn´t that easy.

[@lukebrommage2420]

Hey, I saw that car whilst it was being loaded/unloaded in southampton docks a couple weeks ago! very surreal experience to see one of these up close

[@deadkennady]

Very cool behind the scenes stuff. Well done!

[@RobbertsTravelGuides]

Crazy, Matt is always been joked off. but he actually makes quality content! Love the stuff!

[@NikoMoraKamu]

not only a f1 , any race car with that symbol

[@eric81766]

I did not know about this system. So in the case of Romain Grosjean's crash - did this system work or not work?

[@Formula_Info_]

The car was split in half so I'm not sure they used it

[@tomm1413]

It couldn't have been used since the car just exploded in a ball of fire and there wasn't really any time to pull the cable

[@-Jester]

The car was cut in half, and the part that Grosjean was in was no longer connected to the fire extinguishing system. Plus, good luck pulling that cable while the car is up in flames like his was. It's for engine fires, not for massive fuel fires like Grosjean's.

[@eric81766]

@@-Jester at 5:52 they showed a button inside the cockpit presumably located where it's convenient for the driver to press it when in a panic due to fire. And the video said that it floods the cockpit area with the fire suppressant. I could understand the system failing if the car splitting severed the system, however, I'd think that if the car splits in half then most of the time you'd want the fire suppression system to automatically go off. Again, I didn't know this system existed, hence the wondering how it worked out in an actual car-on-fire situation. I don't recall anything mentioned about a in-car system for fire suppression during reports on the crash - which might be because I didn't pick up on the mentions because I didn't know the system existed.

[@gp75motorsports]

@@eric81766 Even if it *does* automatically trigger, there's nothing much it can do if the connection to the nozzles is severed

[@pauls5745]

we have those extinguishers in the restaurant around the grilles. worst cleanup ever when one time cleaning the hoods it was accidentally set off

[@techroyal707]

"at the end of video, I'll show you what happens when it's pulled".... "Skips to end of video"

[@Liamdel12345]

Celebration idea: Show us your childhood hood or Give us a running guide.

[@mlee6050]

Just curious what seatbelt type do they use? 3, 4, 5, 6 point harness

[@HaydonGullis]

Not even these can extinguish another great Matt Amys video

[@TheMono25]

The title should be Pull this handle when you destroy your car lol

[@justinharper6909]

Aston Martin mechanics to Lance Stroll before he gets into the cockpit: OK Lance, just pull this cable.

[@stephenbritton9297]

Only seen one gone off once, on a Formula Ford2000 style car. Driver was quite wet, but the fire was out! I prefer cars with separate electronics and extinguisher pulls.

[@rag3parsley_420]

showing off your formula car to your gf: her: what does this do. car: *blows up*

[@adamrobinson8238]

Does anyone know if Roman Grojean activated his cars fire suppression system when he had his big (infamous) crash? And did it help at all?

[@s.danielpie5304]

Alternative title: Why Does Pulling This Cable Destroy A Formula 1 Car? (And Why You Shouldn’t.)

[@raphaelsquirrel5299]

Can somebody kindly explain why f1 teams dont use flexible flask type containers to store the fire extinguishing material ? Wouldnt that be more cost effective and easier to place within the car ? (Suppose a flexible but nonetheless resistant container to prevent punctures, tears and the like)

[@user-cw2tw1um8i]

Pressure

[@GeoffRichards_GP]

Think spraying a bottle of champagne (rigid vessel) vs blowing up a party balloon

[@musguelha14]

Did you see the video? They do use a bag type system, the carbon fiber enclosure is just there to support the bag for when the system is pressurized.

[@calebray3917]

@@musguelha14I’m sure they mean just the bag dude🤦🏽‍♂️

[@trainsplanesandotherthings5187]

Thanks for the info..I'm going to run around and pull them all now.

[@nobodynemoq]

This halon ban is so ridiculous, in many situations this is an unbeatable way of extinguishing fire, and also is totally harmless to the equipment. Banning gases harmful to ozone layer from common things like deodorants was absolutely reasonable, but specialized extinguishing tools should be excluded from these rules, especially when all alternatives are highly problematic and usually renders everything unusable.

[@leedaniels1468]

So glad I watched this because there's a F1 car parked outside my house and I was about to pull that cable...phew !

[@Krisjoverovovejovovichtski]

These youtube videos are like those matrix "learning modules discs" Ohshi i need to rescue someone from a burning motorcycle on a freeway KZbin : i got you

[@aidan6029]

If so much damage could be caused by pulling that wire, it seems like the wire loop being so out in the open it could easily get snagged on something and accidentally get pulled.

[@danielesavino2619]

it's actually pretty hard to pull, and at the marshall briefing the fia always reminds to not touch the wire unless it's necessary

[@BoBz013]

4:55 pato looks so much like checo here i had to replay it like 3 times before i realised who it was in the mclaren ahahaha

[@BastiaanNetjes]

Always love seeing a notification when you upload a new video :) Could you maybe do a video about the broadcasting of f1? In terms of what equipment they use and the helicopter for example?

[@Minshall04]

Awesome insight Matt 👊🏼

[@hug0317]

i remeber in f2 in i think 2020 when Schumachers cockpit fire extinguisher went off , mid race

[@Doubie.]

I’m surprised the haven’t switched to stop fyre the halon replacement yet For anyone unfamiliar halon was banned from manufacturing specifically not use (it’s still used where it’s been installed and the supply hasn’t been exhausted) for environmental concerns and was a gaseous extinguisher that doesn’t spray a “foaming agent” and can be fired multiple times without cleaning or recharging it doesn’t expire the way most foaming extinguishers do it’s also doesn’t destroy everything it touches the was a lot of extinguishing agents do

[@CYXXYC]

why did it feel like he didnt even try to get out in time

[@CuriousJet]

Great insight, this is awesome stuff, unseen anywhere else on KZbin.

[@cpt_nordbart]

Oh my God the tank is on fire!

[@linux2420]

I didnt know doofenshmirtz was in charge of designing F1 cars

[@ebouwman034]

I thought 7 seconds would be relatively easy and figured you'd do it in 10 on your first try... Burning alive scares me and 17 seconds is a scary reminder.

[@worstplayerusw5025]

My man real excited for some kidney pie.

[@roblox_player7424]

8:57 'So this is out of a 202012 car.'

[@kevinogorman7561]

This explains how Grosjean survived his fiery crash into the barrier where he was trapped.

[@mrragge7986]

Were these things pulled in Bahrain 20 and Austria 22?

[@CelestialLites]

I sat in a F! car at CES back in the 90's. It was tight cockpit and hard to get in/out😳

[@antoniok4735]

Great video Matt, but can you make a video about the pit stops and their choreography the width of the pit stop markings, the tire measurement stop markings the laser system and everything about the high end system pit stop.

[@HobbyWorld_one]

I'm a huge fan of motorsport and F1 and I really enjoyed watching this great video. It was very educational and inspiring. Liked and subscribed :) Looking forward to following your channel.

[@nlpnt]

It's a great example of crippling overspecialization. The problems F1 had with manhole covers and even pavement repair strips in Vegas was another - beat-up Cavaliers and Neons that haven't seen a professional mechanic in 20 years (Nevada is a non-inspection state) handle it every day but the pinnacle of automotive technology can't.

[@Tacos888]

Oof. I have a small advance as when I was in grade school, we had a Indy car and also had access to some of rarest Indy cars and I’d do these speed test all the time 😂😂😂

[@grabsmicug7622]

*Proceeds to pull it*

[@therandomchannel-_-]

the marshal"s couldn’t push Yuki's car when he retired in Monza, was it because they didn't use the neutral button?

[@stonebrick-uc4ns]

i swear to god i only noticed it since i saw this video and cant unsee it

[@gir489returns2]

The reason Halon is banned is I'd imagine you can't breathe it.

[@Krisjoverovovejovovichtski]

*makes myles dyson noises

[@xxoptic__nutxx6877]

Didn’t that interior fire extinguisher accidentally go off in an f2 or f3 race a couple of years ago? In Logan Sargent’s car I think?

[@ReliktFall]

It went off in Mick Schuhmachers car in Austria 2020

[@nic12344]

There's no way that was your best attempt at getting out of the cockpit !

[@darekmistrz4364]

0:45 I feel weird hearing about FIA and F1 while guy undresses in front of me

[@pr1sm55]

5:39 to all the people who want the video to be what the headline is and not be baited into watching most of the exact 10 minutes (for monetization).

[@miniphoenixgaming7243]

Wonder if the halos lower on tsunodas car so he can reach it to get out 😂

[@Razzbow]

My man how did you get an RP20

[@raymoreton3184]

I have down the wheel fit and removal a few times in a f1 sim it was called let’s race they had 10 cars that is the shell I tee was great fun

[@helpcnarinceoglume]

its fire extinguisher

[@osmacar5331]

While F1 has really dropped over the years. These technologies are interesting and important to know.

[@JavierMercedes]

amazing video as always!

[@gracechadi]

Thank you for sharing.

[@F-35BLightningII]

*_Accidentally pulls the extinguisher cable._*

[@MaxMut.]

Best vid of the season “

[@dezertraider]

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT,,THANK YOU.,.

[@mlee6050]

I love to see speed to get out with halo vs without as video showed was with

[@dieseldragon6756]

In the industry I'm grounded in, we have on-vehicle extinguishing systems that are not only Halon-based, but the bottle containing it - Under significant pressure, I might add - Is a good 500mm diameter and 2,5m in height. Despite this, it bears a more than passing resemblance to a family-size UK Class A fire extinguisher... 🙃 But that said; The system's designed to suppress high intensity electrical fires (Including transformer overruns) on a system that operates at 25kV, at speeds of up to 320km/h, on a vehicle weighing over 950 metric tonnes. As an aside to this, it also covers the distance between London and Paris in just over two hours... 🚄🇪🇺💨😁 Also: Can anybody please explain that _Halo_ device? I can understand it being employed in Formula E - No engine means no air intake, meaning no „Triangle“ - But why would you need it in conventional ICE F1 too? 😳

[@CattleRustlerOCN]

On that particular f1car no worries, pulling the ring would be an improvement

[@-deltajay]

That car won a race

[@leagokubu9072]

Nice video Matt now I know but bro you made a mistake you are in Sergio's 2020 racing point😂❤

[@mattamys]

It's the 2019 car, painted with the 2020 livery!

[@leagokubu9072]

@@mattamys Thanks Matt I am also 11 years old

[@moleyballin2270]

Isn't it Lance Stroll's car? There's no racing number on the engine cover or nose but it has the maple leaf on the halo which Stroll had and not Perez edit - never mind I thought it was only on Stroll's car as he is Canadian but looking at pictures, it's on Perez's 2020 car as well.

[@rojo7456]

Thanks for the info, now i can pull the cable from the red bull cars and make alonso win the 33

[@Lesopal]

it's the estrogen pipe! (The E gives it away) (I'm going to drink it)

[@rasmusericsson8447]

You also get a penalty or DQ if you don’t put it back in. This is in any formula racing!

[@PistolPete868]

I'd definitely pull it thinking it was a twizzler 🎉

[@gabrielgaitan4856]

Imagine if that extinguishing system was fitted on civilian cars, if there was a fire, then there must be a way to activate the extinguisher system to take out the fire and let the driver and passengers get out safely.

[@Zirion123]

Im sry but who puts the steering wheel back on in an emergency?

[@ErikvsLenny]

Matt is to Big for a FCEE ^^ i once was one a trip with my boys in a German automotive show - they had a formula 1 mock up to test your time. All of my small - thin friends were able to do it quite easily. big boys sturggle ^

[@Bombskwad92]

10 minute video to tell you it's a fire suppression system. Which you can infer in the first 30 seconds

[@The55nomad]

Go ahead. Pull it.

[@free4fire]

To be fair, that Racing Point was already destroyed when they've but that horrendous BWT livery on it, no need to pull that cable, burning it would actually be an upgrade in my eyes.

[@dustinandtarynwolfe5540]

Guessing they're fire bottles

[@Phonixrmf]

Ferb, I know what we're doing today