Pull This Cable And You Destroy A Formula 1 Car

[@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

[@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

[@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?

[@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).)

[@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…

[@tauzik]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@Adam_Lyskawa]

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?

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@Wafflecombo54]

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

[@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

[@GunSpyEnthusiast]

A Formula 1 car that turns to bits after pulling a cable sounds like something a Valve game would have as a prop in a rich character's home.

[@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

[@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

[@darekmistrz4364]

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

[@nomedocanal8496]

lol same

[@TheCostantinus]

Tbh I would feel particularly aroused if a guy undresses in front of me while talking about FIA rules

[@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.

[@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

[@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 😂

[@bnizzle1]

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

[@xjunkxyrdxdog89]

​​@@bnizzle1Google "titan sub controller" They were making a joke

[@theoshaviolation]

This comment aged like milk

[@Aereto]

Some used that idea, and it sank deep into the ocean

[@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)

[@ОлегСлугин-щ7з]

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🤦🏽‍♂️

[@pandamaster8306]

Doctor Doofenshirtz definitely had a part in this

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@HaydonGullis]

Not even these can extinguish another great Matt Amys video

[@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

[@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

[@jellygoodgoof]

3:17 You weren't really acting like it was an emergency, seemed like you were being careful not to damage the car.

[@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?

[@NogiiPlayz]

Don't pull the "E" Wire

[@somethingbutnot7217]

I’m gonna pull the e wire

[@RobbertsTravelGuides]

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

[@deadkennady]

Very cool behind the scenes stuff. Well done!

[@haouribi]

It is an ejection seat guys just saved you 10 minutes

[@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).

[@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.

[@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.

[@PersonThatExi]

1:50 "To make sure no one with _Sticky Fingers_ can get their hands on it." You aren't allowing Bucciarati in?

[@wawababaaaa]

lolz

[@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.

[@Liamdel12345]

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

[@sumerrana6805]

now we know how to stop Verstappen

[@AminbinibrahimAmin]

Emp

[@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

[@justinharper6909]

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

[@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... 🤷

[@moneybilla]

​@@tom4208 if we being real your life isn't "invaluable", it's actually very valuable and has a certain price. For the us gov it's about 10mil per person, for f1 I'd assume it's a lil less lmao

[@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

[@gir489returns2]

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

[@Krisjoverovovejovovichtski]

*makes myles dyson noises

[@Lesopal]

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

[@techroyal707]

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

[@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?

[@NikoMoraKamu]

not only a f1 , any race car with that symbol

[@rag3parsley_420]

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

[@osmacar5331]

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

[@cpt_nordbart]

Oh my God the tank is on fire!

[@hug0317]

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

[@roblox_player7424]

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

[@trainsplanesandotherthings5187]

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

[@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.

[@CattleRustlerOCN]

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

[@-deltajay]

That car won a race

[@s.danielpie5304]

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

[@Bombskwad92]

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

[@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?

[@kevinogorman7561]

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

[@mlee6050]

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

[@rasmusericsson8447]

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

[@BrowncoatInABox]

I now want nothing more in my life than to pull this cable

[@sanguineel]

Putting the wheel back seems like introducing an unnecessary level of risk. If they are bailing then the situation can change quickly.

[@CelestialLites]

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

[@CuriousJet]

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

[@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 😂😂😂

[@filanfyretracker]

kind of like aircraft, if you pull that engine fire handle you are not relighting that engine again*. *Not in flight at least, once the turbine engineers pull it apart and fix it, then it will run again.

[@bnizzle1]

3:22 It actually looks like you were trying to move as slow as possible, like maybe you were trying to avoid waking your parents up. If you have a medical condition that prevents you from hustling, then my apologies.

[@RinnzuRosendale]

The fact that in an emergency they expect you to take 3x longer so you can replace the wheel shows that saftey is not first.

[@MrFlarespeed]

Group safety is more important than personal safety.

[@worstplayerusw5025]

My man real excited for some kidney pie.

[@mrragge7986]

Were these things pulled in Bahrain 20 and Austria 22?

[@CYXXYC]

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

[@netshaman9918]

There should be explosive bolts to eject the cockpit bars thing if you press a BIG RED button.^^

[@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? 😳

[@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.

[@thewatcher5271]

That Was Interesting But I Still Don't Understand How Extinguishing An Onboard Fire Destroys The Car. Thank You.

[@JavierMercedes]

amazing video as always!

[@danielmp2085]

RedBull mechanics have the chance to do the funniest thing ever

[@captainzeppos]

Impressive. I have been following F1 for 97 years now and I didn't even know such things or regulations existed. Amazing.

[@rojo7456]

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

[@nic12344]

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

[@ConstantlyDamaged]

Video starts at 5:33

[@ScrimmyBingus42]

How about you just watch the whole video? Or is that too much for your tiktok rotted brain to handle?

[@jfbeam]

Seeing you get out literally made me cringe. I know you've never been harnessed in, but they should've explained this to you... the harness is designed to stay out of the way. (For the record, those loops on the shoulders of the suit are there for safety workers to pull your ass out of the car. I have seen them used.) The harness will simply fall away / slip over your shoulders as you get up. You don't need to touch the radio or cool suit connectors; they're break-away. (In my track car, you DO need to get out of the harness. I'm using Simpson D3 off-road harnesses... the hip and shoulder are connected. It's only used for track days where people are running street cars with nothing more than the factory 3-pt seat belts, so safety workers are prepared to cut seat belts. Plus I rarely wear my suit in that car.)

[@Minshall04]

Awesome insight Matt 👊🏼

[@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

[@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.

[@TheMono25]

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

[@Martinspire]

Interesting. So the driver needs to manually pull the wire to start it, instead of automatically going off when it detects fire (heat or smoke)? What if the driver is unconscious?

[@Alucard-gt1zf]

That's why you have the one on the outside for a marshal to pull

[@Sgt.chickens]

Auto detect system is subjevt to faults which would be extremely dangerous if it went off mid race. Better to stay manual and ensure all staff on track are allways ready and at the scene of a crash as fast as possible.

[@aeaeaeaeoaeaeaeaeae]

I didnt know doofenshmirtz was in charge of designing F1 cars

[@pakjai5532]

5:40 why pulling the cable destroys the Formula 1 Car.

[@Zirion123]

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