10 F1 technical innovations that failed

[@WeAreTheRace]

Brought to you by Aramco: bit.ly/3MYX1mX

[@purwantiallan5089]

@@oaz8 more like haramco for me.

[@namename3130]

We dont like aramco

[@roberthak3695]

@@namename3130 Yes u do. Your lifestyle is supported and enabled precisely by them and that type of business. Green energy, emancipation, whatever fake progressive belief u hold is just that, a fake delusional belief.

[@BootyT69]

F*** Aramco

[@alxpluto]

Sportswashing

[@mikklustmets4239]

Aramco innovations that failed… 1) Human rights

[@John_Ass]

No one care ffs, tell me do you care what is happening to rohingya people right now that are literally being massacre by the Myanmar government?

[@purwantiallan5089]

2) Technical Sponsor Deals.

[@sbatty65227]

Yet you'll watch Grand Prix's in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Azerbaijan, China (if it ever gets back on the calendar).

[@bennynagon9322]

Check out how Shell destroyed Nigeria, check out how Britain oil company and French petroleum company has Fed up africa. Check out how preem is robbing Sweden’s population. Well let’s go electric then... 70% of all wind turbines are from China so that route does not work either. Check out how Nike, HM, Zara is treating their employees in India and Pakistan. Not much human rights there either. Every single big global company has blood on their hands. It definitely doesn’t justify what Saudi Arabia are doing in Yemen but when the replacement are just the same what can you really do

[@roberthak3695]

@@sbatty65227 He also powers his iphone and car with energy coming from oil. All the plastic he uses is from oil. The food he eats effortlessly?... yes, all steps powered by oil. These delusional lil shits... lmao

[@jackalchat]

The aramco ads are so inspiring - I’m nearly losing my head with excitement

[@purwantiallan5089]

Inspiring? Nah. Not even close.

[@roberthak3695]

your face is dripping soy bro... wash it and stop consuming cnn soynews

[@kazabill5247]

@@purwantiallan5089 You missed the joke

[@redbullsauberpetronas]

Don't be a homosexual

[@soundscape26]

Ed did his best. If this doesn't make you go and check Aramco's amazing innovations after you watch this video, then nothing will. 😄

[@piers780]

This guy must have signed a long contract with aramco. The backlash to their sponsorship is overwhelming

[@ilovelimpfries]

Who cares, they're paying their salary. It's not like youre paying for the race members club subscriptions.

[@theracingban]

@@ilovelimpfries most of these ppl are Brain washed by western media

[@John_Ass]

Oh stop it, let be honest here, you don't care, what about rohingya people or Palestinian people who being murdered like livestock? No one care

[@purwantiallan5089]

@@ilovelimpfries B007, Aramco for me is like Haramco.

[@Teunslang1999]

@@ilovelimpfries with an audience like they have, they can easily convince anyone to sponsor them. Its absolutely disgusting that they still take their arab oil money

[@Visual_Ghoul]

Aramco: Powered by blood

[@purwantiallan5089]

Or powered by Death and Hunger.

[@bennynagon9322]

That is all oil company

[@redbullsauberpetronas]

Yet you're fine with America 🤔

[@mazdaroadster-mx5]

@@redbullsauberpetronas America isn't currently snuffing out journalists and silencing opposition

[@redbullsauberpetronas]

@@mazdaroadster-mx5 you sure about that?

[@_bstr_ct1832]

Sponsored by Aramco, accessory to a human rights crisis!

[@razrr8484]

Confused by this… what have I missed?

[@gitlyndon]

🥱

[@Deovantay]

@@razrr8484 Aramco is a Saudi Oil company notorious for abusing migrant workers like Qatar and the World Cup constructions.

[@avo616]

Ah well

[@theracingban]

Brain washed npc

[@LordandGodofYouTube]

Perhaps you could do a video on innovations that were banned before they even made it to a race. The rotary valve engine that McLaren wanted to run springs to mind.

[@purwantiallan5089]

The McLaren has something need to desire for it.

[@pedroneves4465]

Or the infamous double-chassis Lotus 88 (that some said wasn't as good as it was supposed to be).

[@briannam1082]

Williams cvt is a good one

[@fix0the0spade]

The 6 wheel, 4 wheel drive ground effect Williams FW07C/FW08D spring to mind. The FW08D was alleged to be a complete rocketship even with the DFV8 in it instead of a turbo engine.

[@cameraboxer]

or odd manufacturer f1 engines? Subaru flat 12 comes to mind

[@Root3264]

10 controversial F1 sponsors, powered by Aramco

[@billy3k717]

Surely The Race as a 931k subscriber channel could've taken other sponsorships than Aramco...

[@purwantiallan5089]

Yep. I belive Nijigasaki High School Idol Club is the perfect sponsorship. Not ARAMCO.

[@roberthak3695]

Why? I personally like their colors. Mogs the rainbow degeneracy colors... lmao

[@danverss6176]

Nordvpn is a much better sponsor lol

[@katkatkatomg]

@@roberthak3695 cry

[@SimRacingVeteran]

Aramco pays the dollars.

[@nafizjubaer1717]

I literally come to the comments to see the Aramco roasts

[@_stitch]

I understand why you guys have sponsored clips in these videos, even if they are irritating, but that +3dB jump every time the Aramco clips start is absolutely unforgivable. Sort your mixing out.

[@BOABModels]

Ken Tyrrell had hoped that another team would adopt the 4 smaller front wheels which would cause Goodyear to keep developing the tyres but it didn't happen. Still one of my favourite cars.

[@idexpro8263]

You should do reg changes that failed to deliver on their promises. Such as 2009 and 2019 regs that promised closer racing, but it made it worse instead.

[@smaffoo]

blink twice if aramco are holding you captive

[@myusernamegottaken9512]

You guys have got to drop aramco… this is getting embarrassing.

[@unthenner5519]

Rage-baits get the clicks and 'engagement' 😂. Shameless, absolutely shameless.

[@zero_burrito]

Aramco - Powered by How (and multiple human rights violations)

[@purwantiallan5089]

Or powered by Death and Desire?

[@trapeziumm]

Human rights violations are happen around the world, even in the Western countries. Better next time.

[@thandontantiso3744]

I cringe with every Aramco add. But hay, money is money

[@roberthak3695]

ur delusional

[@trapeziumm]

Who cares

[@procatprocat9647]

​@@trapeziumm a huge number of people care, just look at this comments section and you have the answer to your ignorant little question.

[@SolidSonicTH]

@@trapeziumm Shut the hell up.

[@SmashGhost]

Alpine's centerline cooling concept. McLaren's butterfly suspension. The trumpet exhaust. The twin tusk Renault. Many examples for a follow-on video!

[@willgaines5269]

Perhaps you could do a video informing your viewers of Aramco's human rights violations and environmental disasters.

[@bimapriambada1098]

Yeah just like British Government tried to save Afghan and Iraqi by Killing them from Osama bin Laden and Sadham Hussein and then took their natural Resources.

[@redbullsauberpetronas]

Human rights aren't real lol

[@andreaferrari26]

Top 10 ways aramco improved our planet Thanks for watching

[@trapeziumm]

Human right violations are happen around the world everyday even in the Western countries. Better next time bro..

[@willgaines5269]

@Thomas yep!

[@sherman128]

Thank you so much for this one! These are my absolute favorite videos and I really thought this area had been mined for content and I wouldn't see any more videos like this with innovations I'd never seen before. If you have any more I'd love to see it!

[@dand1585]

F1 should bring back exhaust blown diffusers or another way to make the exhaust useful to performance. It sounds crazy and might allow for more consistent/better floor performance which could lead to even further reduced reliance on overbody airflow for downforce, reducing drag and increasing efficiency

[@SmashGhost]

Floor performance is consistent. Overbody aero is now secondary. EBDs will only add complexity - and additional variables require additional tuning time / create opportunity to get things wrong

[@bocahdongo7769]

It's pointless with how the downforce setup use. The underfloor is already as efficient as ever, even too powerful. Shoving extra air only just choke the whole thing You can't just shove whatever cool bullshitery and expect it adds up like in the game stat

[@dand1585]

@@SmashGhost right - I say reduce overbody aero more, reduce drag and use EBD for the show. More complexity/more things to go wrong is a positive in my view; super consistent performance and reliability is a big contributor to dull race weekends.

[@dand1585]

@@bocahdongo7769 i don’t know what you mean by bullshittery to add up to game stat. I don’t play video games. I also don’t know what you mean by “too powerful.” Teams use so many drag-inducing devices to seal the diffuser from the rear tire wake when exhaust gas can be used to accomplish the same thing without the same drag penalty.

[@bocahdongo7769]

@@dand1585 You assume that those exhaust won't make dirty air anyway. And remember dirty air is just F1 term for wake drag. It's same thing, just different perspective

[@marcelloceresini1810]

Aramco, such a great sponsor! Hopefully you change it fast

[@Tyler_Evans0411]

Fun fact. George Russell is the only driver in the. 21st century to win a race without sidepods

[@fam.hunger5244]

The W13 did not have "no sidepods". To say that is just wrong. There still is a cooling inlet and after the cooling inlet there still is a small, very short sidepod. So its not like there really is no sidepods. This statement has also been refuted several times with photos from above and the side.

[@Tyler_Evans0411]

@@fam.hunger5244 bro the fact that you felt the need to say this 😂. I’m pretty sure everyone knows there’s a sidepod. It’s very small and if there wasn’t one there wouldn’t be an inlet for the radiator.

[@NotOnHerb]

Fun fact. Your mum sleeps with other men

[@TheMrFishnDucks]

Nice video. Keep up the good work.

[@austinpaz2174]

How did pit stops look with those 6 wheel cars? 🤔

[@Dogman36]

sponsored by a missle target

[@hambone7777777]

That's good info, thx...The 2012 Lotus car is quite different from today's cars, or the 2026 specs. It didn't have ground effects or the same wheelbase, weight, tires, aero advancements, balance, engine, etc. Apples to olives, really. So progress, even with ground effects, is possible.

[@bananna4486]

everytime a team come up with a good idea that works fia ban it

[@Appletank8]

I think F1 is just too fast for its own good. When a single mistake could send you hurtling towards a wall at 180mph, the FIA is understandably cautious about anything that might result in extremely high cornering speeds. If the cars only had a top speed of 100 mph, then they could theoretically use all kinds of bullshit because the worst crash would still be like 3x less energy. I’ve seen people attach giant wings directly to the rear axle on a very budget race car, and nobody cared because it wasn’t like it could go over 110 mph without at very long straight away.

[@riggerthegeek]

In the early 2000s, I remember every publication talking of the twin keel suspension and this video made me realise I've not heard of it for years. Is it still a thing or has it been superseded?

[@fam.hunger5244]

The twim keel suspension gave an aerodynamical advantage but also a big structural disadvantage. It was not stiff enough and a lot of aditional mass was needed to stiffen it. This means a lot of additional weight where you don't want because more additional weight so far forward means disadvantage in terms of vehicle dynamics(more understeer, more lateral weight transfer and higher tyre wear). So basically the disadvantages outweight the benefits. In 2005 the zero keel was invented(what teams use untill today). The zero keel was as stiff as the single keel(what teams used before/instead of the twin keel)but had the aero benefits of the twin keel. Thats why the twin keel failed and was never seen again after the zero keel was invented. I hope that answears your question.

[@riggerthegeek]

@@fam.hunger5244 perfect, thank you.

[@perfektmattzz1999]

that was the weirdest midroll ad I've ever seen

[@purwantiallan5089]

Yep. But cool all the same, Matt.

[@soundscape26]

Yes, a bit forced but hey...

[@ManWithBeard1990]

Something I thought was pretty interesting at the time was the weirdly shaped rear wishbones McLaren ran at the beginning of the new turbo era. I believe the reasoning was that since the vertical cross-section was symmetrical it technically didn't count as a downforce producing device, but because there's two of them they interact with each other in such a way that it works like a beam wing. Should also have helped the diffuser. It wasn't really efficient enough though and the Honda engine wasn't powerful enough at the time to make it work.

[@pierre-richard6779]

Nice video ! thank you

[@MrScoot27]

* Literally any innovation is tested * FIA: What a nice improvement you have there, it would be a shame if someone banned it.

[@JTeam45]

Not gonna lie, if I was in charge of F1 I'd un-ban 6-wheelers, 4WD, Blown/octopus diffusers, F-ducts, and Walrus noses. Who knows what teams would come up with nowadays, and there's no point in keeping 6-wheelers banned no one's gonna do it.

[@mauritzjohnson9541]

I love your videos. This channel is my go to for formula 1 info. My wife likes it because she says your voice is easy on the ears and nice to fall asleep to.

[@Our_Sole_Pusch]

Just to clarify (as this is a technical discussion), the March 6 wheeled car was actually banned after they made it. They found that they couldn't find a material strong enough to make the prop shaft out of. They kept failing due to the torque stresses, so March reverted to the standard 4 wheeled version before the 6 wheeler was banned.

[@fuzzy-daddy83]

Erm regarding the mid-wing on the McLaren in 1995, did 2017 not happen?

[@hondatech5000]

Excellent work

[@PanzerFalcon2232]

The Lotus passive rear wing stalling was quite ingenious for its time, just a shame it didnt work

[@Batters56]

I thought the fronts just free wheeled independently!

[@salkdhfpoahergpoahre1534]

The MP4/10 was the first car I remember being obsessed with. The car was terrible, but I thought it was so cool looking

[@reireiismeme]

Thinking that anyone would go take a look at Aramco knowing anything about aston martin is hilarious

[@tonisiret5557]

Great video! Some of these I didn't even know about. Not sure which side of the fence I sit on the FIA banning everything 🤔

[@Mrneko8]

a x-wing, not only the characteristic star wars like figure but also worked functionally suprised me.

[@AndyHack10]

5:05 Renault never ran a 72° V10 before 2004, instead they ran 67° units from 1989 to 1996 and a 71° engine in 1997, later called Mecachrome, Supertec or Playlife.

[@namename3130]

If you are from the far future then I am pleased to say this video is a fantastic case study into our times. Here we have the saudi-arabian state oil company paying british formula one youtube journalists to repeat a completely meaningless script (wtf does 'powered by how' mean) supposedly in order to advertise despite the following reasons why that is a waste of money for them: 1) there is no place remotely near me where i, the consumer see their product to buy 2) everyone dislikes them for their inherant connection to a in authoritarian and inhumane government 3)every comment section makes them aware of point 2.

[@Mazoox500]

Aramco, Powered by how? Answer: Oil

[@chinmaysardesai623]

Aramco or (H)Aram Co?

[@413TomaccoRoad]

Renault should have made it a boxer flat 10.

[@7g6_66]

Was hoping I’d see something about the Williams f1 cvt car

[@RomainFleuryWhatever]

Does the mercedes "no side pods" enter in this category of good idea bad idea ?

[@periklaskyriakidis6064]

Anybody know why McLaren had that sidepod design in 2011??? It's so weird... Does it have to do with the exhaust???

[@Masterfinli]

Aramco: Powered by BLOOD

[@dingus2218]

Ditch the saudi sponsorship ya kooks

[@redbullsauberpetronas]

Ditch the homosexuals

[@justaguy3310]

Yeah I'm unsubbing and not watching anymore because of Aramco. Hope you guys will stop accepting blood money in the future

[@d.s.2868]

W13 no side pods??

[@craigcharlesworth1538]

1. They clearly did have sidepods, just very small ones. Like the old Scuderia Modena from the 90s. 2. It's yet to be proved that they're a bad idea. Merc still insist that the car's problems were elsewhere and the sidepod package wasn't to blame, so they may get the last laugh.

[@Appletank8]

Considering they were starting to catch up to Ferrari near the end, I’m not so sure they will be abandoned just yet. It seems their issues come primarily from their underfloor being too sensitive to ride height.

[@bukayosraka]

You're watching the unsubscribe button, brought to you by me

[@MsZeeZed]

00:55 - FTT officially cursed

[@ashwinihegde5993]

What about the legendary sidepod designs of the Mercedes W13

[@Princess_kitty14]

10 sportswashing attempts that failed

[@wetwert4320]

nice vid

[@emteehed]

your FTT didn't fail man.... Honda Preluude Type SH with its Active Torque Transfer System being a front wheel drive system. Of course the car doesn't exist anymore, but the Technology is still around now in the Acura MDX 'SH' version. I personally dont consider that a failure if it's been put into Production vehicles which people are buying.

[@fam.hunger5244]

There will always be something where a technology can be used elsewhere. But this is about F1 and whether a technology failed in F1. And not whether it works somewhere else. And FTT failed in 1999 and was banned in 2004 after BAR used a more advanced system.

[@emteehed]

@@fam.hunger5244 then you dont understand F1 if you think you can look solely at F1 and not the rest of the automotive world at the same time...

[@emteehed]

@@fam.hunger5244 you're trying to pigeon hole an entity that's tied to a much larger entity and you can't even recognize.

[@emteehed]

@@fam.hunger5244 you can say the same thing about 'active suspension and f1' but the thing is... it's also in consumer vehicles as well... AND then you're gonna find a pattern. technologies used or once used in F1 found in other parts of the world. which then comes back to you not understanding F1

[@emteehed]

@@fam.hunger5244 i dont know what F1 is to you... but ive come across several research papers born because F1 exists... PhD candidates gathering their research for their PhD. Engineers getting their doctorates. this is in multiple industries not just automotive. you think whatever it is you want to think about 'F1 technologies' i just find your opinion extremely short sited and blind.

[@LouSassol69er]

Double tap for 10 sec skip to miss the sponsor we all don't like 😊

[@sandybarnes887]

I tap 4 times to skip 30 seconds

[@willjackson6522]

God the Aramco ad voiceover is the fakest thing I’ve ever heard 😂

[@mannmctrash]

Aramco: Powered by how (many human rights crimes can we commit today?)

[@brandonm8901]

I thought the Aramco sponsorship was a joke 💀

[@into_the_void]

The walrus nose , the cobra fangs .. Whatever you call it.... I thought it looked kinda cool

[@soundscape26]

Oh yes, that Williams looked great. Also they should return to those kinds of colour schemes instead of the bland liveries they have been using lately.

[@ostrich00]

Are we just not going to talk about the zero pod for Mercedes? Too soon?

[@arroe8386]

Even though the comments are probably a bit hypocritical, they are hilarious 😂

[@potayto-potahto881]

'Aramco, powered by how" as in "How the duck do people take this sponsorship from the Saudi government?"

[@itzlion5941]

Don't take aramco as a sponsor...

[@zapyvr]

Great now we not only have the sport sponsored by digusting compagnies but the formula one youtubers too. Ils hope you had more integrity than the greedy people running f1 but it doesn't seem to ne the case

[@unthenner5519]

All youtubers are crooks and grifters.

[@boomdaus]

We need the opposite! ideas that are good enough for the fia to write them out the rules very quickly

[@SilverScarletSpider]

The truth is, if it is a McLaren, Honda, BMW, Renault, or Lotus innovation, it will get banned. Yet, If it is a Ferarri or Mercedes innovation, they will be applauded for exploiting a “grey area” and get a slap on the wrist and pat on the back.

[@andreaferrari26]

Yeah Ferrari definitely didn’t get penalized for the fuel flow system in 2019 (a grey area) Definitely not

[@afchehiro]

Do not sportwash criminals against humanity plz stop!!! Aramco is probably guilty for some genocides... stop bringing their name up as something good.... plz stop you are becoming accomplices in whatever Aramco is doing... Please stop

[@timmurphy4844]

Christ how many thing can you get wrong in this video calling Harry Fergson Bristish when he's clearly Irish and then the aramco sponsorship.

[@ajwasp3642]

Max Backstabben

[@chrishood2883]

Aramco was not a good choice.

[@gabormiklay9209]

FTT is funny: ...fundamental mechanical problem... 😀

[@purwantiallan5089]

Gabor, thats Aramco for them.

[@gabormiklay9209]

@@purwantiallan5089 Whut? 🤔

[@Dogman36]

im building a time machine to convince bernie never to enter the middle eastern market or turkey

[@Dyils]

Zeropods?

[@evilzzzability]

Size Zero sidepods...

[@vernonbear]

Innovations that fail just get removed and we never hear the whys and wherefores. The innovations that work get their day in the sun, then they get banned because one of the big teams, I’m looking at you Ferrari, moan about it and then they throw their tots out of the pra.

[@JackBoii]

Unsub disgusting aramco shilling

[@christinalloyd9566]

Lotus (Enstone) put so much effort into their failure of an f duct. It hoovered up a lot of resource and went on for several years until they finally admitted defeat. The amount of waste, both in money and engineers time was staggering.

[@someonesch4361]

FTT even failed in 1999 smh

[@Alf763]

Brought to you by aramco, because we love corrupt Saudi money

[@maygol]

Good job on the sponsor money, you have lost a subscriber!

[@soundscape26]

They have been sponsored by Aramco for a while now.

[@maygol]

@@soundscape26 and you don't suppose I had subscribed recently and hadn't watched their old videos?

[@benfulford3943]

The stepped nose cars from 10 years ago have really not aged well and do not look good at all. They were ugly then and even more ugly now

[@danverss6176]

I think we can have a dedicated video for some of these unheard tech

[@purwantiallan5089]

Agree. Give those guys major props.

[@aimanfitri0iv]

that was one of forgotten technical innovations also a biggest odds

[@frankm7707]

Mercedes zero sidepod so bad it got passed by a Alpha Tauri. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@06racing]

Given that half of the comments are about the Aramco sponsor shows how well you vet sponsor's. Should have probably reuploaded it without the sponsor. Almost as bad as Amazon paying people $15/hour to pee in a bottle.

[@fusionsniping3741]

Funny how you have people complaining about aramco sponsorship on some yt and social media content, when I bet they watch f1 which does the exact same thing, huge aramco in the face sponsorship, human rights violations and massive pollution😂

[@into_the_void]

All these cars trying to blow themselves.

[@stansmith1304]

What a weird sponsorship ruins the video alot.

[@JoelTehMole]

Not going to blame the Race for taking the bag just like everyone else in F1 does, you need to make money and keep a roof over your head after all. But the fact that a track, a team, and also F1 media can all be sponsored by the same company is such a fucking mental conflict of interest I don't really have the words. If F1 followed competitive integrity, the sport would die. Still like and respect the race though, as I say everyone needs a roof over their heads, and also the blame lies with Aramco anyway. But it's just another example of F1 being a Micky mouse WWE style sport.

[@alexanderschneider2047]

Downvoting every Video of yours, until the Aramco adds are removed #1

[@Chris-nw6ws]

I don't think f1 is about innovation anymore.... Anytime soemthing new comes up it's banned anyway

[@MysticalRubix]

Let’s not forget, this video is sponsor by Aramco…fuck me