What Does An F1 Strategist Do?

Take an in-depth look at one of the coolest and most crucial roles on the F1 grid, as strategists from McLaren, Alfa Romeo and Racing Point take you through their day jobs...
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[@Septimus_ii]

McLaren - we run hundreds of thousands of simulations Ferrari - we ask Seb what to do, then do the opposite

[@FridayWeekend]

And they do the same with Charles 😶

[@gauthamsanthosh7422]

Ferrari strategists: “Alexa, play Despacito.”

[@masonnair]

Faaaark🤣

[@NicoBananAAA]

Ferrari: Write that down!

[@hannapiorr2818]

Nice one xD

[@perrytheplatypus5068]

You actually made me laugh

[@BoliMeKurac]

Made my day

[@TheGreatMario87]

Fingers crossed

[@Euclides287]

Homer Simpson is Ferrari's *top* strategist. *D'oh!* 🤦‍♂️

[@lichh64]

Ferrari: We go to plan B, plan B We go to plan C, plan C *Some time later* We go to plan G, plan G.

[@martini668]

So true

[@dyingearth]

You mean Plan Sea. That is you take your chance of winning and toss it out of the boat at sea.

[@diazzsama]

Plan F To pay respect

[@Blue_Pumpkin]

Plan A : Abandon Race at beginning

[@matiasgaudio2674]

Plan C is "Plan Crash" right ?

[@riccardoberti4659]

Me watching the video: "people will destroy Ferrari in the comment section" Me scrolling down to the comment section: "not disappointed"

[@menaamismenno]

This is so treu

[@alexandrutoth643]

Mee to lol

[@yousefseed1874]

S🅱️inalla

[@cyanwise3024]

Yeah it's predictable you know the community

[@Pal42_]

Literally came here only for the comments

[@ZaHarryTruong]

Vettel and Lerlec: we are the strategists

[@professormoshi3902]

strategists: allow us to ruin your race

[@ThatGuyForLife]

About vettel this comment aged quite well

[@OrdinaryLatvian]

Should've just interviewed Vettel for this video.

[@zerotofifty]

Mercedes Team Radio:My tires are cold and the car oversteers too much at turn 6. Ferrari Team Radio: There is something loose between my legs.

[@AndesF34]

Bro 😂😂😂😂

[@jorisozinga4678]

This needs to go up😂

[@AscendingTechie]

Golden comment

[@Sid-ck4lq]

Brazil 2018 (Vettel in fp3 I think)

[@kadribasarbalkc5314]

Apart from what's obvious,Don't go so hard on the Iceman XD

[@fienmen]

"What Does An F1 Strategist Do?" --- Not work at Ferrari

[@erikIW99]

Watch any ferrari winning race from 1976-2004. They won the strategy game... you all are ignorant mate.

[@kauadasilva6140]

@@erikIW99 but now their strategy is a shi.... F1 don't live from the past man.

[@Pieti_]

"What Does An F1 Strategist Do?" - It depends. At Ferrari you will break hearts of millions

[@totobinotodt9767]

And with vettel's help, don't forget😂😂😂

[@mikailafiq2730]

can't take my my eyes off you as if Leclerc didn’t bin it as well

[@Pieti_]

@@fgp3843 Cheers

[@fbo4545]

PYTE Ferrari don’t have that many fans

[@Pieti_]

@@fbo4545 Yes they do. About 80 million people watch every race and I'm sure they have to root for someone

[@aaronmarkstaller]

Meanwhile Ferrari: "I've eaten over 40 pizzas in the last 30 days..."

[@Millixxxxxx]

"Which means we make an extra pit stop because Luigi and Mario."

[@josefsousek6551]

"I've got 120 spaghetts in my spaghetti"

[@felicelovenapoli93]

stfu man

[@FEVERNOVAA]

"A strategist is the one who makes stratiges" -lance strolls

[@alvmusic4402]

Isn't this all we need to know anyway? Most of the times less is more.

[@AleX-bb1fy]

'tyre wear is when tyre starts to wear down" lace stroll

[@MisoElEven]

@Phillip Leite Would be funny if he wasnt an F4 and F3 champion and pretty good in races...

[@menaamismenno]

Every 60 seconds in Africa a minute passes

[@Tejvir7]

Strolls?

[@peterenis3389]

"What Does An F1 Strategist Do?" The exact opposite of what a Ferrari strategist does.

[@namastehere8933]

Still holds up

[@polarisdefacto9208]

2yrs and still counting 🥲

[@angabri19]

What does an f1 strategists do: Mercedes: Valtteri it's James McLaren: Smooooooooth operator Racing point: Checo can you make 300 laps more on that compound? Alfa Romeo: let me alone, I know what I'm doing!!! Ferrari: 😱 is the race today?

[@professormoshi3902]

More like Ferrari: THERE’S 70 LAPS REMAINING USE THE SOFTS!!

[@vashishtshaurya]

let me alone?

[@epicbruh8655]

@@professormoshi3902 haha they did that in Spain, nice prediction

[@Victor-kv4jt]

Ferrari: *calculates how to undercut teammate*

[@samuelemarcolongo8877]

Yet it worked at Singapore

[@starrybeam7874]

Samuele Marcolongo it was down to Vettel doing a quick lap too tho

[@starrybeam7874]

And also it was a good move to prevent the undercut from red bull

[@mandairprab2837]

🤣🤣🤣

[@cesco1990]

If even that.

[@bramrieuwers]

Ferrari: we can make a 1 2 to a 4 5

[@wolfvadar3967]

Make that a double dnf

[@alexnd173]

@bram Ferrari: yes

[@narancs5]

We are on plan C! Plan C!

[@sharl_leg]

@@narancs5 Plan C:Fukin crash into eachother and ruin Charles Le Chairs 3rd place in the championship!

[@yousefseed1874]

More like 1 2 to DNF DNF

[@ThompterSHunson]

_"What Does An F1 Strategist Do?"_ They're wondering the same thing down at Maranello for like 12 years now. 😂

[@zyxwl2015]

F1: What does an F1 strategist do? Ferrari: We don't do that here

[@TheLibermania]

8 months ago... It just gets worse and worse isn't it?

[@AbcdEfgh-sq2tf]

No it would be: thats ancient!!! We let the drivers do whatever they want lol

[@Rob2]

@@TheLibermania The bottom is still not in sight it seems!

[@SamGamerOfficial]

How many strategist you fired? *Ferrari:* Yes

[@Pupitaar]

Hahahahahhahahahahahahahha

[@metro3313]

@JeremyK 541OR.* Strategist* Isn't it ironic

[@jazzie6897]

@JeremyK 541OR. why are you correcting everyone? 😂😂

[@Lucky8s]

@@metro3313 Don't understand your correction. His use of the plural of strategist, "strategists", is correct.

[@rit2775]

Hahahahahha

[@silaswolfsberger2119]

Ferrari: "Who is Charlie Cler and why is he asking for a pit stop?"

[@derkommentator9541]

Finally some Tutorial for Ferrari

[@fastest159]

Indeed 😏😂😂😂😂

[@ruzettedoroon9502]

AHAHAHHAHAHA

[@Vispian]

Meanwile at Ferrari: mOrE gAs MoRe FaSt

[@Swing17]

Hahahahaha

[@JeffSyam]

They should have hired Jeremy Clarkson for that. LoL.

[@piccoloatburgerking]

Less gas for Vettel it seems lol.

[@devih8242]

Yes

[@62xzzz_jpg]

no brake car goes vroom vroom

[@irvingramiro518]

Strategy *exist* Ferrari: “ight imma head out”

[@raymondo43]

"Valtteri, It's James"

[@Duschbag]

Roger that James.. 😡

[@galactic_nerd-sk4747]

*Copy James*

[@steakiefrags1866]

This is the correct answer

[@nickbutler9384]

James, it's Valtteri (post race)

[@josiahboatengmyrie]

Bob Marlej James wins championships

[@brskywalker14]

Comments on this video: *99,9%* Ferrari getting roasted *0,01%* *ferrari still getting roasted*

[@BigGhoul53425]

*insert Ferrari joke here*

[@NMel-zs4ik]

Who's here after the Ferrari disasterclass in Monaco 😂😂🤣🤣

[@Rob2]

Pit now.. Stay out!!!

[@sneha9662]

After Hungary

[@f1e618]

Here after every race weekend after ferrari's Master🅱️lan.......

[@bobthedestroyer1751]

Ferrari strategists: I'm gonna pretend I didn't see that

[@paullux0722]

When i saw strategist, Ferrari was thé first thing that came to my mind

[@Synystr7]

At Ferrari: Lose the race.

[@MisoElEven]

Pronto Se🅱️... S🅱️inalla

[@N1nn0n]

Season*

[@sajeevanmarikkal7892]

@@N1nn0n ???

[@sajeevanmarikkal7892]

@@MisoElEven s🅱️innatimus prime

[@mhilmyfauzi4523]

I wanted this video for so long, I only know the names of all the strategists in the video (and I know they're good ofc), and it's nice to hear them talk about F1 strategy from the start of the season. Race strategists don't get enough recognition for the work that they do, the amount of information they have to learn, and always being healthy both physically and mentally so they always make sensible decisions.

[@JanezNovak77]

At Ferrari: Screw all that, just skip to the debrief.

[@RiveraRacing25]

In the case of Ferrari: Fail in everything

[@metro3313]

@JeremyK 541OR. Do you feel better about yourself know?

[@Blue_Pumpkin]

@JeremyK 541OR. dude just shut up already.

[@metro3313]

@JeremyK 541OR. Noeone needs your stupid corrections, so stop commeting on other's peoples comments about their spelling, as literaly no one cares

[@tingala_0129]

metro girl I agree

[@識時務者-l2p]

Ferrari fans crying lmao #Failerrari

[@pfiko]

Alfa Romeo team radio : kimi..... Kimi : leave me alone I know what I’m doing 😂😂😂😂🤣

[@louiswoodward8937]

Ferrari: Let's just see what red bull do

[@FutureF123]

As someone whose dream job is to be a race strategist, this is an amazing video. Love to see the behind the scenes work that goes on throughout the season

[@notasinglefck]

Hope you make it man

[@Moobeus]

Apply to Ferrari.

[@Darkmatter321]

Good luck to you. Looks like an amazing job

[@TheEathos]

Ferrari: Charles, let Seb by so he can spin.

[@VictorHedgehog]

Ferrari: We don't do that here

[@DiegoGuillenESP]

F1: "What does an F1 strategist do?" Ferrari: "Yes"

[@paulhofbauer6303]

Diego Guillén more like no

[@constantiniasmith4231]

"No"

[@allokjha7650]

It's a great portrayal how the whole weekend unfolds with months of preparation and planning. Kudos to the engineers and mechanics who work tirelessly. Thanks for sharing this video.

[@TheSpacecraftX]

Ferrari: flip coins

[@lad4694]

Thanks for keeping us busy till the season starts😭😭😭 I can only imagine the pride a strategist must have hearing The Smooth Operator say, "What a team"😌😌

[@RenoF1]

williams: so yeah when the drivers say the tyres are dead we box him

[@RICHOCHANGO]

F1: Has dozens of people telling driver how to strategize during the race WRC: one strategy, drive it like you stole it

[@Petidani0330]

Well said my man

[@Rentta]

There is ton in WRC too, it's just not televised and as obvious for a fan. That has been the case for a while now.

[@naga5707]

I mean the subaru team did a team order with colin mcrae and carlos sainz that one time

[@Trendyflute]

Or if you're Sebastien Ogier, complain about road orders.

[@kami_narisama]

Well the difference is that the former cost you millions if you wreck it and the latter is just a hammer away from a complete wreck to drivable.

[@SmallBlogV8]

"There are more permutations for how a race can unfold than there are electrons in the universe..." *O____O*

[@Thebassist999]

At Ferrari: end Charles’ whole career

[@MCsmileyB]

Fair comment

[@WiZz_is_mad]

And sebs too

[@bartandaelus359]

Ferrari just don't seem to want to win. They never seem to be really trying to be competitive and seem to just be satisfied with not pushing their hardest or supporting their drivers. Charles will want to get out of that contract before 24, I guaruntee it.

[@christopherortiz9330]

One undercut and Charles fans bitching all day. Careful, guys. Ferrari makes decisions based on fans' opinions

[@itskylosolo6070]

Ferrari: good question

[@rishi-tz9fs]

Ferrari: We do nothing and we are proud

[@OfficialKoven]

1:11 Ferrari Strategists **Italian voice** : "Pizza👌 Spaghetti👌 Pasta👌" Just kidding nobody's there.

[@cornevangulik6166]

2:54 when they're already dead but you keep bashing their head in.

[@Agente76]

"Valtteri It's James, Good News, They Didn't Question Our Tactics."

[@robs720]

At Ferrari: other teams have strategy people?

[@blackoutmenace561]

At ferrari : other teams have a strategy?

[@vapinglasagna5046]

this shows that f1 is more than just going in circles

[@ademirspagnoljunior9025]

Now that you have mentioned that we need ferrari to see this

[@Bup64]

If you're going around the Vietnamese Circuit then you are kinda going in circles. Just look at them turns.

[@willdyer1720]

@@Bup64 wtf are you talking about?

[@MathRaven1910]

@@Bup64 More Vietnam flashbacc

[@amaankhan5537]

Oh for sure us real f1 fans know how complex and exciting it is

[@oldfriends8024]

1:45 that's the famous Daren

[@dasraffnix9471]

Ferrari: * chuckles * "I'm in danger"

[@VopsVops]

Great to see Bernie and Ruth are now a regular part of the commentary team. They give refreshing insights to each race.

[@maxverstappen4233]

Ferrari: Was those legal?

[@user-ij1mj7ue5q]

With this kind of preparation and master level strategic planning those teams will takeoff once the cars are more head to head in all factories, they will most probably be a major threat to the big factories beginning at 2021, can’t wait, F1 will be F1 again.

[@crisleo469]

People at Ferrari are going “ ahhhh that’s what they’re suppose to do “

[@JackPecker911]

There's so much going on in the background, thanks for sharing this

[@SIA-pp3nw]

Ferrari Manager: see, This is how its done!!

[@teamminecraft04]

0:29 why does Lando sound like Mario lmao

[@Viper-ut4oz]

F1: This is a man's world!!!! Female strategists: Hold my cocktail.

[@giacomocastenetto3318]

Ferrari strategists: WRITE THAT DOWN WRITE THAT DOWN

[@soulslayergamer2318]

Maybe this is a Secret Tutorial Video for ferrari

[@andreatartaglia8963]

2:54 SAVAGE!

[@jackzzjack]

Subtitle added. Thanks for the F1 channel effort.

[@HeroGame2099]

F1:what strategys do Ferrari:drink coffee,swap place,make a good collision

[@DrumsSoLoud]

Finally we know who daren is. Didn't know a strategist actually drives a McLaren car lol

[@matthewmyatt2625]

Just learnt I can predict comments sections Thank you Ferrari strategy

[@bhumitsingh9106]

1:43 lmao Darren looks like a BTEC Cyril Abiteboul

[@jason9875]

THIS is QUALITY CONTENT: WELL DONE FORMULA ONE!

[@Srikrishnakarthik]

Next video about Pit crew All teams: Thank you. Ferrari : Nooo.....

[@andreicune1232]

Ferrari right now: *takes notes..*

[@amaanchaudhry9932]

Every other teams: That’s what we do Ferrari: T A K E N O T E S!!!!!

[@f1statsandhighlights141]

We have to be honest Toto Wolff is great at this

[@umar_07w]

And ferrari is the opposite

[@fabio-zn7ts]

Toto wolf itself doesnt do anything in terms of strategy

[@joevannee711]

Toto is not a strategist lol Mercedes chief strategist is "Valtteri, it's James (Vowles)"

[@jeroenbrink4710]

Funny that you know so little.. with a name like that

[@kingchubbythe1541]

This got recommended just after the 2022 Monaco GP 🤣

[@miahaskurti4539]

"I'm Losing Power!!, I'm Losing Power!!, Keep Going, I Can't!!, Its Broken!!"

[@user-hi4sm3ig5j]

*bwoken

[@LipeGabriel925]

IT'S BROKEEEEEEEEEN

[@miahaskurti4539]

@@LipeGabriel925 Ha Ha

[@miahaskurti4539]

@A random Hydra - Lover Noo!

[@miahaskurti4539]

@@user-hi4sm3ig5j Broken, You Mean.

[@SpacialKatana]

Came for Ferrari smacktalk. Left smiling.

[@perp1exed]

The nerd in me really wants wants to know what (kind) board (or card) games these strategists like to play. I'm guessing they like games with many variables and/or permutations... but then again; I am but a mortal soul who merely shares their love of F1. Would really love to change places for 1 race. Not sure my nerves could endure much more ;) These people (along with the drivers...) keep F1 relevant, regardless of the rules and regulations of the moment/era!

[@soupe2000]

Ferrari: HOLD ON a minute! We're strategists?

[@K4D0R]

Noce new design forvthe team radios. Sound is improved too.

[@bread-od6mj]

2:54 when alfa roasts Williams

[@mihai8967]

I miss the old days when f1 was a race competition not a tehnology and strategy competition, when everyone was racing, when they go at pit stops when they need to refuel and change tires not like in present... strategies, penalties and others...

[@quintuscrinis8032]

What do you think was behind deciding when to refuel or change tyres - that is still strategy. You can't have a race without strategy.

[@guidozanetti8499]

Dont show the Ferrari strategiest please

[@MH-ot8lr]

At Ferrari: All of these and all they do is bottling.

[@ugandanman]

At Ferrari: disappoint everyone

[@y_fam_goeglyd]

Thanks for that. I love the behind the scenes videos. I've been watching F1 since Graham Hill was coming up to retirement and I'm still learning!

[@silencedogood7856]

The only team strategists we should be listening to is Mecercedes.

[@m.someone6792]

Thanks for the subtitles!

[@sivanvarnakulasingam6679]

1:43 this is the guy that got *Sainz's podium*

[@danydea97]

The opposite of Ferrari (from a Ferrari's fan)

[@fastest159]

Yeah 😂😂😂😭😭😭😭😭

[@AceOfH34rtz]

Does anyone know what the job requirements are and where I can apply? I am seriously motivated, well suited and very interested in the job

[@p0werfu11]

I want that job too, I can do everything guy above me does and I also don't listen to Linkin Park.

[@Darkmatter321]

Amazing! You always gear Hamilton saying" thank you team" But I never imagined the team being so big and so important.

[@41Simondo41]

Someone should tag Ferrari. They clearly need a refresher after this year.

[@50subs0videos5]

James this is valtteri

[@damian4176]

That team radio graphics looks nice

[@cengizuzel9585]

Ferrari left the chat

[@richardharker2775]

And the hardest worker... The guy on the espresso machine.

[@lucafabretti6016]

This is my Dream Job. F1 Race Strategist is the dream.

[@palalabu]

Carlos shaved his trainer's hair as a bet/celebration and had a dinner with his team. Daren (oops, almost wrote it with 2 R lol) was there too. Nice to see him celebrated it with people who work with him but wasn't on track and got less chance to meet.