What's changed on the Mercedes car for the 2021 season? | Ted Kravitz discusses with James Allison

[@gforce809]

seriously, i could listen to this guy all day long, hes a legend

[@TudorGhiorghiu]

Which one? Both of them are legends

[@gforce809]

@@TudorGhiorghiu i was talking about james, but you're totally right, ted is a legend too

[@dw235]

I'm with you. I'd be happy if they had gone on for another hour.

[@nigelthelegend]

Ferrari lost James Allison, I bet you they are kicking themselves for loosing such a legend! Could listen to him all day!

[@jackchallis9456]

@@TudorGhiorghiu you beat me to it. Both total legends

[@Drenwickification]

James Allison is omne of the greatest ever engineers in F1. I only revcently learned about his tragedy just beore his joined merc. What a guy he is to pick himself up and keep going after such a low point, and be better than ever. He's an inspiration.

[@UnseenLive1]

Damn... that’s some heavy stuff. I’m sorry for his loss.

[@F1ll1nTh3Blanks]

Allison is a legend.

[@Release-Topic-b4d]

I saw your comment on the clown team chann.. sorry I meant Ferrari team channel too...

[@HeavyMetalGamingHD]

@@Release-Topic-b4d ferarri did a major fackup by losing james allison. he was ferrari's technical director before binotto.

[@Ssm-ft9os]

We see James Allison we click :)

[@thedeamonmeteor69420]

Ironically your profile pic is an Aston Martin

[@Ssm-ft9os]

@@thedeamonmeteor69420 you mean a green Mercedes

[@bradleycruse2763]

@@Ssm-ft9os haven't they made a new chassis?

[@bhavikachatterji9724]

@@Ssm-ft9os no

[@thedeamonmeteor69420]

@@Ssm-ft9os yes

[@southerntw]

Ted and James. Excellent communicators. I can listen to both of them all day.

[@teamchancery]

Ted and excellent communicator? Have you seen his notebooks? Lol

[@abc-oq7dt]

@@teamchancery Aye but they are 1 take with no retries. In these kind of clips they have wee cuts and edits to clean up any trip ups

[@Just_lift_anyone]

5:58 Ted really couldn't help himself could he? 🤣

[@yaseensergawey739]

cheese

[@kathleenstubelekctts1204]

He's got cheese on the brain

[@leumas75]

He should do a 20 minute interview with James May about the 1 sec. “CHEESE” meme.

[@guyjones3035]

"A Fistful of Winglets" at 12:02 Soon to be followed by "For a Few Bargeboards More", and "The Good, The Bad, and The Diffuser"

[@noveltyrobot]

A man after my own heart

[@TheSANJAYSANGAR]

In these times, only Merc has the balls to explain all the tech details. other teams won't even share tech details.

[@Release-Topic-b4d]

Silver balls

[@aminemk6192]

Yes, it is such an elegant and classy "F U" to all the grid who try to keep things secret. All the teams are doing social media, but it's only games and funny gigs between drivers... Because they think "we should give fans more content about our brand"... But Mercedes does it in such different way, they share the knowledge and make you appreciate how amazing F1 is. Their content made me respect even more the sport.

[@TheSANJAYSANGAR]

@@aminemk6192 merc amg f1 team will leave a lasting legacy. In the past decade they have shared more tech details than entire f1 put together since its inception. hats off to them. despite they having the second best car on the grid now, they will keep on sharing details and that is what makes them a great team. No fear

[@Wuppie62]

Aren't you exaggerating a little bit? Mercedes shows a car which exterior is already exposed during pre -season testing and the Bahrein GP. No shots from the back here, and nothing is shown or explained that's under the body. Also: Q: "What did you spent your tokens on?" A: "We don't say.." With all due respect, this is nothing more than a nice PR video for Mercedes and James Allisson.

[@peacelove8395]

@@Wuppie62 it's no exaggeration. People commenting just like myself are subscribed to the official Mercedes F1 channel. They do technical analysis for the fans all the time as well as race debriefs. No other team has been so willing to share their technical activities both achievements and flaws as well as race strategies the way they have over the past few years. Its all on their channel.

[@hk6099]

This Team gives back to the sport and fans so much of its knowledge and expertise. Best Team.

[@Dr.Kornelius]

Cant recognise Ted without shorts but thankfully there was cheese talk

[@wiryantirta]

Ok new drinking game. Every time Ted says any kind of cheese, go to your drinks cabinet, pour out a pint of the strongest you can find, down it.

[@mikey380sx]

I’m gonna have one hell of a hangover in the morning

[@akshaypatel3998]

RIP my liver

[@johnj9111]

A pint of whiskey lovely

[@jamesmunro5368]

Allison has this way of making concepts of engineering and aerodynamics, that I will never understand, very simple but without making me feel like a simpleton 😂

[@glenniez1]

James being eloquent as usual. Such a intelligent guy, every question answered brilliantly.

[@julupani]

REGULATORY VANDALISM!!!!...........James is PISSED behind that smile!!!

[@ricknineg]

It's hilarious

[@zenastheracer]

Legit, James Alison is probably one of the best people to listen to; I was basically entranced in this video and didn't even notice it was over till it was.......just so soothing of a voice and very knowledgeable

[@pawx_fpv]

I'm a huge McLaren fan but I must say, that W12 is beautiful!

[@BeatTheD3viL]

I wish James Allison was my calculus teacher in grades 11&12.

[@ashiqd]

"Regulatory vandalism" What a DON

[@teknikai9304]

All the other teams are like: We are recording this and we'll go through it 24/7 till we increase our lap time by at least 3 tenths of a second.

[@sunnyc8900]

Sounds like there is lots more development to come. An interesting season for the engineering and aero depth as well

[@jackmontgomery1790]

We said on our podcast that the likes of James Allison and Adrian Newey are the real masterminds behind their teams periods of dominance. You obviously need great drivers but without these guys behind the scenes, they wouldn’t have had the success they’ve had

[@grantchallinor5263]

Totally agree, Frank Williams once said something like "The very shy, softly-spoken Adrian Newey is worth more to a team than any driver ever could be"

[@smallhatshatethetruth7933]

Nah the guy who cleans the front wing on a pitstop is the real MVP

[@Lea-cp8gi]

Finally...someone says it how it is!!

[@jacktheladstevens]

Stop plugging your shitty podcast that only one man and his dog listen to. The only F1 podcasts worth listening to are Sky Sports and BBC Chequered Flag

[@yussmanquadri4806]

@@jacktheladstevens seems like you're crying bro let it go

[@s1bulka]

Im starting to get a feeling that they didnt actually use any tokens

[@janoschfink9533]

Same feeling😂

[@suitandtie2251]

Or that bulge isn't actually what we think it is

[@leumas75]

@@suitandtie2251 A 1/2 wheel of Parmesan Reggiano?

[@maxwill1]

Yeees that‘s what i thought too, i guess we‘re in for a big upgrade mid season

[@s1bulka]

@@suitandtie2251 What do you think it is then? Because there are already photos of W12 without engine covers. The bulge is for air plenum.

[@leeedwards787]

This is where you learn the intricacies of F1. Love to watch both James and Ted. Wish it was a longer interview now though.

[@PhilipvanderMatten]

James sounds like a really, really intelligent person.

[@kekehilo1169]

You don’t get his job without being intelligent, unless you work for Ferrari...

[@IZotit]

😂😂you are ruthless! Extremely true I might add!

[@Release-Topic-b4d]

@@kekehilo1169 I get the joke... but I just can't resist saying that Allison worked for Ferrari too... But he left them because he realised that they are a bunch of clowns...

[@tiarnan97]

@@Release-Topic-b4d did he not leave because his wife passed away? Mercedes just snapped him up when he was ready to go back to work I think

[@Bahamuttiamat]

@@kekehilo1169 🤣😂😂😂😂

[@Sathishkr18]

Breaking: Ferrari appoint Ted in to their technical team with immediate effect😂

[@fintonmainz7845]

He worked for Ferrari but returned to England for family reasons after the tragic death of his wife.

[@varunsambi2004]

Wow, this guy had the guts to question his and his teams skill after winning 7 titles. “How much of our success was our wallet and how much was our skill!” Respect. Absolute respect. This is what keeps them winning.

[@neilwilliams2883]

They're honesty comes from their confidence; they know how good they are and therefore, they don't need to hide anything.

[@AdrianGoodyer]

Yes! I look forward to this segment each year. So much respect for this guy - he should have a slot each race weekend to explain the technical aspects of F1 - so much is hidden behind the scenes to the regular viewer and we all want to know as much as possible!

[@aminemk6192]

Mercedes F1 content got me appreciate even more the sport. Always thought that the content which other teams were putting out there (especially Red Bull) was really cool, until Mercedes started... All the teams now do funny things with drivers, etc. Mercedes are the only ones who share so much knowledge... It's such like a German spirit... Give the engineers the mic to make us realise in a way that drivers are cool, and talented, but there is some genius behind all this. And that's why I guess they are the best or nothing. The confidence to share this. They are making everyone realises that engineers are cool just by sharing their knowledge, without playing any kid's game with cards, etc. That content is made by them only when they don't have time... I'm obsessed. 7 championships in a row and sharing all this knowledge is the most elegant, respectful and classy "F U" to all the grid.

[@swisst2324]

This is the content i love watching. James was great, extremely fair with little bias. very interesting and very clear. more like this please Ted

[@Rusty_2.4]

Literally the most intelligent person in F1. Making Ted look like a school boy is no easy task!

[@fintonmainz7845]

AND Ted was wearing long trousers.

[@ankitrawat4736]

I can hear alisson whole day he is superb.

[@z_Cobb]

11:55 - Inspector Ted capturing data for RBR 13:55 - *Lewis Hamilton has left the chat*

[@tbz1551]

17:05 I genuinely teared up. Miss you Niki.

[@tombutton5031]

Allison talks so well!

[@mholden020]

This was great!! Hopefully this isn't the only one but I'm sure it's a challenge to get these guys to open up about things

[@markdance574]

Every team should be told / made to be as open as Mercedes and complete these types of videos

[@1HarmanKardon]

Fabulous stage. Insightful chat. Great vid.

[@dannyrowleyyt]

Very low audio.

[@why_always_stu5388]

His speech about the car is worth his yearly salary 😂 so clever 👊🏼

[@skyking8899]

Just remember what day this released on....

[@The17Riet17]

Could you please upload ted's notebook to youtube? He's such a legend🎉

[@granteyyyy]

It's already on there channel

[@DerrickBest]

2:55 considering Mercedes relative degree of success over the past years. This made me chuckle. They are relentless but I can imagine the kind of headache these rules changes have brought.

[@jonathanpatricksvrke3031]

Sky Sports: So what have you changed? James: Well we're not gonna tell you that. Classic James

[@Lionsraws66]

James 'lap time' Allison ⏲️ ' Imagine having dinner with James and Adrian Newey and talking F1. I'd be listening for day's 😄

[@dumiphama8811]

I'd like to see the pair of them after a couple of beers.

[@Lionsraws66]

@@dumiphama8811 probably Wine 🍷lol

[@jamesanthony4034]

Only if you're intelligent enough to understand. I'll pass thanks.

[@fintonmainz7845]

If i was there: I'd occasionally but in "i like kittens".

[@mahdixn]

I think James Alison looks like a movie vilain with his grin, but still he is just brilliant.

[@peterreid1969]

Good on @MercedesAMGF1 to give its fans such insight (as far as possible) into the development of the beautiful looking W12, with James A at the helm, whom I never get tired of listening to! Naturally, I am a huge fan of MercedesAMGF1 but it would be interesting to see the other teams divulging similar amount of information on the development of their cars! Once again, huge credit to Mercedes & James A 👍🏿❤️

[@jonathanvogt2]

Excellent video. More long-form tech stuff please! :D

[@ciaronsmith4995]

In 2016, Ferrari should have fired Binotto, and kept James Allison when the power struggle started. Allison, Mattiacci, Kimi & Lewis would have won everything.

[@benspibey3043]

I found this a lot more interesting than I thought it would be

[@maluco3026]

You'd think a TV company would know how to properly level the audio so I don't have to kill my ears when I move on to the next video

[@squidcaps4308]

Audio is quite low, i have -24dB limiter on the chain and i can barely hear James. Basically, if i have to touch volume dial then something is wrong, 24dB should be well enough of margins... I am after all trained for broadcast sound monitoring and mixing, and this would not give me a passing grade if submitted. +9dB gain seems to fix it, perfectly, nothing is hitting any ceiling hard and James is as audible as Ted, just with more room echo.

[@bennylloyd-willner9667]

I just turned the volume up, done😁

[@ab8jeh]

Brilliant. Shame they couldn't point the cameras around the back but fair enough!

[@garrison441]

What a guy

[@calvinchann1996]

The subtle art of keeping it interesting while giving as little away as possible.

[@Moving_Chicane]

Very enjoyable! Thank you.

[@scuferia7373]

Love Ted Kravitz, Love all the Sky Sports Uk F1 Stuff, much love and greetings from germany!

[@maz4304]

Can just about hear a Valkyrie screaming in the background at 9:36 😆

[@rottieshepcalibre9156]

I thought valkyrie was an aston redbull project

[@maxkoglin2357]

Phenomenal lighting!

[@OwhMy]

The jet black lined with the turquoise looks so good

[@adamndaw1041]

Great show

[@RCRitterFPV]

all this is great stuff, thank you.

[@N4bpp1]

I have watched F1 well over 60 years. I have been fortunate to have seen the Italian race in person, Indy F1 and many times to the Austin US race. Although this past race Hamilton was pushed hard, he never the less won the race. I appreciate any comments on post I leave, I stand by my comments.

[@kroadster3249]

Would want to know if the new Front Features would help on the old cars floor

[@thanosliaskas3531]

As much as I don't like Merc for winning all the time, hats off to them and James Allison in particular

[@nishhnishh1088]

Is this good beginner car?

[@mikeydempsey]

pity Ferrari doesn't do a similar podcast with Ted, would explain many things , quite possibly learn from the leaders..

[@memeraven9938]

I love the Watch, James is wearing..

[@enzoma7253]

why is the sound level so low in this video

[@abhinavlal4564]

James can explain F1 to us all year long.

[@DavidGarcia-oi5nt]

Kool but why release this so late

[@GlassfilmWeddings]

the audio was very low. Need to boost it. i have it on max volume and can barley hear.

[@MilesDavisKDAB]

Audio was fine for me.

[@valdezapg]

Why is there aliasing in this video?

[@ariestruik]

James is legend explaining the most complex matters. Imagine he'd explain women to us.

[@LindyMac]

Love James Allison.

[@vanquish7247]

Ted Kravitz and his Cheese addiction!!! He just couldn't help himself stay quiet!!!😂😂😂

[@Mc3BAL]

M

[@shalemjackson9322]

James Alison is such a nerd and I really appreciate and admire him.

[@rockbubbles]

Well, not changing the car finally allowed the rule makers to catch up with the teams, basically ensuring the changes that were introduced would have the desired effect, rather than get lost in whatever clever development teams would have come up with.

[@1Chenn]

So so interesting

[@jamesshaw9142]

Ok, lots of tells here of what they don’t want to show. Camera angles, they didn’t show any of the rear. There were also no low shots of the car. Ted kept on going around the back and James body language looked twitchy. I think Ted knows and he was pushing his luck. Ted physically went around the back and if you were doing a show and tell you’d join him, but James wanted to steer the conversation back. James never went around the back and stayed near the rear tyres. I’m sure Ted knew this and that’s why he ducked down to have a look. Another tell was when James spoke about the token. He said it’s used on one big thing or two little things. Not sure which one they used it on but I felt like it was one big one from James wording. RedBull, keep an eye on them. They hiding something.

[@bradpittman5075]

Obviously the best way to create innovation is to cap the budget and restrict testing. Very good for innovation no doubt. I won’t be surprised if they end up creating a fixed car that all the teams have and the only thing they can tune is the tire pressure. It’s fine. I just wish they were a bit more honest about why they’re doing it. Everyone knows it’s because since the turbo came back merc has been crushing and they’re trying to have another team beat merc. That’s why. And it’s the only reason. Anyways. Have a nice day.

[@pe-peron8441]

Two years later, exactly what has happened: Redbull has managed to create an excellent package of great efficiency, and the current limitations on both budget and testing do not allow to pursue more sophisticated and radical but also more delicate solutions, as Mercedes tried to do with the zero-sidepods ecosystem; and now all the teams are converging to a single development philosophy for the current regulations, which is the Redbull one. Truly a shame for innovation, for competition and for sport as a whole

[@shanesimpson645]

Does the wind tunnel and CFD restrict them on developing next seasons car?

[@MrAndrewChung]

Ted "First time I havent seen him in shorts" Kravitz

[@johnnicholson7444]

What if mercedes have spent their tokens on a new high rake chassis concept and it's just not ready yet 🤔🤔🤔

[@boemomolefe8303]

Where are the shorts?🤣😂

[@PhilipvanderMatten]

When was this recorded actually????

[@zamin6060]

Before winter testing I believe

[@littledan6994]

You never see ferrari doing these sort of videos do you

[@littledan6994]

@peter pan i wouldn't say an "Italian trait..maybe a ferrari trait though 👍 and before you mention, I know ferrari is Italian.. just incase 😂

[@larryyz_hideaway]

No Notebook for Canada? It's not part of the Canadian broadcast and it was on KZbin last year....what gives?

[@RiskyGamingTV_]

That car looks the same as last years. Apart from the mandatory changes and tweaks here and there, the chassis and suspension looks the same. Has me questioning if they even spent any tokens on anything?

[@petermiechielssens5488]

Pretty sure there is still a lot of bits and pieces to come. James talked about the timing and how they had to change their ongoing development on the W12 due to the different changes in regulation. In another video James said the tokens would be very visable once on the car. After the first GP you get 3 extra weeks of development but after Bahrain the GP´s come quick with very little time for copy paste. Curious what the future brings....

[@RiskyGamingTV_]

@@petermiechielssens5488 An interesting point you make there. It’s also interesting James not revealing what they’ve spent there tokens on.

[@petermiechielssens5488]

I don t think they haven´t spent any of their tokens yet. If I would have a guess.... I think they will introduce a new transmission. Reason: they lost half a day of testing by changing their gearbox (new to old?) which normaly takes about 1 hour . Maybe their new piece of engineering needed some further fine tuning which couldn´t be done there and then. This together with another gearbox casing could introduce a new and more powerfull diffuser and floor to cope with the rear instability and at the same time add some significant downforce. This could help in the high speed corners where they clearly lack some performance vs RedBull. Then again a new gearbox would mean gridpenalties as it is only race2 .... and leaves us guessing 😀.... Definitly a long wait till the next GP 😀

[@RiskyGamingTV_]

@@petermiechielssens5488 I definitely think they may have saved a token. Or it’s very possible that they’ve used it on another version of a part which they introduce at some stage. He referred to 1 big or 2 small changes. If it was the gearbox, that’s both tokens used. But I’m swaying towards the idea of them using 2 tokens in different ways I.e, other ideas / projects. I doubt they’ll use it so soon. These 3 weeks I think they’ll look to seal that floor more efficiently. They’re definitely keeping us on our toes with this.

[@massluca0078]

I'm surprised that Ted knew about low rake cars being less affected by the floor changes. i thought we didn't find that out until pre-season. someone behind the scenes must have told him

[@pe-peron8441]

Maybe it was really not clear from the start, but considering how a high-rake philosophy results in a more efficient if less stable flow underneath the car, and therefore a greater amount of downforce produced by the floor-diffuser combo, I think it was pretty intuitive how cutting the floor area would hurt the low-rake cars much more, as they produce downforce more linearly and stably by design, and are thus forced to try to recover downforce by adapting to a rake for which they had not been designed, since they had previously been comfortably resting on the laurels of the vast floor extension available, in contrast to their counterparts who had always tried, by their philosophical approach to the car and development, to extract every kilo of downforce possible from the floor

[@nicolafox9452]

Click for Ted ♥️

[@y1521t21b5]

The first time in the hybrid era that they have genuinely trailed a rival into the season proper. Fair play to _Red Bull_ and _Honda_ for producing the fastest package on the grid right now in the _RB16B!_ I hope their overall performance advantage persists, but that it does not get so sizable that the championships a rendered a procession of the sort the last 7 seasons have served up. A legitimate question to ask _Allison_ and the all-conquering _Merc_ team: *how did record-setting, habitual winners at the top of their game fluff their lines despite switching focus to **_W12_** development as early as **_August 2020?_* It seems _Newey_ is still untouchable in the aero department and _Andy Cowell_ is just too big a miss at _Brixworth._ They are ace at leading, but can they perform better in the developmental catch-up game than their all-conquering cars have performed in pursuit scenarios on track over the past 7 seasons? I smell a double world championship for _Red Bull_ in 2021...

[@jeevesosiris]

I love these videos.

[@gabormiklay9209]

10:08 "...covering the car from tip to toe with new geometry..." This beats the regulatory vandalism.

[@MuhammadNiz007]

Fun fact Mercedes didn't spend any tokens because James Allison was leaving and they didn't want to risk mike eillot messing it up. Although Allison had to exten his session further for one upgrade package in Silverstone. They still won the constructors and obviously Red bull won WDC controversial but in reality they didn't because they breeched cost cap

[@lefturn99]

James describes the diffusers in intricate detail, Ted crawls all over it looking at it. Do we get to look at it? Noooooooooo..........................

[@str8cash113]

I wonder what if any changes will be made to the safety cell after that horrible accident last season

[@clippzzorito1420]

The safety cell did the job it was supposed too it was the barrier that failed to do its job.

[@str8cash113]

@@clippzzorito1420 the fuel tank shouldn't of caught fire though. F1 is all data so I'm sure they're looking at ways to change things

[@hardonthegasgtboyz1586]

Mercedes have been victim a of rebel alliance to stop them from succeeding this year they will fail. Because we have James “car talker” Allison and Lewis tyre whisper Hamilton on our side.

[@GB-vn1tf]

Being an F1 geek, I'm interested if there's a new bolt never mind tiny carbon bits! I need to know everything!

[@theo7945]

Put Ted in his place on the all the aero he thought he knew all about😅

[@craigc.494]

What happened to Sky Sports? This is day 17 with no new KZbin videos since this one. That’s roughly how many videos Formula 1 has posted since. You have the good content, put it up!