Ferrari at the 1st half of the season: Horrible strategy, great car… Ferrari at the 2nd half: Ummm…

"Ferrari attempted to play silly buggers" could just be your season review.

I expect that Hamilton would have been penalised if he were still in the race, but they just didn't deem it severe enough to give a grid penalty

8:52 No need to imagine it. Checo was quite disheartened at the result (you could see it and hear it during the interview afterwards) and I can't really blame him. Poor guy, but P2 is an amazing result despite having no significant actions on track except during the start. He was cruising on his own himself, though not as chill as Max.

Technically, if Max, who has proven that he can win from lowly grid positions, then Red Bull can, in theory, have Max take a new PU component at EVERY race (or multiple) and still win both Championships…

5:04 I don’t think that this is exactly the case, because the reason why Bottas started ahead of everyone with BOTG penalties was due to the PU and Gearbox penalties being seperate I think

If we base our championship prediction on the average points per race scored so far by each driver, Max should win the title in Japan (so in 4 races with another 4 races to go). To be more specific, out of the current 6 drivers other than Max who can still be champion: - Leclerc and Perez would be the last ones out of the contention after Japan (so in 4 races) - Carlos, George and Lewis would be out after Singapour (so in 3 races) - Lando would be out after Zandvoort (so in 1 race)

The moment I heard crofty struggling with explaining penalties, I knew this needs a Chain Bear video.

6:16 this might be the most incomprehensible graph I have ever come across

I'm always impressed by your recreation of events given not being allowed to show footage! The top-down of HAM-ALO is top notch! The GOAT F1 KZfaqr, ladies and gentlemen!

Penalties used to be far sillier, remember Jenson Button at Belgium in fact being sent to the back of the grid THEN needing to immediately take a drive through to make up for the grid penalties he couldn’t take!

Always love watching your videos after a grand prix weekend keep up the good work

Ferrari when double stack to secure an easy 1-2 finish: stay out! Ferrari when pit for the fastest lap with high risk low reward: box box!

Hey Chain Bear, just wanted to say thanks for consistently creating thoughtful, informative, and well-presented F1 videos!

10:35 That chart is quite revealing, shows just how important downforce through the 2nd sector given that Albon was quite a way behind Sainz in qualifying, and even further behind Verstappen and Lecerlc. But more significantly look at the gap from Albon to Latifi - Williams definitely need to find someone new for that second seat.

I was chatting with friends as we watched the race and we didn't know this: What action may the team's mechanics take on the ICE between races WITHOUT incurring a penalty? Rings? Bearings? Disassemble, inspect, & reassemble? Change fluids? Clean lubricant & coolant pathways?

Since there is a grid penalty for replacing PU components, is there also one for other components...for example all of the Ferrari strategists?

I'm not even a huge fan and I just don't see how Max isn't the next Michael Schumacher. His pace was just unreal. He makes no mistakes. His quali is always immaculate. He's like a terminator.

I really liked this video. Nice, clear explanations! I would like you guys to consider talking about the G forces readings during a crash. Mercedes is talking about 45G for Hamilton in Spa 2022, but it looks too little of an accident when compared to the 50G crash Vertappen underwent in Silverstone 2021. Keep the hard work! 💪

10:23 That's Raidillon actually.

I like your videos because when you talk words come out.

Still want to see you do a bit on why Albon did a race early in the season on just one set of tires (effectively) only stoping for the mandatory change on the very last lap.

Youre genious man!

Given that we now have a cost cap, is there much remaining need to keep these grid penalties for engine components? The logic in introducing maximum numbers of components and therefore penalties for taking extras was to reduce costs... but now we have a cost cap, so surely teams can now effectively be "trusted" to balance the cost of engine components with everything else to stay under the cost cap? ie. a team could decide to spend a bit extra on additional engine components at the expense of other areas. Thoughts?

4:58 That is not correct. The stewards explicitly clarified (in that same decision) that back of the grid penalties are excusively for power unit infractions

Well, to be honest, Max didn't need to take a new PU, they still have a pool of PUs, but decided to add a 4th to the mix to make sure they had enough to make it to the end of the season without another penalty, while also limiting their points loss of a grid drop at the best track to recover from. I think they nailed it. Charles is likely going to need another PU before the end of the season just to keep racing.

@5:11, they said specifically it only applies to PU penalties. Hence why Bottas did not go back of grid, even with 30 place Grid Penalty.

R.e. Alonso and Hamilton... "Where's Hamilton?" "He's out of the race." *"Karma."*

great video as usual and love the animations and insight, only request is for a dark mode on the background ;)

It was interesting to hear Ferrari essentially doing their strategy clearly over the radio, and even asking Leclerc’s opinion on options, just sounded like a big change in approach after recent weeks but basically stops them from being able to surprise anyone

"at the top of Eau Rouge" That's Raidillon, actually.

Came for the PU penalty explained stayed for the race debrief

Ferarri putting more time and effort into engine part strategy rather than race strategy.

I think with the Ham/Alo incident there is a precedent for a 5s time penalty in the current race, maybe a license point, rarely a grid drop for the following race as that happens more when the driving was blatantly dangerous and/or took out the other driver. Given Hamilton retired, there was no way to apply a time penalty, and doing anything harsher would be unusually tough when Alonso still finished in the top 5 which is really as high as he would expect to get in a regular race.

These graphics are so interesting

Very interesting video!! But I'm curious, where are you getting all this data? If you could share that information, I would appreciate that :)

About the comment on 7:30, Ferrari's radio actually said that they thought he would come out in front of Alonso

I feel like max will be crowned champion in suzuka

I always find the excuse “he was in my blind spot” a bit lame. Putting a sonic sensor on the is cheap. Yes the light will come on when you hug the walls, but that should take about one weekend to get used to.

Max Verstappen uses his "carving through the field" skill during the Renault days to the fullest extent here

so if you re getting sent at the back of the grid anyway why not change everything on the car where you would get a penalty normally? also, when exactly needs a car to start from the pitlane?

I still cannot BELIEVE they didn't close the loophole that you get punished less the more components you take. Merc showed the flaw in the rules perfectly last year and they still did nothing.

nice vid

Damn, if the fouth place finisher is that slow, the last five must be standing still :o

Came here to do some Tristan-from-Step-Back-History spotting. :)

The 5:00 bit is wrong, the >15 = back of the grid applies to PU and ONLY PU penalties, all other penalties are normal ones, no matter how many there end up being. As long as the PU penalties don't go over 15, it's not a back of the grid start no matter what.

9:57 that's raidillon actually

5:15 I don't think that's accurate; Bottas had 15+5 grid penalties but they didn't add up to a back of the grid penalty because they were breaches of seperate rules iirc

I just feel bad for the Ferrari mechanics who will have had to rebuild that PU 3 times, and then still get sent to the back

Brilliant video, is your favourite number still 38?

Where are the Ferrari debriefs those were so good

did chain bear just call raidillon, eau rouge?

Max needs 96 points from 7 races to wrap it up. And he can technically win it in Italy given Perez and Leclerc retire and Max wins + FL

2:05 "...70 place grid penalties, which was very silly." Not sure if this is sarcasm? In your 2018 video, it sounded like you prefered the old 2014-7 system... Have you changed your mind, ChainBear?

Why can’t each penalty for a single part is the same not 10 or 5, and the driver with the most grid drops goes to the back, and if there is a tie on penalties, then fastest in quali gets to be in front?

To simply this , why not after a 20 place grid penalty u just start from the pit lane

Ferrari got to watch your videos, I'm sure they'll learn

Zho is my favourite driver

0:38 There no driver called "Zho", but there is a Chinese driver called "Zhou"

I'm curious if max can get to 14 wins. Its entirely possible with the form that RB and him have right now.

5:10 The more than 15 places counts only PU penalty so Gearbox and Driving penalties (what you used) would not count

I think they should increase the allowances of pu parts to 5. Then make the penalties more extreme eg: if you replace 1 part over your limit, you start from the pit lane. And make it so that you can’t take more than 1 part over your limit at once. If you replace 2 at once, you start from the pit lane in this and the following race. That will really incentivize teams to actually look after their parts but will also ensure it is possible. Now I feel teams just accept penalties are ‘part of the game’. It also prevents teams from replaying every single component at the same time because it currently has no additional penalty on them.

leclerc made a dumb mistake, he shouldve let alonso come out ahead out of the pits exit and overtake on the straight, but he came out in front so alonso had the overtake opportunity forcing leclerc to wait to the next lap

How do you explain Bottas's penalty then?

No video on new engine regulations?

Good morning!

I don't understand why merc didn't put Russell on the softs for the last stint. Max made that strategy work (starting on the soft instead of finishing). It was also the strategy that perelli recommended as the fastest strategy. It appeared they were quicker than ferrari. I believe that, if Hamilton hadn't have had a brain fart and smashed into alonso, he would have finished on the podium ahead of the ferraris

Monza hard to overtake?

0:38 I thought it's spelt ZHOU ... XD

3th 😂 3:48

it was refreshing to here hamilton admit his mistake. this is very rare, probably only leclerc is the only other driver who would do this. and to also shut down reporters trying to stir the drama from alonso pretty immature comment, also very refreshing.

Is Checo even going to get to be Eddie Irvine?

The recorded Max speeds.........

Max will probably win the championship at Suzuka. Nice for Honda I suppose, even though the car doesn't have their badge on it.

Not all penalties accumulate - see Bottas' +20...

I don’t get why they didn’t change every component at once for Verstappen. In for a penny

Italians being Italians - I don't blame them, I'm Greek - instead of doing extra work in the summer break, they went to the sea. When they came back at Spa, their minds were still at the sea, so here we are. They were always like this except the years of "working in fear" of Todt. Also, Elkann's mentality is kinda "corporate", totally in contrast of Old Man's and his heir Luca Di Montezemolo's racing mentality. Maybe I'm wrong but this is the feeling I get for the last 10-12 years of Ferrari racing (and manufacturing).

Come on mate, spell Zhou's name right. (Constructive feedback, love your work!)

Do you write your own subtitles?

Are power unit component limits even necessary any more now that there is a cost cap in F1? Why not let the teams make as many as they can afford within the budget - potentially as an alternative to producing upgrades if necessary.

It is clear by now that, even if Ferrari hadn't botched so many strategic moves, or if Leclerc hadn't made the mistakes he made, even then Leclerc would have had no chance against Verstappen this year. It is important to remember that, whenever Leclerc won, Verstappen finished a close second, that is except when the Red Bull broke down early in the season. In the best of circumstances Leclerc wouldn't come close to matching Verstappen as Hamilton did last year. So, is this the beginning of another Red Bull dominance as it happened between 10 and 13? For all of us hoping for level racing and excitement with all the changes in F1, it would be a bummer, especially after so many years of Mercedes dominating. My hope is for Mercedes to come up with a great car next year, so Hamilton and Russell can put up a descent fight, because Ferrari is a hopeless case.

How did bottad get away with his grid penalties?

Charles championship ended in France

if less than 10 laps remaining when safety car is called, then do a red flag and grid start.

I feel like Engine Penalties should mainly be on the constructors , like automatic points deduction for over allowances

I think Leclerc has got away with multiple errors this year, as Ferrari has got most of the stick. But speeding in the pit lane combines with a crash in France now. He deserves some criticism

eau rouge is on the bottom not top.

15 is not more than 15 Ah yes, the floor is made out of floor.

I want to see if max can win from last place

It IS a massive blunder by Ferrari, just like the fresh tyres to tow Sainz. That team is about to implode. And for their own sake, they better implode fast.

Ferrari is a team with so much success over the years that they feel able to give some away this year.

Hear me out about grid penalties because of power unit changes: time penalty. Give everyone like +20 seconds for a new ICE, MGUs, or Turbo as a cumulative penalty and carry that penalty to the race as well.

DT are you here?

luckily to be unpenalized? ham was clearly in front at the apex.

VER pace was so terrifying that made the GP a bit boring. thankfully Ferrari clowns circus saved the day

Where is my F1 manager ? :))) much need please

Honestly don’t see much need for Hamilton to get a penalty. The point of penalties is to discourage behavior and encourage caution, and considering he’ll most likely need a new PU now, and had to retire, he got plenty of natural consequence. And it’s not like he really hurt Alonso’s race

Ferrari fumbling is not even funny anymore.

Having Monza as harder than Singapore for overtaking seems wrong to me

Why verstappen got p14? Shouldn't it be p15 coz six had penalties and 5 below him would put him at 15. Why p14?