The technical side of F1 is for me the most exciting, but there are so few videos like this. Excellent video, excellent explanations !! Thank you !!! :)

Would be awesome to see a visual explanation just like this video, of for example, an early 90s F1 car, or an early to mid 2000s F1 car with the much simpler front wings.

not allowed fenders? no problem, build invisible ones using airflow

such a great simulation, and expert commentating. we want more vids of this kind!

IMO this is really interesting but could be better produced - give Willem control of the video and a pointer so he can exactly show us what he is talking about and what each part of the aero package is trying to accomplish. Maybe every month during 2018 season let him tell us what each team’s car is doing well or not so well etc. Thanks

this is what gets me excited about formula 1....this is awesome..please make more vids like this...

BEST f1 video ever

Excellent video!

I appriate their enthusiasm in explaining. You can see the passion there. Reminds me of my old instructor back in college

I love you willem!!!

thank for explanation....great job

omg stop interrupting Willem lol.

this is extremly intreasting it shows how importent the aerodynamics of an f1 car really is

more videos, please.

Nodding my head *like i understood

a video with zero dislike!!! wow

Hi! I'm Rodrigo, I'm a Formula Student Member at Brazil! I have a question that would greatly help me and my team to develop an even better aerodynamic package for our car. What kind of airfoil does f1 teams use? For example, right now I'm studying with CFD the detachment of the boundary layer at the proximity of the trailling edge because I want to select and airfoil that, although doesn't have a huge lift coefficient, doesn't disturb a lot the airflow that passes through it to make more multi-elements more effective. Thank you very much for anyone who can help!

I have a question- why do we need the top vortex? Wouldn’t the bottom vortex be enough to deflect the wake off the car?

I miss the shark fins.

Who's here after Craig's tweet on 8th March 2019?

Seriously, Craig, buddy... I'm pretty sure I'm talking for everyone here... you're great and all, it's not that we don't like you, it's us. We just feel Willem has more to offer, he's better suited to us than you are... we know there's an audience for you, but for us the viewers, and for you, we want Willem to have as much time as he'd like, to go into as much detail as he'd like... with you not there. It'd be awkward if you stuck around... maybe you could film an intro... from somewhere else. Formula 1 fans are savvy, like real savvy, some of the hoopiest froods I'd like to sass type savvy... and here you are mansplaining things to us like we're 12 years old. Willem gets us, he knows this excites us, and his passion shines through and every time it does *_bewm_* you go and jump in and spoil the mood. We want *details* , no subject is too complex and no video on F1 tech can ever be too long... as long as it's the Willems of the world talking to us with the respect we, and the Willems, deserve. I'm sure you'll find a lovely niche, again, maybe intros done from across town? We'll help with anyway we can in the transition but for now, we'd like some time alone with Willem. Thanks mate, Sincerely, The F1 fans of the world. Post Script: Willem, you're awesome. Please make as many videos as you'd like about F1 aero, you will *_NEVER_* bore us, no matter how long the video or how tiny the detail, you're our boo. Keep up the excellent work, we can't wait to see you again !!! *XOXOXO* 💋

Is F1 airflow somehow different to any other airflow then?

I thought that was a Manor looking at the thumbnail lol

Did not know Tom Hanks was into F1 until now

is that v8 supercars in the background

Clearly, a wind tunnel helps us to visualise airflow over a car. But, the objective is to improve airflow in the real world. In the real world, the air is more or less stationery, the road is stationery, and it's the car that moves - the inverse of the wind tunnel situation. Definitely different scenarios. May I ask - when using CFD for F1 car design, does the CFD software attempt to mimic the wind tunnel or the real world?

Do CFD algorithms attempt to model the real world, car moving, air and ground stationery, or do they try to reproduce wind tunnel conditions which are really the inverse of the real world?

Get the air under the car again.

why Mclaren never win explained

F1 used to attract millionaire playboys and blondes bc of it's sex appeal, now it's just a geekfest for geeks and nerds, lost most of its raw and risky nature & replaced it with safe, logical snd rigid one.