I am not a racing fan, BUT those V8's sound chunky!

I was there, I live at Mt Panorama for real, I'm in the video when JB is meeting the crowd. What an amazing day it was. Having grown up in Bathurst it was always a discussion topic how an F1 would go around the mount. Well, now we know. I got to have a brief discussion with Jenson and asked him a couple questions. I specifically asked him why F1's couldn't race around Bathurst? His response - "aside from the track being too narrow, the fact that the track is convex (to allow for water run off) and not flat meant that the FIA wouldn't deem it safe for F1." He also said he probably could've shaved another 10sec off his time (1:48.888) but he was under instruction to not push too hard as it was just 1 week before the 2011 Australian GP and the team didn't want to risk losing a driver due to an accident so close to the start of the race and the GP season. Jenson was actually a fairly decent guy to talk to as well. I'll never forget that day and man, that sound. Hearing that F1 echoing around Mt Panorama was sure something. I got some excellent footage and images from that day. I hope we get to see another F1 here again some day. Living at Mt Panorama has it's perks ;) cheers.

The Bathurst 1000 is the holy grail of Aussie motorsport. Bogan Xmas for many. Craig Lowndes has won the great race 7 times

Doesnt matter what you're driving it's an awesome track. Been around in a couple of different cars and until your drive it you think it's just another track, then the awe hits at about the cutting.

Yenson, is a mad lad 😄 The F1 cars of today are the biggest F1 cars to date. The old V10's that we see in the video weren't as large. Unfortunately, they don't sound the same as they used too.

back in the 90's we used to have an event here in Sydney Australia called, TRIPLE CHALLENGE. Featuring Touring Cars, Superbikes and Drag Racing. Was always an excellent weekend. Got to meet many drivers, crew and celebs as our neighbour was the driver for a courtesy bus for the crew and drivers. Used to hang with him in the van and meet all the crew, drivers and celebs.

Moved to Australia from North Carolina twenty years ago, and hadn't been in the country two weeks when I went to my first Supercar race at Bathurst...and have been every year since... There is a clip somewhere on YT of Darrell Waltrip taking a ride around Mt. Panorama that is hilarious

Bathurst circuit is amazing, having been there 5 times for the race it's certainly is amazing the drop off through Skyline down to Forest Elbow is absolutely wild. At night I've walked the circuit and damn it's tough, I've also driven around it the morning after the race and at the dipper and Forest Elbow my car a V8 EB Falcon bottomed out and that was at only 60-70km/hr, 60km/hr is speed limit and the coppers patrol it heavily during the race weekend.

The v8 sound is visceral,more felt than heard,get to a track and feeeeel it !!

When the F1 car came to Australia it was geared and set up for the Melbourne race. So it hit the rev limiter in top gear very early on conrod straight. If they were to ever actually race at Bathurst they would go much faster. Unfortunately the track would have to be modified so much to meet the F1 safety criteria that it would ruin the circuit. This was only a promotional thing for Vodaphone.

F1 cars are essentially very expensive complicated GoKarts at their core. I used to love watching them at silverstone but I haven’t been for a few years. You see them routinely at the goodwood festival of speed every year doing time attacks and other amazing motor vehicles of all kinds. If anyone ever comes to the U.K. you should go to them.

Menke is a bloody legend

F1 cars are basically an upside down airplane - very low to the ground but quite large. The footprint of a current car has a similar footprint to a Cadillac escalade.

The Bathurst race is iconic. I remember my parents taking me there for the weekend when I was really little, like early 70's. Bikers used to babysit me when I wandered around, gave me lollies and it was some of the best memories I have. We had a friend who used to race the bike with the sidecar (offweight) with his son..... it was awesome :D

miss that sound for the f1 cars

I live in Sydney . 2 1/2 hrs away from Bathurst . Been to that Track Many times . By World standards it is a GOAT TRAIL . Narrow and rather Bumpy . It surprised me the F-1 could go across the Top without Bodywork damage . There is about 350 metres Elevation difference between Pit area and the Top of the Circuit . Coming back DOWN is where I would expect the F-1 to snag some underpinnings .

Christopher Mies did a 1:59 around Bathurst at the Challenge Bathurst event a few years ago. Can’t be recorded as an official time unfortunately. Was spine tingling. Love being a flag Marshall for this event each year.

My bro you don't just here these beasts the ground shake's the air vibrates and EVERY HAIR ON YOUR BODY STANDS TO ATTENTION AWESOME and THAT'S JUST THE V8s I've never been to an F1 race but have seen the F1 world championship winning car from the mid 80s doing laps a few years ago at a Ferrari festival at Hamptondowns race track and the noise of just that one car was INSANE

Bathurst was covered in snow the other day ❄️

I can proudly say I was there when this happened. The sound of that F1 car screaming around the circuit sounded amazing. Respect to Craig Lowndes as well because he was only about 2 tenths slower than Button when he jumped in the F1. From memory the fastest official time around Mt Panorama is a 1.59, Button and Lowndesy both did 1.44s

Nah, no lap records for craig. he would have been told that no matter what, no accidents in the f1 car. his backers just couldn't afford the repair bill xD

Menke you gotta watch the Bathurst this year.

Good old Lowndesy the greatest driver to understand a car by feel just a shame he didn’t win a four championship

Craig Lowndes is a three-time V8 Supercar champion, a five-time Barry Sheene Medalist, and a seven-time winner of Australia's most prestigious motor race, the Bathurst 1000 and two-time winner of the Bathurst 12 Hour. I reckon he knows his way around Mount Panorama, Bathurst.

The last S bend on Conrod was to slow the top speed on Conrod Straight.. Back in the 60s-70s when cars didnt have all disc brakes haha.. hitting 180mph on road radial tyres.

Subscribed on the fourth of July!! (Actually its now the 5th downunder)

Jenson Buttons' (yes he's named after the car) Dad, John Button, used to race a VW Beetle (later on he drove a VW Golf/Rabbit) in a British/European motor sport called Rally Cross. A mixture of track racing and off road.

drove around the circuit couple of years back.... with my van on... theres footage from the gopro in one of my vids some where on my chan.

this is at least 10 years old. the F1 cars have become bigger and bigger over the last decade. that's one of the criticisms of the category. it's very difficult to get past due to the size and the aerodynamic dependencies.

Having gone to the Melbourne F1 Grandprix in 2017 i can tell you the sound they make is incredible. I Do want to get up for a Bathhurst one time, But the sound difference between the v6 turbo current gen engines and the old v10 car is like miles apart in volume. Think that was a v8 version of the engine then. great video though

brilliant rection many thanks

The video is 10 years old and Jeson retired from F1 about 3 or 4 years ago. The current F1 car is significantly larger, heavier, and more powerful than ever. But they are significantly quieter! The F1 car in the video was a Mercedes 2.4 litre normally aspirated V8 whereas the current cars use a 1.6 litre turbo charged engine boosted with hybrid energy recovery power.

I’ve driven a race car around Bathurst. It’s awesome.

Menke, give "survive to drive" F1 show on Netflix a watch. Its unbelievable, it will give you the insight and the drama of F1

The old V10s you didn't just feel, you FELT them! If the wind was blowing in the right direction they could be heard from over 20 miles away from the track!

Bathurst is not a Grade 1 track, so the F1 car was not allowed to run flat out. It may have been restricted to 90% throttle, but I am not sure. It was running the aero package and gearing for Albert Park, which means that the top speed would probably be quite a bit higher had the car been configured for Bathurst. I have been to V8 Supercars, F1 and NASCAR races. The V8s are comfortable without hearing protection, as was NASCAR at a road course or 1.5 mile oval. The F1 cars from the early 2000s to 2013 required hearing protection, though you get away without it for a short period. From 2014 hearing protection is not really required. I did watch a NACSAR race at Bristol Motor Speedway, a half mile oval. There the sound was contained in the stadium and with 40 odd NASCARs running around it got very loud. Definitely need hearing protection there, and the sound is not as pleasant as the cars are on road courses.

I recommend checking the video of Jensen Buttons on board camera going around Bathurst

"First time ever in the world" - No Blunty, it was just the first time an F1 car was at Bathurst. F1 drivers have switched cars with drivers from other formulas plenty of times prior to this event. Jimmy Johnson and Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton and Tony Stewart, Jeff Gordon and Juan Pablo Montoya, just to name a few examples.

Gday menke thanks for the video

F1 car revving out too 18-20 thousand rpm, crazy acceleration , I love motorsport. Bathurst only 3 hours from where I live.

Spewing they didn't post the times. Love to see how Craig done in both for lap times compared to JB

im an aussie and ive been through bathurst so many times i cant count but never went on the track but my event i want to do it top fuel drag cars my mate said he went and it felt like someone punching you in the chest when they took off.

Cool jacket your wearing Menke!

I'd like to imagine Brockie could have hd his eyes completely closed for his last lap.

This is an old video cos theres no halo on the f1 and they don’t use those old commodores anymore as well as their spoiler being like a Subaru wrx spoiler

You have to remember that an F1 car engine is only 1.6 litres.

F1 at Bathurst, nah was dumb meant nothing really apart from an advertising junket. They don't make that sound any more though

The power-to-weight ratio of F1 cars is really good but NOT as good as the P-T-W ratio of a 410 cu in oval track Sprintcar. You should check them out. You'll be blown away by the sound!

That is the F1 sound I miss as the V10's have gone and replaced with the Hybrid V6. I believe the newer formula 1 cars are bigger and heavier yet sometimes faster than the older ones such as the one here.

I miss F1 cars sounding like that

he will sitting in the V8 thinking how slow is this thing

wow, did not expect you to react to a Blunty video.

Today's F1 cars are way bigger than this in the video, that is a 2008/2007 (probably), today cars are around 5 meters long

7:15 I was thinking exactly the same thing, who has the advantage, the one with the experience in the car or the one with the experience on the track. Still watching, can't wait to see whether Button or Lowndes comes out on top. Edit: Awwww. :-(

Thanks for sharing

Formula One is the top tier of motorsport. It's the highest and most demanding (on the body, as in the G force and training) motorsport

You should check out the the F1, V8, and moto gp race, that was pretty cool, 👍🏻

Miss that f1 sounds

You should check out a major incident which happened last year. I wont spoil anything which happens but the name of the youtube video is Grosjean's Insane Fireball Crash | Formula 1: Drive To Survive S3

I loved the days of Indy cars on the Gold Coast .. I went to the Melbourne GP... no comparison.. .. . i hated that sound... Indy cars are just real sound.. you do need earmuffs for F1 .. the Supercar sound is just V8 grunt....

Bathurst isn't a race track most are uninformed that's its a scenic drive closed for the race its just a normal 60kmh road

J Button is Jenson. Ex world F1 champion.

if you want the experience of being near an insane fire breathing monster get yourself to a speedway and watch some sprintcar action!! DO IT IN THE DIRT

There were some NASCAR races of the short lived Australian series back twenty or so years ago. Link follows if not banned.

Unfortunately the modern F1 car is much bigger and heavier than this Vodafone example. They’re still fast but it’s all aero trickery nowadays.

Honestly taking an F1 style car around Bathurst is crazy - obviously the possibility of animal collisions is higher than normal but even without that the rise and fall is something those cars are not designed for - hills yes, small mountains no - the chances of them becoming airborne is altogether too high on that sort of circuit.

Who did what times/speeds????

It's a shame the F1's don't sound like anymore

what was the lap times ?????????

The great thing about Bathurst is, anyone can drive around it. It’s a true ‘road’ circuit (though the police are often there too). The most amazing bit is the ‘big dipper’ - it is super steep down - video doesn’t do it justice. I spent many years visiting my daughter in Bathurst and did more than a few laps of the circuit in cars as well as bikes. Hitting the ‘Dipper’ full boot on a Kwaka ZZR 1100 is one of the funnest things I’ve ever done.

Id love to see a f1 rub up against a supercar thru conrod theres only 1 that gona finish the lap

Watch nsa car chapion Darrell waltzing lap around Bathurst funny as

@menke you should do a reaction to Greg Murphy’s lap of the gods

Bathurst is done. Slowly turning into nascar so I might as well watch the yank version

This was about 10 years ago. F1s then had engines instead of the Prius things they are now. As for small no the Bombador is just fat! Both of those drivers are semi retired now There is a clip on here about Daryl Waltrip have a ride around the mountain in a Stupidcar

you a Carlton fan?

Well observed its a world first... nowhere else in the world has the track....

Have you ever been to Australia

This vid doesn’t do the track justice

Craig Lowdes raced open wheelers in Europe when he was young. not f1 though.

Go McLaren woooohooooo!

Just “Bathurst”. Not “The Bathurst”.

Do yourself a favour and go watch some Top Fueler drag racing. Will blow your mind

LOL he thinks nascar is the same experience

the video didn't even mention the times! that BS!!

They don't sound like that any more :-(

Now look at this track from a drivers perspective. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jrNkhNN8xrqypJc.html

His first name is Jensen not J... pathetic.

🥰🥰 Jensen Button one of the hottest F1 drivers. Craig Lowndes is bit of a player & 🍆 as a person ie he is nice to his good looking fans but rude asf to the less than attractive ones. Have heard from a trusted source his wife is a player that is fond of guns and alcohol though.🤣🤣🤣 but when $$ and fame is involved people often change. Not always but often.

No offence to you dude, but that was a pathetic broadcast from the Aussies, ummmm yeah I'm an Australian but to have those frigging hot drivers and cars and not mention power, rpms and flipping lap times is like playing football and not keeping score! Freaking ridiculous 😜🤙

F1= glorified go-kart!