Great spot!

How the heck did you pick that up?!

@@ForeverF1 Lol I’m sort of obsessed with F1 steering wheels. Another thing is at 3:30 you can see he reaches down to turn off the car, because that’s where the switch to turn off the car usually is in F1 but then realised the switch is up.

Old habits....

@@anamorphia and I thought I was an expert. Good eye man! Thanks for sharing with us!

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Because all the cars are the same there doesnt have to be any hiding,indy is a lot less toxic environment for the drivers so happy for romain

I’m back to inform you that he did

@Subkash , the halo looks good, and it really doesn't obstruct your view. Also, the new 2022 f1 halo looks sick

100%. During traffic and passing, it's like you're there driving the car.

@MrLewisbate it blends well with the car imo

F1 halo is more intrusive on helmet cam. Most def my favourite POV. Love these beasts of cars and Laguna!

@MrLewisbate imagine crying over how a metal curve lools bad on a hunk of steel and telling people to get a life if they dont agree with your opinions

If you can't get back on the horse right away then you do not belong at that level. These guys put it behind them and move on as they should.

@@westipton5961 anyone, even a former f1 driver, would be a little concerned if they almost died in a giant ball of fire. They are human after all.

@@benc.3128 Agreed, but the point is they can rebound from it quickly and move on without it having a lasting effect. No worship from me for those guys, simply a healthy respect for their abilities. I have raced in club level OW cars for over 40 years, so I understand what happens out there and have been in a few shunts myself over the years. Some guys I knew quit after one incident, but most of us shrug it off and look forward to the next race or the next season.

@@westipton5961 lmfao there's a massive difference between shunts at club level and having an insane accident where you're more than lucky to make it out alive. I've crashed countless cars drifting at high speeds (on and off tracks), in no way would I ever think my experience comes close to me giving any other position than props.

@@pumpkin1escobar Countless cars? Hmmm. A high speed crash is not much different no matter the level, they all hurt. Yes he is fortunate to be alive, but yet here he is right back in the seat. If he does well in Indycar then we'll know he is okay, if he struggles then maybe it is sticking with him, but I doubt that will happen.

The corkscrew is just a special place

It's my favorite corner (or chicane)

TOTALLY Agree...Madness at Mid-Ohio is in the came category, btw....parts of Road Atlanta is in that category, too. I've taught at all those tracks.

@@888ViralVideo Love Mid- Ohio. Cresting the hill at the top of the esses and going in to thunder valley

Corkscrew is still an infamous chicane in Indycar though. It's the spot where young Gonzalo Rodriguez lost his life testing for Penske (that was in...'99 I think), and its particular, steep layout makes it so dangerous for single seaters that overtaking there has been banned since the Zanardi Pass also in the 90s...). But I guess it's like the Nordschleife in a way. You have to be ballsy asf to go through Corkscrew at the maximum possible speed, which makes you shine if you're a real man. "Go big or go home"... ^^

Romain before women.

@@NoctisLupi Greek philosophers be like

Me : Ignores ringing phone cause I’m watching Indy.

@@akshatrakesh8697 LOL!

The same, bro. That tricky left-right downhill...

The same

Omg grand turismo on ps1 was everything

I remember this track on Gran Turismo 4 with Formula Gran Turismo

Childhood? I need to grow up! Viper set-up is a tad lacking for that track hey?

bruh I spit out my water after reading this hahahahah

@@DanielLopez-dy1ul you didn't though did you? Making something up for comedic effect in a comment is pathetic

@@sweetdude1298 who shat in ur cereal

@@sweetdude1298 stfu

Update is required as it lacks a data display lol.

Have a look at Bathurst as well

I just wish it was a little bit longer.

@@snoopythedog3266 Mt. Panorama is one of the five too! I've got (in no particular order): Spa, Monza, Silverstone, Mt. Panorama and Laguna Seca.

Never been there, but I've watched races there, and love the layout. Everyone talks about the corkscrew, but there are other challenging corners, and even the front straight is bent.

I'm finally within driving distance of it and then we've had Covid to contend with since the start of last year, so there haven't been any races :(

I saw 'Cosworth' on the steering wheel, how are they involved, do they just make the steering wheel? thanks @HondaRacingHPD

@@Wards_Art_Glass Cosworth Electronics

@@Wards_Art_Glass cosworth makes the screens and electronics like how mclaren supplies the tech in the steering wheels and such

@@randomrandom1196 Cosworth doesn’t make the screens. Cosworth supplies most of the electronics like the steering wheels and some of the other software. McLaren supplies the ECUs. Dallara, PPG and RBAT produce the aeroscreen as a collaborative effort.

@@CoSmicGoesRacing im talking about f1 bud, I was just trying to help him get the general understanding of it.

Well indy is the best and most competitive open wheel series in the world. So u should be happy for him.

please remind your neighbors they chose to buy a house near a racetrack, swapping exhaust out just to drive here is ridiculous, and it will only get worse

@@Weimerica8841 I agree entirely. Most people here love it, there are a few complainers though, naturally. Some people are in perpetual lawsuits with the city of Monterey and Salinas.

It's actually scary to see him racing again 😬 F1 is a much safer place without him

Indy car is actually way more exciting, F1 has been kinda awful since 2014

@@chadgrov Indy has always been second rate to F1. That's where F1 has bean's or never was like Romain go to finish their careers. I highly doubt Sir Lewis will ever go there but maybe. F1 2014 - 2020 was pretty epic history making even. 7x WDC now shooting for 8 I can't wait for this season

@@panacheautomotive4298 ???? why is F1 better when 1 person wins all the time?? can you please elaborate on why its so good if there is no competition?

@@panacheautomotive4298 you need to understand that Indy is not for F1 drivers, its for north and south american drivers who dont want to deal with European dicks all the time. Indy is a much better environment to race in, and also more competitive. real drivers race there

Hahaha

What do you mean?

@@oliverrombak2942 the Barber video was a bit blurry. Like Jeremy Clarkson rubbed Vaseline on the lens.

@@GodFootDaddyG lol

haha i scrolled down just to see if anyone made this comment...@@oliverrombak2942 check out the previous video he posted: watch?v=hXL4xU3gJE0

You're french ?

@@Roolax17 yes why ?

@@dayabloom9634 nan parce que du coup je comprend mieux pourquoi t'as commencé l'indycar en même temps que moi 😉

Alain Prost already did that

And Sylvain Guintoli!

Sebastian Bourdais, and 2019 Simon won the Indy 500. 1st Frenchie in quite a while to win it.

@@dangerous1a200 On attend Gasly maintenant

He's ours now and you can't have him back.

You will enjoy it.

MUCH more exciting than F1!

Me too. And I hope to see Romain on the Podium few times also.

I wouldn't say the cars are as much fun to watch as F1, but the racing is 5 times better. Championship is not locked up before the season starts in Indycar!

Lots of lead changes and the podium always looks different from week to week. Definitely watch the Indy 500 in May - it’s an insane race.

Et encore l’effet caméra atténu le dénivelé. La première fois que je suis allé à spa j’ai été choqué par le raidillon en vrai.

They WERE impressive, probably more impressive than Indy Car actually, 7000cc V8's in cars with zero safetly and made of aluminium and fibreglass

Was it a Can-Am race?

@@SwingAxleLover most likely

John Montgomery Thanks for the heads up on the track configuration changes. As I watched this video I kept looking for the 180 degree hairpin and never saw it so I figured there had been changes made. I raced production MGs in the 1960s here on the East Coast and many of my favorite race courses have either been radically altered or are no longer even in existence...kind of sad to see courses like Bridgehampton on Long Island, NY go under as it was a really great racecourse. I saw Jim Hall & Hap Sharp race their revolutionary Chaparrals there in the late 1960s and I'll never forget Hall's first timed lap! It was a long time ago but if memory serves the previous lap record held by a NART Ferrari was something like 1:43:06 and Hall's first times lap was something like 1:36! Back in those days that was unheard of!

The only substantial change to the layout is that the hairpin after the start/finish line (technically turn 2) used to be linked to the tight left-hand turn 3 turns later. Aside from that the layout hasn't been changed very much.

That’s F1 for you :)

That’s how drivers are taught, the car goes where you are looking - eyes up is a common phrase. I have done part time instruction for HPDE.

Where you eyes go is where the car goes. So you need to look early.

What is the clipping point?

@@spudlymac Apex

No more French - he's ours now!

@@richardburton6182 that’s not how it works

Dommage qu'en F1 cela soit si rare ce genre de vidéos

I think we all wish that. Maybe 2022 we will start to see the cars moving around a little more with the lose of downforce that they will have. I cant wait till Indycar car lets them get more HP out of these motors because that will make the cars even more of a monster to keep control of

I wish Indycars were still as wild as 1992 Indycars!

It's great we can see what Grojean sees

didnt even notice the aero screen before you mentioned it

When did they shortened the track? I raced there in 1994 and it was exactly like today.

@@morgonz It was in the 1995/96 timeframe. The changes lengthened the course from 2.214 to 2.318 miles. But in doing so, they shortened the 9-10 straight and lengthened the 10-11. The 1988-1995 configuration had 9-10 as one of the longest straights on the track, but many people didn't seem to realize it and drove it mostly like they drive it now... Historic maps at sportscarworldwide dot com.

@@MartianTech you're confusing the corners. That change affected Turn 2 which used to connect to Turn 5. During the period you mention, they added an infield section (T2 now a hairpin, T3, T4) which go under the tire bridge. Turns 9-10 and 10-11 are unchanged since 1957 with the exception to adding run-off area, gravel beds. The website you mention confirms this: www.sportscarworldwide.com/Tracks-Laguna-Seca.html#gsc.tab=0

@@dannykrueger I'm well aware of the 1988 change that added the infield section and extended the track from 1.9 miles to 2.214 miles. That's not the only change to the course over the years, and it's not the one I'm talking about. Scroll through the maps on that site and compare the 1990-1995 map with the 1996-present one. You'll see that 9-10 used to be longer than 10-11 while now they are about the same length.

Not to mention these cars, just like F1s, are basically planks in terms of suspensions, so drivers take the full brunt of it every time they descend Corkscrew. There must be quite a bunch of sore backs after racing here each time...

It is a VERY tough corkscrew. The GP of Laguna Seca has caught many veterans off guard and they make hilarious mistakes trying to get through that part of the track.

Footage wouldn’t do the elevation drop justice either. Imagine the sensation WSBK riders feel through the corkscrew!

@@ursuss100 I always think of that when they get airborne after jumping a curb at speed. Landing must be majorly unpleasant.

@@largol33t1 True! Awesome section with many a clash too.

Yeah good times

What is interesting though is that they have different steering wheels. Watch some of Jozef Newgarden's cockpit footage. It is very different.

@@bennyfactor , I looked at Newgarden's wheel, and it looks the same, the only thing is he configured the shift lights differently, Grosjean's lights are set to be like an f1 car, Newgarden's lights are more indycar like

@@Nico_6967 I guess his is similar. Other ones aren't, look at for instance the Andretti steering wheel here: 4 small rotary switches, different button locations twitter.com/IndyCar/status/1293641390778454017 or Rahal's from a couple years ago. You can tell it is the same LCD module as Grosjean's but it just has one big rotary switch twitter.com/IndyCar/status/1035672518382632960 Scott Dixon has this very strange setup twitter.com/MPI_INNOVATIONS/status/1134290061414023169 You can see him turning the very small rotary switches at the bottom of the wheel in this video facebook.com/watch/?v=314371443252276

@@bennyfactor Couple of seasons ago some had aluminium steering wheels. Carbon fibre looks heaps cooler imo. Awesome cars!

There are a couple f1 videos like this, just no live feed.

That looks like it would be hell on the wrists, spine, and butt. An entire race of that? Holy #$*&.

@@davidcarter2720 ha, I was captivated by the speed but you are right

I found it interesting that there is a map to the left for reference, in F1 it’s all base on memory

@@esal1575 I've see F1 cars with circuit layouts inside just like that many times too

Definitely starting to feel like it. Now we need chassis competition and another engine manufacturer.

@@jamesjordan4955 well if they do just hope they don’t split

@@tomterrific6085 with Roger Penske at the helm and the Hulman-George family moved on, I don’t think anyone in the series wants a split to happen. If anything, the series has a bright future ahead talent-wise (the likes of O’Ward, Rossi, Rosenqvist, Herta and Newgarden are all impressive). But for a manufacturers standpoint, seems kinda bleak but who knows the sort of lucrative manufacturer deals Roger and co. have in store for 2023 and beyond.

lol

Hahaha, amazing view.

😂😂😂😂

It is not a sim, it is a live camera. The camera goes where the head goes, so that is perfectly normal.

@@westipton5961 I know. ;)

@@westipton5961 woooooooooooooooooooooosh

Crash man

No power steering you have to grip it and rip it

Indycar bro no power steering all driver