Race wise, Miami was not one of the best. If you want to watch two good races I would recommend the two most recent - the British GP at Silverstone and the Austrian GP at the Red Bull Ring. Both had some great wheel to wheel stuff.

The other thing about F1 is the regulations , very very specific rules telling teams what they can and can't do, ride hight, wing widths, 100ltr fuel tank, break disk and pad size etc etc, but they all find a different way around these regulations to make it go as fast as possible. Some incredibly intelligent people. Also during the Covid-19 pandemic, the UK had a shortage of medical ventilators, so an number of UK based F1 teams designed , developed and manufactured, new efficient ventilators for the NHS. Brilliant !

There have been times when 3 driver's had the same time down the 1000th of a second over a lap. 3 different drivers , 3 different teams, 3 different engines. That's when you know your on the limit. Simply amazing.

As for cross-over technology during the pandemic here in Woking, Maclaren used their team to design a respirator for hospitals. They didn't have the manufacturing capacity but they worked out the parts which could be built by other people.

A single F1 piston can cost £50,000. Last year a replacement front wing cost £150,000 and a gear box £750,000. Costs are staggering. The bit that amazes me with the engines is they are seized up when cold and need a "life support" machine to have hot oil pumped through to heat the parts up before the cars can be fired up.

They stopped F1 cars refueling during the race because there were a number of serious accidents while refueling. They want the pit time to be as quick as possible so safety was being put as a second and it was only a matter of time before someone was killed or seriously injured with the fires 🔥 that were happening

4:38 kind of, but not really. F1 is basically competitive aerospace engineering. You could argue that NASA in the space race was kind of similar, but think of it more as if Boeing, Airbus, and Lockheed Martin decided to hold a contest to see who's plane is better. Not just the outright fastest, but also most reliable and most fuel efficient. F1 is basically a contest to figure out which team can interpret the rules (loosely sometimes) and create the fastest car. Aerodynamics, engine, electric hybrid deployment, chassis, and reliability are all pushed as far as the money will allow, in search of every thousandth of a second. And don't think that driver skill doesn't matter. The driver is responsible for converting those theoretical thousandths into real lap times. A Mercedes is kind of pointless if you've got backmarker drivers driving them. The cars don't drive themselves. No TC or ABS, just a driver and over 1000 horsepower in a 900kg car.

F1 designing and engineering is all about finding what the (lengthy) rule book does NOT say. The most visual exemple was probably the X-wings at some point. The FIA was trying to lower the amount of aero allowed, but they somehow missed a tiny spot in the middle of the car in their regulation. So obviously, the teams rushed to implement some crazy contraptions to add a little bit more of aero in that tiny spot that they missed.

As a big European F1 freak it’s really cool to see new people get into the sport. Next year will be great for Americans. F1 will be racing in Las Vegas over the strip😱

Favorite generation of F1? Watch the Ron Howard movie Rush. Extremely dangerous, huge power and massive tires. The best looking and sounding Era for F1 in my opinion. There is also a great documentary called Hunt VS Lauda which covers that Era on KZfaq. Thanks again Ian for another great post.

She mentions data collected, but it's easier to put into context if you add that each team collects roughly 1 petabyte of telemetry per weekend. Another thing worth mentioning is that is also poses a slightly different demand on the pilots. The car may change weekend to weekend, and you have to adapt while working together with the engineers in setting it up, and often developing it. Many of the most successful F1 drivers achieved their success at least in part by helping to create the winning car.

As someone who was into Nascar myself, 2 years ago I go into watching F1 and even got the F1 games. I now enjoy F1 way more. I just find it more exciting to watch, and am a fan of every driver on the grid. There's so much history in it, and it is just a blast and joy to watch.

F1 showed the way to get great thermal efficient and reliable power from small capacity engines with turbos. Suddenly naturally aspirated engines are very rare due to emissions but twin turbo units with huge power are the norm. F1 has been using Hybrid Tech (battery and energy/heat recovery for awhile now) so those technologies are already in road cars.

What most people don't realise, even many f1 fans, is that f1 is primarily a team sport. Most prize money goes to the team, not the driver. Sure the leading driver gets the most media attention, but at its heart its a team effort.

I'm pretty sure in previous years Ferrari were spending north $550mil a season maybe more one year one of the Williams bosses said that they'd spent $500 and they estimated Ferrari had spent 3 times that $1.5B. The tech in F1 does indeed trickle down into cars and busses things like the kinetic energy systems are found in busses in the UK these came directly from F1. A lot of the car safety improvements are from F1. They don't refuel they used to but after a couple of accidents they stopped refuelling. During the Covid lockdown a lot of the F1 teams turned their engineering teams to making medical devices and equipment.

She forgot to mention, technology wise, that the motors themselves are getting smaller and smaller with years; I remember the V12s from the late 80s, to V10s in the mid 90s, to V8s and now they are all turbo V6s. 😀

You have to follow it for a season to know about 50% of what is there too know.. I've been following F1 since 1975 and I still get amazed by the stuff they come up with... The fact that the cars are all different but they manage to get within 0.01 seconds in qualifying is amazing. You can't compare it to Indy.. Indy cars are cool, but they are nothing like the cars in F1.. the tech is out of this world.. it took Honda at least 5 years to make a competitive engine with the Kenetic energy restore, the hybrid engine, the 1.6L V6 engine that all have to work together and be perfect. F1 cars are about 14-16 seconds faster per lap at COTA than an Indy car...F2 cars are even faster than an Indy car. The difference between one race to the next could be that the car changed on hundreds of levels.. NEXT STEP: Co2 neutral cars by 2026 ...0% emission fuels

I miss the times when fueling was allowed. It added a lot to the strategy side of the sport, but I understand the ban because of security. How was Miami?. In a word: cringe. They acted like they were the best thing ever and they were only the rookies (in F1 hosting venues). I heard several times the flex "best in the world", the hosts had no understanding of a lof of things but acted like they were the ones that everyone else had to look after, the Vips in the grid were only there just for the photos and free promotion for themselves and had no clue at all, problems with price vs quality all around the paddock, the fake marina fiasco, dull circuit... It felt very "americanized" and below average. OTOH Austin did it way better, even the first time, and the circuit is way better. Let's hope LV takes notes from Texas and not Florida...

If you want to know how much of an impact it makes for the Teams to design their own cars, look up the Brawn GP team, how they came, saw, won it all and left in the space of 1 year

As someone who was never into motorsport until I discovered F1 in 2016, I loved this video. Its always amazing to see someone discover this great series so many of us love. There is always a lot going on in F1 (both on and off the track) but I hope you keep going on your journey of discovery! Cant wait to see more videos of you learning about F1!

One product originally designed for formula 1 which trickled down was Kevlar as used in bullet proof vests etc. It was originally developed to replace steel as a lighter, higher tensile strength reinforcing in F1 tires.

You really need to look at footage from the V10 era. There are some videos of various Ferrari cars from the past 25-30 years doing laps with all the engines making music. V12, V10, V8, and turbo V6. The 12 does sound good but the 10 is top tier. 3.0 V10 doing 19,000RPM putting out over 900HP. There is the Renault engine that can play "God Save The Queen". Just to give you an idea of how fast the engines can change RPM so rapidly.

One of my favourite parts of F1 is the communications infrastructure. There's about 6 people on the pitt wall more or less running the race for the team. They are connected to the 2 drivers, garage mechanics, engineers, aero engineers, tyre specialists and race directors. They are also connected to teams at the back of the garage and to mission control centres at their home bases around the world.

just here to say, love ur honesty and genuine interest in learning about f1 while being respectful.

IMPORTANT NOTE, if you're new to watching F1 is to NEVER miss the start (lights out) part of the race to the first corner. A lot happens within those few seconds that could completely influence how the rest of the race is going to pan out. Most of the crashes happen here, track positions are lost or gained all within that time. The best teams (and drivers) to respond & adapt their strategies to what would have happened make the racing even more crazy. That is just the tip of the iceberg about the spectical of F1.

Ian, a big reason for the popularity explosion in the USA is the Netflix show Drive to Survive, which goes behind the scenes and explores the personalities of the drivers and bosses of the teams. Great series.

Hey, I love how receptive you are to F1 and all the new information that you may not be used to as a Nascar fan. Earned a sub!

That car graphic was brilliant way to show the advancement of the car itself much love from New Zealand brother

Long time F1 fan, a few extra details. Engines are not incuded in the cost cap currently. With regards to the future, they are going for synthetic fuels, developed in part by Paddy Lowe. Before the cost cap the budgets got insane. Teams could also practise extensively before the season, Jenson Button holds the highest number of laps of Catalunya (Barcelona track) at 7,423! He's driven 34,607 km of that track (4.6 km track)! Sadly the cars have gotten heavier and longer, in part to safety. Hopefully this issue is getting addressed in the near future. Before automotive companies got involved (bar Ferrari, who have been in F1 since the start) it was privateers who ran teams such as Colin Chapman and Lotus, Bruce McLaren and Jack Brabham. Enzo Ferrari called them "garagista's" in a pejorative term. I found the Miami race itself ok, the track has the ability to be altered, which is good, but this new style of car does not go well around street circuits. The actual spectacle of Miami was way off the mark, especially with the choice of VIP's on the track. Ego driven, rude and pointless being there for a true race fan watching at home. Hope Miami organisers look at Texas more for inspiration, rather than backwards at Michael Mann's Miami Vice!

Melbourne Australia has had the grand prix here for over 25 years on a street circuit we use to go to work on each day and it travels around the world each year and some of the tech from the cars does filter down to the cars we drive today and they are now racing electric cars as well to better understand the way the motors can be improved for the road have a look at a few races from this year and you will get a better understanding of the sport real quickly cheers

Hey Ian, i am not sure if someone already mentioned but an important part is the tire/pit strategy. How often they go and which hardeness tire they choose. You can see which one they use from the colour on the side. The DRS can only be used if the racer is not more than 1 sec behind the other racer at the DRS detectionzone.

I worked in F1 for 8 years, this is great, thank you for posting, it was a great experience but sadly came to an end in 2012 after a car accident which forced me out of work until last year but as I live in Wales there are no teams for at least 200 miles :(

The amazing thing is that every team develops his car and the final lap difference in a circuit of 5km can be of centems of a second

Late 80’s and early 90’s was an amazing time for F1!

Love your open-mindedness to see a different sport than the ones you are used to. Another aspect: There's also the long term stories of a team and/or driver over several years.

I just suscribed, I really like a Channel where the host is genuine and don't overeact to everything like a wacko case, love your content mate, grettings from argentina

Loving the F1 videos Ian.

Please, react to more F1 content if you want, cuz i'm loving it

one of the best reacts to this video u have gained a sub. very humble

Wow, loved this video! I'm actually the opposite (a new Indy fan) and both series are super entertaining! Just clicking on IWrocker's Jim Clark video (i just saw, recommended ) right now! So cool!

Formula E is related but not similar, the type of circuits they race in, their performance, their strenghs are different, for example monaco GP had different layouts for both sports until last or the year before that (correct me if I'm wrong, cause I may be), they are completely two different things, the points they have in common are that they are formula racing cars, the rest isn't the same, while realated, they're very different takes on motorsports.

10:00 Absolutely. Last year we saw a huge battle between Red Bull's golden boy, Max Verstappen, and the legendary Lewis Hamilton. Hamilton was trying to win his 8th driver's championship, which would have set an all-time record. On the other hand, Verstappen was the rising star of F1. Everyone knew it was just a matter of time before he won the championship, but the last 7 years had been absolutely dominated by the Mercedes team and their superstar, Hamilton (minus 2016, when Hamilton was bested by his own teammate, Nico Rosberg, but that's a story for another day). Verstappen was trying to put an end to that dominance by winning his first championship, which would make him the first Dutchman to do so. Their battle was fierce and it got a bit dangerous at numerous points. In the end, Verstappen won the championship. This year, we once again have an interesting battle. However, this time it's a fight between Max Verstappen, who's trying to solidify himself as a bona fide future legend, and Charles Leclerc, the amiable rising star of Ferrari. Ferrari is the team with the biggest legacy in F1. In short, to talk about F1 is to talk about Ferrari. Ferrari has struggled in recent years, but this year it has risen from its ashes to try to put an end to 14 years of championship drought. Who will win? And that's only in recent memory, you should look into legendary rivalries, like Mika Hakkinen vs Michael Schumacher, Niki Lauda vs James Hunt or the most legendary rivalry of all time in F1: Ayrton Senna vs Alain Prost.

I spent the majority of the pandemic discovering and exploring the world of F1… the teams, the cars, the drivers, the strategy, the circuits, the rich history and lore… hundreds of hours on KZfaq, Reddit, documentary films, biographies… subscribed to F1TV to be able to watch any session live even though they are mostly early mornings for me on the west coast of the US… …I love it, I can’t get enough. I don’t regret any time or money spent learning and enjoying this sport. As an American I’m used to seeing many different sporting leagues, and I can say that, as a product, F1 is by far the most impressive and polished of anything I’ve seen. Embarrassingly, it took me 40 years to figure out what I had been missing all along, but I’m here now, and a fan for life!

The larger F1 teams (Mercedes, Ferrari, Red Bull) spent as much as $450 million per year on their operations before the $145 million budget cap was introduced in 2021

regarding the length (and size of the f1 car in general): a good reference would be the ford f150 raptor (length and widthwise), which is *definitely* bigger than the average honda civic

I think you'd be interested in the raw stats, the engine size and power output, also the pit stop speeds, it's absolutely out of this world!

I went to COTA in Austin a few years ago and it was sick. We sat at turn 15 and from our seats got a good view of the cars ripping down the back straight directly towards us and then got to see a bunch of tight close turns in a row. It was awesome

To be honest, i dont even own a driving licens because i'm a so called "Green Guy" but man.... To see your enthusiasm enjoying some of those awesome Cars (or better Artworks) just blows me away. Great Channel, Great Guy Keep on Greetings from Germany P.D. Missing some Rallye Action (8

For me, my favourite season was 2004. It was crazy to see Ferrari create perfection that season.

F1 is clearly on the up in the States since Drive to Survive aired on Netflix. They recently signed a new TV Deal going up from 5 million a year to between 75 and 90 million a year and hit crazy ratings at bad times of day. The race in Miami was okay as is the track, the attendance proves them right in going into areas like that. Drive to Survive unfortunately bloated up or just made up rivalries which is great TV but makes fans support drivers instead the sport or teams. F1 twitter is hell after every race :D For someone like me, coming from Europe and watching F1 for 20 years plus, it has lost a lot of it's glamour in Europe. There arent as many stars seen at Monaco, no fashion shows etc. So they go into new markets, 3 races in the US this year. Old school fans mostly don't like that part. There is no race in Germany for example, even with Mercedes dominating for close to a decade. Visiting F1 at the track isn't as great as visiting a smaller series. You dont get close to cars, drives, pits etc. You are just sitting and watching the cars go by for a crazy amount of money. F1 is best on TV, as hard as this sounds. And the money part: Merc spent 400 Million plus a year so the costcap had to come to give smaller teams a chance. Marketing is crazy in F1, its one of the biggest sports in te world. Red Bull has two teams for exposure since 2006, so they must see a result out of that. The car is the most important part in the whole thing, a great driver can't win in a bad car. Alonso is one of the best ever and hasn't won a F1 race since 2013 and even left to do the Indy500 and win Le Mans because of not having a chance in F1.

I love the way you engage with your community, asking these cool question, great work! Keep it up Fun fact, the downforce created by f1 cars is so intense that they can theoretically drive upsidedown into a tunnel and get away with it haha

Having attended a few F1 races at the track, it is something for the bucket list for anyone into motorsport. The ambience is totally different than watching on TV. One thing that will first hit you is the noise, the glorious noise. Also speed is something that on TV looks very tame when shot with long lenses, different thing when you are trackside.

F1 has also gone down over the years from full combustion V12 engines, to modern V6-hybrid engines with a battery added, which is much more applicable to modern hybrid road cars. They have also set initiatives to use fully synthetic and sustainable fuels by 2026. So it’s not quite as bad as it might have sounded in the video :)

I grew up in Chicago and have been following F1 since the mid 70's back then I needed to read about the results in magazines, occasionally WW of sports showed highlights, but I did manage to see races at Watkins Glenn, Montreal and Long Beach. Once ESPN featured the live races, then living in Hawaii I would get up at 2am to watch the races. I have been a long term fan, and the new interest in the spectacle along with the new owners Liberty Media, Netflix and the British commentators have tainted the sport in my opinion, making it a traveling circus, reality spoof, and a biased rooting platform for UK drivers.

One thing worth mentioning is that teams are not allowed to copy aerodynamic parts from each other. Once a team comes on a track with some special shape e.g. for a wing, other teams cannot make their parts exactly similar. It's kind of like they automatically receive F1 wide patent for any form they show up with, at least for the ongoing season. I think copying last year designs is allowed.

About the advertising thing in the financial report (haven't seen the rest of the vid yet) this reminds me of the classic quote "win on sunday, sell on monday!".

You should react to Red Bulls mechanics fixing their car before the race start. It’s crazy to see how dialed even the mechanics are. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f62noJSC0t2yaac.html The Netflix series Drive to Survive got a lot of people into the sport. ESP Americans, like me. Dts is overly dramatic but watching it will give you about 4 years of storylines and history, which by knowing helps when watching.

Ok i'll be honest with you the Miami GP was scam & just a publicity stunt really...

Thrilled to see you interested in F1. I don’t know if the video covered it but the reason it’s blown up across the world and particularly in the US is because of the Netflix series.

i was at the race in miami, it was INSANELY crowded but it was definitely a good time, plenty of entertainment and stuff to do, and seeing F1 cars in person is something you really can't just describe

I'd check out the doughnut media videos about f1

I don’t think electric is the future, as it’s been proved in the long run electric cars are worse for the environment. I would like to see something done with other energy sources like hydrogen etc

I like your videos, man. Algorithm keeps bringing me back. You're someone I'd enjoy a beer with, you look like an intelligent, open-minded individual.

there is a LOT of drama and intensity in the sport, and thats a part of what makes it entertaining

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As a Nascar fan I recently started following F1 after watching the driven series on Netflix. Still learning a lot about the sport however they have the same problem as Nascar as who gets out front stays out front. F1 allows drs drag reduction system (rear tail fin opens up and creates less drag) to allow for passing throughout the field. It works sometimes but the car behind has to be within 1.2 seconds behind in order to be able to be used. Still better than nothing, at least they acknowledge the problem and are working to create a better race.

In relation to the advertising point, Red Bull bought 2 teams just to advertise their drinks (Red Bull and Toro Rosso, which means Red Bull in Italian) and Ferrari set up their road car business just to fun their F1 team back in the 1950s I believe

please do as much F1 content as you can this was great. love seeing others get into F1 too

youre right on point with the drama, search up a couple f1 controversies and rivalries videos theres some good content out there on them.

Hey Ian, fun fact for you: With a wing setup for a "handling" course like Monacco, an F1 car is theoretically able to drive at the ceiling of the Monacco tunnel at 120 km/h (around 75 mph). This huge amount of produced downforce also means that breaking out of top speed results in deceleration forces of over -5g. Another interesting fact: The center of gravity in an F1 car is quite a bit lower than the center of the wheels. This leads to the chassis of the F1 car leaning into corners instead of leaning out of it (aka rolling) like any street car would do.

I went to the 1st formula 1 race in Indianapolis back in 2000 and it was something I had never experienced before. Now growing up in the US I have been to multiple forms of racing from dirt track racing stock car to modified dirt cars. Everyone was loud but the noise of the formula 1 cars was something else. It was truly an amazing experience. I was able to get close to one that they had on display it looked very complex but really interesting. I will never forget that experience. It was truly amazing.

17:33 they used to be able to refuel during races... Got banned for the 2009 season, mostly for safety reasons

As is with any sport, the more you know about it, the more you can enjoy it. That video does a good job of an F1 baseline but once you get into details of the power units with separated impeller/propeller turbos, MGU-H and MGU-Ks, plus driver personalities and team rivalries it gets to another level altogether.

Hey Ian, what i really think you should look at next is the steering wheel of an F1 car explained. Personally i think they are even more crazy than the car itself. Keep up the good work and love to see your vids. ❤️

Watching from Brazil, even If we have no drivers on F1 nowadays, we keep enjoying the races and all features

I would highly recommend Drive to Survive. Especially watch the most recently season. It was an incredible season.

European here, from Switzerland, where Sauber originated. One of the things people don‘t understand about F1 in my eyes is the CONSTANT NEVER PAUSING EFFORT of the teams to improve their cars FOR EVERY SINGLE RACE! You can be good at the beginning of the season and if you don‘t constantly improve for every weekend, find some grams to spare here, get some 10th of seconds there you‘re gone! And at 300 km/h aerodynamics are just absolute key, since the air resistance increases by the square of the speed. It‘s a world of it‘s own, very VERY competitive, a lot of show too, but over all just very impressive stuff. Thanks for your inbiased interest in this part of racing.

The thing I've always found incredible in F1 is that 2 teams can make their own totally unique car (more so before the regs tightened up) and yet can lap a circuit like Spa in Belgium within a couple tenths of a second of each other. For me the tech is as interesting as the racing and it'll be interesting to see what they do with bio fuels in the future

here are some fun facts about F1's aerodynamics: f1 in normal configuration produces 5G (5 times its own weight) of downforce at top speed. in max downforce config like the one they use at Monaco, they produce close to 6.5G. so forget about driving upside down on the ceiling of a tunnel. think about driving upside down on the ceiling of a tunnel while having an F150 dangling from it. downforce is only a part of f1's aerodynamics. a more complex aerodynamic feature is channelling air to and away from body parts. teams spend a shit ton of time in wind tunnels fine tuning bits and pieces at the front end so air goes to a specific aerodymanic structure at the mid or rear of the car at certain speed. air also need to be directed away from wheels to minimise aerodynamic drag. then teams has to think about how to mess up the wake (within the rules of course) their car left behind so that the following car gets turbulent and fucked up air therefore has less downforce and less chance to attack. f1's safety is also very robust. drivers have been in 50G crashes without sustaining any injury. f1 is, i would say, 50% engineering and 50% driving. that's what's fascinating about it. if you are reading this comment as i post it, it's F1's French GP weekend. come and hop into the rabbit hole mate :)

F1 is the pinnacle because of the insane amount of engineering. It is the most mind blowing part. An f1 car creates enough downforce that it can drive on the ceiling of a tunnel and not fall. And comparing it to Indy car, both racing at Austin the F1 car is almost 6-7 seconds per lap faster… which is an insane amount. Sadly the cars are very big these days. Almost the same size of an SUV. Budget wise the top teams (Red Bull, Ferrari and Mercedes) were each spending around $300 to $350 million per year. And Mercedes was really proud of themselves because they broke even and didn’t lose any money the last 2 years. Lol The top teams also employ about 1,000 people. They are pretty big organizations. The engines are the most efficient engines ever built. Red Bull was getting good enough that they were consistently able to do sub 2 second pit stops. During Covid when all the teams had to shut down, Mercedes engineers designed a simplified ventilator system and then they retooled their machines to make 10,000 ventilators for the UK…. All in 2 weeks! I could go on and on… Check out Mercedes DAS system. Dual Axis Steering. The innovations that the teams come up with to find loopholes in the rules is the part that I enjoy the most actually.

I like your enthusiasm and knowledge. Netflix have 3 seasons of a fly on the wall series on Netflix called Drive to Survive. I can't overstate how good it is. It's more about the teams than you normally get but it's a great way of understanding the motivation of even the less successful teams. It's also very dramatic! (I suspect this series is responsible for the increase in interest in the US.)

Refuling was a thing some years earlier, but was removed due to the very real possibility of big accidents. (I think there was a specific one, after it was cancelled, but i cant remember it)

My thoughts on American F1 tracks: Miami - pretty much like a battle on who has the fastest car on a straight line or the most powerful power unit COTA/Austin - whoever is better at managing tires or which car eats up tires the least wins because tire degradation is high in COTA

I went to the Austin, Texas race last year and it was a blast. Way better seeing it in person than watching on TV. Those cars are wicked fast and loud in person. Miami race was okay, packed...wasn't my favorite, but glad there's another US venue.

Big time F1 fan here. The Miami race was awesome. Great layout and good racing.

There are two different race-week formats, classic (described on video) Fri P1/P2, Sat P3/Qual, Sun Race, and so called sprint race week where on Friday you have P1 and Qual, Saturday P2 and Sprint race (short race, 20 ish laps) and Sunday the main race (same as on classic format). Sprint/Classic depends on race week, there is few sprint race weeks, most of the weeks are still classics.

The Miami race was sick. Austin is always a good one too. They’re coming to Las Vegas next year racing down the strip. Trying to go for sure.

This is such an earnest and sweet video!!!!! I subscribed instantly

About the only part of Formula 1 that's identical for every team is TYRES. Pirelli are the sole tyre supplier to F1, and they use 5 different hardness formulations plus 2 wet formulations (which are basically C1 tyres with treads to handle water), 3 neighboring formulations per race plus wet, depending on the conditions of the track and the forecast for the race weekend. That means in a race using C3/C4/C5 the soft tyre (C3) may actually be the hard tyre in a race using C1/C2/C3. Each team gets a certain number of tyre sets per car (no swapping) for the weekend, and all used and unused tyres are returned to Pirelli afterwards. Cars must use at least 2 different compounds per race, so Med/Hard, soft/hard/soft, etc with each tyre having advantages and disadvantages and each pit stop taking 24-29 seconds total, with only 2-3.5 seconds stationary to change all 4 tyres

They’ve also been racing in Austin for a while now it’s usually a pretty good race there

There are big rules changes for chassis and engines every now and then, like once each decade. That mixes up things and get the teams to a new baseline to develop from. For example ground effect have been banned since the early 80s, but from this year it's allowed again at the same times the wings has to be less complicated. From around 2026 there will be all new engine regulations.

I went Istanbul Grand Prix last year and it was soo different experience that i cant describe it you must be in a race weekend to taste it

I'm one of hopefully many who likes or prefers some cars or race leagues over another but yet appreciates and respect every person car builds and all forms of racing like I'm not a fan particularly of f1 or lowriders (the bouncy hydraulic cars) but I respect and honor both because it all takes blood sweat tears and bags of cash and the talent and style I can appreciate wholeheartedly I love jdm and drifting and semis I just love how diverse the customization and tuning world is

I think the fact that each team has a different strategy and stuff also makes it so there isn’t just one winner. Obviously everyone will cheer when Mercedes or red bull crosses the line first. But if a team like McLaren or Aston Martin get a podium or even top 5 they will be congratulated as well. Because if you look online the teams are basically sorted into high end, medium end and low end. So if a low end or medium end team beats some of the high end teams it’s recognised as well. It’s been happening recently with McLaren competing for the top spots more and more I think. I could be wrong, I’m pretty young but that’s just what I’ve noticed watching it growing up. Doesn’t just seem to be Ferrari, Mercedes and Red Bull at the top all the time.

Its also cool to think F1 was basically carried not by companies but by engineer who wants to make cars go fast. Frank Williams and Bruce McLaren both set up teams as individuals just because they liked racing. The teams they set up are the 2nd and 3rd most successful in history.

It's often said that if you want to make a small fortune in formula 1, start off with a large one. I wanted to recommend something to expand on this video but there's so many ways to go. My favourite F1 track is Spa Francorchamps in Belgium. There have been some epic rivalries in the history of the sport and I don't even know which one to focus on, the 2013 film "Rush" tells the story of the rivalry between James Hunt and Niki Lauda. Season reviews are good to watch too. A lot happened in the 1999 season, so that might be good to try. You should also look up a video called something like "10 innovations that were banned in f1" about some crazy engineering feats that mostly saved hundredths of a second per lap but were deemed to be outside the rules of their time. I could tell you dozens of funny, fascinating and insane stories too. Often in the past (not since the early 90s at least), a driver leading the championship into the final race with only one rival might take himself and his rival out into the first corner to make sure they win. Perhaps my favourite story is that the final corner in Montréal has a barrier close to the kerbs which is known as the wall of champions because in 99, every driver on the grid who had previously won the world drivers championship went into that wall (all you need to do is cut the entry to the chicane too close and get your tires dirty and you will slide into the wall on the exit).

To be honest from age 5 till now i’ve been watching f1 and dreamt of being an f1 driver, been in to tons of karting race etc. But as an f1 fan there are better videos fout there for learning f1 than this one but it doesnt mean it was bad. Another interesting thing that since covid started i was in search of new motorsport to watch and since i’ve been watching nascar and indycar lol. Imma subscribe to see more. Loved the video. Plus need to learn more about nascar and indycar.

Watching an intellegent man and a fan of a related sport, digest the technical element in real time, is pretty cool..

I think what you were asking before a cut was if they've reached a threshold. A big part of it is that the regulations change every once in awhile, so they have to adapt to changing systems. For a very long time, the biggest complaint with f1 was that it was really tough for cars to pass, and they couldn't stay close behind other cars for long because the aerodynamics of the cars meant that if you were following close to another car, you were in the "dirty", turbulent air from the car in front, somewhere to the tune of 55% reduced downforce while following close to another car, and it became hard to stay close behind while turning (on straightaways you want to be in the slipstream where the car in front of you handles a lot of the air resistance for you). This year, they adjusted things by simplifying the bodywork but bringing in ground effects (which had been banned in 1983 due to safety concerns) to create a large portion of the downforce, reducing the dirty air behind cars to make it easier for cars to follow each other. They also increased the tyre size from 13 inches to 18 inches and made changes to the positioning and design of the rear wing. They've made several other regulation changes over the years. In 2014 they swapped from 2.4 litre V8 engines to 1.6 litre V6 turbo hybrid engines. Starting in 2025, they're updating engine regulations again to make them more sustainable. For now they're still saying it'll be 1.6 liter V6 hybrids, but that could change. Until 2006 they were running 3.0 litre engines, until 1995 they were running 3.5 litres, and so on as you go back throughout history. The teams are constantly trying to find things that aren't technically against their interpretation of the rules that will give them a competitive edge.

Something i didn't know about until recently was the battery strategy. As these cars are hybrid, part of the cars power is supplied from a battery. A driver can strategically use their stored up energy from the battery to give their car a boost. Drivers may use this energy to defend or attack.Drivers must strategically decide when/how to toggle this extra power, as the battery can only be charged whist the car is braking- which will vary depending on the circuit, as heavy braking zones will alone the car to recharge faster.