The car so good it shocked Mercedes

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11 ай бұрын

If you found this interesting I highly recommend you listen to The Race's podcast "The Untold Stories of Mercedes' Rise to Dominance." It's where I got a lot of the information for this video and is a great listen.
Inspired by the car so good it shocked Ferrari, it got me thinking of some other examples of times in Formula 1 where a team was prepared for the worst, but got the best.
Obviously this led me straight to the 2015 Mercedes W05, the car that would give Lewis Hamilton his third world title and would be the start of domination like the sport hadn't seen before.
Music:
Lukrembo - Marshmellow
Firefly in a Fairytale - Gareth Coker
Way Home - Tokyo Music Walker
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Mercedes AMG & Formula 1 Channels
Petronas Motorsport
Juan Palos
Fast Lap
Astro.

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@ANTONSV5 11 ай бұрын

W07 was even greater, but we will have to take into account that they probably lost Australia and Canada without the calamity of Ferrari strategy.

@MuhammadNiz007 11 ай бұрын

Yeah it is the most dominant car with the best driver lineup, just a shame red bull will never allow that. And I don't think you know but both Australia Canada would have been a win either way because Merc had powers modes that they could have used and they were just too fast for the Ferrari

@sandalphoncpu 10 ай бұрын

No it wasn’t even close. W05 is the fastest car by more than 1.5s on every single circuit and nobody can challenge them on pace. They have brake issues and other over heating issues throughout the year, but so does RB. All of their losses are due to driver errors and their inability to manage their issues relative to others like Ricciardo. W07 is about 1s faster than everyone at best and other top drivers can challenge them on pace like Vettel did in Australia and Canada. They had similar reliability issues and they have massively slow in Monaco, Singapore and other humid tracks. W07 got more wins was precisely because both drivers are driving at a higher level and other forms of luck from the FIA and rival teams faltering

@LuisTrey 10 ай бұрын

The W07 and W11 are the best Formula 1 cars Mercedes have created thus far. Dominant beyond belief!

@timkasansky2528 10 ай бұрын

W07 is the most succesful of all these cars, but won most races by smaller margins. It wasn't a walk in the park. In Germany Rosberg fell to 4th place at the start and finished there, because he got a penalty for pushing Max of the track because he couldn't get close and do it other way. Compared to the other cars W05 and 06 were much more competitive.

@timkasansky2528 10 ай бұрын

the current Red Bull car is much more dominant than W07 ever was. It only lacks one driver to promote front row lockouts every race.

@TheNotoriousB.E.N. 10 ай бұрын

The years with Hamilton and Rosberg in those incredible silver arrows is just so iconic

@johns.1898 10 ай бұрын

Not really

@TheNotoriousB.E.N. 10 ай бұрын

@@johns.1898 fair play, good thing opinions exist 🤝

@TheConst4nt 10 ай бұрын

carbabbies

@mathewhosier9739 10 ай бұрын

I wouldn't know, I completely tuned out between 2014-2020 just due to how God awful and boring the racing was during that time, at the end of the day the on track product is what's most important and while red bull dominance now is similar, at least the on track product and racing is far superior due to much better chassis regulations, I'm still not a huge fan of the power unit regulations but at least the racing is better

@mathewhosier9739 10 ай бұрын

@@TheConst4ntdon't be such a Crymilton fanboy, #Blessed is a joke and laughing stock of the sport due to his fake racism allegations and crying anytime he isn't first, the ego and elitism on that guy is disgusting, at least Verstappen is humble and doesn't expect to always have the fastest car unlike Hamilton who blames everyone but himself when things don't go his way

@claylmao 11 ай бұрын

some of the best F1 content being made , criminal you aren’t gaining more recognition. keep it up my man these are fantastic.

@broederschoolmemesv.2230 10 ай бұрын

He just copied another video….

@claylmao 10 ай бұрын

@@broederschoolmemesv.2230 go ahead and link it then my guy

@Murphy911 10 ай бұрын

My man’s gone for the Seb look

@extincteur7282 11 ай бұрын

Your videos are such a vibe Its always a pleasure I hope you're going to get recognition for your work you deserve it

@abhayvenkatesh8934 10 ай бұрын

Your videos are so well researched and articulate! It's a lot of fun to watch these. Thanks for the amazing work you put into these!

@thjkr5l 10 ай бұрын

I love your videos please upload more! you’d get further than you can possibly imagine!

@ihsanjayadi88 11 ай бұрын

Fresh quality content man, keep it up! Definitely would share this to my fellow F1 nerds.

@derjaxxer 6 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for the great content, this is masterclass! Could watch it for hours, the first f1 tech channel thats entertaining to watch. Please keep it up.

@mahmoud-khaled-abo-elmagd 10 ай бұрын

all this insights are just amazing and you telling also thanks for this great genre if videos just find this channel from couple of hours and i am just happy with it keep it up

@Karma2Babylon 10 ай бұрын

Great title for the video. Great video Reminds me of something I read about the first test of the F2004. No one at Ferrari could quite believe they had what they knew they had but weren’t sure if they should believe it.

@giovannilord6737 11 ай бұрын

Another amazing video, love the content keep it up!

@TheConfidentNoob 10 ай бұрын

Loved this video from a Sebastian Vettel lookalike😉 This video gave me a real insight to how scary fast the Mercedes was in 2014 onwards. Great video and I hope u gain more recognition soon👏🏻

@samphancisco 10 ай бұрын

very well done video - thanks!

@eggsycro 10 ай бұрын

Excellent video, your channel will definitely blow up in the future

@seanevans5832 11 ай бұрын

Not sure how you have so few subscribers mate all your videos are class

@swooss579 11 ай бұрын

you make great vids man!

@andyfletcher7535 10 ай бұрын

Really enjoyed this. I love f1 and some people trying explain get the facts wrong. Like they making up for content. But this lad was spot on

@chokosabe 4 ай бұрын

Thank you - great content! Any books or podcasts you used researching this?

@urugamersOficial 9 ай бұрын

Best video ever. Keep it up, bud!

@helmetculture 10 ай бұрын

I believe you have the split engine departments switched. The 'tank' one was the reliability engine. The 'fragile' one was the one for maximum performance

@Jay-nk6dm 10 ай бұрын

that doesnt make sense. if you want to test maximum performance capability of an engine, you build it so nothing can break and then you can push. if you want to test reliability, you purposely make things fragile, and then wait till something breaks, upgrade that, and keep going

@raginginferno868 10 ай бұрын

This is a great example of small things that separate those who are brilliant from those who are ordinary. by having a tank engine which has maximum performance and a lightweight engine that is very reliable, engineers can mix elements to create an amazing all rounder engine.

@galidaniel1696 11 ай бұрын

Great vid bro, can you make the music a bit quieter tho? All love

@SuperBranFlakez 10 ай бұрын

Awesome video man

@gdogg3710 10 ай бұрын

Love a good STEM project snatches victory from the jaws of defeat story…

@genetodd2802 10 ай бұрын

top teir content. new favourite

@donnythedealer9761 10 ай бұрын

great vid. I didnt even know this.

@Jay-nk6dm 10 ай бұрын

b-b-b-but hamilton had prior knowledge of the engine program and knew that he would win everything and thats why he switched

@David-mr3gw 10 ай бұрын

excellent video 💪🏻

@RiyadYourDad 11 ай бұрын

WO5 was beastly

@OhThatsHilarious 10 ай бұрын

I loved this video Only thing is to reduce the background music volume a bit please

@richardreynoso91 10 ай бұрын

Great video

@dieg0posada 10 ай бұрын

great vid

@waynesum5811 9 ай бұрын

0:10 my high ass thought it was sebastian vettel for a sec lmao

@Sam_2565 10 ай бұрын

I have that exact same wall calendar that’s in the background

@heretustay 10 ай бұрын

this video is fantastic man, especially for just starting out, but i think the audio may be a little out of sync with your lips. sorry to offer unsolicited critique, but just wanted you to know for next time! keep up the great work :)

@AugmentedGravity 10 ай бұрын

You look like budget Seb😅😂

@Shykar0 10 ай бұрын

Hey man, really enjoyed the video! Little constructive critism if thats fine: You being overexposed (too bright) distracted me a bit :^) cheers

@jann1k_MSC47 10 ай бұрын

Same in (2002)2004 , The F2004 Shocked Ferrari

@tenej6992 10 ай бұрын

The Merc actually kept Red Bull on it's toes to develop the car further, losing valuable development for 2014.

@user-vz5kh6qm7h 10 ай бұрын

Biggest myth told by mercedes PR machine. Redbull were hostages to Renault. The mercedes PU had in excess of 100hp advantage. It was the class of the field. Go rewatch the first 3 seasons of hybrid era Even if redbull had switched full resources in 2012, they were not going to beat Merc. The car want bad, but the Pu was terrible and unreliable

@AugmentedGravity 10 ай бұрын

I just think it looks so good as well

@845_Mk6 10 ай бұрын

Gti making over 400hp 😎👌

@MuhammadNiz007 11 ай бұрын

We need a video on W11. The pole lap of W11 in Hungary vs 2022 pole lap is like 5s slower

@harry4454 10 ай бұрын

Well yeah. Different era cars. That's like saying get the 2016 and 2020 pole laps

@philipbarton3456 10 ай бұрын

@@harry4454 I feel like a better comparison would be like saying the 2008 cars to the 2009 cars. It even fits the "idea" the FIA had at the time. Solve the dirty air problem and make F1 cheaper. The same theme F1 is going through with the current regs.

@MuhammadNiz007 10 ай бұрын

@@harry4454 wo what's the problem comparing two years and regulation? It's F1 you gotta compare and be the best

@harry4454 10 ай бұрын

@@MuhammadNiz007 you can't compare much when last gen cars were all about as much downforce as possible. These cars are ground effects. They have basically nothing similar so there's no point comparing

@Senny_V 10 ай бұрын

Unfair comparison. The W11 was a monster of a car, and probably the fastest in F1 history to date, but the 2022 car is a completely new regulation series which means everyone is going to be a lot slower. New regulations take YEARS of ironing out. Comparing the W11 to a car from a future year when the ground effect era has progressed would be a much more potent comparison, since the W11 is the absolute peak of the design philosophy during that era of car design. It'd make no sense to compare it to the start of a different regulation series.

@peterlai7702 10 ай бұрын

Can anyone tell me what’s going on the parts flying off the wheel during the tire change at 1:41

@cassandrarose11 10 ай бұрын

Jonny reminds me of Sebastian Vettel... doppelganger alert. 😅

@soyfandeclarobollo7832 10 ай бұрын

Toto Wolff said some years ago the power unit was gelding to a 50 per cent of their real power to avoid changes in the regulation in the next years due to the domination of the w05

@s1lveralkaro900 10 ай бұрын

It amazes me the dedication so many people have to heating on one man. Y'all really came to a video talking about the process behind one of the best cars in f1 history just to try and undermine everything about it. If you hate something or someone so much why not just avoid it all together? How hard is it to just keep scrolling? For people calling themselves "fans" y'all sure are hateful

@fatihyucel6534 2 ай бұрын

2024: The car so bad it shocked Mercedes

@noelyap7141 2 ай бұрын

ur hair made me think you were vettel for a second

@sulphurous2656 10 ай бұрын

Always found it kind of silly in hindsight that Michael left the team due to poor results, and then the very next year they churn out this machine.

@harry4454 10 ай бұрын

He waw only doing 3 years anyways

@air_ 10 ай бұрын

Michael was way out of his prime dude. He was 43 years old and would've been beat by Rosberg and Hamilton.

@billyandriam 10 ай бұрын

1:23 What race was that? Anyone?

@samueljayachandran2849 10 ай бұрын

This car was underrated. Lot of pole positions in various conditions. It’s a very good car with FRIC suspension, lightweight. But tire wear was what made it not a great car, tire wear was worst of the field for Mercedes when the W04.

@ryanjonathanmartin3933 9 ай бұрын

FRIC was banned in 2014.

@tismanasou 10 ай бұрын

Mercedes dominance is a result of the fact that they had their v6 engines ready before even the rules were announced. Simple as that.

@CLK759 10 ай бұрын

WHat do u mean they didnt had a running engine month before the start? They admited several times that they started to develop the 2014 car almost 3 years before .... they where not shocked what so ever .... at most they where shock by the lobby they just won ....

@alessandro7805 10 ай бұрын

What about secret test before Monaco race in 2013, and the tyre inversion trick in 2013 to have poles?

@mitchdaytonam3 10 ай бұрын

Do a video on Alonso vs Hamilton during the Vettel seasons. Alonso actually beat Lewis every year from 2010-2013 in a slower car. Could make a good eye opening video for many.

@denzel9086 10 ай бұрын

We can do that after we do videos explaining how Trulli beat Fernando in 2004 and got the boot because of it, how Fernando snitched to the FIA/French Police in the middle of the spygate 2007 saga and a introspection of his McLaren Honda years, notably the 2015 season where he was beaten by Jenson Button.

@isaacm2374 10 ай бұрын

I would disagree with that. When you look at Alonso vs Hamilton and Button in his 3 years he was their teammate. He finished behind them in two season 2007 and 2015 and only beat Jenson in 2016 and was also outqualified by Lewis 10-7. Which shows he must have had a car advantage against Hamilton and Button to beat them in 2010-2012. Alonso himself said in the podcast the Ferrari was the better is just that Lewis with Button and then with Rosberg had a stronger team than Alonso/Massa which made finish higher in the constructors.

@Karma2Babylon 10 ай бұрын

There would be a lot to pack and unpack in that video Don’t remember the F10 being slower than the mp4-25, Alonso made a few driver errors 2010 (I was at Spa the Sunday when he dropped it in the wet) and Massa wasn’t as fast as Lewis or Jensen or Nico to cost him points. But another random video suggestion would be Ocon v Alonso

@donnythedealer9761 10 ай бұрын

lmaoooo alonsos ferrari was typically faster than the mclarens, and had better reliability. Shush if youre stupid

@atharvakate5165 10 ай бұрын

You could say 2011 was the worst year for lewis Hamilton…..but in 2010 lewis lost a race win by no fault of his own i guess spanish gp and also 2012 mclaren was fast but it was highly unreliable and both pitstop strategy was shit…..what ferrari did in 2022

@wildtigers25 10 ай бұрын

The years when Hamilton & Rosberg were dominating made Mercedes look like gods

@MUHAMMADIMRAN-jp4zx 10 ай бұрын

And that was because they had a very powerful power unit.

@ShirayukiRaito 10 ай бұрын

Man im really surprised you look like seb vettel with that hair

@timkasansky2528 10 ай бұрын

Everybody was completely lost that winter. Remember Red Bull breaking before lefting the pit lane? It was Honda levels of unreliability. those Renault engines were terrible, but Newey's designs were so efficient they could trim the rear wing to a bare minimum to compensate for the lack of power and the car was still very competitive.

@TheDeltaStation 10 ай бұрын

Eeecckk that change to Veritasium music. Feels so wrong. I know it shouldnt but it made it weird watching.

@muhammadfitri7392 10 ай бұрын

The background music to loud

@Anuitu2u 10 ай бұрын

I (we) miss the white (silver) Mercedes. I mean, there is enough black car on the pit right now.

@Salamander-ws6jl 10 ай бұрын

Huh? Merc had a running engine years before this. They even had a running 4cyl engine before the regs were scrapped.

@alfonsotatto8365 Ай бұрын

There are lots of shadows behind this car. Simply too fast to be legal and to have been engineered alongside the other teams. Merc surely knew something about the new rules far before everyone else in the paddock, at least for what concerns the engine. Also shady 2013 tests with Pirelli. Many things don’t add. Ferrari had the same advantage of Mercedes in terms of not having to buy the engine from a supplier but made a crapbox car and an even worse engine. It’s not that simple

@labegotney3871 11 ай бұрын

Keep the content coming it makes me h***y

@Car.V1 10 ай бұрын

You like Sebastian vettel 😂

@broederschoolmemesv.2230 10 ай бұрын

How about you make something yourself rather than copying someone else’s video

@carsismyaddiction6919 10 ай бұрын

only the engine was good, the red bull chassis was always the best among all the years, they lacked only a good engine. and the engine turned out this way only because Mercedes pushed through the change of regulations for themselves, they were developing the engine long before the change of regulations.

@nixxxon18 10 ай бұрын

Title should be "The engine so good it shocked Mercedes". Ferrari and Renault engines were so bad in comparison, in that first hybrid year in particular, FIA was forced to change rules, to allow engine development, so they could catch up, as the difference was massive in general.

@marcstafanov8431 9 ай бұрын

Every team had a engine really bad engine except Mercedes they were one only ones who had a engine which works properly

@nixxxon18 9 ай бұрын

@@marcstafanov8431 Williams had the same engine as merc for sure, low budget team that was up there getting podiums

@marcstafanov8431 9 ай бұрын

@@nixxxon18 true i somehow forgot about williams thanks to the Merc engine Williams managed to be third in the constructors championship If i remember correctly

@justsomedude168 10 ай бұрын

Idc about the rest of the video. He said 'mel-born' instead of 'mel-burn'.

@player234145 10 ай бұрын

They were lucky, every team that has this luck can achieve great results. Look at Verstappen. You have the care, you have 90% of the win. Open your eyes when hyping drivers.

@thijmenegels7610 10 ай бұрын

Uh yeah look at where Perez is finishing, it definitely isn’t just the car, same goes for Hamilton in his prime days

@LordDirty21 11 ай бұрын

The Car So Good It Shocked Mercedes.

@harry4454 10 ай бұрын

@LordDirty21 10 ай бұрын

@@harry4454 it was a joke

@hasanhasib4585 10 ай бұрын

Basically the 2022 and 2023 cars

@kraniumgaming2570 10 ай бұрын

dear god reduce the exposure

@jonnyf1 10 ай бұрын

It’s a process, I’m trying!

@ivodann8319 10 ай бұрын

The engine so good it shocked mercedes.. They got smoked in the slow corner tracks

@louisbeerreviews8964 10 ай бұрын

Not in 2014

@darrenowen3338 10 ай бұрын

Lose the background music, please.

@andredeketeleastutecomplex 11 ай бұрын

Merc, stonewalling since forever.

@francescocampo6924 10 ай бұрын

why dont you blink mate

@Lonelyplanet3 10 ай бұрын

Now its so bad they are still Shocked.

@hasanhasib4585 10 ай бұрын

Yeah its sad 😭

@manbok2035 10 ай бұрын

Man, those cars were smaller, lighter with more powerful engines. Miss those days of crazyness.

@rexthewolf3149 10 ай бұрын

Smaller and lighter, yes. But the engines weren’t more power. Those v8 we’re around 600-750 horsepower which is similar to what the current hybrids make from the v6 alone.

@KAWoTReplays 10 ай бұрын

More powerfull? They were down about 300 HP compared to current engines.

@Senny_V 10 ай бұрын

They did not have more powerful engines, wtf are you on about. If they were lighter AND had more powerful engines, how would current cars like the W11 break all the lap records?

@thijmenegels7610 10 ай бұрын

@@Senny_Vbecause the aero and tyres have changed a lot during the years. The engines of now are more powerful that‘s for sure. But the cars are way heavier that‘s for sure

@lestercombs1871 10 ай бұрын

Now Lewis is crying about RB’s dominate car

@harry4454 10 ай бұрын

But he's not

@8PMFORMULA 10 ай бұрын

You are still crying about lewis dominant cars from years ago.

@SiegfriedDerDrachentoter 10 ай бұрын

@@harry4454yes he is lmao watch his Austria interview as the most recent example

@harry4454 10 ай бұрын

@@SiegfriedDerDrachentoter no he's not lmao. So drivers can't ever say rivals are too fast 🤦‍♂️😂

@paulsilas6037 10 ай бұрын

Be creative with your title dude.

@GalaxyTracker 10 ай бұрын

My man literally copy-pasted the title from Autosport's video for the F2004 and just changed the word "Ferrari" to "Mercedes". But I suppose, it's the views... Also, while praising Mercedes "work ethic", he forgot/omitted to mention the humongous head start Mercedes had in developing the hybrid engine due to Ferrari and RBR focusing on the championship. And still they almost didn't get it...

@Everything_Music 10 ай бұрын

Dude just repeated himself like 50 times

@jonnyf1 10 ай бұрын

Can’t please everyone 🤷‍♂️

@francescotrombetta8548 10 ай бұрын

The secret tyre test held two years before the new regulation in 2014 also shocked them

@ryanjonathanmartin3933 10 ай бұрын

They were fined 450000 euros for it though. And they were barred from the official tyre test at Silverstone. Red Bull and Ferrari complained to the FIA about it so it wasn't secret for long.

@TheProkonover 11 ай бұрын

Yeah, no, that's a fucking lie. They didnt dedicate their efforts to the 2014 car at the start of the 2013 season. They started way earlier than that with the engine. Mid-2012 at the very least that car was already being worked on, that's the reason Lauda managed to convice Hamilton to join Mercedes.

@escos0410 11 ай бұрын

Tbh they started soon as the regs where confirmed The 2013 car won 4 races, it was a mule for 2014 Soon as 4 was in the bag and pace was good all development stopped after the summer break.

@aaronwestley3239 10 ай бұрын

This is the internet. People can claim whatever they want. The KZfaqr's words are as useless as your words are, as my words are. I claim that the US Government is run by Patrick Star and Lewis Hamilton is a secret KGB agent.

@harry4454 10 ай бұрын

Like every other engine manufacturer.

@harry4454 10 ай бұрын

@@escos0410it couldn't be a mule. Complete different aero

@cantripleplays 10 ай бұрын

The car as a whole wasn’t worked on, the engine was.

@justinweisel3337 10 ай бұрын

Blonde haired blue eyed, and lipstick. Nah, I'm gonna denounce you for just your looks

@cantripleplays 10 ай бұрын

I mean if it was a woman..

@air_ 10 ай бұрын

Think it's just the color grading making his lips looks so red lol

@garylikely1019 10 ай бұрын

F1 2014 -16 was utterly pointless no competition unfortunately

@Avto28 10 ай бұрын

If there is no mention of that oil-burning Mercedes V6 of a diesel powering this so-called greener Formula 1 argument is not worth jack.

@louisbeerreviews8964 10 ай бұрын

Not true

@Avto28 10 ай бұрын

@@louisbeerreviews8964 Yes true

@Arcken71 10 ай бұрын

There were not good cars from the W05 to W10, the secret sauce was the engine, Mercedes was developing the engine since 2009, that was it, everyone else was racing to catch up with their engines while mercedes had 50-60 more HP!

@thebbiddim882 10 ай бұрын

Merc were the only ones with that engine? They didn’t have customer teams?

@Arcken71 10 ай бұрын

@thebbiddim882 yes, Williams was flying too with Massa and Bottas, remember?

@e2rqey 10 ай бұрын

They spent well over $1 billion developing that engine. In it's final form it was one of the most efficient engines ever made

@Arcken71 10 ай бұрын

@e2rqey yes, and that was a bullet point that Lauda brought up to Hamilton to have him sign for the mercs!

@hectornecromancer5308 10 ай бұрын

From 2017 to 2021, they had James Allison from Ferrari who designed their aerodynamics. Making them even more unstoppable (at least until Ferrari do Ferrari things)

@Sandouras 10 ай бұрын

CAN YOU STOP REPEATING THE SAME SENTENCE OVER AND OVER AND OVER? Can you not make your videos long enough with actual content? Yeah, we got it, Mercedes was behind schedule. Jesus.

@rwndae 10 ай бұрын

Blah blah blah struggles blah blah blah barely made it The team knew about the V6s and the new regulatios prior to everyone else and were working on the engine for years already and for them to solve the tyre issue they somehow got to do tyre testing more than everyone. Most corrupt dominance of all time in F1 history.

@imwithname843 10 ай бұрын

F1 DIED in 2008.

@freds7790 9 ай бұрын

you forgot to mention that mercedes got a 3 year head start on engine development BEFORE the rules where known in summer 2011 .......nice corrupt deal that was.....and that was the main cause why mercedes was so dominant.