The Secret Behind The Fastest Car in F1 History.

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The story of the legendary Mercedes W11 that got Lewis Hamilton his 7th World Championship.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro: Meet the W11
01:26 Chapter 1: Looking back at W10
02:49 Chapter 2: Improvements on W11
06:09 Chapter 3: W11's Flaws
08:00 Chapter 4: The Legacy
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@formulaaddict 4 ай бұрын

Hope you are enjoying the longer videos!

@renoagasthya2261 4 ай бұрын

Its amazing

@brimzeex4993 4 ай бұрын

Absolutely spectacular video, loved it

@almirgustavodeassispereira 4 ай бұрын

Of course, these videos are amazing af

@jauharshahbaz 4 ай бұрын

Absolutely, love it mate!

@lup1up 4 ай бұрын

Did not expect this new form from you, but your work up to this point has been true quality. Keep up the good work!

@NaNoTech4Disaster 4 ай бұрын

idc with what people say this that. verstappen this, hamilton that. But W11 paired with Hamilton. absolute scary. just casually flatout on corner. a monster.

@NicotineRosberg 4 ай бұрын

@stinker5691 4 ай бұрын

@@NicotineRosbergwhat did you add to this?

@bucks9662 4 ай бұрын

@@stinker5691he said “ok”

@stinker5691 4 ай бұрын

@@bucks9662 what did you add to this?

@bucks9662 4 ай бұрын

@@stinker5691 I said “@stinker5691 he said “ok””

@BA5HY 4 ай бұрын

When I see people online say how Red Bulls 2023 year was way more dominant than that of Mercedes,I could never put my finger on why it felt like the Merc was somehow more dominant. But that first part about the Mercedes lapping everyone up until places as high as 3rd made it make sense. That car was on a different planet at the majority of tracks.

@user-fj5hb5ll7p 4 ай бұрын

U said it right. To add to this last year we had 6 more races than in 2020.

@Nerdybetta 4 ай бұрын

Merc fans ig 🤷

@SwaggySimon20 4 ай бұрын

I mean it is. Don’t get me wrong 2020 possibly would I have been more dominant if that season had more races but redbull won 22 out of 23 races last season. You can’t ignore that.

@BA5HY 4 ай бұрын

@@SwaggySimon20 Of course I think red-bull hit the ground running with their concept and as a team nailed their strategies struck a good balance between quali and race setups and didn’t make many mistakes but the field and racing was a lot closer due to latest regs, and Mercedes around 2020 time was all of what I just said plus an absolute alien of a car, apart from a few team mistakes that potentially cost the team of a 100% win rate

@Linus-tz2tk 4 ай бұрын

@@NerdybettaWhy do you seperate between fans of different teams? We are all fans of f1, thats the main point.

@pewq4691 4 ай бұрын

Great car, great animation, great info. Genuinely one of the best F1 channels on yt rn. 🔥

@formulaaddict 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! Still a lot to improve on but glad you enjoy the content 🙏❤️

@woolueypvp 4 ай бұрын

yeah your animations are top notch while you might have some areas to improve pretty much the most concsise f1 content@@formulaaddict

@user-nb9wh7ln2h 4 ай бұрын

W11+ engine Brazil 2021,F1 dream car .

@Bahamuttiamat 4 ай бұрын

Erroneous. The 2021 engine was no different in specification than the races prior.

@ErenUler 4 ай бұрын

The only dİfferent is engine was fresh.@@Bahamuttiamat

@Bahamuttiamat 4 ай бұрын

@@ErenUler agreed.

@mehmetatila675 4 ай бұрын

@@ErenUler higher engine mode as you say

@LuisTrey 4 ай бұрын

+ qualifying party mode + Pirelli Hypersoft tyre = God Mode

@TommoOnYoutube 4 ай бұрын

You're KILLING IT with these videos 👏👏👏

@mrsdudq 4 ай бұрын

hi tommo i luv ur content

@formulaaddict 4 ай бұрын

Thank you Tommo! Still got a lot to improve on but I really appreciate that coming from you sir 🙏❤️

@chanhkhiemtran9010 4 ай бұрын

Tommo!!!!

@gonzaloferreiro1852 Ай бұрын

That combination between W11 and Lewis is simple unstoppable. Legend stuff.

@ShoelessJP 4 ай бұрын

I'm a Red Bull guy myself, but to me you're right: the W11 was an amazing car and the most dominant car in F1 history. Everyone wants to talk about the RB19 but I'm more of the belief that the W11 (looking at the data) was even better. Lewis Hamilton is an all-time great and the W11 was his best car by far. Great video!

@eazy1127 4 ай бұрын

the most sensible redbull fan ive ever seen, thank you

@TheTororist 3 ай бұрын

dominant and fastest can be 2 different things

@ZeRoGue71 3 ай бұрын

RedBull fan, right..

@ddha0000 3 ай бұрын

yeah but it wasn't as reliable as the rb19 but without some of its issues and Hamilton getting covid, Hamilton could have won about 15 of the 17 races.

@MarchellWalters Ай бұрын

max kept Hamilton from breaking Vettel's nine in a row which says if max was in the W11 my guy now that sounds scary

@ale69420 4 ай бұрын

It's interesting how Michael and Lewis carrers specially late are so similar, both had the best car ever basically in their 7th and final title, and later they fought for their 8th in a evolution of that car but both lost to a young phenom. Michael in 2006 with Alonso with the evo of the 2004 car and Lewsis to Max in 2021 with evo of the 2020 car.

@vHiddenAce 4 ай бұрын

I'm pretty sure the change in regs slowed the Mercedes car down (and those who had low rake cars e.g. Force India), high rake cars like Red Bull had a positive gain in performance to Mercedes for 2021, which in turn gave us a hell of a season. I think the change impacted rear downforce?

@ale69420 4 ай бұрын

@@vHiddenAce Yes indeed, those regs were delivered invented to end the dominance of Mercedes, Same as with the 2005 regs to mess up Ferrari and Brigedstone

@chrismaina1830 4 ай бұрын

@@ale69420 That wasn't his point...the loss in performance was a byproduct of the change in regs

@tdolan500 3 ай бұрын

@@vHiddenAcethey neutered Mercedes and Hamilton still clawed it back and would have won if it wasn’t for Michael Massi

@user-fj5hb5ll7p 4 ай бұрын

James Allison cooked with W11 then boom FIA changed some rules for next year and cars got slower. Imagine if they kept the same rules how fast this car could have been? I guess we'll never know.😢

@keirebu.bakure 4 ай бұрын

Would’ve been so cool

@Return_of_Ep1cc 4 ай бұрын

There's only so much you can get out of the car and mercedes were almost on the limit of the regulations. Just like now, redbull can only make small progress now and more teams will eventually catch up later this season, if not next

@user-fj5hb5ll7p 4 ай бұрын

@@Return_of_Ep1cc Nope u are wrong u don't know how fast the W12 would have been if there were not changes in regulations.

@sherlockmaverick 4 ай бұрын

I mean, it was kinda necessary, since Pirelli tyres couldn't take the immense aerodynamic loads these cars produced.

@danielainger8666 4 ай бұрын

@@Return_of_Ep1cc No one catching Redbull until 2026

@RR7GamesRJW 4 ай бұрын

You also forgot to mention the fact that Max Verstappen had a brand new engine during the 2020 Abu Dhabi Race and that Red Bull cranked it to the max.

@mrchickinman9984 3 ай бұрын

On today’s episode of “Incredibly obvious puns that were missed”

@jaimyvandevelde1034 3 ай бұрын

Mercedes could have done the same in 2023. Yet they didn’t

@CSDoge1080 4 ай бұрын

The W11 would have had the most records if they had a full calendar. It would have been nuts

@san-joshuabarrett 4 ай бұрын

What a Machine for such a Phenomenal driver. It was a match made in heaven.

@MassimoFuson 4 ай бұрын

You didn't mention that at the 2nd round at Silverstone pirelli changed tyre allocation to a softer one to prevent 1 stop strategy attempts and the Merc, as Toto Wolff said, put to much energy in those softer tyres in the high speed corners making the car a tyre destroyer, they had blistering after 2 laps. So they lost cause the car was too good ( too much downforce to handle for the tyres).

@limpehsozai 4 ай бұрын

Legendary car combined with a legendary driver = unstoppable Mercedes

@nirvanjain 4 ай бұрын

Here before a war on which driver is the best will begin

@dardelune26 4 ай бұрын

@@nirvanjain he didn't say "the best" just Legendary and we can all agree

@nirvanjain 4 ай бұрын

@@dardelune26 ay man im with lewis hamilton too i figured some max stans would even argue on this

@Cepostrof 4 ай бұрын

bro this video is just SO GOOOOOOOD I LOVE THIS

@raghavendrasnaruka9940 4 ай бұрын

What and amazing quality content this guy gives. Loved it. God bless you

@formulaaddict 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching sir! Really appreciate it

@harrydf5878 4 ай бұрын

love these long videos keep it up🙌

@formulaaddict 4 ай бұрын

Thank you! It’s a hard transition but hopefully will adjust to it

@Kermit_the_Frawg 4 ай бұрын

you got yourself a new subscriber, great vid!

@formulaaddict 4 ай бұрын

Welcome sir! Hoping to serve better videos weekly 🙏🚀

@michaelmatthews8764 4 ай бұрын

You're doing good work

@mnzulhamsyah 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for the longer videos!

@kuramisaga 4 ай бұрын

these videos are AWESOME! i can imagine how long the models took to make!

@formulaaddict 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! This particular one took 4 full days. But I’ll hopefully get better at it and cut the time

@farhan.a4611 4 ай бұрын

Video format is super creative👏 Could you make a video about Renault rs01, it's the first f1 car to have a turbo charger, not many people have made a video about that car and your format would make it fun to watch

@formulaaddict 4 ай бұрын

Thank you sir, 🙏 Really appreciate the video request, will definetly look into more retro cars that people don’t really know ❤️

@henryhallam5270 4 ай бұрын

Best f1 vids rn.❤❤

@formulaaddict 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much 🙏❤️🚀

@san-joshuabarrett 4 ай бұрын

Its such a shame that we didn't get to see this car in the hands of Lewis at tracks like Suzuka and Monaco. I hope we get a chance to see this car do atleast a shake down lap again

@TheTororist 3 ай бұрын

but remember, because of covid we got tracks we might never see in f1 again like mugello

@cfeanubis547 Ай бұрын

Well done

@karlosdelacruz3803 4 ай бұрын

Great video! I wonder how the Redbull will stack up.

@PeterMarais-wp6me 3 ай бұрын

i can't wait to see what James Alison has done with the 2024 in Bahrain. so far it looks unique for sure

@filipemelosilva 4 ай бұрын

I saw on track his successor W12 and was a best of his kind, sadly due to pandemics, w11 didn't race at Interlagos.

@farhank8297 3 ай бұрын

James Alison also built this car to compete with the evolution of the 2019 monster ferrari ( during season they thought it would get faster next year) but fia clarifications put an end to that so it was built for a non existent competitor. 👌

@9333king 4 ай бұрын

Good video bro.

@formulaaddict 4 ай бұрын

Thank you sir! Glad you liked it 🙏

@DonLee1980 2 ай бұрын

people often point to the F2004 and say, had it had slicks, it would have been faster than the W11. First of all, No. Second of all, the Mercedes needs to carry 100kg of fuel to finish a race without refueling. The F2004 would need to carry about 190kg of fuel to finish the race at full speed, which the car is too small to carry. Lastly, the Mercedes is only using HALF as much fuel as the F2004. If we allow both to use slicks, and the same amount of fuel, the Mercedes would pump out 1600+hp.

@King-md7ps 4 ай бұрын

High quality as usual

@formulaaddict 4 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏

@gergo_44 3 ай бұрын

You just create incredibly good videos. Where do these 3D graphics come from? Are you made them? One thing about this video as a Mercedes fan, Lewis sitting in the W11 but he wearing the 2023 helmet and gloves. 😌

@BasicBodThor Ай бұрын

This generation of F1 cars looked the best imo

@iamarobotninja 3 ай бұрын

How do you build your models and animations? They are so good

@danielainger8666 4 ай бұрын

Makes me wonder how much faster the W12 could have been if they change the floor regs for 2021.

@LuisTrey 4 ай бұрын

It would’ve sucked up the tarmac and the Pirelli tyres would’ve exploded because of how much downforce it would’ve produced.

@omc7250 4 ай бұрын

As always, amazing! what software do you use for animations? Cheers!

@formulaaddict 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much, I use Blender

@omc7250 4 ай бұрын

@@formulaaddict really!? I didn't know it was this capable! It looks amazing!

@markusschmidt4948 4 ай бұрын

I want these Regulaitons back. I loye these F1 Cars from 2018 to 2021

@lewis44 4 ай бұрын

W11 + Lewis Hamilton = Perfection

@sdmoomds 4 ай бұрын

Lets hope the next car build bye james alison will br remebered the same way❤

@Zanzibarborn 3 ай бұрын

You had to be there 🏎

@castanojulian9311 3 ай бұрын

Este coche hubiera volado en monaco, Singapur, suzuka entre otros hubiese sido genial verlo en esos circuitos

@vonPelger 4 ай бұрын

Interesting that ham 7th title is like Schumachers 7th title with the fastest F1 car

@mahiremreakdogan9607 4 ай бұрын

Was the best, is the best, will be the best...

@praveenrvnayak 4 ай бұрын

Hi formula addict, what render engine are you using. Quality looks good

@formulaaddict 4 ай бұрын

Thank you! I use Blender

@ultramariogod 4 ай бұрын

This beast must be reawaken and updated to satisfy current regulations

@patrickoceon 4 ай бұрын

Greatest true F1 car and driver ever!

@naseer80979 3 ай бұрын

Even with this beast of a car...

@tun04 4 ай бұрын

Muhteşem bir video

@c0mpl3x91 4 ай бұрын

I find the W11 much more dominant and fascinating but the RB19... has been the same kind of beast... the main difference is that the W11 was INSANE because of all the downforce and all the regulations that let constructors make their cars real DOWNFORCE beasts while the 2023 regulations (or more the 2022) are more on ground-effect and much more restrictive... but nonetheless those 2 cars are the beasts of each regulation era.

@steveshuffle 4 ай бұрын

really cool video... don't you think the f2004 with full slicks would be quicker?

@quadrantalerror1121 4 ай бұрын

imagine how much faster merc could have made the W12 if there was no reg change

@LuisTrey 4 ай бұрын

Can’t believe it’s already been 4 years?!!!

@f1experience533 28 күн бұрын

Im new too this channel , how do you do this videos???

@arbengjoka8410 4 ай бұрын

Legendary car

@abbasshahjafri 4 ай бұрын

Lovely

@FahadHussain-dx7oq 4 ай бұрын

nice

@kujamvids 4 ай бұрын

W11 was a beast. Looking forward to an RB19 breakdown. Great explanation on DAS. Love your channel! Side note: Amazing visuals and animation. Be nice if you cut to some full screen footage once in a while as well vs just in the tv monitor. Just my two cents.

@ivokuijpers2950 4 ай бұрын

aaahm this was the RB19 form last year

@user-up1rn2vc5n 2 ай бұрын

well now we seen RB 20 in Action

@Italia216 4 ай бұрын

Hamilton is the greatest driver of history. 3 world champion in the same car and beat them all. Something Max will never achieve even if he breaks all the records

@josephbusadre209 4 ай бұрын

The W11 was the legend with the worst story yet is talked about with positivity. The W11 rose in the wrong time because of the COVID pandemic yet it's talked with respect. Literally when I see this car I get goosebumps.

@6stringering 2 ай бұрын

ngl red bull kinda coming close to this beast shows how skilled verstappen is....coming from die hard lewis fan

@flat-out 4 ай бұрын

Well that's what over $400M budget will get you.

@spear-_ 4 ай бұрын

Can you imagine how scary the W12 would have been had the regs not changed for 2021?

@Aniket2712 4 ай бұрын

coolest part, (If I'm not mistaken) This car is from a era where there was no budget cap, unlike Redbull of 2023

@shamkjs7926 4 ай бұрын

Hello i hope this year will b mercedes year 2024 of wining driver champion n fast car❤

@MENQN 3 ай бұрын

It's not a secret as it's been called Lewis Hamilton

@GameOver-nm2us 4 ай бұрын

And the thing is, it likely doesn't exist anymore, as they used the same chassis to make the W12. Anybody feel free to correct me but I am pretty sure thats the case.

@j.a.l.m.8388 4 ай бұрын

Estoril circuit ❤

@twizzltwizzl7962 4 ай бұрын

Thats a honda, merc was just the co. That took over the car when Honda left.

@JayB2 29 күн бұрын

The 2020 Merc with the DAS system is the fastest F1 car of all time. right before the FIA brought in the skirts & less down force.

@biazonjanmaverick7565 Ай бұрын

what about Schumacher with the F2004?

@tonydanev1847 2 ай бұрын

Please do one on RB19

@Genshi54697 Ай бұрын

Nah that car isn't even close to W11

@2-tk6sk 4 ай бұрын

これは興味深いです

@twizzltwizzl7962 4 ай бұрын

Car is originally a honda

@solmanJapan 2 ай бұрын

Id love to see Adrian Newey give his 2c on how the W11 could be improved from his perspective.

@chanhkhiemtran9010 2 ай бұрын

That will be so sick

@mutatedbeast1015 28 күн бұрын

If we put latifi in the w11 and put hamilton in 2019 williams, who would win? On a full race distance as well

@walter1824 4 ай бұрын

If only they kept the rules same and the 2021 cars got FASTER instead of slower

@thejones7082 3 ай бұрын

great vid but please no black cars with black background

@Nika_314 4 ай бұрын

you show the w11 as only winning 1 trophy 6:08 for example but it did win both constructors and drivers championship it was the w12 that only won constructors.

@f1fxracer_22 4 ай бұрын

W11, an immovable object built to clash with an unstoppable force (SF1000) which never showed up 😢😢

@Okgosana 2 ай бұрын

when are you going to talk about Vettel's Redbull car?

@sidharthtirkey44 4 ай бұрын

If floor edges weren't banned . Mercedes would have killed the competition in 2021 .

@Buzdu22 3 ай бұрын

RB19 next I guess?!

@BambaDiop-jv2tl 25 күн бұрын

Bamb44❤❤

@timothyprovost7573 3 ай бұрын

F2004: remember me????

@thewebheadgt 3 ай бұрын

What $450 million per year budget gets you. Take that away and you start eating dust.

@loveforchickennuggets6412 3 ай бұрын

What are they supposed to do not use it?

@sirafoxtron1701 3 ай бұрын

The absolute german engineering F1 car

@miguel.santiago.98 4 ай бұрын

Ham: Bono my tyres are gone OH really Mr. Hamilton???

@chanhkhiemtran9010 4 ай бұрын

Also Lewis: *Instantly spams fastest lap after fastest lap*

@Giratina575 4 ай бұрын

Well they definitely were gone at silverstone that year

@chanhkhiemtran9010 4 ай бұрын

@@Giratina575 yeah,one of them is really gone,and Lewis still somehow wins it

@grimm6jack 4 ай бұрын

Abu Dhabi 2020 the W11 had parts that were going to be on the way slower car (2+ seconds slower) of 2021. They already had everything in the bag and decided to experiment with those parts on the W11. If the W11 were to be kept untouched, it would've dominated again. Abu Dhabi offers nothing that most other tracks don't already, so the massive change in pace was obviously down to the car being nerfed. Very few people for whatever reason know of this...

@lewis44 4 ай бұрын

You're right they did experiment on W11 in AD20. But the real reason Merc didn't have fastest car in 2021 was because F1's new floor rules. They banned DAS, floor edges were cut, break oil temp... etc (Literally they did everything to slow down Merc's innovations)

@grimm6jack 4 ай бұрын

Exactly, which was why in AD20 the W11 lost to the RB16. Because without those parts, and leaving the car as is, it would've once again dominate.

@michaelshive6748 4 ай бұрын

I saw a video of Ralf Schumacher driving his Williams 2003 F1 car using slicks from the 2023 cars and his car was FASTER than any hybrid F1 car and only half a second slower than the 2023 cars. And Ralf hasn't raced in 14 years. Granted, the rules were different in the early 2000's. I don't care what anyone says, the early 2000's was literally the best years of F1.