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Racing incidents are basically You crashed into me while racing No you did

a wise man once said “all the time - you have to leave a space.”

I’d also like to see the “when is a corner not a corner?” video, tbh.

I really liked that to-scale diagram of the incident. It gave really clear context.

9:30 "Pastor in Disaster", I would love it if such a DVD was to be made, featuring a compilation of all of Maldonado's Madonadon'ts.

Racing Incident == "you both should really have known better but since you two are the only ones who suffered you can both just live with it"

"There is a boring reason around corner geometry as to why the first kink is an official corner and the second isn't but that's not the point of this video." Hmm maybe... But I would love if it ended up being the point of A video... I'd love a video about what defines a "corner". There are some tracks where some tiny little kinks are numbered while others aren't and I'd love to know why

So the basic thought process is... "Did Maldonado do it?", If yes then it's not a racing incident.

the best thing about this channel is how much you continually improve the style and presentation. it was great in the beginning but absolutely next level now

That "Kink Shame" pun is enough reason to hit 'Like' on this video.

A racing incident: my fat fingers missing the vid thumbnail as soon as I see it.

Without seeing Bottas' onboard I'm not even sure he knew Russell was closing so quickly on him

the more "descriptive" version of the rules on overtaking and defending on track are actually still present in chapter IV of appendix L to the fia international sporting code, which means they are still enforced, even though they are not in the f1 sporting regulations

The elephant in the room: A Williams was battling with a Mercedes for 9th.

That subtle perspective/parallax effect added to the static images around 1:20 are superb! Really makes the pictures come alive!

Tbf, it's always pretty easy to determine who's at fault - what ever Villenueve says.... It's the opposite. But onto more serious matters... I think we totally do need to kink shame! 😱 What is it about poor old kink 2 that isn't kinky enough? 😢

"Why is the channel called chain bear? A bit odd" *sees the person that owns the channel* "Oh!"

What got to me this time was toto saying Russel shld not have tried it BECAUSE it was a Merc! That's just unsportsmanlike!

8:51 is the best part. That should be written in as a legal rule until the final days of F1 as a sport XD

Some say it was Valteri's fault Some say it was George's fault But we can't deny the fact that a williams was going to overtake a mercedes.

For something so hard to explain sometimes I'm very impressed how you broke it down. I think after Drive to Survive all new F1 fans should come watch Chain Bear

8:18 I'm sorry, what did you say? Well in that case, both Hamilton in Bahrain and Verstappen in Imola have broken that (now unspoken) rule

Gentlemen, a short view back to the past

When I watch Russells incar cam, it looked like he was spooked when Bottas' rear wheel almost touched Russells front. I am thinking that is why he made the abrupt move to the right.

The fact that anyone thought Bottas made a dirty move and was completely at fault just blew my mind. Other being overtaken by a Williams, he didn't do anything worthy of being blamed for this incident.

An illustration of Singapore 2017 was used for the thumb nail. This for me was an example of a more debatable example of a racing incident. Yes, it could be argued that drivers do that sort of thing at the start of the race, but given the context of it, much to the frustration and disappointment of those who were looking forward to a close battle for the championship between Hamilton and Vettel, even if Vettel had been more cautious and less aggressive than he had been, with Hamilton only starting fifth, Vettel was more than likely going to regain the championship lead from Hamilton even if he had finished third behind Verstappen and Raikkonen. By acting the way he did, pinching Raikkonen and Verstappen together to the point where all three of them touched and ultimately retired from the race, Vettel allowed Hamilton to get one hand on the title, which he wouldn't relinquish

" Adrian Newey's rear end" I assume you're not talking about his butt

Great video, mate! However can you do a video for why Kimi Raikonnen received 30s penalty and Checo Perez received 10s, because from what I can understand is two opposite reasons.

I enjoyed spotting your Huggable Henry at 0:35

"Boo! Scared ya!" 😂😂

As a little comment on 6:32 you should not ignore 27.2 of the F1 sporting regulations, which states that drivers have to obey the sporting code at all times (or more precise Appendix L, Chapter IV of the Code). A lot of the stuff that was written in the sporting regulations until 2017 is now in the FIA Sporting Code, so it is still valid but you have to look somewhere else. Great video anyway!

I agree with your assessment of the situation although I feel there were 2 major talking points I would have enjoyed if you expanded on. One being the track conditions, as I feel these played a tremendous role in how Bottas approached the kink and the reason Russell couldn't make the move stick in the first place. Bottas was on fresher rubber than Russell and there was only 1 dry line at the time of this incident. Most drivers had only been on slicks and mediums at that for no more than 3-4 laps. If Bottas stayed anymore to the left he would have spun himself out in my opinion. The second thing I was hoping you'd spend a bit more time discussing is Russell's reaction to the incident. I think this is what most people are upset at Russell for and it's not because we aren't fans, its because we've seen the consequences of these kind of careless accidents and Russell's initial reactions were pretty nasty, even the commentators thought Russell was going over to check if his fellow driver was okay but nope lol gave him a bonk instead. While I can understand adrenaline, Russell proceeded to double down afterwards in the interview. I believe this could have been and may still be a huge learning moment for Russell. Also the last thing that I find ironic but I haven't seen mentioned in videos about this is the fact that Hamilton went off track a lap or 2 before trying to pass Russell on the wet line. Yea a Mercedes has no business being passed by a Williams that's true but if you know any driver on the grid that will happily give up a position, slow down and pull over for another driver then they won't be there long.

Thanks for all your videos Bear, each one is informative and I use them to help get my friends into the sport! Such a service :)

Hats off to you & your work Sir, great info & demonstration. Love your channel. ❤️ However, in case if feedback is needed, I request you to please change your vocal editing. It sounds like Littlefinger from Game of Thrones. No offense.😂

The quality of your videos has skyrocketed. I applaud your attention to detail and the way you keep your ads interesting. I’m always excited to see a new video from you. Keep up the good work!

5:42 wrong lyrics, but nice try 🤣 Only joking, great video/great channel, most of what I know about the technical side of f1 comes from you, thankyou 😀

I'm looking forward to your take on the Verstappen/Hamilton barney at Silverstone this weekend.

I agree with your point, it's a racing incident, but I think you did everyone a disservice by not comparing the other passes into T1 that race. Bottas absolutely left less space than Lando did. It was still enough, but I think Lando and others that had passes into T1 probably gave a little more space understanding what had happened with Russell and Bottas. I think it more fairly illustrates Russell's dilemma in the moment.

The sound in the past 2 videos has been really bad.

for me a racing incident describes an incident that pretty much every racing driver could be caught in. Like a crash like russel and bottas. Russell did what any of that entire f1 grid would do in that situation. He went for the move. Bottas defended. Incidents like Ferrari at austria last year was entirely leclercs fault because most of the drivers wouldn't have gone where he did.

The blame for this crash should be on what created the huge difference in speed between the 2 cars. Why was Russell closing on a Merc with so much more speed? DRS. The race director allowed DRS to be used with only 1 dry line on the track. An incident like this was bound to happen.

8:52 I knew you couldn’t do that! But I always get penalties when someone does it to me on F1...

Bottas movement is notoriously more aggressive and abrupt than the one Norris did, Norris is a bit more to the inside while being further ahead on the track, well past the kink. Bottas wanted the everything, he was hugging the inside and moved accross after Russell points his car to the outside, that's closer to blocking than picking your line. In 2014 Canada (i think) Perez was punished for moving into Massa's line on the kink before turn 1, even though Massa had plenty of space to his left.

8:51 - 'boo scared you!' - Schumacher to Montoya in Monaco 2004 lol

Great explanation, thanks!

I never thought about that corner they were approaching until that graphic you made. Made me think about how epic that would’ve been

It seems to me that occasional puzzling decisions by racing stewards have less to do with the intentional grey areas of the regulations and more to do with the fact that in many cases, whether a collision did occur and how big it was seemed to play a key role. Needless to say, the resulting collision and its seriousness does not always correlate with the legality or not of the move that causes an incident. So I've seen this play both ways: On one hand, somebody makes a mistake that lies in the sphere of reasonable driver errors, but if it unintentionally causes a collision, it may be penalized instead of being classified as a racing incident because it caused another driver to lose positions. On the opposite side of the spectrum, a dangerous move that is clearly prohibited is not penalized, just because the other driver involved managed to take some form of evasive action that prevented a collision, even if it meant losing track position or failing to overtake. It's this that I find more inconsistent and questionable rather than the inherent vagueness of some rules that allows different interpretations in somewhat similar incidents. To make a terrible analogy since that's my thing, it's as if somebody gets jail time after accidentally stepping on a gun that was lying on the ground, causing the gun to fire and kill somebody, as the court argued that the gun was quite visible and the accused could avoid stepping on it if they were more careful, while another person takes aim and shoots somebody but goes unpunished because the other person ducked and wasn't hit.

10:26, I have the same car too !!

Awesome job. Good content.

Great stuff. Thanks

Nice vid as always, but I still think that BOT mada a "boo, I scared you" manouvre

Russell’s error is less concerning than everyone’s reaction afterwards, a bit more so Russell than Bottas, but both should have been a bit classier in how they handled themselves. Heat of the moment is one thing, you just lived through a dangerous situation that may have killed you, but carrying on about who was to blame for almost a day when watching the video really shows that nothing was that bad, was just kind of tacky.

Your animations keep getting better and better

Love the animations!

Good video! Slightly off topic: does anyone here know where one may be able to find statistics on how often the safety car is getting deployed on lap 1? It might just be me, but it does happen quite often these days, right? Just had the thought last time if rolling starts would be something to consider - or do drivers need to be more careful... Not a simple question obviously.

For the incident, its indeed a racing incident. I can see Bottas defending as hard but not over the limit as something anyone would do... and having seen the cockpit cam of Russel... the difference in speed and a little wobble can indeed give you a bit of a scare. I also had a first reaction that Bottas would move further... but they should be able to trust each other. They are F1 drivers after all.

I know you've heard this before but, your content is awesome. May I ask which software do you use? I remember in one of the videos you've shared the Skillshare link of it, but I failed to find that video. Thanks and cheers!

The rules are overly vague and Stewards are far to human to use this freedom without bias. If Russel misjudges his grip and crashes at potentially deadly speed into Bottas' car, ending both drivers' races, then it's a racing incident without penalty points. But if Vettel misjudges his grip and locks up, touches Ocon at far lower speed and soft enough so both can continue their race, then 2 penalty points are to be awarded to Vettel. Seems perfectly fair (if you're a Russel fan and don't like Vettel). And Russel was talking at least as much rubbish in the interview as Vettel did in the heat of the moment over the radio. Which shouldn't explain the difference in penalizing anyway, but it would at least look a little less biased if only Vettel would have said baseless nonsense and Russel would have kept a cool head in the aftermath.

Thank you sir for this content

Another incredibly insightful video. Thank you

27.7 is just a fancy way of saying "all the time you have to leave a space !"

I hope you do a video on Hamilton/Verstappen Silverstone crash. For me it’s a racing incident.

Excellent points made in this video. Hopefully neither driver allows this incident to hinder them in upcoming races.

1:15 “debate” no more like da baby 🥶😳

Good job, no one should be kink shaming! Really though, a thoroughly clear video as always, stellar job.

We should be pointing blamy fingers at Russel for what he did after the crash!

I love your content so much man. The jokes the analysis, the rule breakdown. Give new fans true depth to the sport.

The problem is, Bottas’ car placement made Russell’s turn in very very late, in fact you can still see from his on board that Russell’s car is still not pointing perfectly straight down the track and is slightly pointing to the right (compensated for tilted camera angle). He is still turning when he touched that wet patch.

I would love to see a chain bear race review after every race

I don't blame Russel for the crash but I dislike his behaviour after and him and his fans having a go at Bottas as if he's the one to blame. Heat of the moment and adrenaline was involved but still, not impressed.

The timing of 'greyness' and Derek Warwick sliding into view was harsh and incredibly funny.

great video as usual, Stuart!

I love these videos but the last chord from the intro music always makes me feel so sad lol

0:47 Any idea what's the name of this music?

I have the same redbull car model nice

I’d be interested to know what your opinion on the 2016 Spain collision is

I want to know if F1 cars drive the original length of the circuit, of do they drive more or less. Whatever way is fastest probably, but how much difference is there between the official race miles and the actual driven miles.

What if everybody had one " aaarrrhh, scared you" a year? Would make for interesting races! Please?

One aspect I think about is that if Russel had to turn slightly right to avoid Bottas he couldn't have just turned in to the outside line once Bottas stopped drifting out. He would had to do a strong turn within the span of tenths of a second which would have caused a spin anyway on that wet track. I'm not a racing driver so I dont know but is it not worth considering?

Wooaaa scared you - Really made me laugh for some reason.

I used to have the same keyboard that you showed in the ad.

8:51 looks like me in F1 2020 career mode

I still think F1 cars should have spotters. Someone that can see the whole track and tell you if someone is next to you. F1 mirrors and stuff like that arent the best. It may add to the radio chatter. But i think its for the best

Will you please talk about the change in some qualifying?

I was waiting for this video, since the moment of the incident!

what really pisses me off abuout the whole Bottas vs Russell debacle isn't too much who was at fault (even if I totally blame Russel), but the absolute lack of sportsmanship between both of them. Russell in particular went straight to Bottas without even considering that he just had a way bigger crash than him just to blame him! He didn't even considered for one minute that A) Bottas might have been seriously injured and B) maybe he was the one that caused the crash. I used to like George, but after this event he's slightly above Mazepin in my book... slightly.

We should also look at the fact they had a huge speed difference and Russell pull out at turn in last second. That means he already to commit to his line. Although Boatts only moved slightly it’s enough to throw off Russell’s line.

I'm surprised you didn't mentioned that Bottas moved from Right to Left to give Russell some space, to me seems that Russell panicked plus the wet track conditions didn't help, hew was on the wet side of the track.

I think calling this a racing incident is okay, but if I had to blame one of the drivers, then I'd say Russel was coming in much faster, was already next to Bottas and Bottas should've given him enough space. Russel also didn't just hit the wet curb, but - although camera angles were kinda poor - I'm fairly certain he was on the grass... Besides that, what's Bottas still doing at Mercedes? He's that much slower on one of (if not THE fastest car on the track) than Williams, one of the slowest cars. Gotta love Toto Wolffs' comment: >"George should have never launched into this manoeuvre," said Wolff after the race. But, as he also noted, "Valtteri had a bad first 30 laps and shouldn’t have been there." really says more about Bottas than it does about Russel...

Absolutely Nailed it. I was awaiting an expert analysis of the incident. rather than listen to the nonsensical commentary

That closing tune is absolutely killa... love it!

well there is another very important difference between the russell-bottas incident and hamiltons move against lando. if you compare the ways they defended, lando positioned his car more in the direction of T2 while bottas' car was pointed to the outside of the track , if they both would have continued on these lines hamilton would have enough room while bottas would pinch russell onto the gras.

I think Driver61 put it perfectly, If the track was dry Russel overtakes Botas, Because its not a straight Botas is allowed to move. Its just seems like a bit of inexperience from Russel, and Botas was like alright go for it knowing he would fail but not expecting a crash.

Pretty much a raincing incident. If the track was dry GR would be on his merry way, ahead of 'how have you still got a seat' VB.

i have a better question, why was a Williams trying to overtake a Mercedes

okay but now i need to know, why is the first kink a corner and the second one not?

You so deserve to be at 1 Mill already 👏

If it’s Charles Lecrash, Ocon, Russel, or Stroll then it’s always a “racing incident”. If it’s Sebastian Vettel, then it’s always a 10 second stop go penalty.

What I miss is the experience of the drivers. A Lewis Hamilton is not a George Russell. Someone with less overall experience might do more errors. When you didn't where in a situation before, you might panic a bit. A more experienced driver wouldn't had an issue at all in that situation. For me I would say for George this was an accident due to missing experience. Now to Bottas. Defending his position is his right and the driving itself was okay. Now comes the question if it would be better do do stuff different in that situation. He should be aware that Russell was coming and he has less experience. He might have noticed the huge speed difference. I would say it would be better to not fight about that position and give him more room. I mean it's still a Williams against an Mercedes. In my opinion the call that this was a race incident, was correct but Bottas could have acted a bit different. The call from Toto that George should have not tried to attack is not correct in my opinion and that he doesn't need to proof anything is also not correct, except they know more than we know (Russell has a Mercedes seat for 2022). Russell is in a Williams and it would take them quite a while until they have a chance to win the championship. The goal of every driver should be to win the championship. He proofed in one race, with the right car and team, he has great potential to win the championship. He needs to proof everyone that he deserves a seat in their team. When Mercedes doesn't have a open seat for 2022, he needs to try to get a seat with a other team, that can help him to win the championship. At least both drivers should have learned something.