The only logical follow-up question is: How dry is too dry?

Simple answer: They're not boats

Stuart: "Hey, I have a great idea for a practical demonstration!" Talk about instant regret. :-p

I always have to think about Jules Bianchi under those circumstances. It's good to go safety first.

while waiting Belgian GP is starting, i instantly remember this video🥲

5:54 "Anything could be in that spray... maybe a car spun out and stationary across the track." And that's exactly how Belgium '98 happened. Coulthard spun, nobody could see him, and they all just ploughed into each other.

I mean racing in heavy rain just starts to look like everyone tiptoeing around to stay on track, which is interesting but not nearly as amazing as wheel to wheel dry or light rain racing.

"Its not suitable to see people die or get hurt for our entertainment " Romans-Ummm,excuse me

Meanwhile, Kimi’s having an ice cream at the Malaysian GP

Just to give the power of water some context, a few years ago I was working In a bus garage. During a huge storm bus services had been stopped due to high flood waters, but it was nearing the end of the day and we were aware that a lot of people were stranded as most of the rain and flood water had arrived during the day whils people were out and about, a number of us took the highest capacity single deck busses we (wright commanders) had and headed out across north wales, we had no assigned routes, we were just given areas to cover and told to go wherever was necessary to get people home. That day I discovered that if you drive a Fully laden bus into flood water, even at walking pace, it will pull a wheelie. The sheer force of the water under the front of the bus, weighing about 10 tons, with about 2 tons of humans onboard, and the front wheels lifted about a foot of the road, fortunately, at about 5mph, lifting the throttle brought the wheels back down, but it's a very strange feeling when the steering go's light and you lift up into the air, remember a bus driver sits ahead of the front wheels.

That 3D layers-of-mist animation was brilliant! I know you don't do 3D very often, but that was perfect for driving the point home, and it did so incredibly elegantly.

And the extra added benefit is that full wet tires just look cool.

Can you make a video about the different things race engineers say to their frivers, like what engine modes to use and that sort of stuff. Ps love the vids :)

Oh jeez that Diet Coke clip absolutely made me lose it - I salute you sir 😂

I never understood the extension of Parc Fermé rules to qualifying, I feel it has robbed us of some surprises in the races where teams/drivers could overcome a performance deficiency by trying last-minute setup changes on Sunday.

There's something admirable and absolutely inspiring about watching the drivers tame these beasts in the wet. As a spectator I really love watching any race use the INT tires but I don't want it to be a crawl. I want some wet races. I want to see how things are really done when it gets sticky out there, or actually the opposite

4:45 those tires do be looking kind of THICC!

You know it's a good day when Chainbear uploads.

Well we got to know how wet is too wet in this year’s memefest, also known as spa 2021.

Idk, I'd kinda enjoy an f1 race at 15mph. Just turn on the pit limiter and let them race anyway

I always love your content!! Really informative and fun to watch! I often have a general idea about the subjects, but i don't know the details and I'm often not even sure if what i think is correct. Thanks for these amazing videos! Your voice is great to listen to!!

There was a great shot in the red flagged F3 race shown on the Sky Pad, where from the paused image looks to have only two cars, one on the left and one on the right of the screen but when they resume the video, three cars appear in the center out of thick spray fighting for position.

The intro looks awesome 💯

Chain Bear, the animation quality of your videos really improved a lot since I've been watching.

I am learning soooo much in these vids. Keep the good work up!!

I love your Videos and your Voice is so soothing, helps me sleep well afterwards! Thank you for the nice content.

I always love these in-depth analysis videos. Keep them coming more often ChainBearF1

You have the best F1 KZfaq channel imo. Super informative and to the point. Keep it up!

Last time I was this early, Stuart made a video teaching Ferrari how F1 works in an Italian accent. Anyone else remembered that one?

Excellent video and explanation Chain Bear! I absolutely love this and you've really got me thinking about all of the science behind it.

you should have started this vid to the music of "riders on the storm"....that would have been EPIC

Brilliant visuals, sound, presentation and content again

Your animation is really improving , keep it up mate .

Very good video. As a marshal, we take bad weather VERY seriously. One thing you you did forget to mention from a marshaling point of view is that if visibility is bad enough that you can't see the previous or next station, the drivers can't either and you would have to stop the race. Another reason we have this rule is if the radios or landlines go down. We can still "talk" with another station using hand signals but in heavy rain? forget it.

I really really appreciate your dedication and hard work you put in to doing all these designs, it has made me more appriciative of your work and of all the ins and outs of formula 1, please know this is something I really value in your channel.

Interesting video. I am impressed by your knowledge and your editing skills. It would be fun to see how you make these videos and escpecially the graphics.

OOh! I like the new intro! Great video as well, as always :D

I love this channel! Thanks chain bear 🐻

I just started watching F1 so I'm finding your videos very helpful! Thanks!

I don't understand how you get these animations done so quickly every week. You really are the best.

Hahah the soda chug 😂 good stuff

Damn bro, your channel really grew! Video posted 1 day ago already has over 100 000 views, you really deserve this bro, well done! ( :

What a great little skit, your videos are absolutely phenomenal

They've become more and more risk adverse, the calendar dates have changed to times of the year where there's the least chance or bad weather in those locations and now a third of races are held in the desert.

If it isnt safe enough for the helicopter to take off and get to the hospital, it is not safe enough to race. Also have to remember in the 90s cars would have a wet setup in bad whether. Whereas today's cars use the same setup in the dry as the rain. So cars run much closer to the ground than in the 90s in the rain and the chance for aquaplaning are much greater..

The analysis here is so good. Immediate subscribe.

The production value has shot up recently. This a brilliant video

Always looking forward to this

0:24 Also F3 race 1 was stopped

I really like these videos! Could you please do a video on ‘Jobs in F1’ Thanks

Can’t wait for everyone to go back to this video after Spa 2021

In hindsight, they really should have shown this video during the 2021 Belgian Grand Prix

Ohh, lovely pandemic metaphor at the end there. Another great vid. Fantastic work, sir. Your body of work is going to be absolutely invaluable to anyone learning the ways of the sport for years to come. Also, your illustrative chug-a-lug made me spit out my tea. XD

Thank you for conducting live science for our benefit!

Absolutely agree with your safety talk.

"we as spectators don't want to see death or any serious injury" Have ya heard of NASCAR?

Great way to explain the water on the tyres with those graphics.

We should have an unofficial race where they go around the track in two man kayaks if its too wet to race. One lap to see who wins a bottle of water trophy.

It's a brave man who tries to chug the cold, bubbly boi that is diet coke

i dont know. i just love your videos. keep doing! alwys good stuff

Thanks. Great video!

As a club-level marshal, other things to consider are visibility from station to station. We would stop racing if you couldn't see the next marshal station through the fog/rain. Lightning in the area was also a stopping point because we were on land line radios. It's also not advisable to race in the remnants of a hurricane, due to the wind in addition to the rain.

Great video as always. ps: Your manicure is amazing.

Anyone who's ever aquaplaned in an ordinary car, especially at speed, would _never_ want to see a racing car do it. It's happened to me and despite it being about 35 years ago, I have never forgotten the terror (I'd not long passed my test!). I don't want to see cars heading towards 200 mph or even 200 kph in such conditions. As ever, beautifully explained, Stuart. Thank you.

The fistrule of rainraces is that you need to go 90 a 100% on the trottle on the straights and if you won't be able to do that: well than it's to wet to race. For the corners it's the same: Grip from the tarmac vs grip from the aerospeed, you can perfectly have optimal grip in some wet tarmacs but if you drive to slow for the corner than you will spin either.

Hey could you do a video explaining the haas penalties and what makes telling them to stop on the formation lap different to mid race.

I just want to add that the composition of the rubber is also different for the slick/intermediate/wet. To accommodate the ranges of temperatures encountered duribg these conditions.

Come for the technical content stay for the commitment levels displayed. Cheers!!

You're videos deserve to be on the F1 channel

3:34 The full wet tyres are rotating in the wrong direction. The aim of the tread pattern is to push water outwards, not inwards.

I came home from Download Festival 2011 on the Monday after the Canadian Grand Prix had been on the day before. This was the days when it was broadcast on the BBC and fortunately on iPlayer to catch-up TV on demand. Somehow I managed to navigate my way to the replay of the race without finding out whom had won, nor any spoilers about the race. The program was so long and there was a 4-hour limit to the length of iPlayer programs, so I had to go back on to the website and navigate my way onto another listing for the race where the most amazing conclusion of any race ever was shown. I've since tried to re-watch, red flags, DC bird-watching and all. But it just wasn't the same. Needless to say watching Seb screw up on the last lap and Jenson Button fight his way from just about dead last to take the win will stand out as one of my favourite races of all time.

One glaring example of a race that was too wet, the 1991 Australian Grand Prix at Adelaide. To this day, it's the shortest Grand Prix in F1 history, with the race being stopped on lap 16 but the result being declared on lap 14. Even Senna was frantically gesticulating in his car, calling for the race to be stopped

This was really educational. Nice video :)

Send this over to Jeremy Clarkson... he still doesn’t seem to be able to understand it

Last time I was in this early the track was still dry.

Really great graphics to show the drivers’ perspective

the most underrated yt channel

Love the new intro!!!!!

Love the intro!

Awesome, thank you!

Me, trying to summarize it in 1 one word without watching the actual video: S🅱️inalla

Its almost like you saw the "debates" I was having over the differences between conditions for F3, 2 and 1 over the weekend on WTF1's Facebook lol, awesome content as always!

I remember a few years (maybe about 10) When I went to see British Superbikes at Thruxton. It started raining during the day and a support race was red flagged after what must have been about half the grid went down. Bearing in mind this is motorbike racing where the rider doesnt have a carbon fiber tub to protect them.

Truly accurate analogy for water dispersion by the tires with that can there, ChainBear. 😂

Wait for the clouds to break: Spa 2021

I like the music of your channel 👍

You chugging that coke was so great x) "what am I doing" moment Great video as always!

Thank you for your sacrifice Stuart. That was a bit painful to watch but it did drive home your point quite well!

Watching this while waiting for Belgian GP to start.

Hey Chain! Great video again. Would you care to elaborate on what exactly the distinction between no1 and no2 driver entails other than direct team orders? If money is not an issue, what does it mean practically when a team decides "this will be my first driver, this will be my second"? Is the "first driver" status something that is given or gained after all? I have the impression that this is a distinction ascribed mostly by us, the fans, rather than the teams a priori. I am thinking about teams like Mercedes or Renault or McLarren.

Lovin this intro music

I love the nail polish!

Mate would really like to see a vid about f1 transponder how they measure lap times so accurately 🙏🙏🙏

How much water did the Michelin and Bridgestone tyres drain per second? I remember back in 2005/2006 watching F1 in the rain and when they where following a car you couldn't even see the driver's helmet in the on-board. I wonder, the spray back then was huge and now is not even close to that. Could the pirrelli tyres be more effective or what are the differences between these and the old rain tyres? I'm also pro safety first but as I said back then they raced and the spray was huge and they still were able to drive, but the cars were different right?

I love your content,

Now you have me stuck in a thought-- okay, the Wets are a larger diameter which raises the car up. So the circumference is increased by 3 times the diameter change. What systems on the car are impacted? On the average street car that will at minimum make the speedometer read incorrectly. But with a precision tuned F1 car, what is impacted? Gearing, aerodynamics, etc. Is the tech so digital now that it is simply a button on the steering wheel to adapt? The handling must feel seriously foreign to the ranges that drivers are used to.

love the intro

I always thought there is some kind of emergency centre in each track, never thought about bringing the heli. Also, what I always thought might cause the race to be stopped is if the water gets too high because of how low F1 cars are if the water level is too high they're essentially boating which you have mentioned lol.

5:10 lmao I was about to say that looks a bit cold for that

Two races that come to mind with rain, Monaco 96 and Brazil 03