Knowing F1, it will start to rain... When Hamilton, Bottas and Max make their way to the podium after the race...
@thomasandrews81743 жыл бұрын
So it I’ll probably only affect Mazepin then 😂
@SARTHAXBEATZ3 жыл бұрын
@@thomasandrews8174 lol sad boi
@EndlessEnigmaPart33 жыл бұрын
Just like last year
@alain69303 жыл бұрын
I live in Barcelona and the weather is pretty bad at the moment. Let's hope for rain.
@mken19883 жыл бұрын
The FIA rain machine division has and sense of time I guess
@shashankaniraula41353 жыл бұрын
Seeing Matt's record...he didn't jinx less overtake but probably any chance of rain we had 😂😭😂😭
@nielsleenknegt58393 жыл бұрын
100% True
@carsatallcost60403 жыл бұрын
Again it will bee boaring race mercedes 1-2 🙄
@Sheamu53 жыл бұрын
Facts
@ronalbambinho3 жыл бұрын
It is currently under 16% so yes
@Touchpadse3 жыл бұрын
Can confirm, we're now at 6% chance of rain. Matt can't you just once say "it's gonna be an awful race and that nothing can save it", so that we at least have a chance to hope for a reverse jinx?
@flimpjekijken3 жыл бұрын
Up next: Why is the French GP even worse than the Spanish GP
@hlanguhome79053 жыл бұрын
Later on: Why does the Russian GP even exist in F1
@Vwvsbros3 жыл бұрын
@@hlanguhome7905 and then, who tf thought of abu dhabi
@chiefdenis3 жыл бұрын
Having driven it in Sims, Paul Ricard is actually a really good layout, if they just converted all the runoffs into gravel or grass (like imola), it would improve the racing quality by 10 fold
@Hirosjimma3 жыл бұрын
After that: why are we still stuck with Monaco?
@muhmonsta3 жыл бұрын
Last and Least: Monaco ... there no Space for 2 Cars!
@5555petros3 жыл бұрын
Let's turn this place into a weapons testing ground for the Spanish Air Force.
@michaelsteinle3 жыл бұрын
F1 race under artillery fire?
@yeetumuscoppos60343 жыл бұрын
@@michaelsteinle just wait until Saudi Arabia be patient
@Lucas-gl8oo3 жыл бұрын
No that’s Jeddah
@Thors.hammer694203 жыл бұрын
@@michaelsteinle but the artillery only target the mercedes team.
@sentientspaghetti18983 жыл бұрын
@@yeetumuscoppos6034 formula E : *ptsd kicks in*
@HHPYEPIC423 жыл бұрын
Two words: preseason testing
@MinhLe-kt5zg3 жыл бұрын
I do hope the removal of pre season testing can change things
@robertharrington7033 жыл бұрын
The boring-ness of the race in Portimão (which is just catalunya with hills) suggest it's a track problem
@andyvettel43753 жыл бұрын
@@robertharrington703 I think that was more due to Pirelli messing up the tire choice rather than the actual track, the tires were too hard and didn't have much grip
@davyt02473 жыл бұрын
Also, the last chicane
@EJassassin15303 жыл бұрын
It will still be boring
@peterthefoxx3 жыл бұрын
Murphy’s law says the only jinx from this video will be on the weather, thanks, now it definitely won’t rain :D
@mrbungle33103 жыл бұрын
Exactly,Imola was going to be amazing anyways so it rained,and it was even better Spain however is a classic track for the worst period of F1 and you know what else is the worst for f1? Last few years having 1 rain race in 20-21 race calendars I think this season(jinxing it) will have at least 3 rain races ,and thats a lot in hybrid era honestly
@utkarsharyan3 жыл бұрын
kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j7SjeJqpvtm9gn0.html
@lawliet08013 жыл бұрын
I really did not rain lol
@docthehomo83423 жыл бұрын
"Any changes you would make?" Yes, remove the thing from the calendar.
@thatayrellguy30233 жыл бұрын
Just remove the last chicanes and it will be good
@bentseh3 жыл бұрын
@@thatayrellguy3023 so you'll create another high speed corner, where you lose a shit ton of downforce because of dirty air, and it's literally the same thing. You just cannot make this circuit good unfortunately, it has to go
@thatayrellguy30233 жыл бұрын
@@bentseh before the chicane,it already a good medium speed corner so if you know when to charge,you probably can still have 1 last shot before the chequered flag
@stratman94493 жыл бұрын
@@bentseh yes..and not too soon....
@docthehomo83423 жыл бұрын
@@bentseh Exactly, it would still be a bs circuit imo
@bencebiro67423 жыл бұрын
"What if.. just hear me out. What if we made the hole track straight?" - Said the chief designer of the Miami circuit
@greatsageclok-roo90133 жыл бұрын
"Brilliant! No-one's though of doing THAT before!" *Avus* (Can you read the sarcasm?)
@Seb-Storm3 жыл бұрын
A straight race from point A to point B with a distance of 300 km
@rawaqadir29323 жыл бұрын
Its like Abu Dhabi just more shit
@utkarsharyan3 жыл бұрын
kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j7SjeJqpvtm9gn0.html
@natewymer59173 жыл бұрын
I like it. How about a long straight one way and then another long straight to take the driver back to the original long straight? There could even be some sweeping corners in-between. Now that's a revolutionary concept that no one has ever thought about.
@Jorispic3 жыл бұрын
The solution would be to bring the softest tires in order to create a mess with at least 2 pit stops and Tyre explosions like in Silverstone
@utkarsharyan3 жыл бұрын
kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j7SjeJqpvtm9gn0.html
@hdr_diamondz2 жыл бұрын
Tyre explosions are unsafe. Actually that might be worse because teams would conserve the whole race to be able to pull off a 2-stop and not be forced into a 3-stop.
@andreigabrielmarayag57163 жыл бұрын
God when I see this track and Yas Marina, I always yell: REMOVE THE FRIKIN CHICANE
@davyt02473 жыл бұрын
Yeah that terrible last chicane kills any opportunity to overtake there
@User-wh4xi3 жыл бұрын
DO IT! JUST DO IT! YES YOU CAN! (Remove the chicane!)
@ERT_Timo3 жыл бұрын
I mean i feel like the chicane in yas marina (splitting the 2 straights) creates a lot of overtaking opperunity’s....
@User-wh4xi3 жыл бұрын
@@ERT_Timo I think he's referring to the chicanes at turn 5-6 and 12-13.
@eljefe96523 жыл бұрын
@@ERT_Timo The chicane in yas marina everybody talks about is not the one between the two long straights. The problematic chicane is before the first long straight, turns 5 and 6. It just kills the racing but is not currently possible to remove due to safety reasons.
@KineticRhyme3 жыл бұрын
So I guess we'll be watching a train for 2 hours and not a race xD
@mrbungle33103 жыл бұрын
Yes....if it doesn't rain,or if mid way the race doesn't get something in the drivers head like Brazil 2019 when it was carnage in the end
@Taletad3 жыл бұрын
There was a red flag in fp1 and a yellow in fp2 Perhaps there’s going to be some drama on the track and an interesting race. Max Verstappen and a few other drivers damaged their cars on the bumps outside of the corners. I think we will have something to watch (i hope so at least)
@helmut11853 жыл бұрын
No chance, no chance Like a train, like a train -Sebastian Vettel, 2017
@utkarsharyan3 жыл бұрын
kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j7SjeJqpvtm9gn0.html
@henkjacobs21643 жыл бұрын
That “hairpinny” definition🤣🤣🤣
@felixeur12763 жыл бұрын
Weird thing is its actually a fun track in Sim Racing, especially in GT3 cars
@adamsands84043 жыл бұрын
i couldn't agree more with you ,i had a great race with somebody in Gt3 before.
@mrbungle33103 жыл бұрын
GT3 around this track is amazing,and even F3 F4 i enjoy on the sim, 4/5-3/5 track ,but when it comes to F1 its horrible,just too narrow and boring to watch,Imola and Portimao are fun to watch at least so even if there is a boring race im satisfied
@zakwan103 жыл бұрын
I actually use ir as a practice track when I got F1 2020 having never played the game in ages.
@allothernamesbutthis3 жыл бұрын
not got a sim,, i think the turkey track with a 320 bmw touring car is one of the best on toca driver 2, maybe you can try it on your sim :)
@matsui903 жыл бұрын
Yeah it's a really fun track to drive on the F1 games too. Same with Paul Ricard. But fun to drive does not equal fun to race it seems.
@evann54513 жыл бұрын
I actually love the change at turn 10. That corner was one of the most awkward corners for an F1 car to take. And the new corner is going to be much more satisfying to drive on in real life and the video games
@neoxf1163 жыл бұрын
The race on the spanish racetrack is legit THE definition of "sleeper race"
@michaeldavid15663 жыл бұрын
above monaco?
@boston00863 жыл бұрын
France Bro Paul Ricard
@tasmayshah55393 жыл бұрын
@@michaeldavid1566 monaco requires a hell of a lot of skill tho
@einbaerchen29953 жыл бұрын
I love how they made every corner on the track sweeping and pretty fast except not turn 14+15. If that would be more like a smooth "s" it would probably work fine...
@hdr_diamondz2 жыл бұрын
You like how literally every corner is dirty air central? Moto GP fan, be gone.
@einbaerchen29952 жыл бұрын
@@hdr_diamondz Races at Barcelona are always Spain without the s... I guess building a whole new circuit would be the only real option for actually good racing (for F1).
@homeperson112442 жыл бұрын
@@einbaerchen2995 Well they had a great F1 tracks * cough * aragon in mind. It's just it was too remote
@Bazzookie3 жыл бұрын
Honestly I think tracks like Catalunya are less so bad tracks, and more so tracks that highlight the flaws of the aerodynamic regulations, It's why I'm excited for the new regulations. Is Spain a perfect track, no, certainly not, but if you've paid attention to Indycar and NASCAR over the years they've actually suffered the same issues as F1. The Indycar's high aero packages back prior to 2018 were bordering on F1 levels of sophistication, and really what held them back was the weight and power. NASCARs utilized a A-symmetrical design giving a yaw effect aiding in cornering around ovals. Both of these saw massive issues with turbulence as they were taken further and further, and on specific tracks, the issues were highlighted essentially like the Catalunya GP. Particularly with Indycar after the regulation change in 2018 you saw massive improvements in the racing pretty much across the board, so I imagine it will be similar in F1. I do find it kind of funny though how after Indycar decided to move towards ground effect and get rid of complex top aero, and having it seriously benefit the racing, both F1 and NASCAR have new regulations built around their approach towards the aerodynamics of the cars. I guess someone had to be the lab rat.
@mrtom28543 жыл бұрын
"How many stock videos do you want to use?" Matty: "Yes"
@TomasTots3 жыл бұрын
In a nutshell: Preseason Testing and Aero Limited corners before straights
@shadow66873 жыл бұрын
Another problem is the change of tyre size. With smaller tyres (maybe also not slick as 1998) every corner gets more difficult to be interpreted.. And needs better breaking skills. Also front wing need to be reduced in order to reduce the loss of downforce of following cars ;)
@żółććć3 жыл бұрын
Alonso already said what they have to do to make Spanish grand prix interesting, „Cut the chicane”
@benardo013 жыл бұрын
Can't wait to see you guys in a couple days once we've all watched the race
@nephlimjedi47413 жыл бұрын
They've already changed the weather conditions for Sunday to 'cloudy', so don't expect much.
@sem96553 жыл бұрын
@peter pan Oh yeah it's so great that the conditions will favour the fastest car, that'll make it so much more exciting to watch.....
@greatsageclok-roo90133 жыл бұрын
Hmm... I know it's not safe/possible to do so, but what if the track was run in reverse? That opens up a LOT more overtaking opportunities. Here, let me run through the key points of a lap in reverse for you: • Though the straight is coming off of a chicane - a medium speed one, albeit - it IS long, and if you can make up the ground to get on the inside going into Turn 1, you can all but secure the spot at Turn 2 as it's a chicane there. • Turn 8 also takes place after a straight, only this one is set after a much faster turn with a higher entry speed anyway. You should be able to overtake there if you can get on the inside. • Turn 12 appears to be a place where you can fight back for that position, or if you haven't made the overtake stick at Turn 8. Of course, this is only 'in theory.' • Feeling brave? Turn 14 might be a place where you can pull a move on the outside because of how fast and sweeping it is and leads into a right-hander.
@RipRat3 жыл бұрын
even when there is a thunderstorm the track will stay dry by magic
@aaronanish74003 жыл бұрын
the modified turn 10 destroys any overtaking chance
@priyanshrawat6093 жыл бұрын
Not like anyone overtook in turn 10 anyway..
@BoleDaPole3 жыл бұрын
Alot of these people wasn't even born when the track layout was different so jdk what they talking about
@blantant2 жыл бұрын
@@priyanshrawat609 old turn 10 in motogp ALL the time
@curfishproductions3 жыл бұрын
I immediately googled the weather to check. Please, please, please rain.
@stratman94493 жыл бұрын
yeah...and best on and off...with no certainty...or rain on one side of trck and sunshine at the opposite end.... ;-)
@Ferrari255GTO3 жыл бұрын
Wouldnt it be hilaryous if it started raining 5 minutes into the race while everyone is still on slicks?
@augustooliveira55883 жыл бұрын
@@Ferrari255GTO Would be awesome, but i bet that it will start raining 5 min after the podium is over as always lol
@Ferrari255GTO3 жыл бұрын
@@augustooliveira5588 yeah, that wouldn't take anyone by surprise tbh, rain is an ass here, every time i leave for groceries it starts raining, then you get home dripping and when you look out the window there are two suns in the sky and your eyes begin boiling lmao
@augustooliveira55883 жыл бұрын
@@Ferrari255GTO The good old F1 weather
@mickbull75473 жыл бұрын
Was there an "internet's best reactions" after Portugal?
@homejain41353 жыл бұрын
no
@mickbull75473 жыл бұрын
@@homejain4135 kk. Thought I'd gone mad
@vincentmcl66993 жыл бұрын
probably because he was following the trend with no social networks this weekend and didnt want to make one because of that
@Maky-vo7qs3 жыл бұрын
none
@hemanths38773 жыл бұрын
Only mazepin could make spanish GP exciting With mazespin and a safety car re start
@olivierfritzen27493 жыл бұрын
Mazespins into lewis disrespecting a Blue flag
@hemanths38773 жыл бұрын
@@olivierfritzen2749 then people will love mazepin 🤣🤣🤣
@rensuchan3 жыл бұрын
Nah, we need something more powerful.... like Maldonado.
@hdr_diamondz2 жыл бұрын
There was a SC restart. Just not a fun one.
@willlasdf1233 жыл бұрын
Bruh everyone getting on social media complaining Portugal was boring because there wasn't a fight at the front (even though there were plenty of battles in the mid field and you're rarely going to have any lead changes outside of a spec series now days). And then we go to Barce where there may be like 5 total passes in the whole race lolololol
@otrab10803 жыл бұрын
The change I would make would be changing the circuit to Hockenheim.
@stratman94493 жыл бұрын
even more boring.....yawn...its always been rubbish...ask jim clark.....
@AWildSnowball3 жыл бұрын
@@stratman9449 2019 was really good bruh
@ragegarcia63983 жыл бұрын
man, your videos are serious and fun at the same time, unlike other channels who are really serious and sometimes they are so serious that its not fun to watch it anymore. i love how you produce your vids.
@Cherry-hl7iu3 жыл бұрын
Love a track explanation video before the race .. hopefully you continue to do this .. keep it up !
@danohaffey42053 жыл бұрын
Spain: Has Jerez Also Spain: Uses the Barcelona track for the pinnacle of Motorsport
@msvd38033 жыл бұрын
Jerez overrated
@pauloaz4963 жыл бұрын
Spain circuits don't should be in F1
@msvd38033 жыл бұрын
@@pauloaz496 Maybe Aragon?
@Rachyanathaya3 жыл бұрын
Jerez For Motogp is very good also many overtake and aragon too
@andip29143 жыл бұрын
Jerez is practically banned after the trophies switching snafu by mayor of Jerez at the final race of 1997 season, the title showdown between JV and MSC.
@SeaGLGaming3 жыл бұрын
You basically predicted this race. Only one overtake for the lead on track minus the start, and Hamilton only needed 30 lap fresher tires to do so. He couldn't even give Max the nose into T1 with 5-10 lap fresher tires.
@Enucentro3 жыл бұрын
Don’t be salty that Max lost, it was a great race
@SeaGLGaming3 жыл бұрын
@@Enucentro I'm not a Redbull fan lol. I like Hamilton more than Max, but I like Ferrari and Alpine. There was one pass for the lead on track, and that was with around 10 laps left. You knew as soon as Hamilton pitted that he was going to win with around 25 laps left because he was instantly 1-2 seconds faster. If that's a great race for F1 then I don't even want to know what a bad race looks like in your eyes. Artificial racing isn't exciting. F1 has become so overengineered that the only way to make consistent overtakes is with tires that are 10+ laps younger with DRS enabled. That's not exciting. That's predictable and artificial.
@yudhaprananda55953 жыл бұрын
Tittle edit: "bad for 4 tyres racing" For motorcycle racing, this is such a unique track and has given such amazing race over the years
@christoforospaphitis40903 жыл бұрын
Not only because the track offers no opportunity for racing but also because it was the traditional preseason testing track for so many years, teams and drivers have so much data and knowledge on it, it made optimal setup a trivial matter therefore no surprises could be sprang. Now with the turn 10 change there is no hope. The only way for some spectacle would be tropical kind of storm followed by blistering desert like sunshine and then a tornado. Seriously it's going to be a snooze fest. If i were to make changes to the track then it would alter its shape radically. Connect turn 2 with the middle of turn 3. Connect the new turn 3 into the exit of turn 5, keep the old turn 10 but connect it to the endpoint of turn 12, shorten the straight before turn 13 by 25% and make turn 13 cut across and connect with turn 15. With these changes there will be opportunities all over the track, it will be a shorter track and faster track with very heavy braking zones and done at around 1 minute. Now to keep it longer instead of connecting turn 3 to turn 5 we could make turn 4 hairpinny and connect it 50 meters before turn 5 to make a big change fast speed change of direction before turn 5 which will test drivers and setups, we could see some people going off there.
@Sr.Gianluca3 жыл бұрын
I feel sad that my home gp is one of the worse in the calendar
@rahulb90593 жыл бұрын
Just move bruh then you have a different home GP
@BoleDaPole3 жыл бұрын
don't be sad bro ur track is leading the way in driver safety and is a shining example of future F1 tracks will be modeled after.
@astrax24263 жыл бұрын
@@BoleDaPole Yeah, right. If any more circuits are modeled after Catalunya, F1 is gonna be boring as hell.
@ForeverF13 жыл бұрын
F101 is the definition of editing heaven
@benireland63 жыл бұрын
There are so many small changes that could make a big difference, here are just three: Reprofile t7/t8 into a hairpin Make the run in to t14/15 longer and reprofile the chicane to be easier to overtake at and less clunky (think Monza t1/t2) Lengthen the straight into t4 and t4 could be tightened slightly for a bigger braking zone. At Barcelona it always seems to me that if the a lot of the straights were 50m longer and a lot of the braking zones were 20/30m longer it would be a totally different track to race on and have a lot more overtaking opportunities, which may sound obvious.
@scsutton13 жыл бұрын
Problem is, the circuit's sort of on top of a plateau and there's really nowhere you can re-profile the circuit.
@pauprat84953 жыл бұрын
Make turns 1&2 tighter, like the ones in Bahrain. Forget about turns 6,7&8, and make a loong "curved straight" from turn 5 to turn 9. Instead of keeping the chicane, put the second to last corner earlier and use a tighter last corner.
@Hannah-jh1rm3 жыл бұрын
“You’ll be wondering whether you’re racing or playing ping pong” Who remembers?
@frederikheller91743 жыл бұрын
Mein Gott muss das sein?
@simonJoel3 жыл бұрын
What did you think of Verstappen's overtaking in turn 1!!! That and the tire swap situation made the race a little more enjoyable.
@pwieringa23 жыл бұрын
After the start as second and right side corner late braking .... Sir Lewis backed off a while .....
@thomastartu95973 жыл бұрын
I would make some changes. One, eliminate the chicane and replace it with a more open and flowing turn. Two, redesign turn 9 to better flow into the straight that follows. Three, make turn 10 a hard braking zone. Even better: off the schedule outright. Just use for testing only.
@rensvanampting2343 жыл бұрын
You do know the problem is the fast turn 16, not the turn 14,15 chicane that kills overtaking, right? During high-speed corners, formula 1 cars heavily depend on clean air so their downforce works optimally. Driving behind someone and therefore in his dirty air means you have less downforce so you can't go through turn 16 as quick as the car ahead and that is most of the time a disadvantage you can't make up for with the drs and slipstream on the straight. Having 2 of those high-speed corners only makes the problem worse.
@프레디khjfreddy3 жыл бұрын
Actually the fast right hander wouldn’t have helped too much due to increased dirty air
@watchnocatch1713 жыл бұрын
My thoughts as well. But I guess after all it's a trade off. Without the chicane speeds trough the last corner are higher which according to my understandings would increase the effect of the slipstream on the straight due to the bigger drag the car in front creates because it's faster at the start of the straight, obviously. With the chicane there is less dirty air through the last corner and theoretically the car behind should be able to be closer to the car in front. On the other side speeds for the first part of the straight are slower meaning less punch through the air and less slipstream. I mean it can't be too difficult, if it's not for safety purposes as assumed in the video, to take two cars and compare driving behind each other through and not through the chicane and seeing which offers increased chances for overtaking.
@leevilduck3 жыл бұрын
i think that this track has potential, it only needs a layout change
@yugammalhotra3783 жыл бұрын
I agree but that is due to the sweeping corners. If the cars could follow then maybe there might be some good overtakes in the race.
@leevilduck3 жыл бұрын
@@yugammalhotra378 i mean, this track is better for Motogp, but maybe in the future we might see some action here if everything goes well
@lmao74393 жыл бұрын
Some changes I would like to make ( just my opinion Extending turn 3 exit /entry turn 4 ( extend by 50-100 m) : Makes turn 4 a braking zone although not that hard like turn , just like les combes Turn 7 to be sharpened to at least a point it is a braking zone and still helping to carry the same speed through turn 9 : Add some braking , making turn 7 less horrible for car following and also can be used for overtaking if side by side Extend turn 10 ( hairpin one ) by at 50 m : Increase the braking needed for it Removes the god awful chicane : pretty self explanatory
@TomMrazekStig3 жыл бұрын
I want change last slow chicane to fast left, right chicane. Something between the old version and the new version.
@MendicantBias13 жыл бұрын
Sprinkler systems at each corner
@hairybearz18583 жыл бұрын
getting us excited for the weekend i see...
@mrbungle33103 жыл бұрын
How did this made you excited 😭
@mrbungle33103 жыл бұрын
@@MrTeeGee95 didn't thought of the possibility
@jinzo26783 жыл бұрын
Checking the weather at the end, lol. Thanks for that ray of sunshine (or lack thereof).
@DaanBrandt3 жыл бұрын
Well it was my first race attended in 2017. Starting on the trainstation in Barcalona where nobody spoke English enough to tell us anything and they did not know what we meant with F1 circuit de catalunya...... So taking the wrong train (same track but this one specifically skipped the right station which meant overshooting the region the tickit was vallid for...... I really do not get why they make it so difficult.). After 1 hour of walking to the circuit we found some 6 other people with the exact same journey....... So we alle shared soke cabs to the actuall circuit. At least they knew where to go. Then on the track a only Spanish speaking person asks for your ticket to point you to the proper seats. (Which apparently were the wrong seats.). The next day we decided to get a more expensive shuttlebus to the track directly from Barcelona. Then it was lights off. Watching from the main straight we could see the cars move out of sight. (The track curves down and to the left out of view. The main straight is not a great viewing position. Verstappen did one corner so my favourite was out of the race. Still Ricciardo did wel I believe. But it became really boring quick. Appart from the tyre changes.
@sammyc-h26273 жыл бұрын
I literally fell asleep last Spanish gp I’d remove the chicane at the end of the lap and make turns 1 & 2 more flowing to encourage overtaking at turn 4.
@392Low3 жыл бұрын
After watching the grand prix : So that was a f*cking lie
@felixkiesewetter3 жыл бұрын
The Catalunya Track Paradox. It's wonderful to drive on. It's a pain in the Allerwerteste to watch.
@fretorax17453 жыл бұрын
Pain in the Allerwerteste - A very good denglish one
@paul19833 жыл бұрын
My suggestions for changing the track are adjusting the last corner to a much slower 90 degrees turn and adjust the first corner into a replica of the Bahrain first two corners by extending the straight a bit. My other suggestion would be the section after turn 10. Make a longer straight after that corner that puts turn 11 (a new hairpin) beside turn 9. After 11 comes another longer straight to turn 12 that should be more wide to improve overtaking. In both cases: drop the last cichane.
@archertor53193 жыл бұрын
Why is Spain a bad track? Answer: There are way too many opportunities for Mazespin to mess up someone’s race...
@TwoPancakes3 жыл бұрын
First
@sammyc-h26273 жыл бұрын
Finally a first comment that is actually... first.
@karlissprogis30983 жыл бұрын
This is very very rare
@mrdraw20873 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: when the track was designed in the early-1990s, it was supposed to create overtaking opportunities with the longish straight and the sweeping final corners. Then, as aerodynamics became more important, cars couldn't follow each other in the fast corners and overtaking became really hard in the late-1990s. This hasn't really changed and that dreadful chicane probably only made it worse. However, the track produced some interesting races at the beginning of the Pirelli era, when differences in tire wear could overcome the difficulties of passing. Since the 2018 resurfacing tire wear is much lower, which produced fairly processional races. Moreover, in modern Formula 1 overtaking isn't much about braking zones. It's about the DRS zone being long enough, sadly.
@evanmariano56233 жыл бұрын
1. Change turn one to more of a sharp turn like spa 2. Get rid of the turns 14 and 15 3. Bring back turn 10.
@apophisstr67193 жыл бұрын
Even after some tweak in the game files (Drag reduction under slipstream 10% -> 20%) (Downforce reduction under dirty air 20% -> 15%) Overtaking on this track in F1 2020 is still quite difficult.
@hdr_diamondz2 жыл бұрын
Did you do that? How do you know the numbers?
@dada_dittrich3 жыл бұрын
I started my simracing career on this circuit and I love older layout. Last corners make me feel like parabolica orfirst part in Suzuka.
@MattGoelz3 жыл бұрын
Keep turn 13 as is but smooth out turns 14 and 15 so you have a compromise somewhere between chicane and flat out. Start the radius of 14 almost right after t13. That way they have to brake for 13 but then 14, 15, 16 and the whole front stretch is mostly flat out. Or for a most cost effective option, use the first chicane layout option instead to extend the flat out bit by just a little
@guruprasathsivakumar22743 жыл бұрын
There are other things we need to address before Barcelona..... They're called Sochi Autodrom, Paul Ricard & Yas Marinas.
@IsaneInTheMembrane3 жыл бұрын
I personally love putting laps down on the track in racing games, it just does not work in real life unfortunately
@Bluescreen_13 жыл бұрын
Totally agreed. Nevertheless I really like the circuit and it's layout. I hope the 2022 cars will be much more fun to watch and will allow for more oppertunities with the hopefully minimized aero-loss when following closely. My thinking goes like that: If the cars can follow each other much more closely through even high-speed corners, this should improve their ability of pressuring the opponent into a worse racing line. And since the overtaking car won't have the advantage of even more grip (it must have more grip that the one in front to begin with, otherwise no closing the gap) in the "fresh air" related to the one it passed after the overtake it in the now "less dirtier air" it should be easier for the overtaken car to maybe keep up and start a counter attack in the next corner if the difference in mechanical grip isn't too big.
@scsutton13 жыл бұрын
Too many medium speed corners, a mediocre middle sector and a woeful final chicane. Those are my main gripes.
@Roeland6663 жыл бұрын
Do the race in Jerez or Jarama. Jarama was made by the same guy as Zandvoort and JP GP
@Dethmegadeth3 жыл бұрын
Such a classic track. I've played many F1 games and even in the games it's hard to overtake.
@curious52893 жыл бұрын
The fact that Matt is an engineer in My Team career in f1 2020 is awesome
@chaosthebaryonyx63443 жыл бұрын
I saw a post on Instagram: Leclerc in Spain: Spain without the S Mazepin in Spain: Spain without the a
@nascarraces89583 жыл бұрын
Blyat spin nahyu,i love vodka
@Thebibs3 жыл бұрын
Can confirm that I fell asleep last night watching the race
@aaronfiedelak15373 жыл бұрын
Preseason testing and the other mayor point I found: if you are by some miracle close enough through 14 and 15 the straight is actually too long so that the overtake is going to be done way before the corner, which equals boring
@SerxRox3 жыл бұрын
I would tighten T1 radius (90º, sochi intensifies), set the second straigt hairpin further away, allowing more straight (also increase runoff area) and replace the chicane with the normal moto gp turn but make it like a last china gp turn, with a bollard on the inside and astroturf on the outside.
@Wiskers-3 жыл бұрын
I find the stock videos so humiliating and unneccessary, I think this video could be possible without them.
@rolandxd75143 жыл бұрын
Good news that the drivers and the president of the Grand Prix Drivers Association Alexander Wurz wrote to the FIA about the corners 14 and 15 to change back to the old layout. Alexander Wurz is also a safety expert so there a good chance it may change for next year
@Chuckiele3 жыл бұрын
The problem isnt that the track lacks heavy braking zones but that heavy braking zones are required to overtake in the first place. Normally you overtake because you had better pace on your lap allowing you to get into your opponents slipstream, not because you divebomb into a corner. However with todays F1 cars it is impossible to have a significantly better pace than a similar skilled driver in a similar performing car if youre right behind them. I really hope the upcoming seasons can fix that.
@Maikgician3 жыл бұрын
I loved the track until they changed the last corner into that awful chicane. It makes no sense even if it's more safe for Moto GP because they could still use different layouts
@renarsklavins98503 жыл бұрын
I suggest for next year please change the spanish gp circuit please for the best mybe go back to previous lay outs like jerez, jarama or valencia street circuit or use a circuit which havent been used for racing but for testing and that is Ricardo tormo track at valencia which one of these tracks do you want to f1 race at spain because i want them to race at ricardo tormo.
@maciejk84753 жыл бұрын
I'm asking all the time. For what is that last bad schickane?
@aadastroyergg19223 жыл бұрын
Why don’t they get rid of the first corner chicane and make it a flat out right hander
@Fenrir65433 жыл бұрын
I live very close to the circuit, and despite the 26 degree weather and beautiful sun.. I'm still really hoping for rain haha!
@1121442511423 жыл бұрын
Time to give the Circuit Ricardo Tormo a shot, it's a wonderful circuit.
@adamwilson75903 жыл бұрын
xD that ending is awesome thanks for the info mate. good day
@AaryanPrakash3 жыл бұрын
Catalunya is a Brilliant Track in other Series Problem is the Massive Cars and Pre-Season Testing
@sulphurous26563 жыл бұрын
Part of the issue at tracks such as these come from the fact the cars are oversized boats that produce more dirty air than Chinese factories.
@itashaaa3 жыл бұрын
Why the highlight video are private now?
@Garvm3 жыл бұрын
I strongly disagree with the conclusion on turns 14 and 15. The problem with the last corner is that the long straight was preceded by a high speed turn, which separated the cars more than the chicane due to the dirty air. So turns 14 and 15 minimize this effect and allows cars to be closer at the start of the long straight get zone.
@danielvelazcatoya7553 жыл бұрын
as a Spaniard, it hurts my pride. It feels like a ballskick to agree with people who say barcelona is the worst track of f1. Just remove 11 and 12, and put whatever barriers you need for driver's safety...
@williamhealy63813 жыл бұрын
That gravel trap at the old hairpin looks super deep tho, we should see a few DNFS possibly at lap 1
@misfortuneteller243 жыл бұрын
The one race I feel like I'm not missing out on after watching qualifying.
@tomprid33 жыл бұрын
I’m sure it’s been mentioned but, pre season testing... Have it at a track that isn’t on the calendar that year, ideally nearer the Med where it’s likely to be warmer at that time of year and rotate through the grade 1 tracks that fit the bill so they don’t have soo much data of it Portimao, Barcelona, Imola, Monza, Mugello, Paul Ricard Or just stay at Barcelona but use another track for the race as there are 4 in Spain, according to wiki...
@darkfoxx-so7gg3 жыл бұрын
My first time watching this channel and I here by give him the stamp of approval all the way from Jamaica 🇯🇲
@jonathan_tong93 Жыл бұрын
I understand why the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya may have been the most romantic Auto Racing Road Course, but the Spanish Grand Prix has been frequently notorious for the lack of overtaking, and all F1 fans admit it. I wish that the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya might reinstate the Nissan Chicane by 2024, so they might revive the 1000 km Barcelona as an FIA World Endurance Championship round, and the new configuration of the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya would probably be the Catalunya Endurance Circuit with 18 Turns whereas the Fanatec GT World Challenge might use the original Grand Prix configuration as the Catalunya Sprint Circuit
@fergar02063 жыл бұрын
There's actually been decent races at this circuit, last year was not bad at all. But the media will keep saying it's a bad track and fans will keep regurgitating that info until they cancel the race in favor of something that's actually boring like the Valencia street circuit.
@HarshitMathur19943 жыл бұрын
The best thing to happen to Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in the last decade was the Hamilton-Rosberg crash.
@ThePuregenius773 жыл бұрын
There's sooooo much run off at turn 1 they could easily extend the straight slightly and turn the sweeping corner into a very tight 1, like monza, but leave the track wide so that you can get 2 cars into side by side. Wouldnt take much effort to do it eathier
@nicocabres3 жыл бұрын
Well that turn was changed because of a deadly crash in moto GP RIP Luis Salom
@taceen30233 жыл бұрын
Turns 14 and 15 are for a reason: Luis Salom accident was fatal and unsafety. That part could be improved, yes, but that turn, specially in Motos, was too dangerous
@mautrindade3 жыл бұрын
Russel is pushing to change it. But really looks so easy to fix it, make the corners slower? You don't even need to remove the chicane if safety is a concern.