@GT2 rs WHY becouse he is being totally honest and exited about what maybe 0,1% of people ever have a chance to do in life what he has done ??? Whats the matter boi feelig a bit jealous ??? Please tell us your F1 experience !!!
@@realMaverickBuckley yeah i was thinking about that , most formula 1 drivers have average legs so how can they push it so hard? Might be a technique or something like using g forces to their advantage or whatever,.
This really puts into perspective how much strength, like he said, physically and mentally the F1 drivers have. I've always wanted to know what it is like to drive one from a regular person's perspective. I'm just dumbfounded by it all, I can't respect the drivers more. Thank you for this amazing story!
@Andre Hpunkt I have no clue which Formula 1 you're watching, the modern cars don't have traction control, ABS or any brake assistance, power steering has been a thing in F1 since the 80s. Besides, there's footage of Lewis Hamilton driving Ayrton Senna's car. Also, newer cars have waaaay more downforce than the older F1 cars so that's a lot more force on your body, consistently. so maybe the pretty gayboys are more capable than you think.
@Andre Hpunkt sorry for the late reply, but I had to mention this, did you know that a woman almost won WRC in 80s, driving a group B Audi Quattro and only lost because of mechanical issues during the last round (because of how unreliable those cars were). I know you don't because that wouldn't support your narrative. She came second with 97 points. Her name is Michelle Mouton, highly respected and revered by the likes of Sir Sterling Moss and Niki Lauda, read up about her.
@Andre Hpunkt she had an accident in Monte Carlo. Walter Röhrl later said in an interview that Mouton deserved the championship more than him. Also, I don't know why you have a problem with pay drivers. sure, Formula 1 is an expensive sport, but Grand Prix racing as sport was started so that rich guys could drive their cars fast legally. Besides, some of F1 legends were pay drivers. prime examples being Sir Sterling Moss and Niki Lauda. And there are plenty of fast female drivers after Mouton. Sabine Schmitz comes to mind. There's a reason she's crowned the "The Queen of the Ring".
Just the dang transmission is enough trouble. You have to make dozens of calculations per second: know your entry point into the corner, know where the driver behind you is, shift the weight and slingshot the car through. Then you have to remember: hit the brakes HARD before the halfway point into the corner and remember to GRADUALLY reduce your brake pressure as you gently feed in the throttle to slingshot out of the corner. This technique is called Left Foot Braking, it is NOT easy to learn and requires a lot of practice. Former F1 driver Toro Takagi spent the off-season in F1 once just practicing left foot braking in his Minardi and was quite skilled at this. And then remember the entire time, you have to know WHERE your up/down shift paddles are positioned because your steering wheel is upside down as you enter the apex. The guy behind you smells an opportunity and is inching closer for a pass. You tap the WRONG paddle and he blows by like a rocket. Or worse, you shift wrong and the transmission locks up, sending you into a wild spin. This actually happened to two time World Champion Mika Hakkinen at the GP of Italy! Just negotiating a corner boggles my mind.
There is a video in which Lewis Hamilton explains some of the technical features the F1 drivers use before, during, and after EACH CORNER. Couple that with the physical forces they cope with, you begin to understand why F1 drivers are world class athletes.
@@largol33t1 From a normal person's perspective, before we get to all of that, is just being able to drive the car alone on a track properly. They're built to be driven in such a tight envelope of performance that you basically have to drive it close to race speed or you won't have downforce, the tires will be cold so you won't have grip etc. There's really no way to 'work up to it', see if you can handle it etc. That's why these "F1 experiences" aren't available - you really can't drive an F1 car unless you've built up to it in other formulas.
@@DerDudelino When you brake, the G-force forces your body to move frontwards. This force alone is probably enough to make you push on the brake pedal even more than you anticipated, thus making you lock the tires or lose control. Having a very very stiff pedal prevents that in some way I guess.
At first I thought I would be skipping a lot of seconds here to get to the interesting point, but this guy is such a good story teller that I listened to every word he said😂
I wanted to die with my head under the cooker which Hurra Torpedo drummer throws in the end of the show. I went home with my hand bleeding. Not disappointed tho.
Totally!!! This Kats got the most enthusiastic and at the same time calming voice ever. Shit, just read the phone book to me so I can just chill. I want to find him and see if you will record himself for my answering machine.
That was great, wonderful storytelling, enthusiasm and honesty. Thank you!! In the 1980s I raced Yamaha GP bikes with 2 stroke engines. They were very fast, with a very narrow power band, below 10K is hardly pulled at all, until 10,500 RPM it would it would scream out from under you until 14,500 RPM red line, shifting no clutch with full throttle. I am now 75 years old and miss that dimension of getting tunnel vision down the longest straight.
75 years young my friend, get back on a bike, you don’t regret it. maybe you won’t be going those same speeds or even close but the feeling of being on a motorcycle is unbeatable, i race motorcycles now and my dad is in his 60s and still rides with me.
@@rickyrudd28texacohavolinef2 i’m lucky enough to ride every day during the summer for training/racing but during the winter all i can think about is how much i miss it, so i watch old gopro videos and write down things i could improve on next year lol
Wait.....explain letting the clutch out really slow.....I need to understand how you let the clutch out really slow on an F1/SMG Transmission Box.....help me out I'm ignorant.
@@justinkonrad1038 I know its an old comment, but since no one bothered to explain it to you, the clutch on an f1 car is only used from a stop. There is a lever on the back of the wheel the drivers use to electronically operate the clutch.
Beautifully articulated. A lot of people have so many preconceptions of an F1 car and he was brilliant in describing the detail as a fan and racing enthusiast.
The amount of neck strength one needs to keep from getting whiplash in these cars is insane. Look at any F1 or Indycar driver and check out how large their necks are compared to their head and chest.
@@jamessilly6837 There is the Hans device that gives you a few inches of forward head movement but you still need neck strength for the range of g forces
James Silly they already have the HANS, but when you’re in the corners you need to fight lateral G Forces into the direction you’re going. But the HANS is for neck and spine protection in crashes. The guys I know at work focus on keeping their core, neck and weight in check because you need that strength to keep your eyes focused in the right spot which is pretty much the furthest point of the track you’re able to see on your track route and lines. At those speeds your hands also want to leave the wheel which isn’t a good thing, especially when you need to manipulate so many switches and buttons and with Indycar, no power steering it’s a whole lot more than what a simulator feels like.
through my HPDE car club i'm in we got to tour an Air Force base. We ended up having about an hour to talk with one of the F15 pilots, super cool stories. He was explaining G forces and the effects on the body. He was also explaining how the way they hit G's is so much different than the way cars do. he told us that the side G in cars is way harder than what he does and he's hitting like 6G. the pilots want to experience it so this summer they want to come out and jump in the passenger seat.
@@robjohnson9270 i guess you have rode roller coaster. Then you can easily imagine how it feels when something you sat on accelerates suddenly and violently.
@@nadimakram6803 roller coasters are a joke compared to an f1 car but the dude is overselling it....like saying Mike Tyson hits like a truck ...Tyson hits hard but not like a truck...f1 is more like taking off in a jet...which millions do every year...and then you reach equilibrium and your stomach is fine.. Right now, the world seems to be in a phase where EVERYTHING is hyped as AMAZING or UNBELIEVABLE....its a sales technique, nothing more...
@@robjohnson9270 maybe it's true but I think your kinda over simplifying that. Indian F1 course One Driver can hardly drive at constant velocity. Every now and then they have to turn left and right. For a normal Dude that would be intense.
@@nadimakram6803 take EVERYTHING with a grain of salt because someone is PROBLABLY trying to sell you something...like a youtube channel....if it's online, it's probably biased and not telling you the full truth. Hype is always suspicious because there just aren't that many things in life that are THAT big of a deal....
Amazing video! There are so many of us who love the sport who would kill to have an opportunity like this one and the fact that you guys took us a little bit closer to what we think drivers experience inside an F1 car is priceless. Thank you!
Great story-teller, please bring more of him! By the way, this reminds me of my most extreme car experience so far, which was still maybe 10% of his. That was the "F4 experience" at Brands Hatch, done when visiting the UK a few years ago, After some classroom time, you get 15 minutes around Brands Hatch Indy in an M4 Coupe with an instructor, and then it's 15 minutes in an F4 car on your own. There is literally no experience needed, you only need to have held a driver's license for at least one (yes, just one) year. They even did not balk at my US drivers license, though technically I might have been oblivious to what a gear is. So obviously these F4 cars were dialed down too. But still immense fun, the directness, the seating position, everything. Now I said 15 minutes, but for me it was not 15 minutes, sadly. Halfway into the session, I was stuck behind a slow guy and a fast guy was right behind me. I allowed the fast one to pass me and now he got stuck behind the slow one. We got onto the front straight, and I expected the fast guy to pass the slow one, so I can pass him next and we keep moving at a good pace. We were only allowed to pass on straights of course. But the fast guy kept lingering behind the slow guy for some reason. Wasted a good part of the front straight. So what the heck, I start passing him on the left. A fraction of a second later, the fast guy, not checking his mirrors, pulls right in front of me to pass the slow guy. I instinctively swerved, avoided crashing into him, but caught grass on the left, started spinning, and became a passenger. I just kept the brake pushed to the floor trying to bleed as much speed as possible. I hit the wall on the right side of the track with my rear end, broke suspension, spun 180 degrees more, stopped facing the wall. Fortunately there were no other cars coming behind me at the moment. I stopped right next to race control, so they got to the car quickly. Very concerned, but I showed them a thumb up and they were clearly relieved. They kept asking if I was OK - to which I responded "I am fine, but sorry about your car". I guess was very gentlemanly despite all the adrenaline. And there was adrenaline, they had we write up a report (for insurance, I guess), and I don't know if that report was of any use, I temporarily lost fine movements in my hands and was scribbling really horribly. Then a doctor had a good look at me to see if I was OK. In total it was a great experience, even if I was disappointed that my session ended after 8 minutes or so. I was also very disappointed that they did not allow me to take pictures of the car after the crash ;-). I hope to do it again some time, if MSV ever allows me around their cars or on their tracks. Probably the funniest part came later that day. I went to Buckmore Park to do some karting at this beautiful track. Mind you, it's a completely different place in England, half an hour away from Brands Hatch. So I go there, I get into a kart for the first race, and a track worker asks me, " is that you who crashed a single-seater in Brands Hatch today?" So that's my motor sports fame in the UK.
Oh my God ! You have arguably one of the best narrative skills in sharing your experience. Thank you so much in take us so exceptionally through your F1 experience ! I thoroughly enjoyed this !!!
One of my favorite random facts about F1 cars is that their engines are so tightly machined that they're effectively seized at room temperature. They pump pre-heated oil/water through the engine to get it hot enough to move. Everything is designed to work at speed and high RPM (water/oil pumps, alternator, cooling system), so at idle or slow speeds, they just die. That's why you HAVE to run it as soon as it's started.
Reminded me of the Top Gear episode years ago where Hammond drove an F1 car: "If you go slowly, you crash. If you go fast, you crash. If you go REALLY fast, you crash. You have to go flat out through those corners to get the grip"
Kutloano Chakela They both said it also Hammond drove the Renault F1 car while Jeremy didn’t even drive an “F1” car, it was Lotus single seater powered by a Cosworth V8 and is more similar to an F2 car.
Hammond drove too slowly, the tires got cold and he had to come in. They commented that he was too scared to fully accelerate. That was the first time that I understood that F1 was more than driving round a track.
Hey boss - I drove an Indy car in 1995...and it's rediculous. I hit 207mph - 4 miles off Emersons qualifying record and way off Montays race record - but it scares the crap out of you! And it cost me $10k - but I'll never forget it, unlike my ex-wife ☺
I have to admit you kinda set yourself up for failure. History is basically for teaching history. There are some other options however. I know a guy who loves history and decided to start a youtube history channel, there's a good chance you heard of him. The History guy-History that deserves to be remembered. I don't know what kind of money you can make from youtube anymore but you might give it a go and see what happens.
This has got to be one of my favorites. The way this guy tells the story, you can almost feel how excited he was driving an F1 car. Makes me want to drive one even more.
I've been watching Sam for ages, he deserves so much more subscribers. He's never fishing for views or making clickbait titles which is why he doesn't have the views like DDE but boy does he deserve them!
His channel is infinitely better than almost anything else out there. It's an absolute CRIME that he only has like 450,000 subs. He should be in the million+ range. Same with Mr. JWW. SUPER HIGH production value, both of them.
I've heard for the breaks, drivers really only use their muscles to get 50% of the break force applied; then as the G-force comes in and slams their body forward they lock their leg out and use the mass of their body pushing through their locked out leg to get the rest of the force to apply 100% pressure. Think if your a 160lb driver at 4g's if you can manage to channel all that weight down through one leg that 640lbs pushing into that pedal; absolutely insane. Now repeat that 20x a lap for 50 laps these drivers are casually shoving 600,000 lbs. of force through one foot in an afternoon. Absolutely mind boggling that they just hop out of the car and walk off like it was nothing.
It’s heartwarming to hear how he was working hard for so many years, hearing how passionate he is, going through the ups and downs, and eventually he got in the driver’s seat and got the full experience. Much love sir.
I'm a casual sim racer and this gives me some more insight of how it really is.I'm amazed by the acceleration,top speeds,braking ability and the traction of these cars in a sim. The g-forces are something I can't really experience but this helps.I'm guessing that is why physical fitness is so important for these drivers.
When I sat down to watch this video I had NO idea that I would learn SO much and realize that there is so much more to professional automobile racing (F-1 in this case) than I had ever suspected. GREAT video! Thank you mate!
Going out in a true race car is something that belongs on all car guy bucket lists. So glad you got to experience this Sam. Great description of what it was like.
Hey Ed! You should get Uncle Tony from Uncle Tonys Garage to talk about some collector car scams and hack-jobs on some stuff that he has seen. I think it would be a nice episode on collector, Rat Rods, and Mopars- Chrysler Muscle cars
I think I was getting excited for him just listening. You can tell how enthusiastic he was about the whole experience. Glad to hear you finally got to live this moment!
I don't even know why this appeared on my recommendations but I'm so glad it did! You talk about your experience with so much passion and delight that it's contagious. Awesome job, man!
Idle at 9000 rpm, shift at 18000. Meanwhile I'm just here with my truck that under normal driving I shift at 2000, and is plenty happy to lug around at 1000 rpm.
Man I would give literally anything to experience a proper F1 car, if you play something like the F1 games and then switch to IRacing to drive their F1 cars (Especially the W12/W13) the difference is ridiculous especially when you realize exactly what it is like to sit in an F1 car and how little you can actually see. To try and do this IRL for 50+ laps is absolutely insanity and I will never have enough respect for F1 drivers, even those who aren't at the levels of Lewis, Max or George, being able to even make it to the end is an achievement.
I can imagine him one day he's driving by himself at night, no other cars around him, no rain nor winds. Then suddenly, he hears whisper right to his ears which says "Use the Brakes!"
He then proceeds to hit the brake pedal as hard as possible in his Toyota Corolla, his head flies forward and he loses two teeth as he hits the steering wheel. The whisper sais "You've hit 41% brake pressure, well done."
Sam will always get a thumbs up from me. I've been watching him for years & for those who aren't subscribed to his channel, you've missed a lot of excellent content.
I’d absolutely love a chance to drive an F1 car. It was really cool hearing about what it’s like from a regular person’s point of view. Thanks Sam and VinWiki!!!
4:47 Amazed when renault didn't provide HANS device to the guy and later he complaint about his head shoots forward and block his visibility which is dangerous.
This is as real as it gets. Between purchasing gear for my son, driving to events, trying to keep him engaged, trying to purchase and build his kart, and trying to be part of a kart association and maintaining is a lot of money.
Man, man.. watching this 3 years after the fact, but I can't help but get super excited listening to your experience! I just can't help thinking how lucky the actual F1 drivers are to be able to do that day in and day out. I guess you get used to it _at some point_ , but for me at least, it would take a very, very long time. It would be amazing to get to try any even semi modern F1 car. You're a super lucky dude and I loved to hear how hard you worked to make your dream come true. You really deserved it!
This is the most interesting description of the F1 experience I’ve ever heard. I knew the drivers’ physical training was and resultant conditions are extreme, but your description puts it all in perspective .
That was a brilliant description…I am 75 and literally just learning about the formula 1 cars…I started driving at 6yrs old…love to drive…I am so bummed out that I never had a go at that type of racing…I find the cars engineering and design detail fascinating.. thanks for your experience and entertaining an old geezer…be safe…
@@AngelInTheDesert The 2005 Renault R25 Hammond used was 605kg. The MINIMUM weight limit of the 2019 cars is 740kg. Would you like to apologize or just delete your comment?
@@neretilderem7029 i get what you're saying, but don't forget that the speed of an f1 car isn't just measured in straight line speed today's f1 cars corner so much better. partly because instead of 6 gears back than the now have 8 so a lot more control in the corners and that's without accounting for the insane advancement in aerodynamics
@@neretilderem7029 Did I miss something? Are they running a 2012 car with a V6 in this video? I'm a bit confused because current V6 f1 engines have a lot more power than 750hp
I can say from personal experience that an average sized American male can not fit into an F1 car, nor can a woman with anything but tiny hips, regardless of whether they could keep it on the track or not. In the early 1990's Phoenix, AZ hosted three F1 races. The SCCA/Cal Club fire truck I was working on, did recovery of stalled cars after sessions when the wreckers were overwhelmed, and we'd have put someone in the car and flat tow them back to the pits. None of the guys on the truck nor male corner workers could come close to fitting in the cockpit. We grabbed a female corner worker who had to sit with her hips twisted, because they wouldn't fit down into the seat. She was a very lucky girl, getting to drive a Lotus and a Ferrari that weekend Even though the engine was not running it was a very cool experience for all of us and I have pictures too!
Now that's how to tell a story. By listening to this guy, I can confidently say that I feel like I was there with him that day and all that he said is the truth
Right? Such great use of body language and imagery to convey to us what it was like. If I closed my eyes while he talked, all I could see was a cockpit.
If the question is an average bloke off the street I’d say no. The forces involved are so strong that you’d eventually puke into your helmet. If anyone wants to try what I’m talking about, get a racing 2 stroke go kart, drive it full speed for 15 minutes as fast as you possibly can. If you hit a kerb you run the risk of a broken rib, you have to endure gforces that you normally do not experience. Multiply that many many folds, add all the aero and then insane braking, and you have a formula one.
Sam does some really cool stuff. I've followed his channel on and off for years. He's one of the original supercar guys on RUclips. He's likeable, funny and has great adventures with his cars. He doesn't have the budget of Shmee, but has much better taste in cars, and colours.
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His description of the braking after the straight was absolutely priceless
I was roflmao when he was talking about it...
That reaction had me dying so bad lol
I was searching the comments for this 🤣
@GT2 rs WHY becouse he is being totally honest and exited about what maybe 0,1% of people ever have a chance to do in life what he has done ??? Whats the matter boi feelig a bit jealous ??? Please tell us your F1 experience !!!
@GT2 rs Indeed.
"I could feel my head detaching from my neck as I stomped on the brake"
Great job that was 40%
*outstanding work*
This guy when he was told he pushed the brakes to 40% : *surprised pickachu face*
definition of why u shouldn't skip leg day
@@kacarrot3139 Apparently most average 30 year olds will average 38%. Crazy.
@@realMaverickBuckley yeah i was thinking about that , most formula 1 drivers have average legs so how can they push it so hard? Might be a technique or something like using g forces to their advantage or whatever,.
He’d be a gold medalist in Olympic Story Telling. I feel like I just drove an F1 car. I also thought I would blink during the video.
i love the detailed explanation. For once, we get the experience of the driver.
Well that's passion for you, he loved it so much he remembers everything
It was like listening to that Indian guy asking Seb the infinite question 😄
sounds like bullshit
Same feeling. Hahaha
He's a good story teller. Not much was repeated and you were there with him.
agreed √
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Yes, totaly. Now i want to drive a F1 car
Yeah I agree
i wonder how much he got paid to say how difficult it was
This guy is a true motorsport fan. Much respect to him
worked his way up to the pit i guess..
He is. I have never seen someone geek so hard over F1. :D
I wanted to see some driving! lol
@@GPM116 imagine that man decided that he'll never s h i t his pants again for where he's at
This really puts into perspective how much strength, like he said, physically and mentally the F1 drivers have. I've always wanted to know what it is like to drive one from a regular person's perspective. I'm just dumbfounded by it all, I can't respect the drivers more. Thank you for this amazing story!
And then there are people saying that F1 is NOT a sport....
@Andre Hpunkt after watching this tho even those pretty boys are stronger than you think
@Andre Hpunkt I have no clue which Formula 1 you're watching, the modern cars don't have traction control, ABS or any brake assistance, power steering has been a thing in F1 since the 80s. Besides, there's footage of Lewis Hamilton driving Ayrton Senna's car. Also, newer cars have waaaay more downforce than the older F1 cars so that's a lot more force on your body, consistently. so maybe the pretty gayboys are more capable than you think.
@Andre Hpunkt sorry for the late reply, but I had to mention this, did you know that a woman almost won WRC in 80s, driving a group B Audi Quattro and only lost because of mechanical issues during the last round (because of how unreliable those cars were). I know you don't because that wouldn't support your narrative. She came second with 97 points. Her name is Michelle Mouton, highly respected and revered by the likes of Sir Sterling Moss and Niki Lauda, read up about her.
@Andre Hpunkt she had an accident in Monte Carlo.
Walter Röhrl later said in an interview that Mouton deserved the championship more than him.
Also, I don't know why you have a problem with pay drivers. sure, Formula 1 is an expensive sport, but Grand Prix racing as sport was started so that rich guys could drive their cars fast legally.
Besides, some of F1 legends were pay drivers. prime examples being Sir Sterling Moss and Niki Lauda.
And there are plenty of fast female drivers after Mouton. Sabine Schmitz comes to mind. There's a reason she's crowned the "The Queen of the Ring".
“As a hobby to distract myself from my disastrous career move.” Honesty is gold. Always.
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I literally scrolled down just as he said it, I said it with him. lol
@@Hawkbomber Funny, me too!
Evel Knievel: "Sure the fans don't want to see me die, but if I do they sure don't want to miss it".
Imagine Kimi Raikonnen telling the story; "I got in the car... did 3 laps... was OK, I guess..."
hahaha:))))
bwoah
Kimmi: "NO DRINK, NO Drink It's not Working "
"NO KIMMI, YOU WILL NOT HAVE THE DRINK"
I did some quick math on Google and Kimi has more than 11.000 laps total in his f1 career, not counting practices/qualifying
hed be like..bwoah it was fine..
This is actually the first time that somebody really makes me understand how hard it is to pilot one of this cars.
Just the dang transmission is enough trouble. You have to make dozens of calculations per second: know your entry point into the corner, know where the driver behind you is, shift the weight and slingshot the car through. Then you have to remember: hit the brakes HARD before the halfway point into the corner and remember to GRADUALLY reduce your brake pressure as you gently feed in the throttle to slingshot out of the corner. This technique is called Left Foot Braking, it is NOT easy to learn and requires a lot of practice. Former F1 driver Toro Takagi spent the off-season in F1 once just practicing left foot braking in his Minardi and was quite skilled at this. And then remember the entire time, you have to know WHERE your up/down shift paddles are positioned because your steering wheel is upside down as you enter the apex. The guy behind you smells an opportunity and is inching closer for a pass. You tap the WRONG paddle and he blows by like a rocket. Or worse, you shift wrong and the transmission locks up, sending you into a wild spin. This actually happened to two time World Champion Mika Hakkinen at the GP of Italy! Just negotiating a corner boggles my mind.
@@largol33t1 most of these things become muscle memory though
There is a video in which Lewis Hamilton explains some of the technical features the F1 drivers use before, during, and after EACH CORNER. Couple that with the physical forces they cope with, you begin to understand why F1 drivers are world class athletes.
You don’t pilot dumbass you drive it 😂
@@largol33t1 From a normal person's perspective, before we get to all of that, is just being able to drive the car alone on a track properly. They're built to be driven in such a tight envelope of performance that you basically have to drive it close to race speed or you won't have downforce, the tires will be cold so you won't have grip etc. There's really no way to 'work up to it', see if you can handle it etc. That's why these "F1 experiences" aren't available - you really can't drive an F1 car unless you've built up to it in other formulas.
"you've hit 40% brake pressure, well done!" LOL
Why do they make it so difficult to break though. Does anyone know that?
@@DerDudelino breaking too hard too quick would break the wheel
@@DerDudelino When you brake, the G-force forces your body to move frontwards. This force alone is probably enough to make you push on the brake pedal even more than you anticipated, thus making you lock the tires or lose control. Having a very very stiff pedal prevents that in some way I guess.
@@DerDudelino To prevent the driver from accidentally hitting the brakes on a straight
To prevent the driver from breaking his neck during braking. Because driver with a broken neck would probably damage the car.
He even has a very aerodynamic haircut. That’s the dedication you need
😂😂
what a knee slapper
Weight reduction brah.
Aerodynamic brah.
Yeah his hair is very cool
A wonderful story. I could listen to this guy for hours.
Subscribe to Behind the glass and you can my friend
Ya Sam is awesome. He’s always passionate.
It's easy to listen to anyone about anything as long as they are passionate about it. I could listen to this guy talk about f1 for ages
Yes I agree I was just about to comment the same thing
He has his own RUclips channel! www.youtube.com/@seenthroughglass
At first I thought I would be skipping a lot of seconds here to get to the interesting point, but this guy is such a good story teller that I listened to every word he said😂
Same! Was about to skip ahead. But my thumb just kept hovering until he fully got my attention 😂
Ngl!
OHMIGAWD!!!! That's *exactly* what I was going to write!!! What a great story teller!!
Check out his channel, he's a great presenter
I don't usually like videos over 5 minutes, they tend to be full of waffle.
This dude was seriously captivating lol
"If i die i die, in a formula 1 car just like i wanted" that commitment
To be fair, I'd say the exact same
No its fucking stupid.
I wanted to die with my head under the cooker which Hurra Torpedo drummer throws in the end of the show. I went home with my hand bleeding. Not disappointed tho.
@@tygobermind3640 why
@@tygobermind3640 why
Imagine being high when listening to this guy, you would literally be in a f1 car racing.
I’m high as shit and I’m about to watch 😂
Me right now😁😁😁
🤣🤣🤣🤣😭
yep you were right.
high as fuck, was a good experience lol
“If I die, I die” this man was committed fully 😂👏🏾
but he's gonna die in a F1 car :D
Luca Wolf exactly 😂
that black hand is even funnier than the comment itself !
That’s how I felt when topping out a new GSX-R
If he dies, he dies...
This guy could be telling you about having a dump and you would listen to every word....his passion is contagious
Bollocks
@@swaybryan524 only if you get splashback, mate..
@@GenoLoma that's called "Poseidon's kiss"
It was unbelievable. Absolutely colossal turd after turd escaping from my puny little asshole. No normal person would be able to handle it.
@@swaybryan524 A
If anyone deserved a couple of laps in an F1 car, it would be this guy. Such enthousiasm! Great story teller as well btw.
This guy's description was just great. I felt like I was driving the car.
Of all these comments I think this puts it best. That was a truly special experience for Sam and related in a truly brilliant way.
Legend
felt the sameee😃😃
Indeed
well rehearsed
Can someone put this guy on everything that has an engine in it and get him to tell the story?! I want to "drive" a jet fighter next!!
you can do that yourself..... check out the Baltic Bees, an acrobatic display team that sell rides in their jet planes. It's a lot of fun. :-)
Jet? Straight into ocean
*pilot
@@larrywithbraces4744 it is between " " for a reason...
Totally!!! This Kats got the most enthusiastic and at the same time calming voice ever. Shit, just read the phone book to me so I can just chill. I want to find him and see if you will record himself for my answering machine.
The best part of this story is the way I can feel the pure joy of the narrator. I didnt drive the car but some of that joy has been shared with me.
This has to be one of the best articulated stories to ever be told on this channel. STG is a dope guy, now I feel like I've raced a F1 car as well LOL
You mean *gesticulated 😂
This story is one of the best told and most exciting. The experience every car enthusiast dreams of
I love hearing good storytellers recount their experiences, whatever it is it's always hypnotic to listen to
That was great, wonderful storytelling, enthusiasm and honesty. Thank you!! In the 1980s I raced Yamaha GP bikes with 2 stroke engines. They were very fast, with a very narrow power band, below 10K is hardly pulled at all, until 10,500 RPM it would it would scream out from under you until 14,500 RPM red line, shifting no clutch with full throttle. I am now 75 years old and miss that dimension of getting tunnel vision down the longest straight.
75 years young my friend, get back on a bike, you don’t regret it. maybe you won’t be going those same speeds or even close but the feeling of being on a motorcycle is unbeatable, i race motorcycles now and my dad is in his 60s and still rides with me.
Every time I get back to riding a motorcycle after I get off, I think to myself, why don’t I do this more often?!
@@rickyrudd28texacohavolinef2 i’m lucky enough to ride every day during the summer for training/racing but during the winter all i can think about is how much i miss it, so i watch old gopro videos and write down things i could improve on next year lol
Yep ex racers watching this get weak. Think I'll finish the duc and take it for a spin.
I really enjoyed watching Kenny Roberts (and probably you) backing it in to the corner!!
*goes super saiyan to push the brake pedal
Engineer: OK, that was a good 40% pressure on the brakes
Wait.....explain letting the clutch out really slow.....I need to understand how you let the clutch out really slow on an F1/SMG Transmission Box.....help me out I'm ignorant.
@@justinkonrad1038 you reach for the button really slow xD
Figured it out..... The clutch is only used from stop position to get the car moving.
Justin Konrad
Yup
@@justinkonrad1038 I know its an old comment, but since no one bothered to explain it to you, the clutch on an f1 car is only used from a stop. There is a lever on the back of the wheel the drivers use to electronically operate the clutch.
Beautifully articulated. A lot of people have so many preconceptions of an F1 car and he was brilliant in describing the detail as a fan and racing enthusiast.
I think this guy has just told the best story I've ever heard on RUclips.
It’s good story bruh 🤣 nothing crazy lmao
The amount of neck strength one needs to keep from getting whiplash in these cars is insane. Look at any F1 or Indycar driver and check out how large their necks are compared to their head and chest.
Why don't they have like foam neck braces or something to transfer the force from their neck to their chest?
@@jamessilly6837 There is the Hans device that gives you a few inches of forward head movement but you still need neck strength for the range of g forces
James Silly they already have the HANS, but when you’re in the corners you need to fight lateral G Forces into the direction you’re going. But the HANS is for neck and spine protection in crashes. The guys I know at work focus on keeping their core, neck and weight in check because you need that strength to keep your eyes focused in the right spot which is pretty much the furthest point of the track you’re able to see on your track route and lines. At those speeds your hands also want to leave the wheel which isn’t a good thing, especially when you need to manipulate so many switches and buttons and with Indycar, no power steering it’s a whole lot more than what a simulator feels like.
@@jamessilly6837 because...you wouldn't be able to turn your head
Ricciardo's neck is the size of my quad. It's literally not even a joke, just a fact.
How he stutters just out of pure impression when says 40% it’s just amazing! Great story telling
Three minutes in: what, no in-car video?
Eight minutes in: Ha! Love how he's telling his story!
EXACTLY!!
It’s so nice to hear someone who loves the sport just as much as you talk about it with such passion.
through my HPDE car club i'm in we got to tour an Air Force base. We ended up having about an hour to talk with one of the F15 pilots, super cool stories. He was explaining G forces and the effects on the body. He was also explaining how the way they hit G's is so much different than the way cars do. he told us that the side G in cars is way harder than what he does and he's hitting like 6G. the pilots want to experience it so this summer they want to come out and jump in the passenger seat.
".....The G-force is constant and your stomach is 3 miles down the road!". Maybe the most accurate description of F1 racing!
based on....? trust?
@@robjohnson9270 i guess you have rode roller coaster. Then you can easily imagine how it feels when something you sat on accelerates suddenly and violently.
@@nadimakram6803 roller coasters are a joke compared to an f1 car but the dude is overselling it....like saying Mike Tyson hits like a truck ...Tyson hits hard but not like a truck...f1 is more like taking off in a jet...which millions do every year...and then you reach equilibrium and your stomach is fine..
Right now, the world seems to be in a phase where EVERYTHING is hyped as AMAZING or UNBELIEVABLE....its a sales technique, nothing more...
@@robjohnson9270 maybe it's true but I think your kinda over simplifying that. Indian F1 course One Driver can hardly drive at constant velocity. Every now and then they have to turn left and right. For a normal Dude that would be intense.
@@nadimakram6803 take EVERYTHING with a grain of salt because someone is PROBLABLY trying to sell you something...like a youtube channel....if it's online, it's probably biased and not telling you the full truth. Hype is always suspicious because there just aren't that many things in life that are THAT big of a deal....
Arguably the best day of my life!
Well done Sam! Subscribed!
Try to get in an early 2000's F1. That would be awesome. It's literally my dream.
Awesome story man!
Ok boomer
I don't know if I've ever felt more like being in an F1 car than hearing you describe it. Wonderful.
Amazing video! There are so many of us who love the sport who would kill to have an opportunity like this one and the fact that you guys took us a little bit closer to what we think drivers experience inside an F1 car is priceless. Thank you!
"The only way to drive it, is flat-out"
that's a good analogy for life in my opinion..
Got to this comment right when he said it
Also it's a shame to slow down for the corners?
James Dean had that philosophy and he spent all of his lives in one big rock.
**agrees in Colin Mcrae**
QUANTUMquest The billionaire salesman cowboy
Well you CAN go for the corners without braking...
...but only once
Great story-teller, please bring more of him!
By the way, this reminds me of my most extreme car experience so far, which was still maybe 10% of his. That was the "F4 experience" at Brands Hatch, done when visiting the UK a few years ago,
After some classroom time, you get 15 minutes around Brands Hatch Indy in an M4 Coupe with an instructor, and then it's 15 minutes in an F4 car on your own. There is literally no experience needed, you only need to have held a driver's license for at least one (yes, just one) year. They even did not balk at my US drivers license, though technically I might have been oblivious to what a gear is. So obviously these F4 cars were dialed down too. But still immense fun, the directness, the seating position, everything.
Now I said 15 minutes, but for me it was not 15 minutes, sadly. Halfway into the session, I was stuck behind a slow guy and a fast guy was right behind me. I allowed the fast one to pass me and now he got stuck behind the slow one. We got onto the front straight, and I expected the fast guy to pass the slow one, so I can pass him next and we keep moving at a good pace. We were only allowed to pass on straights of course.
But the fast guy kept lingering behind the slow guy for some reason. Wasted a good part of the front straight. So what the heck, I start passing him on the left. A fraction of a second later, the fast guy, not checking his mirrors, pulls right in front of me to pass the slow guy. I instinctively swerved, avoided crashing into him, but caught grass on the left, started spinning, and became a passenger. I just kept the brake pushed to the floor trying to bleed as much speed as possible. I hit the wall on the right side of the track with my rear end, broke suspension, spun 180 degrees more, stopped facing the wall. Fortunately there were no other cars coming behind me at the moment.
I stopped right next to race control, so they got to the car quickly. Very concerned, but I showed them a thumb up and they were clearly relieved. They kept asking if I was OK - to which I responded "I am fine, but sorry about your car". I guess was very gentlemanly despite all the adrenaline. And there was adrenaline, they had we write up a report (for insurance, I guess), and I don't know if that report was of any use, I temporarily lost fine movements in my hands and was scribbling really horribly. Then a doctor had a good look at me to see if I was OK.
In total it was a great experience, even if I was disappointed that my session ended after 8 minutes or so. I was also very disappointed that they did not allow me to take pictures of the car after the crash ;-). I hope to do it again some time, if MSV ever allows me around their cars or on their tracks.
Probably the funniest part came later that day. I went to Buckmore Park to do some karting at this beautiful track. Mind you, it's a completely different place in England, half an hour away from Brands Hatch. So I go there, I get into a kart for the first race, and a track worker asks me, " is that you who crashed a single-seater in Brands Hatch today?" So that's my motor sports fame in the UK.
This would be a good VinWiki story💯
Sam's RUclips channel is called "Seen Thru Glass" if you want more of his storytelling. It's quite good & entertaining!
Ha ha ha......my bad!!! Sam's channel's name is actually "Seen Through Glass"
@@EnricoCarusoAKARicoSuave1973 thank. I just watched a few of his videos and enjoyed them!
Hilarious :D When adrenaline takes over. Even if it's made up, you made me smile. So thanks :)
What an amazing story teller. I almost don't need to drive one now, because i felt the whole experience!
"If i die, i die in a formula 1 car. The way to go" That is a dedicated fan .
I can honestly say I was never so focused during a RUclips video before. Sam is such a legend and such a good storyteller! Incredible experience 👏🏼
Oh my God ! You have arguably one of the best narrative skills in sharing your experience. Thank you so much in take us so exceptionally through your F1 experience ! I thoroughly enjoyed this !!!
One of my favorite random facts about F1 cars is that their engines are so tightly machined that they're effectively seized at room temperature. They pump pre-heated oil/water through the engine to get it hot enough to move. Everything is designed to work at speed and high RPM (water/oil pumps, alternator, cooling system), so at idle or slow speeds, they just die. That's why you HAVE to run it as soon as it's started.
7:51 When your mates take you to the strip club for the first time
rofl
hahahaha
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣💀
For the win!
I actually went back to check this, dead!!!
Love how his eyes are glowing the whole time. It's always great to see someone speak with so much passion
Reminded me of the Top Gear episode years ago where Hammond drove an F1 car: "If you go slowly, you crash. If you go fast, you crash. If you go REALLY fast, you crash. You have to go flat out through those corners to get the grip"
wasn't it Jeremy Clarkson...when he drove in the renult F1 car and he couldn't fit
Kutloano Chakela They both said it also Hammond drove the Renault F1 car while Jeremy didn’t even drive an “F1” car, it was Lotus single seater powered by a Cosworth V8 and is more similar to an F2 car.
Hammond drove too slowly, the tires got cold and he had to come in. They commented that he was too scared to fully accelerate. That was the first time that I understood that F1 was more than driving round a track.
"Just give me a job, any job" perfectly describes me job hunting after finishing uni with a HISTORY degree. Am I stupid or something?
... What were you expecting?
Hey boss - I drove an Indy car in 1995...and it's rediculous. I hit 207mph - 4 miles off Emersons qualifying record and way off Montays race record - but it scares the crap out of you! And it cost me $10k - but I'll never forget it, unlike my ex-wife ☺
I have to admit you kinda set yourself up for failure. History is basically for teaching history. There are some other options however. I know a guy who loves history and decided to start a youtube history channel, there's a good chance you heard of him. The History guy-History that deserves to be remembered. I don't know what kind of money you can make from youtube anymore but you might give it a go and see what happens.
You are history! Literally
El Presidente you’re not stupid, just a bad decision maker.
This has got to be one of my favorites. The way this guy tells the story, you can almost feel how excited he was driving an F1 car. Makes me want to drive one even more.
I've been watching Sam for ages, he deserves so much more subscribers. He's never fishing for views or making clickbait titles which is why he doesn't have the views like DDE but boy does he deserve them!
His channel is infinitely better than almost anything else out there. It's an absolute CRIME that he only has like 450,000 subs. He should be in the million+ range. Same with Mr. JWW. SUPER HIGH production value, both of them.
GunsNBudder yeah. Funny thing is that they’re both from the UK. From the US, which Auto channels are not cringely-annoying to watch ?
@@1anre try Life OD!
@@1anre and Cleetus!
I've heard for the breaks, drivers really only use their muscles to get 50% of the break force applied; then as the G-force comes in and slams their body forward they lock their leg out and use the mass of their body pushing through their locked out leg to get the rest of the force to apply 100% pressure. Think if your a 160lb driver at 4g's if you can manage to channel all that weight down through one leg that 640lbs pushing into that pedal; absolutely insane. Now repeat that 20x a lap for 50 laps these drivers are casually shoving 600,000 lbs. of force through one foot in an afternoon. Absolutely mind boggling that they just hop out of the car and walk off like it was nothing.
It’s heartwarming to hear how he was working hard for so many years, hearing how passionate he is, going through the ups and downs, and eventually he got in the driver’s seat and got the full experience. Much love sir.
Man, this guy just made me experience how it feels like to drive an f1 car
I'm a casual sim racer and this gives me some more insight of how it really is.I'm amazed by the acceleration,top speeds,braking ability and the traction of these cars in a sim. The g-forces are something I can't really experience but this helps.I'm guessing that is why physical fitness is so important for these drivers.
This was the best description that anybody could ever give about driving an F1 car! Cheers my man!
He spoke like a 5 year old child meeting his idol.
When I sat down to watch this video I had NO idea that I would learn SO much and realize that there is so much more to professional automobile racing (F-1 in this case) than I had ever suspected. GREAT video! Thank you mate!
Going out in a true race car is something that belongs on all car guy bucket lists. So glad you got to experience this Sam. Great description of what it was like.
Hey Ed! You should get Uncle Tony from Uncle Tonys Garage to talk about some collector car scams and hack-jobs on some stuff that he has seen. I think it would be a nice episode on collector, Rat Rods, and Mopars- Chrysler Muscle cars
Indeed. Personally, I would love to drive a GP3 car some day... and I don’t even have my drivers license yet!
I think I was getting excited for him just listening. You can tell how enthusiastic he was about the whole experience. Glad to hear you finally got to live this moment!
He was an amazing storyteller. I never had any interest in F1 before and he kept my attention 100% well done sir
I don't even know why this appeared on my recommendations but I'm so glad it did! You talk about your experience with so much passion and delight that it's contagious. Awesome job, man!
Idle at 9000 rpm, shift at 18000. Meanwhile I'm just here with my truck that under normal driving I shift at 2000, and is plenty happy to lug around at 1000 rpm.
Taistelu_pelto V6 Hybrid F1 idle around 6000 RPM.
Well that's only because the pistons have really short strokes. More horsepower less torque
Man I would give literally anything to experience a proper F1 car, if you play something like the F1 games and then switch to IRacing to drive their F1 cars (Especially the W12/W13) the difference is ridiculous especially when you realize exactly what it is like to sit in an F1 car and how little you can actually see. To try and do this IRL for 50+ laps is absolutely insanity and I will never have enough respect for F1 drivers, even those who aren't at the levels of Lewis, Max or George, being able to even make it to the end is an achievement.
I can imagine him one day he's driving by himself at night, no other cars around him, no rain nor winds. Then suddenly, he hears whisper right to his ears which says "Use the Brakes!"
He then proceeds to hit the brake pedal as hard as possible in his Toyota Corolla, his head flies forward and he loses two teeth as he hits the steering wheel. The whisper sais "You've hit 41% brake pressure, well done."
I felt the adrenaline of driving an F1 car from this guys explanation...
Ive probably watched this video 5 times over the last few years.. What a great story and so well told by Sam.
Sam will always get a thumbs up from me. I've been watching him for years & for those who aren't subscribed to his channel, you've missed a lot of excellent content.
I’d absolutely love a chance to drive an F1 car. It was really cool hearing about what it’s like from a regular person’s point of view. Thanks Sam and VinWiki!!!
4:47
Amazed when renault didn't provide HANS device to the guy and later he complaint about his head shoots forward and block his visibility which is dangerous.
We need to officially have this guy describe EVERYTHING, E V E R!
Epic. F1 should play this video before every race.
this made me have more respect for formula 1 and the drivers
“If I die, I die. At least I die in an F1 car, the way I would’ve wanted” - Well said mate ❤️
This is as real as it gets. Between purchasing gear for my son, driving to events, trying to keep him engaged, trying to purchase and build his kart, and trying to be part of a kart association and maintaining is a lot of money.
I thought I was in the same room with this guy while listening to this. This is the type of storytelling I like and I want more.
229!!;)
237 now!
Congratulations 😁
my goal of 400 has been reached... I am satisfied with this accomplishment.
And still, this guys story telling is top-notch.
@@flyingsteps100 Thank you very much.
I don't even know why this was in my recommendation, but I LOVED the way you did the story telling! happy that I've watched this
Man, man.. watching this 3 years after the fact, but I can't help but get super excited listening to your experience! I just can't help thinking how lucky the actual F1 drivers are to be able to do that day in and day out. I guess you get used to it _at some point_ , but for me at least, it would take a very, very long time. It would be amazing to get to try any even semi modern F1 car.
You're a super lucky dude and I loved to hear how hard you worked to make your dream come true. You really deserved it!
This is the most interesting description of the F1 experience I’ve ever heard. I knew the drivers’ physical training was and resultant conditions are extreme, but your description puts it all in perspective
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Nice to see someone tell a story without an edit every 5 seconds ffs would be fun to chill with this guy
That was a brilliant description…I am 75 and literally just learning about the formula 1 cars…I started driving at 6yrs old…love to drive…I am so bummed out that I never had a go at that type of racing…I find the cars engineering and design detail fascinating.. thanks for your experience and entertaining an old geezer…be safe…
I'd love to give it a try, but after watching Hammond race his on Top Gear, yaaaa I'm a mere mortal.
That was a V10 engine with 900 Hp. These toy cars run with V6 and 750 Hp. An average sports car can do that these days.
Neretil Derem you’re a dipshit. Sure 750 horsepower but they’re light as a feather. Today’s F1 cars are faster than any previously.
@@AngelInTheDesert The 2005 Renault R25 Hammond used was 605kg. The MINIMUM weight limit of the 2019 cars is 740kg. Would you like to apologize or just delete your comment?
@@neretilderem7029 i get what you're saying, but don't forget that the speed of an f1 car isn't just measured in straight line speed today's f1 cars corner so much better. partly because instead of 6 gears back than the now have 8 so a lot more control in the corners and that's without accounting for the insane advancement in aerodynamics
@@neretilderem7029 Did I miss something? Are they running a 2012 car with a V6 in this video? I'm a bit confused because current V6 f1 engines have a lot more power than 750hp
Mate you’re absolutely fun, it’s such an enjoyment to hear this, I love your sense of sarcasm. You must do a price about it again on the stg channel.
I can say from personal experience that an average sized American male can not fit into an F1 car, nor can a woman with anything but tiny hips, regardless of whether they could keep it on the track or not. In the early 1990's Phoenix, AZ hosted three F1 races. The SCCA/Cal Club fire truck I was working on, did recovery of stalled cars after sessions when the wreckers were overwhelmed, and we'd have put someone in the car and flat tow them back to the pits. None of the guys on the truck nor male corner workers could come close to fitting in the cockpit. We grabbed a female corner worker who had to sit with her hips twisted, because they wouldn't fit down into the seat. She was a very lucky girl, getting to drive a Lotus and a Ferrari that weekend Even though the engine was not running it was a very cool experience for all of us and I have pictures too!
I'm absolutely digging the way he speaks.... so passionate
10:49 the engine idles at 9000 rpm! Hell yeah 🤣😂💯
Now that's how to tell a story. By listening to this guy, I can confidently say that I feel like I was there with him that day and all that he said is the truth
Right? Such great use of body language and imagery to convey to us what it was like. If I closed my eyes while he talked, all I could see was a cockpit.
Regular person : he's the most f1 obsessed person ever
and has racing experience
"She asked if it was in yet and I told her not anymore because I was done."
Cue VinWiki intro.
Love ppl who chase their dreams & passion. This is equivalent to a guy who didn’t make the NBA but gets a day to be a pro player 💯
please send this guy to space, he describes his feelings and the whole process so well !!!!
I have always been curious what this would be like. Great description.
OMG. That's the MOST riveting and believable description of F1 for the straight guy!
His enthusiasm is a bit like a 5 year old who has just got his first scalextric. Great stuff!
His passion for F1 is so very apparent. So very excited, so happy when telling everything he experienced... like a child.
If the question is an average bloke off the street I’d say no. The forces involved are so strong that you’d eventually puke into your helmet. If anyone wants to try what I’m talking about, get a racing 2 stroke go kart, drive it full speed for 15 minutes as fast as you possibly can. If you hit a kerb you run the risk of a broken rib, you have to endure gforces that you normally do not experience. Multiply that many many folds, add all the aero and then insane braking, and you have a formula one.
The braking force made him bald, i see that now
Oh my god his reenactments, everything--had me laughing the entire video. Great story!
This happened a long time ago, but I come back to hear the story because he makes me feel like I'm driving the car too.
I'm a normal guy. I, too, drive a cool car. It's called the activity bus!
You drive and I'll open the door.
I wonder how fast a short bus will go around that track.
I absolutely love hearing these stories! I had an excited smile on my face when he finally got on the track!
Sam does some really cool stuff. I've followed his channel on and off for years. He's one of the original supercar guys on RUclips. He's likeable, funny and has great adventures with his cars. He doesn't have the budget of Shmee, but has much better taste in cars, and colours.