McLaren F1 - The Science EXPLAINED
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The McLaren F1 is considered by most to be the first hypercar ever. When McLaren and its lead designer, Gordon Murray, released it back in 1992 it shocked the automotive world with it unique design and race inspired functionality. The McLaren F1 was full of firsts, it used carbon fiber, space grade metals, it had a Formula One derived engine by BMW, and it had three seats! Three seats in a hypercar! And those are only a few of the incredible engineering features in the McLaren F1. Today we are going B2B on the car that managed to hold on to the title of fastest car in the world for TWELVE straight years, the McLaren F1.
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What "normal" car would you want to see have a center seat? I wouldn't say no to a 3 seater catfish camaro - Jeremiah
Beetle
3-seater NSX
Seriously idk as every car would get a total makeover
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Cyber truck
The F1 is one of the coolest cars of all time, no doubt.
Clearly ya haven't seen the 765lt🔥🔥
Mangalisa Vilakazi Id rather have an F1
@@apollo1573 everyone but him would i think haha
Its been a dream car of mine since i saw it in need for speed high stakes. That was almost 20 years ago. I love this car because its the definition of perfection
Idk man the Honda Fit is kinda cooler no cap
I love how donut puts the timer at the bottom for when you have an ad, it’s really useful
For you to skip it
@@Th3R1K0RiKy ha ha right!!.
They compensate atm with 5 ads in 20min by RUclips
Especially when their ads are that horrible cringey and hard to sit through :)
Skippin it!
with every new science explained videos, the amount of jeremiah's bikes in the background slowly expands
Lmao
As they should
1 can never have to many motorbikes 😜👊
Haha I came here to say the same thing! But figured I can’t be the only one to notice the changes
When I was younger my dad gave me a book about the McLaren F1 first I had ever heard of it and I thought it was very cool. Later found out the book is actually quite rare as it was only given to press members at a McLaren event in Monaco in 1992 so I have no idea how he ended up with one
But you still have the book?
Do you still have the book?
Damn it dude do you still have it
DO yah DO YAH DO YAH????
Okay, but like, do you?
The bloody car still holds the record for the fastest naturally aspirated car, just amazing..
Considering there are other naturally aspirated cars pumping out 500+ horsepower, yeah thats amazing
@@Jake_Garcia right? With light weight carbon fiber and other crazy weight savings, gold lined engine. And a straight up racing motor from BMW in a full on track focused car how could you go wrong.
X2!!!
not anymore recently broken by T50(s) and Valkyrie
@ well man did the F1 hold on to it for a while.
Lost it when you guys censored "monocoque" 😂😂 But the McLaren F1 is still the car of the future even IN the future!
Rowan Atkinson's F1 accident happened just outside of my hometown, Peterborough. The F1's engine was ripped out of the back of the car and the whole car had to be fully rebuilt and track tested by McLaren, and he later sold it on
Pretty sure it is or was the highest insurance claim in England for a car , want to say I heard it on top gear , the good top gear with Clarkson, Hammond and May
@@charlie1832 Still is. £910,000
@@v6tex nice chunk of change , but I guess reasonable when that car is worth what at least 15 million even with the its crash history
@@charlie1832 I know someone who owns an F1, and when Rowan Atkinson crashed his and sold it, he wanted to buy his, he offered around 22 million $, and he denied hahah and taf it's value is only gonna go up
@@charlie1832 no wonder Gordon Murray sold his. The insurance cost was hysterical, as he said it himself
“Hey can I have an oil change?” “Yes, would you like a 15 or 30 year loan for that?”
Also, a waiver. Incase we happen to spill oil over your 24k gold covered engine bay.
@@KlargFart spill oil upwards?
Just top er' up 🤣
life time please
I’m okay with this replacing Science Garage, Jeremiah is great at explaining all the engineering and making it entertaining. This is my new favorite Donut show for sure
What about BOTH??
I do like the idea of rolling Science Garage and B2B into one. Plus Jerry is just a great host--they couldn't have picked anyone better to fill Bart's and James's roles.
i forgot about the craig meme
Gordon and McLaren was a match made in heaven. Imagine designing one of the most legendary F1 cars that is still to this date considered one of the most dominant cars in F1 history, and also a production car that held a speed record for 12 years? Absolutely mad. Hope to see the same level of greatness by McLaren again some day
anorwayer97 it’s just called the F1, it’s not an actual F1 car lol
@@iwabi gorden murry was designing the formula cars as well, he designed the fan car which was way faster then its rivals.
Other performance car makers: nooooo, you can't make your first road car into the world's fastest car
McLaren: haha F1 go vrooooom
Ssshhhhuuuuuuuuuuusssshhhhh
Koenigsegg has entered the chat
Bugatti comes in and kills everyone *
Another **haha go** joke joins the plethora.
It was not their first road car though.
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this is the second time you gave me a heart for the same comment donut thank you
Wow so true
where's my heart from donut media
edit: thank you donut media I love u
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Legend were right
Glad this dude is doing the tech stuff now. Us UK babies loving this best of British.
He's also a mechanical engineer and they also use both systems of measurements . It's amazing
17:10 "McLaren F1 was the last great analog sports car"
*Angry Doug Demuro noises*
lol
are there other ones?
@@S1baar wdym
@@elementalgods9146 original comment implies that there are other analog sports cars according to doug demuro
@@S1baar Doug’s dream car is the Carrera GT. He repeatedly says it’s the last great analog super car. Maybe deep down he knows the F1 is the greatest, he just won’t be able to afford it. The Carrera GT, he might still get a chance.
As an engineering student, it’s awesome to hear some actual engineering terms in a car video! It’s nice to see an engineer talk about cars and bring his knowledge into the video! Kudos my man!
7:40 who else broke their egg by squeezing it wrong...
oops
Or maybe you broke it because TOO MUCH POWAH BABY!
@@ultraguy8771 MO POWAH BABEH
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Don’t let this distract you from the fact that Hector is going to be running three Honda civics with spoon engines, and on top of that, I'm not even going to finish the joke. You guys get the point.
Hahahaa
Hectors spoon engines got nothing on my fork and knife combo engine.
Motec?
T66 Turbos on three Honda Civics
"Mom.. I need your eggs for science" 😂
Your DP gave me nostalgia
Appeared during IGI game
My egg broke
@@SS-hw1ou it wasn't a great time for online gaming back then 🤣
@@GameSpyDarkAge yeah
Dad, I need your *eggs*
i'm really glad that you're taking more profit now with all the new videos, but man how i miss these old donut media days
I’d say the 2005-2006 ford gt was one of the last analog supercars. It was only a stick shift. Had no traction control. It did however have ABS, Airbags and other required safety equipment.
Jeremiah needs to drop that sleep ASMR audio, PLEASE
Jeremiah making engine sounds while asleep ASMR
maybe he can be the next translator for Champion's League ( ruclips.net/video/0WrC-Rvd69w/видео.html )
Darn it you said it first
Dirtbike asmr? Yessir
Bonus points if it's a 2 stroke Yamaha
Just to let everyone know Jaguar XJR-15 was the first road car to use a carbon fiber monocoque construction. It was designed by Peter Stevens, the same guys who drew the F1's exterior.
Yeah but, aren't we talking about a production car?
@@mefastman77 The Jag was a production car. Also the Bugatti EB110 was a CF monocoque car and came out the year before the McLaren F1.
@@JustinSerda Agreed. They should talk about the EB110.
@slam zamillion except, *w e d o*
Good to know. (:
5:22 Lmfao, that bait and switch with the picture of Jay Leno while he's actually talking about Rowan Atkinson ☠️☠️
I knew it wouldn't be Leno because he said "one of the greatest comedians to ever grace this planet."
I was going to guess Jerry Seinfeld, actually.
I was first introduced to the McLaren F1 in NFS: High Stakes (1999). I've been in love ever since.
check NFS II SE from 1997
I was 12 years old when the F1 came out. I had posters of it everywhere and grew up with it, watched every video about it, read all the car magazines about it. One of those cars that is just awesome but I'd never get to see on in real life. Fast forward to when I am around 37 and when we went to LA, decided to go to the Petersen car museum. Little did I know there would be a silver Mclaren F1 on the one floor. My wife wasn't understanding why I was tearing up looking at the car for 30 minutes not saying a word... She just didn't get it. Veyrons are cool and so are all the other hyper cars but honestly this has a place in my heart. For being 20+ years old, it STILL looks awesome. I'd like to hear one in real life one day so perhaps that's another story. But being inches away from a real Mclaren F1 is still something that I cheese about when I think about it.
It’s 2am where I’m at, stayed up to see the new episode 😂
Thanks for staying up to watch - Jeremiah
I have to do that too
Haha same we in the capital of Mexico City BOIIIIIII
WHEN DOES THE HEADLIGHTS MUSIC VIDEO DROP???
soon -ish
@@Donut Perfect timing, I just fixed the headlights on my 86 fiero.
@Federal Bureau of Investigation Just as soon as ill get on your watch list boi
Donut Media define “soon- ish”
They’re waiting for cardi b’s verse. Take it up with her..
6:19 Editors doing everything to not get demonetized
What about @6:34 ... 6:56
@@mattoneill9723 its fun its games dude
@@bruh5924 i know its just funny
They like to make that joke when saying cockpit as well.
Yo Jeremiah Burton is one great addition to donut media!! That guy is dynamic, funny and can explain complicated content very well. Great job guys keep this up!
I have waited for this day. AND IT HAS COME YEAAAHHHH!!!
Jeremiah!! Best advertisement ever!! James may be loud and bring the lightning, but you are the calm, smooth seller of dreams! A+
"I wanna know where da gold's at!" "I wan't tha gold!" Man, that brought back some memories. I wonder how many people even knew/caught that?!
oh man this was the best part of the video haha
Inconal is used on The Rolls Royce K17 and K34 gas turbine engines that I work on in the Navy. It's used as liner for the power turbine (PT) section right after the combustor section where the exhaust gases reach extreme heat.
Fun fact: The ecu modem was modern and forward looking at the time but nowadays the F1 can only communicate through the modem to an old Macintosh computer that has gone out of production.
I always wanted to see a sixth gen civic with a center seat. Cheap, light, balanced and and double wishbone suspension, it's the perfect platform for it.
6:17 now that's what u call a clever beep
Until this day it doesn't look aged. Such a timeless design. Simple but beautiful
my favourite F1 moment on youtube is when Daddy Doug got to review it, but wasn't allowed to drive it. So he had to sit crammed next to Jay Leno at the wheel.
To this day no other supercar sounds as nice as the F1, that BMW V12 with ITB's is just music when floored 🎶
The McLaren F1 IS my dream car I love everything about it :)
Me too
I like mclaren F1 team, MCL35 and mclaren senna
I love that car it's so freaking cool
F1 LM Spec is my fav😫😫if only I had $20,000,000
One day I will get that red HDK F1
Man I would love a 3 seater car. Imagine how awesome the road would look from that vantage point.
Apart from the amazing content, let’s talk about HOW AMAZING the video editing and after effects are!
BIG FAN OF DONUT’S VIDEO EDITING
I knew that the F1 was a ridiculously good car, but after seeing those guys actually working on it by hand and the thought put into it... f*ck me, it's a wonder they aren't even more expensive, absolute piece of engineering art!
This makes me miss Need for Speed Hot Pursuit II.
Using the F1LM NFS Edition, clipped a spike strip with the left side tires.
The car spun a 1260° in a second. Best moment ever.
That makes me want to try it out
Would really cool if McLaren produced improved replicas of this same car some day, like Jaguar did for their vintage whatever car
we need that BMW V12 too
One of the best BMW engine ever made !
Agreed but it was still McLaren who designed and specified it, back then they didn't have the money to build and tool a new factory for a limited run car
I think Honda was their first choice for tooling reasons to adapt an existing block
@@Michael.Talbot I am not sure about that. Paul Rosche was part of the project and he was the head engineer for race engines at bmw at that time. I guess that he was the head engineer for this engine too. BMW already started to develop the engine before mclaren ask for one and noticed that it will fit perfectly. Thats what i know. I don´t think that mclaren was designing the engine.
Can we see a past Gas show on the future of Hypercars, for the track (ultima RS, Aston valkyrie, amg one etc, czinger 21c), top speed (Hennessey f5, Jesko, Chiron super sport etc), and acceleration (pininfarina, lotus, rimac). Would be cool
When this car came out in '92, I knew this was the best car I had ever seen. This is still my favorite car ever!
I love how he always assumes that they won’t use a clip, and then it gets used.
That 14k modems pretty cool.
It comes with a sat transceiver so McLaren can diagnose the engine from England to anywhere in the world.
Not bad for '92
Day 41 of asking Donut to do an b2b on their cars or maybe an up to speed or d-list
Fun Fact of the Day: The 2005 - 2006 Chevrolet SSR’s came with an LS2
Beeping out the monocoque at 6:18 was a really nice touch :D
Forget Mercedes, Ferrari, this top team.... Gordon Murray surpassed by far in design, technology, and above all performance!!! 385 km/h in the 80's!!!! Historic!!! Congratulations on the great video!!
I told my mom "Mother, I wish to acquire an egg for scientific experimentation", and she thought I was on drugs. 😐
🤣🤣🤣
“Hell I’ll tote it, i just need ya egg”
How does one explain the science of what is essentially a piece of art?
@Kim Yo Jong's Sandwich Ye
"You're not gonna use that one I know it."
Narrator: "They used that one."
Those are the exact years I was in Kindergarten through high school.... I feel old now.
93-05 was exactly my school years. How so many things changed; TV, phones, the friggin internet! But the F1 stayed a familiar dream car.
The McLaren F1 is _truly_ a race car for the road.
For real, no marketing bumf.
The tyres are _still_ $20,000 a set.
Because you have to hire a race track, test driver, engineers and ambulance to set up new tyres.
An F1 parked in a garage costs _$50,000_ in maintenance.
Because half the parts have a shelf life even if you don't use them.
7:17 wtf all I could think of was Tyler1 in this scene
14:25 happens to be my new notification tone
7:20 Tyler1 has something else to say about that..
I was just about to comment something like this
Tyler1 from LoL?
I actually wrote my senior essay on why the McLaren F1 is the greatest supercar ever made.
I got the chance to seat in an F1 while in Malibu when Jay Leno himself went to ride the snake, he showed alot of us the car and opened it all up, at the time I had no real idea what it even was, wicked cool and the 2 side seats are really small btw, the tool bag of tools that it comes with are also super super light weight, and he's 100% correct about the engine bay having all that gold, it is really something to behold in person! Thanks donut
I’m sorry, “Greatest *Supercar* in the World”? Greatest car of all time.
But muh Bugatti
I'd sell my soul to get a McLaren F1
I’d sell my kidneys
Ramchargers
I really like that thing its funny for me
me to
Rraammcchhaarrggeerrss
No car before, no car since has ever surpassed the f1 in terms of driving and engineering purity
Thanks a lot genuinely for making the video on my favourite car of all time. Love u guys 💛💛
This show went from "bumper to bumper" to "science garage" in a span of 4 months maybevlol
We need an up to speed just on the F1
Long due
That censorship on "monocoque" caught me off-guard lmao 😂
Huge car and aviation fan here and the fact that you didn't mention the coolest part about Inconel really hurts. 🤣🤣 It was used to fabricate the skin of the world's fastest airplane (rocket powered airplane to be exact), the North American X-15 and it flew at 4,520 mph (7,274 km/h)!!! Great video, as always! 🙌🏻🙌🏻
Dudes - another epic video, but had to shout out for you guys giving your fan a shout out. That was very cool!:)
Next episode- The Science Behind Jeremiah’s Jumpy Eyebrows: Explained
Who else thought about Tyler1 when Jeremiah said that u wont be able to brake the egg 😂
no one here watches that guy
Kutloano Chakela i have only seen it in a meme video, but it was kinda funny
Who?
7:27 I broke the egg, what do I do now😂
Another interesting fact about the development of the F1 is that, even though Gordon Murray had tested all the supercars available at the time as a reference for the Mclaren's design, it was the Honda NSX the car that set their standards and targets in terms of handling, ride quality and setup. Which, not only says a lot about the engineering of the Honda, but also it says a lot about why the F1 had such success at asserting itself as the ultimate road car: it's goal was clear from the start, and every inch of the car was thought to achieve that objective in the most efficient way. The fact that this car holds relevance after almost 30 years serves as proof, as no other "hypercar" has been able to be as practical for daily use and effective on track as the F1. What Murray is doing with the T50 is just an update of a concept he developed 30 years ago.
And that's on that.
its so nice they gave that shout out at the end :)
I like how he didnt mention that the origins of the engine come from a family sedan
an engine is an engine... why does it matter?
@@gwot bc shut it
@@BMW335 British Columbia shut it?
DAndy
A carbon fiber weave is a carbon fiber weave
Gold engine bits are gold engine bits
3 seats are the seats
WAtEr iS mADe OF wATeR
It’s an interring extra point worth making. No one said “the F1 is bad because the car came from whatever”
You took it offensively for who knows that reason.
@@gwot i mean because*
When i see a yellow line coming at the left bottom of the screen and when they are not saying about cars.
*YEEEEEEEET*
I hope mclaren makes something as groundbreaking as this one when this came out
Considering their current financial situation not in the near future
I love car tech, and this guy is so much more fun to listen to and actually has a handle on what he's explaining. Subscribed!
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Imagine the LS being around when they designed this car. Would have it been LS based?
No because even Koenigsegg based their engine off of Fords v8
@@krishneelprasad I'm just saying because the LS falls pretty well within Mclarens parameters. Packaging, weight, power. Maybe not economy during those years but DoD was a thing back then. I think it can do even better, to be honest. But I don't know, just a thought.
Some test mules had Chevy engines in them
It'd need to make 570 hp NA and pass an emissions test.
McLaren back then during the CanAm days uses Chevrolet small block engines. Their first road car, the McLaren M6GT uses a Chevy small block.
If honda made the engine instead of bmw, just imagine how the car would be.
I love Honda motors but don't you think bmw did a fantastic job with this motor? They were up to the challenge and they delivered that is what is important.
well it will not be great as the bmw engine
@@lunakai_360 Yeah BMW did great, but if honda did the same engine it would be superior
@@liamaccount5278 You just don't know how capable Honda is compared to BMW.
@@ratnakumari3216 I agree. Honda man myself. B18 boi over here haha.
I reckon a lot of people have an egg situation to deal with right now.
Hands down the f-1 was my favorite car growing up and still want one now
oh my god. that lad who does the editing needs to get a bonus
6:52 thats some sloppy painted windows. Not good for a McLaren fan 😆
What’s painters tape?
From Sports car to Exotic. I saw this in I think it was Need for Speed game as a kid! Loved it ever since
Just in case anyone was wondering the intro song is Wash by Timothy Infinite.
If there's any car show that could match up to Top Gear. It would be you guys! Every single video is loaded with information while being a total joy to watch! Keep em' coming bros!
It was my birthday a few days ago and all I did was watch you guys vids
I stumbled upon a McLaren meet in Jackson Hole, WY and stopped at gas station and a F1 and P1 were there. Both are even more impressive in person.
Can't wait for the T-50 video. Seeing the madman Gordon Murray bring another piece of art into the modern world and break the internet.
Oh man your videos are more fun to watch than my lectures, and I learn a lot more here
I believe the F1 is still the fastest naturally aspirated production car ever made
Gordon Murray's hairstyle in the 90's was just as spectacular as the F1. Business in the front, party in the back! 😎👍