The Germans will invade over this! Nevermind it’s the horrible modern Hockenheim, not the lovely forest course that every real F1 fan goes crazy for! Monza is slow little karting track against it.
If u ask me, Zandvoort, Silverstone, Bahrain, Hockenheim and Brazil are/were the greatest tracks for racing. Never a dull race and there’s always overtakes/ controversy. Would love to see Hockenheim back on the calendar, great circuit
They could "upgrade" so many circuits with these ideas, like they could make the straight in Hungary a bit longer, and make turn 1 sharper, and making the middle sector slightly wider
Some great points. I love Hungary’s track but there are some corners that need tweaking. Any other tracks you think could be changed or added on the calendar?
I say all this before watching: 1) A wide variety of lines that can be utilized in varying scenarios at multiple areas of the track 2) Curves that allow cars to "get wiggly" at speed when racing 3) Turn 1 chaos 4) Elevation/grade change 5) Unique corners that present a challenge drivers won't see on most tracks (think the Zandvoort banking or cota t1) Some less controllable variables: 6) Proximity to unpredictable or changeable weather conditions 7) Car size. Bigger reduce the amount of turns that can be interesting 8) Pirelli's not being ass 9) Championship stakes. Part of the Interlagos magic is that it historically has been a key WDC and WCC race where people make or break a season. A return of the older points scoring format would aid this, as every race becomes important.
@@jakemorganGP You covered quite a bit of what I had in mind, and the video quality was class for a small channel. I'm surprised COTA was the top voted track, but your explanation as to why cleared it up since I wasn't familiar with the history behind the track design.
Point 9 is key. Abu Dhabi has had a few good races, but they've always been when the championship has gone down to the wire. If the WDC is already decided, AD is the dullest race.
@@matttrevers2552 Ideally Abu Dhabi is not one of the final 2 races. Using this years calendar, I would've preferred this order (spaces are off weeks): Australia 3/2 Bahrain 3/16 Saudi Arabia 3/24 Qatar 3/31 Singapore 4/14 China 4/21 Imola 5/5 Monaco 5/12 Spain 5/26 Miami 6/9 Canada 6/16 Silverstone 7/7 Zandvoort 7/21 Belgium 7/28 Summer Break Austria 8/25 Monza 9/1 COTA 9/15 Mexico 9/22 Vegas 10/6 Hungary 10/20 Azerbaijan 10/27 Abu Dhabi 11/17 Japan 11/24 Brazil 12/8 While I cannot speak on the logistics and potential weather challenges of this, it follows the golden rule of no middle east first or last.
I finally went to an F1 race last year when I went to Monza. Now it probably helps that I’m a Ferrari fan, but it was the coolest experience of my life. The actual experience of watching the race isn’t as good as on TV, but the atmosphere is completely unbeatable. You gotta go to one at some point as a fan, it’s worth it. This year I’m going to COTA, already got my tickets, and it’s my new goal to go to at least one race a year. Planning on Canada next year.
Amazing! I’d love to go to Hungary this year. Defo Monza soon too. I wanted to go to Le Mans this year but wasn’t able to get tickets in time. Hopefully next year though!
Fair point. If you want exciting racing at most of these current F1 race circuits , you're going to have to make the cars smaller and lighter, like they were during the 2009-2016 seasons.
You’re completely correct! When a lot of these tracks were built, most of the cars racing there were MUCH smaller. This is why these smaller courses could have a lot of overtake zones with the smaller cars as opposed to the bigger cars. Regardless, Excellent Video!!
i love the video, keep the hard work up. personally i think that one of the main problems with f1 and its tracks getting boring is the money aspect. in todays f1 it´s always about the money that’s why amazing tracks like turkey, germanys hockenheimring and many others aren’t on the calendar anymore.
4:23 thata true ! I always loved the China GP . That huge long straight , the long corners that never end ... so great to drive on and battle ! One of the few tracks where actually can battle the new cars
Great vid! Was caught off guard when I read about your sub count in the comments - your content feels mature, natural and rich but easy to digest. At first glance, I would’ve assumed that you must’ve had over 100k subscribers although I suspect it won’t be long if you keep dishing out content at this level. Keep it up!
I think you've done a great job with this video, but perhaps when looking at those three main actors like Interlagos, Spa and Monza, also mentioning Silverstone, maybe Suzuka would be very good to include in this as well. The racing in itself does suffer a bit due to the many sweeping bends, but I guess that is a whole category in itself. Looking at tracks that basically get all the satisfaction (viewer and driver alike) on Saturdays could be another one to look at. Being a Seb fan all the time I watched F1, I have always seen Suzuka as my one favourite track in F1!
Suzuka is fantastic and is definitely a great track, but I focused on what was giving fans the highest satisfaction based on average ratings and then looming at the track features at those races to make the video. But this is why I said that tracks like Monaco still have their place - they make Saturday the importance rather than Sunday. So yeah defo room for other track characteristics and features to make a well-rounded calendar
@@jakemorganGP A 10K Subscriber Special sooner than later. Would be cool to see you there at some point ;) No but really, i would love to see a few videos that are all about fitting F1 News where you explain the situation. Maybe bring a few new things into this space :D I would like to give you ideas but i'm a bit "Clueless" myself so yeah. Did you see the joke? my name is Clueless.
@CluelessMapping 🤣 loved the pun mate. Fair enough. Tbh, F1 news videos always do better on the channel but I want to be careful with that because it can really affect how well other content does. Definitely will be doing more news headlines in the future when some key themes come out from the F1 paddock but ideally topics that play out over the season. Thanks for the feedback, I’ll add it to my list 🫡 As for the 10k sub special - I’ll defo have something big planned for that one for sure. Hopefully we get there one day 😄
I think Las Vegas is a interesting track because it is quite wide for a street circuit and contains several long straights that go ingo heavy breaking zones that make for great racing in the current era of racing
Just came after suzuka this year and honestly it is a really good circuit IMO. Degner 2 is quite the challenge it seems and I loved it when you can see someone passing over the top and someone under. That final chicane seems to also be very fun after immediately coming off of 130R.
It was ok, but I didnt think it was anything special. We are just so starved of action at the front of the grid. The main overtakes at the front were because of huge tyre deg offsets between the different strategies, and DRS. Not close racing (apart from George trying to end Piastri at the end lmao)
4:55 The festival like part you mentioned is one reason I’m so excited to go and watch the 24 hours of Spa this year. I’ve seen and been told that it really is like a festival with a race going on along side it. Although we all go to watch the racing, it gets boring if that’s the only thing that you can do and there is to see. Adding more festival like attractions and other aspects anyone can interact with off track elevates a GP experience so much
Elevation is also quite important. That's what makes interlagos turn one and eau rouge so compelling. Just look at the corkscrew in Laguna seca. Wish we had more track variety. Kyalmi would be sick. And I know it would never happen because the track's not wide enough but Bathurst would also be fucking awesome.
Silverstone is IMO the greatest. The Maggots-Becketts complex are the only real part of the circuit where there's only one line, but they're such spectacular corners that it doesn't really matter that much. Cars can take different lines and race side by side through pretty much every other corner, and it's common for an overtake to be setup half a lap in advance of where it's completed. Interlagos is a close second. Spa and Monza are beautiful and iconic circuits, but they actually produce a lot of dull races. COTA does have a habit of producing good races, but the fact that it is a bit of a copy/paste job just takes something away from it for me. Honourable mentions: Bahrain is an excellent circuit. Turkey needs to be brought back to the calendar.
I agree with everything you said. I'd love to see Monaco widened in some way while keeping current profile. It would be amazing with the elevation changes and the overtaking opportunities if it was made wide enough for modern F1 cars. Dare to dream though.
Mate you are proper. There is one more point which you might wanna consider. The elevation changes add a whole new dynamic to the car setup and driver skill. From my personal experience on a track l, when I was at Laguna Seca the elevation change into blind corner combined with hard braking was pure adrenaline bliss. Cheers and all the very best.
Tldr tilke knew what he was doing. They are all very similar but they are designed to create good racing. Long straight into a wide snail looking section is the best racing we get.
I think the best way to evaluate the potential of a track is to see how good are the esport races since all the cars are equal and there is little to none dirty air.
That is a great point. But unfortunately it wouldn’t be the reality for the real F1 championship - which is what this video is about. WEC for example doesn’t have anywhere near the issues with overtaking compared to F1 - and because of that the tracks that would produce the best racing in WEC would be different. These features are what F1 needs, not necessarily all racing series
You only need a couple things for a good track: width, big braking zone which is followed by a sufficiently large straight, some form of slow-medium speed double apex, fast corners leading into a braking zone or straight(could be braking while turning such as bahrain or the suzuka s's) and more so of late less high speed and downforce corners which slows the car behind down due to dirty air. One is good, such as spa which you have to get dead right to be flat out and requires high downforce, but alot of them, such as in qatar means no overtakes. Finally banking if you wish, such as in zandvoort where you have to break deep into the banking and accelerate onto the straight, always good for overtaking inside or making the switch on the straight. Mix any 3 features and you have a great track.
I'd also add elevation changes to the list of what makes or breaks a track. Elevation changes make it more difficult for drivers to judge breaking zones, which benefits the more daring drivers.
the thing is tho with tracks like spa, they really have to keep the balance between exciting vs dangerous racing, especially when there are f2/3 races going on too
I don't care if F1 tracks are boring! Also, I spotted a mistake at 3:54-3:56, where the Hockenheimring was in America and not Germany. I know you've studied geography before, but I think you need to study this a little harder. Hockenheimring is in Germany, not in America!
I would add Losail circuit to the list. Maybe not the greatest atmosphere, being in the middle of the desert, but the track ticks every box and the racing is great even without enforced pitstops.
I am surprised you did not include elevation on the list because it makes the track more challenging and demands more technical skills to defend or attack a position. Great anyways
To me even if the race is almost always boring as hell, there are two things that is entirely part of the Monaco Grand Prix that shouldn't be overlook : quali, and strategy. Watching quali in Monaco with every car scratching the edges and trying to gain half a tenth to each other is something incredible. And then on race day, the strategies used to optimise pace and keep the position is always what guides a loss or a win. Monaco is a great grand prix if you don't look at overtakes as much as the whole weekend strategies
True. I’m just trying to voice what the newer fans seek which is drama. They literally started watching F1 because of DTS. I totally agree with you tho
Monza. I've been there twice and loved every second. Even if the fan experience at Monza is horrible with ques everywhere, the weather, the Tifosi, the food and gelato makes up for everything
I'd argue we also need some better on track cameras. In addition to the racing not being close, the cars look really slow on screen sometimes, especially when they going through shots of the same corners and straights each lap. They need to mix up the live editing more. More of the trackside cameras on the ground, and more onboard camera shots. The majority of F1 viewership is at home so it should look more exciting for the viewers who can't make it all the way out to a gp
They look slow cos they are slow lmao. They are so heavy and cumbersome in the medium and slow speed corners now. The cameras are doing their best with all the zoom trickery etc but even they cant hide how slow they were going through sector 1.
@@jakemorganGP i didn't realize that. I'm a newer fan so I've only ever watched live races with the Turbo hybrid cars. When I watch clips of the older racers and inboard poles they seem so much faster and now I know why.
For me the best track is Barcelona. I am biased of course because I live very close to it and my first F1 memory was to see my idol win there, but it is also very fun to drive in the simulator and it brings out the best performance of cars. The racing is average but only because the cars are like tractors, so large.
Still the cars are a big part for why racing in many tracks of the calendar look bad im not talking about performancewise its about being raceable which the new cars are not because they are bigger and heavier then ever, making the defense easier and the racecraft of driver less important. They should make them nimble and small which helps racing at everything and then once you have good foundations with the car then think about circuits and everything else.
100% agree with everything. I hope F1 tries to go back to more circuits instead of street tracks. Of course there's action on most street tracks (Vegas was great) but it doesn't feel like true F1. There isn't much that beats F1 at silverstone or Spa, especially with the size and weight of the current gen we need to stick to tracks that actually fit the car.
Believe it or not, I've been working for weeks on a track on Blender with all of these features. I hope to finish it in 3-4 months as it's my very first project in Blender and I need to learn the software.
Montreal is ok - not fantastic for wheel-to-wheel racing if we look back at it - buttttt the weather does add something to it which makes the races more interesting than a Monaco or Singapore
Nice video. A large part of whether or not a track is good in F1 is… the F1 cars themselves. Other racing series have proved that tracks can be great, but terrible for F1 because of the current wide, DRS-reliant, and dirty air cars.
Ok All right now why don't Sportscars race on street circuits say in America IMSA sportscars race at Long Beach but in Europe (FIA WEC) can't run in Monaco or even Jeddah
I'm still sad that Hanoi didn't make it. It looked like a near-perfect track. It would fit (almost) all your points (the off-track maybe not, but we can't say for certain as there haven'r been any races)
It’s missing the elevation changes. If it could get a banked corner it would be up there with Jeddah imo. They are incredibly similar in design and layout
Hi @jakemorganGP great video! I know it's a Grade 2 circuit and not on the Calendar, but what do you think of the layout of the Kyalami Circuit in South Africa?
I think a series isn’t a world championship if it isn’t racing on every continent (apart from the obvious i.e. Antarctica). We desperately need a race in Africa and India. Hopefully we can get Kyalami and Buddh back on the calendar soon instead of tracks like Miami
Great video. Totally agree as well on amentities. F1 is a professional sports league, and professional sports are entertainment. If the fan experience is terrible, why bother going?
Wothout the fans the sport doesnt exist right 🤷🏻♂️. They need to give us priority over the teams because we fund their racing through one way or another
Aside from COTA all of the top tracks have 1 thing in common. They aren't Tilkedromes The best tracks are the ones built to suit the area naturally rather than being made artificially. While COTA is unique in that it copies successful tracks. Another point is the current cars are far too wide, meaning that tracks that are narrower are that much harder to race on.
Some points i would disagree. 1 Interlagos is quite narrow circuit with only some sections in S3 being wide. What works for it is the short layout with not many fast corners to generate dirty air. Spa has not produced many great races in past decade tbh. Those fast flowing corners are nice in hotlaps, but are abosolute killers of close racing. What makes or breakes the racing is cars. Even if we have only these "great tracks" if the cars are shit, so will be racing. Ofc track configuration helps. Fun comparison i have is GTWC at Paul Ricard. that 3hr race has more action in it than all F1 races at PR combined. The GT3's can make the track work where F1 couldnt. Dare i say is we had PR on calendar in early 2010's it would give us better racing.
Fair points made. I would tend to agree but I trusted the fan’s average votes over the lifespan of the grands prix. Those were in the top 10 fan favs on average. But you’re right too
@@jakemorganGP fan votes are interesting thing. From what I gather simracing and following the real world of racing you can't really have an objective way of determining what makes a good track. Altho it's really easy to see what are bad designs for racing as usualy they are also bad for hotlaps IE old Barcelona chicane. But then you have Nordschleife what on paper shouldn't be fun track but it is.
@MrTheracer256 I partially agree. I do think that you can objectively look at what tracks are going to be better than others, but because there are so many different factors that make a Grand Prix crazy or not it’s very hard to say 100% yes or no because it’s more than just the track features which make a Grand Prix good. That being said, you made a great point about the Norge life, it depends what you’re looking at for a good Grand Prix. I’m assuming that the fans were looking at purely drama on track which is why those tracks often get higher voting than Suzuka. For example.
nice video mate. agreed a lot. tho i think you put the american flag for hockenheim lol
Thanks mate. Yeah I mixed up the digital assets lol (I’m dumb). But it doesn’t affect the point I was making so should be alright 😅.
The Germans will invade over this!
Nevermind it’s the horrible modern Hockenheim, not the lovely forest course that every real F1 fan goes crazy for!
Monza is slow little karting track against it.
American name: Hackinghim
One more thing that makes circuits such as Interlagos, Spa and Suzuka exciting is the high chance of changing weather conditions.
Biiig factor. It’s why Malaysia is so good as well
I think elevation change is also something that makes things so much more fun and intresting
100% makes good racing. (And it just looks sick too 😜)
Portimao 🤤🤤
@@davnape14dude Portimao main straight looks like somebody messed up blender
@analex4044 😂
Honestly way better than I expected from someone with your sub count. Super underrated, can't wait to see where you'll be in 6 months.
Ahh. That’s so kind. Thanks mate. I’m excited myself 😄
6 months later 5.25k subs
To the moon 🚀🌙
maybe just my opinion but elevation also is a big upgrade to many tracks (interlagos, spa, nurburg ring ... ) or the bankings in Zanvoort. Great Vid!
Absolutely right for zandvoort. The two different lines you can take at turn 4 (I think?) Made for some great racing last year
100% has a roll in great tracks
RedBull Ring is a worthy mention. I haven't seen a dull Grand Prix there in the last 3 years.
100%
Both of the 2021 races were pretty boring
Production quality wild for 400 subs, keep up the good work!
Thanks mate. Hope the channel takes off soon 😅
Anything you’d like to see me do a video on in the future?
agreed
Hail the algorithm
@@jakemorganGP you should make a sequel to this video where you design your ideal track!
If u ask me, Zandvoort, Silverstone, Bahrain, Hockenheim and Brazil are/were the greatest tracks for racing. Never a dull race and there’s always overtakes/ controversy. Would love to see Hockenheim back on the calendar, great circuit
Great tracks! Hockenheim is one of my favourite tracks
@@jakemorganGP same here, Zandvoort and Hockenheim are two of the best tracks imo
They could "upgrade" so many circuits with these ideas, like they could make the straight in Hungary a bit longer, and make turn 1 sharper, and making the middle sector slightly wider
Some great points. I love Hungary’s track but there are some corners that need tweaking. Any other tracks you think could be changed or added on the calendar?
@@jakemorganGP Bring back Hockenheim, Mugello, South Africa, Malaysia, also the Nurburgring GP circuit is a great track
@Nordoaker @F1 make it happen. These are too good not to be on the calendar
I say all this before watching:
1) A wide variety of lines that can be utilized in varying scenarios at multiple areas of the track
2) Curves that allow cars to "get wiggly" at speed when racing
3) Turn 1 chaos
4) Elevation/grade change
5) Unique corners that present a challenge drivers won't see on most tracks (think the Zandvoort banking or cota t1)
Some less controllable variables:
6) Proximity to unpredictable or changeable weather conditions
7) Car size. Bigger reduce the amount of turns that can be interesting
8) Pirelli's not being ass
9) Championship stakes. Part of the Interlagos magic is that it historically has been a key WDC and WCC race where people make or break a season. A return of the older points scoring format would aid this, as every race becomes important.
Some great points. How did the video live up to expectations?
@@jakemorganGP You covered quite a bit of what I had in mind, and the video quality was class for a small channel. I'm surprised COTA was the top voted track, but your explanation as to why cleared it up since I wasn't familiar with the history behind the track design.
@@parkercrossland410 Glad to hear. Anything you didn’t quite like in the video? Or any future topics you’d like to see about F1?
Point 9 is key. Abu Dhabi has had a few good races, but they've always been when the championship has gone down to the wire. If the WDC is already decided, AD is the dullest race.
@@matttrevers2552 Ideally Abu Dhabi is not one of the final 2 races. Using this years calendar, I would've preferred this order (spaces are off weeks):
Australia 3/2
Bahrain 3/16
Saudi Arabia 3/24
Qatar 3/31
Singapore 4/14
China 4/21
Imola 5/5
Monaco 5/12
Spain 5/26
Miami 6/9
Canada 6/16
Silverstone 7/7
Zandvoort 7/21
Belgium 7/28
Summer Break
Austria 8/25
Monza 9/1
COTA 9/15
Mexico 9/22
Vegas 10/6
Hungary 10/20
Azerbaijan 10/27
Abu Dhabi 11/17
Japan 11/24
Brazil 12/8
While I cannot speak on the logistics and potential weather challenges of this, it follows the golden rule of no middle east first or last.
I finally went to an F1 race last year when I went to Monza. Now it probably helps that I’m a Ferrari fan, but it was the coolest experience of my life. The actual experience of watching the race isn’t as good as on TV, but the atmosphere is completely unbeatable. You gotta go to one at some point as a fan, it’s worth it.
This year I’m going to COTA, already got my tickets, and it’s my new goal to go to at least one race a year. Planning on Canada next year.
Amazing! I’d love to go to Hungary this year. Defo Monza soon too. I wanted to go to Le Mans this year but wasn’t able to get tickets in time. Hopefully next year though!
under 1000 subs and a video this great?! it's not often you uncover these gems!
Haha. Thanks mate. Tryna take this channel to the moon 🚀 😂
This video absolutely nails it. Great video mate.
Thanks mate! You’re smashing it on your own channel as well bro 🙌🏼
Fair point. If you want exciting racing at most of these current F1 race circuits , you're going to have to make the cars smaller and lighter, like they were during the 2009-2016 seasons.
Very true. I actually miss the 2016 look of F1 cars. The current generation look odd to me - I prefer the boxy, intricate look from the past.
You’re completely correct! When a lot of these tracks were built, most of the cars racing there were MUCH smaller. This is why these smaller courses could have a lot of overtake zones with the smaller cars as opposed to the bigger cars. Regardless, Excellent Video!!
This video was extremely well edited. Extremely underrated channel
Thanks bro
i love the video, keep the hard work up. personally i think that one of the main problems with f1 and its tracks getting boring is the money aspect. in todays f1 it´s always about the money that’s why amazing tracks like turkey, germanys hockenheimring and many others aren’t on the calendar anymore.
So true. Liberty media has to make a return on investment at some point I suppose 🤷🏻♂️
How do you only have 749 subscribers? Such high quality content!
Haha thanks mate. Appreciate you saying that.
4:23 thata true ! I always loved the China GP . That huge long straight , the long corners that never end ... so great to drive on and battle ! One of the few tracks where actually can battle the new cars
100%. I hope Danny Ric does well there
Dude you are so underrated! Dont lose determination you are going to become famous by the 2024 abu dubai grand prix i bet
Hahaha. I’d love that to be the case. We shall say 😉
Great vid! Was caught off guard when I read about your sub count in the comments - your content feels mature, natural and rich but easy to digest.
At first glance, I would’ve assumed that you must’ve had over 100k subscribers although I suspect it won’t be long if you keep dishing out content at this level. Keep it up!
Haha thanks buddy. Appreciate you saying that. Hoping to take this channel to the moon 🚀
I think you've done a great job with this video, but perhaps when looking at those three main actors like Interlagos, Spa and Monza, also mentioning Silverstone, maybe Suzuka would be very good to include in this as well. The racing in itself does suffer a bit due to the many sweeping bends, but I guess that is a whole category in itself. Looking at tracks that basically get all the satisfaction (viewer and driver alike) on Saturdays could be another one to look at. Being a Seb fan all the time I watched F1, I have always seen Suzuka as my one favourite track in F1!
Suzuka is fantastic and is definitely a great track, but I focused on what was giving fans the highest satisfaction based on average ratings and then looming at the track features at those races to make the video.
But this is why I said that tracks like Monaco still have their place - they make Saturday the importance rather than Sunday. So yeah defo room for other track characteristics and features to make a well-rounded calendar
🔥🔥 I will be looking forward to ur progress. It’s like Josh Revell Redux but I think ur vid is more straight to the point than his. Big up
Haha thanks mate. I’m trying to inject a bit more energy to this niche. I find content very drawn out unnecessarily
keep working hard brother your content quality is in the level of the high 700-900k subs content creators zone, I'm sure you will rise!
Haha thanks mate! I’m trying to organise the monetisation side of things so I can get content out more regularly
Absolutely Beautifuly made. Absolutely huge huge Production Quality for your size! I am always exited to see new quality F1 RUclipsrs, Keep it up!
Thanks bro. Appreciate it :)
Anything you’d like to see me do a video on in the future?
@@jakemorganGP A 10K Subscriber Special sooner than later. Would be cool to see you there at some point ;)
No but really, i would love to see a few videos that are all about fitting F1 News where you explain the situation. Maybe bring a few new things into this space :D I would like to give you ideas but i'm a bit "Clueless" myself so yeah.
Did you see the joke? my name is Clueless.
@CluelessMapping 🤣 loved the pun mate. Fair enough. Tbh, F1 news videos always do better on the channel but I want to be careful with that because it can really affect how well other content does. Definitely will be doing more news headlines in the future when some key themes come out from the F1 paddock but ideally topics that play out over the season. Thanks for the feedback, I’ll add it to my list 🫡
As for the 10k sub special - I’ll defo have something big planned for that one for sure. Hopefully we get there one day 😄
@@jakemorganGP 🏁
Honestly? for this amount of subscribers I wasn't excepcting this good of a video! Great production, a lot of charisma, intresting, helpful. Love it!
Thanks mate :) Tryna take this channel to the moon 🚀
Very informative but easy to follow. Well done
Thanks mate
Awesome video for someone with less than 500 subscribers. Underrated af
Haha thanks mate. Tryna make it to the top 😮💨😂
Really good Video Buddy I was enjoying watching it. Keep up the great work!
Thanks bro 🙏🏼
This Chanel is underrated, Such a good video Keep up!❤
Thanks bro. New video out at midday 😉
I think Las Vegas is a interesting track because it is quite wide for a street circuit and contains several long straights that go ingo heavy breaking zones that make for great racing in the current era of racing
100%. Everyone slated the Vegas GP but I thought it was a really great race
Just came after suzuka this year and honestly it is a really good circuit IMO.
Degner 2 is quite the challenge it seems and I loved it when you can see someone passing over the top and someone under. That final chicane seems to also be very fun after immediately coming off of 130R.
It was ok, but I didnt think it was anything special. We are just so starved of action at the front of the grid. The main overtakes at the front were because of huge tyre deg offsets between the different strategies, and DRS. Not close racing (apart from George trying to end Piastri at the end lmao)
4:55 The festival like part you mentioned is one reason I’m so excited to go and watch the 24 hours of Spa this year. I’ve seen and been told that it really is like a festival with a race going on along side it. Although we all go to watch the racing, it gets boring if that’s the only thing that you can do and there is to see. Adding more festival like attractions and other aspects anyone can interact with off track elevates a GP experience so much
Amazing video mate! Another great track that you forgot to mention is Redbullring, it has amazing racing
Great point. Has all three track features brought out as well 😉
Damn, Jake! You’re cooking with this one.
Haha. The Yt algorithm seems to like me now for whatever reason. My last 8 videos have all been the same style, I honestly dont get it 🤣
Wow I was very surprised when I saw you had less than 1k subs, your content is very high quality
Thanks mate. Appreciate you saying that. Hoping I can hit the ground running with the channel
Elevation is also quite important. That's what makes interlagos turn one and eau rouge so compelling. Just look at the corkscrew in Laguna seca.
Wish we had more track variety. Kyalmi would be sick. And I know it would never happen because the track's not wide enough but Bathurst would also be fucking awesome.
100% a big factor.
Bathurst would be WILD. Has Jimmy Broadbent done a video on that yet?
Commenting for the algorithm, great vid btw
Hehe. My guy knows 😉 thanks mate 🙏🏼
Yo dude loved the video, think the point you made were 100% true. Keep up the grind and it will only be a matter of weeks before you hit the 1k mark.
Thanks brother. Means a lot. We keeping on grinding 😮💨
@@jakemorganGP no worries mate didn’t you have 500 subs last night? Cuz your already on 600 rn
@toes3614 lol yup. The algorithm likes me this week. Makes a change 🤣
@@jakemorganGP let’s hope they keep it like this, hahaha 🤣
how the hell you have only 650 subs😂, great quality video, deserves atleast 200 000 plus👏
Ahh. Great to hear you feel that way. Maybe one day we’ll get there :)
Mate you literally deserve ur current subcount x1000, great video 👍
Haha. Thanks mate. One day we’ll get there I hope 😄
Honestly was surprised to see the view count. Amazing quality. See you in a year from now, probably more than 100K subs. Keep pushing content champ 🏆
Thanks king. We keeping on going for sure 💪🏼😮💨
Gained a new subscriber. This video was great! Can’t believe you only have 500 subs. Keep it up!
Haha thanks mate. Working hard to make this full time asap lol
Nice videos man! Keep up the good work and your channel is going to the moon! I'll be watching :) Greetings from Cape Town
Thanks bru! Love SA - 5 of my close friends are from there! Thanks for the positivity - I’ve got big plans but I just hope the channel takes off 😅
Super underrated RUclipsr. You'll hit 1M in no time....
Kept my interest, editing on point (I hate editing T-T).
Silverstone is IMO the greatest. The Maggots-Becketts complex are the only real part of the circuit where there's only one line, but they're such spectacular corners that it doesn't really matter that much. Cars can take different lines and race side by side through pretty much every other corner, and it's common for an overtake to be setup half a lap in advance of where it's completed.
Interlagos is a close second. Spa and Monza are beautiful and iconic circuits, but they actually produce a lot of dull races.
COTA does have a habit of producing good races, but the fact that it is a bit of a copy/paste job just takes something away from it for me.
Honourable mentions: Bahrain is an excellent circuit. Turkey needs to be brought back to the calendar.
Good vid, and I enjoyed the recent one on WEC. For tracks, Japan is hard to better. Maybe not wide, but it has the rest.
Thanks 🙏🏼
Japan is a great track to drive tbf
I've subbed, your content is great. You NEED more subs
Thanks mate. Appreciate you saying that. Hope we can get there 🙌🏼
This is amazing I thought you would have like 120K subs!
I think in 5 months you will get 20K
But don’t forget me pls
Haha. Mate I hope I’ll be there in 5 months too! I wont forget you mate dont worry. I’ll come back to this comment in 5 months and see where we are 😂
@@jakemorganGP ok!
Great video, cool accent, interesting topic. Keep it up!
Haha. Thanks mate. Never been told I have a cool accent before… I take it you’re not from the UK? 😄
I agree with everything you said. I'd love to see Monaco widened in some way while keeping current profile. It would be amazing with the elevation changes and the overtaking opportunities if it was made wide enough for modern F1 cars. Dare to dream though.
I went to COTA before drive to survive got popular and it was awesome. There was still room to walk around back then
Ahhh amazing. I’d love to go COTA. What year did you go?
Mate you are proper. There is one more point which you might wanna consider. The elevation changes add a whole new dynamic to the car setup and driver skill. From my personal experience on a track l, when I was at Laguna Seca the elevation change into blind corner combined with hard braking was pure adrenaline bliss. Cheers and all the very best.
Haha thanks mate.
100%, elevation changes and banked corners make the corners exciting. Three is just a nicer number of track features 😂.
@@jakemorganGP haha fair enough.
As somebody with the last name “Monaco” @6:13 that was rude 😂😂
Bahaha. Yeah it was a personal attack on everyone called Monaco 🤣
Tldr tilke knew what he was doing. They are all very similar but they are designed to create good racing. Long straight into a wide snail looking section is the best racing we get.
I think tilke had the right idea but executed it not quite right a la Abu Dhabi 😅
Not one mention of Austria is crazy. You could’ve added it in almost every category. But still a great video!!!!
It’s a great track. But I was genuinely just playing it safe with the fans highest average voted tracks 🤣
This quility or however you spell its i crazy stuff
Haha thanks mate :)
I think the best way to evaluate the potential of a track is to see how good are the esport races since all the cars are equal and there is little to none dirty air.
That is a great point. But unfortunately it wouldn’t be the reality for the real F1 championship - which is what this video is about. WEC for example doesn’t have anywhere near the issues with overtaking compared to F1 - and because of that the tracks that would produce the best racing in WEC would be different. These features are what F1 needs, not necessarily all racing series
You only need a couple things for a good track:
width, big braking zone which is followed by a sufficiently large straight, some form of slow-medium speed double apex, fast corners leading into a braking zone or straight(could be braking while turning such as bahrain or the suzuka s's) and more so of late less high speed and downforce corners which slows the car behind down due to dirty air. One is good, such as spa which you have to get dead right to be flat out and requires high downforce, but alot of them, such as in qatar means no overtakes. Finally banking if you wish, such as in zandvoort where you have to break deep into the banking and accelerate onto the straight, always good for overtaking inside or making the switch on the straight. Mix any 3 features and you have a great track.
I'd also add elevation changes to the list of what makes or breaks a track. Elevation changes make it more difficult for drivers to judge breaking zones, which benefits the more daring drivers.
Great point
the thing is tho with tracks like spa, they really have to keep the balance between exciting vs dangerous racing, especially when there are f2/3 races going on too
Very true. But that’s the jeopardy and excitement that F1 wants/needs to keep fans
I don't care if F1 tracks are boring!
Also, I spotted a mistake at 3:54-3:56, where the Hockenheimring was in America and not Germany. I know you've studied geography before, but I think you need to study this a little harder. Hockenheimring is in Germany, not in America!
haha - yeah I made a mistake in the edit - I got a grade 9 in Geography at school thanks mate XD
@@jakemorganGP
You're welcome.
Nice video 💥
Thanks :)
Bruncle jake shares his wisdom.
Yup ✅
I would add Losail circuit to the list. Maybe not the greatest atmosphere, being in the middle of the desert, but the track ticks every box and the racing is great even without enforced pitstops.
I love the Qatar track. Really great fun to drive. But it does feel like it’s in the middle of nowhere
I am surprised you did not include elevation on the list because it makes the track more challenging and demands more technical skills to defend or attack a position.
Great anyways
Yeah something I didn’t fully consider but definitely can play a role in making a track exciting.
if hockenheim was to make a return to the calendar, it would absolutely be a fan favourite once again
Make it happen
To me even if the race is almost always boring as hell, there are two things that is entirely part of the Monaco Grand Prix that shouldn't be overlook : quali, and strategy.
Watching quali in Monaco with every car scratching the edges and trying to gain half a tenth to each other is something incredible. And then on race day, the strategies used to optimise pace and keep the position is always what guides a loss or a win. Monaco is a great grand prix if you don't look at overtakes as much as the whole weekend strategies
True. I’m just trying to voice what the newer fans seek which is drama. They literally started watching F1 because of DTS. I totally agree with you tho
Monza. I've been there twice and loved every second. Even if the fan experience at Monza is horrible with ques everywhere, the weather, the Tifosi, the food and gelato makes up for everything
They need to bring back some old great tracks like Sepang and hockingheim. Great video though, deserves the subs
FOR THE LIFE OF ME, BRING BACK MALAYSIA F1!!! 😫
You're 100% right. And I'm a die hard fan. It is so boring right now.
Nice video, personnaly think Monaco remains one of the best circuit for qualifying, the race stay boring sadly 😂😂.
Hence why I said it still has its place on the calendar. Saturday is super exciting, but it is still so boring on Sundays lmao
I'd argue we also need some better on track cameras. In addition to the racing not being close, the cars look really slow on screen sometimes, especially when they going through shots of the same corners and straights each lap. They need to mix up the live editing more. More of the trackside cameras on the ground, and more onboard camera shots. The majority of F1 viewership is at home so it should look more exciting for the viewers who can't make it all the way out to a gp
They look slow cos they are slow lmao. They are so heavy and cumbersome in the medium and slow speed corners now. The cameras are doing their best with all the zoom trickery etc but even they cant hide how slow they were going through sector 1.
@@jakemorganGP i didn't realize that. I'm a newer fan so I've only ever watched live races with the Turbo hybrid cars. When I watch clips of the older racers and inboard poles they seem so much faster and now I know why.
For me the best track is Barcelona. I am biased of course because I live very close to it and my first F1 memory was to see my idol win there, but it is also very fun to drive in the simulator and it brings out the best performance of cars. The racing is average but only because the cars are like tractors, so large.
Still the cars are a big part for why racing in many tracks of the calendar look bad im not talking about performancewise its about being raceable which the new cars are not because they are bigger and heavier then ever, making the defense easier and the racecraft of driver less important. They should make them nimble and small which helps racing at everything and then once you have good foundations with the car then think about circuits and everything else.
Great point. There’s a racing series which is actually making F1 look bad because of this problem. Next video will be about this 😉
To be honest I would love to go to Watkins Glen or Muggelo (think that’s how you spell it) for a year, would give some class races imo
Yeah Mugello would be wicked. MotoGP into turn 1 is wild tho
Good Video, but in 3:55 it‘s the Hockenheimring in Germany Not in the US
I know. I mixed up the digital assets by accident 😭. Im dumb lol
100% agree with everything. I hope F1 tries to go back to more circuits instead of street tracks. Of course there's action on most street tracks (Vegas was great) but it doesn't feel like true F1. There isn't much that beats F1 at silverstone or Spa, especially with the size and weight of the current gen we need to stick to tracks that actually fit the car.
Believe it or not, I've been working for weeks on a track on Blender with all of these features. I hope to finish it in 3-4 months as it's my very first project in Blender and I need to learn the software.
Send it over when you’re done mate! Business email is on my channel info!
I love the video, and 100 percent agrees!!! But how about Montreal?
Montreal is ok - not fantastic for wheel-to-wheel racing if we look back at it - buttttt the weather does add something to it which makes the races more interesting than a Monaco or Singapore
@@jakemorganGP Thank you!!!!!😇
Nice video. A large part of whether or not a track is good in F1 is… the F1 cars themselves. Other racing series have proved that tracks can be great, but terrible for F1 because of the current wide, DRS-reliant, and dirty air cars.
A point I did make at the end of the video tbf. But we’re ignoring that to an extent to focus on just one part of the equation
Ok All right now why don't Sportscars race on street circuits say in America IMSA sportscars race at Long Beach but in Europe (FIA WEC) can't run in Monaco or even Jeddah
Good point. If WEC continues to grow in popularity then it probably could in the future
1. Multiple lines possible
2. Heavy braking zones.
3. High speed corners
4. Off track events
I'm still sad that Hanoi didn't make it. It looked like a near-perfect track. It would fit (almost) all your points (the off-track maybe not, but we can't say for certain as there haven'r been any races)
It’s missing the elevation changes. If it could get a banked corner it would be up there with Jeddah imo. They are incredibly similar in design and layout
Hi @jakemorganGP great video!
I know it's a Grade 2 circuit and not on the Calendar, but what do you think of the layout of the Kyalami Circuit in South Africa?
I think a series isn’t a world championship if it isn’t racing on every continent (apart from the obvious i.e. Antarctica). We desperately need a race in Africa and India. Hopefully we can get Kyalami and Buddh back on the calendar soon instead of tracks like Miami
i fw tracks that look aesthetically pleasing and got maybe tight corners (im a newgen)
Elevation and banking also makes for fun.
Fun 100% but idk if it improves wheel-to-wheel racing. In theory is should but F1 seems to defy all racing logic 😂. What do you think?
Wide tracks are only needed for the big cars. Reduce the size of the cars and all tracks magically become wider.
Good point. But they are wide for safety reasons and I don’t think we should compromise that for anything
He’s cooking with this one 🔥
Hehe thanks bro 👊🏼
yep. but i wouldn't consider radillon a corner that makes a difference cause even at max fuel loads the whole sequence is full throttle
True. But I know people will get mad if I said the two corners were just Eau Rouge 🤣. Thought I’d cover my back just in case lol
@@jakemorganGP yep the exit you get at La source you carry all the way to the end of the kemmel straight
Great video. Totally agree as well on amentities. F1 is a professional sports league, and professional sports are entertainment. If the fan experience is terrible, why bother going?
Wothout the fans the sport doesnt exist right 🤷🏻♂️. They need to give us priority over the teams because we fund their racing through one way or another
i would go to zandvoort cuz it takes 2 minutes to walk there for me
F1 needs monaco, there is always a special aura. Always happens something special. Also monaco qualys are the best
It’s got heritage - but the racing is so darn bad
Las Vegas was waaay better than i expected tbh, off and on track. only problem is price lol
100%. But it’s a sample set of 1 and the super low grip played a massive influence. Let’s give it another couple years before we say yay or nay
Monza and Spa don't consistently produce good races, it's the history and crowd that make people love the tracks.
Very true. Hence why it’s fan-voted average is so high.
Aside from COTA all of the top tracks have 1 thing in common. They aren't Tilkedromes
The best tracks are the ones built to suit the area naturally rather than being made artificially. While COTA is unique in that it copies successful tracks.
Another point is the current cars are far too wide, meaning that tracks that are narrower are that much harder to race on.
Great point - we need see how the narrower cars aids wheel-to-wheel racing
Some points i would disagree. 1 Interlagos is quite narrow circuit with only some sections in S3 being wide. What works for it is the short layout with not many fast corners to generate dirty air. Spa has not produced many great races in past decade tbh. Those fast flowing corners are nice in hotlaps, but are abosolute killers of close racing. What makes or breakes the racing is cars. Even if we have only these "great tracks" if the cars are shit, so will be racing. Ofc track configuration helps. Fun comparison i have is GTWC at Paul Ricard. that 3hr race has more action in it than all F1 races at PR combined. The GT3's can make the track work where F1 couldnt. Dare i say is we had PR on calendar in early 2010's it would give us better racing.
Fair points made. I would tend to agree but I trusted the fan’s average votes over the lifespan of the grands prix. Those were in the top 10 fan favs on average. But you’re right too
@@jakemorganGP fan votes are interesting thing. From what I gather simracing and following the real world of racing you can't really have an objective way of determining what makes a good track. Altho it's really easy to see what are bad designs for racing as usualy they are also bad for hotlaps IE old Barcelona chicane. But then you have Nordschleife what on paper shouldn't be fun track but it is.
@MrTheracer256 I partially agree. I do think that you can objectively look at what tracks are going to be better than others, but because there are so many different factors that make a Grand Prix crazy or not it’s very hard to say 100% yes or no because it’s more than just the track features which make a Grand Prix good.
That being said, you made a great point about the Norge life, it depends what you’re looking at for a good Grand Prix. I’m assuming that the fans were looking at purely drama on track which is why those tracks often get higher voting than Suzuka. For example.
esse cara é o maior fã de interlagos, todo video ele cita a pista kkkk
Old hockenheimring was nice... but i also like the new Hockenheimring.
First corner of new hockenheim is my fav corner of the whole calendar
i think f1 should bring back tracks like mugello, nurbringring,hockenheim, istanbul and replace tracks like miami or spain
100%. Would love Istanbul back again
Pls make a vido about witch tracks would bee great for F1
It’s in this video 😄
@@jakemorganGP i ment for an additional gp
@otto1159 oh. Great idea!