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F1 fans hate drive to survive F1 "fans" you guys have a very basic knowledge of the sport and history and with that you basically just follow the Netflix narrative without forming your own opinion which brings a lot of new toxicity into the sport
Lewis Hamilton won hist last four Championships because he had a car which was a LOT faster than any other car on the circuit. Just look at what a Russel did with the same car, when Hamilton had Corona. "Unfortunately" the Pit crew fucked up ONE stop in five years. Any further questions? No? I rest my case. Come on Hamilton fanboys! Bring the Heat!
You could probably do a megaproject episode on what it takes to actually build a specific F1 car let alone what it takes logistically to race and develop those cars for a season
"Looks like we can't keep any nice things to ourselves". And perhaps that's a good thing. Great piece. I'm an F1 nut so interesting to see this from a more independent perspective. Incredible engineering and driving skills.
"Back in the day" drivers didn't want belts as they preferred to be thrown clear of the car over being belted in and burning to death. Ferrari were a racing team before they were a road car manufacturer.
Enzo very reluctantly allowed the undeserving dilletantes with enough disposable income to buy cars with his name on them to subsidize his racing team. If he had another way to finance his true passion he wouldn't have bothered making consumer cars.
@@Adiscretefirm scuderia Ferrari was formed in 1929, as a racing team using alfa romeo customer cars. The first car ferrari built themselves was in 1947, 18 years after they started racing. Now, you could argue that F1 didn't start until 1950 therefore they were a manufacturer before F1 started, but that woudl be pedantic as they were clearly a Grand Prix team, like McLaren, that moved into manufacturing on the back of on-track racing success. Edit, I think I originally mistook your meaning as disagreeing with what I said, but 2nd read says you're agreeing with me and adding a little bit more info, so rather than delete my rebuttal, I left the info up there for any others interested. I love F1, wish Simon would do a biographic on some of the old greats, especially Brabham and his 66 title win in a car of his own design, a feat never repeated before or since.
@@adenkyramud5005 yeah, one of the most under-rated multiple WDC's, rarelconsidered a contender for GOAT, but if it wasn't for Nords in 76 he would've probably won at least 5.
@@LiamNI yes more than a race. That’s why I said “event”. But for it to be considered as a sport it needs to have multiple different events like in f1.
The death tally at the 1955 LeMans was that low simply because the French refused to keep counting. All told, there were easily over 200 killed. Either instantly or due to injuries at a later time (minutes to weeks). Horribly sad moment in history!
The early F1 cars were constructed mostly of magnesium, which burns rather readily so the drivers were of the opion that it was best to get thrown clear of the wreck than get trapped in a burning car! Also, I heard a quote from an early driver who said they didn't consider F1 particularly dangerous because WW2 had just ended and "at least nobody was shooting at us"!
1 record that will never be broken these days is of Jack Brabham....3 time world champion, but as far as I am aware (happy to be corrected), the only person to own the team, design and build the race car and then race his car to a world title. Legendary stuff
I think Rob Tauranact (?) Who was the 'T' in the Brabham vehicle type (e.g.BT46) numbering had a fair bit to do with the design. After Brabham he had the RALT vehicles. The car that 'Black Jack' won in was definitely the last time a car won with the name of the driver.
The triple crown is also unlikely. Only one to ever do it was Graham Hill. Indy 500, 24h of Le Mans, and Monaco GP. Alonso and Montoya are close, but Montoya doesn't have Le Mans and Alonso missing the Indy 500.
To give some context why safety wasn't a big concern early on - many racers had just _survived WW2_ ; when questioned about the danger of motorsports, their attitude was, "What's so dangerous? We're not being shot at!"
@@thirdwheel1985au if anything its what made the reaction so extreme, Merc pulled out of racing until the '90's, Switerzland still has a ban on racing and that race is by far the most infamous
@@feartheamish9183 Definitely a Seb fan he was the only driver I knew about before watching D2S. As far as the younger drivers go I like Lando, Gasly, And Russel. I hope Mario Andretti buys Alfa because as someone who lives in states its hard to support Haas when they’re so bad haha
@@sit-insforsithis1568 anything done under competition can be defined as a game so what point are you trying to make? There is a chance of death during every climb, every bullfight, every race and every fight. They are still games but with much higher risk and sacrifice.
Worth noting, safety wasn't taken seriously until the drivers union stood up for themselves and started to threaten to boycott races - it's not like the FIA just implemented regulations out of the kindness of their heart. Drivers were expendable. It's one reason why the Nürburgring isn't used today, they simply couldn't meet the safety demands. And Spa has seen a lot of construction to address the courses poor safety record, especially the Raidillon portion (Spa has ~48 Drivers (23 F1) killed, ~70 across all motorsports).
@@zepedrofd No, Cevert was killed right at the end of Stewart's career (1973). Stewart had an accident at Spa in '65 or '66 that really started his safety crusade because of how pathetic the safety facilities were.
Im an American. I started watching f1 during the 2020 lock down. I don't know anyone else that cares about the sport. It seems most Americans care about * F1 the same way they care about European football. It only becomes popular when the usa is involved in a major way or its a huge match for one reason or another.
@@vjsoeifi as an American F1 fan I feel your pain. I’m not much into sports other than motor racing with F1 being my favorite, yet I don’t know anyone else personally that watches or follows the sport.
@@vjsoeifi & @Oxibase So sad you don't know many people. Try going on the f1 forums, and you'll find plenty of other U.S. F1 fans, likely some in your own area!
@@Oxibase Only 1.2 million people watched the Grand Prix in the US last week. That's better than 10 years ago, but still very low. That's 0.4% of the population. In the UK, it's like close to 10% of the population, and in newer F1 interested countries, you have some +15% per year, like Poland. Overall, 400 million people watch F1 in the world, which is enormous, and surprising when you see how little the media talk about it. But in the US, people tend to prefer their national sports like American Eggball, baseball, Indycar and Nascar and others. The exception is Basketball, the only international sport they love, but once again, in other countries it is a minor sport.
@@hugolouessard3914 Ignorance in America is the problem. We think all racing is just turning left for hours and refuse to look into it any more than that
Si Jackie Stewart and the BRDC did shovel loads to improve safety.. He was fed up with losing friends and colleagues. Give that man a mention in the history!. probably Sterling Moss and Jim Clark too.
The three I thought of too. I did catch the glimpse of Niki Lauda. There were several relatively successful American drivers such as Dan Gurney, Phil Hill, and Mario Andretti.
@@oddshot60 Yes, and never mind the fact, I guess, that in many fans' opinions, the '60's formula cars were probably the most beautiful ever to turn a wheel.
@@oddshot60 Yeah, paddle-shifting? I remember the trial I went through with my own little production sports car to to downshift into the synchronized first. Double-clutching wasn't a problem, but for some reason, I took me a while to get the hang of matching RPM's in first without a muffler in the system. Now these guys don't have the satisfaction of hearing the revs match as you double-clutch down into a corner. Where's the artistry in just touching a paddle and letting the electronics and hydraulics or pneumatics, whatever it is, make the sift? Ah, well, just call me a dinosaur, 'cuz I think they look like hydroplane racing boats powered by oversized air wrenches....
Prob no more than any other video. Myself I'm not into sports in general, but watching cars run in circles wasting fuel just for some stupid bragging right to me is boring as fuck. It only gets interesting when there's a wreck and people die, which doesn't happen often enough anymore to keep watching and waiting for those events.
I worked at the Formula 1 track in Austin, TX shooting x-rays and CT scans. Yes indeed it is very dangerous still. The pit crews and shop mechanics cut and break everything on their bodies it seemed.
I've been a formula 1 fan since I was a child. I am glad that it's Netflix's DtS has had such a positive impact on the series' popularity especially in the US. One more thing. Go McLaren!
I agree with you on so many of your points in your comment. I have watched F1 since I was a kid, McLaren is my team but.... As a British black man LH has been my favourite driver since he entered the sport, F1 is my favourite sport by far.
The lotus shown for the 2010 new teams was actually the Renault team that changed name to Lotus... the team that came appeared in 2010 was a Malaysian backed team that ran in bright green.
Commenting this after just getting back from the US Grand Prix in Austin. Have been following F1 for years and it was my first race! I actually work at another racetrack, too!
No it wasn't F1 but the crash is a watershed moment in auto racing history. Many countries banned auto racing. Some of those bans persist to this day. Many more manufacturers, including America's Big Three automakers, agreed to discontinue auto racing. Albeit briefly for the Americans. Safety began to be seen as a necessity, instead of an inconvenience, and research into safety improvements became a standard practice. Race courses, including LeMans, were redesigned to better handle modern cars and racetrack condition gained more importance. And all of these changes and shifts in mindset towards safety lead to improvements for roads and road cars that the consumers used every day. LeMans '55 has a lasting legacy on motorsports and it's nearly impossible to talk about the history of racing without discussing that disaster.
Glad you enjoyed Drive to Survive, I hope you're following the current season. I started watching this year as well due to Drive to Survive and quite a lot of my friends have dived in as well. Pretty awesome sport to watch.
I feel British when I say "I'm watching a Simon whistler" because at this point I don't know or care what channel of yours I'm watching. Just love absorbing random facts and forgetting the particulars later.
Funny that this comes out less than a week after I attended my first Grand Prix in person. I love motorsports and F1 is the pinnacle. Those guys are among the fittest of any athletes, practically riding a bucking bronco for almost two hours at a time.
My worlds have collided. Simon and F1 together in one video. Huge fan of both and it's great to see this. Echoing the sentiments that the engineering of the cars, the logistic and the scandals among other topics could make many more videos.
The fuel tanks are still pretty much under the drivers. Its a safety thing oddly. The fuel tank is part of the drivers safety cell to ensure that it survives in a crash If the fuel tank breaks and leaks there is a huge chance of a fire. so the fuel tank is placed in part of the car that is especially safe and that is where the driver is as huge amount of car design goes to keeping the driver safe
You should do a video on NASCAR. I know it isn't as technologically advanced as formula one, but it is a billion dollar industry, which makes it mega to me.
@@nicholas8237 Wendover Productions did a video about the Insane Logistic of Formula 1, which was an INCREDIBLE eye-opener for just how much happens that we don't see in order to put on what we do see. Also, Aiden Millward did a video a week or so ago about the difference between F1 and NASCAR logistics. And you should find in one of the top comments one from an actual NASCAR mechanic who points out what was right and what was somewhat off.
NASCAR's schedule is insane. This season started in the 2nd week of February, with some weeks (that first week in Daytona, the All-Star Weekend, and the back-to-back Pocono races) having multiple races in a week just for the top series, and it goes until next week (first Sunday of November for future readers), and they have just TWO weekends off: One in April, and one in August, IIRC, Plus, the races are much longer in both time and distance. F1 races are 305km with a time limit of 2 hours of race time over a 3 hour period, while the shortest NASCAR Monster Energy Cup race (the top tier of the sport) are the Martinsville races which are 263 miles or 423.25km. Many of the races are over double the F1 race length too, and there's no maximum time. In fact, there's even overtime in the races because they don't want races to end under a yellow flag. So it's got the speed of F1 (although not the acceleration) but with much greater endurance in the mix, plus almost no weekends off to relax.
They do actually still put the fuel tank right behind the driver seat, and on top of the battery pack in F1. But these are pretty safe as they are inside the survival cell, the strongest part of the car, and made of a kevlar bag that would be very hard to rip.
Didn't stop Grosjean from having to escape from a blaze. He's so lucky to be alive. He literally went through the barrier. And then was stuck, on fire. For like... two minutes? That must have felt like an eternity.
@@PiousMoltar in Grojeans case one of the ports on the fuel tank that was blocked off with a plate broke open with the pressure of the car breaking in half. So the tank/bag itself wasn't the weak point.
Is that the one where they let Jackie Stewart say the numerically incorrect claim that within a five year period drivers had a one in three chance of dying, and do not challenge it ? The stat is simply and grossly incorrect, and a quick trawl of wiki and a few minutes use of a calculator with prove it to be so.
I'm not big into Formula 1, but the 2013 film Rush about one of the sports more famous rivalries is quite good. (At least it was to a very casual fan like me.)
Serious racing fans also tend to really like Rush. The story it covers could be told as a simple documentary and still be incredible. Interesting note: Niki Lauda passed away a couple of years ago, and he was a VIP at Mercedes. The last two seasons they've made sure to work a red element into the car as a remembrance of Niki (for example, the 2020 car had a bunch of silver Mercedes arrows on the livery, except for one red one)
"WW1 had just ended" (5:30), but the clip is that of the Japanese surrender ceremony aboard the USS Missouri in September of 1945. You may recall that as being the end of WW2. It was in all the papers.
I think it was for the UK WW2 had just ended and there were a lot of airfields suitable for racing cars, Silverstone ended up being the main one - F1 got too fast for brands hatch, Aintree was pre WW2 and Goodwood still runs classic events, I forget most of the other tracks - Donnington and the ones used for BTCC, Crystal Palace was useful after the building had burned down but again too small for faster cars and bikes.
Time limitations. Personally, I was a little bit disappointed that Sir Jackie Stewart didn't get a nod for being the driving force behind the focus on safety, but I recognize there's only so much that can be said in 20min
@@Journey22405 I mean. Horrific in a way but somehow he walked out with minor burns. Not exactly the same thing as waiting to talk about like senna who died on the track
Awesome work as ever Simon and team, especially enjoyed the early history stuff. Love that you've gotten into the sport through Drive to Survive and it's a great time to be watching, best season we've had for a while and there's a big overhaul in the car regulations next year which "should" make things even better
Funn facts missed out by this the curent Leader Max Verstappen is actually together with Nellson Piqes daughter :P Also sorta wish there was mention of Senna's and Lauda's accidents
Been a fan of F1/Indy since the 90s. Love to see its on here. Literally, just the transportation/logistics of F1 is a megaproject in and of itself. The teams moving themselves from location to location is IMMENSE. I would never call F1 the fastest motorosport. Indycars on the large ovals hit 230-240mph and F1 barely hits 210-220 because they just run WAY more downforce. But it is IS the pinnacle in terms of technology and lap times. That LeMans footage is still chilling to watch to this day and I've seen it countless times. This past weekend at the Austin GP in Texas, they had some 140k people there on race day and over 400k tickets sold for the week. Thats INSANE for a United States F1 Grand Prix. Absolutely insane. Drive to Survive has 100% put it on the map over here - finally!
I'd love a really deep dive into the logistics of F1, from teardown at one track to setup at another. I wonder how the speeds would be if someone did and Indy Oval setup on an f1 car. Low downforce, longer gearing.
And to add on, Ferrari also started as a race car manufacturer and then began to build road cars to be able to race. As an F1 fan since i came to this world i love that this beautiful sport is reaching people so diverse. I love the growth that it is having and the massive acceptance that is having. Keep it up! Such a great channel!
Invisible fire was prevalent in that era until the 1980s or so due to the fuel. There is a famous video of Rick Mears at the Indy 500, early 1980s, where his car catches fire, he gets out and looks like he is dancing. He was on fire but no one could see it. Everyone in the nearby pits started dousing him with water, to include Roger Penske. The different racing series later put in an additive to make the flames visable before switching to newer fuels.
Being a motorsports fan this was nice! I always love the tech side of the sport, and the creativity they come up with. Bend the rule book and grey areas, and sometimes just flat out cheat. Allegedly
I grew up in England, but was born in Chicago. I've watched F1 since I was 3 years old, remembering the race that Senna died. Moving back to New York when I was 13, no-one watched F1 really in the US for most 20 years that I've been here. I love that Drive to Survive has caused so many people to watch F1. It's so funny going into work and everyone talks about F1 now. It's amazing!
As a long time F1 fan and a follower of I don't know how many channels featuring Simon, nice to hear you about F1 once. And compliments, you didn't put a foot wrong. Maybe not mentioning Senna, but great and proper explanation of F1. There are plenty of videos you could make about F1. Like a video about how far teams and drivers have gone to win over time. There's cheats, crashes, fires, controversies, fights, even deaths sadly all over this sport because of rivalries and winning a championship or even a race.
Im pretty sure thats the wrong lotus as there were two Lotus teams. One racing in green and the other in black and in 2011 they both had Renault engines. After legal battles the green team lotus becam Caterham F1. Virgin F1 started of as Manor before virgin bought in and ended there life as Manor and HRT started as Campos when they were originally accepted into F1 championship.
It is when you don’t already know f1. They fake a lot of things and use quotes when they are out of context etc. it is a good show though and has done a lot for the sport but isn’t exactly perfect
@@L_J_D23 exactly. They've done a great job in creating viewership and bringing new fans in, unfortunately those new fans don't always realize that what they have "learned" from DTS isn't always true
@@L_J_D23 But documentaries are usually like that and almost always have a slant. Even if the director wanted to tell a whole story he may not have access to some things and that creates an unintentional bias. "The Last Dance" should have said "Produced by Michael Jordan himself" because of how pro-Jordan it was and it was still entertaining. I knew almost nothing about F1 prior to the show and I loved the cinematography and drama.
As someone else who grew up with a father who LOVES Formula 1 and Indy Car, I can tell you that these drivers are some of the most well-trained, best conditioned athletes in the world. And you really can't put Nascar (or most of their drivers) in the same category as F1.
It doesn't matter if u have 5 long sleeves anything over 25 mph one of or multiple body parts are going to be sand down, we call it high speed lipo suction
Not even a mention of the biggest badass driver of them all: Niki Lauda. You know the guy who nearly died in a crash and 6 weeks later was back in the cockpit.
I'm surprised that Simon didn't mention the biggest thing that separates F1 from other motorsports: You have to design and build your own car. That's why there is separate driver and constructor's championship. You can buy the engine, transmission, and some other parts, but each team has to design the basic car tub and aerodynamics.
You should definitely check out 'Chainbear F1' and his videos on the engineering of the Hybrid Power Units (engines + electronics) that are used in F1. Some crazy tech has come out of F1 and some of it can be found in modern vehicles. Might not be a Megaproject but they certainly make some mega power and also have a thermal power efficiency of 50% which is literally unheard of for ICE vehicles.
F1 is and has been very popular here in Mexico, specially in the 60’s when the Rodriguez brothers, Pedro & Ricardo, entered the F1; At the start of the 1967 season, Pedro Rodríguez won in only his ninth Grand Prix, at Kyalami, making F1 even more popular. In 1973 the Mexico City race track Magdalena Mixuhca, where F1, Champ Car, NASCAR and other series race was renamed for him and Ricardo: Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez (Rodríguez Brothers Autodrome). And the F1 has gained a kind of renaissance in Mexico now onto the 21st century, thanks to the amazing talent of Sergio “Checo” Pérez. also, you forgot to mention one of the greatest name in F1 history, not as much for his driving (although he was one hell of a driver), but for his engineering skills that helped in testing and improving cars by a lot; the great Niki Lauda.
This was a really good episode! But I believe the title of “The Fastest Motorsport in the World” belongs to the Reno Air Races. Specifically, the Jet Class. A video about the Reno Air Races would be really cool!
And if he limited it to on the GROUND races I think the NHRA would like to have a word with Simon about speed. Now admittedly that's only a quarter mile at a time but even so.
@@Shinyworldwide Airsport and Motorsport are not mutually exclusive terms. Airsport refers to any sport that takes place in the air. That also includes things like gliders and skydiving that have no motors. Motorsport refers to any sport that uses engines or motors for power regardless of where it takes place. So powered cars, planes, boats etc. all count as long as they use a motor of some sort. It is possible for something to be both an airsport as well as a motorsport at the same time. In other words, the Reno Air Races are a motorsport that takes place in the air, hence it holds the title of fastest motorsport while also being an airsport.
Well.. you probably already know but the photo of the lotus entering was the wrong lotus.. yeah, weird moment when we had two Lotus teams at the same time.
If it wasn't for a close friend of mine, I would not have been interested in F1. He got me to watch a race 2 years ago. Blows away any type of racing I had seen before. Absolutely amazing. You missed talking about a couple factors that make it better than any of the American racing, and I am a proud American. 1) No ovals! It's easy to build a car designed to turn in one direction. 2) There are two (2) championships: Driver's and Constructors. When each team is responsible for completely engineering their cars (within limits) it makes for some interesting racing. I only have one (1) last thing to say... GO MAX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is a very good introduction to the world of Formula one... It's not popular in the American continent because some races are held at early morning hours local time, and for it to be interesting, there needn't be an accident.. Pure rivalry between teams and drivers creates a story of itself... Overall, a very good episode... Loved it...
Excellent video considering it's only 20 minutes long. Covered most of the bases, although were it not for Bernie Ecclestone, F1 could well have disappeared into obscurity.
Awesome that you did an F1 video! I really hope you watch the movue RUSH which is based on a true F1 rivalry, also, it would be awesome if you did a video on the Nuremburg Ring, the absolute most famous and deadly track!
In the post WW1 and post WW2 times it was easier to accept a 1 in 10 chance of death in a race when you already made it through a war. Many of the driver's had been soldiers.
Much more challenging racing than F1 is rally. The real roads they use including gravel, forest, ice and desert (inclusive of pot holes) makes it much more fun to watch, much more challenging for the drivers, and any small mistake can make all the difference. Definitely worth an episode.
NASCAR exclamation? How about open wheel IndyCar racing, Simon? When I lived in Chicago I would go down to the Indianapolis motor Speedway all the time. I have been to all, whatever it is seven or eight, US GP. I have been to at least 10 of the NASCAR 400 races. And I have been to some 35 or 36 Indy 500.
Was there not a split in both the admin of car racing in the USA and the safety / promotion with one promotor not allowing tracks to take anothers series race ?
@@highpath4776 Yes there was. Many years ago. I went to a couple of the CART races at Road America in Wisconsin. I’m not sure exactly when the reconciliation took place, but it was prior to the “Centennial Era” which was the several year period Between the 100th year anniversary of the first running of the Indy 500, and the running of the 100th Indy 500.
One of the best things about the F1 races are the races within the race. It doesn't matter so much who finishes first because that's often almost a foregone conclusion. But the announcers are keen to keep up with the races for points in the grid and often make for some classic races between fourth and fifth or the charge to get the last point position in the race with multiple cars in multiple teams being involved in the jostling back-and-forth. So you don't get one race each time you get many races within the race and the announcers and coverage do a great job of keeping it fun.
Great vid, the crossover of my dreams, but i wish you talked a bit more about the cars themselves. The technology behind them and so on! Keep up the good work!
I learned a lot, thanks. Now you have to do NASCAR. Come on, the sport started with moonshiners racing their cars in a cornfield. Not snooty rich people racing.
To be honest, the lack of safety provisions in Formula One in the '40s, '50s and '60s is worthy of an Into the Shadows episode in its own right - Jackie Stewart et al had to fight tooth and nail just for the right to be accepted as humans whose lives might be valuable even when they happened to be at work. It was a disgrace that it took so long.
Great side projects video: indy car vs F1. The two biggest open wheeled racing leagues in the world, with indy being a more North and South American sport
The world's worst F1 crash has been removed from history, per F1 and the family of the driver. Nobody knows about it, but I think 2 or 3 people were killed.
It was in N. Carolina in the '90s... While being passed on the straightaway, the first car moved left, interlocking his wheels with the passing car which went air born sideways into a chain-link fence while still having forward momentum for about 100 yards. He was grated to his torso and track workers were struck by debris, killing them. They recovered the drivers body using a bucket to scoop his remains from the cockpit.
The worst loss of life in a formula one event was at the 1961 Italian grand prix where Wolfgang Von Trips car went into the crowd and 15 spectators were killed along with von trips
@@StreetLugeNetwork What I meant to say was the F1 crash with the world's most gruesome camera footage... I think you are right about the worst loss of life.
@@campbellpaul In a "some crash" the graphic images of Senna's body after the crash are stored by their photographer until today and the cockipt images all the way until the crash (the TV cuts the feed seconds before) may still exist in F1 HQ.
"We won't call [Hamilton] the best... but we can certainly call him the best right now." I advise you from steering clear of the Netherlands for a while, for your own safety.
I can see Max achieving alot in the future, whether he'll top Lulu though is open to question. I never thought Michaels records would've been beaten so soon.
In the thumbnail, it said deadliest sport? And idk if it's clickbait yet but if you really want deadly sports look at endurance racing, a crash at le mans killed I think 84 people one year
I hate to be that guy, but "fastest motorsport" would be, for automobiles, Top Fuel, the pinnacle of drag racing. They achieve much higher speeds. 330+mph (530+ kph). From a dead stop in under 4 seconds. It'd be neat to see this channel cover it.
@Jemarc... That would also be false. A oval is also considered a circuit and I believe the closed course record is still held by a CART driver at Fontana... ruclips.net/video/DF8GTL0_rMA/видео.html
The 2021 US GP in COTA and the Mexico GP were attended by 400,000 and 372,000 weekend spectators, respectively. The Netflix DTS effect. Nice to see more and more people becoming fans of the sport. Welcome to the fold, mate.👍💯
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Do WRC , Dakar rally/Kenyan Safari Rally & maybe the History of Offshore power boat racing
It was FISA back then
F1 fans hate drive to survive F1 "fans" you guys have a very basic knowledge of the sport and history and with that you basically just follow the Netflix narrative without forming your own opinion which brings a lot of new toxicity into the sport
Actually the fast motorsport is drag racing(NHRA) 340 mph in 1000ft
Lewis Hamilton won hist last four Championships because he had a car which was a LOT faster than any other car on the circuit. Just look at what a Russel did with the same car, when Hamilton had Corona. "Unfortunately" the Pit crew fucked up ONE stop in five years. Any further questions? No? I rest my case.
Come on Hamilton fanboys! Bring the Heat!
You could probably do a megaproject episode on what it takes to actually build a specific F1 car let alone what it takes logistically to race and develop those cars for a season
Sam of Wendover has already covered the logistics side of F1
@@johannessamuelsson6578 lots of folks have if you know where to look
@@DavidHyman031 I think even DHL might have aa video on it.
Or even a fucking race lol
Could technically be about any high profile race car from 1990's.
DTM in the mid 90's were running allsorts of crazy tech.
"Looks like we can't keep any nice things to ourselves". And perhaps that's a good thing. Great piece. I'm an F1 nut so interesting to see this from a more independent perspective. Incredible engineering and driving skills.
I wouldn't specifically call America independant, i hope they will try to intervene with the sport as little as possible.
As an American, I'm glad we got F1. Nascar sucks.
@@NexNecis2001 Especially after they added the leg/phase thing. No real pit strategy now
Same here, really enjoyed this "layman's view" of F1 ... well done video, good job to include all the history
I'm glad Drive to Survive exists. Can't say I'm a fan myself but anything to get more people into motor racing and F1 in particular is a good thing.
"Back in the day" drivers didn't want belts as they preferred to be thrown clear of the car over being belted in and burning to death.
Ferrari were a racing team before they were a road car manufacturer.
Enzo very reluctantly allowed the undeserving dilletantes with enough disposable income to buy cars with his name on them to subsidize his racing team. If he had another way to finance his true passion he wouldn't have bothered making consumer cars.
@@Adiscretefirm scuderia Ferrari was formed in 1929, as a racing team using alfa romeo customer cars. The first car ferrari built themselves was in 1947, 18 years after they started racing.
Now, you could argue that F1 didn't start until 1950 therefore they were a manufacturer before F1 started, but that woudl be pedantic as they were clearly a Grand Prix team, like McLaren, that moved into manufacturing on the back of on-track racing success.
Edit, I think I originally mistook your meaning as disagreeing with what I said, but 2nd read says you're agreeing with me and adding a little bit more info, so rather than delete my rebuttal, I left the info up there for any others interested.
I love F1, wish Simon would do a biographic on some of the old greats, especially Brabham and his 66 title win in a car of his own design, a feat never repeated before or since.
@@M1ggins a video on Lauda would be awesome as well.
@@adenkyramud5005 yeah, one of the most under-rated multiple WDC's, rarelconsidered a contender for GOAT, but if it wasn't for Nords in 76 he would've probably won at least 5.
@@M1ggins Did you men to say four WDC's ? I cannot understand where the fifth would have come from. Obviously agree with 1976.
The TT on the Isle of Man is the deadliest motor sport. You should definitely do a video about it on one of your channels
It’s not a sport, it’s an event :)
@@ajnracing6034 you got me
@@ajnracing6034 yeah, but show me another road race (except the Manx) that has the same format. It's less of a race and more of a time trial.
@@LiamNI yes more than a race. That’s why I said “event”. But for it to be considered as a sport it needs to have multiple different events like in f1.
Be a good Side Projects topic.
The death tally at the 1955 LeMans was that low simply because the French refused to keep counting. All told, there were easily over 200 killed. Either instantly or due to injuries at a later time (minutes to weeks). Horribly sad moment in history!
You're not entirely wrong, but the quoted fatality count was the people who died on the scene.
The early F1 cars were constructed mostly of magnesium, which burns rather readily so the drivers were of the opion that it was best to get thrown clear of the wreck than get trapped in a burning car!
Also, I heard a quote from an early driver who said they didn't consider F1 particularly dangerous because WW2 had just ended and "at least nobody was shooting at us"!
Only 1 was, and it was made very clear why they should not copy that team when it caught fire
I've never seen "Drive to Survive", back in my day all we had was Murray Walker and James Hunt, and that was enough to hook me in for life.
1 record that will never be broken these days is of Jack Brabham....3 time world champion, but as far as I am aware (happy to be corrected), the only person to own the team, design and build the race car and then race his car to a world title. Legendary stuff
First+second WDC, Cooper-Climax, third WDC Brabham-Repco. Mine favourite GOAT.
I think Rob Tauranact (?) Who was the 'T' in the Brabham vehicle type (e.g.BT46) numbering had a fair bit to do with the design. After Brabham he had the RALT vehicles. The car that 'Black Jack' won in was definitely the last time a car won with the name of the driver.
The triple crown is also unlikely. Only one to ever do it was Graham Hill. Indy 500, 24h of Le Mans, and Monaco GP. Alonso and Montoya are close, but Montoya doesn't have Le Mans and Alonso missing the Indy 500.
To give some context why safety wasn't a big concern early on - many racers had just _survived WW2_ ; when questioned about the danger of motorsports, their attitude was, "What's so dangerous? We're not being shot at!"
That also made the general reaction to the Le Mans disaster so stunted - dead bodies in the French countryside was still just Tuesday.
@@thirdwheel1985au if anything its what made the reaction so extreme, Merc pulled out of racing until the '90's, Switerzland still has a ban on racing and that race is by far the most infamous
I got into F1 through Drive to Survive as well. This is the first season of F1 I’ve followed and man has it been an amazing season.
Love the added optics D2S brought. Been watching since the mid 80's. Do you have a team/driver you root for yet?
Don't get used to it being this close. Unless the actual new regs next year really help. But I doubt they will.
@@feartheamish9183 Definitely a Seb fan he was the only driver I knew about before watching D2S. As far as the younger drivers go I like Lando, Gasly, And Russel. I hope Mario Andretti buys Alfa because as someone who lives in states its hard to support Haas when they’re so bad haha
It has been the best season since 2016 when it comes to who is going to win the WDC.
@@nukers1234 that was just between merc though.... 2012 was the better season.
"There are only three sports; Mountaineering, Bullfighting and Motorsport. All the rest are merely games."
-Ernest Hemingway
Combat sports aren't games but I'd agree otherwise
I think Bullfighting falls under that moniker😊
@@THIS---GUY they are games
@@ElMirageRacer4763 no
@@sit-insforsithis1568 anything done under competition can be defined as a game so what point are you trying to make?
There is a chance of death during every climb, every bullfight, every race and every fight. They are still games but with much higher risk and sacrifice.
Worth noting, safety wasn't taken seriously until the drivers union stood up for themselves and started to threaten to boycott races - it's not like the FIA just implemented regulations out of the kindness of their heart. Drivers were expendable. It's one reason why the Nürburgring isn't used today, they simply couldn't meet the safety demands. And Spa has seen a lot of construction to address the courses poor safety record, especially the Raidillon portion (Spa has ~48 Drivers (23 F1) killed, ~70 across all motorsports).
Sir Jackie Stewart was instrumental in forcing the FIA to increase safety. No mention though.
@@deltanovember1672 Jackie Stewart lost françois Cevert that he loved, that must have pushed him into being that involded in safety.
@@zepedrofd No, Cevert was killed right at the end of Stewart's career (1973). Stewart had an accident at Spa in '65 or '66 that really started his safety crusade because of how pathetic the safety facilities were.
@@rkentwenger5095 Plus, Stewart was tired and fed up with losing close friends.
One importaint point is that last weekend we had the US gp with apro 400.000 people over the race week, so even USA is oppening up for F1
Im an American. I started watching f1 during the 2020 lock down. I don't know anyone else that cares about the sport.
It seems most Americans care about *
F1 the same way they care about European football. It only becomes popular when the usa is involved in a major way or its a huge match for one reason or another.
@@vjsoeifi as an American F1 fan I feel your pain. I’m not much into sports other than motor racing with F1 being my favorite, yet I don’t know anyone else personally that watches or follows the sport.
@@vjsoeifi & @Oxibase So sad you don't know many people. Try going on the f1 forums, and you'll find plenty of other U.S. F1 fans, likely some in your own area!
@@Oxibase Only 1.2 million people watched the Grand Prix in the US last week. That's better than 10 years ago, but still very low. That's 0.4% of the population.
In the UK, it's like close to 10% of the population, and in newer F1 interested countries, you have some +15% per year, like Poland.
Overall, 400 million people watch F1 in the world, which is enormous, and surprising when you see how little the media talk about it.
But in the US, people tend to prefer their national sports like American Eggball, baseball, Indycar and Nascar and others. The exception is Basketball, the only international sport they love, but once again, in other countries it is a minor sport.
@@hugolouessard3914 Ignorance in America is the problem. We think all racing is just turning left for hours and refuse to look into it any more than that
Simon: "I made this video to learn more about Formula 1."
Also Simon: "I don't remember anything from the videos I record."
I was thinking the same thing when he said that! 😂
Fair enough....drive to survive would provide plenty of that 🤣
Reading a script well is an "in the eyes, out the mouth" exercise. Researching is a different story.
True. But I still enjoy reading them :)
Including how he doesn't remember saying that :P
2:55 - Chapter 1 - Starting lines
9:50 - Chapter 2 - Engineering victory
14:25 - Chapter 3 - Minds of metal & wheels
17:50 - Chapter 4 - The future
Thanks, wish the guy would get to the fucking point
Si Jackie Stewart and the BRDC did shovel loads to improve safety.. He was fed up with losing friends and colleagues. Give that man a mention in the history!. probably Sterling Moss and Jim Clark too.
How can you do a vid about F1 and leave out the 1960's & 70's entirely? At least there was a view of Niki Lauda, albeit a very brief one.
The three I thought of too. I did catch the glimpse of Niki Lauda. There were several relatively successful American drivers such as Dan Gurney, Phil Hill, and Mario Andretti.
@@oddshot60 Yes, and never mind the fact, I guess, that in many fans' opinions, the '60's formula cars were probably the most beautiful ever to turn a wheel.
@@oldenweery7510 So was the driving. It was an art in those days. Its been all electronics for such a long time now.
@@oddshot60 Yeah, paddle-shifting? I remember the trial I went through with my own little production sports car to to downshift into the synchronized first. Double-clutching wasn't a problem, but for some reason, I took me a while to get the hang of matching RPM's in first without a muffler in the system. Now these guys don't have the satisfaction of hearing the revs match as you double-clutch down into a corner. Where's the artistry in just touching a paddle and letting the electronics and hydraulics or pneumatics, whatever it is, make the sift? Ah, well, just call me a dinosaur, 'cuz I think they look like hydroplane racing boats powered by oversized air wrenches....
'Weeee!' LOL!!
I've hardly missed a single race since I started watching it in the early 80's. Loving this current season, so exciting!
Simon knows this is a popular topic, this is going to blow up.
Giggety..
Prob no more than any other video. Myself I'm not into sports in general, but watching cars run in circles wasting fuel just for some stupid bragging right to me is boring as fuck. It only gets interesting when there's a wreck and people die, which doesn't happen often enough anymore to keep watching and waiting for those events.
@@valerierodger7700 eh tomato tomahto
Videos that blow up are ones about Nazis, Soviets and Cold War tech.
That’s what Romain said.
Sorry, sorry, in poor taste, I know, I know.
Desolé Romain.
Order a script on Bernie Ecclestone biography. Filled with controversy, personal affairs and how he shaped F1 as we see today
I worked at the Formula 1 track in Austin, TX shooting x-rays and CT scans. Yes indeed it is very dangerous still. The pit crews and shop mechanics cut and break everything on their bodies it seemed.
Simon missed this opportunity to notice that F1 is a team sport. The pit crew is important to the race success, and they also train like creazy
I've been a formula 1 fan since I was a child. I am glad that it's Netflix's DtS has had such a positive impact on the series' popularity especially in the US.
One more thing. Go McLaren!
I agree with you on so many of your points in your comment.
I have watched F1 since I was a kid, McLaren is my team but....
As a British black man LH has been my favourite driver since he entered the sport, F1 is my favourite sport by far.
LANDO LETS GOOOOOOO!
Just realized I am wearing my Gulf throwback McLaren tshirt.
Netflix Is an artificial show, I love F1, wouldn't watch drive to survive even in the off season
Goooooo McLaren
The lotus shown for the 2010 new teams was actually the Renault team that changed name to Lotus... the team that came appeared in 2010 was a Malaysian backed team that ran in bright green.
Commenting this after just getting back from the US Grand Prix in Austin. Have been following F1 for years and it was my first race! I actually work at another racetrack, too!
This was the last place I was expecting a DDR reference.
Nice
Ah I see you a man of focus as well You are Arcade kid like me
"He shows no signs of slowing down"
meanwhile max: "hold my beer."
1 week later....lewis "hold my beer"
@@samuelroque5373 my post aged so badly
@@Didymus69 yes, but it will be an amazing rest of the season 👌
@@Didymus69 Did it?
@@stijn4771 Yes, especially if you're reffering to AD 21, no matter how you cut it, Lewis dominated that race
Le Mans 55 disaster was endurance racing, not f1 though
No it wasn't F1 but the crash is a watershed moment in auto racing history. Many countries banned auto racing. Some of those bans persist to this day. Many more manufacturers, including America's Big Three automakers, agreed to discontinue auto racing. Albeit briefly for the Americans. Safety began to be seen as a necessity, instead of an inconvenience, and research into safety improvements became a standard practice. Race courses, including LeMans, were redesigned to better handle modern cars and racetrack condition gained more importance. And all of these changes and shifts in mindset towards safety lead to improvements for roads and road cars that the consumers used every day. LeMans '55 has a lasting legacy on motorsports and it's nearly impossible to talk about the history of racing without discussing that disaster.
They shouldve put Wolffang von Trips's accident as example
All so it still under FIA if I am correct
@@Andrewza1 Le Mans wasn't under FIA. Never was and never will be. It's under the ACO.
@@aydankhaliq2967 they do work with the fia though as the series that races the 24 hrs of le mans is an fia sanctioned series
My favourite channel covering my favourite sport? Hell yes!
Hey dear how are you doin?
Glad you enjoyed Drive to Survive, I hope you're following the current season. I started watching this year as well due to Drive to Survive and quite a lot of my friends have dived in as well. Pretty awesome sport to watch.
I feel British when I say "I'm watching a Simon whistler" because at this point I don't know or care what channel of yours I'm watching. Just love absorbing random facts and forgetting the particulars later.
Blaze Be
Coincidentally, I went to my first F1 race a week ago at the US Gran Prix at COTA. It's an insane event.
Funny that this comes out less than a week after I attended my first Grand Prix in person. I love motorsports and F1 is the pinnacle. Those guys are among the fittest of any athletes, practically riding a bucking bronco for almost two hours at a time.
My worlds have collided. Simon and F1 together in one video. Huge fan of both and it's great to see this. Echoing the sentiments that the engineering of the cars, the logistic and the scandals among other topics could make many more videos.
The fuel tanks are still pretty much under the drivers. Its a safety thing oddly. The fuel tank is part of the drivers safety cell to ensure that it survives in a crash If the fuel tank breaks and leaks there is a huge chance of a fire. so the fuel tank is placed in part of the car that is especially safe and that is where the driver is as huge amount of car design goes to keeping the driver safe
Importantly: keeping the fuel tank I'm the center of gravity means this doesn't move as the fuel is consumed.
The fuel tank is behind the driver, not under.
In a f1 car it's not under the driver at all. It's under the air box behind the driver.
I also think the Dakar Rally could be a great MegaProjects video!
I instantly clicked on this, can't wait to see what you got prepared for us this time.
Same thing
You should do a video on NASCAR. I know it isn't as technologically advanced as formula one, but it is a billion dollar industry, which makes it mega to me.
That, and it's origins in bootlegging is also fascinating.
The logistics of it are just as insane as F1 If not more, they race every weekend
@@nicholas8237 Wendover Productions did a video about the Insane Logistic of Formula 1, which was an INCREDIBLE eye-opener for just how much happens that we don't see in order to put on what we do see.
Also, Aiden Millward did a video a week or so ago about the difference between F1 and NASCAR logistics. And you should find in one of the top comments one from an actual NASCAR mechanic who points out what was right and what was somewhat off.
NASCAR's schedule is insane. This season started in the 2nd week of February, with some weeks (that first week in Daytona, the All-Star Weekend, and the back-to-back Pocono races) having multiple races in a week just for the top series, and it goes until next week (first Sunday of November for future readers), and they have just TWO weekends off: One in April, and one in August, IIRC, Plus, the races are much longer in both time and distance. F1 races are 305km with a time limit of 2 hours of race time over a 3 hour period, while the shortest NASCAR Monster Energy Cup race (the top tier of the sport) are the Martinsville races which are 263 miles or 423.25km. Many of the races are over double the F1 race length too, and there's no maximum time. In fact, there's even overtime in the races because they don't want races to end under a yellow flag. So it's got the speed of F1 (although not the acceleration) but with much greater endurance in the mix, plus almost no weekends off to relax.
@@JimTheFly Foot Down, turn left (generally)
The first auto race happened as soon as the second car was built.
They do actually still put the fuel tank right behind the driver seat, and on top of the battery pack in F1. But these are pretty safe as they are inside the survival cell, the strongest part of the car, and made of a kevlar bag that would be very hard to rip.
Didn't stop Grosjean from having to escape from a blaze. He's so lucky to be alive. He literally went through the barrier. And then was stuck, on fire. For like... two minutes? That must have felt like an eternity.
@@PiousMoltar in Grojeans case one of the ports on the fuel tank that was blocked off with a plate broke open with the pressure of the car breaking in half. So the tank/bag itself wasn't the weak point.
@@PiousMoltar 2minutes he'd have died, more like 15seconds.
For anyone interested in this I strongly recommend a series called 'The Killer Years'. They cover F1 and also Group B rallying. Crazy times.
Is that the one where they let Jackie Stewart say the numerically incorrect claim that within a five year period drivers had a one in three chance of dying, and do not challenge it ? The stat is simply and grossly incorrect, and a quick trawl of wiki and a few minutes use of a calculator with prove it to be so.
Simon talking about Formula 1??
My 2 worlds are colliding and i’m all about it!!
I'm not big into Formula 1, but the 2013 film Rush about one of the sports more famous rivalries is quite good. (At least it was to a very casual fan like me.)
Check out the movie "Senna".
Serious racing fans also tend to really like Rush. The story it covers could be told as a simple documentary and still be incredible.
Interesting note: Niki Lauda passed away a couple of years ago, and he was a VIP at Mercedes. The last two seasons they've made sure to work a red element into the car as a remembrance of Niki (for example, the 2020 car had a bunch of silver Mercedes arrows on the livery, except for one red one)
@@michaelb1761 it’s more of a movie doc than a movie
Lemans 66 although not f1 related is another great racing movie
"WW1 had just ended" (5:30), but the clip is that of the Japanese surrender ceremony aboard the USS Missouri in September of 1945. You may recall that as being the end of WW2. It was in all the papers.
I think it was for the UK WW2 had just ended and there were a lot of airfields suitable for racing cars, Silverstone ended up being the main one - F1 got too fast for brands hatch, Aintree was pre WW2 and Goodwood still runs classic events, I forget most of the other tracks - Donnington and the ones used for BTCC, Crystal Palace was useful after the building had burned down but again too small for faster cars and bikes.
Yeah, just a tiny slip up I think. Saying WW1 I mean. Not the war itself.
As an example of improvements to safety you could have mentioned Roman Grosean walking away from that fireball.
Time limitations. Personally, I was a little bit disappointed that Sir Jackie Stewart didn't get a nod for being the driving force behind the focus on safety, but I recognize there's only so much that can be said in 20min
That moment was literally insane. Is still cannot believe he’s alive. Much less that he literally walked away from that carnage.
He ain't called the Phoenix for nothing.
Too recent and horrific probably.
@@Journey22405 I mean. Horrific in a way but somehow he walked out with minor burns. Not exactly the same thing as waiting to talk about like senna who died on the track
Awesome work as ever Simon and team, especially enjoyed the early history stuff.
Love that you've gotten into the sport through Drive to Survive and it's a great time to be watching, best season we've had for a while and there's a big overhaul in the car regulations next year which "should" make things even better
Awesome video. How to Build a Car Adrian Newey's autobiography is an awesome read/listen on the last 30 years of F1.
Thanks, Simon! I've been watching F1 since I was in kindergarten, and I've never been bored with it. Great synopsis of the sport.
Funn facts missed out by this the curent Leader Max Verstappen is actually together with Nellson Piqes daughter :P Also sorta wish there was mention of Senna's and Lauda's accidents
he didn't talk about the car at all. this the first video about the Formula 1 racing without mentioning the damn car
Been a fan of F1/Indy since the 90s. Love to see its on here.
Literally, just the transportation/logistics of F1 is a megaproject in and of itself. The teams moving themselves from location to location is IMMENSE.
I would never call F1 the fastest motorosport. Indycars on the large ovals hit 230-240mph and F1 barely hits 210-220 because they just run WAY more downforce. But it is IS the pinnacle in terms of technology and lap times.
That LeMans footage is still chilling to watch to this day and I've seen it countless times.
This past weekend at the Austin GP in Texas, they had some 140k people there on race day and over 400k tickets sold for the week. Thats INSANE for a United States F1 Grand Prix. Absolutely insane. Drive to Survive has 100% put it on the map over here - finally!
I'd love a really deep dive into the logistics of F1, from teardown at one track to setup at another. I wonder how the speeds would be if someone did and Indy Oval setup on an f1 car. Low downforce, longer gearing.
You have snubbed IndyCar racing for the second time, Simmons! For a while, the Indy 500 counted in the points standings for Formula One!
*Weeps in Hoosier*
Penske go back to IndyCar and put Grosjean in that seat. You cant let Andretti take him!
@@duke3987 Penske focuses on championships. Grosjean will crash too often for that.
I always loved Indycar, the Cars were sick looking.
Edit: Yea, so what. The Livery’s were Tobacco Ads. 😐
@@Len_M.
Same for Formula 1
Until FIA banned it due to public pressure...
And to add on, Ferrari also started as a race car manufacturer and then began to build road cars to be able to race.
As an F1 fan since i came to this world i love that this beautiful sport is reaching people so diverse. I love the growth that it is having and the massive acceptance that is having.
Keep it up! Such a great channel!
Team Lotus Renault: Green
Lotus Renault Team: Black and Gold
In fairness easy mistake to make
When Lotus started, ALL British cars were painted in "British Racing Green", not just Lotus.
@@EricIrl I think he was talking about the 2010 debacle, not the origins of Lotus
@@sloppynyuszi The Lotus story got very messy in recent years. It's easy to get confused.
The Can Am series of the 70s certainly deserves a mention as cars of that series were faster around a circuit than the same year's F1 cars.
Where those cars the ones that where death traps that had invisble fire and stuff?
@@Andrewza1 Most racecars back then were just that
Invisible fire was prevalent in that era until the 1980s or so due to the fuel. There is a famous video of Rick Mears at the Indy 500, early 1980s, where his car catches fire, he gets out and looks like he is dancing. He was on fire but no one could see it. Everyone in the nearby pits started dousing him with water, to include Roger Penske. The different racing series later put in an additive to make the flames visable before switching to newer fuels.
Being a motorsports fan this was nice! I always love the tech side of the sport, and the creativity they come up with. Bend the rule book and grey areas, and sometimes just flat out cheat. Allegedly
Hey its only cheating if it is 100% forbidden in the rule book, and they get caught
@@skodass1 The ultimate sign of motorsports development achievement, is when a rule gets added or changed due to something you did on a car/team.
@@skodass1 Alonso USA 2021 Oct ! OK not for a win but just great attitude
I grew up in England, but was born in Chicago. I've watched F1 since I was 3 years old, remembering the race that Senna died. Moving back to New York when I was 13, no-one watched F1 really in the US for most 20 years that I've been here. I love that Drive to Survive has caused so many people to watch F1. It's so funny going into work and everyone talks about F1 now. It's amazing!
How about a biographics of some drivers like Ayrton Senna? I think they'd be a hit.
I second this comment ^
As a long time F1 fan and a follower of I don't know how many channels featuring Simon, nice to hear you about F1 once. And compliments, you didn't put a foot wrong. Maybe not mentioning Senna, but great and proper explanation of F1.
There are plenty of videos you could make about F1. Like a video about how far teams and drivers have gone to win over time. There's cheats, crashes, fires, controversies, fights, even deaths sadly all over this sport because of rivalries and winning a championship or even a race.
Omg Simon and F1 mixed together. My day is made.
Im pretty sure thats the wrong lotus as there were two Lotus teams. One racing in green and the other in black and in 2011 they both had Renault engines. After legal battles the green team lotus becam Caterham F1.
Virgin F1 started of as Manor before virgin bought in and ended there life as Manor and HRT started as Campos when they were originally accepted into F1 championship.
You're right, yes, wrong Lotus
"Drive to Survive" is an absolutely amazingly well done show, even people who don't like auto racing will love the drama.
It is when you don’t already know f1. They fake a lot of things and use quotes when they are out of context etc. it is a good show though and has done a lot for the sport but isn’t exactly perfect
@@L_J_D23 exactly. They've done a great job in creating viewership and bringing new fans in, unfortunately those new fans don't always realize that what they have "learned" from DTS isn't always true
@@valerierodger7700 and there’s nothing wrong with that some people are just casual watchers but it shouldn’t be so made up on Netflix’s part
@@valerierodger7700 exactly, the reason max refused to be part of it.
@@L_J_D23 But documentaries are usually like that and almost always have a slant. Even if the director wanted to tell a whole story he may not have access to some things and that creates an unintentional bias. "The Last Dance" should have said "Produced by Michael Jordan himself" because of how pro-Jordan it was and it was still entertaining. I knew almost nothing about F1 prior to the show and I loved the cinematography and drama.
F1 is the only sport where you can go 300kmph, crash into a barrier, experience 62Gs, go up in flames, car split in 2, and walk away safely
Never expected my all-time favourite sport to be a Megaprojects video. Good job, Simon!
As someone else who grew up with a father who LOVES Formula 1 and Indy Car, I can tell you that these drivers are some of the most well-trained, best conditioned athletes in the world.
And you really can't put Nascar (or most of their drivers) in the same category as F1.
It doesn't matter if u have 5 long sleeves anything over 25 mph one of or multiple body parts are going to be sand down, we call it high speed lipo suction
Very well done. I'm an American who is partial to formula 1. Love seeing footage of old, black and white film of the old speed racer looking cars.
I lost it at the "wee!" Those were glorious
Not even a mention of the biggest badass driver of them all: Niki Lauda. You know the guy who nearly died in a crash and 6 weeks later was back in the cockpit.
Rally group B is arguably much more insane than F1. Id like to see a Simon video on group B, from the 80s
Hey dear how are you doin?
I'm surprised that Simon didn't mention the biggest thing that separates F1 from other motorsports: You have to design and build your own car. That's why there is separate driver and constructor's championship. You can buy the engine, transmission, and some other parts, but each team has to design the basic car tub and aerodynamics.
You should definitely check out 'Chainbear F1' and his videos on the engineering of the Hybrid Power Units (engines + electronics) that are used in F1. Some crazy tech has come out of F1 and some of it can be found in modern vehicles. Might not be a Megaproject but they certainly make some mega power and also have a thermal power efficiency of 50% which is literally unheard of for ICE vehicles.
F1 is and has been very popular here in Mexico, specially in the 60’s when the Rodriguez brothers, Pedro & Ricardo, entered the F1; At the start of the 1967 season, Pedro Rodríguez won in only his ninth Grand Prix, at Kyalami, making F1 even more popular.
In 1973 the Mexico City race track Magdalena Mixuhca, where F1, Champ Car, NASCAR and other series race was renamed for him and Ricardo: Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez (Rodríguez Brothers Autodrome).
And the F1 has gained a kind of renaissance in Mexico now onto the 21st century, thanks to the amazing talent of Sergio “Checo” Pérez.
also, you forgot to mention one of the greatest name in F1 history, not as much for his driving (although he was one hell of a driver), but for his engineering skills that helped in testing and improving cars by a lot; the great Niki Lauda.
This was a really good episode! But I believe the title of “The Fastest Motorsport in the World” belongs to the Reno Air Races. Specifically, the Jet Class. A video about the Reno Air Races would be really cool!
And if he limited it to on the GROUND races I think the NHRA would like to have a word with Simon about speed. Now admittedly that's only a quarter mile at a time but even so.
That’s an airsport isn’t it
@@michiganengineer8621 and that’s straightline speed. F1 is the fastest around a racetrack.
It would make sense if it’s an air sport, but I’m not sure. It’s officially a Motorsport with top speeds of over 525 mph.
@@Shinyworldwide Airsport and Motorsport are not mutually exclusive terms. Airsport refers to any sport that takes place in the air. That also includes things like gliders and skydiving that have no motors. Motorsport refers to any sport that uses engines or motors for power regardless of where it takes place. So powered cars, planes, boats etc. all count as long as they use a motor of some sort. It is possible for something to be both an airsport as well as a motorsport at the same time. In other words, the Reno Air Races are a motorsport that takes place in the air, hence it holds the title of fastest motorsport while also being an airsport.
Well.. you probably already know but the photo of the lotus entering was the wrong lotus.. yeah, weird moment when we had two Lotus teams at the same time.
"Minds of metal and wheels" I always appreciate a nod to Lord of the Rings.
Have you seen the Ent-wives?
F1 and Simon videos... two favorites in one!
Something something get in there Lewis
If it wasn't for a close friend of mine, I would not have been interested in F1. He got me to watch a race 2 years ago. Blows away any type of racing I had seen before. Absolutely amazing. You missed talking about a couple factors that make it better than any of the American racing, and I am a proud American. 1) No ovals! It's easy to build a car designed to turn in one direction. 2) There are two (2) championships: Driver's and Constructors. When each team is responsible for completely engineering their cars (within limits) it makes for some interesting racing.
I only have one (1) last thing to say... GO MAX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Come on whistle boy! You could have atleast mentioned Jackie Steward, Jim Clark, Jack Brabham, James Hunt, and Niki Lauda!
This is a very good introduction to the world of Formula one... It's not popular in the American continent because some races are held at early morning hours local time, and for it to be interesting, there needn't be an accident.. Pure rivalry between teams and drivers creates a story of itself... Overall, a very good episode... Loved it...
Excellent video considering it's only 20 minutes long. Covered most of the bases, although were it not for Bernie Ecclestone, F1 could well have disappeared into obscurity.
Awesome that you did an F1 video! I really hope you watch the movue RUSH which is based on a true F1 rivalry, also, it would be awesome if you did a video on the Nuremburg Ring, the absolute most famous and deadly track!
In the post WW1 and post WW2 times it was easier to accept a 1 in 10 chance of death in a race when you already made it through a war. Many of the driver's had been soldiers.
Much more challenging racing than F1 is rally. The real roads they use including gravel, forest, ice and desert (inclusive of pot holes) makes it much more fun to watch, much more challenging for the drivers, and any small mistake can make all the difference. Definitely worth an episode.
Hey Simon, I'm in Prague for the first time. Is there anything that you think I absolutely must do while I'm here? Also favorite local food?
Goulash.
Can't wait to watch this, hope you talked about the recent crashes too!
Probably more of a Brain Blaze thing.
R.I.P. Jules Bianci and Anthoine Hubert.
NASCAR exclamation? How about open wheel IndyCar racing, Simon? When I lived in Chicago I would go down to the Indianapolis motor Speedway all the time. I have been to all, whatever it is seven or eight, US GP. I have been to at least 10 of the NASCAR 400 races. And I have been to some 35 or 36 Indy 500.
Was there not a split in both the admin of car racing in the USA and the safety / promotion with one promotor not allowing tracks to take anothers series race ?
@@highpath4776 Yes there was. Many years ago. I went to a couple of the CART races at Road America in Wisconsin. I’m not sure exactly when the reconciliation took place, but it was prior to the “Centennial Era” which was the several year period Between the 100th year anniversary of the first running of the Indy 500, and the running of the 100th Indy 500.
One of the best things about the F1 races are the races within the race. It doesn't matter so much who finishes first because that's often almost a foregone conclusion. But the announcers are keen to keep up with the races for points in the grid and often make for some classic races between fourth and fifth or the charge to get the last point position in the race with multiple cars in multiple teams being involved in the jostling back-and-forth. So you don't get one race each time you get many races within the race and the announcers and coverage do a great job of keeping it fun.
Great vid, the crossover of my dreams, but i wish you talked a bit more about the cars themselves. The technology behind them and so on! Keep up the good work!
I learned a lot, thanks. Now you have to do NASCAR. Come on, the sport started with moonshiners racing their cars in a cornfield. Not snooty rich people racing.
Big fan of F1 here! So happy you covered this!
To be honest, the lack of safety provisions in Formula One in the '40s, '50s and '60s is worthy of an Into the Shadows episode in its own right - Jackie Stewart et al had to fight tooth and nail just for the right to be accepted as humans whose lives might be valuable even when they happened to be at work. It was a disgrace that it took so long.
Great side projects video: indy car vs F1. The two biggest open wheeled racing leagues in the world, with indy being a more North and South American sport
The world's worst F1 crash has been removed from history, per F1 and the family of the driver. Nobody knows about it, but I think 2 or 3 people were killed.
Yes and they wiped the memories of everyone who witnessed it, Men in Black style. 🤔🤭 Definitely worse than the Le Mans disaster. 😒
It was in N. Carolina in the '90s... While being passed on the straightaway, the first car moved left, interlocking his wheels with the passing car which went air born sideways into a chain-link fence while still having forward momentum for about 100 yards. He was grated to his torso and track workers were struck by debris, killing them. They recovered the drivers body using a bucket to scoop his remains from the cockpit.
The worst loss of life in a formula one event was at the 1961 Italian grand prix where Wolfgang Von Trips car went into the crowd and 15 spectators were killed along with von trips
@@StreetLugeNetwork What I meant to say was the F1 crash with the world's most gruesome camera footage... I think you are right about the worst loss of life.
@@campbellpaul In a "some crash" the graphic images of Senna's body after the crash are stored by their photographer until today and the cockipt images all the way until the crash (the TV cuts the feed seconds before) may still exist in F1 HQ.
I'd honestly love a video on every 'major' sport like this, great work as always fact boi
"We won't call [Hamilton] the best... but we can certainly call him the best right now."
I advise you from steering clear of the Netherlands for a while, for your own safety.
I can see Max achieving alot in the future, whether he'll top Lulu though is open to question. I never thought Michaels records would've been beaten so soon.
Oohhh this was unexpected love the channel love f1 this is good
In the thumbnail, it said deadliest sport? And idk if it's clickbait yet but if you really want deadly sports look at endurance racing, a crash at le mans killed I think 84 people one year
Also, if you do do something on endurance racing, please make a business blaze on it as well
Think F1 has more driver deaths, that Lemans accident was mostly bystanders.
@@feartheamish9183 f1 has more driver deaths yeah, but bystanders are still deaths
Also the cannonball run and the peking to paris rally
He covered the '55 crash, please still do endurance racing
Please do a million of these!! F1 history is so rich and there is so many topics. You could start a channel alone just on f1 😂
Prost > Senna
@@duke3987 or just every rivalry every year
I hate to be that guy, but "fastest motorsport" would be, for automobiles, Top Fuel, the pinnacle of drag racing. They achieve much higher speeds. 330+mph (530+ kph). From a dead stop in under 4 seconds. It'd be neat to see this channel cover it.
Fastest circuit cars
Until they have to farther then 1/4th of a mile or turn.
I hate to be the guy to say the guy that doesn't wanna be that guy is right but...
@Jemarc... That would also be false. A oval is also considered a circuit and I believe the closed course record is still held by a CART driver at Fontana...
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The 2021 US GP in COTA and the Mexico GP were attended by 400,000 and 372,000 weekend spectators, respectively. The Netflix DTS effect. Nice to see more and more people becoming fans of the sport. Welcome to the fold, mate.👍💯