"I think a lot of fans don’t know it’s the feet where the magic happens." I know thats not real racing, but in Sim Racing, upgrading to a much better wheel base and steering wheel didn't do much for my lap times, just made the game more fun. But when I upgraded from a cheaper brake pedal to a more high quality gas/break pedal setup, my lap time very quickly went down. I was chocked how much of an impact the added brake/throttle control made to my lap times.
If you don't actually drive on a track it's very hard to understand how your brake and throttle inputs actually rotate the car. You can have the same steering angle but rotate the car differently with more trail braking or more throttle input
Just when I thought you had given us everything with the debriefs , jobs in 60 seconds and all that content you find a way to outdo yourselves. I'm hoping this is a series that's here to stay!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I am in AWE. F1 pedals is something I always wanted to discover how they look like and work, but it was such a niche subject that I couldn't find any info on it! Thank you Mercedes for showing us!
I’m absolutely begging for an in-depth discussion of software at some point. How much compute power does the car have? How do you write and deploy new code to the car? That’s what I really want to learn more about!
Need more vids like this for the entire car. It's insane just how much intention there is when designing these cars and they're designing them around the drivers themselves, literally. Incredible.
Yeah, I could tell they were holding back some (probably key) information haha, but still- much better than any other team that didn't say anything at all! Love the transparency and the technical insight that Mercedes gives to the fans- I feel like I'm learning as if I'm brought into the team.
Great Vid for Sim Racers to see. #1. you don't need more than 100kg load Cell. #2. The Brake Pedal has More Range of Motion and Travel it's NOT a Stiff Pedal
Norris’s pedal cam also shows his pedal have some range of motion. Gasly’s pedal cam shows less travel (but probably due to driving at low speed and wet track, the camera position makes it hard to tell)
As an automotive engineer, I love these videos by Merc breaking down F1 tech for us. But really wanted more technical stuff in this video. Guess it was confidential beyond this point 😅
PU potency is not so important nowadays. What really matters in the engine is the torque curve, it is where significant gains are found. A little engineering: Power = Torque x Speed. As speed (n exceeds 350km\h stagnated due to aerodynamic drag, today it is much more worthwhile to work on Torque where the limit is the tire.
I feel like they had to hold back quite a lot on this one. I know what a pedal is, but I still don't know how they work precisely or what would differentiate these from my car. Also, carbon sounds pretty good. Stiff, light, strong, ... so why the aluminium one? Also also, 100kg pressure seems really small? You hear people say that under have braking drivers will almost litterally stand on the brake. That's 70kg at 4-5G or 280-350kg of pressure. I love Mercedes, I love these videos, but this one just leaves me with more questions than I had before.
Yeah, I could tell they were holding back some (probably key) information haha, but still- much better than any other team that didn't say anything at all! Love the transparency and the technical insight that Mercedes gives to the fans- I feel like I'm learning as if I'm brought into the team.
All the teams use “fly by wire” systems though. I understand the need for discretion but they didn’t actually say how ANY of it works. I know a lot of it we can glean; I’m assuming some of us know what a damper does, but they titled the video “How” it works and instead showed us “What” makes it work and left out the “how”. 😂 They could have told us the idea behind fly by wire without actually telling us how they implement it.
I absolutely love this kind of content! Keep it up. I thought it was a nice touch that you added your own captions so that people who need them wouldn't have to rely on the auto generated captions... until they were wrong that is. If the brake pedal were actually to experience a loss of force I think that would be a bad thing, certainly from an engineer's perspective.
I've tried braking a manual car using my left foot and I find it really difficult to put precise pressure on the pedal, how F1 drivers do this a thousand times during a race is amazing
Very interesting the difference in makes for each pedal. understand the increased force on the brake pedal means you'd want it to be carbon fiber, but why not make the throttle out of it as well? I'd think aluminum is heavier than carbon, right? Something to do with the damper/spring setup?
Great video. Ironically I've been messing around with pedals a lot last couple of weeks. In my SIM racing rig at home. Been trying to find the right setup and level of stiffness for the brakes. It is surprisingly a long process with lot of trial and error. Can only imagine how much more complex it is in a real F1 car.
Wow you see there's bearings and a pivot point is actually on the arch of the foot not the ball of the foot like in most/all other cars.. I'd imagine that gives more finesse to braking..
So why aluminum for the throttle pedal, since carbon is stiffer and lighter? Is it a 'feel' thing - does the driver need that little bit of extra mass to let him better modulate the throttle?
They titled the video wrong 😂 Here’s me thinking we’re getting an anoraks look at “How” the pedals work and instead getting a “What” makes them work with none of the “how”. 😅 I should have known when I saw the length. I think companies are still terrified they’re going to bore us 😂
I love F1 and the technology and mechanics even more so! Is there an apprenticeship program I could get involved with Mercedes F1 team? Thanks so much :)
Great video series idea, and what I'm seeing is well done. However I only wish for... longer content (I don't think it's short because of ip reasons there's surely more general knowledge about f1 pedals not shown here)
Aside from mentioning that there is a damper connected to a wire and 100kg of pressure top end, they was no mention on how F1 pedals actually work. i.e: how the position of the pedal communicates with the engine, the distance of travel of the break pedal and how it communicates with the brakes etc. Just a lot of talk about how there is 'Alot going on...all very different...have to press it hard'
Considering how stiff race car brakes are, I wonder if anyone has a wider brake so you can use both feet to step on the brake for those hard brake moments? If you ever drove some formula cars the brake moves very very little and you get used to that sensitive brake. I drove several formula cars and that was what I noticed.
So I get why they made the brake from carbon fiber. But why would you use a heavier material like an alloy on the accelerator? Wouldn't carbon fiber also safe weight?
Why does the brake pedal require 100kg of force if its a power breaking setup? Wouldn't it be better to make it easier for the driver to press, like in a road car?
The Amount of effort and dedication this team puts into it’s fans is unspoken, Thank You Mercedes and lets have a wonderful 2023 Season
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@@generalgiovannicresvaresur2771 Ha ha😒😒
@@generalgiovannicresvaresur2771 What team have you seen that gives us an in depth insight as to how our favorite cars work?
@@generalgiovannicresvaresur2771 Joke so good I even forgot to laugh
@@awaaaaa Of course you did. You're a mercedes fan! You lot been crying since AD21
I'm not a Mercedes fan, but no other team puts this much effort into breaking down every little thing about the cars for the fans. Huge respect
are you serious? They explained absolutely nothing once more.
@@MoDeG7 The fact that you understood 0% doesn't mean they didn't explain anything at all. Lmao
Every little detail? There are no details in this video. Name one. Fly-by-wire, how does that work? lol
Would love to see more pedal cams in the future! I think a lot of fans don’t know it’s the feet where the magic happens.
Yep but it would be nice if it was pointed down at the feet and not looking back.
"I think a lot of fans don’t know it’s the feet where the magic happens."
I know thats not real racing, but in Sim Racing, upgrading to a much better wheel base and steering wheel didn't do much for my lap times, just made the game more fun. But when I upgraded from a cheaper brake pedal to a more high quality gas/break pedal setup, my lap time very quickly went down. I was chocked how much of an impact the added brake/throttle control made to my lap times.
If you don't actually drive on a track it's very hard to understand how your brake and throttle inputs actually rotate the car. You can have the same steering angle but rotate the car differently with more trail braking or more throttle input
100%... overtaking happens on the brake pedal most the time
Lmao... a brake & accelerator pedal.
What a riveting watch. 😂
Mercedes absolutely always on point with these videos.
'On point'
🤣🤣🤣
@@blueanodized Why are u bullshitting so much? For you it might not be interesting, but other people might find in interesting...
Just when I thought you had given us everything with the debriefs , jobs in 60 seconds and all that content you find a way to outdo yourselves. I'm hoping this is a series that's here to stay!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
You're amazed by a brake & accelerator pedal...
😂😂😂
I am in AWE. F1 pedals is something I always wanted to discover how they look like and work, but it was such a niche subject that I couldn't find any info on it!
Thank you Mercedes for showing us!
'i aM iN aWe'.
You are exactly the kind of person this 'content' was made for.
🤣
I’m absolutely begging for an in-depth discussion of software at some point. How much compute power does the car have? How do you write and deploy new code to the car? That’s what I really want to learn more about!
Need more vids like this for the entire car. It's insane just how much intention there is when designing these cars and they're designing them around the drivers themselves, literally. Incredible.
Yeah, I could tell they were holding back some (probably key) information haha, but still- much better than any other team that didn't say anything at all! Love the transparency and the technical insight that Mercedes gives to the fans- I feel like I'm learning as if I'm brought into the team.
They don't talk about it because its a brake & accelerator pedal.
This is quite possibly the most amazing bait for stupid people ever.
🤣
This is awesome! Can’t wait for the rest of the series.
Great Vid for Sim Racers to see.
#1. you don't need more than 100kg load Cell.
#2. The Brake Pedal has More Range of Motion and Travel it's NOT a Stiff Pedal
I did watch a video where Vestappen said that on his car the brake pedal travels very little. Maybe it's a setup thing for him 🤷♂️
Norris’s pedal cam also shows his pedal have some range of motion.
Gasly’s pedal cam shows less travel (but probably due to driving at low speed and wet track, the camera position makes it hard to tell)
Love these kinds of videos, thanks!
That's an incredible amount of force applied to the brake pedal by the drivers.
aMaZiNg... 🤤
Thank you Mercedes! This is amazing info to share with your fans! ❤❤❤
'aMaZiNg iNfO...'
😂😂😂
Stuff like this is always suuuuper interesting!
Would love to see more videos like that about other parts of the car!
The educational material is what makes me like this F1 team, brilliant.
Content is king. Content this satisfying is everything. Thank you Merc we appreciate this content
As an automotive engineer, I love these videos by Merc breaking down F1 tech for us. But really wanted more technical stuff in this video. Guess it was confidential beyond this point 😅
Love these videos Mercedes, really makes me glad I support such a great team.
I'm not really a Mercedes F1 fan, but I think this channel is really awesome! Thanks for it.
This deserves a 45 min in-depth explanation showing the damping curve and whatnot
Big up mercedes for delivering these insights on tech and structure of the car. Keep it up AMG🙌🏻🙌🏻
It's amazing so much designing goes into this. Hatsoff to team mercedes for providing these simple explanations.
So cool to see everything in this perspective!
The phrase "immediately I can SEE there's a lot more going on than meets the EYE"
Amazing job guys, this is quality content
a brake and accelerator pedal constitute 'aMaziNg CoNtEnT'.
Who knew?
😂😂😂
@@blueanodized 😂
always love learning something new about f1
Super video. ☺
First, it was Red Bull with the informative videos, but now its Mercedes is going up a notch. Love it, keep them coming!
PU potency is not so important nowadays.
What really matters in the engine is the torque curve, it is where significant gains are found.
A little engineering:
Power = Torque x Speed.
As speed (n exceeds 350km\h stagnated due to aerodynamic drag, today it is much more worthwhile to work on Torque where the limit is the tire.
Mercedes as always giving us good 👍🏾 content ❤!!
Keep up tbe good work team. I love how you're de-mystifying F1 and giving us laypeople an insight into what goes on behind the scenes
I feel like they had to hold back quite a lot on this one. I know what a pedal is, but I still don't know how they work precisely or what would differentiate these from my car.
Also, carbon sounds pretty good. Stiff, light, strong, ... so why the aluminium one?
Also also, 100kg pressure seems really small? You hear people say that under have braking drivers will almost litterally stand on the brake. That's 70kg at 4-5G or 280-350kg of pressure.
I love Mercedes, I love these videos, but this one just leaves me with more questions than I had before.
Yeah, I could tell they were holding back some (probably key) information haha, but still- much better than any other team that didn't say anything at all! Love the transparency and the technical insight that Mercedes gives to the fans- I feel like I'm learning as if I'm brought into the team.
All the teams use “fly by wire” systems though. I understand the need for discretion but they didn’t actually say how ANY of it works. I know a lot of it we can glean; I’m assuming some of us know what a damper does, but they titled the video “How” it works and instead showed us “What” makes it work and left out the “how”. 😂 They could have told us the idea behind fly by wire without actually telling us how they implement it.
I learnt nothing from watching this other than they have grip on them
can't wait for next episode
Great video. Would love to see more like this on the tiny but important details of a modern F1 car
Thank god for the subtitles.
This team 💜💙
Appreciated Mercedes love to see more videos for same!
Its great video Mercedes keep it up 💪💪💪
I absolutely love this kind of content! Keep it up.
I thought it was a nice touch that you added your own captions so that people who need them wouldn't have to rely on the auto generated captions... until they were wrong that is.
If the brake pedal were actually to experience a loss of force I think that would be a bad thing, certainly from an engineer's perspective.
I need a set of these for my dragster
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You push 'em in and they either go vroom vroom or squeak squeak.
More of these please
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Never clicked so fast on a video!
Wait, so why is the throttle pedal aluminum versus making it out of CF?
Probably lighter and it doesnt need to be as stiff as the brake pedal.
@@sergiorojas1161 you think they could make it lighter with aluminum versus carbon fiber?
I've tried braking a manual car using my left foot and I find it really difficult to put precise pressure on the pedal, how F1 drivers do this a thousand times during a race is amazing
Very interesting the difference in makes for each pedal. understand the increased force on the brake pedal means you'd want it to be carbon fiber, but why not make the throttle out of it as well? I'd think aluminum is heavier than carbon, right? Something to do with the damper/spring setup?
Its a good day when mercedes amg petronas uploads
Wonderful info
Great video. Ironically I've been messing around with pedals a lot last couple of weeks. In my SIM racing rig at home. Been trying to find the right setup and level of stiffness for the brakes. It is surprisingly a long process with lot of trial and error. Can only imagine how much more complex it is in a real F1 car.
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thank you merc!
Nice to see Ant
I'm a full blown Redbull fan but I love these educational videos on parts that Mercedes post.
Fly by wire is used in Airplanes as well. Great example is the airbus A320
Great videos
That all looks Fascinating But PLEASE JUST WIN A RACE!!😭
0:20 Which software is this
Awesome video!
What is the name of the track playing the background? anyone pleasE?
Wow you see there's bearings and a pivot point is actually on the arch of the foot not the ball of the foot like in most/all other cars.. I'd imagine that gives more finesse to braking..
AMG 🏁🏁🏁!!
The day i stop watching F1 👀 is the day Mercedes AMG stop racing.. thank you Team for all the work you guys put in day in day out. 🙌
i want to see some f1 team to do partnership with simgear manufacturer to get replicas for simracing. Would be pretty cool
First of all great video.
I would love to hear an engine noise when the pedals are being operated. To get an acoustic feel 😅
Or is it too much?
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yeah but does it have a load cell brake like HE sprints?
George is as tall as George!😎
"Nicely done George,nicely done"
love these videos
My brother made George Russell's brake pedals for 2022!
its true! i was the pedals!
Owesome technology
cant wait for w14
Fascinating
So why aluminum for the throttle pedal, since carbon is stiffer and lighter? Is it a 'feel' thing - does the driver need that little bit of extra mass to let him better modulate the throttle?
They titled the video wrong 😂 Here’s me thinking we’re getting an anoraks look at “How” the pedals work and instead getting a “What” makes them work with none of the “how”. 😅
I should have known when I saw the length. I think companies are still terrified they’re going to bore us 😂
I love F1 and the technology and mechanics even more so!
Is there an apprenticeship program I could get involved with Mercedes F1 team? Thanks so much :)
Great video series idea, and what I'm seeing is well done. However I only wish for... longer content (I don't think it's short because of ip reasons there's surely more general knowledge about f1 pedals not shown here)
I wonder what every new sim racing pedal set is going to look like next year 🤔
Make the time for subtitles longer
Aside from mentioning that there is a damper connected to a wire and 100kg of pressure top end, they was no mention on how F1 pedals actually work. i.e: how the position of the pedal communicates with the engine, the distance of travel of the break pedal and how it communicates with the brakes etc.
Just a lot of talk about how there is 'Alot going on...all very different...have to press it hard'
I must say that even though my favourite driver is Sergio Perez, my favourite constructor is Mercedes-AMG-Petronas
Which model of Mercedes was that?
Well bad or not this form I prefer...
Mercedes y’all guys are the best these videos are amazing. I’ll see you in Miami 🫡
Floor mounted pedals, that's how it's supposed to be 😄.
Considering how stiff race car brakes are, I wonder if anyone has a wider brake so you can use both feet to step on the brake for those hard brake moments?
If you ever drove some formula cars the brake moves very very little and you get used to that sensitive brake.
I drove several formula cars and that was what I noticed.
Hey i want these for my simrig. What's the price? ;)
Is it just me or are those different sidepods on the car compared to the zero-pods?
I can just see the Fanatec designers screengrabbing this video and come 2024, we'll see a proper "formula 1" pedal set.
Sim racers had a heart attack seeing that the brake pedal actually moves more than 2 centimeters 🤣
So I get why they made the brake from carbon fiber. But why would you use a heavier material like an alloy on the accelerator? Wouldn't carbon fiber also safe weight?
where to buy =D
lets win this year
Why, if the brakes are fly by wire, would you need 100kg force to depress the pedal?
Why does the brake pedal require 100kg of force if its a power breaking setup? Wouldn't it be better to make it easier for the driver to press, like in a road car?
can drivers change like having the throttle on the left and brake on the right??
I’m sure they can easily switch them around Lol
Could do with a set for my pc
Super cuel!
Do your pedals also support DAS?
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I don't think this video answered the question it's title would suggest.
Ferrari: write that down. write that down!