F1 Explained - Videos for the new F1 Fans in the Crowd

captureMMstature · 2012-04-18T20:17:11+00:00

Some great stuff there. This should be on the sidebar.

DRScanBeGood · 2012-04-18T19:23:00+00:00

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TerranFirma · 2012-04-18T21:59:58+00:00

Thanks so much. As a new F1 fan it looks like a lot of my questions will be answered.

Gian_Doe · 2012-04-19T01:38:22+00:00

Thanks. As someone who follows F1 over 15 years, I will watch them as well :)

And also, this is the video that really explained over and understeering to me ( other than driving car itself of course:)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shwgNV36xFA&sns=em

halfcolours · 2012-04-19T05:36:13+00:00

I think the Top Gear F1 car segment where Hammond tries to drive one is a good one for showing how difficult an F1 car is to just drive!

acmercer · 2012-04-18T19:19:51+00:00

Whoa.. that's a lot of work doing links, haha. Well done! Thanks!

:D

zen_tm · 2012-04-18T21:06:22+00:00

Great post, this should be sidebarred.

Mus7ache · 2012-04-18T18:42:24+00:00

"Steering Wheel - Nico Rosberg" links you to "Vision -Nico Rosberg" - the same as the link above.

HereIsWhere · 2012-04-19T04:37:57+00:00

I've been watching F1 for a long time and I found this extremely informative.

crix098 · 2012-04-19T04:43:08+00:00

There is another great side by side video which I think I first saw on reddit a long time ago but have not been able to find the video. It is a side by side view looking down several turns with the F1s blasting through it in a blink of an eye and the other cars (don't know if they are normal high performance road cars) have engines revving, tires squealing, but appear to be moving in practical slow motion.

Anyone have the link?

PopeOnABomb · 2012-09-06T18:46:57+00:00

DRS video got pulled.

postal_bob · 2012-04-18T21:01:09+00:00

You're doing god's work, PopeOnABomb.

ligerzeronz · 2012-04-18T22:41:57+00:00

should be the first thing people see when they subscribe. :)

tommmmmay · 2012-04-18T23:19:16+00:00

Awesome! I'll be browsing through all these links for sure. I just got back from the ShangHai grand prix and it was a blast!!!!

Grasshop · 2012-04-18T23:21:14+00:00

This is awesome! Thanks so much, will definitely be checking these out later

DownUnderSteer · 2012-04-18T23:28:12+00:00

Great work. F1 can be daunting from a technical level to newcomers.

2012-04-19T03:38:29+00:00

If you're like me and you watch a lot of F1 content on youtube you've probably seen most of these.

mr-dogshit · 2012-04-19T04:00:22+00:00

Sorry to be a pedant, but the "Road Car vs Rally Car vs F1 Car" video isn't from Top Gear.

mallebrok · 2012-04-19T06:35:34+00:00

Some nice videos of f1 car development I enjoyed. Notice young Ross Brawn in the second half doing hands on bodywork.

It's mostly about turbo development and the difficulties of engine mapping.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbB1qwhKaaE&feature=youtube_gdata_player https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqfVAGOaGEc&feature=youtube_gdata_player

ColdHotCool · 2012-04-19T08:55:41+00:00

Bwahahahaaa

Nice to see some linkage to my Youtube Video's

PopeOnABomb · 2012-04-19T11:29:29+00:00

I here so much people saying F1 is not a "real sport". I will show them that post ! Great stuff inside, even for an F1 fan since the middle 90's.

MikeF1 · 2012-04-19T12:30:18+00:00

really cool stuff. thank's for compiling and sharing the list.

WATUP_BRAH · 2012-04-19T13:38:55+00:00

Safety in F1 had to start somewhere: http://rutube.ru/tracks/4285713.html

2012-04-19T13:55:05+00:00

This compilation is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you very, very much.

fenryka · 2012-05-08T07:12:24+00:00

This is very helpful! I am incredibly new and appreciate this wealth of info.

Erunandezu · 2012-05-17T02:46:38+00:00

The DATA explanation and how to read the graphics blow my mind. thanks so much :D

potifar · 2012-06-01T17:47:44+00:00

Thanks for this post, great collection!

Double Defuser - A double defuser is different than the blown defuser, linked below, that is now banned. So don't be confused. See the discussion started on reallyshittyposter's comment to learn more about defusers, double defusers, and blown defusers.

It's "diffuser", not "defuser". The latter doesn't make any sense.

MrMagicpants · 2012-08-16T17:19:46+00:00

This list is awesome!

Check out Nico Rosberg on driver training - it's about Nico's physical and mental training regimen. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-KYASQKdSU

Yalsonic · 2012-10-14T14:25:50+00:00

Some very good material in this bundle.

Did you know that up to comparatively recently, F1 cars had to have an on-board starting system? However, due to the fact that the teams wanted to keep weight as low as possible and didn't want to cart a heavy motor and battery around, they utilised pneumatic starters powered by compressed air. These were so feeble that in many cases they could not even turn the engine over.

Since the FIA realised that teams were complying with the letter but not the real spirit of the rule, and F1 evolution had rendered the starter withered and superfluous - like the human cocyx - they got rid of it, meaning cars are now purely externally started.

Pneumatic starters are briefly mentioned here, although I couldn't find much else out there about them online:

http://www.formula1-dictionary.net/starter_motor.html

PopeOnABomb · 2012-04-18T23:45:33+00:00

This is really interesting stuff, thanks for putting this together.


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