Top 10 Biggest Technical Revolutions In F1
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Chapman is responsible for nearly half the innovations on the list. Legend
Chadman
@@megametification Colin GIGACHADman
And a great many deaths as a result.
@@kb5509 back then safety was truly optional
Chapman and Frank Williams more or less changed the game
Colin Chapman is an absolute legend in F1. Not only that he was THE team principal during his time (if you ignore his draconian attitude towards drivers), he also took part in desinging and developing he cars from the ground up. Probably the biggest genius that ever walked into F1.
Half of these technological step forwards seem to be his ideas!
@@Joe-po8rx Chapman/Lotus and a touch of Renault and Williams literally shaped then ENTIRETY of what has become modern F1 tbh
@@trautsj exactly, ground effect
@@Joe-po8rx no they were jim hall from chaparrals ideas he just stole.
Unfortunately the only downfall of Chapman was he himself, the Lotuses were lightning fast in his time but notorious for not being a safe car to drive, it ended up losing him some of his beloved drivers like Jim Clark and Jochen Rindt, but he was a literal genius and was the closest thing to a one-man army in F1 if you don't count the drivers
The main takeaway from this video: Colin Chapman was an absolute legend.
🙏👍👍👍
And that Lotus was one of the most innovative F1 teams of all time.
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And John Barnard
And FIA likes to ban stuff
0:34 KERS
2:19 ACTIVE SUSPENSION
4:37 MID-ENGINE PLACEMENT
6:19 MONOCOQUE CHASSIS
7:41 TURBOCHARGERS
9:44 SEMI-AUTOMATIC GEARBOX
11:14 GROUND EFFECT
14:10 TURBO-HYBRID ENGINE
16:56 WINGS
19:32 CARBON FIBRE
You sir, deserve a like
The most important was missing, Disc Brakes
Disc brakes were used by Jaguar at Le Mans first
Could have added the Halo which is the last best innovation
Out of top 10 only active suspension no longer exists f1, time to bring that back 😆 would fix porpoising problem
A lot of these comments were talking about Colin Chapman as an absolute legend but people seemed to forget about John Barnard who clearly was underrated as a racing designer who had done it not only for a revolution but also the safety measure that we've had nowadays. Semi-auto gearbox was revolutionary, so as carbon fiber chassis.
ANd it also had influence on road cars. Carbon, is everywher in sportcars now, semi-automatic even on touring cars
ok i need to search this guy up brb
wait he made the mp4/4??
@@51stconch Mhm. He'd done that car very well.
@@51stconch Barnard says Barnard designed it, Gordon Murray says Murray designed it
0:53 no, KERS does not convert the heat of the brakes into energy. It works by taking the kinetic energy of the spinning wheels and converting it into another form of energy. It's basically working the same way as today's MGU-K. Much like it, this could be connected to a battery, but back in '09, it could technically be another form of energy storage, like a flywheel.
Indeed. Very odd to hear such a mistake, how can they not know it!
*brakes
Yep, it is a common mistake haha thank you for explaining.
I even heard of this "heat from brakes" on an F1 technical segment on TV when introducing KERS. 🙃🙃
doesn't the "K" in KERS even stand for "kinetic" or so?
same at 7:55 or so, the turbocharger does not use the heat of the exhaust gases, but rather the kinetic energy of the flowing gas, to drive the intake side...
Some of revolutionary technologies are considered by FIA as "cheeky innovation" : blown diffuser, double diffuser, F duct, fan car, double chassis, DAS...
Renault mass damper, 1998 Mclaren braking
@@user-ez4or8ly4c oh yeah, totally forgot about these
Double DRS too, no?
@@user-ez4or8ly4c actually if You saw the new cars with the porpoising effect i think that the mass damper could be close to making a comeback into helping to balance the cars downforce or at least that's my thought
@@josepina8148 I hope so. The mass damper was a very significant advantage that was banned for spectacle, but it deserved to go on and be developed. We could even have it on road cars now, it is very cheap and if well tuned, effective.
Alternative title: 'Colin Chapman is a genius: Here's (nearly) 10 reasons why'
Colin chapman the thief stealing ideas from chaparals jim hall.
Colin Chapman's Top 5 Moments of Brilliance
@@mertcanerdem3390 Stole them? Copied is probably more accurate. To the best of my knowledge I don't think Chapman ever claimed that ground effect and the fan car were his original ideas... unless you have a source proving otherwise?
@@paulhope3401 When did chapman did the fan car again?
@@mertcanerdem3390 if he's a thief then so is all of F1
Imagine what Colin Chapman could have designed working in modern times
You mean Adrian Newey?
@@javiersp15 true
@@javiersp15 just imagine a newey and Mercedes duo
@@mac.fk14 nobody would be watching F1 if that were to happen because nobody else would be able to build a car that could match the lap times of whatever they make.
@@mac.fk14 actually that kinda happened because Newey designed some of the Mclaren-Mercedes
As speeds increase, I think a lot of banned innovations will end up returning for the very reasons they were banned: Safety.
TMD...
Yeah. Now that 30-some years has passed and technology and safety have advanced a lot, we can come back to those cool concepts and ideas but build a nice research team and ruleset around them to allow for great racing without killing anybody
Active suspension should come back. That definitely need to make a return!
Pretty hyped for the tuned mass damper's return
You would think, until you realize the truth that the FIA doesn't care about safety.
Remember it took almost 4 full years to get basic cockpit protection after Bianchi was killed.
Chapman's Team Lotus shaped the modern Grand Prix car.
Exactly, and also looking like a very exciting championship with each car being so different but I won’t get my hopes up too soon
@@pax..
Neither will I.
Shaped the modern IndyCar as well.
@@FOH3663
Absolutely. A brilliant mind of our beloved sport.
Can we just take a moment and appreciate how much the F1 channel has grown since Liberty took over. 7 million subscribers and so much content, which would never have been possible under Bernie!
I remember back before liberty there would be barely any uploads and most of them would be under 5 minutes.
They know the internet traffic and how to increase fans and viewers
@@Balo657 Yes, they limited the contents on social media before Liberty Media take over
If Bernie sold F1 to Liberty Media in mid 2000s,we probably see Beyond the Grid MSC,Jack Brabham,Surtees,Robert Manzon and etc podcast
I wish it was still more of a niche sport, new fans destroyed any (online) discourse about this sport
I would also add Harvey Postlethwaite's high nose, designed for Tyrrel 019 in 1990 and still used more than thirty years on
Both of the nose cones that car had look incredibly modern, interesting to see just how perfect bits and pieces of car design ended up being from that era that its still used today
I always thought that was a Benetton innovation, but you're right, it was Tyrrell. Benetton borrowed the idea a year later with the B191.
@@AshleyPomeroy Adrian Newey designed a nose for the 1989 Leyton House that was raised higher than the other cars but nowhere near as high as the next year's Tyrrell.
Formula 1 in 60s: We need more safety
Meanwhile Formula 1 in the 60s: 18:12
Came to the comments for this. Crazy stuff. They're taking a stroll.
safety wasn't a priority back in the 60s, it was in the 80s when the cars started to flew off and horsepower increased drastically
Some of the early 70s BBC broadcasts are on CZcams. Search and watch and it’s amazing how close everyone is to the track with little or no separation between spectators and the race.
@@agracer1000 its even crazy to see the spectator on Rally back then
@@rotua98 just search "group B rally Portugal" and you will see.
Colin Chapman is the greatest F1 designer of all time. This video proves it
Newey
@@sunritroykarmakar4406 have you watched the video?
@@icygt its harder to make developments once the car is well rounded already. Chapman made a lot of innovations at the beginning. Newey has created cars during 90s that has consistently defeated schumacher and the ferrari juggernaut with lesser drivers hill villenueve hakkinen. Not to mention newey was behind creating the monster red bull in 2010
@@sunritroykarmakar4406 The red bull in 2010 wasn’t the best car, in 2011-2013 definitely
@@sunritroykarmakar4406 bro chapman literally created look how f1 looked
Newey defeted Schumacher.
Schumacher wasn't even in his prime
Honorable mentions:
Side pods with radiators
Tyre warmers
Rocket fuel, refrigerated fuel
Bald tyres
Qualy Tyres, Qualy engines durint the Turbo era (THE one),...
Don’t forget the HALO
@@harishmahadevan9170 its not a technical revolution, more like safety standards
Also :-
Disc brakes
Carbon ceramic brakes
@@alphabetaxenonzzzcat disc brakes were introduced at le mans, not f1
I’d place movement of the engine from front to rear to be THE most dramatic and significant change to F1 design.
And the first carmaker to do that in F1was Bugatti
Actually is mid-rear. Or "central".
Rear engine was "a thing" of most Porsches until recent years...
@@GsrItalia “Rear” as in rear half of the car; to the rear of the driver as opposed to in front of the driver.
@@johnmack537 F1 layout is closer to a Lotus Elise or a Ferrari 360 Modena, than a Porsche 911/997. Can you say otherwise?
@@GsrItalia I was clarifying your confusion about my original, generic description. It was NOT intended to specify a PRECISE location for the engine.
The Renault's R25 Mass Dumper and active suspension would marry perfectly with this year's car...
Seeing those older cars go around Monaco, and having people walking right next to the track is just mind blowing.
Like sure everyone isn't a top teir physics professor, but fast object hits other object I think is a lesson we all learn as kids.
One of the greatest innovations in motor racing was thought of by Ray Harrom in the Marmon Wasp, at the 1911 Indy 500. By the simple expedient of attaching a mirror to the Wasp, he was able to dispense with the so-called Riding Mechanic. There were no spanners carried on board, his sole purpose was to inform the driver of any car getting close enough to be a threat, and on which side that was coming from. By doing away with the weight of the " mechanic" he won the inaugural race. Since then every race car has had mirrors.
Ah yes, the exact moment when the engineer entered the playground.
Not utilizing a riding mechanic certainly played a pivotal role, but other factors should be considered too.
Indianapolis was his favorite racecourse, and he prided himself on prudent race-craft.
In an era of thrill seeking daredevil race drivers, Ray Harroun was more a thinking man's racer.
As an engineer, his pre-race planning led him to secretly consult with Firestone engineers about tire wear and overall longevity over the course of 500 miles.
Their collective assessment was to keep it under 80mph to prevent excessive tire wear. With that in mind, he averaged 74.6mph over the 500 mile, seven and a half hour race.
He went thru four right rears, and never needed to change the other three tires. His fellow participants averaged 11 pit stops each.
As well known as his effort was, I feel he's STILL under rated, under appreciated.
He also invented the open wheel car
this video is a appreciation for both chapman and barnard.
the two revolutionnaire of F1
Imagine going to work each year and revolutionising motor sport so regularly. The guys were geniuses.
All: Mr. Chapman, how many technical inovations do you have?
Colin: Yes!
0:02 I always loved these side onboard of Michael Schumacher in is Ferrari days. It just feels so nostalgic and fast.
The first car equipped with a semiautomatic gearbox was a Ferrari 312T3, it was driven by Gilles Villeneuve in Fiorano in 1979, who didn't like it. The project, designed by Mauro Forghieri, at the time was shelved, and they say that John Barnard found it ten years later and brought it back.
They haven't realized, but the Chaparral 2J was the first ground effects car. Not the 78(the 2J was Can-Am)
@@devilbub8709 Well, that doesn't seem like a F1 car for me
Most of the innovation in F1 made by Colin Chapman (lotus) , he is truly genius.
15:14 Great footage from Lord Maldonado drifting a f1 car
definately not spinning it, it was a controlled drift
There is a big miss in the list: the Tyrrel 019 used in the 1990 season. It introduced the high nose cone and it was a total revolution. Within two years all teams adopted it and it is still there.
I hope that the active suspension system banned can be lifted and be implemented again this year or next year to reduce the porpoising that the 2022 cars suffered, imagine how much faster and safer the car would be.
Or even the Renault Mass damper could be a solution as well
@@damtan6286 no the mass damper wouldn't
I can't explain how smart i feel having watched this
I feel like I can build my own car after watching this
F1: Sees innovation.
Also F1: "Wait, that's illegal."
So after they banned turbo, ground effect, energy harvesting and various aero solutions the guys running Formula One realized that you can not really dictate the technological advancement and allowed these technologies to come back over the years?
It makes sense. New technologies are, by their nature, hard to understand. It wasn’t that F1 was wrong to ban them, it was just that they were banned until they were well understood enough to be effectively regulated.
@@Llanowar_Kitten True. The main reason for the bans were safety. Now that safety technology has come up and regulations tighten to make cars safer to race, they are now able to implement those innovations without compromising safety
@@akmal94ibrahim Right. But for the turbo for example, it wasn't only safety. The real safety problem due to the turbos back then were the qualifying engines delivering more than 1000 BHP. They had already found a solution to this issue in 1988 adding a poff-off valve to reduce the power even during the race.
But they maint&ained the ban on the turbo the following year anyway due to a fundamental reason: the devlopement cost which was enlarging the gap between top teams and the rest of the grid threatening the small teams, the show and the sport future in general.
That was one of the best FISA decisions. Immediatly, from the start of the 1989 season, there were so many new teams and engine constructors entries, and the gap between the teams in general tightened.
The other argument against turbos was that this technology was not used yet that much on production cars.
Well, times change, now it's all different. The use of turbos is relevant from an energy and cost saving POV, the technology has come a long way and is largely used on roads, safety has evolved dramatically, and at the end the use of turbos is now mandatory in F1 anyway, so it won't have a negative impact on competitivness of small teams knowing they all have to use them
Funny how active suspension was put into F1 cars because of porpoising, and now porpoising's back.
COLIN CHAPMAN
THE MAN
THE MYTH
THE FREAKING LEGEND 🔥
F1 is fun not just for racing for The regulation changes exciting to see where 1 team might end up during the season!
No way you can miss Renault Mass Damper.. it is one of my favourite F1 innovations.. it was such a simple yet effective concept.. many other innovations needed lot of investments but the mass damper was an innovation based on simple cost effective physics just like Lotus wings and Lotus ground effect..
Yes, I wonder how they didn't inclueded it here
They already have a video with other car innovations on the channel, like the fan car, the mass dumper and the F-Duct.
There I was thinking to myself, "What could be more revolutionary than wings?? It was one of the things that shaped the sport we know and love today"
I'm not going to lie, I feel a bit silly forgetting about Carbon Fibre
and the mid engine layout
Im down for sustainable fuel. Just don't be fully electric. Leave that for formula E
Formula E has a contract to be the only fully electric FIA racing series until 2036 I believe. So we have a while before that happens in F1.
Sustainable fuel and a NA engine😍
@@Dre_The_Millennial Extrem e exist
I’m surprised they didn’t mention about the HALO…
Saved sooo many lives
HANS device could be mentioned too...
Colin Chapman and John Barnard- Legends of F1
Next they should make a "Top 10 biggest innovations banned by the FIA"
They already did, it's called top 10 cheeky innovation
Dispite it being 8 years ago i still remember the first v6 hybrid race in australia 2014. It was the biggest change in f1 for me since starting watching it in 99
Still cannot believe at one point f1 cars have so many downforce thanks to ground effect, f1 teams running cars without front wings
Chapman and Barnard did most of the innovations, such geniuses!
7:29 The GOAT
Legond
I NOW realize why Collin Chapman is remembered and revered so highly to this day. What a legend, imagine how much more he could have revolutionized if he was still around today. Rest In Peace
How John Barnard never received an MBE or more I'll never know
a discreet man
Anyone else here on a non race week
Watching people stand on the sidewalks at monaco as the cars flew by made me hold my breath. Crazy how far safety has come as well. Surprised that wasn't mentioned in the list.
"Aimed at closing up the competition in 2009..." How well did that go then?
By the 2nd half of the season, it went decently well. Lets forget about the first half though😶🌫️
Other cars did manage to catch up to them in the 2nd half, but the lead they got in the first half was massive
It‘s more like „Top 10 Colin Chapman designs“
Great job for the 7 Million subscribers F1!!!!
Let's keep growing the sport here
It's a shame that, with every tiny detail of the cars so heavily regulated now, we may never see such huge leaps again.
I love how Striling Moss was driving in a T-shirt during a race! Legend!
He also didn't use seatbelts which may have effected the severity of his career ending injuries.
2:05 Kimi is such a gentleman. He took his gloves to shake hand. No one else would do this these days.
How does that make him a gentlemen?
This should be the Colin Chapman list, man was such a pioneer in f1 history
Appreciate the effort you put into these, keep it up
The American firm used by Mclaren for the mp4/1 was Hercules... You can see their logo on the early mp4 cars, like Sennas mp4/4.
Was wondering when carbon fibre would be mentioned. Turns out it was #1. Surprisingly, no mention of traction control, which was legal for a while.
Of course you overlook one of the biggest advances in engine development, the pneumatic valve train. This of course changed every team on the grid...
I don't think they use it anymore?
@@unsaidatom2310 every team still uses it.
@@rogeeeferrari are you sure about that? They wouldn't need to
@@unsaidatom2310 Please explain how they open and close valves without it ?
@@rogeeeferrarithey open with camshafts and close with conventional springs.
The only reason they went to pneumatic was because of extreme rpm. An F1 ICE doesn't even rev as fast as a superbike anymore.
I don't want to have a CZcams comments section argument, I'd like to have a considered discussion about the topic. I am prepared to conceded that F1 still uses pneumatics in the valve train, I'm just wondering if they still do?
Chapman was an ingenious car designer and engineer. Someone we don't often talk about. Britain should be proud of having some of the best engineers in F1 history
F1 : we're the most technologically advanced form of racing.
Also F1 : let's ban that, let's slow these cars down.
Surprised these weren't banned immediately like actual innovations like active suspension, which has been proven to save lives.
Love how they added the kerb vs kers radio chat.
" ON HIS RETURN TO THE UK HE HOOKED UP WITH NEW MCLAREN BOSS RON DENNIS"
I have absolutely no idea what iam supposed to make of that language😂😂
A superb video. Beautifully edited and great off screen comments.
It's still unclear for me why this active suspension was banned.
There's some 300 sensors on modern F1 cars. Why not make maximum use of it?
Because the teams started to pre-program every turn into the suspension routine and that involved gear changes, engine mapping, braking, traction control, ride height, and every other driver aid imaginable. Policing all that became impossible as the ride height saga proved, they ran crazy low on track and high at the minimum when passing the control blocks at the entrance of the pits.
The days when teams were experimenting, discovering and introducing new tech made f1 so hugely interesting. Car designs could he so radically different, and leaps in tech so significant
Now with the teams being so closely matched in tech makes it completely different, I can see why so many say its boring for them.
Yes, the most fascinating element in F1 for us as kids back then was the empirical research. Testing revolutionary and original ideas in real life, rather than simulating them on softwares and making them already so complicated before a very few of them arrive on track, all following a very strict rule book.
@@ulysse21 definitely agree mate.
facts
18:28 I would like to see more photos/shots like this in books and online. Shots at sped are cool, but these kind of shots can be super educational.
JMF TAG
Fantastic presentation, perfect diction, a pleasure to watch. Well done.
Turbos don't use heat energy🤣 they use exhaust flow to spin a turbine
The flow is the result of heat energy expanding a gas volume. You will find the temperature of said gas drops significantly after going through the turbine.
If the monocoque was invented today in F1, FIA would ban it.
7:50 Turbochargers do NOT work by "reusing heat energy from the exhaust" blah blah.
They work via the exhaust gas pressure passing by turbine blades (hence turbo), spinning a rotor on an axle, which turns a compressor to produce intake overpressure (hence charger). This sort of fundamental mistake by a narrator is what happens when a person is hired for their voice to read a script that was written by videographers.
In a turbo charger system you cannot separate heat and flow. They are integrally linked.
Wow so many brilliant people 👏 amazing designs and ideas, truly impressive
I think it`s always a bit sad when the FIA bans stuff instead of exploring and learning about it. F1 could be about 10 years more advanced if genius ideas wouldn`t get banned instantly. (DAS for example)
Das isn’t that advanced honestly, it’s genius because it’s so simple I think.
But imagine; the ultimate F1 car. Active suspension, DAS, ground effect, the mass damper in the nose, shave off as much weight as possible and watch it go
@@tyler_bt3326 Exactly! That`s what i mean. The cars could go so much quicker and the racing could be so much more exciting if the FIA wouldn`t ban everything. Think about 2009.Brawn mastered the double diffusor and won the championship with it. But the FIA banned it after that season.
@@tyler_bt3326 the ultimate would-be F1 car is definitely the Red Bull X2010
The semi-automatic gearbox was actually invented by Forghieri. Barnard just copied and readjusted the old project
You missed one of the biggest, John Barnard's 1983 MP4-1C which introduced the Coke Bottle design at the rear of the car.
I'm very surprised Harvey Postlethwaite's Tyrrell 019 wasn't mentioned here. The raised nose design in 1990 was the first of it's kind, and defined F1's aerodynamic appearance for THIRTY years! By the end of 1996 every car on the grid had a raised nose, and had it not been for the 2022 rule changes, the design would have continued into the foreseeable future.
Imagine how the 2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix would’ve went if drs was around at that time
Stop giving me hope.
We wouldn't remember it. Overtaking does not equal racing.
@@X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X equal racing would only work if the fia issued the same car to every team
Getting lapped cars our of the way on the last lap should be considered an innovation. Massi should be on this list somewhere. I'm looking forward to the 2022 season where last laps will only involve the leading cars. Forget the first 50 laps.
Let it go, mate.
Always great to see how many unexpected innovations were realised in F1. One annoying thing; who picks the awfully and annoying background music for clips like this.. voice over and engine noise, what more do we need?
Great to see the Evolution of the F1 car and sport. So many great minds
It's sad to see that Lotus isn't even in F1 anymore given that they came up with the most innovations
1500hp monsters in the mid 80's. yellow teapot is still the laughing stock in the paddock. It was the 639 that won on debut at rio in 1989. The 640 was introduced later in the year with the full airbox.
The cars of the 70s with their phat rear tyres look absolutely savage and look at those rims on the '68 Lotus @ 17:21 gorgeous cars the lot of them
Seriously, Lotus ground effects was the best ever.
would rather have active suspension instead of KERS.
Imagine Merc with DAS and active suspension. Yeah
No-limits kers would be awesome, including front wheel harvesting and deployment. The efficiency would go from 50 to 75 in no time.
KERS was one of my favourite tech in F1..
With the new car design for 2009, it really was something innovative and I’m happy it still lives on today
This shows that Formula 1 is less about the drivers and more about the engineers designing a car within the regulations
and the rules are bs
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Without Chapman F1 cars would still be tubes on Wheels
Turbo hybrid is Le Mans innovation, not F1
Great video very important innovations in formula 1 we don't know till now thanks ❤️ eagerly waiting for for Bahrain grand prix
F1: *makes some revolutionary*
FIA: "I smell a ban"
"aerodynamics are for people who cant build engines." - Enzo Ferrari (i seem to remember)
Also said " The horses pull the carriage, not push them".
@@WarayF1 And, "my car smoking ? Never !" ( talking about cigarettes sponsorship )
The more I see them, the more I think the new cars are some of the most beautiful ones in F1's history!
one thing you missed a real game changer for motor racing - the introduction of disc brakes
Regarding the Ferrari 640 - the reliability problems of that car had nothing to do with the gearbox. Barnard himself has said that the problem ultimately turned out to be the alternator - it wasn't supplying the car with enough electric charge (which would cause the new gearbox to fail).
The gearbox worked just fine if the car's electrical systems were being properly supplied.
Most of the cheeky inventions are inspired by lotus, coz of collin chapman
Pastor Maldonado revolutionized crash tests. That was missing from the video. :v 😂
Can you make top 10 of genius team principals please
One critical item was missing from the list: Halo. Although not designed in F1's golden age, it has saved the lives of many drivers since its introduction.