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    Richard takes the Renault R25 Formula 1 car for a spin round the legendary Silverstone track. Can he steel his nerves to complete 2 laps without destroying the very expensive vehicle?
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  • @StrangeDuck
    @StrangeDuck Před 4 lety +21992

    that engine can change rpm so fast it can play music. thats insane.

    • @petrosdimitriospilichos9195
      @petrosdimitriospilichos9195 Před 4 lety +970

      They rev so fast that they can do that. Heck they rev so fast that the ignition and valve system is completely different to a car

    • @nielsleenknegt5839
      @nielsleenknegt5839 Před 4 lety +115

      @@petrosdimitriospilichos9195 you mean road car?

    • @petrosdimitriospilichos9195
      @petrosdimitriospilichos9195 Před 4 lety +331

      @@nielsleenknegt5839 yes andmost race cars.

    • @hydraz1443
      @hydraz1443 Před 4 lety +411

      Niels Leenknegt if normal (non f1) engines reached 18,000 rpm they would literally explode. F1 engines were specially made to reach those rpm

    • @Vickyrocks247
      @Vickyrocks247 Před 4 lety +117

      @@hydraz1443 Many Japanese sports bikes do that, even higher.. recently launched zx25r also doing 17500rpm.. !

  • @stewartgrindlay9760
    @stewartgrindlay9760 Před 5 lety +7873

    “It’s the most glorious machine in the world”
    Mechanic reply “wait until you get into 2nd” proper cracking reply

  • @blerst7066
    @blerst7066 Před rokem +1431

    Professional F1 drivers make driving this car look easy. Mad respect for them.

    • @k.r.99
      @k.r.99 Před 10 měsíci +31

      "but driving a Grand Prix car as my colleague Richard Hammond would attest, is not easy. He once said: 《Nothing could prepare your mind for the assault》.. for once, he wasn't talking nonsense."
      - Jeremy Clarkson

    • @diegodaroz2823
      @diegodaroz2823 Před 9 měsíci

      Bom mais o cara pegou o carro pela primeira vez fala para ele ficar treinando uns 30 dias se não pega o jeito

  • @richie6921
    @richie6921 Před 3 lety +5678

    I know he was top gear and everything, but I still can't believe they let him drive an F1 car

    • @corentin8634
      @corentin8634 Před 3 lety +7

      You could do it too. czcams.com/video/nfh-Essrs9Q/video.html

    • @alexproud4974
      @alexproud4974 Před 3 lety +672

      Renault would have benn paid incredible amounts of money. Probably more then a million to cover any potential damages

    • @jestertheslacker
      @jestertheslacker Před 3 lety +230

      Yeah pretty sure Renault was well compensated.

    • @SchrodingersCat8813
      @SchrodingersCat8813 Před 3 lety +296

      @@corentin8634 IDK somehow I doubt I or most of us can lol I mean if Richard Hammond, who jokes aside isn't exactly just some guy, struggled at first with a Formula Renault car...

    • @willemkauffeld7679
      @willemkauffeld7679 Před 3 lety +125

      @@alexproud4974 or you know it is top Gear so renault might have done that as a sponsoring for the advertisement

  • @m.aviator99
    @m.aviator99 Před 8 lety +15885

    I have a whole new respect for the drivers after watching this

    • @BaconMags
      @BaconMags Před 8 lety +764

      +Wooden Spoon I can't imagine what goes through their head in Monaco amoung other tracks but Monaco.... no straights

    • @deadboy9955
      @deadboy9955 Před 7 lety +409

      Stress level is that if a fighter pilot

    • @don.timeless4993
      @don.timeless4993 Před 6 lety +14

      Indeed

    • @s727r
      @s727r Před 6 lety +113

      On par with fighter pilots

    • @Kyle899
      @Kyle899 Před 6 lety +282

      I know they have a different skill set but there are FAR FAR more fighter pilots in the world than F1 drivers.

  • @TheoDinu
    @TheoDinu Před 4 lety +8105

    Richard explaining how he doesn't have enough time to think what he has to do and react reminds me of a quote from Raikkonen who, when asked how does he drive so fast he just replied: I just drive. Meaning, a F1 driver doesn't really "think" what he has to do, he uses all of his previous experiences and muscle memory to just do what is necessary.

    • @salahhambli3064
      @salahhambli3064 Před 4 lety +437

      Kimi thinks about tha drincc!

    • @shivas3003
      @shivas3003 Před 4 lety +160

      yeah, it's only reflex. no thinking. REFLEX !

    • @Hieillua
      @Hieillua Před 3 lety +413

      Maybe a weird comparison, but it makes me think of playing videogames. After a while you get really familiar with the controls of a specific game and you just do whatever has to be done. Suddenly you just automatically press defend without thinking, while before you had to think ''hey where's the defend button''.

    • @mikeusherwood944
      @mikeusherwood944 Před 3 lety +187

      @@Hieillua Not a weird comparison at all. Anything one does very well in life is through practice and experience, obviously in extreme cases talent comes into play. For the most part all it takes is an extreme desire to succeed and be the best. So your assessment is very much on point.

    • @floridaman6281
      @floridaman6281 Před 3 lety +55

      Mike Usherwood Which is why drivers are always practicing racing when they can, whether in the simulator, test track or even video games. Can never get too fast in terms of reaction time and F1 drivers especially need to be the best. Mad respect for Formula drivers in general.

  • @duongallen4094
    @duongallen4094 Před 2 lety +1345

    “I suspect the chief mechanic had seen better, but as far as I was concerned, driving god”
    Priceless, Richard, absolute priceless

    • @rob5343
      @rob5343 Před 2 lety

      I thought he said GOAT.

  • @thegator589
    @thegator589 Před 3 lety +2499

    this straight up never gets old
    To watch a normal person attempt to drive an f1 car, push the gas a little bit, just a little bit, in FIRST gear, and immediately scream "OH MY GODDDD" is just priceless

    • @raaedshajihan3939
      @raaedshajihan3939 Před 3 lety +349

      Richard Hammond can't be called normal. He is much better than a normal driver and still he is suffering. Mad respect for F1 drivers

    • @Lakitu886
      @Lakitu886 Před 3 lety +47

      When im going karting I feel like the acceleration is pretty crazy.. i cant imagine myself in an actual F1 car😂

    • @vladimird5280
      @vladimird5280 Před 2 lety +64

      He is deff far from being just “a normal driver” after all the things he has been driving throughout the years.....

    • @nutcase4.4
      @nutcase4.4 Před 2 lety +2

      @@vladimird5280 lol Karting scares you? Are you 12?

    • @MotorcycleWrites
      @MotorcycleWrites Před rokem +51

      @@nutcase4.4 they’re talking about racing karts I imagine, where you’re doing 0-60 in around 4 seconds in a 350lb machine a few inches off the ground. Not like go-karts. I’ve never done it but it looks like a hell of a time, it’s usually what people start on before going to race cars.

  • @LZ-zi3ll
    @LZ-zi3ll Před 4 lety +4252

    “Richard, it’s James”

  • @MovieJunkieOfficial
    @MovieJunkieOfficial Před 5 lety +12332

    They’re not even cars are they. They’re super computers with some wheels attached. Awesome pieces of engineering made by some of the finest examples of the human race. Makes me adore F1.

    • @AverageAlien
      @AverageAlien Před 3 lety +429

      not supercomputers, planes with amazing handing

    • @DanC8111_
      @DanC8111_ Před 3 lety +55

      Average Alien last I checked planes usually aren’t on the ground

    • @AverageAlien
      @AverageAlien Před 3 lety +372

      @@DanC8111_ Ok then upside down planes

    • @Thomas___
      @Thomas___ Před 3 lety +48

      *_Hyperlethal cars is the term_*

    • @fernandoangelrodriguezcort6080
      @fernandoangelrodriguezcort6080 Před 3 lety +9

      wait, u talking about the hybrid era right?

  • @tomwalker389
    @tomwalker389 Před 3 lety +1637

    6:39
    To put this in perspective, Hammond has driven pretty much every supercar and hypercar there is.

    • @roxydzey
      @roxydzey Před 2 lety +100

      yeah and he was still shouting and shitting his pants in a f1 car! my heart would explode if i was him!

    • @Orcawhale1
      @Orcawhale1 Před 2 lety +11

      Not in 2007, which is when this took place.
      Infact, the hypercar were barely invented.

    • @ttuori8592
      @ttuori8592 Před 2 lety +51

      @@Orcawhale1the first hypercar was the Lamborghini Miura in 1963

    • @Orcawhale1
      @Orcawhale1 Před 2 lety +11

      @@ttuori8592 *supercar.

    • @HoagMurkula
      @HoagMurkula Před 2 lety +18

      @@Orcawhale1 the first supercar was the 300sl gullwing. first hypercar was the mac f1

  • @him050
    @him050 Před rokem +151

    It must be such a terrifying concept to know you have to go faster to stop yourself spinning.

  • @J8D2
    @J8D2 Před 8 lety +14913

    A moment of silence for the v 10 era.

    • @Exevium
      @Exevium Před 7 lety +685

      Or V12... Or V8 for that matter. Let's just take a moment of silence for the high revving engines.

    • @jdderew1
      @jdderew1 Před 7 lety +112

      Why tho? they were only V8+ because turbos weren't allowed..
      Small engines = less weight and V6 + turbo = V8+

    • @Exevium
      @Exevium Před 7 lety +221

      Small low revving engines < High revving V8s.

    • @Oblio1942
      @Oblio1942 Před 7 lety +19

      dont you mean 4 years?

    • @TheDanielsliekmanis
      @TheDanielsliekmanis Před 7 lety +7

      .......

  • @hectorhills1350
    @hectorhills1350 Před 4 lety +12749

    After 11 years... yes, 11 years, this has come back to my recommended
    Edit: 12 years already!

  • @crowgoesskwaa
    @crowgoesskwaa Před 3 lety +3640

    Who's here after Alonso drove this bad boy around Abu Dhabi??

  • @drhouse991
    @drhouse991 Před rokem +147

    And dont forget Richard has driven hundreds of cars in his life..Ferraris, Paganis, Lamborghinis, Bugatti and so on..so to hear him scream OH MY GOOOD in first gear..that speaks for itself..incredible machines!!

  • @RickyPisano
    @RickyPisano Před 4 lety +9937

    Just imagine doing this with 30 other cars on the track. Unbelievable.

    • @SpearmintSerpent
      @SpearmintSerpent Před 4 lety +1910

      Yes, that's why the F1 grid consists of 20 cars.

    • @mrping4182
      @mrping4182 Před 4 lety +394

      Tsutarja495 24 when this car raced since you’re trying to be a smartass

    • @lisciatoredimele8919
      @lisciatoredimele8919 Před 4 lety +452

      @@mrping4182 There still weren't 30 cars in the grid in 2005, so he's right

    • @romanbaranovichi5375
      @romanbaranovichi5375 Před 4 lety +74

      lisciatoredimele89 well the max on the grid for a race is 26

    • @mrping4182
      @mrping4182 Před 4 lety +56

      lisciatoredimele89 no he said 20 trying to be clever and he is still wrong

  • @dodgeydopedeals
    @dodgeydopedeals Před 7 lety +4030

    "its the most glorious powerful car ive ever driven" - "wait till you get into 2nd"

    • @Goodevening428
      @Goodevening428 Před 5 lety +159

      he killed richard there hahahaha

    • @LukeBarrett21
      @LukeBarrett21 Před 5 lety +3

      That's not even what he said

    • @LukeBarrett21
      @LukeBarrett21 Před 4 lety +3

      @@HotCacahuete 'It's absolutely the most glorious machine, in the world' 'Wait until you get into second'

    • @LukeBarrett21
      @LukeBarrett21 Před 4 lety +1

      @@HotCacahuete if you're going to quote something atleast get it fucking right you tosser...

    • @LukeBarrett21
      @LukeBarrett21 Před 4 lety +11

      @@HotCacahuete Sorry pal, wasn't meant for you but the poster, getting a quote wrong word for word is like saying, 'Smoke weed everyday' - Winston Churchill

  • @Bilboswaggamuffin
    @Bilboswaggamuffin Před rokem +163

    This generation of F1 cars aside from when they V12s just sounded ridiculous just hearing them at the top of the rev range was just music to my ears

  • @cameronburke8002
    @cameronburke8002 Před 3 lety +447

    It gives you a sense of how difficult these cars are to drive. Hammond is a brilliant driver, as is Clarkson and May, but he still struggled greatly with it.

  • @KevinAlexandair
    @KevinAlexandair Před 8 lety +4282

    "Wait until you get into second"

    • @davidjmemmett
      @davidjmemmett Před 7 lety +98

      Maniac... yobbo... yobbo... maniac...

    • @Exevium
      @Exevium Před 7 lety +47

      Is that what he said? I thought he said: "Why did you go into second?" As in: why did you go in to a gear where you would get more wheelspin?

    • @coolkidd329
      @coolkidd329 Před 7 lety +7

      you're not a fan of the three idiots then

    • @speedometer111
      @speedometer111 Před 6 lety +4

      You're deaf.

    • @nobodyknows5007
      @nobodyknows5007 Před 6 lety +3

      Kevin Ale Oh just wait till third

  • @jimmyrustler6254
    @jimmyrustler6254 Před 9 lety +7751

    I could easily drive that ... in to a wall of tires

    • @Proff0ak
      @Proff0ak Před 9 lety +301

      Jimmy Rustler I could easily stall that.

    • @ParkerBarandon
      @ParkerBarandon Před 8 lety +14

      ***** ok this might be weird to mention but I've seen you on almost very video I've seen the comments section of.

    • @Proff0ak
      @Proff0ak Před 8 lety +8

      Parker Barandon Haha, I've been getting that a lot!
      Where'd you see me?

    • @ParkerBarandon
      @ParkerBarandon Před 8 lety +12

      ***** top gear, lots of other automotive channels, I think some funny stuff, I can't think of all of it. It's almost everything I watch.

    • @illicit6266
      @illicit6266 Před 7 lety +57

      I could easily be arrested if I stepped foot near one of those

  • @ollituovinen4258
    @ollituovinen4258 Před 3 lety +266

    I had an opportunity to drive Williams FW-29 last summer for 5 laps. My heart monitor showed something like 170-190 bpm the whole time and I was terrified not to crash. The engine was modded down a bit but it was still way over 600 hp per tonne. I did not spin and will hold this memory dearly. The one I drove was driven by Wurz in 2007.

    • @leolego2
      @leolego2 Před 2 lety +14

      how did you manage to get in that car?

    • @Jannl98
      @Jannl98 Před 2 lety +8

      @@leolego2 I assume a lot of money was involved

    • @souljagrimm
      @souljagrimm Před 11 měsíci

      @@Jannl98 alot of anal

    • @F0ur_Tw3nty
      @F0ur_Tw3nty Před 10 měsíci

      Where did the test drive take place, and what event (if there was one)?

    • @ollituovinen4258
      @ollituovinen4258 Před 10 měsíci +15

      Yeah, it was in Finland. The original seat was removed and there was some kind of foam. I'm 186 cm tall so my entire head was bobbing out of the cockpit. They actually have these events occasionally here. The owner of the company has two Williams (Wurz and Nico), BAR Honda from 2004 and nowadays Jordan.

  • @SHDW-nf2ki
    @SHDW-nf2ki Před 3 lety +646

    This guy drove a jeep up death road with NO BREAKS AND NO STEERING
    He sat atop a biplane while it was inflight
    and an F1 car was too much for him.
    Let that sink in

    • @SHDW-nf2ki
      @SHDW-nf2ki Před 3 lety +45

      @@TheCoolCucumber I mean to say that he was more afraid of the F-1 car than of any of the other stuff I mentioned

    • @footballstarscompany454
      @footballstarscompany454 Před 3 lety +33

      @@SHDW-nf2ki its not the driving itself that intimidates him but the g force
      cars like this can speed from 0 to max speed in under 10 seconds
      at this speed your brain will have a hard time trying to deal with whats going on and your thinking ability will be cut short (which is why he slipped in some corners) it explains why f1 drivers get so much training

    • @SharpAsABricc
      @SharpAsABricc Před 3 lety +7

      He was driving a Toyota Land Cruiser but still he balls of titanium doing that.

    • @SHDW-nf2ki
      @SHDW-nf2ki Před 3 lety

      @@SharpAsABricc I don't care what your driving when the steering fails its going to become a ride from hell

    • @user-ph7kq2lp4v
      @user-ph7kq2lp4v Před 2 lety +8

      @@SharpAsABricc but the fact that he drove on bolivia death road using a land cruiser with almost no steering and brakes and its their first time there. You got to give the hamster credit. Yes i come back here often

  • @Jeffrey_Wong
    @Jeffrey_Wong Před 5 lety +1410

    "My head is going to come off!!"
    "Roger, let's put him in the faster one then"

    • @karliscika1710
      @karliscika1710 Před 3 lety +6

      I laughed my arse off when he said that 😂
      😂😂

    • @wahyudyatmika5119
      @wahyudyatmika5119 Před 2 lety +1

      I swear the mechanics probably like "yep lets fuck him even more"

  • @namenamename390
    @namenamename390 Před 4 lety +8655

    What's easy to forget is that hammond is already a very skilled driver.
    Edit: I didn't want to say anything to the responses because I wanted to avoid arguing over the internet. However, y'all are annoying. I know it's very funny to say "haha hamster crashes a lot lol" but my comment was supposed to point out that Hammond, along with the other two, is a professionally trained driver with a lot of experience, not just any regular dude with a driver's license. Yet even with all this skill and experience, he still struggles with the F1 car because the gap between F1 and anything they've ever driven before or after is just so huge. Also, after over 70 replies, the joke gets less and less funny.

    • @thelambsauce7307
      @thelambsauce7307 Před 4 lety +129

      *doubt*

    • @lyonvensa
      @lyonvensa Před 4 lety +549

      And arguably the best one out of the three hosts.

    • @gollese
      @gollese Před 4 lety +513

      @@thelambsauce7307 You would hit the first wall. =)

    • @thelambsauce7307
      @thelambsauce7307 Před 4 lety +28

      Robin no need to get salty bro 😂

    • @gollese
      @gollese Před 4 lety +155

      @@thelambsauce7307 How were my comment salty. 😂😂

  • @john13579
    @john13579 Před 3 lety +130

    12 years later, Alonso back on it in Abu Dhabi and everyone felt those 20.000rpm deep inside

  • @_ecp0801_
    @_ecp0801_ Před 2 lety +63

    When this episode was recorded, this car was 3 years old. Today, in October 2021, it's only a month before the same car turns 16 years old. How time flies.

  • @austinosborne1999
    @austinosborne1999 Před 4 lety +2655

    For anybody who is wondering this f1 car can rev to 21000 rpm.

    • @justsaying6341
      @justsaying6341 Před 4 lety +136

      Austin Osborne
      Holy fuck...

    • @Sovereign01
      @Sovereign01 Před 4 lety +95

      Cosworth did once produce an F1 engine that could rev to 20,000 RPM.

    • @AverageAlien
      @AverageAlien Před 3 lety +78

      They should have all beginner drivers learn to drive F1 cars first.

    • @zaphodbogdan33
      @zaphodbogdan33 Před 3 lety +103

      @@Sovereign01 That was in the V8 era, when the other engines were limited to 18.000rpm for reliability, Cosworth managed to create a 20.000rpm V8 that was quite reliable.

    • @gr1mr3apa15
      @gr1mr3apa15 Před 3 lety +12

      @@zaphodbogdan33 wasn't this the 04 v10?

  • @brandonconner5325
    @brandonconner5325 Před 7 lety +3854

    Shortly after the filming of this video, Bernie Ecclsetone created a regulation against F1 engines singing national anthems.

    • @ChakibTsouli
      @ChakibTsouli Před 7 lety +208

      They actually did it, and today's F1 cars sound like kittens.

    • @brandonconner5325
      @brandonconner5325 Před 7 lety +41

      Chakib Tsouli you are so right!

    • @stevenfarrington2361
      @stevenfarrington2361 Před 5 lety +80

      I was wondering what Renault think of the car playing an English national anthem?

    • @andmos1001
      @andmos1001 Před 5 lety +38

      technically, God save the Queen is not the British national anthem.

    • @Evilroco
      @Evilroco Před 5 lety +11

      @@andmos1001 I'd love to hear details of this ? ,It's the only one I've ever known.

  • @StanVanGundy1
    @StanVanGundy1 Před 3 lety +338

    See you all in 10 years when this is recommended to us folk again

  • @sarahgoesvroom
    @sarahgoesvroom Před 3 lety +57

    "It is a baby formula car"
    This sounds cuter than it should

  • @007KIMITANO
    @007KIMITANO Před 7 lety +3039

    okay so Fernando is faster than you, can you confirm me you understood that message?

    • @aslamnurfikri7640
      @aslamnurfikri7640 Před 5 lety +73

      Muddassir Habib
      Massa is like
      2010: Fernando is faster than you
      2014: Valtteri is faster than you

    • @willywillywillywillywilly
      @willywillywillywillywilly Před 5 lety +62

      Aslamnur Fikri 2018: Valtteri, it’s James.

    • @richardvail
      @richardvail Před 5 lety +20

      Willy Lamb Australia 2019: James, it’s Valtteri

    • @markjohnson6893
      @markjohnson6893 Před 5 lety +9

      Richard Vail Valtteri, it’s Valtteri

    • @MagicAyrtonforever
      @MagicAyrtonforever Před 5 lety +1

      @@richardvail May 2019: James and Valterri, it's Lewis (again) :-)

  • @ElliottHurst
    @ElliottHurst Před 8 lety +5006

    Richard Hammond aka the luckiest man on earth

    • @sahiblindberg
      @sahiblindberg Před 8 lety +66

      True, except that he almost died at drag race. But I know what you mean

    • @ElliottHurst
      @ElliottHurst Před 8 lety +140

      +sahiblindberg Lucky that he survived that crash

    • @alexpaumen3937
      @alexpaumen3937 Před 7 lety

      the engine is from a folland gnat trainer

    • @henhen7890
      @henhen7890 Před 7 lety +4

      Some might say that's still lucky lol

    • @davemeese6788
      @davemeese6788 Před 7 lety +8

      James may flew as high as is possible in a U2 plane, which imo is cooler than an f1 car

  • @Dregkar
    @Dregkar Před 2 lety +19

    I always knew these cars were hard to drive but after seeing someone like Richard Hammond (And Jeremy in that Lotus) struggle to actually drive these car's I realized just how hard it REALLY was. So much respect for the drivers.

    • @niftygrower2745
      @niftygrower2745 Před 2 lety +2

      Go search for Tom Cruise driving the Red Bull car.... that dude is literally flying down the track as if he’s been doing it since he was a child. And when he’s done, he gets in a helicopter and starts doing loops. Absolute fucking madness. Tom Cruise is the coolest dude alive.

    • @attackhelicopter588
      @attackhelicopter588 Před 2 měsíci +1

      ​@@niftygrower2745 Tom is probably way more fit than any of the guys from top gear.

  • @ant0586
    @ant0586 Před 3 lety +57

    As a huge F1 fan i absolutely love this. Just goes to show how incredible F1 drivers are and hopefully shows people that don't appreciate the sport or the skill and bravery involved just how skilled these guys are.

  • @coppapasta9235
    @coppapasta9235 Před 4 lety +2062

    “How big a gap is it?”.... “half a second” 😂😂😂

    • @antonman1234
      @antonman1234 Před 4 lety +15

      Maybe 5

    • @MajorWolf72
      @MajorWolf72 Před 4 lety +114

      Well yeah, that huge even in a GT3... drive sims and check the telemetry, everything above even 0.1 of a second is completely killing your time

    • @Adrianbudiman
      @Adrianbudiman Před 4 lety +97

      That's big when you are travelling 250km/h (average speed in F1) then you are travelling 73-75 m/s. A delay of .5 second means that you are already travelling 36-37.5 meter in that .5 second gap. That's a 2.5 city bus length in .5 seconds (average length is 14 meter), you can imagine what kind of gap it is then with that delay... That's just mind boggling, these machines are just a beast....

    • @herpderpinson6117
      @herpderpinson6117 Před 4 lety +31

      Turn on a metronome to 120 BPM, and each beat is exactly half a second
      it sounds minor when he says it, but if you count it out loud it’s a hell of a lot more than it seems even to an amateur, let alone a professional driver, especially considering you’re supposed to immediately press the brake when you lift, like he also said

    • @aryamikalranendra3290
      @aryamikalranendra3290 Před 4 lety +11

      half a second is quite a big gap in racing

  • @tomblord12
    @tomblord12 Před 5 lety +486

    I loved the after this clip, James had Richard's telemetry on his hand and confirmed that Richard had actually been going full throttle in a F1 car... for 0.2 seconds

    • @Luis-cr1tw
      @Luis-cr1tw Před rokem +3

      😁😁not even 1 sec?

    • @Michallote
      @Michallote Před rokem +2

      What episode in top gear is it? I wanna watch it full

    • @XTR_NEELAN
      @XTR_NEELAN Před rokem

      @@Luis-cr1tw you can't na engines had an instant response

  • @TheEvertw
    @TheEvertw Před 2 lety +66

    Seeing a man like Richard struggle strikes me with awe for those guys who tame these beasts and run laps with 0.1 second repeatability.
    Absolutely Amazing.

    • @karussoul
      @karussoul Před rokem +5

      I think even the worst F1 drivers like Latifi and Mazepin are still among the tiny percentile of the top drivers in the world.
      There are approximately 1.4 billion drivers in the world and while they might not be top 20, they are top 50, or top 100 at the very least. Top 100 out of 1.4 billion is around 0.00000007%

    • @nicholasbenge9497
      @nicholasbenge9497 Před 5 měsíci +1

      and within millimeters of each other without colliding

  • @derekwall200
    @derekwall200 Před 3 lety +46

    7:07 what he said about going fast into the corners makes sense, you have to hit those corners pretty fast above a certain speed to keep the heat in the tires so you have grip. basically you have to take those corners at speeds to where you think you'll slide off the track to keep the tires hot

    • @Christopher_TG
      @Christopher_TG Před 2 lety +3

      As Sterling Moss put it, if you feel you still have control of the car, you're not going fast enough.

    • @derekwall200
      @derekwall200 Před 2 lety +2

      @@Christopher_TG i see, so to tackle those turns the answer is quite a bit counterintuitive, go so fast into the turns (fast enough to where you'll feel like you'll lose traction and slide off into the grass) and there the tires will be hot enough to keep the car stuck to the track

  • @EshBBX
    @EshBBX Před 9 lety +4347

    Now THIS, was an F1 car.

    • @eddiex009
      @eddiex009 Před 8 lety +62

      The 2008- 2009 cars are the best

    • @brandonmazzey3907
      @brandonmazzey3907 Před 8 lety +74

      2009 was right on. The new look and shorter wheelbase made them look like so cool. Also the double and triple decker diffusers as well as the blown diffuser concepts.

    • @DaCensored
      @DaCensored Před 8 lety +64

      +Sh1mbo nah the real balls of steel f1 cars were in the Senna's era when he had that 1400hp lotus!.. or the Mclaren era back in the 90's... where there was no eletronics and you had to shift without paddles. No TCS or ABS. Pure driving, pure skill! F1 died the day Senna left us.

    • @eddiex009
      @eddiex009 Před 8 lety +19

      +DaCensored sorry men i start watching the F1 just from 2002-2001 aprox, but i ended folow the F1 due to all the limitations and restrictions, i miss the old hokenheim track and so on, yeah is saw some videos from senna good driver even he save a drivers life in spa

    • @DaCensored
      @DaCensored Před 8 lety +1

      Sh1mbo ;)

  • @vangledosh
    @vangledosh Před 7 lety +854

    Never in my life did I think I would hear an F1 car play our national anthem.

  • @Hello_there_obi
    @Hello_there_obi Před 3 lety +71

    While this is dramatised for TV, nothing can hide his reaction to that glorious V10. That's what I love about this video. It does a great job to convey to the average joe the absolutely beautiful savagery that is an F1 car.

  • @nikerailfanningttm9046
    @nikerailfanningttm9046 Před rokem +5

    8:40 “OH, ITS BEAUTIFUL!”
    That Hammond, is the truth about F1 Racing, it’s a beautiful sport. It is my favorite racing sport of all time.

  • @youtubasoarus
    @youtubasoarus Před 10 lety +2818

    You can just hear the terror in his voice of trying to wrap his head around the performance capabilities of the car. Even the car with half as much power he was grappling with. The F1 car is quite simply mind blowing. I can't say i'd fair better.
    I think this is why most people who get into F1 have a background in carting because it forces your brain to think quick.

    • @vaggelisdogas
      @vaggelisdogas Před 6 lety +82

      In a go kart after the first year I owned a proper one I wasn't able to floor the gas paddle because it terifys you even with half of it

    • @patrickbouthoorn
      @patrickbouthoorn Před 6 lety +66

      Thats why I race its the terror pushing you further. I now have alot of experience in karting and when I first drove a formula car it was pretty easy but if you drive in a formula car without racing experience its nearly impossible.

    • @vaggelisdogas
      @vaggelisdogas Před 6 lety +15

      Rick Bouthoorn Racing you have to to get used to get out of your comfort zone many times in order to consider yourself a racing driver.And it's all a learning curve I guess after 4 years into karting my reflections got better in difficult situations inside a racetrack, learning to stay calm,and not terrified.Unfortunately I didn't have the opportunity to get into any kind of formula car but there is time for anything

    • @patrickbouthoorn
      @patrickbouthoorn Před 6 lety +8

      vaggelis dogas Driving a formula car with 4 years experience is quite easy. Not stalling the car is the hardest part

    • @Minx5892
      @Minx5892 Před 6 lety +5

      vaggelis dogas Oh trust me, I know. Either its my autism going "nope, can't let you go fast" or just genuine fear. By the time I start pushing its the end of the session...great. Even then I can't go round corners without breaking like a coward. 6 seconds slower than everyone else. The reason I have to contend with sim/league racing. Now that's somewhere where I shine. That if no one turns assists off then help everyone other than me.

  • @MetalMieser777
    @MetalMieser777 Před 10 lety +275

    He is the luckiest man on TV. What an experience this would be...

    • @RaZGriZx86
      @RaZGriZx86 Před 10 lety +29

      Hes also one of the bravest. You need guts to get in an F1 car and drive it that fast.

    • @MetalMieser777
      @MetalMieser777 Před 10 lety +2

      True, but not fast enough apparently! lol

    • @RaZGriZx86
      @RaZGriZx86 Před 10 lety

      Jeff N True that! XD

    • @DiZh0
      @DiZh0 Před 10 lety +5

      Eternal Darkus you dont need guts to get in an F1 Car and drive it fast, it's designed and build by the best mechanics. It's fairly safe.
      But you need to be a complete lunatic to get in a car designed to go at very high speed in a straight line made by some unknown people just to set a land record. ... I wonder who would be that crazy ...

    • @RaZGriZx86
      @RaZGriZx86 Před 10 lety +2

      DiZh0 The guy who does it, thats who.

  • @amirulashraf3840
    @amirulashraf3840 Před 3 lety +37

    Alternate title: Richard Hammond tries not to crash

  • @woodant1981
    @woodant1981 Před 2 lety +14

    To me, watching this when it came out, Richard seemed like the best driver ever but seeing him struggle with this finally, really, actually showed me the skill of F1 drivers

  • @gordongekko4766
    @gordongekko4766 Před 4 lety +385

    Imagine to drive this for 50 laps... with Schumacher behind. Anf fight for the title

    • @XxmatixX6videosdiariosdenadav
      @XxmatixX6videosdiariosdenadav Před 2 lety +32

      But it's Mick, in a haas

    • @jussieronen3707
      @jussieronen3707 Před 2 lety +21

      Schumacher wasn't exactly a title contender in 2005, and I think the only occasion when he was really fighting Alonso was in Imola, and that was mainly because Fernando's car very low on power.
      2006 is another story though

    • @rockgod2131
      @rockgod2131 Před 2 lety +1

      You'd be sleeping well that night.

    • @DamianHowardTV
      @DamianHowardTV Před rokem

      The sheer pressure and weight you’d have on your shoulders, would be crazy!

  • @LukLuk1234
    @LukLuk1234 Před 10 lety +345

    this looks like the most terrifying fun you could have

    • @brainkrieg1423
      @brainkrieg1423 Před 5 lety

      Equal parts AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH and AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

  • @fdoc09
    @fdoc09 Před 8 měsíci +9

    No doubt Richard is an amazing driver, but I think the real reason he was the one to drive these cars and Jeremy and James weren’t is because only Richard would fit

  • @damionlord8281
    @damionlord8281 Před 2 lety +10

    As someone just getting into F1, I find it incredible how truly amazing these cars, drivers and engineers are. The power of these cars is something I thought I understood but the more I learn the more I know that I have no idea at all. I have watched top gear since I was young and I know Richard is an incredibly brave and skilled driver and seeing him unable to drive an F1 is absolutely mind boggling. I hope one day I will be able to drive one of these incredible machines.

    • @deeteenw
      @deeteenw Před 4 měsíci

      What made my jaw really drop is that they get from 200 mph to 0 in just 4 seconds.
      People driven around in one of the F1 2-seaters claim that you just get ragdolled around and things are happening way too fast to comprehend what's going on.

  • @nikolagenchev7161
    @nikolagenchev7161 Před 4 lety +1104

    This episode was called Third gear

    • @anonymousmafia6973
      @anonymousmafia6973 Před 4 lety +10

      Nikola Genchev most underrated comment of the year 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @nikolagenchev7161
      @nikolagenchev7161 Před 4 lety +2

      @@anonymousmafia6973 thx! 😀

    • @Monocle_GentleSir_
      @Monocle_GentleSir_ Před 3 lety +1

      😂😂😂

    • @why3141
      @why3141 Před 3 lety +10

      Bottom gear
      Bo’’om gear (said in posh accent and with a big W H E E Z E at the end)

    • @wahyudyatmika5119
      @wahyudyatmika5119 Před 3 lety +2

      Not even close, it was "not even first gear because the engine is already stalled"

  • @markchen5710
    @markchen5710 Před 8 lety +2734

    Deploys DRS... Dies

  • @devinbrita3770
    @devinbrita3770 Před 2 lety +24

    My god, I had no idea that it was that difficult to drive one… the true racers have absolutely gained my respect!!

    • @antonkirilenko3116
      @antonkirilenko3116 Před 2 lety +5

      Imagine an RWD car with a 1000hp, which weights 800kg, has no traction control, no ABS, no stability control of any kind, which can do 0-300km/h in less than 10 seconds and brake 300-0 twice as fast, which has so much grip that lateral force can be up to 5-6g and which you have to drive at its limit for 1.5 hours straight while also being aware of other cars around you and while also monitoring a dozen things about the car on your dashboard and talking to your engineer. That's modern F1. The R25 in the video weights less than 700kg and also has traction control at least.

    • @GOLDENEYEAL
      @GOLDENEYEAL Před rokem

      @@antonkirilenko3116 modern f1 cars dont have any assistance at all? Just curious

    • @antonkirilenko3116
      @antonkirilenko3116 Před rokem +2

      @@GOLDENEYEAL Power steering, that's it.

  • @him050
    @him050 Před rokem +6

    Just imagine if he had to all of the stuff like adjusting the brake balances and that on the steering wheel as well? It's baffling how talented F1 drivers are.

  • @tankmaster1018
    @tankmaster1018 Před 8 lety +689

    Dude, driving these things is like an Artform. I mean say what you want about Hammond but he has been driving professionally for most of his life and if he had this much trouble learning to drive an F1 then there is a HELL of a learning curve! lol

    • @SolidShark100
      @SolidShark100 Před 8 lety +65

      I know rigut, those F1 drivers who are like 17 must be so gifted.

    • @koosvriendloos5931
      @koosvriendloos5931 Před 8 lety +35

      +SolidShark100 Max was also taught alot by his dad and has been racing since he was 4, so yeah theres talent but also alot of experience

    • @josephbauer9052
      @josephbauer9052 Před 8 lety +53

      +tankmaster1018 F1 drivers start in karts when most kids their age are still watching cartoons. By the time they are teenagers, they need to have made the transition to GP3, GP2, Formula Renault, etc. to have a shot at F1. Even if you make it to a competitive spot in GP2, you might not make it in F1.

    • @SamHeaton264
      @SamHeaton264 Před 8 lety +32

      +tankmaster1018 More than anything it's just about reaction times and experience. Regular people, even people like Hammond who drives ludicrously fast cars for his living, have never remotely experienced the raw speed and acceleration even a little racing car like a Formula 3000 provides and can't think or react quick enough at the speed that car needs to be driven at. An F1 car must be like a different plane of existence entirely, especially the monstrously powerful cars from this era of F1.

    • @Numberonecock
      @Numberonecock Před 8 lety +7

      +Sam Heaton Exactly. 99.9% of human beings simply do not have the reaction times, mental agility and clarity of vision to race these cars, or even coax one round the track a couple of times without crashing.

  • @onuraydn9663
    @onuraydn9663 Před 4 lety +290

    Imagine if this was what the actual in-race team radios sounded like

  • @dsdsd3525
    @dsdsd3525 Před 2 lety +10

    That's a beast nature can never make in such a compact body , but imagine the sheer will power of the man who not only tames this beast on track but also makes it do whatever He wants.

  • @user-dk3xe3lg5c
    @user-dk3xe3lg5c Před 2 měsíci +2

    Long live proper F1 cars
    The sound of my youth a V10 Screaming to 19000rpm

  • @YodaOnDMT
    @YodaOnDMT Před 9 lety +1663

    A French engine playing the British national anthem.
    I'm sure that went down a treat with The Frogs!

    • @MrCelroy
      @MrCelroy Před 9 lety +16

      At least they didn't start a war

    • @nickshumar4553
      @nickshumar4553 Před 9 lety +34

      I thought that was my country tis of thee

    • @konrad4212
      @konrad4212 Před 9 lety +2

      yeah right good enough for us to have a good laugh at a stiff upper lip. Sir.

    • @YodaOnDMT
      @YodaOnDMT Před 9 lety +6

      Nick Shumar Nope.
      I'm afraid, like the us national anthem, it uses British music.

    • @YodaOnDMT
      @YodaOnDMT Před 9 lety +1

      konrad4212 Merci beaucoup.

  • @DodderingOldMan
    @DodderingOldMan Před 10 lety +365

    I love this vid, it's a good example of why I love Top Gear. I'll never get to drive a Formula 1 car, but it's great to see someone like Richard do it, and see his enthusiasm and sheer joy. The Top Gear team provides vicarious happiness, in a great way.

    • @kieranmcmahon1745
      @kieranmcmahon1745 Před 6 lety

      Yep, the passion these guys showed for cars, what they can do, where they can take you, has hardly been seen before on TV.

    • @tjrn4203
      @tjrn4203 Před 4 lety

      he has a international class A racers license just like a formula 1 driver has you also can get one just got to pay $lots and have connections to borrow these powerful cars to do the observation test

  • @thepredatorita3945
    @thepredatorita3945 Před 3 lety +8

    6:39
    8:04
    8:26
    Even if Hammond is screaming or music is kicking in, you can clearly hear the F1, its still as loud as it should be
    I absolutely love that sound

  • @mortumatiidekkt
    @mortumatiidekkt Před 2 lety +1

    I watched this when binging the seasons and felt the excitement with him and got the chills. I watch it again years later and it's the same sensation.

  • @degen6537
    @degen6537 Před 4 lety +365

    Hammond: I am going to drive a formula one car
    Hammonds body: (chuckles) *I’m in danger*

  • @scotty193
    @scotty193 Před 4 lety +487

    When you watch this it really makes you laugh out loud at the amount of shit that people commentating on Yahoo articles actually spew. I have said many occasions that all armchair drivers couldn't even get an F1 car off the grid let alone drive one. Well here is the proof, Richard Hammond has driven every fast car and exotic you car you care to mention and is way better than most people. Yet here he is and cant handle this thing not even close.

    • @Crash_Knight
      @Crash_Knight Před 3 lety +47

      Its hard enough to get one of those damn things off the line in an Assetto Corsa. I know if I don't LAUNCH off the line, I would have stalled it.
      I can't even imagine doing it in real life, with a hand operated clutch and thick gloves.
      Its incredibly easy to spin them out in the simulators too. And once again, the real one has to be worse. People really do not understand how ridiculous it is to drive an F1 car. After driving normal cars all your life, your brain is hard wired to think "cars can go around this kind of corner about this fast" but in an F1 car, you have to drive way faster than that around the corner or you spin out.
      Sims will emulate that, but they won't emulate your raw instinct that completely fights the logic needed to drive an F1 car properly.

    • @sergeygeorgiy9154
      @sergeygeorgiy9154 Před 3 lety +5

      You know, I just debated with someone on Instagram who only drive gokarts, saying to me that some F1 drivers are not talented 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @Crash_Knight
      @Crash_Knight Před 3 lety +3

      @@sergeygeorgiy9154 i mean he's right if you count me as an f1 driver LMAO

    • @sergeygeorgiy9154
      @sergeygeorgiy9154 Před 3 lety +1

      @@Crash_Knight LMAO 😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @machspeed20
      @machspeed20 Před 3 lety +5

      @@sergeygeorgiy9154 let me guess, the armchair expert was shitting on the following
      Lewis Hamilton (which doesn't even make sense)
      Lance Stroll (who got a poll it shit weather and track pavement)
      Sebastain Vettel (while not how he used to, still doesn't make any sense)
      Ocon (still don't know why he gets shit for
      Mazepin (I know why he gets shit on, but still pretty skillful as a driver).
      I can tell its one of those four because 4 out of 5 of them get non warranted shit.

  • @carbideblue
    @carbideblue Před 2 lety +10

    It takes a very skillfully attuned driver to have completed this with the car on course and the drivetrain intact. Most people with a driver's license and at least a decade of driving experience could even not come close to doing this.

    • @gucciadjective7745
      @gucciadjective7745 Před rokem

      Yeah I've been driving just over a decade, never had a proper crash and pushed plenty of cars, and I'm certain I wouldn't be able to even take off in that thing

  • @ankitkasi5595
    @ankitkasi5595 Před 3 lety

    Coming back here in late 2020... Mad respect for every driver on the grid
    the level of reflexes and talent it takes to do this... absolutely insane

  • @MaskofPoesy
    @MaskofPoesy Před 10 lety +505

    French F1 engine humming god save the queen... beautiful

  • @MechanicalTrader
    @MechanicalTrader Před 4 lety +672

    da dude has tons of humility to show himself clueless in handling a world class F1; thanks bro for trying and pushing your personal & physical boundaries! You are an inspiration to us watching :)

  • @Macho_Fantastico
    @Macho_Fantastico Před 3 lety +1

    Remember hearing that Renault F1 car around Donnington at the Renault race day event they use to do. It was just amazing to be there to hear it. Plus they also got the engine to sing We Are The Champions.

  • @bobthompson4319
    @bobthompson4319 Před 3 lety +22

    Makes you really realize how truly good someone like senna really was god level legend

  • @dr.spectre9697
    @dr.spectre9697 Před 6 lety +487

    I know a man who owns an old Ferrari F1 car. (He is quite wealthy & owns a significant minority stake in several tech companies since the early 90s) I believe his was a Ferrari F93 backup that belonged either to Jean Alesi or Gerhard Berger. Even though the car is 25 years old, he told me it took about a year of intensive training at Ferrari’s Fiorano test track by ex Ferrari f1 & team drivers to learn how to properly drive it. He said its not so much the speed, the cornering, the acceleration & the weight or rather lack of weight of the car: its all of them combined. A mere mortal simply cannot think fast enough to drive it without A LOT of training & a significant amount of natural talent.

    • @DoctorShocktor
      @DoctorShocktor Před 4 lety +3

      Bullshit, there’s loads of rich boys who’s daddies bought them rides and they learned to be competent without any “natural talent” (whatever that is), not to mention kids of famous drivers who get rides because of their birthright and zero proven genetic correlation.

    • @awittyusernamepleaselaugh7481
      @awittyusernamepleaselaugh7481 Před 4 lety +30

      Uuuh, wat. Since when did anyone bring up "genetics"? He was saying that driving an F1 car flat out is extremely difficult, and it requires a mix of talent and some serious skill from practice to pull off.

    • @Motty1066
      @Motty1066 Před 4 lety +10

      Talent is just desire + work. Nothing else. The suggestion that people are somehow innately born with an ability to do something is nonsense bordering on the immoral

    • @awittyusernamepleaselaugh7481
      @awittyusernamepleaselaugh7481 Před 4 lety +31

      @@Motty1066 Hardly. It's the same as how we have different personalities. Some people are gifted from the get go with a creative streak, some people have minds that can crunch numbers or focus on tiny intricate details, etc etc.
      It's not that this isn't something that needs to be honed to make someone truly great at something of course, but we as human beings all have our strengths and weaknesses, which is why when people come together to work as a well oiled team with everyone working to their strengths awesome things happen.

    • @beeman4266
      @beeman4266 Před 4 lety +2

      @mPky1 absolutely not, they have the Corsa experience where they sell you an old f1 car, take care of it, bring it to the track for you, and give you a personal team and test driver to teach you how to drive it. Ferrari is big on selling their old cars.

  • @howiesworld9056
    @howiesworld9056 Před 7 lety +831

    That song at the end could put a tear in the toughest of a man

  • @therealcryptorider
    @therealcryptorider Před 2 lety +7

    Masi has decided Richard Hammond will win the 2022 F1 championship on the final lap of the last race

  • @chromedome5688
    @chromedome5688 Před 3 lety +2

    New found respect for f1 drivers they make it look like it’s just like driving a regular car but at high speed, so much goes into it

  • @abu6226
    @abu6226 Před 4 lety +876

    This is the right type of video where it makes sense to ask "who is watching in 2020"

  • @dustintravis8791
    @dustintravis8791 Před 4 lety +71

    Hearing the engines of F1 and other precision-spec engines literally play songs always puts a smile on my face. Never gets old!

    • @zacblomqvist3485
      @zacblomqvist3485 Před 2 lety

      What is the song called? Cheers

    • @krumpant
      @krumpant Před rokem +1

      i mean i guess it's god save the king now

    • @craigrison007
      @craigrison007 Před 8 měsíci

      ​@@zacblomqvist3485my country tis of the

  • @Lama-it6rk
    @Lama-it6rk Před 2 lety +2

    Not a car, but a bolide.
    This thing is just pure evil on wheel but managable by an expert.
    So fast that you can't think, you can't look aroung, you can't correct a mistake.
    You've gotta do everything right or you're done.

  • @PeerlessReads
    @PeerlessReads Před rokem +1

    Brilliant. Nice to see an honest expression of how an experienced driver fares climbing up to an F1 car.

  • @Nicko6180
    @Nicko6180 Před 7 lety +345

    The formula one car is nearly as powerful as a Bugatti Veyron but weighs 100 kilograms less than a mark 1 lotus Elise and about the same as an original mini. Just gives you an idea of how fast it is.

    • @mobyhuge4346
      @mobyhuge4346 Před 7 lety +52

      Nicholas Hobson dont forget the unmatched downfore it makes

    • @mobyhuge4346
      @mobyhuge4346 Před 7 lety +8

      Nicholas Hobson Veyron did 1/4 mile in 10.5 secs.... the V10 F1 car does 1/4 in about 9 secs flat more less

    • @goodshipkaraboudjan
      @goodshipkaraboudjan Před 7 lety +45

      Forgetting the fact a Veyron is as useful as a handbag on a racetrack. It weighs 3 tonne!

    • @samueljones3668
      @samueljones3668 Před 5 lety +2

      Russell Coight
      Not to mention the extra 500lbs of downforce it has as well.

    • @ShannonSouthAfrica
      @ShannonSouthAfrica Před 5 lety +1

      @@mobyhuge4346 why isn't the f1 quicker?

  • @deezynar
    @deezynar Před 8 lety +497

    So, to keep from killing myself, I have to go insanely fast!

    • @spdcrzy
      @spdcrzy Před 5 lety +28

      I mean...it's true. F1 is one of the few motorsports in which if you go slow, you actually risk dying MORE than if you're going fast.

    • @dtrjones
      @dtrjones Před 4 lety

      @@spdcrzy same for boxing...

    • @adampetten5349
      @adampetten5349 Před 4 lety +6

      Going at 50-80% the cars pace is dangerous which is why they weave behind the safety car. Going 98.5-99.9% is also dangerous: and is where F1 pilots live.

    • @spdcrzy
      @spdcrzy Před 4 lety +4

      @@adampetten5349 No, they live at 100% and above. 98.5-99.9% is reserved for the wet. Lol.

    • @swift7493
      @swift7493 Před 4 lety +7

      @@spdcrzy You actually only go 100% in qualifying, because qualifying is all about that one-lap magic. Races are more about consistency, you can drive really fast, overtake everyone and crash, or you can just drive fast, but actually finish the race.

  • @rachelpurity1
    @rachelpurity1 Před 3 lety +2

    His raw emotions and how he had to scream to just get them out made this amazing.

  • @GurpreetSingh-zp8fz
    @GurpreetSingh-zp8fz Před rokem +2

    This is what racing cars is all about and the sound was the first thing you thought of when you would think or talk about F1.
    These days it's feels like a procession despite DRS and much more overtaking.

  • @crunchyburrito2257
    @crunchyburrito2257 Před 7 lety +667

    I think that track was too small for someone's first time in an f1 car, if he drove it on a regulation track he probably would have been able to get the brake temps up and such

    • @Shady_2144
      @Shady_2144 Před 7 lety +114

      CrunchyBurrito22 Thought the same, for a beginner this track was too small. He didn't have runoffs and neither did he have the space to test the Holy Grail. He wouldn't have felt like 50% of an F1.

    • @Mr0supra0
      @Mr0supra0 Před 5 lety +84

      Jim Bobalob Not directly, but for untrained people the G force could send you into unconsciousness, or blacking out like jet fighters. If that happens at 160 and you hit a wall, it is gonna hurt a lot, maybe be fatal as well.

    • @jimbobalob2009
      @jimbobalob2009 Před 5 lety +6

      yeah I understand that, but the g forces themselves wont kill him

    • @smj6491
      @smj6491 Před 5 lety +82

      The G-forces in an F1 car shouldn't cause black-outs. G-forces in plane turns make pilots black black out because usually the g-forces are downwards, pushing blood away from the brain causing unconsciousness. In F1 cars the g-forces are sideways as they turn and forwards/backwards as they accelerate or brake, which doesn't force blood from the brain and therefore wouldn't cause a person to lose consciousness. Injury to the neck or w/e is a different story however.

    • @Mr0supra0
      @Mr0supra0 Před 5 lety +4

      SMJ That's positive G forces, but the same can occur at at negative G forces, which do the direct oppostie, pushin blood into the head, that again is called a redout but the effects are basically the same. Either way, it doesn't really matter, because it really is enough to move the blood in the head itself arround to faint.

  • @xmaxfactorx
    @xmaxfactorx Před 9 lety +1732

    is there any time of the year that is not cloudy over the UK?

    • @oxygengraphafonadelaverberator
      @oxygengraphafonadelaverberator Před 9 lety +122

      Sm00th TV sometimes we can have a stretch of nothing but sunshine, like the last week here have been clear blue skies. but its so changeable! they say in the uk, if you don't like the weather then wait ten minutes =)

    • @rbagel55
      @rbagel55 Před 9 lety +17

      Jamie Stirzaker Yeah I was in the US Army stationed in Germany during the 80's. Weather there is pretty much the same I'm told, a lot of cloudy days with drizzle. It's the exact opposite of where I live now in S.Texas.
      We may get a few days in the Winter where it might get chilly. The spring brings thunderstorms and we seem to get all our rain all at once in massive downpours. Summers are long and are very hot and humid, sometime
      getting over 100F

    • @ads2686
      @ads2686 Před 9 lety +27

      A couple of days in June

    • @xmaxfactorx
      @xmaxfactorx Před 9 lety +14

      Yoda on DMT it's funny because i live in Mexico and it's very hot where i live, i always wanted to move to England since i enjoy cold weather and rain more than hot sunny days most part of the year :D

    • @rbagel55
      @rbagel55 Před 9 lety +2

      Sm00th TV
      You know I live in S. Texas, it's hot and humid here 9 months out of the year. But I have livedin colder places like SE Idaho and
      I HATE the cold, that's why I moved back here.

  • @kreush7329
    @kreush7329 Před 10 měsíci

    His glorious dopamine filled excitement when he pushes the final lap , for some reason, makes me cry. Well done lad

  • @davidaprian6965
    @davidaprian6965 Před 3 lety +28

    I need to rewatch this episodes after Alonso's F1 test in abu dhabi

  • @andywylde
    @andywylde Před 10 lety +80

    Say what you want about Hammond, the guy has balls.

  • @cabbycabby1770
    @cabbycabby1770 Před 8 lety +86

    Wild. I can't wrap my head around the driving alone. Forget about messing with all of the fuel and clutch settings on that steering wheel.

  • @jforjosh4254
    @jforjosh4254 Před 2 lety +4

    “It’s absolutely the most glorious machine in the world”
    ‘Wait until you get into second (gear)’

  • @josephmorgan3881
    @josephmorgan3881 Před 2 lety +1

    Watching this as a child gave me the perspective and respect I needed to appreciate the skill of the drivers and technology behind the cars. When a driver who has driven pretty much any super car you can imagine struggles to complete a lap, you realise how difficult they must be to even control never mind wheel to wheel race at 200mph in

  • @WalrusRiderCycling
    @WalrusRiderCycling Před 4 lety +649

    MORE POWER !!!

  • @SoDawud
    @SoDawud Před 9 lety +68

    Imagine driving that thing one handed like the F1 drivers from the 80's...

    • @yammmit
      @yammmit Před 9 lety +2

      '80s*

    • @Lynxboy63
      @Lynxboy63 Před 9 lety +1

      David It would probably rip your hand off these days

    • @rupang886
      @rupang886 Před 9 lety +40

      ***** With mechanical gears (i.e. you must match the rev's of each gears or it will grind like hell), a beastly V12/V10 engine and virtually no downforce, the F1 cars of the 80's are entirely different class of mastery to what we have today.

    • @ramaraoprathi1635
      @ramaraoprathi1635 Před 9 lety +1

      RedRupie

    • @Minx5892
      @Minx5892 Před 6 lety +2

      RedRupie F1 Cars are still incredibly difficult. These cars had TC. Hammond's spinning it all the time. Just shows how hard it is.

  • @timsimshurst
    @timsimshurst Před 3 lety +2

    Makes you appreciate the skill of F1 drivers - and the engineers

  • @chrissennfelder7249
    @chrissennfelder7249 Před 9 měsíci +2

    Even only in a sim game like Assetto Corsa these cars are absolutely terrifying in VR. And there you only get a sense of the pure speed of these machines without the actual g-forces. These things go from 0 to 200 km/h in 5 seconds. You can brake from 300 to 0 in around 4 seconds. And don't get me started on the cornering speeds. And on top of all that, there's the glorious V10 sound. Truly marvellous feats of engineering.

  • @ArjolP
    @ArjolP Před 8 lety +886

    He locked up the tyres every corner. Poor tyres.

    • @Chibanator97
      @Chibanator97 Před 8 lety +284

      Cuz you could do better right?

    • @lunasilvermoon2283
      @lunasilvermoon2283 Před 8 lety +181

      Well said, not to mention that richard is a practiced racer too, its not like he doesnt know what he is doing.

    • @GenericUsername-qp1ww
      @GenericUsername-qp1ww Před 8 lety +77

      +Axlr 2706 because we all know Richard is an F1 driver.

    • @jackclements2163
      @jackclements2163 Před 7 lety +45

      I know, me and my dog cried every time, didn't we
      ;ksdfj[9348[9gjndfgjg[u5htlkkmk
      ...sorry, he can't type very good still.

    • @KrAziiPwNaGe
      @KrAziiPwNaGe Před 7 lety +37

      Alisa Kroes he's a well practiced sports car racer, much different league from F1 racing

  • @ethanholter
    @ethanholter Před 4 lety +116

    "There's no temp in the brakes!" He says as he locks up the tires

    • @philippebeauchamp2827
      @philippebeauchamp2827 Před 3 lety +25

      they locked up cause he pressed too hard after realizing they're too cold.
      Or it's a mistep in the editing room

    • @Lakitu886
      @Lakitu886 Před 3 lety +11

      they lock up because they're too cold

  • @marklister2400
    @marklister2400 Před 3 lety

    I love this video Richard gives you an idea of what it must be like for an F1 driver and why they are super fit and in top physical shape

  • @javieryeo4032
    @javieryeo4032 Před 3 lety +12

    Well, look whose's back and car is at the 2020 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix