We Put a SUBSCRIBER in a REAL Formula 1 Car
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 27. 03. 2023
- đ Be in with a chance to drive a REAL F1 CAR! Click here đ experience.driver61.com
Thanks to everyone who applied to win this incredible experience, and thanks to Ricky for being such a great sport. Congrats Ricky!
This is what it looks like to live out the dream of a million formula 1 fans! This is Ricky, heâs a Driver61 subscriber - but heâs never driven on a track before. And today, Iâm going to coach him to drive this 2012 Formula 1 car.
But why? Well after two and a half years and 245 videos - Driver61 hit ONE MILLION SUBSCRIBERS. And so to give back, we picked one of you to come and drive a Formula 1 car.
So we flew Ricky 4000 miles from New York to Paul Ricard to drive a Formula 1 car.
So Ricky drove a Formula 4 car, then the 2012 Renault Formula 1 car that Kimi Raikonnen drove in the 2012 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix!
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Hello, I wonder about scratched FIA sticker on the wheel. Perhaps there is an interesting story somewhere. Cheers
never have i felt so sad yet so happy at the same time scott you got room for one more just to drive the f4 car and the f1 maybe
Choose me next time, I was a big fan of your father when I was a kid! ;-)
I don't have a driver's licence can i still participate
Please keep on doing these I am desperate to enter but Iâm 17
An absolute honor. Thank you guys again. Will never forget it even though it feels like a weird dream I once had. â€
Congrats dude
Props to you so much dude. You crushed it!
You just lived a dream my man. Congratulations.
Legend
Dude! You did well considering everything. It had to be surreal. Congrats on the experience.
driver61 is a man of his word
No he's a word of his man
And an angel. Wow.đ
A driver61 always pays his debts
@@BetterThanSparksYT15 I am not as think as you drunk I am
@@sailyui I doubt my haves
If I had won, I truly donât know if I would have had the bravery or confidence to do this with no experience like him. Huge respect, Ricky! You deserved this!
I would. But i race bikes đ
You could take it easy with cornering and then full throttle on the straights
@@kerimca98 no way. That's less downforce which would cause the tyres to cool too much đ
tbh there would be a load of poo coming out at each corner
@@roccociccone597 for normal people agreed. I race bikes which have a tyre surface contact the size of a dimeđ
Guy just lived the dream of every single F1 fan and drove it like he stoled it. 10/10. This video was beautiful to watch. Congratulations to him and to you too for you channel/life achievements. Cheers from Brazil.
@Amanda_Australia_vegan this costs 12k euros (+VAT) last time I checked 5k for just the F4 car experience.
@@Jeffrey_ yeah, i know. But i'm from brazil. 600 its 3 times the minimun wage here plus taxes. And the few circuits that offers open trackdays still charges something like 350, 400 dolars for 1 hour and half on the track with your own car. Its out of reach for most part of people like me.
@@RWoody1995 oh to be rich and born into money would be nice.
@@RWoody1995 thats for the formula 3.5 renault one (atleast in the redbull ring) the f4 one is like 1.2k for 20 laps
Thatâs fake bruh he did know how to drive đđ
This is so rad. Congrats to Ricky! Not many people can say their first time on track is one of the rarest car experiences in the world.
Rad?
Did I wake up in the 80's đ
In Kimis carđź.
Didnt expect you to be here đđ
@@OompaL0ompa you think he got a drink at the pits?
â@@OompaL0ompa leave me alone i know what I'm doing!
Would have done anything to have had this opportunity and insanely jelly but watching his happiness as he pulled out of the pitlane in an F1 car made me so happy as well.
Anything? đ
Yes I know, my smile was in my ears just watching gim go
â@@alanr4845 yeah
@@alanr4845 Yep Anything.
@@joegiccominato7402 well pay for it :) 6000 to 9000 Euros
Is it just me or is this video possibly the best representation of the absolute explosive sound of an F1 car on CZcams? Whatever you guys do for the audio, keep it up! I wanna hear all the generations of F1 engines in this setting/setup now
pre hybrid era car also...! i've heard the newer ones in real life, they sound like vacuum cleaners compared to this
Turn your sound 10x louder and you will get a good representation of what the V8s sound like
@@kaonashicom i was licky enough to hear a RB7 in real life and man, thats the best an engine can sound.
I don't know where in the world you are but put goodwood fos on your bucketlist, all generations of f1 cars even the earliest museum pieces being revved all day in the pits and sent up the hill, it gives you goosebumps all day
â@@kaonashicomfacts bro, saw the newer cars and they reminded me of a Dyson vacuum. God I miss the V10 era so badly.
I'm really impressed with his driving in the Formula1 car. The guy was giving it some serious beans and that downshift noise for the corner.... pure eargasm on the computer; I can't even begin to imagine how euphoric it must be in the cockpit.
That âthank you Scottâ when he pulled out of the pit lane made me emotional. You made this manâs life
Dude me too!
Same!
Dude, I tiered up. he be living the dream of many of us
Tears m8, Tears.
Ditto!
Honestly so impressed by Ricky, Paul Ricard isn't an easy track and getting up to speed even in the f4 car isn't a joke what a lad
That's what I was thinking. Bruh I'd love to drive even an F4 car
Seriously, first timer. Pretty good
Scripted
Just watching his reaction and being able to see that HUGE smile through the helmet, living vicariously through him while watching was an experience. Lived the dream that many of us have for a day. It gave me goosebumps!
He definitely got quite some simulator experience. This track is pretty hard tbh even in simulators and if he did not have experience there's no way he can use the curb as he did in the F1 car unless he's some sort of a genius
The whole video i was just rooting for Ricky hoping he would not mess up. I teared up watching him so happy getting out of the pit lane in that monstrous machine. I was actually a nervous wreck watching the video lmao. Idk i'm just so happy for the dude and was really hoping he did not mess up
That's the story of my life. I just hope I don't mess up ;)
@@JohnDoe-gf5he You can do it buddy. When you put your mind to something you can achieve amazing things.
I got anxiety watching this lol
Man this is almost making me tear up. I can feel the emotion and nerves of having the honor and responsibility of such an event and for millions of people to see too. I wish.
I actually felt emotional not only for Ricky but also because its like everyones dream come true for him. What an experience. Being on circuit in any car is great but thats about as good as it can get. đđđđ
This is so incredible, I felt like I was living vicariously through Ricky! Great stuff Scott, you made a manâs dream come true! That was awesome to watch
I went to high school with Ricky in Puerto Rico. To see him go from bumping his daily drive into another car in a parking lot by accident to driving an f1 car. This is crazy đ. Te felicito Ricky, tremenda experiencia đ„
No way
Literally missing something up there in his head but he pulled it off, ya love to see it đ
Pedro, how dare you accuse me of something you have no proof? đ Te lo cuento todo en tu podcast đ
Can I just say its surreal to see the 2012 Lotus in the 2023 Alpine livery. I know theyre fundamentally the same team, but as far as anachronistic liveries on older cars this is probably the weirdest I've seen.
Only weirder one I can think of right now would be like seeing the 1991 Jordan in the current Aston Martin livery since theres a team lineage there too.
Same, I think the biggest reason is because I loved the black and gold Lotus livery so much back then. Thought it was an excellent homage to the â80s JPS Lotus liveries.
I'd love to see Aston Martin F1 team do a one off Jordan F1 tribute livery it'd be so cool to see the cobra eye on the nose
Those frenchy guys.... Look what they have done to Raikkonen's car
6-wheel Tyrell with the current Mercedes Livery đ
Using a 1997 Stewart with the current RB livery would be funny too, as many would think it were a 1995 Sauber. đ
That being said, an Ilmor/Mercedes-powered 1993 or 1994 Sauber in current Alfa Romeo livery would be amusing too, for obvious reasons. đ
Literally got goosebumps and overcome with joy and excitement for this lucky dude. What a rush that must have been! Thanks Scott for making this happen and taking us behind the scenes. đïž
That went far better than expected, props making it happen Scott.
I was feeling nervous for Ricky. My heart was pounding just watching this, can't imagine what it's like actually being there.
Mad respect for the guy. He never drove on a track before? He was great and so brave.
Send iiiiiiiiiiiiit
watching the end, there's no way he hasn't driven at least a lot on the sim. Still fucking brave to translate that into the real world
@@SwainixFPV thats my thought. i cant imagine the adrenaline of it
@@SwainixFPVTheyd be stupid to pick someone who doesnt either drive these sorts of cars or at least has decent experience on racing sim games. He's not just a person off the street ofc
ââ@@Zarzar22 He won a competition that you could enter as long as you had had your drivers license for a few years (can't remember the exact requirement). There was no condition at all that said you had to have any experience in a sim or on a track. So there's a very real possibility he doesn't have any experience.
This is so awesome! Ricky was actually so impressive for his first time in a car đ
This was incredible to watch, congratulations to all involved! Ricky smashed it, looks like he had fun but also put his foot down to the metal - legend!
Itâs hard for me to believe Ricky hadnât had any previous track experience before this outing because wow he was actually pushing the F1 car! Iâd be impressed by someone who drives that well even having had driven karts and even low powered single seaters for years. I have had zero real life track racing myself but Iâve played sims for 10+ years. Let me tell you, Paul Ricard is one the hardest tracks out there, with those late apexes. I tend to avoid playing the track because Iâm always really poor at it. Man did incredibly well! Super cool that Scott put all this together with Alpine!
Maybe some simracing experience?
I would guess he does a lot of sim racing. I did a lot of sim racing with only a couple of sessions in karts mixed in, and during my first track day, the coaches didn't believe I had zero track experience. They said my lines, braking points, and smoothness with the brake/throttle were that of someone far more experienced. It was because I had driven the track with a similar car for hundreds of laps in iracing prior to the actual thing. Once I got past the initial fear of the stakes of it being real life and the forces on the body, it felt very much the same. I have a pretty high end rig with very dialed FOV on triples and a direct drive wheel, so I imagine that helps, but just repeating the lap over and over visually would help a ton.
Still what Ricky did was a totally other level, I was completely wiped out after half a day on a track in a high performance road car, I cannot imagine doing 3 sessions in an F4 car followed by an F1 car.
Clearly Ricky has guts
I've heard that irl cars are easier to drive because you can feel everything that car is doing
Not downplaying his abilities at all btw, he did extremely well, just explaining that driving on the limit in a sim can be difficult
For a guy thatâs never been on a track before, this is an incredible performance. Well done dude. Iâm glad to see that the prize went to someone that could appreciate it. Iâm very jealous.
Love driving on track with a normal car but this is next level. Very impressive what Ricky did.
Absolutely stunning all round!!! Well done to everyone involved! Had goosebumps watching that!!!
I felt so happy as if I was driving the car! Super happy for the dude.
oh my god you're a legend mate
@@TheAllRounderMemes Thank you!
THIS NEED TO BE A SERIES. LIKE A REALITY SHOW
*Insurance company has left the chat*
Sign me up!đââ
Oh man, that was something else. Itâs like I was just living my dreams through the video and his reactions. Congrats Ricky. And congrats to you guys for 1M subs and climbing.
Every time I see an F1 car at an event like a demo run, client experience, or such, it reminds me how crazy it would be to actually think a private collection could really run one of these properly. You seriously need a team and some extraordinary resources to make a car like this run 100%.
That's absolutely amazing! Congratulations to Ricky and Driver61! What an experience!
This channel has been an absolute treasure for an American fan (me) learning the sport!!!
If you dont know much about F1 you should watch "10 Moments of Ayrtons Sennas Briliance" or something like that :).
watch?v=-pItzcHBHt0 (here it is)
Little bit off-topic maybe but should be ok I guess.
You were like: "WOW, I didn't knew cars could make right corners"?
Same here dude!!
â@@gert-janbonnema hahahaha goteeeeem
Well done, Ricky Bobby! You made us all proud!
I honestly have never been as nervous as I was watching CZcams as I was watching this guy hop into the F1 car. Wow. Great video and awesome concept. To think the pros do this though out the season and even make it look easy on their Sunday drive.
Damn man, so hyped for Ricky. Anxious as heck when he was rolling out in the F1, dude did so good. I can imagine how his neck felt the next day though!
His neck must have been killing him. He listened to the instruction that you have to keep the engine on boil or else. These cars donât function if you let the revs drop and drive them like street cars
Man, even I couldn't stop smiling. I can't even imagine how he felt. Nice job Ricky
Can't imagine the buzz he had, what a lucky dude. Scott, glad to see your channel has blown up. You deserve it.
This made my day. Felt like I was part of the moment as well. Congrats to him!
you can clearly see he learnt quickly because he pulled the car to a non-professional driver limit, majestic
Ricky genuinely could have a future in single seat racing the way he picked it up so quickly
If he's as young as he seems and gets into it ASAP somehow definitely he could be fast
Yeah, compete against those that have been driving these since the age of 5.
@@soisaidtogod4248 i truly believe thereâs someone out there that could leave Verstappen and Hamilton in the dust but since racing requires so much money at such an early age we will never know.
@@ferstig235 IKR? Hamilton himself went through great lengths of struggle to be there racing. So no one can say what if all the potential we can see if racing was more affordable.
â@@ferstig235 That's true for literally every discipline. It's a moot point.
He's literally living every single Driver61 subscribers dream...and he did us all proud
Good coaching and Ricky is a talented driver. Well done everyone.
13:00 Great job by Ricky actually. Usually see from first timer videos people stalling it while letting up the clutch. The reaction at 13:13 is so lovely. Can only dream about these kind of moments
Not jelly, Ricky did an insane job and I lived it through him. Track days are intense and eat up all your brainpower. I've done a few on a bike and after a few laps you're absolutely mentally exhausted by everything coming at you so fast and balancing at the edge of grip. Couldn't imagine what it must feel like in an F1 car. Nice!
Congrats on 1 million and to Ricky! I wouldn't be the same level of sim racer without you, so beyond deserved. Thanks for everything.
This video should be at least 3 times longer! I would really love to see more insides from whole this preparations briefs and maybe some onboards at the end. BTW, could you share his application message? I also tried to apply for this, but never got any response back after - I wonder what was that drove your attention to him?
Insane. I felt it all: anger, ecstasy and fear. GZ, Ricky, well done. I am not sure if I would have had the balls to pull it through.
Watching him take some curb on the last lap actually had me cheering lol. Well produced video Sir
This was absolutely incredible to watch. Imagine how that must feel to be piloting an actual F1 car.
Haha Ricky is awesome, great video
edit: honestly, this was super impressive from Ricky, amazing job for his first time wow
I'm so glad you and the Alpine team gave him the shot and had that gut instinct that he'd be careful with it. Amazing job Ricky, you did a pro masterclass drive with that beast for having that little experience and I'm sure every F1 driver would be impressed.
Wow, I'm happy for Rick, what an opportunity, and well done by him too!
Best Driver61 Clip Ever!!!!! For all the rest of us F1 wanna be's this has to be heaven. Hats off to Ricky for his F1 debut. He has the talent to push while still being safe. Thanks so much for arranging and posting the experience.
Ricky setting out in the F1 car, even at start-up, gave me goosebumps - what an experience.
Ricky is a legend. Amazing work everyone for making it happen!
This just shows that there are many people out there that have potential to do this. They just haven't gotten a chance to show the world what they can do. This subscriber got that chance and drove that car like it was his last day on Earth. What a performance.
Well done Ricky, it was great to see you have this much fun while doing so well.
This is a life changing experience. Once in a lifetime, forever to tell your grandkids to tell the tales about. You've done amazing D61
Awesome video! Thank you!!!
That was brilliant. An absolute dream of mine to do that. Well done all involved đ
Would've been cool to know his time on the second lap, would tell a lot about just how much difference there is between a normal person and an Iceman
I've been watching F1 for years and am still surprised at how intimidating that car is. Ricky did great as a first-timer!! Congrats!
Absolutely increditble what you guys offered here, and great job Ricki!
Good to see an Average Joe get the experience of a lifetime and actually push the limit! The best part was to see him get comfortable with the drive and then let it all hang out there! Love it! â€
That is absolutely insane ! it is, right here, every f1 fan's dream . Thank you Scott for letting us share his experience with us !!
Haha love the moment at 11:55 where Ricky hears the car fire up and is wide eyed and in awe, his hands are like "oh my word!" Great job Ricky!
I'm amazed at this man's bravery to go for it with the E20 at the end after his earlier mistake. The material value of that car is probably worth more than the combined income of most people's entire lives, I'd be a nervous wreck to even go anywhere near the limit especially in those fast corners even at a track with this much runoff.
Ricky is the hero we all didn't know we needed. Seeing his joy made Me very happy đ. Scott you are a legend
Spot on
We always see F1 lap times vs normal cars on a track but I would like to see his best lap in the F1 car vs last year's pole lap. Congrats to him for doing a great job
Awesome man, amazing to give that experience to someone who can only dream! love this & hope to see you on the grid soon!
Scott must have felt honored to provide and witness Ricky's first F1 experience just like when a baby is born or when a daughter gets married.
Around the 2nd F1 lap, the commentary sounds like it's heading for "he started to push a lot harder, but then disaster struck and he rammed a wall at 150mph" đ Might have actually been suspenseful if it wasn't for the competition to put another sub in the car, since if it got binned that would seem unlikely!
Can't think of another channel that can match this sort of experience. Topping it for 2 million will be difficult...it'll either have to be 2 subs in F1 cars or something even crazier. If the channel ever hits 5 million, well you'll just have to get a subscriber into an F1 practice session in a current car...this is the only problem with setting the bar so high here đ
Such a great opportunity! Good effort Scott and well-done Ricky.
Huge respect for all the people involved in this monumental operation. I can only imagine what it could be like to organize such an event with a person with no experience whatsoever. But on the other side this person was Ricky. Yes excited, yes a tad overconfident, yes he made some mistakes, but... c'mon, it's almost like jumping in a jet fighter cockpit and going full throttle. Well done Ricky, you lived your dream and part of ours. I was pushing with you on the straights.
Thanks for this video. You all have the capacity to transmit the feelings of a real normal person driving an F1. I was surprised to hear how much he pushed. I don't know if I would be able to. I say it again: I was in the car with him and it was awesome.
I'm shaking just watching his excitement! So glad someone got to live the dream!! Been saving for years to do this before I get married instead of having a bachelor party đ€Ł. Congratulations to Ricky and congratulations to the Driver61 team on all the hard work paying off âșïžđ.
We gotta get the post-drive reaction
What a great gift to give fan! Enjoyed the video, and congrates and great job to Ricky!
*VERY COOL!!* Ricky did really well.... quite impressive.
It would have been nice to see the speed and gear info on screen while he was driving on the track. Maybe next time you can add that. đ
All thanks to you and your team for making his dreams come true. The video gave us lot of goosebumps and we felt the same excitement as Ricky!!
Definitely not believing this guy has never drove a single seater before
my god! that right there is my dream!
im so happy to see the smile in his face!
what an unreal experience
I am so happy for him!! It is awesome that you made this possible
I raced pro go-kart when I was younger and I dream with the Alpine single day program to drive a F1. People do not have the least notion of the forces involved in the difficulty in piloting an F1. They think it's glamor, work on the weekend ... go there try to see... Congratulations to Driver61 and the Subscriber! Fantastic video!
It isnt even "work on the weekend" anymore. Those F1 cars are self-driving for a couple of years now.
It's just one big rigged circus, just to make money.
Not convinced? Watch the last race of the year when Verstappen became WC for the first time again.
Seeing the smile on his face and the reaction he had, plus how well he did, put the BIGGEST smile on my face as well. I didn't get the opportunity myself, but I'll be damned if I can't live it up through people like this :D
This was riveting... and the glorious sound of that car! Fabulous, and well done Ricky
I almost felt as tense as Ricky! It's hard to fathom the rawness and speed of an F1 car when you drive it, because footage does not do it justice, you have to drive it at extremes to get it to work. But Ricky seemed like a natural! Amazing experience, well done.
Honestly I would be extremely happy just driving the F4đ
"Pulls away absolutely flawlessly" Gives himself whiplash
Both of you are absolute legends. That was awesome.
Im just glad this went to somebody who was truly appreciative. The "Thank you so much Scott" was the best moment.
Well, this is what dreams are made of..
His excitement is truly wonderful and contagious! đđđđđđđđ
Sometimes I see people do cool stuff that I didnât get to do and I feel a little jealous. This is not one of those times. This dudes absolute unbridled joy is infectious-Iâm glad that Ricky, specifically, got to do this. That âTHANK YOU SCOTT!â As he pulled out of the pit lane got me choked up!
Congrats to him. Thanks for making this happen. Truly awesome.
Absolutely awesome video.
I can't really even begin to imagine how Ricky must have felt.. but even just watching him experience that amazing machine gave me goosebumps and made me feel quite emotional.
Kudos to you Scot and the team who made it all possible considering the huge risks involved... and huge congrats to Ricky on bringing it back to the pits in one piece.
That was amazing, driving something like that is easily at the top of my bucket list.. and being a N/A car would make it 100 times more desirable to do than even the current cars.
I'll need to start saving... sell both kidneys or win the lottery.
Huge congrats for achieving 1 million subscribers... and thanks for making this incredible video, as a F1 fan.. this is what dreams are made of. Fantastic!
If you didnt tear up a bit when he was screaming on the radio THANK YOU SCOTT 3 times, you dont know how much this just means to us Formula 1 fans
I'm not even a third of the way into the video... it's just so lovely to watch and I feel Ricky's excitement and happiness. Awesome.