Exploring the Caterham F1 Factory *ABANDONED*

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  • The Caterham Formula 1 factory has been deserted since the company went into administration in 2014, we check out the massive surroundings to see what's left...
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Komentáƙe • 297

  • @TCCcompetition
    @TCCcompetition Pƙed 2 lety +702

    Tonight: We Break Into A Building
    We find a dead mans High Visibility Jacket
    And Haydon Presses a button

    • @LiveFastYT
      @LiveFastYT  Pƙed 2 lety +100

      Don't forget the poo

    • @TCCcompetition
      @TCCcompetition Pƙed 2 lety +5

      @@LiveFastYT lol :)

    • @rocha7686
      @rocha7686 Pƙed 2 lety +14

      forgot to say "chewnite on bo'om geer"

    • @DillandShaj
      @DillandShaj Pƙed 2 lety +12

      Lol I had to read this in Jeremy Clarkson's voice. Sounds like something Jezza might say

    • @greysnake2903
      @greysnake2903 Pƙed 2 lety +3

      Gop Tear

  • @molexi6537
    @molexi6537 Pƙed 2 lety +646

    Crazy that no one reused the facilities for SOMETHING. Seems like a great facility for a medium sized business. Obviously too late now and it's just gonna get demolished and wasted

    • @TommoOnYoutube
      @TommoOnYoutube Pƙed 2 lety +123

      Literally it's SUCH a waste

    • @maxhuss5290
      @maxhuss5290 Pƙed 2 lety +7

      The building is massive I went round at the start of the year 😅

    • @henrytriff9391
      @henrytriff9391 Pƙed 2 lety +43

      @@TommoOnCZcams the person who bought the building wants to turn it into a hotel but did not get planning permission so left it abandoned in order to let it rot and get permission later when the locals are fed up.

    • @greysnake2903
      @greysnake2903 Pƙed 2 lety

      €

    • @derekmccord3798
      @derekmccord3798 Pƙed 2 lety +9

      Could be used for a ELMS prototype or GT3 outfit for sure.

  • @MaIIS09
    @MaIIS09 Pƙed 2 lety +932

    so this is where the 'most aesthetically pleasing F1 car' was created

  • @MadeByPerspective
    @MadeByPerspective Pƙed 2 lety +151

    That Tony Hawk special trick sound effect at 1:55 has me in stitches đŸ€Ł

  • @olishottt
    @olishottt Pƙed 2 lety +268

    Imagine if veloce brought this and it became the new veloce hq.

  • @thenoosh4292
    @thenoosh4292 Pƙed 2 lety +178

    Its so sad that people destroy these awesome places for nothing
    I mean you can host a event where bunch of people gather to watch f1 or a place for f1 fans

    • @KiLLJoYYouTube
      @KiLLJoYYouTube Pƙed 2 lety +3

      You could but it's in the middle of nowhere. The *place* to watch F1 will always be the nearby track, which is where the teams want to be anyway.

  • @jackstein9986
    @jackstein9986 Pƙed 2 lety +90

    I think it was crazy when you'd be walking around in a certain room and then you would show a video of the room actually being used, just to put it in perspective, and it was really eerie for whatever reason.

    • @lachlancummings7242
      @lachlancummings7242 Pƙed 2 lety

      i wonder where u got the videos from

    • @meowiguess903
      @meowiguess903 Pƙed 7 měsĂ­ci

      ​@@lachlancummings7242from the official caterham channel, in case you're wondering, they're still up with other videos

  • @cameronnield9936
    @cameronnield9936 Pƙed 2 lety +49

    Caterham did the green livery to perfection đŸ€©Streets won’t forget

  • @alwayshasbeen
    @alwayshasbeen Pƙed 2 lety +122

    So is this where Rich Energy are setting up for next year?

    • @calblack4156
      @calblack4156 Pƙed 2 lety +7

      They’ll make one identical to red bull and say an Austrian build it

    • @dan18911
      @dan18911 Pƙed 2 lety

      They have an office in Stratford upon Avon, i got a free case of Energy drinks from them, they were shipping some plts over to Holland, good group of guys told me not to believe what you read about them, and that they will be back in F1 at some point

    • @alwayshasbeen
      @alwayshasbeen Pƙed 2 lety +1

      @@dan18911 I did not get that, like their employees told not to believe what their twitter is saying about their F1 return, or they told not to believe what the world is saying about their return?

    • @dan18911
      @dan18911 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      @@alwayshasbeen they didn't elaborate too much, will be interesting to see who they try to partner with next

    • @alwayshasbeen
      @alwayshasbeen Pƙed 2 lety +1

      @@dan18911 Hope it is not a disaster again đŸ€ž

  • @tvdg93
    @tvdg93 Pƙed 2 lety +46

    This makes me so sad. F1 could really use more teams and although Caterham didn't really add something in the way of driver development as they used mostly old drivers its still a shame. In that way losing Manor is a bigger shame. Hopefully the Budget Cap incentivizes new teams to the grid

  • @avinashanish3350
    @avinashanish3350 Pƙed 2 lety +74

    2:57 "You can bring Hannah a present home" 😂

  • @Cooderpede
    @Cooderpede Pƙed 2 lety +37

    This video came up in recommended so I thought I'd watch it as I've been round the Caterham factory & my dad used to work for them... and then the clip at 4:05 comes around, and that's my dad! Would recognise that bald spot anywhere. lol. good vid guys

  • @MAX978_
    @MAX978_ Pƙed 2 lety +39

    I went there at the start of the year and as we we're leaving I spotted a old F1 brake pad just laying there in the grass took it home as a bit of memorabilia 👍

  • @nickypoundtown9568
    @nickypoundtown9568 Pƙed 2 lety +26

    Legend says the site is haunted by Colin Chapman usually between 5 and 6am when he's just had his tea and a cigarette, faintly you can hear the yells 'trademark' and 'its actually proton' in what was the boardroom

  • @TR12365
    @TR12365 Pƙed 2 lety +39

    The amount of pointless vandalism in the UK is depressing.

    • @Lastname6955
      @Lastname6955 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      Can confirm where I live it's a yoke

    • @wutzitrone4522
      @wutzitrone4522 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      Oh I used to live cose to a couple abandoned factories and I did some exploring with friends a few times when I was a bit younger and boi oh boi was it depressing. The most recent one was in about the same state as the Caterham one, except for maybe a couple old computers and a bit of now-useless IT-Equipment. Two production machines also remained there until they were sold of for scrap metal and now there will be an appartment complex, much to the dismay of the locals as it doesn't fit at all into local architecture. Another one was an old chemical factory and I believe the longest abandoned, but boi they left in quite the hurry. Cut up there acid tanks to verify that they were indeed empty but leaving probably several thousand euros worth of equipment, including a forklift, cranes and dozens, if not hundreds of barrels full of good knows what. Some idiot punctured several of them and whatever was inside hardened out to some sort of plasticy substance. They apparantly also were used to get rid of unwanted cars, because an old van and several cars had found there semifinal rest there, all in various states of „disassembly“. The owner was forced to tear the place down after the fire brigade had to investigate the place multiple times after people lit afforementioned cars on fire.
      However by far the most interesting was and still is owned (and used again as there headquarters) the old Brandt factory a large zweiback / rusk manufacturer from Germany with iconic branding. They left the place somewhere in the 90s and when I was there in ~2017/18 there still stood machines used for kneading the dough, you could tell where they held live chicken to satisfy factory egg demand, conveyor belts were mostly still in place it was fascinating. The family couldn't tear the place down as it was put down as a mark of culture so they started rebuilding it. With the factory spanning over a street (with two iconic bridges in the middle) they first restored one side and I believe are in the process of getting the other side up to code and trying to find people to rent it out to. So who knows, maybe someone will by the Caterham factory and set up their own little racing team.

    • @mawile3037
      @mawile3037 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      the area around the old Chernobyl rector is lots worse, not that I've been, just docus

    • @dave1285_
      @dave1285_ Pƙed 2 měsĂ­ci

      everywhere else too :(

  • @mr.malcolmthegreat
    @mr.malcolmthegreat Pƙed 2 lety +70

    I’m very curious about why and how that particular article of clothing was left in there.

  • @hughthompson4846
    @hughthompson4846 Pƙed 2 lety +13

    2013 Catherham was one of the best looking cars of the decade, they were heading in the right direction before the hybrid era arrived

  • @jackstein9986
    @jackstein9986 Pƙed 2 lety +15

    It's just crazy that it was never used for anything else. Like this monstrous facility and it's just sitting there unused.

  • @GreatCdn59
    @GreatCdn59 Pƙed 9 měsĂ­ci +5

    former home of Arrows (1997-2002), Super Aguri (2006-08) and Caterham (2012-15). crazy to see the building in such a state.

  • @David_King_05
    @David_King_05 Pƙed 2 lety +5

    My old workplace. Albeit briefly in Arrows days. Sad face 😞

  • @rbkeyz2328
    @rbkeyz2328 Pƙed 2 lety +14

    Yall are great, keep it up! Cant wait to see what the future holds for this project

  • @BOABModels
    @BOABModels Pƙed 2 lety +18

    I think it shows how much more expensive it is to start a team now considering that it was the Arrows HQ, then Super Aguri and finally Lotus/Caterham but no one else wanted to take it on.

    • @OOpSjm
      @OOpSjm Pƙed 2 lety +2

      Facilities were old and location isn't good.

  • @evanmclean4893
    @evanmclean4893 Pƙed 2 lety +13

    Bet this is a tough watch for those who worked there

  • @Shinx990
    @Shinx990 Pƙed rokem +8

    I love the way you imagine McLaren and their sterile environment, Ferrari and their own racetrack, Red Bull and a gigantic complex. Then you see this and think "They actually raced together?"

  • @GeliCarlosJ
    @GeliCarlosJ Pƙed 2 lety +9

    Im very surprised no one has found any use for it even to this day with the relatively big size of the land and plenty of rooms for offices

  • @PG-20
    @PG-20 Pƙed 2 lety +41

    I was hoping they'd find an old engine or something here.

    • @LiveFastYT
      @LiveFastYT  Pƙed 2 lety +37

      Us too... BUT we found the carbon moulds for it!

    • @CUL8TR
      @CUL8TR Pƙed 2 lety +23

      The engines are probably sold or auctioned off long before the factory was shut down, along with other expensive stuff like the cars and the steering wheels. Bearded Explorer found some signed Heikki Kovalainen driver cards though!

    • @artif1ed
      @artif1ed Pƙed 2 lety +5

      @@CUL8TR theres some stories of every hire van in the area descending on the factory soon after the news was broken, at least one engine ended up in the back of one of the vans lol

    • @Mango-wg5cn
      @Mango-wg5cn Pƙed 2 lety

      even if there was, it would have been stolen by now

  • @mudtennis9842
    @mudtennis9842 Pƙed 2 lety +25

    plot twist: it's just the hass factory

  • @jodiesimmonds8890
    @jodiesimmonds8890 Pƙed 2 lety +6

    i did my work experiance there. i was also there when the got red of the first lot of people i loved being there it was amazing wish someone would take the place over and restore it to how it was when the teams where there

  • @lorcandevon7143
    @lorcandevon7143 Pƙed 2 lety +13

    More abandoned f1 videos like this please!!!

  • @kemi242
    @kemi242 Pƙed rokem +4

    A few years ago there was another team visiting this site, and it was in much better condition back then. It's a shame that there are people not respecting the rules of urbexing: Take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footsteps. As an F1 fan, this really pisses me off.

  • @jezzter4293
    @jezzter4293 Pƙed 2 lety +5

    So sad to see, I worked there when it was Arrows F1

  • @IAmxZki
    @IAmxZki Pƙed 2 lety +6

    I walk past here on dog walks and it always blows my mind how such a big area with so many buildings has gone to waste. There must be some contractual reason that they have to wait out before knocking it down or selling the land. It was formerly the Arrows factory in the early 2000s so was used for some time.

  • @sonicsupersam7793
    @sonicsupersam7793 Pƙed 2 lety +4

    Honestly would love to see someone renovate this place

  • @chippiethegreat681
    @chippiethegreat681 Pƙed 2 lety +10

    Anyone else getting Metal Gear Solid 4 vibes from them showing flashbacks to when the facility was operational?

    • @pacman_birthmark
      @pacman_birthmark Pƙed 2 lety

      "A surveillance camera!?"

    • @sulphurous2656
      @sulphurous2656 Pƙed 2 lety

      Either that or the whole place having an overgrown Aperture Laboratories vibe to it.

  • @rhphoenix5
    @rhphoenix5 Pƙed 2 lety +4

    Adding this to my list of things to do if I ever go to the UK

  • @JoeAriminvm
    @JoeAriminvm Pƙed 2 lety +2

    Very interesting and you're a funny bunch, subscribed

  • @D3Vlicious
    @D3Vlicious Pƙed rokem +2

    This used to be a former radio transmission station of British Telecom before Tom Walkinshaw bought it, so some of the space was likely used for studios and transmission equipment.

  • @pauljennings8432
    @pauljennings8432 Pƙed 2 lety +4

    A fun fact for you, when the team were for sale it didn't include the factory, they wanted ÂŁ6 million for it!

  • @dougharvey9766
    @dougharvey9766 Pƙed 2 lety

    The mystery cars lads may have been connected to the pink g banger. Great video look forward to more : )

  • @wutzitrone4522
    @wutzitrone4522 Pƙed 2 lety +14

    Next episode: We go to jail for stealing from a long defunct F1 team

  • @jayd2517
    @jayd2517 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    It surprises me that no other teams from any other racing series have taken that place on. Yes its an ex F1 facility but I'm sure that someone from the BTCC could probably afford it. Like you said, it has changed hands so many times that whoever owns it now is probably desperate to shift it!

  • @JorritvanGeffen
    @JorritvanGeffen Pƙed 2 lety +3

    This is an amazing video 😍

  • @nicksmith4067
    @nicksmith4067 Pƙed 2 lety +4

    My dad actually worked for Caterham f1 team, and I've been in that building. (Without smashing any windows)

  • @JackScooter17
    @JackScooter17 Pƙed 2 lety +3

    “Why are we always loosing” BANG that had me cracking up 😂

  • @ashliehiggins
    @ashliehiggins Pƙed 2 lety +73

    Probably still in better condition than the HAAS factory.

  • @elisabethlopezdesola2453
    @elisabethlopezdesola2453 Pƙed 8 měsĂ­ci +3

    Such a pity to see the place where I worked for 2 years is all vandalized.

    • @c.m.l.184
      @c.m.l.184 Pƙed 4 měsĂ­ci +1

      Hola Elizabeth, leí un artículo sobre ti de hace años en el diario 20 minutos. Me alegra que llegaras a la F1, no se si todavía sigues. En todo caso enhorabuena, llegaste a lo måximo aunque fuera por un tiempo.

    • @elisabethlopezdesola2453
      @elisabethlopezdesola2453 Pƙed 4 měsĂ­ci +1

      Hola@@c.m.l.184! Gracias por el comentario :) SĂ­, sigo trabajando en otro equipo (Sauber). Saludos

    • @c.m.l.184
      @c.m.l.184 Pƙed 4 měsĂ­ci

      @@elisabethlopezdesola2453 Que bien! Me alegro mucho por tí. Eres un ejemplo para muchas personas que sueñan con estar un día ahí. Un cordial saludo.

  • @degafreak98
    @degafreak98 Pƙed rokem +1

    There's something really sad about seeing such a campus dedicated to speed...just forgotten like this.

  • @nikoda2440
    @nikoda2440 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    MORE OF THESE PLEASE!

  • @Sourav-shortss
    @Sourav-shortss Pƙed 2 lety +11

    Pls do a Redbull factory breakin...next
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    :This is not a Mercedes IT cell account.

    • @Jared_Barnes
      @Jared_Barnes Pƙed 2 lety

      RB factory isn't abandoned

    • @Sourav-shortss
      @Sourav-shortss Pƙed 2 lety

      @@Jared_Barnes yeah...but Mercedes stil wants a factory tour đŸ€Ł

  • @baananbananabanana
    @baananbananabanana Pƙed 2 lety

    Lmao the THPS sound effect was brilliant

  • @Karlsruhe00
    @Karlsruhe00 Pƙed 2 lety +7

    1:54 I understood that reference! :D

  • @saipradeepkonda5700
    @saipradeepkonda5700 Pƙed 2 lety +2

    Love this video.

  • @phil-zz5hk
    @phil-zz5hk Pƙed 2 lety

    i was based in caterham 1975-77 in the army camp . i remember the old caterham cars place .

  • @mrjoshi7424
    @mrjoshi7424 Pƙed 2 lety +6

    You should recreate Call of Duty battle there or you guys should play hide and seek. It would be awesome

  • @avinashanish3350
    @avinashanish3350 Pƙed 2 lety +5

    Tommo looks like a Roadman in the thumbnail ngl

  • @JamesCherrill
    @JamesCherrill Pƙed 2 lety +1

    As well as arrows and super aguri, it was also home to TWR

  • @PanzerFalcon2232
    @PanzerFalcon2232 Pƙed rokem +2

    Its always saddening when an F1 team closes forever

  • @gregwatts7359
    @gregwatts7359 Pƙed 2 lety +2

    You guys should do this in the old Marussia base

  • @MrPropanePete
    @MrPropanePete Pƙed 2 lety

    Sad and eerie at the same time.

  • @AaryanPrakash
    @AaryanPrakash Pƙed 2 lety +1

    Haydon be Vibing

  • @MyChronicLife
    @MyChronicLife Pƙed 2 lety +2

    “I’m 28! What am I doing?!” đŸ€Ł

  • @yellowflag9945
    @yellowflag9945 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    I’m a couple years will you do the old Aston Martin factory?

  • @212MPH
    @212MPH Pƙed 3 měsĂ­ci

    I worked there when it was BT Leafield training and radio site.

  • @RS-ee6ng
    @RS-ee6ng Pƙed 2 lety

    Strange they didn't mention the nearly new Sthill saw or whatever it was among the moulds.

  • @StevenQ74
    @StevenQ74 Pƙed 2 lety +3

    That used to be the Arrows factory right?

  • @thisisnotmyrealname5658
    @thisisnotmyrealname5658 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    Tommo just constantly marvelling at the scale of business and industry đŸ€Ł

    • @mawile3037
      @mawile3037 Pƙed 2 lety

      Squarespace F1, just you wait XP

  • @pinocleen
    @pinocleen Pƙed 2 lety

    0:31 aha aha riiiiiiight sure :D
    p.s. thought this was an urban explorer type of channel..

  • @PeterOnPole
    @PeterOnPole Pƙed 2 lety

    This is sooooo sick!

  • @nomenklatakura
    @nomenklatakura Pƙed 2 lety

    Cool video

  • @tensevo
    @tensevo Pƙed 2 lety +1

    When 2015 is a relic of history, a time gone by.

  • @wilbertpamplona4487
    @wilbertpamplona4487 Pƙed 2 lety

    So whats the updated status of the Caterham F1 Facility( former).

  • @callumjb7668
    @callumjb7668 Pƙed 2 lety +2

    WOW!

  • @donbrashsux
    @donbrashsux Pƙed 2 lety

    I just watched Aldas vid on Lewis and max at the Brazilian GP

  • @sammycakes5589
    @sammycakes5589 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    Those lights in the room that has the little pit, have theoretically been on for like 7 years

    • @LiveFastYT
      @LiveFastYT  Pƙed 2 lety +1

      That’s just natural sunlight through!

  • @Leahhhhhh44
    @Leahhhhhh44 Pƙed 2 lety +8

    Name a more iconic trio

    I’ll wait

    • @twoway6691
      @twoway6691 Pƙed 2 lety +7

      Clarkson, May and Hammond?

    • @rbkeyz2328
      @rbkeyz2328 Pƙed 2 lety

      @@twoway6691 yeah, but to be fair, theses guys are the new top gear and theres no way ull change my mind

    • @unhingedgaming1586
      @unhingedgaming1586 Pƙed 2 lety

      james nick and johnny

    • @DAZUNIVERSALINDUSTREIS
      @DAZUNIVERSALINDUSTREIS Pƙed 2 lety

      @@rbkeyz2328 the old trio are still much much more better

  • @stacyscoles1292
    @stacyscoles1292 Pƙed 3 měsĂ­ci

    Mad when you start to search this factory and see it when they set up and how its been vandalised over the years

  • @danonthestrings
    @danonthestrings Pƙed 2 lety

    1:55 when you land your first McTwist in THPS4

  • @stuartsmith5308
    @stuartsmith5308 Pƙed 2 lety +4

    Would a Caterham 620R beat a lap time set by a 2021 Hass F1 car, on one lap of Silverstone ?

  • @TobyRally47
    @TobyRally47 Pƙed 4 měsĂ­ci

    I went inside 7 years ago, the place was untouched and not even damaged, only 1 door was unlocked by someone before us!

  • @GlaucusBlue
    @GlaucusBlue Pƙed 2 lety +1

    How Is that plasterboard f1 car thing still there. Or the molds, bet that stuff will be gone in a few days now.

  • @benodaboy
    @benodaboy Pƙed 2 lety

    Wasn’t expecting Tomo f1 tbh

  • @darrenreichelt5919
    @darrenreichelt5919 Pƙed 2 měsĂ­ci

    honestly surprised no one has taken the molds and started making old parts or cars to sell

  • @devsaklani
    @devsaklani Pƙed 2 lety +1

    Air soft there would me mad fun

  • @PolishEddie1992
    @PolishEddie1992 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    That's sick guys. Jealous!

  • @jkrillz6571
    @jkrillz6571 Pƙed 2 lety +3

    Man, this must hurt for any ex employees watching

  • @pirateships
    @pirateships Pƙed 2 lety +3

    Did you end up taking that last piece home with y'all? :P

    • @LiveFastYT
      @LiveFastYT  Pƙed 2 lety +3

      Didn’t fit in the car 😭

    • @fleursbruyantes4177
      @fleursbruyantes4177 Pƙed 2 lety

      @@LiveFastYT That's too bad. Did you grab some molds instead?

  • @justinjacob9743
    @justinjacob9743 Pƙed 2 lety

    The best ‘lotus’

  • @pitrochied
    @pitrochied Pƙed 8 měsĂ­ci +1

    idk what i expected tbh but expected more

  • @mariusfredriksen8188
    @mariusfredriksen8188 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    Makes sense that even Caterham’s pool is green tbf

  • @jordandriverlp
    @jordandriverlp Pƙed 2 lety +1

    How does the Manor/Marussia factory looks like today? It should be abandoned too, isn't it?

  • @petarkostesic8570
    @petarkostesic8570 Pƙed 2 lety

    Tommo 🙌

  • @australianroyalist
    @australianroyalist Pƙed 2 lety

    Quadrant and Landos Karting team new headquarters?!?!?!?

  • @JonathanPeterssonPiano
    @JonathanPeterssonPiano Pƙed 2 lety

    Live fast racing coming together soon?

  • @Sparrowash97
    @Sparrowash97 Pƙed 2 lety

    I would love there

  • @riggybiggy
    @riggybiggy Pƙed 2 lety +4

    The Haas Factory is in about the same condition

  • @rbkeyz2328
    @rbkeyz2328 Pƙed 2 lety +2

    The new top gear no cap

  • @dj_paultuk7052
    @dj_paultuk7052 Pƙed 3 měsĂ­ci +1

    I know it well. The road is used heavily by car CZcamsrs for reviews, as its quiet and no traffic.

  • @_kijetesantakalu
    @_kijetesantakalu Pƙed 2 lety +1

    You guys have to do more of these urbexing videos. You're all naturals at it.

  • @stephencruse6525
    @stephencruse6525 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    Arrows and Super Aguri also used this facility

  • @dickief1
    @dickief1 Pƙed 4 měsĂ­ci

    I don’t understand. Caterham F1 team ran out of a factory in Hingham, Norfolk. I went there to work many times. đŸ€”