Interesting to note, at 3:19 Romain nearly presses the overtake button on pit entry because thatâs where his pit limiter button was on the Haas F1 steering wheel!
@@ForeverF1 Lol Iâm sort of obsessed with F1 steering wheels. Another thing is at 3:30 you can see he reaches down to turn off the car, because thatâs where the switch to turn off the car usually is in F1 but then realised the switch is up.
got to hand it to him, the fact that he went through that crash in Bahrain and still has the balls to get straight back in a racing car like that is badass!
@@benc.3128 Agreed, but the point is they can rebound from it quickly and move on without it having a lasting effect. No worship from me for those guys, simply a healthy respect for their abilities. I have raced in club level OW cars for over 40 years, so I understand what happens out there and have been in a few shunts myself over the years. Some guys I knew quit after one incident, but most of us shrug it off and look forward to the next race or the next season.
@@westipton5961 lmfao there's a massive difference between shunts at club level and having an insane accident where you're more than lucky to make it out alive. I've crashed countless cars drifting at high speeds (on and off tracks), in no way would I ever think my experience comes close to me giving any other position than props.
@@pumpkin1escobar Countless cars? Hmmm. A high speed crash is not much different no matter the level, they all hurt. Yes he is fortunate to be alive, but yet here he is right back in the seat. If he does well in Indycar then we'll know he is okay, if he struggles then maybe it is sticking with him, but I doubt that will happen.
Corkscrew is still an infamous chicane in Indycar though. It's the spot where young Gonzalo Rodriguez lost his life testing for Penske (that was in...'99 I think), and its particular, steep layout makes it so dangerous for single seaters that overtaking there has been banned since the Zanardi Pass also in the 90s...). But I guess it's like the Nordschleife in a way. You have to be ballsy asf to go through Corkscrew at the maximum possible speed, which makes you shine if you're a real man. "Go big or go home"... ^^
@@randomrandom1196 Cosworth doesnât make the screens. Cosworth supplies most of the electronics like the steering wheels and some of the other software. McLaren supplies the ECUs. Dallara, PPG and RBAT produce the aeroscreen as a collaborative effort.
I live just a few minutes outside of this track and it's insanely loud whenever they have these races. You can hear it from many miles away, and I think that's super cool. Glad Romain is out here testing the track.
please remind your neighbors they chose to buy a house near a racetrack, swapping exhaust out just to drive here is ridiculous, and it will only get worse
@@Weimerica8841 I agree entirely. Most people here love it, there are a few complainers though, naturally. Some people are in perpetual lawsuits with the city of Monterey and Salinas.
Never been there, but I've watched races there, and love the layout. Everyone talks about the corkscrew, but there are other challenging corners, and even the front straight is bent.
It's incredible how this driver shows how smooth that car is, when in reality they are more raucous than the formula 1 cars etc... man, you left f1 to the best category that exists today, besides being so even, everything is extremely difficult to run indy ... ufff I love your onboard thanks
Good Luck Romain! Glad to see youâre racing again for this year, although not F1. But still indycar is one of the toughest racing series. Hope you do well in your selected races!
@@chadgrov Indy has always been second rate to F1. That's where F1 has bean's or never was like Romain go to finish their careers. I highly doubt Sir Lewis will ever go there but maybe. F1 2014 - 2020 was pretty epic history making even. 7x WDC now shooting for 8 I can't wait for this season
@@panacheautomotive4298 ???? why is F1 better when 1 person wins all the time?? can you please elaborate on why its so good if there is no competition?
@@panacheautomotive4298 you need to understand that Indy is not for F1 drivers, its for north and south american drivers who dont want to deal with European dicks all the time. Indy is a much better environment to race in, and also more competitive. real drivers race there
I wouldn't say the cars are as much fun to watch as F1, but the racing is 5 times better. Championship is not locked up before the season starts in Indycar!
Having driven this track, my gut drops watching how much speed he carries into the corners!!! Got me doing the "invisible mom brake" under my desk! Haha you are a legend Romain and so good to see you going fast again!
It amazes me how all the drivers leave the pits and just punch it. No warming up. No getting used to it, Grosjean just nails the throttle right out of the pits and off into a blind corner. Skills and guts.
Best POV footage I have seen in a long while! I must say what strikes me immediately while watching the flying lap is how EARLY you look towards the clipping point. Eye opening ;)
The last time I went to a race at Laguna Seca was 1971. The cars racing there that day were what were then called Group 7 cars...McClarens, etc. Compared to the car in this video those cars were slow but I can well remember how impressed I was with the acceleration, top speed and handling of those Group 7 cars! I can't even imagine how much more impressive these cars would be!
Those were probably Can-Am cars. The track was changed substantially for world championship motorcycle racing. The first time I went there in 1980, it was still "old school" and much more dangerous than the current layout. I like the old layout much better.
John Montgomery Thanks for the heads up on the track configuration changes. As I watched this video I kept looking for the 180 degree hairpin and never saw it so I figured there had been changes made. I raced production MGs in the 1960s here on the East Coast and many of my favorite race courses have either been radically altered or are no longer even in existence...kind of sad to see courses like Bridgehampton on Long Island, NY go under as it was a really great racecourse. I saw Jim Hall & Hap Sharp race their revolutionary Chaparrals there in the late 1960s and I'll never forget Hall's first timed lap! It was a long time ago but if memory serves the previous lap record held by a NART Ferrari was something like 1:43:06 and Hall's first times lap was something like 1:36! Back in those days that was unheard of!
I had the good fortune to watch several races in the late 60's at LS. My favorite spot was at then entrance to the cork screw at the top of the hill. Watching those thundering Can Am cars approach the left hander at entrance to the screw, going from full tilt to nearly 10 mph to make that turn still gives me a chill down the spine. The 911s of the time would all approach that turn with front wheels locking up. Every one of them, every time. Formula 1 really has to go there one day. It's great to see at least an (ex) F1 driver there.
I have raced Laguna Seca maybe over 1000x in Gran Turismo Sport, but getting to see this cockpit view was fabulous. I could feel the g-Force as you accelerated up the Rahal Straight.
That looks sickening. Even going over the brow of the hill on the pit straight would make me throw my guts up, let alone what must feel like dropping off a cliff at that speed down the corkscrew.
Not to mention these cars, just like F1s, are basically planks in terms of suspensions, so drivers take the full brunt of it every time they descend Corkscrew. There must be quite a bunch of sore backs after racing here each time...
It is a VERY tough corkscrew. The GP of Laguna Seca has caught many veterans off guard and they make hilarious mistakes trying to get through that part of the track.
God that corkscrew is even more amazing from the driver's point of view. Indycar is really under rated, I look forward to the new season. Will definitely be rooting for Romain this year
Yo Iâm so happy to see you racing again, now that youâre in somewhat equal machinery, we can see that skill flourish!!!! Best wishes from California
I really like this track. It was especially fun in sim racing. The steep downhill corkscrew or s-turn, almost made me feel like the bottom dropped out of my car.
That's a pretty tight turn into the pits lol. Awesome video. Going through the corkscrew has got to be an incredible experience! I've always loved indy car racing - very fast and very raw. Plus it's in the US so us lonely F1 fans over here don't get so lonely :).
I've driven this quite a few times on Gran Turismo and would never attempt in real life, but I can appreciate the skill involved especially on this track. Thanks for the ride along
Oh god do i love the Laguna Seca Corkscrew corner. Just that inward twist at the entry followed by an outward twist at the exit⊠just like a rollercoaster.
Brings back memories... Turn 9 used to be so much more fun, though, before they shortened the 9-10 straight. I would be full throttle through 9 and down the hill. Plenty of time to set up for 10, and the banking on turn 10 made for a fun corner (even on the inside line). Only drove it a few times after they reconfigured that section, and never quite got the hang of it.
@@morgonz It was in the 1995/96 timeframe. The changes lengthened the course from 2.214 to 2.318 miles. But in doing so, they shortened the 9-10 straight and lengthened the 10-11. The 1988-1995 configuration had 9-10 as one of the longest straights on the track, but many people didn't seem to realize it and drove it mostly like they drive it now... Historic maps at sportscarworldwide dot com.
@@MartianTech you're confusing the corners. That change affected Turn 2 which used to connect to Turn 5. During the period you mention, they added an infield section (T2 now a hairpin, T3, T4) which go under the tire bridge. Turns 9-10 and 10-11 are unchanged since 1957 with the exception to adding run-off area, gravel beds. The website you mention confirms this: www.sportscarworldwide.com/Tracks-Laguna-Seca.html#gsc.tab=0
@@dannykrueger I'm well aware of the 1988 change that added the infield section and extended the track from 1.9 miles to 2.214 miles. That's not the only change to the course over the years, and it's not the one I'm talking about. Scroll through the maps on that site and compare the 1990-1995 map with the 1996-present one. You'll see that 9-10 used to be longer than 10-11 while now they are about the same length.
Best POV ever (more visibility than F1 helmet cam) and love this track... also love the carbon fibre steering wheel! Final turn on 1st lap was a bit of a handful.
That looked cool especially the corkscrew. I've always wondered how it feels going through there at racing speed? I hope you have a great season and I'll miss seeing you in F1. Best of luck.
Fantastic! They look at bit more exciting and less predictable to drive than F1 cars. We'll miss you in F1 Romian, one of the nicest characters in the pit lane.
I was introduced to Laguna Seca in Gran Turismo on the Sony Playstation 1 in the late 1990s and have loved that track since. The difficult speed changes and the breathtaking elevation drops in the corkscrew are things of legend. I'd give my nuts to drive a few hot laps at Laguna Seca in real life.
@@bennyfactor , I looked at Newgarden's wheel, and it looks the same, the only thing is he configured the shift lights differently, Grosjean's lights are set to be like an f1 car, Newgarden's lights are more indycar like
@@Nico_6967 I guess his is similar. Other ones aren't, look at for instance the Andretti steering wheel here: 4 small rotary switches, different button locations twitter.com/IndyCar/status/1293641390778454017 or Rahal's from a couple years ago. You can tell it is the same LCD module as Grosjean's but it just has one big rotary switch twitter.com/IndyCar/status/1035672518382632960 Scott Dixon has this very strange setup twitter.com/MPI_INNOVATIONS/status/1134290061414023169 You can see him turning the very small rotary switches at the bottom of the wheel in this video facebook.com/watch/?v=314371443252276
I think we all wish that. Maybe 2022 we will start to see the cars moving around a little more with the lose of downforce that they will have. I cant wait till Indycar car lets them get more HP out of these motors because that will make the cars even more of a monster to keep control of
@@tomterrific6085 with Roger Penske at the helm and the Hulman-George family moved on, I donât think anyone in the series wants a split to happen. If anything, the series has a bright future ahead talent-wise (the likes of OâWard, Rossi, Rosenqvist, Herta and Newgarden are all impressive). But for a manufacturers standpoint, seems kinda bleak but who knows the sort of lucrative manufacturer deals Roger and co. have in store for 2023 and beyond.
Ha, that was sweet! The turns after the cork screw are the funnest. almost sounds like a little air out of the corkscrew once. Got up to speed quick! I think I want one of them there Indy cars. I need to now go watch the Barber one!
Looks like fun! Thank you for showing it from your perspective. I've seen it many times from cameras situated on MotoGP & Superbikes, and the corkscrew always makes me feel like I've left my stomach at the top - and that's just from the camera's POV! I've seen it from car cameras, but never from that perspective! Have a terrific season, enjoy those "old-fashioned" tracks along with the updated ones, and most of all, stay safe!
Hundreds of thousands of "Gran Turismo II" Players on the first Playstation learned to hate that Corkscrew so intense over years, including myself, throwing their controller frustrated into some corner. It took such a long learnig curve, to master this track, today it is still my favourite track to ride on. So beautiful! :o) Well ridden, Romain! :o)
Aaaahhh what a fantastic view and with Romain too, the best i have ever seen especially the Corkscrew. Good luck in this new venture and sooo glad you are backđđŹđ§
Interesting to note, at 3:19 Romain nearly presses the overtake button on pit entry because thatâs where his pit limiter button was on the Haas F1 steering wheel!
Great spot!
How the heck did you pick that up?!
@@ForeverF1 Lol Iâm sort of obsessed with F1 steering wheels. Another thing is at 3:30 you can see he reaches down to turn off the car, because thatâs where the switch to turn off the car usually is in F1 but then realised the switch is up.
Old habits....
@@anamorphia and I thought I was an expert. Good eye man! Thanks for sharing with us!
Cool to see what itâs like in an Indy car cockpit hope you have a great season romain
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Because all the cars are the same there doesnt have to be any hiding,indy is a lot less toxic environment for the drivers so happy for romain
Iâm back to inform you that he did
Visor cam is still the best view in all of motorsports
@Subkash , the halo looks good, and it really doesn't obstruct your view. Also, the new 2022 f1 halo looks sick
100%. During traffic and passing, it's like you're there driving the car.
@MrLewisbate it blends well with the car imo
F1 halo is more intrusive on helmet cam. Most def my favourite POV. Love these beasts of cars and Laguna!
@MrLewisbate imagine crying over how a metal curve lools bad on a hunk of steel and telling people to get a life if they dont agree with your opinions
got to hand it to him, the fact that he went through that crash in Bahrain and still has the balls to get straight back in a racing car like that is badass!
If you can't get back on the horse right away then you do not belong at that level. These guys put it behind them and move on as they should.
@@westipton5961 anyone, even a former f1 driver, would be a little concerned if they almost died in a giant ball of fire. They are human after all.
@@benc.3128 Agreed, but the point is they can rebound from it quickly and move on without it having a lasting effect. No worship from me for those guys, simply a healthy respect for their abilities. I have raced in club level OW cars for over 40 years, so I understand what happens out there and have been in a few shunts myself over the years. Some guys I knew quit after one incident, but most of us shrug it off and look forward to the next race or the next season.
@@westipton5961 lmfao there's a massive difference between shunts at club level and having an insane accident where you're more than lucky to make it out alive. I've crashed countless cars drifting at high speeds (on and off tracks), in no way would I ever think my experience comes close to me giving any other position than props.
@@pumpkin1escobar Countless cars? Hmmm. A high speed crash is not much different no matter the level, they all hurt. Yes he is fortunate to be alive, but yet here he is right back in the seat. If he does well in Indycar then we'll know he is okay, if he struggles then maybe it is sticking with him, but I doubt that will happen.
That corkscrew is just too damn good
The corkscrew is just a special place
It's my favorite corner (or chicane)
TOTALLY Agree...Madness at Mid-Ohio is in the came category, btw....parts of Road Atlanta is in that category, too. I've taught at all those tracks.
@@888viralvideo5 Love Mid- Ohio. Cresting the hill at the top of the esses and going in to thunder valley
Corkscrew is still an infamous chicane in Indycar though. It's the spot where young Gonzalo Rodriguez lost his life testing for Penske (that was in...'99 I think), and its particular, steep layout makes it so dangerous for single seaters that overtaking there has been banned since the Zanardi Pass also in the 90s...).
But I guess it's like the Nordschleife in a way. You have to be ballsy asf to go through Corkscrew at the maximum possible speed, which makes you shine if you're a real man. "Go big or go home"... ^^
Her: "My parents arent home"
Me: Hangs up and watches Romain
Romain before women.
@@NoctisLupi Greek philosophers be like
Me : Ignores ringing phone cause Iâm watching Indy.
@@akshatrakesh8697 LOL!
Laguna Seca remindes my childrenhood spinning in this track with a Dodge Viper in Gran Turismo 2 no PS.
The same, bro. That tricky left-right downhill...
The same
Omg grand turismo on ps1 was everything
I remember this track on Gran Turismo 4 with Formula Gran Turismo
Childhood? I need to grow up! Viper set-up is a tad lacking for that track hey?
Ah confirmed, Grosjean is a cyborg and needs to update his occular software.
bruh I spit out my water after reading this hahahahah
@@DanielLopez-dy1ul you didn't though did you? Making something up for comedic effect in a comment is pathetic
@@sweetdude1298 who shat in ur cereal
@@sweetdude1298 stfu
Update is required as it lacks a data display lol.
đ€© What a view! We're thrilled to have you part of the Honda Racing family for the upcoming Indycar season!
I saw 'Cosworth' on the steering wheel, how are they involved, do they just make the steering wheel? thanks @HondaRacingHPD
@@Wards_Art_Glass Cosworth Electronics
@@Wards_Art_Glass cosworth makes the screens and electronics like how mclaren supplies the tech in the steering wheels and such
@@randomrandom1196 Cosworth doesnât make the screens. Cosworth supplies most of the electronics like the steering wheels and some of the other software. McLaren supplies the ECUs.
Dallara, PPG and RBAT produce the aeroscreen as a collaborative effort.
@@CoSmicGoesRacing im talking about f1 bud, I was just trying to help him get the general understanding of it.
Okay your vision has improved đ
Hahaha
What do you mean?
@@oliverrombak2942 the Barber video was a bit blurry. Like Jeremy Clarkson rubbed Vaseline on the lens.
@@GodFootDaddyG lol
haha i scrolled down just to see if anyone made this comment...@@oliverrombak2942 check out the previous video he posted: watch?v=hXL4xU3gJE0
It's so heartwarming watching him behind the wheel again, I don't care what series it is, so glad you are back!
Well indy is the best and most competitive open wheel series in the world. So u should be happy for him.
I live just a few minutes outside of this track and it's insanely loud whenever they have these races. You can hear it from many miles away, and I think that's super cool. Glad Romain is out here testing the track.
please remind your neighbors they chose to buy a house near a racetrack, swapping exhaust out just to drive here is ridiculous, and it will only get worse
@@Weimerica8841 I agree entirely. Most people here love it, there are a few complainers though, naturally. Some people are in perpetual lawsuits with the city of Monterey and Salinas.
Laguna Seca is one of the top five tracks in the world on my list. I love this place and wish I could drive there someday!
Have a look at Bathurst as well
I just wish it was a little bit longer.
@@snoopythedog3266 Mt. Panorama is one of the five too!
I've got (in no particular order): Spa, Monza, Silverstone, Mt. Panorama and Laguna Seca.
Never been there, but I've watched races there, and love the layout. Everyone talks about the corkscrew, but there are other challenging corners, and even the front straight is bent.
I'm finally within driving distance of it and then we've had Covid to contend with since the start of last year, so there haven't been any races :(
This guy was a beast in F1 but he was very unlucky. Hopefully he will make our country proud (I know he will)đšđ”
Alain Prost already did that
And Sylvain Guintoli!
Sebastian Bourdais, and 2019 Simon won the Indy 500. 1st Frenchie in quite a while to win it.
@@dangerous1a200 On attend Gasly maintenant
He's ours now and you can't have him back.
It's incredible how this driver shows how smooth that car is, when in reality they are more raucous than the formula 1 cars etc... man, you left f1 to the best category that exists today, besides being so even, everything is extremely difficult to run indy ... ufff I love your onboard thanks
2023 such a massive pleasure on watching these onboard vids.
Good Luck Romain! Glad to see youâre racing again for this year, although not F1. But still indycar is one of the toughest racing series. Hope you do well in your selected races!
It's actually scary to see him racing again đŹ F1 is a much safer place without him
Indy car is actually way more exciting, F1 has been kinda awful since 2014
@@chadgrov Indy has always been second rate to F1. That's where F1 has bean's or never was like Romain go to finish their careers. I highly doubt Sir Lewis will ever go there but maybe.
F1 2014 - 2020 was pretty epic history making even. 7x WDC now shooting for 8 I can't wait for this season
@@panacheautomotive4298 ???? why is F1 better when 1 person wins all the time?? can you please elaborate on why its so good if there is no competition?
@@panacheautomotive4298 you need to understand that Indy is not for F1 drivers, its for north and south american drivers who dont want to deal with European dicks all the time. Indy is a much better environment to race in, and also more competitive. real drivers race there
thanks to Romain I will be watching IndyCar for the first time... I'm gonna be rooting for you
You will enjoy it.
MUCH more exciting than F1!
Me too. And I hope to see Romain on the Podium few times also.
I wouldn't say the cars are as much fun to watch as F1, but the racing is 5 times better. Championship is not locked up before the season starts in Indycar!
Lots of lead changes and the podium always looks different from week to week. Definitely watch the Indy 500 in May - itâs an insane race.
Having driven this track, my gut drops watching how much speed he carries into the corners!!! Got me doing the "invisible mom brake" under my desk! Haha you are a legend Romain and so good to see you going fast again!
It amazes me how all the drivers leave the pits and just punch it. No warming up. No getting used to it, Grosjean just nails the throttle right out of the pits and off into a blind corner. Skills and guts.
Best POV footage I have seen in a long while! I must say what strikes me immediately while watching the flying lap is how EARLY you look towards the clipping point. Eye opening ;)
Thatâs F1 for you :)
Thatâs how drivers are taught, the car goes where you are looking - eyes up is a common phrase. I have done part time instruction for HPDE.
Where you eyes go is where the car goes. So you need to look early.
What is the clipping point?
@@spudlymac Apex
The last time I went to a race at Laguna Seca was 1971. The cars racing there that day were what were then called Group 7 cars...McClarens, etc. Compared to the car in this video those cars were slow but I can well remember how impressed I was with the acceleration, top speed and handling of those Group 7 cars! I can't even imagine how much more impressive these cars would be!
They WERE impressive, probably more impressive than Indy Car actually, 7000cc V8's in cars with zero safetly and made of aluminium and fibreglass
Was it a Can-Am race?
@@SwingAxleLover most likely
Those were probably Can-Am cars. The track was changed substantially for world championship motorcycle racing. The first time I went there in 1980, it was still "old school" and much more dangerous than the current layout. I like the old layout much better.
John Montgomery Thanks for the heads up on the track configuration changes. As I watched this video I kept looking for the 180 degree hairpin and never saw it so I figured there had been changes made. I raced production MGs in the 1960s here on the East Coast and many of my favorite race courses have either been radically altered or are no longer even in existence...kind of sad to see courses like Bridgehampton on Long Island, NY go under as it was a really great racecourse. I saw Jim Hall & Hap Sharp race their revolutionary Chaparrals there in the late 1960s and I'll never forget Hall's first timed lap! It was a long time ago but if memory serves the previous lap record held by a NART Ferrari was something like 1:43:06 and Hall's first times lap was something like 1:36! Back in those days that was unheard of!
Insane content romain, Iâll follow for the first time the indycar season this year ! Very excited
You're french ?
@@Roolax17 yes why ?
@@dayabloom9634 nan parce que du coup je comprend mieux pourquoi t'as commencĂ© l'indycar en mĂȘme temps que moi đ
I had the good fortune to watch several races in the late 60's at LS. My favorite spot was at then entrance to the cork screw at the top of the hill. Watching those thundering Can Am cars approach the left hander at entrance to the screw, going from full tilt to nearly 10 mph to make that turn still gives me a chill down the spine. The 911s of the time would all approach that turn with front wheels locking up. Every one of them, every time.
Formula 1 really has to go there one day. It's great to see at least an (ex) F1 driver there.
GO ROMAIN! đ«đ·
Glad to have you in the US
Amazing track, amazing camera view and even more amazing driving!
That Corkscrew trying to snap his wrists. I was leaning my head with him through the turns. Good luck Romain.
The corkscrew in an Indycar looks like a great bit of fun. The average person would both blackout and break their neck though đ
interesting camera view i love it
even though you donât really notice the aero screen itâs interesting and different from this view
It's great we can see what Grojean sees
didnt even notice the aero screen before you mentioned it
Can't imagine anything that could prepare you for the feeling of dropping into the corkscrew for the first time.
I have raced Laguna Seca maybe over 1000x in Gran Turismo Sport, but getting to see this cockpit view was fabulous. I could feel the g-Force as you accelerated up the Rahal Straight.
That counter steer at 2:52 must have got the heart pumping. Holy crap
Thanks for this Romain; it's so cool that you're sharing your journey with us.
C'est la meilleure video onboard que j'aie vue. Incroyable.
No more French - he's ours now!
@@richardburton6182 thatâs not how it works
Dommage qu'en F1 cela soit si rare ce genre de vidéos
Man that lap goes by QUICK! Thanks for this view! I LOVE seeing what the driver sees.
Love that track. Really glad to see you back driving again! Have a great season!
Welcome to Indy - canât what to see you on the track!
We wish you all the very best and weâll be cheering for you Romain.
Romain... we Americans love you running in IndyCar! You're going to change the fanbase over here for sure.
"The Pheonix" is rising in Indy!!
Best camera view ever. Why cant we have views like this in F1.. so RAW!!!
Thanks for the ride Romain. Hope you do well in your new ride and, "Welcome to America and The Indy Car Series"!
That looks sickening. Even going over the brow of the hill on the pit straight would make me throw my guts up, let alone what must feel like dropping off a cliff at that speed down the corkscrew.
Not to mention these cars, just like F1s, are basically planks in terms of suspensions, so drivers take the full brunt of it every time they descend Corkscrew. There must be quite a bunch of sore backs after racing here each time...
It is a VERY tough corkscrew. The GP of Laguna Seca has caught many veterans off guard and they make hilarious mistakes trying to get through that part of the track.
Footage wouldnât do the elevation drop justice either. Imagine the sensation WSBK riders feel through the corkscrew!
@@ursuss100 I always think of that when they get airborne after jumping a curb at speed. Landing must be majorly unpleasant.
@@largol33t1 True! Awesome section with many a clash too.
God that corkscrew is even more amazing from the driver's point of view. Indycar is really under rated, I look forward to the new season. Will definitely be rooting for Romain this year
That is an awesome angle, i hope you have an excellent session and enjoy the great circuits in Indy, Merci!!!
Nice to see back in the car big ups
This is awesome! Actually making me excited to watch the upcoming IndyCar season
Incroyable, en arrivant dans le tire-bouchon, on a l'impression de plonger dans un précipice et que la voiture décolle! C'est tellement technique! Chapeau!
Et encore lâeffet camĂ©ra attĂ©nu le dĂ©nivelĂ©. La premiĂšre fois que je suis allĂ© Ă spa jâai Ă©tĂ© choquĂ© par le raidillon en vrai.
Love Laguna Seca one of my favorite tracks !!
Glad to see you Back!!! As a fan of yours in F1, I hope the best for you this year. God Bless!
Great to see you racing again Romain! Good luck in IndyCar!
The grip on corners is insane.
This looks better and more fun than any f1 onboards. Fast driver matched to a great car matched to a marvellous racetrack.
Yo Iâm so happy to see you racing again, now that youâre in somewhat equal machinery, we can see that skill flourish!!!! Best wishes from California
This really makes me happy. Have a great season Romain!
WOW! Please dont stop this Video Series!!! Its amazing to see what u see. Love this Series.
Now I have a favorite driver in indycar Thank you romain for a great rookie season đ
The Indycar cockpit looks very comfortable
Well if I was grinning watching it, he must have been having fun driving it. The camera view is very cool!
I really like this track. It was especially fun in sim racing. The steep downhill corkscrew or s-turn, almost made me feel like the bottom dropped out of my car.
It's so cool to see this perspective! Thanks for sharing! We need more visorcams
Always love to see open wheel cars at Laguna Seca.
That's a pretty tight turn into the pits lol. Awesome video. Going through the corkscrew has got to be an incredible experience! I've always loved indy car racing - very fast and very raw. Plus it's in the US so us lonely F1 fans over here don't get so lonely :).
I've driven this quite a few times on Gran Turismo and would never attempt in real life, but I can appreciate the skill involved especially on this track. Thanks for the ride along
Oh god do i love the Laguna Seca Corkscrew corner. Just that inward twist at the entry followed by an outward twist at the exit⊠just like a rollercoaster.
The amount of countersteering out of some corners .. that looks like serious racing.
Brings back memories... Turn 9 used to be so much more fun, though, before they shortened the 9-10 straight. I would be full throttle through 9 and down the hill. Plenty of time to set up for 10, and the banking on turn 10 made for a fun corner (even on the inside line). Only drove it a few times after they reconfigured that section, and never quite got the hang of it.
When did they shortened the track? I raced there in 1994 and it was exactly like today.
@@morgonz It was in the 1995/96 timeframe. The changes lengthened the course from 2.214 to 2.318 miles. But in doing so, they shortened the 9-10 straight and lengthened the 10-11. The 1988-1995 configuration had 9-10 as one of the longest straights on the track, but many people didn't seem to realize it and drove it mostly like they drive it now... Historic maps at sportscarworldwide dot com.
@@MartianTech you're confusing the corners. That change affected Turn 2 which used to connect to Turn 5. During the period you mention, they added an infield section (T2 now a hairpin, T3, T4) which go under the tire bridge. Turns 9-10 and 10-11 are unchanged since 1957 with the exception to adding run-off area, gravel beds. The website you mention confirms this: www.sportscarworldwide.com/Tracks-Laguna-Seca.html#gsc.tab=0
@@dannykrueger I'm well aware of the 1988 change that added the infield section and extended the track from 1.9 miles to 2.214 miles. That's not the only change to the course over the years, and it's not the one I'm talking about. Scroll through the maps on that site and compare the 1990-1995 map with the 1996-present one. You'll see that 9-10 used to be longer than 10-11 while now they are about the same length.
Best POV ever (more visibility than F1 helmet cam) and love this track... also love the carbon fibre steering wheel! Final turn on 1st lap was a bit of a handful.
2023 was exciting ⊠stressful.. enjoyed watching you
That looked cool especially the corkscrew. I've always wondered how it feels going through there at racing speed? I hope you have a great season and I'll miss seeing you in F1. Best of luck.
That's so cool Romain! Reminds me of one time you did it in Canada 2018. Hoping to see more in the future!
tellement du bien de te revoir sur les pistes romain â€ïžâ€ïž
Man, how I love this track! Thanks for sharing this with us!
It's nice to actually see and hear a racing car alive again.
Fantastic! They look at bit more exciting and less predictable to drive than F1 cars. We'll miss you in F1 Romian, one of the nicest characters in the pit lane.
I was introduced to Laguna Seca in Gran Turismo on the Sony Playstation 1 in the late 1990s and have loved that track since. The difficult speed changes and the breathtaking elevation drops in the corkscrew are things of legend. I'd give my nuts to drive a few hot laps at Laguna Seca in real life.
My favorite track in CA , can't even comprehend how crazy it must feel in Indy car. Thank you for sharing this experiance , great stuff .
I love how this is allowed in IndyCar because they all have spec cars
What is interesting though is that they have different steering wheels. Watch some of Jozef Newgarden's cockpit footage. It is very different.
@@bennyfactor , I looked at Newgarden's wheel, and it looks the same, the only thing is he configured the shift lights differently, Grosjean's lights are set to be like an f1 car, Newgarden's lights are more indycar like
@@Nico_6967 I guess his is similar. Other ones aren't, look at for instance the Andretti steering wheel here: 4 small rotary switches, different button locations twitter.com/IndyCar/status/1293641390778454017
or Rahal's from a couple years ago. You can tell it is the same LCD module as Grosjean's but it just has one big rotary switch twitter.com/IndyCar/status/1035672518382632960
Scott Dixon has this very strange setup twitter.com/MPI_INNOVATIONS/status/1134290061414023169 You can see him turning the very small rotary switches at the bottom of the wheel in this video facebook.com/watch/?v=314371443252276
@@bennyfactor Couple of seasons ago some had aluminium steering wheels. Carbon fibre looks heaps cooler imo. Awesome cars!
Wish F1 cars were still this wild.
I think we all wish that. Maybe 2022 we will start to see the cars moving around a little more with the lose of downforce that they will have. I cant wait till Indycar car lets them get more HP out of these motors because that will make the cars even more of a monster to keep control of
I wish Indycars were still as wild as 1992 Indycars!
Fantastic track! Fantastic view âthroughmyeyesâ! Fantastic Indycar! Good luck in the season Romain! đ€
You are very talented and I am so proud of you, you overcame a huge crash and you still got out and went back into a race car. Love you Romain
The sense of speed is so good than the stabilized onboards in F1
Damn with all this talent and how good the different cars look, it kinda feels like 90s Cart. What yâall think?
Definitely starting to feel like it. Now we need chassis competition and another engine manufacturer.
@@jamesjordan4955 well if they do just hope they donât split
@@tomterrific6085 with Roger Penske at the helm and the Hulman-George family moved on, I donât think anyone in the series wants a split to happen.
If anything, the series has a bright future ahead talent-wise (the likes of OâWard, Rossi, Rosenqvist, Herta and Newgarden are all impressive). But for a manufacturers standpoint, seems kinda bleak but who knows the sort of lucrative manufacturer deals Roger and co. have in store for 2023 and beyond.
Great on board especially this circuit. Love the corkscrew section
So glad youâre even still able to race, this is going to be fun to watch!
Holy shit this is insane.
We need live feed like this in F1
There are a couple f1 videos like this, just no live feed.
Ha, that was sweet! The turns after the cork screw are the funnest. almost sounds like a little air out of the corkscrew once. Got up to speed quick! I think I want one of them there Indy cars. I need to now go watch the Barber one!
That looks like it would be hell on the wrists, spine, and butt. An entire race of that? Holy #$*&.
@@davidcarter2720 ha, I was captivated by the speed but you are right
Looks like fun! Thank you for showing it from your perspective. I've seen it many times from cameras situated on MotoGP & Superbikes, and the corkscrew always makes me feel like I've left my stomach at the top - and that's just from the camera's POV! I've seen it from car cameras, but never from that perspective!
Have a terrific season, enjoy those "old-fashioned" tracks along with the updated ones, and most of all, stay safe!
That canopy is beautiful. Looks like a fighterjet. That is a proper onboard view!
Je suis un fan de l'Indy et de La Nascar et j'ai la chance de pouvoir suivre ces deux championnats. Avec Simon et SĂ©bastien tu vas t'amuser! Alors bienvenu et de tout cĆur avec toi.
I finally know the answer to "do you have a map, or just follow everyone else?"
I found it interesting that there is a map to the left for reference, in F1 itâs all base on memory
@@esal1575 I've see F1 cars with circuit layouts inside just like that many times too
That track is amazing!
I hope you have a great year in 2021!
Hundreds of thousands of "Gran Turismo II" Players on the first Playstation learned to hate that Corkscrew so intense over years, including myself, throwing their controller frustrated into some corner. It took such a long learnig curve, to master this track, today it is still my favourite track to ride on. So beautiful! :o) Well ridden, Romain! :o)
IndyCar is tougher than F1
Hope you fare well Romain, we are rooting for you!
lol
Good luck Romain â„ïž
Laguna Seca was my favorite track growing up cool to see an Indy car on it.
Aaaahhh what a fantastic view and with Romain too, the best i have ever seen especially the Corkscrew. Good luck in this new venture and sooo glad you are backđđŹđ§
He's using More rotation in the steering than I imagined it would be
No power steering you have to grip it and rip it
Indycar bro no power steering all driver
Kinda sad you left F1, Welp You didnt have good years in F1 ever since u joined Haas. Well hope you do have a good indycar season :) All the best
Crash man
Great to see you driving again! Good luck this season copain!
My second favorite track next to Mugello, gotta love that str8 stretch at the start/finish line.