F1 Drivers Answer The Most Googled Formula 1 Questions

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Formula 1 drivers Alex Albon, Oliver Bearman, Isak Hadjar, Liam Lawson, Esteban Ocon, and Carlos Sainz Jr visit WIRED to answer the internet's most asked questions about the world of F1.   Director: Lisandro Perez-Rey Director of Photography: Charlie Jordan Editor: Cory Stevens Talent: Alex Albon; Oliver Bearman; Isak Hadjar; Liam Lawson; Esteban Ocon; Carlos Sainz Jr  Line Producer: Jamie Rasmussen Associate Producer: Brandon White Production Manager: Peter Brunette Production Coordinator: Rhyan Lark Talent Booker: Lauren Mendoza Camera Operator: Chris Eustache Sound Mixer: Tyson Dai; Brett Van Deusen Production Assistant: Erica Palmieri Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin Supervising Editor: Erica DeLeo Assistant Editor: Andy Morell

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00:00Why is F1 better than NASCAR? I mean, no offense. I like NASCAR a lot.

00:04We didn't say that. That's what you put in our mouths.

00:06Hey Wired, we are Formula 1 drivers. Let's answer the most googled questions about F1.

00:16Okay guys, we're ready? We're ready. First question.

00:20When did F1 first start? 1950. At Silverstone. It was called the Grand Prix de Europe.

00:27Because, I don't know, the FAA was French, I think, at the time.

00:30Ah yeah, true.

00:31There was a FAA bag. Okay.

00:33Why do F1 drivers train their neck? Because we are strapped down with our whole body except the neck.

00:38So our head is the only thing that can really move.

00:40Honestly, nothing beats just driving.

00:42I don't train the neck. You don't do it at all, do you?

00:44Off-season? Never.

00:45How do you do the first test? I arrive to the first test, I die one day, and then you're fine.

00:49Really? It's the endurance, which is hard to reproduce, basically.

00:52So we can get the strength in the gym, but you can't hold your neck for an hour.

00:57Do some F1 tracks have more physical impact on you than others?

01:01Yes.

01:02Yes.

01:02With the most one, Singapore, I think we agree Singapore is Qatar twice.

01:06There's two tracks, Qatar and Singapore. I think the sunboard is underrated.

01:10How much time is an F1 race?

01:12That's such an easy question. It's one hour, 40.

01:15But it depends which race.

01:17Exactly.

01:17Okay, Monaco is 150.

01:19Four days long, the race.

01:21Yes.

01:21Why do F1 drivers drive zigzag to hit the tires up?

01:26Drive zigzag?

01:28Putting energy on your tires, turning right.

01:30We can imagine in a straight line, you don't put any energy on the sides of the tires.

01:34So when you do zigzags, you're loading and you're stretching the sides of the tires.

01:39Why does the tire have more grip, Alex?

01:42When it's warm and they're round.

01:44Because they're smooth.

01:45Because they're smooth.

01:46Are F1 cars manual?

01:50Kind of.

01:50I mean, for sure they're not automatic in terms of we need to drive them.

01:54We don't clutch or anything to shift.

01:56It's like your Tiptronic car that you can put in sport mode.

01:59We are drivers.

02:00We are Formula One drivers.

02:01There's no H pattern there.

02:02Clutch for first gear and then all up full throttle.

02:05Can F1 cars reverse?

02:08Yes, they can.

02:08It's a bit more difficult than my Alfa Romeo road car.

02:11Yes.

02:12You can't see.

02:13There's a problem.

02:14There's no reversing camera.

02:15The mirrors are very hard to see as well.

02:17I think the problem is when you need to use reverse,

02:19you're in panic mode.

02:20Because that means you've done something wrong.

02:21Done something wrong.

02:22So you always are like trying to find reverse.

02:25And it's a simple way of finding reverse.

02:27But it takes five seconds to find it more or less.

02:29But it's precious time.

02:31Why do F1 cars have the halo?

02:33To protect our heads.

02:34Looks like a flip plot.

02:36Yeah.

02:36Yes.

02:37It protects from car going...

02:40It can happen, a car...

02:41It can happen.

02:42It has happened.

02:43Yeah, it has happened.

02:44Like going into your head, like on your side.

02:46And it's very, very resistant.

02:49I don't like this question.

02:50No, you gotta read it.

02:51What is it?

02:52Why is F1 better than NASCAR?

02:54I mean, no offense.

02:55I like NASCAR a lot.

02:56Me too.

02:57Me too.

02:58We didn't say that.

02:59That's what you put in our mouths.

03:00Yeah.

03:01I think it's just different.

03:02We can't take as many curbs as NASCAR.

03:04I would love to take like the last chicane in Canada.

03:06Imagine if we're in a NASCAR.

03:08Well, you make it a straight line.

03:09Yeah.

03:09My only reason why I would say F1 is better than NASCAR is because it's way faster.

03:13And you're faster for me, the better.

03:15But I respect NASCAR drivers and what they do.

03:17And I think it's a great motorsport to watch also.

03:20Can F1 drivers see behind them?

03:22Yes, we can.

03:23We have two very small mirrors.

03:25That vibrate a lot.

03:26That vibrates a lot.

03:27And it vibrates so much that you see sometimes five cars in the same spot.

03:31But it's the same car.

03:32It's the same car just doing this.

03:33Who is the F1 movie about?

03:35Retired F1 driver Sonny Hayes comes back to an American team.

03:38I think he was in F1.

03:39Yeah, he was in F1.

03:40He was in the beginning.

03:42He had a big crash.

03:43Yeah.

03:43He had a massive shunt.

03:44Okay.

03:45Spoiler.

03:45So he comes back to F1 to help American team Apex GP to be successful in F1.

03:53Trying to hit this screen.

03:54Whoa.

03:55Nearly killed some.

03:55What geforce do F1 drivers experience?

03:58It depends.

03:59If you crash or not.

04:00It can be like 50 if you have a big shunt.

04:02On normal race, I guess like five, maybe six in braking.

04:05Sustained.

04:06Peak.

04:06Yeah, peak.

04:07Biggest peak is six in braking and then sustained five in corners.

04:11Turn three in Barcelona.

04:11Maybe six for McLaren.

04:13But biggest crash I've had is for the 6G.

04:16Any big crashes?

04:17No.

04:17The Miami one.

04:18That hurts.

04:19I had it the year before.

04:20In the concrete, no?

04:21Yeah.

04:21I peed right the following day.

04:23That's not nice.

04:24Wow.

04:25That's disgusting.

04:26Sorry, guys.

04:27It was like, is that what he said or wow?

04:28Yeah.

04:28Why?

04:29It was a high impact.

04:30Yeah, I don't know.

04:30Do F1 drivers ever think about anything other than the race during the race?

04:36Yes, we definitely do.

04:37If it's a very boring race.

04:40The party afterwards.

04:41How slow can I go?

04:44I did a challenge in Monaco to try and do a full lap without doing full throttle.

04:48Oh my God.

04:49And I managed it.

04:49I didn't lose any time actually.

04:51Lots of focus.

04:52Oh my God.

04:54Reaction time.

04:55F1 drivers don't fight.

04:57Do F1 drivers drive with both feet?

05:00Then we right foot brake.

05:01Yes.

05:01No, you don't actually.

05:03Right foot brake.

05:04No, I brake right foot.

05:06No, he's kidding.

05:06You almost believe me.

05:07Yeah, we drive with both feet.

05:10So right foot is a throttle.

05:11Left the brake.

05:12And the clutch is on the hands.

05:14So it's just for first gear when we pull out the garage or we do the race start.

05:18Otherwise, we don't need to use the clutch.

05:21Thanks.

05:21When does the F1 season start?

05:24Late February, start of March.

05:26What fuel do F1 cars use?

05:28I have no idea.

05:29Petrol?

05:30No, there's 10% ethanol.

05:31And the race is the race fuel that our providers.

05:35But it's like Super 98, no equivalent?

05:38Super 98.

05:38No, it's 100.

05:39It's got to be more than that.

05:40It's 110 octane.

05:41Yeah.

05:41Really?

05:42So the ethanol is 114 and then we have a bit less.

05:46I had no idea.

05:47What's our F1 drivers' favorite circuits?

05:49Can we all agree it's Suzuka?

05:51Yes.

05:51Yeah, I agree.

05:52Suzuka is pretty cool, yeah.

05:54Can we all agree the next one might be Monaco?

05:57Monaco is up there.

05:58Monaco, on the quality lap.

06:00No quality lap, Alex.

06:01I like Austin.

06:02I love Austin.

06:03Suzuka narrow, I would say you feel like there's a chance to crash, which gives you the adrenaline.

06:09Now the risk and reward, I would say.

06:11When you finish your lap and your heart rate's like this, that's a good track.

06:15Are F1 cars all the same?

06:17Yes, completely the same.

06:19They're close enough so we can compete, but then they're all completely.

06:22Yes.

06:23Every team makes their own car.

06:25And we are currently in the year of the closest ever year in F1.

06:29I think all cars are within eight tenths of each other.

06:31Eight tenths is that after a lap, I could do a lap in a Ferrari, Mercedes, Red Bull,

06:37and then I jump in another car and I go eight tenths lower.

06:39Between first and last is eight tenths.

06:42Quite impressive.

06:43But what people need to know is that between F1 drivers, there's no more than two or three tenths.

06:48So those eight tenths are still quite a lot.

06:50Which F1 car is the fastest?

06:53McLaren is the fastest.

06:55Everyone agrees, right?

06:56Yes.

06:56It's quite close this year's McLaren to the 2020 Mercedes, actually.

07:00Why is Formula One called Formula One?

07:02Because it's about Formula Two and Three and Four.

07:05No, I think the way a car is built is a Formula.

07:09It's the number one Formula.

07:11You know what I mean?

07:11It's a good point.

07:13So it's a Formula of things.

07:14And it's the first one.

07:15It's the top one.

07:16It's the number one.

07:17Yeah.

07:18Why are F1 tires smooth?

07:20I think they mean why are they slick?

07:21Yes.

07:22I'm thinking of it literally like why are they not square?

07:26To offer the highest level of grip available for the tire.

07:31Yes.

07:31If you put your hand like that, it's not going to grip much.

07:34If you put it like this, it grips more.

07:37What F1 drivers are in the F1 movie?

07:39All of us upon the roof.

07:41I've not seen the movie.

07:42Yes, you are in the title at the end.

07:44At the title, on the credits.

07:45I've seen you on the credits.

07:46Sorry, on the credits.

07:47Carlos is clearly the one featured the most.

07:49He has a whole sentence.

07:51Yeah, he does.

07:53It's a great scene.

07:53Spoiler alert.

07:54Those are all the questions.

07:56Thanks for watching.

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