I Built An F1 Wing To Test DRS 

Mattia Binotto "quickly write that down"

The kid has a cunning plan! Next vid, "Dad, how do you make a carbon composite monocoque?" 😁

Ferrari: Hi Marc, could we borrow that wing?

Can't wait to see the rest of the new F1 car you're building in the yard.

Should have put the “Paid actor” disclaimer. Lol Great video. Was not expecting Marc to build a full rear wing

As an aerospace engineer more than one explanation has begun with "you know when you stick your hand out the car window...."

3 years later, no work done in the garden but you finally found something to do with it! ;D

Mrs. P was just a visionary and saw the future need for a critical piece of your at home aero tunnel.

Being an educator, I can completely see the joy in your faces when the pin drops and it all makes sense. That's why we do it! Great video

Correction: your wife bought you a drs demonstration airflow generator

The proud dad moment was cute. Feels good when you know you're kid knows abit about your passion

As a father, there is no greater joy than teaching your kids something by showing them how it actually works!

Oh man :D Genuinely a great video! From the overengineering of the wing (will McLaren ever leave you), the relationship insights, to the visible joy and pride from you and your kid. Made me smile man! Keep it up!

Claire: buys leaf blower so Marc can get some jobs done in the garden. Marc: hmm I can use this for a drs experiment

This kid is so lucky to have a dad like that... This is amazing...

Exellent showing/building that rear wing example with your son. That's a great father and son project to do together, plus your son is learning and having fun at the exact same time...

There’s something extra satisfying about seeing someone build the tool that they then use to build the product. That foam cutter sure did the trick!

Done the same thing with a classroom full of kids on our greenpower racer (schools electric car racing series) using 2 leaf blowers and a makeshift wind tunnel from 8x4 sheets of flywood, kids learnt huge amounts by seeing the effects just a small mirror had on the drag, practical beats classroom everytime!!

“And the academy award goes to ....” congrats Marc you nailed it - that was awesome on so many levels .... you are quite the builder and dad 😎

Marc the blower wasnt for the garden , it was to cool the brakes on your motor after bringing the kiddywinks back from school

Marcs videos are so wholesome and light heatedly put together

What a great piece! Not only a great basic explanation, but what I truly enjoyed is how you worked with your son. I know, I know he was an "actor," but c'mon, he was totally stoked on what his dad was doing, and it showed. Well done.

Thanks for that. I love that moment at the end where you asked him if he was still acting. Proud dad moment

As a father of a 1 year old, I can't wait to have these moments. You seem like a great pops.

Nice bit of theater for the opening. Your son is pretty good actor.

The leaf blower is a great gift. Never used, come on, Marc. Get busy, mate. A very heartwarming video.

Nice demo. LOL on the leaf blower. Like an old TV sitcom show, where the hubby buys his wife a birthday vacuum cleaner. They are both a bad idea; one sucks, the other blows.

Fantastic video mate. This is the kind of thing that will get kids into f1 and engineering. These are the kinda lessons they need to be teaching in schools to get kids excited about working in areas like motorsport.

Marc's next assignment: Building a wind tunnel for Ferrari and explaining them why they're slow. :-)

An excellent way of explaining this mechanism. I hope you paid him the correct rate. That was a supporting and speaking role rather than an Extra.What a great dad👍

This may be your very best video! very impressive on the build of that DRS. Well done Mark! Dad and Rex bonding priceless!

Bit of coloured smoke into the leaf blower nozzle and you've got a functional wind tunnel!

Your intro was perfectly executed. I laughed out loud! The timing was impeccable. Great video throughout as well.

I hope that Elvis junior is enjoying kart racing! He should def be getting involved! You can even rent our barn and workshop, 35 mins from Clay Pigeon

Children all over the world who love F1 thank you. Excellent experiment.

Effing brilliant. Being an F1 fan for life I of course (?!) knew all of that, but it was wonderful to watch you make the wing model and actively involve your lad in the experiment. More like this please...

I know your son was acting for the most part, but I'm so jealous. I wish I had a dad that would just build stuff like that.

Used left blowers on the brakes and intercoolers of our track car for years now, after seeing it used in motorsport of course. never used it for aero testing lol but they work a treat when the car doesn't get a decent cool-down lap.

Mark you're a clever man and a great dad! Loved this.

Thanks Marc, enjoyed every second of your video from building the demo to interacting with your son and the proud "now I completely understand" moment in the end. And all of that with a smile on your face. Doesn't get any better than that, does it? Thanks for sharing!

This popped up in my feed again so I had to watch it. I'm not a parent and never will be, but this makes me so happy to see.

This was to wholesome! Love all your videos but these with your kids learning about F1 stuff certainly take the cake! Lovely!!!!

My mum would have loved this, we often used to talk about f1 tech and her not being an engineer this simple explanation would have been great for her.

The ‘proud dad’ look was second only to the ‘omg it actually worked’ look 😂

really loving this video ... the building part was amazing, building an electric saw, ofc I knew what would happen with the wing but it's always something special to see it work nice and proper

Rex deserves an Oscar for that acting lol

Okay that’s one of the most entertaining videos. Btw that leaf blower as a gift was cheeky. Although if it was me I would have preferred a set of power tools and some new shinning paint correction tools. 😁

I love this home grown video, it's refreshing, fun and really cool!

So this is what teams are doing now that the FIA is cutting down the CFD and Wind Tunnel time... Jokes apart I guess it was easier for me to figure out that if the air does not hit the wing and gets pushed upwards (to create downforce) it's natural it's going to ""feel"" less resistance, but this was a wonderful demostration

Now that is a very special father and son moment. Well done both of you. Soon you will be invited to school to be a guest teacher for a fun science lesson. You might need to indulge in a hair cut first though 😀😀

Elvis, this is awesome. Your videos keep better and better. You bring a freshness to the F1 world, you really do. Plus you think outside the box. I've watched F1 for over 30 years, a lot of my friends have started watching f1 due to the netflix drive to survive. They ask me questions i cannot answer. Your videos are a great help, and are bringing in more of a fanbase. Keep it up, and keep them coming. Thank you!

Elvis, you just keep getting better and better. Putting in my sub for the F1 MiniElvis channel now.

That's some A+ fabricobbling

Marc you are the best F1 story teller & update True and uncut Thanks keep up the good works god bless Cheers

Brilliant! You’ve still got that true engineers approach, make it work with what you’ve got in the shed. Just finished your book Elvis, great read, looking forward to the next one. 👍

Good lad! Must be rewarding to get that statement at the end "I completely understand DRS" Another great video Marc. Will watch it again with my 7 year old later.

These are some great Son & Dad moments right there. Nice job, little one. On the next episode : "Hey Dad, how does nuclear fusion work"

Great video Elvis! I'm wondering if there's more to the birthday story, like did you buy her a shoe shine kit for hers first?

Great video! You're a great teacher. Want to see the bloopers!

Great video Marc and Rex. That wing was awesome

Excellent video. A bloke builds a rear-wing in his garage and tries to explain why. I'm sure the exact same thing happened in the late 60's.

Fantastic piece of explaining !! I wish I had such a dad once..........

The kid is learning!!!,.. I'm sending my kid over for a lesson.. he can wheel a kart and I've been working with him on my own car explaining why brake ducts and aero is important with 700+hp... he just wants to go fast.. great video love how the little ones pick up our habits atleast the good ones!!!

Really excellent, love it all... More with kiddywinks and racing please.

next week Marc will teach the kid Bernoulli's & the Navier-Stokes equations

Great video Elvis good to see your boys face when he saw it work.keep up the good work.

Super! Even me understood it. Now I've got an idea or two for my students at school. THX mate!

Quality, quality, quality....with how far the production of the videos has come and big smiles all the way. What an enjoyable way to pass on information. Brilliant. Nice one.

Next thing you know he asks how does an F1 car work and he goes and builds a whole F1 car

Construction expert Elvis back at it again

Some production value in there.

A whole day of work.... a five minutes lesson.... professor life.

That was cool. 2 Kg's is really quit good, that's a lot of air. Those blowers give me tinnitus.

Excellent Marc, loving the proud dad moment. So cool you just made the wing full scale as well (casual), and the reaction from both of you when it actually works! Priceless.

Great vid. keep teaching. That dad feeling is amazing :)

The little guy 🤣🤣🤣 omds Mechanic skills really coming in handy I see 👏

Amazing video and very scientific. Your son's face, when you said you were put out with a leaf blower as a present was fantastic!!!!

Once an engineer, always an engineer

Wasn’t the leaf blower purchased as a throwback to your days in the pit lane. That or if you need to cool down the brakes on the car after the school run!

Thank you so much. We appreciate your effort and enjoy all your videos..

Mark, no offense to your other achievements in life but this is your greatest accomplishment ever. You have peaked my friend!

The Ferrari aerodynamics department are all huddled around their computer right now with lots of nodding and ahhhing, saying "so that's how it works!". I'm sure there's a contract offer in the mail Marc Newey.

Well done. Next lesson is the Bernoulli’s Principle.

Absolutely fantastic video Marc!

Some of man's best work is done when in flip-flops.

You blew my mind when you made that cutting wire... absolute genius

I loved that video! Inspiring and wholesome! Should be an the main F1 RU-vid channel. Thanks for the smile 😃

these "how does that work" work videos are the best! love it! ❤️

Leaf blower - fab present! Love the one I was given a couple of years ago (electric cordless)

"Are you still acting?" XD XD. Great video .

Unexpected and excellent... Loving all your content... Really appreciated..

Brilliant Marc!! Enjoyed that!

That's hilarious. Very funny and a great way to explain DRS. Will this WIng be a gift to your wife now? "You bought me that leaf blower and I did this with it. Now you can use this wing to explain to others what I'm doing the whole day to others."

That acting was top-class! ;) One for the Oscars? Loved the video as always, Marc!

Loved this, v wholesome 😂❤️

Great video. Fun way to explain DRS

Could not stop giggling. Just what I needed. Keep up the brilliant work .

Elvis rocks some chunky choonz! What a gear hed.. I mean, two gear heds! And now I know. Ha ha haaaaaa Episode 2: Getting more power and V12 sound out of that little leaf blower...

I usually speed up videos by .25 or .5 because my subscribed channels are faster than life but this one was just tooooo smooth

👏👏👏👏 Hats off for the detailed explanation and time spent building the replica real wings. Ferrari can use your help.