I Drove The Real Alpine Formula 1 Car.

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Dreams can become reality. Alpine Esports has put me in the Alpine F1 car as part of an F1 Driving Experience. This liveshow was streamed live on my Twitch channel, with the F1 drive being live from Paul Ricard and the F4, two-seater, F1 seat fit and preparation pre-recorded. This was the first time ever that a simracer with zero racing experience is put into a real F1 car. An unforgettable experience, I hope you enjoy the replay!
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0:00 Introduction
4:40 Formula 4
14:19 F1 seat fit
17:01 Two-seater
19:48 Mental prep
22:06 Driving the Formula 1 Car
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@THOMBReplay Год назад

A fully edited video going more in depth on the F1 experience will be going live on my main RU-vid channel @THOMB later!

@DekGT5mad Год назад

At least you got to drive a successful car, the E20 had 1 win and 9 podiums, and they weren't confined to Kimi, Romain had his fair share!

@norbertwolff5385 11 месяцев назад

do you know how high is enging reving? Is it 18k or a little bit less like 16.5k, have you seen telemetry? what was the price

@szandorthe13th Год назад

*looks at thumbnail* "Oh buddy you drove something SO much better than the current Alpine"

@zobotiqplayz5576 Год назад

That car is an absolute beauty

@DekGT5mad Год назад

Great experience, but that wasn't an Alpine F1 car, it was a Lotus E20 from 2012 that used the Renault 2.4litre V8. Renault bought the team in 2016 and rebranded to Alpine in 2021

@ierbutza21 Год назад

Its the same team Renault just different names since they bought Benetton in the urly 2000.They went Lotus when Renault had problems post crash-gate ,dunno why they went Lotus but it doesnt matter.Even now i suspect the name Renault will return in 2026 when the regulation changes once more.

@fpser4888 Год назад

exactly, when I read the title and saw the car in the thumbnail I rolled my eyes..

@gavcom4060 Год назад

@@ierbutza21 yeah but it still wasn’t developed under the Alpine name, therefore it can’t be classified as one

@thebolsta Год назад

@@ierbutza21 It's the model number on the chassis that counts, not the livery.

@changen4125 Год назад

At least this is one of the rare renault cars that won races. Cars from this era were ugly as hell lol.

@magicjack4076 Год назад

I knew they needed a piastri replacement but didn’t think it was this bad

@Platomenti Год назад

lmao 🤣🤣

@uzaira9088 Год назад

At least it wasn't you.

@TiddlyOspreyy221 Год назад

@@uzaira9088 Mad?

@MarcinHopa8 Год назад

🤣🤣🤣🤣

@uzaira9088 Год назад

@@TiddlyOspreyy221 relieved

@maxcoffeee Год назад

Woah, I was expecting the V6 era from Alpine, but that's a Lotus with Alpine painting, sick! What a beautiful note from that V8 engine. Simply simply lovely!

@sz27web Год назад

Although you didnt give it all the gears, probably not allowed hahaha it is still amazing, especially the growth in confidence between first and last lap 😍

@hackisack8523 Год назад

Think that they limited the speed in the car

@mosl9124 Год назад

@@hackisack8523 100 percent do you can hear it 😀

@H00H Год назад

Plus don't forget they cute the circuit so even if they allowed him to reach 7 gear for example he eventfully can't reach it in a short straight line

@houseking9211 Год назад

@@mosl9124 only goes to 6th gear

@mosl9124 Год назад

@@houseking9211 yerp

@1026marko Год назад

Surprises you didn’t spin and speed in the pit! What a legend thats a dream come true you deserve it!

@gillesvanderspiegel9196 Год назад

When they close the umbrella's in sync at 17:32

@stevenhunter3928 Год назад

24:37 we saw that little lock up 😝

@THOMBReplay Год назад

Don’t tell anyone ;)

@ruioliveira1832 Год назад

Congrats, Thomb! You absolute legend!

@thanh_12 Год назад

that's a hell of an experience mate! love it

@naviator3890 Год назад

You literally accomplished something dreamt by many, hopefully I will be able to do it in the future, congrats my man!

@samcattell1150 Год назад

Amazing video! I drove a 2011 Williams F1 car (FW33) around the Magny Cours GP Circuit in 2022. Nothing drives like an F1 car. It is so far beyond anything else. Good work!

@lancelso Год назад

man ,u did very well , huge congrats !!!!!

@IWonderWhys Год назад

Mannnn you really experienced peoples dreams out here man. Love the video. Great content 💪

@efekovic Год назад

Congrats, mate. I'm so happy for you!

@mikulitsi1819 Год назад

Big congratulations THOMB! A day of dreams

@Whopcap Год назад

What a story to tell in the future! 🤩

@BROOKSF1 Год назад

That is so awesome THOMB!

@salgueirinho Год назад

That sound is just amazing

@THOMBReplay Год назад

I know right?!

@Wickd51 Год назад

what f1 car is this? i know it's an older f1 car like maybe 2013/2014? with the alpina f1 livery from 2021

@salgueirinho Год назад

@@Wickd51 I think it is a lotus from 2012. Not sure tho

@Wickd51 Год назад

@@salgueirinho okay, thanks :D

@houseking9211 Год назад

@@Wickd51 it's the 2012 lotus e20, 2.4 renault v8 that could go up to 19k rpm if it wasn't restricted in regulations

@yourboysgottem202 Год назад

This must be Alpines way of finding a new driver after they lost Piastri and Alonso

@_thevre3331 Год назад

For like 10000 euro’s per session lol

@markellcain3417 Год назад

inspirational man right here 💪

@SIELT0N Год назад

That sound is awesome :) GG Thomb ;)

@davemieze9021 Год назад

Some of these scenes make you realize how absolutely fast and violent F1 is. They are threading the needle between life and death.

@alex_mns8365 Год назад

man you crazy) insane emotions, congrats

@Muzman Год назад

The car looks so amazing

@mike87232 5 месяцев назад

This view without the halo looks superb.

@wagnercardoso78 3 месяца назад

sound of f1 car is perfect. uau

@Vincetagram Год назад

its funny to see non f1 drivers put down the slowest lap time that has ever been done in the car, but still put down a faster lap time than they will ever do on a given track lol.

@davemieze9021 Год назад

That F1 car sounds so glorious. Who cares if it’s ten years old. It sounds so good

@IWonderWhys Год назад

When you took it on the straight I shed a lil tear bro. This is crazy to watch. You really drove an f1 car

@THOMBReplay Год назад

That means a lot, much love ❤️

@juani238 Год назад

oh man, envy you, but healthy envy hehe, wonderful video bro

@houseking9211 Год назад

now this is what an f1 car should sound like, lotus e20/e21/r31 ftw

@davemieze9021 Год назад

I would give all the money I’ve ever had to start in a formula Ford and then at least work up to an F3 car. I’d be fooling myself if I thought I could handle an F2 car and definitely not an F1 car. And I know these tracks well. God I love Formula racing.

@skyblues8785 Год назад

Listen to that v8 sing, I miss it and the v10’s

@danielgoldsmith1391 2 месяца назад

NO MUD - GOOD JOB ! Im buzzing for you. You got to drive a real f1 car with a v8! Congrats!

@alviguzman5442 Год назад

as a kart driver thats my dream

@InsertYourself1 Год назад

I would have went rogue and taken the F1 layout. Who gonna stop you 😂

@jinxpro Год назад

Even it was 2012 f1 car, but still great experience ❤

@Royale2005 Год назад

I think thats ever better than the 2022 car

@jinxpro Год назад

@@Royale2005 yes, make it more better with v8 engine

@Royale2005 Год назад

@@jinxpro the sound is just so great

@estevaodesouzaost5740 Год назад

My Huge dream.

@marcodalmas3779 Год назад

Alpine is a time travelling team I think….

@FurryestX Год назад

The car of the ICE MAN... cool

@nextgenpsychos1016 Год назад

i would of given it everything

@DiabolicalBiscuit Год назад

would've loved to see if you could've gone flat out through signes, but i assume they told you not to

@THOMBReplay Год назад

I was too scared to do it my man! Hahaha it was harder than it looks. You gotta have the balls and I wanted to make sure that I completed all 3 laps 🤣

@DiabolicalBiscuit Год назад

@@THOMBReplay ah that’s fair, I’d be scared as shit too haha. I hope I get a chance at something like this some day, I think there’s a Benneton one they do in Spain but it’s £4000… gonna be a while until I can do that

@CR00SWIJK Год назад

fucking legend, wat een ervaring, lekker bezig man!!!

@m1ldt Год назад

My… man… HOLY SHIT!!! Im really fucking proud of you!

@PICCOLOVSL Год назад

Well that's actually better than an actual F1 car ahah

@mortenpettersen919 Год назад

u drove the louts and that's even cooler

@mike87232 5 месяцев назад

Don't know but the car looks like the Lotus car with the Alphine livery.

@robertcarr4172 Год назад

Sounds like a 1500 Honda

@kayrofloresjr5304 Год назад

Well yes the gap is that big but still you did good!

@leoangelotorres8939 23 дня назад

😱😱😱❤️❤️❤️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@jimmy5516 Год назад

the funny thing with these cars is that you need to go fast in order for the downforce to work. So being scared to go too quick actually only works against you.

@airforce66 Год назад

so the Lotus

@5yNT4XProcyon Год назад

I want to ask, what year's car did you drive? since there isn't no halo it is definitly pre-2018.

@nitr0n.170 Год назад

Lotus 2012

@Binksy1230 Год назад

They are just trying to find replacments for the 23 season

@callumjb7668 Год назад

@tomholmes1610 Год назад

has this guy ever heard of a brake?

@gv6452 Год назад

If only he knew what he drove

@adamimber6784 Год назад

How was the g force feeling on neck in f1 car?

Год назад

What neck?

@xen4163 Год назад

@ the drivers neck

@theflyinggasmask Год назад

Isn't that actually a Lotus F1 car?

@davemieze9021 Год назад

The dude that hates would shite his pants when presented with the opportunity to man up.

@armandsfreibergs4069 Год назад

sounds like the f1 had a top speed limiter on

@utilisateur1993 Год назад

I think it did

@thebolsta Год назад

They do for experience days, revs are limited, and I think 7th gear is restricted. It's supposed to be a life experience, not death... And they probably want to protect the cars...

@krinord Год назад

They limit the revs so its less engine maintenance on older F1 cars usually. They limited the revs on the Mercedes AMG One forexample so they wouldn't have to do an entire engine rebuild once every year.

@tomi3465 Год назад

you didn't use all the gears, idk if it was by the car or because you forgot or something

@rayhib Год назад

Mate you drove something way better than the Alpine

@houseking9211 Год назад

fr, lotus e20 would easily get more clicks these days

@marcosalves3111 3 месяца назад

this Renault RS27 ?

@ayoub44555 Год назад

Big W thom

@hammond9866 Год назад

surely its got a 6th or 7th gear right?sounds like your at 29000 rpm at like 130mph

@THOMBReplay Год назад

I was in 6th gear yes. 7th gear was limited

@ljubabacje Год назад

You know, it has 7th gear, right?

@Bluebird209 Год назад

Wow, amazing. Really well driven. Glad that you had such an experience. I drove an F1 car as well myself, but my experience wasn't as good as yours, because the engine was stuttering a lot and I never got any confidence in the car and therefor no temperature at all in brakes or tyres. I was slower with the F1 than with the F4 on rain tyres... which says it all. Here's the link if you want to have a look: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bQdd8cOyPnM.html

@Marcus442Rashford Год назад

Why take the short version when u can take long version

@hammyjammy Год назад

This is the Lotus E20 that Kimi Räikkönen drove no?

@talley6629 Год назад

yes

@thebolsta Год назад

I'd have put up with the discomfort, skipped the seat fit, and been honoured to sit in Kimi's seat.

@spyros1129 Год назад

That was a crazy experience to share with us.. I have one question though... what happened to the halo?

@spyros1129 Год назад

@Joe h tnx for the reply bro... I didn't think it like that

@thebuddhasector9493 Год назад

@@spyros1129 halo was introduced in 2018, the cars before doesn't have one and the car in the video is actually a Lotus Renault 2012 car...

@Senny_V Год назад

It's a 2012 car, so no halo

@videofrat3115 13 дней назад

What is the price of having an experience like this?

@Freezee Год назад

Man how do you get to do that??

@THOMBReplay Год назад

I am an ambassador for the Alpine Esports team. As part of Alpine’s efforts to bridge the gaps between simracing and real racing, they put me in the F1 car 😄

@racefreak9488 Год назад

I drove a ferrari, slapped a Ferrari Logo on my bike. How can U say its a alpine F1 Car, oh IT has the Alpine Livery 😂😂😂😂

@aryawyk.7874 Год назад

boo hoo

@usedtoexistonce Год назад

its a lotus which is the same ennstone based team as alpine

@racefreak9488 Год назад

@@usedtoexistonce cool, i really Like the tyrrell ham is driving in 2022

@usedtoexistonce Год назад

@@racefreak9488 lotus and alpine were/are owned by renault mercedes does not own honda and tyrell

@PresidentDamian Год назад

is die motor begrenst? lijkt maar of je een paar versnellingen hebt en dan aan de max al zit haha

@raeyon725 Год назад

tuurlijk, hij mocht t denk ik niet en hij reageerde ookal op iemand anders met dat hij het niet durfde.. tbh ik zou het ook niet echt durven hahaha

@kikicodas 5 месяцев назад

How many pounds you had to be able to push on brake to let you drive the car ? ? !

@f1_shorts Год назад

How can i do this experience?

@raeyon725 Год назад

about 5-6k euros

@AdamKyleAnderson Год назад

You drove a 2012 Lotus, not an Alpine.

@eventdomain1 Год назад

Wow the power of that Alpine, I wonder what a tank of fuel costs for that.

@THOMBReplay Год назад

I don’t even want to know! Hahaha

@nickstebbins2352 Год назад

they only hold 18 gallons apparently, where i'm from that's like a $70 tank of gas haha

@iqs25 Год назад

@@nickstebbins2352 yeah but I don't think they use normal gas in f1 cars

@nevercommitsuicide Год назад

@@iqs25 they do

@nevercommitsuicide Год назад

@@nickstebbins2352 refueling was already banned in that era so the fuel tank holds ~120L

@yike1965 Год назад

The Alpine livery really doesnt fit the Lotus

@arywangsaadhiraka1131 Год назад

why is it 6 speed? i thought E20 use 7? what anamazing experience tho

@Karsonhamiltonracing Год назад

F1 car has 8 gears

@arywangsaadhiraka1131 Год назад

@@Karsonhamiltonracing yes i know but this era of F1 use 7 speed and in this video he only use 6

@thebolsta Год назад

They restrict the cars for experience days, revs are limited too.

@Senny_V Год назад

@@Karsonhamiltonracing Current cars, yes. The 2012 cars, which the one in the video is, have 7 gears, not 8. The 8th gear came in 2014.

@notthefia9154 Год назад

They really restrict the cars for the driving experience so that normal people and even to some extent amateur racing drivers can actually drive them , it’s running in literally the lowest modes and I’m pretty sure it’s got special built in aids like slight TC, slight ABS so that you can still lightly lock up but not like in the race used cars, I think they also have a less difficult hand clutch so that people can actually pull away without stalling it because an F1 hand clutch is so difficult to use, as for the gears I think the car is automatically limited with it’s gear ratios and to what gear it can go up to, but still an absolutely cool af once in a life time experience

@terribleshockex110 Год назад

What's the consequences if you where to spin the car?

@teamredgutz399 11 месяцев назад

The contract with Winfield Racing says the customer is responsible for damage to the car. So a crash could be financially ruinous for the customer.

@0megalul309 Год назад

same car as leave me alone i know what to do.

@mrquickogaming Год назад

my dream would be to drive an F1 car but i think i am a bit too tall!

@mrquickogaming Год назад

@@mntsam1930 that means I have no chance 😂

@joelmurrayjameskleinovink581 Год назад

how tall is to tall?

@mrquickogaming Год назад

@@joelmurrayjameskleinovink581 No chance would even get in!

@sanidhyakumar5816 Год назад

faster man

@Carlos_RodriguesS2 10 месяцев назад

@d9zirable Год назад

Wtf they repainted the lotus. Losing another part of history

@aryawyk.7874 Год назад

boo hoo

@mArvAlcao71 Год назад

Well they have plenty of Lotus E20 in their garage surely. And this one is a modified E20 anyway, for this purpose. Lotus/Renault/Alpine made the car as easy to drive as possible, including adding the traction control.