Pull This Cable And You Destroy A Formula 1 Car 

The only way Williams will win a race soon is by fitting a hook on the car to pull the red cables on the other cars

3:00 escape the f1 car in 7 seconds sounds like a Taskmaster challenge! also the "I forgot the steering wheel" followed by the engineers "Yeah, its in my hand" was very Alex Horn.

Says pull this cable and you destroy the car, but doesn't talk about it until more than half way into the video. Which still DOES NOT destroy the car.

Hearing 12 seconds, I thought “that’s not a lot of time”. Then I remembered watching Romain Grosjean’s crash and how 12 seconds felt like an eternity.

Reminder that Robert Kubica on his comeback must have attempted and passed the 12 second extraction test with his injured hand. I find that quite impressive.

I’ve done some of the carbon fiber work on extinguisher moulds but never understood nor have seen anyone explain how remote charging works. That was super interesting

The 'E' is for Extingusher, not the electrics. Common Confusion for new marshals, or even experienced ones in the heat of the moment. Yes it should kill the power to the car, but if cutting the power is the only goal, then go nowhere near it. F1's have the neutral button on the front of the chassis. This shuts down the ERS and puts the car in neutral to allow you to push it. Oddly alot of these are really small and near impossible to press with the big ERS gloves, marshals are required to wear. I always had a sharpie or something to poke in the hole. Even with the steering wheel in place the amount of effort needed to turn the wheel while leaning in beside the car it also quite alot.

It’s insane how fast you need to extract yourself from a Formula One car, even a fit person would struggle their first few times, also, how many attempts does a driver have to do this test?

I always look forward to your videos, Matt! They offer a deeper look into the underappreciated aspects of F1 that make the whole show possible.

It doesn't destroy the car, it just makes it require some extra maintenance. It would surely cost a lot of money to accidentally pull that cable, but what in F1 doesn't cost a lot of money?

Love that they focus on how fast you get that steering wheel back in, really lets you know what they're focused on.

A video about "The Logistic of F1 Safety Car" would be cool, how they prep the car, setup the car for each track, or how they ship the car

Great video! My only gripe is the feeling that the end of the video was rushed. Could have definitely used 10-20 more seconds of footage of your fire extinguisher setup in use. Keep up the awesome work!

Thank you for the information. I've been contacted by Williams to pull all the strings on every other car. They gave me the two dollar bill, which is more than enough for me.

Love this kind of detailed insight in to some of the more technical pieces of F1. And the TDF rep is amazing!! More of him please.

Mick Schumacher's fire extinguisher went off in his F2 time during I believe Austria, but I had no idea it was some very nasty chemicals! Thanks, learned some new stuff today

I work at a formula Student Team, and there are similar regulations about getting out of the car and also a button on the outside, which turns all electronics off. but there we don´t have such advanced fire extinguisher. I am not the driver, but i also did the Cockpit exit exercise once, and it isn´t that easy.

for some reason when I first read the title I immediately thought there was a cable somewhere in the world that if you pull makes a random F1 car in the world explode randomly

Thats crazy strength to be able to extract yourself from a formula car in less than 10 seconds after all those g forces your body experienced

"202012" damn I guess technology hasn't changed at all in the future

Don't pull the "E" Wire

Williams just needs to send Logan Sergeant around with one of the t-Rex grabber arms to try and pull all the red cables

now we know how to stop Verstappen

Very cool behind the scenes stuff. Well done!

Crazy, Matt is always been joked off. but he actually makes quality content! Love the stuff!

I’m SO glad they explained the steering wheel thing further. I was like, hold up, they what? Even if on fire? 😂 nope

"The steering wheels are very expensive " Well, to mitigate against that they should've just engineered the cars to work with an off the shelf game controller like you'd have for your ps3 😂

Hey, I saw that car whilst it was being loaded/unloaded in southampton docks a couple weeks ago! very surreal experience to see one of these up close

I did not know about this system. So in the case of Romain Grosjean's crash - did this system work or not work?

Yes because in a situation where I am in danger and need to exit a fiery vehicle I will always remember to put my steering wheel back in place in under 12 seconds

not only a f1 , any race car with that symbol

Not even these can extinguish another great Matt Amys video

Always love seeing a notification when you upload a new video :) Could you maybe do a video about the broadcasting of f1? In terms of what equipment they use and the helicopter for example?

Awesome insight Matt 👊🏼

Only seen one gone off once, on a Formula Ford2000 style car. Driver was quite wet, but the fire was out! I prefer cars with separate electronics and extinguisher pulls.

Can somebody kindly explain why f1 teams dont use flexible flask type containers to store the fire extinguishing material ? Wouldnt that be more cost effective and easier to place within the car ? (Suppose a flexible but nonetheless resistant container to prevent punctures, tears and the like)

If so much damage could be caused by pulling that wire, it seems like the wire loop being so out in the open it could easily get snagged on something and accidentally get pulled.

I’m surprised the haven’t switched to stop fyre the halon replacement yet For anyone unfamiliar halon was banned from manufacturing specifically not use (it’s still used where it’s been installed and the supply hasn’t been exhausted) for environmental concerns and was a gaseous extinguisher that doesn’t spray a “foaming agent” and can be fired multiple times without cleaning or recharging it doesn’t expire the way most foaming extinguishers do it’s also doesn’t destroy everything it touches the was a lot of extinguishing agents do

This halon ban is so ridiculous, in many situations this is an unbeatable way of extinguishing fire, and also is totally harmless to the equipment. Banning gases harmful to ozone layer from common things like deodorants was absolutely reasonable, but specialized extinguishing tools should be excluded from these rules, especially when all alternatives are highly problematic and usually renders everything unusable.

Just curious what seatbelt type do they use? 3, 4, 5, 6 point harness

Thanks for the info..I'm going to run around and pull them all now.

we have those extinguishers in the restaurant around the grilles. worst cleanup ever when one time cleaning the hoods it was accidentally set off

Celebration idea: Show us your childhood hood or Give us a running guide.

Great insight, this is awesome stuff, unseen anywhere else on RU-vid.

i remeber in f2 in i think 2020 when Schumachers cockpit fire extinguisher went off , mid race

amazing video as always!

So glad I watched this because there's a F1 car parked outside my house and I was about to pull that cable...phew !

Does anyone know if Roman Grojean activated his cars fire suppression system when he had his big (infamous) crash? And did it help at all?

Oh my God the tank is on fire!

Thank you for sharing.

"at the end of video, I'll show you what happens when it's pulled".... "Skips to end of video"

I'm a huge fan of motorsport and F1 and I really enjoyed watching this great video. It was very educational and inspiring. Liked and subscribed :) Looking forward to following your channel.

Aston Martin mechanics to Lance Stroll before he gets into the cockpit: OK Lance, just pull this cable.

Alternative title: Why Does Pulling This Cable Destroy A Formula 1 Car? (And Why You Shouldn’t.)

Great video Matt, but can you make a video about the pit stops and their choreography the width of the pit stop markings, the tire measurement stop markings the laser system and everything about the high end system pit stop.

It's a great example of crippling overspecialization. The problems F1 had with manhole covers and even pavement repair strips in Vegas was another - beat-up Cavaliers and Neons that haven't seen a professional mechanic in 20 years (Nevada is a non-inspection state) handle it every day but the pinnacle of automotive technology can't.

Were these things pulled in Bahrain 20 and Austria 22?

I thought 7 seconds would be relatively easy and figured you'd do it in 10 on your first try... Burning alive scares me and 17 seconds is a scary reminder.

4:55 pato looks so much like checo here i had to replay it like 3 times before i realised who it was in the mclaren ahahaha

The title should be Pull this handle when you destroy your car lol

why did it feel like he didnt even try to get out in time

I sat in a F! car at CES back in the 90's. It was tight cockpit and hard to get in/out😳

This explains how Grosjean survived his fiery crash into the barrier where he was trapped.

Best vid of the season “

showing off your formula car to your gf: her: what does this do. car: *blows up*

Didn’t that interior fire extinguisher accidentally go off in an f2 or f3 race a couple of years ago? In Logan Sargent’s car I think?

I didnt know doofenshmirtz was in charge of designing F1 cars

its fire extinguisher

My man real excited for some kidney pie.

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT,,THANK YOU.,.

*Proceeds to pull it*

the marshal"s couldn’t push Yuki's car when he retired in Monza, was it because they didn't use the neutral button?

In the industry I'm grounded in, we have on-vehicle extinguishing systems that are not only Halon-based, but the bottle containing it - Under significant pressure, I might add - Is a good 500mm diameter and 2,5m in height. Despite this, it bears a more than passing resemblance to a family-size UK Class A fire extinguisher... 🙃 But that said; The system's designed to suppress high intensity electrical fires (Including transformer overruns) on a system that operates at 25kV, at speeds of up to 320km/h, on a vehicle weighing over 950 metric tonnes. As an aside to this, it also covers the distance between London and Paris in just over two hours... 🚄🇪🇺💨😁 Also: Can anybody please explain that _Halo_ device? I can understand it being employed in Formula E - No engine means no air intake, meaning no „Triangle“ - But why would you need it in conventional ICE F1 too? 😳

5:39 to all the people who want the video to be what the headline is and not be baited into watching most of the exact 10 minutes (for monetization).

i swear to god i only noticed it since i saw this video and cant unsee it

While F1 has really dropped over the years. These technologies are interesting and important to know.

Oof. I have a small advance as when I was in grade school, we had a Indy car and also had access to some of rarest Indy cars and I’d do these speed test all the time 😂😂😂

Matt is to Big for a FCEE ^^ i once was one a trip with my boys in a German automotive show - they had a formula 1 mock up to test your time. All of my small - thin friends were able to do it quite easily. big boys sturggle ^

There's no way that was your best attempt at getting out of the cockpit !

You also get a penalty or DQ if you don’t put it back in. This is in any formula racing!

Thanks for the info, now i can pull the cable from the red bull cars and make alonso win the 33

My man how did you get an RP20

Nice video Matt now I know but bro you made a mistake you are in Sergio's 2020 racing point😂❤

The reason Halon is banned is I'd imagine you can't breathe it.

0:45 I feel weird hearing about FIA and F1 while guy undresses in front of me

On that particular f1car no worries, pulling the ring would be an improvement

To be fair, that Racing Point was already destroyed when they've but that horrendous BWT livery on it, no need to pull that cable, burning it would actually be an upgrade in my eyes.

I have down the wheel fit and removal a few times in a f1 sim it was called let’s race they had 10 cars that is the shell I tee was great fun

Imagine if that extinguishing system was fitted on civilian cars, if there was a fire, then there must be a way to activate the extinguisher system to take out the fire and let the driver and passengers get out safely.

I love to see speed to get out with halo vs without as video showed was with

Im sry but who puts the steering wheel back on in an emergency?

Wonder if the halos lower on tsunodas car so he can reach it to get out 😂

Check Mick Schumacher in F2 Austria 2020 to see an extinguisher go off in the car

kind of like aircraft, if you pull that engine fire handle you are not relighting that engine again*. *Not in flight at least, once the turbine engineers pull it apart and fix it, then it will run again.

That was interesting

I'd definitely pull it thinking it was a twizzler 🎉

it's the estrogen pipe! (The E gives it away) (I'm going to drink it)

Go ahead. Pull it.

3:22 It actually looks like you were trying to move as slow as possible, like maybe you were trying to avoid waking your parents up. If you have a medical condition that prevents you from hustling, then my apologies.

10 minute video to tell you it's a fire suppression system. Which you can infer in the first 30 seconds