Well, it's all about safety, and even then Bianchi had a terrible accident.. I don't like it when they say that.. ppl on the track, heavy equipment on the track... Safety first...
Well, they definitely can put slick tires on safety car and drive into the corner at 300kph, But It won't be "safety" car anymore. Hamilton should stop moaning and crying on the radio every time safety car is out.
One of the best interviews, many interesting things to learn! And Bernd seems like a really chilled and down to earth guy, hope we will see him for many years in the Safety Car
They should indeed haha. But in my opinion, in no racing series should they end a race behind the safety car or pace car. Let's just say then that if there needs to be a safety car in the last 5 laps, those laps shouldn't count down, but remain till the safety car gets back into the pits. Maybe an idea? Anyways, looking forward to Imola! 😃
@@tvduvel I'll say this about NASCAR, we used to end races under yellow (IndyCar still does it) and a few years ago we added that the race should end with a green/white/checkered finish (it takes a lot of attempts, but they get it finished no matter what)
only if the camera is moving or the helicopter shots. not always, but i like the stationary cameras because you can feel the speed right through the TV
I wish that the drivers are allowed to drive the safety car for a lap, then they take the passenger sest as Bernd Mayländer drives a lap around the circuit. Maybe then the drivers will realise that the safety car is significantly slower than an regular F1 car.
This was great, wondered about the tires and brakes when he said they started to fall off after three laps, thanks for touching on that topic, even if it was at the end
Amazing episode.. as a fan it's really interesting to know the BTS of a F1 weekend... Thank you for this episode.. More episodes of the unsung heroes of the sport would be great..
Thought I was going to turn it off after 10mins, but i found this interesting and informative. How mad is it that the car he drives is one of the fastest road cars in the world, yet it's 40 sec a lap slower than the f1 boys
Just give us a race between Mayländer and Hamilton in 2 equal safety cars already. And when Hamilton loses he isn't allowed to complain about the speed of the safety car ever again.
@@mithileshpatil7639 I think Mayländer is probably the fastet guy in this car, I don't think Hamilton could beat him and thats why I don't like him complaining all the time 😅 I dont think you can go much faster around F1 tracks in a 'normal' car
Sadly, Lewis would smoke him... even in a car that he drives all the time Lewis is probably still faster than him. Probably any F1 driver would be faster. Bern does not drive on the limit anymore - Lewis drives on the limit every other weekend. Driving on the limit regularly is a big deal.
Would be really interesting to hear if Bernd thinks that the saftey car in Imola 94 (that opel vectra) was indeed „to slow“ because it was obviously way too underpowered to keep up with the grids pace.🤔 Just to know his opinion.
They should give him a performance GT car, something like a DTM machine or something rather than a glorified road car. He might be able to go quicker then.
I'm pretty sure the Safety car has a lot of equipment inside of it, I assume making it an actual race car would take away from its principal function or would make the equipment harder to fit
Also, DTMs (just as an example) don't have the various driving aids, which is counterproductive when you want to go fast - but safely (especially in the rain). Plus, racing cars are usually somewhat more prone to breaking down than just a production car that's expected to do thousands of kilometers ...
Going by the interview there isn't that much extra in the Safety car that couldn't be fitted into a modified race car. Its the medical car that has all the equipment etc inside. DTM was just an example, the point being get a GT race car, tone it down a bit, he will be able to go a lot faster in the dry as a result and most likely in the wet too, but speed isn't as crucial there , but you also don't want him flying of the track, hence toning it down a bit. Pick any series or just build a purpose built car. There's only so much you can do in a glorified road car. Give him the Black Series that he seemed to think would be better at least that's a step closer.
Oh wow... I never had any idea the safety car was any more complicated then Drive on to track at correct time. Wait for cars to come up behind. Drive off track at correct time. Or... Maybe it's not really? Guess I'm finding out still xD
Bernd can just brake check Lewis if he felt like it. I think that makes him the most powerful driver on the grid, his Mercedes can take a hit and still keep going, the W11 front wing, not so much.
