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Colin Chapman is an absolute legend in F1. Not only that he was THE team principal during his time (if you ignore his draconian attitude towards drivers), he also took part in desinging and developing he cars from the ground up. Probably the biggest genius that ever walked into F1.
Unfortunately the only downfall of Chapman was he himself, the Lotuses were lightning fast in his time but notorious for not being a safe car to drive, it ended up losing him some of his beloved drivers like Jim Clark and Jochen Rindt, but he was a literal genius and was the closest thing to a one-man army in F1 if you don't count the drivers
A lot of these comments were talking about Colin Chapman as an absolute legend but people seemed to forget about John Barnard who clearly was underrated as a racing designer who had done it not only for a revolution but also the safety measure that we've had nowadays. Semi-auto gearbox was revolutionary, so as carbon fiber chassis.
0:53 no, KERS does not convert the heat of the brakes into energy. It works by taking the kinetic energy of the spinning wheels and converting it into another form of energy. It's basically working the same way as today's MGU-K. Much like it, this could be connected to a battery, but back in '09, it could technically be another form of energy storage, like a flywheel.
Yep, it is a common mistake haha thank you for explaining. I even heard of this "heat from brakes" on an F1 technical segment on TV when introducing KERS. 🙃🙃
same at 7:55 or so, the turbocharger does not use the heat of the exhaust gases, but rather the kinetic energy of the flowing gas, to drive the intake side...
@@mac.fk14 nobody would be watching F1 if that were to happen because nobody else would be able to build a car that could match the lap times of whatever they make.
Some of revolutionary technologies are considered by FIA as "cheeky innovation" : blown diffuser, double diffuser, F duct, fan car, double chassis, DAS...
@@user-ez4or8ly4c actually if You saw the new cars with the porpoising effect i think that the mass damper could be close to making a comeback into helping to balance the cars downforce or at least that's my thought
@@josepina8148 I hope so. The mass damper was a very significant advantage that was banned for spectacle, but it deserved to go on and be developed. We could even have it on road cars now, it is very cheap and if well tuned, effective.
Can we just take a moment and appreciate how much the F1 channel has grown since Liberty took over. 7 million subscribers and so much content, which would never have been possible under Bernie!
Both of the nose cones that car had look incredibly modern, interesting to see just how perfect bits and pieces of car design ended up being from that era that its still used today
@@AshleyPomeroy Adrian Newey designed a nose for the 1989 Leyton House that was raised higher than the other cars but nowhere near as high as the next year's Tyrrell.
Yeah. Now that 30-some years has passed and technology and safety have advanced a lot, we can come back to those cool concepts and ideas but build a nice research team and ruleset around them to allow for great racing without killing anybody
You would think, until you realize the truth that the FIA doesn't care about safety. Remember it took almost 4 full years to get basic cockpit protection after Bianchi was killed.
@@icygt its harder to make developments once the car is well rounded already. Chapman made a lot of innovations at the beginning. Newey has created cars during 90s that has consistently defeated schumacher and the ferrari juggernaut with lesser drivers hill villenueve hakkinen. Not to mention newey was behind creating the monster red bull in 2010
@@mertcanerdem3390 Stole them? Copied is probably more accurate. To the best of my knowledge I don't think Chapman ever claimed that ground effect and the fan car were his original ideas... unless you have a source proving otherwise?
Seeing those older cars go around Monaco, and having people walking right next to the track is just mind blowing. Like sure everyone isn't a top teir physics professor, but fast object hits other object I think is a lesson we all learn as kids.
Some of the early 70s BBC broadcasts are on RU-vid. Search and watch and it’s amazing how close everyone is to the track with little or no separation between spectators and the race.
One of the greatest innovations in motor racing was thought of by Ray Harrom in the Marmon Wasp, at the 1911 Indy 500. By the simple expedient of attaching a mirror to the Wasp, he was able to dispense with the so-called Riding Mechanic. There were no spanners carried on board, his sole purpose was to inform the driver of any car getting close enough to be a threat, and on which side that was coming from. By doing away with the weight of the " mechanic" he won the inaugural race. Since then every race car has had mirrors.
Not utilizing a riding mechanic certainly played a pivotal role, but other factors should be considered too. Indianapolis was his favorite racecourse, and he prided himself on prudent race-craft. In an era of thrill seeking daredevil race drivers, Ray Harroun was more a thinking man's racer. As an engineer, his pre-race planning led him to secretly consult with Firestone engineers about tire wear and overall longevity over the course of 500 miles. Their collective assessment was to keep it under 80mph to prevent excessive tire wear. With that in mind, he averaged 74.6mph over the 500 mile, seven and a half hour race. He went thru four right rears, and never needed to change the other three tires. His fellow participants averaged 11 pit stops each. As well known as his effort was, I feel he's STILL under rated, under appreciated.
The first car equipped with a semiautomatic gearbox was a Ferrari 312T3, it was driven by Gilles Villeneuve in Fiorano in 1979, who didn't like it. The project, designed by Mauro Forghieri, at the time was shelved, and they say that John Barnard found it ten years later and brought it back.
There is a big miss in the list: the Tyrrel 019 used in the 1990 season. It introduced the high nose cone and it was a total revolution. Within two years all teams adopted it and it is still there.
I hope that the active suspension system banned can be lifted and be implemented again this year or next year to reduce the porpoising that the 2022 cars suffered, imagine how much faster and safer the car would be.
So after they banned turbo, ground effect, energy harvesting and various aero solutions the guys running Formula One realized that you can not really dictate the technological advancement and allowed these technologies to come back over the years?
It makes sense. New technologies are, by their nature, hard to understand. It wasn’t that F1 was wrong to ban them, it was just that they were banned until they were well understood enough to be effectively regulated.
@@Llanowar_Kitten True. The main reason for the bans were safety. Now that safety technology has come up and regulations tighten to make cars safer to race, they are now able to implement those innovations without compromising safety
@@akmal94ibrahim Right. But for the turbo for example, it wasn't only safety. The real safety problem due to the turbos back then were the qualifying engines delivering more than 1000 BHP. They had already found a solution to this issue in 1988 adding a poff-off valve to reduce the power even during the race. But they maint&ained the ban on the turbo the following year anyway due to a fundamental reason: the devlopement cost which was enlarging the gap between top teams and the rest of the grid threatening the small teams, the show and the sport future in general. That was one of the best FISA decisions. Immediatly, from the start of the 1989 season, there were so many new teams and engine constructors entries, and the gap between the teams in general tightened. The other argument against turbos was that this technology was not used yet that much on production cars. Well, times change, now it's all different. The use of turbos is relevant from an energy and cost saving POV, the technology has come a long way and is largely used on roads, safety has evolved dramatically, and at the end the use of turbos is now mandatory in F1 anyway, so it won't have a negative impact on competitivness of small teams knowing they all have to use them
Dispite it being 8 years ago i still remember the first v6 hybrid race in australia 2014. It was the biggest change in f1 for me since starting watching it in 99
No way you can miss Renault Mass Damper.. it is one of my favourite F1 innovations.. it was such a simple yet effective concept.. many other innovations needed lot of investments but the mass damper was an innovation based on simple cost effective physics just like Lotus wings and Lotus ground effect..
There I was thinking to myself, "What could be more revolutionary than wings?? It was one of the things that shaped the sport we know and love today" I'm not going to lie, I feel a bit silly forgetting about Carbon Fibre
Watching people stand on the sidewalks at monaco as the cars flew by made me hold my breath. Crazy how far safety has come as well. Surprised that wasn't mentioned in the list.
I NOW realize why Collin Chapman is remembered and revered so highly to this day. What a legend, imagine how much more he could have revolutionized if he was still around today. Rest In Peace
7:50 Turbochargers do NOT work by "reusing heat energy from the exhaust" blah blah. They work via the exhaust gas pressure passing by turbine blades (hence turbo), spinning a rotor on an axle, which turns a compressor to produce intake overpressure (hence charger). This sort of fundamental mistake by a narrator is what happens when a person is hired for their voice to read a script that was written by videographers.
@@rogeeeferrarithey open with camshafts and close with conventional springs. The only reason they went to pneumatic was because of extreme rpm. An F1 ICE doesn't even rev as fast as a superbike anymore. I don't want to have a RU-vid comments section argument, I'd like to have a considered discussion about the topic. I am prepared to conceded that F1 still uses pneumatics in the valve train, I'm just wondering if they still do?
18:28 I would like to see more photos/shots like this in books and online. Shots at sped are cool, but these kind of shots can be super educational. JMF TAG
Chapman was an ingenious car designer and engineer. Someone we don't often talk about. Britain should be proud of having some of the best engineers in F1 history
The days when teams were experimenting, discovering and introducing new tech made f1 so hugely interesting. Car designs could he so radically different, and leaps in tech so significant Now with the teams being so closely matched in tech makes it completely different, I can see why so many say its boring for them.
Yes, the most fascinating element in F1 for us as kids back then was the empirical research. Testing revolutionary and original ideas in real life, rather than simulating them on softwares and making them already so complicated before a very few of them arrive on track, all following a very strict rule book.
Getting lapped cars our of the way on the last lap should be considered an innovation. Massi should be on this list somewhere. I'm looking forward to the 2022 season where last laps will only involve the leading cars. Forget the first 50 laps.
Because the teams started to pre-program every turn into the suspension routine and that involved gear changes, engine mapping, braking, traction control, ride height, and every other driver aid imaginable. Policing all that became impossible as the ride height saga proved, they ran crazy low on track and high at the minimum when passing the control blocks at the entrance of the pits.
1500hp monsters in the mid 80's. yellow teapot is still the laughing stock in the paddock. It was the 639 that won on debut at rio in 1989. The 640 was introduced later in the year with the full airbox.
The flow is the result of heat energy expanding a gas volume. You will find the temperature of said gas drops significantly after going through the turbine.
I think it`s always a bit sad when the FIA bans stuff instead of exploring and learning about it. F1 could be about 10 years more advanced if genius ideas wouldn`t get banned instantly. (DAS for example)
Das isn’t that advanced honestly, it’s genius because it’s so simple I think. But imagine; the ultimate F1 car. Active suspension, DAS, ground effect, the mass damper in the nose, shave off as much weight as possible and watch it go
@@tyler_bt3326 Exactly! That`s what i mean. The cars could go so much quicker and the racing could be so much more exciting if the FIA wouldn`t ban everything. Think about 2009.Brawn mastered the double diffusor and won the championship with it. But the FIA banned it after that season.
I'm very surprised Harvey Postlethwaite's Tyrrell 019 wasn't mentioned here. The raised nose design in 1990 was the first of it's kind, and defined F1's aerodynamic appearance for THIRTY years! By the end of 1996 every car on the grid had a raised nose, and had it not been for the 2022 rule changes, the design would have continued into the foreseeable future.
6:53 the only contribution to racing I admire more than Chapman is Jimmy’s but it must be stated Colin is far From the first use of a monocoque in racing. Hints in the name itself with the active portion being French for single body. Aircraft as always is upstream of auto & Eugene Ruchonnet proved this with his “Cigare” in 1910/11. A handful of years later, Chevrolet Motors founder raced the “Cornelian” at Indy which was the first car to use what we’d refer to as “stressed skin”. The engine was apart of the load bearing nose portion. This is where Colin can be credited. He flipped Louis Chevrolet’s design from half a century previous and hung it at the rear driver bay. Stockpiling the fuel behind Jimmy he could also leverage another concept borrowed from aviation but revolutionized in Formula 1 by Chapman: downforce. He now had real estate on the sides to manipulate airflow instead clogged by fuel lines. So like most things Colin put the full weight behind his ideas whether from scratch innovations of borrowed - he’s a maverick for the way he pursued Victory. It’s one thing to have a genius technical concept, it’s another entirely to win championships with it.
Always great to see how many unexpected innovations were realised in F1. One annoying thing; who picks the awfully and annoying background music for clips like this.. voice over and engine noise, what more do we need?
