Which F1 ERAS Can Take EAU ROUGE FLAT OUT? 

Which is your favourite F1 era?

it's funny how the first ever car with wings (Matra) is the first one to not go into the barriers, which kinda counts as taking it flat, Downforce definately helped drivers to not die (at least not in Eau Rouge/Radillon) but Ricardo Zonta and Jacques Villeneuve are missing XD

_This was definitely just an excuse so we could appreciate the look and sound of those classic F1 cars and im all for it._ 😭

Older cars : No Until... 1979 Lotus : Yes

Eau Rouge was changed significantly in 1995. Straight after the change, the cars were taking it flat. After grooved tyres they couldn't take it flat until around 2001 when they took it flat again. Eau Rouge used to be very bumpy and tighter so it was risky to take it flat and the car would unsettle so drivers just didn't want to take that risk

the key for this corner is aero.

Easy to try today. Try with the configuration used until 2001,with the wall left to Raidillon 5 metres far from the track!

You know it when you see the Lotus with gigantic sidebox for ground effect.

The 2020 W11 is a MASTERPIECE. I love that F1 car so much. It has a special place in my heart.

The W11 was a monster of a car

The W11. What an incredible piece of machinery

My heart beats faster every time I see and hear the F2004, what an absolutely glorious machine.

The 1991 and 2000 McLarens are actually Ferraris 😂

I made a list of the top speeds when entering the hill 🏎️ ✖️1950 - 210kph 00:35 ✖️1956 - 227kph 00:45 ✖️1962 - 215kph 1:10 ✖️1963 - 253kph 1:30 ✖️ ✔️1970 - 256kph 1:50 ✖️✔️1975 - 262kph 2:10 ✔️1979 - 250kph 2:30 ✔️1980 - 284kph 2:50 ✔️1986 - 303kph 3:03 ✔️1988 - 274kph 3:20 ✔️1991 - 296kph 3:33 ✔️1994 - 314kph 3:55 🥈 ✔️1997 - 297kph 4:07 ✔️2000 - 303kph 4:20 ✔️2004 - 304kph 4:44 ✔️2007 - 304kph 4:59 ✔️2009 - 312kph 5:15🥉 ✔️2013 - 298kph 5:36 ✔️2015 - 314kph 5:55🥈 ✔️2017 - 308kph 6:09 ✔️2020 - 322kph 6:24 🥇 ✔️2023 - 299kph 6:42

The cars look massive by the end. They are driving buses around now compared to the karts they used to be

Nice comparison! The fastest car of them all is the Mercedes W11 unexpectedly, but to see how much better it is compared to the Red Bull RB19, was a surprise. The Mercedes W11 was going 318 km/h with 5.43 G turn, whereas Red Bull RB19.only did 294 km/h with just 4.28 G turn. That is just crazy how much slower the fastest F1 car of 2023 is compared to the Mercedes W11.

Its pretty funny actually that the RB19 is also the car that DID NOT take it flat out in the actual race! Did you know that both Max and Checo lifted in that corner? There has been theories about it on why they did it but apparently they did it to save the floor from bottoming too much. So they were slower through there than most but they were so much faster on the rest of the track that it was the way to go for them. Pretty crazy.

Respect to all eras completing EAU ROUGE flat out! It's cool seeing how only the winged ones were able to take Radillion though

W11 passed that corner in 315-320 km magnificent

The 2023 Redbull is amazing in every way, especially with Max. But the 2020 W11 is the most impressive F1 car ever created. If the FIA hadn't changed the floor rules and let the 2020 cars develop one year longer I wonder what the W12 could have been.

I love how starting with the 66 Lotus the cars just start progressively screaming louder. Until the rule changes of 2013 of course, but they’re getting louder again it seems

In 1999, Villeneuve and Zonta had an agreement to go flat out at eau rouge. Both had an horrific crash. Nobody else tried it that year.

the gap from The W11 to the RB19 is ridiculously large

Next time: which era of F1 cars can take Pouhon flat

I’m glad you actually full send it and not slow down like most RU-vidrs.

The Early 70’s and the Early 2000’s is probably my favorite sounding eras of F1 cars. My favourite 70’s car was the matra and my favorite 2000’s car was the F2004

it is incredible how much heavier the cars got in the last 20 years, from a little more than 600 kg to nearly 800 kg

The W11 is the pinnacle of F1, now imagine if it has v10.

2009 button V8 sounded simply lovely

Shame the 1999 BAR wasn’t included

Love the g meter 👍

This proves that Lotus in late 80s was ahead of its time

Former driver Pedro de la Rosa said that It was a easy flat out corner from 98 season onwards even with grooved tires

I dint notice I wasn't breathing until sometime in the video when I randomly felt weaker

This is a great comparison video. It will be useful for the younger generation as it lists not only the appearance and sound of F1 machines by era, but also the changes in specifications. For an older Japanese like me, I am not very familiar with F1 before 1987, when the F1 boom arrived in Japan with the success of McLaren Honda, so I am overwhelmed by the 1986 specifications. 1200 horsepower with a turbo engine without boost pressure limit is truly insane. In the mid-1980s, when the power of turbo engines reached its peak, and in the mid-1990s, when the evolution of high technology reached its peak, motorsports had a long-standing monument (at the same time, it was a daredevil era where human life was not valued much 😢), but it is amazing that it has reached that level again with a machine that is safer after 30 years.

2:47 The 1980 Williams F1 car, which is the one showed here, is the FW07B (At the beginning of the season it was the FW07 and was evolved to be the FW07B). The FW09 was the 1983-1984 car.

That's Radillion actually. Every era can take Eau Rouge flat.

IRL drivers started trying to go flatout only by the mid to late '90s, and only those driving top cars. Then there's the dumb challenge Villeneuve and Zonta pulled on each other during 1999 qualifying session: daring each other to take the corner complex flat out. With a BAR. Of course they both crashed heavily into the barriers.

that mclaren by mika that engine sound was top notch accurate. reminded me of mika vs schumi in 2000

Fun fact: Its radillon, eau rouge is the bland left turn before the right turn, aka radillon

My girl be thinking I’m cheating but this really what I be doing/watching 😂

Amazing video as always mate, I'm only going to make an appointment: the 1988 McLaren MP4-4 was said to have 685 PS/504 kW of peak power in qualifying and around 620 PS/456 kW in race trim. I read it in an official Honda bulletin some time ago

1988 McLaren sounds like the cars in 2020

that mantra sounded GODLY jeez

great example for how wings work. without wings and slow speed no chance. with wings and a lot more speed... full gas and nearly zero problems.

It's interesting to see the top speeds change through the years. Only a few to go over 312kph & they aren't in line. It jumps a couple years of 299-304 then another 310+

Who doesn’t love the sound of the engines in the mid 2000s mental

That “Matra MS120” is actually a March 701, and the Williams is an FW07B

The MP4/6 was just a 91 ferrari with 1990 McLaren Livery on it, but still similar and therefore valid :)

The 1994 Benetton couldn't go flat out in that year, as they build a tirewall chincane just before going uphill. However Mick Schumacher did go kinda flat out in that car, 2 years ago.

Why use McLaren skins on the 1990 and 2000 Ferrari's? Why not use the official Ferrari F138 for 2013 and SF70H for 2017 instead of the RSS 2013 and 2017?

I remember when everyone hated the halo, now F1 cars look weird without it

2004 V10 Sound is something else

My man experimented going flat out with the w11😂😂😂

Could you give me a link to that Benetton mod?

Summary : Technology beyond 1979 can pretty much take it.

I have a suggestion for the next film. The race with the fastets car from different motorsport seriers.

Just goes to show how incredibly bonkers F1 always was. Endurance Prototypes have come a long way (I think they've been taking Eau Rouge flat for a good while now) but I don't think you could compare them even when F1 returned to Spa in '83, let alone in '79 (of course, the endurance cars could actually run for a while, as opposed to blowing up at moment's notice)

Can you do gt cars next ?

You can see that in game cars Re much fastrr than irl, i think taking it flat out wasnt possible till like 2001 or 2002

This is cool but i would like to see more of a race setup because these cars seam way to stable going up

that benetton sounds fucking unreal

Bring. Back. The. V10’s.

Bro they be doing niki dirty with that helmet

the fact that the 2000 era to the 2007 era had over 50 g in acceleration 😂

now do Pouhon xD

1st Car taking Eau Rouge Radillon Flat is the 1979 Lotus. Taking this corner flat means without leaving the Track (cutting)

Try a car from every racing series against Talladega

I wonder if the early 1950 f1 cars had slick tires (but it has to be similar to motoGP compounds to allow sliding because it wasn't designed with downforce)

Ferrari 312 is such a strange looking car but in the other hand the 312 t2 was a piece of art

Bro, do you even lift? No, I'm simracer!

Cool video, but is that 1994 Benneton really that quick? Faster than a lot of 2000-2023 cars?

4:40 the definitive Ferrari

Fuck! The w11 is a beast. 200mph through Eu Rouge is insane

Whoa my favorite one is w11 which made the fastest lap at spa

Erstaunlich gute Klänge

The Lotus 79 was actually the car used in the 1978 season, not 1979.

Bro,this song >>>

1967 lotus 49 is my favorite F1 car

what about the lotus of 82 2nd to the merc of 2020, why did they ever leave?

IT IS RADILLON GOD DAMN! every vehicle can go flat out thru eau rouge, it is only the lower part.. the mouse trap

17 cars made it flat out for your information 😊

I believe Häkkinen was the 1st or 1 of the 1st to take it flat. I remember it was like 2000 or 2001.

That's Radillion actually.

1991 wins the noise battle.

That Lotus 98T the first to take it at 300 kph 💪🏻💪🏻

So basically after 1970 everyone worked out the kinks and managed to make cars to take Eau Rouge-Radiliion flat out, i swear car designers and engineers will forever confuse me

1986 lotus....🤩🤩🤩

F1 cars didn't start taking eau rouge flat out until around 2010, I remember the bar drivers trying it in 1999 I think.... both crashed

I miss that scream so much

Don't forget in the early days races used to go down hill at radillon into eau rouge, not up. How scary would that have been

Only the 2020 Mercedes was able to beat the Benetton of Schumacher from 1994...he peaked at 314 through EAU ROUGE, Mercedes at 320

We went to the moon before we could go flat at Eau Rouge

Be more interesting in same test but in intermediate and wet tire conditions 🤞…… please 🙏🏻

Remember guys: THE MAIN KEY IS AERO!

1:46 This Matra should be March 701,Mayra MS120 use V12 engine

I love W11 ❤

W11 is a beast ☠️

What's the Williams mod?

Raidillon is what you mean, not Eau Rouge