I'm a massive F1 fan and 2.3 seconds faster per lap is an insane performance difference F1 teams spend tens of millions fighting for hundredths and tenths of a second today obviously back then teams were no where near as clued into the science of automotive aerodynamics and weight reduction as they are today Nikki was truly a pioneer of the time for the sport.
Don't forget you still have to look at how much fuel is in the car...... I expect this test lap to must have been done with low fuel and the race obviously they carry more fuel in the beginning
Friend A: "5 minutes 14 seconds is the best that I can do for this track." Friend B: "Why so `slow`?" Friend A: "I already tried everything. Good diet. Regular exercise, cardio, and training." Friend B: "Are you taking magnesium supplements?" Friend A: **hmmmm**
Haha when we nearly hit a cabrio in Italy also in a cabrio on a very curvy and narrow street the other guy yelled something at us, dunno what but he spoke italian😎.
He sure was he was everything. Rare to see that these days but back then most people didnt know Now of niki wasnt around maybe fFerrari could figure it out but it would have been longer. Or someone else would figure it out. But Niki was right place right time
Yeah, I remember it too. After that flame and lung job, I thought he was done. Then, when he came back in what, 6 weeks? I remember thinking I guess the injuries weren't that bad. Only to fing out, that yes they were that bad. Remarkable. Still my favorite driver of all time.
They look miserable when they start the project but, working with him on that car must have been an awesome experience. Don’t know if him working late with the crew is true but, it’s definitely awesome if it is.
Having seen interviews with Lauda, he definetly seems likke a determined hard but fair man, so I would vouch he did push them hard and appriciated their hard work. and working on a team that gets results, even if the work is hard can be very satisfying. may he rest in peace 🙂
i dont know why but it reminded me of my chemistry teacher. Everyone hated her at first because she required much more than anyone else, but near the end of the year we respected her the most. She learned me smth. :D
I've got a highschool math teacher just like that, in the end, he became my favorite teacher for his ability to push me to not be scared of mathematics
This guy was a self taught mechanic who came from a family of bank managers and political figures so not only could he make a car nearly two and a half seconds faster but he could also negotiate crafty deals to get a race seat for nothing. These days even those special skills probably wouldn't be enough to get a race seat especially at Haas lol.
Vaffanculo is taken from the Phrase "Vai a fare in culo", which translates to "Go fuck yourself". That's the meaning when spoken to a person. But, when used towards a situation as in this scene, it means "Fuck this" or "Fuck this shit"..
To those who come here after 20th May 2019 Rest in Peace, Niki Lauda.... -From a James Hunt fan. Because its no longer about fandoms, its about racing.
@@Lieutenant_Dude I am a James Hunt but hikd equal respect and regard for Niki, because on-track on open track days... my thought process matches Hunt more than Lauda's (althoigh I am part both like most people)
Seeing as this scene happened prior to the 1973 season, Regazzoni wasn't exactly a "senior figure" in Formula 1 as this was his only his 4th season. Jackie Stewart, Denny Hulme, Graham Hill, they were senior figures at this point, Clay not so much.
That was the 4th season of Regazzoni but, back in those days, if you were still alive after four years racing, you would be considered as a senior too lol
Early in the movie, Niki says that "twenty-five drivers start every season in Formula One. And each year, two of us die". So after four seasons, Regazzoni would have seen several fellow drivers get killed. Just a perspective...
Magnesium parts are a smart choice because it was light but also very sensitive for heat wich produce fire and sparks and that was prob the reason why his car burned so bad at that crash.
Don't know if that makes a difference, but the car he crashed with was a Ferrari. Probably magnesium there, too. Gas tanks ripped open would be my guess of main reason for the disaster.
indeed.. Ferrari was no doubt using magnesium parts in the car, but the main cause of the fire was the ruptured gastanks, magnesium doesn't burn like that..it burns with a bright white flame.
Wow, he's the type of person who deserves to be known in the racing world. If you know the car inside and out, if you're able to understand how to make the car go faster (legally) and do so well, you should be recognized for it.
Zimmer's soundtrack is absolutely beautiful during the construction scenes, and then when it calls back with power after the lap-time.... Genius. I love this film, and the music's a big part of it.
Getting a hold of the car is one thing, understanding how and why it works is completely another. Knowing how to set a car up is as important as the parts it's made from, moreover in F1 what qualifies as a 'fast' car is always changing. Even back then F1 cars would finish the season several seconds a lap faster than when they started, so having a car you don't know how to develop further is no better than having a slow car to begin with. If Niki could make the car 2 seconds faster in a few days he could probably find a lot more given time, so he was even more valuable.
Yea, sure you can. Initially, you will have a fast car. However, that fast car will no longer be fast when every other car keeps improving. What you get is a fast car today but will be an average car tomorrow if it doesn't improve.
1. Well, they probably don't want to get involved in the middle of a contract dispute. 2. They also seem to like Niki Lauda now, and want him on the team. So helping him out by keeping it secret would help everyone. 3. And even if the techs we're forced to tell the owner what Niki did to the car, the owner is cutting off potential future improvements to the car, and a great driver. 4. Niki has all the leverage. You can tell the owner wants him, but is trying to bargain and be cheap. Niki's demands aren't too out there. It's within reason.
Ok this is the Hollywood move, so there is a lot of freedom to be involved. Lauda was very good with set ups. But at the start of 1973 he was just a potless guy without a good name. He was without any points up to 1973 season, and Ronnie Peterson beated him totally in 1972. He was not a rookie as it was mention in this scene and Regazzoni was not a veteran. In fact Clay debuted just one year before Niki, in 1970. But Regazzoni was a winner with Ferrari and he was 10 years older then Lauda. But the real senior driver with BRM in 1973 was in fact Jean-Pierre Beltoise, who was the last BRM GP winner in 1972 in Monaco. He was the oldest of them all and the most expirienced. But as I mentioned this is the movie so all facts are not means to be correct beacouse of dramatisaton.
Haha - and I doubt Niki would have been this brash about his terms as well...the company might be falling, but no employee is going to treat his boss like that and get away with it as shown. Seems implausible.
marko ros true, but bear in mind that March wasn't really able to prepare cars on an identical level. March brought two cars to the races, and after the first practice session, Niki always had to take the monocoque that Ronnie decided not to use. plus, March tried the innovative 721X with a new gearbox/differential-layout, after a first test, Ronnie deemed the car as good, while Niki said it was terrible. Robin Herd believed Ronnie and brought the "X" to the races, where it proved to be a barrel burst. After two races, Ronnie suddenly called the car "undriveable".
Steve Cuss absolutely agreed. if You read his book "Niki Lauda protocol - my four years with Ferrari" , You will pee Your pants when it comes to contract negotiations.
Also, getting twenty more hp and a hundred less kilos on a F1 car is something that isn't done overnight, it requires binning the chassis and the engine and starting from scratch, basically. And if he asked his mechanics at BRM if they "tried magnesium parts", they'd have likely answered with a "no, are you going to pay for them?". Setting up a car is one thing, engineering it is another; Lauda was a genius, but this is fairy tales.
Perfect change in how they viewed Niki. First scene after he mentions magnesium parts they looked at him like are you seriously going to make us stay here and replace everything tonight? But after seeing the fruits of their labor on the track it changes everything and makes it all worth it.
Agree. I was so invested in this that I literaly forgot it was just a 3 minute clip when started watching it. I though I was already watching the movie
My favorite scene. The surgical technician of speed racing at its finest. Not just a F1 racer. Lots of time and hard work to make the difference on the track. Dedication.
The best racers always have been perfectionists that knew the car they were driving from scratch and beeing a "magician with a car" doesn't mean to swing a wand but to put in work :P
this bit was great but it annoyed me greatly. magnesium is not a wonder material that makes everything lighter. yes, for cast casings that are low stress anyway and just need to keep oil in and create second moment of area, magnesium can be the right option. its density of 1.73 is lighter than the 2.74 kg/l of cast aluminium. however, for instance A383, a midrange casting alloy has a tensile stress of 310MPa, vs 160ish for magnesium alloys, and a youngs modulus of 42GPa is barely to be called metal. then there is creep to worry about, which is so much you can lose all pretension in the bolts in an hour, if the bolts haven't eaten the magnesium due to corrosion before that. flammability can be reduced by calcium but they didn't know that back then. scandium can reduce creep but again, no-one knew. it's nice if you can get it to work, but it's a complete redesign at the least, not grinding stuff and waving spanners about. besides this, i've known many drivers, pilots, managers and marketeers, hell i've even been 3 of those on occasion, they all seem to think they know how engineering works and think they are blessed with the best ideas. like many fields, your idea can be great, but it can fail on a minute detail of which there are thousands. rarely this scenario of a driver being more versed in material science making a more or less off hand suggestion lead to significant difference. Set-up of a car however, now that is a different matter entirely. as proven by renault engineers making a car that had absolutely no body roll. great in theory, but it was undriveable because all feeling was gone.
For non-racing people, 2.3 is not that big. Like 2 ticks of clock. For the racing fans, you know that 2.3 means you're almost 7 cars behind. That's how crazy 2.3 seconds gap is.
In the part where he suggests magnesium parts for the exhaust system, isn't it that magnesium and its alloys have low operating temperatures making it unsuitable for use in the exhaust system?
Afraid of lawsuit. Laudas contract to that point was the mechanics exclusivly report to lauda. If they would have talked brm would breach contract and owe lauda millions
Doesn't matter what exactly he did to that car What's much more important, to know why F1 is a non-stop development (as mentioned in one of the comments above) If you stop developing between races, you are out
He knew EXACTLY what he was doing. And if any that has the know in Motorsports knows 2.3 seconds is the difference between winning and losing- 2.3 seconds in racing is an ETERNITY
The girl that shows up at 1:50. Who is that? Why is it relevant in the movie? I don't recognize Lauda's wife in her or any other female character in the movie.
BusaLova Also, Regazzoni was pissed that Lauda didn't tell him anything about what he did to the car. So Regazzoni used it as a lesson to Lauda. He told him about the girl being Hunt's ex saying that's what teammates do, they share information.
2.3 sec a lap faster. Thats 2.3 sec multiplied by whatever is the amount of laps in a certain race. Damn. Thats a lifetime
aceman42 115 seconds per race 😂
I'm a massive F1 fan and 2.3 seconds faster per lap is an insane performance difference F1 teams spend tens of millions fighting for hundredths and tenths of a second today obviously back then teams were no where near as clued into the science of automotive aerodynamics and weight reduction as they are today Nikki was truly a pioneer of the time for the sport.
@@rt1110 it was a 1.53 lap which means 113 seconds or a full lap faster
Don't forget you still have to look at how much fuel is in the car...... I expect this test lap to must have been done with low fuel and the race obviously they carry more fuel in the beginning
Firemarioflower doesn’t matter because all the cars will be carrying similar loads of fuel so they would all slow down proportionately.
If you are good at something never do it for free.
Wrong movie
MohPK Yeah, definately
Heh joker quotes
Wrong movie but the quote fits.
The same people making the theme song though
Friend A: "5 minutes 14 seconds is the best that I can do for this track."
Friend B: "Why so `slow`?"
Friend A: "I already tried everything. Good diet. Regular exercise, cardio, and training."
Friend B: "Are you taking magnesium supplements?"
Friend A: **hmmmm**
Oh That changees everythinggg
That's fucking great!!! lmao
Takes it all night
This is why Lauda was the better driver, he had mastery of his driving skills and knowledge of his car mechanics
2:05 "Speaks italian" actually translates to "Fuck it"
zhaviator ohhh nice i thought it means "Speak Italian" 😂
No it doesnt. He says “bavanculo” which is slang for “va fa in culo” which means get the f*ck out / f*ck you.”
“Fanculo” ?
@@SudeennnSam Si
Haha when we nearly hit a cabrio in Italy also in a cabrio on a very curvy and narrow street the other guy yelled something at us, dunno what but he spoke italian😎.
Lauda was something else, just remember how quickly he came back after the accident that nearly killed him
Missed 3 races in total. And still only lost the Drivers championship by a single point. He was extremely good that season.
thats the beauty of having a rival in this sport. busting each other's balls is a great motivator.
@@h.cedric8157 i know it's hindsight but just imagine if he refused to race in germany or haden't retired in japan
He sure was he was everything. Rare to see that these days but back then most people didnt know
Now of niki wasnt around maybe fFerrari could figure it out but it would have been longer.
Or someone else would figure it out.
But Niki was right place right time
Yeah, I remember it too. After that flame and lung job, I thought he was done. Then, when he came back in what, 6 weeks? I remember thinking I guess the injuries weren't that bad. Only to fing out, that yes they were that bad. Remarkable. Still my favorite driver of all time.
This scene goes for just under 4 minutes, but feels so immersive it's like I watched an entire film. So good.
Ron Howard is a master storyteller.
2.3 seconds? That's 2.3 years in car time!
@@pratik1568 not acceleration, the lap gap time he mean
Hans Zimmer is an amazing guy. Great scene, but with the soundtrack it's phenomenal.
Funny, I was just thinking that...
Exactly!
Definitely one of the greatest.
meh
Absolutely 💯 genius
They look miserable when they start the project but, working with him on that car must have been an awesome experience. Don’t know if him working late with the crew is true but, it’s definitely awesome if it is.
Having seen interviews with Lauda, he definetly seems likke a determined hard but fair man, so I would vouch he did push them hard and appriciated their hard work. and working on a team that gets results, even if the work is hard can be very satisfying. may he rest in peace 🙂
The crew was blessed to work with a legend
i dont know why but it reminded me of my chemistry teacher. Everyone hated her at first because she required much more than anyone else, but near the end of the year we respected her the most. She learned me smth. :D
I've got a highschool math teacher just like that, in the end, he became my favorite teacher for his ability to push me to not be scared of mathematics
well i busted Mrs Zuk hard she deserved it for ruining my life since I got my cousin s baby with me it's different
Reminds me of maths and my geography teacher in high school too, they pushed me more than any other teacher and I’ll always respect them
This guy was a self taught mechanic who came from a family of bank managers and political figures so not only could he make a car nearly two and a half seconds faster but he could also negotiate crafty deals to get a race seat for nothing. These days even those special skills probably wouldn't be enough to get a race seat especially at Haas lol.
If you can improve any current formula 1 car by even 1 second, let alone 2.3, they'll consider you a legend
And the composer for the soundtrack for this film, Hans Zimmer, is a self taught musician.
From 1:02 to 1:08 that transition from dark to sunlight with that background music. That's visceral feeling, I can't explain the beauty of this scene
yeah its an awesome feeling like greatness in the making
2:36 that reaction makes me smile EVERY SINGLE TIME!! ........... 2:42 "That's my girl"
" I dont pay u cent ". Straight to the point no bullshit. 😂😂
"SPEAKS ITALIAN" nice subs xd
he said: "fuck" in italian
'Vaffanculo'. Yep, it's similar to 'fuck you.'
could be also translated as "fuck that shit"
"Vaffanculo" or "fanculo" it's not necessarily against a person.
It’s fuck him
Vaffanculo is taken from the Phrase "Vai a fare in culo", which translates to "Go fuck yourself". That's the meaning when spoken to a person. But, when used towards a situation as in this scene, it means "Fuck this" or "Fuck this shit"..
3:37 - best "one-liner" EVER...!!!
easily my favorite scene in the movie. The most inspirational to me!!!! Thanks!
It’s gotta be the best line ever in this movie.
So, have a think work out your priorities and get back to me. A great line
To those who come here after 20th May 2019
Rest in Peace, Niki Lauda....
-From a James Hunt fan. Because its no longer about fandoms, its about racing.
I don’t know if you can be a James hunt fan without being a niki Lauda.
@@Lieutenant_Dude I am a James Hunt but hikd equal respect and regard for Niki, because on-track on open track days... my thought process matches Hunt more than Lauda's (althoigh I am part both like most people)
0:08 Just like my girlfriend!!!
if your girlfriend has a v12 engine I'd love her too
This is gold
Yeah but does she have a v12 engine 😂😂
are you kidding me if she's your girlfriend and you love her then why are you making cracks about ber being heavy HUH 🤔..??
Is your girlfriend using magnesium parts?
What an awesome scene. What a legend! I dont even follow racing but love this guy.
2.3s do you have any ideas how much it is? He just turned a Williams into a Mercedes!
2:34 the magic of hans zimmer starts♥️♥️
The visible respect he earned from the mechanics after how frustrated they were for working all night long is just amazing😂
RIP Niki, what a legend
now he's in miitopia trying to find the dark spirit
Seeing as this scene happened prior to the 1973 season, Regazzoni wasn't exactly a "senior figure" in Formula 1 as this was his only his 4th season. Jackie Stewart, Denny Hulme, Graham Hill, they were senior figures at this point, Clay not so much.
That was the 4th season of Regazzoni but, back in those days, if you were still alive after four years racing, you would be considered as a senior too lol
Early in the movie, Niki says that "twenty-five drivers start every season in Formula One. And each year, two of us die". So after four seasons, Regazzoni would have seen several fellow drivers get killed.
Just a perspective...
@@DolleHengstJochen Rindt, Bruce McLaren, Pedro Rodriguez, to name a few
Magnesium parts are a smart choice because it was light but also very sensitive for heat wich produce fire and sparks and that was prob the reason why his car burned so bad at that crash.
Don't know if that makes a difference, but the car he crashed with was a Ferrari.
Probably magnesium there, too. Gas tanks ripped open would be my guess of main reason for the disaster.
indeed.. Ferrari was no doubt using magnesium parts in the car, but the main cause of the fire was the ruptured gastanks, magnesium doesn't burn like that..it burns with a bright white flame.
Besides, this is a BRM, not a Ferrari.
1955 Le Man accident with mercedes magnesium cars
Jo Schlesser's fatal accident in 1968 was also due to the magnesium body on his Honda chassis
Are you using magnesium parts? The mechanic was like son of a bitch why didnt i think of that...
actually that made no sense, is not that you can come up with magnesium parts overnight
yeah its like a kid just read in the magazine that magnesium is a more efficient material and can come out to be smarter than that car mechanic
funky down yes, but why wouldn't they have done that?
Because if they had magnesium parts ready they would have already mounted them and if they don't have them they can't make them overnight in a garage
this is the nonesence part. they wouldnt fuck up something obvious
Wow, he's the type of person who deserves to be known in the racing world. If you know the car inside and out, if you're able to understand how to make the car go faster (legally) and do so well, you should be recognized for it.
He is a legend and even has a movie made about his career (this movie.....), so he is pretty well known and recognized for his ability.
Goosebumps. Goosebumps every time I watch this scene. And I'm not even carfan 👏
Drivers who are like Niki nearly don’t exist nowadays. They just see the car and drive it, without any knowledge about it and its mechanic
In the End it was the Magnesium Elements that got him Burned on the Nürbürgring.
Oof
O shittt... I think you burned it, if you know what I mean...
Ouch, that's a low blow
@MFUnicornBey And that's called, in the cinema, "Foreshadowing"... Howard is easily the best director alive today.
If that were true, he would ashes
Zimmer's soundtrack is absolutely beautiful during the construction scenes, and then when it calls back with power after the lap-time.... Genius. I love this film, and the music's a big part of it.
Amazing sound
And what's stopping the owner from talking to the techs right there who built the car and getting the info out of them?
The improvements to the car would stop there too. F1 is constant improvement, I think.
Getting a hold of the car is one thing, understanding how and why it works is completely another. Knowing how to set a car up is as important as the parts it's made from, moreover in F1 what qualifies as a 'fast' car is always changing. Even back then F1 cars would finish the season several seconds a lap faster than when they started, so having a car you don't know how to develop further is no better than having a slow car to begin with. If Niki could make the car 2 seconds faster in a few days he could probably find a lot more given time, so he was even more valuable.
Yea, sure you can. Initially, you will have a fast car. However, that fast car will no longer be fast when every other car keeps improving. What you get is a fast car today but will be an average car tomorrow if it doesn't improve.
1. Well, they probably don't want to get involved in the middle of a contract dispute.
2. They also seem to like Niki Lauda now, and want him on the team. So helping him out by keeping it secret would help everyone.
3. And even if the techs we're forced to tell the owner what Niki did to the car, the owner is cutting off potential future improvements to the car, and a great driver.
4. Niki has all the leverage. You can tell the owner wants him, but is trying to bargain and be cheap. Niki's demands aren't too out there. It's within reason.
GrecoRoman123 they won't because they want him In the team
Ok this is the Hollywood move, so there is a lot of freedom to be involved. Lauda was very good with set ups. But at the start of 1973 he was just a potless guy without a good name. He was without any points up to 1973 season, and Ronnie Peterson beated him totally in 1972. He was not a rookie as it was mention in this scene and Regazzoni was not a veteran. In fact Clay debuted just one year before Niki, in 1970. But Regazzoni was a winner with Ferrari and he was 10 years older then Lauda. But the real senior driver with BRM in 1973 was in fact Jean-Pierre Beltoise, who was the last BRM GP winner in 1972 in Monaco. He was the oldest of them all and the most expirienced. But as I mentioned this is the movie so all facts are not means to be correct beacouse of dramatisaton.
Haha - and I doubt Niki would have been this brash about his terms as well...the company might be falling, but no employee is going to treat his boss like that and get away with it as shown. Seems implausible.
marko ros true, but bear in mind that March wasn't really able to prepare cars on an identical level. March brought two cars to the races, and after the first practice session, Niki always had to take the monocoque that Ronnie decided not to use. plus, March tried the innovative 721X with a new gearbox/differential-layout, after a first test, Ronnie deemed the car as good, while Niki said it was terrible. Robin Herd believed Ronnie and brought the "X" to the races, where it proved to be a barrel burst. After two races, Ronnie suddenly called the car "undriveable".
Steve Cuss absolutely agreed. if You read his book "Niki Lauda protocol - my four years with Ferrari" , You will pee Your pants when it comes to contract negotiations.
Also, getting twenty more hp and a hundred less kilos on a F1 car is something that isn't done overnight, it requires binning the chassis and the engine and starting from scratch, basically. And if he asked his mechanics at BRM if they "tried magnesium parts", they'd have likely answered with a "no, are you going to pay for them?". Setting up a car is one thing, engineering it is another; Lauda was a genius, but this is fairy tales.
correct, but this is a MOVIE, and a movie probably won't show the team members for three months redsigning parts and procuring magnesium blocks.
I STILL DONT UNDERSTAND WHY ACADEMY DIDNT GIVE AN OSCAR TO BRUHL. FOR FUCK SAKE, THEY DIDNT EVEN NOMINATE HIM..
A great example of using your leverage.
I love how the mechanics love him ♥️♥️
That's like a crew who loves an actor they're working with.
Perfect change in how they viewed Niki. First scene after he mentions magnesium parts they looked at him like are you seriously going to make us stay here and replace everything tonight? But after seeing the fruits of their labor on the track it changes everything and makes it all worth it.
2:07 clay regazzoni said fanculo (fuck in italian) 😂
RIP Niki❤️
Ron Howard does direct the hell out of his scenes!!
Agree. I was so invested in this that I literaly forgot it was just a 3 minute clip when started watching it. I though I was already watching the movie
"Fanculo"
SPEAKS ITALIAN
lmao
They did work out the priorities....
And it was the best thing they ever did!!!
Circuit Paul Ricard looks an awwwwwffful lot like the entry into turn 1 at Brand Hatch hahaha
Lol in the German version the engine weighs 190 kilos 😂
It does here as well. The subtitles are just rubbish.
My favorite scene. The surgical technician of speed racing at its finest. Not just a F1 racer. Lots of time and hard work to make the difference on the track. Dedication.
He stripped out the engine mounts to balance the harmonics. What an underrated scene.
The best racers always have been perfectionists that knew the car they were driving from scratch and beeing a "magician with a car" doesn't mean to swing a wand but to put in work :P
MCP/ChronicBuzz another legend Michael Schumacher was just like that
In reality BRM just went out of money after Alfred Owens death. The early 1970s were just the last call.
As they say , Good Things Must Come To An End
When the driver knows more then the mechanic...
is the driver that gives the right info to the mechanics on how the car handles behave that makes the big difference..
01:16 in the morning: "ok, thank you! Good night!"
Best driver
Fanculo!
*SPEAKS ITALIAN*
LkV ahahahahhaha
2:45
That face tho...
2:44 moment he realized Lauda is an absolute mastermind .. the expression on his face says it all
so at least he wanted a ratio 580kg/500 hp not bad at that time to achieve that with those rules
2:15 what name the music?
RIP
RIP Niki Lauda 1949-2019
True story.
It would be funny if he realized it’s morning “thank you, good night. Ah, it’s morning!”
this bit was great but it annoyed me greatly. magnesium is not a wonder material that makes everything lighter. yes, for cast casings that are low stress anyway and just need to keep oil in and create second moment of area, magnesium can be the right option. its density of 1.73 is lighter than the 2.74 kg/l of cast aluminium. however, for instance A383, a midrange casting alloy has a tensile stress of 310MPa, vs 160ish for magnesium alloys, and a youngs modulus of 42GPa is barely to be called metal. then there is creep to worry about, which is so much you can lose all pretension in the bolts in an hour, if the bolts haven't eaten the magnesium due to corrosion before that. flammability can be reduced by calcium but they didn't know that back then. scandium can reduce creep but again, no-one knew. it's nice if you can get it to work, but it's a complete redesign at the least, not grinding stuff and waving spanners about.
besides this, i've known many drivers, pilots, managers and marketeers, hell i've even been 3 of those on occasion, they all seem to think they know how engineering works and think they are blessed with the best ideas. like many fields, your idea can be great, but it can fail on a minute detail of which there are thousands. rarely this scenario of a driver being more versed in material science making a more or less off hand suggestion lead to significant difference. Set-up of a car however, now that is a different matter entirely. as proven by renault engineers making a car that had absolutely no body roll. great in theory, but it was undriveable because all feeling was gone.
Well I guess he did some other intersting stuff other than put magnesium in it.
This movie has to be one of the most underrated movies of all time. Seriously there isn't anything about this movie I dislike.
Lauder backed up his arrogance and self confidence.
Everytime I've watched this scene I care about nothing except for what the hell he's eating, I've never figured it out
Paddy M looks like yogurt to me
Or maybe a creme brûlée
Yoplait.
love this!
This scene is soo Lauda!
Nice Nikki !!! He never went to University and failed his classes ! Greatest Genuis Of Car racing world.
This legend is a Hustler!
Niki Lauda had no chill. The birth the technical genius age of F1.
Ny favorite line in this scene is “(crackling)”
Niki came in like Steve Jobs, took all the credit and did little of the work
walking out there alone like he's Tesla, tapping into the electricity
Niki has a lot of knowledge about the performance of a car
They should have listened to him
Niki said the car would be 2 seconds faster. He was right
Kyle Thompson spectacular analysis
Thank you for calling me brilliant jackass
2.3 for the exact.
In Formula 1, 2.3 seconds is an hour!!
In today's era yes. Back then the laptime was more spread out between teams.
It's the usual average gap between Mercedes and Williams
This whole movie has a new meanig since niki passed away (race in peac) i loved it before but now
it litearly makes me cry
2:03 Gloves please... fanculo :D
For non-racing people, 2.3 is not that big. Like 2 ticks of clock.
For the racing fans, you know that 2.3 means you're almost 7 cars behind. That's how crazy 2.3 seconds gap is.
And multiply by the number of laps in a race
I wanted to watch this for fun and ironically it is in Paul Ricard which is where we are going back to this weekend in a long time
For being at Paul Ricard, it looks alot like Brands Hatch.
Score is absolutely amazing..👌👌
The mechanics could've divulged that information if pressured.
That was Ned starrks right hand man
Indeed. The man playing the long-haired BRM mechanic is Jamie Sives, best known for his role as Jory Cassel in Game of Thrones.
Heard his voice and all I could remember was him reciting the battle at Pyke with Thoros of Myr.
In the part where he suggests magnesium parts for the exhaust system, isn't it that magnesium and its alloys have low operating temperatures making it unsuitable for use in the exhaust system?
The epitomy of a boss!
2:34 goosebumps
What's the title of the music starting at 02:12?
Why didn't he just ask the mechanics? 😂
FreshlySnipes i thought about that too
Afraid of lawsuit. Laudas contract to that point was the mechanics exclusivly report to lauda. If they would have talked brm would breach contract and owe lauda millions
Doesn't matter what exactly he did to that car
What's much more important, to know why
F1 is a non-stop development (as mentioned in one of the comments above)
If you stop developing between races, you are out
He knew EXACTLY what he was doing. And if any that has the know in Motorsports knows 2.3 seconds is the difference between winning and losing- 2.3 seconds in racing is an ETERNITY
The girl that shows up at 1:50. Who is that? Why is it relevant in the movie? I don't recognize Lauda's wife in her or any other female character in the movie.
Thanks, didn't dawn on me before.
Tashi wangdü He tells him that Hunt has fucked her. that's why Niki stops
TheDestint ah yes. I had forgotten that actually...
BusaLova Also, Regazzoni was pissed that Lauda didn't tell him anything about what he did to the car. So Regazzoni used it as a lesson to Lauda. He told him about the girl being Hunt's ex saying that's what teammates do, they share information.
Theodor Dinu THIS!
Niki was such a badass when it came to talking to the manager of the BRM F1 team. Very clever
"So have a think" that is so Denglish xD
the v12 sounds like a v6
Niki was a methodical smart son of a bitch when it came to racing
Speaks Italian :))))) It was wise not to translate
I wish i could set up like lauda
imagine if the parts he replaced the parts with carbon fiber excluding the engine how much faster can the car go
Lauda knew what he's talking about, one of a few living legends in F1 👍👍
Nope he died o noesss
Nikki lauda was a genius
Watching it for 9999th time still getting goosebumps ❤,