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  • Опубліковано 8 чер 2024
  • For everyday drivers, driving in the rain raises the risk of a fatal crash by 34%. For professional race-car drivers who regularly compete in the rain, talent can only help so much when you're driving over three times the pedestrian speed limit. We spoke with IndyCar racer Colton Herta about how he and other drivers survive and even win such high-speed races during a torrential downpour.
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  • @RamaChetan
    @RamaChetan Рік тому +412

    Watch Formula one Brazil 2016, that race was wet masterclass from verstappen

    • @JWLZPLM
      @JWLZPLM Рік тому +60

      I agree! That and 2008 British Grand Prix, fantastic win by Lewis Hamilton in the wet at his home race.

    • @KitKitChanIsaac
      @KitKitChanIsaac Рік тому +23

      Verstappen just casually drifting a Formula 1 car in the rain

    • @miggybyte
      @miggybyte Рік тому +14

      Yes, especially when he passed Nico. The amount of bravery to find grip in slippery conditions. Wow.

    • @imjusttrying3764
      @imjusttrying3764 Рік тому +4

      Upvote👌

    • @GlennWidick
      @GlennWidick Рік тому

      Definitely one of the best wet racing driver out there

  • @d_a_nguyen4027
    @d_a_nguyen4027 Рік тому +218

    The person with this kind of superior skill is called “The Rainmaster”. Only two F1 drivers I know hold that title, Senna & Schumacher.

    • @alexlacl8730
      @alexlacl8730 Рік тому +51

      And Hamilton
      Silverstone 2008
      Turkey 2020
      Monaco 2008
      Brazil 2016
      Japan 2007 & 14

    • @speeddemon2901
      @speeddemon2901 Рік тому +33

      Also seb torro rosso 2009 Sebastian 2019
      Then max 2016 is a new chapter on its own.
      Then you have likes of Alonso too...

    • @karank7512
      @karank7512 Рік тому +10

      Seb 2012 brazil . Button in canada. Along the listed

    • @ratuldeoun7228
      @ratuldeoun7228 Рік тому +10

      I guess we're going to forget about Fernando Alonso then, huh? 🥲

    • @FO-ed8ky
      @FO-ed8ky Рік тому +5

      @@ratuldeoun7228 alonso always gets forgotten

  • @blanked3
    @blanked3 Рік тому +143

    Fascinating that we had a race car driver in the world, who was king in the rain. Aryton Senna.

    • @derekcrymble9085
      @derekcrymble9085 Рік тому +5

      Sir Jackie Stewart won a wet race by four minutes . Gilles Villeneuve qualified in the wet , and the second fastest time was eleven seconds slower . All of these three are masters .

    • @ZeGreatStick
      @ZeGreatStick Рік тому +1

      Two words:
      Donington. Park.

    • @nathanaelmalm5641
      @nathanaelmalm5641 Рік тому +5

      Nowadays it's verstappen who is king of the rain. Obviously he's nowhere near Senna's level, but better than all other current drivers in the wet imo

    • @adambouzouita8444
      @adambouzouita8444 Рік тому +2

      @@nathanaelmalm5641 why is he nowhere near senna?

    • @megawave79
      @megawave79 Рік тому +1

      @@derekcrymble9085 rip villeneuve. the greatest drivers.

  • @sevekiragu5179
    @sevekiragu5179 Рік тому +10

    0:54 what a save!

  • @ViewtifulTj
    @ViewtifulTj Рік тому +5

    My favorite part of this is that they showed plenty of clips at COTA talking about the racing line but completely forgot about the corner where track limits aren't observed for IndyCar at COTA

  • @etcarief
    @etcarief Рік тому +121

    Imagine if they interviewed Max Verstappen

    • @KitKitChanIsaac
      @KitKitChanIsaac Рік тому +61

      Imagine if they interviewed Kimi
      "Bwoah you just drive slower and be more careful."

    • @frafstet3835
      @frafstet3835 Рік тому +11

      @@KitKitChanIsaac it would be more like: “bwoah idk”

    • @zathary564
      @zathary564 Рік тому +7

      "I just ... drive normally but ... slower ..."

    • @carl_estepa
      @carl_estepa Рік тому +2

      Bwoah it's wet

    • @idontexist1681
      @idontexist1681 Рік тому +4

      "Yeah I mean... I drive yeah"

  • @wangsengsin2527
    @wangsengsin2527 Рік тому +109

    Interviewing an American driver, and mostly showing only IndyCar clips.... the European slander is coming, and as an Asian onlooker, Im ready for the spectacle.

    • @lj5732
      @lj5732 Рік тому +14

      True lol, at least Colton has some European appeal from his links with F1 so it shouldn’t be **too** bad

    • @roka3611
      @roka3611 Рік тому +4

      @@lj5732 I mean I watch formula one but I have no problem with him it's close as formula one

    • @waynemurray5084
      @waynemurray5084 Рік тому +1

      100% chance they couldn't get clearance to use F1 footage, which would have been less relevant anyway given an IndyCar driver is the talking head.

    • @Messimarci10
      @Messimarci10 Рік тому

      nah I've got a lot of respect for IndyCar. In my opinion it's at least equally demanding as F1

  • @cassandranugent2443
    @cassandranugent2443 Рік тому +43

    Hamilton in Turkey 2020 pulled off possibly the most impressive wet weather drive ever given how slippery the track was even before there was rain.

  • @FeaturesGaming
    @FeaturesGaming Рік тому +21

    Simple answer - downforce and special tyres!
    Downforce if you don't know is pushing the car into the ground/track, which is depending on how much angle there is of the wing. More downforce produces more grip but massively reduces straight line speed.
    The tyres used are not all around solid (aka slick tyres), they are like normal road tyres but made for racing. This allows the standing water to get caught in the cut out line part of the tyre and kick it up into the air which most likely instant evaporates due to the heat of the tyre.
    It also means you can keep more contact on the track, rather than slick tyres which will skim across the water known as aquaplaning.
    Hope this is useful 😂

  • @drachirreisset
    @drachirreisset Рік тому +20

    Why does the steering wheel seems so loose? Lot more movement in the steering wheel than in the front tires.

    • @gustavo_paganelli
      @gustavo_paganelli Рік тому +18

      The steering is a lot more sensitive, so the wheels turn less

    • @saketchaturvedi1073
      @saketchaturvedi1073 Рік тому +19

      So they can be more precise since even a few cms or even millimeters off sometimes is the difference between a win and a trip to the grass or gravel off track

    • @eliasgill2453
      @eliasgill2453 Рік тому

      Not really, it just seems like. They only need a few degrees to take the most sharp corner of the calendar. It is also even more direct and aggressive than that of a normal car.
      Mi ingles es basura

    • @TheVirtualSportsNetwork
      @TheVirtualSportsNetwork Рік тому

      Adding to previous replies to your comment, IndyCars also don't have power steering. You gotta really crank the wheel to save the car sometimes.

    • @tidalaccount5052
      @tidalaccount5052 Рік тому

      I watch f1 more than Indy car but it could be due to understeer, frequently happens in f1 but I’m not too sure if it applies as much in Indy car in such conditions too

  • @adrianrocha4361
    @adrianrocha4361 Рік тому +25

    They should've mention formula 1 that takes a crazy amount of experience to even drive in the rain.

  • @StreetWarrior24
    @StreetWarrior24 Рік тому +6

    Watch Lewis Hamilton's victory in the British Grand Prix in 2008. Pure brilliance.

  • @galactic800
    @galactic800 Рік тому +7

    nice. This makes me ant to learn mroe about cars and become racer

  • @frogfeelings7659
    @frogfeelings7659 Рік тому +2

    You know it’s a motorsports video aimed at non-fans when the comments section is nothing but f1 fans

  • @pitchayutsumerurat9934
    @pitchayutsumerurat9934 Рік тому +4

    Skills

  • @alexlacl8730
    @alexlacl8730 Рік тому +23

    Senna, hamilton and Schumacher are the best in history on the wet

    • @eliasgill2453
      @eliasgill2453 Рік тому +3

      Take dow Hamilton and put Clark 🙃

    • @WarayF1
      @WarayF1 Рік тому +7

      @@eliasgill2453 Why not Hamilton?

    • @eliasgill2453
      @eliasgill2453 Рік тому +1

      @@WarayF1 because Hamilton is in top 4 and Jim is on top 3 with Schumi and Senna (talking about racing on the rain).
      ....
      You know what, your right, let's put them on top and add Alonso to the list: Senna, Clark, Schumi, Ham and Alonso🤘

    • @mequana
      @mequana Рік тому +1

      Seb:
      Am i joke to you?

    • @thea1469
      @thea1469 Рік тому

      @@mequana senna would absolutely destroy seb in the rain

  • @OwnedByUno
    @OwnedByUno Рік тому +5

    watch the cota nascar 2021 race and the mid ohio 2017

    • @parkerwalsh3340
      @parkerwalsh3340 Рік тому

      Cota 2021 for nascar was crazy

    • @tomterrific6085
      @tomterrific6085 Рік тому

      Omg those two races were crazy and the fact that they drove in the rain and those cars are that heavy, total respect

  • @horvslvpercal5134
    @horvslvpercal5134 Рік тому +1

    Something that I always asked myself, mostly with open single seaters is how the pilot can manage the impact of the rain on itself. Like. If you are doing 200kph, the droplets from the rain are hitting your body at that speed.
    Does the suit fully protects you from the impacts, or is it still somewhat painful?

    • @racecardriverrr4201
      @racecardriverrr4201 Рік тому +2

      I remember hearing that one time a while back an indycar driver fractured a finger (or something like that) after a fly struck it while travelling at 200Mph so hundreds of raindrops must have some impact

    • @horvslvpercal5134
      @horvslvpercal5134 Рік тому

      @@racecardriverrr4201 oh, lol, that must have been painful.
      Did he carried on driving?

  • @juliemittel3931
    @juliemittel3931 Рік тому +19

    >has a picture from the 2007 european grand prix in the thumbnail
    >also doesn't talk about or show F1 even once in the video
    >only interviews one driver
    seems legit

    • @cbj4sc1
      @cbj4sc1 Рік тому +1

      I know it's crazy other motorsports than F1 exists. Weird right?

  • @darshgupta7682
    @darshgupta7682 Рік тому +3

    Me watching this while heavy rainfall

  • @mrj3217
    @mrj3217 Рік тому +1

    I live for this shit !!!!!

  • @krrishmohan
    @krrishmohan Рік тому +3

    Should've asked Senna & Schumacher or ask Hamilton today

  • @harshithsadhana7475
    @harshithsadhana7475 Рік тому +2

    RIP JULES BIANCHI

  • @noah.2628
    @noah.2628 Рік тому

    2008 british gp was a masterclass by Hamilton

  • @koshhh
    @koshhh Рік тому

    "Colton Hurt-Ta."

  • @fandidk
    @fandidk Рік тому +1

    How bout motogp riders? They face more hard obstacles

    • @GrillerRohde
      @GrillerRohde Рік тому

      They face obstacles?

    • @Alucard-gt1zf
      @Alucard-gt1zf Рік тому

      @@GrillerRohde if they fall off they get an obstacle known as their boss in front of them

  • @rommelitodeguzman
    @rommelitodeguzman Рік тому

    2016 Brazil Verstappen

  • @noobscoopsies1100
    @noobscoopsies1100 Рік тому +1

    And people still ask why racing is a sport?

    • @GrillerRohde
      @GrillerRohde Рік тому

      Yeah for most people racing is just driving fast around a track.
      Most people do not know how challenging this is.

  • @ratuldeoun7228
    @ratuldeoun7228 Рік тому +9

    Why is nobody mentioning Fernando Alonso because he is the actual master of rain in F1!

  • @davidprost9144
    @davidprost9144 Рік тому

    Plot twist : they dont

  • @brakinglate8828
    @brakinglate8828 Рік тому +8

    Those clips are nothing compared to the european races. If you wanna see a masterclass in the wet, watch the 1996 Spanish Grand prix where some guy in a shitbox Ferrari wins the race by a mile.

    • @kenalba5641
      @kenalba5641 Рік тому

      Michael Someguy

    • @MrOiram46
      @MrOiram46 Рік тому +2

      @@kenalba5641 the guy that makes shoes?

    • @thea1469
      @thea1469 Рік тому +1

      and donnington 93 where some brazilian wins almost by lapping everyone

  • @purwantiallan5089
    @purwantiallan5089 Рік тому

    Max Verstappen, Ayumu Uehara, Setsuna Yuki, Shioriko Mifune, Lanzhu Zhong, and Ai Miyashita are some of the wet track specialists in the whole 2022 F1 grid.

  • @F-Man
    @F-Man Рік тому +2

    Skill.
    End of, pointless video.

  • @aidenbjan
    @aidenbjan Рік тому

    This video is sort of pointless