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@@Kerbal_fever they are the Williams pit crew.. Since you're so critical of that and people stating as such, what kind of winning names do you have in mind...?
I agree, excellent video. My only gripe is that the volume gets loud and low then loud then low throughout the video. Otherwise excellent video, very informative. Great day to all
"No stupid music"!!!!!! A twin brother from a different family. I thought I was the only one carrying that banner. If one wants to listen to music they chose music vids. My theories are these. They think they are so clever and want to impress. They're lazy and don't want to narrate. They cannot explain what is going on because they themselves don't know what is going on.
it has been a pet hate for many years , i understand why tv needed it to make boring look/sound exiting for ratings , but passing "info" , big no , lol , cheers , tom
Nice video! Well done. However, I think you forgot to mention that the wheel guns and the front jack send signals to the light traffic, therefore they have this twisted cables. It is supposed that the wheel gun as soon as it looses contact with the wheel nut it sends a signal of "ready" to the light traffic and the front jack. Also the jackman will see the green light in his jack and he will just press the release button. This button sends the signal as well to the traffic light. So the chief mechanic who supervises the operation won't need to wait until all wheel guns raise their hands. Though, he can override the light if something goes wrong. I saw this in an interview in Sky Sports. This system was an improvement of the Ferrari's who was the first team to introduce the traffic light in pit stops (Remember Singapore 2007 when Massa was leading and the chief mechanic pressed the release button while they were refueling the car and Felipe started and broke the fuel hose).
Amazing! I'm absolutely fascinated by the person with the crucial job of assessing the green light release and it seems that one man visually checking 4 tire installs just doesn't wash, so that makes more sense to hear your explanation. However it also seems flawed to assume that once the wheel gun is removed the car is good to go-- I'm writing 4 years after your comment having seen the Netflix S01 E01 in 2019 where Haas sends off BOTH cars leaving pit with the front right wheel not tightened properly and poor Haas (having the rare top positions of 5th & 6th in that qualifying) having to quickly forfeit BOTH of their cars because the wheel wasn't on properly. That poor gun man; he likely is still kicking himself although honestly it's far too easy to make a mistake- we're humans not robots. In awe of the whole thing really-- drivers, engineers, data assessment & strategy & crew.
@Bia Tch I didn't COUNT them. I just converted the minutes and seconds to seconds to make the number relevant to the comment. And it took me less time to do that (without a calculator) than to explain this to you. Am I a nerd? Nah. Just someone who can do numbers and stuff.
@@77gravity I know it's an old comment but something interesting that you missed is that the 0.27 second you can't just add it you have to multiply it by 60 too..so 0.27 > 16.2 then you can add it to 1260+16 = 1276...Damn calculating that bring some memories of losing points in exam years ago and having a hard time understanding that principal
Very interesting video, huge organisation for a 2 second pit stop. Notice the tireman putting the wheel back on carries a spare wheel nut on his right side.
F1: Jacks the car up AND changes 4 tires in 2 seconds! Discount Tire: That'll be...about 2 - 3 hours. You gonna wait or leave the car and pick it up later?
Wow, this video is absolutely fascinating. I really didn't know how many men made up the crew, and how much precision and accuracy is required for a 2 second burst of work. Incredible. Many thanks.
The main takeaway of the video is that you need 22 friends in fireproof suits to help you. What do you mean "I don't think you really understood the subtleties, there"?
an afternoon? I admit sometimes you spend more time finding tools than working but it should still only take an hour to change your oil. Mechanics only rate 20 min.
This is just incredible choreography on display, the hours of training required must be immense. Not to mention the engineering involved. I really hope the pit staff won't get replaced by robotics in the near future.
tbh, I don't think as the current tech is we can replace such a feat any time soon. automate more parts of the run? sure. but there is a heck load of micromanagement and instant decisions while doing complex movements and needing to do all sorts of variations to make sure the pit stop is safe, complete and lightning fast at once to build a full unmanned rig
Great analysis. The pit crews do so much, so fast and so well, but we as fans don't hear too much about their procedures. It is fascinating. Thanks, a new subscriber.
When I started watching this video I noticed that it's 21 minutes long. I wasn't going to watch all 21 minutes of it. I was intending to watch just a few minutes out of curiosity. 21 minutes later, I'm still watching the video.
Thank You for super detailed 2 sec pit stop - watching in real time, one gets very little view of it - but always amazing. The fuel stop I suspect - for safety reasons - probably best not to get involved during tire changes. Being there's always raw fuel exposed. Has to be the most dangerous mission. Cheers, and glad this episode was made to view in my preview stack @!
I watched your video yesterday and boy ...how right you proved to be today, in Portugal GP F1. We saw Riccardo just stopping 20cm further away from optimum and paid the price with 4.8sec pit stop!!! That definitely shows how precise you have to be in F1
Absolutely! Oh, one little note: your microphone was clipping every now and then. Many many youtube videos have this 'problem', maybe you could look into it. Normally all video editing software have some effects for the audio channel. Lower all the gains a bit to give you more 'headroom' and then put a soft compressor/maximizer/whatever on it. Should sound a LOT better :) Just giving constructive critic. Very very clean voice though. Easy to listen to!
so not only the crews are the factor of a succesful fast pit stop, but the driver also is responsible to stop the car on the line marker as accurately as possible. high amount of trust between the pit crews and the driver.. respect...
Great video and breakdown! They make it look so easy and when watching it live you can't appreciate the complexity of what they're doing in 2 seconds - poetry in motion.
Another proper video mate! How frustrating for Williams to gain a half second two times for pitstops and then lose 2 - 3 seconds per lap for 60 laps 😱😓
These guys are impressive. Pit crews remind me so much of cannon crewmembers. Speed and precision are absolutely paramount and trying to couple both of them requires a lot of training. One without the other is useless. There’s so many things that can go wrong and each of those can create a cumulative effect on the other portions of the process. So far as the guy eyeing the tire as it rolls in, that’s almost like a tunnel vision focus. On an M119 howitzer, if you want to shoot fast, your assistant gunner will be focusing in on the breech handle and when the cannon fires they will immediately hit the breech handle to eject the canister before the cannon has even finished recovering and returning forward from the recoil. It’s a split second but it clears the cannon tube (barrel) so that the cannoneer #1 can begin loading the next round in the gun as quickly as possible. The guys standing around seemingly doing nothing also have their equivalents in artillery. On every cannon there will be one: a section chief. They observe the crew drills for safety, verify that the rounds, shell fuse combinations, powder increments, sight picture, leveling bubbles and firing data are all correct, and they ensure all the crew are safe before firing. Stuff like looking to see if the troops have cleared themselves away from the path of recoil. They give the command to fire once all of their checks have been done. This position is held by a Staff Sergeant. I have had insane firing times myself. From radar detecting rocket fire to the time that rounds were impacting on the point of origin was around 45 seconds. All of that includes a massive process beginning with radar establishing the point of origin (POO) ,to verifying no aviation elements are present in the path of flight, to ensuring the rounds will not produce collateral damage, to calculating the firing data with the AFATDS computer, to double checking it with a map and range deflection protractor, to establishing an azimuth of lay and relaying it to the guns to shift to, to the guns receiving the firing data, manually cranking the cannon tube by way of handwheels, loading the gun and shooting. I do love it when speed and precision are pushed to their absolute limits and these pit crews definitely deserve some respect because I know it’s not easy at all. A lot of work goes into it.
That 2 seconds must take hours & hours (& hours!) of practice. They're like the domestiques in the Tour de France. Whoever wears the yellow jersey would NOT be doing so without them.
I recently subbed this channel and this came up as a recommended video. In the early 90s when the CART Grand Prix came to town, I was a firefighter and CART put out a call to area fire departments for volunteers to work the practices & races. I was able to work as the firefighter in the pit for Rick Mears three years in a row. I did get to help extinguish a fire but it wasn’t the Mears team affected. Thanks for an awesome video and conjuring up the memories of the great time I had in a once in a lifetime (okay, three) experience!
I think it was McLaren's pit crew who helped Great Ormond St Hospital to fix their procedures in the operating theatre. Saved a lot of children's lives.
@@JasonSmith-cz8yj yup. Can't confirm the team (I thought it was Williams, but I could be wrong) but I had heard that (whoever it was) helped by reorganizing the orders of kit, making certain things easier to get hold of in a hurry, etc. At least that's my understanding of it.
I am not a racing fan, I don't watch it or find it interesting at all. But THIS? This is CrAZy!! How the driver hits his tire marks and more impressively he centered the car as close as I think a human can do it. Very impressive. As far as the commentary, yes 20 min to explain 2 seconds...it was perfect. Well done.
Incredible. Fascinating. Twenty-three people to safely change four tires in under two seconds. Formula One is where it’s at, in my estimation. Always has been, actually. Bravo!
What a fascinating feat of human ingenuity. I remember watching the pit competitions when I was a kid and 14 seconds was a world record. I haven't followed F1 since then, and I hadn't realized they'd scienced it down to this point. Wow! This breakdown was excellent. It kept me engaged and really explained everything very well. Bravo!
Great job on this, I learned a lot. I’m left with one question though. You explained very well the change in the wheel nut from the old hexagonal design. I assume that the socket on the wheel gun grabs, and holds, the wheel nut so that as the new tire is placed, the wheel gun man just has to drive the captured nut back on the spindle. The question then is, does the socket capture and hold the wheel nut?
I have done this a few times ….. you would be shocked at how light F1 tyres and rims are ….. much lighter than a wheel from even a small car like a Mini.
It's not every day you see so many people working on a team in such coordination, together, all working for the same cause, successfully. In this day and age of everyone being so divided... this is quite beautiful to see. It's almost like peering into the human body and looking at what happens as nutrition is passed through your veins by your blood as you eat. So many processes work together to move something along... we take so much for granted at so many levels. And we have amazing examples around us every day... even inside of us... and yet, most of us ignore them and don't use those amazing examples to live by.
That was an excellent explanation of an F1 pit stop! It is often one of the most exciting part of the race. I love learning more about the people behind the scenes in F1. Thank you!
this military precision I observed during my ROTC drill team. Only this is reflexive and time sensitive. Actually the same thing. Just do it as fast as humanly possible as trained. This break down was so excellent!
1st of all Im a die hard F1 fan. Now, want to make the racing more exciting?? Limit the number of crew that pit the car to 7. The results will make the on track action awesome.
Question: the guys doing the pitstop, is that their only job during a race weekend? Are they there specifically for this? Or do they for example double as engineers?
John Salaver from what I know, the mechanics aren't engineers and only work on the car. They don't do double duty with project and R&D. They change parts on the car and that type of stuff
From what I know, for each race weekend, the team chooses who of their mechanics that gonna be the pit crew on the race day. As their is normally abit more mechanics to work on both cars. I remember that teams like Haas had talked about choosing some of the mechanics to be the pit crew, meanwhile I think some teams uses the same guys again. Either way, all the mechanics is having the same training and practice, like teams like Williams. I think, depending on where or what you had paid for, you can see the chaotic scrambel of the pit crew in practice runs for the drivers, if the pit crew is doing something else. Like repairing a damaged car of that team, or in a race if the drive comes in too late in the pit lane. Watch the video(s) from Guy Martin where he was invivated to try to be a part of the pit crew for Williams, where we follow him training with the others, and trying each position, and then during a race weekend. It give a really good inside of how it works
My understanding is that the pit crew is trained to do most of the things that can arise during a race weekend some have skills more specific but end even then there will be more than one able to take up whatever is required
I have not followed F1 for nearly 10 years and to see this 2 second four tire change is beyond amazing, and also tells me how F1 just keeps perfecting everything. WOW!
Good eye! I saw that, but didn't recognize what it was. This video was my first in-depth look at them. Is the thread at a taper so it doesn't cross, or does the socket center itself as it's going down the tunnel? Might not want to know, sort of magical, lol.
Doug Owens Not sure if F1 uses this, but when I was working at a machine shop I learned about multi-start threads. And as the name implies it allows the bolt/nut to start in multiple places. The most “starts” I’ve seen on a nut was a triple start, but the F1 wheel nuts are a lot bigger that what I was working with. So it might be possible that they could add more starts with the bigger surface area. The most common application for multi-start threads is actually on plastic water bottles!
@@Sheehanjacobks96 Thanks, so there are separate and distinct threads? I watch a lot of UA-cam machining videos (and am practically an internet machinist (jk)), but seems I've heard of that. But does that help if it's not sitting squarely, or just to start sooner?
Try working in government to understand why everything is so slow. Every special interest group needs to be considered in every activity and decision, and those considerations change almost daily with legislation and enforcement requirements (one agency policing another agency policing another agency) just to make sure everyone does everything correctly every time. IF someone get's something wrong, there'll be headlines and lawsuits and heads rolling.
The markings guide the air gun to zap the nut on, well thought out and synchronised... this is what you call great team work and organisations....dam they're all good
I don't know how you make it, but no matter how long are your videos I always enjoy them and find the content super interesting. That said, I do think that even when a lot of thigs are happening, +20min to explain a 2s pit stop was a bit too much...
Refueling was ended in 2009 (IIRC). There were to many accidents resulting in fires. It was supposed to have been brought back in 2017 but wasn't that I've seen.
Thanks, this was exactly the video I was looking for. It amazes me how fast pitstops can be done and this gave a nice in depth explanation of what is going on there.
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Driver61holy fuck why is this 21 mins???
Possible for a robotic change in future? Lol..
I'd like to know how quickly they get refueled and what the processes are in that case? Thanx for this video, very interesting.
@@scarletbegonias2359 Yeah, how much fuel do they take and how quickly can they shotgun it into the tank?
They haven't been refueling on pitstops this decade.
20 minutes to break down a 2 second pitstop. That in itself shows how much is going on
lmao ikr
ikr i’ve seen relationships shorter then that
Damn I just saw this, I said the same thing lol
True
he does repeat himself about 3 times for every point so really a 5/6 minute video
had a lot of trouble finding felipe before you circled him out
Its always rare to find a Felipe, trust me
I'm over here
I was looking for Wallie.
Yeah i thought he was hidden in the wing
just🤑
I'm surprised Pit Crews don't have their own names. They certainly deserve the recognition.
"[Insert team name] pit crews" is their name
They all are Stigs
Yes they didi ... The team name is "Williams"
@@ikhwanrosli5726 Wow you and Yoshida are an exciting pair aren't you. I mean something particular for the pit crew.
@@Kerbal_fever they are the Williams pit crew..
Since you're so critical of that and people stating as such, what kind of winning names do you have in mind...?
It would take me longer to just open my door and look at my tires.
good vid , brilliant there's no stupid music , top man ,
I agree, excellent video. My only gripe is that the volume gets loud and low then loud then low throughout the video. Otherwise excellent video, very informative. Great day to all
"No stupid music"!!!!!! A twin brother from a different family. I thought I was the only one carrying that banner. If one wants to listen to music they chose music vids. My theories are these. They think they are so clever and want to impress. They're lazy and don't want to narrate. They cannot explain what is going on because they themselves don't know what is going on.
it has been a pet hate for many years , i understand why tv needed it to make boring look/sound exiting for ratings , but passing "info" , big no , lol , cheers , tom
Nice video! Well done. However, I think you forgot to mention that the wheel guns and the front jack send signals to the light traffic, therefore they have this twisted cables. It is supposed that the wheel gun as soon as it looses contact with the wheel nut it sends a signal of "ready" to the light traffic and the front jack. Also the jackman will see the green light in his jack and he will just press the release button. This button sends the signal as well to the traffic light. So the chief mechanic who supervises the operation won't need to wait until all wheel guns raise their hands. Though, he can override the light if something goes wrong. I saw this in an interview in Sky Sports. This system was an improvement of the Ferrari's who was the first team to introduce the traffic light in pit stops (Remember Singapore 2007 when Massa was leading and the chief mechanic pressed the release button while they were refueling the car and Felipe started and broke the fuel hose).
Imagine working your way up to the level of chief and then making a mistake like that!
So interesting, thank you!
Amazing! I'm absolutely fascinated by the person with the crucial job of assessing the green light release and it seems that one man visually checking 4 tire installs just doesn't wash, so that makes more sense to hear your explanation. However it also seems flawed to assume that once the wheel gun is removed the car is good to go-- I'm writing 4 years after your comment having seen the Netflix S01 E01 in 2019 where Haas sends off BOTH cars leaving pit with the front right wheel not tightened properly and poor Haas (having the rare top positions of 5th & 6th in that qualifying) having to quickly forfeit BOTH of their cars because the wheel wasn't on properly. That poor gun man; he likely is still kicking himself although honestly it's far too easy to make a mistake- we're humans not robots. In awe of the whole thing really-- drivers, engineers, data assessment & strategy & crew.
I can't believe I just spent 1,287 seconds watching a 2 second pit stop. Great video, thank you.
@Bia Tch is this the right number ?
1. quick google search
2. no
@Bia Tch I didn't COUNT them. I just converted the minutes and seconds to seconds to make the number relevant to the comment. And it took me less time to do that (without a calculator) than to explain this to you.
Am I a nerd? Nah. Just someone who can do numbers and stuff.
They could have done 644 pit stops
@@77gravity I know it's an old comment but something interesting that you missed is that the 0.27 second you can't just add it you have to multiply it by 60 too..so 0.27 > 16.2 then you can add it to 1260+16 = 1276...Damn calculating that bring some memories of losing points in exam years ago and having a hard time understanding that principal
Video begins
Me: OMG why is this video 20 minutes long?
20 minutes later
Me: It's almost over already?
Exactly me
This video was 20 minutes long, but it felt like 2 seconds.
@@timothyjamison8172 I watch on 2x speed so it's was only 10 minutes for me
I just thought the same.. Felt like a 5 min video..
Same
This is as interesting or more so than watching an actual race! Great analysis!
+WΔY ΔWΔY ha! Thanks very much!
WAY AWAY Exactly.
This actually happens in a race.
Well, watching replays of races in the 70s and 80s that you've seen a thousand times is more interesting than watching current races, so yeah I agree
They change tires and fill up gas faster then I can tie my shoe
Very interesting video, huge organisation for a 2 second pit stop. Notice the tireman putting the wheel back on carries a spare wheel nut on his right side.
F1: Jacks the car up AND changes 4 tires in 2 seconds!
Discount Tire: That'll be...about 2 - 3 hours. You gonna wait or leave the car and pick it up later?
Hahaha
I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING LMFAOOOO
Well the salary of the whole crew is couple millions. And cost of discount tire is $20-$45 per tire. So 🤷♀️
@@andrewt-258 haha no it isn't there are a couple guys making bank the rest are journeyman. Same as the musicians backing a superstar.
I'm in and out of Discount Tire Store in under 30 minutes. I love them.
Wow, this video is absolutely fascinating. I really didn't know how many men made up the crew, and how much precision and accuracy is required for a 2 second burst of work. Incredible. Many thanks.
Imagine standing right in front of a car approaching at 80km/h and stay in your place high respect for the front jackman
Pit Crew: We're 23 Guys and done our Job in 2 Seconds.
Guido: ............
different race i think.
Pit stop
@@Okuni_ I love how my brain just instantly said that whith guidos voice😂
Pitstop.
Guido took 4 seconds smh slow
Spare Jackman has the most unfulfilling job in the history of F1. Mrs. Spare Jackman--"Hi, honey. How was work today?" Spare Jackman --"Please don't."
I suppose they let him be the main jackman once or twice maybe? :D :D
Yeah, he might get complacent until that day the 1st jack doesn't work.
This might be the quintessential example of teamwork. It’s really amazing to watch the choreography in action. So impressive
It’s actually beautiful to watch
The precision, the mastery of a task, working as one. like a fine Swiss watch
It’s hysterical
For people who have rehearsed anything before, it's quite normal actually.
shadowdancerRFW
It’s normal to change four tires in two seconds? That’s what he’s talking about. Not shadow dancing.
meanwhile it takes an afternoon for me to make an oil change on my 2005 clio :D
At least you're changing it!
M RO good one.
Same as the rest of us then. Correction I don't do it at all now, there is no room to swing a cat.
The main takeaway of the video is that you need 22 friends in fireproof suits to help you.
What do you mean "I don't think you really understood the subtleties, there"?
an afternoon? I admit sometimes you spend more time finding tools than working but it should still only take an hour to change your oil. Mechanics only rate 20 min.
This is just incredible choreography on display, the hours of training required must be immense. Not to mention the engineering involved. I really hope the pit staff won't get replaced by robotics in the near future.
tbh, I don't think as the current tech is we can replace such a feat any time soon. automate more parts of the run? sure. but there is a heck load of micromanagement and instant decisions while doing complex movements and needing to do all sorts of variations to make sure the pit stop is safe, complete and lightning fast at once to build a full unmanned rig
Great analysis. The pit crews do so much, so fast and so well, but we as fans don't hear too much about their procedures. It is fascinating. Thanks, a new subscriber.
When I started watching this video I noticed that it's 21 minutes long. I wasn't going to watch all 21 minutes of it. I was intending to watch just a few minutes out of curiosity.
21 minutes later, I'm still watching the video.
It's a beautiful ballet of symmetry and time and motion genius. Great breakdown of the action. Thanks for the video.
I’ve been looking for a video on pit stops like this for years. Thank you!! Really amazing how well and detailed you covered it
When you have *one* job to do, and you *do it perfectly.*
Absolutely brilliant analysis of amazing teamwork. Nice!
Thank You for super detailed 2 sec pit stop -
watching in real time, one gets very little view of it - but always amazing.
The fuel stop I suspect - for safety reasons - probably best not to get involved during tire changes.
Being there's always raw fuel exposed.
Has to be the most dangerous mission.
Cheers, and glad this episode was made to view in my preview stack @!
I watched your video yesterday and boy ...how right you proved to be today, in Portugal GP F1.
We saw Riccardo just stopping 20cm further away from optimum and paid the price with 4.8sec pit stop!!!
That definitely shows how precise you have to be in F1
At the beginning, I was like, heck no, I'm not gonna waste 21 minutes to see this!
At the end: that's it? I thought it was longer
Lol
As someone who studies engineering and is into logical processes... This was porn. Thank you for making this!
Haha! Glad you enjoyed it. It's really incredible how so many people synchronise!
Absolutely! Oh, one little note: your microphone was clipping every now and then. Many many youtube videos have this 'problem', maybe you could look into it. Normally all video editing software have some effects for the audio channel. Lower all the gains a bit to give you more 'headroom' and then put a soft compressor/maximizer/whatever on it. Should sound a LOT better :)
Just giving constructive critic. Very very clean voice though. Easy to listen to!
Thanks for the advice, this was filmed a while ago and I'm now improving the filming! Cheers, Scott.
Dude you must be "effing gay"? Well at least the men in the little white coats can take you away.
@@dedrakuhn6103 OH WOW, YOU CALLED HIM GAYYYYY, YOU ABSOLUTELY DESTROYED HIM, BRAVO
Man when its in slow frame it really hits ya.such perfect sync that he hits gas before everyone's clear.looks like gears turning more than humans.
I really appreciated this video. Seriously top quality content - from the knowledge to the graphics. Saved to my 'F1 tech/analysis' playlist!
The front Hugh Jackman needs a backup in case he gets run over
🤣🤣🤣🤣
there is a spare jack man on the left
there is video of jack mans being dragged out the way followed by spare jack man going in.
Awesome video explaining the amazing ballet that works together for these lightening fast pit stops
Amazing video, love this kind of content
Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed it!
so not only the crews are the factor of a succesful fast pit stop, but the driver also is responsible to stop the car on the line marker as accurately as possible. high amount of trust between the pit crews and the driver.. respect...
Great video and breakdown! They make it look so easy and when watching it live you can't appreciate the complexity of what they're doing in 2 seconds - poetry in motion.
These pit crew people are absolutely amazing at their discipline
Another proper video mate! How frustrating for Williams to gain a half second two times for pitstops and then lose 2 - 3 seconds per lap for 60 laps 😱😓
These guys are impressive. Pit crews remind me so much of cannon crewmembers. Speed and precision are absolutely paramount and trying to couple both of them requires a lot of training. One without the other is useless. There’s so many things that can go wrong and each of those can create a cumulative effect on the other portions of the process. So far as the guy eyeing the tire as it rolls in, that’s almost like a tunnel vision focus. On an M119 howitzer, if you want to shoot fast, your assistant gunner will be focusing in on the breech handle and when the cannon fires they will immediately hit the breech handle to eject the canister before the cannon has even finished recovering and returning forward from the recoil. It’s a split second but it clears the cannon tube (barrel) so that the cannoneer #1 can begin loading the next round in the gun as quickly as possible. The guys standing around seemingly doing nothing also have their equivalents in artillery. On every cannon there will be one: a section chief. They observe the crew drills for safety, verify that the rounds, shell fuse combinations, powder increments, sight picture, leveling bubbles and firing data are all correct, and they ensure all the crew are safe before firing. Stuff like looking to see if the troops have cleared themselves away from the path of recoil. They give the command to fire once all of their checks have been done. This position is held by a Staff Sergeant.
I have had insane firing times myself. From radar detecting rocket fire to the time that rounds were impacting on the point of origin was around 45 seconds. All of that includes a massive process beginning with radar establishing the point of origin (POO) ,to verifying no aviation elements are present in the path of flight, to ensuring the rounds will not produce collateral damage, to calculating the firing data with the AFATDS computer, to double checking it with a map and range deflection protractor, to establishing an azimuth of lay and relaying it to the guns to shift to, to the guns receiving the firing data, manually cranking the cannon tube by way of handwheels, loading the gun and shooting. I do love it when speed and precision are pushed to their absolute limits and these pit crews definitely deserve some respect because I know it’s not easy at all. A lot of work goes into it.
That 2 seconds must take hours & hours (& hours!) of practice. They're like the domestiques in the Tour de France. Whoever wears the yellow jersey would NOT be doing so without them.
I recently subbed this channel and this came up as a recommended video. In the early 90s when the CART Grand Prix came to town, I was a firefighter and CART put out a call to area fire departments for volunteers to work the practices & races. I was able to work as the firefighter in the pit for Rick Mears three years in a row. I did get to help extinguish a fire but it wasn’t the Mears team affected.
Thanks for an awesome video and conjuring up the memories of the great time I had in a once in a lifetime (okay, three) experience!
I think it was McLaren's pit crew who helped Great Ormond St Hospital to fix their procedures in the operating theatre. Saved a lot of children's lives.
And Ferrari!
Is this for real?
@@JasonSmith-cz8yj yup. Can't confirm the team (I thought it was Williams, but I could be wrong) but I had heard that (whoever it was) helped by reorganizing the orders of kit, making certain things easier to get hold of in a hurry, etc. At least that's my understanding of it.
Pit crews are just as important as the Driver! They can make or break a race in a split second!
This deserves a game. Pit Crew Simulator, pretty sure that exists or will exist soon?
But the whole game would only be 2 seconds long.
A 23-men ballet, the synchronisation is just amazing.
They should try "changing the oil and servicing a Bugatti Veyron in less than an hour".
I am not a racing fan, I don't watch it or find it interesting at all. But THIS? This is CrAZy!! How the driver hits his tire marks and more impressively he centered the car as close as I think a human can do it. Very impressive. As far as the commentary, yes 20 min to explain 2 seconds...it was perfect. Well done.
100% down for a 20 minute breakdown of 2 (sorta) seconds.
Excellent analysis! Showing the precision and dedication of the unsung heroes of F1 teams.
Thank you for making this video! It is very informative and I learned a lot from it :)
Incredible. Fascinating. Twenty-three people to safely change four tires in under two seconds. Formula One is where it’s at, in my estimation. Always has been, actually. Bravo!
front jackman getting double pay. Im risking my life
Yeah you have to have nerves of steel for this position
Yes, even if you trust the driver, any mechanical failure will get you hit by about 700 kg doing 80 km/h.
What a fascinating feat of human ingenuity. I remember watching the pit competitions when I was a kid and 14 seconds was a world record. I haven't followed F1 since then, and I hadn't realized they'd scienced it down to this point. Wow!
This breakdown was excellent. It kept me engaged and really explained everything very well. Bravo!
They used to include refueling back then, it's banned now
Massa got such fast pit crews, too bad fernando is faster than him.
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Excellent analysis. I've watched hundreds of pit stops but I have a much better understanding, and appreciation, of what I'm looking at now.
Great job on this, I learned a lot. I’m left with one question though. You explained very well the change in the wheel nut from the old hexagonal design. I assume that the socket on the wheel gun grabs, and holds, the wheel nut so that as the new tire is placed, the wheel gun man just has to drive the captured nut back on the spindle. The question then is, does the socket capture and hold the wheel nut?
This is beautiful! Like art!! I’ve always wondered. Thank you for sharing
A poor pitstop can ruin a whole race.
Say that again.
Getting to the Bathroom before the mrs.
Eddie Irvine agrees
I know almost nothing about F1 and have always wondered how the pit operates so quickly. Absolutely amazing, even in slow motion.
Great explanation.. thanks man...
This is an awesome analysis of a F1 pit stop. Thanks so much for making this video.
I have done this a few times ….. you would be shocked at how light F1 tyres and rims are ….. much lighter than a wheel from even a small car like a Mini.
It's not every day you see so many people working on a team in such coordination, together, all working for the same cause, successfully.
In this day and age of everyone being so divided... this is quite beautiful to see.
It's almost like peering into the human body and looking at what happens as nutrition is passed through your veins by your blood as you eat. So many processes work together to move something along... we take so much for granted at so many levels. And we have amazing examples around us every day... even inside of us... and yet, most of us ignore them and don't use those amazing examples to live by.
Red Bull pit-stop crew: in 2 seconds you say!?...that's kinda slow!
This is definitely the best background content for F1. Next video - double pit stop ;)
6:51 front jackman, spare front jackman, rear jackman, spare rear jackman. You forgot the most important jackman.
Hugh Jackman.
Couldn't fit him. He's too huge.
And Paul Jackman, though he's not small enough either!
That was an excellent explanation of an F1 pit stop! It is often one of the most exciting part of the race. I love learning more about the people behind the scenes in F1. Thank you!
So you've drawn pretty circles around everyone but the "spare" rear jack man is just hanging there wondering where his nice coloured circle is?
Yeah, where are the circles for everyone in the garage? They all have a purpose right? What about Claire Williams' circle??
this military precision I observed during my ROTC drill team. Only this is reflexive and time sensitive. Actually the same thing. Just do it as fast as humanly possible as trained. This break down was so excellent!
08:19 - Extremely relevant now that Stroll almost murdered his front jackman last weekend :D
I agree. This video is much more interesting than the race itself. Great video.
I heard Front and Rear Jackman's brother Hugh made a career in acting instead.. :P
i wonder if Hugh has a spare Jackman just waiting around to nip in in case he forgets a line or action...
How about the sister Small Jackman?
FUNNIEST COMMENT OF 2020 SO FAR, LMFAO.
That was kinda like some sort of a joke . . . Right? . . .am I right? . . I get it now ha ha
Great Video, very informative, less then 2 second 4 tires changing, amazing, now I know each and every pit stop crew
1st of all Im a die hard F1 fan.
Now, want to make the racing more exciting?? Limit the number of crew that pit the car to 7. The results will make the on track action awesome.
Nah these pit stops are far more entertaining
Well done. Best step by step I've seen yet
Question: the guys doing the pitstop, is that their only job during a race weekend? Are they there specifically for this?
Or do they for example double as engineers?
NL-DJ.com from what i know the people in pit stops are also engineers/mechanics of the team
John Salaver from what I know, the mechanics aren't engineers and only work on the car. They don't do double duty with project and R&D. They change parts on the car and that type of stuff
From what I know, for each race weekend, the team chooses who of their mechanics that gonna be the pit crew on the race day. As their is normally abit more mechanics to work on both cars. I remember that teams like Haas had talked about choosing some of the mechanics to be the pit crew, meanwhile I think some teams uses the same guys again. Either way, all the mechanics is having the same training and practice, like teams like Williams. I think, depending on where or what you had paid for, you can see the chaotic scrambel of the pit crew in practice runs for the drivers, if the pit crew is doing something else. Like repairing a damaged car of that team, or in a race if the drive comes in too late in the pit lane. Watch the video(s) from Guy Martin where he was invivated to try to be a part of the pit crew for Williams, where we follow him training with the others, and trying each position, and then during a race weekend. It give a really good inside of how it works
They also repair the car... like red bull lmao
My understanding is that the pit crew is trained to do most of the things that can arise during a race weekend some have skills more specific but end even then there will be more than one able to take up whatever is required
I have not followed F1 for nearly 10 years and to see this 2 second four tire change is beyond amazing, and also tells me how F1 just keeps perfecting everything. WOW!
At 16:20 one of the lads has a spare wheel nut on his waist. Same ethos as having 2 jack-men.
Good eye! I saw that, but didn't recognize what it was. This video was my first in-depth look at them. Is the thread at a taper so it doesn't cross, or does the socket center itself as it's going down the tunnel? Might not want to know, sort of magical, lol.
Doug Owens Not sure if F1 uses this, but when I was working at a machine shop I learned about multi-start threads. And as the name implies it allows the bolt/nut to start in multiple places. The most “starts” I’ve seen on a nut was a triple start, but the F1 wheel nuts are a lot bigger that what I was working with. So it might be possible that they could add more starts with the bigger surface area. The most common application for multi-start threads is actually on plastic water bottles!
@@Sheehanjacobks96 Thanks, so there are separate and distinct threads? I watch a lot of UA-cam machining videos (and am practically an internet machinist (jk)), but seems I've heard of that. But does that help if it's not sitting squarely, or just to start sooner?
YES! I was looking for this video for a long time, so sad to know it was removed
I want the job of just wiping the rear wing lol
john malcom the only job I’d be good at is the back light guy who watches for cars. I dint have the reaction time for anything else going on😂
This message is for my English teacher from Madrid, he’s from US who has let me see this documentary. Thanks a lot!
Can you imagine if government was this efficient!
All the world's problems (or rich people's problems) would be solved in a matter of hours!
what sucks is that somehow f1 in every other way except the cars and pit stops is super governmental in the level of inefficiency and cronyism
Marc B . Just imagine yourself working your job like that.
Try working in government to understand why everything is so slow. Every special interest group needs to be considered in every activity and decision, and those considerations change almost daily with legislation and enforcement requirements (one agency policing another agency policing another agency) just to make sure everyone does everything correctly every time. IF someone get's something wrong, there'll be headlines and lawsuits and heads rolling.
thanks, I've always wondered. You did a bang up job explaining
My dad does his tractor in much less time alone!
Fantastic analysis packed with keen observations.
Shame Williams cant be as brilliant in building a fast car like they used to.
still good in the pits tho
They will get better
The markings guide the air gun to zap the nut on, well thought out and synchronised... this is what you call great team work and organisations....dam they're all good
So how does a fuel stop work.
No fuel stops any more.
It's so synchronized it's beautiful.
Ferrari just beat them in the 2018 Brasilian Grand Prix! 1.9s
Very informative. Thanks for this schooling.
I don't know how you make it, but no matter how long are your videos I always enjoy them and find the content super interesting. That said, I do think that even when a lot of thigs are happening, +20min to explain a 2s pit stop was a bit too much...
Thanks for the kind comment... yeah, I might have got carried away with this one! But there is a lot going on! Thanks for watching. Scott
To be honest I don't agree. It was a thorough coverage of a complex task.
Really enjoyed it 💥👍
no refuelling?
Refueling was ended in 2009 (IIRC). There were to many accidents resulting in fires. It was supposed to have been brought back in 2017 but wasn't that I've seen.
aaron roberts thanks dude
Welcome!
2 seconds explained for 22 minutes... Great explanation
And you need 20 mins to talking this 2 seconds
How this man made a 2 second pit stop into a 20 minute video is astonishing
23 people and 222 minutes for 2 seconds and I loved all of it! Great vid!
Thanks, this was exactly the video I was looking for. It amazes me how fast pitstops can be done and this gave a nice in depth explanation of what is going on there.