Big ups to @Driver61 who we grabbed clips and team footage from to put together this video while in Montreal drinking too much beer. Also seen in the pits and/or shown on screen here: DeWalt DCF601 12V Screwdriver Metabo 12V Drill DeWALT DCBL722 20V Leaf Blower (for brakes) Bondhus T-handles Wera screwdrivers Maxiflex Gloves Husqvarna gas Leaf Blower (When it rains, for the pit box, so it's dry where they quickly stop) Beta, wrenches and storage
I would love to see you two collab and test the torque performance of all of his sim racing wheelbases. They might be the most expensive tools you'll ever test on your channel! I always wonder if the 20nm claims are accurate, and what actually is experienced during driving at the end of the steering wheel.
Glad you went over the tools! I've been keeping a eye out on battery packs, lots of Makita. Aston Martin has a custom top air inlet which iirc uses 2x Makita 5AH or 4x 5AH. Regardless, its cool to see Milwaukee 1in being used
Very cool, thank you. When the World Rally Championship came to town we learned an incredible amount just watching them set up and how they worked. The 555/Prodrive Subaru team looked like they had standardized a lot of their fasteners so they had really small toolkits for each mechanic, and they were very fast and efficient.
this was awesome. Id love to see a breakdown of the tool spotting on this years 24h nurburgring. so much action in the pits over night, lots of tools to see from a wide range of teams at various funding levels, from factory down to amateur garages. subraru team was particularly impressive.. 2 guys above engine, 3 guys around engine, 2 guys below engine and another two doing axles. absolute madness
pretty rad to see so many brands be represented. i wonder how muvh effort is really put into making some of those custom cooler setups some teams were running.
@@ryu-ken I'm glad channels like TTC exist to disprove the brand bias out there that leads to comments like yours. To say teams are at a disadvantage because they aren't running Milwaukee tools is naïve. Note: I use Milwaukee tools, but I would prefer different brands for different tools based on their performance, but the disadvantage of multiple batteries and chargers outweighs this.
@@ryanokeefe12 Agree that tool bias is a losing strategy. Best tool for the job regardless of brand. I do differ on owning multiple platforms, batteries and chargers. It's not an issue if the tools stay in one location as I have three brands and it works. When mobile that's a different story.
Regarding that cross threaded center nut it's quite interesting how those work. Now I'm not a racing nut, and I had no idea up until a week or so back when another channel posted a video about the wheel nuts used in F1. So there may be some things I forgot or misunderstood. First of all is the material used. They are made of aluminium (I'm from Europe, deal with the spelling :) instead of steel or some other high strength alloy. This is done to keep the unsprung weight as low as possible. Further they are not using a hex nut as they want both a more positive engagement and having to turn less before engaging fully. The exact design differs between the stables, or at least it used to. I might be wrong but I think F1 standardized the wheel nut recently for safety and cost reassons. And the cost reason should not be scoffed at as they can cost $5000 each, and they are swapped out for a fresh nut every time they swap wheels. So swapping all four wheels can cost $20,000, and that's the wheel nuts and you still have to add the wheels and tires to this figure. The high cost is partly because the extremely small series made so they are basically custom made on a piece by piece basis. But they are also all x-rayed to ensure there are no defects in the material. But that's not where the weird stopps. There's also a automatic retention mechanism that stopps the nut from turning unless a the tool first unlocks it. This was introduced after some bad crashes were caused by a wheel nut working lose in the middle of a race. This mechanism increases complexity of the nut and increases the cost further.
We also use Aluminum nuts on the LMP3 cars, and it's actually specified in the homologation so we can't make our own out of titanium or something stronger. I'm not 100% sure but I believe the nuts on our LMP2 are also Aluminum. While the unsprung mass is lower, the weight of the 4 nuts on an endurance car matters a lot less than something like an F1 car. So I don't know why they won't let us make our own, but oh well.
Formula 2 also switched to DC wheel guns this year for the pitstops.. It's a semi bespoke Paoli gun, based on the Typhoon (Plus?) model, with some customised features developed in collaboration with FIA/Formula 2 teams.
Awesome video, man! But be aware that the FIA is very jealous about others using their F1 images. Many UA-cam channels in my country have received strikes from them, unfortunately. Best regards from Brazil
Nice video… this reminds me of a story the president of the Scuderia Ferrari Club of Montreal told me when he was running the Minardi Club. It was Thursday before free practice and the team had just realized they had no blowers or carts to wheel the cars into the garage. Mr. Minardi being good friends with the club president knew he would be in the paddock on Friday for free practice. The team didn’t have time nor did the know where to get the special blowers needed. So, he called the club president to run this important errand, the hardware store opened at 8 and free practice was at 12. So the president runs into the store demanding specific parts and custom casters be installed on their shop carts, when asked why it had to be so detail and specific he responded “it’s for Minardi F1!” Funny how a professional racing team can forget such simple and vital things. He saved their weekend and cemented his relationship with Mr. Minardi
Can’t say I’ve ever really watched a video on tools or ever taken much interest in them. However, this video was great. It’s amazing to see such a different video relating to F1. Nice work 👌
Really great video! I’ve always wondered what those blacked out blowers were. Very interesting with the Milwaukee trend. And no surprise with the SnapOn ratchets. Thanks for putting this together!
Idk if this would be possible but image going next year with a portable dyno capable of handling the toque of those center lock guns and doing in-the-garage- dyno tests. THAT, would be insane to see 😂
The guns are designed to apply the desired wheel nut torque as quickly as possible (fractions of a second)... while they are capable of large-ish peak torque numbers, it's not what they're designed for. Meaning the performance characteristics are extremely specific and the gun would likely perform poorly in a standard use case test or a peak torque test, when factoring in the other metrics like price, weight, size etc. The teams also won't let their multi-thousand dollar wheel guns get used and strained by members of the public for the sake of a torque test graph. The guns are standard for each team and it would provide no benefit to the teams to see what the peak torque numbers are.
I would say that the use of the clips in this video sit within Formula 1's fair use of the footage for commentary/education, they may take issue with the fact that the videos are cropped to remove the F1 graphics and logos.
Thank you for this video. I love seeing Behind The Scenes content. I dislike how celebrity driven F-1 has become, this is the kind of content I wish F-1 and the networks would actually do.
nicely noted. I want to mention that although Bosch and Mercedes have there own partnership outside or the F1, I've notices that they are present in most F1 factories and occasionally randomly in F1 garages without any sponsorship...
Bosch is to Europe (and a lot of the world) what snap-on and Milwaukee Fuel is to us in the USA. Meaning, they're perceived as the benchmark in quality/design and Bosch is way more global than our US brands with maybe only Makita coming close.
Great information and very insightful-thank you for sharing. Actually more brands and models in use than I might have guessed. Hadn't seven considered the use of cordless blowers.
I have shop space 10 minutes from downtown where they close streets for F1 celebrations. I was planning to drive down tonight but the weather has been crappy all day. Now I regret not going. Thanks.
Completely different category of vehicles but I'm the finance manager for a company that owns a big fleet of trucks, and of course depots with workshops and fabrication stations for parts. The company used to own the tools (mostly Makita, Dewalt, snapon, various German hand tools etc) but I changed that because of some misappropriations that were happening, and instead I gave the mechanics a pretty good allowance to buy their own tools. They all went cheap and kept the difference, all I can see these days is Ryobi everywhere. 6 years later the quality of the work as measured by service intervals, parts costs, frequency of breakdowns, longevity of the vehicles etc did not drop in any way that I can see. I'm a bit of a weekend warrior / amateur craftsman myself, and I try to buy the best tools I can afford because I always thought it makes a difference in the result, but I'm starting to question if it does past a certain point. As long as you don't get the cheapest, most tools seem good enough these days. Companies that make tools have definitely cheapened their products in some ways, but they've also made tremendous strides in design, technology, materials, accuracy and quality of their tooling and machines.
Nothing wrong with Ryobi for the home DIY. On social media, some people are going crazy for their cordless vacuum cleaner and say it is better than Dyson's cordless version. I knew a tractor mechanic who would own cheap tools. I ask him why and he said the expensive tools are too dear to be losing.
@@tomnewham1269 Yeah those guys I'm talking about are definitely not home DIY guys, it's their livelihood on the line. But they're also pragmatic, they're not gonna spend more on a tool than they have to.
Manufacturing is so consolidated to less and less big factories that brand means less and less, especially in segments like power tools and hand tools to a slightly lesser extent. Ryobi/Ridgid cordless tools are sold by the same company that owns DeWalt (and others), and share most if not all parts, usually from a generation ago depending on how powerful it is. Crucially, Ryobi cordless tools use the same quality housing/bearings/motors and electronics as the 'premium' brands, and often the only difference is using a less powerful motor on the cheapest models from DeWalt's slightly older or entry-level models. Nobody makes their own parts anymore, in any market outside industrial, and even brands like Makita that aren't owned by the same company use nearly identical or identical components from the same one or two suppliers. If you go looking for parts and diagrams for different brands it becomes very apparent that they all use the same stuff from the same manufacturers. 120v Air Compressors, for example, basically are all identical inside the clamshell with every brand using the same pumps/motors (if they specs are similar, it's because they're the same) and now days even Laptops of most brands are all made by some anonymous factory with no real difference in design to differentiate brands. With no one making their own parts, there's been a massive drop in innovation and engineering better stuff with 'name brands' being bought out by investors to squeeze out 'brand equity' with higher prices until consumers figure out they're paying more for nothing. While I find this depressing and symptomatic of terrible economic policies, you can take advantage of this with a little research to find the OEM products for way less than what they sell for branded. A good rule of thumb is that tools/parts (including auto parts) made in Taiwan are usually high quality/good designs while mainland China has a way higher quality variance.
@@Demoralized88 Maybe it's not necessarily a bad thing, sure we lost some useful variability, but we also got rid of a lot of useless one, and we certainly brought the cost down. And yea those tools are more fragile than they used to be, but the old ones were too overengineered and unnecessarily heavy
Absolutely loved this video. Would be amazing to see what's used in the pits at other events (particularly of interest to me would be rally events). Regardless, really loved that you could turn a fun adventure in to beneficial content for your channel! Thanks for sharing the insight!
F2 the junior series to F1.they began this year to only use cordless impacts for pit stops. Pit stops are a lot slower with only one person per wheel, but it is still pretty cool
I’m a white-collar worker, and I’m pretty sure I saw more of brands for the the tools I use in my day-to-day than I did of mechanical tools. Fascinating expose and thanks for sharing 🤣
@@TorqueTestChannel I've been watching F1 since 1994 and the 2011 Canadian Grand Prix is the most incredible I've ever watched precisely because the rain shook things up. What a race!
Cordless impact guns are becoming more & more common across motorsport now especially in the garages. They are also used in F2 for pit stops now & V8 supercars in Australia were planning to use them from 2024 onwards in pit stops
In regards to 12v tools being used where one might also use a larger tool: the logistics of F1 are run by F1 and the teams are charged for freight by the kg. As a result, they have a huge incentive to make EVERYTHING in the paddock lightweight because it pays back in freight savings every week. Take a look around the paddock and you'll note that even things like the jacks and flight cases holding spare parts are all carbon fiber. I'd suspect that they found the 12v tools do the job and weigh several hundred grams less.
I’m a pretty recent F1 fan (this is only my second season) but I am absolutely obsessed and this is probably the most interesting video related to F1 that I’ve watched in a while
One big reason why one team went to the Milwaukee 1" was saving cost in shipping. Instead of sending more air bottles and compressors and leaving hoses all over the garage. It was cheaper to buy 60 of them with batteries and ship them via sea freight to overseas races and in the lorries for European races.
I can almost guarantee you it's because Snap-On has their trucks at the races to service the crews. So it's a matter of convenience and accessibility, and nothing else.
@@BigBear-- so it has nothing to do with the fact that snap on make some of the best hand tools in the world? 💩 “Christian Horner, Oracle Red Bull Racing Team Principal and CEO, and CEO of Red Bull Powertrains said: “The creation of Red Bull Powertrains is one of the most ambitious projects we have ever undertaken at Red Bull and requires partnership with the highest achievers in every area of development. As a global innovator in the field of tool manufacture, Snap-on meets that criterion perfectly. The power tools Snap-on will provide to Red Bull Powertrains will help us to meet our goal of even greater success in the future.” Jesus Arregui, Senior Vice President and President of Snap-on Commercial Group, added: “There is a reason top motorsports teams from as early as the 1920s have relied on Snap-on to power their cars to victory lane. That is because through research, development and innovation, Snap-on builds distinct advantages into our products pushing boundaries of what is possible. With this collaborative relationship, Red Bull Powertrains is now able to tap into our 100+ year history of product innovation rooted in observing work to take their brand to new heights. We are very excited by our partnership with Red Bull Powertrains.” -redbullpowertrains
@@worldsmack Haha, to prove Snap-On makes the best tools, you quote from their sponsored partnership with Redbull? Hilarious. They make good tools. However they're not made by gods, and are mostly highly overpriced for what you get. Their pricing, aggressive and not self aware marketing and financing plans, and brain-dead cult like fans are why people rag on and make fun of Snap-On. As for their tools, they're good, not nearly always "the best", but a safe choice across the board if you're not paying for them. Though there are brands that either make better tools, or same quality for much less money. I worked with Snap-On long enough to know there are better options if you value your money. Doesn't mean I'd never buy anything from them, but only if it's a good deal, and/or no one else makes anything of similar quality for that particular tool (usually ends up something specialty). There are plenty of various tool test channels that you can go for comparison testing info...there's almost always a better tool option performance wise, or value wise, than Snap-On. Which leaves convenience as the last consideration, with their presence being ubiquitous at most motor sporting events, that tends to be the reason many teams go with a lot of their tools.
@@BigBear-- you nailed it. F1 travels to countries across the entire world, the logistics alone boggle the mind. Having a single hand tool manufacturer that the crew are experienced with, is reliable and available across the paddock is far, far more important than a competing brand being superior. If you remember back in 2012 Williams had a massive paddock fire, destroying all of their equipment. Engineers from other teams stepped in to lend or gift their tools to help Williams. When everyone is using a single brand that makes a huge difference. It could have just as easily been another global brand, I'm actually surprised it is snap-on considering how divorced from the US F1 has historically been.
In Europe, Dewalt collaborates with Mclaren. You can buy dewalt 18v tools right now that have mclaren scheme/theme on them. There's currently a promotion that if you buy and register a tool you can win a trip to Italy to watch grand prix.
Eyyyyy! Had no idea you guys were at the GP! You guys should do the pit stop challenge and post your time! Would love to shake hands with you guys if I see you around the grandstands!
The drivers with the clutches, particularly the bosch but the dewalt are ok tend to be much better for installing small sensitive fasteners that aren't very impact friendly. Construction screws and bolts often have shear resistance, but machine thread ones do not and snapping an aluminum or titanium bolt off is a pain. I've not really been happy with Milwaukee's clutches in this regard, they're often too high torque; Electronic clutches also tend to follow this trend and I worry about their ability to not over-torque fasteners. I'm sure other tools work too.
Electronic 'clutches' are literally useless for delicate fasteners and can't do less than like 10 lb/ft (a ton for anything smaller than an 8mm head bolt). Mechanical clutches like the Bosch driver and lots of drills adjust down to
That list changes a bit down the class line. Mid lever teams such as Arca teams will have a brand dedication and its usually dewalt or Milwaukee. We have wheel chills. Which is a brand and setup for AC. For pit stops however the Paoli guns are out and heavily modified IR is the usual. Sportsman type asphalt mimics that as well. Then on to the dirt tracks. We all carry the 1/4 drivers. Most dewalt. If the crew chief is a mechanic by profession they may use Milwaukee. And a 1/2 high torque of about any brand. Budgets being more of a concern. We also carry the biggest cordless grinders we can but usually break out the cords and crank up a 7-9" grinder to work on tires. But those drivers get the beating nightly on the dirt!
Cool vid I am glad you put this out. I am suprised by basically all of it. I didn't have any expectations but seeing them using the tools the way you captured was really interesting. Gives those milwaukee die grinders some clout I guess haha
F1 & power tools w/ cameo by Milwaukee 1"er.. getting dangerously close to nirvana here brother.. you had me at penlight spike testing. Keep it up boss! 🤠
They explain in the video why Makita is used. It's the most commonly available/stocked product throughout the world. It's simply an ease of access situation.
@@luisprieto4589 It's not about stock. It's about exactly what I just said. They have a maximum allotted cargo volume. Why use that space for something when you got just utilise a product that you know you can purchase throughout the world? You would be naive to do that - you'd use that space for spare parts for the car where it actually matters.
Yeah, I've noticed the rather obvious 2x18v Makita blowers for some time, but it's hard to spot other tools in general TV coverage. I'm slightly surprised with the report of all the SnapOn stuff; considering all the teams are European based, I figured plenty of Facom and Beta (both having sponsored teams), and surprised the big German names aren't as common.
@@isaiahii6982 Snap-on have sponsorship agreements with a few teams. The deal doesn't require branding on the car or presence on any of the team's corporate stuff - snap-on are just happy for there tools to be in the mechanics hands during footage inside the garages. Snap-on also have a "tool truck" type of setup at each event to service the teams.
As a fan of both power tools being tested and F1; I've been keeping my eye out for what tools I see teams using. I'm convinced I've seen Red Bull using a Milwaukee impact driver on a front wing change, but don't quote me on that. Regardless, they are both my favorite racing team and tool brand so seeing them together is nice.
Thanks for making this video 🎉 I’ve been looking out for what tools they’ve been using in F1 for years and up until recently. I almost always seen just Makita and Bosch power tools. This was such a fun video to watch 😁👍
This is very awesome footage on how everything works in a pit stop. Very cool. I never would have thought they used leaf blowers lol. Who would have known? Thank you for sharing. Pretty awesome video! 🤜🔥🤛
Yah I’m rather curious too. It’s crazy I didn’t know McLaren was sponsoring American companies like this till just recently. I wonder how much the mark up on them is compared to the standard black and yellow. I owned a pair of Klipsch The Fives speakers and a family member liked them so much they paid more money for the same speaker but with the McLaren badging. A whole lot more, I paid $550 for mine new and they paid close to $1200. Albeit the 4.5” midbass woofer has carbon fiber infused compared to the basic one which is a paper-pulp blend I believe. More rigid which probably helps the long throw woofer when serious excursion occurs in the lower frequencies.
I have seen the pit crews use dry ice blowers on the brakes, in the radiators and air intake in very hot climates. I have yet to find these specific tools that they use in dry ice situations.
Very interesting, not what I expected at all, I follow F1 each week but if I have some mechanical knowledge about engine, and what we can find inside an F1, I always thought that the tools they use was made by each team for themself and very specialized and not something we can buy our-self. The info about Milwaukee was a really cool things, I remember this Race with Bottas ^^
Back in the 80s-90s there was a hodgepodge of custom made, limited lifetime tools. Infamously 1400hp engines purely for a few laps of qualifying. The cars were a real mix of shapes, sizes and design principles. As a result they were unbelievably expensive, teams couldn't use shared tools because they were all unique. The fact today you will see off the shelf air blowers is a result of homogenising the designs such that common tools can be used interchangeably among teams. F1 still represents the cutting edge, but that is only seen where performance matters like during a pit stop. When a car is sitting in the garage, cooling the brakes and engine only need to be sufficient and reliable. Designing a high volume air blower won't make the car lap faster. As mentioned in the video, lightweight 12v tools take precedence. F1 engineers can be unbelievably overworked and physically stressed. Think of a car that had a massive crash during qualifying and they need to fully rebuild it for the next day. I'm always astounded that they manage it, the drivers have it easy compared to them.
@@beardedchimp yeah, same for me, when you know that even if they have plenty of spare parts ready to use, they are still limited, and there isn't a 3rd car ready to go if you crash. And theses guys can still rebuild it for the day after... amazing. even with the biggest crash, the car is there for the race. We often ear drivers thanks the team for that performance, we can read in the voice that the drivers, sometime, as a huge respect for this, and they deserve it. That why I love F1 too, it's not just about making a fast car and a have a good driver, there is so much more important things who need to match together to be able to win. But even if it's clear that F1 Drivers seems to not work as much as engineers and mecanics, I will not say that they have it that easy because there many things that we don't see and who are very boring for them or take a lot of there time, but it's normal, it's part of the job. Diet for example, if it's not as strict as in other sports, they need to be fit and in well shape, they can't take +10kg during summer just because they love to eat a lot of icecream. They do a lot of sport and training too for there body to endure the G force in the car (part of the reason why De Vries is fired from Alpha Tauri, his body wasn't ready for F1) And there is something who is very tedious for a lot of them and that they can't escape, I know that some Drivers hate it a lot and would skip all of this if they could, like max obviously xD, like talking to all the press and media, the communication video, photo shoot, promotion for a product, and stuff like that. Sometime it's fun and I'm not saying that they have an hard life, but they don't have as much free time and easy life as we can think sometime ^^ (I wasn't saying it's you case, I don't know what you think, it's juste a big digresse from me about what you said for engineers vs Drivers, I don't blame you in any way ^^)
@@Paulvarrgas oh yes absolutely, I agree with everything you said. I wasn't trying to imply the drivers had it easy generally, simply as a comparison of what they go through during a race weekend. Losing 4kg during a race like Singapore is absolutely insane, the force their entire body goes through is hard to contemplate. The engineers don't need to strictly control their diet between races for fear of a single kg affecting lap time. They also don't need to worry that any single statement they make in public will be misconstrued and become a headline. A childhood friend works for Red Bull in their carbon fibre manufacturing (previously with Mercedes for many years, my Mum hasn't forgiven him for joining the enemy). It is insane how overworked, 48rs no sleep, that even the engineers back in the UK fight through.
@@beardedchimp Ho yes, the god damn social media and stuff like that... That why I always say that even for a lot of money I prefer to be know by nobody and be able to say what I want. I can't imagine the amount of frustration some Drivers can feel, Like Charle Leclerc since 2 years, or Gasly after Red Bull droped him just after a few race, less than De Vries, and of cours they can't say anything or must stay very "friendly" I hate this part of the sport, it's very present in F1 and that not the case in many other sport, not like this. We know that Max for example as media training session before each GP with someone who give him keywords and answer already preapred for some questions to avoid any issue. It easy to notice how well prepare he his each time, and that not because he's leader of the championship. Well, I'm happy to find someone who see this sport like me, it's always a good surprise ^^
i went to snetterton recently for british gt, i was stood right near the pit lane and those wheel guns are really loud, they were just as loud as the engines.
Big ups to @Driver61 who we grabbed clips and team footage from to put together this video while in Montreal drinking too much beer.
Also seen in the pits and/or shown on screen here:
DeWalt DCF601 12V Screwdriver
Metabo 12V Drill
DeWALT DCBL722 20V Leaf Blower (for brakes)
Bondhus T-handles
Wera screwdrivers
Maxiflex Gloves
Husqvarna gas Leaf Blower (When it rains, for the pit box, so it's dry where they quickly stop)
Beta, wrenches and storage
I would love to see you two collab and test the torque performance of all of his sim racing wheelbases. They might be the most expensive tools you'll ever test on your channel! I always wonder if the 20nm claims are accurate, and what actually is experienced during driving at the end of the steering wheel.
Can't drink too much, it just comes out the overflow.
@@TheOfficialOriginalChad Different countries may be an issue, think Tony Kannan has a Simucube Ultimate if memory serves.
This is the most fantastic thing in the world that you have a connection to driver61. Two of my favourite UA-cam channels in existence.
Out of all the collabs, TTC and Driver61 is probably the least expected, but most perfect
I've been an F1 fan for many decades. Never saw a video like this. Really enjoyed it. It will actually make my race viewing more fun thanks!
Glad you went over the tools! I've been keeping a eye out on battery packs, lots of Makita. Aston Martin has a custom top air inlet which iirc uses 2x Makita 5AH or 4x 5AH. Regardless, its cool to see Milwaukee 1in being used
the crossover we didn't know we needed
A full day at the races and still time to get such a well-done video out? Kudos.
This is an absolutely unexpected intersection of my interests, and even the channels I watch. I love it.
Very cool, thank you. When the World Rally Championship came to town we learned an incredible amount just watching them set up and how they worked. The 555/Prodrive Subaru team looked like they had standardized a lot of their fasteners so they had really small toolkits for each mechanic, and they were very fast and efficient.
this was awesome. Id love to see a breakdown of the tool spotting on this years 24h nurburgring. so much action in the pits over night, lots of tools to see from a wide range of teams at various funding levels, from factory down to amateur garages. subraru team was particularly impressive.. 2 guys above engine, 3 guys around engine, 2 guys below engine and another two doing axles. absolute madness
BEEN A F1 fan for over 40 years been going to AUTO RACE TRACKS since my dad took me in the early 70s
pretty rad to see so many brands be represented. i wonder how muvh effort is really put into making some of those custom cooler setups some teams were running.
Probably reflects the smallest effort - cooling is probably a "good enough" effort - as long as you can get enough air moving long enough then, great!
Teams that aren't using Milwaukee are at a disadvantage
@@ryu-ken I'm glad channels like TTC exist to disprove the brand bias out there that leads to comments like yours.
To say teams are at a disadvantage because they aren't running Milwaukee tools is naïve.
Note: I use Milwaukee tools, but I would prefer different brands for different tools based on their performance, but the disadvantage of multiple batteries and chargers outweighs this.
@@ryanokeefe12 Agree that tool bias is a losing strategy. Best tool for the job regardless of brand. I do differ on owning multiple platforms, batteries and chargers. It's not an issue if the tools stay in one location as I have three brands and it works. When mobile that's a different story.
Uhhh, it's not really a lot of brands. Milwaukee, Snap-on and 2 or 3 others. That sounds like the opposite of 'many".
Regarding that cross threaded center nut it's quite interesting how those work. Now I'm not a racing nut, and I had no idea up until a week or so back when another channel posted a video about the wheel nuts used in F1. So there may be some things I forgot or misunderstood.
First of all is the material used. They are made of aluminium (I'm from Europe, deal with the spelling :) instead of steel or some other high strength alloy. This is done to keep the unsprung weight as low as possible. Further they are not using a hex nut as they want both a more positive engagement and having to turn less before engaging fully. The exact design differs between the stables, or at least it used to. I might be wrong but I think F1 standardized the wheel nut recently for safety and cost reassons.
And the cost reason should not be scoffed at as they can cost $5000 each, and they are swapped out for a fresh nut every time they swap wheels. So swapping all four wheels can cost $20,000, and that's the wheel nuts and you still have to add the wheels and tires to this figure.
The high cost is partly because the extremely small series made so they are basically custom made on a piece by piece basis. But they are also all x-rayed to ensure there are no defects in the material.
But that's not where the weird stopps. There's also a automatic retention mechanism that stopps the nut from turning unless a the tool first unlocks it. This was introduced after some bad crashes were caused by a wheel nut working lose in the middle of a race. This mechanism increases complexity of the nut and increases the cost further.
From what I have seen. They are titanium.
@@FarmerFpvthe tool is titanium nut is aluminium. Or the nut wouldnt get machined your wrist would come off.
We also use Aluminum nuts on the LMP3 cars, and it's actually specified in the homologation so we can't make our own out of titanium or something stronger. I'm not 100% sure but I believe the nuts on our LMP2 are also Aluminum. While the unsprung mass is lower, the weight of the 4 nuts on an endurance car matters a lot less than something like an F1 car. So I don't know why they won't let us make our own, but oh well.
Formula 2 also switched to DC wheel guns this year for the pitstops.. It's a semi bespoke Paoli gun, based on the Typhoon (Plus?) model, with some customised features developed in collaboration with FIA/Formula 2 teams.
I want 😅
@@rkan2 Get one - They're only 3,700euros.
@@ryanokeefe12 Yeah, I still kind of want one but for that money I'd like an impact with accurate torque function!
Awesome video, man! But be aware that the FIA is very jealous about others using their F1 images. Many UA-cam channels in my country have received strikes from them, unfortunately. Best regards from Brazil
We'll be demonitized. but oh well
I like this type of industry analysis. It would be interesting to see what tools are seen in a variety of competitive sports.
agreed!
Excellent way to deduct a trip to the races as a business expense! Thanks for the details.
Nice video… this reminds me of a story the president of the Scuderia Ferrari Club of Montreal told me when he was running the Minardi Club. It was Thursday before free practice and the team had just realized they had no blowers or carts to wheel the cars into the garage. Mr. Minardi being good friends with the club president knew he would be in the paddock on Friday for free practice. The team didn’t have time nor did the know where to get the special blowers needed. So, he called the club president to run this important errand, the hardware store opened at 8 and free practice was at 12. So the president runs into the store demanding specific parts and custom casters be installed on their shop carts, when asked why it had to be so detail and specific he responded “it’s for Minardi F1!”
Funny how a professional racing team can forget such simple and vital things. He saved their weekend and cemented his relationship with Mr. Minardi
Excellent analysis of the tools used in F1.
You need to get one of those wheel guns on your test bench😁
What a crazy weekend so far! I bet it's something else being right there. Hope you're staying dry. Impressive to be teaming up with Scott as well!
Actually thought this was the best video you’ve done to date since it involved Formula One. I’ve always wondering about the exact info you discussed.
0:32 Pretty sure that’s a Bondhus hex or torx key wrench. I have that exact set if it’s hex key. Made in the USA and quite nice.
Can’t say I’ve ever really watched a video on tools or ever taken much interest in them. However, this video was great.
It’s amazing to see such a different video relating to F1. Nice work 👌
Really great video! I’ve always wondered what those blacked out blowers were. Very interesting with the Milwaukee trend. And no surprise with the SnapOn ratchets. Thanks for putting this together!
This is actually really interesting to see. Never really looked at what they were using, as I always just presumed it was non consumer stuff. 😀 👍
This is a video I was very excited to see show up! Combining my love for F1 with cool tools!
been an F1 fan for years and never have I seen this type of content. Amazing!!! great video
Idk if this would be possible but image going next year with a portable dyno capable of handling the toque of those center lock guns and doing in-the-garage- dyno tests. THAT, would be insane to see 😂
He could do it at the Texas or Nevada race.
The guns are designed to apply the desired wheel nut torque as quickly as possible (fractions of a second)... while they are capable of large-ish peak torque numbers, it's not what they're designed for. Meaning the performance characteristics are extremely specific and the gun would likely perform poorly in a standard use case test or a peak torque test, when factoring in the other metrics like price, weight, size etc.
The teams also won't let their multi-thousand dollar wheel guns get used and strained by members of the public for the sake of a torque test graph.
The guns are standard for each team and it would provide no benefit to the teams to see what the peak torque numbers are.
I would say that the use of the clips in this video sit within Formula 1's fair use of the footage for commentary/education, they may take issue with the fact that the videos are cropped to remove the F1 graphics and logos.
haha Fabrega would be down for a tech talk with it maybe
Thank you for this video. I love seeing Behind The Scenes content. I dislike how celebrity driven F-1 has become, this is the kind of content I wish F-1 and the networks would actually do.
awesome video and awesome idea for a video too. Thanks for sharing and enjoy the event
nicely noted. I want to mention that although Bosch and Mercedes have there own partnership outside or the F1, I've notices that they are present in most F1 factories and occasionally randomly in F1 garages without any sponsorship...
Bosch is to Europe (and a lot of the world) what snap-on and Milwaukee Fuel is to us in the USA. Meaning, they're perceived as the benchmark in quality/design and Bosch is way more global than our US brands with maybe only Makita coming close.
That Bosch 12V is a beast. Never broke down on me yet at work
This channel combined with F1 was unexpected and incredible!
Great information and very insightful-thank you for sharing. Actually more brands and models in use than I might have guessed. Hadn't seven considered the use of cordless blowers.
I didn't know I wanted to know this much about paddock tooling but I'm glad I know as much as I do now. Thanks so much!
I have shop space 10 minutes from downtown where they close streets for F1 celebrations. I was planning to drive down tonight but the weather has been crappy all day. Now I regret not going. Thanks.
Completely different category of vehicles but I'm the finance manager for a company that owns a big fleet of trucks, and of course depots with workshops and fabrication stations for parts. The company used to own the tools (mostly Makita, Dewalt, snapon, various German hand tools etc) but I changed that because of some misappropriations that were happening, and instead I gave the mechanics a pretty good allowance to buy their own tools. They all went cheap and kept the difference, all I can see these days is Ryobi everywhere. 6 years later the quality of the work as measured by service intervals, parts costs, frequency of breakdowns, longevity of the vehicles etc did not drop in any way that I can see. I'm a bit of a weekend warrior / amateur craftsman myself, and I try to buy the best tools I can afford because I always thought it makes a difference in the result, but I'm starting to question if it does past a certain point. As long as you don't get the cheapest, most tools seem good enough these days. Companies that make tools have definitely cheapened their products in some ways, but they've also made tremendous strides in design, technology, materials, accuracy and quality of their tooling and machines.
Nothing wrong with Ryobi for the home DIY. On social media, some people are going crazy for their cordless vacuum cleaner and say it is better than Dyson's cordless version.
I knew a tractor mechanic who would own cheap tools. I ask him why and he said the expensive tools are too dear to be losing.
@@tomnewham1269 Yeah those guys I'm talking about are definitely not home DIY guys, it's their livelihood on the line. But they're also pragmatic, they're not gonna spend more on a tool than they have to.
@@tomnewham1269 Kind of a low bar to set when it comes to Dyson though, seeing how it's all fluff and marketing at that brand.
Manufacturing is so consolidated to less and less big factories that brand means less and less, especially in segments like power tools and hand tools to a slightly lesser extent. Ryobi/Ridgid cordless tools are sold by the same company that owns DeWalt (and others), and share most if not all parts, usually from a generation ago depending on how powerful it is. Crucially, Ryobi cordless tools use the same quality housing/bearings/motors and electronics as the 'premium' brands, and often the only difference is using a less powerful motor on the cheapest models from DeWalt's slightly older or entry-level models. Nobody makes their own parts anymore, in any market outside industrial, and even brands like Makita that aren't owned by the same company use nearly identical or identical components from the same one or two suppliers.
If you go looking for parts and diagrams for different brands it becomes very apparent that they all use the same stuff from the same manufacturers. 120v Air Compressors, for example, basically are all identical inside the clamshell with every brand using the same pumps/motors (if they specs are similar, it's because they're the same) and now days even Laptops of most brands are all made by some anonymous factory with no real difference in design to differentiate brands. With no one making their own parts, there's been a massive drop in innovation and engineering better stuff with 'name brands' being bought out by investors to squeeze out 'brand equity' with higher prices until consumers figure out they're paying more for nothing. While I find this depressing and symptomatic of terrible economic policies, you can take advantage of this with a little research to find the OEM products for way less than what they sell for branded. A good rule of thumb is that tools/parts (including auto parts) made in Taiwan are usually high quality/good designs while mainland China has a way higher quality variance.
@@Demoralized88 Maybe it's not necessarily a bad thing, sure we lost some useful variability, but we also got rid of a lot of useless one, and we certainly brought the cost down. And yea those tools are more fragile than they used to be, but the old ones were too overengineered and unnecessarily heavy
Absolutely loved this video. Would be amazing to see what's used in the pits at other events (particularly of interest to me would be rally events). Regardless, really loved that you could turn a fun adventure in to beneficial content for your channel! Thanks for sharing the insight!
@6:37 maxiflex gloves best breathable gloves on the market. Last up to 5 weeks in a UPS warehouse
F2 the junior series to F1.they began this year to only use cordless impacts for pit stops. Pit stops are a lot slower with only one person per wheel, but it is still pretty cool
I’m a white-collar worker, and I’m pretty sure I saw more of brands for the the tools I use in my day-to-day than I did of mechanical tools. Fascinating expose and thanks for sharing 🤣
Awesome to have you guys in our area. Sorry for the weather. That race is cursed. It always hot and beautiful before and after the race weekend lol.
I don't mind the rain. Shakes things up
@@TorqueTestChannel I've been watching F1 since 1994 and the 2011 Canadian Grand Prix is the most incredible I've ever watched precisely because the rain shook things up. What a race!
@@beardedchimpnot a bad race in 2024 either!
Cordless impact guns are becoming more & more common across motorsport now especially in the garages. They are also used in F2 for pit stops now & V8 supercars in Australia were planning to use them from 2024 onwards in pit stops
Thank you for sharing all these! Surprising to know that my team share a lot of tools with the F1 big boys.
I love those little bosch drivers, they will do a lot. They are really 10.8 not 12v. but are really good.
Actually, Bosch rebranded all of their 10.8 V stuff to 12 V. The actual battery voltages are the same.
3S Li-Ion cells for 10.8/12 V, 5S for 18/20/21/whatever V tools.
Thumbs up!!
Great look outside of the lab, thank you for this!
In regards to 12v tools being used where one might also use a larger tool: the logistics of F1 are run by F1 and the teams are charged for freight by the kg. As a result, they have a huge incentive to make EVERYTHING in the paddock lightweight because it pays back in freight savings every week. Take a look around the paddock and you'll note that even things like the jacks and flight cases holding spare parts are all carbon fiber. I'd suspect that they found the 12v tools do the job and weigh several hundred grams less.
I’m a pretty recent F1 fan (this is only my second season) but I am absolutely obsessed and this is probably the most interesting video related to F1 that I’ve watched in a while
One big reason why one team went to the Milwaukee 1" was saving cost in shipping. Instead of sending more air bottles and compressors and leaving hoses all over the garage. It was cheaper to buy 60 of them with batteries and ship them via sea freight to overseas races and in the lorries for European races.
Fantastic video idea and great stuff! I was surprised to see Snap On so dominant in hand tools.
I can almost guarantee you it's because Snap-On has their trucks at the races to service the crews. So it's a matter of convenience and accessibility, and nothing else.
same
@@BigBear-- so it has nothing to do with the fact that snap on make some of the best hand tools in the world?
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“Christian Horner, Oracle Red Bull Racing Team Principal and CEO, and CEO of Red Bull Powertrains said: “The creation of Red Bull Powertrains is one of the most ambitious projects we have ever undertaken at Red Bull and requires partnership with the highest achievers in every area of development. As a global innovator in the field of tool manufacture, Snap-on meets that criterion perfectly. The power tools Snap-on will provide to Red Bull Powertrains will help us to meet our goal of even greater success in the future.”
Jesus Arregui, Senior Vice President and President of Snap-on Commercial Group, added: “There is a reason top motorsports teams from as early as the 1920s have relied on Snap-on to power their cars to victory lane. That is because through research, development and innovation, Snap-on builds distinct advantages into our products pushing boundaries of what is possible. With this collaborative relationship, Red Bull Powertrains is now able to tap into our 100+ year history of product innovation rooted in observing work to take their brand to new heights. We are very excited by our partnership with Red Bull Powertrains.”
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@@worldsmack Haha, to prove Snap-On makes the best tools, you quote from their sponsored partnership with Redbull? Hilarious. They make good tools. However they're not made by gods, and are mostly highly overpriced for what you get. Their pricing, aggressive and not self aware marketing and financing plans, and brain-dead cult like fans are why people rag on and make fun of Snap-On. As for their tools, they're good, not nearly always "the best", but a safe choice across the board if you're not paying for them. Though there are brands that either make better tools, or same quality for much less money. I worked with Snap-On long enough to know there are better options if you value your money. Doesn't mean I'd never buy anything from them, but only if it's a good deal, and/or no one else makes anything of similar quality for that particular tool (usually ends up something specialty). There are plenty of various tool test channels that you can go for comparison testing info...there's almost always a better tool option performance wise, or value wise, than Snap-On. Which leaves convenience as the last consideration, with their presence being ubiquitous at most motor sporting events, that tends to be the reason many teams go with a lot of their tools.
@@BigBear-- you nailed it. F1 travels to countries across the entire world, the logistics alone boggle the mind. Having a single hand tool manufacturer that the crew are experienced with, is reliable and available across the paddock is far, far more important than a competing brand being superior.
If you remember back in 2012 Williams had a massive paddock fire, destroying all of their equipment. Engineers from other teams stepped in to lend or gift their tools to help Williams. When everyone is using a single brand that makes a huge difference. It could have just as easily been another global brand, I'm actually surprised it is snap-on considering how divorced from the US F1 has historically been.
Very cool idea. I love to see what brands they use when they're not sponsored by them.
In Europe, Dewalt collaborates with Mclaren. You can buy dewalt 18v tools right now that have mclaren scheme/theme on them. There's currently a promotion that if you buy and register a tool you can win a trip to Italy to watch grand prix.
I love seeing the OneKey call-out in this vid! The torque modes are legit 🔥
Eyyyyy! Had no idea you guys were at the GP! You guys should do the pit stop challenge and post your time! Would love to shake hands with you guys if I see you around the grandstands!
The drivers with the clutches, particularly the bosch but the dewalt are ok tend to be much better for installing small sensitive fasteners that aren't very impact friendly.
Construction screws and bolts often have shear resistance, but machine thread ones do not and snapping an aluminum or titanium bolt off is a pain. I've not really been happy with Milwaukee's clutches in this regard, they're often too high torque; Electronic clutches also tend to follow this trend and I worry about their ability to not over-torque fasteners. I'm sure other tools work too.
Electronic 'clutches' are literally useless for delicate fasteners and can't do less than like 10 lb/ft (a ton for anything smaller than an 8mm head bolt). Mechanical clutches like the Bosch driver and lots of drills adjust down to
Very nice to know this, thanks for the video 😊
This was such a good video thank you!! Would love to see more like this about other popular race series or industries.
Einhell is a European tool brand sponsoring Mercedes this year. But I haven't seen their tools used in the garages.
I did not know I would enjoy either until I watched your video. Thanks for youtube and their suggestions! Cool video.
TTC X f1 crossover was not expected, but really interesting
That list changes a bit down the class line. Mid lever teams such as Arca teams will have a brand dedication and its usually dewalt or Milwaukee. We have wheel chills. Which is a brand and setup for AC. For pit stops however the Paoli guns are out and heavily modified IR is the usual. Sportsman type asphalt mimics that as well. Then on to the dirt tracks. We all carry the 1/4 drivers. Most dewalt. If the crew chief is a mechanic by profession they may use Milwaukee. And a 1/2 high torque of about any brand. Budgets being more of a concern. We also carry the biggest cordless grinders we can but usually break out the cords and crank up a 7-9" grinder to work on tires. But those drivers get the beating nightly on the dirt!
Really interesting video.
I really didn't expect the leaf blowers.
Those Bondhus t handles are the very, very best.
Lifelong F1 fan and I had no idea this is what I needed.
OMG I was just looking this stuff up yesterday after watching your vids, thanks!
We use a one key on the gt3 and lmp3 cars. They work very well for our application
I have seen MotoGP teams use Bosch. I have also seen Aston use the Ego backpack blower.
Been waiting for someone to do a video about F1 tools! Awesome content I love it.
It was cool doing the same thing with the Indy car teams at IMS. Lots of custom driver blowers powered with M18 5Ah batteries.
Cool to see and hear that you have some proper knowledge of the F1 world ;) Cool and interesting video, thanks;)
Cool vid I am glad you put this out. I am suprised by basically all of it. I didn't have any expectations but seeing them using the tools the way you captured was really interesting. Gives those milwaukee die grinders some clout I guess haha
F1 & power tools w/ cameo by Milwaukee 1"er.. getting dangerously close to nirvana here brother.. you had me at penlight spike testing. Keep it up boss! 🤠
Fantastic content.
I came here to find out whether what I saw being used on the cars was indeed a leaf blower.
I was not disapointed!
I really want that DeWalt McLaren kit for some dumb reason...
Einhell are a Mercedes partner, and they have a big range of power tools.
I wonder if Makita has the upperhand in reliability? I mean, this is the pinnacle of autosports, and if theyre using so much Makita, its for a reason.
They explain in the video why Makita is used.
It's the most commonly available/stocked product throughout the world. It's simply an ease of access situation.
@@ryanokeefe12 these teams have HUUUGGEEE budgets. You don't think they can stock plenty of equipment?
@@luisprieto4589 It's not about stock. It's about exactly what I just said.
They have a maximum allotted cargo volume. Why use that space for something when you got just utilise a product that you know you can purchase throughout the world? You would be naive to do that - you'd use that space for spare parts for the car where it actually matters.
@@ryanokeefe12 then why use Milwaukee 1 inch impacts then? I mean, Makita does have some impacts that make the torque they're looking for, too.
@@luisprieto4589 makita doesn't make a 1 inch impact..
I know that Red bull also uses (or used) Wera hand tools other than that looks spot on ^^
This last weekend i saw someone what looked to be one of those dyson hairdryers, but with the heating element removed to cool off one of the drivers
This video was a hell of a lot more interesting than F1 has been for the last couple of years
Yeah, I've noticed the rather obvious 2x18v Makita blowers for some time, but it's hard to spot other tools in general TV coverage. I'm slightly surprised with the report of all the SnapOn stuff; considering all the teams are European based, I figured plenty of Facom and Beta (both having sponsored teams), and surprised the big German names aren't as common.
Agreed. I wouldn't have guessed there would be any Snap-on tools being used. Like you, I'm surprised it isn't mostly German brands being used.
The socket at 7:05 looks like a Stahlwille.
@@isaiahii6982 Snap-on have sponsorship agreements with a few teams. The deal doesn't require branding on the car or presence on any of the team's corporate stuff - snap-on are just happy for there tools to be in the mechanics hands during footage inside the garages.
Snap-on also have a "tool truck" type of setup at each event to service the teams.
Loved the tool break down hope there is more pro sports tool break downs in the future
As a fan of both power tools being tested and F1; I've been keeping my eye out for what tools I see teams using. I'm convinced I've seen Red Bull using a Milwaukee impact driver on a front wing change, but don't quote me on that. Regardless, they are both my favorite racing team and tool brand so seeing them together is nice.
Ha wow awesome video, never seen an F1 pit tool expose! 😊
Good crew prank would be replacing all their snappy ratchets with Icon lol 😆
Thanks for making this video 🎉
I’ve been looking out for what tools they’ve been using in F1 for years and up until recently. I almost always seen just Makita and Bosch power tools.
This was such a fun video to watch 😁👍
This is very awesome footage on how everything works in a pit stop. Very cool. I never would have thought they used leaf blowers lol. Who would have known? Thank you for sharing. Pretty awesome video! 🤜🔥🤛
Great video. I got interested in this when I saw Mercedes using Einhell blowers. Not a brand I would expect in F1
I’d love to see a review of those McLaren X Dewalt impacts. That way I have an excuse to buy one too. Win win lol.
Yah I’m rather curious too. It’s crazy I didn’t know McLaren was sponsoring American companies like this till just recently.
I wonder how much the mark up on them is compared to the standard black and yellow.
I owned a pair of Klipsch The Fives speakers and a family member liked them so much they paid more money for the same speaker but with the McLaren badging. A whole lot more, I paid $550 for mine new and they paid close to $1200.
Albeit the 4.5” midbass woofer has carbon fiber infused compared to the basic one which is a paper-pulp blend I believe. More rigid which probably helps the long throw woofer when serious excursion occurs in the lower frequencies.
I have seen the pit crews use dry ice blowers on the brakes, in the radiators and air intake in very hot climates.
I have yet to find these specific tools that they use in dry ice situations.
is the engine running in that garage or do they have a means to keep coolant flowing through the radiators and block even when the engine is off?
@@filanfyretracker - no, the engine is completely off, hence these cooling fans that they attach to the intakes.
We have got to get a F1 pit gun on the dyno!!!
I also spotted what looked like one of the pro line Dyson hair dryers being used as a blower on a driver a few races ago.
Curious what the performance of the EGO blowers would be with their new 12 Amp hour batteries!
That was awesome! I only wish I could deduct my F1 visit as a business expense. :-) - Seriously, THANK YOU for the behind the scenes look!
This was very interesting. Big F1 fan here, but had no idea about most of these!
Very interesting, not what I expected at all, I follow F1 each week but if I have some mechanical knowledge about engine, and what we can find inside an F1, I always thought that the tools they use was made by each team for themself and very specialized and not something we can buy our-self.
The info about Milwaukee was a really cool things, I remember this Race with Bottas ^^
Back in the 80s-90s there was a hodgepodge of custom made, limited lifetime tools. Infamously 1400hp engines purely for a few laps of qualifying. The cars were a real mix of shapes, sizes and design principles. As a result they were unbelievably expensive, teams couldn't use shared tools because they were all unique.
The fact today you will see off the shelf air blowers is a result of homogenising the designs such that common tools can be used interchangeably among teams. F1 still represents the cutting edge, but that is only seen where performance matters like during a pit stop. When a car is sitting in the garage, cooling the brakes and engine only need to be sufficient and reliable. Designing a high volume air blower won't make the car lap faster.
As mentioned in the video, lightweight 12v tools take precedence. F1 engineers can be unbelievably overworked and physically stressed. Think of a car that had a massive crash during qualifying and they need to fully rebuild it for the next day. I'm always astounded that they manage it, the drivers have it easy compared to them.
@@beardedchimp yeah, same for me, when you know that even if they have plenty of spare parts ready to use, they are still limited, and there isn't a 3rd car ready to go if you crash.
And theses guys can still rebuild it for the day after... amazing.
even with the biggest crash, the car is there for the race.
We often ear drivers thanks the team for that performance, we can read in the voice that the drivers, sometime, as a huge respect for this, and they deserve it.
That why I love F1 too, it's not just about making a fast car and a have a good driver, there is so much more important things who need to match together to be able to win.
But even if it's clear that F1 Drivers seems to not work as much as engineers and mecanics, I will not say that they have it that easy because there many things that we don't see and who are very boring for them or take a lot of there time, but it's normal, it's part of the job.
Diet for example, if it's not as strict as in other sports, they need to be fit and in well shape, they can't take +10kg during summer just because they love to eat a lot of icecream.
They do a lot of sport and training too for there body to endure the G force in the car (part of the reason why De Vries is fired from Alpha Tauri, his body wasn't ready for F1)
And there is something who is very tedious for a lot of them and that they can't escape, I know that some Drivers hate it a lot and would skip all of this if they could, like max obviously xD, like talking to all the press and media, the communication video, photo shoot, promotion for a product, and stuff like that.
Sometime it's fun and I'm not saying that they have an hard life, but they don't have as much free time and easy life as we can think sometime ^^
(I wasn't saying it's you case, I don't know what you think, it's juste a big digresse from me about what you said for engineers vs Drivers, I don't blame you in any way ^^)
@@Paulvarrgas oh yes absolutely, I agree with everything you said. I wasn't trying to imply the drivers had it easy generally, simply as a comparison of what they go through during a race weekend.
Losing 4kg during a race like Singapore is absolutely insane, the force their entire body goes through is hard to contemplate.
The engineers don't need to strictly control their diet between races for fear of a single kg affecting lap time. They also don't need to worry that any single statement they make in public will be misconstrued and become a headline.
A childhood friend works for Red Bull in their carbon fibre manufacturing (previously with Mercedes for many years, my Mum hasn't forgiven him for joining the enemy). It is insane how overworked, 48rs no sleep, that even the engineers back in the UK fight through.
@@beardedchimp Ho yes, the god damn social media and stuff like that...
That why I always say that even for a lot of money I prefer to be know by nobody and be able to say what I want.
I can't imagine the amount of frustration some Drivers can feel, Like Charle Leclerc since 2 years, or Gasly after Red Bull droped him just after a few race, less than De Vries, and of cours they can't say anything or must stay very "friendly"
I hate this part of the sport, it's very present in F1 and that not the case in many other sport, not like this.
We know that Max for example as media training session before each GP with someone who give him keywords and answer already preapred for some questions to avoid any issue.
It easy to notice how well prepare he his each time, and that not because he's leader of the championship.
Well, I'm happy to find someone who see this sport like me, it's always a good surprise ^^
Great idea for a video...Enjoyed it very much!
I don't care what the content is, when I see a new TTC Video, I click it! 👍👍
wasn't to far away from where these pictures where taken. Nice video super interesting
Ngl I always thought all the blowers are specialized custom made deals, seeing so many off-the-shelf tools is really surprising.
As a fan of both, this was interesting!
Very cool! Thanks for sharing!
i went to snetterton recently for british gt, i was stood right near the pit lane and those wheel guns are really loud, they were just as loud as the engines.
Loved the video, you could do more for other types of racing if you really wanted to put the time into it.