Why Do F1 Cars Spark?

Why do Formula 1 cars create a shower of sparks when racing at 200mph? What are the differences between the sparks in the 1980's and the sparks now? You've come to the right place to find out.

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[alphachingon]

80s sparks were made by the drivers steel nuts grinding over the track

[blaat]

How many times can we use the word sparks.

Matt: yes

[shadowgunshadowx]

F1 fans: We like sparks!

Ferrari fans at Brazil 2019: Yeah ok we don't like sparks.

[imnotkitakamilol]

“Race cars don’t need headlights because the track is always 𝐋𝐢𝐭"

-Lightning McQueen

[AdityaPatnaik]

95% of f1 fans already knew it but we all still watched because we need a dose of f1

[nhancao]

"Bit of metal called Kevlar" Yeah pretty sure Kevlar is not a metal of any kind.

[themasqueradingcow]

One of the most visually pleasing things for an F1 fan... except from seeing Carlos Sainz on the TV

[bluehornet]

Since when did kevlar start getting called a metal?

[ThePotatoHoard]

Newbie F1 fan here. Came into it mid 2019 season. This was really awesome. The sparks actually caused me some anxiety not knowing the cause. Honestly don't know why I watch with my anxiety levels sometimes. Never shouted at my TV so much haha. But this will atleast calm the anxiety over sparks since I now know the cause. Ace! 😊

[owsamadi]

I've always had a question about this. Theoretically, these sparks are due to friction between the car and the track. Wouldn't this friction slow the car down by milliseconds perhaps? (Just curious)

[FormulaPunRacer]

It was definitely a spectacular sight to see when Indycars had sparks flying out from behind them for the first time during the 2004 Indianapolis 500. I recall that's the very first time the Indy 500 experienced something like that.

[ner]

Ask George what he thinks about Vettel sparking in Bahrain😂😂 well I love those sparks, because it makes it so awesome to watch races and espacially battles

[poweringpossibilities]

Next video: why do F1 cars have engines?

[slicksauto]

Drinking game: take a drink every time he says “sparks.”

[Mani-uccc]

Drinking game: Take a shot everytime Matt says "spark"

[abelosztas]

I was wondering on this for a lot of time!
Thanks for the video!👏

[jake]

since you guys were talking about his overuse of the word “spark” here you go
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He said the word Spark 17 times, just to answer the Shot Challenge comments..

The “edited” was from me making each time 1 second behind so you can hear the word spark in its glory.

[minimead]

Great you’ve just reminded me of how much I miss F1 😢

[dalvid]

I love seeing the slowmos that show the stresses in the wings, body and tyres when going over kurbs etc

[stevensmith]

been waiting waiting ages for a vid ! Need to top up on some top F1 knowledge !