The Art of Defensive Driving - Success and failure in overtaking in Baku

There were loads of battles throughout the Azerbaijan GP - most involving Max Verstappen! In this video, we look at six particular battles in Baku to examine how to drive defensively and how NOT to defend position.

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Writing / Illustration / Animation / Editing / Narration:
Stuart Taylor

MUSIC:
"Two Week Cycle" - Telegrams

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[StephenBoyd]

I use all of these tactics on the M25.

[harrypoon]

"you don't own the whole track"
Stroll: hold my dad

[vinaylalwani]

"Weaving like a caffeinated cobra". Petition for Chain Bear to be a F1 commentator?

[Zandroid]

"If a car is significantly alongside your own, you must leave them space."
nice yoke but this is bumper cars now

[emissarygw]

Insurance: We'll cut your rates if you take a defensive driving course
Me: Deal

[cgfan]

But crashing also gives your competitor fewer points than not overtaking as well (read: Prost, Senna, Schumacher)

[intensionless]

Great video. Very nice to see a physics/mechanics based video, instead of a passion fueled rant. Those can be good, but lately I feel I've seen to much passion and not enough sense.

[MistaFreakO]

Nothing could make me appreciate F1 more than your videos

[lePierre]

Thank you, Vsauce! .. I mean, Chain Bear!

Also, that cheesy wisdom in the end. :3

[mchammer]

8:46 "and was surprised when it was suddenly full of Max" got a good chuckle out of me

[brucewayneisdeadpool]

I did not expect a prequel meme to pop up. A suprise to be sure, but a welcome one.

[jarso]

You should remember article 27.6, which says: "More than one change of direction to defend a position is not permitted. Any driver moving back towards the racing line, having earlier defended his position off-line, should leave at least one car width between his own car and the edge of the track on the approach to the corner."

[liammurray]

IMO Max deserved a penalty for blocking on that incident with Ricciardo, Ricciardo's move was fair and should not have been risky if Max stuck to the rule of only moving off your line once to defend.

[elkhoft]

Got this recomended after 2021 British GP)

[hooligansharma]

Great video. Still Riccy yielded sensibly many times throughout the race and Maxy was overagressive in defense before the crash. I reckon some sensible respect needs to be accorded with teammates. Like Nicki Lauda said, mainly Max's fault.

[Duckduckduckhey]

This is officially the most underrated channel now on YouTube. No, seriously.

[cadelaide]

Don’t forget me when Liberty Media pick you up as an analyst!

[cyberbird]

What a race it was to have all these examples, who would've thought a track like Baku would be so good.

[bhaumikpatel]

Superb like as always....You have changed my view of seeing F1 completely..! Awesome..!

[ThomasNing]

concise explanation, clear animations and just enough humour. Another nice video as always!