Impressing (or Scaring?) Polestar 1 Engineer with His Creation

Polestar 1 was one of the most prominent cars on my channel this year. Today I have the honour to introduce you to one of its engineers: Joakim Rydholm, the man behind Chassis development. Let's talk about his magic, while I do mine!

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Topics & Time Stamps:
00:00 Intro
01:16 Meet Joakim
03:02 Some Mods
04:34 Lap and Impressions
13:58 After Thoughts

[mgcharoudin]

6:25 the sync'd "OH NO" is on my new all-time fav moments!

[Zygersaf]

Oh man this should be a series. Whenever a new sports car comes out you take one of the engineers out in their own creation!

[saucissejoyeuse]

I met Joakim in Zandvoort a couple months ago, he is a former rally driver and sure scared the hell out of many people that day putting his baby through its paces! I am an engineer myself, and have very rarely met people so passionate about the project they're working on. Amazing to have him on the channel!

[xXxHTERxXx]

what a nice guy, he seems happy that the car is getting used this way 👍🏻👍🏻

[anonymous..-]

So cool to see Misha drive his dad around the ring.

[iLIKELASAGNAaLOT]

It seems like Joachim is a very likeable person. The oh no was hilarious hahaha. One of the things I lowkey enjoy about this footage as well is that the digital speedometer is smooth. In a lot of cars it's laggy (32 - 46 - 57 - 63 - 78 - 103 instead of 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 ... 98 99 100 101 102 etc) and it refreshes once or twice a second. This display is sooo much better

[davidsmall]

Very impressive! Both the lap and someone in the industry that cares about your inputs. Bravo Polestar!!

[_ct_brause]

8:03 literally me thinking at Adenauer Forst "is that Misha?" "Probably no because he don't have his polestar anymore" "but this guy looks like him, and who is the other guy right there?!"
Now; Realization... 😳

[sheldonaubut]

Another awesome lap with a Polestar. Seeing how capable these cars are on the Nurburgring is thrilling. Keep them coming.

[Richard_Turner]

His face as you entered the karussell 🤣 think we need to check the passenger footwell where his foot had tried to brake 🤣

[HJCars]

This video makes me so happy. To see a creator and his creation being driven to the limit is truly satisfying. It helps that both of you come across as super kind and interested in the car!

[siraff]

This is great. Joakim seems a really good guy and watching you two just chat was a great way to present the car.
What a car too. People want cars which are good for the environment but most are boring. This looks like a genuine fun car and you can really see the effect of the torque vectoring on the long right after the jump. Understeer neutralised brilliantly there.
Impressed.

[fabz_______]

first edit: Great that the seatbelts are better now. Also I love the faces he made on Wippermann and Pflanzgarten.

[SkillzorZ]

Love the remaining fuel range, start of the lap, 330km, end of the lap, 210km!

[flatsix]

Made me smile throughout the lap at both the pace you drove and banter within. Great fun indeed!

[ErikB]

What a lovely coöperation !! The engineer appreciating and loving it to see his creation work in reality. The driver pleased improvements are made and that what he feels and experiences is perfectly explainable Loved this session !

[danoontjeh]

Joakim seems like a very cool guy! Definitely enjoyed this video. I like how he knew the track quite well.

[Ekmanjohnny]

My sister`s neighbour is joakims parents and i have talked to joakim a few times. Very kind dude that is a really good rally driver

[rjnation]

Really impressed with the Polestar, liked watching you play with it, Rj in Oz

[brendanfleming]

Superb lap - what a difference a bit of fine tuning makes. Hats off to Polestar for getting involved! Loved it!