Cutaway F1 Race Car - The Original Video - Sauber F1 Team

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For two years the Sauber F1 Team mechanics have been using their downtime to slice a Formula One racing car lengthwise down the middle with the precision of true craftsmen. Chief Designer Matt Morris quite literally gets underneath the skin of the F1 car, pointing out where and how the individual components are located within the chassis. Everything is packed in pretty tightly. Sergio Pérez is also on hand to demonstrate the driver's seating position.

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As some of you were asking about the music used in this video: We weren't able to find the artists' names, but the song titles are Rumour Mill (first song) and Countermeasure (second song).

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[devilly]

Seeing Checo 9 years younger is amazing

[sauberfteam]

It took our mechanics (a big thank you to everyone involved!!!) more than two years to finish it because they only worked on it in their spare time (which is very scarce anyway). They took every single piece, cut it in half, finished it and re-assembled everything into what we believe is a true masterpiece of craftsmanship.

Thanks for the hints re: saws and laser cutting. Try cutting through the titanium, reinforced steel and carbon parts of an F1 gearbox... Successful? Give us a call ;-)

[Der_Echte]

To show you the Power of Flextape, i sawed this F1 Car in half!

[marcusdutton]

It would have been great to see the engine and gearbox in more detail after all that amazing hard work.

[sauberfteam]

The apple was fairly and evenly shared among all 300 employees after the shoot ;-)

[sauberfteam]

Thank you, Dan! Glad you like the video. True, we couldn't show too much of the powertrain. But these are components that we don't make ourselves and we don't hold the intellectual property... It is a 2008 engine - which is basically still the same spec as the engines used today. The car is a BMW Sauber F1.08.

[sauberfteam]

That was intentionally, indeed. The powertrain is not our intellectual property. But we are really thankful towards the guys in Munich for allowing us to show as much as we did. Thanks for watching! And don't miss the high-res pictures that we will post on our facebook page soon.

[sauberfteam]

Don't forget to mention how safe the cars are despite the thin walls. Carbon/composites and carbon/aluminium honeycomb sandwich structures make this possible... Thanks for watching!

[sauberfteam]

No, Geoffrey. The seat is very thin and light. It's sole purpose is to hold the driver in place (together with the seat belts). It's connected to the chassis by 4 small screws/bolts.

[sauberfteam]

30 minutes to go until race start in Shanghai...

#CutawayF1Car - the video. Enjoy.

[sauberfteam]

Yeah, we know... We would have loved that, too. Some IP issues on the rear, unfortunately. But we're very thankful for getting the thumbs-up to at least give an overview of all components.

[sauberfteam]

You will have to direct this request to the guys in Munich. We hope you still liked the video! Thanks for watching.

[JayHeartwing]

2012: here, we see an F1 car, split in half to see it's parts and components
2020: The F1 car is not a cake.

[quietbatperson]

I've always liked Sauber because they were a decent, friendly privateer team fighting a tricky battle against the might of the big teams.

Since 2009, the team have morphed into being easily the most likable on the grid. Two exciting drivers in Checo and Kobayashi and a likable management team in Peter Sauber and Monisha Kaltenborn.

It's been great to see the team reach out to fans and I couldn't be happier to see them have such a fruitful season. I hope more podiums are on the way this year!

[sauberfteam]

We're doing even more than that! We will soon post high-res pictures on our facebook page. Make sure not to miss them!

[sauberfteam]

Thanks, Funky! Stay tuned as we will publish an entire series featuring the cutaway car this year. Please scroll down the comments below for info on the songs. We've been asked before and posted the answer already.

[sauberfteam]

Thanks for watching and your feedback, Jeff. We have freed the vid from some of the 'clutter'. Better now?

[sauberfteam]

Not just any F1 car - THIS car :-) Thanks a lot for watching!

[sauberfteam]

High-res pictures will soon be posted on our facebook page. Make sure not to miss them. The guys had to cut every single part and component and re-assembled the halved bits back together again...

[sauberfteam]

Yepp... Try that - and make sure you have enough blades for your power saw :-) Thanks for watching the video, guys!