Why Alonso LOVES UNDERSTEER

Some Formula 1 drivers like a car with a bit of oversteer, and some like understeer.
Wait? F1 drivers LIKE understeer? It’s true, but it doesn’t make a lot of sense.

But drivers like Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton and Sergio Perez all DELIBERATELY set up their cars to UNDERSTEER.
Now, I spent HOURS watching drivers onboards, and this is a ROUGH guide to which drivers sit on which side of the fence.
In the oversteer camp, I put Max Verstappen, Michael Schumacher, Sebastian Vettel, Lando Norris, Charles Leclerc and Senna. There are loads more, but that will do for now.
Then, in the understeer camp. Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso, Jenson Button, Sergio Perez, Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell, Daniel Ricciardo and Kimi.
(Now they’ve all adapted to cars throughout their career - but this a good guide)

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[jukkakorpelaa]

Regarding Räikkönen, isn’t it always said that he needs a very solid FRONT end because he cannot cope with understeer? So seems extremely strange to categorize him like this. Martin Brundle says Räikkönen drives like Schumacher - by sliding the back.

[icemanWander]

didnt kimi used to hate understeer, he couldn't drive that 08 car and also the 14 car which had massive understeer, I thought he was in os camp

[iDeezo]

Daniel ricciardo actually likes oversteer not understeer, which is one of the reasons he struggled in the mclaren f1 car. Max and Daniel have similar driving styles. Checo is used to understeer cars like the mclaren, which he once drove, same as Alonso.

[animal_blundetto]

There is so many wrong things with this video but putting Kimi in the understeer camp is ridiculous. Kimi absolutely despises understeer. Like, notoriously.

[power]

I would hardly categorize Vettel into a oversteer driver. He gained all his championship with Red Bull when the rear was very stable.

[osbywosby]

I thought Seb would love a car with more understeer because it’s makes the rear more stable. I thought Seb was known for breaking late and accelerating early where you need a lot rear end stability and therefore a car wich is more on the understeer side

[nath]

I thought Kimi preferred oversteer.. I think he said so before

[ciaronsmith]

Raikkonen likes turn in oversteer. Massively. This is what he struggled in finding at Ferrari.
With all due respect, you have no idea what you're talking about.
Raikkonen and Michael Schumacher have similar styles.

[ananastudio]

I always thought Vettel prefered understeer because of the blown diffuser Red Bull he used to drive in the early 2010's and also the fact he was prone to spins during his Ferrari years

[jacob]

Erm, senna said he preferred understeer. And Kimi is the most extreme oversteer driver you'll find

[twinturbo]

Ummmm Kimi has stated that he likes oversteer over understeer. In fact when he return to Ferrari in 2014 with the F14-T it was set up and designed around Alonso who likes understeer and that’s why Kimi had difficulties with it

[SpongeSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS]

Did he just say Kimi likes understeer? 💀

[ziel]

Imagine doing a video titled " why alonso loves understeer" and not show any of his onboards from his early Renault days when he was inducing crazy amounts of understeer.

[rmpelnilschen]

Always thought you'd put Ricciardo in the oversteer-camp. Usually you stressed him liking the Red Bull's pointy front end

[hamsterbrigade]

Thank you. Every time I try to explain this, I generally get a lot of push back. I also set my track car up to understeer at the limit.

[sheldoniusRex]

From what I've heard before, I think you might have put Kimi and Danny Ric in the wrong category. As I understood it, both drivers were more comfortable in oversteering cars.

[PeugeotX]

I dont think Kimi and seb are on their corresponding tier, Kimi likes oversteer while vettel does not like a loosy rear end

[timoooo]

This is the first time i hear that Raikkonen likes understeer. As far as I remember he has always preferred oversteer

[aussieseanc]

I’m going to have to disagree about Ricciardo preferring understeer in his cars
Quite the contrary he brakes early but then lifts off and tries to carry a lot of speed through the corner which of course means he wants his cars to pivot on the front
This was the reason he struggled at McLaren
McLaren built cars that understeer and Ricciardo just didn’t have the confidence to carry that speed and expect the car to rotate
Instead he was having to brake more than he wanted and then he just didn’t have confidence it would turn in

[mikulitsi]

0:39 Uh what? Kimi generally liked a bit more oversteer than understeer...