MP172 - How Is An F1 Car Affected At Altitude?

Looking ahead to the Mexican GP and at the affects of the extremely high altitude on an F1 car and Grand Prix weekend.
Also, the big reveal of the F1 airbrushed electric skateboard!

[vincentdufour]

Excellent Marc! What a is an awsome job. Thanks for sharing. Cheers!

[sumedhpatil]

Amazing skate board... Well done lusty

[ianmasters]

What a fabulous job your mate did on your board. On the Mexico race this weekend, come on Kimi 2 in a row - you can do it.

[vmstranger]

Don't need me to tell you, but HOT DAMN, the nosecone homage hit me right in the heart. That is so special.

[lapchino]

Hey mark,

Love your videos, keep up the good work!!
My question:
After Ricciardo’s PU failure Verstappen asked the team to turn down his engine.
If the teams are able to do this, why do the F1 steering wheels still have so many buttons and switches??

[jeremysmith]

Lusty did an amazing job with the board Marc

[jaywhy]

It’s incredible to think that this weekend the circus is a full 2 kms higher up than in Austin.... kind of puts things into perspective, being from Ontario Canada where it’s relatively flat

[kevinc]

Great video.. The board looks superb.. I would get mine done (if I had one!)... Looking forward to your thoughts post-Mexico....

[griptopia]

i did 1000 miles off road in colorado on a motorcycle.. i know what you mean!! love the skate board, did you and lusty work with mr w binks?

[nucspartan]

Great video. Didn’t know it was that drastic

[stewartgrindlay]

Marc,
Is the new surface as bumpy as the 1990s circuit. As far as I’m aware it’s built on a lake bed and can change but mainly my point is how can you set the ride height etc for a course that can be bump and is the ride heights, rake etc critical to the running of the aero?

P.s What a skateboard design

[IdusMartiae]

Brilliant! Always enjoy your videos. I was a fanatic F1 fan til Senna died, just took it up again this season. There has been some progress... (No way!!) Anyway, keep up the great work!

[aigarscelms]

Marc! It is hard to believe you when your stories comes from you "uncovered in beard" :)))
And as well as one question for you. Do you ever heard whether some driver use or maybe used some time ago "Left Foot braking" in terms of using it while accelerate in the same time (as in Rally) because if I am not wrong they brake with left foot.

[Phos]

I’ve seen videos from the first turbo era of everyone expecting the turbo cars to dominate the high altitude races only for all of them to break down and the DFV powered cars to win.

[ThePupil]

Any protection for this stunning paint scheme? Perhaps a transparent wrap?

[Drones_and_more]

Just for mexico they should allow the teams to use more battery energy to top up their losses

[robgraham]

Marc - the only problem is, you won't want to use your skateboard, for fear of marring the beautiful artwork on it!

[patrickschellen]

#askelvis with RBR topping friday, is there a way regulations can simulate high altitude on all tracks, for instance with changes to airboxes, to make things more equal all season?

[calumclark]

Do you think the fia ordering Mercedes to block the airflow holes on the inner rims of the hub made the big change that led to there and Lewis tyre wear and blistering problem and may be there again in Mexico.

[Grumpy_Stiltskin]

So why did he put Will Buxton on your board?