F1 Car Set-Up EXPLAINED! Vehicle Dynamics, Oversteer, Understeer Balance and More!

Car balance, oversteer, understeer, operating windows… 👀 what exactly do these terms mean and how do teams decide and change car set-ups, both on and off the track? 🤔 Vehicle Dynamics, explained by Andrew Shovlin – Trackside Engineering Director – featuring his whiteboard! 😄






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[tigerrx]

As an aerospace engineer, this is why F1 is my favorite sport and favorite pastime. A sporting competition that emphasizes engineering.

[nlboogy]

As an Engineering student I appreciate this insight

[vivekchavanmusic]

He reminds me a lot of my physics teacher from 12th grade. Very calm and composed and the hand moves on the white board like a boat cutting a smooth line through a river.
Also, great explanation. I am a little shocked that I could understand everything. Props to your visual demonstration!

[Marco-Bulitta]

Am I the only one who is watching this primary to improve setup skills in the F1 game? :D

[dafyddrees]

This simple science series is so fascinating and fantastic to see how engineer’s operate and their thought processes through race weekends! Thank you!

[egj]

My biggest respect for Mercedes the recent years. So entertaining, educating and open about everything. Nobody deserves these F1 titles more. Hope they win many more.

[patbakshis]

I've never driven that fast, but I've driven on ice, and watching this video, kept hitting "pause" to recapture that feeling and reconcile it with your diagrams. To see something as intuitive as oversteer and understeer neatly broken down into vectors is a new experience for some of us. Thanks for this window into your world.

[nbody]

Videos like these would help with ignorances of people that say “car go circle, much bore” thanks for these videos, makes me love the sport more and more

[canineogames]

Congrats to Shovlin for explaining the concepts in a very understandable way. Fantastic video.

[IamSaud_YT]

Greatest Technical video ever! Once again, thank you, Mercedes.

[saket]

I'm new to F1, and this has made a whole lot of things clear to me 😇!! Thanks Mercedes

[elistokes]

This has been my favorite class this semester

[Niko-heji]

Ferrari:write that down, write that down!

[IamSaud_YT]

Dear Mercedes!


Thank you so much for listening and making this video.


kind regards,
Saud

[meghavgoyal]

Dear mercedes,
You should do more of these kind of videos really helps and inspire us as budding engineers.

[keldyngovindsamy]

As a young aspiring race car driver knowing this stuff makes my learning experience much easier

[curtisboulton]

Exquisitely insightful & intriguing feature, eminently demonstrating how the dynamic of the car intrinsically corresponds to how the car’s performance (brake bias & brake callipers correlates under braking), applying more front end with the evolution of the circuit, excellent visual demonstration in regards to the cornering force with the vertical load differential, from the rear axel, discussing the core stability of the role bar, ensuring the setup of the car is stable for the car to perform efficiently and effectively! Excellent & fascinating feature!

[elizavetasavchenko]

When I see Andrew Shovlin I know the video is going to be great!

[sub_zero]

Can you give strategy lessons for Fer..i mean us? xD Respect to Mercedes a legendary team in the making from a Ferrari fan

[minascholevas]

*This is the best PR* in my opinion!
I was a Red Bull fanatic but I can't deny that now with those 3 videos that go more in depth, I'm steering (pun intended) to you guys!
Just *keep uploading those analytical videos* and *I'll turn silver any time now* !!!