F1 Engineer Analyses 2023 Austria GP Qualifying & Sprint Race

Absolutely love insight like this!

Great coverage and analysis as always! Love the channel.

17:50 less grip, less drag, less downforce, more power. I couldn't agree more it's why supercars are amazing.

Blake would you say that Ferrari added a lot of front end since the start of the season since they really struggled with that in pre season testing and opening races?

Hi Blake! As always incredible job explaining the insights. Would you be able to make a video, how you pull the F1 data, the data engineering tools etc

Thank so much for putting this out

Hi Blake! I want to suggest you a couple of possible 2 videos in the future (had you already thought about them): 1. How teams prepare the car setup before they arrive at the circuit: they simulate what`s the ideal car setup in order to achieve the fastest lap time and then fine-tune the car based on track, temperature, or maybe strategic reasons? Yeah, I know that there are tracks like Monaco and Singapore where you put more emphasis on qualy setup. So in other words: how much (usually) the car is set up towards the race pace and how much towards the qualy before they hit the race track on Friday FP1? 2. I know that the same above scenario is for the deployment optimisation over an entire lap so my question is if the teams could, let`s say overmanage this deployment for special cases such as qualy laps, defend and overtake. Let me explain in detail: we know that there is not enough deployment for an entire lap just 33 sec/lap, if I`m not wrong. After that your battery is empty but you could generate from MGU-H electric energy/deployment via MGU-K without any restrictions. This could be done only if you afford to burn some fuel (something that in 2026 they`ll do very often as I read). So, for example: on the Silverstone Wellington straight the car has just 2.7 sec of maximum deployment but you could extend that time of deployment for those special circumstances at the expense of burning some fuel in order that MGU-H can produce further electric energy? Then, later in the race drivers need to do some lift and coast or run in not-so-aggressive PU modes just to spare some fuel to finish the race ...

great title mate!

I love your content and the podcast! But I have a question, how much does driver performance affect the data? Like is it possible that one car is engineered to be faster than another, but the data looks like it's not because the driver isn't getting the max out of the car?

Hey! Could you post the link to the API documentation or any info? I'd love to fiddle around with it myself!

you're amazing man

Wish I thought to ask this sooner but.. Silverstone Quali Analysis-Is it possible to find out how many laps are on each driver’s tire set? Specifically Q1 after red flag? Sorry but I’ve been trying to find out where this info forever because usually I wanna know before the race, what tyre sets are available to each driver. And if they’re used sets, how many laps? A flat spotted set could maybe have a damaged n/a. idk? I mean, there HAS to be a system that at least tracks each tires lap count. (Hah I keep switching spelling on tires/tyres)

So at 7:00ish you say that RBR has less front grip than Ferrari (at this track/setup at least). Does that mean they might gain from the new tyres in the British GP that supposedly offer more grip at the front if rumours are to be believed?

Hi Blake! As an engineer, I'm interested in what's the most important thing for an F1 car regarding speeds on the straights: to have the highest top speed but for a short time or a slightly lower top speed but for a longer time? I know there are many factors involved to take account to: traction / exit speed out of the corner, gear ratio, deployment time on that straight, straight line length and so on... can you make a video on this topic? Thanx în advance and keep the good work you are doing!

I noticed during the high speed runs GP was giving Max different strats on each lap over the radio. I would then notice Max using different lines and braking points. Can you explain why the approach? Wouldn't the simulator show the best lines?

Did you see peter windsor’s corner analysis on max? Where he is talking about rotation points. Does this not show up well in the data?

I like the idea of getting rid off the wings. Make the teams develop all the downforce from the underfloor. Or at least have smaller more Monza style wings. Top speeds will be higher and racing closer

I would love to see max onboard when perez puts him onto the grass.

I’m new here! Where do you get your telemetry data from?

Q. For you: who is more likely to get on fraud watch? The track limits or the teams complaining about them?