Friday 6th July 2012

Time for Tea: F1 history in 60 seconds

Six decades of F1 design crammed into a minute

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Just in time for this weekend’s British Grand Prix, today’s Time for Tea chronicles the entire history of Formula 1 cars in a single minute.

In fact, it’s so fast that we’ve already watched it a few times to catch bits we missed. But it really does cover everything; there are the very early, basic cars which then progress through the 1960s to become lower and wider.

Wings and a radically altered shape come in with the 1970s, V12s and even more aero in the 1980s, and then things begin to morph into a silhouette that is similar today’s machines during the 1990s. It really is compelling, and makes you wonder just what this video might look like in 20 years time.

So make yourself a pot of tea; you’ll want to watch this one a few times. And just in case it goes too quickly, or you would like some more detail on how F1 cars have evolved, below are photographs of every car that has won at Silverstone in the hands of a British driver. Enjoy the weekend!

Evolution of the F1 Car from Ruf Blacklock on Vimeo. 

 

[C2james]

That's just great, really shows what happened when aerodynamics were properly discovered and exploited.

[firman]

In before the title

Eta funky video that, like how they show the different engine layouts and steering wheel shapes in the top right hand corner

Edited by firman on Friday 6th July 16:10

[Watchman]

Too fast. I couldn't drink all that in.

[Riggers]

Watchman said:

Too fast. I couldn't drink all that in.

Watch it again, then

[loudlashadjuster]

Riggers said:

Watchman said:

Too fast. I couldn't drink all that in.

Watch it again, then

Or check out the static infographic

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BEPPKVhOCNU/T-9LVLwJt8I/...

(alhough 'CONTOL' does appear twice )

[HowMuchLonger]

Riggers said:

Watchman said:

Too fast. I couldn't drink all that in.

Watch it again, then

Careful, if you watch it more than 3 times you have to start paying.

[MagicalTrevor]

Yey, I reported this to the news desk earlier in the week and now it's here

[F1GTRUeno]

A pity that one of my favourite F1 cars will forever be known as the one that robbed us of perhaps our best ever driver.

[C2james]

HowMuchLonger said:

Careful, if you watch it more than 3 times you have to start paying.

Have you been watching those "special" videos.

[Mules]

Cracking little video, nice to see animation of F1 cars.

[kambites]

Interesting to see how the shape has changed over the years. I think the cars were at their prettiest when they were at their smallest and simplist just after they went mid-engined.

[Oddball RS]

F1GTRUeno said:

A pity that one of my favourite F1 cars will forever be known as the one that robbed us of perhaps our best ever driver.

What Coulthard???????

[MagicalTrevor]

Oddball RS said:

F1GTRUeno said:

A pity that one of my favourite F1 cars will forever be known as the one that robbed us of perhaps our best ever driver.

What Coulthard???????

[anonymous-user]

Have they got too many cylinders in the car from 2008 onwards?

[badmrphil]

has to be the most boring post i've seen for a while

[5hero]

badmrphil said:

has to be the most boring post i've seen for a while

Yours? I agree. You signed up to say that?

[badmrphil]

not quite; but i'm a man of few words

[inman999]

Max_Torque said:

Have they got too many cylinders in the car from 2008 onwards?

I thought that but I think it's the angle, you can see the end cylinder of the left-hand bank.

[HurryUpAndWait]

That's rather good!

Like it.

[F1GTRUeno]

Oddball RS said:

What Coulthard???????

Knew that was coming.