Monday 21st June 2010

Button And Hamilton Build An F1 Car

Promo vid shows two world champions trying to put a car together

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We promise you that today is not a slow news day, but... when we spotted this video on the forums we thought it was worth a little time on the PH homepage.

It's a short video of Messrs Button and Hamilton attempting to put a 2008 McLaren F1 car together - without the help of the usual legion of mechanics, who you can see enjoying a well-deserved cuppa in the McLaren canteen.

Now, we know that the whole vid is a shameless marketing plug for team sponsor Vodafone, and that the whole thing is obviously stage-managed, but it's a fascinating insight not only into how a modern F1 car goes together, but also the dynamics between Jenson and Lewis.

Well worth a watch over a cuppa of your own, we reckon...

 

[FourWheelDrift]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zf40OzfwOo

[stephen300o]

Ha ha, brilliant fun!

[Wanta996Gotta]

Great video - Good find

[Oily Nails]

"This is for the December!"

[E30M3SE]

Very good.

[Martin Keene]

Superb...

[Rollcage]

Thats very good!

Seems like they genuinely do work pretty well together as well!

Wonder how much help they really had?

[5678]

Liking that. Very funny.

[dirty boy]

Enjoyed that.

Thanks for sharing!

[Ozone]

Just brilliant.

[Derek Smith]

Did you see that state of the floor before they dripped oil onto it? It was pristine. If I'm working on my car and drop a nut I often have a choice after searching for it.

[llewop]

JB: 'do you want to take it out first?'

LH: 'naah...let Gary...that's what test drivers are for!'

[CarbonM5]

Not the sort of thing you would see the two Ferrari drivers doing!

[Altrezia]

Derek Smith said:

Did you see that state of the floor before they dripped oil onto it? It was pristine. If I'm working on my car and drop a nut I often have a choice after searching for it.

Glad it's not just me in that situation. Also, washers.

[Oily Nails]

CarbonM5 said:

Not the sort of thing you would see the two Ferrari drivers doing!

I'd pay good money to see Massa assembling the rear suspension.......I might even pay for his therapist afterwards

[Castrol Craig]

class.

[stephen300o]

CarbonM5 said:

Not the sort of thing you would see the two Ferrari drivers doing!

That would depend on if Santander were doing a similar add.

[coogy]

That is quality!

[ewenm]

Excellent.

[harry010]

CarbonM5 said:

Not the sort of thing you would see the two Ferrari drivers doing!

there are quite a few that I'd like to see do that... Come to think of it loads from yesteryear also...