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[Clatter]

 

Looks like a bit of fun, but it could be jazzed up a bit if they made it limbo style with the gap decreasing each lap.

[JHSingo]

Hmm, not sure it'll have quite the same broad appeal as the ice bucket challenge...

[BT44/45]

that's quite a peculiar engine sound ...

[Clatter]

Hmm, not sure it'll have quite the same broad appeal as the ice bucket challenge...

Well I was never a fan of the ice bucket, but I have played this game, albeit with plastic cones which are a tad more forgiving than concrete.

[muramasa]

they ran without concrete block and put 2 videos together

[Dolph]

errrm... I don't see the appeal in this. I do see possible waste of money by crashing into these barriers. Also, there are many layers of blocks lined up. Surely driving between one row or two rows is enough. Imagine if he clipped the first row and then the car spun and ploughed into the other 4 rows. Its not exciting. Its just dumb.

Edited by Dolph, 02 December 2015 - 20:57.

[Montie]

I do not see of the point in the video.

[Jerem]

I vaguely thought it was a video involving Jenson and 10 well-endowed male adult perfomers.

 

Now I've seen this thing, I almost wish I was right.

[Nemo1965]

Geezus

 

Aren't you all little rays of sunshine. I thought it was a staggering video, I can't believe they really did it and took the risk.

 

Well, like every country gets the politicians it deserves, F1 gets the fans it deserves.

[YoungGun]

A 30cm clearance on either side is huge when you consider racing at much tighter distances.

[EndlessMotion]

Shame for Honda it's a screaming Mercedes V8 in the back of the 26 but good fun to watch none the less!

[Dolph]

Geezus

 

Aren't you all little rays of sunshine. I thought it was a staggering video, I can't believe they really did it and took the risk.

 

Well, like every country gets the politicians it deserves, F1 gets the fans it deserves.

 

The same to you
 

[Dolph]

A 30cm clearance on either side is huge when you consider racing at much tighter distances.

 

 

An F1 track is what, 8-12 meters wide. Assuming average width of 10 meters then 30 cm is 3% of the track.

 

Never driven an F1 car at speed though. Might be a piece of cake for WDC...

[BillBald]

It would have been more fun with Pastor driving.

[Cloxxki]

I was sure to see darts.

[CSquared]

they ran without concrete block and put 2 videos together

Plus a couple more videos. Plus some CGI.

[andrewf1]

they ran without concrete block and put 2 videos together

 

You don't even need 2 videos, just 1 video and you introduce the blocks as CGI in post-production. I'm 99% sure that was the case, I don't think they would do such a risky shoot with real concrete blocks and I don't think Jenson would sign up for it. The remaining 1% tells me that the blocks used during the run, if real, were made of foam and not concrete.

[Ross Stonefeld]

Or you just run through it at a slowish speed and then speed up the playback. There was very little footage of him actually clearing the gap.

[BJHF1]

why you lyin Mclaren?

[Alexandros]

An F1 track is what, 8-12 meters wide. Assuming average width of 10 meters then 30 cm is 3% of the track.

 

Never driven an F1 car at speed though. Might be a piece of cake for WDC...

 

The human mind has a tendency to be highly mechanical when automating some processes and these processes also include how one takes a corner, lap after lap. The subconscious can be relied upon for extreme levels of accuracy.

 

What can't be relied upon, and makes the task dangerous, is the conscious mind thinking something is different, analyzing the process and potentially interfering with what would otherwise be an automatic process with precision in the range of 5cm.

Edited by Alexandros, 03 December 2015 - 05:00.

[muramasa]

Plus a couple more videos. Plus some CGI.

You don't even need 2 videos, just 1 video and you introduce the blocks as CGI in post-production. I'm 99% sure that was the case, I don't think they would do such a risky shoot with real concrete blocks and I don't think Jenson would sign up for it. The remaining 1% tells me that the blocks used during the run, if real, were made of foam and not concrete.

yeah on some scene those concrete blocks look strange

they imply that this is not real at the end of the vid anyway

 

Or you just run through it at a slowish speed and then speed up the playback. There was very little footage of him actually clearing the gap.

i examined teh video closely and at least on some scenes JB is actually running normally, at least not 10 or 20 or even 50 kmph. Can tell that by car's behaviour and background.

[king_crud]

The human mind has a tendency to be highly mechanical when automating some processes and these processes also include how one takes a corner, lap after lap. The subconscious can be relied upon for extreme levels of accuracy.

 

 

sitting at slow bends at grand prix in the past I was always surprised how drivers weren't consistent going around the same bend time after time. You think the process would brake > smooth through corner hitting apex > exit, but it's rarely the case. Often one lap will be different to the next, even if it's missing the apex by 30cms. You don't really see that on tv

[Nonesuch]

It's a shame the clip is so heavily edited. I have no idea as to the actual speed he was going.

 

Still, a fun afternoon at Silverstone.  

[pacificquay]

why you lyin Mclaren?

 

They're not. It says on the video it is a dramatisation

[Alexandros]

sitting at slow bends at grand prix in the past I was always surprised how drivers weren't consistent going around the same bend time after time. You think the process would brake > smooth through corner hitting apex > exit, but it's rarely the case. Often one lap will be different to the next, even if it's missing the apex by 30cms. You don't really see that on tv

 

Exit points can vary depending fuel loads, available traction etc, but "aiming" an apex or a kerb is usually spot on (unless it's a slow corner and the driver has missed his braking point or something).

[keeppari]

Alonso would have cleared it 6 tenths faster and with a 170 cm gap.

[Bloggsworth]

Watch people go through a width restriction, if you can go through at 5mph you can go through it at 50mph, but how many people do? The faster you go, the smaller the gap seems, it takes an act of will to convince yourself otherwise.

[kraduk]

Watch people go through a width restriction, if you can go through at 5mph you can go through it at 50mph, but how many people do? The faster you go, the smaller the gap seems, it takes an act of will to convince yourself otherwise.

 

That because you have to look further down the road that faster you go. We all know that of course.........

[Spillage]

that's quite a peculiar engine sound ...

Next year's Honda?

[paulrobs]

It would have been more fun with Pastor driving.

 

PMSL 

 

Thanks!

[Boing 2]

Yeah, CGI.

[R Soul]

Did they take a 2008 Honda engine and adapt that old chassis to work with it?

[SonJR]

The cheer at the end was for a proper engine with proper sound.

[saudoso]

that's quite a peculiar engine sound ...

Yep, anything but the original engine's sound. Now they need Pro Tools when doing PR videos, the original sound doesn't cut it, just stick some distorted V10s there.

[Mauseri]

Yeah, CGI.

Not only the blocks all graphics looks like it is a simulator..

 

Not quite sure what's the point of this. Boring arcade mode.

[muramasa]

Not only the blocks all graphics looks like it is a simulator..

 

Not quite sure what's the point of this. Boring arcade mode.

...the point.....precision....I think they put duct tape on track for where the block would be put, so JB actually or virtually or whatever managed to clear the 240cm block challenge...just that actual block was not there...but cleared anyway..."did it practically", not arcade....which is awesome...."precision"...

[Peat]

I think it's nice that some people believe in it. It gives me hope.

 

[muramasa]

make.believe

[Gemini]

...the point.....precision....I think they put duct tape on track for where the block would be put, so JB actually or virtually or whatever managed to clear the 240cm block challenge...just that actual block was not there...but cleared anyway..."did it practically", not arcade....which is awesome...."precision"...

 

I am afraid the only 'precision' involved in this stunt is presision of CGI guy working in post production

 

JB could have just drove on empty track and they simply added these concrete blocks afterwards.

 

So boring... They could had at least make some effort and use dinosaurs instead of concrete    

Edited by Gemini, 04 December 2015 - 22:59.

[wonk123]

I am afraid the only 'precision' involved in this stunt is presision of CGI guy working in post production

 

JB could have just drove on empty track and they simply added these concrete blocks afterwards.

 

So boring... They could had at least make some effort and use dinosaurs instead of concrete    

Dragons would have been even better. Dragons with fire better still

[Razoola]

No point in that video.... Speeded up to make it look faster than it was, slowed down in places to give the impression of speed. Sounds to make it look faster than it was.... What gives it all away is at 1:42 in the video, really poor editing.

Sounds like the typical McLaren hype, say the car is faster than it really is.

Edited by Razoola, 05 December 2015 - 09:40.

[muramasa]

I am afraid the only 'precision' involved in this stunt is presision of CGI guy working in post production

 

JB could have just drove on empty track and they simply added these concrete blocks afterwards.

 

So boring... They could had at least make some effort and use dinosaurs instead of concrete    

No!

He has really done it with duct tape mark ie "practical" concrete blocks!

Also I want to believe that they've actually done it, otherwise there's no hope in this world....If he succeeded in going through the 240cm gap, does it really matter if there are actually real blocks or not? Absolutely not!

So I believe - #BelieveInMcLarenHonda

[muramasa]

No point in that video.... Speeded up to make it look faster than it was, slowed down in places to give the impression of speed. Sounds to make it look faster than it was.... Sounds like the typical McLaren type, say the car is faster than it really is.

It's normal speed, not sped up, you can see it from car's behaviour and background...at some points they slowed it down!

Also duct tape and CGI!

Point? Precision! "Why dont they focus on scoring championship points instead", you might say? Of course, but they are just keeping it in their saving account, it's just that they've mistakenly set it on fixed deposit so cannot withdraw until 2016 - #BelieveInMcLarenHonda

[Razoola]

It's normal speed, not sped up, you can see it from car's behaviour and background...at some points they slowed it down!
Also duct tape and CGI!
Point? Precision! "Why dont they focus on scoring championship points instead", you might say? Of course, but they are just keeping it in their saving account, it's just that they've mistakenly set it on fixed deposit so cannot withdraw until 2016 - #BelieveInMcLarenHonda

Whats happening at 1:42 in the video?

[Afterburner]

Lotus's truck-jump was better.

[Ross Stonefeld]

Whats happening at 1:42 in the video?

 

It looks like the car going around the same corner as the blocks, but without the blocks. Using the white paint on the guardrail in the background as a reference.