What An F1 Car Looks Like Cut in Half

For the last two years the Sauber F1 Team mechanics have been using their downtime to slice a Formula One racing car lengthwise down the middle with the precision of true craftsmen. Chief Designer Matt Morris quite literally gets underneath the skin of the F1 car, pointing out where and how the individual components are located within the chassis. Everything is packed in pretty tightly. Sergio Pérez is also on hand to demonstrate the driver’s seating position.

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  1. wassayntv said:

    Wish I had the money to get me to F1 but looks like Saloon and hobby racing for me :) I love F1 so much :)

  3. Gamernoobsify said:

    alot of effort put in just to make one 5 minute video,well done sauber hope this season is as good as it was last season

  4. Highhouse100 said:

    I’ve seen this in Hinwil on that event a couple of weeks ago. On the sunday of the last race, i don’t know if you know which event i mean cause it wasn’t that big, that event. I just want to say, that i like the team sauber very much. It’s the only swiss team on the grid and for me who is swiss, that’s really something special. I wish you all the best for the future. :D

  5. jcastillox said:

    Exquisite.Thanks for sharing that remarkable effort to build it by splitting that marvelous machine.

  9. felix saavedra said:

    from minute 1:05 to minute 1:55 the background song sounds spectacular!! does anyone knows this artist?

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  19. spotpkt said:

    Sorry for the long delay on the response. We will definitely be in Austin (actually we will be there a couple days early since we live just up the road)!! Just got our tickets in the mail today. All season we have been rooting for you! So we look forward to being able to see you all in person!! Best of luck this weekend in India!!Re: the background, I will definitely post something up once I get everything set up for the background.

  22. Wiryan Tirtarahardja said:

    To the Sauber guys: this is the err… 2008 car back when you were still “BMW Sauber”, yes? So I guess thats a BMW engine in the back? =D

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  32. Jeff Tewell said:

    Ok, maybe I was a little harsh. The vid is very cool…but annotations were really gettin’ on my nerves!! Once again, great vid…thanks for sharing!

  33. saubermotorsport said:

    Thanks for watching and your feedback, Jeff. We have freed the vid from some of the ‘clutter’. Better now?

  35. saubermotorsport said:

    Thanks for watching and your feedback, Steven. We try to listen to the community and tried to get rid of some of the clutter. Better now re pop-ups?

  39. saubermotorsport said:

    Check out the related photo album on our facebook page! There is one picture that at least shows more of the gearbox. Interesting!

  40. saubermotorsport said:

    It’s not a comfortable position to sit in for up to 2 hours. But the guys are in good shape and use their legs all the time (acceleration and braking). Check out the related pictures on our facebook page – one is showing more, at least of the gearbox.

  42. saubermotorsport said:

    Not sure which hole thingy you mean… The ‘big thingy’ above/behind the driver’s head/helmet is the airhorn (which feeds air to the engine for combustion). There is also a little ‘hole thingy’ underneath the airhorn which is used to lift up the cars with a cran in case they stop on the race track. We hope this is helpful :-)

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  44. mickyhunt said:

    congratulations for the Third place in Japan Sauber F1 team, you guys rock!

  46. pbharti2 said:

    Wonder I like its 2 halp system or its fule engine system or etc and look is very nice

  55. mikeymike1792 said:

    Roman Grosjean attempted to cut a Sauber in half three weeks ago in Spa. Its amazing looking at how slim it is that it can survive an impact like that.

  56. Crazy700hpEvo8 said:

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  60. SolarPL said:

    Very nice video and a great idea!Shame you couldn’t show us the engine, gearbox and diff up close, though :)

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  65. ButtercupsTrueLove said:

    Found link to this vid on Sauber F1 Team Facebook page. Brilliant concept and execution of real world cutaway, filming, commentary, and editing.Looking forward to Sauber F1′s return at Spa at the end of August.

  69. saubermotorsport said:

    It kills us, too ;-) No comment on any body parts… Thanks for watching! And don’t miss the stills and wallpaper on our facebook page and website!

  71. saubermotorsport said:

    Thanks a lot for watching! Glad you liked it! Don’t miss the stills and wallpaper on our facebook page and website…

  73. saubermotorsport said:

    Please scroll down and read some of our older comments. All explained there. Thanks for watching! Don’t miss the interactive 360° lap on our website!

  75. gasherlock said:

    Too bad they had such an exquisite object that they blew the camera work. Always the wrong angle and never the right zoom. Why spend two years cutting it up, for this video? At least a perpendicular side shot of the driver? Terrible.

  77. elise308 said:

    I understand that they can’t show the engine but it still kills me. I would give up my left testicle to get the opportunity to tear one of those engines apart with one of their engineers there explaining all the detail of such a marvelous piece of mechanical engineering.

  80. Ferrariman601 said:

    Yeah, getting the real details with regard to Spygate would be very interesting indeed. In my opinion, the F2007 and MP4/22 were very different cars, and the MP4/22 was superior my some margin (McLaren actually won the Constructors’ Championship on paper). How did McLaren build a superior car to the F2007 if all they did was “copy” Ferrari? I’m guessing it was just the epitome of the dirty politics that perpetuated the Mosley era in the FIA probably based off of little fact.

  82. MrSpetsnaz said:

    They don’t want their engines secrets being passed onto their competitors. Since 07-08 all the Engines in the cars to my knowledge have been frozen in terms of development. I mean look at Pirelli and Bridgestone; Pirelli’s first year back in F1 they asked Bridgestone some questions on how to make the tires last longer and the Japanese mark refused because they did not want any of their secrets getting out. Kind of why I’d love to just see any bit of the technical data from the “Spy gate” scandal

  84. Ferrariman601 said:

    Don’t really understand why BMW wouldn’t let you guys photograph their engine components. It’s not like they’re going to be racing those engines ever again. Even if they were to make V-8 engines for LeMans or something, they’d almost definitely be completely different.

  87. pangahasie said:

    i guess bmw said no to showing their insides of the engine to us? pity it is not shown on the pics like in this video…the perspex replacement sort odd spoils it unfortunatily..

  88. boy638 said:

    why does it take two long years to make this cutaway model? Please explain?

  89. kik3X1 said:

    sooooooo cut away cool … question where does the driver take a leak ??

  93. Kissypha said:

    That was am awesome video. Never realised how high up the drivers feet were compared to the rest of his body. The custom seat has to be comfortable I’m sure.

  94. saubermotorsport said:

    Hi everyone!Don’t miss the downloadable infographic wallpaper on our website and the pictures on our facebook page.Sauber F1 Team

  98. zamlatuljko said:

    no i’m very familiar with these kind of cutting because when I was young I cut mu bburago cars in half, next time you bring it to me my grinder bosch and torch will made sayber piece of art:-)

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  105. BeardedMushroom said:

    Amazing to see what it looks like on the inside, and how the driver looks, he is practically lying down!

  109. mlyxbcky said:

    thanks for the info! I’ll check facebook then :) and gonna share w/ others! I will keep supporting Sauber team!!

  111. saubermotorsport said:

    We weren’t able to find the artists’ names, but the song titles are Rumour Mill (first song) and Countermeasure (second song). Hope this is helpful…

  112. saubermotorsport said:

    We weren’t able to find the artists’ names, but the song titles are Rumour Mill (first song) and Countermeasure (second song). Hope this is helpful.

  113. saubermotorsport said:

    As some of you were asking about the music used in this video: We weren’t able to find the artists’ names, but the song titles are Rumour Mill (first song) and Countermeasure (second song).

  114. saubermotorsport said:

    It is exhibited in our factory, but access is limited to sponsors’ guests… We will though post high-res pictures on our facebook page soon. Glad you liked the video! Make sure to share it with your friends.

  115. mlyxbcky said:

    I really enjoyed watch this video :) Thank you for uploading and preparing Japanese subtitle. It helped me a lot to understand easily since my first language is Japanese. Btw is there any place we can see this model?

  119. Markarinas2 said:

    better just employ me then :-) spent several years working in F1 as a software engineer and now live less than an hour away from you :-)

  122. MagnificentGeoffrey said:

    I’ve always liked Sauber because they were a decent, friendly privateer team fighting a tricky battle against the might of the big teams.Since 2009, the team have morphed into being easily the most likable on the grid. Two exciting drivers in Checo and Kobayashi and a likable management team in Peter Sauber and Monisha Kaltenborn.It’s been great to see the team reach out to fans and I couldn’t be happier to see them have such a fruitful season. I hope more podiums are on the way this year!

  124. GilsaSidur said:

    exelente!! ahora con los subtitulos queda mejor explicado. Muchas gracias sauber team!

  128. MessyHelmi said:

    Sorry what i meant was that cutaway car really used during races?.Specifically would it mean for 2 mechanics during a pit stop to carry each half of the wing and attached it to the car if the wing gets damaged? Given that “scenario”,I really see that as a huge disadvantage to the team.

  129. Montross said:

    Don’t get me wrong the intros is spot on, but the rest is just awful! For chirst sake they keep on zooming in and out, the shots are not steady so the focus gets lost and as icing on the cake you even can see the the film crew… Wich are using a fairly outdated equipment… You did not waste my time it just hurts to see such high level of amateurism in a company with a fairly high performance level…

  134. shi01 said:

    Wow, thanks for the Info. Are you allowed to say something about how hot the batterys can get when they charging up or is this also some cofidential Information?

  135. rjs15570 said:

    How about another spot on the engineering of brakes or major components….so people can realize the countlesd engineering hrs spent on major system and gain a deeper for the science behind racing.

  137. ysflightman said:

    It’s absolutely mental how all of this is packed into a tiny little car and yet it still weighs as little as it does.

  138. SASraceCAM said:

    great to see they care about peoples comments.i got a reply to my comment.thanks sauber

  140. Hynee said:

    I’m guessing it isn’t a Ferrari engine and gearbox they cut in half, they probably got permission from BMW to use one of theirs, or maybe it’s a Cosworth (never used by Sauber).V cool anyway.

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  150. cloisa14 said:

    great video. helps realise the facts for those who are not convinced that f1 is a tough and dangerous sport.amazing proximity of the fuel tank with the pilot who has practically his butt on the floor! what a position when the temperature gets hot and you get frustrated by the race….explains a lot of post-race tired and frustrated reactions.engine and gearbox not possible, not really a secret but close. show me yours i’ll show you mine sort of thing.

  151. Jazoja2 said:

    What took so long? Two years for what? They cut it with a spoon?Mi tartott ezen 2 évig? “Önkéntes fémgyűjtő szakembereink” sztem fél óra alatt végeztek volna egy ilyen művelettel…

  152. akindo001 said:

    Great video! But agree, I was looking forward to see the engine and gearbox as well. Perhaps another video showing this?

  153. teilhaus said:

    F1 is supposed to be the pinnacle of motor racing. 2.4 litres is not the pinnacle of motor racing. F1 engines should be big V12s, turbos, nitrous, the lot.

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  166. longtimeninjabiker said:

    If you were just going to ruin the damn thing I would have been MORE than happy to give that car a good home!! makes me feel sick..Shit “I ll still take it and lovingly rejoin it” and yea if that guy drops that million dollar driver, his pink slip is a FACT…..ninja

  169. DannyMaganaM said:

    ¡Wow con la máquina de Fórmula 1 del equipo Sauber Ferrari! Y verla justo a la mitad es increíble.

  173. moustacio1 said:

    @metaled16 I agree Brits are great designers but just want to remind you that the company is British owned (about 80% anyway) and the guy who designed the V8 Vantage was a Dane. So not totally British by any stretch.

  177. ashleecobert said:

    Does this make anyone else want to go to PlayhousePleasure com!? Or is that just me hahaha

  180. FDCPElmo said:

    Silly man, why would you want to bring an apple? you obviously can’t eat it with a helmet on.

  183. metaled16 said:

    Because the British are brilliant as designing cars. Not to blow my patriotic trumpet or nothing. The same applies with road car manufacturers. Jaguar and Aston Martin (Being sold to other countries) are designed by Brits

  187. videoofmike said:

    Could we got a high resolution picture of the cutaway car? Even just the driver seating position bit :)

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  190. howler77 said:

    this is the coolest thing I have ever seen! Thanks Sauber (from a Ferrari fan)

  191. Seafury2004 said:

    Great video, I really enjoyed watching this. It really brings a new dimension to uderstanding what goes into these machines.

  193. MVdesign said:

    nice video. Too bad they didn’t show the engine and gearbox in detail.

  194. TrainingRepublic said:

    I have always known that F1 driver have very high fitness requirements, however after viewing this the “human component” is truly squeezed in. Not only do they need super human fitness, they need amazing flexibility and amazing levels of core strength!

  197. sodoffb said:

    The techincal directors for McLaren, Ferrari, Williams, Mercedes, Force India, Williams, Lotus and Sauber are all British…

  205. MessyHelmi said:

    So if let’s say during a race,if the front wing gets caught up and damaged which commonly happens in f1 races.How are the pit crew gonna assemble the racecar a new wing?????.

  207. jimkapa said:

    imagine how much is paid from Sauber to play that role and then put yourself into his position……

  220. RPFFDS said:

    Using downtime? They should hire me and I would that for them in lesser time!!!

  221. lampochka2003 said:

    да, конечно, как минимум газ и тормоз – сцепление они вроде переключают на руле.

  222. hornieharrie said:

    it would be nice if they do a “closeup slow sweep video” of the whole car from top to bottom of both side

  223. segr3do said:

    Bad cameraman is bad cameraman. Bad video editor, is bad video editor. And seems like they choose both of the worst to make this video.

  224. jodyclaborn said:

    Absolutely fascinating! I would love to see a hi-res image of each half with descriptions of the various components.

  227. xdir said:

    Could have been very interesting if they left the presenter out and showed the close up of the car – instead of wasting 2 years chopping the car why not just show a diagram it would have been equally if not more informative…

  235. cattycats4 said:

    yes its annoying! why have music over this video anyway id rather listen more clearly to the fascinating knowledge about the car lol

  237. Hawk7886 said:

    Cut off wheels, band saws… pretty much anything would work. What’s actually impressive are the parts they didn’t cut and reassembled into halved casings to show exposed assemblies. A real pity the director focused more on the guy talking than the actual vehicle.

  239. thunda1k said:

    I’m very much interested in knowing what technology they used to actually cut the car in half, it is such a clean cut as well

  240. SASraceCAM said:

    ive been on a force india f1 factory tour they said even there people cant open gearboxes or even start a engine without mercedes people being there. “secret”

  243. MGMG8GT said:

    Anyone else hear a phone ringing over and over again when the music is playing?

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    this question is for “saubermotorsport” what is the name of the song starting from 1:06 and ending to 1:58? please help how to find the name of the artist or the name of the song!

  245. MrYadran77 said:

    starting on minute 1:06 to minute 1:58 does anyone knows the name of the song? it’s bad ass please anyone help me.

  249. VenerisFata said:

    Idiots asking for specs of the trans and engine c’mon, dumbasses.Otherwise great video, always wanted to see how everything fitted into such limited space, amazing.

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  252. PhearMark2 said:

    They don’t go into specific detail on parts and pieces that aren’t covered by the rules explicitly (hence why he does talk about the fuel cell and steering column). While this car is a few years old (looks like a version of the 2008-ish car) this still would have been a Ferrari engine and I’m sure they wouldn’t have been pleased if they went too in depth about the parts and pieces they specifically use =P

  258. tigerhawk84 said:

    Only watched this to see an F1 engine spliced in half…and they didn’t even show it. Fail.Still interesting but not nearly as much as it could of been.

  262. Trunks0 said:

    Yes! desperately need to be de-interlaced and re-uploaded. Sad mistake as it’s otherwise awesome in all other aspects.

  265. rjs15570 said:

    Great engineering and video guys! Enjoyed the perspective rarely seen unless you are part of design team.

  274. hotlondonxman said:

    Yes it will blend!! Ok? I think they didn’t do a proper profile or detailed slow mo because the f1 teams are notoriously secretive and they don’t wanna give away any design tips to the competition.

  276. gt40mk21 said:

    Absolutely assinine shooting and editing. There should at least be lots af SLOW pans on the sections, if not static holds so you can take it in. They didn’t even do anything near a profile of the driver. Unbelievable! All I can imagine is that it’s meant for shareholders.

  279. Bazuzeus said:

    Am I the only one to get frustrated you nearly can’t see anything from the car ?

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    animal scientist always said that Dolphin very very smart but Dolphin don’t know how to build a work F1 car ……..

  286. isaacarus said:

    needs to have a super high res image taken of it with small labels linking to a detailed description on what each part is etc as not enough shown in this short video…

  290. Sambo113 said:

    Good video, however apple execution at the end was slightly disappointing, i would of suggested using Granny Smith for a more reasonable crunch.

  296. GetOverHere83 said:

    How ignorant can you be? F1 cars are made to drive as quickly as possible within a set of specifications. If being “too long” enhances its performance, so be it. Just sayin….

  297. JuoneThaDon said:

    haha… i would like to cut you in half and see whats in your head. Did you not see where the driver sits? How much smaller do you want it to be? Much shorter, and hes feet would be touching the front of the car

  299. diphenderpher1 said:

    The car is too long. It looks kind of stupid, kind of like some old Hotwheels cars I had. Sorry, just sayin.

  300. shi01 said:

    Well, the electric motor is locatet at the front of the enginge and is normaly directly connectet to the crankshaft. The batterys are under the fueltank. Some rumours also say, that some teams locatet the batterys under the gearbox. But i don’t know if this is true. I think, the heat from the gearbox would lower the batteryperformance to much, but F1 engineers are cleverer than i am, so maybe they found a solution for this problem.

  301. SuperDrKas said:

    Great informative video! Please ignore the somewhat-witty numbskull comment entries above. While they go from site to site with pithy one-liners, desperately hoping someone will like them .. You guys build something real. And when you cleanly cut it in half, it looks …. amazing.

  302. USA4thewin said:

    2 years to cut it in half what didnt you get the “LAZER” from Austim Powers ?? fucken brits

  312. joepapp01 said:

    Very cool and tremendously informative. Always wondered what things looked like inside. Too bad for Perez, though: “you’re just another component.” Ouch!

  316. akirakain22 said:

    Yeah im not too sure Ferrari would be happy with them 1> showing the engine, 2> cutting one in half. ;-) either way you take what u get from it dont you, if that was a McLaren, apart from maybe some be-spoke tech the packaging is going to be the same throughout the grid near enough anyways, very interesting and well done Sauber, some of the bigger teams don’t have the balls to do this, even on an older car!

  321. kikaskilla said:

    Actually, this is the 2008 year model, which had a BMW engine. This is the BMW Sauber F1.08

  323. colum6o said:

    KERS Batteries most likely under the fuel tank, and KERS unit between engine and gearbox, i think.

  324. dan205 said:

    Fantastic but at the same time annoying as hell, the engine is the very heart of the car and we don’t get to see it close-up.I’m no engine expert but wouldn’t be suprised if that is an old one used for the sake of having something there. Shame Ferrari would never allow it to be shown in any detail.Still a fantastic bit of footage, thanks Sauber.

  329. Heatseeker1 said:

    Now do a video of the engine and powertrain, which you somehow forgot to look at in this one!

  332. Mellowyellowraven said:

    Really, the only thing in electrics that is still being developed is batteries. Lithium/air is lighter and much more powerful that anything in use today. An electric motor puts out maximum torque at 1 rpm. the motors can be made small and light and do not have to turn 18K rpm to produce power. Sorry but electric is the future, like it or not…

  335. DanFrederiksen said:

    no I’m not. but because you’re immature you have a mindless need to make me wrong instead of realizing I’m right and learning from it. if you the people of the world weren’t so obtuse I wouldn’t have to school you and get all these negative votes.

  337. jellyzRL said:

    and you’re talking about it as if its independent of the main drive, it isnt.

  338. jellyzRL said:

    no, you get alot of negative votes because you’re being so immature about this. ‘I’m the smart one here.’ what, are you five? you probably dont even understand how KERS works. put imply, it gathers up about 400 kilojoules of energy in a quick release battery, that is then released into the gearbox through a powerful electric motor, increasing the power by about 80bhp. theres also one that works solely through flywheels dleivering power directly to the rear wheels, but this is less common I think

  342. Trevallen39 said:

    Yes I know that. That’s why I’m asking the question… As this car in the video is the F1.08, how/where does KERS fit into the 2012 spec car?

  345. DanFrederiksen said:

    I thought formula 1 kers are mostly electric motors and batteries..and I get a lot of negative votes exactly because I’m the smart one and there are a lot of ignorant fan boys

  347. theweekendhacker said:

    They came up with KERS because it’s lighter and more effective than trying to add in a heavy electric motor and inefficient battery solely for regenerative braking. You received enough negative votes to be hidden in under two hours, I kind of doubt that you are the smart one between the two of you.

  352. DFCad1 said:

    turd brain, did they come up with kers on their own or because the electric revolution is putting pressure on them?do you think it will end with kers or is it headed for full electric?think a little. I’m the smart one. you are not

  353. SK8ERPETER360 said:

    Wow, Sabuer Team, you guys are awesome. Doing this work for the fans makes your team even more bad ass. Way to go.

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