Why do F1 cars explode during crashes? It’s pure engineering genius.

Added: 2026-05-26

[00:00:00]But, ultimately, everyone always focuses on on the lightness, but carbon's crazy good. It's It's got so many good properties around it. Everyone always says, "Oh, it's because it's light." No.

[00:00:09]It is light, it's great, but it also has all these different carbons have different other properties. So, we can have carbons that can run, you know, 1,000° C. We've got carbons that will flex more than others.

[00:00:22]Um carbon is very good at energy uh absorption, so for crashes. So, when a F1 guy hits the barrier and explodes into a billion pieces, and it looks very dramatic, that's great because that's energy That's energy absorption and then energy removal, right? If there's bits flying through the air, that's kinetic energy that's not coming into the driver.