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Would love to know how such high performing teams operate and execute.

dralley 1y ago
James Vowles and Toto Wolff are both really interesting to listen to. Especially James - you can immediately tell that his brain is operating on a very high level of organization and clarity.
- alistairSH 1y ago
  Good interviews with those two leaders. “High Performance” has other interviews with drivers, trainers, etc. But I’d agree that Wolff and Vowles are two of the best in the industry and also at talking about it/interviewing. Toto Wolff: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=z5Yxk6s971E https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=z5Yxk6s971E Wolff with Daks Shepherd (bit less geeky, probably watch this first): https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=D-LrZc193uU https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=D-LrZc193uU James Vowles: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nYzwvTSffiY&pp=0gcJCRsBo7VqN5tD https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nYzwvTSffiY&pp=0gcJCRsBo7VqN5t...
alistairSH 1y ago
If you want a less technical, entertaining view into F1, Netflix’s “Drive to Survive” is excellent (if a little over-dramatic). It’s documented-drama, but has enough of the geeky stuff to be interesting.
- epolanski 1y ago
  I am a huge F1 fan actually, (but I have refused to watch the latest 2 DTS seasons), but that gives very little idea on how those organizations works and operate day to day.
  - alistairSH 1y ago
    Yeah, that's true, I did mention "less technical". But for anybody curious about F1, it's as good a way to start as any. Easy enough to take comments from the show and search online or check YouTube for more details.
  - dralley 1y ago
    The latest 2 DTS seasons are much better than the earlier ones in terms of accuracy. Not perfect, but better.
- piva00 1y ago
  I don't think DTS shows any teams' operations stuff at all, it's focused on personalities and exaggerated drama between them. You don't see almost any factory footage, logistics, R&D, etc., when there's factory footage it's about meeting rooms, signings of drivers, at most a trophy room. For technical/operations I think the best is finding videos on YouTube, Driver61 has been doing a series on some aspects of it after getting access from Alpine, I'm sure there are other channels that go in-depth as well on this side of the sport.
jjav 1y ago
While I've followed F1 as a sport since the late 80s, in the last decade I've been more fascinated by the aspect of running these teams. What it must take to run an engineering orgzanization of many hundreds of people where every single thing has to be basically perfect in design, build and execution. Because the other top teams are certainly aiming for that as well so anyone who doesn't is getting lapped. While the pressure must be intense, I do envy that idea when looking from this side, the world of software engineering, where sloppy practices are the norm and there are rarely any consequences to inefficiency. I would enjoy working in an environment where any single bug gives you a DNF and the code that runs fastest by a hundredth of a second wins and every other competitor is a loser. That would be very intellectually rewarding.
basisword 1y ago
You might like this video[1]. The driver crashed on his way to the grid. The team had a very limited amount of time to fix the car, on the grid. The video includes radio communication between the various parts of the team and they organise equipment, analyse the issue, and make sure they comply with the various rules. Really fascinating to see how something like this is managed so calmly. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGwm1QmwN9s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGwm1QmwN9s

James Vowles and Toto Wolff are both really interesting to listen to. Especially James - you can immediately tell that his brain is operating on a very high level of organization and clarity.

alistairSH 1y ago
Good interviews with those two leaders. “High Performance” has other interviews with drivers, trainers, etc. But I’d agree that Wolff and Vowles are two of the best in the industry and also at talking about it/interviewing. Toto Wolff: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=z5Yxk6s971E https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=z5Yxk6s971E Wolff with Daks Shepherd (bit less geeky, probably watch this first): https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=D-LrZc193uU https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=D-LrZc193uU James Vowles: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nYzwvTSffiY&pp=0gcJCRsBo7VqN5tD https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nYzwvTSffiY&pp=0gcJCRsBo7VqN5t...

alistairSH 1y ago

If you want a less technical, entertaining view into F1, Netflix’s “Drive to Survive” is excellent (if a little over-dramatic). It’s documented-drama, but has enough of the geeky stuff to be interesting.

epolanski 1y ago
I am a huge F1 fan actually, (but I have refused to watch the latest 2 DTS seasons), but that gives very little idea on how those organizations works and operate day to day.
- alistairSH 1y ago
  Yeah, that's true, I did mention "less technical". But for anybody curious about F1, it's as good a way to start as any. Easy enough to take comments from the show and search online or check YouTube for more details.
- dralley 1y ago
  The latest 2 DTS seasons are much better than the earlier ones in terms of accuracy. Not perfect, but better.
piva00 1y ago
I don't think DTS shows any teams' operations stuff at all, it's focused on personalities and exaggerated drama between them. You don't see almost any factory footage, logistics, R&D, etc., when there's factory footage it's about meeting rooms, signings of drivers, at most a trophy room. For technical/operations I think the best is finding videos on YouTube, Driver61 has been doing a series on some aspects of it after getting access from Alpine, I'm sure there are other channels that go in-depth as well on this side of the sport.

jjav 1y ago

While I've followed F1 as a sport since the late 80s, in the last decade I've been more fascinated by the aspect of running these teams. What it must take to run an engineering orgzanization of many hundreds of people where every single thing has to be basically perfect in design, build and execution. Because the other top teams are certainly aiming for that as well so anyone who doesn't is getting lapped. While the pressure must be intense, I do envy that idea when looking from this side, the world of software engineering, where sloppy practices are the norm and there are rarely any consequences to inefficiency. I would enjoy working in an environment where any single bug gives you a DNF and the code that runs fastest by a hundredth of a second wins and every other competitor is a loser. That would be very intellectually rewarding.

basisword 1y ago

You might like this video[1]. The driver crashed on his way to the grid. The team had a very limited amount of time to fix the car, on the grid. The video includes radio communication between the various parts of the team and they organise equipment, analyse the issue, and make sure they comply with the various rules. Really fascinating to see how something like this is managed so calmly. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGwm1QmwN9s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGwm1QmwN9s