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    The Life of a Bolt

    Oracle Red Bull Racing

    1 HN recommender · recommended in 3 months, 2023–2026

    YouTube

    2:53 · 6.8M views · Sep 23, 2016

    Oracle Red Bull Racing follows a single front suspension bolt through its life, from sketch and drawing through machining, testing, assembly and racing.

    HN commenters cite it as an illustration of the extreme effort Formula One teams put into safety, performance and reliability for a single part.

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    3 comments from Hacker News

    1. @marklubiMar 2024· in “A writer skewered the Formula One scene, then her article vanished”

      The amount of effort (and money) involved in just producing an F1 car is astounding. I think The Life of a Bolt video does a really good job of illustrating just how far these teams will go for safety, performance, and reliability. this video

      RecommendsView on HN
    2. @num42Aug 2026· in “We're not done with point clouds”

      In my opinion, it's not just robotics, there are so many processes involved in manufacturing a single high-performance bolt used in an F1 racing car. Life of Bolt(2016) this video Most high quality systems performance relies heavily on high-quality subsystems to achieve optimal performance.

      CitesView on HN
    3. @eajakobsenJun 2023· in “Making a Single Bolt for an F1 Car Takes an Insane Amount of Work”

      The video that "recently surfaced on Instagram" was uploaded to YouTube by Red Bull six years ago: this video

      CitesView on HN