Imagine Kimi Raikonnen telling the story; "I got in the car... did 3 laps... was OK, I guess..."

“As a hobby to distract myself from my disastrous career move.” Honesty is gold. Always.

He’d be a gold medalist in Olympic Story Telling. I feel like I just drove an F1 car. I also thought I would blink during the video.

Imagine being high when listening to this guy, you would literally be in a f1 car racing.

"I could feel my head detaching from my neck as I stomped on the brake" Great job that was 40%

His description of the braking after the straight was absolutely priceless

This is actually the first time that somebody really makes me understand how hard it is to pilot one of this cars.

A wonderful story. I could listen to this guy for hours.

He's a good story teller. Not much was repeated and you were there with him.

This guy is a true motorsport fan. Much respect to him

This really puts into perspective how much strength, like he said, physically and mentally the F1 drivers have. I've always wanted to know what it is like to drive one from a regular person's perspective. I'm just dumbfounded by it all, I can't respect the drivers more. Thank you for this amazing story!

If anyone deserved a couple of laps in an F1 car, it would be this guy. Such enthousiasm! Great story teller as well btw.

He even has a very aerodynamic haircut. That’s the dedication you need

"you've hit 40% brake pressure, well done!" LOL

I love hearing good storytellers recount their experiences, whatever it is it's always hypnotic to listen to

The best part of this story is the way I can feel the pure joy of the narrator. I didnt drive the car but some of that joy has been shared with me.

"If i die i die, in a formula 1 car just like i wanted" that commitment

“If I die, I die” this man was committed fully 😂👏🏾

What an amazing story teller. I almost don't need to drive one now, because i felt the whole experience!

Amazing video! There are so many of us who love the sport who would kill to have an opportunity like this one and the fact that you guys took us a little bit closer to what we think drivers experience inside an F1 car is priceless. Thank you!

This guy could be telling you about having a dump and you would listen to every word....his passion is contagious

This guy's description was just great. I felt like I was driving the car.

Beautifully articulated. A lot of people have so many preconceptions of an F1 car and he was brilliant in describing the detail as a fan and racing enthusiast.

Oh my God ! You have arguably one of the best narrative skills in sharing your experience. Thank you so much in take us so exceptionally through your F1 experience ! I thoroughly enjoyed this !!!

At first I thought I would be skipping a lot of seconds here to get to the interesting point, but this guy is such a good story teller that I listened to every word he said😂

Can someone put this guy on everything that has an engine in it and get him to tell the story?! I want to "drive" a jet fighter next!!

He’s actually a great storyteller. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to his recap of the day. Thank you for this 🙏🏻

Love how his eyes are glowing the whole time. It's always great to see someone speak with so much passion

This story is one of the best told and most exciting. The experience every car enthusiast dreams of

This has to be one of the best articulated stories to ever be told on this channel. STG is a dope guy, now I feel like I've raced a F1 car as well LOL

through my HPDE car club i'm in we got to tour an Air Force base. We ended up having about an hour to talk with one of the F15 pilots, super cool stories. He was explaining G forces and the effects on the body. He was also explaining how the way they hit G's is so much different than the way cars do. he told us that the side G in cars is way harder than what he does and he's hitting like 6G. the pilots want to experience it so this summer they want to come out and jump in the passenger seat.

I watch this video weekly. I absolutely love the way he delivers his experience and emotions during his ride. 👊🏻🤘🏻

I think this guy has just told the best story I've ever heard on UKposts.

*goes super saiyan to push the brake pedal Engineer: OK, that was a good 40% pressure on the brakes

When I sat down to watch this video I had NO idea that I would learn SO much and realize that there is so much more to professional automobile racing (F-1 in this case) than I had ever suspected. GREAT video! Thank you mate!

How he stutters just out of pure impression when says 40% it’s just amazing! Great story telling

The amount of neck strength one needs to keep from getting whiplash in these cars is insane. Look at any F1 or Indycar driver and check out how large their necks are compared to their head and chest.

Arguably the best day of my life!

Man, man.. watching this 3 years after the fact, but I can't help but get super excited listening to your experience! I just can't help thinking how lucky the actual F1 drivers are to be able to do that day in and day out. I guess you get used to it _at some point_ , but for me at least, it would take a very, very long time. It would be amazing to get to try any even semi modern F1 car. You're a super lucky dude and I loved to hear how hard you worked to make your dream come true. You really deserved it!

Ive probably watched this video 5 times over the last few years.. What a great story and so well told by Sam.

".....The G-force is constant and your stomach is 3 miles down the road!". Maybe the most accurate description of F1 racing!

Brilliant. Just brilliant. Honest, candid, engaging. Rarely comment but just had to on this one. Congratulations on an excellent and utterly watchable video.

That was the most exciting story I've ever seen being told on youtube or any other media. So much fun and immersive. Great job. This video made my day.

He was an amazing storyteller. I never had any interest in F1 before and he kept my attention 100% well done sir

7:51 When your mates take you to the strip club for the first time

That was great, wonderful storytelling, enthusiasm and honesty. Thank you!! In the 1980s I raced Yamaha GP bikes with 2 stroke engines. They were very fast, with a very narrow power band, below 10K is hardly pulled at all, until 10,500 RPM it would it would scream out from under you until 14,500 RPM red line, shifting no clutch with full throttle. I am now 75 years old and miss that dimension of getting tunnel vision down the longest straight.

That was a great explanation of your experience and it definitely gives me an appreciation for what Formula 1 drivers are able to do.

That was a super cool interview and I'm delighted to get to share in his experiencing his dream. Well done and thanks for sharing!

"The only way to drive it, is flat-out" that's a good analogy for life in my opinion..

Three minutes in: what, no in-car video? Eight minutes in: Ha! Love how he's telling his story!

This was one of my favorite stories yet! His passion and storytelling were so fun.

I'm a casual sim racer and this gives me some more insight of how it really is.I'm amazed by the acceleration,top speeds,braking ability and the traction of these cars in a sim. The g-forces are something I can't really experience but this helps.I'm guessing that is why physical fitness is so important for these drivers.

It’s so nice to hear someone who loves the sport just as much as you talk about it with such passion.

"If i die, i die in a formula 1 car. The way to go" That is a dedicated fan .

That was a great video man,, you’re a great story teller,. Listening to you I almost felt like I went through this experience myself, somehow.... the way you described your experience is funny too. Right on 😁👌🏽

He spoke like a 5 year old child meeting his idol.

I've watched this video like 4 times just to live vicariously through this guy

I just loved vicariously through this guys story for about 15 mins. That’s was incredible! Thank u so much for sharing that experience with us!! 🙏

That was a brilliant description…I am 75 and literally just learning about the formula 1 cars…I started driving at 6yrs old…love to drive…I am so bummed out that I never had a go at that type of racing…I find the cars engineering and design detail fascinating.. thanks for your experience and entertaining an old geezer…be safe…

"Just give me a job, any job" perfectly describes me job hunting after finishing uni with a HISTORY degree. Am I stupid or something?

One of my favorite random facts about F1 cars is that their engines are so tightly machined that they're effectively seized at room temperature. They pump pre-heated oil/water through the engine to get it hot enough to move. Everything is designed to work at speed and high RPM (water/oil pumps, alternator, cooling system), so at idle or slow speeds, they just die. That's why you HAVE to run it as soon as it's started.

how beautifully explained everything was on this video, he's so passionate and eloquent that he makes you feel like it's you driving that car, excellent job, thanks a lot

Absolutely brilliant video! Loved the energy and honesty. A wonderfully humorous insight!! Bravo buddy.

Man, this guy just made me experience how it feels like to drive an f1 car

Reminded me of the Top Gear episode years ago where Hammond drove an F1 car: "If you go slowly, you crash. If you go fast, you crash. If you go REALLY fast, you crash. You have to go flat out through those corners to get the grip"

This was told so well. I really enjoyed listening to his story and enthusiasm.

This was beautifully descriptive! I felt like I was there so much that this is likely to become one of my anecdotes lol. Cheers bro 👊

I can honestly say I was never so focused during a UKposts video before. Sam is such a legend and such a good storyteller! Incredible experience 👏🏼

I felt the adrenaline of driving an F1 car from this guys explanation...

Wonderfully narrated. I was listening as if I was in the cockpit with him. Truly shows his passion .

This happened a long time ago, but I come back to hear the story because he makes me feel like I'm driving the car too.

I can imagine him one day he's driving by himself at night, no other cars around him, no rain nor winds. Then suddenly, he hears whisper right to his ears which says "Use the Brakes!"

Going out in a true race car is something that belongs on all car guy bucket lists. So glad you got to experience this Sam. Great description of what it was like.

Now that's how to tell a story. By listening to this guy, I can confidently say that I feel like I was there with him that day and all that he said is the truth

he is the most pasionate and the best story teller that i have ever come across. Just wow. So much enthusiasm!! how passionate he is! woww. I literly felt thrilled, exited and some of the point i felt like i was the person who was driving, i was assuming myself in the car, and would have been felt the same, this man felt. Great story teller. Thumbs up dude

We need to officially have this guy describe EVERYTHING, E V E R!

Great story-teller, please bring more of him! By the way, this reminds me of my most extreme car experience so far, which was still maybe 10% of his. That was the "F4 experience" at Brands Hatch, done when visiting the UK a few years ago, After some classroom time, you get 15 minutes around Brands Hatch Indy in an M4 Coupe with an instructor, and then it's 15 minutes in an F4 car on your own. There is literally no experience needed, you only need to have held a driver's license for at least one (yes, just one) year. They even did not balk at my US drivers license, though technically I might have been oblivious to what a gear is. So obviously these F4 cars were dialed down too. But still immense fun, the directness, the seating position, everything. Now I said 15 minutes, but for me it was not 15 minutes, sadly. Halfway into the session, I was stuck behind a slow guy and a fast guy was right behind me. I allowed the fast one to pass me and now he got stuck behind the slow one. We got onto the front straight, and I expected the fast guy to pass the slow one, so I can pass him next and we keep moving at a good pace. We were only allowed to pass on straights of course. But the fast guy kept lingering behind the slow guy for some reason. Wasted a good part of the front straight. So what the heck, I start passing him on the left. A fraction of a second later, the fast guy, not checking his mirrors, pulls right in front of me to pass the slow guy. I instinctively swerved, avoided crashing into him, but caught grass on the left, started spinning, and became a passenger. I just kept the brake pushed to the floor trying to bleed as much speed as possible. I hit the wall on the right side of the track with my rear end, broke suspension, spun 180 degrees more, stopped facing the wall. Fortunately there were no other cars coming behind me at the moment. I stopped right next to race control, so they got to the car quickly. Very concerned, but I showed them a thumb up and they were clearly relieved. They kept asking if I was OK - to which I responded "I am fine, but sorry about your car". I guess was very gentlemanly despite all the adrenaline. And there was adrenaline, they had we write up a report (for insurance, I guess), and I don't know if that report was of any use, I temporarily lost fine movements in my hands and was scribbling really horribly. Then a doctor had a good look at me to see if I was OK. In total it was a great experience, even if I was disappointed that my session ended after 8 minutes or so. I was also very disappointed that they did not allow me to take pictures of the car after the crash ;-). I hope to do it again some time, if MSV ever allows me around their cars or on their tracks. Probably the funniest part came later that day. I went to Buckmore Park to do some karting at this beautiful track. Mind you, it's a completely different place in England, half an hour away from Brands Hatch. So I go there, I get into a kart for the first race, and a track worker asks me, " is that you who crashed a single-seater in Brands Hatch today?" So that's my motor sports fame in the UK.

Awesome video, thank you! (I know nothing about race cars but your passion, excitement and ability to articulate things clearly in layman's terms, made me watch the whole thing)

This was the best description that anybody could ever give about driving an F1 car! Cheers my man!

Epic. F1 should play this video before every race.

What an absolutely wonderful episode. This guy is so articulate I felt like I was there! Really enjoyed it. Thanks.

Great video. Thanks for bringing in Sam to tell the story. I really like his content. Hammond said similar things when he did an F1 experience with Renault years ago. His brain couldn't keep up with what's happening.

this made me have more respect for formula 1 and the drivers

This has got to be one of my favorites. The way this guy tells the story, you can almost feel how excited he was driving an F1 car. Makes me want to drive one even more.

I have watched many of these and this is one of my favorites. Great story teller.

That whole description of the braking experience kills me everytime, I love this

I thought I was in the same room with this guy while listening to this. This is the type of storytelling I like and I want more.

"She asked if it was in yet and I told her not anymore because I was done." Cue VinWiki intro.

What a great storyteller! I feel like I 'get' the driving experience more now. Great video!

I thoroughly enjoyed this interview. He just made me want to drive one. I need more stories from this dude 🔥🔥🔥

I'd love to give it a try, but after watching Hammond race his on Top Gear, yaaaa I'm a mere mortal.

I don't even know why this appeared on my recommendations but I'm so glad it did! You talk about your experience with so much passion and delight that it's contagious. Awesome job, man!

Amazing narration...So honest, and descriptive. Thank you!

great descriptions of the drive. You had me laughing when you described hitting the breaks for the first turn.

Regular person : he's the most f1 obsessed person ever

Idle at 9000 rpm, shift at 18000. Meanwhile I'm just here with my truck that under normal driving I shift at 2000, and is plenty happy to lug around at 1000 rpm.

I love listening to you telling this story!!! Well done mate!!!

Really entertaining. This guy's description of a once in a lifetime experience is great. I just wish the clips of the actual driving had the sound of the engine included.

This is the most interesting description of the F1 experience I’ve ever heard. I knew the drivers’ physical training was and resultant conditions are extreme, but your description puts it all in perspective .

I have always been curious what this would be like. Great description.