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The Life of a Bolt

Oracle Red Bull Racing · 6.8M views · 2016-09-23 · 2:53

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Overview

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

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

Recommended by 1 HN people across 1 months · HN mentions 2023–2026

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Manufacturing & industrial processesCars, EVs & motorcyclesMechanical & precision engineering
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What people said

marklubi · 2024-03 · Recommendation

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. [VIDEO]

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num42 · 2026-08 · Reference

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) [VIDEO] Most high quality systems performance relies heavily on high-quality subsystems to achieve optimal performance.

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eajakobsen · 2023-06 · Reference

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

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