Crazy that no one reused the facilities for SOMETHING. Seems like a great facility for a medium sized business. Obviously too late now and it's just gonna get demolished and wasted

@TommoOnYoutube

2 жыл бұрын

Literally it's SUCH a waste

@maxhuss5290

2 жыл бұрын

The building is massive I went round at the start of the year 😅

@henrytriff9391

2 жыл бұрын

@@TommoOnKZread the person who bought the building wants to turn it into a hotel but did not get planning permission so left it abandoned in order to let it rot and get permission later when the locals are fed up.

@greysnake2903

2 жыл бұрын

€

@derekmccord3798

2 жыл бұрын

Could be used for a ELMS prototype or GT3 outfit for sure.

Tonight: We Break Into A Building We find a dead mans High Visibility Jacket And Haydon Presses a button

@LiveFastYT

2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget the poo

@TCCcompetition

2 жыл бұрын

@@LiveFastYT lol :)

@rocha7686

2 жыл бұрын

forgot to say "chewnite on bo'om geer"

@DillandShaj

2 жыл бұрын

Lol I had to read this in Jeremy Clarkson's voice. Sounds like something Jezza might say

@greysnake2903

2 жыл бұрын

Gop Tear

so this is where the 'most aesthetically pleasing F1 car' was created

@marchelmberger6249

2 жыл бұрын

I vomited

@sirkdagamer0853

2 жыл бұрын

2014

@brakefast3930

2 жыл бұрын

The most pleasing*

@RickyPro888

2 жыл бұрын

@@brakefast3930 what was needed to correct?

@skurd721

2 жыл бұрын

@@brakefast3930 was what correct to needed?

Imagine if veloce brought this and it became the new veloce hq.

@NoctisLupi

2 жыл бұрын

Damn, that'd be friggin cool.

@m.sydneyvern2260

2 жыл бұрын

That be sick as heck!

@nuvsyes7690

2 жыл бұрын

They would be cursed though

That Tony Hawk special trick sound effect at 1:55 has me in stitches 🤣

@milo8091

2 жыл бұрын

Pers!

@allenjackson2846

2 жыл бұрын

The Nostalgia that brought back

Its so sad that people destroy these awesome places for nothing I mean you can host a event where bunch of people gather to watch f1 or a place for f1 fans

@KiLLJoYYouTube

2 жыл бұрын

You could but it's in the middle of nowhere. The *place* to watch F1 will always be the nearby track, which is where the teams want to be anyway.

I think it was crazy when you'd be walking around in a certain room and then you would show a video of the room actually being used, just to put it in perspective, and it was really eerie for whatever reason.

@lachlancummings7242

2 жыл бұрын

i wonder where u got the videos from

@meowiguess903

7 ай бұрын

​@@lachlancummings7242from the official caterham channel, in case you're wondering, they're still up with other videos

Caterham did the green livery to perfection 🤩Streets won’t forget

2:57 "You can bring Hannah a present home" 😂

@thatonenigeriansformula

2 жыл бұрын

if they found a front nose cone they could have brought that home to hannah too

@sebastianL42

2 жыл бұрын

@@thatonenigeriansformula 💀💀💀💀💀

@samueljayachandran2849

2 жыл бұрын

it's even more mad that Aldas said it and not Haydon

@samueljayachandran2849

2 жыл бұрын

@@thatonenigeriansformula the real joke

@Bradleywood.249

Ай бұрын

Don’t think she will fit those old pink speedos

So is this where Rich Energy are setting up for next year?

@calblack4156

2 жыл бұрын

They’ll make one identical to red bull and say an Austrian build it

@dan18911

2 жыл бұрын

They have an office in Stratford upon Avon, i got a free case of Energy drinks from them, they were shipping some plts over to Holland, good group of guys told me not to believe what you read about them, and that they will be back in F1 at some point

@alwayshasbeen

2 жыл бұрын

@@dan18911 I did not get that, like their employees told not to believe what their twitter is saying about their F1 return, or they told not to believe what the world is saying about their return?

@dan18911

2 жыл бұрын

@@alwayshasbeen they didn't elaborate too much, will be interesting to see who they try to partner with next

@alwayshasbeen

2 жыл бұрын

@@dan18911 Hope it is not a disaster again 🤞

This video came up in recommended so I thought I'd watch it as I've been round the Caterham factory & my dad used to work for them... and then the clip at 4:05 comes around, and that's my dad! Would recognise that bald spot anywhere. lol. good vid guys

@LiveFastYT

2 жыл бұрын

Haha amazing!

I went there at the start of the year and as we we're leaving I spotted a old F1 brake pad just laying there in the grass took it home as a bit of memorabilia 👍

This makes me so sad. F1 could really use more teams and although Caterham didn't really add something in the way of driver development as they used mostly old drivers its still a shame. In that way losing Manor is a bigger shame. Hopefully the Budget Cap incentivizes new teams to the grid

Legend says the site is haunted by Colin Chapman usually between 5 and 6am when he's just had his tea and a cigarette, faintly you can hear the yells 'trademark' and 'its actually proton' in what was the boardroom

The amount of pointless vandalism in the UK is depressing.

@Lastname6955

2 жыл бұрын

Can confirm where I live it's a yoke

@wutzitrone4522

2 жыл бұрын

Oh I used to live cose to a couple abandoned factories and I did some exploring with friends a few times when I was a bit younger and boi oh boi was it depressing. The most recent one was in about the same state as the Caterham one, except for maybe a couple old computers and a bit of now-useless IT-Equipment. Two production machines also remained there until they were sold of for scrap metal and now there will be an appartment complex, much to the dismay of the locals as it doesn't fit at all into local architecture. Another one was an old chemical factory and I believe the longest abandoned, but boi they left in quite the hurry. Cut up there acid tanks to verify that they were indeed empty but leaving probably several thousand euros worth of equipment, including a forklift, cranes and dozens, if not hundreds of barrels full of good knows what. Some idiot punctured several of them and whatever was inside hardened out to some sort of plasticy substance. They apparantly also were used to get rid of unwanted cars, because an old van and several cars had found there semifinal rest there, all in various states of „disassembly“. The owner was forced to tear the place down after the fire brigade had to investigate the place multiple times after people lit afforementioned cars on fire. However by far the most interesting was and still is owned (and used again as there headquarters) the old Brandt factory a large zweiback / rusk manufacturer from Germany with iconic branding. They left the place somewhere in the 90s and when I was there in ~2017/18 there still stood machines used for kneading the dough, you could tell where they held live chicken to satisfy factory egg demand, conveyor belts were mostly still in place it was fascinating. The family couldn't tear the place down as it was put down as a mark of culture so they started rebuilding it. With the factory spanning over a street (with two iconic bridges in the middle) they first restored one side and I believe are in the process of getting the other side up to code and trying to find people to rent it out to. So who knows, maybe someone will by the Caterham factory and set up their own little racing team.

@mawile3037

2 жыл бұрын

the area around the old Chernobyl rector is lots worse, not that I've been, just docus

@dave1285_

2 ай бұрын

everywhere else too :(

I’m very curious about why and how that particular article of clothing was left in there.

@LiveFastYT

2 жыл бұрын

They were Aldas’ i heard - Haydon

@mr.malcolmthegreat

2 жыл бұрын

@@LiveFastYT 😂

It's just crazy that it was never used for anything else. Like this monstrous facility and it's just sitting there unused.

2013 Catherham was one of the best looking cars of the decade, they were heading in the right direction before the hybrid era arrived

former home of Arrows (1997-2002), Super Aguri (2006-08) and Caterham (2012-15). crazy to see the building in such a state.

Yall are great, keep it up! Cant wait to see what the future holds for this project

plot twist: it's just the hass factory

My old workplace. Albeit briefly in Arrows days. Sad face 😞

I think it shows how much more expensive it is to start a team now considering that it was the Arrows HQ, then Super Aguri and finally Lotus/Caterham but no one else wanted to take it on.

@OOpSjm

2 жыл бұрын

Facilities were old and location isn't good.

Bet this is a tough watch for those who worked there

I love the way you imagine McLaren and their sterile environment, Ferrari and their own racetrack, Red Bull and a gigantic complex. Then you see this and think "They actually raced together?"

I was hoping they'd find an old engine or something here.

@LiveFastYT

2 жыл бұрын

Us too... BUT we found the carbon moulds for it!

@CUL8TR

2 жыл бұрын

The engines are probably sold or auctioned off long before the factory was shut down, along with other expensive stuff like the cars and the steering wheels. Bearded Explorer found some signed Heikki Kovalainen driver cards though!

@artif1ed

2 жыл бұрын

@@CUL8TR theres some stories of every hire van in the area descending on the factory soon after the news was broken, at least one engine ended up in the back of one of the vans lol

@Mango-wg5cn

2 жыл бұрын

even if there was, it would have been stolen by now

Im very surprised no one has found any use for it even to this day with the relatively big size of the land and plenty of rooms for offices

@andosrailway2369

2 жыл бұрын

It will be a good place for a WEC team

This is an amazing video 😍

i did my work experiance there. i was also there when the got red of the first lot of people i loved being there it was amazing wish someone would take the place over and restore it to how it was when the teams where there

Honestly would love to see someone renovate this place

Very interesting and you're a funny bunch, subscribed

Anyone else getting Metal Gear Solid 4 vibes from them showing flashbacks to when the facility was operational?

@pacman_birthmark

2 жыл бұрын

"A surveillance camera!?"

@sulphurous2656

2 жыл бұрын

Either that or the whole place having an overgrown Aperture Laboratories vibe to it.

More abandoned f1 videos like this please!!!

@LiveFastYT

2 жыл бұрын

Where shall we go next??

@larrymcwhatnow

2 жыл бұрын

@@LiveFastYT haas factory lol

Next episode: We go to jail for stealing from a long defunct F1 team

So sad to see, I worked there when it was Arrows F1

This used to be a former radio transmission station of British Telecom before Tom Walkinshaw bought it, so some of the space was likely used for studios and transmission equipment.

I walk past here on dog walks and it always blows my mind how such a big area with so many buildings has gone to waste. There must be some contractual reason that they have to wait out before knocking it down or selling the land. It was formerly the Arrows factory in the early 2000s so was used for some time.

@blacktoothfox677

2 жыл бұрын

Asbestos mitigation?

Adding this to my list of things to do if I ever go to the UK

A few years ago there was another team visiting this site, and it was in much better condition back then. It's a shame that there are people not respecting the rules of urbexing: Take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footsteps. As an F1 fan, this really pisses me off.

@Nick-xc6sx

4 ай бұрын

100% agreed there

MORE OF THESE PLEASE!

Love this video.

“Why are we always loosing” BANG that had me cracking up 😂

The mystery cars lads may have been connected to the pink g banger. Great video look forward to more : )

A fun fact for you, when the team were for sale it didn't include the factory, they wanted £6 million for it!

Haydon be Vibing

Probably still in better condition than the HAAS factory.

@user-ef9xs3sb6e

2 жыл бұрын

nah HAAS factory is way better

@Lastname6955

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-ef9xs3sb6e woooooosh

@OOpSjm

2 жыл бұрын

Huh?

My dad actually worked for Caterham f1 team, and I've been in that building. (Without smashing any windows)

This is sooooo sick!

Lmao the THPS sound effect was brilliant

Cool video

There's something really sad about seeing such a campus dedicated to speed...just forgotten like this.

Sad and eerie at the same time.

Tommo looks like a Roadman in the thumbnail ngl

“I’m 28! What am I doing?!” 🤣

It surprises me that no other teams from any other racing series have taken that place on. Yes its an ex F1 facility but I'm sure that someone from the BTCC could probably afford it. Like you said, it has changed hands so many times that whoever owns it now is probably desperate to shift it!

Its always saddening when an F1 team closes forever

Pls do a Redbull factory breakin...next . . :This is not a Mercedes IT cell account.

@Jared_Barnes

2 жыл бұрын

RB factory isn't abandoned

@Sourav-shortss

2 жыл бұрын

@@Jared_Barnes yeah...but Mercedes stil wants a factory tour 🤣

Such a pity to see the place where I worked for 2 years is all vandalized.

@c.m.l.184

5 ай бұрын

Hola Elizabeth, leí un artículo sobre ti de hace años en el diario 20 minutos. Me alegra que llegaras a la F1, no se si todavía sigues. En todo caso enhorabuena, llegaste a lo máximo aunque fuera por un tiempo.

@elisabethlopezdesola2453

5 ай бұрын

Hola@@c.m.l.184! Gracias por el comentario :) Sí, sigo trabajando en otro equipo (Sauber). Saludos

@c.m.l.184

5 ай бұрын

@@elisabethlopezdesola2453 Que bien! Me alegro mucho por tí. Eres un ejemplo para muchas personas que sueñan con estar un día ahí. Un cordial saludo.

WOW!

You guys should do this in the old Marussia base

@gavinracing2350

2 жыл бұрын

Marussia Factory is now the Haas factory

Tommo just constantly marvelling at the scale of business and industry 🤣

@mawile3037

2 жыл бұрын

Squarespace F1, just you wait XP

Tommo 🙌

i was based in caterham 1975-77 in the army camp . i remember the old caterham cars place .

I know it well. The road is used heavily by car KZreadrs for reviews, as its quiet and no traffic.

1:54 I understood that reference! :D

As well as arrows and super aguri, it was also home to TWR

Mad when you start to search this factory and see it when they set up and how its been vandalised over the years

You should recreate Call of Duty battle there or you guys should play hide and seek. It would be awesome

I worked there when it was BT Leafield training and radio site.

I’m a couple years will you do the old Aston Martin factory?

When 2015 is a relic of history, a time gone by.

honestly surprised no one has taken the molds and started making old parts or cars to sell

Makes sense that even Caterham’s pool is green tbf

Wasn’t expecting Tomo f1 tbh

Those lights in the room that has the little pit, have theoretically been on for like 7 years

@LiveFastYT

2 жыл бұрын

That’s just natural sunlight through!

Man, this must hurt for any ex employees watching

I went inside 7 years ago, the place was untouched and not even damaged, only 1 door was unlocked by someone before us!

That used to be the Arrows factory right?

Strange they didn't mention the nearly new Sthill saw or whatever it was among the moulds.

That's sick guys. Jealous!

The pool matches the Caterham livery now

idk what i expected tbh but expected more

The best ‘lotus’

Name a more iconic trio… I’ll wait

@twoway6691

2 жыл бұрын

Clarkson, May and Hammond?

@rbkeyz2328

2 жыл бұрын

@@twoway6691 yeah, but to be fair, theses guys are the new top gear and theres no way ull change my mind

@unhingedgaming1586

2 жыл бұрын

james nick and johnny

@DAZUNIVERSALINDUSTREIS

2 жыл бұрын

@@rbkeyz2328 the old trio are still much much more better

The new top gear no cap

The Haas Factory is in about the same condition

0:31 aha aha riiiiiiight sure :D p.s. thought this was an urban explorer type of channel..

1:55 when you land your first McTwist in THPS4

So whats the updated status of the Caterham F1 Facility( former).

Air soft there would me mad fun

I would love there

Haydon next 007

3 F1 teams died here. Arrows, Super Aguri and Caterham. This place is haunted with the souls of dead F1 teams.

Such a shame that people vandalise these historic places, if only the walls could talk, what stories they could tell.

Arrows and Super Aguri also used this facility

Only abandoned 6 years ago. God it looks like it's actually abandoned more

It is sad to see this.

I just watched Aldas vid on Lewis and max at the Brazilian GP

Quadrant and Landos Karting team new headquarters?!?!?!?

Would a Caterham 620R beat a lap time set by a 2021 Hass F1 car, on one lap of Silverstone ?

@DAZUNIVERSALINDUSTREIS

2 жыл бұрын

Yes for sure