I was expecting to see a completely intact caterham in some shed and then Heikki would appear out of nowhere with a huge beard and saying they left him there and he had to survive by eating rats or something.

@tsooruelu

5 жыл бұрын

hahaha, you made me laugh

@teroalho847

5 жыл бұрын

Curius cat. Nice one greatings from Finland. And i m not Heikki🤣

@jlm5078

5 жыл бұрын

Hahahahahaha that would be cool

@lilbread9257

5 жыл бұрын

Oh my i died

@hepo3544

5 жыл бұрын

this is very much inaccurate considering that Heikki would go on to win Super GT championship in 2016 but that's very funny indeed

*_It’s physically painful seeing what people have done to this place!_* *_NO RESPECT!_*

Looks like a post-apocalyptic world rather than a factory of a team that folded as recently as at the end of 2014.

@WindshieldWasherCocktail

5 жыл бұрын

four years is still a long time for people to get in and fuck shit up. The facade is still in good shape. Didn't they also sell/auction all racing related assets? Maybe that made the factory so empty inside, adding to that post-apocalyptic look.

@randomperson3629

4 жыл бұрын

thing is, i watched a video which i think was recorded a year before this. so people must have seen it and gone to vandalise the place...

@sulphurous2656

2 жыл бұрын

Some of the interiors vaguely remind me of Portal 2's abandoned and overgrown offices.

That ‘studio’ you just walked straight through was the old simulator room. Best bit in there. It’s completely fucked since I went in there, don’t understand why people trash these places.

It's sad to see the demise of caterham, I so badly wanted them to continue, so much I am one of the people who donated through crowdfunding to try and get them back on the track, so sad

Time ago our company cleaned this entire site after they moved out,seeing this we wasted our time!

@Mrtweet81

5 жыл бұрын

So you didn't get paid?

Why do people wreck places no respect

@SeahawkSTRIKE

5 жыл бұрын

@@TheYazukaa lol true

@k3ntris

5 жыл бұрын

Because these chavs have nothing else going for them so they fuck shit up trying to leave their mark on society, but when they die, they will just be another statistic that disappears with history.

@bandithimself6841

5 жыл бұрын

Nathan Iredale in Britain people wreck things for copper and take it to a scrapyard for money

@rach250

4 жыл бұрын

Seahawk STRIKE not all of us.

That's a Kovalainen autographed card!!! I'd keep it!!!

@thenotix7900

5 жыл бұрын

Gary Sanderson its not realy his autograph but still i would take it

@rkan2

5 жыл бұрын

That is like.. stealing

@thenotix7900

5 жыл бұрын

rkan2 no knows owns it

@ATLienXenu

5 жыл бұрын

@falchulk If all of the Caterham assets were auctioned in 2014, then that postcard is obviously not considered part of those assets. Therefore, being abandoned after 5 years it effectively belongs to no one, or else all the postcards would have been rounded up and sold with the assets previously.

@ATLienXenu

5 жыл бұрын

@falchulk It's a postcard bro. Fuck yeah I'm taking that shit from right in front of a police officer.

Before Caterham was in there, it was the HQ of Arrows and Super Aguri. Amazing how much of that place is steeped in F1 history, yet the building looks like the last renovation happened in the 1980's. No wonder no creativity happened, working in such a depressing environment.

@sonicimperium

5 жыл бұрын

Truly creative people don't need a post modern architectural nightmare environment to be creative in. Spending millions on glass and stainless cathedrals to impress uptight people doesn't equal vision.

@Taylorjay99

5 жыл бұрын

My great uncle worked their for Arrows and was good friends with the Verstappens at the time. I was lucky enough to do work experience at the caterham facility during secondary school. There's a reason they call it the Motorsport valley!

@johnnytenjobs

5 жыл бұрын

Tyrell did OK from a wooden shed.

@xjrrider6710

5 жыл бұрын

I used to work there during the Arrows days

With all those car molds we can make our own F1 car just to beat William's next year. Who is ready to help?

@andythespy

5 жыл бұрын

Ill be a driver. Coming for you georgie

@kevfromnorwichUKGGKev

5 жыл бұрын

If you can get hold of the 'marched-off-site- aero designer Marrianne..... You'd be able to build a progressive car. Went proper tits up after they sacked her for some sausage holding twat.

@brick4522

3 жыл бұрын

I will be the team engineer

@m.sydneyvern2260

2 жыл бұрын

What kind of engine are we sticking into this bad boy?

@Mike-mp8ce

2 жыл бұрын

@@m.sydneyvern2260 There's only 1 engine, and that's the V10

One thing you didn’t mention was how much money it will take to put it right........

@theseshisneverover6472

5 жыл бұрын

ZD433 😂😂😂

@sloppynyuszi

5 жыл бұрын

That was one of the opening statements he made. He estimated it will be in the millions. :p

@eduardoolifant6292

5 жыл бұрын

It’s going to cost a pretty penny don’t you know😂😂

@JamBoomerach

5 жыл бұрын

yeah if only he mentioned how much money it would take.....

@GilesFunnell

5 жыл бұрын

He did...

Wow i Can't believe it took less than 2 years for that place to be trashed!

Williams F1....next stop

@vubear

5 жыл бұрын

They have a commercial engineering division that makes a healthy profit

@AUmarcus

5 жыл бұрын

@@vubear Not healthy enough apparently...

@User-nu6km

5 жыл бұрын

ferrari next stop

@emilaugust2343

5 жыл бұрын

I thought this was william's factory..

@satos1

5 жыл бұрын

@MATADOR Her dad Frank/ Patrick Head would never of let the team get to the state that it is currently in now.

R.I.P Caterham F1 Team 2010-2014

@donbrashsux

4 жыл бұрын

Didn’t score a single point..basically a team of losers..

@mirandastrickland5704

3 жыл бұрын

@@donbrashsux fuck u

@GabrielsilvaR9

3 жыл бұрын

@@mirandastrickland5704 yea

@thatayrellguy3023

3 жыл бұрын

Hot gonna lie,F1 2013 's Caterham actually had a decent speed,but the downforce....the car is the stiffest car in the game and is the reason why i chose Marussia instead

@aravindanil4333

3 жыл бұрын

@@donbrashsux HRT joined the chat

Says something about modern society when a building that is empty gets totally trashed in a short time.

@myke104uk

5 жыл бұрын

It's disgraceful! I couldn't watch the whole video! Abandoned by Caterham (sadly) perhaps, but someone still owns that. The damage is shocking, especially the smashed glass. Just mindless, senseless :|

@andrewjones7595

5 жыл бұрын

Says something about modern society when people can spend so much money on crap, and then be able to just walk away without a thought for all of the wasted money. Yet we have people living on the streets. We also have families having to go to food banks, fucking disgrace.

@truthseeker8483

5 жыл бұрын

@@andrewjones7595 true although they were bankrupted and thrown out...not much they could do..still it is a terrible waste and someone should have stepped in and used the space.

@signorpaldoni

5 жыл бұрын

@@myke104uk actually good riddance. That place was left empty because the owner probably wanted too much, If he gave that building away to charity they could have built a school , an orphanage etc. Since he probably wanted to make MORE money (as all sharks do), then TRASH the damn place so when he has to sell, value will be severely diminished. Fuck the sharks

@Virtuoso23

5 жыл бұрын

@@signorpaldoni I heard about a supermarket company that bought a cinema and a car wash to build 2 new sites, destroyed all the old buildings, and just for that they spent millions of €. After that, a meeting has been done: "sales in that areas are gone down, we can't employ 150/200 people, we will end up spending more than the 2 sites could generate" They build new sites, and knock them down like nothing was, because profit and paying useless managers talking bullshit is more important than employ people.

15:14, looks like a mold for the headrest.

@nisse4629

5 жыл бұрын

for sure is

I could believe everything they left behind.

@LogiForce86

5 жыл бұрын

Same. At least have the decency to clean up after yourself.

@greavous93

5 жыл бұрын

@@LogiForce86 just imagine the number of parts designed, tested, replaced just based on the track they are going to race at next then consider being in business for as long as Ferrari or Williams have been and then have to do something with molds for parts you will never use again. The car formula will change and all those molds for parts are useless and worthless.

@LogiForce86

5 жыл бұрын

@@greavous93 I know what to do with that... get a crusher at the factory and just crush everything and than it's off to the garbage disposal. Cleaning up after yourself isn't hard. Especially not when you go out of business and can just throw it all out.

@mattcecil6692

5 жыл бұрын

@@LogiForce86 You idiot. That sort of stuff, the stuff that can be sold could be actioned off to make the company a small fortune to help with their debts. Any TRUE Motorsport fan wouldn't want to see stuff ruined. Put it in a museum, do something with it.

@edweiser63

5 жыл бұрын

@@mattcecil6692 Put what in a museum? Some trash that says "Canada GP" on it...or the very valuable "Caterham Model Shop" paper? This was a stupid video and I hate that youtube keeps recommending useless shit like this.

"You won't believe they left behind"...why wouldn't I believe they left diddly-squat behind.....everything for a click right!

Looks like Tony Fernandes got busy with the sledgehammer after he stopped the F1 😂

@TheBeardedExplorer

5 жыл бұрын

Tom Winter hahahahaha 😂

@Balnazzardi

5 жыл бұрын

Hah, I could actually imagine him trying to desperately gather every piece of Copper out of that place in desperation and also let his rage out by tearing up the place :D...but seriously, Guy must regret the rest of his life entertaining F1. I honestly dont undet why teams like this, Virgin (then Marussia) and HRT ever entered F1 in 2010....

@AllThingsRacing

2 жыл бұрын

@@Balnazzardi They went into F1 under the promise by the FIA that there would be a cost cap, meaning lower costs to run the team, but they were never introduced due to the backlash from the bigger teams, meaning those new teams were inevitiably going to die out as a result such as this team of Catherham. HRT and Virgin would suffer similar fates.

Imagine you worked for the Team and watch this video. It must be heartbreaking.

WTF is wrong with people? Do they have nothing of respect? All that damage... it’s unbelievable!

@blueberrypancake

5 жыл бұрын

Dude trust me, come to America and stairs are gone, walls are broken down. This isn't properly destroyed

@SchoppeROFL

5 жыл бұрын

@@blueberrypancake Maybe thats because American Houses are build of Paper. Try breaking down a Wall here in Germany... aua

@josemartinez280

5 жыл бұрын

@@blueberrypancake yea but it was abandoned for only 2 years. Would definitely take longer than 2 years to trash almost every corner. Also the graffiti on the walls all look similar.

@fw1421

5 жыл бұрын

Carsten Wack No,young people today are angry and haven’t been thought proper manners and respect. It’s the same here in the US.😡

@PeteBaldwin

5 жыл бұрын

​@@fw1421 The problem is that when I think back to the things I used to do with friends when I kid, most of them aren't an option anymore. They're either now too dangerous, too expensive or simply don't exist. It's a bit like prisoners being given TVs when they are in jail - it's to incentivise them to to behave well. If they don't, they lose the TV. Lots of kids these days are growing up with nothing, are in a families with 2nd or 3rd generation unemployment, go to schools where the teachers have given up and have no hope of ever getting anywhere in life. Once you're at that point, it's impossible to teach manners and respect.

The carbon fibre moulds left behind are cool, they are very expensive. One in particular was the mould for the cockpit surround.

@vollhorst9996

5 жыл бұрын

No. That's simply PU foam machined by a milling machine. The cheapest possible mould material. Good enough for this purpose: Building up to ten parts and demoulding them. There is a reason why nobody had stolen it...

@Balnazzardi

5 жыл бұрын

@@vollhorst9996 exactly....first of, anything that was even bit of value was sold in auction House after team went bankrupt and anything left of value that was possibly left behind ( like all the copper that was stolen from the structures) was propably stolen at first sign of opportunity..... there is absolutely NOTHING worth left there anymore...only for some HC F1 fans that floor tape with the tracks and Caterham F1 car images along with those postcards might Be of some very insignificant sentimental value....

@cruizzer77

3 жыл бұрын

This specialized moulding foam is expensive indeed, however now these finished moulds are hardly worth anything unless someone wants to build a replica car or considers them memorabilia.

i first went there in 1976 as a bt apprentice..... it was a bt radio station and training school for bt international...... i think bt sold it in the mid 1980's........ spent many happy weeks there...... it became a proper training school, with bedrooms and everything..... we'd walk across the fields to the village to go to either of the 2 pubs..... the fox or the goose.......... the 2 pools were originally cooling ponds for the high power radio equipment from when it was an operational radio station...... i cant believe how it looks now..... its a pretty remote location....... you wouldn't just stumble on it unless you knew it was there or lived in a nearby village..... i won't say the name of the village but its pretty obvious from the video footage

5:50 I would so steal that carpet/floor sticker

@kwakhru435

5 жыл бұрын

Same

@CJ_YT.

5 жыл бұрын

Haha, good point

This gonna make me really angry. Every single part of this building is destroyed.

I was an intern there spring of 2013. Sad to see it now.

@raihanathallah864

5 жыл бұрын

Hows your brother timo mate

@Glock_Nico

5 жыл бұрын

@@raihanathallah864 If Timo and I are related, then we are very distant cousins. Glock is fairly common family name. 😊

@kevfromnorwichUKGGKev

5 жыл бұрын

Was that the same time as we were still bringing stuff down form the Hingham factory in the small vans ?

This video gives me mixed emotions. Sad, angry and fascinated at the same time, gutted it’s been trashed so badly. I’d have so taken a few souvenirs, I love F1. 😎❤️ Actually met Heikki and Jarno once and got both their autographs.

@mirandastrickland5704

3 жыл бұрын

My uncle met Kimi Raikkonen, Michael Schumacher, Mark Webber, and Lewis Hamilton back in 2012❤️

The bastards that destroyed the building shoud be in jail. It is so sad to see this…

To be honest I am gutted, I so wanted them to do well, this is very sad, all them dreams, all that hope, all that talent not given a chance. 😥

@mmmmmmmmmm.m.

5 жыл бұрын

Feels bad man .

@kevfromnorwichUKGGKev

5 жыл бұрын

Moving from the adequate factory in Hingham to Leafield was the first thing they done wrong.

I thinks most of the damage was from people stripping out the copper water pipes

Just feel sad for all the people made redundant because of Tony Fernandes's ego. Hope they all found better jobs.

Very cool! Too bad it was in such rough shape.

I really hope none of the cool f1 graphics have been graffitied on and that whoever buys the place preserves them 🤞

Are you sure that is not Chernobyl?

Looks like the local Gypsies! Got in there? Lol

blimey thats a right mess now

RIP Charlie Whiting 2019

I remember David Cameron once visited this facility to meet the guys at Lotus/Caterham, because he was from Witney. Now look at the Sad mess it is now.

@pooatpauls10

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, the day he turned up they renamed it Cunterham in his honour.

Great shame it ended this way. I love F1. Thanks up.

Looks like the headquarters is in more of a state than the performance of the Caterham itself! Lol

Definitely one of the best places you've explored. It's a shame it's been trashed so badly, but I did like the funny bits at the end 😁

😢Shame to see it in that state, had some great memories working there! Thanks for posting the vid👍

Very sad that it was reduced to this in only two years. Looks like it has been abandoned for decades

Nice one. Went here last year.

Thanks for the tour! End of an era! They'll pull that place down

I went for work experience here in 1997 when it was TWR Arrows. Sad to see the place derelict and vandalised like this.

mate theyve smashed some glass and bent some blinds, no real expensive damage in most places

Some people say Williams employees are less scared of working in this building than working for Frank and Claire.

I thought Caterham F1 shut its doors at the end of '14. It was still being used by other parties until '16?

@destructionnl8165

5 жыл бұрын

It allways takes al ot of time to deal with a bankrupcy, i can imagine the building still contained a lot of Caterham stuff untill the bankrupcy was handled. But like someone else had allready noted, this building still has an owner who's likely going to have no other option then to take it all down rather than fixing the place back up.

@kasenwalker874

5 жыл бұрын

I believe manor may have used it for a while

@SeshvirSeodutt

4 жыл бұрын

kasen walker NO

@SeshvirSeodutt

4 жыл бұрын

kasen walker manor used Marussia factory in ######

@tanjuishienray1982

4 жыл бұрын

Kasen and EpicGamer. Manor used its own factory. The old Marussia factory was acquired by Haas as its European base.

6:26 I felt like he was going to run into the Tyrant from Resident Evil 2 going up those stairs.

One can not simply pick up a piece of carbon fibre and not mention its weight

Almost expected to see Joel or Ellie, atleast hear a clicker or 2....

@Sunedosa

5 жыл бұрын

@Alan Schuchman yea, one of the best games i've ever played, seeing nature starting to take this busted up place back reminded me of it.

I could spend hours digging through those molds and stuff...too cool

when tony fernandez realize his finances couldn't match his ego

If they'd survived a little longer they would have been a billion dollar business. Looking how much the teams are worth now and how hard it is for a new team to enter.

I love Lost Places and Formula 1 = PERFEKT

Sad to see how an F1 team can disappear like that.

The whole place has a Last Of Us vibe to it. So sad to see, all that creativity and potential reduced to rubble and rubbish

Does anyone know what will happen to the building? It's a pretty big building for a relatively small team like caterham, and from the outside the structure of the building still looks intact. 2012 to 2014 as Caterham f1.

They should 'ove boarded up the place instead of quickly packing up and darting out. You know rich people, money talks and they are quick to walk.

Faith to the ability of chavs achieving great things, is restored!

Very sad. Had a job interview at TWR arrows many moons ago at Leafield. Used to have a lovely V12 jag engine in the reception area.

This is the forth such video I've seen showing this sit being abandoned the first was in 2016. It is sad to see such a facility damaged in this way but I don't think the exposure on the internet has helped its cause.

5:35 oh hello there!

What a cool set up of a building

These molds are treasures

I believe this is one of the reasons why we will not see a new team soon..

What a shame! I remember seeing these guys race in Shanghai and it doesn’t feel that long ago. I was kind of hoping for those 3 new teams to get their shit together and compete. Caterham was unlucky not to sneak in some points

very good as usual , but quiet volume has returned !

Amazing!

Thank you Tony Fernandez.

Very interesting. Maybe for these shots a wide angle camera would be a idea for somewhere in the future

all of these just to race 2 cars...unbelievable...i wonder how many freeloaders were there during their active days..

THE END HAHAHAHA

looks like an old water treatment place with te ponds

I totally don’t get this vandalism stuff. Wander around, have a great Time exploring but leave everything intact so A. Those who follow can explore safely and in an more original like location B. Who ever buys the place don’t need to clean your rubbish up. It’s sad people seem to have such an urge for destruction :( But to end on a positive note: like your video! :)

Cool place to go see.

Awesome video, I love f1, damn shame what happened to them

Imagine the right person finding it abandoned first... show up with a few cars and mates and use the garages 🤣 the dream

I like to enter old buildings and see what's inside and try to guess how old they are, but I don't know why people like to vandalize them, the natural aging is beatiful, the human destruction isn't.

@pavelcerny9803

5 жыл бұрын

Amen to that!

@The Bearded Explorer, you should buy up that place as well as that abandoned garage with all of the vehicles in there.

At least they have one of the best Blown Diffuser Sound ever

does anybody have any information on where all the f1 cars went ?

Incredible

Would be good for airsoft once cleaned out a little

Looks like an abandoned 1970s building

At 16:04 a Bush two band radio set with three pre-tuned stations, dates back to I think 1950's, I had one, what is it doing there?

No words can describe disrespect for someone's property and don't know who owns it now but someone must own it

I hope that theres a steering wheel somewhere left behind there or something else like a race suit or a helmet hidden inside

Were is this?

the pigeons are following you from place to place it seems :)

The factory closed in 2014 because thats when caterham went bankrupt and left f1 and theres alot of 2012 things left ther

Kinda sad people dont have respect for anything. Perfectly fine building Formula 1 history spray painted and destroyed.

Thanks God this place is located in UK... If that was in my country (Italy), it would be reduced even worse

@aniseicy1667

4 жыл бұрын

mamma mia voi esterofili siete un cancro sociale, ma cosa cristo c'entra l'Italia in questo video? mamma mia siete un CANCRO

I am amazed nobody stole the mold’s

Glad to see that the looters were decent enough to keep the f1 artworks untouched

The Division 3 with RTX on, maximum settings.

Just watched this after hearing Charlie Whitings died. Glad f1 back tomorrow.

Where abouts is this?? I would love to explore there

everything precious must be already stolen ^^

@Curi0u50ne

5 жыл бұрын

House Station Live .com I seen two bookshelf speakers in the outside shed probably shitty ones

@Housestationlive

5 жыл бұрын

@@Curi0u50ne LOL

@Housestationlive

5 жыл бұрын

nobody wants heikki kovalainen's postcards... tons of them on the floor ^^ poor heikki ^^

@Curi0u50ne

5 жыл бұрын

House Station Live .com lol I saw skinny guy blond rough hair at the first f1 race in Australia signing signatures. I laughed and wondered who the fuk he was, a skinny laddo to me 😆⁉️