Spoiler: They leave Edit: I think this channel gives so much insight behind the scenes that it makes you appreciate the sport more!!! I love F1 and I love this channel. Yeehaw!

@daphneschuring5810

2 ай бұрын

They what 🤓

@KymIllman

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for that!

@lukeh2440

2 ай бұрын

@@KymIllmancan you do a BTS vid on how you get drivers and TPs to sign stuff for you. Have always wondered if they do it through the kindness of their heart or if they are compensated. How does the process work?

"And then it's time for the Austrian and Dutch national anthems" lol

@toolegittoquit_001

2 ай бұрын

Too true 😂

@MrMNRichardWright

2 ай бұрын

Well, for the past two years, they really have ‘t needed to many others…

@VincentKellen

2 ай бұрын

20 years ago it was German and Italian anthems. 12 years ago it was German and Austrian anthems. 6 years ago it was English and German anthems. Times changed

07:25 Haha, Kym you're funny....

Thank you very much Kym for this detailed summary of what goes on at an F1 event. I understood there was a lot.....but to hear about it is amazing. 1st time I know of that anyone has done a video about this. Keep it coming mate!

@KymIllman

2 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@mrgadisi

Ай бұрын

Also. It's interesting to see how much Max is portraid in this video! Clearly a promo!

thanks for the behind the scenes!

"What happens after F1 race?" ⇒ "LOSS." 100% agree. Ever since Japanese GP finished, I feel loss😂 Kym, thanks always for telling what's happening behind the most glorious F1 scenes.

@KymIllman

2 ай бұрын

It is my pleasure, my friend

And what about you Kym? I know you prepare videos after a race as well as download your pics, but I'm going to give you an assignment, should you choose to accept it. One you may like and one that will test your photography skills. For some reason these past weeks I have been watching Isle of Man TT videos and that is a truly spectacular event. Last night a YT videos showed some still photography pics and I immediately thought....Kym could do that! The Isle of Man TT is June 1 to June 8 this year and falls between Monaco and Canada. What say you. Something a little different but still racing and something for you to try.

@KymIllman

2 ай бұрын

Will be in Barcelona then so no chance. Cheers tho

Great work! This is the content I want to see. I have always been curious what kind of priority the various press orgs have in relation to each other.

Great insight mr Illman 👍

Enjoying the 'behind the scenes' type videos Kym, thanks

Love this behind the scenes content.

Very informative! Thank you…

Thank you for sharing Kym.

@KymIllman

2 ай бұрын

You are so welcome!

Excellent video, and has earnt a subscription. I have a fair bit of binging to do by the looks of it.

Thoroughly enjoy your channel! ♥️📸🤘🏽 I follow & support our local music scene & have a great appreciation for our many incredible live music photographers 🙌🏽…So I was delighted to eventually see your channel pop up after I seriously got into watching F1 a few yrs back. It certainly gives fans of F1 a better understanding of pretty much everything surrounding an F1 race in general + all those extra yummy bits of info you kindly add! You’ve shouted out the main photographers in F1, but I honestly don’t feel the need…… You totally impressed me & had me hitting that ‘subscribe’ button after I watched your ‘run through the entire track’ video of the L.V. GP….love Vegas, a place I know well but haven’t visited in years…not since they built the Sphere, so I was particularly interested in that race…thorough & fascinating info on how they built it all with updates! This lead me to view previous & subsequent vids you posted on that race….and the rest is history! Cheers from 🇨🇦!

@KymIllman

2 ай бұрын

Glad to have you on board and thank you for your thorough review there.

Love the content so far this season. Really dig the deeper "behind the scenes" presentations. Been tuning in to Kym for many F1 seasons... and this channel is simply "part of it" now... part of the entire F1 experience. I noticed Kym in the F1 race coverage for TV at Japan and it was like spotting a driver. Hahaha!

@KymIllman

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for your vote of confidence

Great content Kym.

Love yoyr content, sincerest thank you

Top content. TY.

Brilliant as ever Kym, thank you :)

@KymIllman

2 ай бұрын

You're so welcome!

When I was at the 2023 Australian Grand Prix, I was sitting in the Moss grandstand, and on the last lap, I saw a bunch of people rushing towards the track, and a couple of those blokes actually ENTERED the track while the race was still running, even though it was behind the safety car.

Very interesting... thank you, Kym!

@KymIllman

2 ай бұрын

My pleasure!

Love this stuff!

Love this vid!!

Love the scarf 🧣 you’re wearing, Kym! I was a bit distracted by it as I was wondering 🤔 where to find.

Thank you for sharing all the insights with us . This is what makes you different from the other content creators . Keep sharing good works

@KymIllman

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! Will do!

Thanks for the video. Would you fancy showing us your musical instruments and giving us a sample of you playing them while you talk F1?

Having worked tech at many races, including the first F1 race in Austin, I had somewhat a better idea than many but I still learned things, thanks.

@Howsmekowdendan

25 күн бұрын

Tell me you are American without telling me..

Love this, thanks!

@KymIllman

2 ай бұрын

You're so welcome!

I enjoy your videos especially what happens before and after races. I thought in the after race video you rather focussed on the stuff we could see on TV ( podium, interviews etc ) and would have liked more focus on what is happening in the garages. For example my mum worked for Ken Tyrell who told her that the mechanics didn't like going to Monoco. The pits were too small and crowded and the team trucks were parked a long way up the hill. They had to hump loads of gear down to the pits and then back up again during and after the race. I love your focus on the human story and I think the mechanics and teams story could do with more focus. Thanks for great videos though

I love your videos!!! Oh yeah, pics as well!!

@KymIllman

2 ай бұрын

Glad you like them!

What about Maxie, Maxie (from Penelope) at the last race when the Dutch anthem was playing!

@Warhaawk

2 ай бұрын

Pen so totally owns Max 🤣

@daphneschuring5810

2 ай бұрын

No it's Maxie@@Warhaawk

G’day Kym. Keep keeping up the good work 🌞

@KymIllman

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! Will do!

Awesome video Kym.

@KymIllman

2 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

Good video - thanks.

@KymIllman

2 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

I love your videos Kym

Thanks for sharing.

@KymIllman

2 ай бұрын

Our pleasure!

Kym, your really banging out the uploads these days..

@KymIllman

2 ай бұрын

Six videos a week, that’s the goal

A question I have had for years! Thank you!

@KymIllman

2 ай бұрын

Happy to help!

Very interesting. Thanks

@KymIllman

2 ай бұрын

Very welcome

Already know this is gonna be a good one!

@DebbiSmithDC

2 ай бұрын

And you were correct!

😮 Kym, could you make a video covering access? I have managed to access the paddock via contacts in the teams but there has to be a pedestrian tunnel ie Silverstone and Spa but there wasn’t access at COTA or Shanghai. Any other intel would be great

Love the videos, best f1 content

@KymIllman

2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoy it!

I’ve always marvelled at how they manage to set up, take down and move all the team hospo and garages. Even the cars! Does F1 have its own planes?

@KymIllman

2 ай бұрын

DHL

this is a good video, well put together. and for anyone that doesn't know, the best way to see behind the scenes is to watch Ted's Notebook

@Redlingstein

2 ай бұрын

That’s only on Skysports

@ISirSmoke

2 ай бұрын

@@Redlingstein change region to UK with a free VPN like Windscribe for example

8:30 Thanks for the insight as always Kym!! Anyway I'm just curious about the media pen, do drivers visit all posts in the media pen area or just simply visit one or two posts?

@JKris27

2 ай бұрын

It's rare for a drivers to visit every post. A lot of the planning and organising is done by their PR officer, who also take audio recordings and will commonly decide which post to visit next.

@KymIllman

2 ай бұрын

They normally speak to any journalist/network that asks

Love the variety of your videos Kym!

@KymIllman

2 ай бұрын

Yay, thank you!

Sky Sports Teds notebook shows the post race situation. Like last day of school term people are packing away for fast airfreight between factory and next race etc. Some drivers etc are slow to leave and in other cases its a sprint to the private jets and choppers

This was such a nice explanation that I was extremely disappointed when it ended! I wish you could have spoken about more, even up to the point when the last person locks the gate of the circuit! Lovely video!

@KymIllman

Ай бұрын

Will work on that in a future video.

@antonels4571

Ай бұрын

@@KymIllman I am so looking forward to that! Thank you!

What a joy it was to watch George win, I hope we see it again this season!

Love your vids Kym...but...what is up with the scarves?

@KymIllman

2 ай бұрын

I’m contractually obligated to wear 20 per year, it’s a Western Australian KZread thing.

Thanks for the info. -- BAK --

Cooldown room aka Max post GP podcast.

I always thought parc ferme meant: "park firmly" lmao

Hi Kym good stuff, has DTS given you any airtime or interview? Been a few seasons now so can't remember. 🏎🏁👍

@KymIllman

2 ай бұрын

They have not.

Thanks. How soon after the races do the drivers/teams/photographers leave? Is it the same night?

@KymIllman

2 ай бұрын

Depends if they have flights to catch.

hey kym, make a video about the timing system of F1.

and some journalists even stay in the media center until it closes (at least that is what I experienced in the Zandvoort media center, close to 23.00)

Surprisingly interesting video.

@KymIllman

2 ай бұрын

Chew

Kimi drinking on his boat, legendary.

Stay passionate!!

Are there any Retna photogs there?

Do the drivers sometimes help with the pack up?

I am surprised there are so many photographers in 2024. Seems like still photos could be extracted from video footage.

@KymIllman

4 күн бұрын

They often when there are no photographers around capture the action but the quality is atrocious

Where did your recent video about meeting some of the most important people that help to power every F1 team disappear to? All that is left is a reference to a short preview of the video on Instagram.

@KymIllman

2 ай бұрын

It’s being re-edited

Kym what happened to the last video? Save to watch it later but now it is gone???

@KymIllman

2 ай бұрын

Needs re-editing and some additional info it will go up later in the year

Just imagine driving out in a F1 car 😂

I knew they were kept busy after the race, especially the spanners, but I have even more respect for them all now!

Could you do a tour of your house? It looks pretty cool

We always see when they got their weight after the race . But do they weight them before the race ? I’ve never seen videos or photos .

@KymIllman

2 ай бұрын

The driver is away by the team, but it doesn’t matter what weight you start at, Only the weight you finish at

2:51 giving you the evil eye, Kym?

"time for the austrian and dutch anthems" hahaha

Time for the Dutch and Austrian anthems 😂😂😂😂 RB has shown us dust.

Hey Kym, who is the female FIA official at 3:33 who runs around after every race? She tries so hard to get those top 3 in line but all they want to do is celebrate. I remember it used to be a tall gentleman before her.

So, everyone usually flies home after the race..do all the drivers fly private jets or do some still fly commercial?

2:07 What could Checo have been doing at the FIA office?

Kimi straight to the hot tub was, and will always be, epic 😎

Next...how do F1 teams pack up and load onto DHL cargo planes?

Watch Ted’s notebook. Shows what happens post race.

I reckon Kym had a few wicked hickeys on his neck when he made this video. Those chicks in Japan. Tut tut tut. 🤣🤣🤣

7:25 I remember I watched a video prior to the 22 season called something like "F1 for dummies" and the running joke for the host was "and then Max Verstappen wins the race" and I thought it was hilarious at the time and (for me at least) a bit of wishful thinking. I had no idea those words would become so prophetic. And yes, even as a Dutchman and Max/RB fan I long for more battles at the front. Still waiting on a Max signed Kym Illman shot to pruchase Sir, will it ever come or has this already been done before I discovered your channel and am I just simply s**t out of luck?

Kym i saw u in bahrain

4:24 the perspective on that photo, the man wearing black looks like he's holding to top of the Haas rear tyre ROFL

lovely vid -- grand prix F1 has been going a while --------- but level of professionalism is impressive at all levels from tech to regs to marketing --------------- /// the actual race belies what I supsect is a very well oiled machine ...... good example monacco over a week city becomes like an F1 city catering stands roads parking tv ..... two days later all gone like it never happened .... not so much as a cigarette butt or piece of litter ..... slick ... /// do like kyms inside out silk scarf ...... slick .....

Given how boring F1 has been this year, I welcome anything new by Kym Illman, great video, faith restored.

👍 What's with the scarfe ?

@KymIllman

2 ай бұрын

It’s a legal requirement in Western Australia

Did anything ever come of Carlos throwing his gloves after Australia? He was weighed with gloves but there’s no way they got those back out of the crowd so quickly, so must’ve been replacements no? I hope nothing did come of it, but an interesting note? Surely that was a bit naughty! Did he get a reprimand or anything?

@KymIllman

2 ай бұрын

I didn’t pick up on that

When do they get a post race shower?

As i said before you are a walking f1pedia cheers mate.Gowra😊

@KymIllman

2 ай бұрын

Thanks

*Charles, Daniel, Carlos + 2024 = 🏆🏆🏆*

F1 explained, go no further, thanks Kym!

@KymIllman

2 ай бұрын

Happy to help!

Scarf indoors is dumb fashion

@KymIllman

2 ай бұрын

I invented dumb fashion.

Cute little hearts. 😎

Sounds like the guy who finishes fourth is the real winner

And what about you? At what point do you decide to pull up stumps and head back to your accommodation?

@KymIllman

2 ай бұрын

When most others have left.

I don´t get why the drivers have to take the piece of paper after being weighed. It´s 2024 so surely they should just weigh a driver and assign it to a drivers name.

Would you jump at the chance if Getty images offered you a job?

@KymIllman

2 ай бұрын

I would be a terrible employee but happy to be a Getty contributor.

I was wondering if the national anthem was played twice when the winner and the constructor have the same nationality? 🤔

@8tonystark8

2 ай бұрын

only once

@sultanoftippoo3857

2 ай бұрын

Quite a few. Just the British ones I’m aware of but sure Italy has many Italian driver wins via Ferrari, probably Germany as well via Mercedes Nigel Mansell - Williams Jackie Stewart - Tyrrell Jim Clark - Lotus Damon Hill - Williams Sterling Moss - Rob Walker Racing Jenson Button - Brawn Graham Hill - Team Lotus Lewis Hamilton - McLaren David Coulthard - McLaren James Hunt - McLaren John Surtees - Cooper John Watson - McLaren Johnny Herbert - Stewart Nines Ireland - Lotus Peter Gethin - BRM

Kym...who's the girl? At 3:34 you comment on everyone's role except the girl. I've seen her on TV enough times to know she has a reason to be there but you breezed right by her. Fill us in please.

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