Head of Race Team Garage Operations and Heritage for the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team Matt Deane joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about being a Formula One lead mechanic.

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0:00 F1 Mechanic Support

0:16 Favorite/Underrated Tools

1:45 Whoops

2:46 More important in F1: The Car or The Driver?

3:13 Becoming an F1 Mechanic

4:38 Crashes

5:17 ELI5: Why F1 Cockpits are so hot

6:09 Car designs

6:32 Quick repairs after a wreck

7:26 Tools F1 Mechanics use

8:07 Hands off!

9:49 What happens to broken F1 car parts?

10:25 The look of an F1 car

10:49 Specialization

11:09 Who decides a driver should make a pit stop?

12:26 Wings

13:07 Do repair costs count towards the cost cap in F1?

13:30 Were F1 garages always this clean?

15:02 I could use that…

15:33 Biggest F1 Myth

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