Shell Cariphalte - racetrack

Title: Shell Bitumen 4th Sep

Duration: 4:46 minutes

Description:

In this video, Formula 1 Scuderia Ferrari drivers along with racetrack and product executives discuss Shell Cariphalte, a Shell Bitumen innovation used in the resurfacing of the Formula 1 Silverstone racetrack, aimed at providing more durable, longer-lasting surfaces.

Shell Bitumen 4th Sep Transcript

[Background music plays]

The Sound of Shell adaptations and F1 car engine sounds play throughout this video.

[Video footage]

Pull back on bird’s eye view of the Silverstone Formula 1 racetrack below cloudy blue sky. Transition to tracking close-ups of the racetrack surface as the off-camera car takes various corners.

Opening Sequence featuring Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel

[Title]

Scuderia Ferrari Driver

[Text Displays]

Charles Leclerc

Scuderia Ferrari Driver

[Leclerc]

18 turns…

[Video footage]

Talking-head close-up footage of Charles Leclerc speaking directly into the camera. Transition to a close-up of the Ferrari driver’s race suit with Shell, Scuderia Ferrari and other branding. Montage of tracking racetrack footage and the F1 Ferrari taking a corner.

[Title]

Scuderia Ferrari Driver

[Text Displays]

Sebastian Vettel

Scuderia Ferrari Driver

[Vettel]

It’s just so fast…

[Video footage]

Close-up of Sebastian Vettel speaking directly into the camera. Montage of tracking racetrack footage and the F1 Ferrari racing on the track.

[Leclerc]

Flat-out left, flat out right…

[Video footage]

Talking-head close-up footage of Leclerc speaking directly into the camera. Transition to a close-up of the Ferrari driver’s race suit with Shell, Scuderia Ferrari and other branding. Montage of tracking racetrack footage and a close-up of the Shell Pecten and “V-Power” branding on the F1 Ferrari.

[Vettel]

You’re throwing yourself or the car from one side to the other.

[Video footage]

Talking-head close-up footage of Vettel speaking directly into the camera. Transition to medium footage of Leclerc and Vettel, wearing race suits and caps, talking together on the track. Montage of tracking racetrack footage and including close-ups of the starting grid and the asphalt.

[Leclerc]

Super high g-force.

[Video footage]

Talking-head close-up footage of Leclerc speaking directly into the camera. Montage of tracking racetrack footage including high-angle footage of the Shell Pecten and “V-Power” branding on the F1 Ferrari as it races on the track.

[Vettel]

Silverstone is 6km of full-on demand.

[Video footage]

Transition to close-up of one of the F1 Ferrari’s side mirrors, the team working in the background. Talking-head extreme close-up footage of Vettel seen in ¾ profile view, looking slightly off-camera as he speaks. Montage of tracking racetrack footage and close-ups of the Shell Pecten and other branding on the F1 Ferrari’s nose and side pod, and of the driver seated in the cockpit wearing a racing helmet.

[Leclerc]

Grip is everything.

[Video footage]

Talking-head footage of Leclerc speaking directly into the camera, seen in close-up and extreme close-up, then seen in ¾ profile view, looking slightly off-camera as he speaks.

[Vettel]

We rely on it completely.

[Video footage]

Talking-head close-up footage of Vettel speaking directly into the camera. Montage of tracking racetrack footage and including close-ups of the starting grid and the asphalt.

Main Segment – Silverstone Racetrack Resurfacing

[Text Displays]

Silverstone: Every Racetrack has a Story

With Sebastian Vettel & Charles Leclerc

[Video footage]

Panning bird’s eye view of the Silverstone Formula 1 racetrack below cloudy blue sky, over which title text displays, before fading to black.

[Stuart Pringle]

In 2018 we resurfaced the track to make it grippier and quicker.

[Text Displays]

Stuart Pringle

Managing Director, Silverstone

[Video footage]

High angle tracking footage of the starting grid of the Silverstone racetrack. Talking-head close-up footage of Stuart Pringle looking slightly off-camera as he speaks, seen against the background of the windows of a viewing area at Silverstone. Tracking aerial footage of the Silverstone starting grid.

[Stuart Pringle]

Not everybody was happy about it - we got some very direct feedback. It needed changing. We decided to appoint world experts to get us a new track.

[Text Displays]

Silverstone surface has degraded since 2018 MotoGP inspections

Silverstone launches track surface investigation

[Video footage]

Tracking close-up of asphalt, over which successive text displays.

[Stuart Pringle]

That’s why we chose to work with Dromo, with Tarmac, with Shell - top of their game, in each of their fields.

[Video footage]

Transition to montage of tracking then panning footage of Silverstone racetrack corners. Talking-head close-up footage of Stuart Pringle looking slightly off-camera as he speaks. Tracking close-up footage of the racetrack surface along straights and around corners. Transition to close-up of the racetrack’s asphalt surface.

[Jarno Zaffelli]

The first task was to keep the same feeling of the track, to understand how we can improve it.

[Text Displays]

Jarno Zaffelli

Owner, Dromo Circuit Design

[Video footage]

Transition to panning bird’s eye view of the Silverstone track. Talking-head close-up footage of Jarno Zaffelli looking slightly off-camera as he speaks, seen standing on the racetrack with grandstands in the background. Panning close-up of the asphalt surface and markings of one of the places on the starting grid.

[Text Displays]

Copse

[Video footage]

Tracking high-angle footage of the pits straight heading into Copse corner at the Silverstone racetrack. Text displays over this footage.

[Vettel]

Copse, blind entry at more than 300km/h, and you hold your breath through the corner just to withstand the forces.

[Text Displays]

Sebastian Vettel

Scuderia Ferrari Driver

[Video footage]

Talking-head close-up footage of Vettel speaking directly into the camera, cutting to a ¾ profile view where he looks slightly off-camera as he speaks. Transition to tracking close-up of the racetrack surface as the off-camera F1 car takes a corner. Tilting close-up of the Ferrari driver’s race suit with Shell and other branding. More talking-head close-up footage of Vettel speaking directly into the camera. Montage of tracking racetrack footage and a close-up of the starting grid surface. Transition to a close-up still shot of Vettel in his race suit and cap, arm raised as he smiles over towards the off-camera fans.

[Connor Campbell]

The difference between a racetrack like Silverstone and a motorway is on a racetrack, you've got a much lower frequency of vehicles, but a much higher stress, particularly in the corners where there's a lateral force.

[Text Displays]

Connor Campbell

Technical Manager, Shell Bitumen

[Video footage]

Talking-head close-up footage of Connor Campbell looking slightly off-camera as he speaks, asphalt construction vehicles seen parked on the racetrack behind him. Side-view close-up of a tandem roller passing the shot as it rolls over the newly laid surface; in the background, we see a second tandem roller. High-angle panning close-up of asphalt surface. More talking-head close-up footage of Connor Campbell looking slightly off-camera as he speaks, as before. Transition to front-view footage of the F1 Ferrari taking a corner of the racetrack, the footage slowing to slow-motion.

[Text Displays]

Stowe

[Video footage]

Transition to bird’s eye view of the Silverstone racetrack with Stowe corner in the foreground. Text displays over this footage

[Vettel]

One of my favourites for sure is Stowe corner because it’s just so fast. You are taking so much speed into the corner. It’s really cool.

[Video footage]

Talking-head extreme close-up footage of Vettel seen in ¾ profile view, looking slightly off-camera as he speaks. Tracking close-up footage of the racetrack surface as the off-camera car approaches Stowe corner. Talking-head close-up footage of Vettel speaking directly into the camera. Tracking close-up footage of the racetrack surface as the off-camera car takes Stowe corner.

[Jarno Zaffelli]

Racing cars and bikes are very light. But they are very quick in corners. So you will start to see the racing line with all the stones popping out.

[Video footage]

Talking-head close-up footage of Jarno Zaffelli looking slightly off-camera as he speaks, seen standing on the racetrack with grandstands in the background. Panning close-up of the racetrack surface on a corner. More talking-head close-up footage of Jarno Zaffelli speaking, this time seen in profile view, standing on the racetrack as before.

[Stuart Pringle]

We don’t want stones chipping out. Foreign objects are as dangerous to a driver with a crash helmet as they are to an aircraft.

[Video footage]

Transition to panning footage of the racetrack surface at a corner, loose stones scattered across the surface at the inside corner. Transition to close-up of the small loose stones scattered on the surface at the inside corner. Talking-head close-up footage of Stuart Pringle looking slightly off-camera as he speaks.

[Stuart Pringle]

Shell’s Cariphalte was specifically required by Dromo. They were not prepared to work with any other product on the market. It’s what we need for Silverstone to give us the best surface.

[Video footage]

Side-view footage of a Shell tanker truck passing the shot, the Shell Pecten and “Shell Bitumen” name displayed on the side of the tanker. Medium footage of an engineer, wearing protective gear, carrying a container to a counter in a laboratory. High-angle close-up of a container of black liquid being stirred, cutting back to medium footage of the engineer standing at the laboratory counter, stirring the liquid in the container. High-angle close-up of the liquid being poured from the container into a small foil tray. Close-up of gloved hands applying a sample to the bitumen penetration test apparatus, then a close-up of the applied sample below the weight, cutting to a high-angle close-up of the bitumen penetration test being performed as the sample is pressed down onto the lower surface.

[Jarno Zaffelli]

They produced for us a binder that was tailor-made for these conditions.

[Video footage]

Talking-head close-up footage of Jarno Zaffelli speaking, standing on the racetrack as before, seen first in profile view and then in front view, looking off-camera in both instances as he speaks.

[Tim Smith]

It’s a heavily polymer-modified product that’s designed to resist the very high shear forces imparted by Formula 1 cars.

[Text Displays]

Tim Smith

Technical Manager, Tarmac

[Video footage]

Low-angle close-up of the “Shell Bitumen” name displayed on the reflective silver surface of the parked tanker truck. Wide-angle reverse-view footage of a worker wearing safety gear walking down the side of the Shell-branded tanker truck. Talking-head close-up footage of Tim Smith looking slightly off-camera as he speaks, asphalt delivery trucks seen parked on the racetrack behind him; we cut to a profile view of Tim as he continues talking. Transition to side-view footage of the F1 Ferrari passing the shot as it speeds around the racetrack. Close-up of the racetrack’s asphalt surface.

[Connor Campbell]

When the asphalt is stressed through traffic driving over it, it becomes deformed. With Shell Cariphalte, the asphalt will recover to its original shape.

[Video footage]

Talking-head close-up footage of Connor Campbell looking slightly off-camera as he speaks, asphalt construction vehicles seen parked on the racetrack behind him. Close-up of Connor’s hands stretching an elastic band, cutting back to medium talking-head footage of Connor looking slightly off-camera as he speaks, as before, and we see him releasing the tension on the stretched elastic band, allowing it to return to its original shape. Panning close-up of the asphalt surface and markings of one of the places on the starting grid.

[Leclerc]

As a driver, it’s just uncomfortable to drive a bumpy track because you are losing grip anytime you are going over a bump.

[Text Displays]

Charles Leclerc

Scuderia Ferrari Driver

[Video footage]

Transition to medium profile-view footage of Leclerc pulling his fireproof balaclava over his head. Talking-head extreme close-up footage of Leclerc seen in ¾ profile view, looking slightly off-camera as he speaks; we cut to close-up footage of Leclerc speaking directly into the camera.

[Tim Smith]

The temperature of the asphalt is absolutely critical. Every single load is checked before it’s dispatched. If it’s too hot, it’ll damage the bitumen; if it’s too cold, we won’t be able to compact it easily and we won’t be able to get the right quality that we need to achieve.

[Video footage]

High-angle footage of asphalt pouring into the bin of a truck parked in a workshop, with clouds of steam rising from the asphalt. We cut to a low-angle close-up of the stream of asphalt pouring down from above the truck. More high-angle footage of the load of asphalt in the bin of the truck, a worker using apparatus to test the temperature of the asphalt; we cut to medium reverse-view footage of the worker testing the temperature of the asphalt load. Talking-head close-up footage of Tim Smith looking slightly off-camera as he speaks, with the asphalt delivery vehicle visible on the racetrack in the background. Next, we see miscellaneous footage of the asphalt construction vehicles and team on the racetrack, the asphalt delivery vehicles in the process of tipping their loads of asphalt into the feeders parked behind them.

[Tim Smith]

So, we’re seeing the asphalt delivery vehicles. Behind that is a feeder which transfers the asphalt into the paver. And behind that are the rollers compacting the asphalt.

[Video footage]

Talking-head close-up footage of Tim Smith gesturing to the asphalt delivery vehicle behind him as he speaks. Bird’s eye view of the asphalt delivery vehicles on the racetrack, tipping their loads of asphalt into the feeders behind them, with pavers and rollers and other construction vehicles as well as the asphalt construction team also seen in shot. We cut to side-view footage of an asphalt delivery vehicle, feeder, paver and roller parked one behind the other on the racetrack. Next, we see close-ups of the paver laying the asphalt on the track, and then side-views of a roller passing the shot, compacting the asphalt. Panning aerial footage of the track with three parallel lanes occupied by an asphalt delivery vehicle, feeder, paver and roller. Time-lapse panning side-view footage of the asphalt construction vehicles and team working on the task of resurfacing the racetrack.

[Text Displays]

Maggotts

Becketts

[Video footage]

Panning bird’s eye view of the Silverstone racetrack, and particularly the Maggotts and Becketts consecutive corners. Text displays over this footage.

[Leclerc]

Maggotts and Becketts, all these corners that you are taking at full speed, just feels incredible with these cars.

[Video footage]

Talking-head footage of Leclerc speaking directly into the camera, seen in close-up, and then seen in ¾ profile view, looking slightly off-camera as he speaks. Tracking close-up footage of the racetrack surface as the off-camera car takes one corner and heads into the next. Side-view footage of the F1 Ferrari passing the shot as it speeds around the racetrack. Close-up of the racetrack’s asphalt surface at one of the corners, a few small stones scattered over the racetrack surface.

[Tim Smith]

We’ve had a lot of technical support from Shell on this project. They’ve been on site every day, helping us understand the product and how it’s likely to lay.

[Video footage]

Rapid zoom into panning aerial footage of the asphalt construction vehicles and team working on the task of resurfacing the racetrack. Transition to time-lapse footage of the asphalt construction team and vehicles working on the resurfacing of the racetrack, seen from a bird’s eye view. Talking-head close-up footage of Tim Smith looking slightly off-camera as he speaks, with the asphalt delivery vehicles visible on the racetrack in the background. We cut to bird’s eye view footage of the asphalt feeders and pavers, several abreast of each other on the racetrack.

[Connor Campbell]

The design of Shell Cariphalte Racetrack is bespoke. We refined our existing product to meet the specific needs of the racetrack at Silverstone.

[Video footage]

Low-angle side-view footage of the asphalt construction vehicles moving slowly across frame as they move over the racetrack. Reverse view footage of an asphalt construction team member aligning the edges of the newly laid asphalt in the wake of one of the resurfacing vehicles. More talking-head close-up footage of Connor Campbell speaking, this time seen in profile view, standing on the racetrack as before.

[Stuart Pringle]

Motorsport is about records, and about going as quickly as you can.

[Video footage]

Low-angle close-up of a neat edge at the side of the newly resurfaced racetrack, seen below a cloudy blue sky. Talking-head close-up footage of Stuart Pringle looking slightly off-camera as he speaks, seen against the background of the windows of a viewing area at Silverstone.

[Text Displays]

TURN 17 – Vale – Turn 16

[Video footage]

Panning bird’s eye view of turns 16 and 17 at the Silverstone racetrack. Text displays over this footage

[Vettel]

For turns 16 and 17, it depends a lot on if you can feel the grip, but it’s crucial if you want to nail the lap because there’s a lot of lap time to be found in those two final corners.

[Video footage]

Talking-head footage of Vettel speaking directly into the camera, seen in close-up, and then seen in ¾ profile view, looking slightly off-camera as he speaks. Tracking close-up footage of the racetrack surface as the off-camera car takes one corner and then the next. Close-up footage of Vettel in the pits, laughing and talking with off-camera team members.

[Stuart Pringle]

When you can take 3 seconds off the lap record simply by laying a better surface, that’s a massive improvement.

[Video footage]

Transition to panning close-up of the chequered start line running across the track in front of pole position on the starting grid. Talking-head close-up footage of Stuart Pringle speaking, this time seen in profile view. Transition to an extreme close-up of the sun gleaming on the asphalt surface, then cutting to another close-up of the edge of the racetrack, with a thin white line and broader red markings running parallel to each other.

[Leclerc]

The best possible surface for an F1 driver is the one that has the most grip.

[Video footage]

Talking-head close-up footage of Charles Leclerc speaking directly into the camera.

[Stuart Pringle]

With Shell’s Cariphalte, the track that we now have is of such a high standard that it will see us through the next decade of international racing here at Silverstone.

[Video footage]

Panning close-up of the chequered start line running across the track in front of pole position on the starting grid. Panning bird’s eye view of one of the corners at the Silverstone racetrack, seen below cloudy blue sky. Transition to panning close-up of the sun gleaming on the asphalt surface, cutting to another panning close-up of the white markings on the asphalt surface at a racetrack corner.

[Video footage and Graphic]

We see a close-up of an asphalt surface, and against this background, the Shell Pecten appears, displaying at frame-centre with text displaying below. We fade to black

[Audio]

Shell brand mnemonic, keys version.

[Text Displays]

shell.com/cariphalte

© Shell International Limited 2019