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Can you imagine what would happen if we put Fangio in Hamilton's car and vice versa? We are going to answer some of your questions, but also ask you others. This is another of those videos that, in times of confinement, I make more with my heart than with my head. Do you know what the Formula 1 cars of the 50s were like? From 70 years ago! Well, almost as fast as the current ones... on the straight. We are going to review the two most charismatic and competitive cars of those years, the winner of the first World Championship, the Alfa 158 better known as Alfetta and the Mercedes W196, revolutionary at the time. And then we will see what a modern single-seater is like, supposedly limited in terms of electronic aids, despite which the cars are full of sensors, there is real-time telemetry, a power control system for all the engines, thermal and electric, data analysis, chassis control and even “Brake by wire” brakes. A festival of electronics. The biggest difference was the risk, but not the only one…