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Possibly in the near future as well. Cars will be slower next year so to reduce tyre stress, and the cars will get approximately 4 seconds slower in 2022. So we may not see a faster car for over a decade, and not a grippier one for multiple decades
Sad that the years of Mercedes Dominance is the reason people hate this car. The 2022 season showed that its not Mercedes that people hate, its the Dominance that people hated.
@@aadixum Im a die hard Ferrari fan and will probably get buried in a Ferrari shirt. I don´t hate this car at all, it´s like Senna´s MP4-4 a legendary car that makes F1 a worthy sport to watch. I remember in 2020 where most of the races were boring but I loved watching Lewis and his onboards during qualifying. I have never seen a car handle like that and probably won´t ever again.
Fact is the engine was the only thing pulling the ferrari to competitiveness last season... Look at USA and onwards afrer the engine was investigated, they were nowhere 😂
If you listen carefully to the engine sound at that moment, he slightly lifts off the throttle before braking. He is using engine braking in conjunction with the brake discs itself. Brilliant in every way!
This is what happens when you have one of the greatest drivers of all time driving the greatest racing car ever made. And people saying that the car is pretty much doing it all really don't have a clue. Even the Williams is miles faster than the average person can even think. All f1 drivers are damn good, and the margins between an average f1 driver and a great aren't actually that huge, annoys me that armchair racers think that it's easy
verstappen himself said 50% of the grid can win championship in mercedes car... it's a shame we can only watch bottas in other seat who manages to bottle it every season.. put max in that car and everyone will see same miracles which so called goat is doing with this machine..
Raj Bhavsar MV may be right if and only if the car is engineered to the driving style of 50% of the grid. The only reason why he’s outperforming the Red Bull is because the car was literally built to suit MV’s style. I believe the Mercedes was built to suit LH’s style and LH is just an overall better driver than VB, which is why LH is outperforming VB by quite a bit.
@@werken3688 so true, it does look like a computer game or an animation, the speed the thing turns in defies my comprehension of physics. It doesn't look possible. And that's on tv, which makes it all look slower too
I think the game is good value for money. Expecting a Cheap game with numerous varieties of inputs to be so "realistic" is a stretch. I am sure for those who want the real experience of owning your own F1 team you can spend hundreds of thousands or as Ferrari did $6 million that will buy you the realism you seek!!!!
Just like the commentators said " Looks like he's driving on rails " The amount of grip and stability due to the suspension is amazing. Well done, Mercedes!
“Smooth is fast & fast is smooth.” Lewis’s steering inputs are glorious to watch. No sawing, just smooth incremental turns with instant correction to catch a slide. Mmm, m’mmmmm.
It just sounds like he turned into Pouhon without even tapping the brake or letting off the throttle fully and believing it will stick. HOLY SHIT no wonder the recorded apex speed is 302kph.
I don't know why they're allowing the drivers to exceed the white line that much. They're adding thos green lines after the curbs, as they're not fast enough already.
Those curbs are allowed this year because the sheer speed of 2020 cars. As they rotate through those tight corners at those speed, u need a bigger runoff to maintain the optimum speed. When a car is on the limit especially a 2020 f1 car, those wide track limits are a must.
actually high aero iirc. merc carried more wing than usual anticipating rain, so they did have a bit more downforce proportionally than others. still insane tho
@@GenAvAviation Ah, I see what you mean given he was yellow in sector 1. Other than the kink, it's basically 1 long straight for any modern car with aero.
There’s simply no touching him, tbh. I’m not his biggest fan by any means but this is Schumacher level dominance. Bottas is a good driver, but simply nowhere close to him. If anything he shows just how good and underrated a driver Rosberg was. Schumi was my childhood sporting hero so it’ll be hard to see Hamilton break his record eventually, but he’ll deserves it. A level above everyone right now really
Rosberg was incredible, but I’m not sure even he could take it to Lewis now. With how consistent and quick he’s been, I’d dare say Lewis is in his prime. He just keeps getting faster with no definite limit in sight.
3 and half years later still coming back at mighty historical lap, as a Lewis hater i've got to say he's qualy laps in 2020 were just mind blowing, unbelivable how car can do such things
It just shows how rear stability is important for Lewis, he sends the car into the corner and his car complies but that's not the case in 2024. Not taking anything from Lewis, he is amazing.
The second sector is where he pulled out a banger...Throttle control, Torque control, gear precision control around corners is where HL is unbeastable.
The car is so well geared for the track that he doesn't even need to be in 8th between noname and pouhon he can just chuck it in still in 7th with the tiniest lift. Honestly we are in a golden age of motor engineering these Mercedes cars are just unbelievable...
@@mangamaster4 I'm not sure in Q3 he lifted through there. There's no throttle trace, but by sounds, the drop in rev is so small, it could just be from the fact that he's cornering. The same kind of difference is heard through turn 4 in Hungary and that was flat
@@charles-antoinemartel-roy It's hard to tell since it's a pretty sharp entry, never the less it's just testament to the ability of this years Mercedes. If he didn't lift would that not be a first in an F1 Qualifying session?
@@mangamaster4 There's an on-board video with telemetry that some user uploaded to RU-vid and it's confirmed 100% flat. Even Max had the tiniest of lift. It is a first for sure, this used to be a corner with a breaking zone... then a lifting zone and now flat for Merc. Unbelievable amounts of grip
Lewis is the GOAT. Honestly look at how late he’s breaking into the corners and straight on the throttle and just flicking the steering wheel Yes he has the best car but so does Bottas and yet Lewis is on another planet His driving is so smooth and neat always picking the best entry and exit in the circuit I think people will only truly appreciate Lewis when he retires
This car handles like a dream...for Hamilton. A nightmare for the rest...Max breathing down Bottas' neck by a few thousandths must be in Valterri's mind as we speak.
Absolutely disgusting levels of grip. He can open up the steering wheel after the apex so quickly and efficiently.. Astonishing to watch. Nothing but respect for Mercedes and LH but slow down a bit Bois :c
Absolutely stunning car. Has to be one of the best ever build. Unbelievable amount of traction, grip and downforce. Pouhon flat is just mental! Could watch that all day. And I'm a RB fan.
No hate at all. He’s brilliant. Just kind of worn out on seeing him and Mercedes win every race. Every podium. Every drivers champ. Every constructors champ. F1 is boring with the same team always winning. Thrilled for Lewis though.
I don’t think Lewis over performed or did anything “spectacular”, it’s more so the fact that Bottas underperformed in a car that should be over half a second faster than the next fastest car, which made Hamilton look exceptional today - Hamilton Fan
everyone's talking about pouhon, but look at rivage, he breaks so deep into that corner, it's really mind blowing. it's a downhill corner too, which makes locking up easier. the downforce on the w11 is insane
@@bizarrefruit yes, but on the latter stages of the lap, your tyres are pretty hot. Couldn't imagine how quickly he could have taken that with cooler tyre temperatures.
@@gseric4721 Absolutely, hopefully we'll see some more of that at race pace tomorrow on harder compounds. Seeing this makes me so excited for Mugello later in the season!
0:58 Absolutely mind boggling he took it flat out. From what I remember, he carried around 300 kmph speed through the corner. Can't imagine what his body must have gone through. And to answer a few questions, he took the corners flat out in 7th gear. After the section ends, you can see him actuate the clutch lever on the right and the engine sound suddenly changes.
Cuz Lewis wins all the time cuz bottas is a mid tier driver. Schumacher is the real goat. Got more victories in a less dominant car, you can tell it was less dominant by the amount of pole positions Lewis has compared to the Goat Schumacher.
Tim Coronel anyone who uses GOAT to describe any driver immediately loses all credibility. You seem to be suggesting that Schumacher, who regularly ran rivals off the road, would have turned down the chance to be in LH’s shoes? He wouldn’t, and he would have loved it. Drivers can only drive the cars given to them. Only a small handful can pick their cars. Stop romanticising the sport.
@@timmetjecoronel9545 I actually think during the 2017 and 2018 seasons Ferrari has just as good a car. Would have been nice to see what Hamilton could have done in one of them.
Learning this track right now. That final switchback that demands basically a full stop of the car is insane. So hard to go that slow after going flat most of the track.
The flat throttle through the faster corners was unbelievable and entry grip also was amazing, and other than the very slight too late braking into the last corner,that was the most perfect lap I have ever seen of any car category ever.
0:35 for these sequence of turns the braking point with an f1 car is around 60-70M while in this hotlap hamilton brakes late af at 50M... What a legend! :o
It feels like after every qualifying everyone’s thinking what happened Ferrari? And f1 posts a video of Hamilton’s pole lap. And everyone hopes max can do something to challenge Mercedes
This car is just ridiculous. It's like an obedient pet dog, always in control by the owner's leash, obeying his every command. What a technical marvel, possibly the greatest race car ever built in F1. Also noticed how quickly he seems to be able to upshift through gears 2-5 after Turn 1 - stark comparison to his last dry pole here in 2017. They seemed to have improved the engine a lot after rising up to Ferrari's challenge. Only respect...
