Dude, Verstappen has already said several times that if his engineer would quit F1 that Max would stop as well. Do we really need to question how these two interact?
Straight forward no nonsens communication . honousty . you get the best results . If you listen to the ferari comunications , 5 minutes of talking and still a mystery on what strategy they are .
I think Oscar is the one that can actually put Max' feet to the fire if Oscar would drive the RB. Probably take a year to build experience, but afterwards...
This will probably go down as the greatest season by a single driver in the history of the sport. I don't think I've seen such a depth of talent in the grid right now either, in the right car I think they are all capable of winning races. Which makes Max's dominance all the more impressive, and that he's doing it with such ease as well.
yeah, in Baku, now that's we've seen how the car behaves when there is a hole on the sidepod for RB and Ferrari it just makes that an incredible feat in and of itself.
@@markusnitsch8309in Hungary Red Bull had plenty of time under red flag conditions to apply about 69 km of ducttape on that car to keep it in the race.
I think from now on, prediction for P1 in the race should be a guess for how many seconds ahead Verstappen is rather than who will win. Closest gets a point
@@joshsmith7521I doubt RB would mind testing Lawson or even Iwasa in an f1 seat. You could even give the RB seat to Riccardo for the rest of the season to fuck with Checo, then put one of the rookies in the Alpha Tauri.
Max doesnt work this way. He wants to get as manny wins/Poles/victorys and points as possible to Show his dominance. They would need to drag him out of the car and Lock him in a room so he doesn't Show up at a race.
English media were not this upset when Hamilton was winning all those championships.... it's really a shame 'cause because of this media people are not enjoying this level of greatness.
I’m not enjoying it either and the english media have nothing to do with it. I see my favorite driver during the start of the race, and when he crosses the line in first. Max is making F1 boring, which indeed shows his greatness
Total points for 1st place in all 12 races=300(25 per race) Max has 314 points in 12 races. Edit- Majority of extra points by sprint races, but a few from fastest laps as well as corrected by @woppiiee
And fastest laps indeed, but still all these things lead to disturbing probabilities of Max becoming with some distance the best F1 driver the world has ever seen.
@@JayQ2k If Redbull manages to give Max good car till 2026 without falling off. There's pretty high chances he'll be one of the greatest drivers of all time.
@@woppiiee my statement has always been that active drivers cannot be on the greatest rankings, since you can either win another title or continue your career for way too long. But beyond that it's clear that Max is simply the most talented driver on the grid for at least the past two decades. I am however interested in what Oscar Piastri can do, because he seems like the real deal.
I know people are tired of seeing Max win and I would love to see Alonso P1 or Lando's first win but can you imagine if RB can wipe out the whole season, what kind of feat that would be?
@Martin-di9pp never, closest we got was 2002 Ferrari with 100% podium rate but they didn't win every race. This will be the first time in history, and with the amount of races in the season the win streak will be truly unbeatable.
@@Jalopezlagclosest F1 team that almost reached a perfect season was the '88 mp4/4 (senna&prost FYI, I imagine drive to survive doesn't talk about it) 15/16 wins, 15/16 poles 15/16 podiums.
5:12 in this aspect Max is kinda like how Djokovic was in tennis. He reveled in opposition pressure. The bigger and louder the boos, the better he seemed to perform, and he was nigh unbeatable.
I'd give that descriptor to the dominating years of Seb Vettel in that '10-'13 RBR first and foremost, but Max very much comes close with how he behaved during '21.
A little cultural class for you guys. Dutch people quite often interact like Max & GP. Friends amongst each other, colleagues & even family members. It’s just called Dutch directness.
Piastri will have his time, and soon I’m sure. Seems to have his head on straight, really looking forward to seeing his career develop. Best rookie in years!
I hope the form of the mclaren will continue, but no guarantees. Aston martin dropped off quick for example. So no guarantees. I really wish Piastri had kept his cool a bit more at the start and not try to stick his nose there.
A saw a comment in a Dutch channel, which said (translated): "Not a smart move by the engineer. Now Max has one point less, which will make things unnecessarily more exciting for the title."
GP: Max, people are complaining you make it boring. Max: Well, let's give them some entertainment. GP: What are you thinking about Max: Let's give them a Statler and Waldorf imitation.
I know that everyone wants to race their own "style". But... look at Max's car positioning in exiting corners... watch his on boards passing Checo... Max drives different.
Can't be to hard to drive a well rounded car compared to everyone else. Next year is the cut of point for all teams to close the gap big time.. The sport is turning into a one man team with these rules changes what not. 2026 will be the maclaren Era of dominance.
@ltreanor99 I acknowledge that car is a key component, however, I won't over look talent. Example, look at what Piastri is doing at McLaren. What Alonso did with the Ferrari's of old. We all know Perez is a battle hardened racer and Max is gapping him.
I found it hilarious how after the first radio message with GP Max pulled 11 more seconds ahead of perez which means he didn't lift and coast AT ALL lmao
@@066kshitizvsingh4 yeah, Christian Horner said as much after the race. At one point, he said to GP "I think I know what he's doing, he's trying to make a gap for a pit stop.", and GP replied "Nah, he's actually taking it pretty easy according to all the data."
You are absolutely right in saying Charles takes that Ferrari to places in doesn't belong and I feel he doesn't get enough credit for it. So happy to see him back on that podium. I kind of miss last year where he would be there more often. Max and GP was GOLD as well. Still, not done and never will be bored of Max winning just to piss more people off. He is unbelievable and people should enjoy the masterclass he puts every week, it's not something you see often.
it's because fans always think from the name Ferrari meaning the car is always up there and when it is it's the driver doing normal. But I disagree, 2022 was the only car that should have been in the top4 at any point of the race, however 2020 Leclerc was doing wonders in getting a podium in that thing, 2021 he was quite unlucky but same as 2023 a car he wasn't really liking and didn't match his style as much as Carlos. But in general for the past years Ferrari has been carried by their drivers, not the team itself
@@LucasMueller0418 oh agree, Ferrari are lucky they have two good drivers out there. They are so unserious and all over the place, even more so this season.
Huge thanks to you guys, Matt & Tommy, for putting out glorious content. I tuned in to that other channel for you guys, and it's nice to see you doing your own thing on your own channel. It's been a great half year thus far, well, kind of (McLaren/Ferrari fan here), can't wait to see how it all ends. Anyone else expecting a surprise world champion this year like I am. Sarcasm. Definitely sarcasm.
I enjoyed the photograph of Schumacher talking to toddler Verstappen in the pits. The only two F1 drivers to ever win 10 out of the first 12 races in a season.
24 races. And if they only win 22, they don't get the record of having the most dominant car in F1 history. By proxy, the 1988 McLaren would beat it by *half* a race. (15 out of 16 is the same as 22.5 races for this season.)
I'm okay with this kind of dominance this year because, as you say, we're watching history be made. I really hope this doesn't continue into next season though because Verstappen winning every race *will* get old after awhile.
It seems like we keep getting dominant seasons now. Every season is dominant we went from vettel to Hamilton to verstappen. It never stops what is rare is having a battle
I thought it was one of the more entertaining races this season! 8/10. There was a lot of battling and differing strategies, and some of the overtakes were spectacular.
I was kind of hoping someone would make a meme about how a few weeks ago, after Austria, Hamilton came out and said "Drivers telling on each other isn't racing" yet the very first thing we heard from him across radio this race was him complaining about the Ferrari cutting turn 9 every lap...
Lets be honest, the only reason Leclerc had pole is because Max had a grid penalty. He was 8 tenth slower than Max in quali. So did he really have pole ... I'd say, he inherited pole :P
Good to see at the end there, that you're finally joining Tommy in being a Max fan... just one little thing... you put the Dutch flag on its side! It should be: "Red at the top, white in the middle and blue at the bottom"! But I'm sure it was just an accidental oversight... 😂
At least Max has some humour and spices things up. I'll say this is the least boring dominance there has ever been. Good fights in the midfield and for second place/second constructor, Max being so enjoyable to watch and adding some spice. It's fly or crash for ricciardo. Fernando giving us a show and memes.
If I had a nickel every time Nico Hulkenburg took pole position during the Grand Prix... I'd have two nickels, it's just weird that it happened twice....
I give it am 8.5. It had a little bit of everything from 2nd place back. And Verstappens utter dominance was amazing to see again. He has been close to perfection. Absolutely incredible!
Max said over the weekend he wasn't sure how things would be because he doesn't have much overtaking experience. Goat my sweet patoodie. Time to see a win from the pits.
Newsflash: GP and Max will use the summerbreak for couples therapy. Expect tabloids like the sun with the following header. "GP to therapist: He always comes first!"
Honestly, I'm just enjoying this display of absolutely savage domination from Max and Red Bull. I'm hoping he breaks a whole bunch of world records. And then hopefully next year we see two or three teams conclusively challenge RBR.
That'll only happen if the FIA implement a rule that absolutely destroys Red Bull. ... And it's not a hard one, either. Just set a maximum rake height. We've seen before what happens when you lower Red Bull's rake; they struggle. Look at 2015. 1 podium all season - and it wasn't even a win.
@@BiggieTrismegistus Problem is that this is already a carry over from last year where the Red Bulls ended up being dominant... despite promise early on from Ferrari. This is different to Ferarri in '04 since that was off the back of a properly competitive championship between Schumacher, Montoya and Raikkonen.
@@greatsageclok-roo9013 eh? Have you been watching the same F1 since 2022? Red Bull's has the lowest ride heights of all cars out there. Rake doesn't exist with ground effect cars, because it nerfs your downforce. And, in fact, when the Red Bull was ran higher than normal in last year's Belgian GP, it was even more dominant than earlier in the season, allowing Max to win the race by a similar margin as last weekend, except he started last year's race from **P14** Really, you can't nerf this ground effect Red Bull without destroying the competition along with it.
The Sainz-Piastri collision on L1T1 reminds me of the exactly similar accident max had with Kimi a few years ago. There they had no question that Max was in the wrong, as that portion of the corner will always close in that way, due to how the cars go through the corner. Also similar to Hamilton on Albon in Brazil, Lewis stuck a nose into a gap that never really existed, same thing with Piastri.
Well yes, but Sainz came from the far left side towards the far right side of the track while under braking, which then put him right into the path of Piastri. Reminds me more of that Grosjean on fire incident where Grosjean cut across the whole track
That was a bit Piastri's fault, a bit Sainz's fault, and also a bit Hamilton's fault. If you see it from Oscar's onboard it seems like Sainz fully turned into him, but when you look at his POV he had nowhere else to go, because of Hamilton on his outside. It was a classic racing incident, no one deserved a penalty.
@@simo_viewer_pr9030 When I look at Sainz' onboard, I see, he has quite a bit of space towards Hamilton, but chooses to force Piastri off into the wall. There is still at least half a meter space before and during the corner on his left
If Sainz kept his line Piastri would have been fine so it’s 100% Sainz’ fault. He was lucky he got away with no penalty. He locked up and had to take avoiding action due to his own mistake. I can’t see how it’s any different from Zhou last week or Russell-Sainz at COTA (which btw was more of a racing incident because Sainz stupidly tried to cut back on lap 1)
Let’s push Max on to equalling and breaking Vettel’s consecutive win record. Because how often will we ever get a chance like this when someone is close to that unbelievable record? After that (be it successful or unsuccessful), we can continue our copium and hope for Max to crash out or for RB performance to fall off a cliff.
I'm fine him keeping winning as I support him. Every race I'm incredibly worried about turb 1. Once that is out of the way I go attention management and just maintain the gap.
This season is a wrap. I kind of want Max to win every race left this year, unless there's a chance of a massive upset like Albon winning, then next season it can be close again 😂
Agreed. He has been putting on the most dominant driver performance of all time the last 2 years. If you get to see it once in your lifetime, might as well be now. Why not see him win 20 races in a year?
Max and Checo, in the same car, same DRS, same tires. Max flies past Checo and withing a lap or so he is clear of DRS and pulling a gap. RB are dominant, but without Max it would have been a close year looking at Checo. Max is performing at a level I don't think I have seen before.
Carlos meant for the inside line the entire time running up to it, but then he locked up, and still tried to commit to it. Piastri must've thought Carlos would've taken a different line because he locked up.
Yes Max's dominance is boring, just like Lewis' but at least with these new cars everyone else is much closer to eachother and we actually have different people fighting in close battles for the places below p1.
Fucking hell y'all keep crying about so called "boring GP's" every week even if the race was good... Y'all don't even know what good races are now anymore
Potential idea for the DRS aspects. Not sure how well it would go over but F1 could potential take a Indycar concept with limited push to pass usage for DRS. Each driver would be given the same amount of time to utilize DRS via a push to pass aspect. DRS still limited to certain zones/FIA approving DRS usage due to weather. But, it would give drivers a chance to defend with DRS as much as utilizing to try and pass.
