What makes Max Verstappen such a great F1 driver? - Mika Häkkinen talks about Formula 1 

Max had a deal to drive F1 the following year after less then 4 months of F3 racing. Max is different in every way.

max was lucky to have a father who was him self a formula 1 driver,charles leclerc had not such father as max have,otherwise he could also race young age in formula 1,about talent,max had very angry father,he pushed his son so much the poor boy could not live his childhood,if we look other drivers like prost,senna schumacher,there father was not a formula 1 driver,who pushed them or lewis hamilton,without aide of there fathers,those are the real talents not some boys who are trained by there fathers..

​@@rembrandrembrand Charles Leclerc his father was a F3 driver and Charles skipped school to race with his kart instead. His father always supported him and Charles even said his father didn't like it if Charles ended second or lower, which was a big motivation for him to allways win. It was Max who allways wanted to race or practice, even when it rained and snowed and even when he simply couldn't continue because of cold weather, he warmed himself up and right after warming up, he went racing in the snow/rain straight away as a child. That's just the way Max was. Also, Lewis his father was a racing-car manager, so I'm pretty confident he was similarly "pushed' like Max was and Lewis has a lot less natural talent and a lot better cars on top of it, his dad managed him really well. You can discredit people like Nico Rosberg, Damon Hill, Jacques Villeneuve, Mick Schumacher and name them all you like, just because their dads raced. But one way or another, Max is simply the best driver out there, perhaps even in history, no matter what way he came there. Michael Schumacher drove a kart at about the same age as Max did, so even your examples are a bit flawed.

@@AAb-xy6et How about ayrton senna,1984 tolleman,he was already a winner he had only no father like max father who drove for formula 1,you compare those guys with max father,who was already in formula 1,what I am trying to tell you is,he can never be Senna,Senna did all by himself,max did it because of his father,his father is the one who pushed him so much,loosing is not possible by his fathers standarts and he came into formula 1 very young age,not so many formula 1 drivers have that luck,just see clear,Max is not Senna and wil never be Senna..

@@rembrandrembrand Essentially you're now saying that even before Max was actually born, it would already have been impossible for him to ever achieve what Senna achieved, because of the simple fact that Max his father was a F1 driver? Even despite Max his father was more like a test driver testing piles of parts during his entire carreer? Also, stop acting like Max his father pushed him so much, it was actually Max who pushed his father, Jos initially didn't even allow Max to drive kart at all, despite Max was begging for it all the time. The reason Max became the youngest F1 driver ever is because Max was the best skilled driver in the world, especially for his age and especially in hard circumstances.

Nice to hear this from an expert and very experienced F1 driver.

If there is a fly on his front wing he complains that the car isn't good. And he is slower. He needs to have the best of the best otherwise he is nowhere.

@@bsrecon9798 you have a lot of self awareness.

@@bsrecon9798 That is how much he is one with the car. He is aware of everything slightly off. That is not a negative aspect though.

@@bsrecon9798 SLOWER???? Bloke before you say stupid porkies please check your FACTS: - As a kid in carting Max rode 53 races of which he WON 51, and in the two that did not win he DNF for mechanical problems. - From there he skipped the learner classes and immediately went to F3, where he immediately won 10 races, of which 6 in a row and became 3d in the championship, in a mediocre car from a small team (van Amelsfoort racing) despite several DNF's. - Then again Max skipped the intermediate classes and after that he became the YOUNGEST ever F1 driver in 2016 aged 17, - In the RB he immediately he WON his first Grand Prix in that year (Barcelona) in a car that was no better than the Alpha Tauri of today. - Also in 2016 he HUMILIATED the complete field (overtaking everybody including Alonso, many around the outside, ) in the Rain in Brazil. - Also BEFORE 2022, when the MERC AND FERRARI where still the FASTER cars, Max already WON 20 GP's - in 2021 he became the RIGHTFULL WDC, despite being Torpedo'd at Silverstone at 250 mph by Hamilton who was not punished for that crime. He WON the Most GP's and became CHAMPION in a car that was then SLOWER then the Merc. - In his own team Max has outqualified ALL his teammates (except the first year in RB, when he was still 17 and new and the car had been designed and setup for the much more experienced Ricciardo) by a margin of 20 to 1 or so. - In the WET training Montreal, while the others where still struggling to cope, and Perez again missed his braking points (in the SAME car!) Verstappen immediately set a FAST time that was 1.2 whole seconds (!) faster than everybody else and even 1.7 seconds faster than Hamilton (the so called "rain master"?)... - And there is another question you should ask yourself. IFF Max was not the FASTEST driver by far, then WHY would all the top-teams have been lining up to get him. Do you think these people (the best engineers in the world!) are IRRATIONAL? Do you really think that they would pay Max 50 mil p.y. if somebody else was faster? No of course not. These people have direct acces to the TELEMETRY DATA of their drivers. And these telemetry data simply SHOW that MAX is the FASTEST DRIVER IN THE FIELD. THAT is why they want him and pay him huge amounts of money to drive for them. Now you can (and probably will...) keep DELUDING yourself otherwise. But the FACTS will keep piling up. MAX is the Fastest driver (BY FAR). SLOWER??? 🤣🤣🤣🤡🤡🤡

And Lewis hates the Sim. Interesting insight. Thank you

Not a competitive car, a dominating car. That is what he needs and wants. With a competitive car it would not come so easy for him. And then he needs some help from the stewards, the organization and the FIA.

@@bsrecon9798 are you talking about Lewis now?

@@MrNordpoleyes, thats what they all do, claim something they are actually doing theirselves. Jealousy and reality is a bitch, these lulu fanbois can’t handle it

@@bsrecon9798 BS. Just check your FACTS: - As a kid in carting Max rode 53 races of which he WON 51, and in the two that did not win he DNF for mechanical problems. - From there he skipped the learner classes and immediately went to F3, where he immediately won 10 races, of which 6 in a row and became 3d in the championship, in a mediocre car from a small team (van Amelsfoort racing) despite several DNF's. - Then again Max skipped the intermediate classes and after that he became the YOUNGEST ever F1 driver in 2016 aged 17, - In the RB he immediately he WON his first Grand Prix in that year (Barcelona) in a car that was no better than the Alpha Tauri of today. - Also in 2016 he HUMILIATED the complete field (overtaking everybody including Alonso, many around the outside, ) in the Rain in Brazil. - Also BEFORE 2022, when the MERC AND FERRARI where still the FASTER cars, Max already WON 20 GP's - in 2021 he became the RIGHTFULL WDC, despite being Torpedo'd at Silverstone at 250 mph by Hamilton who was not punished for that crime. He WON the Most GP's and became CHAMPION in a car that was then SLOWER then the Merc. - In his own team Max has outqualified ALL his teammates (except the first year in RB, when he was still 17 and new and the car had been designed and setup for the much more experienced Ricciardo) by a margin of 20 to 1 or so. - In the WET training Montreal, while the others where still struggling to cope, and Perez again missed his braking points (in the SAME car!) Verstappen immediately set a FAST time that was 1.2 whole seconds (!) faster than everybody else and even 1.7 seconds faster than Hamilton (the so called "rain master"?)... - And there is another question you should ask yourself. IFF Max was not the FASTEST driver by far, then WHY would all the top-teams have been lining up to get him. Do you think these people (the best engineers in the world!) are IRRATIONAL? Do you really think that they would pay Max 50 mil p.y. if somebody else was faster? No of course not. These people have direct acces to the TELEMETRY DATA of their drivers. And these telemetry data simply SHOW that MAX is the FASTEST DRIVER IN THE FIELD. THAT is why they want him and pay him huge amounts of money to drive for them. Now you can (and probably will...) keep DELUDING yourself otherwise. But the FACTS will keep piling up. MAX is the Fastest driver (BY FAR) ALSO in an INFERIOR CAR.

You people have to stop talking about Hamilton like he matters. Lewis had his day and his 7 championships. He never drove as intensely as Max though. Max is the greatest since Senna. I think Max will surpass Senna as the GOAT. I believe Max could win in the Ferrari, Mercedes and possibly the McLaren. I believe a big factor in Max winning is his Supreme confidence. Max wins because he knows he can and will.. GO MAX 🏆

That comment confirms what I heard from others as well, that Max is very good in communicating with the engineers and explaining how things can be improved. He is also the one driver who is ALWAYS first to congratulate the team with a win, and NEVER blames the team when they lose, instead he says that WE need to do some work, or that HE made an error. He understands the importance of team work in this sport. This in stark contrast with e.g. Louise Hamilton...

@@TheEvertwif McLaren pip RB and max this year You will see the real max

Noobhost.

@@OmarNachtraaf Je gezicht is een noobhost

there is no blemish to the first two titles, just a whole lotta salty crybabies

@@NeonColored the first masi gifted him stop being delusional and they broke the cost cap. masi gifted him the championship and he only can win with a rocketship with no competition or he will crash into you

@@James-gr5mx thanks for confirming what I said 😂

Easy. Give any top 5 drivers today a full season races - capable winning cars and paired either of them with any drivers with talent close to Latifi.

He already passed or equalled Senna in wins and titles. Poles will come in due time.

@@soostdijk Stats is biased do you agree with that? Two great drivers: drivers A drives a GOAT level car and driver B drive an average car. Driver A has 200 more points than driver B in the end of the season. Who is the better driver A or B?

Mika was not that good a driver himself.

That’s a foolish comment

@@bsrecon9798 ??? He only became WDC twice I believe... 🤡🤡🤡

@@bsrecon9798 Excuse me? Beating Schumacher fair and square on many occations isn't a sign of a good driver? He was blisteringly fast F1 driver, and still probably the best that has come out of Finland.

Jos Verstappen der Graveltrappen

Have you really been watching? No other car comes close. If you are trying to refer to the results of Perez in the RB. It is clear that Perez is just a mediocre F1 driver the way he drives. Ridiculous that he is in F1.

​@@bsrecon9798 The f1 experts said the rb19 was verry difficult to drive but not for max this sais enough

the RB19 might be difficult to drive but if optimized it's mighty quick. That's just the Newey special and it takes a driver like Max Verstappen to get the maximum (pun not intended) out of it

Lewis also doesn’t get in Karts like Alonso and Max do. You can’t go test F1 cars like the good ole days. You can’t just call your team and tell them to meet you at the track and do some testing. Following what’s going on during the offseason, seems like Max and Alonso are both doing a lot of Simulator work, SIM racing, and Karting. They seek to be working hard while others are living the celebrity life.

@@KosmicHRTRacingTeam what celebrity life? lewis is still top 2 fastest in f1 stop hating on him

@@James-gr5mx 🤣🤣🤣🤣

​@@James-gr5mxHe aint hating on anyone hes speaking facts

I'd love to see that. But... Ferrari as a team needs new strategists. People Max can work with. Then they need to make the car reliable and keep the car fast. With current and previous year's Ferrari's Max would have won the championship too (if they finished the races).

Ferrari will not win again unless they go the the formula they used in the early 2000’s where they had a leader that gave the racing bosses free reign to do what it took to win. I’m sure it was still Ferrari then but they didn’t have all the interference they had before the Ross Brawn/Jean Todt era and what they must have going on now. They can’t even see they look like clowns.

​​​@@Juanez1908 Dream on ! They would be neck on neck and that considering Hamilton beeing way older ! Max never had good opponents to beat as Hamilton has when he beat Alonso as a Rookie Checko was clearly told he is not to compete with Max and isn't one of the best drivers anyway.

thats for sure,he drove in singapour with wrong setup,his car was fast all the time but that day,his talent was useless and become 5th,if senna was driving rb19 in singapour,he could have won easly with that car,you remember Senna stuck in gear 6 in brasil and won it,some people tried with gear 6 none of the drivers ever got success to drive faster like senna did with gear 6..

This years car is proving it! great driver needs a great car Fact

According to the latest Talking Bull podcast with GP … no.

@jonasjonaitis8571 Prost won one of his 4 titles with 1986 McLaren

Not so. You can't compare Fangio's era to this era. Fangio did 6 - 7 races a year. Drove at least 2 brands in one season. The cars were then more difficult to ride, no rider assists like lane keeping and adaptive cruise control. Manual shifting with clutch, no steering assistance. There are more races now. So winning 25 or more races in a season with 20 races max :) is not possible. The winningest combinatio is RED BULL/Verstappen. Without Red Bull Verstappen would be nowhere. PERIOD.

@jonasjonaitis8571 Just like Verstappen is winning in a dominating car. So where is the difference? Please don't compare Verstappen and Perez results. Perez is just not qualified to be an F1 driver.

@@bsrecon9798 Actually Perez is quite a good midfield driver. He is just overshadowed by Verstappen, and like many he can't handle that pressure.

Easy. Give any top 5 drivers today a full season races - capable winning cars and paired either of them with any drivers with talent close to Latifi.

wait a minute,Senna era was much difficult then today,Senna time there was not much to play with aero dynamics,it was more conventional then everything electronicaly controlled beside Senna won with many underdeveloped cars and teams,max has two teams one was torro rosso,sister team of redbul and the other is redbull with much finance,redbull was a winning team...never compare max with Senna...

@@rembrandrembrand yes. That's what I was saying. Senna is the best of all time in my opinion.

Butthurt lewis fans 🤣

in the beginning checa was better then max but somehow redbull changed the car to max style,thats when all went wrong,checa asked older type settings but was not allowed by the team,they tolled him the car was same,thats a bullshit,a guy winning two times and suddenly he does not win,thats very odd.

you mean his 11th (you forgot that his cars in 2007, 2016 and 2021 were head and shoulders above competition)

You mean the kind that Lewis does? He, Lewis, usually steers his left front wheel in the middle of the car to his left side. Lost count! Last season it was the other way around right front wheel to right and that's why he knocked himself off track a few times.

This video has nothing to do with Hamilton. I find it funny that the Max fanboys can't handle the truth and have to turn it into a debate against Hamilton. And for the record, I don't give a toss about Hamilton. I used to like him in the beginning, but he became a bit of a dick and F1 became boring and all the overtaking was done in the pits, so I stopped watching for a while. But then there was news of this new kid, the son of Jos Verstappen who was gonna be the next superstar, so I decided to watch again. And the first thing I noticed was that he can't pass anyone by out maneuvering them, he simply dives inside the car in front, in a straight line to the apex. There is no way both cars can make it through without either coming to a standstill or colliding.

In general yes, but you also need a very good driver. It's very clear to anybody, that Max would have been nowhere if he had Hamiltons Mercedes instead of the RB 19 Mercedes last year ! He also faces zero competition from his teammate ! Mercedes however allways let their drivers compete until one of them are the clear favourite to possibly win the title. Not a thing at Red Bull ! It's all Max there !

that's why Checo is so far behind right... it's the car

>Absolutely no pressure You just made a) a silly comment, of course there is an insane amount of pressure and b) made it look so easy and was so consistent that you actually typed the words "Absolutely no pressure". The man is a beast...

There is no pressure at all on Verstappen. Where do you get this??? This is silly. This year in every race we knew the winner. There is absolutely no other competitors!!!!! He is winning too easily. I guess the only pressure that he had was how many records he would brake, hahaha....!!!

After Monaco 2018 Max knows his risk 😂

@@Jil8840 And again, you make silly uninformed statements. If you think there is no pressure on Max then you are truly delusional, nothing I will say can change that and I don't want to try and explain simple stuff to people with a .... challenge shall we say?

​@@Jil8840If you think Lewis has no pressure when he's dominating, think again.

Why utter this BS then?

race card pulled - opinion invalidated

@@NeonColored opinion so valid cause it’s so obviously true. You broadcast it

Are you asking if he's good because he is white? I'm confused

Guess Lewis is still waiting for his 8th "fastest car" !!! -Nahhh, not my champ... 2nd best during Schumacher/Alonso/Vettel/Rosberg/Alonso and now Verstappen...! -Guess some (brits) have to shout harder, uhhhh much harder anno 2024 🤡

What's next, claiming that Red Bull F1 race cars drive themselves as well?

Hmmm... That's why driver's championship and driver champions don't mean anything to anybody, they're just numbers on paper. A monkey or a dog in the cockpit of the Mercedes, Ferrari or RBR would be able to still win championships.

You must have watched a different video, because I didn't get your impression at all. On the contrary.

Hakkinen never had the talent? You absolute noob. Pretty sure he knows how much it takes to be a world champion

I am a big fan of Hakkinen. He is my favourite driver. His comments though are almost always wrong. Don't put him down because of these comments!!!!! It's just not his forte. By the way Hakkinen competed against Schumacher and he outperformed him almost always. Hakkinen won two of the three championships against Schumacher. In the third, in 2000, with three races remaining, Hakkinen was ahead of Schumacher in the championship points. Hakkinen was obviously super talented and extremely fast. Martin Brundle who was team mate with Senna, Schumacher and Hakkinen has said that Hakkinen was the fastest.....!!!!!!!!

@@gambinoi8078 I liked Hakkinen in his days duelling MSC. His double overtake move on MSC in Spa was just magnificent. It's on YT somewhere.

Schumacher said that Hakkinen was the best he ever drove against so what are you talking about.

Max already was the fastest and best driver LONG before the RB became dominant, which was only in 2022.

@@rientsdijkstra4266 😂

@@beniyashasama8327 Look at your FACTS bro: - As a kid in carting Max rode 53 races of which he WON 51, and in the two that did not win he DNF for mechanical problems. - From there he skipped the learner classes and immediately went to F3, where he immediately won 10 races, of which 6 in a row and became 3d in the championship, despite several DNF's. - Then again Max skipped the intermediate classes and after that he became the YOUNGEST ever F1 driver in 2016 aged 17, - and immediately he WON his first Grand Prix in that year (Barcelona) in a car that was no better than the Alpha Tauri of today. - Also in 2016 he HUMILIATED the complete field (including Alonso) in the Rain in Brazil. - Also BEFORE 2022, when the MERC AND FERRARI where still the FASTER cars, Max already WON 20 GP's - in 2021 he became the RIGHTFULL WDC, despite being Torpedo'd at Silverstone at 250 mph by Hamilton who was not punished for that crime. He WON the Most GP's and became CHAMPION in a car that was then SLOWER then the Merc. - In his own team Max has outqualified ALL his teammates (except the first year in RB, when he was still 17 and new and the car had been designed and setup for the much more experienced Ricciardo) by a margin of 20 to 1 or so. - In the WET training Montreal, while the others where still struggling to cope, and Perez again missed his braking points (in the SAME car!) Verstappen immediately set a FAST time that was 1.2 whole seconds (!) faster than everybody else and even 1.7 seconds faster than Hamilton (the so called "rain master"?)... - And there is another question you should ask yourself. IFF Max was not the FASTEST driver by far, then WHY would all the top-teams have been lining up to get him. Do you think these people (the best engineers in the world!) are IRRATIONAL? Do you really think that they would pay Max 50 mil p.y. if somebody else was faster? No of course not. These people have direct acces to the TELEMETRY DATA of their drivers. And these telemetry data simply SHOW that MAX is the FASTEST DRIVER IN THE FIELD. THAT is why they want him and pay him huge amounts of money to drive for them. Now you can (and probably will...) keep DELUDING yourself otherwise. But the FACTS will keep piling up. MAX is the Fastest driver (BY FAR)

@@rientsdijkstra4266 The kids who drove karts were slower than him, so? In 2015 Carlos Sainz was just as fast as Max in Torro Rosa and in 2016 even Sainz was faster than him. So according to your logic, Sainz is better than Max. Check your facts and if you are not able to be honest then don't talk, I don't make empty statements. Max is not a bad driver, but he is not the "genius" that Max fans want to sell to others, you can't even recognize the great advantage that Redbull has over the others. There are champions and champions, winning a championship with a car so superior to the rest is not the TOP of skills or merit.

@@beniyashasama8327 Bloke you are making a FOOL of yourself, and your call for "honesty" is clearly hypocritical (!), since you are deliberately twisting the facts and trying to downplay great achievements. 1.) About the karting: Max not only won practically EVERY RACE (sometimes coming from BEHIND and overtaking the whole field in 12 minutes... but in karting he also Became EUROPEAN CHAMPION Twice and then he became WORLD CHAMPION (!) where he won pretty much won everything in a field with a.o. Charles LeClerck and other top level drivers. That is quite something different than: "beating ofter kids" (now who is the hypocrite here?). After this he immediately went to F3, skipping the learner classes in between. That not withstanding Max immediately became 3d in the European Championships, winning 10 races, of which 6 in a row in a mediocre privateer car (van Amelsfoort racing), despite missing a number of races. In the year that Max and Sainz where at Torro Rosso, The Tally in the qualifications was 10 to Sainz for 9 to Max, but Max BESTED Sainz with 49 (!) points against 18. So Max still was the CLEAR WINNER of the two. Furthermore, ALL the specialists and people who are truely in the know, such as the leaders and engineers of the big teams (why do you think that Mercedes has been trying to get Max for years?) and top level analysts such as Peter Windsor and Scott Mansell, and also top level drivers such as Nikki Lauda and here Mika Hakkinen say that Max is the best and the fastest? And why do you think they pay him 55 million per year if they could get another driver who is just as fast or faster than Max for 10% of the price? Do you think that these people (the smartest in the business) are stupid or irrational? Reality is very simple bro. Yes Max actually IS a genius and he IS by far the fastest driver in the current field, and probably one of the fastest ever.

sorry but what? Grosjean and Piquet jr. weren't even Red Bull/Toro Rosso drivers

@@NeonColored who said that? they drove for torro rosso besides max? I was referring to those guys when they were young they had speed as well before psychological or emotional breakdown reference to Albon is cause he showed his speed ..people were doubting him.. and I think albon could match the guys in the front!

max always showed speed. in his toro rosso days he only binned it in monaco and silverstone... but still. media was harsh to him. always. and he showed he had the mental strengh to not listen and doubt his talent.

Not shown any brilliance???? What are you smokin? please check your FACTS: - As a kid in carting Max rode 53 races of which he WON 51, and in the two that did not win he DNF for mechanical problems. - From there he skipped the learner classes and immediately went to F3, where he immediately won 10 races, of which 6 in a row and became 3d in the championship, in a mediocre car from a small team (van Amelsfoort racing) despite several DNF's. - Then again Max skipped the intermediate classes and after that he became the YOUNGEST ever F1 driver in 2016 aged 17, - In the RB he immediately he WON his first Grand Prix in that year (Barcelona) in a car that was no better than the Alpha Tauri of today. - Also in 2016 he HUMILIATED the complete field (overtaking everybody including Alonso, many around the outside, ) in the Rain in Brazil (Just look up the the race in Brazil 2016...). - Also BEFORE 2022, when the MERC AND FERRARI where still the FASTER cars, Max already WON 20 GP's - in 2021 he became the RIGHTFULL WDC, despite being Torpedo'd at Silverstone at 250 mph by Hamilton who was not punished for that crime. He WON the Most GP's and became CHAMPION in a car that was then SLOWER then the Merc. - In his own team Max has outqualified ALL his teammates (except the first year in RB, when he was still 17 and new and the car had been designed and setup for the much more experienced Ricciardo) by a margin of 20 to 1 or so. - In the WET training Montreal, while the others where still struggling to cope, and Perez again missed his braking points (in the SAME car!) Verstappen immediately set a FAST time that was 1.2 whole seconds (!) faster than everybody else and even 1.7 seconds faster than Hamilton (the so called "rain master"?)... - And there is another question you should ask yourself. IFF Max was not the FASTEST driver by far, then WHY would all the top-teams have been lining up to get him. Do you think these people (the best engineers in the world!) are IRRATIONAL? Do you really think that they would pay Max 50 mil p.y. if somebody else was faster? No of course not. These people have direct acces to the TELEMETRY DATA of their drivers. And these telemetry data simply SHOW that MAX is the FASTEST DRIVER IN THE FIELD. THAT is why they want him and pay him huge amounts of money to drive for them. Now you can (and probably will...) keep DELUDING yourself otherwise. But the FACTS will keep piling up. MAX is the Fastest driver (BY FAR). Not shown any brilliance??? 🤣🤣🤣🤡🤡🤡

I read or heard somewhere that Jim Clark would adapt his driving to a car's imperfections rather than just bitch that it is not "working" or "has no grip"!

@@christopherknee5756 Have you even listened to what Hakkinen said? The driver is SUPPOSED to give FEEDBACK to the team and engineers. To you that may SOUND like "bitching" but that is just Max DOING HIS JOB

The RB19 isn't really very much faster over 1 lap. Watch the qualy's. Mika explains IMO how special and consistent Max is. Fase? Max already has gone through that fase, 2016-2020.

@@Wuppie62 yes already has gone through the bad fase driving the 3rd or 2nd best car and he managed to win races every season.... Lewis now with the 2nd best car finished a season without any win and is without a win of over 2 years now!

>He probably is a very good driver Aaaand, you just DQ'ed out of this thread...

I guess you are new to the sport or having amnesia about the 2021 season....

you are definetly a new fan

Stroll's father is a billionaire....

@@hansbig7550 But was he also conveniently just happened to be an ex F1 driver?

And, your point is? To the point you do not have, there are F1 champions out there that earned way more than Jos, (in his best years he didn't' even make a million a year) and their kids hardly have the talent Max has. And no one ever needed a driving licence to get into F1. So again, no point.You're actually fairly useless, but you knew that already.

So a driver that wins 10 in a row is average? Or a driver that wins 19 times in a season is not special? Why do Hamilton fans always have to be so degrading about every other driver. Can't there be more than one special talent in the world? Alonso, Verstappen and Hamilton are all special.

​@@norbertjanssen814 He had very little competition on his way to all those wins. I think its a pretty normal response for people not to be excited. Of course he's extremely talented. We've known this for awhile now, but Red Bull/Max fans love to exaggerate like the only reason they're competitive is because of Max. They're complete goofballs and always have been. He has an all star team behind him, and some guy named Adrian Newey designing his cars. Theres no need to act like hes driving a mediocre car

Get help.

And then there are people like you 😂😂😂

Boy, you manage to totally redefine the word "pathetic". 😂

Who dropped you as a kid?

@@NoxioLukashe not only got dropped but also kicked and beaten afterwards.

You must have been watching a different season 2021. Or be joking

Max deserves the title in 2021. In Baku he was 25 points short, in Italy by at least 19 points, in Great Britain by 25 points, or 19 points, and in Hungary, where Botts rammed two Red Bulls, where he was also 19 points short. Otherwise, Max would have won the title with one or two races left. But he won on the last lap. Max deserves the title in 2021. However, I agree that Mercedes was faster in this race, but Max deserved it all season long.

ONLY BECAME A GREAT DRIVER WHEN THE RB BECAME DOMINANT???? What are you smoking bro? please check your FACTS: - As a kid in carting Max rode 53 races of which he WON 51, and in the two that did not win he DNF for mechanical problems. - From there he skipped the learner classes and immediately went to F3, where he immediately won 10 races, of which 6 in a row and became 3d in the championship, in a mediocre car from a small team (van Amelsfoort racing) despite several DNF's. - Then again Max skipped the intermediate classes and after that he became the YOUNGEST ever F1 driver in 2016 aged 17, - In the RB he immediately he WON his first Grand Prix in that year (Barcelona) in a car that was no better than the Alpha Tauri of today. - Also in 2016 he HUMILIATED the complete field (overtaking everybody including Alonso, many around the outside, ) in the Rain in Brazil. - Also BEFORE 2022, when the MERC AND FERRARI where still the FASTER cars, Max already WON 20 GP's - in 2021 he became the RIGHTFULL WDC, despite being Torpedo'd at Silverstone at 250 mph by Hamilton who was not punished for that crime. He WON the Most GP's and became CHAMPION in a car that was then SLOWER then the Merc. - In his own team Max has outqualified ALL his teammates (except the first year in RB, when he was still 17 and new and the car had been designed and setup for the much more experienced Ricciardo) by a margin of 20 to 1 or so. - In the WET training Montreal, while the others where still struggling to cope, and Perez again missed his braking points (in the SAME car!) Verstappen immediately set a FAST time that was 1.2 whole seconds (!) faster than everybody else and even 1.7 seconds faster than Hamilton (the so called "rain master"?)... - And there is another question you should ask yourself. IFF Max was not the FASTEST driver by far, then WHY would all the top-teams have been lining up to get him. Do you think these people (the best engineers in the world!) are IRRATIONAL? Do you really think that they would pay Max 50 mil p.y. if somebody else was faster? No of course not. These people have direct acces to the TELEMETRY DATA of their drivers. And these telemetry data simply SHOW that MAX is the FASTEST DRIVER IN THE FIELD. THAT is why they want him and pay him huge amounts of money to drive for them. Now you can (and probably will...) keep DELUDING yourself otherwise. But the FACTS will keep piling up. MAX is the Fastest driver (BY FAR).

Yes​@@rientsdijkstra4266yes yes yes yes yes yes yes

hahaha having a hard time trying to come to terms with it?

The problem for Lewis fans and this line of argument is that they unwittingly invalidate all of Lewis' successes as well, because he simply had the better car 🤣

At chess maybe

Verstappen also speaks English very well - a sign of intelligence in my book.

Max already won more WDC, and he is going to win still more...

@@christopherknee5756 Speaking any language besides english is a sign of intelligence.