Why doesn't Lewis Hamilton have 10 wins in a row? 

Streaks that will never be broken: Vettel’s 9 consecutive win record ❌ Tommo videos consecutively sponsored by Squarespace ✅

Toto Wolff has more salt right now than a McDonald’s large fries

The most unbelievable part of this all is that Ascari's 1950s car managed to go 9 races in a row without blowing up🙃

During their years of domination, strategy has often been Mercedes' weakness, allowing for Red Bull to beat them a few times per season. This is what makes the current Reb Bull team so scary: they are the best at everything: car, reliability, tire wear, strategy, pit stops. I can easily see Max win 15+ in a row

If those races where Lewis didn't win didn't happen. Lewis would have a 103 race win streak.

The thing that Max and prime Seb had in common is their ruthlessness. Every race is a must-win, regardless of if you've already wrapped up the championship or you're being Multi-21'd. At the risk of sounding like Will Buxton, they have the longest win streaks because winning is the only acceptable option for them.

At this point I'm just expecting him to win the rest of the races this season and RedBull getting a clean sweep. And although I'm a Ferrari fan I'm not even mad about it, can't help but admire the accomplishment.

Simply put, max and redbull are bulletproof if they have a good car like in this season. Max’s consistency even when he doesn’t have the fastest car every race is crazy, especially 2020 onwards. Redbull gives max the best strategies to maximise the result and max gets every bit of performance out of the car without making any mistakes. Lewis came close in 2020 but the team wasn’t as perfect as redbull.

it is crazy if you realise how close max actually got to having 15 in a row right now

saw a quote from someone and its goes like " Mercedes and Lewis were winning year in year out but Max and RB are winning week in week out "

The amount of rain and safety cars Max had to deal with during this streak is absolutely insane. I think that should give him even more credit

The entire point of 10 wins in a row is how hard it is. You can never make a mistake, like Hamilton did in the Brazil and Europe GP. You can't have bad luck, like Malaysia and Italy. And you can't have a bad day like Australia. These examples just underline the magnitude of Verstappens achievement. Toto Wolff is just a very petty guy that can't handle failure.

Rosberg likely would of won 8 in a row against Hamilton if they didn’t collide in Spain

i think it's because of the ruthlessness (that i like) from max verstappen, he's like "oh I'm fastest on the grid, screw it I'm gonna win every race." whereas other champions would just coast after winning like 3-4 races (in a row)

14:20 If I remember correctly, there was a sign at the exit of the Parabolica which was showing that the pit lane was closed however Lewis missed it so you can say it was also partly driver fault

Toto was given a team setup by Ross Brawn and reaped the benefits of other peoples hard work. Now he's getting a taste of what F1 can be like and what other teams have felt over the years. How you handle your losses says more about your character than your wins.

Wish Toto and Lewis just said "well done, it's an amazing feat"

In the end the difference is most likely because Lewis often had slow season starts and offdays from time to time. Max has been like a machine and hasnt put a foot wrong in forever.

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Lewis used to have a number of stinker races every year, he never had a seasonal record but only total wins and poles accumulated across 17 years and having the best car for 10 of them which shows consistently over the years but not dominance race to race.

Good stats there, mate. I feel that Toto and Lewis diminishing Max and Red Bull like that is beneath them. Why say anything other than "Not bad. We'll aim to stop that streak!"

Just adding: If RB didn't underfuel Max during quali in Singapore he would have probably matched the 9 win record in 2022 already (France - Mexico). And - as a big and arguable ask - if RB didn't mess up the setup in Brazil it could have extended to 12 until Bahrain '23.

What makes Max's win streak so impressive is that, not only is it obviously the highest ever, but he's had to overcome a fair bit of adversity like starting P9 in Miami whilst his teammate was on pole and starting P6 in Spa which is stuff that Vettel didn't have to deal with. And yes he had the fastest car but so did Checo who started ahead those two races and I think people underrate Checo a bit because Max is doing a number on him. In my opinion, Checo on Bottas' level when he was Lewis' teammate. Also, you mentioned everything coming together for a win streak including luck. If it wasn't for the engine problem in Saudi qualifying and safety car timing in Baku, Max could've won *all* the races this season so far, making his win streak even bigger.

I still found it funny how LH still lost the 2021 Hungarian GP despite having all his rivals getting taken out at turn 1

Did I miss any races? Any opportunities where Lewis could've gotten close to 10, if not for things outside his control? lmk xoxo EDIT: Thanks Premiere Pro for randomly dropping images from the export. 👍

"He had better teammates" Rosberg got 7 in a row. Guess who his teammate was when he did that

So many races you mentioned tommo. Lewis had off days. Max simply doesn't have off days. Consistency of max is off charts. No mistake from max side since last year 🙌 just 1 spin during race in Hungary and came near to crash in miami last year. And only 1 mistake from RB last year in Singapore. Both team and max are bulletproof. Thats make this combination what it is.

The relentless pace of 21 is a big part of why max is so consistent now. MB are why RB are so driven to dominate… and it burns them that they can’t just spend to catch back up

What Wolff said reminds me a little of Prost's attitude towards the championship - he didn't need to win all the races to win his titles.

Realistically, every year at Merc, bar 2019 ish (Ferrari engine) and 2020. He has always had a competition for wins. 2014 - Nico, 2015 - Nico, 2016 - Nico, 2017 - Seb, 2018, 2021 - Max.

It’s amazing that this feat is rare with all the dominant eras of F1. There’s a perfect storm where the field isn’t close to Redbull and Perez isn’t Rosberg or Bottas.

Its not unimaginable now that Max has won 10 in a row, but he could win every race left on the schedule.

Simple: mistakes.

Great video Tommo. I really think the best opportunity was 2020. Lewis was totally in the zone and I still think that’s the most ruthless we’ve seen him. As for Max, from a LH fan, you have to admire the consistency and all out desire to be Number 1 in every single session he takes part in. I’m sure he will still be like that even after he’s confirmed champion this season.

I've watched so many Tommo vids... but without fail, every time the GT4 soundtrack kicks in I smile and get an immense sense of nostalgia

Thank u so much for doing the research! I swear whenever I ask myself stuff like this but I’m too lazy to do the work, you post & lay out all the things I’ve wondered/wanted/needed.

Simple answer really. Max has the perfect combination: Skill,Consistency,Car,Mechanics,Team. Lewis had the same & still wasn't able to do it. It's just Max's mentality, turn up to every race & push to the max & care about the individual week result then worry about the rest later.

I'm wondering how many Senna or Prost could have won in a row in 1988 or 1989 without the other as a teammate (if they'd had someone like Johansson in the other car). Even the Monza loss was partially caused by Prost pushing Senna too hard as he knew his car wouldn't last! Probably too much unreliability to be better than 10 though.

Great research and very well put together. Thanks @Tommo

disappointing that whenever someone makes a video about lewis, the haters come piling through with their bias clouding their judgement. great vid tommo as usual

To me it always seemed like Lewis got bored of dominating and the full time 100% committed racing driver lifestyle fairly quickly. He does so much different things outside of F1. On the other hand, Maxs hobbies are racing, sim racing and more racing. Max is basically a psycho for that level of commitment tbh

This puts into context how difficult it is to achieve and how RedBulls and Max's result and considering they were able to do it before as well it must be one thing, they are the peak team of F1. If not for the bad renault engines, Mercedes and Lewis arent winning as many titles as they did or any at all.

Honestly you have to appreciate Max's season I mean look at checo who is a top driver.

Was this a fantasy world, I would want Max to win 8 WDC in a row, then after being asked how does he feel about breaking the SCH/HAM overall wins (and consecutive), he would reply "It's just for wikipedia." and then proceed to drop the mic and retire on the spot with 2 races to go.

Lewis never struck me as a win at all cost driver. He always seemed much more focused on the bigger picture of securing the championship, even if that meant playing it safe to secure P2 instead of risking the position just to get a sniff at P1.

About Lewis’ Penelty in Russia in 2020 there is a funny back story. He got this penalty quite straight away. But same year, in spa, Charles was under investigation for driving his lap to the grid to slow. Ferrari addressed that by telling them, it was because he crossed SC Line 1 too soon due to… practice start in wrong position. FIA Steward said: ah ok then no problem xD

Great video, beautiful graphics and great editing, very creative. This video shows how difficult it is to win 10 in a row.

2020 would’ve probably been the record breaking year for Hamilton, he got 11 wins from 17 races, if it followed the regular season he would’ve probably beat the most wins record and maybe even the win streak

Do this for Max and see how he would've had a run of like 25 wins haha

iirc in Australia 2019 Hamilton had a floor issue, which prevented him from getting anywhere near Bottas and was being hounded by Verstappen in the inferior Honda. He still might have not beaten Bottas though, since he had the better start and didn't make any mistakes.

Because that Red Bull-Max combo is a great combo and depends on the team and dominance over the teammate.. Since Seb's was also in a Newey-designed Red Bull, maybe the combo is Newey-Red Bull.

We are all watching history and once finished we probably will never see this amount of wins in a row again. I know it can get boring but lets give credit where credit is due. I am just having more fun now hoping Max wins.

Id love a version of this for some of the other dominant runs. Maybe Michael? Vettel? Could Vettel have gotten 10+ wins possibly? Any other dominant runs that could have matched or equaled this this record. Maybe you could even analyze the two other 9 race wins in a row and tell us why they werent more, or possibly what were the circumstances that led them to the 9 in the first place?

The only reason Lewis doesn't a 20 wins streak is because he had competitive teammates who can sneak a win from him... Meanwhile all the teammates of Verstappen were 2nd grade drivers who only there to block other drivers and helping Verstappen rather than competing for the win.

Great vid, if anything this highlights Mercedes blunders and how on it Red Bull are with every detail - kudos

answer: 1.) FIA tire pressure limit change at 70A Grand Prix, 2.) FIA makes a decision to close the pit lane right before Ham arrived at Italian GP, 3. 2x 5second penalty for irrelevant reasons (not right place to practice starts) That's why. End of the story.

Great informative video. Idk what the comments are on but as a LH fan this video reminded me of the close margins, but also highlights how Max & Redbull as a team currently are achieving greatness within the sports. And realistically the streak isn't even done yet

The difference between Max and Lewis is for each of Lewis's streak, there was some form of driver error that broke it. Max didn't have that this season.

When people asks Toto avout stats, he always replies saying they don't matter. He celebrates many stats but every time he is directly asked, he says it doesn't matter. It's not only Max, it's Lewis, Rosberg and sometimes even Bottas too.

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Tommo, Which one had the more dominant car to the rest of the grid when they broke the most consecutive wins record? Max or Seb?

Whilst Mercs dominance during that period is unquestionably there was always an issue. During the period where the merc was clear Hamilton could easily have got 10 wins on the bounce he had class teammate in Rosberg to fight with. Then when Rosberg was out of the picture Ferrari was close enough to fight for race wins and even red bull could fight for wins. Whilst the Merc was dominant it was not as bullet proof as the current red bull. That merc car always had specific tracks where it just seemed slower for one reason or another. Also another huge factor is reliability. A couple of years ago assuming there may be mechanical failure or issue at some point wouldn't be outlandish. Present day mechanical failures (Unless you're Alpine) are out of the ordinary. Particularly from the top teams. You'd need either a perfect storm of good reliability or a car so good you can turn down the engine whilst still being the dominant force on track. A month or so ago I compared this current although shorter era of max dominance to Lewis' and found that there were more different race winners from different teams during Lewis' era over the course of the first five rounds of the season. So this Red Bull + Max Package with no teammate and no teams able to develop a car that's even close is just something else.

In the 2019 Australian Gp : A section of the left-rear portion of the floor on his Mercedes was damaged during the race. The damage occurred on lap four

when max hd his debut every driver on the grid expressed their surprised feelings that at this age he's hired as an F1 driver, but not vettel... he said obviously their is something that made then hire him... he knew

Despite their dominance Mercedes always have a huge strategic clanger from time to time. Add in the fact Lewis had quick teammates it would be very difficult to get 10 in a row.

The difference is that Lewis actually had a teammate in the same zip code. Even Seb had troubles because they didn't even have the best car. Max breaking the record is cool but idk that it has the same weight

That transition to the square space sponsorship 👏

I think number of races in a season matter too esp for years with more car dominance or when the driver clicks with the car or is on form. Great helpful video thanks!

These comments could be fun……

Back when Lewis was the class of the field, there was Red Bull, Ferrari and his teammate regularly taking wins off him, so I'm amazed he managed to get as far as he did, 5 in a row. The field was more competitive back then. Can't discredit what Max is doing though. Like 2021, I am thankful to be witnessing what I am witnessing and I hope at least some of you are... It's mad to think I might have the opportunity to tell future fans, I watched an F1 season whereby a single team won every single race. Insane...

Max getting 10 is impressive but not that impressive when you break it down. You a have teammate underperforming, best car ever built, no break downs, no other car is anywhere close to RedBull. Creates the perfect scenario to achieve 10+ wins in a season.

Incoming CameronF1 response. I could feel that man’s Lewis/Mercedes passion on the latest TLL podcast!

Love that you keep the data above speculation or personal opinions. Great video!

It's hard when you have Alonso, Rosberg, Button etc as teammates. Rosbergs one title holds a lot of weight due to beating Hamilton in the same car. Even Sennas over Prost.

Sakhir was the first f1 race my dad ever watched with me. Good times

It also comes down to RB prioritizing the number 1 driver

I just don't think you can compare as all careers are very unique in different ways Lewis of course had a huge advantage with that merc in 2014 to 2020 but he also had a very very competetive teammate in Rosberg up to 2016 2017 and 2018 you had Ferrari very strong in some races too Max in that RB19 is just coasting with no competitors

Thank you for the video Tommo, it's nice to go back to recent years to see how little moments shaped entire seasons of T-posing tier dominance 💁🏻‍♂️💪🏼🏆. P.S: Nico Rosberg was about to get his 7th win streak if not for Lewis crashing into him at T4 in (S)pain 💀👍🏼...

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Because Lewis teammates were allowed to challenge him. At redbull,,,they won't allow max teammates to challenge him. Look at how angry they were when Perez last beat max.

They say records are made to be broken, but i seriously can’t take another season of outright obliteration of all competition that led to this. I hope his record is never broken and stands as an example of how financial and sporting regulations failed to deliver a competitive season.

It's simple, really. From the McLaren days, for every win Ham had, Vet, Web, Alo, Mas, But had atleast 5-7 wins combined which never allowed him to build a streak. From the Rosberg Merc era, for every 5 wins Ham had, there were 2 Ros wins, all hard fought. From the Bottas era, for every 10 wins Ham had, Bot, Ric, Ver, Vet had atleast 4 wins combined, which is quite a big interruption for a 10 win streak. I'm a Lewis fan, I won't deny it so my opinion might be slightly biased. Ever since last year, max and the car are performing at a level where no one can deny him a victory. Ferrari is Ferrari, merc takes 1 step forward 2 steps back in development, McLaren and Aston are peaky in terms of performance because the cars are very track specific while Perez has mentally checked out after 2021 abu dhabi. The average gap between max and Perez is huge and it's all because of skill issue. RB doesn't even need team orders because max is clearly playing the field on 0 difficulty. He is just that good. Now give the grid 5 RBs, one to max, Alonso, Hamilton, Norris and Charles each and watch how his 10 win streak becomes a dream because while he may be getting the better of them usually, 10 wins in a row would be clearly impossible as the others are just that good too. No matter how much Hamilton haters deny, Lewis did have strong competition and was on his toes for 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021. I can say that yes, 2014, 2019 and 2020 weren't that big competitively and Lewis could just lay back and relax which he did. Max doesn't lay back and relax. No matter how many times he says he is not chasing records, the way he drives clearly shows that his performance on the track matters most, even if the championship is wrapped by the summer break itself. He will not leave space, he will not make mistakes. He will push himself to the max (pun intended). We can look at 2022 Brazil for example where he had nothing to lose by conceding a place to check and give him a helping hand in the championship for second place but he wouldn't do it. Even if it was for a single point! It's a beige flag for me, I respect the determination and drive but sometimes he can be a bit too much, that's just my opinion. Hence, it's all down to the driver. Hamilton will lay back and relax if he sees that his championship is wrapped up and he has no reason to not let Bottas by from P6 to P7 if he was in that situation. Max isn't like him. It's just the completely opposite personalities colliding. The fanbases will ofcourse make a big deal out of it and everything, but I feel Lewis just doesn't care about this record enough, he cares about the 8th more and that's what he chases. I respect Lewis' decision to not care and give a damn and I also respect max for caring and having that grit until the last second of the last lap of the last race.

Austria was the race where I was genuinely impressed by Red Bull and Max. The weather was so chaotic, there were crashes and yellow flags, but they secured the win nonetheless. With such chaos, there can be a completely random podium, like Monza 2020. For me, Austria is proof that this winning streak is nowhere near its end, this team and Verstappen really blow it out of the water right now.

This video answered the questions that came to mind after Toto’s juvenile dummy spit. Exactly what I wanted to know. Thanks Tommo 👍

Nico rosberg has a better consecutive win record of 7 in a shorter career time with Lewis as his teammate. Lewis didn't even come close to breaking Nico's record lol

I'll be frank. It's not going to be 10 streak, but at least 14 or 15 with massive IF. Max will do it IF and only IF RB can perform well and they correctly put enough fuel on Max's car on Singapore. Afther that, easy as taking a candy from a baby.

One thing I remember about Max is how he prepares his car. His car is purposefully oversteery, very heavy in the front to make it very responsive and agile and then he dances with the car through the corners. No one was able to control a car with his setup(not even his father likes it when they drive in a team). So I'm not sure if someone would be able to beat him in equal machinery, if he's this different than others in a sense that he makes the car be on the edge of its performance all the time.

This was very informative and interesting, nice one.

To be fair Hamilton was battling Riccardo, Vettel, Alonso, Massa, Button, Nico and etc. Those were the guys he was usually trading wins with. Max isn't battling any veterans or world champions during his reign aside from Alonso and Hamilton

There's no one on the grid that can take the fight to Max, he has no competition which in turns makes it easy to focus on driving on the limit consistently. He's not chasing anyone on the grid but he's chasing the perfect time.

Great video keep it up you're doing amazing things 😁👍

At this point I feel pretty confident that Max's streak won't be ended by anything to do with him, either some reliability or team/strategy issue for sure, we'll see how well this comment ages lol

If we start looking at seconds, boy o boy where would Max's streak be

Oh snap? Is it time for the comments again? Excuse me, make way! I need to see what the experts think!

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I love the subtle inclusion of Gran Turismo 4 Menu Music.

It's quite simple, really, and it's competition

Considering how much has to go right into winning 10 races in a row, yes Max is an absolute talent, but it's arguably more of a Red Bull achievement than it is "just" Max driving really well. The team and Max are just an incredibly well-oiled machine. F1 right now has a roster of incredible drivers, but without the right team behind them, well...

Smooth GT4 menu music🙌 Nostalgia

Tommo you always have the best segues into Squarespace 👌🏻 And cheers for bringing back Gran Turismo