Why Red Bull Are Suddenly Faster Than Mercedes 

It's actually pretty simple. RB this year put more HONDA stickers on the car and every sticker increases power.It's a typical Honda rule. More stickers,more power.

"Why Red Bulls are faster than Mercedes?" Yeah that's right VTEC kicked in yo!

I really hope the title fight is much closer than ever before

When you realized Aston Martin used the same rake and rear suspension as Mercedes...RIP

I wish Honda wasn't leaving. They finally got their shit straight.

1:50 when formula one goes to south carolina

I simply watching trying to understand suddenly at 2:51 Pretty Zinta gif and I lost it😂

I hope Redbull can maintain this pace. But knowing Mercedes they’ll find a good amount of pace and stay ahead. Hopefully it’s stays really close.

WTF1 in April : Why Red Bull Are Suddenly Faster Than Mercedes WTF1 in December : How Mercedes Dominated This Entire Season Edit : Don't worry, I already ate my hat.

I just want it to go back to the way it was when there were different champs every year not only 2 teams winning the championship in one decade

Nice F2 car at 0:53😂

I would like to see Honda Engineers crying in tears of joy and Red Bull drivers speaking Japanese.

That Honda red bull high five meme. Quality

Rules designed to change the pecking order is normal. Ferrari and Redbull are prime examples. F1 tried to slow them down and now Mercedes also. But honestly not at the same level as 2005 and 2014.

Someone finally catches up with Mercedes after 7 years. Mercedes become close second. Matt: “Mercedes are sturuggling” 😂

"Why Red Bull is faster than Mercedes?" Simple Answer: VTEC finally kicked in

Toto mentioned that the Merc PU was suffering derating issues, due to the extreme conditions. I guess in cooler European races, it might get better. With the teams being allowed only one upgrade, I reckon they'll only improve. But, let's not forget Honda will have something up their sleeves too.

Funny how the low rake problem also affects Aston Martin. At least Kimi still has Seb to fight with.

I guess they started to use their own drink as fuel🤣

*So apparently Honda took Alonso's comments about their engine to heart....and said "look who's laughing now"...*

29 times of the track is legal ? it only gave Lewis a few SECONDS advantage in a sport that measures time in milliseconds. And changing the rules mid-race isn't really fair either.

What frustrates Mercedes was they had to go back to the drawing board three times last season because the reg was changed three different times.

The engineers must have had super max playing while building the car

this video aged like fine wine

Because the Mercs forgot to turn off “sandbag mode”

Watching this video now and the first 20 seconds, who knew what season we were about to have

I can just imagine Matt having a evil laugh while making this vid as he is seeing that merc is suffering 😂

Btw Max was running a lower engine mode due to the dif problem and he was still pretty competitive on the straights.(Yes you can still change engine modes if you can justify that you're doing it to preserve the pu).

Because they exceeded the budget cap

It usually takes time for the Vtec to kick in, but when it does. Oh Boy, it kicks!

0:15 Yes it was 🤣

I love wtf1 Videos on f1 free sundays ;)

Move of the century for Sergio Perez

This channel is crazy! You guys provide more education and entertainment about F1 than the actual F1 oficial channel. This is the way to make new fans!…I just. Wish the videos were longer

Cut track 29times all good. Ver does it once with a differant geographical positon of another car and its suddenly an advantage

I do believe that Perez is also a factor. He is now in his 11th season. The last driver Red Bull had with this much experience was Mark Webber. With the limited amount of testing driver feeback is really important. Having him and Verstappen who enters his 7th season must have helped them during testing.

Aged like milk

0:37 yes cheating for 30 laps is a great strategy and losing an 8 second lead is great driving 1:12 they even changed the rules to change the order mid race

All we can really hope for is that Max and checo keep their heads down and give everything they’ve got so then it’s going to be a very close one or even possibly with redbull/max winning which we all know is something pretty much everyone wants to see

I think Lewis will come out ahead, but honestly just a good title fight and I’m happy

I wouldn’t be surprised if Mercedes come 1-2 every race after this video

I dont understand why people are already jumping to conclusions after the Bahrain grand prix. Yes, they looked quicker last weekend, but Red Bull has had weekends where they looked strong in the past too. As I see it, there were still 2 Mercedes in the top 3 in qualifying and not 2 Red Bulls. If a Red Bull takes pole again in the next race, or Perez joins Max in the top 3, then I'm actually starting to believe as well. I sure hope there can be a proper title fight, both for the drivers and the teams.

The first race make me cant sleep because my heart is beating so hard for a long time.

The floor cuts have been a massive nerf for low rake cars like Mercedes. That said a combination of aero alterations to aeros chassis and suspension components have helped fix their problems. That and Honda have stepped up their game and have come a lot closer to AMG if not ahead this year.

this aged well.

If after all this hype Mercedes turn up to imola with their downforce issues resolved and get a front row lockout by 5 tenths, i am never watching f1 again

Lmao I just learning what clipping was in my EE class so I’m proud that understood that term

Mate... your videos are solid! love the editing. the humour and the content - Keep it up!

No one giving max credit for the awesome gift he gave Hamilton on lap 53 ..

I'm not a red bull fan, never have been, but I think this year... This year I might just be.

Noice The answer is my hero Adrian newey

Red Bull: We are good Honda: VTEC AT THE END OF THE STRAIGHT Toto: *this isn't even our final form*

Do a video on Sergio Perez. Like his best 5 tracks or something.

Redbull is still faster than Mercedes three months after you have uploaded this video. 🏎

well this didn't age well

Coming back to this video is always an interesting experience

The engine feels good, much faster than before, amazing.

Max: “My powers have doubled since the last time we met, Hamilton.”

Well this aged well....

A few remarks: 1) Max had a flawless quali run, Lewis lost a bit of time in final quali run (according to Dr Marco). Difference more like 0,2 seconds in quali. 2) Lando said that Max had overtaken Lewis before turn. A video from a different angle suggests Lando has a point. 3) Honda made a smaller engine so the whole engine package is made smaller therefore more airflow around the upperside. This gives a better overall balance and more predictable shift in center of gravity during braking and cornering. Drivers can more easily drive on the limits. 4) Construction rules changed on request of Pirelli. They wanted more safety margin, several times in 2020 tires had blown. That was the driver behind the cut out of the floor.

Surely it won't end up as a Fluke right? And in Imola Mercedes are back on top for the rest of the season, SURELY NOT!

If the rest of the season is like the first race in Bahrein it will be a trilling one for sure.

Verstappen ain't winning shit if Mercedes keep taking him out of the race.

Well GG red bull Honda, they done it

I hope that everyone doesn’t have to race mazes🅱️in

this aged perfectly

just remember how funny this video is when you realise mercedes wins the title by September

Jeez. This is food for thought. And last year I made all kinds of sounds about them delaying the regulations for 2022. I honestly don't know who is taking it this year but the season has that niether here nor there feel so it's really difficult to predict so early. I am a Hamilton supporter fo sure but I'm hesitant to say. I am looking forward to seeing how the drastic driver changes will play out.

I hope for a good battle through out the whole season. But I think Verstappen will be the champion at the end of the season.And it has been granted to him after all these years, just falling short.

I subscirbed! You make amazing content!

In simple terms the regulations have put a massive roadblock for Mercedes philosophy allowing others to catch up.

I have to watch this video twice. Once for the entertaining editing, then again for the actual facts.

That scene where you showed the women running are from South Africa.You can see That sponsor Spar is South African how I know I am Fromthere.My name is Nico.Like this Matt

I wonder how good this video ages. I mean surely the Red Bull are faster than Mercedes because we had one race. Surely.

Love that you did a video about Hamilton abusing track limits, then tell "Hamilton Haters" to "get over it" in this video. Love the (in)consistent messaging 👍🏻

Yeah, had my hopes up, a shame nothing really happened that season, looked like there was a lot of potential

2:26 made me crack XD

That Lewis Hamilton / Michael Rosen GIF... I NEED IT LOLLLL

My only dream is that Max lifts that trophy this year D:

Imagine if F1 decided to run a special season where they lift any and all restrictions, and let teams create the most balls-out car they possibly can without limits.

Red bull still need to find a way to be quicker on the straights... mercs were still faster on the straights in bahrein. In the first stint, every straight, without drs, they caught up at least 0.3s, but then lost it in medium/slow speed corners! Even a few laps before the turn4 ‘overtake’ onboards from hamilton’s backview cam showed him pulling away from verstappen on start/finish! If red bull want to win they need overspeed to actually pull of an corner overtake/outbrake move with drs on the straight!

F1 changed the rules to nerf the Mercedes low rake. That's how. Edit: oh I see that's also what you said

I have to hold out strong belief that Merc will find a fix to win their 8th Championship and that Sir Hamilton will smash Schumacher's record to smithereens.

I've always have been a Mercedes fan, I guess because of the brand. But Red Bull is like that hot girl crush. I love everything that they're doing

Merc is just sandbagging to do the FIA a solid so people are vested at least till halfway thru the season and they will just pull away again

the first race was pretty even between red bull and mercedes. the reason was that red bull had traction problems because their diff had an unusual problem. that means, they could not use the whole engine power on the exit of the corners. maybe even energy recovery was a bit compromised breaking into the corner. that kind of grip problem also resulted in more tire wear. at the end they could not conserve the tires that well. on the other side, mercedes could learn a good thing at testing and managed to stabilize their rear until the first race. they also positioned the filming day with extra 100km after testing which gave them an extra possibility to iron out their problems. next race, red bull will have their diff problems sorted out and can use more power in the corners and make use of better energy recovery and deployment. a great advantage as we saw in qualifying. i see a significant advantage on the side of red bull. but if they make mistakes, mercedes will be there and profit an that. we will see an exciting f1 year in 2021 with close battles.

Also, according to Red Bull, max lost 3 tenths a lap because of the differential problem, and even then the Red Bull was faster than the Merc, THIS YEAR IS GONNA BE SO AWESOME

Omar was complaining about the same thing. Aston Martin struggled to get anything out of their car during testing and the first race thanks to the new regulations and a low raked car.

Cant it be four way battle btw ham bot ver and checo🥺

Shout out for Priety Zinta fans @ 2:51 !

WTF1: Why the RedBull is suddenly faster than the Mercedes? Me, an intellectual: CAUSE V-TEC KICKED IN YO!!!

Merc runnin that "old" technology

simple answer: They nerf Mercedes for being too fast

Also the "smaller than size zero" engine that lets them use more space on the reduced floorboards.

And somehow Hamilton will still end up with 3 purple sectors 😂😂

This isn't the first time in the hybrid era that Mercedes have given the competition a head start. Just like Ferrari in 2018, its up to Red Bull to take advantage of their early performance lead, knowing that Mercedes will fight back like mad. Red Bull needs to take more points while they can.

"Why Red Bull Are Suddenly Faster Than Mercedes" Mercedes wins Bahrain

Honda not only the most Powerful engine now, its also the smallest engine in the grid. Thats helps redbull aero a lot..

Let’s see how fast Lewis “no track limits” Hamilton is with the new zero tolerance track limits

2:51 Hi there Preity 😂