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Its a yoke

Lol, it's always the worst F1 drivers who end up commentating on the best drivers.

@@03SP 😂Harsh

Karma

Word! Even in slow motion Lewis’ reactions are impressive when Max dive bombs the apex of turn 1. I think the move was referred to as “pass or shunt”, but either way, Max got that centimetre perfect. F1 requires his aggressiveness to keep it interesting at present.

Absolutely! The F1 fandom has become so toxic, it's all about drama and putting the drivers down. Not enough respect the skills and craft anymore.

It's incredible what the top drivers can do

@@jackknife1796 Yeah the mostly top 20 in the world

@@jessereimer302 top 19 drivers in the world

I don't think that Bottas is faster than Perez.

@@patrick.771 did you not see the last races? Perez gets away with making mistakes because he hasn't driven the car too much, but the truth is with these new rear ends, everyone had to get used to them

This is what people who bash Valtteri don't understand. He may not be in Hamilton's league, but he's quick enough to be relevant on *saturday* and *sunday.* Red Bull can't say that about their 2nd driver ever since Ricciardo left for Renault. And It's costing them the *constructors* as well as the *drivers* championship because Max is left to fend for himself.

@@patrick.771 I think he absolutely is. But I like them both. If Perez is faster this is the season to prove it. But I feel for them both being in the most high pressure and highest scrutinized seats in F1,

Bottas is called below average *just because* he can't regularly keep up with a 7-time world champion...

You should try F1TV to see all of the historic races and more! I really do like it.

Welcome! Should be a cracking season 👍

Same here started last month and this guy has been my go too guide to the sport

check out Pete Windsor man he's great too.

It might only be proper fight until French GP, because Hamilton complained to FIA about Max's rear wing and they will not allow it starting from French GP anymore... In interviews Hamilton says that close title fight is what this sport needs, but clearly that's not what he really think's - he actually needs easy wins... he hates competition... last year Mercedes could have the steering wheel the whole season (despite other teams complaining that it makes Mercedes faster), but as soon as Mercedes complains about someone else (RB and Max in this case), FIA take their complaints seriously and disallow anything that makes the competition more exciting... I would kinda understand the complaints if Max would be unbeatable this season and would be the leader in the ranking, but at this point this complaint is just useless and proves Hamilton as a p**sy who is afraid of a little competition...

No being in the Merc paid off in the end.

@@str8cash113 so Lewis gets no credit?

@@adnanazam4286 take a wild guess at what he "thinks"

@@adnanazam4286 it came down to superior strategy in the end ofcourse driver has a role, just wasn't a "goat" performance like you probably think.

Yeah, watching how F3 drivers crashed eachother on that corner

One from Horner, one each from max and Jos verstappen

@@shafiahamed7155 the Verstappens are pretty cool, in fact they actually keep complementing Lewis and his team. Just Horner who gets salty lol 😂

Why is everyone blaming Red Bull's strategy? There is nothing they could've done better this race. The Mercedes was simply too fast to keep it behind. In the first 4 races it became clear that Red Bull only has a chance when everything goes perfectly right for them and Mercedes has a bad day. That is also why this season won't be much more exiting than the last seven, even though RB is much closer now.

@@TheSistChannel they could have A. Balanced their car better and B. Had two sets of mediums available. Not guaranteed but still would've given them a fighting chance.

@@TheSistChannel only if Perez had qualified at-least 4th on the grid… the result might have been different .

100% right. And that would occur every race.

you could say the same about Senna

There was, they were called Lewis and Nico

welcome to racing

Yes the sport is called motor racing.. it’s where drivers race against other drivers in an attempt to win the race.. oh and havve u heard of lewis and nico??

Yup and Lewis is the luckyest...

@@ayanmallick1340 fastest*

@@ayanmallick1340 yeah he "luckily" won those 7 championships, oh wait now you gonna come up with "it's the car" statement next 😉

Yea boi

@@ayanmallick1340 put respect on his name

Hamilton chose to loose a battle and won the war.

He also trusted Hamilton's awareness and calmness. Lesser experienced drivers could have overreacted and caused an issue

@@dnithaatpg4 The man’s race maturity and faith in his own (exceptional) ability is second to none.

@@kudason Without a doubt. “A cigarette paper between Lewis’ front right and Max’s barge board” didn’t freak Lewis out one bit. He just avoided the impending collision and maintained said gap through the corner until he was eventually forced off. Watching blokes at this level operate is a privilege.

@@kudason Yup! Like what happened in the preceeding race where that big-eyed Brit freaked out.

Which illustrates the difference between world class drivers (and that does not at all include the entire F1 field!) and the others: the former manage all of this without crashing, the latter do not.

Facts 😅😅

Forza lobby has entered the chat.

And then crash 😂

@@X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X idk.. no matter the skill of the lunging driver, without the cooperation of the other driver, everyone crashes

Mercedes on another level 🔥

This strategy leaves Queen’s Gambit by the wayside.

Put Lewis in that Williams car and he would be in the podium every once in a while. Points in every race, guaranteed!

@@pjsilvosa7445 I like Lewis too, but come on

@@jessereimer302 alright, podiums a bit much but getting points in every race is quite possible, especially in wet races.

Just buy F1TV there's like 40 minutes of it

Standing ovation!💯💯💯 Truth!🔥 That’s something salty Max fanboys can’t understand! Lewis has patience.....Max is a bull in a China shop aggressive!

2009 Lewis would have surely crashed with Max. Lewis showed his maturity and experience here

@@kelvinquartey2958 we keep saying this as though Max has been driving or 2 years when he’s been at it for 6 years and by now you’d think he’s matured 🙄

@@jamesgrahamclas5204 exactly. People keep talking about MV as if he is guaranteed a WDC. Time is slipping by.

Lewis knows his car has more race pace so he doesn't have to take the risk

RedBull needs a Wing-Man

@@jessereimer302 Clever!

What if Max wasn't driving for Red Bull,but for an other team not Mercedes

We can only hope that when Hamilton does retire, Ferrari will be up there with Red Bull and we can have a three-way fight between Verstappen, Leclerc, and presumably Russell.

Yeah if Lewis’ dad hasn’t met his mom, Bottas will be a 7 times champion

@@edemkobby Funny but it would've been Rosberg instead.

@@edemkobby no ,it would be Nico?I forgot the name of his teammates that used to crashed into each other. Lewis knew he was a threat since he was a kid just like Nico did but he trip over his pride.

@@jan-willemhopman6388 aka Verstappen will take himself out a few times this year but it won't be with Hamilton ... He's done with that risk and he did still win ... Just saying

@@MrAllister9 if Bottas is replaced by Russell come ‘22, that may become a fairly frequent occurrence.

It is part of what differentiates someone who is a seven time champion from someone who wants to be a champion. You cannot win a race on lap one, but you can certainly lose one.

@@MrAllister9 “If you no longer go for a gap that exists, you are no longer a racing driver.”

@@calibrazxr750 wise words

Or it’s simply Verstappen being aggressive, as he is known for.

@@dianamaioru497 As was Senna, what's your point?

@@TypicallyThomas Verstappen has his own style, conflating it with Senna or any other driver is like describing him as “lesser” to said other driver that came up with it first rather than defining his own racing. Same goes for Lewis or any of the drivers. They each have their own technics and styles, so while they might _look_ similar to someone who did it in the past, they probably had a different thought process to get there. The comparisons themselves aren’t the problem, it’s just that they unintentionally “dilute” the value of the current driver- do you get what I mean? I hope I was clear enough in my description.

@@dianamaioru497 Aggressive and Fair racing just as we like it

Or the vettel cool down room rant

Senna did that towards the end of the season when it was do or die

Law of averages: Max is gonna get one of those moves wrong one day.

Luckily for Max, Lewis is no Prost (although I wonder what would happen if it was the deciding race for the championship).

@@Karma2Babylon He got plenty wrong during his rookie season.

@@kudason funny you say do or die when it comes to Senna though 🤔

Hopefully checo gets in the mix too! Make it all the more interesting

@@jessereimer302 Once he becomes fully accustomed to the car there’s no reason why he shouldn’t. The dude is super quick, even when he was in a relative shitbox.

@@Virvum_Juggernaut What’s the shitbox?

It's not really a fair fight considering the possibilities for Mercedes with 2 drivers up there, instead of Red Bulls one.

@@jessereimer302 Racing Point. That car still couldn’t do much even with a sick engine dragging it. Edit: Yet Checo still managed to score a win in it. The dude can drive.

With 7 (presumably soon to be 8) championships under his belt and still the number 1 driver in the paddock at the age of 36 = an exceptionally wily old fox.

You know? This is the smartest comment section yet. 👍🏽

We *can* complain about Portimao but tbf even the greatest seasons have sleepy races every now and then

Very true! Max trusted Lewis’ skills and desire to keep his car intact. Edit: Regardless of whose corner it was, the skill level of Max’s dive bomb was illustrated by the fact that his car never exceeded track limits, even with the acute entry angle and high speed.

Since when has blind and irresponsible dive bombing been "perfect execution"?

@@k0zzu21 when it works.

@@k0zzu21 i agree, he just can't expect Hamilton to yield everytime he makes a heroic into T1

stop talking about whose penalty it would be. The crash didnt happen.

I don't think Max can take any credit for avoiding the collision.

Max had the right to corner cause he took inside line and also did a perfect racing line. It was just Lewis was too close for his own comfort and had to avoid it .maybe in the Mercedes camp they didn't care about the race lead after all cause a they had saved a set of mediums for lewis and max didnt and also Lewis was always faster overall thn max ...whether it was the car or just Lewis pulling it through again that I dont care. But these two are miles ahead of the rest of the drivers in terms of racecraft.max has always been aggressive and he won Austria 2019 and also Britain 2020 cause of his belligerent style. He is still only 24. And Lewis ofcourse is the goat.

max would have gotten the penalty maybe for being too aggressive

I don’t think he would, because if you see the reply Lewis hardly left any space, he just turned in on max, by doing that he thought that max would back out off it but he didn’t. Max had every right on that overtake

@@sharveshravikumar6835 if its hardly any spcae they would have crashed..... he left him that space

They would have dinged Verstappen stating he gained an advantage by parking his car ahead of his starting line. Without that advantage, Hamilton would have been able to take the first corner without evasive maneuvers.

Race incident, no further action. Period!

I agree and I think he should be penalised for such moves (that he very often does). He is on the acceleration so he can control the line he' ll take, he has someone alongside him and should keep a more closed line to respect the opponent and have a fair combat. Instead, his usual tactic is to push the opponent off track. He is the most disrespectfull driver I have ever seen and he should be punished on such occasions. F1 is not a bumper car race to favour the "bravest" and the most reckless.

You both have clearly never driven cars to their limits. Max was coming into a tight corner so fast that his tyres lost grip halfway through the corner. This results in the driver having to turn sharply in the opposite direction for a split second so they don't spin. It is very common when you ask too much out of the tyres. Max did nothing wrong, and both drivers dealt with the situation perfectly. You can't challenge one of the best drivers in the best car without being aggressive.

Yes go super Max, he has learnt from seeing Hamilton and other drivers do the same. Rubbing is racing.

If

Except for when Albon is on the outside, then it's a penalty for the driver on the inside 🤷🏻‍♂️

Yep. I really dislike it because, instead of getting closer multi corner side-by-side racing with the world's best drivers, we just get bumper cars for one corner. It's unsportsmanlike racing in my opinion.

It’s not new. Lewis has been doing it for years. Just ask Nico

I thought about the exact same thing. Since Max also had to defend twice against Lewis with these tyres, Valterri's tyres should have been in a better shape anyway. Maybe he could even have catch up Max on the last 2 laps. But maybe it was just Bottas who wished to pit and try to get that extra point, cause he's still fighting for the championship after all.

Do you think it would take George a season to get to grips with the Merc? If not, is that an indictment on RedBull, Gasly, Albon or Perez? Or would it mean George is a better driver?

@@cabletelcontar5440 Indictment on RBR, Gasly, Albon, Perez. RBR seems to have an expectation where the driver gets immediately up to speed with a car, and then all these drivers, Ric, Gasly/Albon, etc don't and then they get replaced. I'm beginning to think that Max is RBR's golden boy.

Agree.Even with drs and all over max hamilton didnt full go for the overtake.He pushed max into wrecking his tyres and when he was helpless he took the race from him

Checo was sick on Saturday, that’s why his quali was bad

@@mammoet1133 Take max out of the redbull whats left is the real pace of the redbull. just a sub car

Many fans called Lewis "sloppy" , but they forget that Mercedes couldn't bring new upgrades because of Bottas' crash... If that were to happen again , Mercedes would have to delay the upgrades even further... Lewis knows that they can't afford another car crash , RedBull can. But haters wanna jump him at the first opportunity available EDIT : Don't get it twisted , Normally Mercedes can afford every crash , but it's the budget cap and testing time...

That is true but that only works if you have enough extra race pace to retake the lead. In principle its not great to lose the lead to your title rival of course. Its clever from Lewis to think ahead, but equally, Max knows he'll never win if he doesn't go for this.

@@NardKoning "That only work if you have enough race pace to retake the lead" => for how long have you been watching F1 ? Anything can happen, punctures, mechanical failure, electrical issues, engine issues, Safety Car, so as long as you're "alive", it's always better than crashing the car at turn 1. Having race pace to get the lead back might help in most case, but you never know what kind of hazards can happen in a race.

@@schankam Yes but it's a balance of probability. My point was that both drivers seemed to have made proper decisions based on risk/reward :)

@@NardKoning Yeah well it's too early in the season for them to take these risks I guess, cause they understand the battle is gonna be close this year. Later in the season it might not be the same haha

Yeah , but after spending 40 laps behind him in a faster car !

Came very late but this course is notoriously hard to pass on. Hope he picks it up soon

Perez pulled a Ricciardo on Ricciardo.

@@Virvum_Juggernaut That was great to see. Passing here does not come easy

@@jessereimer302 It was inspiring. Keep it up Checo!

Max is the only one keeping F1 exciting at present if you’re not a diehard Hamilton fan.

Not as far over as Gasly.... Gasly was way over

@@LoniVlogZ sketchy rules are sketchy. I mean, I don't mind that Verstappen got no penalty as we had an amazing race to witness. But I feel like this kind of fuckery with the gridposition should be a slam dunk penalty like it was for Gasly. Whats the point of defining a starting position when you can just go over it a bit and nobody bats an eye?

Verstappen's tyres were still in the white box at 3:08. Gasly's tyres were well ahead of the white box at 8:13. You can clearly see the black asphalt between Gasly's tyre and the white starting box.

@@tsujimasen , thanks man. That clears that up. Appreciate the explanation as I was stumped why it appeared to be same issue. Did not have time to do a deep dive.

Its a simple sensor that goes off. There is obviously some margin which you can exploit if you want to risk it. Nothing wrong with doing that I think.

Yes they did have success. But it was a very long time ago where the average driver age was 45 years.

How reckless Max is*

They will. Max is not shy to these "yield or crash" type moves

@@cheesyriceo4 and why would he if he can get away with them? unless they crash, there is no penalty and as lewis doesnt want to crash, it will always be a yield.

@@Chuckiele because its not guaranteed Lewis will always yield. Either on purpose or accidental

@Futt Bucker Thats true but I dont know if thats gonna end well considering the history of such accidents and the conclusions the FIA made from those.

Lovely. Simply lovely.

Rb & crashtapen are very cunning to do these kind of stuffs regularly to win the game... I don't like this...

@@devarajn5150 Box is the limit, yellow line is the guide. So, as long as in the box, it is fair.

@@devarajn5150 learn the rules. Completely legal

@@KosmicHRTRacingTeam but, why anyone else on the grid is doing that so often..?

Lot of “ifs” around here

I saw that too and wondered if he'd be penalized. But if that had been Hamilton, Horner would have been calling the stewards immediately.

Yellow line is indicator for drivers. But it’s allowed to pass it, as long as the front tires at least still touch the white box.

How long have you guys been following F1...? The rule is the front tyres in the white box. The Yellow only serves the drivers cause they can't see the white box. You can be a little bit after it or before it.

It’s legal to stop after the yellow line but you just have to stay inside the white line. Gasly got a penalty because he was over the white line

I think you need to do some research because you're allowed to move up to 20cm past the line

Awwww....need a cookie or a diaper change?🍼

Hope you’r wrong ... but fear you may be right

@@blackgirlsrock264 💀

It's only a penalty when the sensors at the starting position are not detecting the car, which was not the case. That's why there is always some small tolerance above the yellow line where the cars could stand. Gasly missed went too far ahead for the sensors, Verstappen didn't.

@@ZedBC He's in his starting box, learn the rules. Yellow line is a reference, if you go over the white line it's a penalty

@@OliveTree487 The sensors are catching it anyways?? The white line is the clear visible reference point for everyone, the yellow line is the reference point for the drivers to align their front tyres there. How about you go read the rules you muffinhead

Bottas had to slow down when Lewis was elbowed out, Charles did a great job holding speed

theyd have to get pass bottas though, thats the only issue

@@TheHumancentipad1 he would be on old mediums (assuming he didn't pit for fastest lap), Max would just breeze past.

If Red Bull had pitted first, Mercedes would have stayed out for the win, but if they had pitted after Mercedes, it would have been too late. that's what's known as Checkmate!

@@saxon-mt5by well, no I'm saying definitely pit after the Mercedes seen as Hamilton pitted with around 20 laps to go. Maybe you're right, they wouldn't have caught Hamilton but we don't know that for sure and at least there was a chance. Instead Red Bull just accepted their fate.

Then he would’ve been undercut. Nothing RB could’ve done when they only had one driver

That’s why Max will not be champion in 2021. simple as that.

A double DNF is still a positive play for Verstappen since he had the slower car and worse grid position, but chances are if he defended it would just be a re run of Imola and Hamilton would just bounce off because the angles are in Verstappens favor. Trying to run someone out of road when you are the outside car means you are fighting the momentum of the other car which is not gonna end well. I think Hamilton is honestly very smart to stay calm and collect during that and not repeat what he did in Imola because its worse for him either way, if they both DNF its bad and if he DNF's and verstappen doesn't its absolute disaster.

@@alberts9781 everyone else, including Christian Horner, thinks that Max and Lewis would have 'ended up in the fence' had Lewis not backed off. I suppose Lewis would have hit the front half of Max's car, causing the rear of the RBR to swing into him and both careen off the track?

silverstone 2021.. lewis said its enough.

Lewis played long game.

Yes that's what experience is. Plus he is a 7 time world champion.

His driving skill is what took him over those kerbs at Imola too?

I think the real story was that Mercedes just had more pace. Max knew that and knew that track position was important enough to justify an aggressive overtake at the start.

@@J5L5M6 thank you

Agree that this analysis is too preoccupied with the start. I do think however, that if Max hadn't got into the lead at turn 1, the strategy taken would have also been stuffed up by Red bull. They clearly need to be prioritising employing some race strategists from Mercedes over engine specialists. There is plenty to cover here, much like when Russell and Bottas crashed at Imola there was areas that were too conveniently over looked for further analysis by many. Particularly how if, when onboard footage of Raikkonen following behind of the crash was viewed on a detailed or large screen its obvious that Bottas did move over a lot unnecessarily (Bottas was defending P9!) on Russell. If these things keep being missed for analysis I'm going to start my own channel! Does anyone think I should do it? So frustrating when so much online F1 media is so simplistic in its analysis of races.