Dude, Verstappen has already said several times that if his engineer would quit F1 that Max would stop as well. Do we really need to question how these two interact?
I think Oscar is the one that can actually put Max' feet to the fire if Oscar would drive the RB. Probably take a year to build experience, but afterwards...
Straight forward no nonsens communication . honousty . you get the best results . If you listen to the ferari comunications , 5 minutes of talking and still a mystery on what strategy they are .
This will probably go down as the greatest season by a single driver in the history of the sport. I don't think I've seen such a depth of talent in the grid right now either, in the right car I think they are all capable of winning races. Which makes Max's dominance all the more impressive, and that he's doing it with such ease as well.
I think from now on, prediction for P1 in the race should be a guess for how many seconds ahead Verstappen is rather than who will win. Closest gets a point
Total points for 1st place in all 12 races=300(25 per race) Max has 314 points in 12 races. Edit- Majority of extra points by sprint races, but a few from fastest laps as well as corrected by @woppiiee
And fastest laps indeed, but still all these things lead to disturbing probabilities of Max becoming with some distance the best F1 driver the world has ever seen.
@@JayQ2k If Redbull manages to give Max good car till 2026 without falling off. There's pretty high chances he'll be one of the greatest drivers of all time.
@@woppiiee my statement has always been that active drivers cannot be on the greatest rankings, since you can either win another title or continue your career for way too long. But beyond that it's clear that Max is simply the most talented driver on the grid for at least the past two decades. I am however interested in what Oscar Piastri can do, because he seems like the real deal.
yeah, in Baku, now that's we've seen how the car behaves when there is a hole on the sidepod for RB and Ferrari it just makes that an incredible feat in and of itself.
@@markusnitsch8309in Hungary Red Bull had plenty of time under red flag conditions to apply about 69 km of ducttape on that car to keep it in the race.
English media were not this upset when Hamilton was winning all those championships.... it's really a shame 'cause because of this media people are not enjoying this level of greatness.
I’m not enjoying it either and the english media have nothing to do with it. I see my favorite driver during the start of the race, and when he crosses the line in first. Max is making F1 boring, which indeed shows his greatness
@@joshsmith7521I doubt RB would mind testing Lawson or even Iwasa in an f1 seat. You could even give the RB seat to Riccardo for the rest of the season to fuck with Checo, then put one of the rookies in the Alpha Tauri.
Max doesnt work this way. He wants to get as manny wins/Poles/victorys and points as possible to Show his dominance. They would need to drag him out of the car and Lock him in a room so he doesn't Show up at a race.
A little cultural class for you guys. Dutch people quite often interact like Max & GP. Friends amongst each other, colleagues & even family members. It’s just called Dutch directness.
I know people are tired of seeing Max win and I would love to see Alonso P1 or Lando's first win but can you imagine if RB can wipe out the whole season, what kind of feat that would be?
@Martin-di9pp never, closest we got was 2002 Ferrari with 100% podium rate but they didn't win every race. This will be the first time in history, and with the amount of races in the season the win streak will be truly unbeatable.
@@Jalopezlagclosest F1 team that almost reached a perfect season was the '88 mp4/4 (senna&prost FYI, I imagine drive to survive doesn't talk about it) 15/16 wins, 15/16 poles 15/16 podiums.
A saw a comment in a Dutch channel, which said (translated): "Not a smart move by the engineer. Now Max has one point less, which will make things unnecessarily more exciting for the title."
5:12 in this aspect Max is kinda like how Djokovic was in tennis. He reveled in opposition pressure. The bigger and louder the boos, the better he seemed to perform, and he was nigh unbeatable.
I'd give that descriptor to the dominating years of Seb Vettel in that '10-'13 RBR first and foremost, but Max very much comes close with how he behaved during '21.
GP: Max, people are complaining you make it boring. Max: Well, let's give them some entertainment. GP: What are you thinking about Max: Let's give them a Statler and Waldorf imitation.
Piastri will have his time, and soon I’m sure. Seems to have his head on straight, really looking forward to seeing his career develop. Best rookie in years!
I hope the form of the mclaren will continue, but no guarantees. Aston martin dropped off quick for example. So no guarantees. I really wish Piastri had kept his cool a bit more at the start and not try to stick his nose there.
I enjoyed the photograph of Schumacher talking to toddler Verstappen in the pits. The only two F1 drivers to ever win 10 out of the first 12 races in a season.
I found it hilarious how after the first radio message with GP Max pulled 11 more seconds ahead of perez which means he didn't lift and coast AT ALL lmao
@@066kshitizvsingh4 yeah, Christian Horner said as much after the race. At one point, he said to GP "I think I know what he's doing, he's trying to make a gap for a pit stop.", and GP replied "Nah, he's actually taking it pretty easy according to all the data."
I was kind of hoping someone would make a meme about how a few weeks ago, after Austria, Hamilton came out and said "Drivers telling on each other isn't racing" yet the very first thing we heard from him across radio this race was him complaining about the Ferrari cutting turn 9 every lap...
You are absolutely right in saying Charles takes that Ferrari to places in doesn't belong and I feel he doesn't get enough credit for it. So happy to see him back on that podium. I kind of miss last year where he would be there more often. Max and GP was GOLD as well. Still, not done and never will be bored of Max winning just to piss more people off. He is unbelievable and people should enjoy the masterclass he puts every week, it's not something you see often.
it's because fans always think from the name Ferrari meaning the car is always up there and when it is it's the driver doing normal. But I disagree, 2022 was the only car that should have been in the top4 at any point of the race, however 2020 Leclerc was doing wonders in getting a podium in that thing, 2021 he was quite unlucky but same as 2023 a car he wasn't really liking and didn't match his style as much as Carlos. But in general for the past years Ferrari has been carried by their drivers, not the team itself
@@LucasMueller0418 oh agree, Ferrari are lucky they have two good drivers out there. They are so unserious and all over the place, even more so this season.
24 races. And if they only win 22, they don't get the record of having the most dominant car in F1 history. By proxy, the 1988 McLaren would beat it by *half* a race. (15 out of 16 is the same as 22.5 races for this season.)
I'm okay with this kind of dominance this year because, as you say, we're watching history be made. I really hope this doesn't continue into next season though because Verstappen winning every race *will* get old after awhile.
It seems like we keep getting dominant seasons now. Every season is dominant we went from vettel to Hamilton to verstappen. It never stops what is rare is having a battle
I know that everyone wants to race their own "style". But... look at Max's car positioning in exiting corners... watch his on boards passing Checo... Max drives different.
Can't be to hard to drive a well rounded car compared to everyone else. Next year is the cut of point for all teams to close the gap big time.. The sport is turning into a one man team with these rules changes what not. 2026 will be the maclaren Era of dominance.
@ltreanor99 I acknowledge that car is a key component, however, I won't over look talent. Example, look at what Piastri is doing at McLaren. What Alonso did with the Ferrari's of old. We all know Perez is a battle hardened racer and Max is gapping him.
Lets be honest, the only reason Leclerc had pole is because Max had a grid penalty. He was 8 tenth slower than Max in quali. So did he really have pole ... I'd say, he inherited pole :P
I thought it was one of the more entertaining races this season! 8/10. There was a lot of battling and differing strategies, and some of the overtakes were spectacular.
I give it am 8.5. It had a little bit of everything from 2nd place back. And Verstappens utter dominance was amazing to see again. He has been close to perfection. Absolutely incredible!
If I had a nickel every time Nico Hulkenburg took pole position during the Grand Prix... I'd have two nickels, it's just weird that it happened twice....
Huge thanks to you guys, Matt & Tommy, for putting out glorious content. I tuned in to that other channel for you guys, and it's nice to see you doing your own thing on your own channel. It's been a great half year thus far, well, kind of (McLaren/Ferrari fan here), can't wait to see how it all ends. Anyone else expecting a surprise world champion this year like I am. Sarcasm. Definitely sarcasm.
Honestly, I'm just enjoying this display of absolutely savage domination from Max and Red Bull. I'm hoping he breaks a whole bunch of world records. And then hopefully next year we see two or three teams conclusively challenge RBR.
That'll only happen if the FIA implement a rule that absolutely destroys Red Bull. ... And it's not a hard one, either. Just set a maximum rake height. We've seen before what happens when you lower Red Bull's rake; they struggle. Look at 2015. 1 podium all season - and it wasn't even a win.
@@BiggieTrismegistus Problem is that this is already a carry over from last year where the Red Bulls ended up being dominant... despite promise early on from Ferrari. This is different to Ferarri in '04 since that was off the back of a properly competitive championship between Schumacher, Montoya and Raikkonen.
@@greatsageclok-roo9013 eh? Have you been watching the same F1 since 2022? Red Bull's has the lowest ride heights of all cars out there. Rake doesn't exist with ground effect cars, because it nerfs your downforce. And, in fact, when the Red Bull was ran higher than normal in last year's Belgian GP, it was even more dominant than earlier in the season, allowing Max to win the race by a similar margin as last weekend, except he started last year's race from **P14** Really, you can't nerf this ground effect Red Bull without destroying the competition along with it.
Let’s push Max on to equalling and breaking Vettel’s consecutive win record. Because how often will we ever get a chance like this when someone is close to that unbelievable record? After that (be it successful or unsuccessful), we can continue our copium and hope for Max to crash out or for RB performance to fall off a cliff.
I'm fine him keeping winning as I support him. Every race I'm incredibly worried about turb 1. Once that is out of the way I go attention management and just maintain the gap.
This season is a wrap. I kind of want Max to win every race left this year, unless there's a chance of a massive upset like Albon winning, then next season it can be close again 😂
Agreed. He has been putting on the most dominant driver performance of all time the last 2 years. If you get to see it once in your lifetime, might as well be now. Why not see him win 20 races in a year?
Nobody: F1 fans when Mercedes are dominating for 7 years: This is fine... F1 fans when Red Bull are dominating for a year and a half: Listen here you little s**t!
At least Max has some humour and spices things up. I'll say this is the least boring dominance there has ever been. Good fights in the midfield and for second place/second constructor, Max being so enjoyable to watch and adding some spice. It's fly or crash for ricciardo. Fernando giving us a show and memes.
Max and Checo, in the same car, same DRS, same tires. Max flies past Checo and withing a lap or so he is clear of DRS and pulling a gap. RB are dominant, but without Max it would have been a close year looking at Checo. Max is performing at a level I don't think I have seen before.
Newsflash: GP and Max will use the summerbreak for couples therapy. Expect tabloids like the sun with the following header. "GP to therapist: He always comes first!"
The Sainz-Piastri collision on L1T1 reminds me of the exactly similar accident max had with Kimi a few years ago. There they had no question that Max was in the wrong, as that portion of the corner will always close in that way, due to how the cars go through the corner. Also similar to Hamilton on Albon in Brazil, Lewis stuck a nose into a gap that never really existed, same thing with Piastri.
Well yes, but Sainz came from the far left side towards the far right side of the track while under braking, which then put him right into the path of Piastri. Reminds me more of that Grosjean on fire incident where Grosjean cut across the whole track
That was a bit Piastri's fault, a bit Sainz's fault, and also a bit Hamilton's fault. If you see it from Oscar's onboard it seems like Sainz fully turned into him, but when you look at his POV he had nowhere else to go, because of Hamilton on his outside. It was a classic racing incident, no one deserved a penalty.
@@simo_viewer_pr9030 When I look at Sainz' onboard, I see, he has quite a bit of space towards Hamilton, but chooses to force Piastri off into the wall. There is still at least half a meter space before and during the corner on his left
If Sainz kept his line Piastri would have been fine so it’s 100% Sainz’ fault. He was lucky he got away with no penalty. He locked up and had to take avoiding action due to his own mistake. I can’t see how it’s any different from Zhou last week or Russell-Sainz at COTA (which btw was more of a racing incident because Sainz stupidly tried to cut back on lap 1)
Even if it is not F1 but as a german my favorite moment was to see sophia flörsch getting her first points and become the first femal driver in F3 to score points.
@@ierbutza21mainly due to strategy, but i have to give probs to her keeping it on track. And yes, i also agree Sophia is more of a fashion/advertisement accessoire than a deserving driver. But thats motorsport.
@@ierbutza21 she's the only woman in a proper open-wheel single-seater competition though. (No, F1 Academy isn't a proper single-seater competition, as it's female only)
Carlos meant for the inside line the entire time running up to it, but then he locked up, and still tried to commit to it. Piastri must've thought Carlos would've taken a different line because he locked up.
Ahmed Baokbah’s tweet hits close to home. Literally. We were at Friday’s practice and qualifications for the Canadian Superbike Championship double round at Atlantic Motorsport Park( the province pictured in his tweet( X?)), and we were watching the radar in addition to watching the rain fall all around us. That was mainly to see how close the lightning was getting as we( the marshals) kept requesting for pulling the plug on track activities. It was all for naught, as the torrential downpour washed out the only bridge giving access to the track, and both race days were cancelled, with Corner 6 under water, and the inside gravel trap for Corner 7 having migrated to cover the entry to 7 to a depth of six inches in places. The stranded Ontarians were of little concern to our intrepid Premier, until he found out that there were impressionable Ontarians stranded at AMP, and they had a temporary bridge installed by late Sunday evening. On the plus side, it was a local racer that won the “National Slip n’ Slide” round, giving comfort to all who were missing Saturday Night Jeopardy.
Yes Max's dominance is boring, just like Lewis' but at least with these new cars everyone else is much closer to eachother and we actually have different people fighting in close battles for the places below p1.
Fucking hell y'all keep crying about so called "boring GP's" every week even if the race was good... Y'all don't even know what good races are now anymore
Good to see at the end there, that you're finally joining Tommy in being a Max fan... just one little thing... you put the Dutch flag on its side! It should be: "Red at the top, white in the middle and blue at the bottom"! But I'm sure it was just an accidental oversight... 😂
That opening incident with Sianz really looked like it was from Team LH pushing Carlos against the wall. I am sure he was watching Lewis and didn't realize Oscar was there!
I'll keep saying it: Verstappen is at another level. Not even Schumacher, not even Hamilton could win this much in their dominant cars. And before you think I am a kid just starting to watch F1, I can tell you I haven't missed a race since 1997 and I am a huge Schumacher fan. And even Michael would do the odd mistake or have the odd off weekend. Not Max...
I feel the same way there have been two drivers that right away they were incredible Schumacher and Max but now I believe Max is even better it’s not just the car Max was the only driver that could give the Mercedes a push even when they dominated
@@ralphe5842pretty sure Schumacher and Senna could dominate just as easily in Max's car probably even easier because they did it without DRS giving a helping hand and Senna had one of the best drivers in F1 as a teammate not a guy who struggles to qualify in the top 10
@@kityhawk2000Both Senna and. Schumacher were not as consistent as Max. And Max would have won titles in the cars of Senna and Schumacher as well. And Max would have 8 or more titles if he would have drove the Mercedes in their dominant years.
@@tomgriffin9006 hamiltons mercedes finished multiple times 30+seconds ahead, Verstappen only did this once this year...so that mercedes was even more dominant!
GP challenging Max more than Perez. 😂
GP challenging Max more than the actual GP.
@@JayQ2k 😂 True. Matt and Tommy tweeting the original post like: “2023 season in a nutshell”. 😂
Not the same machinery. If you believe that, you are a fool
@@gameofender4463 you could combine this with "change difficulty mode?"
Answer from GP (Grand Prix): I guess
Answer from GP (on the radio): NO!
@@adl6907 like saying the Aston and Mercedes at the start of the year are the same cos they have the same engine
These days my favorite moments in the race is actually seeing Max's radio box pop up and hearing what him and GP are bickering about this time lol
Kelly is more jealous of GP than any Max's girl fans😂
@@06vaibhavvinod hahaha I don't blame her😂 GP has a special place in Max's heart
Old married couple vibes
Dude, Verstappen has already said several times that if his engineer would quit F1 that Max would stop as well. Do we really need to question how these two interact?
Horner also revealed in a sky interview that gp asked him for the extra stop but horner said no to it.
Dude….I said I would never drink alcohol when I was younger…means absolutely nothing cuz people change their mind, it’s okay
@@johnnychimpo7539 I think those 2 are just having a laugh since they are bored.
@@cidiracing7481 engineers don’t laugh…especially on the job
@@johnnychimpo7539 I laugh every day.
Here are the winners of the races from Leclercs 20 pole positions;
Verstappen - 8
Leclerc - 4
Perez - 4
Hamilton - 3
Vettel - 1
Perez… wow.
4 of his 6 wins were Leclerc poles. That’s very interesting
Bottler
Not all heroes wear capes...
@@TheBest14184No Max at the front, easier job
PoorPoor Charl, in another 5 years at Ferrari he'll still not match Seb's 14 wins in red
Max has only missed 26 points this season. That number is absolutely staggering.
It’s 22 i think.
Including fastest lap point?
And knowing him it probably pisses him of to no extent😂
oh ffs
Imagine a Season where he gets every single point possible.
Horner said it best, Max and GP is like a married couple.
Married couples get divorced
@@johnnychimpo7539that's kind of a requirement yes
He also said that Max apologises after the race, and does things like go get GP an ice cream as a peace offering. 🤣 They're *very* close.
@@y_fam_goeglyd 😆
That shit was funny when horner said that lol
Piastri's temperament might be the most impressive one I have seen in F1
Some times you need a bit of fury and anger like Senna
I think Oscar is the one that can actually put Max' feet to the fire if Oscar would drive the RB. Probably take a year to build experience, but afterwards...
Can anyone link a moment when he's even raised his voice?😅
Oscar when he gets his first P2: 🗿
Oscar when he gets yeeted out in lap 1: 🗿
Honestly most chilled guy on the grid, apart from Bottas
@@MF_HenriProbably when he heard Alpine wanted to make him their driver 😂
I think GP and Max's relationship dynamic is hilarious and clearly very functional
Straight forward no nonsens communication . honousty . you get the best results . If you listen to the ferari comunications , 5 minutes of talking and still a mystery on what strategy they are .
This will probably go down as the greatest season by a single driver in the history of the sport. I don't think I've seen such a depth of talent in the grid right now either, in the right car I think they are all capable of winning races. Which makes Max's dominance all the more impressive, and that he's doing it with such ease as well.
matt finding all different ways to try and jinx verstappen is getting to a ridiculous level and i love everything of it
1:46 my theory is that they used sainz as a bit of a support act to Charles, bunching everyone up and then collecting tyre data for charles
Yes, I though same during race. Ferrari was hoping to create gap using Sainz for Charle's pitstop.
Fred Vasseur said on the post race show that they were hoping for a red flag
@@suneetpatil so that mess up by Carlos in beginning was intentional? can't they get in trouble for that
Yeah and it worked, Sainz was a brilliant moving roadblock for all the cars behind him
@@ShawnFX No, what he meant is that they left him out for half of the race, rather than retiring him right after the crash.
I think from now on, prediction for P1 in the race should be a guess for how many seconds ahead Verstappen is rather than who will win. Closest gets a point
Similar if Max starts not from P1 how many laps it takes to get to P1
The Simpsons he can’t win every race meme but they left Helmut’s picture the same! 😂🤣😂🤣
can't find the simpsons related to this meme but I really want to know :D
@11:58
@@chillfish702 thanks!
I thought the quote "But he can't win every race" was in one of the Simpsons episodes or something haha
@AlexanderHenry-hz3td go away allahbot
Am I the only one who noticed at 12:12 that Max,Christian and Checo were all aged but Helmut stayed the same because the brother is already old🤣🤣🤣🤣
I'm kind of tired and for a split second I thought you wrote "cold" ... Derp ...
Dr Marko is actually a 500+ year old alien who ages very slowly.
Total points for 1st place in all 12 races=300(25 per race)
Max has 314 points in 12 races.
Edit- Majority of extra points by sprint races, but a few from fastest laps as well as corrected by @woppiiee
And fastest laps!
And fastest laps indeed, but still all these things lead to disturbing probabilities of Max becoming with some distance the best F1 driver the world has ever seen.
@@JayQ2k If Redbull manages to give Max good car till 2026 without falling off. There's pretty high chances he'll be one of the greatest drivers of all time.
@@woppiiee my statement has always been that active drivers cannot be on the greatest rankings, since you can either win another title or continue your career for way too long.
But beyond that it's clear that Max is simply the most talented driver on the grid for at least the past two decades. I am however interested in what Oscar Piastri can do, because he seems like the real deal.
@@JayQ2k Nothing disturbing with the truth ;-)
Isn't Max the only one who finished a race with a hole in the sidepod ?
This seaon, yes. The Baku sprint race.
yeah, in Baku, now that's we've seen how the car behaves when there is a hole on the sidepod for RB and Ferrari it just makes that an incredible feat in and of itself.
Hungary in 2021 as well
@@ssifr3331 And last year in silverstone max had alphatauri front wing in his floor and managed a p7
@@markusnitsch8309in Hungary Red Bull had plenty of time under red flag conditions to apply about 69 km of ducttape on that car to keep it in the race.
I loved the "Max Verstappen's powers are channeled directly from tears of F1 fans around the world". Damn, that's a bar! 😁
English media were not this upset when Hamilton was winning all those championships.... it's really a shame 'cause because of this media people are not enjoying this level of greatness.
I’m not enjoying it either and the english media have nothing to do with it. I see my favorite driver during the start of the race, and when he crosses the line in first. Max is making F1 boring, which indeed shows his greatness
@@syndicategaming1668victim mentality 😴
@@brouwah nee gewoon realistisch. Jij vindt die slaapverwekkende races misschien leuk, maar ik niet
@@syndicategaming1668there are 19 other cars to watch tho
@@vercingetorix5708 yeah and most of the fights are for p9/10 or something like that. We barely get fights for podiums, and 0 for the win
Imagine if max seals the championship with 6 races to go and just goes on vacation. Give some rookies a go for a few races.
They said Hamilton should do this when he won with several races to go. I think because of contracts and stuff they have to
@@joshsmith7521I doubt RB would mind testing Lawson or even Iwasa in an f1 seat. You could even give the RB seat to Riccardo for the rest of the season to fuck with Checo, then put one of the rookies in the Alpha Tauri.
Max doesnt work this way. He wants to get as manny wins/Poles/victorys and points as possible to Show his dominance. They would need to drag him out of the car and Lock him in a room so he doesn't Show up at a race.
That is not how Max is. No way he will do that
@@soundninja99 P16 Ricciardo for P2 Perez ? Didn't beat Tsunoda Ricciardo? hahaha no way that's gonna happen
A little cultural class for you guys. Dutch people quite often interact like Max & GP. Friends amongst each other, colleagues & even family members. It’s just called Dutch directness.
imagine 3 years ago saying "hamilton and alonso are fighting for 3rd position in championship"...
Imagine telling someone in 2007 Lewis and Alonso would be racing in 2023 for 3rd in the championship!
I know people are tired of seeing Max win and I would love to see Alonso P1 or Lando's first win but can you imagine if RB can wipe out the whole season, what kind of feat that would be?
Has that ever happened before? A team winning all the races?
@Martin-di9pp never, closest we got was 2002 Ferrari with 100% podium rate but they didn't win every race. This will be the first time in history, and with the amount of races in the season the win streak will be truly unbeatable.
For me, I just wanna see Max break Vettel's record, then some other team winning Singapore or Qatar, a Mclaren hopefully.
@@Jalopezlagclosest F1 team that almost reached a perfect season was the '88 mp4/4 (senna&prost FYI, I imagine drive to survive doesn't talk about it) 15/16 wins, 15/16 poles 15/16 podiums.
I don't see it happening personally cause at some point the car will fail or they will have to many penalties in the upcoming races.
Carlos blaming that incident on Oscar is peak Ferrari refusing to take responsibility or acknowledge their mistakes
And you can bet Ferrari fans will point to the fact that Sainz was ahead at the corner… yeah because Sainz didn’t brake properly
A saw a comment in a Dutch channel, which said (translated):
"Not a smart move by the engineer. Now Max has one point less, which will make things unnecessarily more exciting for the title."
5:12 in this aspect Max is kinda like how Djokovic was in tennis. He reveled in opposition pressure. The bigger and louder the boos, the better he seemed to perform, and he was nigh unbeatable.
And it's why I've grown to appreciate it because guess what? Novak's reign is coming to an end, as has Federer's and Nadal's.
I'd give that descriptor to the dominating years of Seb Vettel in that '10-'13 RBR first and foremost, but Max very much comes close with how he behaved during '21.
Every time Max starts far behind Perez and wins by more than a dozen seconds we are reminded that it's not just the very good car.
you keep saying everyone wants something different, REAL Max fans absolutely love this season! keep em coming Max break every record you can.
I was devastated when Piastri got knocked out (by Ferrari of all people) I was really rooting for a great race from both of them
GP: Max, people are complaining you make it boring.
Max: Well, let's give them some entertainment.
GP: What are you thinking about
Max: Let's give them a Statler and Waldorf imitation.
Piastri will have his time, and soon I’m sure. Seems to have his head on straight, really looking forward to seeing his career develop. Best rookie in years!
I'm afraid he will have Nando luck
I hope the form of the mclaren will continue, but no guarantees. Aston martin dropped off quick for example. So no guarantees. I really wish Piastri had kept his cool a bit more at the start and not try to stick his nose there.
yes!
I enjoyed the photograph of Schumacher talking to toddler Verstappen in the pits. The only two F1 drivers to ever win 10 out of the first 12 races in a season.
That radio message about the wind being strong so he had to hold the wheel real tight... he was outright trolling the broadcast.
But hey, he can't win *EVERY* race, right?
Gets funnier every week
Verstappenheimer destroying the whole grid this year
Drivers' Standings if Red Bull didn't exist (no sprint or FL points):
Alonso: 217 (5 wins)
Hamilton: 199 (2 wins)
Leclerc: 138 (3 wins)
Russell: 130
Sainz: 118
Norris: 100 (2 wins)
Stroll: 72
Ocon: 56
Piastri: 44
Albon: 33
Gasly: 33
Tsunoda: 19
Bottas: 18
Zhou: 13
Hulkenberg: 11
Magnussen: 8
Sargeant: 3
De Vries: 0
Ricciardo: 0
I found it hilarious how after the first radio message with GP Max pulled 11 more seconds ahead of perez which means he didn't lift and coast AT ALL lmao
I saw the onboard and Max was lifting a coasting. That makes his pace even more impressive
No, THAT was Max lifting and coasting. If he wasn't, he would've probably been 30+ s ahead by the end of the race
@@066kshitizvsingh4 yeah, Christian Horner said as much after the race. At one point, he said to GP "I think I know what he's doing, he's trying to make a gap for a pit stop.", and GP replied "Nah, he's actually taking it pretty easy according to all the data."
Verstappen casually increasing the gap between Max Verstappen Racing and Mercedes AMG Petronas in the constructors championship
Sainz actually said later in an interview, " I dont know what Oscar was doing there, bit optimistic of him"...come on Carlos.
It would have been optimistic if it had occurred later in the race, but not right after the start.
@@BiggieTrismegistus Yeah, especially after Carols locked up and put himself there.
I honestly can't imagine f1 without you two
4:42 Tell me you can't appreciate sporting greatness when you see it without telling me you can't appreciate sporting greatness when you see it.
I was kind of hoping someone would make a meme about how a few weeks ago, after Austria, Hamilton came out and said "Drivers telling on each other isn't racing" yet the very first thing we heard from him across radio this race was him complaining about the Ferrari cutting turn 9 every lap...
Max was actually saving his tyres, because he completed his stint well, just just did it a second a lap faster than Perez.
You are absolutely right in saying Charles takes that Ferrari to places in doesn't belong and I feel he doesn't get enough credit for it. So happy to see him back on that podium. I kind of miss last year where he would be there more often. Max and GP was GOLD as well. Still, not done and never will be bored of Max winning just to piss more people off. He is unbelievable and people should enjoy the masterclass he puts every week, it's not something you see often.
it's because fans always think from the name Ferrari meaning the car is always up there and when it is it's the driver doing normal. But I disagree, 2022 was the only car that should have been in the top4 at any point of the race, however 2020 Leclerc was doing wonders in getting a podium in that thing, 2021 he was quite unlucky but same as 2023 a car he wasn't really liking and didn't match his style as much as Carlos. But in general for the past years Ferrari has been carried by their drivers, not the team itself
@@LucasMueller0418 oh agree, Ferrari are lucky they have two good drivers out there. They are so unserious and all over the place, even more so this season.
Charles actually impressed me by ending on the podium👏👍
I don't know about you guys, but I'm one happy Formula One fan. Seeing if a team can win all 22 races to me is another type of excitement.
24 races.
And if they only win 22, they don't get the record of having the most dominant car in F1 history.
By proxy, the 1988 McLaren would beat it by *half* a race. (15 out of 16 is the same as 22.5 races for this season.)
Imola and China were cancelled.
Watching history potentially be made is helping keep this season interesting. If Max is still this dominant next year I'll start getting annoyed.
@@greatsageclok-roo9013 You can't really count cancelled races toward the total.
been waiting! the f1 weekend isn’t complete without you guys!
WE LOVE YOU
couldn't agree more. this is the cap for the weekend for me.
my god Matt, you actually acknowledged that Sainz took out Piastri! why didnt you do the same when Hamilton took out Perez in the Sprint?
Because he genetically can't. British commentators will never ever blame another Brit. That is just how they are. They can't help themselves. 🤣😂
We're watching one of the most dominant seasons of all time, literal history. I'm all here for it.
I'm okay with this kind of dominance this year because, as you say, we're watching history be made. I really hope this doesn't continue into next season though because Verstappen winning every race *will* get old after awhile.
@@BiggieTrismegistus And Hamilton did what over a decade?
It seems like we keep getting dominant seasons now. Every season is dominant we went from vettel to Hamilton to verstappen. It never stops what is rare is having a battle
I know that everyone wants to race their own "style". But... look at Max's car positioning in exiting corners... watch his on boards passing Checo... Max drives different.
Slow entry, fast exit while taking the shortest line. Pete Windsor explains it beautifully.
Can't be to hard to drive a well rounded car compared to everyone else. Next year is the cut of point for all teams to close the gap big time.. The sport is turning into a one man team with these rules changes what not. 2026 will be the maclaren Era of dominance.
@ltreanor99 its definitely not too hard to be at 110% everytime and deliver perfectly at every race no matter the conditions.
@ltreanor99 I acknowledge that car is a key component, however, I won't over look talent. Example, look at what Piastri is doing at McLaren. What Alonso did with the Ferrari's of old. We all know Perez is a battle hardened racer and Max is gapping him.
@@ltreanor99 why mclaren?
Cant wait for the monza curse to stop verstappens dominance and surpassing Vettels 9 wins in a row
Felt bad for Oscar, he would have had a chance of the podium. Very unlucky the last couple of races.
Lets be honest, the only reason Leclerc had pole is because Max had a grid penalty. He was 8 tenth slower than Max in quali. So did he really have pole ... I'd say, he inherited pole :P
Verstappen Thanos? Someone has to have made the Versnappen joke by now.
Verstappenheimer the way he's destroying the grid rn
It's not just the RBR's DRS. Sometimes top speed in clean air isn't all that much higher. The tow though, seems to be particularly powerful.
As you could see when Pérez breezed past Leclerc on Kemmel straight on the opening lap.
@@halofreak1990 How that works is beyond me. I'd love to learn more though, if my inkling is correct.
I thought it was one of the more entertaining races this season! 8/10. There was a lot of battling and differing strategies, and some of the overtakes were spectacular.
Matt, remember how many strategy mistakes Ferrari made when Charles was on pole and how many times engines failed on Charles's car
Carlos has had some interesting… perspectives this year.
4:59 If you know Max, you know he meant it at the same time. He knew someone would pit for fastest lap, and he wanted it.
@@Redlingstein that confirms it. I'm sure that in reality, it's more like 75% serious and 25% banter for Max. He's got that Schumacher mentality.
I give it am 8.5. It had a little bit of everything from 2nd place back. And Verstappens utter dominance was amazing to see again. He has been close to perfection. Absolutely incredible!
McLaren didn’t have a “low drag” rear wing that works with the new upgrades. That’s why they run this wing. I hope they get one for Monza.
If I had a nickel every time Nico Hulkenburg took pole position during the Grand Prix... I'd have two nickels, it's just weird that it happened twice....
The reason why they kept Sainz on track was because they were waiting for a possible red flag to adjust his car, as Vasseur said after race
I actually think it would be kinda cool if max won every race left in the season.
2:38 it wasn’t “mostly Carlos”. It was ALL Carlos. What was Piastri supposed to do? He was already on the brakes.
Huge thanks to you guys, Matt & Tommy, for putting out glorious content. I tuned in to that other channel for you guys, and it's nice to see you doing your own thing on your own channel. It's been a great half year thus far, well, kind of (McLaren/Ferrari fan here), can't wait to see how it all ends. Anyone else expecting a surprise world champion this year like I am. Sarcasm. Definitely sarcasm.
Thank you so much for tuning in!!
Honestly, I'm just enjoying this display of absolutely savage domination from Max and Red Bull. I'm hoping he breaks a whole bunch of world records. And then hopefully next year we see two or three teams conclusively challenge RBR.
That'll only happen if the FIA implement a rule that absolutely destroys Red Bull.
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And it's not a hard one, either. Just set a maximum rake height.
We've seen before what happens when you lower Red Bull's rake; they struggle. Look at 2015. 1 podium all season - and it wasn't even a win.
Agreed. We're watching history right now so that makes it interesting. If this keeps up into next year then we might have a problem on our hands.
@@BiggieTrismegistus Problem is that this is already a carry over from last year where the Red Bulls ended up being dominant... despite promise early on from Ferrari.
This is different to Ferarri in '04 since that was off the back of a properly competitive championship between Schumacher, Montoya and Raikkonen.
@@greatsageclok-roo9013 eh? Have you been watching the same F1 since 2022? Red Bull's has the lowest ride heights of all cars out there. Rake doesn't exist with ground effect cars, because it nerfs your downforce. And, in fact, when the Red Bull was ran higher than normal in last year's Belgian GP, it was even more dominant than earlier in the season, allowing Max to win the race by a similar margin as last weekend, except he started last year's race from **P14**
Really, you can't nerf this ground effect Red Bull without destroying the competition along with it.
Let’s push Max on to equalling and breaking Vettel’s consecutive win record. Because how often will we ever get a chance like this when someone is close to that unbelievable record?
After that (be it successful or unsuccessful), we can continue our copium and hope for Max to crash out or for RB performance to fall off a cliff.
As a Max fan, yes, bring it on.
I'm fine him keeping winning as I support him. Every race I'm incredibly worried about turb 1. Once that is out of the way I go attention management and just maintain the gap.
This season is a wrap. I kind of want Max to win every race left this year, unless there's a chance of a massive upset like Albon winning, then next season it can be close again 😂
Agreed. He has been putting on the most dominant driver performance of all time the last 2 years. If you get to see it once in your lifetime, might as well be now. Why not see him win 20 races in a year?
Who's "we"?
RedBull already has 500 points with the middiest second driver ever. Imagine Max Lando
Would it be any different? Max would singlehandedly win both championships while Lando drives around for bacon and beans 😉
@@brouwah lando would at least came 2nd every race and win more imo
I rather have piastri in that second redbull. Think he will outdrive drive Lando in the future
Max could take two months vacation and still be an unreachable
An unreachable what?
@@canyoufeelthelove3305
I wrote `champion` but I hated the idea and deleted it... ¯\_( ͡❛ ͜ʖ ͡❛)_/¯
@@kandarv Understood.
Nobody:
F1 fans when Mercedes are dominating for 7 years: This is fine...
F1 fans when Red Bull are dominating for a year and a half: Listen here you little s**t!
At least Max has some humour and spices things up. I'll say this is the least boring dominance there has ever been.
Good fights in the midfield and for second place/second constructor, Max being so enjoyable to watch and adding some spice. It's fly or crash for ricciardo. Fernando giving us a show and memes.
Max and Checo, in the same car, same DRS, same tires. Max flies past Checo and withing a lap or so he is clear of DRS and pulling a gap. RB are dominant, but without Max it would have been a close year looking at Checo. Max is performing at a level I don't think I have seen before.
Thanks!
I really enjoyed another episode of The Max Verstappen Experience.
Charles may have started the race in P1 . But he didn't win pole position.
8 tenths slower than Max .
It'd be cool to see you guys compare teammate matchups through the break
Verstappen has now twice as many wins as Leclerc from Leclerc pole positions
(19 poles in total, Max with 8 wins, Leclerc with 4 wins)
That first Sainz meme is pure gold
Newsflash: GP and Max will use the summerbreak for couples therapy.
Expect tabloids like the sun with the following header.
"GP to therapist: He always comes first!"
The Sainz-Piastri collision on L1T1 reminds me of the exactly similar accident max had with Kimi a few years ago. There they had no question that Max was in the wrong, as that portion of the corner will always close in that way, due to how the cars go through the corner. Also similar to Hamilton on Albon in Brazil, Lewis stuck a nose into a gap that never really existed, same thing with Piastri.
Well yes, but Sainz came from the far left side towards the far right side of the track while under braking, which then put him right into the path of Piastri. Reminds me more of that Grosjean on fire incident where Grosjean cut across the whole track
That was a bit Piastri's fault, a bit Sainz's fault, and also a bit Hamilton's fault. If you see it from Oscar's onboard it seems like Sainz fully turned into him, but when you look at his POV he had nowhere else to go, because of Hamilton on his outside. It was a classic racing incident, no one deserved a penalty.
All piastri’s fault.
@@simo_viewer_pr9030 When I look at Sainz' onboard, I see, he has quite a bit of space towards Hamilton, but chooses to force Piastri off into the wall. There is still at least half a meter space before and during the corner on his left
If Sainz kept his line Piastri would have been fine so it’s 100% Sainz’ fault. He was lucky he got away with no penalty. He locked up and had to take avoiding action due to his own mistake. I can’t see how it’s any different from Zhou last week or Russell-Sainz at COTA (which btw was more of a racing incident because Sainz stupidly tried to cut back on lap 1)
sainz’ tweet about piastri being too optimistic as he’s a rookie made me feel physically sick
You should see a doctor 😮
Even if it is not F1 but as a german my favorite moment was to see sophia flörsch getting her first points and become the first femal driver in F3 to score points.
Mein Furher!
That F3 race today was an absolute banger! Really entertaining. F2 as well. F1 though has become the least interesting part of racing weekends
Dnf's or by skill ? Cause without trying to insult the "amazing driver" but her seat is wasted like last season in F2 with another "fine" driver.
@@ierbutza21mainly due to strategy, but i have to give probs to her keeping it on track. And yes, i also agree Sophia is more of a fashion/advertisement accessoire than a deserving driver. But thats motorsport.
@@ierbutza21 she's the only woman in a proper open-wheel single-seater competition though. (No, F1 Academy isn't a proper single-seater competition, as it's female only)
🤣 Died at old fogies Matt & Tommy.
Carlos meant for the inside line the entire time running up to it, but then he locked up, and still tried to commit to it. Piastri must've thought Carlos would've taken a different line because he locked up.
Ahmed Baokbah’s tweet hits close to home.
Literally.
We were at Friday’s practice and qualifications for the Canadian Superbike Championship double round at Atlantic Motorsport Park( the province pictured in his tweet( X?)), and we were watching the radar in addition to watching the rain fall all around us. That was mainly to see how close the lightning was getting as we( the marshals) kept requesting for pulling the plug on track activities.
It was all for naught, as the torrential downpour washed out the only bridge giving access to the track, and both race days were cancelled, with Corner 6 under water, and the inside gravel trap for Corner 7 having migrated to cover the entry to 7 to a depth of six inches in places.
The stranded Ontarians were of little concern to our intrepid Premier, until he found out that there were impressionable Ontarians stranded at AMP, and they had a temporary bridge installed by late Sunday evening.
On the plus side, it was a local racer that won the “National Slip n’ Slide” round, giving comfort to all who were missing Saturday Night Jeopardy.
Charles back on max Verstapen podcast
And here I was thinking half of the memes would be Attack on Titan memes with Max and Perez being the Giant Titan looking over the walls.
Hello again lads
Hello
Why hello there
The highlight from the weekend was a radio message between max and GP… That should tell you all about the 2023 season.
PLEAAAAASEE can we get Social Media Team Champs back?
Sorry, but Max doesn't care what is said about him in social media. He smartly stays out of it to focus on racing.
Thanks for the post race therapy session guys 👍
They should tell Max to stay at Monico. Give out 2nd places. And mail him all the 1st place prizes lmao ha ha ha 😂😂😂😂😂
Yes Max's dominance is boring, just like Lewis' but at least with these new cars everyone else is much closer to eachother and we actually have different people fighting in close battles for the places below p1.
They kept Sainz out because they were hoping for rain and a safety car, as soon as the rain didn't really happen they retired him.
16 mins of matt and tommy more entertaining than two hours of f1.
Fucking hell y'all keep crying about so called "boring GP's" every week even if the race was good... Y'all don't even know what good races are now anymore
Good to see at the end there, that you're finally joining Tommy in being a Max fan... just one little thing... you put the Dutch flag on its side!
It should be: "Red at the top, white in the middle and blue at the bottom"! But I'm sure it was just an accidental oversight... 😂
That opening incident with Sianz really looked like it was from Team LH pushing Carlos against the wall. I am sure he was watching Lewis and didn't realize Oscar was there!
I'll keep saying it: Verstappen is at another level. Not even Schumacher, not even Hamilton could win this much in their dominant cars. And before you think I am a kid just starting to watch F1, I can tell you I haven't missed a race since 1997 and I am a huge Schumacher fan. And even Michael would do the odd mistake or have the odd off weekend. Not Max...
I feel the same way there have been two drivers that right away they were incredible Schumacher and Max but now I believe Max is even better it’s not just the car Max was the only driver that could give the Mercedes a push even when they dominated
Cuz they never had cars as dominant as verstappen
@@ralphe5842pretty sure Schumacher and Senna could dominate just as easily in Max's car probably even easier because they did it without DRS giving a helping hand and Senna had one of the best drivers in F1 as a teammate not a guy who struggles to qualify in the top 10
@@kityhawk2000Both Senna and. Schumacher were not as consistent as Max. And Max would have won titles in the cars of Senna and Schumacher as well. And Max would have 8 or more titles if he would have drove the Mercedes in their dominant years.
@@tomgriffin9006 hamiltons mercedes finished multiple times 30+seconds ahead, Verstappen only did this once this year...so that mercedes was even more dominant!
I think they left Sainz out hoping for a 🚩and a chance to do some repairs. As soon as the rain didn’t come, they retired him