If Max is an early braker why is he so fast? By Peter Windsor
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Peter Windsor offers an answer to one of the 2021 F1 season's most absorbing questions: with on-screen graphics consistently pin-pointing Max Verstappen as a relatively early braker, why is he so fast?
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No one else comes close to Peter Windsor's analyses of driving form. All the wisdom of long experience-and the wisdom of Rob Wilson-clearly and articulately explained in some detail. Who could ask for more?
Nothing else to add. 100% agree
I disagree. Windsor is good. I'm not sure he is seeing the forest for the trees, so to speak. How much of what he is analyzing is rooted in the driver's car? Face it, some of these cars are better the drivers and most are considerably worse. For every LH on a perfect line, there are 4 midfielders wringing the daylights out of sub-par equipment. Yep, their lines are questionable...they may not have a choice.
@@franyetso4899 For sure there is better cars then competitors inside it.
@@franyetso4899 you couch-racing drivers who bring in LH even when its not about LH are rhe worst.
@@muntublackson4757 if you read my post, you would have understood my point. Feel free to substitute your favorite driver in the spot.
Don’t forget the insane amount of time max has and still does spend on the sim
Simracing have been pretty underrated in the past decade, it is only now that it gets a lot more atention and real racing teams have been grabbing onto simulators. Ive done it myself for years to, for sure you dont have G-Force's but there are a lot of stuff you can develop when being on the sim. Racecraft and understanding of the car if the correlation to real is done right etc. Im not suprised to see guys like Lando, Max, Charles and George doing so well, they all have a history with simracing as well. Cant be coincedence.
Similar thing I heard being talked about with footballers playing football games. Helped them understand roles and pitch positions from different angles. Interesting for sure.
Johan Basten also if you’re able to tell what is going to make the car lose grip without any feeling from the car, then when you add that feeling from the car you can add the two together to maximise grip and racecraft
It probably helps with mental aspect as well, putting yourself in a racing environment (even if it’s virtual) in between races can make you more prepared.
Lando and Max are the best exploiting track limits. Definitely a sim thing since IRL you can get away with a lot more than on sim ironically
This may sound absurd... but for those of us who are sadly too young to have witnessed Senna, I am glad that we have Max. He was too eager at points in his early F1 career, but I think that we are now witnessing something that doesn't come around too often; and we should appreciate it.
Maybe you weren't around from 08-16 when peter talked about lewis like this. max is certainly on that level and has been for the last couple years, its just that now hes finally in the wdc fight, and possibly taking the torch from an aging lewis.
IMO lewis and his earlier antics and style were a bit more senna like than max
@@chocholatesenna1176 Nobody would ever rate hamilton close to senna apart from british ppl and other fanboys. Its an insult to the real goat Senna
@@erikdejong9728 You should probably watch peters videos from a couple years ago then, lol
@@chocholatesenna1176 I was around for the majority of those years, and I agree that Lewis was an absolutely fantastic driver, but I think that today's field of drivers is only getting stronger, and therefore Max probably has a tougher time of making a name for himself when compared to Hamilton, especially when you consider how Hamilton started his F1 career in a car that had the potential of winning championships. He was bound to look good from the get-go.
Max on the other hand is the youngest person to race in F1, and is quite literally ending people's careers should they end up in the second Redbull seat, almost to the point where it's probably a very bad career move for anybody to make now despite Redbull being the best or second best car this year - depending on what track you're at. I don't believe we've seen inter-team dominance of the level that Verstappen is creating in certainly the years I have been watching F1.
This year I believe we are seeing Max at the best he has been. He would have finished 1st or 2nd in every single race he's started had he not suffered 2 DNF's, both of which were not really his fault, and unless Mercedes can gain some car advantage then I believe Max will take this Championship, even without Perez in the fight, such is the level of his driving at present.
I am not a Verstappen fan, I support another driver, but wow, one can't help but admire what he is able to do.
@@TrezenEN Im mostly in agreement. In a way, were getting the senna v schumi that we never got in the 90s here. At the same time, lewis v alonso was a much harder challenge than any teammate max has had yet and lewis took it on year one.
I like ricciardo - i think hes a potential 1x wdc in a car he gels with like the rb - a bit better than a button in his prime or .75-.9 of an alonso. Other than that max hasn't really dominated any wdc potential talents, and his domination of Ricciardo is debatable.
Me i go by tiers - Fangio, Clark, senna, Schumi, lewis, max - all tier 0 - i dont think anyone of these drivers could consistently beat the others, all things being equal (same ages, exp, etc). (For reference alo, prost niki, piquet, etc i have as tier 0.5)
Only thing i think max has to learn is the live to fight another day mentality that lewis has learned since 2016. After that hes the perfect driver like a lewis senna etc.
The only thing i personally dont like is that lewis is getting old and as weve heard possibly suffering from long covid. I just hope he can keep giving us 100% for 3ish more years.
Prost, the early braker. He wasn't too shabby either.
If I recall correctly Schumacher was the same.
@@Sp4mMe yes I remember them comparing to his teammate Johnny Herbert. Schumacher braked earlier but carried more speed through.
Has everyone missed that this conclusion is the EXACT same conclusion as done on the Schumacher vs Herbert (mid nineties) and Senna vs Palmer (late eighties) BBC analysis videos.
It’s the same conclusion, brake early and light, scrub as little speed as possible mid corner.
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How has everyone including Windsor missed this?
Has anyone seen the data from today's race Hamilton vs verstappen
Max is the most late braker in current f1
What is he talking about??
@@strft his superior feel for the car obviously allows him to brake later 😉
It s somewhat a pity that Max is in such a fast car; 6 5 and 4 years ago he had to overtake many drivers, something he could like only a few others can. I always loved the way he all of a sudden overtook someone who wasnt expecting an overtake right then and there. The guy he wanted to overtake brake hard and tried to rotate his car, max first braked hard, then let the brake go a bit and let his car slip through and passing the other guy. Always nice to watch. Well and in the wet he is one of a kind (Brazil).
Max I will admit that he has an undeniable skill at driving,given time he will have at minimum 1 world championships.
I think as he gains more experience this will become more of a reality.he is from what I have seen he is very aggressive when he overtakes early on.
This new era with him and Lewis and perhaps with the new cars more involved is something special.
Schumacher had two main rivals in general senna who unfortunately was at the end of his short career and Mika hakkienen.mika was always a threat to Schumacher. Alonso too,no disrespect but I certainly remember mika and Schumacher battling for wins.yes Schumacher had a very dominant run but he wasn't unbeatable.
This is coming from a jacques villeneuve fan too.yes I went from liking senna,hill,mansell,villeneuve, Schumacher and hakkinen along with Lewis.
So how is it not pity that hamilton has the fastest car for 7 years and running?
I think your right, if they let him drive in belgium last weekend and he would haven not been in the front he would drive like he did in brazil, but we will never know.
Every great driver has delivered stunning drives in the wet. Max is not one of a kind.
@@joelambert7128 so, you're counting him among the greats, right ? And not everyone is a great driver. So, he is "special" in that way, you can say.
Like his Brazilian wet race. He is capable of improvising on the go and choose alternative lines.
That race still gives me chills
That race really was funny, Lewis won it and was clear of everyone including Max 😂
Remind me how the wet Turkey race went for Max ?
@@sennabus3356 in a faster car without any spray infront
@@hoya1178 Lewis fans are relaxed bro. Lewis has nothing to prove lol
The presenters have often commented on how relaxed Max is before the race.
@Full of Mischief Agreed on that. I have the same when driving a Kart. No anxiety, just calm feelings - which gives me all my processing power for the drive. I can confirm that the outside world does slow down when in race mode. Max was raised in a Kart. He's the most natural born driver I have ever seen.
Last race or the previous he was interviewed and asked if he was nervous or how nervous he was (like rate it from 1 to 100) and he was like "why would I be nervous?". Can't remember the exact words but that was really nice to hear. Not like that other guy that plays desperado.
@@Bacavoit who is that other guy? Pls and thank you because im not a veteran in this sport
@@KenwayDACR #blessed #vegan
@@0megalul309 lol i get it now
Max also uses slight oversteer to get additional rotation and that allows him to accelerate earlier out of the corner.
That comes with slightly early braking, coupled with soft stall on the Red Bull’s front end to produce the oversteer while still keeping the rear traction in hand to get quicker on power
It might be better to call it rotation?
He is manipulating the car and rotating it, often not braking loose the rear, but rotation even just bending the rear tires sometimes. Agree?
@@MrLundefaret Max is definitely not braking loose the rear.
@@Conservator. defo, he's holding the weight balance forward under braking to quicken the rate of rotation. If you watch his Sim videos he's on the power while he's just coming off the final few % of brake pedal travel
It also helps that the car has a shorter wheelbase, it is much easier to rotate and be nimble with in corners. By comparison the Mercedes is more prone to understeer due to its long wheelbase concept. Lewis apparently had to adjust his own driving style because it was faster to drive the Merc with it set to understeer then to oversteer.
perfect analysis, Jos always said he could not understand why max is breaking less hard but is always faster in a GT car..... well this was it. Max also said het din't wana let the ABS do the breaking because it reacted wrong for his driving style.
yup, I had a discussion with a guy who explains racing on YT and he also said you need to hit the ABS, I don’t get that because it’s never better then braking on the limit before ABSS kicks in, not even ik normal road cars
@@yerrie1908 offcourse it’s all about your driving style tho, but that’s properly the reason he feels his car better than others.
@@yerrie1908 Precisely. And that's also the reason why the statement "your brakes are good enough as long as they can lock up the wheels" doesn't make any sense even though many seem to believe it thinking that it's then the tires which are a limiting factor once the ABS kicks in (Engineering Explained included, lol).
PS. Engineering Explained mentioned this when he was trying to prove his silly claim than no production car can accelerate faster than it can stop 0-60-0 which then later on Tesla Model S Plaid obviously did with it's sub-par brakes.
Triggering abs means you've applied too much break pressure. You trail brake into corners so to not under rotate.
@@SmOgER10 can you explain? I don't really get how stronger brakes would help the rate of deceleration if the tires are the limiting factor.
Honestly this is the best F1 channel on TH-cam.
Although i have very limited racing driving experience, i'll say this, a lot of the races we saw Max change lines and brake early he was running lower DF setups, i think what makes Max maybe the most talented ever is the fact that he can adapt his driving to maximise the strengths, or find new strengths in the car, lower downforce means more unstable braking usually and a higher chance to lock up, and to maximise his low wing he seems to be taking different lines to keep his corner speed high and get a better exit. That's what i think he's doing.
What exactly ''perfect platform' ' and loading up with the steering means?. I would be pleased to know that from your side...
I think this perfectly aligns with what PW is saying. Max has the innate feel for the car, even with lower downforce, I presume.
@@aniketmeshram6598 loading up with the steering usually means when you turn you are loading the car more. The tires and aero are put under more stress but at the same time maximizing the potential of the cars performance. So for example alonso would load up the steering which created understeer at first but then got the nose pointed in the direction he wanted
Perfect platform, aka keeping the car “flat”, means you aren’t shifting around too much weight to any side of the car, it stays more in the middle. When you brake hard, the nose and whole car dips down forward, hence a lot of weight is being placed toward/on the front axel of the car. When accelerating, the opposite happens with all the eight on the rear and the car squats. So having too much weight on either axel or tire cause the car to not be balanced as it normally would. This leads to grip being unevenly distributed. Having a perfect platform ensures that the weight is evenly distributed across each tire, which makes it easier to put the power down so you can be sure to get a great exit out of the corner everytime.
So meaning his teammates are not able to run with the lower DF as well as Max most likely.
Max was telling on Dutch Television, he was hoping to see the last drivers roll up on the back so he could start, because his breaks were on fire. He then say's he saw people making greats pictures while his car was getting lit up slowly But when you think of this, it was 1 to 2 sec's before the start!
Max has a big over capability of mind and senses. He can adapt so quickly, to any given changing aspect of the car or circuit. He will drive the car every year different, but always so it be the quickest.
Should you look into the data and try to copy this, you go mad. It can't be done, because it's touch and feel of the car and all variables at that given time.
That's why Pierre and Alex lost it mentally. You just know you can't find the key to that speed because it's wired into Max. It can't be copied.
You pretty much described Michael Schumacher as well there
A lot of words to say absolutely nothing
It would be interesting to get Peter to do a video where he analyses the driving habits of all the current drivers.
Max knows how to create brake drag and keep grip on the front tires. He also late brakes better than most and he uses the throttle to help rotate the car in corners. Max has been a fast driver for 4-5 years. If Red Bull had Mercedes engine platform he would be unbeatable. That’s why they won’t sell them any. They know that.
Max brakes early but not as much and at the apex he is still carrying more speed. also a slight drag on the brake peddle keeps the front end loaded.
WHO KNOWS_ it was an fail diagnostic of the dates, break early or not is deeming dependent of the car you are driving,experience,plans A or B others ,even really tires preserving.
Trail braking
@@Habo1984 yes. Trail braking keeps the drive train locked up, so it doesn't suddenly change the weight balance of the car when it connects. This balance is what "platform" means.
@@Habo1984 yes. Trail braking keeps the drive train locked up, so it doesn't suddenly change the weight balance of the car when it connects. This balance is what "platform" means.
The exit of a corner is more important of the entry, earlier on the power the better.
In a layman's example: If you approach a roundabout at full speed and brake late, you'll be trying to get the car under control while turning. Brake a little sooner and you can settle/level the car and turn in more smoothly.
@logical Not if there is a big object in front of you in the center of the roundabout.
@@nielsdebakker3283 Too serious of a comment :P
I livin a part of the NEtherlands ( Limburg) were Jos and Max is coming from. On a local TV station had a interview with them. Max was maybe 8 years old. They ask, how do you train Max. Jos his answer was, on a wet track, I gonna stand on the dry spots in corners, so he has to adept to the situation. And that is what he is doing now.
Whereas Lewis Hamilton's father made him brake later than everyone else was doing.
Midden Limburg woot woot.
Apart from the explanation you've shared (which was great) there's another factor.
Even taking the exact same line, it's not only breaking, cornering consists of three speed related phases, breaking, letting the car roll, accelerating. Yes Max breaks early but he breaks for a shorter time then others, he lets the car roll quite long and starts accelerating early. That's what these new F1 cornering graphs show consistently, and it's why he takes turns faster than everybody, even than Lewis.
Max is a joy to watch!
My Dad and i really miss Peter Windsor's grid walk on the SPEED channel. His love and appreciation of F1 really showed. Excellent conversations with driver and team members. You can tell that everyone really appreciated and respected Windsor making the interviews very insightful and enjoyable to watch. If there is two things i could bring back to the grid walk, it would be Peter Windsor and the grid girls :)
I feel good when I can manage a sweet drift in the snow LOL. This is a level of ability that I can't imagine. I love analyses of the very top levels of competency, whether it be race driving or competitive shooting or guitar playing or whatever. I'm so in awe of people like Max who take immense natural talent and combine it with relentless practical and personal preparation to become world beaters. Thanks for a very informative and inspiring analysis.
Respect mr Windsor, great video explaining how it works to be a better racer, thanks for giving us finaly a video about Racing other then last GB grand prix
Excellent explanations Peter!
Always a delight to listen to your experienced insights and perceptions on what goes beyond what we see on TV. Cheers!
Never cease to amaze me how much knowledge Mr. Windsor had and even in detail can explain it all so it makes perfect sense. Brilliant... again
I absolutely live your analysis on anything F1 , Peter , gentlemen and a brilliant scholar, earned the hard way, thank you
Max isn't reacting, he's 4 parallel universes ahead
The doctors concluded that his late breaking was the issue. He will be racing the ambulance now for safety reasons at Hungaroring.
@@cosmicgibber8142 He needs to be racing in a tank to avoid being flung into a barrier alright.
This channel is, by far, my favourite source of F1 analysis. Brilliant and enjoyable.
Fascinating analysis Peter thank you. The detail of your insight into the art of driving is unique and enlightening.
Thank you very much for this video, Peter. This, i.e. driving analysis, is arguably your best genre of videos (aside from your GP retrospective ones, love those first-person accounts too) - the type you do better than all the rest of TH-cam F1 channels. You did a lot of great ones 4 to 5 years ago. Fanboy GP reviews / debates on TH-cam are fast becoming echo chambers done to death now.
As far as I've read this is exactly how Ricciardo wants to drive and is where he is most comfortable. Unfortunately he is having to undo this technique to make the McLaren work as it unloads the front without hard braking.
Surely you are talking about being calm and relaxed before a race right? Because ricciardo is known for being a very late braker, not early.
@@ibbeats5183 You can still brake late and carry speed into the corner. Besides I think what you're talking about is his classic dive-bombs which only happen a few times a race. I'm talking about general driving and finding tenths. I watched another video discussing the difference between the red bull and the Mclaren and how they like to be driven to come to that conclusion.
@@ibbeats5183 The new Driver61 video explains this better than I can.
@@ibbeats5183 Actually Daniel is like Max & is a early breaker, even Daniel didn’t know what until his stint at McLaren…
There are some types of corners where you can brake late and this style will work. Usually long double apex corners.
Just stumbled upon this video, absolutely amazing analysis Peter! Your method of explaining puts very clear images in my mind. I can very easily visualize and understand what you're talking about, specifically in your explanations of getting a level platform for the car. Thank you very much!
This was a very interesting video. How do you think max and Charles and Lewis are different in this regard peter? Cuz as you said, they all tick all 4 boxes
It sure is hard listening to Peter and reading the comments at the same time and vice versa 😁
Thanks for this podcast really got tired of all other podcasts going into the crash at Silverstone. Max i awesome and so is Lewis and this analysis is way more interesting then them actually on and probably also off track from now on. Ps: for all people screaming racing incident: when Lewis had a racing incident with Albon Lewis apologized, because he is in the end an awesome guy and Albon was not threat to him. This season Max is and even if Lewis knows that it was more his fault he has way more psychological warfare effect from just letting this little row go on in the hope it gets to the young contender. In the end both Lewis and Max want this title and this is a real battle as we haven’t seen in years: let’s enjoy and may the best win. 😂 as long as that is Max
Hah! Max made a mistake, he destabilized the car with a little twitch and turned in just before they touched.
@@AndrewBlucher still fault from Lewis
@@AndrewBlucher 😂 I don’t think the stewards care about your opinion.
@@Swamp_Lad 🤣😂🤣😂🤣
By far the best explanation I've read or watched. Great job, thanks!
Wow Peter another awesome video- so enjoy your insights and class - keep it up and thank you 😎
Makes me appreciate Max way more
Thank you for this excellent analysis. Always wondered why Max is so fast and makes different choices in braking. Also interesting maybe for a next analyses how some drivers can drive around problems. I have seen Max do that many times without loosing time. Senna is famous for it and also Lewis did it a couple of times.
Amazing analysis Peter, watched you for many years...the best in the biz!!!
This video is almost a year old starting tomorrow and it’s probably the best video I’ve seen in the last few years. Very informative and especially growing up and watching NASCAR which I still love, but I have to give Mr. Windsor credit. Not only the analysis of this video but his overall channel gave me a different perspective on motorsports in general. In fact I find myself enjoying the more “boring races” in nascar which literally only means there wasn’t 1 billion lead changes and passes lol. But it also goes to show that driving styles isn’t talked about enough in NASCAR and while it would be different metrics, I couldn’t help but think how much it would benefit NASCAR to actually function as a Motorsport at times instead of trying to be like stick and ball sports. It’s sad that I’ve been a stock fan since 07’ and know more about F1 driver’s driving styles in a 2 year span since the pandemic started. To be fair, even Indycar doesn’t talk about this enough but I guess this is where the lessons begin.
Very interesting point, i`ve myself as a racer seen it as a reactionary sport combined with feel, but maybe i should try more feel and see how that turns out!
This is one of your best videos. I'd like to hear your opinion on how these things relate to "the grates". Especially those of the downforce era. Lewis, Schumacher, Senna, Prost, etc.
Your F1 videos are my favorite. Thank you for making them.
Thank you Peter. This is the video I'll point to when trying to explain to folks the difference between causing and reacting to vehicle dynamics. Although I'm sure most will never truly understand or be able to apply what is necessary.
Funny you brought up the juggling analogy. Max can actually do that too.
Normal people can juggle, it just needs some practice
@@procatprocat9647 True. Just practice with 2 balls for a while, it's not that hard.
@@RA-el6zj Two ballls is not juggkung
@@procatprocat9647 I understand. But the point is to practice with 2 balls, and when your used to the right movement of your hands you can add the third ball.
I learned it that way.
Basically just throw one ball up with one hand, throw the other one under the first ball with your other hand, catch both, and repeat.
Anyone with good enough coordination can juggle and all drivers have that
About that reflex vs calm mode, its funny how mich schumacher listening to nature sounds and mazepin listening to techno before they are racing 😅
Didn't know that but it really shows
Mazepin acts like the tough guy at the fair who wants to show the best moves in the bumper car. He is an absolute idiot.
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And of course its Mick*
To note, I would add this style of driving is one big reason why Max is so amazing with tire management.
You have great vlogs, I love them! Thank you Peter!
Haha! As a professional juggler that's exactly how I visualised the thing. Fun fact, jugglers don't have good reflexes. We just know what technique to use to keep our patterns orderly, easy and as safe as possible. I takes a long time to learn but the goal is minimum input and maximum output- an easy pattern. First time jugglers are tired very quickly because of unnecessary movements. During your practice you learn to chiesel those movements away.
There's no question that Max is an excellent driver!
Kilimanjaro is an enormous mountain.Niagara Falls has huge water volume. The Porsche 918 is an extremely fast car. Hafthor Bjornsson is extremely strong.
@@adampetten5349 Yes but Max will be the best formula 1 driver the sport has ever seen, not everybody realizes it yet though.. Cant blame them..
@@yousnoerd Could be but Charles might be
Yeah, yeah yeah.
@@adampetten5349 Charles too many "i'm so stupid".
Amazing video - and explained really well.
Ah I missed this video during summer holiday. Definitely talking about trail braking here and the perfection/smoothness using it. Great stuff!
Would also explain why drivers like Max make little mistakes in the braking area. Trail braking gives a lot more options of correcting en optimizing the cornering speed.
Daniel Ricciardo was once asked by Nico Rosberg on his TH-cam channel who he thought was the faster ex-teammate, Seb or Max. Daniel gave it to Max for his natural raw pace.
I've seen that one. I think Max has gotten even better.
Very interesting observation. I recall Daniel beating Seb easily and then Max beating Daniel most of the time. Perhaps not most but he definitely seemed to have the edge.
I believe in Adrian Neweys book it was explained that Seb wasn’t as good at setting up his car as Mark Webber. I always wondered if part of why Sebs performances dipped because he lost his set up partner. At RB Seb did better with Webber and at Ferrari Seb did better when Kimi was there.
@@SkywhiteChannel Whats interesting to me is the growth that was visible in Verstappen vs Ricciardo. In 2016 Ricciardo was generally better, but Max had those two standout performances in Spain and Brazil. In 2017 and the first 6-7 races of 2018 the pace was there, but Max got caught up in way too many incidents. From that point he just improved, cleaned up his act and got amazingly consistent.
@@philipbarton3456 Very intersting. Could explain why Vettel was untouchable in some races and looked very beatable in others and why he looked poor compared to rookie teammates and good vs veterans.
"I wanna be half asleep" That really sums it up for me, used to skate(board) alot, (still do). Whenever there's a scary new thing to try other people are hyping themselves up but no, always tried to distance myself and suddenly somehow, made it ! Weird thing the human mind.
Funny how that works. I've had the same experience with football when I was younger and climbing nowadays. I still remember saves I made as a goalkeeper where I was in a sort of trance and jumped for the corner before I even realised I reacted. It's this weird feeling where before you realise it you are in the air diving for a ball and it feels like you have all the time and control in the world. Same with climbing. If you think about it you can do it, but it's hard. When you hit your flow it just happens.
@@suckieduckie Wow
its like a near dead experience when you get into an accident and time seems to move slower. Its the ability of our brains to almost look into the future and let our body react before its to late
Thanks for hearing my plea, Peter. Nice 1
Excellent explanation of racing on tires in general Peter, should be a must see for all the new F1 specialists on the Internet...
I Always figure out that fellings on driving racing cars it makes difference, Although to advanced technology like sensors ,buttons concedding more or less power to engines,modern tires made in order to keep the car on safety during of extremes conditions, drivers whose never forgetting their own wortilly presence has kept themselves added team ahead in the pit line.
Max is the best at putting the power down out of a turn.
Agreed!
Early braker into a corner... early accelerator out of a corner.
PETER BLEEPING WINDSOR! So glad I found this channel. I grew up watching him cover F1 on SPEED ... Absolute legend
Thanks, Peter for your brainalysis of an artist at his work. I especially like your reference to Jackie Stewart, shutting down any circuits that don't contribute to the job at hand. As a musician, I can say that we navigate in much the same way, and often if we find ourselves momentarily losing the groove of the song, we realize our brain kicked in and messed us up. As my favourite Zimbabwean teacher says, "too many thinking".
Max actually juggles before the race! while looking away! ha!
I would love for you to analyse how Alonso almost always gets great starts
I think the main racing trait of max is he has a great sense of the forward drive of all the wheels and always delivering the payload of his grip. its another way of saying shortening corners but when one visualizes it in the mind it feels like your cart is always looking far ahead forward. The two paradigms would be cars with more drive and grip than maneuverability and cars with less power (which need to be driven in a way to maintain speed and try to clutch onto as much delta by not slowing down). So cars with high drive should always be given the ability to point where they are going next as fast as possible. so in this paradigm with braking - the quicker you get on the brake and turn the quicker you can turn and the quicker you can point your toes forward again. if you brake later you finish braking later and that delays turning. the sooner you can begin the efficient process of braking the quicker you can move on to the next step. it sounds simple to say it that way but the alien braking point is not gonna be at the latest braking point with cars with this much power. The tyres always want to be processing road in a straight line as often and as much as possible. thats back from his karting days too. its a simple mentality that overrides others when its the right open wheeler.
Fantastically interesting video, Peter. Thanks for posting.
“Four box tickers” , new concept !
- Why is he so fast?
- yes
Amazing and brilliant content with great analysis
Good analysis as usual. Parts of it remind me of Keith Codes analysis of motorcycle racing and his hundred dollar bill simile for the total amount of attention you have to spend in any given situation, especially cornering.
How you spend that attention is crucial and going in too hot where all your attention is taken by survival feelings leads to crashing is an example.
Attention, and how you spend it is key.
Peter's insights are always worth the time.
Amazing video Peter. I wish you could interview Max about these points!
Braking earlier to have a stable platform is a classic in rally so makes sense it would effect f1 cars too
Very interesting analysis, excellent video, thank you.
Like a chess player. The amateur thinks one step ahead, the good three steps, the excelent 8 steps.
Lewis plays chess max is still playing checkers
@@shaggydoggs so that's why Lewis had to knock over all of max's pieces like a kid.
@Ryan Lane obviously he does not...
@Ryan Lane He nearly killed someone being agressive at the wrong moment. He has experience enough to know better...
Nice videos once again! How would Alonso score on the four “metrics” of a great driver? Additionally, slightly of topic but maybe a subject for another video; do severe crashes with high g-loads effect these driver abilities short and long term. Or on a more general note; how do heavy crashes affect a drivers ability/performance? Cheers!
Alonso has got all four too.
Great video. I’m going to attempt to take these concepts into my next track day and see how I go.
I love your videos so much, finally a deep view on formula 1
Can you breakdown Lewis and Max in a video? Comparisons and similarities. The Senna and Prost of our era deserve it!
They’re actually not too dissimilar; both drive on the nose, both can live with loose rear, both are V corner type drivers.
Hamilton is later on the brake.
They are exraordinarrilly similar. Only difference between them is experience. Lewis knows which battles to pick, which helps him quite a bit.
@@Enzoblueblood I think they’re different in some ways. The lines they take for example. Lewis often goes wide into corners etc. which is his own version of Peter’s ‘straightening the corners’. I also think Lewis is legendary with looking after his tyres. Lewis is also a later braker than Max but i’m not as focussed on the technical stuff as Peter so would be good to hear his analysis.
@@ChefofWar33 Yes I think to summarise Lewis is a little bit more refined than Max at this stage of their careers.
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PW has a sharp eye for this sort of thing. His analysis of Michael Schumacher’s technique is one of the most fascinating things I’ve read (I was a regular subscriber to F1Racing mag) about a racing driver. He had this almost impenetrable analysis about something called a “friction circle” to describe how and why Michael was so good on his tyres. Worth a read.
Having worked with Rob who taught me also from very early on in my career I agree with all the points made regarding manipulating the car thats what he taught me. However can you do an analysis on Lewis, who by contrast is a very late braker...
Now Peter claims Lewis is an early breaker too lol
@@SkyF150 Lewis is a late braker but some corners require earlier than "would feel" natural braking. But overall he is a late braker. Thats his strength.
Great analysis Peter. In Keith Code’s book, “A Twist of the Wrist” he describes that one must reverse engineer each corner to maximize speed where it is most important. It appears that Max does this automatically in each corner to optimize total lap speed.
I do hope he is able to recover from a 52g crash. I can only imagine it may have damaged his internal gyros to feel what the car and the tires are transmitting to him.
It has been an amazing season so far. Keep up the great work !
Great assessment Peter!
Great video !!
I would love to see a same analysis about the style of Charles Leclerc.
Love these theorizings. It's like writing a poem about a symphony. Or reacting with dance to art. Interesting in itself but ultimately obscurity is commenting on an unknowable.
This reminds me something Jackie Stewart said. In short, no abrupt inputs to the cars. Keep it smooth and controlled
Great insight . Very interesting . I think the very very good drivers know how to extract the most from their car and get results . Lewis ,max ,Lando , Leclerc ,Russell . All of them are superb and we can see that with the current cars and how these drivers get the best out of their car . I just hope that the 2022 cars bring the best drivers to the. top . Would be very interesting.
When Alonso and Russell compared their laps at Austria this year, Alonso said his goal for turn 3 was to brake as late a possible every time. George's goal was to get the perfect line through the corner every time.
alonso and lewis = old style driving,
russel and max etc = new style
@@PhilipvanderMatten Gaming style
@@Tieske33 faster goat like style
Love your breakdown. Thanks much. Please do a similar breakdown of Lewis’ driving. If you have already done so, please give me the link.
What a video and explanation!!! Thanks a lot!! Yes I believe and I should say I know Max is up there with Michael and Senna already, he is just super fast like no one else on grid and he is 100% confident about that compering to others like Lewis or let's say Vettel. When Max started to race for Reddbull drivers started to be scared especially that he is better and better all the time. I set 3 world records in Gran Turismo Sport Simulator and my friends asked me about how you did it and why you are faster per lap and I tried to explain but couldn't. Your video will sort it out, so thanks a lot! And I 100%agree about feel and straight line especially to grind thousands of a second on straight by not turning at all and use elevation on track to gain a little not visible speed.
Indeed That’s true! All the drivers were scared of Max Crashtapen
Great indepth analysis Peter, thanx for that.
It's crazy how Max is considered an earlier braker, but still one of the quickest on the grid when doing those reaction tests the drivers are asked to do just for media purposes. Never knew why that combination is why Max is so incredibly quick through sweepers and mid-speed corners.
It also makes me think that being with the RB chasis most of his career, he's simply just adapted his driving style to the car they've given him the past few years. Checo's just getting onboard, and he might start to subtly change his driving style in order to find more speed.
That explain how can he deal with unstable rear while Albon couldn´t.
Perez is not talented enough to match Max
Please get Rob Wilson on for an extended interview at some point.
Brilliant explanation! Thank You, Peter! Pascal from the Netherlands.
The best explanation of the difference between being Pro-active instead of re-active. Brilliant analogy.
Well said Peter. Maybe this is why Hamilton tried a move that was never on. Hamilton missed the apex by a mile yet continued to floor it even though there was only one outcome and that was putting Max into the wall.
On the contrary, you can see that Max braked later than normal at Copse, thus going outside his comfort zone ("dropping the ball while juggling") and ending up in the wall. He should have braked normally (for his style) and if that meant losing the corner, he could pass on the next straight leading up to Stowe.
Fun fact: Max juggles.
Max is so in tune with his car, when racing he and the car are basically one. There have been several times where he has called out a problem with the car before the engineers on the wall could even see it, and I think until another driver comes in that is as in tune as max, he’s going to continue winning
Just imagine sitting down and having a conversation with this gentleman.
"No Max is so fast coz he got the best car." Sir Lewis King of Mental Warfare Hamilton
that's also what max said about Lewis so please stop trying to destroy one of them if they were really bad they wouldn't be in f1
@Toasted' Nugget_' I was talking about the '' I'm 2 secs faster in the same car '' and he also said something about Lewis not having to fight or something I don't really remeber. I'm fan of both so it's really pissing me off that everyone tries to oppose them like just let them drive
Bono her excellency, my tires are gone.
Lewis trying to be
@@gontran8638 .2 not 2 seconds lmao
11:35 Pierre Gasly’s reflex training is to get a good start. The start is always very difficult to anticipate. 😉
Getting a good reactions to the lights is 30% of a good start. The rest is the getaway and how well your able to do so. But practising reactions for f1 is mostly to react to the car snapping, oversteer, things happening on track, and to save your car from spinning, ect
Maybe it's for a number of things. I was wondering that maybe it was also to strengthen or keep his peripheral vision active since F1 drivers rely on it so much. They're not looking right ahead of their front wing, they actually look soo far up the track, often times at the next corner before they've even finished completing the corner they're on. Nonetheless, the balls dropping may also help reaction times
@@roberts2231 and propper mapping of the engine. Last year RB had a few bad starting because of the mapping. The fixed it for this year.
Very well explained. Thanks for this.
i love this! please do this analysis for other champions too