@@adamgames1975 He was famously called that after 2021 Abu Dhabi helping Max get back into the race rather than letting Hamilton get title #8 for free. He infamously called that now because he has job security despite being completely terrible. He's Red Bull's version of Lance Stroll.
This channel is so uniquely helpful for f1 fans to understand what is actually going on. You can watch a football game and tell if someone played well but f1 can be tricky, thank you.
I think the issue is that nobody wants to be max's team mate, he makes everyone look bad. I really dont think the RB20 is that good of a car, Max is just that good of a driver. That said, Perez is probably broken at this point.
@@The_Noticer.no one but those that are relatively young and hungry. Longer they been f1 with max or been his teammate then those will avoid most likely
That Barcelona one is the worst, even from Vertappens on board you could see it was a simple wheel movement with room to still go even tighter in the corner.
I was surprised at that one too. That car was so unstable even on the previous corner. I looked at it several times because for VER it looks so easy. I feel on that one its the car and not the driver. I want to think that otherwise his time is long long gone in F1.
@@agustincmb5404the car definitely seems harder to handle than previous years and while max adapted to it perfectly perez is struggling because he has no confidence in the car. Either way in pure pace he’s slower than max and add to that the lower confidence we get the checo of this season
Its easy to lose your rear at that corner, its on a downward slope, if you cant keep the perfect balance then the rear just snaps out in a milisecond. Its kinda like the last turn on the A1 ring, although its not as sharp, but the characteristics are similar. Checo was probably like "okay, i made it to the end of the lap without major errors, lets not screw it up in the last corner"
More like 2012 Pérez, in 2021 he was weak, the only thing he did was the defense against Hamilton, but in terms of performance, he was much slower than Max. His best year in Red Bull was 2022. In 2012 he was practically a rookie but looked so fast in a Sauber.
@@fruhlingsbilder red bull castrate perez if we goes back to baku 2023 last win of perez he has very confidence and after this verstappen dominated him over and over Again, verstappen is better. But sometimes in some tracks perez going better but red bull deprived him of it p.s I am ferrari fan not checo fan this is my opinion
@ he only did that great lap in 2022 where, in the post quali interview, stated that if he could try another 100 times he wouldn’t be able to re-create another lap like that.
Apparently it would be due to the suspension (Anti squat and anti dive devices makes the car very unusual to feel under braking and accelerating), but street circuits would tend to be less of a factor having quite unusual corners. I heard that last year
No. The car is 100% built for Verstappen and whenever someone who doesnt have the same style drives it they lose confidence. All RB drivers that has been there since Ricciardo left lost to the car.
@@oransjballcar is built to be fast. Just so happens that it has a strong front end. Always was like this. The narrative gotta stop. Even when Vettel was winning, car had high rake and a strong front end.
@@slimstrait780it just so happens that the car perfectly fits max’s extreme driving style every season. Just like it was a coincidence that Sir Loo’s mercs were understeery, Schumachers’s ferrari & bennetons were knife edge, and Alonso’s ferraris & renaults were understeering boats that no one else could drive. The lead driver always shapes the car
@@slimstrait780 No, the car was planted at the back, just as he liked it. When it got no rear and stronger front end, ricciardo beat him. Jos came out last week and said "if the car was neutral, Perez would be up there fighting for the win". RB is a Max only team, its nothing else. You "Max fans" gotta "stop this narrative". Perez and all the others are beat by the weird car only Max likes, nothing else.
Perez seems to turn in earlier and hit the apex earlier at a shallower angle,meaning the car is not rotated as much so he has to lift to give the front tires more grip
Also Checo car setup very likely is more understeering than Max, so maybe it’s the maximum pace he can extract from this “safer” car setup, while Max can handle the more aggressive and faster setup
Also Checo did lift the gas pedal completely while Max kept at least 10% at 1:16. Due to that the car slowed down more than Verstappen’s and he didn’t carry as much speed as Max losing him extra time. 🤔
I think Perez has had a good run and a decent career. I feel like he’s still in F1 because the F1 industry wants good clean tacos when they travel to Mexico.
It’s not as simple as this... Perez is likely lifting to shift the weight to the front of the car so he can get more turn in and make the apex as he is probably running less front end than Max. Seems like the RB was built around Max’s driving style as he is comfortable with a pointy car and most (like Checo) prefer a car that’s less pointy but more forgiving.
the fact that none of people who watched this can even handle that car at 100km/h shows how difficult it is to make it pro in every sport perez would annihilate everyone whos not part of the f1 roster
Supports my theory that the basic car setup does not fit Perez. He needs to stabilize the rear more so so he has to go a bit slower in full spend corners
it can't be _just_ lacking confidence. being flat in high-speed corners also requires proper car placement in order to achieve that. so it can also be said checo lacks that as well just look at how wide he is before the double-left before the flat T8 edit: corner at 0:42
I love your telemetry break downs. If you analyzed the pole lap for every race and showed where the pole lap was faster/slower compared to the other top competitors I would watch every single one
This is what confidence in the car is so important. You can have the most powerful and efficient car, if you can't extract the full performance, you won't pass the cut. The thing is with these cars, you have to build them to make it easier for the driver to push it to the limits, but in the same time, you have to make it a bit sharp to get more performance. Verstappen found the balance between these 2 factos, Perez didn't...
He keeps doing that, as well. I think it was last year where he was fighting Alonso in Brazil, and he couldn't stay ahead exactly because he compromised his exit turning onto the start/finish straight. Even as someone who doesn't do racing, I know that is costing speed, and therefore laptime.
He has no confidence in the car so he has to turn in earlier to widen the apex. If he turned later he'd probably lose it since that car is too pointy and would send it into a spin.
You can see that the car is sliding more than Verstappens because there is less heat and therefore less grip in the tyres. This is why Perez has to lift. That's down to the car design.
They might have a difference in setup at Spain. Max potentially having more downforce because Perez's car looks much less stable in all of sector 3. He loses the rear a bit in T12 which forces him to take a shallow line into T13 and a worse entry into T14.
My 2 cents.. both Perez and Ricciardo (and maybe Hamilton when you compare how more confident Russell tends to be with the car) fit previous gen cars better, the way those generated downforce helped their confidence. Even if Ric's McLaren seasons aren't good, you can compare his onboards from '22 and '21, he drives a lot better with previous cars. I think maybe if F1 didn't simplify the suspension these guys would have more room to find setups that gave them more confidence.
I agree but I also think it's these 18 inch frigging balloon tyres that run at such high pressures that some are struggling with. Max has just totally mastered keeping the tyres in the window during a lap. An easy way to manage tyre temperature is to lift mid corner to reduce peak loads on the tyre which is maybe what Perez is doing??? If he does it well, minimal time lost. We need an insider to spill the beans.
Thank you for mentioning the downforce. So many hate comments on Checo but nobody wanted to mention about the downforce on the RB20 is not the same as the previous cars
Red Bull should see clearly now that they lost the constructors because of their decision to keep with Perez. The drop in two places alone will cost them roughly $20 million dollars in prize money, and not to mention possible bonuses from sponsors. I can’t imagine what could possibly be worth sacrificing this.
@@fruhlingsbilderI don't think Redbull cares that much about his sponsors money as much since this team is basically a marketing operation. Sergio was popular in North America and was a good marketing tool when he was performing even half decently. But now he's hurting the redbull brand of high flying risk taking athletes who push the limits of everything. He's hurting the brand more than his perceived benefits in the NA.
Look at the difference in Neck strength between Max and Checo, its pretty telling there too. Max's head is super stable, meaning he can see "clearer". Checo especially at Spain was almost looking completely to the left going through the right hander because of the G force which is crazy to watch, whereas Max's head is looking to the apex and super stable. Could be worth a look
Even more interesting is the entry to T9. It might be a polling rate issue with the telemetry but it looks like Verstappen visibly carries a higher minimum speed. Perez min speed is 228kph, so I imagine he lost more time entry T9 rather than exit T8.
As Albon said Max has his unique way to setup and can extract extra pace from the car, it is unfair to compare like this as we all know Checo is never the best
The reason who Perez had to lift throttle in the first example is because he did not hit the apex as good as Verstappen. It is not confidence missing, it is pure skill.
I think T12 (spain) is the prime example of the lack of confidence. Perez has some big corrections in that corner were Verstappen has minimal corrections.
Just compare the last corner entry of Spain, Checo turned in early which caused narrower line to the exit, Max even sway to the left before turning right, which opens up the corner, the line is more smooth and he didn't even need to go on the curb at the exit. So, it is definitely Checo's skill issue, nothing about 'different' cars😂
To be fair to Perez, the Saudi Arabia example has to be because of the different line choices between him and Verstappen through the 6-7-8 complex. Verstappen chose a wider line through 6 to have a later apex in 7 to open up 8 so it’s flat. Perez ran right to the inside curb through 6 Because of less distance traveled through turn 6 that should put them pretty equal through those corners The other examples aren’t so pretty though👀
Verstappen has a driving style very similar to Michael Schumacher. They like cars that have a minimum rear balance, that is, more prone to oversteer. It carries a lot of speed in high corners and knows how to deal very well with possible oversteer of the car, dealing better with the micro-corrections it makes on the steering wheel to put the car where it wants, dealing well with this characteristic. Furthermore, he has a very good braking sense, like Schumacher: he brakes later, chooses a corner approach line well inside the curb and modulates the car's acceleration during the middle and exit of corners, which is why he makes these corrections on the steering wheel. It's as if he took, in full, his driving style from Kart to Formula 1. The same thing happened with Schumi. It's no surprise that their difference is quite striking on tracks like Suzuka, Losail and Spa-Francorchamps. The difference between Schumi and Barrichello in the Ferrari was simply HUGE on circuits like Melbourne, Sepang, Suzuka, Magny-Cours and Barcelona. On tracks that deviated from this characteristic, such as A1-Ring and Monza, Barrichello came closer. I remember how only Schumacher could drive the Benetton B195 well precisely because it had these characteristics. All Berger and Alesi did was drive the car, which they ran and crashed in the first tests.
race after race for me gets the idea that perez runs Round 1 car for all season( maybe gets some scraps left from previous race) and only max gets upgrades
Its interesting because he would study Max's laps, its just having the confidence to keep the pedal down. I think as you get older you become more risk averse. Fernando is the exception.
This might be due to more understeery setup on his car, not necessarily "confidence". With more understeer, he'd need to work more to achieve rotation but it's safer to drive.
Question: dont you think that Checo has more entry speed and also a different set up therefore the need for the lift? (Although the lift seems a lot) As per the telemetry he attacks last Barcelona corner almost 4km/h faster than VER.
I think it might have to do something with fitness levels too. I dont know about how much Checo works out these days, but making fast sweeping, 230+ corners flat out puts crazy amounts of load onto your body. I remember my sweet late 20s years going karting every week, doing many sessions on friday afternoons, and by the end i was always exhausted cause my fintess what shite, and i just couldnt take the forces that came with doing a slightly sharp turn flat out. Mind you, my kart probably could only reach 50 kmh at max, thats nowhere near what these guys experience in those cars, also the seats of course werent perfect for me, as im kinda slim, i was always sliding around because there was always free room around my sides, and after around 30 mins of driving fast laps, i just couldnt keep myself in place. Although this is qualifying, so no one should be "tired" after a few hot laps, but fitness still might be an issue.
there s one time where Perez asked what was verstappens setup on imola 2021, I think this way forward his confidence was destroyed, he just spun 10 seconds later.
Not trying to defend Checo or anything, but could the different approach in these examples be tied do set up differences? Idk how much they can vary between the 2 drivers
Could also be down to setup but i am not trying to defend the 2024 performance of Checo, it was horrendous and he does not deserve to be in that car anylonger.
yeah, they say a racing driver must be "brave" to really be the best. dudes got self preservation on his mind, which I think says a lot about Max and the other brave drivers
Anyone who has raced in the sim with a twitchy car will understand Perez's position. Everything you attempt to do to give you a bit more confidence makes you slower. Perez probably has a bit of understeer in the car to help him keep it pointed in the right direction. While it's on him that he is not able to cope with the redbull, he probably has not been given any reasonable options to improve his competitiveness. Classic case of a lose-lose. I admire him for choosing to stay. I would have quit many years ago in such a hopeless situation.
Especially the Saudio Arabia (Jedah) one looked like Max was driving the car while Perez his car was driving him. Max placed the car exactly where he wanted it and was proactive with saving the car if it did something it shouldnt, while Perez was not commited at all and yet the car both didnt go to where he wanted to and stepped out when he didnt expect it to and then reacted to it very slow.
I have a theory. In Jeddah, VER has godlike knowledge of the racing line and the circuit. And its a hard complex circuit. You dont have 90 degree standalone corners. But you have those esses that compromise your line into the next you. Max is in the sim all day and all night. While I believe Perez knows the circuit "minimum" necessary. Thats the difference on any slight mistake feels you are improvising on the racing line, while Max quickly adjust and knows all the variations.
@@agustincmb5404 so your theory is that he simraces giving him a advantage right? he said in spa that simracing in iracing with gt3s in the rain helped him get the pole position in the rain on spa irl. so 100% simracing helps him and gives him a advantage.
Would Jeddah not be better given Checo lifted at T8 but was flat through T10 compared to Max flat through T8 and lifting through T10, giving Checo a better run onto the straight into the hairpin? I don't know the delta but I would assume that would be better getting the exit to be better
There's an obvious difference in talent and motivation. Max wants to exceed and dominate, while Perez, at this point, only wants to keep working as a professional racing driver. As others said, Perez has a family at home as well.
This is just the problem where you develop the car to tailor to your #1 driver. The more the car was developed the more it strayed away from how Sergio wanted it. Losing just that final tenth of confidence can lose hundredths to tenths of lap time, as this video demonstrated. It's evident how little confidence he had in the car this year, especially the second half of the season where the RB20 wasn't the fastest.
as Perez fans, i cannot believe to say this, but he need to find another team because RBR literally dump him just because he's not fast as MV1 so they will made the exact same mistake as Repsol Honda (MotoGP) or their 2014 season when the small thing on their car causes nightmare after nightmare and just can't help but blame anything but themself
He needs to use the simulator more. It's obvious that the top drivers this year all train on the simulators extensively. Probably why Hamilton has fallen off some, he has stated in the past how he doesn't like using the simulator but there is definitely something to gain from the visual memory you gain even if the muscle memory isn't quite the same.
In the Jeddah clip he did this while the RB20 was still the best car in the field. No wonder he’s doing this every time now that the RB20 has regressed and can’t get into Q2 or Q3 when his life depends on it
I think (correct me i'm wrong), that the car mainly build to suit the fastest drivers style, So for max. (He is know for an aggressive drive read end) and it's difficult for checo to adjust his driving style for the car. Checo is a good driver in a wrong car. (I think almost all teammates of Verstappen).
Wouldnt say its confidence in the first example, but just bad track knowledge. Look at Verstappen positioning the car more in the middle of the track before entering the left hander. It enables him to better position the car for the right hander again and go flat through it. Perez has to take the corner more narrow, due to the bad position prior, and simply cant take it easily flat
Must be hard to find perezs Q3 attempts as he is not often there.😂
Quite the opposite then. Few to find, less to look
Ha, beat me too it :D
Why it is so funny? Dude lost confidence and you all are bullying him more. That of course will help
😂
@@fakeplayer9088i dont think he'd be reading all this anyways
It's a curved straight - Max
SEND IT! -Max and Oscar Piastri
Checo-mexican minister of defence, defending his seat even after bottling every race
Ah .. makes sense as to why he was called minister of defense
@@adamgames1975 He was famously called that after 2021 Abu Dhabi helping Max get back into the race rather than letting Hamilton get title #8 for free.
He infamously called that now because he has job security despite being completely terrible. He's Red Bull's version of Lance Stroll.
back when he was good
Now he's the mexican minister of disgrace
@@thesha7447 massive disgrace at that
This channel is so uniquely helpful for f1 fans to understand what is actually going on. You can watch a football game and tell if someone played well but f1 can be tricky, thank you.
Surely giving Perez a 5 year contract would solve this lack of confidence
- RBR probably
except they did extend his contract and then very next race had a even worse bottle
I think the issue is that nobody wants to be max's team mate, he makes everyone look bad.
I really dont think the RB20 is that good of a car, Max is just that good of a driver.
That said, Perez is probably broken at this point.
@@The_Noticer. pretty sure lawson and tsunoda said otherwise
@@Zero_69420 That's the joke.
@@The_Noticer.no one but those that are relatively young and hungry. Longer they been f1 with max or been his teammate then those will avoid most likely
Checo is like me on the F1 games when I'm at about 60% wear and decide against smashing the pedal
That Barcelona one is the worst, even from Vertappens on board you could see it was a simple wheel movement with room to still go even tighter in the corner.
I was surprised at that one too. That car was so unstable even on the previous corner. I looked at it several times because for VER it looks so easy. I feel on that one its the car and not the driver. I want to think that otherwise his time is long long gone in F1.
@@agustincmb5404the car definitely seems harder to handle than previous years and while max adapted to it perfectly perez is struggling because he has no confidence in the car. Either way in pure pace he’s slower than max and add to that the lower confidence we get the checo of this season
Its easy to lose your rear at that corner, its on a downward slope, if you cant keep the perfect balance then the rear just snaps out in a milisecond.
Its kinda like the last turn on the A1 ring, although its not as sharp, but the characteristics are similar.
Checo was probably like "okay, i made it to the end of the lap without major errors, lets not screw it up in the last corner"
Man, this channel is so good. Not since Chain Bear disappeared have I learned so much about F1.
Strangely, Perez’s car even sounds different to Max’s. it’s evident there’s hesitation in his driving.
fr. he is scared of the car- which is awful at his level of competition
That's mostly mic positioning. Usually teammates will have slightly different sounding onboards
dude we need 2021 Perez back
2013 Perez would be more fun. Risking everything while attacking his teammate .
More like 2012 Pérez, in 2021 he was weak, the only thing he did was the defense against Hamilton, but in terms of performance, he was much slower than Max. His best year in Red Bull was 2022. In 2012 he was practically a rookie but looked so fast in a Sauber.
Dude we don’t need Perez at all. He’s done for, give a young racer the wheel.
@@fruhlingsbilder red bull castrate perez if we goes back to baku 2023 last win of perez he has very confidence and after this verstappen dominated him over and over Again, verstappen is better. But sometimes in some tracks perez going better but red bull deprived him of it
p.s I am ferrari fan not checo fan this is my opinion
2021 Perez was very mediocre as well, merc en red bull where just so far ahead that was good enough for p4 or a podium on a good day.
Now I see why he shines only on street tracks, because they have no high speed corners 😂
Saudi??
@ he only did that great lap in 2022 where, in the post quali interview, stated that if he could try another 100 times he wouldn’t be able to re-create another lap like that.
But Las Vegas is a street circuit?
@@wolfgangvan-uber6515 so what? Qatar was supposed to be a pro McLaren track but they still struggled. It’s the same thing.
Apparently it would be due to the suspension (Anti squat and anti dive devices makes the car very unusual to feel under braking and accelerating), but street circuits would tend to be less of a factor having quite unusual corners. I heard that last year
“I know he will brake because hes got a wife and kids at home” ahh driving style
well Max does have this too
Ass driving style... Trying to ride the "ahh" comment train huh.
Trying to ride the "ahh" comment train i see. Very original, your mum must be proud.
@@xrstz1 Verstappen is not married and doesn't have children. He has a girlfriend who happens to be a single mom. Totally different scenario.
@@dioseolo Max lives together with his girlfriend and her daughter for about 3 years, he's not married on paper but he got a family back at home.
I think he got traumatized from crashing or spinning so much from last season so his commitment turn down abit
and yet he still continues to crash and spin 💀
No. The car is 100% built for Verstappen and whenever someone who doesnt have the same style drives it they lose confidence. All RB drivers that has been there since Ricciardo left lost to the car.
@@oransjballcar is built to be fast.
Just so happens that it has a strong front end.
Always was like this.
The narrative gotta stop.
Even when Vettel was winning, car had high rake and a strong front end.
@@slimstrait780it just so happens that the car perfectly fits max’s extreme driving style every season.
Just like it was a coincidence that Sir Loo’s mercs were understeery, Schumachers’s ferrari & bennetons were knife edge, and Alonso’s ferraris & renaults were understeering boats that no one else could drive.
The lead driver always shapes the car
@@slimstrait780 No, the car was planted at the back, just as he liked it. When it got no rear and stronger front end, ricciardo beat him.
Jos came out last week and said "if the car was neutral, Perez would be up there fighting for the win".
RB is a Max only team, its nothing else.
You "Max fans" gotta "stop this narrative". Perez and all the others are beat by the weird car only Max likes, nothing else.
Perez seems to turn in earlier and hit the apex earlier at a shallower angle,meaning the car is not rotated as much so he has to lift to give the front tires more grip
Also Checo car setup very likely is more understeering than Max, so maybe it’s the maximum pace he can extract from this “safer” car setup, while Max can handle the more aggressive and faster setup
Also Checo did lift the gas pedal completely while Max kept at least 10% at 1:16. Due to that the car slowed down more than Verstappen’s and he didn’t carry as much speed as Max losing him extra time. 🤔
and losing downforce too
detail brother, detail is key, and you nailed the crap out of it. good job!
Great work on this channel. I could watch the videos all day long.
Keep it up mate
It's hard to be red bull and man utd fan this year
at least Man U had some change
Hope RBR gets the same change going into next year
try being a Leclerc & Ferrari fan my dude. At least you got a drivers' championship!
Could be worse,i had to wait until Qatar to see Sauber getting points.
glad to see I'm not the only one haha
At least there's some hope with man utd though. although supporting Perez has been nonstop pain 😭
I love it when you upload daily
I think Perez has had a good run and a decent career. I feel like he’s still in F1 because the F1 industry wants good clean tacos when they travel to Mexico.
It’s not as simple as this... Perez is likely lifting to shift the weight to the front of the car so he can get more turn in and make the apex as he is probably running less front end than Max. Seems like the RB was built around Max’s driving style as he is comfortable with a pointy car and most (like Checo) prefer a car that’s less pointy but more forgiving.
the fact that none of people who watched this can even handle that car at 100km/h shows how difficult it is to make it pro in every sport perez would annihilate everyone whos not part of the f1 roster
Supports my theory that the basic car setup does not fit Perez. He needs to stabilize the rear more so so he has to go a bit slower in full spend corners
it can't be _just_ lacking confidence. being flat in high-speed corners also requires proper car placement in order to achieve that. so it can also be said checo lacks that as well
just look at how wide he is before the double-left before the flat T8
edit: corner at 0:42
I don’t think it’s lack of confidence. I think he’s just shit.
That second one, him lifting was the reason he would’ve had to lift. Made the car unstable and lost downforce.
I love your telemetry break downs. If you analyzed the pole lap for every race and showed where the pole lap was faster/slower compared to the other top competitors I would watch every single one
Perez also braked more than Max. About 5-10 km/h slower.
That rb20 is so smooth and stable tho
but hella understeery
Please analyze the onboard of Perez burning his clutch trying to recover after the spin in 3rd gear in Qatar.
It's pretty strange, Checo is having to do corrections from losing grip at lower speeds...🤔 IE 1:37
Skill issue.
Max did it too, but what Max did was a micro adjustment
Excellent videos mate! It would be perfect if you can make a Spanish version of your channel too.
This is what confidence in the car is so important. You can have the most powerful and efficient car, if you can't extract the full performance, you won't pass the cut. The thing is with these cars, you have to build them to make it easier for the driver to push it to the limits, but in the same time, you have to make it a bit sharp to get more performance. Verstappen found the balance between these 2 factos, Perez didn't...
Exactly like in 2021.
Bottas was never fast enough in the Merc while Hamilton and Verstappen were 40 seconds ahead of the entire field during race 💀💀
Perez turns in earlier on the apex, which compromises his exits. That just slows him down
He keeps doing that, as well. I think it was last year where he was fighting Alonso in Brazil, and he couldn't stay ahead exactly because he compromised his exit turning onto the start/finish straight.
Even as someone who doesn't do racing, I know that is costing speed, and therefore laptime.
He has no confidence in the car so he has to turn in earlier to widen the apex. If he turned later he'd probably lose it since that car is too pointy and would send it into a spin.
Imagine if we gave access to full F1 telemetry from teams to this guy, as well as setup tweaks and everything... Amazing job
My man hates perez to the core
Been saying this the whole time.
It's just facts
For real 😂 He hates the Mexican Minister of the Fence
I feel like the skill gap in f1 is smaller than we think what puts the best drivers apart from the average f1 drivers is confidence.
the smallest gaps are deceptive, it means it would take a lifetime to bridge the gap
You can see that the car is sliding more than Verstappens because there is less heat and therefore less grip in the tyres. This is why Perez has to lift.
That's down to the car design.
I can say that it's definitely an option to NOT root for perez. Bro lost his confidence, and that seat will eventually be taken by younger drivers.
Second example- Max wasn't flat out, he lifted slightly to maintain speed, where Checo lifted substantially.
Great video, thanks! The amount of throttle in each car also shows the situation - e.g. 1.52.
How do you capture the speed/ revs/ throttle details?
They might have a difference in setup at Spain. Max potentially having more downforce because Perez's car looks much less stable in all of sector 3. He loses the rear a bit in T12 which forces him to take a shallow line into T13 and a worse entry into T14.
My 2 cents.. both Perez and Ricciardo (and maybe Hamilton when you compare how more confident Russell tends to be with the car) fit previous gen cars better, the way those generated downforce helped their confidence. Even if Ric's McLaren seasons aren't good, you can compare his onboards from '22 and '21, he drives a lot better with previous cars.
I think maybe if F1 didn't simplify the suspension these guys would have more room to find setups that gave them more confidence.
I agree but I also think it's these 18 inch frigging balloon tyres that run at such high pressures that some are struggling with. Max has just totally mastered keeping the tyres in the window during a lap. An easy way to manage tyre temperature is to lift mid corner to reduce peak loads on the tyre which is maybe what Perez is doing??? If he does it well, minimal time lost. We need an insider to spill the beans.
Thank you for mentioning the downforce. So many hate comments on Checo but nobody wanted to mention about the downforce on the RB20 is not the same as the previous cars
@@AM93000 I mean from previous regulations, not the current car specifically.
Red Bull should see clearly now that they lost the constructors because of their decision to keep with Perez.
The drop in two places alone will cost them roughly $20 million dollars in prize money, and not to mention possible bonuses from sponsors. I can’t imagine what could possibly be worth sacrificing this.
I think the estimate of what Perez sponsors being to RedBull is around 30-40 mil
At least they got more wind tunnel time and higher cost cap to develop the 2026 car so it's not all bad. Not saying it worth the cost though.
@@fruhlingsbilderI don't think Redbull cares that much about his sponsors money as much since this team is basically a marketing operation. Sergio was popular in North America and was a good marketing tool when he was performing even half decently. But now he's hurting the redbull brand of high flying risk taking athletes who push the limits of everything. He's hurting the brand more than his perceived benefits in the NA.
The cartel must have kidnapped rb's family members
They know all that, they're not idiots. The guy is backed up by a very rich man and he's lawyered up. They can't just sack him for that reason.
1:44 I laughed because I take that last corner in the video game the same way as Perez. A little lift on the final corner entry. 😅
Look at the difference in Neck strength between Max and Checo, its pretty telling there too. Max's head is super stable, meaning he can see "clearer". Checo especially at Spain was almost looking completely to the left going through the right hander because of the G force which is crazy to watch, whereas Max's head is looking to the apex and super stable. Could be worth a look
“I know he will brake because he has a wife and 3 kids at home”
it's not a matter of fear, it's the setup of the car + driving skills
Checo’s exit at the beginning of that spain clip was about as smooth as sandpaper
Even more interesting is the entry to T9.
It might be a polling rate issue with the telemetry but it looks like Verstappen visibly carries a higher minimum speed.
Perez min speed is 228kph, so I imagine he lost more time entry T9 rather than exit T8.
As Albon said Max has his unique way to setup and can extract extra pace from the car, it is unfair to compare like this as we all know Checo is never the best
The reason who Perez had to lift throttle in the first example is because he did not hit the apex as good as Verstappen. It is not confidence missing, it is pure skill.
I think checo’s neck gave up at 1:45
Thats so weird.
Good eye! With Max's onboard you don't see it at all while Sergio's head looks like he's falling asleep.
Man needs to put in some work in the gym
Yeah
Btw iam 13 and 14 next year and iam excited for what Lewis has at Ferrari
This sequence of corners in the first clip is among the scariest i've seen.
I think T12 (spain) is the prime example of the lack of confidence. Perez has some big corrections in that corner were Verstappen has minimal corrections.
Can you make difference between hamilton and russel??
If I must say, I can compare Checo to Rooster from Top Gun: Maverick; both he and Rooster are cautious people
Perez being 1 STREET (st) slower than verstappen on qatar was a mean subtitle, love it! 😂😂😂
It’s like playing sim racing against the hardest AI, you can’t match their pace and lose confidence the more you are unable to replicate it.
Just compare the last corner entry of Spain, Checo turned in early which caused narrower line to the exit, Max even sway to the left before turning right, which opens up the corner, the line is more smooth and he didn't even need to go on the curb at the exit. So, it is definitely Checo's skill issue, nothing about 'different' cars😂
To be fair to Perez, the Saudi Arabia example has to be because of the different line choices between him and Verstappen through the 6-7-8 complex.
Verstappen chose a wider line through 6 to have a later apex in 7 to open up 8 so it’s flat. Perez ran right to the inside curb through 6
Because of less distance traveled through turn 6 that should put them pretty equal through those corners
The other examples aren’t so pretty though👀
Verstappen has a driving style very similar to Michael Schumacher. They like cars that have a minimum rear balance, that is, more prone to oversteer. It carries a lot of speed in high corners and knows how to deal very well with possible oversteer of the car, dealing better with the micro-corrections it makes on the steering wheel to put the car where it wants, dealing well with this characteristic. Furthermore, he has a very good braking sense, like Schumacher: he brakes later, chooses a corner approach line well inside the curb and modulates the car's acceleration during the middle and exit of corners, which is why he makes these corrections on the steering wheel. It's as if he took, in full, his driving style from Kart to Formula 1. The same thing happened with Schumi. It's no surprise that their difference is quite striking on tracks like Suzuka, Losail and Spa-Francorchamps. The difference between Schumi and Barrichello in the Ferrari was simply HUGE on circuits like Melbourne, Sepang, Suzuka, Magny-Cours and Barcelona. On tracks that deviated from this characteristic, such as A1-Ring and Monza, Barrichello came closer. I remember how only Schumacher could drive the Benetton B195 well precisely because it had these characteristics. All Berger and Alesi did was drive the car, which they ran and crashed in the first tests.
race after race for me gets the idea that perez runs Round 1 car for all season( maybe gets some scraps left from previous race) and only max gets upgrades
Its interesting because he would study Max's laps, its just having the confidence to keep the pedal down. I think as you get older you become more risk averse. Fernando is the exception.
This might be due to more understeery setup on his car, not necessarily "confidence". With more understeer, he'd need to work more to achieve rotation but it's safer to drive.
Question: dont you think that Checo has more entry speed and also a different set up therefore the need for the lift? (Although the lift seems a lot) As per the telemetry he attacks last Barcelona corner almost 4km/h faster than VER.
I think it might have to do something with fitness levels too.
I dont know about how much Checo works out these days, but making fast sweeping, 230+ corners flat out puts crazy amounts of load onto your body.
I remember my sweet late 20s years going karting every week, doing many sessions on friday afternoons, and by the end i was always exhausted cause my fintess what shite, and i just couldnt take the forces that came with doing a slightly sharp turn flat out. Mind you, my kart probably could only reach 50 kmh at max, thats nowhere near what these guys experience in those cars, also the seats of course werent perfect for me, as im kinda slim, i was always sliding around because there was always free room around my sides, and after around 30 mins of driving fast laps, i just couldnt keep myself in place.
Although this is qualifying, so no one should be "tired" after a few hot laps, but fitness still might be an issue.
there s one time where Perez asked what was verstappens setup on imola 2021, I think this way forward his confidence was destroyed, he just spun 10 seconds later.
Would be great to compare the same corners with the 2023 and 2022 cars, instead of comparing to Verstappen.
Are you considering the possibility that Max and Checo didn't have the same car around most of 2024? That could explain the lack of confidence
we gonna miss yellistener after this season see you next year for more F1 action!
Checo has higher top speed in last clip (by quite a few km/h). That shouts less downforce in the setup. So the lift could be from that.
Not to defend Perez, but it would be interesting to check if he doesn't sometimes use lower downforce setups that would explain his slower cornering.
Impressive compilation.
Not trying to defend Checo or anything, but could the different approach in these examples be tied do set up differences? Idk how much they can vary between the 2 drivers
Could also be down to setup but i am not trying to defend the 2024 performance of Checo, it was horrendous and he does not deserve to be in that car anylonger.
You can tell from that saudi footage that checo is terrified of that track
yeah, they say a racing driver must be "brave" to really be the best. dudes got self preservation on his mind, which I think says a lot about Max and the other brave drivers
Also look at their hands, Checo's steering is much more twitchy. The car is probably as difficult to drive as Albon said.
Anyone who has raced in the sim with a twitchy car will understand Perez's position. Everything you attempt to do to give you a bit more confidence makes you slower. Perez probably has a bit of understeer in the car to help him keep it pointed in the right direction.
While it's on him that he is not able to cope with the redbull, he probably has not been given any reasonable options to improve his competitiveness.
Classic case of a lose-lose. I admire him for choosing to stay. I would have quit many years ago in such a hopeless situation.
Would a gasly buyout from alpine be possible? I really think he’s the best possible option.
I’d be interested in seeing Perez compared to mid tier drivers in the same corners not Max
I think we should call this the verstapen effect he has on his teammates!
Especially the Saudio Arabia (Jedah) one looked like Max was driving the car while Perez his car was driving him. Max placed the car exactly where he wanted it and was proactive with saving the car if it did something it shouldnt, while Perez was not commited at all and yet the car both didnt go to where he wanted to and stepped out when he didnt expect it to and then reacted to it very slow.
I have a theory. In Jeddah, VER has godlike knowledge of the racing line and the circuit. And its a hard complex circuit. You dont have 90 degree standalone corners. But you have those esses that compromise your line into the next you. Max is in the sim all day and all night. While I believe Perez knows the circuit "minimum" necessary. Thats the difference on any slight mistake feels you are improvising on the racing line, while Max quickly adjust and knows all the variations.
@@agustincmb5404 so your theory is that he simraces giving him a advantage right? he said in spa that simracing in iracing with gt3s in the rain helped him get the pole position in the rain on spa irl. so 100% simracing helps him and gives him a advantage.
Would Jeddah not be better given Checo lifted at T8 but was flat through T10 compared to Max flat through T8 and lifting through T10, giving Checo a better run onto the straight into the hairpin? I don't know the delta but I would assume that would be better getting the exit to be better
Pérez car understeer every time
There's an obvious difference in talent and motivation. Max wants to exceed and dominate, while Perez, at this point, only wants to keep working as a professional racing driver. As others said, Perez has a family at home as well.
One guy hitting the SIM every night and the other trying to hang in there for the last dance.
Checo says they have to lift T14 on the Redbull YT video. idk if its confidence
Perez is spending less on the bumpy curves while MV is using them to slow himself but fully on the throttle.
There are not same cars different style of driving and definitely different feelings inputs
Looks like it’s more of a racing line issue rather than confidence issue.
Sharp as always!
1:36
Yes he lifted because the car oversteered. He had to correct it.
Last corner was the talking point
This is just the problem where you develop the car to tailor to your #1 driver. The more the car was developed the more it strayed away from how Sergio wanted it. Losing just that final tenth of confidence can lose hundredths to tenths of lap time, as this video demonstrated.
It's evident how little confidence he had in the car this year, especially the second half of the season where the RB20 wasn't the fastest.
Even albon faced the same situation in 2020
while Max loves oversteer car and Checo complete the opposite
The #1 guy is actually fast and it's safe to assume that he way he wants the car to be is the fastest version of that car.
as Perez fans, i cannot believe to say this, but he need to find another team because RBR literally dump him just because he's not fast as MV1 so they will made the exact same mistake as Repsol Honda (MotoGP) or their 2014 season when the small thing on their car causes nightmare after nightmare and just can't help but blame anything but themself
@@al_zaizalLol no other team is picking him up he will be out of the sport, just like he would have been in 2021 before red bull took him on.
He needs to use the simulator more. It's obvious that the top drivers this year all train on the simulators extensively. Probably why Hamilton has fallen off some, he has stated in the past how he doesn't like using the simulator but there is definitely something to gain from the visual memory you gain even if the muscle memory isn't quite the same.
You can say whatever you want with Bottas but at least he kept Hamilton honest. Perez is not even in the same race with max.
0.03 second laptime 😂
Side by side you wouldn't even be able to see it.
In the Jeddah clip he did this while the RB20 was still the best car in the field. No wonder he’s doing this every time now that the RB20 has regressed and can’t get into Q2 or Q3 when his life depends on it
I think (correct me i'm wrong), that the car mainly build to suit the fastest drivers style, So for max. (He is know for an aggressive drive read end) and it's difficult for checo to adjust his driving style for the car. Checo is a good driver in a wrong car. (I think almost all teammates of Verstappen).
Wouldnt say its confidence in the first example, but just bad track knowledge. Look at Verstappen positioning the car more in the middle of the track before entering the left hander. It enables him to better position the car for the right hander again and go flat through it. Perez has to take the corner more narrow, due to the bad position prior, and simply cant take it easily flat
“It’s at time like these I remember that he has 4 kids” -Max probably
That seems more like an Alonso thing to say
Whats crazy is Perez was closer to Max in SQ1 when he got knocked out than in Q3.