The worst weekend of Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes F1 career explained
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- Saudi Arabia 2022 was Lewis Hamilton's worst weekend in 180 races for Mercedes since joining the team in 2013.
Of course, Hamilton has had worse results in both qualifying and races for Mercedes - but these were the consequences of mechanical problems or crashes. In Saudi Arabia, it was all on merit with the bare numbers stating he started 15th and finished 10th.
So what went wrong for Hamilton, how much was down to bad luck, and what does it reveal about the prospects for Mercedes for the rest of 2022?
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The best part about him asking whether there's a point for 10th is that he's been racing for so long that he actually started at a time when 10th place indeed did not get a point.
Yes, Ham, Vettel and Alonso now the last of a dying breed. Alonso raced when it was still just up until 6th place!
That’s true and incredible if you look how long Hams career is going on
You have to be delusional to the max to not know how many points each position received after been involving in the sport for so long.
Naw he knows he was just being Hamilton
Just showed his arrogance and ignorance really didn't it
I’m actually more interested to see how Hamilton does with a midfield car throughout the whole year
Haven’t seen it since 2013? And even then he was still in a car capable of race wins.
Look back to the few seasons before joining Mercedes
Same. We've seen what happened to Vettel and Alonso when they no longer had the fastest car. Not to detract Hamilton, but he has to be one of the luckiest drivers ever to get a great car for so long.
knowing closed pits messed up things quite a bit, his pace and overtaking was quite great, would of finished 6th from 15th in that midfield car, which is not that bad.
He was always on the well financed teams. Had he driven for the usual back of grid teams...
It’s good that the midfield teams are so close that one of the underperforming giants can actually pay the price for getting it wrong
no its totally the opposite. russell was very far off perez. its the midfield teams who are close to each other, and that results in very close battles even between haas and merc
Mercedes aren't an underpreforming giant. They are a midfield team on merit
Considering that we have had Ferrari in the midfield for 2 years, I think that this was already the case. I was really hoping that we would have more teams fighting for wins and it looks like it's just 2 again. After Barcelona I had hope that McLaren would be close to the leaders and able to punish any mistakes. That is not happening. While the new regulations worked as far as overtaking goes, we again have a 2 teams race for the title. I hope Ferrari and Red Bull don't find much speed until end of the years and the others manage to catch up, but I doubt that will happen.
@@1m3agle pamperton is just not in best car anymore, and even pampering the rules bent in his favor cant help him. And we get proof, that he wasnt even close to being better than half the grid. All rules were always bent in favour of him, and he was always in best car.
@@Swarmah Well done for exposing how little you know about Formula One.
Name 10 drivers currently in F1 who you think are better than Hamilton and I can guarantee that you will be wrong.
I actually think Hamilton has gone full circle and is now in the Hybrid era beginning Mclaren
But McLaren were a top team, mate .. Hamilton won a championship and should have won another one on his rookie year
@@edenbh3609 he said hybrid era not actual career start
@@edenbh3609 nope rookie year does not count, remember how his team cheated by stealing Ferrari documents? Kimi should've been ahead by more than 1 point if Spygate didn't happen.
@@sobversion3 so he made full circle to the start of the hybrid era but in a McLaren instead of the Mercedes he was actually in at the time ..
Lol o.k weird comment I didn't get it
@@edenbh3609 they were up there idk if I’d say they were a very top team and tbh
Mercedes was given a gift with Red Bulls fuel issues having them get 0 points in the first race. If they don't get the issue resolved in the next few races they could be left in the dust as Ferrari and Red Bull run off to fight for the title themselves.
Mercedes wasn’t given a gift, Ferrari was. They are not going to be fighting for the title, at best they will claw their way back to the top where they will end up affecting the battle between Ferrari and RB
Not only that, other team will soon caught to them soon include Alpine or Mclaren or even Haas
@@luuduonghy659 The problem is a fundamental Mercedes power train/aero issue that's causing their porpoising. This car would have been the perfect Kimi car from his time with NASCAR and rallying dealing with cars that are choppy over tarmac (or dirt). The addition of another Renault team in the next few years with Andretti Global is that Mercedes may be even more behind (if not for Alpine reliability). A fix may not come this year or Mercedes may say "too bad for this regulation cycle" and may try to get ahead of the 2026 regulations. That's also the problem with providing certainty with those other milestones too.
I really hope this is the big one. The fall of an empire.
@@valerierodger7700 Hamilton was gifted a podium that he didn't earn in the first race. And points that he didn't earn in the 2nd.
2:07 I like how Tsunoda went backwards and still came in before Latifi, even when his time didnt count.
Glitch in the Matrix.
also, 10th with only 13 cars in the field that crossed the line at the end...
But the cars which retired were running behind him anyway, so it's not like he inherited pos10 as a result
@@NJ728 Alonso, Bottas and Ricciardo where all effectively ahead of Hamilton. The only reason they were behind on track at the time of retirement was because they had already boxed while Hamilton hadnt.
@@phoenixav9550 Big oof for ham. Really saved him from further embarrassment
What does how many were behind him have to do with anything?
@@severnsea ask yourself which is a greater achievement. Finishing 10th with a field of 20 or finishing 10th with a field of 13? In the first one he defeated 10 drivers while in the other he defeated 3.
No team stays on top forever, that's just the ebb and flow of F1 through the years...
Everything can last forever if u want it badly enough and everyone work hard. It just time of Ferrari and red bull but there will be legacy of Mercedes.
Spot on!
@@DhruvEdits14 Staying on top requires luck, good for yourself and bad for other teams, other factors lining up, etc. It isn't just about "trying real hard". So no, it's pretty much impossible to stay on top like Mercedes has for forever.
Not to mention dude is 37 years old...
@@roblobster10 I don’t not believe in luck .
Loving how good KMag is doing
the sandbags are all part of the car itself now
😂
Quite bouncy sandbags
Bouncey sand castle Great
The car is made of sand
thanks man, that made me cry 😂
George has a lot of experience on getting the best performance from a bad car. Lewis, not so much.
But, lewis is the Goat? So that sjouldnt matter...
McLaren 2009 mate? He did a wonder in a car that shouldn't get anywhere close to the podium places, let alone a win.
@@AlexBarbu I must disagree, the 2022 Merc is a bad car, even Russell has stated as such. The porpoising makes the car undriveable, doesn't matter who is behind the wheel, if the wheels don't contact the ground, you have not speed, doesn't matter how powerful the engine is. It is a aerodynamics issue, that will eventually be solved, but the question is when. Part of the problem is the cost cap, Mercedes can just throw money as solving it, so it kind of makes it that much harder. The issue isn't really limited to Mercedes, even the ferrari has some porpoising down the straights, hence less straight line speed than Red Bull.
@@AlexBarbu I think it can be fixed, but it will take time, energy, money and know how. With emphasis on know how, I think Merc is waiting to see what the others do, because they want to make 1 big upgrade, because of budget reasons. They are in a tricky position, but I think they have an interesting design that could be another Rocket, but we will see.
Wait, but how come Hamilton was better than Russell in Bahrain?
Thanks, great information! Also nice to see you take feedback seriously, I was complaining about the background noise in the other videos, now it's turned way down to a chill background sound!
The car makes more difference than the driver. The reason is simply that the gap in car capabilities is greater than the gap between the drivers' abilities at the top. They are all extremely good. Give one a few extra HP or a little more downforce, and he will make use of it. E.g. If Alonso and Hamilton swapped cars for the past 10 years, their results would be close to inverse. So when we compare drivers, we have to look at the little details that they do well, and unfortunately that's hard to see when their cars are not evenly matched. But advanced data would show who has the best throttle control, steering, least amount of coasting, etc.
so how do you explain Russell?
@@djsalose Russell and Hamilton's cars are not identical, Hamilton's side of the garage tried a different setup that clearly didn't work. I'm not a Hamilton fan, I actually dislike him so don't come saying i'm a fanboy please.
@@callumduffy6295 there's only one reason why neonasties dislike Hamilton
@@callumduffy6295 Hamilton personally chose his set up. His garage didn't try a different setup, Hamilton made a bad decision on which one to use. Drivers always have prerogative on choosing set ups and he admitted it was his decision. Russell picked the better setup. It's Hamilton's fault and not being in the number 1 car or even number 2 car for the first time in 8 years is showing his shortcomings very starkly. He could've happily gone with Russell's set up if he wanted, or a slightly modified version of it.
So yeah, their cars aren't identical. But that's only because of Hamilton's own skill and decisions. The cars and 'side of the garage' have absolutely nothing to do with it.
And Mercedes is smokescreening by complaining it's all porpoising. Did you watch the race? Look at a Ferrari at all? They're absolutely the fastest cars on the track so far, and they have heaps of porpoising. Porpoising isn't the only issue.
@@CharlesFreck thanks for the info! I thought it was the mechanics having an idea and then Hamilton giving his feedback to adjust it.
But still... PlanetF1 gave him a 9/10 performance 😂😂😂😂
Yeah planetf1 😂😂😂
No way lol, did they really? That doesn’t seem biased at all….
I saw that, speechless lol.
@@dougconner95 yeah, after a week of Russell articles 😂
Went from 16th to 6 before getting messed up with the closed pit lane
I'm really keen to find out how the multiple world champion does in a midfield car. We've seen the decline of Alonso, Vettel, Button, and Raikkonen in recent years.
When did Alonso decline?
Give hamilton the car kimi, vettel, button is/was driving and the result would be the same. No more dominating.
Alonso never declined in skill, only the cars he drove
@@rezaahjappie6044 He suffered in a mediocre Mclaren. He still has the skills but it is a decline in his F1 career.
@@videoforum4047 Exactly! No matter how great, the car will only deliver you so much.
He only got those 7 world championships because other teams didn't even have a car to compete against the Merc. The Merc was was powerful that all he had to do is show up and finish.
How many chips do you have?
@@teemeaux3830 lol....salty
@@souldevil6997 lol you didn’t have a car that could compete either 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🧂🤡
@@teemeaux3830 no i am 6 time mercedes champion...
Worst weekend of Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes career *so far* *
so far...
This year like a breath of fresh air. Just what F1 needed. Mind you Red Bull made it a battle last year too.
I'm actually most interested in seeing how many real Mercedes fans there are out there and how many jump ship this year because they aren't winning every race.
I'm still here lol, actually interested to see the Russel and Hamilton combination.
@@maxwilson3531 they forget how we have dominated the F1 for so many years that anything new is groundbreaking. There has been two races lol
I'm still here for the long haul. George has been proving himself so far and Lewis still has the pace, the car just isn't there and at the end of the day, it's racing and shit happens. I hope Mercedes get on top of their problems and become competitive with RB and Ferrari. The season is already really good, but a three way WCC/WDC fight would take it to the next level and would be exactly what the sport needs to drum up even more excitement!
Im not a mercedes Fan tho. Mercedes are the definition of soulless and bland cars
@@dobbzy1190 i didnt know you worked for mercedes
Hamilton would've probably been 12th if Alonso and Bottas hadn't retired
Yeah and probably 6-7th if not for the safety car, it's all what ifs.
@@andrewbell7579 if….if…if…. 😂 😂 😝
He would've been able to pit and keep 6th position if none of the Safety cars happened
@@elvincitore1512 If none of the safety car happens, including the first one, he wouldn't be in 6th because all the others pitted aside from him.
Hamilton realistically would've finished more or less where he was, 10th. The car was still better than Alfa, Alpine and Haas.
@@grimm6jack he has at least a 1s race pace advantage ahead of anyone that isn't in a Ferrari or a RedBull, don't you think he can make up for a pit stop lost time and don't forget the time that he lost in the full safety car .
As a mclaren fan i find it quite amazing how bad Mercedes are and could be for sometime. The 2022 regs were designed to mix up the grid and doing just that for definite. Looking forward to seeing how this fascinating season goes.
Hamilton: 🅱️ONO, MY TYRES ARE STILL OKAY!
Bono: Copy that Lewis, _WE ARE CHECKING_
Edit: Thanks for the likes!
Obligatory *liked by pierregasly*
Mattia Bonotto
His Tyres actually were fine. But the new regs require one necessary pit stop. Unfortunately for Hamilton, his team messed up the perfect opportunity to get that pit-stop in and retain a decent finish, considering the poor grid position.
😂😂 good one
@@Stealthassin135 It was more about bad luck at the timing of the sequence of events to be fair. Just shows people are not aware of the rules though.
@@Stealthassin135 oh..we see...like Lewis , you also blame the "team" for the "result"....
Hamilton: "Worst weekend of a career."
Vettel: "Hold. My f*cking. Beer!"
If Russell qualified as badly as Hamilton then I could put this down to the car, but George was comfortably in the top 6 all weekend so there isn't an excuse for this
That's illogical, every car has a different setup.
This would be true if Russel was outperforming Hamilton all weekend. The fact that Hamilton was better leading up to Q1 does seem to indicate a subtle setup difference with an unexpectedly large impact to performance.
No that's because lewis was constantly experimenting with his setups whereas George ran the same one
@@samleary2733 it wasn't a setup difference. He lost a lot of sleep thinking about the terrorist attack in Jeddah. Hence his drop off in performance in Q1. 99% psychological problem which was partly due to mental exhaustion.
@@gopald9962 Maybe it's because he is absolutely unlikable? Wrecking bottas and then hitting him after a high G crash? Generally acting like the child he is, and then receiving all the British driver bias that comes along with F1. George Russell has talent of course but he has a right to be detested and a right to be called over rated at the moment.
Am I the only one thinking that Hamilton was joking when he asked if there's a point for 10th?
I thought the same. Sarcasm.
Hopefully, would be hugely unprofessional if he didn’t know the basic F1 rules.
He has Zero sense of humor.
It was Sarcasm 😂😂💯💯
He wasn't. You can tell in his voice.
Give LH, MV & CL a similar car and expect a win for latter, not LH. I don't doubt LH's talent but not proved to be the GOAT yet - that honour goes to MS, although I'm not a fan of his either but appreciate pool of talent.
Even the Italian press called Hamilton ‘The Phenomenon’ in his debut season in 2007. The best five drivers I’ve seen in my 30 years of F1 (not in order) have been Senna, Prost, Schumacher, Hamilton and Verstappen…the fact that you still see people on the YT comments section implying he’s some of uber Jacques Villeneuve is absolutely shocking…
Prisoners of the moment. Not other explanation for said people
No Vettel?
Beaten by button, rosberg now russell awaits. Yup he is the greatest ever.
At least it becomes easy to know who actually follows F1 and who doesn't. Too many people nowdays are driver fanboys and will comment anything looking for a reaction since they can only get validation in life from random upvotes by others who hate Lewis. The dude is the GOAT of his generation - there is simply no debate.
@@NishTuber Button he had a lot more raw pace than, but he was living a shit lifestyle and was immature and dumb. Button has said numerous times in public that Mercedes era Hamilton would have absolutely destroyed him. Rosberg he was very unlucky that season and was largely quicker than him in their other season’s together…you’d struggle to argue that across all that time Hamilton wasn’t the better driver…
0:00 Germany 2019, he finished 11th until the Alfas got a post race penalty.
Right. So he came 9th ...
@@L.C.Sweeney My point is he didn't ask if 11th or 9th got points.
He also won his fourth title during the Mexican GP in 2017, finishing p9.
because its obvious 11th doesn't get points
Azerbaijan 2021, from P1 he got nothing. This video is hyperbole. He's had worse races. He was obviously kidding with the comment about P10 points, but every clown around here wants to make a big deal over nothing.
"My team doesn't make mistakes. " " We were good, not lucky".
I am happy to see those statements age so well
@@6ftS he said"i don't know if We" not "I Don't know if the team". smh. also how many times are you gonna copy and paste the same comment?
Even when he selects the wrong brake settings he blames something other than himself 😂
My 6 year old daughter does the same. She has her brother to blame, Hamilton his team.
@@valkenburgert but you still complain or conveniently forget when he blames himself
@@GloomGaiGar Obviously sometimes it’s impossible to blame someone else. I realise Hamilton isn’t literally like a 6 year old girl. Overall he does lean that way though.
Doesn’t mean I forget the instances that make me say he is nót literally acting like a 6 year old.
Midfield Mercedes era is definitely one of my favorite things of this season. Really looking forward to seeing Ferrari and Leclerc fight in a more dominant car.
Yeah did you see how much fun all the drivers and teams had in the paddock without the big monster bully. Everything was chilled and fun between the front runners and they are loving the racing 😁👍
I think there is a latifi curse, every time he crashes during the race, Lewis Hamilton loses out on something.
Goatifi giveth, Goatifi taketh away.
Latifi is the unknowing savant through which the racing gods implement their will
Checo lost the P1 cos of Latifi.. thats much worse
I'm loving the new Mercedes tractor division! I know it won't stay but I'm enjoying it now while I can.
It's clear there are some underlying issues with the car. It reminds of the Mercedes team prior to Hamilton joining. I'm sure they'll get on top of things in due course and I'd imagine other circuits will be more suited to the car. The only challenge will be the fact that Red Bull and Ferrari will also be bringing regular upgrades so the gap will be hard to close quickly, especially if the Mercedes engine lacks power this year. Could this be his first season where he doesn't win a race?
It is crazy to see Lewis struggling like that. Possible one of his hardest races in F1. He has been known to have bizarre 'off' weekends in the past and we know he usually bounces back. Never rule him out.
Looking forward to returning to Melbourne! Shaping up to be another interesting season.
Mercedes stopped development of last year’s car in the 2nd half of 2021 season to focus on the 2022 car because there’re many regulation changes. Now after 2 races into 2022, one has to wonder what the hell has Mercedes been doing in the past several months!
F1 put a huge candicap on them. They were extremely limited on windtunnel time, Haas was allowed 460 hours compared to Merecedes with 280
@@wutanglan6381 What about Red Bull? They won the driver championship. So by the same argument they should be handicapped in testing too but look at how they are performing.
The advantage of the MB on recent years has been its aero example the W11 grip in high/Mid corners. RB and Ferrari had better mechanical grip so they were less effected by the change in aero regs. Example Ferrari and RB in Monaco.
It’s possible they got something quite drastically wrong with the aerodynamics of the car, or that PU in its current state is possibly the slowest on the grid. Let’s see how the next few races go, but in a weird twist, they seem good in slow corners and decent (ish) on race pace. Dare I say Monaco and Singapore look out, and alas they’re last year’s Ferrari?
They about to stop development on this car and go to developing the 2023 car, cause this one is a lost cause and money pit
I figured Hamilton wouldn't do as good this year but I really wasn't expecting him to be finishing that low. I was expecting podiums and occasional wins but then again it's only race 3 coming up. Think we all know that the cars can change dramatically over the season so we'll just have to see how all this plays out. Loving the season so far though. Glory to Ferrari!
What 3 races..omg which f1 stream you are watching ....I am able to watch only two races though🤣🤣
@@sumitblogs15 uhm he did say race 3 coming up = the next race is race 3 so prob need to check urself
going to be really hard to fix that weak engine, since it's frozen. I know I know, ItS nOt tHe EngIne, but all the Mercedes fans are at some point going to inevitably have to come to the conclusion, that all of the Mercedes teams getting the aero wrong is very unlikely, and quite possibly it could be that they have a very weak engine.
@@sumitblogs15 reread
@@sumitblogs15 Awkward! Quick, go somewhere else and pretend this comment never existed!
Funny how "the best driver ever", is not much, without the best equipment. So many other drivers are also good "but" lack decent equipment.
How many wins do you have?
@@teemeaux3830 Are you a journalist? No? So why do you ask a question? 🙄
When a driver is great you aknowledge him even from the midfield…
Maybe F1 fans will realize this sport doesn't revolve around Hamilton and Hamilton alone. There's 19 other drivers on the grid who all are fighting for their spot in the light. Hamilton wasn't going to be on top forever. Time to move on.
You saw the title .... why didn't you take your own advice ?
Lewis haters sad af
@@teemeaux3830 Not now we aren't...
Do you mean F1 media? They are the ones primarily focusing on Hamilton
@@davidb6576 you just agreed that your a hater🤣🤣🤣 that means your sad dude. Seek help.
The other issue is that the engines are locked soon(ish) so this is potentially taking a lot of dev time/attention away from engine stuff.
Different engineering teams in different towns. Brackley works on the car. Brixworth works on the engine.
The engine itself, as well as fuel and several other bits are already locked in and frozen (since March 1st, after the first test). The only things they can still do performance work on are the ERS systems and battery before they get frozen in September.
After that, the only changes that are allowed are for reliability, cost saving or safety and even then, they would have to get official permission from the FIA first.
In short, if Mercedes have made mistakes on this years power unit, its very possible that those weaknesses will persist through the coming seasons.
Lets be honest. If Hamilton had been able to get into the pits when Ricciardo stopped this video would have been about Hamilton's amazing come back drive
Uuh no...
Ya I think magnuessen and hulkenberg did the same and they didn't get penalized. The FIA need to show more consistency, Lewis and Giovinazzi did the same in Monza and they both got penalized doesn't make sense that Magnussen and Hulkenberg got away with it.
He. Did. Not. Pit. That’s literally the only reason he got to P6. Do you people even watch the damn races?
@@owenhintermayer3122 the pit was closed after Kmag and Hulkenberg were already in so 2 of them just had perfect timing
He could have gone into the pits under caution. Lewis CHOSE not to.
"We will find out how good he is when he has the same car,and fighting in middle of the pack "...ALONSO.
He does not have a midfield car. His car is the 3rd best. He's not in a haas or alfa romeo.
He said that about Vettel actually. He said Hamilton had already proved himself in a lesser car. Alonso respects Hamilton’s ability, he doesn’t respect Vettel’s
Hamilton already beat Alonso when he was at his prime!
@@stylezp829 No they drew and Alonso was treated poorly in McLaren. There’s not much between the two, but overall I think Alonso had the edge and he’s the greatest of the 21st century
@@stylezp829 prime alonso was 2010-2014
I'm just happy F1 is this competitive again. I want Hamilton and Mercedes along with Ferrari, Red Bull to be battling all season.
I would guess that it's going to be down to Red Bull and Ferrari, but I also hope that Mercedes can turn things around and stay competitive with the other two teams.
Hamilton in Mercedes unable to catch Magnussen in Haas was so satisfying thing to watch after eight years of them winnin everything everywhere.
Toto had disappeared 😃
4:30 I entirely disagree. In the 2 laps prior to this Lewis lost 3 seconds on Russell, his tyres hit the wall and he needed to pit. There was never any chance of him finishing that high up the grid.
well he had a 38 lap old hards...
I honestly think it’s not only the porpoising that is limiting merc, every team running the merc engine is also struggling
So true. On the other hand, every team running the Ferrari engine is doing great. What happened to Mercedes engine…..?!
@@kanan1361 Merc has lost quite a few engineers over the last few years. Brain drain is a real thing.
The Williams of previous years has been a backmarker with the at the time best pu on the grid, all merc customer teams are having major aero issues as well and next season should be more representative power wise once teams have a better grip on the aero rules
Porpoising is just the excuse. Merc engine is the main culprit, so suffering will continue till 2025.
its simple, ferrari throw the last season. They doesnt develope much because they know big regulation change on 2022 and they work on that. I mean its the same with merc, they throw the championship before hybrid era and focusing on hybrid era engine. But now they need to start focusing again. And to develope something new its not easy task. They has been given short time to developed. That why some engine manufacturer throw a season to developed for new regulation. Merc engine is perfected for old season. Everybody cant deny it, their car is just so fast even verstappen hardly have chance to catch them. But for this season their engine is like a baby. Ferrari maybe already developed much before and start testing now. But merc probably just start to developed after last season finish. But it show how bad merc right now. RB should be respected tho, they focusing so much on last season and beat merc at their peak. Even though its controversial winning but still win is a win. And now they still performing in this season even on last race their car has major breakdown but they come as one of the top on the 2nd. It show how good their developement team is. We cant just deny that ferrari right now is pioneer in F1 car developement, their car is just seem so faster and smooth riding compare to all other car. Even verstappen seem struggle to fight with ferrari.
What happens to a team like Merc who need to make some drastic changes with respect to the budget cap? Surely they will have limited opertunities to make major changes?
Bend the rules ?
Merc would never do such a dastardly deed.
It really depends, I don’t think it’s pubic info where the teams are at budget cap wise. There is really no way to know how much budget they have left, at least that I know of.
@@djdrastic1 more of a Ferrari strategy.
They can't, it's that simple, the new rules and budget cap severely limit the work they can do and new parts they can bolt on, Toto estimated at least 5 races to put all the new parts on. They screwed up the design and are done for the season pretty much.
The budget cap along with wind tunnel and CFD restrictions just means they have to be more strategic with what upgrades they develop. Unlike before when they could basically try any idea they thought would improve things, they now have to select more sure-fire upgrades to not waste the resources on a part/idea that doesn't improve anything.
Time teaches humility..😅
Max will come to learn it. Those radio messages of his were really wholesome and inspiring. And season just started...
@@Ki-Bi yeah,but that's in future. Hamilton is already learning it..
@@KK-wn2mf lew already knows from McLaren after 2 seasons of greatness (2nd place rookie season, 1st WDC the next) and then being a 3rd place constructor basically for the next 4 seasons cause his premier team dropped the regs... stop acting brand new ppl cause ya hate Lew's Merc dominance lbs
No no no mikey ....its not right 😂😂😂
Lulu's ego is gigantic. It will take more than one or two bad races to slay the monster.
You are my go-to channel for post-race analysis. Great content guys.
He did extremely well in that car to go from 15 to 6. Was only bad timing with pit lane close that stopped him beating George and ending up at 5. They just need to unlock that speed in the merc.
In other words, you are saying he was relying on a safety car to be able to move up the field 🤣
His teammate qualified 10 places higher than him 🤣
Moving up to P6 by not stopping isn't doing extremely well, it's to be expected. Problem is at some point you do actually have to pit. Under normal racing conditions Lewis would have always lost those places, just and he did. Lewis is not entitled to a cheap pitstop, K-mag beat him in a Haas extremely well on the same strategy.
@@spiedvriek8948 🤣 "moving up by not stopping" 🤣 overtaking the other drivers had nothing to do with it ay?
What a joke. Next you'll probably say JB, NM, JS, DH were comparable drivers.
I reckon that Edd will give Lewis 9 for his performance during the weekend. Max and Charles can hope for 8, 8.5 perhaps.
Turns out he gave a 4.5, sounds about right.
@@spiedvriek8948 I am shocked 😂
@@spiedvriek8948 who is Edd?
The worst weekend of his Mercedes career....so far
That would be Abu Dhabi 2021, but yeah, this one was pretty bad also.
Baku last year was painful too, 25 or 26 points lost due to a driver error and it was a realistic scenario that he would lose the championship within a 25 point margin, making his driver error a decisive factor in him losing the championship.
The fact that proved the case simply acknowledges that.
He was being arrogant as usual … like he does not belong there !
I am impressed with Hamilton. He actually improved and not crashed everyone out when fighting in midfield. Hope he will get near to the podium position more this season.
Are you for real? Hamilton crashing ?
Can definitely say you drink certain energy drink for breakfast
@@AustinAlex he actually crash a lot. In interview he said he hate being passed outside. And only iceman can pass him from outside consistently, but he is retired now. Just search TH-cam, there are countless of dirty driving when he is racing on not so dominating car.
Hamilton made all those positions in the first because the hards held pretty well on that fast track under such heavy cars. The mediums on all other cars ahead started falling off almost within 5 laps.
It seems that Mercedes were too obsessed with getting Masi fired and dropped the ball on developing the new car.
Regurgitating lies from sad people
They had less wind tunnel time
@@teemeaux3830 Don't project. We're delighted.
Yes, I’m sure all of the people involved in the car's development were spending their time emailing the FIA to get Masi sacked.
🤡
Nice to see a different field overall with 2 teams and 4 contenders at the front
6 would make for a better show.
@@tommiko8313 agree, we need another 2010 Abu Dhabi
Although I have a lot of respect for Mercedes and Lewis...I can't say I'm shedding a tear for them. I expect them to have some big upgrades for Imola, but even then, I'm still not sure where they are with the PU. Still a long season to go, but this has been shocking.
not "shocking"...but very "pleasing" actually....:-)
@@stratman9449 shocking to more balanced people, pleasing to smooth brain haters :-)
flipping awesome. more please
As much as I don't love Lewis on a personal level, there is no debate whatsoever of his skill and talent. I've never seen such a consistent driver, he very rarely ever runs into anybody else (save Albon a couple times), and rarely ever crashes. If nothing else the man is highly consistent on track. Lewis has had what is by far the best car the past 8 years and he won accordingly, but even in the best car his consistency when compared to teammates was impressive.
Even the Albon crash was more or less racing incident
how much skill or talent do you need when you have the superior car.?
@@orangefacedbuddah1776 none, as demonstrated by max “whinging b|tch” verstappen yesterday
@@orangefacedbuddah1776 did his team mates not have the same car 😇
Massa would differ
Just gonna put this out there 'cause it's not being mentioned.
Russell outpaced Hamilton.
it's literally in the video
His success mainly the best car on the grid, when we compare Merc vs Haas car and driver 1 : 1 in previous season car contribute more than driver.
Sort of offtopic: would Alonso's starts for Team Enstone count towards those "Most starts for the same team" statistics? I mean, it changed hands when he wasn't there, but it's always been owned by Renault and called Renault whenever he ran there other than now that they rebranded as Alpine for marketing.
It's just funny that Toto kept mentioning they switched their development focus mid-season in 2021, yet here we are. Really makes me wondering, what exactly did they switch to last season mid-way?
As a Lewis fan, it's frustrating but laughable at the same time. There was a narrative that Red Bull would fall behibd and Mercedes would come flying out of the blocks towards the end of last season. Well look now, Red Bull are at the front with Ferrari and Mercedes are in no man's land.
@@bradleykaluya6638 it just seems the direction in development was completely wrong and the rest of the field have jumped for forward from where they were... It's caught them by suprise... And Mercedes have not had much adversity on the last decade almost, so the question is... Do they really know how to bounce back
The problem is that the aero issues which affect porpoising aren’t something that can be detected in the wind tunnels, so nobody really knew how their cars were perform until the first test days, at which time we saw various teams were affected the different levels. Now they have to figure out how to fix it, but when you have to make changes to the fundamental aerodynamics of the car, you then have to go and tweak a number of other things (McLaren likewise - they had to address the brake cooling issue, and once they did that, started to have an issue with porpoising, etc). Getting everything tweaked so that it’s all in balance once again takes time - and Mercedes has the lowest allotment of wind tunnel testing time.
I would say RB got lucky, but I think they can thank Newey more than just sheer luck
@@valerierodger7700 lol you are ODing on the copium there
Maybe those zero pods are a catastrophic defect. With the possible exception of the poorest teams on the grid, everybody else has more or less addressed the porpoising issue. Maybe, with those zero pods, there's nothing Mercedes can do. That still leaves you with the issue that the bottom half of the grid are almost all Mercedes powered cars.
True, the should bin that car
They were also complaints about not enough downforce if I'm not mistaken... I'm no expert... But to me the side pods play a significant role in creating that downforce maybe also the overall balance... But like I said I'm no expert
The Ferrari was porpoising badly too.
@@HappyDaysNI yip... No team seems to have found an absolute answer to the issue
Catastrophic defect yet they are the third best.
That comment was ignorant and disrespectful to the drivers who’ve raced less competitive packages and who’ve had to fight harder for those single points than Lewis ever had to for wins.
Lewis was certainly unlucky as he could have pushed for a 6t place finish had there not been the McLaren issue for the VSC pit stop, but it’s a distant 6th compared with the top 5.
The best Merc can hope for, while they resolve the issues they have, is for Red Bull and Ferrari to continue their even fight, taking points off each other in turn, limiting the gap Merc need to make up.
You mean if he pitted when everyone else did under the first safetyy car he had a shot for 6th or even 5th
@@xondis7329 not the first one as that would have completely negated the use of the hard tyres first. Stopping at that point was the earlier stages of the window for those starting in the medium and switching to hard. He’d have needed to stop again, or really nurse the medium tyres home.
They were right to continue on with the intention of pitting when he was originally due to (which was coincidentally the same lap as their VSC confusion). Without the VSC he would have come out a solid 9th and on fresh Mediums to take it to a collection of cars on hard tyres. He’d likely have finished 7th. If you add the fact he narrowly missed out on pitting under the VSC, it would have allowed him to come out a comfortable 8th, given him an extra lap to close up and likely chase Ocon down for 6th as his speed, though not great, was sufficient.
@@xondis7329 He couldn't pit then - the window was open for a 1-stop from mediums to hards. Hamilton was already on hards, so would've had to go to mediums, and have to stop again anyway. May as well take the track position by staying out, and hope for another safety car/red flag nearer the end of the race.
Just unfortunate that when it did happen, the pits were closed/obstructed anyway :P
Okay maybe i may be a bit uneducated but my thought process was him pitting for a second set of hards, if that was possible since he already was behind mag at that point, and he wouldn't have to worry about pitting again.
@@realspace3 ok understood my bad, didn't know you could only change to hards.
I’m a diehard Ferrari (and by extension, Michael Schumacher) fan, and so I hated seeing Hamilton dominate and break most of Michael’s records, and couldn’t wait to see the end of the Hamilton and Mercedes era. Now this era _might_ have arrived, I’m honestly sad that Lewis and Merc can no longer fight for wins. Especially since Abu Dhabi, I have developed a lot of respect for Sir Lewis and I hope he can be in the fight again soon. I’d rather see Ferrari fight the more respectful Mercedes team than Red Bull, to be honest
I couldn't agree more with the last part of the comment i am curious how Ferrari vs Redbull will go this season...i remember the Ferrari vs Mercedes days being tough on each other but respectful at the end of the day compared to last year where both teams dragged each other through the mud
I wish you guys the best of luck this year
He can no longer make multiple mistakes and still finish on podium or win the race (eg. last year). It is good to see.
yet Max gets celebrated for driving like a muppet in the fastest car in the track, leclerc kept clowning him last week and repeatedly this week, max simply doesn't have the intelligence that some of the others have.
@@oxfordsparky The Ferrari is kinda faster in corners tho. And better with tire management!
Can you please explain what mistakes he made ?
I think he did well in saudi. The car really needs help. Hope they make it better by race 6? He made up some spots tho.
What are you talking about? Verstappen had the better car for most of the season and Hamilton still would've won the driver's championship had the race director not made his bizarre decision at the end of the final race. You're obviously new to F1.
The merc has potential to compete with Red Bull and Ferrari ...they have two highly talented drivers.
I think by mid season they will start to shine, but by then it will probably be too late.
Thank you for the thorough and illuminating analysis.
Sarcasm appreciated
@@Isi-1975 I was serious.
@@jeffrykopis5468 I thought you were commenting on the other video comments. The Race's video itself was well judged
He and the team made a bad setup choice and now ppl think he’s washed.
I think the real question is the car. Is it really just a bad setup or is the the car fundamentally flawed?
@@rodriguezracer4567 he was .2 faster than Russell all weekend thru all the practices. They experimented with his setup and it backfired
@@MDE_never_dies Does your life center around finding a way to bring Hamilton down?
@@karthikpenumetch9300 That's literally asking 'why are you on a f1 topic video talking about Hamilton commenting on Hamilton?'
@@marksapollo I’m not sure how you managed to misinterpret my comment in such a way. My comment was aimed at the fact that dude literally comes something negative about Lewis all over TH-cam
Mercedes has lost a lot of key personnel from last season. Those people have went to other teams to cash in, and that has to hurt. Mercedes now has to reconstitute those important positions and that takes time. Obviously the car is not where it needs to be so there is that. As for Hamilton, we all know what happened to him last season. So yeah, this is a tough time for him and he will have to reach deep to stay competitive this season.
I’ve heard other people say this. I was so busy this off-season that I didn’t really pay attention but who left and why? Why leave right after winning your 8th constructors title in a Row?
@@andrewvaladka2262 does seem weird maybe when billy says "cash in" he means literally and everyone left cuz merc didnt pay as well.
I am not a Merc fan. But this is one of the rare well informed people on the internet. Because red bull has head hunted a lot of engine engineers from Merc for there new engine department.
I agree on everything because this makes a lot of sense when Hamilton even said he had trouble fallowing a Haas in the straights.
dalic24 kinda disappointing that people can be so easily swayed to join a competitor after another winning year, no loyalty anymore (I’m saying this as a Merc fan lol). I’m surprised Mercedes didn’t pay up or at least match the others
@@andrewvaladka2262 it's a job for them and it brings food on the table for there family. Every one would say yest to a higher wage. A new challenge.
Hearing the announcers coping during the race was the best part. Hahaha
He's had far worse weekends at Mclaren. Mercedes are going to get that car up to the front v soon.
This.
they dont have much time to do it.
Most definitely! Seeing how calm Toto still is. Hamilton is playing a game with Merc. Getting them to even work harder. Merc will come back stronger then ever.
@@ABlockBeats Unless they don’t come back stronger than ever. In that case they will again come back stronger than ever.
Same as happened the last few weeks. After losing the title last year Mercedes was suppose to come back stronger than ever. That didn’t happen and now they are coming back stronger than ever yet again.
@@joeblack4026 true, won't be for upcoming wknd but then a long gap to the first European race.
Worst weekend of his career? One of his worst qualis sure - but Merc was testing a new setup and it didn't work (Things Merc has to do now that their car isn't great haha). Lewis actually had pretty good race pace with the car and was matching Russell's laps on new tires while he was on 30 lap old hards. If Latifi never crashes Lewis is looking at probably P6 or P7 - far from a terrible race given the pace disadvantage to RB and Ferrari. I know people love to hate on Lewis, but I don't see how this weekend was indicative of anything tbh.
He was gifted with an otherworldly car that was so far ahead of the others for the last decade. Can you imagine if Alonso was in that Merc?!! That's why I said that hamilton was a 3 or 4 WC driver.
Yes , any driver would have done great with the advantage of having the fastest car , if Alonso was in the Mercedes he would have been 8 or 9 time champion
Please stop looking for excuses to explain his greatness, Rosberg and Bottas had the same car. You guys just can't accept his exceptional talent and that's sad.
@@aubreymaloney6939 LOL. Rosberg won against Lewis and almost a second time and Bottas is no Rosberg and Rosberg is no Alonso. SMH. All the drivers are exceptionally talented to be in F1. Stop making excuses that the Mercedes was crap. It was otherworldly and NO one denies that. Nobody! Such a monster of a car. Switch up the vehicles and we know the answer. He's a 3 or 4 WC otherwise.
Hamilton: " Need more grip and power "
Other F1 Drivers: " BRUHHH "
Always cracks me up when I see Stroll with the open helmet visor, reminds me of the Cheshire cat for some reason.
surprised to see Russell do much better than Hamilton. maybe not so surprised to hear Hamilton throw his team under the bus after the race
Qualifying pace
Hamilton 1-1 russell
Race pace
Hamilton 1-1 russell
One podium for Lewis
Russell ahead of hamilton on championship
They are close at the moment
@@MDE_never_dies LOL!!
Thank you for giving a detailed explanation of what happened, a relief when the internet is full of comments blindingly calling him ‘finished’.
there is some irony in this video (specially in the first minutes) but in overall it's a very good and professional analyse.
Had it not been for 3 reliability retirements, 1 crash, 1 DNS, and a withdrawal hamilton would have ended up about p15 or p16... this is 2 weeks in a row he has gotten more points (or points in general) due to others mistakes. If mazapin had done this he would also be called "finished"
@@erikostby2232 Alonso, Ricciardo, Albon, and Bottas were all behind Hamilton already when they retired and Tsunoda was due to start behind him. And in Bahrain he got lucky with the podium but he was keeping Perez honest in a car that wasn’t as quick and he was firmly quicker than Russell.
@@SamuelSantos_ they had all pitted and were with Hamilton's pit window, wanna take another swing?
@@erikostby2232 Hamilton was going long and would’ve been on much fresher tyres after pitting later and would’ve had the pace to finish 6th-7th. It was clear to see that his pace was good after the SC.
I think the reason for this is more on the engine than the aero, which isn't any good at the moment either ( considering the performance of the customer teams as well) and this is especially worrying considering the fact that the engines are locked till 2025 except a few bits and bobs they're allowed to change.That Mercedes Works engine is actually down on HP conpared to It's competitors
It just a karma when lewis said “our team never make a mistake” 😭
swallowing his own words now... "Personally I feel like I maximized everything today... I dont know if we did as a team..." -jeddah post race interviews
@@6ftS Did not Hamilton have most overtakes that race?
@@Cestus1 what does that have to do with what he said after the race? You trying to say having more overtakes than any other driver justifies his criticism of his team?
@@Cestus1 Hamilton actually only overtook 2 cars on pace alone. He started 15th, 3 cars ahead of him retired and he finished 10th. I guess 2 overtakes is impressive?
Whose to say that the team made a mistake 🤷🏻?
Did he really just ask if he gets points for 10th? Not so easy when you don’t have an OP car now is it. Lewis really needed this. He’s a good driver but half of his success was because of the car and he let it really get to his head. I don’t feel sorry for him.
A driver success is always about the car!
Absolute bullshit. He took a huge risk joining Mercedes everyone said he was making a huge mistake. Its similar to Vettel joining Aston Martin but LH44 made it a success. Both LH44 and Merc worked hand in glove.
I love how people say this, as if its a mindblowing concept that a majority of F1 success is the car. Look at where Leclerc was last year, look at where he is so far this year, and yet people still say "I think its the car" no shit its the car. Leclerc, Verstappen, Hamilton are all incredible drivers, but without a car they wouldn't be anything. Just like a football team wouldnt be good without a good quarterback.
Yeah, Lewis is the only driver on the grid who has never driven a car worse then 3rd in the constructors. This year may finally change that. I think everyone else who has a season has spent at least one season in a car that has been at least sixth or worse.
It's always been one of my bigger issues I have when people talk about his records. Like of course he did? Given how things fell into place for him it'd have been disappointing if he didn't. Granted you need talent too, but being in the right car at the right time makes up so much of this sport. Also I'm pretty sure he had inside information about McLaren's decline and/or Mercedes rise. That move didn't entirely come out of nowhere considering how well it worked out for him and even if he didn't know, that makes it more luck then skill as well.
I don't think he would want you to feel for him. He has a mindset of a champion.
You telling me a 7 time world champion don't know exactly how the points system works? That radio message was kinda weird imo.
I think he was just being sarcastic. Been in F1 since 2007, yet doesn't know how the points system works? Yeah, right!
He wasn’t talking about the points system. He was talking about what’s the point of doing this (racing) if he’s not fighting for wins or at least top 5.
@@09Mrsubaru He didn't say "What's the point?" He said "Is there even a point for that POSITION?" after being told he finished 10th.
@@rodentcafeteria I wasn’t quoting exactly what he said.
I want to feel bad for Hamilton, but its hard to feel bad for someone that had the best car on the grid for 8 seasons in a row. Its high time for a change, otherwise F1 will slowly lose popularity once again despite Liberty Media's huge spending on marketing budget. It was the same with Schumacher in the early 2000s as well.
At the end of the day, I feel like F1 will eventually move to a spec-car type racing in the furture. Because clearly, budget cap and limited wind-tunnel time is not shaking up the pecking order enough.
Except Ferrari is on top, Merc are struggling in 3rd, Haas and Alpha Romeo are leapfrogging up the order!
I mean, big teams are big teams. They have the drivers, the talent, the expertise and the people who make things happen. They'll probably always gravitate to the top. Even in legit spec series, you tend to get the bigger and better teams anyway.
But F1 should never be spec series.
@@naycnay Really? Because I'm pretty sure McLaren were and still are a big team, yet they have been struggling for how many years now? Its definitely NOT a given that big teams will always rise to the top in a spec race, especially with budget caps and other limitations designed to even out the playing field.
@@kuyt20 I said they'll probably always gravitate to the top.
McLaren are historically big. But they aren't a current big team. Their budgets between 2016-2020 were routinely between $100-250M less per season than the likes of Ferrari, Mercedes and Red Bull. To the tune of 1/2, maybe 2/3 of the budget. They are a customer team now.
Last time they spent big money was 2015 and they nearly collapsed around that period I think. I remember Zak talking about taking another time about securing funding for the future of the company.
We didn't expect they to stay on top forever. When F1 has major regulation/car changes we get a decent mix up of the leaders. Same thing happened to Ferrari, Redbull, Williams etc. New era is definitely going to be fun to watch.
The graphic in all its simplicity at 4:00 really demonstrates the clear regulations lottery winners and losers here. RB and Ferrari pulling comfortably ahead of everyone else while the rest of the pack lags behind. Merc will need a miracle this year.
The main difficulty is the too long wheelbase (longer Venturi tunnel-stronger downforce). They can’t solve this until the summer holidays or with a new design next year and all cars with Merc engines have the same problem because the gearbox is too long for that. In previous seasons that philosophy worked but not this year
What I don't understand is how Russell doesn't have the same issues with the same car. I think Hamilton is too used to the 2021 car. Because I don't understand how they can't get him a more decent setup.
While Russell is basically ok compared to Hamilton, it's just the car itself still isn't as great as the others.
It’s not a lottery. Ask GR.
@@FacuGonz3thats the part you missed... Its both different car setup.
They have already admitted that the opening races of the season are effectively test sessions for the team. Therefore I think George was given something to try last weekend and ended up 9th in qualifying, Lewis was given something different to try this weekend and paid a heavier price in qualifying (and consequently the race). I don't think Mercedes expected it to result in being eliminated in Q1, but over the two weekends they have now gathered 4 different sets of data to better understand the car issues. If they had just run standard race setups they would have gathered half the data points available to them which won't help them solve the car's fundamental problem. However, if their gamble across the opening races pays off, they will unlock the potential they say is in the car and suddenly the Mercedes will bounce to the front of the grid and start winning races. Right now, they probably have nothing to loose - assuming that George and Lewis continue to trust the team's methodology.
Pretty much.
I don't think it will take them all that long either, seing as other Teams like Ferrari already seem to more or less have a handle on the porpoising without sacrificing inordinate amounts of pace. I barely saw them bouncing at all, and Leclerc was basically piloting a trampoline around barcelona and bahrain.
Does a wind tunnel not blow air on the 6/10th's model? Or is it just a rolling road? How could they test out to see if their car is porpoising or not?
I think people are underestimating the difference even small set up changes can make. I think GR is doing well to find some consistency in his set-up and I think LH got it wrong this weekend trying something that didn't quite work.
It must be frustrating for both of them to be so close yet so far and therefore all the more tempting to take risks in order to gain an advantage. That's what I think we saw this weekend with LH and his set-up. He took a risk and it didn't pay off, it was his mistake, even if his comments make it seem as though he doesn't quite accept that.
Eh, he did say “I made some setup changes that I didn’t like.”
@@jamesmathai1138 This is true, I don't dislike Hamilton though I don't particularly dislike any drivers, but I'm definitely a fan of LH. I was more commenting on how some media have reported on him this weekend, and wasn't really commenting on my opinion on what I thought he thinks, though I did forget about that comment.
Lewis is actually tied to a chair in a back room and Will Smith is driving
yeh he slapped the shit outta him too
Refreshing to see him in a car that's not the fastest for a change.. and would you believe it.. all of a sudden he's midfield...
He got a podium in the last race and was comfortably ahead of the actual midfield. At best Mercedes are Red Bull 2017-2019.
@@GloomGaiGar by his own admission he lucked into a podium due to two DNF for Redbull
very insightful analysis. would be interesting to see how they get above this
thnks 4 sharing.
I think you guys may be taking him saying, "Is there even a point for that position?" too seriously. I think it was just a joke.
yea, confirmation bias is a bitch tho
Just looked it up, and Verstappen already has 120 races with Red Bull. He is only 24 and under contract until 2028. He's likely gonna shatter whatever record Hamilton sets in the most races for one constructor category. I'm really looking forward to seeing where he ends up.
in the gutter.
@@oxfordsparky *cue dramatic music*
Vettel was in a similar situation back in 2012. Look what happend to him
Leclerc's gonna eat him alive this season!
@@ffervescence Verstappen has more races with RBR right now than Vettel has had overall though
If Ham wins its because of his car if Max wins its because of his talent lol and people call racers hypocrites
Max* fans(a in reality Lewis haters) are the biggest hypocrites in sports
@@teemeaux3830 so true
If I worked at Mercedes I would;
1st: go back to the old spec car with larger sidepods and solves the less prominent issue of purposing.
2nd: then use that understanding to help fix the issue on the current car
There are strict rules about how much testing they can do, which makes it a lot harder for them.
@@syncmonism oh yeh tru, I guess that could be an issue
It still doesn't explain why his rookie teammate could drive the identical car much fast than he could. Something doesn't add up
A rookie with 3 years at williams and more testing with mercedes than he had with mclaren? That rookie? Since when are rookies defined by 3 years worth of f1 experience. Keep moving the goal post bud.
Shades of 2007 😀
@@Bahamuttiamat He is still a rookie by definition.
@@titancheat LOL. When are we going to see Hamilton blocking the garage?
Cars are not exactly identical, drivers have their own drive style and prefer setting. Sometime it just turns out not working
I must have watched a different race to most of the other people commenting on here. After the qualy issues with setup that left him in 16th (15th), Lewis raced the wheels off the car and made quite comfortable work of passing those in front. The first safety car wrecked his strategy despite it initially bumping him up to 6th - a position he was well on course to make with his pace on the hards without it. Then he was comfortably matching lap times with Russell despite much older tyres.
Mercedes ballsed it up again by not bringing him in as soon as they saw Alonso then Danny Ricc trundling towards to the pitlane, undoing all of Hamilton's good work. Their strategy team has been found wanting before and I'm really starting to think that James Vowles is very overrated. Also, their pit-stops were amongst the slowest again. In so many areas do Mercedes need to up their game, but the driver in car 44 isn't one of them.
lol the man has been racing for nearly 20 years, he should know how to setup a car better than his younger teammate whos setup seemed quite fine
and realistically he only overtook like 2 cars.....no matter how you look at it Hamilton is the one that couldnt fight closer to the top like Russell could and actually did
Mercedes didnt Ball up shit, Bono said box box, Hamilton bottled it up himself once again.
@@Vladi48mir Christ, where do you even start with a take as bad as this, lol. F1 must be a total enigma to you sort of people, watching it without the faintest clue of what is actually happening.
I'll help you - Hamilton, in an attempt to extract the maximum from the underperforming Mercedes, went too bold with his setup. It didn't work, and he shouldered the responsibility. The fact that you think this shows he doesn't know how to setup a car tells everyone all they need to know about your 'analysis'.
Realistically overtook 2 cars??!! What does this even mean? That the other 5 were fictional, lmao?? He overtook Hulkenberg, Stroll, Norris, Gasly, Magnussen, Albon and Stroll again. I watched this happen in real time so they definitely weren't fictional overtakes, lol.
And the raw data says that yes, his lap times matched Russell's despite being on 16 lap older tyres. Sorry to burst your bubble, but I only deal in actual facts from the race and not what I hoped to have happened.
@@Marc98338 Wrong. Go back and see if you can work out why. Try and just deal in facts instead of guesswork based on your own bias. It'll help you understand the sport so much more.
lol sounds to me like you are the fangirl making excuses for the FAILURE of Hamilton, failed to set it up TWICE CORRECTLY on quali day AND race day THAT BEING NEARLY 20 YEARS in F1, you can get it wrong once son if its twice its not a mistake, its a FAILURE, no amount of copium is gonna make that crap in your mouth taste sweet to you....especially when APPARENTLY Russel who just signed up as 2ND DRIVER and is completely new to the team and car and engineers and mechanics etc got HIS SETUP RIGHT BOTH on quali AND race day, or is it just that Russell driving a superior car to Lewis..?, wait forgot they are both driving for Mercedes...oops guess that's not it, "went too bold" hahahah did you make that one up there or do you think you and Lewis are so compatible you can read his mind like a telepathic link..?...how cute lmfao
and hate to break it to you buddy but it doesnt count as an overtake when the other cars are pitting while one stays out and gains positions, what was it that you were ACTUALLY watching real time..? ohh I know that other 5 fictional cars you were talking about Lewis overtook am I right..? I only saw 2 hahah
btw you casual tard been a f1 fan since the 90s to recognise a sh!t performance unlike a certain bunch of idol worshipping fangirls
This would have been a great video if you didn't interrupt it to plug your channel, I woulda had no problem hearing you out at the beginning or end and I probably woulda subbed. It pissed me off
Fine tuning / balancing the ground effects C/P without the front and rear wings muddying the water .Re balance the aero when adding the wings . pay special attention to the terminal speeds for a given point on the track. data log the difference each aero addition makes . It is no good being able to take 70% of the corners flat when the Aero drag allows for a coffee break on all of the straights . Check out any chassis flex . hot melt glue two verticals I used a 4x4 oak post 12 ft long to test for any twist in the chassis.Not just the tub . My F3 GRD used to corner like it was on rails up to a point, then it would let go BIG TIME. After adding a couple of cds tubes to the engine frame It was devastatingly quick .allowing me to take the outright fastest lap around Cadwell Park and take outright FTD at the Isle of Man hillclimb . being 6 ft 4" tall and over 10 stone made my dreams of F1 a non starter. After successfully setting up Cliff Watt's class A championship winning Caterham CW entered me in his Caterham 7 . After a naff start from pole position I exited Mansfield in the lead and proceeded to play silly games with John Lyons who was the previous years Caterham champion . Quite a nice interesting race a short shower prior to the start had made conditions quite exciting . I have every confidence that your current drivers will be able to pinpoint the Aero issues which you are seemingly not getting right . Blue foam Floormate hot melt glue and hot wire aero shapes works wonders when messing around with aero tweaks .1980 Donnington GT championship outright winner .one litre lap record holder. Richard Wallinger dob 24 November 1944. Great memories .