Why would it be one of the greatest disappointments? This track always used to send me to sleep. Now its looks much more racy. How could it be any worse than it was?
@@RJ1J imagine max or Lewis retiring during the first few laps. Whether it be because of each other or someone else. Then the entire race would lose its thrill you’d just be watching the world champion drive around. I wanna see Lewis and max wheel to wheel right up to the last lap.
@@RJ1J Probably talking about other variables, like for example if Hamilton or Verstappen just get hit off the track in turn 1 and get DNF'd. It'd be tragic to have that be the title decider to end off this season
@@rngiscurse I heard them talk about this on Sky. The stewards are going to have a special briefing with Max and Lewis before the race. Basically, they're gonna warn Max that if they think he runs Lewis off the road, he'll have many points deducted from his driver tally, meaning Lewis would win the championship. The sport would so fucked if they let Max get away with what Schumacher and Senna did.
With a season of new and relatively new tracks, races giving us more drama than we expected, and a dead tie going into this, this might be perfect to end on: - A track which hasn't given us great racing in the past (which has often led to surprisingly GREAT racing this year) - A redesign for that track, so now there's a lot of new variables (new stuff? Hello Qatar, Jeddah) for something that's familiar. - The last two winners basically having a 1v1 with 18 other drivers around - The possibility for better following and more overtaking than ever. And honestly, the fireworks at the end of the race are the best way to wrap up the season. DAMN am I excited for this. Might be the best birthday gift I get this year.
@@dennisscherpen6591 everything fia changed durning the season suited mercedes; pit stops "safety rule", new tracks, abu dhabi changes ( they say slow corners are boring but want to make fast corners for merc and a brown guy ) and penalty system
I'm just hoping for 2 things this weekend: 1. A clean (and exciting) race and whoever wins, does so deservedly. 2. Whoever loses, to do so with grace and congratulate the winner.
@@TheRockyBalboa100 Same here mate, the most dramatic and controversial race we have had this season was the most exciting, (Last weekend in Saudi Arabia), so I hope that we get more of that.
Holy crap, I just had a wild thought: If they can follow so well, including possibly into Turn 9 (the banked left at the end of the 2nd DRS zone), and with Max and Lewis so close so much of the year... in the last lap, if you're one of them and you're in 2nd right behind them, do you go for broke and try an absolute insane divebomb through one of the last turns? Imagine this happens and now you have the two of them basically trying to get their damaged cars moving to just about force them around the last few corners and try to finish in the top 10 and get that point they need. They're DONE with the cars, we're getting something totally new next season. There's millions of dollars on the table for whoever takes the title... The risk/reward balance starts looking like taking a major risk at the end would be worth it.
Schumacher has already done it. Multiple times lol. And I can def see if Max is in the lead and Lewis has the pace to overtake, Max will not let that happen cleanly. Prepare your minds now for it.
@@____________________ok That is a disgusting thing to say whether a fan, driver, or team member, the very first thing you hope and pray for is everyone makes it through without injury.
I mean I know it's just a game but in RR3 when I race that track I definitely can get an idea in how difficult it is and usually the annoying bit is honestly going toward the finish Bec it's such a sharp turn you usually don't expect it at all and run nearly off track every time. So I'm curious in how this will be this weekend
Too many fast turns in row cooks tires (did we see Austin? Yes, driver behind couldn't get DRS detection because of that before long straight, losing 3 tenths just in last fast sweeper alone). In reality you just don't want "unnecessary" slow turns (hotel part). But having hairpin, straight, haircut, straight, hairpin un hairlifter turn is what makes people happy and drivers satisfied. Cheers, already into 2022 - holy cow, if 2021 was exciting, you will love this..
I was just hoping or assuming Lewis would win his 8th before Max was a challenge.Once Lewis got his 8th and cemented himself as the best ever, I was ready to be all in on Max. I just can't believe the overlap came this quick.
Whats with everyone complaining that this has turned it into a "Mercedes track"? People have hated Yas Marina for years and when they planned the changes nobody knew which team it would suit best. Stop being so whiny
Yeah, Igora Drive should be a good track... except they added that weird additional section to the end and it just feels like a whole WTF. I can't see how that's going to make for better racing.
Well, it is Abu Dhabi, they're not well known for listening to the common folk *which is saying a lot coming from a Brit/Westerner given how ignorant the "elected" government(s) are around here 😞
Its like my dreams coming true i started watching 2019 and Bottas won the first race i watched(now im a Bottas fan) but i didnt watch to the end coz i got bored of the Lewis Domination. Now finally somebody is challenging him, theyre tied on points and Abu Dhabi will provide better racing
@@newtonmutea Theres nothing wrong with wanting someone else to win. There are plenty of deserving drivers that havent had the chance purely because mercedes has just been better
I think taking out the "chicken" will eliminate RB from having any advantage whatsoever. It'll be a merc steamroller. With less corners theres no time for Max/RB to gain time vs the Mercs crazy high speed cornering abilities
@@venividivicigaming2746 apparently max had damaged rear diffuser and rear tires because of the incident with Hamilton, so his car had disadvantages as well after that. Plus his tires were softer wich didn't favor max.
@@motormullie3404 Yeah, he kept up with Bottas in the dirty air very well in the first stint. Softer compounds are better for RBR for sure, they dominated every race that had C3-C5. This will be TIGHT.
This crazy 2021 season has elevated me from passionate < fanboy. REGARDLESS, I cannot wait to see whichever winner celebrate with their garage. That will be some party!!
A lot of people think that Merc has the edge but I think not. Red Bulls throttle out of corners is crazy fast. Whoever has the pace in and out of the corners in combination with a good strategy will win this race. It's a toss up for me. Hope Merc pulls this out though.
Bruh, please share some of that copium, I really need it. I'm looking at those straights and all I can hear is "haha merc engine go brrrrrr". As a Max fan, I am shooketh.
@@Mike23443 Bro after Styria and Austria I, a hamilton fan thought the season was over. Don't even mention the brazil dsq. I want lewis to win, and I hate max's antics but he drove fantastically all season and would be deserving.
Hear me out... Lewis is leading on the last lap, Max is just behind, he goes for a huge divebomb and they both crash. They get out and start a fist fight. FIA gets pissed and deducts all their points. Bottas gets the drivers championship, and Ferrari get the constructors
In the F1 games, Yas Marina circuit was my favourite. I am assuming it won't be as nice to drive on in the game for me but let's hope it gives us closer racing.
People complain like hell about NASCAR, and with good reason, but the final race of their season is just like this times 2: 4 cars out of 40 can win the title. Whoever finishes ahead of the other 3 is the Champion. And oddly enough, EVERY year since they started this, one of those 4 cars has won the final race to take the title. Here's hoping we get the same. Cheers!
There is talk that Lewis Will get An new engine again. Nice move Mercedes, abuse the engine rules once again. If Max can get ahead of Lewis with a margin of at least 10 seconds hé can win the championship, if not hé Will get penalized for every overtake/ defending hé might do.
@@saeedtavakoly2589 blah blah blah if only Kimis tire didn't flatspot in Germany 2005, if only Hamilton's gearbox hadn't failed at Brazil 2007, if only Redbull had focused more on the rule changes in 2014, if only Ferrari hadn't thrown it all away in 2017 and 2018, if only Senna hadn't joined Williams. How many do you want?? It happened, it's done and Max is not the first driver to have crashes or bad luck and is a heck of a lot more fortunate than many others before him. Sick of people acting like he's the first driver to have crashes of DNFs change his championship it literally happened all the time unless one team massively dominated
2:07 is incorrect. Fast corners don't keep cars closer because of a lesser effect on grip. In fact the dirty air is even worse in fast corners. It keeps the car closer because there is less of the concertina effect which happens in stop-start type corners where the car ahead accelerates out of the corner before the following and the gap is spread. The opposite happens in braking but it's not enough to allow for overtakes. Only when corners are flat-out corners could you say that cars are kept closer because the dirty air doesn't have effect on the grip.
First season following F1. The netflix series got me hooked. I’m taking Max to win the championship , love the young, aggressive driving style. But Lewis is the goat.
I'm not convinced about sector 1, I think the 'hairpin' is too open now and will cause cars to drop back rather than challenge. I think it would be better leaving the old hairpin place but run the track from the curve of turn 3 straight down to the hairpin, basically cutting out the chicane and creating a much heavier braking zone
The old hairpin didn't have enough runoff to not force F1 cars to take the chicane, and they couldn't extend the runoff due to the grandstands and Ferrari World right behind it. The corner is going to be taken in 3rd gear and is wide enough to offer multiple lines. Regardless, it's going to be an improvent over the previous layout.
@@thedylan_s22 Surely they could have brought the hairpin forward? If they connected turn 3 to turn 6 then they put the hairpin sooner which would create a longer run off
It's complicated to predict as they are level at points, so they are both at the same level. Max has been having a better pace all year, but Lewis has more experience in this kind of situation. No matter what is happening this weekend F1 is losing one of his great pilots and champion Kimi Raikkonen.
@@JoQeZzZ max is also the dirtier driver this season. I've known that whole season but Jeddah was something else. How max pulled out every dirty trick in the book was mind blowing
@@hiphop296 Doesnt matter. Sadly I can't see how Max will be above Lewis this weekend. So it be 8 times champ :( (Btw I don't like Max either, but I wan't some different winner than Lewis)
@@Noreceipts400 literally the only not clean thing Lewis did was run max wide on one of the turns, thats it. Merc were just trying to salvage their race start to finish
It is so intense if it was previous layout circuit the guy who has qualified ahead would be ahead for the whole race but now they can attack each other with corners Max is already down on power with Lewis's merc so if it was older circuit and max pullead ahead of Lewis then he could win but as it is a fast long stright track i think merc and Lewis will have a upper hand ✋
Im not really that fussed who wins... i've become less of a fan of hamilton, and just a fan of F1 as a whole. it will be great to crown a british driver for the 8th time... but for the sport to crown a new driver from a different team in the turbo hybrid era, has to be up there, and for Honda to get some recognition before they pull the name out of the sport. but on the whole, im not fussed. as long as at the flag, we know who the champion is. and its not left to the stewards to decide
Lewis has this in the bag. Old layout I would've said Max. Looks like engine power is more important with the new layout. Wouldn't be surprised to see Max somehow stick it on pole with a wonder lap but then get blasted passed on the first lap by Lewis who then dissapears off into the distance. Midfield action should be good though 🤞
I have one more thing to add to this; Turn 14, the last one in the hotel section, is apparently still off camber and might cause some problems with oversteer especially with worn tires.
@@ineedsomemilk6610 I wouldn't say the red bulls were fast at saudi. Their car was setup better for one lap pace. It was clear Lewis was faster by half a second every lap. He was making a second over max in sectors 2,3 while max was making up half in sector 1.
First time watching was 2015. Can you imagine having all years only seen Mercedes win and now SUPER MAX can take it like Sebastian did in 2010. How hupe would this be!!!
It's never been a Red Bull circuit, Mercedes has won every GP in the V6 era except last year, and that was because they were working on car development.
Suddenly I remember epic quotes from movies that soms up the F1 finale: - 'If it's between me and you...brother, you're going down!' - Vincent Hanna/Heat - '...You may ask yourself, 'Do I feel lucky?'...Well...do you, punk?!' - Harry Callahan/Dirty Harry The circuit looks really better. Great improvement. Let's hope that the team that got rammed off track by Mercedes two times with a DNF as a result, wins.
@@FavorieteSchijve ofc max said it self afther race. atm he got 5 second extra he knew he was not winning so falld back and just crusied in. no point stress the car more than needed when the fight is lost. up that point max was for sure faster, if he not hitt wall on q3 he may parked lewis 0.5 second on pole. that is massive
@@grandmasteryoda9893 max was faster in practice and qualifying because he was pushing the car over the limit. His race pace was not faster. No way he could push harder and keep tires under him.
I have my doubts still about the racing quality on this circuit, what with the extreme aerowash corners after the second DRS straight, but I will say one thing: Yas Marina looks a lot more fun to drive now than it did before
Hot Take: Abu Dhabi is a good track but is over hated since it replaced Brazil as the season finale, and it wouldn’t be as hated if it wasn’t the Season Finale.
No, it was still horrible for racing. Maybe it is overhated for being the season finale, but it's also a fair criticism that the season finale is a track where overtaking is near impossible.
It's not so much the finale, it's what comes / came with it: what made me hate it in the first place was the double points, the very last stupid rulechange in the era of one Mr Ecclestone. The track itself was always fun to drive in video games where you don't have to care for tire degradation and dirty air - even or shall I say especially the parts they got rid of now gave the track some character. And the 'no overtaking' is much more of a F1 regulation problem there then it is a problem of the track itself. Now I just want Shanghai back.
@@JimTheFly True. On top of that, we missed this year's Suzuka, a clear driver-favorite, and Nurburgring, which gave us some of the most thrilling races in the last years. For that, Barcelona should go, that track has not been good for ages now and teams have too much data on it due to testing, the french one can go as well, it's just boring, and I do not vastly like the Bahrain one, but I guess money talks, so we will have the arabian ones for years and years. I would add Sotchi on the list of tracks-to-go, but that one has already gone elsewhere, so let's see what the new track can do. I would add Australia as a rather dull circuit, but I don't want to see it go as I really like the country and the people. Still, the circuit is somewhat meh. Same goes for Canada.
@@TheGrandmaMoses Well, we'll have to see what Australia looks like after the changes they did to some of the corners. It might make things much more racy, but I don't like that hard right at the end of what feels like a super-short 2nd DRS segment, just because it's coming out of that left-right that just feels like it slows things down too much.
If it was Abu Dhabi last year I’d say Max wins. Lewis wins on this track this year. It’s been such a fun season this year. I know Lewis has really enjoyed having some competition, even if things have gotten a little contentious here and there. It’s just good for the sport. I’m American and I have really enjoyed seeing it become more and more popular here. I also live just 70 miles from COTA which is RAD.
As long as they decide it on track, without stupid penalties getting in the way, I will be happy because it's been a fantastic season...almost a shame that this will be the last of the current formula given what we had this year.
@@wickedjuice tbf merc could´ve seen a red flag coming judging from the accident, but same for the fia (a bit of karma for bottas slowing down max under sc i guess)
You could probably be more descriptive about the final two corners. How exactly has it changed? What am I seeing different at this corner than I did before? How is it a flat-out launch to the end of the lap?
@@cody4873 Yep merc track from 2014 to 2019. Max won last year but Ham was recovering from Covid and the championship was over. It looked like the engines were turned down on both Merc's as well as they were miles off Verstappens pace. Mercedes stated they set the cars up badly. Lets see how this weekend goes.
Nicely changed, red carpet for Mercedes. Is it fun to look at a car that has way more power then the other and overtakes on the straight? Create overtaking possibilities in corners!!
I thought they wanted a better overtake opportunity. But turn 9 now is a 180km/h corner. How could you overtake there? And you get a lot of dirty air in it. They should have made turn 9 sharper.
If they are wheel to wheel they both get clean air and on the outside you can carry more speed. I don't know. Thinking this can be some real good wheel to wheel.
I think the changes to T11-14 re a bit much i would like to see the hard sharp left anger to start but then maybe have that into a nice sweeping left-hander into T15 that you have to accelerate through. I understand the idea of just making it one big fast left-hander to get more action in the hotel area but i think keeping a sharp left hand turn there would have been nice
The fast tracks favour faster cars. Say the slower car can touch 100kph and faster car can touch 110kph, then the the faster car would just breeze past but if the track is slower then they could only go till 50kph, both cars can do that easily the slower car just can defend as the track just doesn't allow the top speed. And if slower cars can defend well, the car behind has to constantly deal with dirty air which affects tires making them even slower. The original track would have benefited rb because they are slower on straights than merc but as this track has been made faster, the advantage is now with Lewis.
The AMG GT R or the Aston Martin Vantage Safety Car is more likely to be used with the insertion of flowing corners as drivers aim to get the maxium out of their cars and tyre compounds which is more of a factor now.
I hopeful this gives Yas Marina a better reputation going forward, because that is an awesome-looking circuit and the backdrop is really stunning. I’m also hopeful that the “Brazil should be the last race” lobbying will stop too.
@@09csr It's all money, unfortunately. They (whoever is responsible for putting on the Abu Dhabi race) pay a premium to guarantee the final race is there. I believe it's something like $10 million/yr. But I really hope this leads to there being some great racing. It LOOKS like it should be a phenomenal final race, but has often just turned into a yawner.
I still think it should be passed into F1 law that sao paulo is the last GP on the calander but hopefully the GP might not bore me to tears this year. Saying that im sure with max and lewis i would be on the edge of my seat if they were racing round a circle.
I really hope for a Verstappen win but whoever wins really deserves it, this has been a crazy season and this next race is going to be quite interesting, I am looking forward to this weekend.
heart wants max to win gut instinct says lewis, The track will favour the mercs with this layout as the RB tends to be better with mechical grip and the merc has that mighty power plant. who knows as like the rest of the season its been a pick n mix unpredictable.
Well...u forgot something bad for the track...the curbs are like the ones at Quatar i just hope the championship doesn't go down to a puntchure from these
I hope these changes work to bring together the racing. Russia was interesting this year without changes so I hope the same if not better for Yas Marina Island.
They are both driving amazingly but the last few races max is showing some aggression which makes it look like he is trying too hard . I think it's gonna be Lewis this time . 8th 🏆
Max has never raced any different. He has no strategy other than I will go and drive as fast as i can. thats his attitude from day one. not an inch of space for anyone. he will run lewis off track every chance he will get. as lewis said, i guess we have to build our car much faster then.
@@TheFarrukhzain i have you been watching f1? For most of the season Max has been driving semi cleanly . I think now that he under pressure he is going back to his old driving style which is driving people off the tracks.
So many comments from people that are only watching F1 since this season or last season, that is really awesome! And ofcourse the Netflix series helped a lot, but also the amazing rise of Max Verstappen and the way he is able to dethrone Hamilton. I hope the simplification of the track doesn't make this an easy win for Lewis (or Max, but RB is at a disadvantage here). That would really take the live out of a season that attracted a lot of new motorsportfans. At least we know they will be at their absolute limit!
As a Verstappen fan, both him and RBR are choking so hard at the end of the season. Merc has been just so much better overall that at this point I'm not even mad anymore.
In before 20 car pileup, everyone gets dq'd from the championship and Kubica wins WDC and WCC
HAHAHAHA
Kubica is not EVEN racing LOL
@@ΜαρινάκηςΣαλόνικαΘ7 he is in the championship tho
@@ICR_Frizzstroyer OHHH YES NOW I REMEMBER IN SOME RACES KIMI GOT COVID
OK NOW I REMEMBER
I don't remember when was the last time I was so excited and scared before a race.
Jeddah tbh 😂😂😂 I knew it was gonna be a shitshow but holy shit I was still blown away by all the crashes between F1 and F2
2008, 2010 2012 2016?
@T B that wont work, youtube's doing nothing with these bots
You re a Ferrari fan for sure
Its gonna be heart pounding from Q1 all the way to the end
I am terrified for this race… it’s either gonna be the greatest disappointment or one of the most phenomenal races in recent years.
Why would it be one of the greatest disappointments? This track always used to send me to sleep. Now its looks much more racy. How could it be any worse than it was?
@@RJ1J imagine max or Lewis retiring during the first few laps. Whether it be because of each other or someone else. Then the entire race would lose its thrill you’d just be watching the world champion drive around.
I wanna see Lewis and max wheel to wheel right up to the last lap.
@@RJ1J Probably talking about other variables, like for example if Hamilton or Verstappen just get hit off the track in turn 1 and get DNF'd. It'd be tragic to have that be the title decider to end off this season
The most phenomenal, when have we had a championship tied going into the last race in the last 10 years
@@rngiscurse I heard them talk about this on Sky. The stewards are going to have a special briefing with Max and Lewis before the race. Basically, they're gonna warn Max that if they think he runs Lewis off the road, he'll have many points deducted from his driver tally, meaning Lewis would win the championship. The sport would so fucked if they let Max get away with what Schumacher and Senna did.
What ever it is, vote kimi as the driver of day 😌
Yes! Everyone please do that
Good idea
Yep
sad feeling hope everybody does that
#VoteForKimi campaign!
So basically, the perfect circuit to cap off the season, and the perfect playground for Lewis and Max to battle it out like crazy
Brazil/Suzuka :
With a season of new and relatively new tracks, races giving us more drama than we expected, and a dead tie going into this, this might be perfect to end on:
- A track which hasn't given us great racing in the past (which has often led to surprisingly GREAT racing this year)
- A redesign for that track, so now there's a lot of new variables (new stuff? Hello Qatar, Jeddah) for something that's familiar.
- The last two winners basically having a 1v1 with 18 other drivers around
- The possibility for better following and more overtaking than ever.
And honestly, the fireworks at the end of the race are the best way to wrap up the season.
DAMN am I excited for this. Might be the best birthday gift I get this year.
No its become more of a merc circuit. Would be cooler if it hadnt changed, because there would be no car at an advantage
@@dennisscherpen6591 everything fia changed durning the season suited mercedes; pit stops "safety rule", new tracks, abu dhabi changes ( they say slow corners are boring but want to make fast corners for merc and a brown guy ) and penalty system
This weekend gonna blow TGA's Yatch out of the water. too bad my weather this weekend in Central USA sucks Exhaust fumes. I hated Thunderstorms.
I started watching F1 last November so this being my first full season has been quite amazing. Can't wait to see how this final race turns out!
You picked a good season, as the past 5 were a snooze. Merc has just been too dominant.
Welcome Ben!
Same, I started watching hardcore this season where before I would catch the ocasional race. I’m excited to see how this goes!
I started last season and would've almost stopped if not for this season
Wise decision 😉
I'm just hoping for 2 things this weekend:
1. A clean (and exciting) race and whoever wins, does so deservedly.
2. Whoever loses, to do so with grace and congratulate the winner.
NO WE WANT DRAMA
WE WANT CONTROVERSY
@@TheRockyBalboa100 shuddup
@@TheRockyBalboa100 Same here mate, the most dramatic and controversial race we have had this season was the most exciting, (Last weekend in Saudi Arabia), so I hope that we get more of that.
3. Raikkonen on the podium
We should stand up in lap 7 and applaud for Kimi on his last race. He deserves that🍦👏
I just started to watch F1 few months back.
How lucky I am to experience an awesome season like this, as my first F1 season.
Love from Sri Lanka.🇱🇰
same bro ;)
Enjoy the last race of the legend Kimi Raikkonen
Same here bro. I was searching for a Sri Lankan F1 fan
Hey guys... I'm from Sri Lanka too I was started watching F1 in last year's August...
Just be patient over the next year's though ... Don't expect this to be the benchmark of excitement. Enjoy each season as much as you can
Holy crap, I just had a wild thought:
If they can follow so well, including possibly into Turn 9 (the banked left at the end of the 2nd DRS zone), and with Max and Lewis so close so much of the year... in the last lap, if you're one of them and you're in 2nd right behind them, do you go for broke and try an absolute insane divebomb through one of the last turns?
Imagine this happens and now you have the two of them basically trying to get their damaged cars moving to just about force them around the last few corners and try to finish in the top 10 and get that point they need.
They're DONE with the cars, we're getting something totally new next season. There's millions of dollars on the table for whoever takes the title... The risk/reward balance starts looking like taking a major risk at the end would be worth it.
I can see this happen if Max is behind, if they’re both out of the race Max wins the title by winning more races this year.
Schumacher has already done it. Multiple times lol. And I can def see if Max is in the lead and Lewis has the pace to overtake, Max will not let that happen cleanly. Prepare your minds now for it.
I can definetly see them making a crazy divebomb in the last lap
they destroy each others cars on the last turn and try run to the finish to win the championship
@@____________________ok That is a disgusting thing to say whether a fan, driver, or team member, the very first thing you hope and pray for is everyone makes it through without injury.
Do you think they will do donuts with kimi like they did with fernando
I’d love to see that
@@cocoapi-6411 foad
I doubt if Kimi would do it himself lol
L1 T1
Bot takes out Ver
Per in vengeance takes out Ham
Rai takes a farewell P1 podium
Works for me 👍🏻
I mean I know it's just a game but in RR3 when I race that track I definitely can get an idea in how difficult it is and usually the annoying bit is honestly going toward the finish Bec it's such a sharp turn you usually don't expect it at all and run nearly off track every time. So I'm curious in how this will be this weekend
I know that feeling bro
Yess holy fuck I hate the second to last turn because of this
Yoooo you play rr3!? Same! Such a fun game!
Rr3 is underrated
rr3 is a great game, had a lot of fun on it.
Wait they just made it an mercedes track😴
I feel like there’s a 10% chance that Max and Lewis both finish this race
Who has the most wins this season rn? Cos if they dnf each other that decides who wins
@@Noreceipts400 max has 9 while lewis has 8
@@a.r.m.ymoaengene6250 That's all you need to know.
More like 1 to 5. No way Max lets Lewis finish the race.
@@Noreceipts400 verstappen has 9
Hamilton has 8
Too many fast turns in row cooks tires (did we see Austin? Yes, driver behind couldn't get DRS detection because of that before long straight, losing 3 tenths just in last fast sweeper alone).
In reality you just don't want "unnecessary" slow turns (hotel part). But having hairpin, straight, haircut, straight, hairpin un hairlifter turn is what makes people happy and drivers satisfied.
Cheers, already into 2022 - holy cow, if 2021 was exciting, you will love this..
Actually I will be super happy if max wins the title And
If Lewis wins the title I will be Happy for him and this exiting 2021 season
we need more people like you
I was just hoping or assuming Lewis would win his 8th before Max was a challenge.Once Lewis got his 8th and cemented himself as the best ever, I was ready to be all in on Max. I just can't believe the overlap came this quick.
Whats with everyone complaining that this has turned it into a "Mercedes track"? People have hated Yas Marina for years and when they planned the changes nobody knew which team it would suit best. Stop being so whiny
If Max fans knew how to read they would be so angry at you
just glad they finally listend to what the fans were complaining about for years now!!
gives me hope for other traks like Sotchi too!
Russian GP is moving to a new circuit in the near-ish future. Hooray!
Yeah, Igora Drive should be a good track... except they added that weird additional section to the end and it just feels like a whole WTF. I can't see how that's going to make for better racing.
Well, it is Abu Dhabi, they're not well known for listening to the common folk *which is saying a lot coming from a Brit/Westerner given how ignorant the "elected" government(s) are around here 😞
This video did well. Y’all should do “everything you need to know” for every race next year, recapping everything to watch and any updates.
Obviously it favors Mercedes, the track changes disadvantages Red Bull now.
@@Expialidoucious Nah dude, everyone except Mazepin gets DSQ & and he wins the title
Max was pretty cool after the previous race, i think rb is going to turn their engines up a bit.
@@Expialidoucious Massi or FIA clarified that dangerous driving could result in points deduction so... 🤷♂
@@ajwad3722 of course they did......
@@tomvanderent6486 they are running at full power now. The red bull engine just isn't as fast.
Its like my dreams coming true i started watching 2019 and Bottas won the first race i watched(now im a Bottas fan) but i didnt watch to the end coz i got bored of the Lewis Domination. Now finally somebody is challenging him, theyre tied on points and Abu Dhabi will provide better racing
You just fell into the hate trap. Only 2 seasons and you are bored because of lewis? Check your heart buddy there lies your answer why you got bored
@@newtonmutea Theres nothing wrong with wanting someone else to win. There are plenty of deserving drivers that havent had the chance purely because mercedes has just been better
I think taking out the "chicken" will eliminate RB from having any advantage whatsoever. It'll be a merc steamroller. With less corners theres no time for Max/RB to gain time vs the Mercs crazy high speed cornering abilities
Max fans fail to realize the speed RB had in Jeddah. They might not have better top speed but its hell of a lot closer than in Qatar
@@hiphop296 lewis left max behind with a broken front wing the merc is still a lot faster
@@venividivicigaming2746 apparently max had damaged rear diffuser and rear tires because of the incident with Hamilton, so his car had disadvantages as well after that. Plus his tires were softer wich didn't favor max.
@@venividivicigaming2746 yeah that cause Max tires were ahit in the last 7 laps, and max literally stopped trying.
@@motormullie3404 Yeah, he kept up with Bottas in the dirty air very well in the first stint. Softer compounds are better for RBR for sure, they dominated every race that had C3-C5. This will be TIGHT.
This is the first season I’ve watched completely and it turned out really good, can’t wait to see the last race
anything that makes a track faster makes it more Mercedes dominant
Red bull should build a better car then
@@ok-dy2tz RedBull is a better car but nowadays f1 is just straight line speed and Adrian Newey is not a pussy
@@writwikishmam instead of red bull packing aero on their car, they should make a better engine ay ???
@@deezelkane one does not simply
slow corners are bad for all the cars and fans
Definitely appreciate the video footage. Helps understand the changes so much easier
This crazy 2021 season has elevated me from passionate < fanboy. REGARDLESS, I cannot wait to see whichever winner celebrate with their garage. That will be some party!!
I always love the tunnel in the pit exit in abu dhabi
A lot of people think that Merc has the edge but I think not. Red Bulls throttle out of corners is crazy fast. Whoever has the pace in and out of the corners in combination with a good strategy will win this race. It's a toss up for me. Hope Merc pulls this out though.
Bruh, please share some of that copium, I really need it. I'm looking at those straights and all I can hear is "haha merc engine go brrrrrr". As a Max fan, I am shooketh.
Not really Merc has better throttle out. If you look at their telemetry u will see that.
@@Mike23443 Bro after Styria and Austria I, a hamilton fan thought the season was over. Don't even mention the brazil dsq. I want lewis to win, and I hate max's antics but he drove fantastically all season and would be deserving.
@@Bahamuttiamat you aren’t a Lewis fan after spouting such nonsense, who are trying to kid ?? Lol
@@deezelkane Sorry for admitting other drivers are also good...
Hear me out...
Lewis is leading on the last lap, Max is just behind, he goes for a huge divebomb and they both crash. They get out and start a fist fight. FIA gets pissed and deducts all their points. Bottas gets the drivers championship, and Ferrari get the constructors
Lol
They fight until only one stands and he will then be world champion
Flashback to Prost and Senna
haha
so basicly they made a mercedes power streight track now... amazing
Awesome video. Pumped up for the final of the 'F1 Gladiator Games' in 3 days!
In the F1 games, Yas Marina circuit was my favourite. I am assuming it won't be as nice to drive on in the game for me but let's hope it gives us closer racing.
My 2 favorite drivers .last race of the season. Winner takes all. I'm a 40 year long fan of this sport and it doesn't get better than this
People complain like hell about NASCAR, and with good reason, but the final race of their season is just like this times 2: 4 cars out of 40 can win the title. Whoever finishes ahead of the other 3 is the Champion.
And oddly enough, EVERY year since they started this, one of those 4 cars has won the final race to take the title. Here's hoping we get the same. Cheers!
Based on the track layout, lewis win this without a doubt, max stands ultimately 0 chance, hes tried his best.. lewis is winning on sunday
If only Bottas hadn't taken him out in Hungary :(
@@RubenTheCartographer if only his tyre wouldn't blow in baku
If only lewis didn't put him in the wall in Silverstone
There is talk that Lewis Will get An new engine again. Nice move Mercedes, abuse the engine rules once again. If Max can get ahead of Lewis with a margin of at least 10 seconds hé can win the championship, if not hé Will get penalized for every overtake/ defending hé might do.
@@alvori1 ? but theres nothing stopping RB doing the same thing... and your last point is moronic
@@saeedtavakoly2589 blah blah blah if only Kimis tire didn't flatspot in Germany 2005, if only Hamilton's gearbox hadn't failed at Brazil 2007, if only Redbull had focused more on the rule changes in 2014, if only Ferrari hadn't thrown it all away in 2017 and 2018, if only Senna hadn't joined Williams. How many do you want?? It happened, it's done and Max is not the first driver to have crashes or bad luck and is a heck of a lot more fortunate than many others before him. Sick of people acting like he's the first driver to have crashes of DNFs change his championship it literally happened all the time unless one team massively dominated
2:07 is incorrect. Fast corners don't keep cars closer because of a lesser effect on grip. In fact the dirty air is even worse in fast corners. It keeps the car closer because there is less of the concertina effect which happens in stop-start type corners where the car ahead accelerates out of the corner before the following and the gap is spread. The opposite happens in braking but it's not enough to allow for overtakes. Only when corners are flat-out corners could you say that cars are kept closer because the dirty air doesn't have effect on the grip.
what’s new: Kimi’s last race. don’t care about anything else
Cap, this is the best title fight in about a decade
Vote him driver of the day everyone
Ong
Lol
kimi is a pleb and has no impact on anything
I'm a new F1 fan, I'm glad I bumped into this channel.
Confirmed- Merc track now.
Can't believe it all comes down to sunday. What a year to start to be an f1 fan
First season following F1. The netflix series got me hooked. I’m taking Max to win the championship , love the young, aggressive driving style. But Lewis is the goat.
ME too first season in F1 from india
Facts
Lewis is great driver but not a goat. Schumacher, Prost and Senna were all better.
@@-skinner-6542 based on what?
@@-skinner-6542 imagine calling the only person to ever be disqualified from a season "the goat"
I'm not convinced about sector 1, I think the 'hairpin' is too open now and will cause cars to drop back rather than challenge.
I think it would be better leaving the old hairpin place but run the track from the curve of turn 3 straight down to the hairpin, basically cutting out the chicane and creating a much heavier braking zone
The old hairpin didn't have enough runoff to not force F1 cars to take the chicane, and they couldn't extend the runoff due to the grandstands and Ferrari World right behind it. The corner is going to be taken in 3rd gear and is wide enough to offer multiple lines. Regardless, it's going to be an improvent over the previous layout.
@@thedylan_s22 Surely they could have brought the hairpin forward?
If they connected turn 3 to turn 6 then they put the hairpin sooner which would create a longer run off
It's complicated to predict as they are level at points, so they are both at the same level. Max has been having a better pace all year, but Lewis has more experience in this kind of situation. No matter what is happening this weekend F1 is losing one of his great pilots and champion Kimi Raikkonen.
Max is the better driver this year and had the better car up until brazil and now Lewis has the better car. So Lewis will win
@@JoQeZzZ max is also the dirtier driver this season. I've known that whole season but Jeddah was something else. How max pulled out every dirty trick in the book was mind blowing
@@hiphop296 Doesnt matter. Sadly I can't see how Max will be above Lewis this weekend. So it be 8 times champ :(
(Btw I don't like Max either, but I wan't some different winner than Lewis)
@@hiphop296 It wasnt particularly clean from lewis or mercedes either, it was just dirty all round
@@Noreceipts400 literally the only not clean thing Lewis did was run max wide on one of the turns, thats it. Merc were just trying to salvage their race start to finish
It is so intense if it was previous layout circuit the guy who has qualified ahead would be ahead for the whole race but now they can attack each other with corners
Max is already down on power with Lewis's merc so if it was older circuit and max pullead ahead of Lewis then he could win but as it is a fast long stright track i think merc and Lewis will have a upper hand ✋
Sounds like they added everything that would happen to benefit Merc since they are better in faster corners
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Im not really that fussed who wins... i've become less of a fan of hamilton, and just a fan of F1 as a whole. it will be great to crown a british driver for the 8th time... but for the sport to crown a new driver from a different team in the turbo hybrid era, has to be up there, and for Honda to get some recognition before they pull the name out of the sport. but on the whole, im not fussed. as long as at the flag, we know who the champion is. and its not left to the stewards to decide
You allowed hate into your heart unfortunately
@@newtonmutea sorry??
@@miketrickey8143 too much nonsensical hatred towards lewis may be thats why you no longer support him
@@newtonmutea pull your head out of your arse.
Tell me where I said I hated Lewis...
@@newtonmutea Boo Hoo
By the end of this im either going to be dancing around the livingroom or throwing the cat at the TV🤣
Lewis has this in the bag. Old layout I would've said Max. Looks like engine power is more important with the new layout. Wouldn't be surprised to see Max somehow stick it on pole with a wonder lap but then get blasted passed on the first lap by Lewis who then dissapears off into the distance.
Midfield action should be good though 🤞
max being passed by lewis could end up in a disaster. this guy is f×cking crazy, man.
@@konov23 I can sympathise as it's either do something crazy to stay ahead or accept defeat. The deficit in car performance seems too big.
You were spot on, yet you were not 😂.
@@thecoolestguy6721 so close! Backmarkers and other influences thought they're better get involved though to stop my prediction 😂
@@sebastiandavage8175 Haha you can thank Latifi and the FIA for that.
I have one more thing to add to this; Turn 14, the last one in the hotel section, is apparently still off camber and might cause some problems with oversteer especially with worn tires.
Do you guys think this changes turn the circuit a bit more favorable for the mercs?
Yes
Yes
ALOT
It's hard to say because RB is surprisingly fast at Jeddah and that track was considered to favor the mercs.
@@ineedsomemilk6610 I wouldn't say the red bulls were fast at saudi. Their car was setup better for one lap pace. It was clear Lewis was faster by half a second every lap. He was making a second over max in sectors 2,3 while max was making up half in sector 1.
We should have these guides for each race change my mind
Better Track Layout:
Abu Dhabi: YES PLEASE
Barcelona: ... what?
00:27 really liked the representation
First time watching was 2015. Can you imagine having all years only seen Mercedes win and now SUPER MAX can take it like Sebastian did in 2010. How hupe would this be!!!
I honestly have never waited for a f1 race this much, best man for the win!
So, it went from being a red bull circuit to a Mercedes one...
Why now😭
It's never been a Red Bull circuit, Mercedes has won every GP in the V6 era except last year, and that was because they were working on car development.
It was never a redbull circuit.
Mercedes won there 2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019
So RB wins one time and the fia say hell no, this has to change
After all the talk which is clearly expected in a championship fight like this it is going to be awesome and we can enjoy both these great drivers.
So I just recently got into F1 a few decades ago and this has been an amazing season for me. Love the effort from both drivers!!
A few decades isn't recently bro, are you immortal or something?
Errr.. you’ve got into f1 recently… but decades ago… 🤔😂
@@tstret3104 quite recent
Suddenly I remember epic quotes from movies that soms up the F1 finale:
- 'If it's between me and you...brother, you're going down!' - Vincent Hanna/Heat
- '...You may ask yourself, 'Do I feel lucky?'...Well...do you, punk?!' - Harry Callahan/Dirty Harry
The circuit looks really better. Great improvement.
Let's hope that the team that got rammed off track by Mercedes two times with a DNF as a result, wins.
I would love to see Max win. But the circuit has been redesigned in such a way that it will favor Mercs.
so they said about last weak to and max was alot faster
The FiA has to make sure Loois can win 10 championships lol
@@grandmasteryoda9893 Max was faster, yet Lewis won by a margin of 11 seconds with a broken front wing? Yeah, sure, RB were faster in Saudi Arabia
@@FavorieteSchijve ofc max said it self afther race. atm he got 5 second extra he knew he was not winning so falld back and just crusied in. no point stress the car more than needed when the fight is lost. up that point max was for sure faster, if he not hitt wall on q3 he may parked lewis 0.5 second on pole. that is massive
@@grandmasteryoda9893 max was faster in practice and qualifying because he was pushing the car over the limit. His race pace was not faster. No way he could push harder and keep tires under him.
so they made it and perfect merc track,
surprising😐
I have my doubts still about the racing quality on this circuit, what with the extreme aerowash corners after the second DRS straight, but I will say one thing: Yas Marina looks a lot more fun to drive now than it did before
Super Max!!!
Hot Take: Abu Dhabi is a good track but is over hated since it replaced Brazil as the season finale, and it wouldn’t be as hated if it wasn’t the Season Finale.
No, it was still horrible for racing. Maybe it is overhated for being the season finale, but it's also a fair criticism that the season finale is a track where overtaking is near impossible.
It's not so much the finale, it's what comes / came with it: what made me hate it in the first place was the double points, the very last stupid rulechange in the era of one Mr Ecclestone.
The track itself was always fun to drive in video games where you don't have to care for tire degradation and dirty air - even or shall I say especially the parts they got rid of now gave the track some character. And the 'no overtaking' is much more of a F1 regulation problem there then it is a problem of the track itself.
Now I just want Shanghai back.
@@TheGrandmaMoses What about Sepang? That track was SO good.
@@JimTheFly True. On top of that, we missed this year's Suzuka, a clear driver-favorite, and Nurburgring, which gave us some of the most thrilling races in the last years.
For that, Barcelona should go, that track has not been good for ages now and teams have too much data on it due to testing, the french one can go as well, it's just boring, and I do not vastly like the Bahrain one, but I guess money talks, so we will have the arabian ones for years and years.
I would add Sotchi on the list of tracks-to-go, but that one has already gone elsewhere, so let's see what the new track can do. I would add Australia as a rather dull circuit, but I don't want to see it go as I really like the country and the people. Still, the circuit is somewhat meh. Same goes for Canada.
@@TheGrandmaMoses Well, we'll have to see what Australia looks like after the changes they did to some of the corners. It might make things much more racy, but I don't like that hard right at the end of what feels like a super-short 2nd DRS segment, just because it's coming out of that left-right that just feels like it slows things down too much.
I can't believe it's going to come down to whichever driver finishes in front of the other. Incredible.
If it was Abu Dhabi last year I’d say Max wins. Lewis wins on this track this year. It’s been such a fun season this year. I know Lewis has really enjoyed having some competition, even if things have gotten a little contentious here and there. It’s just good for the sport. I’m American and I have really enjoyed seeing it become more and more popular here. I also live just 70 miles from COTA which is RAD.
I’m pretty sure Lewis isn’t happy unless he consistently has 30 seconds on everybody else and doesn’t have to worry about anything
So glad I got into F1 this year, what a ride.
As long as they decide it on track, without stupid penalties getting in the way, I will be happy because it's been a fantastic season...almost a shame that this will be the last of the current formula given what we had this year.
5 second time penalty for staring at Lewis in a threatening way.
Maybe throw a Red Flag to help RB's strategy again.
@@wickedjuice tbf merc could´ve seen a red flag coming judging from the accident, but same for the fia (a bit of karma for bottas slowing down max under sc i guess)
@Fried Rice I remind you of silverstone, and I'm a schumacher fan so I normally wouldn't bat an eye.
@Fried Rice Haha fair
You could probably be more descriptive about the final two corners. How exactly has it changed? What am I seeing different at this corner than I did before? How is it a flat-out launch to the end of the lap?
Basically, made it a Mercedes track. Lol
They did it before this season started. They can predict the future.
@@chriscollins550 It still favored Mercedes. Regardless of how this season played out, this layout clearly favored mercedes.
@@cody4873 next season if what is said about the new car's it will favour them all. Stop looking for things that aren't really there.
@@cody4873 Yep merc track from 2014 to 2019. Max won last year but Ham was recovering from Covid and the championship was over. It looked like the engines were turned down on both Merc's as well as they were miles off Verstappens pace. Mercedes stated they set the cars up badly. Lets see how this weekend goes.
Nicely changed, red carpet for Mercedes. Is it fun to look at a car that has way more power then the other and overtakes on the straight? Create overtaking possibilities in corners!!
I thought they wanted a better overtake opportunity. But turn 9 now is a 180km/h corner. How could you overtake there? And you get a lot of dirty air in it. They should have made turn 9 sharper.
If they are wheel to wheel they both get clean air and on the outside you can carry more speed. I don't know. Thinking this can be some real good wheel to wheel.
I think the changes to T11-14 re a bit much i would like to see the hard sharp left anger to start but then maybe have that into a nice sweeping left-hander into T15 that you have to accelerate through. I understand the idea of just making it one big fast left-hander to get more action in the hotel area but i think keeping a sharp left hand turn there would have been nice
Nice for what?
I don't get it I always thought faster corners mean that the cars are more reliant on downforce thus creating bigger effect of the dirty air
The fast tracks favour faster cars. Say the slower car can touch 100kph and faster car can touch 110kph, then the the faster car would just breeze past but if the track is slower then they could only go till 50kph, both cars can do that easily the slower car just can defend as the track just doesn't allow the top speed. And if slower cars can defend well, the car behind has to constantly deal with dirty air which affects tires making them even slower. The original track would have benefited rb because they are slower on straights than merc but as this track has been made faster, the advantage is now with Lewis.
@@destinyissomething yeah but the slower tracks also make the overtaking opportunities very rare outside of the straights.
Loving this amount of content. Keep it up
They've also added some Qatar-like serrated kerbs, so we could see some tyre failures for people abusing track limits.
The AMG GT R or the Aston Martin Vantage Safety Car is more likely to be used with the insertion of flowing corners as drivers aim to get the maxium out of their cars and tyre compounds which is more of a factor now.
I hopeful this gives Yas Marina a better reputation going forward, because that is an awesome-looking circuit and the backdrop is really stunning. I’m also hopeful that the “Brazil should be the last race” lobbying will stop too.
It cn hardly get worse, can it? Abu Dhabi's GP tend to be a proper snooze fest IMO, and to host the finale there always felt bizarre.
@@09csr It's all money, unfortunately. They (whoever is responsible for putting on the Abu Dhabi race) pay a premium to guarantee the final race is there. I believe it's something like $10 million/yr.
But I really hope this leads to there being some great racing. It LOOKS like it should be a phenomenal final race, but has often just turned into a yawner.
Just saying, Brazil ALWAYS gives a good race, but let's not have it as a final 😢
I still think it should be passed into F1 law that sao paulo is the last GP on the calander but hopefully the GP might not bore me to tears this year. Saying that im sure with max and lewis i would be on the edge of my seat if they were racing round a circle.
I really hope for a Verstappen win but whoever wins really deserves it, this has been a crazy season and this next race is going to be quite interesting, I am looking forward to this weekend.
I think this track has became a banger and I'm absolutely not disappointed about the contract until 2030!
heart wants max to win gut instinct says lewis, The track will favour the mercs with this layout as the RB tends to be better with mechical grip and the merc has that mighty power plant.
who knows as like the rest of the season its been a pick n mix unpredictable.
So having a track as close as possible to an straight line or an oval would be ideal? I tought we already have some other sports for that.
True, but Abu Dhabi tend to be such a bore that I don't really think anything could make it worse.
Lewis has a better chance because of the increasing speed
Nice to see F1 fans getting to see what I've been watching in Indy car for years.
Well...u forgot something bad for the track...the curbs are like the ones at Quatar i just hope the championship doesn't go down to a puntchure from these
I hope these changes work to bring together the racing. Russia was interesting this year without changes so I hope the same if not better for Yas Marina Island.
its max ........he is the champion of 2021
Very informative. Thank you
They are both driving amazingly but the last few races max is showing some aggression which makes it look like he is trying too hard . I think it's gonna be Lewis this time . 8th 🏆
Max has never raced any different. He has no strategy other than I will go and drive as fast as i can. thats his attitude from day one. not an inch of space for anyone. he will run lewis off track every chance he will get.
as lewis said, i guess we have to build our car much faster then.
@@TheFarrukhzain i have you been watching f1? For most of the season Max has been driving semi cleanly . I think now that he under pressure he is going back to his old driving style which is driving people off the tracks.
Where do I watch the race?
2:40 "could be approaching it side by side" - max liked that
So many comments from people that are only watching F1 since this season or last season, that is really awesome! And ofcourse the Netflix series helped a lot, but also the amazing rise of Max Verstappen and the way he is able to dethrone Hamilton. I hope the simplification of the track doesn't make this an easy win for Lewis (or Max, but RB is at a disadvantage here). That would really take the live out of a season that attracted a lot of new motorsportfans. At least we know they will be at their absolute limit!
As a Verstappen fan, both him and RBR are choking so hard at the end of the season. Merc has been just so much better overall that at this point I'm not even mad anymore.
I wouldn't really say they've been choking, Merc has just gotten a lot faster
Mercedes also has Bottas on their side, who took at Max in Hungary
Nascar guy here. Why is banking the turns rather flat in comparison to the speedways found in the US that use 26*-30* angle?
F1 might aswell race on ovals at this point, they make the drivers less and less relavant with every new track change.
how did this track become less challenging?
@@timredlich2170 By removing the only low speed technical sections.
It would be crazy if Kimi wins the race, Bottas P2, Ricciardo P3 and Vettel P4. Lewis and Max P10 and P11.
Lewis and max p11 and p12 so the championship ends with 2 WDC drivers with the same ammount of points
@@isiichhracing max is champion if they both get no points
the track changes are definitely an advantage for Mercedes. Pretty sure it was designed by Lewis and Toto
*Also the track is shorter & faster = much faster lap times = more laps per race = more runs though DRS zones = more overtaking opportunities