I was happy it happened at the time as a Lewis fan (I only “disliked” Seb because he was Lewis’ challenger), but that really seemed to be the beginning of the end for Seb
@CHRISrnbWORLD tbf, Vettel did revitalise himself in 2015 and (despite the occasional error) performed strongly throughout most of 2016, 2017 and the first half of 2018. Following Germany 2018 however, his self confidence was shattered. Mistakes increased, Ferrari lost faith (Brought Leclerc in the season after) and, despite the occasional strong performance, was defo not the same driver he used to be until the second half of 2022.
@JamesGavin-j5u Against who? Kimi, his bottle carrier? No hate, but the guy always needed a team mate that played his little doggy to make sure he doesn't get lost within the team. Leclerc has proven what Danny has done to him before. Not the best look for a champion if you can't even beat a real team mate. Once he got beaten, he ran away "looking for a new challenge" ........
2025 is gonna be such an awesome season if McLaren and Ferrari can keep this form. It's like 2012 when there were 5, 6 drivers (Mark Webber, Sebastian Vettel, Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso) able to capture the title. I'm so hyped for 2025 and hope Charles and Lewis can attack for both titles
@@matthiascerebri3315 i definitely think he'll win a few races. But title contention is up in the air. If he does win it. Then that's legend status obtained As far I can say.
Hamilton and Leclerc are not the best of pairing - Ferrari will not develop a title challenger and neither Leclerc nor Hamilton are drivers who can deliver results.
Prime 2018 Hamilton was insane to watch. Some of the qualifying performances, like in Silverstone and Singapore, were wild, and the races in Germany and Italy were just perfection. This is my favourite prime of an F1 driver because unlike Senna, Schumacher or Verstappen he never used dirty tactics in that season when he was in the middle of a fight. I feel like that was Hamilton's peak. Ever since his qualifying pace has dropped off and he's had collisions with other drivers.
Like it or not, the Mercedes - Hamilton era has been and will always be one of the most iconic partnerships of this sport! Great job as always, Peter 👏👏 Plus here's how my personal order would be: 1) 2020 2) 2018 3) 2015 4) 2014 5) 2019 6) 2017 7) 2021 8) 2016 9) 2024 10) 2013 11) 2023 12) 2022
/gen, why 2024 over 2023 and 2022? He hasn't been doing well comparatively, at least relative to the car. 22 and 23 were fairly competitive for the car, aside from a bit of 2022.
@Ryzard Simply because he managed to take 1+1 victories in a car that with the exception of summer period GP's was largely underperfoming during this season and Lewis proved he's still not slow. Specially in Silverstone These words are coming from the mouth of someone who was traditionally a Lewis Hamilton snobb
Some of these events are displayed in a very subjective light that does not favor Hamilton. For example, Hamilton was used in 2022 to experiment with the car to find the issues and solve them (kind of ironic given that they never listened to him). And now in 2024 Mercedes was left in the dust not only by RB but also by McLaren and Ferrari, so they only have the 4th best car, which meant anything higher than 6th in the driver's championship was more or less impossible to get (which already accounts for Perez not being up to speed, literally). And 2021...oh boy. It's not mentioned that Verstappen drove VERY dirty as soon as he was ahead in the championship, he risked his own health by doing so in Silverstone. The penalty Hamilton got for that incident was more of an alibi penalty ("yeah, it looked bad, let's give him a penalty to be safe") than anything else, because Verstappen's way of driving was and still is "either you give way or we crash", which is very effective when you are leading the championship and fighting with the one chasing you. That "suspiciously powerful new engine" line made me chuckle and shake my head at the same time. What do you think happened, they installed a stronger power unit? They put in top secret fuel? They secretly mounted a supercharger? At least give us _something_ if you make such funny insinuations so that we can have a good laugh - like I do :D. And finally, Hamilton was eventually robbed of the title by the actions of Masi who was let go afterwards. It was VERY clear that the people who ran F1 wanted a) a close fight til the end and b) a different champion for once. That doesn't mean Hamilton didn't have the chances to secure the title in other ways, he also has been weak on defence and he could have blocked Verstappen's overtake attempt rather easily in that last lap if he would just have blocked the inside line. Nonetheless, that season was anything but fair and anything but legitimate.
Some of your comments do display a slight bias to Lewis but you're right, Peter casts an extremely unfavorable light on a lot of this. You'd think he never drove a good race based on this video.
@@lukeEmmo Yes, I have become very fond of Lewis over the past few years, especially since he changed a lot himself as well, which was very inspiring to me. But I have no problem saying it like it is, Lewis is certainly not as strong as he used to be (even though that elite driver is still in him when he is motivated - I think many of us can relate to that) and he has shown some glaring weaknesses that have been exposed over the past few seasons. Nonetheless, I think Peter did Lewis dirty in this video multiple times.
I was about to comment something similar till i saw yours…it’s very off putting the way he’s overly critical of Hamilton for losing even when sometimes it’s the team’s fault or just a racing incident, and when Hamilton wins the car he was in is op and only thanks to a powerful engine or brilliant strategy or even other drivers not doing a good enough job…very disappointing
In my opinion, Hamilton's 2016 and 2021 seasons were weaker than 2017. I distinctly remember during the 2017 season talking to my uncle (who's a big Hamilton fan), and we both agreed that Hamilton came back with a vengence that year after the disappointment of the year before. 2021 is very overated, not in this video, but where I live in Britain. Because of Max's crash in qualy at Jeddah, and his poor driving standards during the races at Interlagas and Jeddah and then the Michael Masi situation at Abu Dhabi everyone thought Lewis was robbed of the title. Whilst I agree officiating was poor/questionable throughout the year with both sides benefitting at times. I feel alot of people overlooked or ignored the blunders Lewis made early in the season, the lucky red flags after crashes, the harsh penalty for Max at Monza and the leniant one for Lewis at Silverstone and Max's puncture in Baku. Max was lucky not to be DQ'd at Jeddah and Michael Masi and the FIA are idiots we can all agree on that, but that doesn't change my opinion that Max was comfortably the better driver that year and has been ever since, and I'm proudly British, and not a Max fan.
I get your point on 2021. I'm also British and I thought Verstappen was the better driver of the two that year, although he did not cover himself in glory in Monza or over the final few races with his driving. 2016 was an interesting one. He was somewhat all over the place in the first few races in terms of results; botched starts, grid penalties, etc., arguably should've been 2nd in Monaco but roared into the lead by winning every race in July, then the engine failure in Malaysia and a not particularly great performance in Japan (another poor start) put the ball entirely in Rosberg's court.
@@dominicbarden4436 I agree that Max was definitely over the line in the last couple of races in 2021. It frustrated me so much and soured my opinion of him a lot (like at COTA and Mexico this year) because I'd actually sympathised with him for much of the season up to that point with the bad luck he'd suffered. The numerous track limits controversies, the puncture at Baku and the crashes that weren't his fault (Silverstone and Hungaroring). But I was calling for him to be black-flagged after that stunt at Jeddah and I remember thinking that his lack of a penalty at Interlagos was extremely lenient as well. Even more lenient than at COTA this year when you factor in the speed difference at both corners. I thought then, and I still think now that the FIA were manipulating the championship so it would be as close as possible going into the finale snce it usually seemed to be the trailing driver who got the lenient penalties, or the leading one who got the harsher ones. I was actually thinking that as early as the crash at Silverstone when Lewis got a ridiculously small penalty for the crash at Copse. You can pass there (contrary to what Christian Horner says), but not when your front wheels are just ahead of the other cars rear wheels and Lewis went off the track after he clipped Max, he didn't even make the corner. To me, that was a 25 second stop-go penalty with a black and white flag and penalty points, but the fact it was the first lap (which shouldn't mean anything) and that it was a British driver at the British Grand Prix along with the obvious title ramifications led to that lenient penalty (in my opinion). I disagree with you on the penalty for Max at Monza however. Max's wheels were still on the white lines when he got launched off the sausage curb. If a driver is launched up by an FIA approved "hurdle" - for want of a better term - whilst still within the boundary of racing, then that's the FIA's fault, not the driver. If Max was rejoining the track I'd feel differently about it since he has to rejoin safely and those curbs are there to stop him gaining an unfair advantage, but he hadn't left the track so therefore shouldn't have to worry about it. Max was a scapegoat, in my opinion, to distract from the fact that we had had yet another near miss involving a sausage curb at Monza. First Alex Peroni in F3, Dino Beganovic in FRECA (I think), a big shunt with sports cars (I don't know any names) and, worst of all Sophia Floersch, this time at Macau. That sausage curb isn't there anymore and I think that says it all. Regarding Lewis in 2016, something seemed to wrong mentally. He couldn't get his starts right (Lando's not the only one it seems) and Rosberg just seemed one step ahead for most of the season, mentally more than anything. This may be a false rumour, but I heard from my Dad that Lewis had smashed up his hotel room in Baku for some reason and Niki Lauda was reprimanding him for it. If true this showed how his head wasn't in the right place for some reason. There were other incidents off the track that year as well, that had me questioning his attitude and mentality that year as well, but I might be wrong and reading to much into it.
@@izieky I never said that it does. I'm just explaining that I don't have a national agenda against Lewis or for Max or anyone else. My name is Irish so when I criticise British figures online, I'm often accused of being biased against them by people who don't realise that I'm actually British born and bred, and as I mentioned before, proud of it.
@@seamuskavanagh2566 Verstappen's pretty frustrating because we know how good he is. That part's unquestionable, drives like Brazil this year show how much class he has in terms of driving. But occasions where he drives like he did in say, Mexico this year, really make him hard to root for. I've never been a particularly big fan of him (I'm a Hamilton and McLaren fan first and foremost), but I do think he is one of the modern greats, and he's certainly been one of the best drivers over the last several years. I'm a big believer in 'The driver might have the best car but it's still up to them to get the most out of it,' and there's no denying that he's done that by and large, even this year when Red Bull have faltered. I think Silverstone 2021 was more of a racing incident. Yes, predominantly Hamilton's fault, he was the one who made the mistake and understeered wide, and given his speed and how shallow his line was he was always going to, but I think Verstappen could've given a little more space into Copse than he did. If nothing else, he perhaps could've claimed he'd been forced off and might've had a good case! I think it had perhaps partly been fuelled by the fact that Hamilton had tried the same thing in the sprint the day before, failed and was then stuck as Verstappen drove away. So when the race itself started it was immediately gloves off; I don't think I've seen a more aggressive opening lap between two drivers before or since. In hindsight, the penalty Hamilton got was probably too lenient; maybe it would've been better if it was a proper stop-go rather than a time penalty which could be taken at his pit stop, but there were plenty of questionable calls as the season went on. I hated the reactions to the crash though. Yes, it was a big crash, but I feel like Red Bull's reaction to the press was calculated to fan the flames (e.g. "you can't pass at Copse" when I'm pretty sure Christian Horner knows full well that you can, it just requires sensible driving from all parties), and it really soured the title fight for me from there on in as the tribalism in the F1 fanbase came to the fore and has never really gone away since, especially with how the rest of the season unfolded. And don't get me started on the British Bias accusations! Fair enough on Monza. I think part of it was Verstappen being really aggressive and committing to a gap that was there but was very likely to be shut down. Hamilton wasn't exactly going to yield at that point in the season, which I think had been evident from Silverstone onwards, and he made his intent clear with how aggressively he moved across once he'd cleared the pit exit line. I think Verstappen could've been a bit more circumspect, although with how hard it was to pass at Monza, he might've felt it was his only chance. I do agree about the sausage kerbs, why they weren't removed after Flörsch's crash in Macau I have no idea. And that was back in 2018! I have a love-hate relationship with 2021, and to be honest, it's a season I don't like to look back on much. It can basically be boiled down to: as a McLaren fan, I enjoyed Norris driving really well, the battle with Ferrari for 3rd in the WCC and of course, Monza was really special (1st win for the team in nearly a decade and because it was painful to see Ricciardo struggle so much so him getting it was really nice; I genuinely think he could well have won even without Hamilton and Verstappen colliding. Maybe that's a bit delusional, but hey), but as a Hamilton fan, it's complicated! I think I'd have been a bit sour with how the championship was decided even if Hamilton had won. I kind of think both he and Verstappen stooped quite low at times, and it was the season that really showed me how ugly the F1 fanbase can be.
@@S2KEVINand yet he will go down as one of the greatest ever, loved by millions, and this uneducated opinion you have will bare absolutely zero impact on human history. Man, its lonely to be a hater
I appreciate the effort you have put into the video Peter, but the way you put across some of your points seems loaded with elements of bias against Hamilton. Many of the seasons mentioned here, you exaggerate his mistakes and downplay some of his best moments. I think you are a great F1 content creator overall, but I do not appreciate the level of bias that comes through in a video like this.
If I didn’t watch the seasons and some of the races he referenced i would be among the people saying lewis is a fraud…i mean despite all the mistakes he’s proudly exaggerated Hamilton still won 6 titles with merc beating he’s teammates and rivals, i guess they must have made more mistakes than him then.
When I started watching F1 in 2018, it was Hamilton at his peak at Mercedes, and he became my favourite driver (and still is today), and it was just amazing seeing him win, win, and win some more, and seeing what he could do in the car. Now that he is joining Ferrari, I hope he can secure an 8th career world title before he retires.
Blaming Hamilton’s reliability issues in 2016 on him having part of rosberg’s mechanics or him winning the last 4 races was because rosberg wasn’t trying to win is just ridiculous…learn to hide your biases better or else your channel will continue to suffer
The mechanics part I don't agree with and I think it's just baseless speculation, but Rosberg needed to finish 2nd in the last four races to win and he did it, it's not that he wasn't trying to win but the calculations were clear and everybody knew that 2nd was enough.
can we agree that his 2021 was incredibly underwhelming. got gifted many points by luck, lost anyways and also managed to embarrass himself in Hungary, Imola and Baku
agreed, but you gotta say that when the pressure was at its highest, he locked in (last 4 races) but a Championship isn't won in a couple of races, it's a marathon not a sprint, in the words of Lewis Hamilton funnily enough
@@caseyf14483When your car is .5 seconds faster per lap than the second one, there isn't any pressure that matters. Pressure was on Imola where he crashed, Russia Qualifying where he crashed, Spa Qualifying when he got outqualified by a WILLIAMS, Silverstone where he had been beaten by his rival in the sprint so he sent him to the hospital, Baku last lap or even Hungary where he struggled 15 laps to pass a car with older tyres and who was also more than a second slower per lap
Honestly, I actually agree with 2024 being the worst. Yes, he's had great drives such as Silverstone and Vegas, but the lows have been more numerous and arguably lower than even 2022 in my opinion. I think 2022, once he got more on top of the car from around Canada onwards, was actually not too bad. Ok, he didn't win a race while Russell did, but Brazil aside, when Mercedes even vaguely threatened to beat Red Bull and Ferrari to victory (e.g. Silverstone, Zandvoort or for a more clear-cut example COTA) it was usually Hamilton leading the charge. Not to take away anything from Russell though, his 2022 was excellent.
can't forget the 1-2 in Spa also before the russell penalty. but yeah I agree, 2022 with the porpoising i think almost retired him from all those back problems 💀💀
I'm shocked at how accurate this ranking is. Couldn't agree more. 2018 was prime Hamilton, no doubt. I believe that he slowly started to decline around the time of his first covid infection, in the later stages of the 2020 season. But I do hope that he bounces back at Ferrari to finish his career on a high note
Felt exactly the same way, I am able to recognize Hamilton's mistakes but he just keeps on being consistently biased and taking credit off Hamilton's talent.
Yeah Lewis’ worst season is defo this one. He seems totally checked out and just fed up with the team. Personal Ranking, best to worst 2020 2018 2019 2014 2015 2016 2017 2021 2013 2023 2022 2024 Also, imagine how many wins he could’ve gotten in 2020 had Covid never happened with how dominant that W11 was. Even if he won every race in 2020 during the pandemic Max would’ve still beaten his season wins record.
It really was a suspiciously fast engine in the last races of 2021. The way he just cruised past other drivers in Brazil was crazy. Somehow even more suspicious than the 2019 Ferrari engine pre-Austin.
At the final two races, the Honda power unit was easily on par, in Jeddah Hamilton actually made most of his time up on Verstappen in the corners. Wasn't fitted in Qatar and he did the best demolition job of the lot.
They had one new engine for the last 4 races, so they just ran it at a higher power setting. But iirc Hamilton only used it in Brazil and Abu Dhabi. Qatar and KSA he used an older unit.
mentions a fresh engine in 2021 as suspicious, but crickets on ferrari in 2019 when they beat Lewis🤔 Good vid but your negatively skewed bias on LH is evident
It’s a video ABOUT Hamilton, I do get what you’re saying but it’s a look at his seasons and the things that influenced his performance, that being one of them, he didn’t mention anything technically to do with the other teams at any other point during the video either
@@TheAmeteurAssassins you don't think the added context of: how merc(driver and team) had to push themselves so hard to emulate a Ferrari outfit that was achieving crazy things (with hindsight we know now illegally/sketchily) which then led them to creating the fastest car ever in the history of the sport which hamilton used to equal the record of championships in F1. But hey its just a vid about Hamilton eh?
All in all quite a decent list. The only thing I majorly disagree on is 2023. In my opinion that was one of his best. Yes he was a bit error prone at some points but given the car that he had which was obviously a bit tricky to handle AND come home in 3rd in the wdc and actually threatening Checo for 2nd for some time in what was the 3rd or 4th fastest car regarding the whole season was astonishing. That was absolute prime Hamilton again apart from his few messy errors such as Qatar. But personally I would put 2023 as like his 4th or mayyyybe even 3rd best season pushing all the others down one more place. Oh and also despite some absolutely mighty performances in 2021 I think that that was one of his worse seasons. I'd probably put it somewhat equal to 2022 which I would both set just above 2017. In my opinion 2021 he was REALLY scruffy at times when absolutely could afford to be so. If he'd been as much on it all year as Verstappen had been pace-wise he would have likely won the championship regardless of both Max's unfortunate Baku retirement and the Abu Dhabi shenanigans. But there were just a few too many small mistakes which had a great impact and some misses for pace at some parts whilst demolishing in other races. If his performances were spread more consistently over all the races rather than some very low lows and some very high highs I reckon he could have won that championship somewhat comfortably. Maybe like 25 - 35 points ahead of Verstappen.
@matthiascerebri3315 In 2022 at least he did OK most of the time although was beaten by George Russell ,the car did let him down. I felt in 2011 and 2024 Hamilton really kind of let things get to him and his form suffered a lot.
I think 2020 is his best season as, yes he had the messy weekend in the belated season opener in Austria, where he had the grid penalty and post race penalty, but from there, he was almost flawless. There was only 1 race he didn't score points in, Sakhir, due to contracting Covid-19, but that was after the championship had already been wrapped up. 11 wins in 16 races, and scoring points in all of them with no DNF'S, impressive. It doesn't matter that he had by far the best car that year, don't forget, Bottas did as well and wasn't consistently able to get as much out of it as Hamilton.
@Paul777- Lewis spent the first part of 2022 testing the car then had a good run for the season. Lewis spent the first part of 2016 partying and going to galas, lost his focus, and then had an amazing second part of the championship. He lost the title by himself.
I too think it be like that where he.ll stay untill he gets his 8th so this could either be somewhere in 2025 or 26 i don.t think hamilton will continue to race after he gets his 8th i think by then he.ll retire so i think he.ll spent 1 maybe 2 season at ferrari and then retire
I think this is a bit harsh to 2017 (a season when Ferrari had the best Sunday package at more races than Mercedes but Hamilton still thrashed an all-time great) and 2021 (when he beat Verstappen in machinery that was essentially equal over the year making fewer mistakes and having worse luck than his main rival).
Maybe 21 should be lower than 2017 but i think 17 is rated that low is because vettel was performing better (for me) than lewis and vettel 3 consecutive races with lot of problems really helped hamilton to win the title
2018 at the top, as it should be. Near perfection to beat a faster car for two thirds of the races and a pair of world champions with five titles between them. His peers started talling noticeably differently about him that year.
My Top 10 Moments of Lewis Hamilton Brilliance With Mercedes (By Grand Prix, Not Season): 1) 🇹🇷 2020 Turkish Grand Prix. 2) 🇧🇷 2021 Brazilian Grand Prix. 3) 🇬🇧 2024 British Grand Prix. 4) 🇭🇺 2013 Hungarian Grand Prix. 5) 🇲🇨 2019 Monaco Grand Prix. 6) 🇸🇬 2018 Singaporean Grand Prix. 7) 🇩🇪 2018 German Grand Prix. 8) 🇧🇷 2016 Brazilian Grand Prix. 9) 🇺🇸 2015 United States Grand Prix 10) 🇧🇭 2014 Bahrainian Grand Prix
I really dont think 21 was that good. I think even 23 Hamilton was better than in 21. He was so lucky and did such a costly errors. We would not have 21 abu dhabi if Hamilton didnt mess up his magic in Baku and some other weekends like Turkey he was just 5th. Meanwhile Max was 1st and 2nd in every race he finished. 2023 is really his most overlooked season. Being in a car that cant win on most ocasions against dominant car like he had for years. We saw him from the other side of dominant season
In 2022 there was moments where he showed blistering pace In this season he’s being comfortably beaten by Russel and looks nowhere near the level that he normally drives at.
So merc engine after sao paulo in 2021 was "suspeciously" good but ferrari "stepped up" in the second half of 2019 right? Your bias is unbelievable when it is established as a fact which engine was illegal. Have some shame never watching another video again
I don't think Lewis at Ferrari will be smooth sailing in my opinion. When it comes to the his way or the highway attitude hes been bringing lately, that doesnt do well in a team that always thinks Ferrari first. Hamilton is fantastic driver, but I don't see him gelling well with the team unless he changes his attitude.
I'm a Hamilton fan though not as ridiculous as some on X/Twitter are. I think Hamilton and Mercedes needed the divorce but certainly Lewis has to find his qualifying speed again if he can.
Difference is he was winning races fairly regularly in that time (2, 3, 3 and 4), and not to mention he actually led the championship for a fair portion of 2010, and would've put up a better challenge in 2012 had it not been for things like operational errors and poor reliability.
I am NOT a Hamilton fanboy; I can take him or leave him. Sometimes I find him tiresome. He is undeniably a great though, and his efforts on inclusivity should be lauded. All of that said, I still cannot understand how they got away with 2021. Fair enough it was an unusual season, and I take your point about it. But the fact remains, he was on to win the championship until the last lap. The report concluded that Masi did not follow the rules; he made an error. It was that decision that affected the result of the race. If he had not made that decision, then Hamilton would have won. I know that of course there would be consequences and reputational and legal issues if they had "changed" the result, but if the result comes from an action by the race director that unequivocally contravened the rules, then what does that say? It just seems so wrong, I don't understand. As I say, not a fanboy, it just looks like right and wrong to me 🤷🏻♂️
Hear me out - 2023 was overrated: In Bahrain, he maximised the car, beating George. In Saudi Arabia, he was beaten by George, but he wasn't terrible. Australia - Excellent, just excellent. (Could have won though) Baku - Beat George at least... Miami - An okay comeback, the bare minimum tbh Monaco - Again, I suppose he beat George and nearly got a podium... (2023 George kinda sucked tho) Spain - Great race, maximised the car Canada - Should have beaten Alonso Austria - What the f**k... Britain - Got lucky with the safety car Hungary - Bottled the start Belgium - Okay i guess? Netherlands - Okay comeback but should have qualified better and pitted on lap 1 Italy - Awareness dropped to zero when racing Piastri Singapore - Good race, at least he didn't bottle it like George did Japan - Forces George at the track after his own error Qatar - Hamilgoes where no Lewis has ever Hamilbeen (T1 gravel trap) USA - Great race despite the DSQ Mexico - His best race of the season imo, good sh*t Brazil - Pain... Couldn't do too much with that sh*tbox but still... Getting beaten by an Alpine in a dry race is embarrassing Las Vegas - Good race pace ruined by a bad quali and a silly collision with Piastri once again Abu Dhabi - His own mistake damaged his wing, ruining his race and nearly costing Mercedes 2nd I felt like this at the time and still do now. Not a bad season by any means, but vastly overrated imo.
You can have preferences without having a "vendetta". At the end of the day he's one person making educated videos based on his knowledge and opinions. No one is 100% objective
@@NavF1 I don’t how his interactions with family members or his extra curricular activity have to do with ranking a drivers season. So naturally you assume one must have a bias against or for said driver
2025 will be a chaotic year not just for Lewis fans, but for f1 fans 💀
Bunch of rookies and bunch of veterans swapping teams. It's gonna be entertaining. The racing might still be boring, but entertaining nonetheless.
I still get PTSD from Vettel's retirement at Hockenheim 2018 💀
I was happy it happened at the time as a Lewis fan (I only “disliked” Seb because he was Lewis’ challenger), but that really seemed to be the beginning of the end for Seb
@@JackLikesTrackhouse That "beginning" happened when Ricciardo schooled him and ran the reigning 4 timer out of his own team.......
@CHRISrnbWORLD tbf, Vettel did revitalise himself in 2015 and (despite the occasional error) performed strongly throughout most of 2016, 2017 and the first half of 2018.
Following Germany 2018 however, his self confidence was shattered. Mistakes increased, Ferrari lost faith (Brought Leclerc in the season after) and, despite the occasional strong performance, was defo not the same driver he used to be until the second half of 2022.
@JamesGavin-j5u Against who? Kimi, his bottle carrier?
No hate, but the guy always needed a team mate that played his little doggy to make sure he doesn't get lost within the team.
Leclerc has proven what Danny has done to him before.
Not the best look for a champion if you can't even beat a real team mate.
Once he got beaten, he ran away "looking for a new challenge" ........
I have to close my eyes.
2025 is gonna be such an awesome season if McLaren and Ferrari can keep this form. It's like 2012 when there were 5, 6 drivers (Mark Webber, Sebastian Vettel, Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso) able to capture the title. I'm so hyped for 2025 and hope Charles and Lewis can attack for both titles
Do you think Verstappen can still win?
@@matthiascerebri3315 He'd probably be the underdog seeing how redbull has been progressing altough they did make a turn around last race (qatar)
@@matthiascerebri3315 i definitely think he'll win a few races. But title contention is up in the air. If he does win it. Then that's legend status obtained As far I can say.
Hamilton and Leclerc are not the best of pairing - Ferrari will not develop a title challenger and neither Leclerc nor Hamilton are drivers who can deliver results.
@@kitko33 are you trying to ragebait or is it genuine mental retardation?
worst have to be this one, I havent seen him this lost and possibly unmotivated ever 😭
honestly i think bro is just checked out this year he is probably ready for 2025
tho at least this year he has had some great drives
I think top3 would be
1.2020
2.2018
3.2015
2020 still made some mistakes, while 2018 was bulletproof
@@mateivlad4425 what? he was realy weak at start of 2018 from bahrain to canada he didn't show any pace compare to vettel or bottas
18 was peak LH imo. 2020 he had 0 rival to fend off but in 18 along with his best form, had to fend off pre-Hockenheim Vettel
Prime 2018 Hamilton was insane to watch. Some of the qualifying performances, like in Silverstone and Singapore, were wild, and the races in Germany and Italy were just perfection. This is my favourite prime of an F1 driver because unlike Senna, Schumacher or Verstappen he never used dirty tactics in that season when he was in the middle of a fight. I feel like that was Hamilton's peak. Ever since his qualifying pace has dropped off and he's had collisions with other drivers.
The effort that go into these videos is crazy
Another ranked video from Peter, let’s goooooo
That 2017 take is crazy 😭🙏
Like it or not, the Mercedes - Hamilton era has been and will always be one of the most iconic partnerships of this sport! Great job as always, Peter 👏👏
Plus here's how my personal order would be:
1) 2020
2) 2018
3) 2015
4) 2014
5) 2019
6) 2017
7) 2021
8) 2016
9) 2024
10) 2013
11) 2023
12) 2022
/gen, why 2024 over 2023 and 2022? He hasn't been doing well comparatively, at least relative to the car. 22 and 23 were fairly competitive for the car, aside from a bit of 2022.
@Ryzard Simply because he managed to take 1+1 victories in a car that with the exception of summer period GP's was largely underperfoming during this season and Lewis proved he's still not slow. Specially in Silverstone
These words are coming from the mouth of someone who was traditionally a Lewis Hamilton snobb
Some of these events are displayed in a very subjective light that does not favor Hamilton.
For example, Hamilton was used in 2022 to experiment with the car to find the issues and solve them (kind of ironic given that they never listened to him). And now in 2024 Mercedes was left in the dust not only by RB but also by McLaren and Ferrari, so they only have the 4th best car, which meant anything higher than 6th in the driver's championship was more or less impossible to get (which already accounts for Perez not being up to speed, literally).
And 2021...oh boy. It's not mentioned that Verstappen drove VERY dirty as soon as he was ahead in the championship, he risked his own health by doing so in Silverstone. The penalty Hamilton got for that incident was more of an alibi penalty ("yeah, it looked bad, let's give him a penalty to be safe") than anything else, because Verstappen's way of driving was and still is "either you give way or we crash", which is very effective when you are leading the championship and fighting with the one chasing you.
That "suspiciously powerful new engine" line made me chuckle and shake my head at the same time. What do you think happened, they installed a stronger power unit? They put in top secret fuel? They secretly mounted a supercharger? At least give us _something_ if you make such funny insinuations so that we can have a good laugh - like I do :D.
And finally, Hamilton was eventually robbed of the title by the actions of Masi who was let go afterwards. It was VERY clear that the people who ran F1 wanted a) a close fight til the end and b) a different champion for once. That doesn't mean Hamilton didn't have the chances to secure the title in other ways, he also has been weak on defence and he could have blocked Verstappen's overtake attempt rather easily in that last lap if he would just have blocked the inside line. Nonetheless, that season was anything but fair and anything but legitimate.
I'm glad someone else mentioned this! It's quite striking how biased Peter is against Hamilton in some of his descriptions of events in this video...
Some of your comments do display a slight bias to Lewis but you're right, Peter casts an extremely unfavorable light on a lot of this. You'd think he never drove a good race based on this video.
His description of 2019 is gross
@@lukeEmmo Yes, I have become very fond of Lewis over the past few years, especially since he changed a lot himself as well, which was very inspiring to me.
But I have no problem saying it like it is, Lewis is certainly not as strong as he used to be (even though that elite driver is still in him when he is motivated - I think many of us can relate to that) and he has shown some glaring weaknesses that have been exposed over the past few seasons. Nonetheless, I think Peter did Lewis dirty in this video multiple times.
I was about to comment something similar till i saw yours…it’s very off putting the way he’s overly critical of Hamilton for losing even when sometimes it’s the team’s fault or just a racing incident, and when Hamilton wins the car he was in is op and only thanks to a powerful engine or brilliant strategy or even other drivers not doing a good enough job…very disappointing
In my opinion, Hamilton's 2016 and 2021 seasons were weaker than 2017.
I distinctly remember during the 2017 season talking to my uncle (who's a big Hamilton fan), and we both agreed that Hamilton came back with a vengence that year after the disappointment of the year before.
2021 is very overated, not in this video, but where I live in Britain. Because of Max's crash in qualy at Jeddah, and his poor driving standards during the races at Interlagas and Jeddah and then the Michael Masi situation at Abu Dhabi everyone thought Lewis was robbed of the title.
Whilst I agree officiating was poor/questionable throughout the year with both sides benefitting at times. I feel alot of people overlooked or ignored the blunders Lewis made early in the season, the lucky red flags after crashes, the harsh penalty for Max at Monza and the leniant one for Lewis at Silverstone and Max's puncture in Baku.
Max was lucky not to be DQ'd at Jeddah and Michael Masi and the FIA are idiots we can all agree on that, but that doesn't change my opinion that Max was comfortably the better driver that year and has been ever since, and I'm proudly British, and not a Max fan.
I get your point on 2021. I'm also British and I thought Verstappen was the better driver of the two that year, although he did not cover himself in glory in Monza or over the final few races with his driving.
2016 was an interesting one. He was somewhat all over the place in the first few races in terms of results; botched starts, grid penalties, etc., arguably should've been 2nd in Monaco but roared into the lead by winning every race in July, then the engine failure in Malaysia and a not particularly great performance in Japan (another poor start) put the ball entirely in Rosberg's court.
Proudly British doesn’t legitimize opinion.
@@dominicbarden4436 I agree that Max was definitely over the line in the last couple of races in 2021. It frustrated me so much and soured my opinion of him a lot (like at COTA and Mexico this year) because I'd actually sympathised with him for much of the season up to that point with the bad luck he'd suffered. The numerous track limits controversies, the puncture at Baku and the crashes that weren't his fault (Silverstone and Hungaroring). But I was calling for him to be black-flagged after that stunt at Jeddah and I remember thinking that his lack of a penalty at Interlagos was extremely lenient as well. Even more lenient than at COTA this year when you factor in the speed difference at both corners.
I thought then, and I still think now that the FIA were manipulating the championship so it would be as close as possible going into the finale snce it usually seemed to be the trailing driver who got the lenient penalties, or the leading one who got the harsher ones.
I was actually thinking that as early as the crash at Silverstone when Lewis got a ridiculously small penalty for the crash at Copse. You can pass there (contrary to what Christian Horner says), but not when your front wheels are just ahead of the other cars rear wheels and Lewis went off the track after he clipped Max, he didn't even make the corner.
To me, that was a 25 second stop-go penalty with a black and white flag and penalty points, but the fact it was the first lap (which shouldn't mean anything) and that it was a British driver at the British Grand Prix along with the obvious title ramifications led to that lenient penalty (in my opinion).
I disagree with you on the penalty for Max at Monza however. Max's wheels were still on the white lines when he got launched off the sausage curb. If a driver is launched up by an FIA approved "hurdle" - for want of a better term - whilst still within the boundary of racing, then that's the FIA's fault, not the driver. If Max was rejoining the track I'd feel differently about it since he has to rejoin safely and those curbs are there to stop him gaining an unfair advantage, but he hadn't left the track so therefore shouldn't have to worry about it.
Max was a scapegoat, in my opinion, to distract from the fact that we had had yet another near miss involving a sausage curb at Monza. First Alex Peroni in F3, Dino Beganovic in FRECA (I think), a big shunt with sports cars (I don't know any names) and, worst of all Sophia Floersch, this time at Macau.
That sausage curb isn't there anymore and I think that says it all.
Regarding Lewis in 2016, something seemed to wrong mentally. He couldn't get his starts right (Lando's not the only one it seems) and Rosberg just seemed one step ahead for most of the season, mentally more than anything.
This may be a false rumour, but I heard from my Dad that Lewis had smashed up his hotel room in Baku for some reason and Niki Lauda was reprimanding him for it. If true this showed how his head wasn't in the right place for some reason.
There were other incidents off the track that year as well, that had me questioning his attitude and mentality that year as well, but I might be wrong and reading to much into it.
@@izieky I never said that it does. I'm just explaining that I don't have a national agenda against Lewis or for Max or anyone else.
My name is Irish so when I criticise British figures online, I'm often accused of being biased against them by people who don't realise that I'm actually British born and bred, and as I mentioned before, proud of it.
@@seamuskavanagh2566 Verstappen's pretty frustrating because we know how good he is. That part's unquestionable, drives like Brazil this year show how much class he has in terms of driving. But occasions where he drives like he did in say, Mexico this year, really make him hard to root for.
I've never been a particularly big fan of him (I'm a Hamilton and McLaren fan first and foremost), but I do think he is one of the modern greats, and he's certainly been one of the best drivers over the last several years. I'm a big believer in 'The driver might have the best car but it's still up to them to get the most out of it,' and there's no denying that he's done that by and large, even this year when Red Bull have faltered.
I think Silverstone 2021 was more of a racing incident. Yes, predominantly Hamilton's fault, he was the one who made the mistake and understeered wide, and given his speed and how shallow his line was he was always going to, but I think Verstappen could've given a little more space into Copse than he did. If nothing else, he perhaps could've claimed he'd been forced off and might've had a good case! I think it had perhaps partly been fuelled by the fact that Hamilton had tried the same thing in the sprint the day before, failed and was then stuck as Verstappen drove away. So when the race itself started it was immediately gloves off; I don't think I've seen a more aggressive opening lap between two drivers before or since. In hindsight, the penalty Hamilton got was probably too lenient; maybe it would've been better if it was a proper stop-go rather than a time penalty which could be taken at his pit stop, but there were plenty of questionable calls as the season went on.
I hated the reactions to the crash though. Yes, it was a big crash, but I feel like Red Bull's reaction to the press was calculated to fan the flames (e.g. "you can't pass at Copse" when I'm pretty sure Christian Horner knows full well that you can, it just requires sensible driving from all parties), and it really soured the title fight for me from there on in as the tribalism in the F1 fanbase came to the fore and has never really gone away since, especially with how the rest of the season unfolded. And don't get me started on the British Bias accusations!
Fair enough on Monza. I think part of it was Verstappen being really aggressive and committing to a gap that was there but was very likely to be shut down. Hamilton wasn't exactly going to yield at that point in the season, which I think had been evident from Silverstone onwards, and he made his intent clear with how aggressively he moved across once he'd cleared the pit exit line. I think Verstappen could've been a bit more circumspect, although with how hard it was to pass at Monza, he might've felt it was his only chance. I do agree about the sausage kerbs, why they weren't removed after Flörsch's crash in Macau I have no idea. And that was back in 2018!
I have a love-hate relationship with 2021, and to be honest, it's a season I don't like to look back on much. It can basically be boiled down to: as a McLaren fan, I enjoyed Norris driving really well, the battle with Ferrari for 3rd in the WCC and of course, Monza was really special (1st win for the team in nearly a decade and because it was painful to see Ricciardo struggle so much so him getting it was really nice; I genuinely think he could well have won even without Hamilton and Verstappen colliding. Maybe that's a bit delusional, but hey), but as a Hamilton fan, it's complicated! I think I'd have been a bit sour with how the championship was decided even if Hamilton had won. I kind of think both he and Verstappen stooped quite low at times, and it was the season that really showed me how ugly the F1 fanbase can be.
His seasons only have 3 ranks.
2007-2021, 2023 : Stonks.
2022 - eh.
2024 : boom'n'bust.
2007-2021 Top team ---> Top finishes (From day 1!!)
2022- Upper-Midfield team --> Upper-Midfield finishes
@@S2KEVINupper is a stretch for many of these. When the car is capable of a race win, he wins or podiums. Otherwise, he struggles
@@Ryzard Exactly. GOAT? Far from it. Luckiest of the top drivers of his era? Absolutely.
@@S2KEVIN His #stillwerise movement broke down this Qatar GP when he cried to retire lol
@@S2KEVINand yet he will go down as one of the greatest ever, loved by millions, and this uneducated opinion you have will bare absolutely zero impact on human history.
Man, its lonely to be a hater
Now this is why I subscribe to this channel. Great video
Great vid mate. Hope the new year brings lots of new subscribers 🏎️
new game take a shot every time valtteri giving a win is mentioned
I appreciate the effort you have put into the video Peter, but the way you put across some of your points seems loaded with elements of bias against Hamilton. Many of the seasons mentioned here, you exaggerate his mistakes and downplay some of his best moments. I think you are a great F1 content creator overall, but I do not appreciate the level of bias that comes through in a video like this.
If I didn’t watch the seasons and some of the races he referenced i would be among the people saying lewis is a fraud…i mean despite all the mistakes he’s proudly exaggerated Hamilton still won 6 titles with merc beating he’s teammates and rivals, i guess they must have made more mistakes than him then.
When I started watching F1 in 2018, it was Hamilton at his peak at Mercedes, and he became my favourite driver (and still is today), and it was just amazing seeing him win, win, and win some more, and seeing what he could do in the car.
Now that he is joining Ferrari, I hope he can secure an 8th career world title before he retires.
You cant quit!! This is one of the best F1 channels out. You'll get your stars. Maybe do some collaborations. Release some gear.
It's another great video. Keep up the good work, you're really doing a very good job, i like your videos. They are very good
My ranking would probably be
1) 2018
2) 2017
3) 2015
4) 2014
5) 2020
6) 2023
7) 2019
8) 2016
9) 2021
10) 2013
11) 2022
12) 2024
cmon algorithm this video is 🔥
Blaming Hamilton’s reliability issues in 2016 on him having part of rosberg’s mechanics or him winning the last 4 races was because rosberg wasn’t trying to win is just ridiculous…learn to hide your biases better or else your channel will continue to suffer
The mechanics part I don't agree with and I think it's just baseless speculation, but Rosberg needed to finish 2nd in the last four races to win and he did it, it's not that he wasn't trying to win but the calculations were clear and everybody knew that 2nd was enough.
can we agree that his 2021 was incredibly underwhelming. got gifted many points by luck, lost anyways and also managed to embarrass himself in Hungary, Imola and Baku
agreed, but you gotta say that when the pressure was at its highest, he locked in (last 4 races)
but a Championship isn't won in a couple of races, it's a marathon not a sprint, in the words of Lewis Hamilton funnily enough
U might be an idiot
@@caseyf14483 You say he locked in when it mattered but uh... brake magic happened and that literally cost him the title
@@caseyf14483When your car is .5 seconds faster per lap than the second one, there isn't any pressure that matters. Pressure was on Imola where he crashed, Russia Qualifying where he crashed, Spa Qualifying when he got outqualified by a WILLIAMS, Silverstone where he had been beaten by his rival in the sprint so he sent him to the hospital, Baku last lap or even Hungary where he struggled 15 laps to pass a car with older tyres and who was also more than a second slower per lap
@@marcosbremermann870where did you get 0.5 seconds faster per lap?
Great vid! Commenting to boost in the algorithm
Not sure about 2024 being the worst. He won in Silverstone and had an exceptional drive in Vegas. Nothing could be worse than 2022
Honestly, I actually agree with 2024 being the worst. Yes, he's had great drives such as Silverstone and Vegas, but the lows have been more numerous and arguably lower than even 2022 in my opinion. I think 2022, once he got more on top of the car from around Canada onwards, was actually not too bad. Ok, he didn't win a race while Russell did, but Brazil aside, when Mercedes even vaguely threatened to beat Red Bull and Ferrari to victory (e.g. Silverstone, Zandvoort or for a more clear-cut example COTA) it was usually Hamilton leading the charge. Not to take away anything from Russell though, his 2022 was excellent.
can't forget the 1-2 in Spa also before the russell penalty. but yeah I agree, 2022 with the porpoising i think almost retired him from all those back problems 💀💀
I'm shocked at how accurate this ranking is. Couldn't agree more. 2018 was prime Hamilton, no doubt. I believe that he slowly started to decline around the time of his first covid infection, in the later stages of the 2020 season. But I do hope that he bounces back at Ferrari to finish his career on a high note
I subbed and clicked the bell. Keep grinding my friend!
my goodness can you sound anymore biased against hamilton
Fr hes slagging him off the whole time
Felt exactly the same way, I am able to recognize Hamilton's mistakes but he just keeps on being consistently biased and taking credit off Hamilton's talent.
he's just saying how it is
Yeah Lewis’ worst season is defo this one. He seems totally checked out and just fed up with the team.
Personal Ranking, best to worst
2020
2018
2019
2014
2015
2016
2017
2021
2013
2023
2022
2024
Also, imagine how many wins he could’ve gotten in 2020 had Covid never happened with how dominant that W11 was. Even if he won every race in 2020 during the pandemic Max would’ve still beaten his season wins record.
Great video mate. Always enjoy your content.
Great video man
Great video as always!
It really was a suspiciously fast engine in the last races of 2021. The way he just cruised past other drivers in Brazil was crazy.
Somehow even more suspicious than the 2019 Ferrari engine pre-Austin.
They were burning through engines like socks towards the end of that season hence why so many grid penalties
They clearly found that simply taking new engines, and putting them in "party mode" until they cried enough was the most efficient means of winning.
Eh? Verstappen took a new engine at Brazil 2024. Look at how powerful that was.
At the final two races, the Honda power unit was easily on par, in Jeddah Hamilton actually made most of his time up on Verstappen in the corners. Wasn't fitted in Qatar and he did the best demolition job of the lot.
They had one new engine for the last 4 races, so they just ran it at a higher power setting. But iirc Hamilton only used it in Brazil and Abu Dhabi. Qatar and KSA he used an older unit.
mentions a fresh engine in 2021 as suspicious, but crickets on ferrari in 2019 when they beat Lewis🤔
Good vid but your negatively skewed bias on LH is evident
It’s a video ABOUT Hamilton, I do get what you’re saying but it’s a look at his seasons and the things that influenced his performance, that being one of them, he didn’t mention anything technically to do with the other teams at any other point during the video either
@@TheAmeteurAssassins you don't think the added context of:
how merc(driver and team) had to push themselves so hard to emulate a Ferrari outfit that was achieving crazy things (with hindsight we know now illegally/sketchily)
which then led them to creating the fastest car ever in the history of the sport which hamilton used to equal the record of championships in F1.
But hey its just a vid about Hamilton eh?
Great video!!
Hehe, thank you for using my footage from Hungary 2021
It's good footage!
Valtteri: “Hey guys, let’s go bowling.” *Strikes everyone out on the first corner.*
All in all quite a decent list. The only thing I majorly disagree on is 2023. In my opinion that was one of his best. Yes he was a bit error prone at some points but given the car that he had which was obviously a bit tricky to handle AND come home in 3rd in the wdc and actually threatening Checo for 2nd for some time in what was the 3rd or 4th fastest car regarding the whole season was astonishing. That was absolute prime Hamilton again apart from his few messy errors such as Qatar. But personally I would put 2023 as like his 4th or mayyyybe even 3rd best season pushing all the others down one more place.
Oh and also despite some absolutely mighty performances in 2021 I think that that was one of his worse seasons. I'd probably put it somewhat equal to 2022 which I would both set just above 2017. In my opinion 2021 he was REALLY scruffy at times when absolutely could afford to be so. If he'd been as much on it all year as Verstappen had been pace-wise he would have likely won the championship regardless of both Max's unfortunate Baku retirement and the Abu Dhabi shenanigans. But there were just a few too many small mistakes which had a great impact and some misses for pace at some parts whilst demolishing in other races. If his performances were spread more consistently over all the races rather than some very low lows and some very high highs I reckon he could have won that championship somewhat comfortably. Maybe like 25 - 35 points ahead of Verstappen.
I did my own ranking of all Lewis's seasons including the McLaren era :
* Champion year
1. 2020*
2. 2018*
3. 2015*
4. 2012
5. 2007
6. 2014*
7. 2019*
8. 2017*
9. 2016
10. 2021
11. 2008*
12. 2010
13. 2009
14. 2023
15. 2013
16. 2022
17. 2011
18. 2024
Shouldnt 2022 be the worst?
@matthiascerebri3315 In 2022 at least he did OK most of the time although was beaten by George Russell ,the car did let him down. I felt in 2011 and 2024 Hamilton really kind of let things get to him and his form suffered a lot.
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I think 2020 is his best season as, yes he had the messy weekend in the belated season opener in Austria, where he had the grid penalty and post race penalty, but from there, he was almost flawless. There was only 1 race he didn't score points in, Sakhir, due to contracting Covid-19, but that was after the championship had already been wrapped up. 11 wins in 16 races, and scoring points in all of them with no DNF'S, impressive. It doesn't matter that he had by far the best car that year, don't forget, Bottas did as well and wasn't consistently able to get as much out of it as Hamilton.
This video was also a friendly reminder of how ASS vettel was a Ferrari
Do a video on forgotten f1 teams from the 1990s and late 1980s
Awesome video :)
For the algorithm! Love your videos 👍
The only correct list should be:
1. 2018
2. 2017
3. 2023
4. 2015
5. 2020
6. 2019
7. 2021
8. 2014
9. 2013
10. 2024
11. 2022
12. 2016
Mostly agree yet I’d put 2016 higher than 2022
@Paul777- Lewis spent the first part of 2022 testing the car then had a good run for the season.
Lewis spent the first part of 2016 partying and going to galas, lost his focus, and then had an amazing second part of the championship. He lost the title by himself.
You have to say, when you've been in for like 15 years and your career worst is 7th that's pretty good imo
Nice list. Could you also do a List about the Mclaren time?
2016 and 2021 should be way lower. 2021 especially. If not for many dubious circumstances, he’d have no chance to even sniff the title that season.
I honestly belive Hamilton will stay at Ferrari until 2026, or he wins the 8th title
I too think it be like that where he.ll stay untill he gets his 8th so this could either be somewhere in 2025 or 26 i don.t think hamilton will continue to race after he gets his 8th i think by then he.ll retire so i think he.ll spent 1 maybe 2 season at ferrari and then retire
You're one of my favorite channels on youtube and I'm sorry that you are going through such a hardship. I'll attempt to support as much as I can.
I think this is a bit harsh to 2017 (a season when Ferrari had the best Sunday package at more races than Mercedes but Hamilton still thrashed an all-time great) and 2021 (when he beat Verstappen in machinery that was essentially equal over the year making fewer mistakes and having worse luck than his main rival).
Maybe 21 should be lower than 2017 but i think 17 is rated that low is because vettel was performing better (for me) than lewis and vettel 3 consecutive races with lot of problems really helped hamilton to win the title
Oh, believe me, there will be "SCARLETT WAR"
2018 at the top, as it should be. Near perfection to beat a faster car for two thirds of the races and a pair of world champions with five titles between them. His peers started talling noticeably differently about him that year.
His Vegas drive was a season’s highlight.
bro doesn't wanna upload after the last race cuz he won't be handling the sadness 🗣️
Lewis Mercedes will live forever
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What a monster
Can't believe it's over
In 2016, you not mentioning the plethora of car issues he had in the first races is not really great work mate.
2017 and 2018 were painful for me as a Seb fan
I'll predict that in 1st it will be 2020 definitely
Nah, gotta be 2018
@@caseyf14483 we will see
There’s a good argument for 2015 as well
Was 2024 really worse than 2022 he’s at least won 2 races
G.O.A.T.
In 2024 Lewis was sabotaged by his team
12:33 "Haaamilltoonnnn o motor foooi simboooora"
My Top 10 Moments of Lewis Hamilton Brilliance With Mercedes (By Grand Prix, Not Season):
1) 🇹🇷 2020 Turkish Grand Prix.
2) 🇧🇷 2021 Brazilian Grand Prix.
3) 🇬🇧 2024 British Grand Prix.
4) 🇭🇺 2013 Hungarian Grand Prix.
5) 🇲🇨 2019 Monaco Grand Prix.
6) 🇸🇬 2018 Singaporean Grand Prix.
7) 🇩🇪 2018 German Grand Prix.
8) 🇧🇷 2016 Brazilian Grand Prix.
9) 🇺🇸 2015 United States Grand Prix
10) 🇧🇭 2014 Bahrainian Grand Prix
"stonks" in the big 24 💔💔
2018,2015,2020,2017,2014,2016,2019,2021,2023,2022,2024
Whoops I forgot 2013, id put it above 2022 like Peter
2022 was easily his worst season not 2024
Real ones will remember the original Stonks thumbnail ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
old thumbnail better D:
some of your phrasing here is odd? how was it him that threw away the win in hungary? The team decided to keep him out while everyone else pitted?
I think 18,14,20,15,21,16,17,19,23,13,22,24
18:12 was he wrong tho…
No imo... But people have different views
@ exactly, so why should lewis apologise for his
@@lukerichards4135 to save his reputation... You kinda have to apologize when you are famous as to not offend anyone
@@emperorsniper2806 yeah bugger that
Why say COTA when you can just say austin? Took me a while to realize what you’re talking about
Typicial disrespect that 2016 is only 6th because he lost to Nico...bias
7:58.. in equal machinery
I really dont think 21 was that good. I think even 23 Hamilton was better than in 21. He was so lucky and did such a costly errors. We would not have 21 abu dhabi if Hamilton didnt mess up his magic in Baku and some other weekends like Turkey he was just 5th. Meanwhile Max was 1st and 2nd in every race he finished. 2023 is really his most overlooked season. Being in a car that cant win on most ocasions against dominant car like he had for years. We saw him from the other side of dominant season
Peter Brook, do you hate Lewis Hamilton?
Feel the winless seasons should be below 2024
In 2022 there was moments where he showed blistering pace
In this season he’s being comfortably beaten by Russel and looks nowhere near the level that he normally drives at.
So merc engine after sao paulo in 2021 was "suspeciously" good but ferrari "stepped up" in the second half of 2019 right? Your bias is unbelievable when it is established as a fact which engine was illegal. Have some shame never watching another video again
Yh seems like it was saying anything positive about Lewis with gritted teeth
Because they tuned up their engines during those last few races. This was a last ditch effort to win both championships.
Every content creator has biases, even historians have biases. The very fact this video was posted shows there's no irrational hate
Bit emotional mate
Might be time to change your tampon, mate. Relax.
I don't think Lewis at Ferrari will be smooth sailing in my opinion. When it comes to the his way or the highway attitude hes been bringing lately, that doesnt do well in a team that always thinks Ferrari first. Hamilton is fantastic driver, but I don't see him gelling well with the team unless he changes his attitude.
I'm a Hamilton fan though not as ridiculous as some on X/Twitter are. I think Hamilton and Mercedes needed the divorce but certainly Lewis has to find his qualifying speed again if he can.
2022-24 has been his zombie years at Mercedes like how his last 4 years at McLaren were his zombie years at that team.
Difference is he was winning races fairly regularly in that time (2, 3, 3 and 4), and not to mention he actually led the championship for a fair portion of 2010, and would've put up a better challenge in 2012 had it not been for things like operational errors and poor reliability.
The bias your showing is probably why your not growing. Definitely turned me away. Just a thought
What bias? What are you talking about?
At best, damning with faint praise…
I am NOT a Hamilton fanboy; I can take him or leave him. Sometimes I find him tiresome. He is undeniably a great though, and his efforts on inclusivity should be lauded.
All of that said, I still cannot understand how they got away with 2021. Fair enough it was an unusual season, and I take your point about it. But the fact remains, he was on to win the championship until the last lap. The report concluded that Masi did not follow the rules; he made an error. It was that decision that affected the result of the race. If he had not made that decision, then Hamilton would have won. I know that of course there would be consequences and reputational and legal issues if they had "changed" the result, but if the result comes from an action by the race director that unequivocally contravened the rules, then what does that say? It just seems so wrong, I don't understand. As I say, not a fanboy, it just looks like right and wrong to me 🤷🏻♂️
Hear me out - 2023 was overrated:
In Bahrain, he maximised the car, beating George.
In Saudi Arabia, he was beaten by George, but he wasn't terrible.
Australia - Excellent, just excellent. (Could have won though)
Baku - Beat George at least...
Miami - An okay comeback, the bare minimum tbh
Monaco - Again, I suppose he beat George and nearly got a podium... (2023 George kinda sucked tho)
Spain - Great race, maximised the car
Canada - Should have beaten Alonso
Austria - What the f**k...
Britain - Got lucky with the safety car
Hungary - Bottled the start
Belgium - Okay i guess?
Netherlands - Okay comeback but should have qualified better and pitted on lap 1
Italy - Awareness dropped to zero when racing Piastri
Singapore - Good race, at least he didn't bottle it like George did
Japan - Forces George at the track after his own error
Qatar - Hamilgoes where no Lewis has ever Hamilbeen (T1 gravel trap)
USA - Great race despite the DSQ
Mexico - His best race of the season imo, good sh*t
Brazil - Pain... Couldn't do too much with that sh*tbox but still... Getting beaten by an Alpine in a dry race is embarrassing
Las Vegas - Good race pace ruined by a bad quali and a silly collision with Piastri once again
Abu Dhabi - His own mistake damaged his wing, ruining his race and nearly costing Mercedes 2nd
I felt like this at the time and still do now. Not a bad season by any means, but vastly overrated imo.
Feels like you’re using things out of his control against, why is it his fault if George did worse or circumstances fell his way?
Stopped reading when you said he could've won in Australia. Laughable take.
I could listen to you read the dictionary
What does his personal life have to do with this? Especially regarding his nephew and fashion seems weirdly personal
I like this guy's videos but he defo has at least a bit of a vendetta against hamilton, it's super obvious in the iceberg videos
You can have preferences without having a "vendetta". At the end of the day he's one person making educated videos based on his knowledge and opinions. No one is 100% objective
@@NavF1 I don’t how his interactions with family members or his extra curricular activity have to do with ranking a drivers season. So naturally you assume one must have a bias against or for said driver
@@NavF1 Yeah strong preference would be a more accurate term
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They are all riddled with mistakes and brain dead moments. Without a super car he is average at best.
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2017 - 8th??
Bad video
1 2020
2 2018
3 2015
4 2014
5 2019
6 2017
7 2021
8 2016
9 2023
10 2013
11 2024
12 2022
12: 2016.. a youtuber beated an F1 driver.. :P