Absolutely one of my most favorite channels! My personal handicap is I'm trying to follow your rapid analysis on my phone's screen!

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the polesitter has to cover off such a wide area at COTA because the track in the run to T1 is quite wide. That's what makes it not that easy to defend pole at this track.

He went to Renault for the cash

Great analysis!

Great video❤

Super insightful fella. Keep it up mate.

I think the reason why him and other drivers like Lewis don't always fully cover the inside while defending is that they don't necessarily expect the attaking car to go for that inside given that it's a dirty/rarely usef part of the track, which may lead the attaking car to dirty their tires and not be able to brake late thereafter. Just my 2 cents

There are examples of Leclerc's attack and defence being sub par but there are also ample of examples of brilliant racecrafts: 1. Austria 22, down the inside Max in turn 4 2. Vegas 23, overtaking Checo in the final lap 3. Bahrain 22, DRS chicken with Max 4. Silverstone 22, around the outside in Copse with old hard tyres against Lewis who was on softs 5. Silverstone 19, defence and attack for multiple laps against Max For his poor pole to win conversion rate, he lost most of his wins due to bad Ferrari strategy or the car was just not there for the entire race distance. And therefore if you examine all the victories he has lost from pole position, you'll find it's more down to Ferrari's poor race operation

I just discovered your channel and I really enjoy your videos! Would you consider making an analysis for Leclerc and Sainz?

what weakness would you rather have as a driver?

I'm so glad I've found a site less biased than sky😂

Oscar will destroy Norris next year imo. Oscar's qualifying and race pace will improve to the same amount it improved this year but Norris will never be a good wheel to wheel racer as he's scared and jumps out of the way. If he isn't good at wheel to wheel after 6 years it's never gonna happen. McLaren won't have the same dominant car in 2025 which they had in 2024 meaning Norris will struggle when he cant lead from start to finish and actually needs to race wheel to wheel. 2024 will be Lando's career best year and he still won't win the title. When Lando begins to be beaten by Oscar consistently in 2025 Lando will struggle mentally to deal with it imo. Oscar could drive any car on the grid where as the McLaren has been developed solely for Lando's driving style. I don't think any driver on the grid likes Lando as they know he's a spoilt rich kid.

I don't really understand why these arbitrary lines are drawn at a certain amount of races at some random point in the season. In the last 8 races Oscar has scored more points, while Lando has had a DNF and bad luck with yellow flags. But in the last 18 races (the full season so far), Lando has scored more points, poles, podiums, and wins?

Very good video. I have followed Lando from his F3 days and your video said to me that Oscar will not get on terms with Lando. I say that because it says Lando is the faster driver. After years of racing doing one thing to change your driving style is far more dificult than ensuring good starts. Add into that Lando has one of the lowest crash ratings in F1. Far lower then Charles or George . No mention was made of Landos tyre managemnet which some comes from his smooth , less aggressivebut faster driving style and his feel for the tyres. The points diference is swallowed up in the lsast eight races because Lando handed Oscar a win and got a puncture battling for a victoryand yes you do have to slow for a yelow and not press on and wait to see if its going to stay on for some time. Hindsight is just that and safety comes first.

Your point on Baku is absolutely not right. Lando had double yellow flags on his dash, so he had to abondon his lap. And even if he hadn't, you saw what happened to Max on his lap when Sainz crashed in Signapore? It got deleted because of the double yellow flags. So nothing he could have done there. Oscar outscoring Lando had quite a few circumstances to it that don’t necessary say he has better racecraft imo. He is very different as a person. His mindset is incredible. But he is also under a lot less pressure. He has at least as many mistakes this season as Lando and the other drivers (they all had quite a few, even Max), but people don’t criticize them because he is only in his second year. He can do divebombs like on Lando or Charles, these guys wouldn't do, because of the risk. He was the hero, but could have been left with zero - and likely still not much criticism. It will change in the future and we'll see if it will effect him. Interesting times. Other than that, he clearly has still a few things to work on. But it’s small things and every driver had them. I recently heard quite a few podcasts and analyses back from 2021 for example and some things said about Max there you now hear on Lando. And Max had more experience in a a car that had better opportunities. It will be a fascinating battle between all these guys.

This is an incredibly informative video. I feel lucky to be subbed to your channel.

It's abit reminiscent of his f3 days, was never a strong qualifier, never got pole in that car but his racing ability was very strong which is what won him the title.

21:36 there was yellow flags shown on his steering wheel

If Lando irons out these small mistakes on starts, he will be a formidable force to reckon with.

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Oscar is more of early turn in driver. Faster in the corners but less straight line speed. Its track specific.

Seems there might be a difference in downforce levels as well.

Your analysis highlights one of Oscar’s strengths when racing, which is overtaking. Let’s look at the examples: - In the Austrian Sprint Race, Max out brakes Lando and then Oscar out brakes Lando in the same corner. - In the Austrian GP race, Oscar goes deeper into the corner overtakes Sergio Perez and Carlos Sainz on the outside, in a similar move but on different laps. - At Silverstone, Oscar out brakes George and Lewis and overtakes them on the outside. - At the Hungarian GP and Spa, Oscar out brakes Lando into Turn 1. - Also at Spa, Oscar out brakes Charles through Les Combes. - At Monza, Oscar out brakes Lando in Turn 4 when he wasn’t expecting it and Oscar out brake into Ascari. - At Baku, Oscar came a long way back to out brake Charles into Turn 1 and then use his out braking to defend against Charles. - At Singapore, Oscar overtook three times into Turn 7 on a track difficult to overtake. Daniel Ricciardo was known as ‘one of the late brakers’ during his prime at Red Bull. Daniel lost that ability when he went to McLaren and he had to change his driving style to try to get better pace out of the car and it didn’t work. Since then, the McLaren has become way more driveable in the last 12 to 18 months. The question is, does Oscar change his driving style from something that really works in the race in order to get better qualifying times? No. My observation is that Lando is more 2D when comes to overtaking and Oscar is more 3D. Lando is focusing on overtaking on the straights where Oscar will overtake at point where he he thinks he has the advantage over the competitor. The overtaking on the straights has gotten harder this year because of shorter DRS zones and dirty air from the car in front, so more overtaking options help. I think Oscar will take a more Alain Prost approach when comes to qualifying, i.e. focusing on getting the maximum from qualifying, but remain more focus on the race itself. Lando will probably double-down in qualifying because he sees this as his advantage.

cheers enjoyed that. great analysis with out being ( ah yped up ) facts, really good ... i enjoyed that

Why do you think Oscar does better in Q2 vs Q3? I remember noting a few times that his Q2 lap is much better than Q3.. is it inexperience? Although last year his qualifying seemed better than this year Great videos by the way! Love the channel 👍🏻

This channel is the perfect accompaniment to Peter Windsor's analysis. Like with anything in life, with two contrasting points of view it's easier to discern the truth. Hoping for a podcast together at some point. 🤘

Lando if gets on the groove he can give a tough fight

in yor opinion, do yo think Lando has more speed or better tecnique than Max Verstapen?

sorry bro you reaching Mercedes is apparently sabotaging Lewises car the performance shows this clearly even his stragedy is compromised.

One more thing. You need to go and see #F1XED videos and you might know what has LEWIS has been dealing with from 2021 a lot of drivers would have given up but he is trying to get back what was stolen from him. How about you go and have a quiet word with MAD MAX and ask to return it to LEWIS as a true sport man.

I am sorry but i don't agree with you Lack of confident NO! If your team is FUCKING U over what will that do for you you tell me that? That is like a father treating one of his son better than the others Thumb down 4U

can you say something about the tire temperature? Lewis said multiple times that that is his issue

You need to get rid of those Orange contact lenses mate. Hamilton 8 x FIA Rules F1 Champion.

I hear what you're saying but I think you should compare the onboard and see exactly what Lewis is dealing with and what George is dealing with. The cars are behaving totally different Lewis is fighting the car while George doesn't have to fight the car just direct it because Lewis has to fight it he can't be as aggressive as George which is what Lewis has always been good at to get the best out of the car to get the best lap time.

Next you surely doing to make a video about what happened to Max's sudden fall of performance...he always seems unhinged

You can't drive the same way as your team mate if you are in the car that they are trying different things with and yes tyre temps.

Mercedes is behaving like most women in marriages and relationships

You can see his driving style shine in the rain. Especially Q3 at spa this year. His corner exits are just crazy

New regs dont fit his driving style.

A change of environment will do Lewis the world of good. I think he’ll be back to his best again at Ferrari.

No you haven't. You aRe talking like Lewis & Russell's cars aRe identical. Even if they were setup with the same specs they still wouldn't be identical. No F1 racer lacks confidence in their ability to drive his racecar flat out & no driver that is BeinG Responsible for their existence would push an unpredictable or inconsistent vehicle to it's absolute limit. Driving a vehicle quickly & safely is first of all the measure of the vehicle and then the measure of the man & his will to reach. All your data is telling you is that Lewis is sitting on a piece of high powered machinery that is not one with the one who is thinking for iT.

Russell is better than Lewis at extracting performance from a mediocre car. Whereas Lewis can take a good car all the way to Championship.

Did I miss it, or did he forget to cover the tyre compound, ages (laps old), traffic they might have faced/slip-streamed? It has been mentioned that the vehicle dynamics due to the current regs (ground effect - understeery low speed, oversteery high speed) inhibit his natural style. Cant brake late and hard, requires a different style. This subject seems to cover a drivers adaptability. #shrug

Fantastic video, to me it seems very clear, car confidence issues stemming from a car that's not really of Lewis' preferred driving style along with his team mate being better at qualifying than he is at racing and the results make sense. Lewis qualifying under George and often beating him in the races isn't that surprising when you really look at it like that, since racecraft =/= fastest to lap every lap. But of course the TeamLH fans are going to ignore all the data and make up conspiracy theories because they can't accept that maybe Lewis and this gen of Merc cars have simply not been that compatible. Why is it such a surprise and hard pill to swallow for them? Happens to so many drivers as you mentioned with Danny Ric.

…..Wow…..why is he a multi world champion and you are not ……as you appear to know much more than he does eh?

What a great topic for a video 😂 Lewis has said that he's having trouble carrying speed into corners but what I find weird is that he'll outperform george in every practice session on some weekends but then in qualifying it'll flip into George's favour. You would think that how he performs in his good practice sessions would influence his confidence going into qualifying.

Would Lewis hire this guy as a coach? NO!

This is not about confidence but tire temperature issues. He is a Sabotage victim. Lewis is doing the impossible. This will make him stronger.