THE FUTURE'S ORANGE? McLaren's First World Championship Since 1998

[@patmanbnl]

This year was also the first time since 1983 that the drivers champion's car wasn't either 1st or 2nd in the constructors. Last time was Nelson Piquet winning the driver's in the 3rd place Brabham in 1983.

[@TheSt1092]

Max Versttappen and Piquet Sr are also the only two drivers in history two win two WDCs in seasons where their team were not constructors championship champions . For Piquet this occurred with his first two WDCs with Brabham in 1981 ( Williams won the WCC) and 1983 (WCC won by Ferrari) . For Max this occurred in 2021 (Mercedes won the WCC ) and then 2024 ( McLaren wins the WCC)

[@Sticktothemodels]

Says more about the quality of teammate than it does the car

[@JohnSmithShields]

​@@Sticktothemodels Perez did great for McLaren.

[@A-BYTE64]

​@@JohnSmithShields😂, but now

[@AidanMillward]

@@patmanbnl Keke Rosberg: “only third?”

[@azapro911]

Rumour has it that Ron Dennis is only comfortable watching today's races in black & white, giving his beloved McLarens a vibrant shade of grey.

[@AidanMillward]

@@azapro911 Alonso’s probably seething as well.

[@YunoYudu97]

​@@AidanMillwardPerez sick as a parrot too

[@CyanRooper]

Alonso: *aggressively eats a peach*

[@iorwerthgriffith663]

What a childish and unnecessary comment!

[@bumblebity2902]

Ron Dennis myth about titles only will be won by manufacturers is debunked

[@paulrobinson3649]

The gap between McLaren's 8th and 9th constructor's championships is greater than between their 1st and 8th. The last quarter of a century has been crazy.

[@MrSaywutnow]

McLaren failing to score a podium with a Honda engine was definitely one of the crazier moments.

[@kevinprior3549]

Hill was on it in that '98 Japanese GP. That last corner overtake on Frentzen was excellent & ironic at the same time.

[@JasonAFlintham]

For me, the incident between Verstappen and Piastri annoys me because of the Verstappen fans criticising Piastri for not just lying back and taking it when Verstappen divebombed him. All the complaints about “British bias” just come off as hypocritical knowing that Max Verstappen could ram a flaming bin lorry into a children’s hospital while blind drunk, and his fans would still blame the hospital.

[@LuminalSpoon]

To be fair I think Jos has done that.

[@nickklavdianos5136]

Honestly I just wish drivers stop taking Verstappen's sh!t anymore. I really want them to stop letting him send them off the track every time he has the inside, and just turn into him and take the crash.

[@KevinJDildonik]

Anyone who was paying attention should have seen this coming. 2023 McLaren went from back of the grid to a front-runner. Their development pipeline was working, with more coming online. I said if they start 2024 midfield they'll be an easy second place WCC. That assumed Red Bull wouldn't stumble. Pair the two, easy WCC. I don't know how they weren't prepared for this. If it was me, I'd have been prepped for a possible #1 this whole season. "You lose 100% of the shots you don't take" and McLaren weren't prepared to take the shot.

[@mrbloodmuffins]

McLaren win the constructors and Max wins the drivers championship... and Trump won so this year is orange all-round.

[@simontravers2715]

Just need Karl Pilkington to do something now (Head like a f****** orange)

[@wesselgreven6570]

Not the joke I was expecting, but it is the joke I will be laughing over for days😂

[@paulwinter6982]

😂😂😂

[@CyanRooper]

I guess you could say that this year has been a Tangerine Dream come true.

[@simontravers2715]

Red Bull & Ferrari have just been Tango’d

[@TheSt1092]

Aidan Bottas got a grid penalty for the incident with K-Mag.

[@AidanMillward]

@TheSt1092 ah yes. I see it on the documents page now. Must have only seen the first one. Either way it’s probably going to do nothing for him seeing as he’s gone at the end of the season and if he comes back in 2026 he’ll have a clean license. 🤣

[@Jorge.Painkiller]

​@@AidanMillward IIRC, it'll be on the next race he starts, doesn't matter how much time passes. If Button were to return, he'll also have that grid penalty for the incident with Wehrlein in Monaco 2017

[@philrussell5258]

2025 I think is going to be incredible. Lewis and Leclerc vieing for no.1 VERSTAPPEN BEING VERSTAPPEN and with a new team mate New driver at Merc Norris and Piastri building on their success Alonso hopefully coming back up with Aston Laughing at Stroll 😂

[@JohnSmithShields]

Checo in the third McLaren again.

[@smith2781]

I agree with you, normally the last season of a current regulation the teams just tweak their cars. Which makes for great seasons ( apart from the second half of ‘13 when they changed the tyres). I think it had the potential to be like 2008 when not one car is the clear best so it swings and roundabouts with each track. I just hope that Lando capitalises on this opportunity and gets more firm then he did this year. Ferrari will be interesting too. I expect Charles to start off with the advantage. But I think it’ll pan out with Charles being the better qualifier and Lewis having the better race pace. I don’t think they’ll put a championship challenge on but I do expect them to win races.

[@VonBlade]

Thank you for showing how great a drive Charles had. In the sickening Lewis love-in it got forgotten by the media. As a McLaren fan, thrilled for the Woking team.

[@AidanMillward]

@@VonBlade Lewis’ drive was just as good 🤪

[@Haulinbassracing]

Dudes the fastest guy on the planet when it doesn't matter, when it matters he's still always going to bin it tho

[@mudachaproductions]

McLaren's previous title was so long ago that neither Norris nor Piastri were even born when it happened. That fact's gonna make a few F1 fans feel old. 😅

[@TheSt1092]

Come on McLaren ! My childhood team back at the top . Lando has learned a lot of hard lessons this year but i'm confident he can put those lessons to good use . I have a feeling Ferrari will be McLaren's main opposition next year . A Lewis v Lando title fight anyone ? Red Bull and Mercedes will fight for the odd win or two but I don't see Max having a car to retain his title next season . BTW Aidan are you a George fan?

[@bumblebity2902]

How about Ron Dennis quote that customers will never ever won any titles.

[@smith2781]

😂. But to be fair to Ron when he said that he was correct. It was the beginning of the hybrid era and the factory teams would naturally make sure they won.

[@bumblebity2902]

@@smith2781 His said in times when factory teams could mistreat customer teams

[@areasquirrel]

I was 12. Something something Mika, something something my McLaren. So, back to Ferrari v McLaren. Well, retro is all the rage these days. I couldn't wait, so on those flyaway occasions, I would fire up Teletext for the result and enjoyed guessing how that played out in my mind's eye before see how it actually played out in the repeat. I relived that with Canada this year, being on hols and having live text commentary on the Sky app, again trying to imagine each twist and turn. "If you no longer go for a gap..." is to me F1's equivalent of Godwin's Law. Call it Senna's Law. If you say it, you immediately lose the argument.

[@henkormel5610]

The quote "If you don't go for a gap that exists, you're no longer a racing driver" is from Senna indeed. The occasion was the championship interview with Murray Walker after the 1999 Japanese GP where he crashed with Prost at turn one. That crash gave him the championship. He was well aware he couldn't say it was on purpose due to he wasn't crowned yet on the gala. Senna gave the political correct answer so he coildn't be blamed for crashing on purpose. It would have cost him the championship if he had answered otherwise.

[@AidanMillward]

I think that interview was with Stewart cos Jackie called him out on it and Senna threw a hissy fit

[@henkormel5610]

@AidanMillward Probably you're right about that. You have much more facts present than I ever could forget. Thanks for the heads-up and your content.

[@Connor-f6s]

For some reason, I don't think it's from a 1999 interview

[@Limegreenedragon]

​@@Connor-f6sit's from the 1990 Japanese GP where Senna won his second title after that collision with Prost

[@AidanMillward]

@@Limegreenedragon the interview was done with Stewart at Australia

[@anthonycutt8854]

When faced with a choice between 'this is nefarious and/or a conspiracy' and 'this is someone being a pillock', it's almost always the latter.

[@tangerinedream7211]

Max was lucky when he was sideways he wasn't T boned by Carlos. Max always dive bombs and doesn't give a 5hIt3. What goes around comes around, if someone dive bombs Max next year cue the moaning. Excellent race, thoroughly enjoyed it. Think Max is favourite next year if the 25 Red Bull is decent. Piastri and Norris will share wins, Lewis and Leclerc will share wins. George may win the odd race, so it could be 1973 again, Emmo and Ronnie had the 72E , class of the field, but shared wins meant Jackie nipped in and took the championship.

[@mikehipperson]

Who are you to make such a statement? Mystic Meg?

[@kevinprior3549]

Hooray.... you done a video about McLaren 2024

[@YunoYudu97]

2025 looks like one hell of a season

[@gerarduspoppel2831]

I could be fun. If Mercedes get's their tire problem under control. They have one good car. McLaren Ferrari and Red Bull can all go for the win.

[@YunoYudu97]

​@@gerarduspoppel2831Newey trying to build Alonso a championship fighting car too

[@CHRISrnbWORLD]

​@@YunoYudu97 For 25?? 🤦

[@gerarduspoppel2831]

@YunoYudu97 yes but that will probably will be ready at 26. I hope in 25. But i think that will be to fast.

[@YunoYudu97]

@@CHRISrnbWORLD you never doubt Newey, also... I did say TRYING

[@Eagleracer38x]

I heard a stat during a race that Gasly had no crash damage all year on the Sky F1 coverage. That seems impossible with who his teammate was... lol

[@AidanMillward]

@@Eagleracer38x he also clanged Ocon in a recent race and damaged Ocon’s floor so I don’t know what the metric is for that.

[@dodgefulartist1030]

Perfect timing

[@InvadedOath]

Max was a classic “If you no longer go for a gap” move as seen on iracing

[@simontravers2715]

Time to relax now guys! Aidan’s released the Abu Dhabi reaction u wanted! ⌨️

[@reptongeek]

McLarens 1998 title was 11 months before I started my current job. (I've been there a LONG time)

[@spowell2665]

yes next year should be interesting, we can hope the top 3 teams will all be fighting at every track. no Newey for RB, should take them down a peg, ??? in the other RB. Lewis and Chuck in scarlet and Papaya rules keeping things interesting... i'm looking forward to it.

[@Alex-md6bu]

If you no longer go for a gap that exists you are no longer a racing driver, if you go for a gap that no longer exists you are (insert driver name here)

[@AidanMillward]

“If gap, car”- Mikhail Shoemaker

[@mackenzietoscan3602]

Me at a unmarked carpark

[@maxverschlafen3583]

You were 8 years old when mclaren won their last (before 2024) championship, i was 8 months old.

[@djm9937]

admitted it was his mistake, but still felt he didn't deserve a penalty tho lol

[@brokentuskclan1795]

I remember Esteban Tuero getting blamed for Schumacher losing third place due to a puncture. And then Tuero decided to retire after the one season.

[@RANDOMZBOSSMAN1]

14:08 I actually don’t like the out scored statistic as it doesn’t take into account car performance and how competitive the field is on a year to year basis and other factors too For example the 2022 car for Mercedes was worse than the 2024 car but the 2022 car had less competitors to fight for positions compared to 2024 so it was easier to get bigger points and podiums in 2022

[@AidanMillward]

@@RANDOMZBOSSMAN1 I think people just use it to try and discredit Lewis.

[@RANDOMZBOSSMAN1]

@ The usual I figure haha, I think George has done well in these 3 years though with Lewis as his teammate

[@djm9937]

Piastri should have been expecting someone to come up on the inside..it's what Max does every race?

[@nowind37]

Now we need Bykolles to F1 i mean dacia

[@sh-spectrum409]

I’ve also realised just recently McLaren have now won the same number of Constructors Championships as Williams!🤯

[@JohnSmithShields]

I just assumed they had more, but it shows McLaren usually had a number one driver. 88/89 excepted.

[@A-BYTE64]

2025 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@CHRISrnbWORLD]

Fact is, they have won a deficit in development time.......

[@stephencurry8552]

Aston Martin will go no-where with a Newey car. Paying for "genius" can prove to be hilarious for the one paying.

[@AidanMillward]

Geriatric Alonso and Stroll in a Newey car would be a waste

[@reptongeek]

Aidan be careful. Alonso could win another title in the right circumstances. I remember Martina Hingis making a derogatory comment about Steffi Graf's age before the French Open in 1999. Graf won

[@evonne_o]

​@@reptongeekExactly.......

[@tadroid3858]

At least F1 makes a decision during the race. Not everybody agrees with any decision by a referee of any kind in any sport.

[@JohnSmithShields]

FIA missed a trick not broadcasting the last Hammertime radio live, rather than in the team radio compilation afterwards.

[@bumblebity2902]

9:35 that quote and thing is result of Balestre endless cheating in favour of Prost and this not the first time Balestre do favourism thing

[@AidanMillward]

@@bumblebity2902 so punting someone off the road endangering his life and yours is justified? Cool. Will have to use that next time some absolute wankstain cuts me up on the M6

[@bumblebity2902]

@@AidanMillward That thing would've never happened at first place if not Balestre filthy hands try to rig championship in Prost favor.

[@AidanMillward]

@@bumblebity2902 still doesn’t mean it’s right.

[@ZoeMackayay]

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