The Controversial Rise of Max Verstappen

[@brendanmccallion2350]

Greatest sim racer in history. He's not a bad F1 driver too.

[@carobahena6134]

Lol

[@vitahealth.2372]

Don’t spoil the word Great. Don’t do that because it’s not an overnight thing. #LH44Fan

[@FH4Player6397]

@@vitahealth.2372 You guys are the worst.

[@Nero-ch8pv]

​@@vitahealth.2372 well luckily you commented that we should be careful with the word: "great", so drivers like hamilton dont accidently get rated with the greats like max, alonso and senna

[@I-amJesus]

@@vitahealth.2372Cultist

[@tshepokgatle5620]

Neutral here: Love him or hate him Max will go down in the history books as one of the all time greats. The God-given speed, the car control, his ruthlessness, stubbornness (That said I don't agree with his overly aggressive driving every now and then), his race craft and his maturity has been awesome to see. If you can take your tribalism towards your favorite driver aside and acknowledge that we're witnessing greatness, like it was was with the other greats

[@y_fam_goeglyd]

Another neutral here. Totally agree with you. He's become a real joy to watch. I hope he doesn't leave too soon, unless he's got an interesting goal.

[@shrishpotdar343]

Yeah you're not wrong, keeping it neutral and just enjoying the engineering and spirit of the sport

[@tshepokgatle5620]

@@y_fam_goeglyd I have a feeling that he will leave sooner than his contract stipulated. He seems interested in other motorsport categories

[@bobkeul7682]

A decent comment. Loads of channels take over the bias British Sky media who direct and indirect diminished him for decades. They Succesfully created the narrative by pushing and selectively showing only his aggressive moves, neglecting to show similar moves from other champions and drivers, essentially framing it as if he’s somehow more aggressive than other drivers! Other drivers, having broken the same rules before, weren’t under the same level of scrutiny, but bc Verstappen did it as an 18yo all of a sudden it needed to be changed…

[@atmoz_]

to add to the aggressiveness compare to the other greats of the sport. He might crash a bit more specially in the past, when not driving the fastest car you always over push the limits of the car, but next to that the cars are way more safe then back in the day. A good crash back in the time of Senna would just cost you your life. Max would 100% have died in the crash with Lewis at Silverstone. Just that tiny difference would make all greats also slightly more aggressive

[@ashitkotian2396]

In a age of PR and made up personalities for camera, Max is just pure opposite. He is street fighter, humble but brash and confident, loving caring for those around him but absolute savage to those he doesnt care about. One of the most intelligent and adaptable racers of all time mixed with his insane consistency. He just has so much feel for the car and the reflexes to manage it. The thing is if RedBull hadn't produced a decent car or Honda didnt get their engines right, we might have not witnessed what he did this last 4 years even though we know what he is capable of. Which begs me to ask, Fernando....... what it could have been.

[@selder_7]

I think Sakhir 2020 and Baku 2023 are other inflection points where he just stepped up so much after those races

[@erickideal]

Both Checo wins, under very different circumstances

[@I-amJesus]

Schumacher did the same.. as it regards to questionable wheel to wheel behavior. Not all champions are the same. For every Max, Schumacher, Senna etc. There is always a Button, Raikonnen, Hamilton

[@GameOver-nm2us]

Funny how the most extreme end of both spectrums are also the two most successful drivers ever

[@BlackL0tus1992]

@@GameOver-nm2us Just goes to show, no 1 style is the 'correct' one

[@MoptopTofer]

The styles are very different but the thing they all share is the mentality. Make no mistake, every driver you listed is a killer and will stop at nothing to win.

[@yudhabagaskara98]

If max gets his 4th in December he's comparable to Schumacher

[@bobkeul7682]

Hamilton isnt in that list... despite what the British want you to believe. Bias British media doing all the effort putting him there..

[@trautsj]

Max is cut from that old school cloth of TRULY pushing every boundary in the sport. Gaps, going for them. Rules, trying his best to bend them to his advantage. These are ALL very Schumacher/Senna-esk traits. And honestly to varying degrees of scrutiny, just about every championship caliber driver traits. You have to be cut throat to win races at the highest level. Period.

[@carobahena6134]

“He really doesn’t care” that’s the key of his success. Some ignorants can boo him, he doesn’t care. Some drivers criticize him, he doesn’t care. FIA against him, he doesn’t care. Mentality, pure Champion Mentality.

[@Dxbestani]

"FIA against him" not sure about that one fella

[@MohamedLamkhizni]

​​@@Dxbestanipretty sure either joking or you live under rock or you forgot what happened in Singapore couple weeks ago and shoosh

[@f1jones544]

@@MohamedLamkhizniaw, someone expects the poor baby to act like a professional, plus he wasn't penalized whatsoever so what's the issue? It's not like the FIA stole a WDC from him due to "human error" via a suggested race fix from his teammate. To paraphrase the Boss Baby himself, your argument is fucked, Mo.

[@Louis_Bautista]

I've always preferred the cleaner drivers but I can always respect a champion who gets their elbows out. It's fun to watch for the fans

[@MohamedLamkhizni]

​@@f1jones544cry me river❄️🍼 #still we cry #

[@PolishEddie92]

The fact that he would prefer to walk away and do other things rather than stay just to keep racking up numbers in a sport that is a shell of its former self speaks volumes about his character and morals. He has nothing else to prove. People who know racing know that he is one of, if not the greatest driver there was, is, and will be. This is not the same sport that he fell in love with anymore. He doesn't care for fame or attention. He is just there to race, and that's what makes him the beast that he is.

[@ayushsmenon]

Like how Niki said he is one in a generation

[@phantomistix]

I'm fully confident that while he may not be the F1 goat when he decides to retire, he will be the greatest racing driver in history across all categories. He loves racing, not just F1, and when he leaves F1 he will go into other categories and dominate there too

[@afro5803]

Delete

[@papaguro]

he will 100% do wec

[@haribo836]

@@phantomistix He doesn't like ovals, but from Dakar, Le Mans, Daytona, Bathurst and a lot more, he will race and likely be in contention for the win in all those classics

[@lllouise9]

Senna, Schumacher and Max Verstappen. The holy trinity of F1's greatest when it comes to pure talent and passion towards racing.

[@gerardv.dgalien]

Honestly as a Max fan myself, you should put Lewis in there aswel, he is on of the greats to.

[@suckieduckie]

@@gerardv.dgalien I'dd put Alonso in there before Lewis.

[@christaylor9656]

I dont like max, but for me he is the GOAT. His talent and mentality is unmatched. I hope he doesnt stagnate in f1 and keeps going for decades across msny other disciplines of racing. He could achieve truly remarkable things. As a person i think he is flawed, but as a racer these flaws give him the edge alongside his racecraft and natural talent. I love lewis and fernando, but max is something else.

[@ausriusdidziokas6771]

Max is not something, you can’t for be levels above Fernando, he is already pushed cars in the past to it’s physical limit.

[@Saketh-r2w]

@@christaylor9656 Careful, you're going to trigger some Max haters.

[@bobkeul7682]

@@ausriusdidziokas6771 Other drivers BEFORE entering the F1, perhaps you can spot the difference: Verstappen: 2010: WSK Nations Cup - KF3 - 1st 2010: WSK World Series - KF3 - 1st 2010: WSK Euro Series - KF3 - 1st 2010: CIK-FIA World Cup - KF3 - 2nd 2010: Bridgestone Cup Europe - KF3 - 1st 2011: WSK Euro Series - KF3 - 1st 2011: WSK Master Series - KF2 - 1st 2012: CIK-FIA World Cup for KF2 - 2nd 2013: CIK-FIA World KZ Champion - 1st 2013: CIK-FIA European Champion - KZ - 1st 2013: WSK Master Series - KZ2 - 1st 2013: WSK Euro Series - KZ1 - 1st 2013: CIK-FIA World Champion - KF - 3rd 2013: CIK-FIA European Champion KF - 1st 2014: FIA Formula 3 European Championship - 3rd 2015: Formula 1 Hamilton 1995: Super 1 Nat Champion - IAME - 1st 1996: Kartmasters British GP - Comer - 1st 1997: Super 1 National Champ- FY 11th 1998: Torneo Industrie - 100 Jun- 19th 1998: Green Helmet Trophy - Cadets - 12th 1998: Italian Open Masters- ICA Junior - 4th 1999: Torneo Industrie Open - ICA - 1st 1999: South Garda WC- ICA Junior - 6th 1999: Trofeo AM - 100 Junior - 18th 1999: Italian Open Masters - ICA - 4th 1999: European Championship - ICA - 2nd 2000: Trofeo Andrea Margutti - FA - 7th 2000: World Cup - Formula A - 11st 2000: European Championship - F A - 11th 2000: World Championship - F A - 20th 2001: South Garda Winter Cup - FS A - 7th 2001: Italian Open Masters - F A - 4th 2001: World Championship - FS A - 15th 2001: Formula Renault UK WS MM - 7th 2002: Formula Renault UK MM - 3rd 2002: Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup - 5th 2003: Formula Renault UK MM - 1st 2003: Formula Renault 2000 Masters - 12th 2003: Formula Renault 2000 Germany - 27th 2004: Formula 3 Euro Series MM - 5th 2004: Bahrain Superprix - 11th 2004: Macau Grand Prix - 14th 2004: Masters of Formula 3 - 7th 2005: Formula 3 Euro ASM Formule 3 - 1st 2005: Masters of Formula 3 - 1st 2006: GP2 Series ART Grand Prix - 1st 2007: Formula 1 Oscar Piastri 2014: Australian Nat Sprint Kart -Junior CM 2nd 2014: Australian Nat Sprint Kart CM -Junior National Light 8th 2014: IAME International Final -X30 Junior 3rd 2015: Australian Kart Champion : KF3 3rd 2015: WSK Super Master Series: KFJ 80th 2015: CIK-FIA European Champion: KFJ 26th 2016: WSK Champions Cup: OKJ 29th 2016: South Garda Winter Cup: OKJ 10th 2016: WSK Super Master Series: OKJ 12th 2016: German Karting Champion -Junior 77th 2016: CIK-FIA European Champion: OKJ 16th 2016: WSK Final Cup: OKJ 8th 2016: CIK-FIA World Champion: OKJ 6th 2016: Formula 4 UAE Champion 6th 2017: F4 British Champion 2nd 2017: Formula Renault NEC 21st 2018: Formula Renault Eurocup 8th 2018: Formula Renault NEC NC† 2019: Formula Renault Eurocup 1st 2020: FIA Formula 3 Champion 1st 2021: FIA Formula 2 Champion 1st Leclerc: 2010: CIK-FIA World Cup - KF3 - 29th 2011: WSK Master Series - KF3 - 15th 2011: WSK Final Cup - KF3 - 2nd 2011: ERDF Masters Kart - Junior - 1st 2011: CIK-FIA World Cup for KF3 - 1st 2011: WSK Euro Series - KF3 - 23rd 2012: WSK Final Cup - KF2 - 5th 2012: CIK-FIA World Cup for KF2 - 5th 2012: CIK-FIA European KF2 Champ- 2nd 2012: CIK-FIA U18 World Karting Championship - 2nd 2012: WSK Euro Series - KF2 - 1st 2012: WSK Master Series - KF2 - 20th 2013: WSK Master Series - KZ2 - 4th 2013: CIK-FIA World KZ Champion - 2nd 2013: WSK Euro Series - KZ1 - 12th 2013: CIK-FIA European Champion- KZ - 6th 2014: Formula Renault 2.0 Alps - 2nd 2015: FIA Formula 3 European Champ - 4th 2016: GP3 Series - 1st 2017: FIA Formula 2 Championship - 1st 2018: Formula 1 Ocon: 2009: Bridgestone Cup Europe - KF3 - 4th 2009: WSK International Series - KF3 - 35th 2010: Bridgestone Cup Europe - KF3 - 6th 2010: WSK Nations Cup - KF3 - 6th 2010: CIK-FIA World Cup - KF3 - 7th 2011: CIK-FIA World Cup for KF3 - 14th 2011: WSK Euro Series - KF3 - 2nd 2012: Formula Renault 2.0 Alps - 7th 2013: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup - 3rd 2014: FIA Formula 3 European Championship - 1st 2015: GP3 Series - 1st 2016: Formula 1 Gasly: 2009: CIK-FIA World Cup - KF3 - 3rd 2009: CIK-FIA European Champ - KF3 - 23rd 2010: CIK-FIA World Cup - KF3 - 4th 2010: CIK-FIA European Champ - KF3 - 2nd 2011: French F4 Championship - 3rd 2012: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup - 10th 2013: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup - 1st 2014: Formula Renault 3.5 Series - 2nd 2015: GP2 Series - 8th 2016: GP2 Series - 1st 2017: Formula 1

[@rulifaller8474]

Max only crashed often with Lewis, the numbers with all the other drivers are nothing special.

[@Carlos-ln8fd]

I really hope he wins one or two more chapionships before retiring

[@twanheijkoop6753]

@@Carlos-ln8fd i'd love to see how he does in the 2026 regs, but also equally interested to watch him do another type of racing. Hopefully he finally gives the Nürburgring a go once he's done with f1

[@Carlos-ln8fd]

@@twanheijkoop6753 i mean i'd love it if he were to move to other types of motorsport and also win. that'd be super cool but... i also want him in F1. i guess any scenario is good as long as he continues to race.

[@BlueCollar80]

his drive in 2023 where he can literally win the WCC by his own WDC point is nuts, we have seen another driver doing well with dominant car but not as much as Max did, Mclaren once win all but one race with two drivers in 1988, Max win 19 out of 22, it's just crazy.

[@elChirrinChirriondelDiablo]

10:05 that reminds me of Baku last year, I’ve heard somewhere that Max was furious after the race and he said he would never be beaten by him (Perez) again.

[@JJR52]

Completely agree. I think all of the greats have a switch that they can, to varying degrees, switch and become unbeatable. Hamilton in a championship winning/ losing race, max when his teammate seems to be outperforming for whatever reason, Alonso when someone leaves-ah-dah-space

[@lllouise9]

No one and NOTHING can make me hate Max. I love motorsport so much that it's so difficult for me to not love, adore and respect Max as a racer and as a person. He's confident, down to earth and is okay with being misunderstood. He's got nothing to prove because he is the IT.

[@alx.972]

Max and Alonso are above the entire grid in any terms, even above Hamilton, because they are the only ones in today s era that show us what being a racer means, what means to require skills in terms of attacking and defending driving style

[@thedailygrind8]

My opinion but I personally believe and thats based on watching past racers, excluding things like engine failures or tyre blowouts etc, no one in their prime would beat prime Max in the same car over a whole season, it will be close, rough but in my opinion Max edges them, Sir Lewis, Senna, Schumacher....

[@Duriel123]

I believe you're right. Tho, prime Alonso would be an amazing competitor.

[@clintonmacleod112]

Have to disagree with this. Max is very similar to Fernando, in that he is excellent in a race but I don’t think he’s the fastest qualifier. Over a season, in equal machinery, prime Lewis and Schumacher would beat him - although I agree it would be close. Him and Alonso would be a toss up. I’d arguably be inclined to say prime Seb may have the better of Max, it would really depend which suited the specific car the most. As for Senna, I’m too young to offer any credible opinion on how he’d have done over a season vs any of above. Over one lap though…

[@daveruda]

Lewis beat Max in 2021 with a car that was slower for most of the year.

[@dmytrothecat8317]

Prost always gets forgotten

[@zalanszabo8993]

@@daverudayou are joking right? Cuz you did not said anything right in that sentance

[@9108nedrfr]

He gets disrespected by so many F1 fans but he doesn't give a shit lol

[@I-amJesus]

Pre 2021 everyone saw Max as the savior in the Merc dominance. Hence that Ham Ver Bot meme. But once he beat #Bless ppl started to hate him

[@9108nedrfr]

@@I-amJesus I like Lewis, think he is unique. Some F1 supporters are just horrible. Not just the Lewis ones. Best not to care about any of that

[@PeterPost-w8m]

The disrespect is coming from only one side: the British that is. Schumacher and Alonso went through the same hate campaign from that island. Personally I think it’s disgusting

[@deemore]

It’s the Brits who hate Max

[@sultanoftippoo3857]

⁠@@PeterPost-w8m love reading ridiculous and blatantly untrue posts from those with nation envy like yourself. I’ve attended Silverstone most years since 1982 and the British crowd have always shown support for Michael and Fernando. Go spread your lies elsewhere they are transparent and pathetic.

[@anish91000]

Max even if he retires today will easily be in the Mount Rushmore of F1 greats..Lewis, Schumacher, Max and Alonso

[@Zabijsie720]

Alright completely ignore the 4 and 5 time world champions

[@cricstar2087]

Senna clears any of the 4 or 5 time world champions anyway​@@Zabijsie720

[@justinburley8659]

@@Zabijsie720 Alonso has 2 championships…

[@hugh6948]

What about seb??? He’s gotta be in the top 6 at least! Can’t forget senna

[@kaustavkapur5532]

@@hugh6948 overrated.

[@TheNecromancer6666]

As somebody who is primarily a fan of other motorsports, especially WEC: Max is not overly aggressive. He is totally normal. He is just racing. Most F1 drivers are really defensive when racing

[@NotAfraidToQuestionThings]

If you have to change the rules because of how someone drives... he was driving according to the rules. Otherwise you had to ENFORCE the rules, not change them.

[@theflyingdonkeypunch]

2021 is still his best season for me. Going up against prime Ham and winning. Even had he not and Abu Dhabi been Lewis' win, Max was still the best driver that season and I'd say by a strong margin. It's a shame that ending has overshadowed how immense he was that whole season. Other excellent drivers like Leclerc or Vettel would have crumbled, in my opinion.

[@Yefro72]

The corrupt ending would have had Max come second and lose a championship he led from race 1 by around 10 seconds mate. The ending saved everything for him, not the other way round.

[@patepulkkinenvtec2403]

I also disagree about this season being Max's best. He was under much bigger pressure in 2021 and still made fewer errors. Actually, Max has made quite a lot of screw ups this season: the trainwreck China sprint quali, running into the bollard in Miami, hitting the wall in Monaco quali and causing the incidents with both Lando and Lewis to name a few. It's just that the rest of the competition has screwed up even more, and in my opinion a lot of the top drivers in general have been less consistent this year than last year.

[@Hamilton8timeChampion]

@@Yefro72 max didn't lead the championship from round 1 mate

[@MohamedLamkhizni]

​@@Yefro72🙎‍♂️

[@MohamedLamkhizni]

​@@patepulkkinenvtec2403lol

[@wildkidyay]

The consistent Vettel disrespect is wild yet glorifying Alonso. Both greats but come on

[@ramarkble101]

Sorry Senna drove his teammate of the track... Schumacher drove into his rivals... Lewis drove in to his teammate...

[@permanentlybored195]

Teammates don’t exist if they are competing for the same spot

[@ivelinpandeliev8966]

On of your best videos yet!If not the best!

[@mrbungle3310]

I watch f1 since 2006 and ive watched older races...ive been a ferrari fan... currently leclerc/fernando...but i think max has been the best raw overall talent that ive seen...lewis is close sure but max is the best ive seen definitely,with Lewis i had a few doubts especially in his mclaren days

[@alx.972]

About Hamilton everyone except his fans and British media has seriously doubts if his talent is equal to his statistics as long as from a driver with 1 wdc and 20 victories from 2007 up to 2013, from 2014 up to 2021 he scored another 80 wins and 6 wdc, so he constantly had an advantage over his rivals with small exceptions. Max showed the same talent and determination Alonso had during his first Renault seasons, with 3rd best car and at an age Hamilton wasn t even in f1, he scored victories and battles

[@bobkeul7682]

Loads of channels take over the bias British Sky media who direct and indirect diminished him for decades. The British media (worldfeed!) succesfully created the narrative by pushing and selectively showing only his aggressive moves, neglecting to show similar moves from other champions and drivers, essentially framing it as if he’s somehow more aggressive than other drivers! Other drivers, having broken the same rules before, weren’t under the same level of scrutiny, but bc Verstappen did it as an 18yo all of a sudden it needed to be changed…

[@Charleswarburtn]

1:11 Can’t believe you dont include seb in that. His 2017 season was spectacular. He lost the championship but he was in a car with a shit engine, and was in real contention right up until the Asian races that year.

[@dzikripratama3776]

Singapore's crash Japan engine's failure Malaysia's grid penalty really killed his chance especially the Singapore and Japan

[@sviniciusbraga]

A lot of people talk about 2018, but Seb's best chance to win a title for Ferrari was 2017 One of his greatest seasons, but he lost the title on 3 races, like you guys previously said

[@MohamedLamkhizni]

If that Ferrari engine in 2017 was shit i wonder what we call red bull Renault in engine then LOL

[@dzikripratama3776]

@@MohamedLamkhizni tbh is just 2nd best. It had everything to win the title except the poor reliability and lower top speed than the Mercedes.

[@MohamedLamkhizni]

​@@dzikripratama3776jajaja sure

[@nickwagner6545]

It's funny we're saying that no other world champion has crashed with his competition as much as Max, because the media of the time said the very same thing about Ayrton Senna.

[@gerardv.dgalien]

Didn’t schumi chrash allot to with he’s rivals

[@nickwagner6545]

@ indeed he did

[@suckieduckie]

@@nickwagner6545 So did Lewis when his rivals could get close. It's almost like all multiple world champions defend very fiercely.

[@larsoomen9625]

It is a flawed point anyway. No other wworld champion has had a season with this many races in it. And no other world champion went from karts to F1 with a gap of only 3 years. Pick enough cherries and make whatever point you want.

[@cyancut21]

There has never been a human in history as good in driving racecars than Max Verstappen, I‘m very confident in saying that Like, his only weakness is his lack of emotional control, other than that he‘s kind of perfect at everything when it comes to racing

[@TheSir2005]

Max went from karting to driving a F1 car in a official F1 weekend in less then a year actually, not 3 years. He won the World Karting Championship on 23 november 2013 while he drove FP1 in GP of Japan 2014 in October, less then 12 months. Its still mental.

[@hassanamer6956]

I love a good Aldas video but mate you gotta switch up the background music. We’ve been hearing it for years now. Much love ❤

[@aliataciciek]

i feel like this song, and others, are his signature now. different songs for different themes and types of videos. i think it's cool to see the categorization.

[@eby6613]

What a fantastic video. Him almost "flipping" a switch after Monaco 2018 was my feeling as well and was the first time I started to support him and witnessed how great he was.

[@henkormel5610]

Max got a lot of flak for the same driving standards Lewis had. Lewis however is English. Lewis didn't got penalized for mistakes on track so is isn't traceable.

[@riancastermans1607]

What a great video!

[@robotmafia000]

Love the thumbnail!

[@evansmuthomi1997]

He is raw and direct!!!He doesnt do PR....."Talent of the century"...too bad he will retire soon.

[@asapbizzle5470]

The situation with Max is very Similar to Senna, especially the negative treatment by the British fans and British media

[@Bryce-biker]

Here’s my opinion he is a absolute machine a racing robot 2023 practically 0 mistakes but a robot is only as good as his code and by skipping f2 and years in lower series he missed out on the time to develop wheal to wheal racing skills so I think that’s maxes biggest problem

[@xandula]

Need more Leclerc vids

[@justyouraverageuser326]

Not you forgetting about Seb while mentioning the great champions of this era

[@Lachlans-i2s]

Cant wait for Austin!!

[@adi3326]

Honestly, based on character, pure talent and ability to deliver, Fernando is the greatest. I love Lewis, but sometimes he seemed a little too spoiled and too complaining and Mad Max too aggressive under pressure. Given the right car and making the right choices in his carrer, Fernando would've won many more titles. Let's not forget that he won Daytona and LeMans just to see the versatility and pure racing ability

[@B0CAJUN10RS1995]

seems like anyone with half a personality who isn't a PR puppet is labled controversial these days

[@Olifantenstaart]

I know that guy from Twitch

[@outlawf1272]

I'm a Max fan, and I find this vid, Simply Lovely 🇳🇱🧡 Thank you ❤️

[@clashholland5333]

whats contreversial about Max only the english bias are complaining about him everybody else see that he s one off the all times great a true racer.

[@CurryXI]

For his sake I'd retire early, otherwise he could be another vettel. It's a very similar scenario, though vettel got glory very quickly

[@MrJoshuapoon]

Can't agree more on Alonso in 2012 👍🏼

[@ahsansayeedshaiyan1652]

only f1 content creator who makes quality content these days

[@cuy50]

There are AT LEAST 3 or 4 other fantastic F1 channels man.

[@iiExplosionz12]

@@cuy50Such as…?

[@kvadratbolatbek1053]

@@iiExplosionz12the race channel, a tiny bit british biased but always quick to explain things and give balanced perspective. that alonso meme guy is funny but for younger audiences. dk about the rest, enough for me

[@MacAnters]

​@@iiExplosionz12 rocketpoweredmohawk & lawvs are good

[@ttronan]

Can you explain how red bull turn around their fortunes in the Singapore Grand Prix, which was their weakest track last year? How is this not news? I asked one channel and there was no response. So here I am. My guess is that their new chassis handles the curbs well. I have no other explanation.

[@Avrad-l6k]

I think what you see as ‘errors’ in 2021 vs Hamilton and 2024 vs Norris with respect to his moves, were all very deliberate

[@VykronianF1]

Something to consider with his aggression verses that of those past is the safety aspect. Today if they have a massive crash it’s a trip to the doctor and they’re racing then next week; back then if they crash you might just be visiting the parents. It’s like walking bare foot on a trail vs with shoes. With shoes you can go as fast as you can with abandon, but without every pebble feels like a knife. So drivers today including max are less cautious then of days past.

[@jasonwebster9300]

Max is one of the greats, but Ayrton Senna is still, by a wide margin, the best greatest of all-time and this coming from a huge Nigel Mansell fan back in the day!

[@PeterPost-w8m]

Incomparable

[@KS-qf1pn]

I don't support your thumbnail title by "labelling" Max's career as controversial. I do, however, believe he has disrupted the F1 establishment, and therefore, some will like him while others might not. Just imagine how boring F1 will be if Max would leave the sport at the end of this year.. To label his career as controversial is doing the F1 community and Max a disfavour.

[@Lanse1984]

Everyone is terrified to go wheel-to-wheel with him. Which is already a mental win

[@MrBaspius]

Verstappen annihilates everybody on and off track. No controvercy at all. Simply the best. Et least of the last 20 years. And yes. Hamilton is pretty strong to. Two great drivers on one track. We must love it, not hate it.

[@screamified409]

he needs a dominant car again so he can play minecraft on his wheel.

[@VarunTomee-kr6nf]

Lando has got dominant car still not able to win every race remeber Perez has same car too

[@marcelsmeets4162]

No controversy...only to British media!! Jalousy!!

[@JustSebNL]

@Albas001 - You mention the youngest Pole sitter and the funny fact is that Daniel stole that stat by going 0.007 faster at the GP of Mexico.

[@patrick8167-d2u]

I'm a fan of him but still think he's very similar to his immature younger self. Times have been better recently but the times when everything isn't right he gets a short fuse. He'll still try and get everything out of the car but it probably isn't a good look for the team.

[@Desert_Rogue_Tanker]

If ham and alonso still race after the new regs,i think that will be the ultimate test for max

[@danielstokker]

And its not over yet max will keep winning if not stopped by a talent on the same level

[@denishuber7758]

Max is a legend... thats why we love him so much.. so simple but yet so strong

[@actie-reactie]

You watch because you hate him, you watch because you love him.... you watch , and thats what he brought to the sport.... he put an end to parades.

[@annabee75]

The cars aren’t competitive, just look at Perez in the same car. Max makes it competitive.

[@DiegoSenge]

Forged by fire

[@franztoast1674]

mark my words Fernando alosno 5 world championships until 2033

[@alicekoppenol-pitti6257]

😂 Max will never be polished but he will try to accommodate sometime. He will always walk to the beat of his own drum. He will always look for the limit on and off track. He did what he set out to do with some bonus championships so to him its only fun and games now. He is not there to prove anything to anyone so he lets the F1 community jap about him.

[@Manny32V]

Max made F1 great again.

[@collinssam8727]

He is a mistake in f1

[@MohamedLamkhizni]

Ah yes sure Max he is the only one in F1 history have incident with his rivals and some drivers aka Senna and Schumacher and Hamilton and Vettel and Alonso isn't have at all LOL

[@glackogaming]

he's the FIA's baby boy

[@MohamedLamkhizni]

And he also live rent free inside some people and Media heads forever not just of his aggressive driving Style but of he is only care about racing and also of brutal competitive mentality and of course his brutally honest straightforword no BS personality really shame well and he dosen't care about people opinion about him about his honesty like they said the truth hurts and in today world full of snowflakes offended about anything it Hurt alot lol

[@lancealex382]

Newy carrying him on his baby back!! Im trolling but im not but i kinda am, or am i, im not sure myself, he's a great driver, with a great car, that newy made, with special flexi chassis and brakes that help you maintain grip with turnin beyond standard- sound familiar with many of those overtakes. But im trolling, kinda. Great driver

[@patepulkkinenvtec2403]

I disagree about this season being Max's best. He was under much bigger pressure in 2021 and still made fewer errors. That was the best Max season in my opinion. Actually, Max has made quite a lot of screw ups this season: the trainwreck China sprint quali, running into the bollard in Miami, hitting the wall in Monaco quali and causing the incidents with both Lando and Lewis to name a few. It's just that the rest of the competition has screwed up even more, and in my opinion a lot of the top drivers in general have been less consistent this year than last year.

[@suckieduckie]

Look at the minor mistakes you're naming. He never binned the car, made all the right calls in the rain in Silverstone, Canada, Zandvoort and Interlagos, but he hit a bollard in Miami. Meanwhile pretty much every other driver on track has found the barriers atleast once with maybe the exception of Lando who made plenty of other mistakes to compensate.

[@patepulkkinenvtec2403]

@@suckieduckie As I already said, most of the other drivers have made even more screw ups this isn't to say that Max has been bad or anything. I might be nitpicking a bit, but with top talents like Max, anything but perfection seems like a low standard. And my point wasn't about Max versus other drivers this year, it was 2021 Max versus 2024 Max, and I will stand by my opinion that 2021 Max was a tiny bit better.

[@f1jones544]

Why do say "what (Ricciardo) felt was a double move?" The video clearly shows it was, no feelings involved.

[@jonathanhowland42]

What if next year he is even better?!

[@randomdudeoninternet1796]

10 championships in a row AND im ready for it

[@va1korion]

I'd say Red bull car has been adapted to Max and his driving style. Let's not forget those are Newey designed cars and the man knows how to sway the car one way or the other - in this case towards the amount of oversteer that Max's teammates univerally struggled with. His story is not over, let's come back to it when he has to adapt to the car that hasn't been tailored to his tastes over better half of the decade. Don't get me wrong, building a team around yourself is an achievement itself, even Newey said that Max's feedback has been great.

[@whutthehell]

lmfao just say that most of his teammates suck ass compared to him stop coping

[@twanheijkoop6753]

But it's also always said that an oversteery car is the fastest car. So it's only normal you build towards that if your driver can handle it.

[@va1korion]

@@twanheijkoop6753 I thought it was fastest specifically around slow corners but unstable around sweeping fast curves?

[@twanheijkoop6753]

@@va1korion yes it will be more unstable, but as long as the driver can manage it will still be faster overall.

[@Redlingstein]

😂😂😂 Max came into RBR in 2016 😂😂 Newey designed the POINTY RBR CAR FOR 20 years….way before Max ever came to RBR The car is not designed for Max 😂 Newey always designs a pointy car. Seb won championships with it. DR won races. DC won with it…. Lol

[@imushavhela]

I still think he has had the best car so it does not matter.

[@MohamedLamkhizni]

#still we cry #

[@Carlos-ln8fd]

He doesn't now though

[@appleberry713]

now mclaren and maybe even ferrari are better. Most if not all of Max's wins in 2024 are due to his talent, not the car. Just look at checo, I love him but he is almost always in the bottom of the pack now that redbull doesn't have the best car, but Max is still able to consistently stays at the top.

[@GameOver-nm2us]

I think it's important to mention how he never had a world champion teammate

[@jameslucas3161]

Aldas has clearly never seen Senna or Schumacher race... 🙄

[@At.mos.fEarProduktionz]

Right off the bat...the gaslighting is hard af 😂

[@patrickbakema5576]

Brasil 2024 goat

[@evanroccatani5492]

Besides the first 5 races of 24 where he had brake torque magic, I agree. Charles is fast this year too.

[@Redlingstein]

😂 you believe Peter Windsors lies 😂😂😂

[@MohamedLamkhizni]

WHo ?

[@MrSimonyong]

Here's the most unsporting F1 driver in history..!!

[@Bluerig-qf2xc]

If you no longer go for the crash, then you are no longer a racing driver

[@alx.972]

That means Hamilton was the best racing driver of 2023 season😂

[@Fredhamleclerc]

Crashtappen fans 😂the best guy he has had as a teammate has just been thrown out of the seat by getting beat by tsunoda 😂

[@Redlingstein]

Geez… you can’t stop posting comments insulting Max 😂😂😂 your jealousy 😂

[@Fredhamleclerc]

@@Redlingstein it’s true though

[@MohamedLamkhizni]

Damn it must be have hard time watch F1 these days well save your tears untill you hear Horner on the 🔉 radio saying "MAX YOU ARE THE WORLD CHAMPION 4 TIME WORLD CHAMPION # And i hope it will go to the last race just for delusionals crybabies Hypocrites snowflakes like you have PTSD from AD twice like in 2021 😭😭😭😭🤣🧢🍼🙎‍♂️

[@tsheponcamane2018]

Max is a terrible wheel to wheel racer, the FIA have nursed Max and bent the regulations to suit him and his racing, he has not matured evidenced by his reaction to being told to stop swearing, he does not represent a real champion and you as well as many of his apologists claim that it is him being him and "not fake"

[@fixxa6455]

Hes a better racer then Norris and Russell. Even hamilton is not racing hard enough to be a goat. Dont forget that Senna is being hailed as a god while everyone knows he was a hard racer

[@suckieduckie]

You have it reversed mate. Max has bent his agressiveness to suit the rules and regulations. Rules say you need to be ahead at the apex and then you can push someone wide? Ok diving for the apex it is.

[@tsheponcamane2018]

@@suckieduckie well, if that was the case why did Andrea complain about Max's driving and why did all the driver except Max agree to make the rules clearer The truth is that the FIA favored Max, he even said that if they didn't rule again what he did, then he did not do anything wrong, which means that the FIA not ruling against him encouraged him to be even more reckless. he is very poor at race craft, that is not even a debatable thing.

[@tsheponcamane2018]

@@fixxa6455 Sir Lewis Hamilton is a clean driver and take responsibility for any faults he makes, even to other drivers, he goes in person and apologises Max has never taken any responsibility for any crash he was at fault terrible wheel-to-wheel driver

[@suckieduckie]

@@tsheponcamane2018 It's very debatable because he's had very good racecraft. McLaren teamboss complains who happens to be on the team they're fighting for the title and you see that as evidence? What are we going to take anything Horner says all that serious? I hope not. Max saying that he didn't do anything wrong because he didn't get a penalty proves nothing other than that Max knows the rules better than most drivers, which we could see in Brazil where George and Lando didn't know the difference between an aborted start and a delayed start.... Which they got a slap on the risk for instead of an actual penalty.

[@llyh8023]

Tbh max is relying on his early season lead when the redbull was untouched, let's not forget how much of a head start it was. If Mclaren came into the 2024 season immediately on level playing field as the redbull, i think things could be very different early on.

[@thedailygrind8]

even if you start the season in Imola, Max would be after Singapore right on Norris' tail in standings, thats very impressive given where the Redbull was compared to Mclaren

[@foodispriority]

his ‘early season lead’ was four races, not even five because of the mechanical dnf in australia. we are now in race 18. i think he did the real damage on lando’s chances from imola through to spa

[@GoatAdrian]

That's what make him champion. If this if that 😅

[@whutthehell]

i doubt that, landog chokes dick too much

[@Redlingstein]

If your mum had balls she would be…. Kind of fantasy… If if if.

[@Fredhamleclerc]

He hasn’t had a teammate of wdc caliber and hasn’t won in a different team both of which is necessary to be treated as a goat

[@Redlingstein]

😂😂😂 your jealousy

[@Fredhamleclerc]

@@Redlingstein where am I wrong?

[@MohamedLamkhizni]

🤡

[@MohamedLamkhizni]

​@Fredhamleclerc cry more

[@Fredhamleclerc]

@@MohamedLamkhizni terrorist detected opinion rejected

[@Draconianoverlord55]

He hasn't won any championship yet this year mate, calm down the riding until he does at least

[@MohamedLamkhizni]

Well untill when he won it just save your tears 🍼😭

[@Crukren89]

People putting him in elite status with Senna Schumacher Hamilton Alonso Prost Fangio are on something. He's been in the same team since 2016 and hasn't had a worthy championship calibre driver in the other seat. Hes's been the number one focus of redbull (factor in toro rosso and hes been in the redbull camp since his debut) of course so hes been delivering aswell but he has no pedigree moments apart from racing Hamilton back in 2021 and his 2016 brazil race. He's one hell of a driver but he's not box office status like those i mentioned, the guy has no historical moments i.e prost and senna, Hamilton and Rosberg. If he had a film made about him, it wouldn't even last a hour. Hamilton Senna Schumacher and Prost would be 2hr plus film maybe even a 2 parter. Max thoroughly deserves the 2024WDC though, that i can admit .

[@Fredhamleclerc]

Exactly these new fans are so irritating…zero teammates plus not a win apart from red bull a team notorious for treating the second driver as more of a support rather than a driver

[@Redlingstein]

😂😂😂 your jealousy and made up excuses not to compliment Max are too funny

[@Redlingstein]

@@Fredhamleclercyour jealousy 😂😂😂

[@Crukren89]

@@Redlingstein i actually complemented him though lmao at the end of the day hes going to be a 4x wdc thats no easy feat but i would like to see how he drives outside of redbull and away from the redbull camp

[@MohamedLamkhizni]

Jealousy is disease ouch must be feels better now lol

[@SirKenchalot]

Car performance wasn't 'close' as you put it at the start of the season, only since Miami or thereabouts so Max may win because of the points he racked up when his car was still in a league of its own just like last year. In short, this is not a competitive season, half a season maybe.

[@rulifaller8474]

Before Miami there were 5 races, one of which was a DNF for Max. Hardly half the season is it? Oh and after Miami the points difference was 53, now it is 52.

[@MohamedLamkhizni]

🍼❄️

[@Saketh-r2w]

​@@rulifaller8474 I was going to say the same thing. You beat me to it. The guy can't even count to 5. What a joke. Max has won just as many races as Norris since Miami despite the McLaren being the best car since Miami.

[@piggyback3637]

He is a great driver thats it there is a reason he is a 2te champion

[@brucksport]

Ok....I give up....smh...so,,a guy who has been given a couple of championships by the FOM or by his team cheating is one of the greatest?...he's good.........

[@mariomelendez9774]

Ahhahahaha I can just tell you are a Ham fan

[@siumiu1635]

When did his team cheat? For this whole 2022 budget cap exceeding, they got punished so there was benefit for Verstappen. And before you mention the asymmetric braking from this year, the FIA explicitly mentioned that no team used the system before. And even if they did, it would've been a loophole and not against the rules, that's the whole reason the topic even came up because the FIA changed it to specify the rule better.

[@Redlingstein]

😂😂 oh your jealousy

[@Redlingstein]

@@siumiu1635the budget cap was of 2021…not 2022.

[@siumiu1635]

@@Redlingstein My bad

[@constantinnescu1564]

I dont deny his enormous talent but, the truth is Max îs elevated to this level by external factors. I remember his first victory was not 100% clean, also his first title. He was permited to win in an unfair maner . Not only to win, but especialy to "kill" his oponents and be accepted. Now he îs a supreme killer, almost imposibile to be overtaken in equaly fast care, and if necesary consistently favorized by stewarts . I bet if this favorabile tratament would have been applied to other talented drivers, like Gasly, Albon, Bottas, Hulkenberg, Norris even Tsunoda, they would be much higher level now, maybe same class or even higher than Max.

[@henkormel5610]

You are talking about Lewis now right?

[@Redlingstein]

😂😂😂😂 Max has been this exceptional since he started karting at 4…. Has nothing to do with external factors. Your jealousy is clouding reality.

[@suckieduckie]

What was not clean about his first race win? He got in a new car, overtook a Ferrari and defended against the other Ferrari for 20 laps succesfully.

[@diogoribas6420]

Definitely a great driver, but will forever hold the stain of being a dirty driver, in my mind, which is unfortunate

[@PolishEddie92]

I hope you never go back to watch the first 8 years of Hamilton's F1 career, as that will forever stain your opinion of him. He was just as, if not more of a crash-happy, dirty driver than Max in his first few years.

[@Redlingstein]

😂😂 oh your jealousy

[@diogoribas6420]

@@PolishEddie92 I saw it the first time, and I'm not a Hamilton fan, but can't remember him moving under breaking. For sure not as much as Max whoo does it to this day when he feels threatened

[@robbyk5266]

How much did Jos pay you for this? 😂 Max's talent is great, but it is tarnished by his garbage personality.... you forgot to mention he STOLE Kvyat's life, not just his seat at RB, but Max took his woman and child.... watch Max's sim racing interactions with a child and you'll see how well Jos the abuser raised him. Rather tough to watch a glazing video of a guy who to be a fan of requires the ignornace of facts and suspension of proper morals. Also look at the atmosphere and exodus that Max and Jos's team power have created, one would blame Marko and Hornier but like you stated, max and Jos are more powerful. And his talent isn't enough to drive the post Miami RB20..... the most talented drivers win with any machine not just the best one on the grid. 😂😂 coincidence he has the most collisions of WDC winners. Moving under braking and overly aggressive driving via the sim world. LoL

[@Redlingstein]

Oh your jealousy is showing 😂😂😂😂

[@MohamedLamkhizni]

Cry me river snowflake

[@TheGrimmReaper1]

One sentence in your post disqualifies hamilton as well . Heheh🥸🤡