F1 fans need to stop

[@jibruz]

Goddammit Fangio winning every damn thing, he’s ruining the sport! - Some guy in the 50s, probably

[@MadeByPerspective]

Communicated that one via Morse code for sure

[@chrisbee9643]

People of the 50s dont were that full of themselves. ;)

[@_Kolcki]

@@chrisbee9643I bet they were... they just didn't have all the social media to plaster it all over the place. But giving 50s people Twitter might have been hillarious.

[@abel6846]

@@MadeByPerspectiveOr a stern letter to the sports editor of the Telegraph.

[@chrisbee9643]

@@_Kolcki I dont seem to have got, how much Social Media has changed the people... Its not just the coverage... There was no feminism and fear of the weather for example. ;)

[@Lewythefly]

Sebastian vettel was booed towards the back end of his dominant era, now everyone looks back at that period and marvels at his achievements. This is F1!

[@xyz1415]

BBC F1 intro intensifies

[@caseyf14483]

@@xyz1415The Chain by Fleetwood Mac was iconic, we need it back on TV, not just BBC Radio 5 Live

[@coldvoid]

He was booed but at least he fought much on the field AND inner-team. Verstappen is all about how many seconds can he be ahead. BORING AF.

[@tombessems5979]

@@coldvoidwatch this clip again, and listen to what this guy say’s… turn of your t.v. or change the channel if you’re bored.

[@MetalCharlo]

yeah cuz he's THAT GOOD. fucking deal with it or change sport. @@coldvoid

[@kelvinst185]

Looks like the DTS fans have found out that F1 doesn't always have a down to the wire title fight 😅

[@thomasvrielink299]

I wouldn't say it's DTS fans getting bored, as DTS does focus on other storylines than the titlefight (most notably Haas and Ricciardo). Plus, a lot of DTS fans started watching F1 while Mercedes was still dominating, so they at least have some experience with a domination era. I'd say the huge inlux of new fans during 2021 are the ones who didn't know any better and have just found out.

[@alfaseeds13]

@@thomasvrielink299 We need the liberty media to script every race like WWE match to keep the these zoomers short attention span fans entertained, and this is coming from a zoomer myself 🤣

[@kanolightracer5]

The Merc domanince was real boredom

[@Greezshio]

Wasn't Lewis pretty dominant during DTS? He was jumping into the pit crew after almost every race. Don't recall too many down to the wire finishes...

[@CharlesFreck]

@@Greezshio The media didn't talk about it negatively when it was Lewis. That's all. So people are pretending this is new, because the media is telling them to be angry. Because F1 media is primarily run by the English, who hate anytime someone other then a British driver dares to come close to winning.

[@KS-qf1pn]

I fully agree. I’m a serious supporter of F1 since 1989, and have seen dominations come and go. There’s so much else going on currently, just looking at the drivers fighting for P2 in the championship, and the team challenges between Ferrari and MB.., even McLaren can cause an upset with AM if all goes well for them… And then there is James Vowles making his mark in the F1 team boss of the year fight, and AA fighting for every point, it’s such a special thing to witness, not to mention AT who wants to get away from P10.. LH trying to get a win, and GR fighting for his place at MB… My point being that it seems to be the uneducated fans who finds F1 boring.. Just keep in mind Max and RBR has to ensure 100% execution each race weekend to keep on winning, (there is so much that can go wrong!), and it is exciting because there are VERY hungry drivers right behind them which will pounce on the slightest mistake they make.. That makes each moment in F1 worth watching…(but only the connoisseur can appreciate it), so to all the new Netflix fans, if you are really interested in F1 for the long haul, go educate yourself..

[@G5_Undisputed]

Exactly and Aston Martin has been so special this year even if they fell off. Being my favorite team I’m thankful for those podiums at the start and then Netherlands was a brilliant drive by Alonso!! I do hope next year is a closer fight but what a season it’s been. Max is out of this world

[@TheAmazingCowpig]

Thank you. Who cares about the driver's championship title fight at this point? 1st place isn't all there is in this sport. It's a team sport. It's an engineering sport. There is so much happening around the grid, there is so much competition around the grid.

[@mondodimotori]

Just look at what happened in Singapore. Just as RB slipped a little, everyone was there for the taking.

[@deanchur]

Something I like to keep an eye on is if HAAS can translate their qualifying pace into race pace as well. It can get frustrating seeing them hit Q3 only to fall out of the points though.

[@jamarij5814]

Yeah sure there’s a fight for p2 but it doesn’t hit the same as fighting for P1 in constructors or drivers. That’s the point I think people are trying to get across.

[@kanolightracer5]

The ex commentator Christian Danner once said: There are 20 drivers and they have also they're own story of the race. So if you think the only driver is driving is P1, you're not watching F1. There is also a reason why P2-P10 get points.

[@SingaporeLoveItachi]

I guess 2021 have spoilt so many people who got into F1. Welp. Not that I mind. F1 for me has been about technological innovation. I like that about the W11, and I sure as heck like about the Rb19.

[@kevingarcia6368]

Not to me. At that time I was about Sebastian Vettel not being able to win any championship nor at give Lewis Hamilton another great title fight. But I didn't know anything about Max Verstappen until the beginning of this year. On one hand for sure, he is an exceptional driver does know what he's doing on track and does drive exceptionally well and did really good achievements for himself and Red Bull don't get me wrong. But some problems I have with him is sometimes his character during the Saudi Arabia and Baku grand Prix. Especially when Max and Christian Horner sounded angry on the radio about Sergio Perez winning both of them only because he got lucky thanks to the safety car, even though he's driving for Red Bull as well ironically but very uncalled for. And even Verstappen crashed a driving sim player out of the race because he somehow beat Max in a previous race in the game. Not really mature of Max Verstappen if I'm going to be honest and he should've realized it's just a racing game. And just sad about Hamilton not being able to achieve a grand Prix win or challenge Verstappen to win his 8th championship. And a bit disappointed about his teammate Sergio Perez completely drowning despite having the same car as Max and not being able to get used to the car. And about Alphatauri being an absolute mess with managing the drivers, especially by Helmut Marko who seems to be cruel towards the underperforming drivers. The only thing positive is I'd like to say good for Carlos Sainz finally win his first grand Prix of the season for Ferrari and the remarkable comeback of McLaren and I really enjoy the duo of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, those two are doing quite well with McLaren for now and great news for McLaren starting to rise back to compete against Max Verstappen. Keep up the good work, Lando and Oscar! 👍

[@gandalf_thegrey]

@@kevingarcia6368 Cruel to the drivers lol Its professional sports: No performance, no job.

[@Randomvideos-zi7pe]

then you would love the fw14b

[@kevingarcia6368]

@@gandalf_thegrey I get it. It's sports. I'm just saying what's going on. And I mean Nick de Vries got fired by Helmut Marko in just less than half a year of his first season. It's just that 10 races just isn't enough time to fire him. If de Vries was going to be fired by the end of the season after failing every time, that's one thing. And not to mention the way Alphatauri is lead by Helmut Marko is an absolute mess. Yuki Tsunoda under immense pressure. Only two seats for the drivers when there's three of them. Liam Lawson only got one chance to drive well. While Helmut Marko added that unnecessary comment about Sergio Perez being from South America, even though Mexico is actually in North America not south. And not concentrated as Max Verstappen or Sebastian Vettel was uncalled for. Especially we all know Ayrton Senna is one of the best drivers of all time and he wasn't born in Europe, but in Brazil. I'm only saying F1 shouldn't be just for Europeans, any motorsport talent can be anywhere around the world. And just saying Red Bull Racing maybe simply isn't for Sergio Perez, that's it.

[@Spike-sk7ql]

Its always like this. Always has, always will. Hamilton dominated from 2014-2020, Seb dominated from 2010-2013, Schumacher dominated from 2000-2004 (even though the other teams were a lot closer to Ferrari than RB or Merc).

[@l_poci_]

I mean for ferrari only 2000 and 2003 comes up as an actual fight. No team could really fight them in 02, 04 and even 01 in some ways. But all dominations have that. With RB 2011 and 2013 were on another level for red bull however 2010 and 2012 came down to the wire. Mercedes had no competition in 14-16 but there was a title fight between team mates. And in 17-18 ferrari put up a bit of a fight but it wasn’t much. I would say Mercedes had the biggest domination in terms of advantage over the others, but you cant say ferrari had it harder than the rest. Yes in some years it was tight but in some the championship was done in july

[@Antares-vj7su]

Not true. The difference is that even in Schumacher era there were more overtakes, technical problems, crashes, pit stops drama and cars were far from being perfect like a Swiss clock on every circuits. Dominating a decade with battles and uncertainty every race is very different from doing a pole 1.5s faster and literally winning with eco mode on.

[@francistaylor1822]

Yeah this level of dominance isnt the same. No competitive teamate, either.

[@patelaakash267]

The difference is that bottas and nico won once in a while…redbull literally sabotages Perez so max can win everytime

[@Spike-sk7ql]

@@Antares-vj7su listen, I try to explain how Schumachers titles were actually more impressive than 90% of the seasons from 2010-now just like you, but too many people just see that he won 5 titles in a row with Ferrari, and just say he must have had a car at least .5 second clear of the field. That just wasn't the case.

[@chickenpit9991]

I think the main reason is that there was an influx of fans first due to DTS, then another surge during the 2021 season. Then they realized there isn't always drama and down to the final race title fight

[@mamavswild]

I went through 30 negative ‘Boring’ style comments and I found that 24 were coming from Hamilton fan accounts. They are waging a war on F1

[@BoldOne8760]

F1 became popular in 2021 thanks to Verstappen and Hamilton's battle. 2022 was good because there was a good battle between Leclerc and Verstappen before Leclerc fell off the pace. Now Verstappen is the unquestionable winner this year. These people never saw the Mercedes era of dominance, if they did they would never have watched F1 until now.

[@SmellyAlways]

​@@claude6782using the same logic red bull were only dominant for 2 seasons under Sebastian vettel 2010 he was a out side shot, 2012 (arguably the best season in modern f1) seb was the favorite but it went down to the very last lap.

[@sammyf1984]

Lol 2021 did not make f1 popular. People were just living under a rock if that’s when they started watching

[@zombie821]

formula 1 was popular long before 2021

[@isaacm2374]

You clearly haven't watched 2014-2020. 2014 and 2016 title fights on the final race. 2017 Vettel led the championship for most weeks. And 2018 it was Hamilton vs Vettel and Ferrari drivers finished 2nd and 3rd in the championship.

[@patepulkkinenvtec2403]

Leclerc didn't fall off the pace, a certain team who couldn't design a car that was good enough to fight for the title pushed FIA to raise the minimum ride height of the car to make Mercedes lose porpoising. This BS rule hurt Ferrari and made Red Bull even more dominant, it had nothing to do with Leclerc's skill as a driver.

[@BM-yc8eg]

Two things can be true at once. The season can, on the whole, be more boring compared to others AND, at the same time, we can appreciate the excellence of a team at the top, which is common to many F1 seasons. The problem is the media, including social media, lack nuance. It's always one or the other,

[@code01372]

you are one of the realest when it comes to F1 news, thank you for backing RB and Max with absolute facts.

[@caspianbarker7971]

I completely agree, it’s so boring reading the comments saying boring race when it’s actually great racing. Even after Singapore!!

[@naval-nation2259]

That's why the viewship has drop in the sport has dropped by 70%........... People are and have turned off the tv coz of how boring the sport really really is.

[@captainsunshine64]

People call it boring, but we've had 11 different drivers on the podium this year. If you look at it on paper, it looks dull, but the racing has been fantastic, just not at the very front

[@benn87]

If you don't just look at who's winning and put your focus more on the battles that are going on behind it, it's a very good season.

[@captainsunshine64]

@@benn87 Exactly, the grid hasn't been this close in a long time, every race has had it's own drama

[@djdrastic1]

Lots of new and returning guests on the Verstappen 'Off course' podcast this year.

[@hectornecromancer5308]

@@benn87 it's actually fun looking at another position. Teams this season has been so much closer together that anyone can be on podium. Back then, if you're not on Mercedes, you're not going to win (unless they have a hiccup). Even P3 will be filled by either one Ferrari driver or one Redbull driver. And only once every few years that podium will be filled by another team outsdie the top 3

[@fnsniper4280]

2015 had 10 different podiums and it was still a boring ass season

[@StephenLMW]

So very well explained, I personally love a dominant season as much as an entertaining season, Michael Schumacher is my absolute hero and I loved watching him dominate everyone around him but what I love even more is that he won all 7 of his world titles against serious competition and 98% of the time in an inferior car thus adding to his greatness, I’m so happy social media didn’t exist back when Michael was racing or even during Jim Clark’s era or Fangio’s era, Prost and Senna’s era, dominance is as important in sport as competition is

[@tsholts5173]

F1 and it's fans when they realize that casual fans probably won't keep watching: surprised Pikachu face NASCAR fans the last 20 years: "First time?"

[@christofferrsnes9508]

I find it the best way to enjoy the sport(as a die hard fan) is to just stay off the social media completely. Those who complain there can complain for themselves. I dont need to ruin my experience just because their experience wasn't what they had hoped for.

[@jjmanning8621]

What are you talking about?? It's boring the last two seasons, like people were complaining about Mercedes car being too fast, this car is above and beyond lights out faster than that car ever was and now you have all these guys trying to defend it.

[@caritzstahl1284]

Man i have to say youreally nailed it. I have been watching F1 since i way a child and as you said, dominant drivers and teams are what makes this sport. Also, i find it funny how everyone is complaining about the 2-3 year Red Bull dominance, while just before that we had an 8 year dominance of Mercedes :D. Some people are just never satisifed...

[@thanosr7418]

I used to sleep a lot on Sundays during the 2020 season and i was blown away in 2021 with how competitive it was. There is always a fight up and down the grid worth watching

[@DrAmithBhat]

I hope Max dominates for the next decade just to rub it in these toxic people’s faces. Like you rightly said, had social media with these idiots been around from even the mid 1970s, they’d have problems with Lauda’s domination, Hunt being a victim of cancel culture, McLaren domination in the late 80’s “boring”, wanting to boycott F1 after Senna, Schumacher, Vettel, Hamilton dominating the sport.

[@Shea-austin]

The hope of him just dominating to rub it in there face is just as toxic.

[@DrAmithBhat]

It’s almost, poetic.

[@Pexbd1003]

Ironically you are becoming one of those “toxic fans” that you seem to hate 😂😂😂

[@MagicMushroom1971]

I feel fortunate to witness Verstappen's greatness and I'm loving it. He is truly very special. The Senna of the modern era, and this Saturday he will be crowned as the 3 time world champion.

[@veer-spec3]

Heck, if Senna was still here, he would be praising Max for his absolutely dominant performance

[@patepulkkinenvtec2403]

Max, or any driver for that matter, being crowned the champion on a saturday still sounds just wrong. Oh god I hate sprint races.

[@MikoyanGurevichMiG21]

Considering his driving style- his dominance is more on the style of Schumi rather than Senna.

[@MohamedLamkhizni]

​@@MikoyanGurevichMiG21or both senna agressive and schumacher crazy consistant

[@justliech3948]

Most people who complain are Merc fans, because Mercedes isn't winning anymore, a Willians fan is having a fantastic season, Ferrari fans are seeing their team improve, McLaren fans are seeing how they turned the game since the season start

[@roylogan51298]

It's crazy people can't look past first place because if they do its an amazing season.

[@samwilsamwil-pr6so]

F1 can literally be split into dominant eras, do people not understand this?

[@fnsniper4280]

Acting like a boring product is somehow fine because "it's always been like this" is just incredibly dumb.

[@thatguy4087]

Where was all this when Mercedes dominated every single race for 10 years?

[@gameofender4463]

Because we had Lewis Vs Nico, then Lewis Vs Seb. And then during peak Mercedes in 2020 we had so many different winners and stories that it was able to be more bearable.

[@niconovaz141]

@@gameofender4463exactly we still Had different Winners, Look at the Championship gaps this is the Most dominant Season ever (or at least since the new point system). But for me F1 is genereally less exiciting since Seb retired

[@NY1075]

There was no need for it.

[@gameofender4463]

@@niconovaz141Exactly. Especially with Sakhir 2020 being the second to last race with Russell and Perez etc. It left the season with an exciting feeling for 2021.

[@francisdagandan8771]

@@niconovaz141 that's a fair point, i would also say the abu dhabi incident basically flipped the trajectory of f1 standom, became a dreaded place to watch since people would chuck a moan every few seconds

[@LawVS]

It's gonna plateau for a while and perhaps surge again for 2025 as teams converge with each other and 2026 for the uncertainty.

[@danmartinez7929]

My problem with this season isn’t max or red bull, I don’t care for them as they’re not my team, it’s the fact that there’s no other team on the grid that comes remotely close to red bull. The second place constructors fight is a very exciting one though.

[@social_goes_static]

This guy speaks the truth. MV fan here, and I admit that this season has not been all that exciting. However, it opened my eyes to the amazing pool of talent that is on the grid right now. I even learned to love Alonso, who I used to hate simply because he beat Schumi and ended his dominant run. I was a huge Kimi and Schumacher fan back in the day. 😅 Kimi in a McLaren vs. Michael in a Ferrari was amazing to watch, if only that McLaren wasn’t so f*** fragile. 😅

[@doctorknow]

Gatekeeping is important. Social media trash fans we can do without.

[@maximilianschroder5206]

The DTS fans havn't seen the seasons 2013-2020. they expect a title fight like 2021 in every year

[@magnustan841]

Watching the midfield action and the stories in that part of the grid, is something I learnt to do and appreciate very quickly, when I started following F1 in 2020. Those who watched the first race of 2020 in Austria will remember how mad that was. I was stocked and full of adrenaline, but I never set that kind of race as my expectations for every weekend, I enjoyed almost every race I watched since. In that sense, 2021 was both a blessing and a curse, a beastly title fight came at a time of a popularity boom in the sport and brought out the best and worst in many. I too cannot stand some of the comments flying around, however we shouldn’t play these people down as fake fans or whatever, in time they will learn.

[@hannahtaylor3457]

Hamilton, Vettel, Schumacher, Senna, Mansell, All these drivers had Dominating performances and if you called any of them boring you’d be called crazy. The point is people in 10-15 years are gonna talk about how they wished they where old enough to remember Max at his peak and how great and exciting it must’ve been to watch him break records.

[@Sean_rooney]

I started watching motogp 2 years ago and afterwards couldnt look at f1 the same. I dont watch the races anymore but will sometimes look at the highlights, after the motogp final i took a look at the f1 highlights and had to turn them off NOTHING happened even in the highlights, some mediocre overtakes where shown and a drs straight but that was it. When that kind of stuff is the highlight its gotten bad.

[@spiral_heart8239]

Yup, I think you hit the nail on the head. The key to enjoying this season is staying curious about how other drivers and teams are evolving and dealing with the dominance. I'm not a McLaren fan, but I'm really interested to see how they show up next season.

[@ninjaahjumma]

I LOVE Perspective. He makes so much sense. Literally, F1 isn’t just about one driver and one team. There’s 19 other drivers and 9 other teams. There’s so much to watch and keep up with. If you’re bored, you’re clearly not understanding what you’re watching.

[@beauty.of.the.struggle]

THANK YOU! I completely agree, and actually, I would go so far as to suggest the opposite: if anything at all, F1 is getting too gimmicky... sprints, 38 races a season, awful tracks, bad stewarding, etc I will happily gatekeep that crap out lol

[@phoenixfire257]

And I agree and the toxic NASCAR haters keep coming here! LMAO!!! GOODBYE TOXIC NASCAR HATERS THIS IS THE SPORT FOR Y O U!!!

[@sammyf1984]

This man speaking facts. Almost every sport has a period where a certain team/driver dominates. MotoGP had the Augustini, Rossi, and Marquez eras. Sometimes teams just put together a better package and the rider/driver is able to execute flawlessly with that package. It’s something to be in awe about not to bitch about.

[@kdrewmorris]

Gain fans fast, lose fans fast. These mentions weren't from F1 fans, they were from DTS fans

[@chrisenting9224]

Most people don't understand F1.

[@zoltan_nikon]

I think many people thought a F1 race is like DTS, filled with rage, drama, emotions. After seeing what is actually about, they stopped whatching it.

[@mansonfd7835]

"I wouldn't complain Max Verstappen's dominant as I've always encountered the same dominance back in the day." - Martin Brundle

[@LaCorvette]

I agree with your opinion. It appears to be most often, that dominance of one driver or team comes down to technical innovation and racecraft of a driver. Shifts in that balance of power are usually brought on by rule changes regarding the technical regulations or a new driver only. I mean the last time in the (somewhat) recent past there was no domination of one / two drivers was the time from 2007 until 2009 in terms of the WDC. Afterwards it was Vettel, mostly Hamilton and now Verstappen.

[@Burnerisbrowsing]

My thing with f1 is ( I still watch it and love it and actually want to see max (not an rb fan) win a lot of races) f1 they need to make smaller cars to make overtaking easier and the alike at monico and other tracks. Like 2007 esc cars. That period of f1 had the most championship battles

[@daphnelovesL]

The BBc site is terrible if it's not Lewis the called it boring (Lando they don't care). And you are right 90 % of the comments haven't even seen the race.

[@kanzenj]

Social media has always lowered the barrier of entry when it comes to true sports fans. Edit: I've been watching since the 2000s and they should bring back v10s with synthetic fuels.

[@andreis3416]

More people coming to WEC and IMSA then, I see this as an absolute win

[@ev06863]

I'm glad you made this video! It's VERY VERY true, if you can't stand the domination by one team because they did the hard work and got things right go watch NASCAR or IndyCar where it's a set one design series. F1 has been and always will be about the designers ability to design a great car, regardless if it's a Mercedes, Ferrari, Red Bull or McLaren. F1 showcases the top drivers in the top designed cars, don't like it, go elsewhere!

[@stevenmontgomery1786]

Mate your videos are always 100. Top tier content and perspectives (no pun intended) all the time.

[@Midtable1881]

I agree, as a United fan I used to be really excited when they won. Post 2013, I’m almost becoming numb every time they lose now. The sames happening here.

[@mateorios1636]

"I Hate Verstappen!"- Fans "I hate Hamilton!"- Fans "I Hate Vettel!"- Fans "I Hate Schumacher!"- Fans "I Hate Senna!"- Fans "I hate Lauda!"- Fans "I Hate Clark!"- Fans "I Hate Stewart!"- Fans "I Hate Fangio!"- Fans Its a never ending cycle tbh

[@delphi1960]

This British dude needs to get off his high horse. It's funny how he tries to tell you what you must do just like how F1 is ran. This has nothing to do with Max and Red Bull wining. It's about everything else. Why watch F1 now days? The stewards don't allow for racing. Everything is a penalty in F1. These track limits are a joke. If someone barely touches someone they get a penalty. Passing is NOT encourage. The other issue I've noticed is that the stewards favor people / teams. George Russel can take over 5 position from the start by leaving the track and keep his position but when someone else does it they get have to give the position(s) back. If you are a big name and your impede someone during qualifying no big deal but if you are a lower tiered team you get penalized. I could go on and on with the stewards but to be honest AI should replace them since AI would be consistent. On another note F1 is stagnated. It's the same teams over and over. They don't allow other teams to complete which means less competition. F1 has a fix limited number of teams so basically year over year we pretty much see the same top tier teams and the bottom tier teams but never new teams. Andretti Autosport has been trying to get into F1 for a long time but they don't want real competition into their controlled sport. Image if the bottom tier would lose their ability to race and a new team could enter then every team would be racing to stay in. I hear people saying "but what about their investments?" well F1 should then fix that instead of having the same teams in the sport. When a teams try to bring in drivers from other racing series once again F1 has these stupid rules preventing threatening talent from racing in their "elite" series. Everything is controlled in F1. Everything! Look at the tires. Now you can't use them longer than what they say. They change qualifying to mandatory tire color to try and make it more interesting because they race themselves are not anymore. F1 has turned into a reality show. It has nothing to do with racing anymore. It's all about the drivers. Its so boring that drivers are watching themselves on the jumbotrons and commenting on how their team mates are doing. The FIA, team owners, and stewards control everything even how much a team can spend! LOL Here is advise to an anyone new to F1. To get the most out of F1 just watch the qualifies, race highlights, and top it off with Drive to Survive and you'll get the most our of F1. Personally there is more excitement watching ducks crossing a road...

[@GlassOfWhiteMilk]

I may have joined F1 in 2021. But after I was hooked I watched older races and did my research and I STILL plan on watching every single race regardless of outcome

[@Oooggaabooggaa]

F1 Twitter and tiktok is genuinely unbearable, it’s starting to become like football (soccer) fans, it’s clearly people who haven’t watched for a long time

[@Nr1GamerGringo]

i think its also the DTS fans who really got into it in 2021 with the title fight, the fight in the beginning of 2022 and then the max dominance just didnt tickle their fancy

[@InfinityX2]

Social media drop off because other teams can’t keep up and take the fight. I blame Mercedes, Ferrari and McLaren

[@BrandonA1]

I believe many of the people leaving are the mainstream fans from DTS and the 2021 title fight. That's also combined with the fact F1, as a racing product, just does not have much of a draw compared to almost any other motorsport. Indycar, WRC, WEC, IMSA, MotoGP, Nascar, V8 Supercars all provide much better and more entertaining races for the most part, usually with better driver/manufacturer title fights, and outside of the engineering and "worldwide" angle of the sport, people don't have much of a reason to watch. F1 will eternally retain its diehard fans but most Fairweather fans are gone, unlikely to ever return.

[@EntropicExergy]

Indycar? F no, i watched the Indy500 this year to see what it was about, now that is really boring. Going around on ovals where the only interesting thing is a crash and where the safety car ending makes it one big lottery upon restart? Yawn. No, as a sport, F1 is far more interesting, where skill actually matters and it is the best driver that wins, as opposed to the lottery that is Indycar where the luckiest guy wins.

[@BrandonA1]

@EntropicExergy The ending to it was a bit of an entertainment-grab, but don't act like F1 didn't do the same thing at Australia or God forbid Abu Dahbi 2021. The racing style is different, but Indy provides incredible speeds and tons of overtakes. Guys come and go throughout the race and there's a lot of strategy involved. Also, Indycar Road Courses>>>>F1 Road Courses. Regardless, even excluding Indy there are so many other motorsports that provide more entertainment than F1, races that aren't just DRS trains with a race for 2nd in the Constructors Championship

[@EntropicExergy]

@@BrandonA1 I am not talking about that ending, i'm talking about the finish in Indycar in general. The winner generally gets decided by the randomness of the safety car. In F1, the pinnacle of motorsport, it's about actual driver skill, like the principle in sports is may the best man win in general. If you like watching a lottery dictated by crashes and safety cars, be my guest, i don't care about those. And no, F1 did not do that in AD, they finished under a green flag, with actual racing. I meant ovals, those are boring as f, i'm not talking about road courses. And F1 does not have road courses, unless you mean street tracks. Apart from Monaco with all its history, i don't care much for those street tracks either. The classic old-school tracks in F1 are what make it so good. Tracks like Spa, Monza, Imola and Suzuka are the places where the magic in F1 happened. No, i get it, you're more into lotteries, where randomness decides the winner instead of skill. Good luck with that.

[@BrandonA1]

@EntropicExergy Indycar is far from a lottery. First off, 11 of the 17 winners Led the most laps, and drivers that led the most laps were on the Podium 14 of 17 races, and even for late race (Final 10 lap) restarts there were only 3 in 2023. This doesn't matter though. Any aspect of what makes Indycar great doesn't matter. Because it's not the "pinnacle of motorsport". It is inferior to F1 in every way because their cars go slightly faster and are less spec. F1 has a ton of problems, there is a severe lack of natural overtaking, the cars are too big for many tracks they drive on, and the politics of F1 have made the schedule significantly more bloated and worse. F1 in 2023 isn't even a race, it's a procession. Again, watch anything else and you'll see that every motorsport has their own pinnacle: in rally, in endurance racing, in motorcycles, in Stock and open wheel cars. If you do that, maybe you can face reality and see the value in all motorsports, not just the one that's the least entertaining but best marketed

[@EntropicExergy]

@@BrandonA1 Yeah, that's just proving my point, Indycar is a lottery. Yeah, rally is pretty cool and endurance is interesting too, but they are quite different by nature. F1 the least entertaining, anything but, plenty of stuff going on behind Max, if you are willing to look at the entire race and not just P1. F1 is the pinnacle because of the engineering evolved no other class has. And it makes no sense blaming the other teams being so crappy on the sport itself, blame said teams that their engineers fail at ground effect aero.

[@speedshocrekkas3230]

I just recently got into F1 around the Australian GP this year, and honestly I don’t really care much about the dominance. As much as I like Red Bull and AlphaTauri, I’m mostly interested in the performances of Oscar, Liam, Williams as a whole, and others. I’m absolutely love the innovative nature of this sport!

[@krankieboolean1340]

Summary of upload: "stop complaining. Max winning 19 races out of 22 races is not boring. If he wins every race in the next two years then that is F1. Enjoy it. If you don't like it then go away."

[@fnsniper4280]

Lol yes it's boring. It was boring with ham and vettel also

[@ottoッ]

Bro is making his own happiness 🤣

[@Arseization]

The irony really is that people should be mad at the constructors for not being able to produce a car that can compete for wins. I guess Mercedes had that...

[@Reznor_Meeks]

Big part of this “problem” is that the drive to survive wrapped a lot of new “fans” from the US with this idea that F1 was this mega thing with mega drama, these “fans” don’t realize it’s a show and it’s meant to get viewer attention and if some things needs to be blown out of proportion directors will, but also one must remember that the average American have the attention span of a fish, it’s a culture of constant disposal of interest.

[@VykronianF1]

I am SOOOOO glad you made a vid like this!!! 2021 IS the anomaly year we’ve never seen a battle that dramatic going on for that long. I wish it was like that 2014 and 2016 I wish went down to the last lap. But they didn’t in fact they were quite underwhelming as title deciders. So to expect nail bitting drama ever race is a fantasy. F1 doesn’t have the close competition of a spec series and as a result won’t achieve the same levels of dopamine as Indy, FE, or some junior category will. And that’s ok, good in fact as F1 isn’t just about the drivers but also the thousands of minds making a car just as good as the other team. Which is also composed of thousands of minds being with in 1 tenth on track! That’s actually INCREDIBLE if you think about it!! So many people complain about it being boring and yet there is sooo much more to appreciate away from the front. Actual fans will focus on every aspect not just the dogmatic view of the casual looking only at P1. The new ‘fan’ of F1 isn’t a fanatic of Formula 1 and all of its aspects, or of racing itself. They’re only fans about P1 and the drama that entails. And as soon as that’s gone they’ll go to the next thing that quenches their short attention span. F1 NEEDS to stop pandering to the bandwagon, and put out content that’ll turn a bandwagoner into a real fan. One that’ll stick with F1 through thick and thin. One that pays attention to every team, every driver, every pitstop, when the rain will come, how close the drivers on the timing tower are in 14-19. Because a fan of racing will be dying to see the fastest circuit race cars in the world duke it out regardless of the prestige of the team, or accomplishments of the driver. So honestly F1 is in a great position as the casuals are leaving and the fans are the ones still here. If F1 strives for integrity the real fans will stay, casuals will come and eventually also become true fans!!!

[@fnsniper4280]

You people are the reason why they hate this fanbase

[@maximilianschroder5206]

new fans to a sport means everytime: clueless fans without background knowledge

[@scsutton1]

I always find a way to appreciate dominance, because in this sport, you never know when it could end so suddenly.

[@norahcolman2288]

What about Lewis....Mercedes basically dominated .but not doing great now. It is probably his jealous fans getting bored.

[@miindthegaap]

2 Facts can exist at the same time. Domination is marvellous and also boring.

[@francisdagandan8771]

agreeing with your points as well as how DTS fans have realised it's like every other sport, always gets dramatised to milk money wherever. there has been underlying storylines building across the season but the dominance is way different to what I've seen watching f1, the max era way worse than the lewis dominance era imo

[@Knightlight02]

How do lewis nuts taste mate? You delusional

[@pranav0995]

I really support his statements because that's how the sport works, you're always gonna see a particular team dominate till a certain period of time. If people can't appreciate it, then they are free to leave

[@tomasjones3755]

Great Rant! I love watching 2nd, 3rd & 4th place - Fernando doing great & then not, McLaren's rise, Carlos, George vs Lewis, will Yuki get a Q3 and SO MUCH MORE. If someone is bored, with a race series, then they really don't enjoying racing.

[@AalaFathi]

saying just stop watching the sport you love. I can say the same thing just stop looking at ppl complaining on Twitter

[@penusliski]

It's not like they are pretending that it's never happened before, more like they're not aware it did. Most of them are following the sport not longer than year or two

[@ryutenken1]

I mean yeah i can see why but other than. Max there is still a lot to play for constructors from 2nd to 10th. Even the battle for runner up is still up for grabs in drivers.

[@skewie88]

Not sure I like the argument of "it has always been like this, so it should remain like this" and "stop supporting something you like because you want it to grow/improve". Seems like unnecessary high-horse gate-keeping. Like any other issue where those argument are used. Issues can be solved guys. Complete domination for a sport is an issue. Just because you're used to the issue doen't make it a non-issue. With that said I still personally watch every race because I like many drivers/teams on the gird so I still have something to enjoy. While simultaneously knowing that its kind of an issue when other teams can't catch up effectively due to cost caps etc. (Especially now when there's more money than ever in the sport, even for non-top teams) I can also note that other issues are pointed out all the time by "real F1 fans": single-stop races due to low tire degradation, DRS-passing, hard-to-follow etc etc. should all the people pointing those issues out stop watching too? Where would that leave us?

[@swampcat4901]

Did the study show.....the increase of F1 viewers as Max came into F1? You are spot on. Let them compare the rogue study with the number of People before Max came onboard.

[@tooeasy1100]

The boring things are the overtakes. Literally 95% of overtakes are enabled by pushing a button. No braking maneuvers, no side-by-side, just going past on a straight with the help of DRS. Nice.

[@AziyahCarver-ui9lq]

Idc man this season is more boring during the seb domination

[@vareos9874]

I think the main reason it gets so annoying is because there are so many clueless parrots out there just repeating things other people say online. I feel like I want to rip my hair out whenever I see a comment under F1 thats like "red bull ruins the sport button ----------->"

[@MAHKSALK]

So there's folks saying f1 is boring? That might be those members belonging to the Cry Baby Hamilton cult. Get over it.

[@TheFatSandwhich]

Looks like people started to realise that they're investing their time into spectating motorsport. It's sad how people some how need 2 red flags, 5 crashes, a thunderstorm and a dragon flying over the track to not scream "BoRing". Times like these makes us all want to gatekeep the sport so people can fkn realise that this is motorsport in general.

[@pickle_a_day_keeps_the_dr_away]

This topic could've made a dead set boring episode. But mate, fair play - well spoken and well presented as always. Been a fan since ya had about 500 subs. Outta curiosity what's your take on LawVs? One of the most astute KZbinr / F1 pundits, would love to see a collab between you.

[@bigsmooshflopdong33]

Perfectly said. I think it just comes down to this, people like to complain and that negativity spreads. New fans are so impressionable that they hear these boring season comments and have no concept of what's going on in the sport.

[@liamlaus]

2006-2010 and 2012, those were such boring years aye? 3 domination eras in a row are killing this sport. Period.

[@ricknineg]

I believe booing is fair game. It’s all part of the fun and the entertainment

[@nathanj1736]

Couldn’t agree more it makes me soo angry people didn’t complain when Lewis , seb or Michael was dominating because it’s there driver . It’s the other story that keep me gripped to f1 not just who’s winning

[@dy7296]

I swear people only look at the front row throughout the season. The podium places and the midfield have been quite variative this year.

[@MrSillyjabjab72]

Its the Netflix effect - a bunch of new naive fans that started because of the hype.

[@florisbackx1744]

Loved this one! There were so many amazing races this year, just look at how many rainy races/qualifications we've had where everything was on a knives edge. The race consists of more then the winner. Even in years without dominance a lot of races didn't have a fight for the lead till the finishline. Different cars perform beter on different tracks.

[@milos1534]

If I was in your place and had to talk about current situation of idiotic people who watch F1, I wouldn't say a single word differently, this video and what you said was SPOT ON. Well done, you are doing great!

[@carlosbarton763]

When Jarno Trulli became the first non-Ferrari winner of 2004 (and the only one for over two-thirds of that season) commentator James Allen remarked it was "the shot in the arm F1 needed", sound familiar?

[@sophisticateddenial6510]

How passive-agressive do you want to be? Perspective: 'Yes'

[@cellsentinel239]

yeah its the same with debating with an f1 fan as well. You try to discuss and they straight up insult you without hearing you out and its so childish.

[@HaloseBetaM14]

I dropped F1 in 2014 due to boredom and came back after 6 years. These past years aren't any worse or better than those days in terms of dominance. This year Max mastered the RB to make a historical string of victories and we were lucky to see it. Alonso is still the g.o.a.t. when the car works and Hamilton wakes up occasionally to deliver a decent drive too. The up and coming talents step on each other's foot regularly. What more can we want from a season.

[@viggen73]

I was born in the 70's and grew on the 80's in those days F1 had a different champion almost every year. Even then there were talks about dominance (78 Lotus wing car, 83 Brabham BMW Turbo car, 84-85 McLaren Porsche car, 86-87 Williams Honda car). The main reason that there weren't longer streaks of dominance was that the regulation concerning the car specifications would change very often (flexible skirts were deemed illegal in 1980, ground effect was banned all together in 1983, fuel tanks were reduced in 1984, turbo intake was restricted in 1988, turbo was banned in 1989 although the same team won anyway). Nowadays rulling is more long term and it helps a team, who produces a car more efficient with the directives given, to dominate. In the 80's fans complained FISA was allways changing their mind and no one could develop a car... since the 90's fans complain about the dominance. It part of the human nature to never be satisfied, so we shlould. So PLEASE SHUT THE F*** UP and enjoy the races. It may come a time when all this is gonne.

[@The29Dave]

It's a bold-faced lie too. The sport has never been more popular, they're just butthurt because Hamilton isn't winning anymore

[@luciddaze248]

Also, there are soooo many freaking races. Even the long term fans are burning out. It's too much. That said, this year has been insanely good racing. One of the best seasons I've watched since 2000.

[@aprilkurtz1589]

You're right. There is so much more to watch and think about during a race. The real stuff to watch in a dominant era like this is from P2 on down the line. There are a few contenders for P2 and P3 in the constructors and drivers championships. I think it's been a good season overall. My favorite driver is having a great season. My favorite team might surpass my favorite driver's team in the Constructors and Driver's championships. I hope Daniel has some really great races. And I've never heard such bitching about a dominant driver in my life.

[@RexytheRexy]

I find the fact that people are legitimately calling for the FIA to intervene to stop Verstappen/RB dominance disturbing. The 2022 reg changes led to much closer battles and spectacular wheel to wheel racing. The cost cap has brought teams much closer in performance. Look at the Perez/Alonso battle at Interlagos. That's proof positive there's still incredible racing to be found, we just have to be willing to see it further down the field than P1 and P2 (thank you, by the way, for mentioning Alex).

[@fnsniper4280]

No one cares about p2 (losers)

[@VykronianF1]

@@fnsniper4280and that’s exactly your and the problem.

[@fnsniper4280]

@@VykronianF1 in proper English please

[@VykronianF1]

@@fnsniper4280you not caring about p2-20 is the problem. There’s so much more to F1 than who wins. There’s a reason points are given to the top 10. And if all you care about is p1 then why are you still here go watch a sport that scratches that itch?

[@prettynpetty8342]

I completely ignore Verstappen at this point. Who cares that he keeps winning? I’m invested in other drivers and other teams now. A single dominant driver is good motivation for other team. Catch up or keep failing. McLaren is my favorite team right now so I focus on their progress. I want to see how far Carlos is going to go. F1 is still interesting even though Max is having a great season. Also, some of you in the comments are so obsessed with Lewis, it’s pathetic. Lewis isn’t having a great season and you STILL have something negative to say? Get a life and a job.

[@t.k3579]

Teamlh and orange army fans try not to bring up other drivers name challenge (impossible)

[@TheKieshaKiesha]

ppl only think its boring because every youtube channel pushes this narrative. aside from this channel, so good job bruv

[@berryshortcakee]

ironically I became an f1 fan during this season even though ppl have been getting “bored”