Top 10 F1 Battles of 2021

[@xeroxTonic]

For me at least, this season proved just how crazy Checo is at defending and even wheel to wheel racing

[@pranavps851]

He is the minister of defense after all.

[@pauloaz496]

Ocon:

[@DJChappie001]

In his very first season in a car that was developed around Max. Very impressive!

[@formulafish1536]

Shows just how much people underestimate Checo. We all knew he wouldn’t be on Max’s level. But no one could have contemplated how well he would back Max up, especially in the latter half of the season

[@banja9172]

@@DJChappie001 when are you people gonna stop with the developed around "insert driver's name" myth?!? No car is developed around any driver, learn it already... Every circuit and every set of conditions is different. Cars are developed around a concept and set of rules. The drivers are constantly adapting to circumstances. No race and no day within a race weekend is the same. The best drivers are the ones that adapt the quickest. Edit: Before anyone starts about drivers input, I realize that it matters but in the setup, not in the development of a new car.

[@ShortHax]

F1: “How many battles do you want with Checo involved” Perez: “Yes”

[@kavguy]

"How much do you want to overuse this meme" "Yes"

[@Firebolt1729]

@@kavguy Welcome to the comments section.

[@adl6907]

@@kavguy 🤡

[@kavguy]

You know what I just noticed that the troll account are on this comment section,please keep making these memes

[@rongiefaustino8867]

* si

[@anony_mous8681]

Alonso and Checo are absolute kings of defence. Peak racecraft right there. Hamilton and Perez had 3 proper fights this season and all of them made it to the top 10 highlights. Sheer class.

[@tsvkrumbein9951]

@@Bahamuttiamat imagine if checo would have taken out hamilton the toxicity of the f1 fans would be so bad luckily he’s a great driver

[@zadsazhad]

@@Bahamuttiamat proper racing man that's why no touch or accident unlike max super aggressive that most likely cost him (spoiler yeah it did)

[@Sem5626]

i don't get why checo is getting so much praise... he lost every battle

[@maazahmed2336]

@@Sem5626 Its not the he lost. He is fair but hard at all times. We don't care who wins a battle. As F1 fans we want to see hard and fair racing. That Alonso Hamilton battle had me screaming for the way they both attacked and defended

[@viktorlopez7792]

@@Sem5626 no, he didn't! Get your facts checked

[@richiepina7672]

Checo is definitely the most underrated driver of 2021. He wasn’t voted high in power ranking and team boss picks. He was hardly on the listings. 4th 2 years in a row show this man some respect. 🇲🇽

[@captaintoyota3171]

He won max the title 100%. W/o him backing up lewis , lewis likely would have had pitstop gap over max at safety car. Meaning he would have likely been able to defend on new tires with max on last lap. So yeah Perez won the title for max and may have got 1-2 if he had not retired. He was on softs right behind max= would have passed lewis as well last lap most likely

[@antonkirilenko3116]

He did, however, got voted Driver of the Day more times than any other driver. So people obviously liked him.

[@germansherman7707]

he is the driver of the season for the fans

[@AlexGreat87]

The thing that hurted him was a start of the year that he had to get used to the car, so his results were inconsistent (in some point he was behind Lando in the standings, and he ended up way behind Bottas). If the vote was considered just the second half of the season, he would have been ranked higher though.

[@leoclimbing5624]

he is 30 seconds slower than Max in average... so driver of the season is a bad joke

[@radhakannan972]

Max drove exceptionally well this year, but one of the major factors was he was backed up by an absolute monster in Checo, unlike the past years where RedBull couldn't put a team player in.

[@luiscaballa3075]

Checo might not have collected as many points for Red Bull himself as he wished probably but he played a massive part in Max's championship victory

[@captaintoyota3171]

W/o him keeping max close 2 lewis he may have had pitstop at safety car over Max so likely checo literally won max the title. Great defense great driving totally proven Rbr right signing him

[@Ors180717]

Let’s remember he should’ve gotten at least 5 or 6 more podiums if he just had a bit more luck. Abu Dhabi, Quatar, Brazil, Rusia, Monza, Austria, Monaco…

[@Glorytoglorzo]

No Checo no championship it took a team effort to topple Lewis. We can also over the season see that Lewis was apprehensive maybe even afraid to go against checo by the times he called for undercuts on him.

[@periklaskyriakidis6064]

Yeah buddy, of course. How many races do you want??? Baku??? Turkey??? Brazil (despite the fact they failed in the end)??? Abu Dhabi??? Paul Ricard??? Mexico??? USA??? At all these races he sacrificed himself just to help Max. And the funny thing is that people complain that Lewis wins titles thanks to Bottas. Then why they do congratulate Checo for helping Max. And also, where did Bottas REALLY help Hamilton??? Anti-Lewis guys say whatever is in favour of them...

[@Glorytoglorzo]

@@periklaskyriakidis6064 and pro Lewis people just sit there and go to town on him like the biased commentators

[@theallmightyfish3027]

You can see how checo was truly pushing his car TO THE LIMIT defending Hamilton. He had extremely old soft tyres and an inferior engine, and he was still able to slow down Hamilton for an extremely long time, and when hamilton passed him, he just passed him back and kept on defending. Best defense I’ve ever seen.

[@Veselinius_III]

THE NEW MINISTER OF DEFENCE! 🦾 ...and such tiers would have been gone by that moment on others, but he did his Checo tyre magic and they were like fresh for a sprint race 🤯😂

[@maazahmed2336]

I dont think they were that old. I think once Ham took the lead, checo must have been told to manage his tires. They told him to go to "Plan C" and that's what he must have done. For him to have such braking performance and traction on exits shows it wasn't that old. BUt proper racing though.

[@chuckjones7218]

Can you believe he almost didn't have a drive this season?!

[@ZZPxFTW]

@@maazahmed2336 you must’ve not watched the GP mate. Checo’s tires were FRIED, he was at least 5 laps past even the longest estimated window for the softs. Tire deg at that point really hits hard. He boxed the lap after the defense, as the sole reason he was out on those old tires, putting in laps way off the pace, was to maintain track position to hold up Lewis.

[@theallmightyfish3027]

@@Veselinius_III as someone who just got into F1, this has been an amazing year to start with

[@monara97]

Checo is a legend. Most thrilling wheel to wheel races... he deserves a championship and also the perfect team mate for Max 💙

[@MrPatchtkennedy]

let's hope he challenges max instead of just being second fiddle.

[@monara97]

@@MrPatchtkennedy haha yes mate. can't wait for next season.

[@thunderlighting2006]

Honestly I think checo could have a chance it he could just improve his qualifying and get more consistency he could challenge for a world title hoping the new cars help him with that cuz as a Mexican it so cool seeing him win races

[@Legorreta.M.D]

@@thunderlighting2006 Sergio says he likes the new tires, which is the biggest change

[@thunderlighting2006]

@@Legorreta.M.D it would be amazing to see a Mexican win a would title and I think the new tires will definitely be an advantage to those who are nice to them

[@samauror4958]

No words can praise Perez highly enough. He was in big part the reason the season was so exciting

[@insidelinef1]

Agree!

[@sinaltura1]

No, para nada

[@J117-t2g]

@@sinaltura1 siéntese señor

[@axelmc1841]

@@sinaltura1 callese, la lloreria está por allá

[@cksidharthan]

Absolutely love Checo's post race interview after Abu dhabi where he accepts that he did it for the team. Pure Legend and a Sportsman. 💙💙💙

[@Lambohok]

Agreed. They should've added that interview in the Netflix series. Give credit to the unsung hero 🤘

[@odh3424]

@@Lambohok im not sure that Netflix is allowed to use those interviews, but they definitely should've given more screen time to Checo

[@momonso0821]

Perez is definitely a minister of defense.

[@venkatakrishnaiahpaladugu9133]

What an original comment🤣🤣🤣

[@cyrusthegreat3553]

Alonso is better but perez had more chances.

[@Mark-yu6rg]

YEEEESSS

[@sanctemichael]

Alonso is not so bad too.

[@arturoolmos8275]

yes imao

[@hadipawar2539]

It’s really hard to think a driver of Checo’s caliber didn’t have a seat in F1 at the end of 2020. Really glad redbull got him in the car.

[@kieranshum9395]

And they won a championship who knew

[@PottersTrickyBlues]

@@kieranshum9395 no they didn’t

[@jvr_music]

@@PottersTrickyBlues yes they did

[@PottersTrickyBlues]

@@jvr_music merc won the constructors championship. Max won drivers. Red bull won nothing.

[@jvr_music]

@@PottersTrickyBlues but max won with red bull so...

[@JLXW22]

Perez was outstanding with race pace this year his experience really shows how to battle properly

[@stellar6643]

“Outstanding” Finishes 200 points behind teammate🤣🤣🤣 and hasn’t even earned one win ON MERIT.

[@fatfrankthepeteacher4535]

Name : POOIS FRAUDMILTON! Missing : Since he bottled Abu Dhabi grand prix Characteristics: Crying, Crashing, Finished, Tax Evasion Possible locations : Steward Room, Court ⚠️Warning : Dangerous driver who has taken drivers out multiple times. Beware if bottlehas who prefers to play bowling instead of driving “Give me freedom give me fire, give me best car or i retire”

[@spartangerm2122]

The Mexican Minister of Defence!

[@Firebolt1729]

@@fatfrankthepeteacher4535 Name : TROLL FRANK THE TOXIC TEACHER! Missing : An actual life Characteristics: Bored, does not have anything to do, consumes an unhealthy amount of salt per day Possible locations: Computer, Keyboard battleground, Basement ⚠Warning : Does not use logic, instead copy and pastes unfunny copypastas. Beware "if" random delusional fanboys that actually think he's not trolling and agree “Give me freedom, give me fire, give me attention or i retire"

[@szillar3283]

📖 Pewis Pamilton has 0 world titles in my books 📖 08: Carried by Glock 14: Avoid prime Red Bull 15: Rosberg didn´t try 17-18: Carried by Toto Wolff 19: Bottas didn´t try 20: No fans 21: Destroyed by GOATstappen 🥱 Better british than Jenson? I don´t think so 🥱

[@Stephen90s]

I was excited to hear when Perez was RB 2nd driver as I felt he could measure up to the task given his heroics with Racing Point. He definitely did not disappoint. Mexican minister of defence!

[@titannb9027]

Checo’s defending was insane both times. Playing on Hamilton’s mind on who has more to lose 👏👏👏

[@deepankarsaxena2565]

both times or thrice !!! Brazil, Turkey & Abu Dhabi. Also, he gave Hamilton hard time in France, Mexico & Baku.

[@stewartgrindlay9760]

Shamiltion also knew that Perez isn’t like him and put a driver into the wall at high speed

[@Cool-ql7il]

@@stewartgrindlay9760 7🏆 > three wins

[@tarunschauhan]

3:04 why does Daniel get DRS when he is ahead of Alonso?

[@jkliao6486]

I never expected Checo to fight back down to turn 4 in Brazil. What's more, the mad lad did it again in Abu Dhabi, what a man!

[@santiagocaballero7295]

Man i was there in Interlagos, the stands were literally shaking cause of the people screaming

[@rizzoli7]

@@santiagocaballero7295 do Brazilians like checo?

[@ananthu8534]

that too against an overpowered Mercedes , with Nice and clean defending .. absolute animal 👏

[@santiagocaballero7295]

@@rizzoli7 yeah

[@tellurius4951]

@@rizzoli7 who doesn't?

[@rndm_yoshi]

Incredible what Alonso still can do in F1. Amazing to watch him again!

[@fatfrankthepeteacher4535]

Name : POOIS FRAUDMILTON! Missing : Since he bottled Abu Dhabi grand prix Characteristics: Crying, Crashing, Finished, Tax Evasion Possible locations : Steward Room, Court ⚠️Warning : Dangerous driver who has taken drivers out multiple times. Beware if bottlehas who prefers to play bowling instead of driving “Give me freedom give me fire, give me best car or i retire”

[@szillar3283]

📖 Pewis Pamilton has 0 world titles in my books 📖 08: Carried by Glock 14: Avoid prime Red Bull 15: Rosberg didn´t try 17-18: Carried by Toto Wolff 19: Bottas didn´t try 20: No fans 21: Destroyed by GOATstappen 🥱 Better british than Jenson? I don´t think so 🥱

[@Firebolt1729]

Name : TROLL FRANK THE TOXIC TEACHER! Missing : An actual life Characteristics: Bored, does not have anything to do Possible locations: Computer, Keyboard battleground, Basement ⚠Warning : Does not use logic, instead copy and pastes unfunny copypastas. Beware "if" random delusional fanboys that actually think he's not trolling and agree "Give me freedom, give me fire, give me attention or i retire"

[@Wessi10Barca]

These 2 Hamilton haters are so 🤣😂. I'm speechless 🤣.

[@pot637]

EL PLAN

[@ReN3bonvivant]

Lots of decisive fights from Pérez, he lack of qualy consistance but his contributions to Maxes championship made him, to me, one of the top 10 drivers of the year. 😍😍

[@AstroAvenger]

Just imagine if he had been up there with max in qualy, would have made both championships out of reach for Mercedes.

[@RogerKeulen]

@@AstroAvenger Who cares. Let Toto have his trophy. He can put the pieces off his Bosse headphone in there.

[@radomirpodroznikzdalekiego7007]

Checo and Lewis battles are so amazing. Always so hard and entertaining, but also always so clean 😍🔥

[@Lukavichiano]

But dangerous according to one Snowflake Hamilton

[@lmao7439]

one's being careful and nervous around with the superior pace trying to get past , while the other with nothing to lose, and holding for his much superior teammate. Match made in heaven. On the other hands, Bottas and verstappen were pretty much bottas letting him by on purpose.

[@paolas3691]

All Checo's battles were amazing, he really is the minister of defense, great job!!

[@ahnafazmain3747]

Perez and Alonso both have incredible racecraft.

[@insidelinef1]

Kimi?

[@rpepe8514]

@@insidelinef1 washed up

[@TomH2681]

@@insidelinef1 "Kimi?" Back in 2006, certainly.

[@eduardoportavillaverde5564]

You cant compare perez to alonso mate

[@muniz27]

@@eduardoportavillaverde5564 notice how he didn't say "Perez has better race craft than Alonso"? He complemented both, stop trying to make drama out of nothing. Both are great drivers, period.

[@stachu_2137]

My reaction on Sergio's defence is like Max's: Checo is a legend ❤

[@sersky3747]

Perez vs Hamilton in Abu Dhabi was the best defense I've ever seen considering how old Perez's tyres were and the superiority of Hamilton's engine

[@frantot1674]

By that same criteria I would say Alonso's defense beats it. Alonso had an even weaker engine and old tyres as well (if I remember correctly).

[@avbwubus]

Even a poor driver like Perez was holding up Sir Lewis for 7 secs shows how fast the red bull is

[@Firebolt1729]

@@avbwubus Average bait.

[@commudus6256]

Perez pace dropped to preserve his tyres. Are you guys even paying attention ?

[@commudus6256]

@@frantot1674 His defense in Hungary was only possible thanks to the track layout. On another track minus Monaco it wouldn’t have happend

[@Blackout201_]

Perez and Hamitlon definitely had the best battles last year, hard and fair like they should be

[@lmao7439]

Not to downgrade Perez's race craft , but if Lewis wasn't nervous around overtaking red bulls , the battles would have been over pretty quickly. Ever since silverstone Hamilton always looked nervous overtaking any and nervous overtaking max all season. But I can get it. Hamilton obviously does not want to ruin his image of making contact with anyone , and most importantly, the pressure of championship has been on him .

[@SS-fc4zg]

Pushed other driver out of the track&51G impact “That’s racing” Clean defenses “Dangerous driving” Bravo

[@antonkirilenko3116]

Hamilton seems to always say "that's some dangerous driving" whenever someone actually defend the position against him.

[@venom760518]

Hamilton it's just a crying baby there's no doubt about it, everytime he can't overtake somebody starts to cry...

[@BIO2323]

@@venom760518 Like Max too, all the drivers complain. Its the heat of the moment and yet you take it out of context and put it in to a context that suits your own narrative.

[@tedfromyt6523]

Max at monza jeddah brazil is what u call dangerous driving that silverstone was deserve lol

[@mahxm7631]

0:02 - Leclerc vs. Gasly (Azerbaijan) 0:47 - Alonso vs. Sainz vs. Vettel (Bahrain) 1:45 - Hamilton vs. Pérez (Brazil) 2:47 - Ricciardo vs. Alonso (Great Britain) 3:40 - Pérez vs. Norris (Austria) 4:55 - Hamilton vs. Verstappen (Great Britain) 5:57 - Ferrari vs. McLaren (USA) 7:46 - Hamilton vs. Pérez (Abu Dhabi) 10:19 - Hamilton vs. Pérez (Turkey) 11:48 - Hamilton vs. Alonso (Hungary)

[@iphantum5493]

Hamilton 5/10 Pèrez 4/10 Alonso 3/10 Three outstanding drivers

[@RogerKeulen]

Thanks ! Please VOTE this comment UP the page.

[@imibuks-replit]

3 Alonso moments 4 Perez VS Hamilton

[@imibuks-replit]

@@RogerKeulen yes

[@mahxm7631]

@@RogerKeulen Thank you very much :)

[@sheshitkarthikeya1528]

Can't deny that Perez has given a tough time to hamilton this year...be it french gp, Baku, Brazil turkey Abu Dhabi..

[@RohitKumar-er9ok]

Dont forget Mexico where he was on the tail of Hamilton till last lap

[@chaitanyarao5546]

Baku was pure magic

[@NavF1]

That Alonso v Hamilton fight will stay in history, one of the highlights of the entire season

[@fatfrankthepeteacher4535]

Name : POOIS FRAUDMILTON! Missing : Since he bottled Abu Dhabi grand prix Characteristics: Crying, Crashing, Finished, Tax Evasion Possible locations : Steward Room, Court ⚠️Warning : Dangerous driver who has taken drivers out multiple times. Beware if bottlehas who prefers to play bowling instead of driving “Give me freedom give me fire, give me best car or i retire”

[@Firebolt1729]

@@fatfrankthepeteacher4535 Name : TROLL FRANK THE TOXIC TEACHER! Missing : An actual life Characteristics: Bored, does not have anything to do, loves to consume an unhealthy amount of salt per day Possible locations: Computer, Keyboard battleground, Basement ⚠Warning : Does not use logic, instead copy and pastes unfunny copypastas. Beware "if" (of) random delusional fanboys that actually think he's not trolling and agree “Give me freedom, give me fire, give me attention or i retire"

[@floydrespecter2483]

Alonso destroying Fraudmilton once again.

[@szillar3283]

the best driver against crymilton

[@sheevpalpatine9334]

@@fatfrankthepeteacher4535 I’m a max fan but dude stop being so toxic towards Hamilton and Bottas

[@videoaccount5676]

Perez outbraking Hamilton in the wet is pure art.

[@joshlcfc8433]

Off track to stay ahead

[@justachannel4760]

Checo has proved this season that he’s one of the best on wheel to wheel, he obviously needed to adapt to the car and he helped his teammate as much as he can, I hope next season he can have more opportunities to shine. It’s awful seeing that he was left out of the top 10 lists. And then you have Norris being in top 3 of everyone’s lists but as always he was trying to push drivers off the track and had an awful second part of the season, what a joke.

[@alinalisan3361]

what a YOKE!

[@nahwot4848]

Happy to see all the Perez and Alonso love in these comments. In amongst the madness of this year I think those two have really been the standout drivers for me.

[@nateswanson7576]

checo is sooo underrated this year. He had so much bad luck his way, missing out on at least 5 podiums that werent his fault, and yet he still managed to heavily influence the championship, what a lad\

[@Achilles053]

@@nateswanson7576 I agree but I think he was very inconsistent

[@_mevt.33]

The best thing about the Perez defense in turkey was after turn 1 hamilton braked early on 2 occasions to get the ol switheroo but Perez instead of using the exit curbs turned sharply in so there was nowhere for Hamilton to go making him lose more time

[@joshuapinter]

Bang on. And sacrificed his pace to take such a sharp line because it wasn’t about going fast, it was about going slow and keep HAM behind him. Brilliant stuff.

[@valle3452]

Same as what Alonso was doing in Hungary. Just placing their car on the inside going out of corners, and making it a drag race to the next one. A joy to watch.

[@rcmanization]

@@valle3452 what does it mean that it is made a drag race?

[@valle3452]

@@rcmanization A drag race? A short-distance race, mostly in a straight line, and mostly all about traction and acceleration.

[@awadahmad6948]

@@valle3452 Agreed and its always about how youre gonna defeat that mercedes engine on the straights because after the twisty section of the track starts Hamilton just cant he just cant

[@kimichr12]

Checo's defenses were absolutely legendary. Our Minister of Defense... Another mention will be Verstappen and Hamilton battle for the win in Brazil. I enjoyed that one as well...

[@RogerKeulen]

Max was a sitting duck. Then autism and verstappen roadrage kicked in. But atleast he tried. We got our last lap shoot out, so i'm fine with it !

[@alecyerikian8073]

"Checo is a legend" And everybody agrees

[@germansherman7707]

absolutely

[@scary888888]

Absolute animal

[@jorgdegenkolbe2050]

He had nothing to lose and is part of a stolen championship.

[@germansherman7707]

@@jorgdegenkolbe2050 hahahaha

[@jussieronen3707]

@@jorgdegenkolbe2050 Bottas was hired to do the same thing, shame he couldn't do anything against Max except that win in Turkey and taking out the rivaling team for Lewis in Hungary.

[@epicfail1060]

Still get goosebumps when I see the battle between Pérez and Hamilton. Absolute masterclass in defense. We all thought after Lewis was past in the first corner that it was all over but he made it clear what an skilled driver it is.

[@vicospriteg]

I thought Perez at Baku holding Hamilton off until the red flag was excellent as well.

[@SV-sc8fp]

Checo’s defences in 2021 were a WORK OF ART😭♥️

[@Kekorast]

Agree 100% The respect he gained from the F1 community is unimaginable! Best team mate and that will be paid back. He deserves that seart in the RB without any doubt.

[@RogerKeulen]

@@Kekorast _He will get his bonus and a 2 year contract extension_ (Sorry, Pierre !)

[@kikinlp1000]

@@RogerKeulen Sorry, not sorry

[@rongiefaustino8867]

The top 3 are easily interchangeable. The Checo x Lewis battle in Turkey was my personal favorite. Red Bull’s special livery was awesome. Crofty’s commentary crescendo was great.

[@Firebolt1729]

Fat Frank is gonna be here any time now

[@tima7598]

@@Firebolt1729 🤣🤣

[@memolano100]

@@Firebolt1729 Oh someone is salty. And you are doing the same than him by being in every comment.

[@Luke-tl4vw]

@Memagui San the frank guy is just being super toxic towards hamilton

[@cjjuan3487]

‘O, Checo is a legend’ ‘Absolute animal’ This exchange still gives me goosebumps. Can’t wait for next season!

[@jj_1edzep]

Two things to learn from this video: 1. Checo is a difficult man to pass 2. If Hamilton can't pass somebody they're driving dangerously...

[@GrizzlyGrippz]

i for one am shocked Lewis doesn't like it when he doesn't have the advantage over every car, utterly flabbergasted

[@lucasramosneves8351]

Dangerous comment man! 😂😂 Checo's a really hard driver to overtake. Experienced.

[@firebolt8004]

@@GrizzlyGrippz 🤡🤡🤡

[@syed21habib]

Dnt critics abt lwis gamilto. Or else u could get fine 25m.

[@Lukavichiano]

Hamilton is such a snowflake

[@sasheelkarthiksathyamurthy5283]

Perez VS LH was some proper racing. And it happened more than a few times this season..

[@tkleven]

@@Bahamuttiamat lol need a tissue

[@jaredg1598]

@@Bahamuttiamat is true

[@jorgeifyaknowyaknow5930]

@@Bahamuttiamat last time i checked a world champion has plenty racecraft

[@sibarita0203]

Alonso: epic defense against Hamilton Perez: epic defense against Hamilton Kinda El Plan going on here for both

[@94cejs94]

Hispanic Plan

[@e30connoisseur]

@@94cejs94 funny how they’re both from Spanish speaking countries so they could both be el plan

[@elonmusk9697]

Hamilton: "aT tHoSe sPeEdS tHaT's sOoOoO dAngErOuS mAaAaN" Hamilton: "sOmE dAnGeRoUs dRiViNg" Sore loser

[@imibuks-replit]

Yup el plan

[@elonmusk9697]

@@spyrospapadopoulos3376 Use those tears as lubricant.

[@PopTartBandwagn]

Checo is awesome, his battle with Lewis in Abu Dhabi was amazing. Yeah the first half of the season was meh, but he is the ultimate teammate when it counts. Amazing work and glad he's a Bull, absolute animal!

[@Yahniboy]

1st half he was getting used to the team car and even engine so not easy but by second half he was up there

[@bharatswarup4461]

Checo featuring in 40% of the top 10 battles just tells you what an absolute beast he is in that Redbull... Can't wait for this season to start !!

[@EnriqueSordo5]

Norris pushing Sergio out and saying "I dont know what he was expecting"... well all the time you have to leave space.

[@TNG_22]

Battles between lewis and checo remain my favorite 🙌🔥

[@LerockJohn]

Absolutely nothing wrong being the best wingman in the whole world! I want Perez in my team!

[@arthurtcherkezian356]

The perfect Racerr...number 2 ahah

[@badz1497]

Bottas would want to have a word with you

[@arthurtcherkezian356]

@@badz1497 Ahahah if it was him on the video, i would have said the saaame

[@J117-t2g]

@@badz1497 Bottas is Checo’s opposite. Great in qualys meh in racing.

[@bozniakk]

perez and hamilton had some incredible battles

[@NexuJin]

I don't think Hamilton to be expecting to be fighting Checo at all. His focus was all on Max. The difference in style of how Max and Checo fights in a race probably also confused Lewis in how to approach it.

[@roastingminer6919]

What would be nice is if Hamilton and max could have close wheel Racing without one taking the other or both out 😭

[@izzdin6228]

@@roastingminer6919 they can't seem to keep out of each other's wheels.

[@yannisandrei3603]

Checo and fernando are legends. I don’t know, it just feels wholesome seeing those 2 guys helping their teammates win a race/ championship

[@hudley1006]

How Alonso’s race craft is still one of the best on the grid amazes me. 40 years old and he’s still almost at the top of his game. One of the 🐐

[@S1lence_D]

Perez vs Hamilton is always a joy to watch. Plus there's more Hamilton vs Perez battles than Hamilton vs Verstappen

[@abhimohan7608]

Mainly coz most of them end up with the other off track

[@notaidan4451]

Well partly because I think they were afraid to add anything controversial so yeah

[@S1lence_D]

@@abhimohan7608 yeah that's right

[@Firebolt1729]

If it was Perez and Hamilton racing in Silverstone instead, I don’t think the crash in Silverstone would have happened

[@kareema7855]

Its because Verstappen can't race wheel to wheel fairly

[@TeslagTraining]

Perez is an absolute animal, and is out of the top ten drivers, just envy.

[@ajarizpe]

Other teams are just that jealous that their drivers don't work as a unit but instead as individuals.

[@thomaslegoff4069]

Perez's defence is incredible but his pace isn't quite there. Out of the top ten isn't right if we don't count the first part of the season, but considering how much slower he was being around the top ten (we can argue just in or out) is the right spot

[@jessy8a10]

@@thomaslegoff4069 we can also argue that bottas wasn't there but instead mile schumacher for what?? He had more accidents than mazepin.. And he didn't do anything this season but crash. I know he is in a haas not a red bull but i dont think he should be top 10 at all... Checo should.

[@thomaslegoff4069]

@@jessy8a10 i don't completely agree with that top ten i didnt say that, just that Perez is around the top ten, that is why he is in some top tens that exist and out in other.

[@jessy8a10]

@@thomaslegoff4069 the managers or teams made a top 10 and checo isn't there.. I also. Don't agree with that top 10.

[@ItsmeWhisk]

Alonso has really showed his pure skill and talent this season, some amazing overtakes and defending. I guess it's true to say that age is but a number.

[@purwantiallan5089]

I agree WhisKRL. Setsuna Yuki vs Lewis Hamilton in Thailand should be there also.

[@juanherrera3060]

Si no supiera el final de esta historia, al ver este video de la F1 pensaría que estuvo muy reñido el campeonato entre Hamilton y Pérez! 🤣🤣🤣

[@elweydelosdulces36]

Jajajjsjajaj absolutamente!

[@oscarsilva4656]

Total... De verdad que viendo esto pues el merecedor del título es Pérez...

[@miguelsanchez7623]

jajajaja jajaja ¡exacto! jajaja

[@dragonage200]

Checo and Alonso *sees Hamilton “Okay, lion mode activated”

[@lucasvasconcelos5705]

It was a definitely factor when you consider that there were more Perez vs Hamilton than Verstappen vs Bottas

[@RogerKeulen]

Bottas has left the building. Most people on Twitter blaming Masi never use "Bottas" in there posts. They have no idea, that he should be in Max pit window.

[@madulo2007]

Sergio "La Pared" Pérez. El hombre espectáculo de esta temporada. De risa los jefes de equipo y pilotos con sus encuestas patito.

[@villager4257]

A ver, en peleas estuvo genial, pero en rendimiento de carrera estuvo muchas veces detrás de Bottas

[@adolfolong6474]

El hombre espectáculo dice JAJAJAJA

[@hugoviktor]

Eso no importa en absoluto, ha estado varias veces en cuarto lugar en RP (no solo en RB) un auto de la zona nedia y lo mismo, los mediocres que corren abajo se califican solo entre ellos.

[@kikinlp1000]

Qué mal que solo los extranjeros apoyen a Checo, mientras los mexicanos (o por lo menos, latinos) siga burlándose de él, como si ya hubiesen logrado más que él... Pura envidia.

[@shawn8809]

We need to make a movie about last season. It was historic.

[@sohambelge8318]

Nah

[@A_S12042]

That’s called drive to survive…

[@rongiefaustino8867]

FLoz’s movie is in progress

[@PunChris_92]

Rush2

[@TheLocalScrub-m]

@@A_S12042 meh dts isn’t always accurate they show random clips from different races and eras and they use different commentary and radio messages to make a scene more dramatic

[@JohnDoe-gf5he]

Alonsos defence to make Ocon win, and Checos defense to get Verstappen back to Hamilton was amazing high impact moves, that changes the entire trajectory of the outcome.

[@alinalisan3361]

well, even with checo backing Lewis up, Lewis still got away from Max and created a pretty big gap between them

[@tedfromyt6523]

It didnt change the outcome lol lewis still destroyed max on old tyres

[@kerrywilliams4517]

Love how many clean wheel to wheel races we saw….. Says a lot about Hamilton, Alonso, Perez, McLaren and Ferrari drivers.

[@jonathanberas8250]

Ham on Mex GP: Checo is not a threat! Checo: And I took that personal!

[@OhioStateNate]

Checo deserves a place in history right next to Max. Without him being such a great teammate, max might have lost the championship. Cheers to Checo

[@flyingphoenix113]

Every single defense literally contributed to the championship. If Hamilton would have gotten the podium in Turkey (instead of Checo), he would have won the championship. If Checo didn't hold him up in Abu Dhabi, he would have been able to pit for fresh tires, and Max wouldn't have been able to beat him after the restart. Checo was the deciding factor in the WDC this year, and that's why Red Bull were so quick to sign him for 2022 as well (at a time when many doubted him).

[@daguzify]

@@flyingphoenix113 exactly Not to mention Baku and Perez holding Hamilton back in P3 for 30+ laps. Then forcing Hamilton to make that “magic” button mistake on the restart. Red Bull did the absolute correct decision when they signed Checo

[@ahr2394]

And people saying bottas helped Hamilton more than perez did it to max

[@bepis888]

Checo is such a precise and clean racer. Real thrill to watch his battles.

[@ceasn17]

Perez vs Hamilton, the rivalry I didn't know I wanted haha

[@LeJimster]

Checo had a nice little battle with Alonso in Qatar as well. He is up there with the very best going wheel to wheel. I'm pumped for the new season to start now.

[@NishTuber]

Alonso absolutely bossed it this season. Greatest comeback in f1 history. Checo is a legend. Finally he got a fast car in his career.

[@snip3s945]

Well, the Pink Mercedes last year wasn't that slow either

[@mauriciomn6970]

@@snip3s945 thats why he had 4th place😎😈

[@willis2117]

Greatest comeback in history? Come on. Prost came back from a year off and won the title in '93

[@jaredg1598]

@@snip3s945 Thanks to Sergio Pérez they obtained that fourth place, doubling stroll in points

[@JonnoHR31]

@@willis2117 In one of the most dominant cars of all time. I'm no Alonso fan but he's had an incredible season, especially for his age, and is regularly punching well above where that car should be.

[@adrian_1484]

Fun fact: Alonso is the only driver that has overtaken Verstappen in all this season apart from Hamilton 👍👍👍 Edit: Was in Russia and I have only counted real battles and not 1st lap overtakes

[@ksask2675]

Was it in Russia?

[@sinotto3595]

What race?

[@lolpalolo]

Also Perez, but then he let him pass

[@Firebolt1729]

@@sinotto3595 Russia, 🅱️oss

[@adrian_1484]

Russia

[@madhavnarayan2475]

Everyone: How many battles will you have this sea- Hamilton and Perez: yes

[@someonesch4361]

Everyone : And how many times did you cry about dangerous driving? Perez : No

[@roastingminer6919]

Hamilton vs Perez (also alonso): beautiful spectacle Hamilton vs max: crash Coincidence? I think not 😭

[@someonesch4361]

Sadly in 2021 Max did not have to battle with anyone other than the team with announced policy of "we are one dnf away from coming back to title race". So ofcourse, it is not a coincidence.

[@Alumnikiid]

@@roastingminer6919 Indeed. When you go back in history same results. Max crashes or bumps into Vettel, Riccardo (teammate), Leclerc and Kimi.

[@roastingminer6919]

@@Alumnikiid that's what im eluding too, Hamilton isn't the problem in the scenario.

[@lucasvdb073]

Checo is surely one of the best defenders even on old tires he can do an incredible job. Absolute animal!

[@caincha]

I said it before and I'll say it again: Verstappen only got the tittle because Red Bull finally gave the second driver a chance. Checo was instrumental in more than one occasion - and more than it was shown in this video.

[@obiverse]

So we can say that hamilton and perez gave us the best racing battles this season.

[@MrSniperfox29]

Hammy - Man, that's dangerous driving man

[@raovineet4806]

This proves how much Checo has helped with Max’s championship. Something Gasly or Albon could never achieve at RB

[@ankurteotia10]

Fight between lewis and Perez was excellent. I think it was 3 races - turkey, Brazil, abu dhabi.

[@josemanuelcarrascopaez6411]

And in mexico almost checo beat him

[@tima7598]

Baku as well

[@maidenjuda]

Hamilton, Alonso and Pérez were the season’s highlighters

[@Vlad-sj5yw]

....and Verstappen, obviously.

[@jessevanloon6963]

Hamilton?

[@fabianorezerbatista6793]

@@jessevanloon6963 you watch the video? Hamilton battle with all pilots and he,max,perez make this season amazing

[@Firemarioflower]

LeClerc was way better than all of them

[@Rocketracoon809]

@@Firemarioflower Listen, I like Leclerc, 100% a future world champ, but he was not at all better than them this season.

[@yvlakhtionov]

Norris defends position and pushes Peres out. Commentators: he had all rights to do so. Anyone defends and pushes Hamilton in the same way. Commentators: he pushed him out. 5 sec penalty!

[@AkilahHussain169]

norris did get a 5sec penalty for perez incident but tbh perez lost the whole race and 5 sec penalty wasnt justified

[@Yahniboy]

British broadcasting for ya

[@gmdascensia]

@@AkilahHussain169 Perez also pushed Leclerc (or Sainz, i forgot which one but at least it's Ferrari) on the same turn iirc

[@066kshitizvsingh4]

@@gmdascensia Leclerc and it was twice IiRC

[@kang-dae6909]

Checo vs Lewis were the best.Pure racing as F1 should be,not infantile drama like we had for most of the season.

[@reyesromankarlafernanda1080]

looking forward to seeing more battles next season with perez and Hamilton❤️

[@saleh-dt3qj]

Thanks Alonso and Perez for making F1 great again

[@Jonas_31]

Nearly every battle where Hamilton is in: "That's dangerous driving".

[@JohanaBarrera92]

But if he is the one doing it then it's completely fine!

[@monishmohan2323]

@@JohanaBarrera92 state one instance

[@vittoriobollo3408]

@@monishmohan2323 Are you serious? Silverstone, anyone?

[@monishmohan2323]

@@vittoriobollo3408 have you even seen max driving? It's bound to happen when no one yields.

[@princeendymion9044]

@@monishmohan2323 Spain 2016, Brazil 2019 and Austria 2020, Silverstone last year, I'd argue both were at fault for Monza last year. Pick one

[@pratikprakash3353]

So much of Perez vs hamilton really justifies how Perez played the ultimate team game and helped max for the title

[@crusherbmx]

One thing is certain, Checo is a legend!

[@yugrajnegi2783]

Checo may not have been upto speed with that RB this season but his race craft 💯💯

[@NikolaiPCulp]

Hamilton and Perez had some great battles. Forgot about the one in Brazil

[@hafidzgarib2090]

Every champion needs a great wingman beside them. F1 should have given "the best wingman" award at the end of the season. Make a hall of fame for the best wingmen. They deserve recognition like the champions too

[@loreenpurisic23]

I agree with all the top 10, most especially numbers 3, 2 and 1!!! Alonso and Pérez really prove their worth as they are the amazing defenders of 2021 season for me... 💯🔥💪🏻

[@tracktour502]

Absolutely appreciate the battles in Bahrein and in USA (without forgetting the one with Hamilton and Pérez in Abu Dhabi)

[@fatfrankthepeteacher4535]

Name : POOIS FRAUDMILTON! Missing : Since he bottled Abu Dhabi grand prix Characteristics: Crying, Crashing, Finished, Tax Evasion Possible locations : Steward Room, Court ⚠️Warning : Dangerous driver who has taken drivers out multiple times. Beware if bottlehas who prefers to play bowling instead of driving “Give me freedom give me fire, give me best car or i retire”

[@Rb26z]

@@fatfrankthepeteacher4535 bad bait

[@jhrb5136]

Ocon Vs Gasly in Brazil was incredible too, shame we didn’t see it on TV

[@redirect008]

What race was that at?

[@ksask2675]

@@redirect008 Bruh (unless you were asking if it was the sprint or the GP)

[@redirect008]

@@ksask2675 I was unfortunately not, I'm just very blind hahahaha

[@ksask2675]

@@redirect008 Lol

[@flynntzy]

appreciating that F1 has been blessing us with content during the break

[@cozmics1191]

i think perez really showed his worth of that redbull drive this season, despite the pressure on the team he still gave these amazing battles with his amazing defensive driving looking forward to see what he can do in 2022

[@syauqimuhammadnurfikriisla1119]

checo vs hamilton in wheel to wheel battles was really an underrated battle in 2021.

[@someguysomewhere6988]

They missed Lance Stroll vs the curb. Definitely top 3 worthy!

[@benlaender4352]

Seeing Perez defend like this in Abu Dhabi still brings tears of joy into my eyes. He played such a big part in Max becoming WDC

[@daguzify]

@@spyrospapadopoulos3376 wrong

[@CrashForce]

You missed the greatest battle of them all, Toto Wolff v. Michael Masi Edit: 11:54 Of course El Plan is #1

[@beyincigickarlmskus5186]

No CrashForce, no no! That was so not right.

[@ajarizpe]

You mean Toto vs Bose headphones, right?

[@memolano100]

No, Michael, noooooo! That was so no reit!

[@davidvasquez08]

You mean Toto vs tables

[@firebolt8004]

You mean Verstappen vs Hamilton fans

[@MrFoodAndDrink]

Perez on old tires is one of the greatest things from this year

[@shimzster]

0:49 This really just looks like a scene out of Cars. With Lightning Mcqueen, The King and Chick Hicks battling it out to get that Piston Cup.

[@matthewthomson6126]

My favourite battles have been Hamilton against the two Red Bulls. It's just been absolutely crazy and Perez has been a legend all season long against him

[@antonkirilenko3116]

Notice how Hamilton has more memorable battles with Perez than with Verstappen.

[@jackw9920]

@@antonkirilenko3116 that’s because Perez can actually race fairly.

[@pauloaz496]

@@antonkirilenko3116 Thats because Hamilton wasnt going to make an "if you no longer go for a gap" manouver with someone he's not fighting in the championship

[@arturpelikan5435]

Checo - absolute legendary animal! It's something more than World Champion!

[@Dev-fo7oi]

Checo has properly arrived at red bull. Should be interesting next year.

[@rodrigomartinez3246]

I would definitely put per vs ham abu dhabi at number 1, for all that that defense entailed and it was too epic to be playing the championship, in addition to the conditions in which he was perez. I like it too much magic, but I feel that if I battle with Hamilton it doesn't beat it. Seriously when I saw Max appear behind lewis, for me it has been one of the best images of the season. But the real wheel-to-wheel battle was Turkey literally lol.

[@moheco7747]

They've had great battles in 2021 but Abu Dhabi wasn't one of them, simply slowing down in a tight sector shouldn't gain praise

[@davidyus7402]

@@moheco7747 Its strategy and if you dont touch the oher car everything Is valid

[@moheco7747]

@@davidyus7402 Strategy was staying out to make Hamilton overtake him and lose a few seconds. Losing 5s in the tight last sector and forgetting about your own race would have got you crucified in the Senna days but it's being celebrated now

[@jasperschlief]

@@moheco7747 its smart and a legal move, so why not?

[@moheco7747]

@@jasperschlief Because it's not racing. He's lucky we're in the DTS era because the Sennas and the Laudas would have been livid

[@Aleks-yl5hf]

I think it's funny that Lewis was racing Checo more often than expected, while this was actually something what Bottas should have done. Respect to Lewis for taking on both jobs