“I see A LOT of MICHAEL SCHUMACHER in MAX VERSTAPPEN” Kevin Eason On F1’s Past & Next GREATS 🐐

[@D.H.1987]

18:01 mad max was mad after how qualifying went. He did an inhuman job there. A generational drive. You can't call that a shame. Yes, for the excitement of the championshipbattle, maybe. But man that's for me the best drive i've ever seen in all the time i watch F1 (from 1994)

[@Lanse1984]

I still think 2016 Brazil was a better drive from Max.

[@broyout3586]

@@Lanse1984 2016 was exceptional, but considering what was at stake, and the pressure from the press, sabotaging from the fia etc. I give the nudge to 2024 as well.

[@Lanse1984]

@broyout3586 I am not talking about what was at stake. Just the driving performance itself.

[@D.H.1987]

@@broyout3586 you got my like

[@broyout3586]

@@Lanse1984 I understand, but to assess a drive, I think the context is important too. But let's not fight over that. Both 2016 and 2024 were magical, both in their unique ways.

[@Jude74]

That’s Uncle Michael to Max.

[@hansolo2121]

Bottas was hired as a wingman for Lewis 100% By contract. And Bottas also showed how dominant the Merc car was in those days. Bottas is an avarage driver on his best days and yet because of that car he still managed to win races and even beat Lewis when Lewis underperformed. If Verstappen would have been in that Merc next to lewis then Lewis would right now be a 3 maybe 4 time word champion. Max>Lewis on any given day.

[@joshd171294]

Recency bias at its finest. Both unbelievably skilled in their prime. People are rewriting history because Hamilton is now going through a decline that hits every single driver at some point. Bottas destroyed ever teammate other than Hamilton on pure pace btw

[@As-qz5lr]

@@joshd171294 An old Massa and Zhou? Not the hardest set of team-mates.

[@azapro911]

Bottas was a very good driver allowed to challenge for championships when Mercedes could afford that luxury. If he'd ever had a run of results like Perez', he'd have been out on his ear. Verstappem proved in '21 that even with a quicker car (anybody who disagrees can take it up with Adrian Newey), he couldn't handle Hamilton, especially as the pressure got higher. Otherwise, Michael Masi would still be working in the big league.

[@Lanse1984]

​@azapro911 Max had an inferior car "as per Newey and Wolff" and still managed to beat Lewis. The championship would of been over with several races left if it wasn't for Masi

[@As-qz5lr]

@@azapro911 That's Newey blowing smoke up his own backside. That Mercedes was a rocketship all season as the WCC attested to.

[@D.H.1987]

12:34 that was in 1998. This reminds me of michael's throttle getting stuck on silverstone 1999 where he broke his leg and missed a couple of races. Even his teammate then had a good shot on the championship. If that didn't happen, michael for sure would be a 8 time WC

[@Bramfly]

You. Do know that Jos, Max’s father raced together with Michael and the two families spent quite some time and holidays together

[@Rob2]

Michael was "uncle Michael" to Max... there are photos of them together when Max was a toddler.

[@Lanse1984]

I think Jos raised and trained Jos to beat Michael. I wonder if he assumed Max would have to beat a "Michael" type of driver to be WDC, which is not the case at all. In all honesty, the only other driver that could have pulled off 2021 was Michael

[@yerrie1908]

Lewis had a 7 year walk in the park to 6 easy WDC’s and since the 50 BHP advantage is gone a team and driver career imploded. The Max and his teammates BS is debunked in one race alone when he 18 years old in the rain in brazil made WDC Vettel, Kimi and Nico look like average at best. 18 years old, at a age Lewis and proper F1 greats were riding a bike to school. Max showed in 2016 he is way way better than everyone, 2016 was a lot better than 2024 Brazil, it just took the British 10 years to run out of excuses and realizing F1 will never come “home”

[@luffy0190]

Max couldve easily won 2016 brazil if the team didnt stuff the strategy up.

[@daphnelovesL]

Had you use your comment on the BBC site. Sorry

[@antiwokehuman]

Yup. I don’t think any of the multiple time champions had it as easy ad lewis. He’s a great driver, but a bit overrated. I’d easily put schumacher and max over lewis just on consistency and being able to extract the most out of the car

[@joshd171294]

🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@As-qz5lr]

@@antiwokehuman If Alonso had that Mercedes between 2014 and 2021 he may have won 8 titles. Such a shame he cannot make a good career move to save his life

[@peterdevreter]

Schumacher was practically Max his uncle so it's not strange or something.

[@Čangrizavi_Cinik]

Michael Schumacher is my pick.

[@merlitaalvesm2471]

Jos and Schumacher are good friends, they are team mate , and they go in vacation together

[@D.H.1987]

Your English is fabulous, sir

[@MrEkin03]

I admire schumi a lot and I’ve been seeing Michael in max from the get go. He has Michael’s perfection. In fact he makes less mistakes compared to schumi. Michael used to lose concentration when he was leading by a large margin. Max doesnt. However Michael had incredible pace when he was behind. Max has that pace but he’s not quite aggressive. They are the two best I’ve seen driving under wet conditions. But the biggest difference was schumis personality. He was the biggest star. Nobody could match his aura.

[@D.H.1987]

17:37 can you remember that same circuit between 2010 and 2013 where Vettel spun this 1st lap and still managed to get the championship?

[@D.H.1987]

8:32 funny after jenson he didn't mention rosberg😅

[@NicotineRosberg]

Max is 1 of the best F1 drivers like his uncle Michael, his dad’s friend. Mick doesn’t have that much talent like his uncle Jos, his dad’s best friend.

[@HorribleWeather]

"I see A LOT of AYRTON SENNA in FRANCO COLAPINTO"

[@eco_logic]

dream on way to many mistakes

[@Karmatashii]

Lmao

[@azapro911]

Yep, he's got Schumacher's cheating, FIA protection and double standards. Any time he gets some rough treatment, 'hard racing' stops and whining starts.

[@Lanse1984]

Max, unlike Lewis, has NEVER intentionally punted someone off the track.

[@broyout3586]

@@Lanse1984 Exactly. I find it pretty disgusting the Brits are still celebrating Lewis' desperate SS2021 comeback for which he should have been disqualified.

[@lllouise9]

Funny because it was actually Mercedes cheating (illegal pre testing, illegal drs, illegal rear wing, spending more than the cpst cap now and demanded for the cost cap so Red Bull will have a hard time hence the FIA favoritism for Mercedes, conflict of interest within the FIA from Merceded, no penalties, media all over Lewis' hole). The only reason these are not that publicized because Lewis have the media on his side. I mean it's no surprise he got his connections from diddy party (bunch of weirdos and should all be in jail. This fact is covered up by the media as well because it taints Lewis' fake image).

[@bjrnchrstn]

Boohoo…. Fia did everything for their posterboy of color. 8 years unchanged rules in a superior car worth 40 million more then any other on the grid. His stats are bloated.