Perez's weak racecraft in one perfect example

F1 Austria DRS Onboard

[@yelistener]

What does a F1 driver do during a pit stop: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZoLTYoJ_rZJ7jc0

[@abbashaider8668]

The engineer coming in is like when you suck at a video game and it gives you a hint to get past your obstacle

[@danielmori501]

Like he's getting video game advice from his dad in the background 😅

[@ntl9974]

You guys love hating on Perez lol Racist amfs lol

[@antoinegonnet7639]

I mean this man is so bad recently and has signed again, we won't ease on him. His performance lately are horrific​@@ntl9974

[@ilias856]

​@@ntl9974No we love hating him because he sucks at driving. Do you have any real comeback except being a pussy crying about muh racism?

[@plunuar195]

@@ntl9974oh yeah hating on someone’s performance makes you racist 🤣, get a grip

[@MyRealName]

You would expect every professional F1 driver to understand this and prepare for it.

[@pietroghezzi3281]

exactly every person that has ever watched an F1 game gameplay understands this

[@MeltingRubberZ28]

​@@pietroghezzi3281kinda like the crash at Monaco 22?

[@SN57ONE]

@@pietroghezzi3281 Really? Why would you use a videogame as reference? What a petulant child.

[@bigpapi1782]

@@SN57ONE what? Do you think everyone races in f1 or what? There’s literally nothing wrong with that reference retard

[@skojuzija]

True. They raced at that track 10 times by now in real life, they raced on it in sims and video games and Perez still doesnt know when its the best time to overtake...

[@lonewolf4]

"He's not too clever this guy" - Perez 2019

[@eshrefmemmedov2008]

LMAO

[@justsomepandawithinternet]

tbf that was half a decade ago

[@xc3274]

@@justsomepandawithinternet which makes it even worse...

[@weonsheesh]

Monza right?

[@lonewolf4]

@@weonsheesh yes

[@stressballer]

3:35 - interesting to see how the dirty air affects the front wing elements and make them vibrate, up until Perez pulls out to the side and into the clean air. Then the air is smooth again and no more vibrations.

[@cellsentinel239]

yeah you don’t normally pay attention unless someone points out and it’s so interesting to observe this well

[@HungryTacoBoy]

Good catch, man. Interesting to see the effects in real life with such a stark difference.

[@johndoe4314]

Its also interesting to see that the flap bows down with more speed reducing the drag and of course coming back up in slow speeds giving more grip to the front wheels in corners

[@vercingetorige400]

even air gets you even load so no vibes

[@TFD31415]

“Dirty air”? You mean turbulence?

[@CreakingJordans]

Perez sells merch. That's enough

[@andrewmelton2686]

He's there so no top driver can get the seat and challenge max lol As lewis said in 2021 Mexico GP "When checo is right up behind you, you know that red bull is fast" 😂

[@hahsjskkdockeldkc-rg1lu]

@@andrewmelton2686 Just like Mercedes with Bottas, same situation Angry Meltdown , that’s why now that he hasn’t an average teammate, Crymilton is being exposed😂😂😂😂😂

[@sandordomonkos8351]

I think RB have enough money, the team Just dont want another 2018

[@sandordomonkos8351]

​@hahsjskkdockeldkc-rg1lu and rubens

[@Rafaelg809]

@@sandordomonkos8351and the fact they are willing to sacrifice the constructors for that is beyond me

[@sergioferrero46]

As a Max fan who also supports Checo and Red Bull, it was so frustrating to see how Checo couldn't get past Sainz with a car that had 0.5 seconds a lap over the Ferrari at that track. He was committing the same mistake with the DRS detection zone over and over again, I was like: dude, don't you realize it???

[@YouriKlijn]

Perez makes this mistakes much more on different tracks as well.. he doesn't seem to understand smart racing (with exceptions).

[@loganm2766]

He’s probably stressed and not thinking properly

[@54F1_]

Yeah, Max was insanely fast at Austria last season, he was a pitstop clear of the field

[@M00n.P00p.]

It's called race iq, which Perez is lacking :-D

[@himanshubalyan9557]

He did the exact mistake when fighting Hamilton in Abu Dhabi 2022. As a fan, it's very frustrating to watch him sometimes. More than 12 years in F1 and he is expected to be a bit more wiser if he doesn't have the outright speed. But he learns the hard way sadly.

[@eerotonteri9904]

Bruh even i know how to use drs tactics in the f1 game😂

[@Jared_Barnes]

Bro everyone does💀

[@muhammadfitri9830]

i think everyone know, but compare to us sitting on our chair going 0 km/h, their sitting in the car going 300 km/h. So kinda make sense if F1 driver forget about that

[@perpetual_bias]

@@muhammadfitri9830 don't waste your time on armchair experts

[@chaxster]

@@muhammadfitri9830 True, but in this scenario Max, Charles, and Carlos all were fully aware of it and were trying to use it to their advantage. Checo seemed to be the only in the group who didn't get the memo.

[@limun9848]

@@muhammadfitri9830 300kmh for them is like 80kmh for us, so i think they are capable of thinking and communicating at those speeds. I think perez was too confident in his car and skill and thought he could defend into t4, i doubt he would make it this far if he was stupid

[@ahmetardasensoy]

This says much more about Perez's bad racecraft, than Verstappen's good execution. You would expect an average F1 driver to execute much better than Perez.

[@Miragexe]

@@Selendeki I don't think you need to be a deep thinker to not overtake your rival just to give him DRS and then continue driving behind him.

[@JuicedOnKids]

​@@Miragexetbf drivers do so much in the car i wouldn't be surprised if they don't read the situation. there's levels to driving and Lewis, Max, Alonso showcase that.

[@petiertje]

It's all easy when on a couch/ chair, but quite different I imagine when going around at whatever km/h. There is no flashback option in real life. Though I think basically the same thing, why doesn't he know/ do it, but the fact it's quite difficult to race an F1 car properly does provide some circumstance to cut him some slack.

[@andreasthiemke9520]

@@Selendeki Yeah it's like max can use 80-90% of his brain to drive the car at its peak and then has 10% left to think about racecraft

[@ProjectMaelstrom]

while this says a lot about Checo ..... Verstappen is top of the elite racecraft. The guy evolved from reckless teenager to racecraft robot. He is brilliant and also funny and to the point in his interviews.

[@stinko9541]

It's so weird that Perez knew how to wait to get DRS while defending against Lewis in 2021 Abu Dhabi but doesn't wait for the last drs here...

[@Kommentierer]

I had to think about it as well, he did literally the same thing very well back then.

[@bossmen6665]

Getting old

[@Miragexe]

Perez had a poor exit out of turn 7 and Lewis made the mistake of taking the DRS there.

[@ramezehab662]

could be because he didn't know where the detection zone was in austria

[@himanshubalyan9557]

He gave DRS to Hamilton in 22 Abu Dhabi and spent two laps behind him which lost him position in standings.

[@han00709]

0:52 aint no way bro just waved at him

[@ntl9974]

Epic

[@Me-0063]

Yeah I just saw that… kinda toxic

[@PaulMashlong]

​@@Me-0063 hardly

[@wohnie39]

i don't think he was waving, it looks more like his hand was a bit numb and he was trying to move it to get the blood flowing but idk

[@eriksipos373]

he didnt bruh. he was stretching his hand

[@jbpilot5523]

0:53 Verstappen waving during the race, like he´s doing sidequests

[@resh121]

"yea yea fk off u noob" thats what hes thinking there :D

[@ags911]

Could be cramp though

[@pogtuber5146]

achivement unlocked

[@folkert2938]

he's using a button

[@jaguatiricaimediata5305]

Everyday I admire Max more and more...there are so many little tactical prowesses that sometimes are buried under his domination. He will certainly be more recognized once he retires, as right now he is the guy to be defeated and everyone is blinded by their love of the "underdogs"

[@sandordomonkos8351]

Nah, Just perez trash

[@hahsjskkdockeldkc-rg1lu]

So true

[@askeladden450]

I remember he made the same mistakes as checo when overtaking charles in bahrain and saudi 2022. Even though that was pretty humiliating for him, he made sure to never ever let that happen to him again. That determination is what sets him apart from the rest.

[@Franceee___]

Bruv this is basic F1 knowledge it’s not like Harvard type of shit, everyone has tried it in the f1 game at least once 😂

[@falcon20243]

There are so many instances where I see Leclerc, or Sainz or Alonso just lose complete control over the car and go straight into the wall. I have almost never seen it with Verstappen. He just understands his car so much better

[@Mrflatout87]

Bro waved goodbye to Sainz 💀

[@SeyerNeverCanStopKru]

didnt look like much of a wave.

[@deathbastardable]

​@@SeyerNeverCanStopKru He definitely waved, or at least gave him some sort of hand gesture.

[@Redlingstein]

No he stretched his hand, that wasn’t a wave

[@dragonawp1995]

0:53 Verstappen just doing Verstappen things

[@HousseinMsh]

You noticed it as well 😂

[@ahmedeltayeb2344]

Gave him a little ciao ciao 😂

[@juggadaaku4219]

lol came in comments to find this. I had to double check to see that he waved 😂

[@Pillshere31]

idk looks more like he is loosening up his hands

[@folkert2938]

He's turning a button to the right on the steering wheel. I know it looks like he's waving, but he isn't.

[@seguraarquitectura]

So what's the problem with the engineer assisting Checo? That's his job 🙄

[@nairo7080]

The same thing happened between Perez and Hülkenberg in the last lap this year and Perez did the same mistake again.

[@mmtot]

Perez isn't there for his racecraft or intelligence, he is there to help red bull flog toxic syrupy piss water aka an energy drink to gullible South Americans.

[@LethalWalou]

Funny how 0:44 is exactly the same situation as happened in today's Austrian GP with Norris and Verstappen. Verstappen gets pushed onto the kerb under braking and no one in the world cares one bit. Norris should've done what Verstappen did here and just avoid Verstappen and make the overtake. Instead he ended up with a DNF due to his own stupidity.

[@piftakiller]

0:43 Sainz moves like Verstappen did this year. And nobody crashes...interesting. :D

[@adriansayshi4227]

Sainz's movement was completely fine. Youre funny

[@Arteafact]

Came here to find this comment after spotting this! Max looks to have used more of the track on the outside here than Norris did too

[@lemarkexyz2931]

Yeah.. Because max decided to use the curb.. It would've been much worse if Max did what Lando did.. That is not to ride over the curbs.. Sainz left much less space than Max did this year ​@@adriansayshi4227

[@easy_s3351]

@@adriansayshi4227 Sainz moved even more to the left than Max did, so if Sainz's move was fine then so was Max's. Difference being that Max was smart enough to avoid contact by getting onto the kerbs.

[@ForzaPolska06]

But according to the Mexicans, Bird is a problem And Red Bull is sabotaging his car 😡

[@AS-bl5qy]

Yep

[@fe247]

Maybe rb already sabotage his mind, now theres nothing he could do 😂😂

[@izzy3784]

you only need to listen to his radios to know that bird forms a big part of his struggles, he can't properly assist with the tools he needs or read a track map to save his life. if only you listened to his radio during q1 in australia where he got a grid pen for impeding hulk on a fast lap despite bird telling him way too late he was approaching behind, and that's just ONE of many examples of bird's incompetence

[@alloftheexperts2111]

The Mexicans have been screaming this since Perez joined the team. Almost 4 years later and he still only has 6 wins to his name. He's been driving a superior car for 4 years and hasn't dented his team mate at all. He is not the ideal team mate either because he is constantly missing when he is needed most. RB should have been racking up 1-2's for years now. There are no benefits for RB to sabotage his car. He just doesn't perform under pressure. He may be at a disadvantage but not at the level that the other teams are consistently surpassing him and also not at a level that would sabotage his qualifying.

[@SeraphsWitness]

How Checo got two more years at RB is absolutely mind bending to me. He's so mediocre it hurts. And that's being generous.

[@Az-ov1ti]

Rb really regretting extending his contract too early

[@JayQ2k]

Perez is certainly not the biggest brainiac on the track. Brasil '23 was another one of those "duh, what do I do" moments. Change your racing lines to get all the benefits you need. Last years Red Bull was fast, but not "outdrag a Ferrari with open DRS" fast...and definitely not when you are Perez. If one really sifts through things, you can easily say that of the current grid nobody even comes close to the attacking/ overtaking style of Verstappen. He'll do it at the first possibility and he'll make sure you can't do a switch back or something. Other drivers know this and that's why hardly any of them defend against Max, since you'll only smoke your tires.

[@deideideigd2418]

You didnt even mention he doesnt give the others a chance to overtake since he creates a huge gap in a small amount of time😭

[@JayQ2k]

@@deideideigd2418 I kinda did by stating Max will make sure you can't do a switchback. Max' defense is on par with some of the all time greats. His overtaking skills are however in a different dimension compared to anyone else. So most others just back down immediately.

[@froreyfire]

Another example was just last week in Spain when Verstappen dispatched of Russell quickly and created a gap to win the race. Norris stayed behind for the entire stint and lost. I'm sure Max would've done better in his place.

[@JayQ2k]

@@froreyfire think so yeah. In the end it took Lando 7 turns to get the move on George done. Red Bull has a slower car and still Max does 1 decisive action and it's done.

[@ItsTheMaddMark4Realz]

You’d think someone who’s been around longer than most would be the brainiac, I mean you’d think considering his raw pace is lacking thus he’d have to make it up with race smarts. Guess not

[@iJohn_YT]

but the sad part about this is, that he used this trick a couple of times in his career, even in his Redbull Days (2021 and 2022). I ask my self, how it's gone so badly wrong for him. How can you even use your race craft?! This guy's got heavy mental problems

[@Prabhakar]

Max and Charles know each others tactics so well!!

[@datagus]

Just a bit of context: Of course you can overtake cars in Turn 3, and even defend if the overtaken car has DRS and tries to regain the position. Perez had been overtaken most the cars in that turn because he trusted his car's power to defend. He even overtook Norris with DRS open between before Turn 4. Perez's mistake was to be overconfident with his car and understimate Sainz's, and that's why he got desperate. The thing is that Perez's engineer was too late with the recommendation. Remember that is group work. I am sure that Giapiero Lambiase would have alerted Perez earlier. There is no discussion who is better Perez vs Verstappen. It is more than demonstrated that Verstappen is the best driver in the world in recent history.

[@janismateuss]

While the DRS tactics is more obvious, what is less obvious is the brilliance of Verstappen's other decisive and smart moves. One example is when he has large overspeed on the car defending and he is given the inside line, he will close the DRS and lift way early not to overtake before the corner and not to give the defensive driver chance for slipstream and switch back sides and create problems. He just slows down enough to be side by side, just slightly ahead, giving him a commanding position to turn in from pretty wide, and give no chance of counter move. Makes the move quick, safe and decisive. Example comes to mind was on Russel turn 1 Qatar.

[@adamhocking2194]

This is in MotoGP, known as a block pass. Very effective.

[@zoomosis]

I get the point of the video but these sorts of counter-intuitive DRS tricks are detrimental to the actual racing. I'll be glad to see the end of DRS in 2026, though I'm not sure if what's replacing it is any better. And F1 still has a lot of other problems like overweight cars etc.

[@patrickbateman1660]

Nothing will change. The core issue is as you said. Cars are overweight and too big.

[@Braselton21]

*Lando Norris bad racecraft in one perfect example* Austria 2024 Crash was the same as 0:40 Lap 26. Lando should've done what Max did in this video but he tried to send it around the outside 0_o

[@bokebryant3985]

He did a outside divebomb in Austria T3, never seen that in history of racing

[@alloftheexperts2111]

Outside divebomb never works in T3, the frustration got to him, if he just hit the curbs with his left tires and switched back he would have been set for T4. He knows this, which is why he basically retracted all of his statements.

[@NovusGM]

DRS is one of the worst things to happen to F1. It is an inorganic tool given to drivers to allow more takeovers instead of going to the root causes of why overtakes started to dip down and solve the root causes. It created an unnatural racing atmosphere where nothing happens outside of DRS zones and drivers playing leap-frog according to DRS zones. Sad times for F1 😢

[@kralg]

Not only in F1, but everywhere else where DRS is used it is shameful. It is like a solution managers come up with when engineers have a problem... I really hope that one day they will start focusing on the problem again and that time they will find a good solution. I would prefer a race with only 1 proper fight than a race with 100 DRS overtakes.

[@Victor-kv4jt]

meanwhile in WEC drivers will catch up and overtake each other with no DRS assistance.

[@aalyx90]

​@@Victor-kv4jtWEC has BoP which works on the same premise of nerfing the faster car so slower cars can compete

[@harryh536]

Cars are getting faster and more stable and the same tracks are becoming relatively smaller. You don't have straights long enough to naturally create speed differences anymore.

[@kralg]

@@harryh536 Fully agree, so now we can have two correct solutions. One to proportionally increase track lengths, or two, decrease speed/drive stability to make the car fit the tracks, so we can have proper racing fights again.

[@TNTmatteos]

Max learnt this in the Charles school of racecraft in Bahrein and Saudi 22! All jokes aside it's clear that Max is on a whole different level than Checo, even in the racecraft department which is supposed to be Checo's strength.

[@bertverkuilen1156]

Exactly.

[@Redlingstein]

Max has done this since 2015….

[@mrfashionguy1]

Redbull must REALLY want that South American market. Cause keeping this troglodyte on makes zero sense.

[@benjninja7810]

This what makes some drivers stand out compared to others.Its not all about how fast you are as a driver, its about using each individual aspect of racing to your advantage

[@LSmallCatL]

0:47 did Max get squeezed more or less than he squeezed Lando? I'd say that's the difference between someone having a plan and someone just sending it.

[@alvaronr7075]

Exactly what I thought. He was actually pushed way more into the side than Norris was, but Norris didnt react at all.

[@RacingAnt]

Just watched this, and thought the same. Lando took the high ground - Max shouldn't move under braking, I don't want to go off track, and there was contact. Not Lando's fault, but he could have done the same as Max, gone onto the kerb, and avoided the collision. Penalty for Max is correct (moving under braking), but Lando could have avoided contact, and still got the position. Lando needs to learn. Pointless being right, if you're out of the race.

[@andrewb378]

@@RacingAnt I think your last sentence is really what's frustrating me. Yes, Lando was in the right and Max shouldn't be moving under braking. But it doesn't matter if you break the car. It's a motor race.

[@Jalopezlag]

​@RacingAnt well Max didn't move under breaking, and it's also not a rule. But yeah he is racing on the gray line.

[@troyvirgona8738]

@@Jalopezlag He did move under braking. Every analyst that has looked at the collision has noted it multiple times, that's not really up for debate. The stewards also noted complaints about him moving under breaking and determined that the collision wasn't caused by it, so he wasn't punished for that specifically but they did note it also. And while it's not formally a law, it's part of a wider set of guidelines that the FIA are hoping to make law and the stewards have been advised to use them as the basis for decisions this season, so still very much relevant in terms of assessing the incident

[@SanderBartmannTubes]

Great video in perspective of what happened between Lando/Max... look at how Sainz defends. That's way more agressive than this little movement Max did. Additionally, Max shows here how to execute well this overtake. Lando simply did not execute well...

[@FueledUpBrandMedia]

Sainz did the same thing that Max did and they didn't crash 🧐

[@lol133266lol]

I hope Lando is watching this at 47 seconds :D

[@jadoyon]

Perez isn't very smart. Its astonishing he still has the seat. Carlos Slim must be sending millions directly to Horner for him to keep the seat.

[@janvanholten7592]

Did I saw that correct? Sainz was moving a bit to the left in that corner! Looks familiar.

[@Tegelsten]

It’s mad how a lot of Checo supporters cope by blaming Hugh Bird for Checo’s lack of performance

[@gung-hogeeks1217]

The best thing about this video is showcasing Sainz moving under braking T3 the same as Verstappen did on Sunday, and yet they didn't touch or crash or anything... crazy, innit? Almost like Verstappen was squeezed yet had enough room on the outside to avoid a disaster. Gets the noggin joggin.

[@a_depressed_monkey]

Spot on!

[@adityairawan1843]

Even better, Max actually completed an easy pass with a cutback.

[@tecnoguy1136]

Honestly his moving under braking to the right with Perez was worse. This is why I said about 5 drivers needed that penalty max got last week. They are basically saying blocking is ok and not dangerous, but a tiny rub that might not even be intentional needs to be penalised.

[@Carlinhosssss]

You forgot nobody can touch Lando...every F1 program just puts any British driver as great and all others are just average. On this example we saw clearly Max moving to the left at turn 3 to avoid touch with Sainz. Lando just parked the car and forced the contact, but who am I to know things...

[@marius________]

not a perez fan but sick of all the perez bashing

[@Clochie]

00:40 How come Verstappen doesn't make contact there, like LN did? Seems a very similar situation like last sunday when MV battled LN ...

[@toastedcoconut]

Verstappen moved left on the move by Lando and was appropriately penalized

[@a_depressed_monkey]

​@@toastedcoconutyou really don't see Sainz moving to the left at the exact same place?

[@stprinz]

He made the same mistake again this year, Hülkenberg let him pass before T3 and overtook Perez again before T4 😅🤦

[@sadouzz]

0:52 look at max' hands, celebrating his move

[@Redlingstein]

No stretching his fingers actually…

[@dmtc6913]

The sport is broken. Having crucial part of tracks rendered meaningless by these childish rules trying to make up for crappy car design. Urgh

[@orsonschuijers9865]

Sainz moved identical in T3 as max did against norris. Identical amounts of space left on their side. Yet only 1 resulted in a crash :/

[@orsonschuijers9865]

Would love for you to make a side by side comparison of both situations @yelistener

[@johart309]

@@orsonschuijers9865 @yelistener yes, please!

[@halloweenjean]

Max used the curb on the left, doesn't change the fact that sainz there & later max squeezed the car to the side off of the track (the actual track) when you're required to leave some space for the guy on your side. really just comes down to lando not doing what max had expected even though he was technically playing foul by the rules. there's never a necessity for one car to get off the track just cause another is pushing them out wide. but anyways this is old news, i'm more bothered by how f*cking fat these cars are today & how tight the track becomes with two cars side by side.

[@psd993]

Norris had a track limits warning (B&W flag)one lap before the incident. He was probably afraid of going 2 wheels off the track.

[@alloftheexperts2111]

@@orsonschuijers9865 It's already been done. The two moves are completely different. Lando was not planning to switch back, he was fully committed to the outside. It was an odd move probably out of frustration as proved by earlier divebombs. Had Lando not gone fully side by side and taken the curbs on the left he could have simply switched back with DRS and T4 was his.

[@Springbok77]

need to remove drs and bring back old cars

[@beliVolidisko]

What Max did to Sainz here was much more of a violation than overtake 😅

[@HardikTPatel]

Same thing happened this year austria 2024 .last lap .parez vs hulkenberg for p6.perez overtook him just before detection line and hulkenberg got drs and retook position.

[@veterankasrkin7416]

Those blue lights on the steering wheel, those are for full ERS deployment indication?

[@MDRAKIB-cg8eq]

max gave a little hi to sainz xD

[@coyote_gamer2002]

I don’t understand why Red Bull would sign Perez again

[@Noodle3058]

Mexican sponsors. He brings in a TON of valuable connections

[@Ryawa_Shpoora]

I think it's the mindset of being in the best team (speaking purely technically) and the best co-driver at the given moment. I'm not defending Checo but I guess it can be devastating, especially when your teammate delivers and you are left behind. It has a snowball effect and it is guttering. Many great drivers have succumbed to that pressure and I guess, that's is the real deal that keeps champions from the rest of the pack.

[@ahhmm5381]

Bottas didn't

[@eulogp9888]

@@ahhmm5381 Bottas kept his mediocre level for many years, although his 2018, 2020 and 2021 were all bad. He is more suitable for a #2 than Perez, Perez doesn't enjoy being beaten.

[@asao5662]

0:45 Exact same scenario, almost to the second, of lando vs max 2024 but max goes a bit mor left, accepts that he is getting squeezed and passes him on the inside. Lando didnt accept getting squeezed and refuse to take more kerb. Max did.

[@guntherbay]

i feel like perez hit his peak in 2021 when he 1v1 lewis in turkey 2021 and abu dhabi 2021 , after that he just went in a downward spiral

[@eulogp9888]

His peak was 2015-2020. His best year was 2016. 2021 wasn't very good, although he did his job well, 2022 was a respectable year from him. It was all fine until the shunt in Monaco 2023. Since then, he lost something.

[@McLarenMercedes]

@@eulogp9888 Perez holds two records: 1. Most races started before finally winning. 190. 2. Most qualifying sessions before finally starting on pole. 216. The way I see it these records are the kind nobody wants and are awfully hard to ignore or rationalize away. He's a lousy qualifier. Period. If he was half as good as his supporters claim he is he'd landed a decent drive long ago and won. The sole reason he has had such a long career in F1 is his incredible sponsorship deal.

[@eulogp9888]

@@McLarenMercedes Actually both are very fun records as Perez managed to end his winless curse very late. Besides, his first 9 years were all spent in mediocre teams. He had 8 podiums to teammate's 1 (Kobayashi had one podium in Japan 2012). Perez won in his first season when possibility arose. Stupid arguments from your side, and once again this money red herring show you're just a communist.

[@alloftheexperts2111]

Perez peaked when he got a seat in an superior RB, but he has always been missing in moments where the team needed him most. He does not perform under actual pressure. A bit of blocking at AB '21 is all good and people loved him for it but he wasn't actually in the mix when he should have been closer. Verstappen is bringing the constructors home all by himself this year, or RB might even miss it by a slight margin if it keeps going like this. My prediction is that Perez will be looking for a new team before the end of this season.

[@eulogp9888]

@@alloftheexperts2111 Perez certainly peaked before 2021. He didn't like that car. 2022 was a good year, but his best seasons were back in the RP/FI between 2015-2020, when he has beaten Hulkenberg, Ocon, and thrashed Stroll. He also ran close to Button, especially in qualifyings. I'm tired of this anti-Perez history fasification, cherrypicking stats against him. His oh so money is not unique too, Norris, Alonso brought lots of money to their teams. Also, Perez had been replaced by inferior drivers in both McLaren (Magnussen) and AM (rapidly aging Vettel).

[@KenSerpico5450]

This is fake news. On the contrary. "Birdbrain" Hughes always finds ways to subterfuge Sergio's races. Sergio is often heard stating on the radio, "is anyone there?". Sergio is on top of the list as having the most passes of anyone on the grid today.

[@mobbles306]

I think Formula One has an issue when you have a system that gets the commentators all excited about the driver "getting the DRS" followed by an overtake that is generally inevitble and not exciting DRS as a concept is fine, but only allowing drivers to use it as a push button overtake system sucks the life out of racing. Then again, it allows Liberty Media to claim "over a hundred overtakes!!" compared to maybe 5 to 10 overtakes Hopefully the new system in 2026 allows a return to proper non-assisted racing

[@Willie_Pete_Was_Here]

Especially when the other driver doesn’t bother defending.

[@pramitpratimdas8198]

F1 needs eyes on it to survive and the fia fudging the rules to make the racing more exciting is nothing new. Senna complained about the same thing during the last year of his racing career

[@praesodymium]

no point in fighting someone when their car is just better. not worth slowing yourself down. even if it sucks sometimes to see. ​@@Willie_Pete_Was_Here

[@alloftheexperts2111]

Which is what makes the MV LN battle so exciting because DRS or not both cars right now have pace to be combatting DRS on certain tracks. It's exciting to finally see this go down as a F1 fan.

[@Redlingstein]

Without DRS no overtakes, but a parade. Look at rain races…no DRS is no overtakes.

[@ChrisCaaa]

2:06 That's incredible he backs off to get drs then still out brakes him.

[@OPEK.]

My coworker is mexican and into like luxury cars, nothing sporty at all. One day i asked him what he thought about f1 being in mexico and sergio perez. he stayed completely silent. after a few minutes all he said was "have you ever heard of his dad?" and i actually really hadnt. turns out hes one of the worst politicians in mexico corruption wise

[@MartinTheBear]

So annoying this big boxes with text. Cant you make them transparant? Very nice videos but spoiled by black boxes

[@vdani2318]

funny how verstappen could use the kerb but norris couldnt.

[@jrthhfdff]

You didnt need this example to know verstappen had better "racecraft". Hes been beating checo for years. No shit hes better theres a billion examples of this

[@mystdeisanto9647]

How the hell Perez didn't know about that? It's supposed to be the a basic rule that any driver needs to know, isn't it?

[@danielssonsgarage]

And he did the same this year with Hulk 😂😂😂

[@babyoikawa7323]

Verstappen is the last guy on the grid you wanna play DRS tricks or mind games with. He's literally so master in that. Even timing the sc restarts he's absolute best on timing it

[@psyskip6709]

To be fair, Verstappen had already been duped with this maneuver by Lercler multiple times in the first race of the year. Makes sense he would be particularly wise to it, although you'd think it would be high on RB's pre-race brief for both drivers.

[@Eric-rf1is]

Not really, Max had no change to overtake LEC in the first DRS part of Bahrain. He had to try to stay ahead on the 2nd part. He explained it very clearly. The FER had (and still has) better mechanical traction.

[@megumin3336]

In Austria's 2018 race highlights there is no evidece of them doing it, but in 2019 Norris and Verstappen were abusing it, first was Norris at lap 4, and then, the most obvious one was Verstappen vs Leclerc at lap 68. First race of 2022 was weird, Verstappen had giant tunnel vision and he was outsmarted by Leclerc.

[@psyskip6709]

​@@Eric-rf1is Havn't heard his explanation, but the 2nd DRS zone in both Bahrain and Austria is after a slow speed, mechanical grip dependent corner.

[@Eric-rf1is]

@@psyskip6709 Bahrain is 2 DRS zones directly after eachother. Max was not able to pass the Ferrari in the 2nd, with DRS, so he had to take the 1st and try to stay ahead. 👍 Austria 1st DRS is start finish-line, followed by a long straight to turn 3. Stick behind, get DRS in turn 3 and no overtaking in the corners after that. 👍👍

[@IoannisKVP]

Mate, you don't need a whole video to tell us Perez is stupid. Trust me, everyone already knows.

[@bianconeri3855]

Three consecutive long DRS zones are insane. There isn't enough corners to pull away from DRS range too. Now that cars got closer in performance, I genuinely think staying behind another car will be more advantageous this year. Norris used that effect behind Sainz last year to pull away from Hamilton. I expect some slower teams to run slightly higher Df package to make use of that.

[@KepleroGT]

They could've just made the DRS have a smaller effect. Instead they turned the 2026 rules into Wipeout

[@DaniMacYo]

Haha he’s not to clever this guy uh?!?

[@MarsyJ]

As many comparisons that people make about Verstappen, and that Perez is simply not as good as Verstappen, while it’s true, Perez is clearly only kept there by the quality of the car. In a year like this, I’m surprised Perez still has a seat given he’s clearly lacking some talent, especially in these last few years.

[@idawg]

he brings in 65% of sponsors, reportedly

[@MarsyJ]

@@idawg true, but I’d personally question whether the loss from having Perez as a driver is that much greater than the potential of another driver, eg Sainz or Lawson

[@Eric-rf1is]

@@MarsyJ You would not now how SAI or others would drive in the RBR. It's a tough car to handle.

[@karussoul]

I think Sainz would be an upgrade over Perez, but not a huge one.

[@Miragexe]

Perez has been disappointing for years, his actions in Abu Dhabi '21 turned out to be more important for his career than for Max's, considering how bad his '21 season was, it completely changed the narrative from a useless teammate to the best.

[@Racing10101]

Your on about a guy who put a midfield car on the podium 10 times btw

[@Rydabomb]

0:54 anyone see his little wave

[@Miragexe]

It's crazy how you can be an F1 driver and make blatant mistakes like that when many people at home just casually watching even see the problem during the race. That said it was also Hamilton in AD 2021 that made the mistake of giving Perez DRS out of turn 7, which allowed Perez to overtake him and block him the entire lap and we know how that ended up.. there is a lot of talk about that race but that rarely gets mentioned, and I believe that's where he really lost the title, a rookie mistake.

[@scuffedgravyboat]

this is my favorite track of the season and it’s the one I play constantly on F1 23, I have no prior racing knowledge and even I recently discovered this tactic by myself

[@djlexero]

I think his intelligence is very weak

[@muhammadsuhailaziz]

Tbf max also suffered the same problem with Leclerc at Bahrain and Jeddah in 2022 and only learnt his mistakes on the third try at Jeddah.

[@juggadaaku4219]

In one lap, used the same trick on Charles the next.

[@muhammadsuhailaziz]

@@juggadaaku4219 what I'm saying is that checo on Sainz was similar to max on Charles at Bahrain and some of Jeddah in 2022

[@juggadaaku4219]

@@muhammadsuhailaziz Checo had to be told after he couldn’t figure out for a two laps.. max understood in one corner. That’s the difference.

[@muhammadsuhailaziz]

I agree, but if you ignore the drivers approach, the 2 situations are very similar

[@juggadaaku4219]

@@muhammadsuhailaziz the video is about the driver’s approach.. to show the difference between a champion and a washed up merch salesman.

[@jvolney]

Can you make a video of when verstappen slamed on his breaks and hamilton crashed into him. Showing telemetry?

[@ibrahimalatrash8008]

Did people forget that Max was also out smarted by leclerc with the DRS in Bahrain and a bit in Jeddah 22?? Like honestly before you say trash abt Checos DRS usage learn that also max had his moment

[@antonkirilenko3116]

But Max learned from his mistakes. Meanwhile, Checo was also present in that race and he didn't learn jack from Max' mistakes.

[@rinuko1222]

Max said in Bahrain he could never overtake Charles after turn 1 because the Ferrari had far better traction coming out of it and Max eventually overtook Charles and won Jeddah when it was an extremely close race (something like half a second at the end) so there's nothing to forget you're just full of it.

[@antonkirilenko3116]

@@ibrahimalatrash8008 Well, because that's the smarter way. He didn't learn from his mistakes in that race either, because he tried attacking Sainz the same way several times and hasn't realized what his mistake even was until the engineer told him.

[@ibrahimalatrash8008]

@@rinuko1222 max had warmer tyres than leclerc plus RB18 was ALOT faster in a straight line than F1-75 so if he just stayed behind him he would have overtook him with ease at turn 4. Yeah the Ferrari traction was powerful but it was no match to RBs straight line speed as evident in Jeddah, the first time they met in Jeddah max overtook him at the last corner then leclerc used the traction and DRS to get passed, then after a couple laps before max overtook him and stayed ahead, he stayed behind and leclerc despite having better traction again, max just overtook him with DRS on the main straight

[@ibrahimalatrash8008]

@@Selendeki I gave him my crucial context below 😅😅

[@kingmarz3635]

Checo is the second worst driver on the grid and probably the worst if you go by crashes caused

[@Mupoco-bd1dl]

For me he comes after Logan, zou, Stroll

[@durodesduvo8424]

Perez' defining moment in Abu Dhabi 2021 was when he had to defend against Hamilton on his old softs; Perez came out of the chicane slowly to let the Mercedes pass the DRS detection point first so that his RedBull could have DRS and pass him right back. At the time I wondered if that was a brilliant use of DRS chicken, or dumb luck. _It was absolutely dumb luck💀_

[@amauricom11]

Wow, you found an example of Hugh Bird giving some advice to Checo. Usually this never happens. Checo has no help on races.

[@easy_s3351]

On top of which RB always develops the car to Checo's disadvantage, they want the worst possible car for their 2nd driver to make winning the constructors championship as hard as possible.

[@14rs2]

It’s not that clever it is actually an obvious tactic. Actually doing it though is insanely difficult so massive respect for making it work so many times

[@nunotpinto]

How similar is that Verstappen first overtake compared to this year´s crash with Norris? Here Verstappen took to the kerbs, didn´t matter, he knew he could overtake on the exit. Norris didn´t move, they crashed...

[@easy_s3351]

Exactly!

[@KoZmikJD]

Pause at 0:48…lol different when max is on the inside

[@1337venezolano]

Crazy how selling t-shirts and merchandise is most important than good race craft.

[@sevach]

I think we have another one of these this time with Hulk.

[@viktorgombos4975]

Broooo there aint no way you predicted this year's last lap with this

[@MyEmpire91]

He needs to retire. So bad

[@Willbrse]

This DRS game is the only way to make this device fun, too bad it's super rare. I wish it was something they could do easier. But ideally F1 should have an algo that disables DRS as soon as it detects speed and closing distance rate is enough to go side by side so DRS won't behave like free pass ticket as it happens 99% of the time

[@djcopie]

I just watched this vid AFTER the 2024 race & wouldn't you know it... Perez did exactly the same thing again - over multiple laps!

[@phil6844]

Lando was doing the same shit this year 😂

[@kjjohnson24]

Watching this during the pre-show for the race and I think Anthony Davidson basically stole this analysis from you about the DRS on his SkyPad segment just now!

[@cypher686]

Its crazy how much the parts move and flex during a race

[@fireonmytarget8937]

DRS makes this era so boring

[@abnfalcon3901]

We're not joking when we say Max is a pure Racing Demon. He's 26 year old but has a Racecraft of 36 year old or older

[@pramitpratimdas8198]

He already got duped by Leclerc doing the same thing lol. Not saying he isnt great but there are 3-4 other drivers of similar caliber. They just have different cars

[@Gamezoneadi]

i didnt know as well that the detection zone was before t3

[@notthefia9154]

Maybe Marko was right about Perez being slow, and I don’t mean in a car

[@JCzzzzz]

Checo wasted whatever advantage he has being on the fastest car in the grid. Redbull really should let him go.

[@5950ziel]

That racecraft wasn't that weak when he was defending from Hamilton in Abu Dhabi, was it? Plus, I remember how Leclerc outsmarted Verstappen a few times in Bahrain ( I believe it was 2022) when Max was lunging down the inside of T1, took the spot and Charles was retaking it before T4 with DRS.

[@tjaymetal3116]

IDK what’s going on his mind, but as dude who just play f1 game as a hobby. Even I know how to do that DRS baiting shit in red bull ring circuit. It’s borderline common sense