The Internet's Best Reactions to the 2022 Bahrain Grand Prix

[@WTF1official]

The Internet's Best Reactions is BACK!!!! Leave a big 👍 if you're happy to see this series return 😃

[@captainrogerdodger144]

U serious? This series will always return this is one of the best series in F1

[@firstnamelastname-nf6vo]

👍

[@thesunnynationg]

I sat here the last 2 hours refreshing every 30sec.

[@blackcow-t6g]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@monchoyt714]

My race weekend is never complete until i see WTF1

[@celineee6414]

Almost forgot about my favourite race day ritual: finishing my day off with the Internets best reactions before falling asleep

[@nickknee3515]

This caps off a big racing weekend for me. WEC race at Sebring then the IMSA 12 hours at Sebring, then F1, Indy, and NASCAR at the new Atlanta. I think I need to take Monday off to recover.

[@veekay1045]

Me too. Just finished the vid. Goodnight. Also how did Matt not add the memes for lapped cars will be allowed to unlap themselves?

[@thesunnynationg]

Are you serious? Your a racing maniac!

[@TheSkyBiz]

And that ladies and gentlemen, is a woman is pure racing culture! 🙌

[@jrx5759]

I like to wake up then watch it before school

[@RetrieverMapping]

“Ferrari has good strategy” Well that aged well

[@prathampandey4550]

🤣

[@xfreja]

don’t remind us 💔💔💔

[@Questerer]

As a fine milk

[@Christopher_TG]

What a glorious debut for these new regs. I hope that it's not my imagination, these cars looked like they really could follow through the corners infinitely better than last year. What a fantastic race!!!

[@Alexoperplexo]

That Leclerc and verstappen battle, chefs kiss

[@neokoz]

It's totally not your imagination.

[@FrostBitey10]

Yeah there were a lot of battles all throughout the field, at a circuit where it's a bit difficult to follow. Great first race for the new regs.

[@billypenketh921]

I think it’s a step but not keen and would like see statistics and comparisons only time will tell

[@emiljano1733]

That first lap confirms that they can follow much closely. On the back of the grid they were going like 2 cars on a corner very close to each other

[@MrPsychomonkey]

you missed that le clarc actually braked early at the end of the main straight, intentionally give the place to make in order to benefit from the 2nd DRS. He is showing el plan level of thinking, he is bringing his chess game to the track

[@milkwithsauce1536]

EL PLANNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@vdv-tu7dg]

Master🅱️lan, get your terms right son

[@ElTioPental]

that was a 1000 iq move

[@titancheat]

@@ElTioPental the restart where he pinched Max in the corner for going alongside was a 2000 iq move ngl

[@kovacsgergo8648]

It’s kind of automatic to do this I’m pretty sure. Also the safety car ending phase was nothing crazy either. Max chose to be on the inside which is a bad move. Bad place to get a restart from but it didn’t matter anyway

[@ehjhey7]

2:46 - It looks like HAAS have revealed that it was actually 10% luck, 20% percent skill, and 15% concentrated power of will.

[@vangledosh]

And 55% fok smash the pedal

[@arishakala]

5% pleasure, 50% pain

[@tommybutler746]

@@arishakala and 100% reason to remember the name

[@boomerang-digital8514]

nostalgia

[@dk_noobmaster46]

You sing you lose

[@selder_7]

Laps 17-19 were absolute bangers, the racing is so good when they don’t crash

[@markriley4100]

Both drivers were so clean. Its a shame Max had that lock up into turn one. Without it maybe we could have seen the battle go on even longer

[@guyssmt8587]

Max need Michael Masi to overtake leader. ^_^

[@bizarrebunny5579]

Honestly them two together are a dream to watch. 2019 silverstone when they kept that up for laps on end was ugh *chefs kiss* bc they’re both very aggressive but they seem to have a greater understanding of each other so they don’t overpush the other

[@ShanleH]

It was amazing to watch. I think because Leclerc is also an aggresive driver, Max doesnt drive as aggresively with him as he does with Lewis, because in these later year Lewis has been a bit more of a passive driver, I think Max new he could bully him around and not crash. Whereas the story is very different with Leclerc. If he tries that with Leclerc, they will both crash out and Max knows this. All in all, it should make for a very interesting season, especially if Lewis does get back in the mix, because Lewis and Leclerc battles are also amazing to watch

[@rigf1997]

@@ShanleH I completely agree with this comment, just like 100%. Exactly my thoughts

[@umey3445]

I was so happy for Zhou in this race. I think a lot of the hate he was getting online was a bit unjustified, and I was a piastri fan all last year. He hadn’t even raced yet and people were comparing him to mazepin. I hope he can continue this form and get more promising results. For him to get points on his debut was great to see, even if it was a little lucky due to retirements. He had a rough start but did well in the race and kept out of trouble. Alfa Romeo have done really well to get a driver who brings both money and racecraft. In the post race interview he talked about how good the car felt and the interviewer said something like “but you made some great overtakes too” he seemed excited by that and said “I didn’t know if they were shown on tv”

[@captainross4706]

Thing is there was only three retirements the whole race which seemed average. He came across well in the interviews, passionate, humble , thoughtful.

[@thesunnynationg]

Ppl should get their chance before flaming them, at least hes not as bad of a driver as mazespin. And i must say 17 finishers are not just average. Well raced Guanyu congrats for debut points.

[@umey3445]

@@captainross4706 what I mean is that all of the retirements were ahead of him and 2 happened so close to the finish. But yeah he wasn’t the only driver who benefitted from the red bulls dropping out. He deserved p10 just as much as sainz deserved p2 or Hamilton deserved p3

[@LUXSTERIA]

Yeah I agree, he's a solid driver and seems to be focused on the track

[@陆济洲]

It's just because you guys have set the expectation too low for him, even comparing him to mazepin. His daily routine in f2 is like horrendous start and very good race pace to regain the position. Speaking of race pace he's definitely deserved the seat even without sponsors. I would say his level is between a paid driver and a normal midfield driver in f1. Definitely way better than other paid drivers, but also don't expect him to perform like the young genius drivers like piastri.

[@sankimalu]

When Leclerc pitted, I was like, ‘Here we go…’ However, the pit crew were a blur of activity! They were so good! So efficient! Better than RED BULL! 🤯

[@markriley4100]

Yeah Ferrari seem have adapted to these new tyres quicker than any other team (for pitstops). Incredibly impressive by them!

[@bacunnnn]

@@markriley4100 there were 2 second stops out there and ferrari were doing 3 second stops so there are teams still better at pitstops than them

[@mcgoo721]

@@bacunnnn Ferrari got under 3 as well. If there was another team with a quicker average than them I’d be surprised. I think they really showed up and did well today.

[@markriley4100]

@@bacunnnn Ferrari has the second fastest stop of the day, and they were consistently in the hight twos/low threes. Out of the top half of the grid at least, im very confident they had the best pitstops all round today.

[@uncb9628]

Mercedes, the renaissance team, will find harmony with the fluttering issue and the leave all other teams in their wake.

[@notfrom63rdmilsim]

I immediately noticed how close the cars could follow. This is gonna be a great season it's. 3 way battle now yes

[@RossMKF1]

Once Mercedes’ get their stuff figured out it’ll be spicy

[@Skillzvideos]

Mercedes still really is not close ofcourse they were lucky today that redbull had engine problems but if it weren’t for that safety car they would but end the race 35 and 50 secs behind the front

[@asneakychicken322]

Yeah, looking forward to the Ferrari - Red Bull - Haas battle

[@RossMKF1]

@@asneakychicken322 😂

[@RossMKF1]

@@Skillzvideos they were running hards so pace seemed worse than it was. Still off at the moment but we’ll see what they do in the next coming races.

[@sebvettel5]

For me there were two main problems 1.The race control messages were tiny 2.The leaderboard was broken for 90% of the race 3.Fastest laps were not shown for most of the race Other than that loved the race

[@Mr.NiceUK]

Yeah, I remember noticing the timing tower was missing for ages from lap 35, after all the top 6 had their second pitstops so I really wanted to see how all the gap times had shaken out…

[@MelonAMango]

There was a moment Magnussen was racing Magnussen

[@v.k.healthlongevity9807]

@@MelonAMango that's the battle everybody wants to see

[@antoinev5144]

Also too much time watching replays for a fight for 12th place when the 5 leaders are within 7 seconds. And also I seem to have missed most fastest laps announcements...

[@junsengjs]

And when the board was up, they showed the gap to leader 90% of time.

[@breeze1705]

“Haas are likable again, I wonder why” was slick 😅

[@raininglemons9435]

Was looking for this comment

[@apex1615]

I absolutely loved this race from start to finish! However, the reactions of many people disappointed me trash talking several drivers again, let just enjoy this season and appreciate the sport! This season will be, and already is, amazing !

[@sjoerd7512]

I agree man. The amount of hate comments towards especially Max and Lewis I still see on social media honestly makes me sick of those fans. It’s a new season and by the looks of it it’s going to be another great one, so let’s just enjoy it together as race fans

[@Argosh]

Dafuq? We just saw that this new era was gonna have great racing and people are being dicks? Welcome to the internet, I guess...

[@JGS713]

Max and Lewis fanboys are blind and crazy, even if they've got an accident they would be happy. This season is gonna be amazing, I just hope they all six can fight for the tittle.

[@Argosh]

@@JGS713 I am a fan of verstappen but first of all I'm a racing fan! Today was great!

[@JGS713]

@@Argosh well that is good, maybe it's me that I've had bad experiences with both hehe 🤷

[@huepix]

The last 4 weeks of Kevin Magnussens life must feel like a dream to him. Just watching things fall into place for him makes me feel happy

[@geoffdb8118]

Indeed .. and in a weird way he can thank Putin for that 😦 funny how the world works

[@MiguelMedV]

@@geoffdb8118 We live in a society indeed 🃏...

[@geoffdb8118]

@@MiguelMedV not sure what you mean by that but 👍🏻

[@maamrb5]

The cars looked a bit slower, but I loved that they were able to actually race each other. Glad to have the reactions back!

[@TangoNevada]

It's still early in the season and a track with a lot of slow corners. But I agree, the cars looked sluggish to me at times. Sure they were closer together, but they just looked slow. They always look slower on TV than in person. But this is in comparison to how they look on TV in previous seasons. Maybe it will change, or maybe that's what the goal was.

[@Superstocker669]

@@TangoNevada the good racing seems to be back, so it doesnt matter at all. 🙂🤷‍♂️👍

[@callmeshaggy5166]

Cars were slower going from 2013 to 2014 as well before they rebounded after a couple seasons and started breaking older v10 records. Give it time.

[@vancel35]

McLaren fan here, but I voted for K-Mag for driver of the day. Less practice, out for a year, and thrown back in suddenly. I'm impressed.

[@cavokokram]

McLaren should sue Mercedes and ask their money back because Mercedes PU is absolutely terrible. Third on the grid, maybe even behind Renault PU. And the worst is that it is something that will be almost unpossible to solve.

[@dragonsoul984]

@@cavokokram Due to engine freeze, they can't do anything on engine.

[@waldenschmidt6663]

Even I voted for K-Mag. Considering he's in an F1 car after a long time. Steiner must've been very very happy

[@brycejonathan384]

Mclaren is my current favourite team and it hurts to watch them this season so far. I thought if they were to drop down they would still be on the fringe of points. Both lando and daniel are great drivers and seeing them at the back just bums me out. Looks like im joining the Haas hype train.

[@walidsadaoui8238]

They are building another wind tunel and focusing on 2024 season

[@ObjectManiacJennifer27]

Hopefully they'll be running near the top once they get their brake temps sorted out

[@izzad777]

You can be both McLaren and Haas fan.

[@Bzorlan]

Bad day for me. The teams I like got a total of 0 points between them and the teams I actually dislike were all in the top 4.

[@0megalul309]

mclaren honda flashbacks

[@schnitzel2425]

Heart attack, because Charles pranked his team by stating: "There is something strange with the engine!!" on the last lap. Sadly wasn't broadcasted...

[@callmeshaggy5166]

Yeah in the Italian conversation afterwards they _politely_ asked him not to joke about that during races in the future.

[@recca7]

@@callmeshaggy5166 i smacked my head hard when i found out he did that...LEC out here tempting death does he not remember what happened in 2019?!?! COME ON LEC!!!!

[@larry5289]

Haha I saw a video posted of that. What a joker. Relatable

[@kenchen704]

@@recca7 Pretty sure he remembers it the most clearly out of anyone or else he wouldn’t have joked about it

[@recca7]

@@kenchen704 it was rehtorical..

[@n2thea]

Kevin will fooksmash doors as he pleases now, Gunther is a happy man. It's mind-blowing to see them technically 3rd on team overall

[@thesunnynationg]

Günther will construct some doors especially for him so he dont hurt himself when he fooksmashes.

[@8thlvlMage]

"Technically" 3rd means they're 3rd. It's actually happening.

[@callmeshaggy5166]

They'll need better development than what they've done historically to stay there. There's hope yet with the influx of staff from Ferrari.

[@Good_Horsey]

If the car holds up and Mick gets his elbows out a bit more Haas could be fighting for 4th vs Alpine and Alfa. That would be madness.

[@Shabec2982]

I voted K. Mag as driver of the day. He came in at a weeks notice and put that Haas in p5! Mazepin is somewhere mad as fuck.

[@CptGallant]

Leclerc said after the race that he was deliberately braking early into turn 1 during the battle with Verstappen so he could have DRS in the second straight.

[@DaniMacYo]

13:55 Max said his steering was lagging and he wasn’t supposed to have that bad exit he did go right but his intentions were then quickly come back left but the car just wouldn’t turn quick enough it was so sluggish and heavy. It’s real life but it’s giving me Sim racing vibes. His force feedback was acting up LOL.

[@calussy8040]

I believe ppl have been saying something about the RB pitstop bending a part attaching to the front right wheel from the drivers perspective, this probably changed the toe of that wheel making Max have steering problems, might have been something else as well but that was the most likely theory for the issue that we know of.

[@DaniMacYo]

@@calussy8040 Uh yeah could be right. He has issues immediately after the stop. I originally thought a lose wheel the way he struggled into T1 after stop.

[@rdspam]

@@calussy8040 Yes, I think Horner confirmed they bent a track rod dropping the car from the jacks. Time to beef that up a bit.

[@DjDolHaus86]

@@rdspam Forgive me if I'm wrong but aren't all of the suspension components carbon fibre and therefore not capable of being bent out of shape (ie. they're fine or they're broken). I remember the years when they used metallic suspension components and bending track rods or linkages through contact or offroading was a fairly common occurrence but we've not seen that kind of thing for at least a decade

[@GloomGaiGar]

@@DjDolHaus86 No not all of it is carbon. You still need metal parts to attach them to the car iirc. Could be a badly molded part too. Red Bull now have to worry about their own engine now too so quality control could be a little off at the moment.

[@top3amazon917]

so fun to see everyone thought leclerc was gonna dominate

[@claSlayer]

As a Ferrari fan i'm feeling really bad for Mclaren, i was hoping that the duel for constructor this year was going to be between ferrari and mclaren. RB guy was really unlucky too, despite the ferrari 1-2 makes me really happy, Max was deserving first or second place.

[@sephirothcld4520]

You ain't a Real ferrari fan if you want Max to win

[@claSlayer]

@@sephirothcld4520 i said he deserved first or second, and not that i want him to win. That's not the same

[@jsz116]

we need an "I'm on a boat" parody for Haas this year. Guenther: Woah, free boat ride for 3. Now who should I take?...Mick Schumacher: Yes! Guenther: And... Mazepin: Perks up Guenther: Kevin Magnussen: Cool

[@detrich2009]

8:01 kmag said in an interview after the race that the new cars are actually harder to follow because you don't have a draft to get into now without the dirty air but it is overall better racing because they can pass/be next to each other much more cleanly now

[@TheStevieb1983]

he said easier to follow but harder to pass

[@theempires5]

@@TheStevieb1983 I think Russell also said the same.

[@stevem048]

Well done Charles, Carlos, and Ferrari. Good luck for the rest of the season.

[@yourDecisi0n]

I believe Red Bull and Alpha Tauri might have had issues with the ERS because their harvesting lights were weird all race and before Max retired his harvesting lights went into disco mode

[@shaggydoggs]

Its just a "fuel pump issue" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@lolumo]

F1 has been too reliable for too long. I'm all for random DNFs all over, makes it more fun

[@georgesamuels4511]

Was a fuel pump, fia granted an hour special lift on Parc ferme so they could be changed and rb didn't do it. The fuel pumps are supplied by the fia

[@jclips2098]

@@lolumo I totally agree with this lol. I love seeing engines explode and chaos erupting.

[@hichew1021]

@@shaggydoggs it is just for the 2 red bullls, alpha tauri had mgu-k issue

[@georgeforza2692]

This race was amazing so hyped for the 2022 season

[@biggusy25]

HAAS has got to be doing back flips right now having an actual driver (possibly 2 if Mick steps up a bit) in the seat of their car when it's so good. If Maz was still driving, he would have been back behind the back markers and we as fans would NEVER have known that they have an actual good car this year.

[@weybye91]

Now they atleast have benchmark for mick

[@callmeshaggy5166]

Mick finished 11th, hardly a bad drive. He has a proper veteran teammate this season to actually learn a thing or two from. Last year he was practically solo, getting nearly run off by his own teammate that's trying to hold on to 13th place on the last lap.

[@Good_Horsey]

@@callmeshaggy5166 it was a damn shame Ocon walked away with points considering he spun him out. Nothing against Esteban either, it's just not fair.

[@alexberthgen1962]

Mick got his tires ruined by Ocon and then he didnt get to pit for the SC restart so he was on old softs when everyone else was on new softs

[@BloodDerg]

Mick did as much as Kev, barely anyone noticed his car was fucked after that collision with Ocon apparently. Almost getting points despite that is insane.

[@jesselund360]

As a Max fan....any race where 1 or 2 cars are 30 seconds ahead(last season)...I would much prefer this style of racing with 5 or 6 cars in the mix. Good race to Ferrari!

[@jsnsk101]

the last 10 season have been like that, lol

[@MalkinI71I]

mercedes was literally 30 seconds behind lol

[@jesselund360]

@@MalkinI71I but more than 1 or 2 cars had a chance at the end. Btw you would pop in to say that after a decade of being the only car with a shot lol. Good race today!

[@nissan300ztt]

Hows that fake Champ acting? HMMMMMMMM. Gonna have to call Max and WHAAAAAAAAAMBULANCE after today. BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA

[@jesselund360]

@@nissan300ztt you sound brighter than the back of the moon....

[@ricardoluise]

its so good to watch this today and see how we changed in 7 months.

[@RyanHellyer]

"They've become such a lovable team again ... I wonder why?" lol

[@JRSSV]

Just wanted to see Matt his happy Ferrari face again😂 aged well..

[@soap6154]

Congrats on the 1 million guys! Hopefully we get even more subs later on

[@dylangunn9845]

Remember when matt was happy 😅

[@freespirit-creationscrysta902]

Magnussen is a legend 💪

[@DannyPhilipsen]

One meme I saw, that made me lol, was a picture of the McLaren racer with the caption "Orange is the new Haas."

[@contendedracer5861]

I think the most important thing we learned from today was that the regulations have improved the racing. We saw some overtakes in places we normally don’t like the slow right hander of turn 8 or 9 (correct me if I’m wrong). Overall I’m really looking forward to this season and I hope we see more of the racing we saw today.

[@DOPYT1]

So much more respect between Charles and Max, on and of track. Great to see. This also counts for the fanbase.

[@nickknee3515]

FORZA FERRARI!!!!!! I hope Ferrari can keep that pace up all year. And I think this gen Ferrari is the best looking one since the SF16 with the white and red, kinda harks back to the early 90's V12 cars, so good looking.

[@johnhorton3243]

“I wonder why” freaking cracked me up 😂😂 talking about haas

[@quintuscrinis]

Come back to watch this during the half-year break. And now I understand what happened, Ferrari heard the staement at 5:55.

[@Kendo47Wowgeek]

Been refreshing my page all day waiting for this video. I wish I could have been a fly on the wall of Matt's house, seeing him lose his mind the whole race

[@p.a.01]

I'm right there with you Matt. I was so happy seeing Mick in 10th during SC... the I realised it was because the others got new/newer tires and he was on older Red's... Well at least I was prepared then for what was going to happen next.

[@wingracer1614]

Yep, about 15 lap old reds, he was a sitting duck. Great job to hold them off as long as he did. They should have stopped him. I understand why they didn't but with a stop he would have been 12th or so after the RBRs die with fresh tires and a chance to fight for a point

[@趙祖睿]

I mean his car already f*ck up a bit by Ocon so...

[@ElTioPental]

i was blaming haas for it, if he had pited he probably could had a chance against zhou and take the points

[@KtB45]

Mick got the shit end of the stick all weekend. Got held up on his final run in Q2 so he couldn’t get into Q3. Got spun out by Ocon losing 4 seconds and a few places. Didn’t get onto fresh tires during the safety car. Still got p12. He’ll be fine, Haas is going to be fun to watch this season.

[@dannny___97]

Watched the whole video with a big fat smile on my face! So happy to see F1 and you guys back!! Big cheers from the ALARM GANG!!

[@Gisae]

2:35 "pulls of the greatest 360 i've ever seen". Max in Hungary: "hold my beer" Also 12:10 "what has happened to the old Ferrari?" I guess Ferrari is still the same now we've seen most of the races and have a new world champion, not Le Clerc

[@ChinaChinaChinaChinaChinaChin4]

Happy 1M WTF1!! What an opening season many surprises then you get 1M Subs! Well Deserved.

[@JR-uy2nd]

This season and probably this era of F1 have everything to be legendary!!! The fight between Charles and Max were impossible during the 2013- 2020 era!!!

[@anyavreck639]

I am so happy the break is over and that F1 is back. My life has regained its balance, qualifying, race, internet's best reactions, wft1 podcast! I think that after today's race, the 2022 cars have proved themselves! All that was missing this weekend was Vettel...

[@payblo2734]

At the time of writing this comment, leclerc now trails max by 80 points.

[@venkateshshenoy5730]

11:48 This is aging so well now😂😂😂😂

[@alexloveshistory26]

The post Leclerc win glow on Matt's face us awesome!

[@horsepower523]

As a Ferrari fan I feel like I'm in a dream rn. I just hope I don't wake up soon. This race and the Ferrari 1-2 was absolute perfection. Couldn't be happier. Forza Ferrari!

[@alejandrograu1]

Lecler stated in interviews he slowed down before T1 so Max could pass and he’d get him on the next DRS zone. They speak about it on the post race show!

[@pepide01]

Very happy for the HAAS team, After there last years... 5 place it's GREAT !!!

[@Electrikall]

This season is promising! Grid is finally shaken up and racing is good. And yea... All aboard the Steiner ship!

[@Sundayl23]

Congrats on the Million WTF1, Blessings from 🇯🇲

[@cheekyseb910]

Greek commentator's called K-MAG (Roman grosjean) the whole race until the results it was pretty funny

[@ppapstefanos]

Γιατί δεν τον έχουμε στείλει για τσιγάρα (μόνιμα) τον συγκεκριμένο να ησυχάσουμε δεν το χω καταλάβει! :P

[@daves902]

Nice to see this back Matt - Always my first viewing after a F1 weekend - set's up a Monday perfectly :)

[@SchrodingersCat8813]

Yes! F1 is back, Ferrari is the fastest car, Merc is off top pace, the race was epic AND it seems like the rule changes may actually have succeeded in their goal :O What a start to the season! Also I know it’s too early for this but...LECLERC 2022 CHAMPION!! Lol (but also pls)

[@awg1113]

I had merc notifications on. The “you love to see it” tweet was right after checo spun. Like seconds maybe. Was glorious

[@rdspam]

So seconds after their driver moved onto the podium.

[@Kam1Kaz3NL77]

11:51 Well, this aged like milk!

[@lukerobertson6659]

Personally, my favorite part was how close everyone got at the beginning and how close the verstappen leclerc battle was

[@cyandrix]

Wanna know the craziest part of all this? Haas are 3rd in the constructors right now 👀

[@ericgaucher6198]

1 Million Subbies. Fantastic accomplishment and well deserved. V proud of the community you have built.

[@anzakhan253]

Bruh that McLaren trash icon meme was beyond savage. 10/10 meme 🤣

[@Nightey]

The most underrated team: Alfa Romeo - both drivers in the points, 4th in the championship and no positive memes about them :P

[@DK73projects]

I finally made it in the best reaction! This Sunday had it all, and this for me is the cherry on the cake, my work here is done. Matt, expect more from me, cus every race I will try to pull something out!

[@filipposstavro1233]

Matt's smirking from like the first 5 seconds lmao , I'm so happy for you Matt

[@steveng813]

The Max Verstappen comment at 13:55 - Max himself said that his steering issues were at fault as his wheels weren't pointing straight when he wanted to follow Charles and hit the gas, he would have spun

[@kylosmurf254]

Expectations: leclerc vs Verstappen Reality: lerclerc vs ferarri

[@TheKorgborg]

dutch max verstappen fan. I loved this race. so wounderfull to see actual racing. If this continue's this season the f1 fans would be the true winners

[@johnmagnetrane6952]

And no inchident as well.

[@TheKorgborg]

@@johnmagnetrane6952 That would't have happen with Hamilton. Because Hamilton tends to drive like a frustrated crying asshole. Backed up by the idiots of sky f1 press. Leclrec and Max know how to proper race. If Mercedes is going to win the championship. I even think its more likely to be Russel. And this is because Hamilton is going to make more mistake's. Because he is not used to drive like this on this place on the field

[@TheKorgborg]

@@johnmagnetrane6952 I want to add. Hamilton didn't drive like that last race. That is also why the crowds where cheering again for his 3th place finish. People last year warn't boe ing him because of politics or because of the colour of his skin. They where angry. Because Hamilton was disapointing last year.

[@user-co7db7kv8d]

@@TheKorgborg what do you mean disappointing lol he dominated the abu Dhabi grand prix and deserved to win but of course I won't get into it and don't forget his heroic drive in Brazil from p20 to p1, Hamilton drove like a world champion all season in 2021 despite max unfairly pushing him off that track in nearly every race he didn't complain that much and still came back to challenge again and his quick reaction time was crucial in avoiding perez who spun out right in front of him, so to say Hamilton drove disappointing is just nonsense imo

[@TheKorgborg]

@@user-co7db7kv8d he did nothing else but complaining. Hamilton didn't had anywhere near the driving craft then other years. It could be he was suffering from long covid. But Hamilton made to many mistakes last year

[@boon240]

This season going to be awesome and I cannot wait how everything looks mid season and super happy for Haas being from the US.

[@leronharrison1110]

Once the race was over and Ferrari were 1-2, the next thought for me was "What is Matty going to say about this on WTF1???!!!!" Glad to see you enjoying the result with measured joy!!!

[@Rickenbacker4001C64]

Enjoyed this video very much. Thank you. This will be my first year really following F1, after getting hooked the second half of last season. I have never been a big motorsport fan, but have dipped my toes in the F1 pool over the years, but now I'm all in! The Netflix series really helped me get caught up on the last few years, along with lots of reading. I'm pretty up to speed now, I think. I, too, am thrilled for Haas, and KMag. Seems like a good dude and I will be rooting for him. I do not have a favorite team, or favorite driver, but I surely am not a fan of Red Bull, and especially Verstappen. Looking forward to more of your videos.

[@mrmeepmeep2486]

It is an absolutely devastating start as a McLaren fan. I’m just gonna sit here and hold out hope for something insane to happen and turn it around

[@changavila]

Leclerc vs Verstappen made me smile... It was clean and awesome racing.

[@jacobsiekierski8041]

Verstappen fan here, happy to see Ferrari at the top and was a thrilling race and battle. Good to see K-Mag and Bottas up the order. That Ferrari engine is a spicy meatball

[@Antony-18]

Lol,thnx!

[@colonelmg3540]

I think you should've mentioned the good job that Zhou pulled of, but still a great vid Matt!!

[@BLADE_RISE]

All aboard the Steiner ship.

[@mohammeded-dahbi7603]

So basically Ferrari is RB now (fast pitstops), RB is Merc (rocket speed in straights+Max complaining about his tyres), and I guess Merc are last year's Ferrari(chilling in P5 and P6).

[@roxannelyson7715]

Me having a heart attack realizing Matty doesn't know his boy Charles got fastest lap!!!

[@dingleberry69]

Congrates on 1 million

[@il-ma.le.]

As a McLaren supporter, I appreciated trashcan, Spidey's glasses and lightsaber tortoises battle. Laughed like a mad man, because the alternative was to scream as such. Now let's just hope it was just a matter of brakes. The car seems to me not refined as Fer, Merc and RB, but I had the same opinion for Haas, and look where the latter is.

[@muscato0083]

Congrats on hitting a million subs! Great content, especially the informative videos!

[@not_super_street]

Honda got out at the right time, three of the four cars with Honda powertrains failed, that’s a problem, but not Hondas problem 😂

[@srfhdx5584]

Honda pretended to leave to freeze the engines, they have rejoined for maintenance and reliability upgrades until 2025

[@stinkyroadhog1347]

None of the issues are Honda related. Gasly's issue was electrical and Max and Sergio seem to have had failed fuel pumps.

[@vale.r4214]

@@stinkyroadhog1347 and those fuel pumps are spec parts too

[@wingracer1614]

@@stinkyroadhog1347 Max may be a fuel pump but for Perez, how does a fuel pump cause the rear to lockup? I don't buy it

[@wingracer1614]

@@vale.r4214 No one else has had a problem with them except didn't Haas or Alfa lose one in testing?

[@jameslappin9896]

It was a mighty fine race, so glad F1 is back

[@radityo1990]

12:08 did not age well

[@Zen_1g]

Micks save from the 360° was indeed instinctual, you can see him let go of the steering wheel to straighten out as he finished the full spin. Great driving instincts.

[@twittler5846]

I'm so sorry matt

[@AJH65]

Bottas said in a Finnish interview that they're dealing with an unknown clutch problem, which makes starts extremely unreliable. Zhou said the same in his post race interview. He also struggled with the clutch in the start.

[@bram6567]

It was a great race to start the season but it hurts to be a Mclaren fan right now

[@everytingsport9368]

The Mercedes’ power unit just ain’t it

[@mbszd6832]

The one thing I noticed this weekend is that. Everyone who drove the latest Indycar did well in the new F1 car. It seems like driving with ground effect is something special.

[@Blume43]

My take away: Haas is no longer a national embarrassment!

[@hamishgaffaney5323]

Kicking out the Russians was the best thing to happen to that team, plus they got to keep the money

[@aidanaquilina5283]

ahhhh how great it is to hear that tune at the beginning of the video again

[@kaczynski1236]

2:16 well this aged well

[@The-Feds]

🤣🤣🤣

[@mattpovah5952]

Great video! Laughed right out loud when I saw the Mercedes tweet.

[@mateivlad4425]

As a Red Bull fan this was pain..

[@LawsonSims44]

Red bull are finished

[@mateivlad4425]

@@LawsonSims44 it’s been only one race bro

[@DBDiscusses]

It’s only the first race. We’ll come back!

[@stevenjoseph6048]

Probably not as much pain as Mercs Fans in Abu Dhabi or Ferrari fans for the past 2 years. Still though, I feel your pain about those DNFS. Very unfortunate to what happened to all 3 RB powered cars.

[@letsBrn]

I am redbull fan aswell. It was an amazing race.