What's Wrong with Sergio Perez's Driving Style?

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[@Miamihousemachine]

This is all very strange. First of all this video fails to give any detail and profound explanation as to why Sergio’s performance has substantially decreased over his time at redbull. So I started investigating. Ill try my best to keep this short. Just if you look at the 2020 season, the Mexican was the most consistent driver after Lewis. He also finished p4 in the championship. The guy has about 14k laps recorded in formula 1… so there is plenty of data on him. But everything just got very inconsistent in his years in redbull. But in between this season, something odd happened in Australia which I did not find any conclusive data or any statement from redbull as to what had happen. Why did Sergio started that race in the pits and several parts of his car replaced prior to the race? I saw the videos and listened to the radios and, as the Mexican stated, there was something wrong. I find it very strange that max is able to almost take a second per lap after he wasn’t able to take any substancial time in the first 4 races. The gap is just too much for the way this cars are run and the importance in the engineering and design. Yes, max is great. But two teammates running the same car and one taking a full second out of the other one in just one lap? It just seems very odd. For context, not even Hamilton was doing this to his teammates in Mercedes. Can someone explain to me how important is the braking balance and traction of this cars and how much does the setup actually account for the performance of the driver? Because something tells me that’s where the real issue is and this is what is affecting the Mexicans driving style and performance. I’m pretty sure this cars run on a lot of coding and software.

[@AndyFromBeaverton]

Sergio is going through his Ruben stage. He's not as fast as his teammate, so trying harder only makes him slower.

[@LuisHamiltonDaSilva]

Not even close.

[@polishavgeek1849]

With the difference he's got an angry racist austrian breathing down his neck.

[@mhoga7899]

Nobody is faster than his partner

[@eulogp9888]

Unlike many, I rate Perez higher than Barrichello. Rubens did barely nothing before Ferrari, he had his "pink Mercedes" in 1999 with a fragile but fast Stewart, and he wasn't the one who won. He was much more behind Button than Perez was in 2013. And his first two Ferrari years were awful, only got "better" after Austria 2002, when Schumacher dropped many race wins for his favour because of the outrage. Perez always looks good in season starts when car is neutral, and becomes slower when the car is tailored to Verstappen's weird driving style.

[@joshd171294]

It’s also the fact that this car is the exact opposite of his driving style. I remember when he got announced at Red Bull the Racing Point engineers made a point that this would be a big issue

[@shygiggling6197]

I feel so bad for Checo. Seeing people bash him over his poor performance actually hurts me a little. He's honestly not the best out there, but he is by far not the worst too. In my opinion, he earned his spot in RB, but it's clearly true he's had some problems lately. But seeing people tell him he didn't earn his RB seat is sad. Genuinely sad. I'm praying for his monstrous comeback to tell all his haters "F U".

[@jimrustle270]

He’s been shocking this season. And his incompetence is going to ruin next season. There’s a good chance Verstappen can win literally every race in 2024. It’s ridiculous.

[@SuperPassionflower]

absolutely share your sentiment!!!

[@bertriksen7613]

Would you pay millions to a person that doesn't preform as he should do? And damage the car a lot trying to drive faster and faster and therefore making more mistakes.

[@gnanasabaapatirg7376]

The new gen f1 watchers due to the Netflix and KZbin videos are the worst. They make Helmut Marko look good with their wild comments.

[@danishkfd]

​@@jimrustle270it can change for next year tho. RB are developing a new car for next year and it's all left to play

[@electropneumatic]

Max takes, excuse my American racing term, "loose is fast" to another level. The way he passively observes oversteer then corrects the car and pulls it to where he wants it is just awesome to see and the reason I think he'll be a winner in other series when he gets tired of winning in F1.

[@bmorg5190]

excuse nothing dude..? who cares what they say?

[@prathyumnanelangovan2398]

Correct me if I'm wrong isn't Max driving style is same as fernando?

[@issaf3676]

Americans are the strongest empire in the world we don’t face to excuse ourselves

[@goof1600]

Max' driving style is like Michael Schumacher's he did that aswell with oversteer

[@Wafflecombo54]

He literally did a video on his driving style 💀

[@MashifyLV]

This video wasn't even aimed mainly at RB suspension, but it explained the Anti-Dive/Squat better than any podcast I have heard in the last 2 years, because of the actual explanation and visuals. Same as the other content, I haven't purposely looked for the explanation, it simply gets mentioned while talking about something else. But this did it 100%! 👍

[@janbo8331]

Spot on!

[@scott4207]

Nice to see someone who appreciates Max’s talent rather than just say he has the fastest car… Newey likes pointy cars as they are usually faster that way, but to make the most out of them you need a driver who can drive it and handle it.

[@Steinstra-vj7wl]

That's it !

[@daarom3472]

and let's not forget Newey has had the cream of the crop driving his creations: Mansell, Prost, Hakkinen, Vettel, Max, Hill. Only mediocre driver to win with Newey is Villeneuve.

[@ivandoe33]

@@daarom3472 yes, gets beaten in Q2 by Lawson. It's not the car, it's the talent.

[@marijn17s]

​@@ivandoe33 did you fail to notice the absolute unbalance of the car?

[@harshmehta4383]

bro talent are u kiddin? bro is fighting verstappen in a car that dsnt suit him very well @@ivandoe33

[@vandalsgarage]

2:32 This can't be said often enough. Red Bull isn't developing the car *for* Max Verstappen. They are developing the car *for* the lowest lap times. Schumi used to rotate his car through the corners like Max does, but even more so, because tyres in his era were a lot less delicate.

[@Alex.ag9]

I don’t buy that, considering he was the only driver in RBfor 2/3 years

[@samuraibirds917]

So what if they developed it for Max. It wouldn't be the first time a team deliberately tailored a car to suit a specific driver.

[@perezthereza33]

I dont think amyone thinks this is actually true they are just saying this to not ruin their rep. Its obviously built for the driver they deemed was so good they took when he was 17 out of F3 straight into F1 and is one of the best there can be if he has a good enough car.

[@fetB]

Comes down to how you look at it. The lowest lap times come from a car that some might say is unstable, but in the hands of a capable driver, like schumi or verstappen, it can be ridden along the edge, and consequently be the fastest. So its really both, it is made to be the fastest car, for a driver that has the ability to drive the car to be the fastest

[@TheMrDemonized]

Of course they do, it's a complex process to match performance in numbers with preferences of their number one driver and reigning champion. Same was with Vettel when the car had very stable rear end that suited him perfectly

[@pooman2]

People always seem to reduce performance to cars or drivers, but tend to forget car-driver suitability.

[@cpcxgsr]

But fact is, the RB19s are the 2 fastest cars on the grid. There should be no reason as to why he's not driving better. Same thing can be said, you're driving a Ferrari and racing against a Honda Civic. There's no way why a civic is beating you in a race. Knowing that RB has the fastest cars, Sergio needs to adapt or change his driving style... I can see why RB is upset with Sergio. They gave him the best equipment. But manages to under perform

[@cayden2744]

​@@cpcxgsr Or maybe the RB19 isn't really that dominant in comparison to the other cars and Max is the one making the difference. Or the car is highly dependant on that specific driving style and it goes to shit if you drive different from the way it is supposed to be driven (which is more likely imo)

[@takumifujiwara13954]

@@cpcxgsr try asking Max to drive an understeer-y car and watch him bitch about it through the whole race.

[@cpcxgsr]

@@cayden2744 the RB19 is proven to be the fastest car on the grid. You can't deny that. Majority of the teams agreed that they've given up on their cars for this year and focusing on next year's. As I agree, Max is driving the hell out of the car as it was intended to. You can't get mad at that. Same can be said... If you have a Ferrari, you know damn well that I can top off at 190mph+. There's no reason why you're driving anything less (on the track). Season isn't over (yet). Hopefully Sergio can adapt to the car and score some better finishes

[@eulogp9888]

@@cpcxgsr but Perez is not beaten in the races. He is comfortably 2nd, more than 40 points ahead of 3rd, has 8 podiums and 2 wins. His qualifyings this year are terrible, but his races are very good and underrated. It's not a given that people can overtake with faster car. Throw in Bottas, he would qualfy in the first 2 rows every race, then gets dropped a place or two on sunday. People give too much credit to qualifyings.

[@SgtStinger]

I think Verstappen having less need for braking feel comes from the amount of sim racing he does, because in sim racing you have no braking feel at all (yes, there are force feedback braking pedals but those are extremely uncommon).

[@divinasi0n]

But in sim racing you get braking/ traction loss feedback through your wheel when braking into a corner with lateral load on the car, and the vibrations travel through the rig to the seat and even the pedals. it's not true you get none at all.

[@SgtStinger]

@@divinasi0n IMO it definitely isn't the same kind of feedback and is highly dependent on what rig you have, what wheel base, what settings and what sim you are using.

[@divinasi0n]

@@SgtStinger of course it's not the same, you're not moving😅. Still isn't none though.

[@AKK5I]

​@@divinasi0nthat's fake though, it's just ffb. You don't have the same sensation of G force or the pedal vibrations as a real car.

[@mirial2108]

Max is probably keeping his level of anticipation razor sharp on the sims, because to anticipate what the rear is going to do, you don't need the real thing to practice that.

[@guitarsimon1]

Max is so versatile we need him to run a few laps in every car after the season is over to see who had the true fastest car. This should be an annual tradition and if anyone has the fastest car but hasn't won the WCC they get the Golden Raspberry for 'Most Okay-est Formula One Drivers'.

[@W0o0dy]

I like the idea and Max would too I think. But I doubt any of the regular drivers would like it. Give Max 10 laps in each car and I have little doubt he would be faster or within 0,1s of each driver in their car.... his feel for the car and the grip mixed with his versatility would become apparent and his stature would only increase.

[@kenny506]

Putting the reigning world champion in every teams car to see how fast he can go? I like the idea! It also gives Max the possibility to snoop the best parts of every other car and take that feedback to Red Bull. Imagine the F1 car combined from all the best individual parts of the entire grid

[@M4idi]

cool idea but technically not doable, every F1 seat is custom made for the driver :)

[@falconf17i]

Exactly also on top of this I always though since drivers will always argue they’d be faster in fastest car…. Let the other 18 drivers drive title winning car & let the direct rival driver drive the car at a track or two! 💯💯💯

[@antonfloor344]

May I remind you he was already fast in the Torro Rosso (Alpha tauri) he was the only one who could beat Ham when Ham had the faster car.

[@hunterweller3435]

Max being able to deal with the anti-dive taking away the feel of the can better than Perez actually makes a lot of sense given how much sim racing max does.

[@AlvinWillistonDavis]

That's exactly what I took from it, you have to be able to trust the car more than your skills and drive like it's just going to do what it's going to do without worrying about the suspension the road or wheel slip, it's mad when you think about it

[@optyfen5276]

This makes sense, but the theory that the suspension is the reason why Checo is so far off is bollocks. As if he didn't have a car with anti dive and squat in the first couple of races this or last year.

[@巻木トリスタン]

sim racing doesnt have much to do here tbh, when you drive in the sim you dont feel the wheels, changes and stuff in an f1 car you can feel bumps, rotation aka g forces, and changes with time aka dynamics in wheels and stuff, if you ever raced in a circuit you will notice you get slower in sims after a track day, no matter how much sim you do, dynamics are different in real life, still impressive what he does tho

[@quigglyz]

@@巻木トリスタン The way the car is set up removes a lot of the feeling that Checo depends on. Max doesn't depend as much on those feelings because he's constantly in his sim. Respectfully, I don't think you understood the original comment.

[@AZBCDE]

The RB is like a fighter jet where they intentionally make it an unstable design thus reducing stability to increase manoeuvrability. The way Max is able to control the car despite this is amazing

[@kengit2]

Nice! Are you channeling the spirit of John Boyd? That comment gave me flash backs when I studied everything John Boyd👍

[@ASJC27]

@@kengit2 How is it related to Boyd? His energy-maneuverability method predates RSS (relaxed static stability) designs. That’s not meant to come across as a criticism or being argumentative - it’s a genuine question.

[@ldplays9431]

It’s not more loose than the Ferrari or Merc. The RB is practically on rails.

[@darthnatas953]

@@ASJC27 Boyd was instrumental in getting the F16 built, which obviously has relaxed stability. He may not have engineered the system, but without him the F16 would have been a very different plane.

[@kristoffer3000]

@@ldplays9431 Watch Max driving for a few laps, the car is not on rails lol He fights it every step of the way

[@joshd171294]

Perez is a very capable driver in the right car but he can’t handle a car which has any hint of oversteer. I remember when his move to Red Bull got announced, one of the Racing Point engineers made the point that he would have massive issues with the Red Bull for this reason

[@coops7754]

did we all forget he was the original tire whisperer ??

[@123italiano321]

Yeah what happened there? 😅

[@tobiaxelsson]

Max just shout at his tires and they listen.

[@mutantgeralt]

And the Mexican minister of defence

[@kantina4765]

It was all fake hype cos his quali was a bit shit so he went forward in the races. He’s never been anywhere close to a top driver. As has been proven these last few years the faster drivers can keep the tyres fresher while going faster than he could ever hope to.

[@junetv7992]

Doesn't matter cause he's not delivering

[@aoife1122]

Excellent stuff, Scott. Wish less knowledgeable folks would stop dissing Pérez because they think he's "shyte". Watching Max "riding" those S's at Suzuka this morning while pulling almost 6G was quite something to behold. It's confidence on a entirely different level (compared to pretty much the rest of the field) that sets him apart.

[@bbartlow0307]

Agree... Checo dissing is the latest fade. But EVERYone is falling short of Max these days...what else is new?! The better question might be: How could Checo be as close to Max as often as he is?

[@retardno002]

​@@bbartlow0307sorry but unlike everyone else Checo has the same equipment, so yes he will be judged more and would be expected to give his teammate at least some level of competition, not be 30 sec behind Max along with everyone else.

[@MW2FREAKlolig12]

I was watching live at suzuka at the S corners max was on rails and almost everyone else had to either lift more them max or brake a bit even in turn 5/6. And perez was super wobbly out of turn 5 into 6 difference was insane to hear and see on track

[@furiouswolf777voodoo4]

Rb 19 can push amost 6 gs...Great car

[@CosmicSeeker69]

SIX G???? Is that possible?

[@grod6998]

This video perfectly sums up what Checo’s season has consisted of. Just a car that’s not suited for his style but he’s paired with a monster capable of driving anything. Checo def has the qualities of a champion under a car suited for him but unfortunately RB will never go in that direction because they know that whatever rocket is built to be the fastest Max is the only capable one of driving it.

[@encinobalboa]

Checo has a car that is capable of winning championships as shown by Max. That is the cold hard truth.

[@bryanzol3040]

@@encinobalboaYou didn’t understand his comment at all 😅

[@encinobalboa]

@@bryanzol3040 It is you who does not understand. Racing is about results, period. You may say that cars win races, especially in F1 where there are clearly better cars. However, team mates have the same equipment so the test of driving skills is true. Checo can't beat Max in a championship winning car.

[@guillolb]

​@@encinobalboaagain. You didn't understand his comment.

[@encinobalboa]

@@guillolb As simple as possible. Checo does not have what it takes to win a championship. He already has the right car that has won two years in a row. Get it?

[@andresct6250]

"I actually think many of the drivers would have the same issues as Perez" This is key in my opinion. I don't know why most people think that a fast car guarantees wins and poles as if it's not incredibly tricky to drive that car. It takes a robot like Max to get the most out of that car yet everyone seems to think that Danny Ric, or Lando, or Charles or whatever will be fighting with Max for wins and poles. As a Checo fan I'll say that Max will absolutely demolish ANY driver. Checo isn't the terrible driver most people make him out to be. He's been in the top 4 of the WDC since 2020 so you better think twice about getting your favorite driver into that second RedBull seat cause IMO you are gonna have a rude awakening like most of us Checo fans had.

[@Bahamuttiamat]

Checo is objectively worse than bottas.

[@williamvanderscheer4327]

@@Bahamuttiamat But not subjectively. Atleast Checo has some actual racecraft, watching Bottas on sunday was like watching a grown man beat up a toddler.

[@dgsdhsdeuye57]

Bottas racecraft is one of the worst i've ever seen@@Bahamuttiamat

[@Bahamuttiamat]

@@williamvanderscheer4327 Bottas has NEVER not been in q3 with mercedes. Checo is fumbling the most dominant car in f1 history. No one expects him to beat max, but at least make q3 my guy..

[@Bahamuttiamat]

@@dgsdhsdeuye57 Fair. But he's quick and a safe pair of hands. Mr. Tire whisper can't even manage the tires as well as max. That said, max is elite.

[@bertram-raven]

So the reason Max is better is because of his sim-racing. To be clear, sim-racing requires the driver to pick up clues visually and through multi-purpose force-feedback devices; clues which would normally be provided by the movement of the car. No rig, no matter how expensive or complete, can simulate every feeling in the car. The lack of feedback from anti-squat and anti-dive make a car feel a lot more like a sim-rig than a lively real-life car. So my solution for Perez is to take a Driver61 Sim-Racing Master Class course as I did.

[@jacobm2625]

😂😂😂 You’re probably right, too

[@Malibuthe6th]

paid actor

[@gelmir7322]

thats probably why they want liam lawson to start first as backup/sim driver

[@zeboz18]

Very true answer, sim racers can handle car with less body movement induced by high anti dive and anti squat

[@Jake-mn1qc]

*_"So the reason Max is better is because of his sim-racing."_* bertram-raven, don't believe that clown.... he's better because he started early, because racing is in his DNA since his dad was a former F1 driver, and his mother was a international cart champion. Even his sister is a capable driver. On top of that, he started way earlier with driving as a child than any other driver on the grid. So don't believe all this nonsense about sim-racing.

[@szymonzdziarski238]

as much as i like and support checo it’s a pain to watch his races lately, he is putting too much pressure on himself and that’s what makes him overshoot a little. I admire him because only by his hard work and long journey he made it to the top, let’s see and hope for the second place in the drivers standings

[@databeestje]

I think Riciardo was most similar to Max in that he likes a sharp front. Probably the best explanation that they were almost equally quick in the previous RB.

[@W0o0dy]

Well Albon is known for liking a sharp front end too.... but not THAT sharp (by his own admission).

[@Shoopadawhoopa]

Agreed. Also (partly) explains why Ricciardo failed at McLaren so damn much. I rate the Ric/Ver pairing as one of the best current lineups, if it'll happen again. Same as Piastri/Norris do a great job. And also look at Lawson, he's also a great driver.

[@anameyoucantremember]

Every single driver likes sharp front ends, it's not about "liking", more about "how much they can handle".. And the actual explanation of why they were equally quick is because Max was a 17yo quasi rookie, the RB from back then has basically nothing in common with today's car, and the same goes for the drivers, Ricc was in his prime, Max was a teen. Now Max is in his prime, and Danny is washed.

[@JnManuelAG]

Get over it. This was million years ago. He isn't going to return to that point. It's done

[@izzy3784]

they were equal up to a certain point, think from 2017 it became more clear max, who despite having to bear the brunt of reliability dnfs, was establishing himself as the quicker driver - the points table doesn't tell the true story. he bested 'prime' daniel in numerous weekends and eventually post monaco 2018 he consistently had the upper hand. teen max had already cookied up exceptional races where he beat him convincingly such as spain, silverstone, austria, and brazil 2016, china malaysia and mexico 2017, just to name a few

[@bbartlow0307]

Most have no clue how good Checo is, and think his success is just from RB and/or the RB19. But how many other drivers can you name with as many career podium finishes? Or how many other drivers have finished in the Top 10 as often as he has? There aren't many... but look it up for yourself. That's why RB picked him up in the first place.

[@BBB-up3yz]

Red Bull have never won 1-2 in the driver championship and Sergio will likely get them there

[@Duuk_the_Dog]

27, i can name 27 drivers with more podiums then him.

[@TJokerr]

Perez is a mediocre driver . He will be only remembered by helping Max take his first championship. And even there he has been outshined by FIA. Its just that he is likeable to everyone ( me included) and obedient that is keeping his seat. If the rival teams were closer to Redbull and there were a chance to lose the championship,he would have been somewhere to South America according to Helmut Marko.

[@bbartlow0307]

Would have had 1-2 last year if Max had honored the request from the pit wall@@BBB-up3yz

[@XReflexian]

The first quote from Perez pretty much says it all i think ... He has to think about how to drive which means it doesnt come naturally and with Max outperforming him by such a large margin he starts to over think things and make mistakes and wrong choises

[@JnManuelAG]

Yeah but a fastest car doesn't guarantee everything. If Pérez could have a car that suits his style and be comfortable with, I'm pretty sure he was going to fight for the win at every race. Give the employees their right tools and they will deliver like any other company

[@SheetFiber]

​@@JnManuelAG Maybe Perez would find one that suits his driving style from the rest of the field, but their lap time is nowhere near RedBull. The closest one is half a second slower in Suzuka. I'd rather find someone who can drive it than slowing it down to suit someone's style.

[@XReflexian]

@@JnManuelAG Hes a second driver and thats all that really needs to be said , he wont be getting a car thats build for his driving style, specially not after the budget cap was implemented .... Also, he should still be able to adjust to the car he has if hes such a great driver and do a lot better then he does now. Hes a good driver and not a great dirver, hence why he should count himself very lucky that Red Bull took him in and stop wanting to be the best coz hes not and never will be ... I think he will do a lot better when he accepts that hes the second driver for good reasons

[@colpul2103]

Here's a question: IF the RB set up has less feel for Perez but Max can adapt to that how much of that is Max spending so much time Sim Racing? When Sim or I Racing the big difference actually being on the track most driver claim is the 'feel' as you don't get the feedback. Has Sim Racing helped Max drive with less feel or reduced feel?

[@RoderickVoordouw]

I sometimes consider this as well. A simulator always gives less feedback than the real drive. Even the advanced simulators F1 teams use. You can't simulate 4-6G forces. So maybe Max learns to deal with the feedback he has there and in the real car he has more to work with. I 'simulated' racing back in 1999/2000 with my first steering wheel. After I got my license and own car, feeling when a car would lose grip was a lot easier than in the more realistic games. So in short, you might have a point.

[@wxx3]

I think you have a very good point.

[@daarom3472]

Max drives purely on feel, you cannot drive the way he does consciously (short corners, manipulating the load and playing with the back end). He's a freak of nature, son of a top female driver and an F1 driver, who was then bred to do only one thing in his life - racing.

[@Kaimax61]

didn't they also made a video essay on how much sim racing max does? lol

[@Sal_car88]

My thoughts exactly. The sim racing is helping max with not feeling the car.

[@ImKairyu]

Watching this after the japanes gp is funny

[@Ruinsthename]

I've never really seen anything special about Perez. He has been uninterestingly average throughout his f1 career., but his performance over the latest season is downright embarrassing.

[@olemartinjansson2242]

Timing of this video is impeccable. His race today was a disgrace

[@leoarzeno]

"just proves how good Max really is..."

[@MrTomWaffles]

People dont realise that the RB might be a fast car but its Max extracting that pace

[@torquemada6781]

Perez prefers an understeering car, but understeering cars are in general slower than oversteering cars to which Perez cannot adopt to.

[@adrianamarilloblack]

I also would think the superior amount of time max puts into sim racing helps him be more confident with a car with less feel and allows him to better use his other senses to determine how much break throttle and steering input the cars needs to stay stable.

[@notthefia9154]

Like the Race podcast said, If developing and setting up RB19 more towards Verstappen’s channel of driving makes it as dominant as it’s been where he can win both championships pretty much on his own, why in any way would they sacrifice that performance just for Perez to catch up

[@theSl33p3r62]

IF Checo finishes second in the drivers championship all this talk about his "struggles" won't matter. Finishing second place 0.001 seconds behind or 1 point behind first still means you are second. Also, no matter what Helmut, Reb Bull or Max says they don't really want their drivers that close and fighting each other anyways as long as they win both championships.

[@rosicl2867]

In short, Checo likes a car with more understeer and Max likes oversteer. Oversteer gives you more control over the car which helps you for a example get the temprature in the tires faster(which is why Checo falls behind in qualify), but is also riskier and more prone to mistakes. But Max is very good with a car with alot of oversteer so he wont make those mistakes.

[@onman999]

You are right about Perez' liking understeer and Max oversteer. However, understeer is easier to drive and more forgiving. That's why absolute beginners usually start driving with understeer. Driving with oversteer is a lot harder, because when the rear goes it goes. Max has the ability the take an oversteered car all the way to the edge and he is also able to correct when he takes it just across the edge. In fighter jets that is managed by a computer; in formula 1 that is managed by a Max.

[@pedromendesclaudino1976]

checo is going through what barrichello faced alongside peak schumacher, that's it. almost any other driver in racing history would be obliterated by verstappen. don't get me wrong, perez is a VERY GOOD driver, a world class one (as you correctly mentioned in the beggining of your video). but being very good (berger vs senna and bottas vs hamilton, for example) is not enough when your teammate is one of the best of all times.

[@Mav86asian]

LOL nonsense. Perez got beaten not only by Verstappen. But by midfielders in lesser cars. The only reason he’s still at no2 in the championship is the brilliant start of the year. Lately? Catastrophic.

[@sophidomi.]

Commenting after the Japanese GP, I see.

[@stroopwafel6141]

It's hard to be a teammate of Max, because he is nearly perfect this season. But there is no excuse for Checo's lack of quali-pace in a car that is superior on most tracks. That has cost him a couple of podiums and points for the team.

[@RudolfJvVuuren]

The video explains the excuse lol Didn't you understand it?

[@anameyoucantremember]

And he's P2 with a 43 gap and RB basically already won the CWC.. I don't see where is Perez failing other than not beating his teammate and magically becoming a quali master (which he's never been and will never be)

[@no1washerezz]

@@anameyoucantremember i mean, alonso at one point was very close to taking p2 away from him but all it takes is just a run of bad weekends and while you wouldn't expect a run of bad weekends from verstappen, you definitely could from perez.

[@anameyoucantremember]

@@no1washerezzbut wasn't everyone saying he's the worst driver every to drive in F1 because he couldn't make it out of Q3? I would think he'd be P11 in the standings. Thing is, his quali is bad, but he is very good during races. Always has been. The fast car helps, but he still has to drive it clean, make overtakes and ultimately deliver a result. 6 1-2 with 2 wins included doesn't seem that bad for the worst driver in F1.

[@qasprrr6203]

@@anameyoucantremember Yes he's p2 this season but he won't be p2 anymore if Ferrari (or some other team) actually start fighting for the championship next season. If Checo drives like this when there's a championship fight, he's getting p4. RedBull has to look in the future.

[@Saintwolvinn]

People really downplay Max's achievements and act like all the drivers would be capable of doing the same in that car without realizing how tricky it is to drive for it to be as fast as it is. Even Albon says that Max is the most gifted driver he's ever raced against. He also said that him liking a very sharp car is unlike most drivers. Guy's simply insanely good.

[@richardbanner9050]

I'm sure I remember an interview years ago with Eddie Irvine, when he was Schumacher's teammate. He said Ferrari relied on Schumacher's feedback to develop the car not his so the car suited Schumacher's driving style not Irvine's. Irvine said he started to do better when he gave up trying to get a car to suit him but instead worked on changing his driving style to be more similar to Schumacher's.

[@anejpuncoh8255]

Its not all his driving style, its the racing wheel to wheel ability, we saw that in japan

[@frdml01]

I've seen a lot of British Paparazzi F1 channels, so I've been ignoring a lot of them. So I almost missed out on your channel. Glad I checked your video and now I subscribed :-) making sure not to miss out.

[@nelsonhoover8462]

I’d say some of it may be how each driver deals with perception. Max is a huge sim-rig racer on the side, so I’m sure he’s plenty comfortable taking purely visual queues for certain things. Sergio probably takes a lot more from the feel of the physical responses the car gives him, which makes him really strong on road courses and simultaneously weaker in a car that takes the feel away from him. But that’s all speculation.

[@retardno002]

He's just a poor fit for the car, he'd do better in an Aston for instance. Hope Lance goes off to play tennis as soon as possible.

[@rongiefaustino8867]

Focusing on suspension instead of downforce makes Newey look like he's playing backgammon while other designers are busy figuring out how to use their bishop.

[@MrReddragongamingHD]

Aged like fine wine

[@dumebiokeke7324]

Makes me think that if Max has Lewis' car, he would probably still be leading the driver's championship because from what I've heard from Lewis and George about the W14, the car is very front positive and that seems to be their biggest problem with it.

[@eddieyakin5528]

It doesn't matter how front positive it is if it's still a very flawed car. The same way the Redbull in 2020 was very front positive and suited max, but overall the car was still much worse than the mercedes.

[@ahmettarkkaya2915]

I highly doubt that. It is one thing to be driving a car a lot better than Sergio Perez. When that name is Lewis Hamilton, it's whole another story. I mean sure, Max might do considerably better in that car than Lewis. However being so much better than Lewis that he'll lead the championship... I don't think so

[@lessardo87]

He’s still P2 in the championship. He makes errors on Friday and Saturday but he usually makes up for it on Sunday when it counts.

[@rafaelborrego36]

Everybody talks about the gap with Max in qualy….. The Pace…nobody talks the pace… there is were the points are and the gap is not as much

[@kristoffer3000]

@@rafaelborrego36 He is usually at least 30s behind by the end of the race, at least. The gap is huge.

[@rafaelborrego36]

Football is won by golas not by time posesión of the ball… is the same Logic if he deliver points the gap does not matter. And the gap in race many times is to slow the cara behind so that Max Can win easy or get the fast lap….

[@Housestationlive]

being adaptable is the key of f1's champions. they never have a bad season because of the car not suiting their style.

[@joshd171294]

Not true. Some are more adaptable than others but all of them have at least one car characteristic that they don’t like. With Max he needs a car to have a very pointy front end. With Alonso he needs a lot of feedback from the steering because of the way he turns abruptly.

[@Housestationlive]

there are always exceptions, like vettel at ferrari of course@@joshd171294

[@erikvermolen8371]

He don't NEED a pointy car, he just prefers one. Otherwise he'll adapt, just like other great champions of the sport.@@joshd171294

[@Evarakeus]

​​@@SirSillageSniffingtonMax was just about fastest on track by the end at Singapore. The set-up issue there wasn't to do with driveability but with the actual tires not getting up to temp, which impeded their one-lap capability as well as made them sitting ducks after that first safety car. Once the tires were in their window, Verstappen was quite comfortably carving up the field

[@kristoffer3000]

@@Evarakeus He also got completely screwed by two SC's, coming at pretty much the worst time possible for him both times, that he was able to get as high up the grid as he did is a testament to his ridiculous pace.

[@IAmLeutrimTopalli]

Even verstappen isn’t happy with the balance of the car, yet he continues to get faster & faster, he just adaps to anything, verstappen could win in any other sports series, nascar, wec, rally, lemans, anything you name it, max can do it

[@The_ZeroLine]

So many people don’t realize Newey’s so much more than aerodynamicist. There’s essentially no part of the car he doesn’t have a major design input on. He seems to literally understand everything. That’s why his cars are so complete.

[@Real28]

Sergio cannot adapt. Yes, everyone has a "style" but you don't get to F1 without being to adapt (usually). Don't know why but he simply cannot adapt to the car and Max is obliterating him. It's so bad in Suzuka, that Max would still be on Pole if he was in the McLaren and the grid would be the same.

[@PEPSIMaxMusic]

I'd love a video like this about Stroll vs Alonso. Also I think it says a lot about how good your videos are when Heinz Harold Frentzen reccomends them to people!

[@bertje13]

Technically speaking, the statement you made regarding anti-dive at 4:25 is wrong. If the vertical forces would go through the pull rod, it would cause the springs to compress resulting in dive. Instead, anti-dive is a method where the some of the vertical forces are conveyed through the wishbones itself, counteracting some of the load transfer during deceleration. Furthermore, in your explanation at 3:58 pitch and heave seem the same. Pitch is when the vehicle rotates forward, causing compression on the front springs and extension on the rear springs. Heave is when both axles move in phase, lifting or lowering the full car without rotating it.

[@HokKan]

This is very interesting! So basically, the car has been developed in a way to be potentially faster, but a trade-off is that the driver loses some feedback during braking and acceleration (since the car doesn't pitch as much). This is actually extremely advantageous for Max. Max does a ton of sim racing and can drive a car to its limits in an environment where G forces are completely removed. He has learned to feel where the grip is with vision, steering feel and audio cues. A "normal driver" that hasn't grown up sim racing that much will have a much heavier reliance on feeling for grip by how the car's feedback is - how it pitches and rolls - feedback cues that Max never needed in order to be fast. I can see Lewis Hamilton struggling the same way, as he is also a driver that relies on the traditional senses to feel for grip (he spends very little time in the sim).

[@onman999]

You don'f use the pitch and roll to feel what a car does. You feel how fast your back is moving sideways compared to your front. You can actually feel the tires (both front and back) sticking to the road. Or not sticking to the road.

[@DawidSikora]

Video is informative but ads make like 30% of the video? That's insane man

[@StevenQ74]

The thing is Max usualy goes longer on his tires than Checo

[@dgsdhsdeuye57]

just for this year, tho I think checo is cooking his tyres to try to catch the pace of Verstappen, 21/22 he did great on that aspect

[@StevenQ74]

@@dgsdhsdeuye57 No, ever since Checo went to Red Bull Max has been better on his tires, in AD last year the reason Checo missed the chance for P2 because he already stopped on lap 15 and had to stop again on lap 33, while Max stopped once in lap 20 and Charles Leclerc stopped once in lap 21. Max has been better on his tires in 21 and 22 as well

[@tattooedfred]

I think Red Bull have developed the car to suit Max because Max has been able to get more out of the initial design. What I mean by that is, Max was able to maximise the initial car design more than Perez so they carried on developing it that way as that way is working.

[@onman999]

Like Newey said: they develop a car with the fastest potential. This means making the rear end a bit unstable which enables it to rotate faster (they do this with fighter jets as well). Max' style happens to fit a car like that. Perez' style better suits a car that is slightly understeered, which is exactly the opposite.

[@justamanchimp]

Max is the kinda guy where no matter how he's feeling, from the get go he will maximise the track and full throttle even if it's super risky. He's done this all his life and his dad was very extreme with baking this into max. If you watch his karting onboards, watch his sim racing, and of course watch his F1 onboards, as soon as he leaves the pit lane he smashes the throttle almost recklessly depending on who you ask, but gets up to the limit very quick. He aint scared of crashing, he don't mind going deep into a corner, he don't even mind on the rare occasion he leaves the track, at least he has that knowledge and then can spend the rest of the session at 98% just honing being smooth with it all. Most other drivers were told "smooth is fast", "build up slowly" etc, which I agree with in ways, but they were made to practice the art of being super smooth before the art of ragging a car to it's very limit. Even in the F1 game the guy over the radio says something like "take it easy for the first few laps", and you do need to an extent, but it feels like it discourages you from finding that o so important limit. I agree with those things in ways and for particular tracks, but the act of practicing being smooth first and building up slowly means in a world were track time is at a premium, you are literally wasting time being smooth when you could be honing that art of car control so you can deal with any car on any track in any situation right from the get go. Perhaps this will change for the sim racing generation where track time isn't at a premium, but yeah. Smash it first, find the limit asap, then worry about being smooth. This ultimately makes you the faster driver, and... you look really good on track lol, unless you mess up a lot.. But again, practice messing up a lot like max and then eventually you won''t lol. At the end of the day, Max has significantly more practice in raw car control and this is why he's better at the end of the day. Exact same with Alonso, Schumacher, Hamilton, Norris, Leclerc, etc. Actually, I'd argue Leclerc is probably just as good if not better. That guy is extremely fast in terms of finding the limit hence why he's probably the best qualifier on the grid. In contrast, a driver like checo is smooth first, limit later, and this goes to show, right? If you think about it, relative to max, Checo hasn't practiced this much, and it means more often than not he doesn't find the limit at all. It's why you always see checo come alive usually in the second stint of the race. He's literally had enough practice by that point. Max don't need that practice in the end.

[@92boostedh22]

Can you do a video on how Checo was able to beat Max in the beginning of the season vs what is going on now? How was the car different and did Red Bull build the car to suit Max’s driving style. It seems like they started on the same page but something happened to where Perez’s style was not taken in to account in the car’s development

[@GloomGaiGar]

The upgrades slowly drifted towards Max's style because it sets the faster times.

[@senseandsustainability8178]

A journalist asked Max about this a few weeks ago, in a post-race press conf. Max said that during Baku practice he figured "something" out about the RB19, something clicked and that's when his unbeatable run started. not that complicated.

[@henrimoll9621]

Two times Max had problems. Starting in the back and being ill for 4 days.

[@justno984]

In saudi, max had a gearbox issue and dropped back on the grid, otherwise he had way better race pace than checo that race and would've most likely beaten him if he started on the front row and in baku, checo was genuinely faster than max because it's a track that suits him the most... in reality they were 3-1 in the first 4 races in terms of who was faster

[@ski6712]

as a past ski racer : when you keep making the same mistakes on the race course and fail to improve your FIS points/results/standings. it often represented burnout from trying to hard. so our coaches would recommend taking a break from competition and go free skiing and take your mind off your problems and just enjoy the fun aspect of skiing for a week or so and then start training on the hill with the basics /skills you have learned then move on to training on race course/gates until you have a handle on the mistakes you were making while racing then give it another try. it can take awhile even another race season or two to hopefully make a breakthru on the skills or mental/confidence needed to advance to a higher level. daunting it is 😳

[@Blyatarina]

Helmut Marco said it best, he's fighting issues within himself. He needs to work out what he's doing in present day as well as future plans, because it's obviously not going the route in which he or RBR intends it to.

[@tesciu00]

@Driver61 I have a theory. Maybe Max is better at handling the car with this anti squat and anti dive because he does a lot of simracing? When you race in the sim you don't have that kind of geforce feedback. And from what i saw he does not use motion simulation rig. So maybe he is better used to identyfy what's going on with his car by visual stimuli?

[@LogiForce86]

Visual and force feedback, maybe adding some tactile transducers at best for high frequency rumble.

[@lancealex382]

We'll never know until max has an elite team mate, I'd d rate perez at a B+ on his best day

[@KenSerpico5450]

Sergio is second in the championship, therefore his driving style is inconsequential.

[@josephwelburn]

Perhaps the reason Max relies on the simulator more than other drivers is as a means to train himself to drive on the limit with limited feedback from the front brake/suspension as a result of the anti-dive muting the real world feedback he gets in races.

[@flaming_ace]

This makes me wonder if Max's experience in sims is part of why he is so far ahead. As this video mentions anti-dive and anti-squat take away feeling of the car, but equally so does driving in a sim. Sims deprive you of your feel of the car and force you to pay attention to different characteristics, so Sergio may need a personal sim rig to learn how to feel these cars better

[@JBKNL]

not only sim racing. also his upbringing I think. The guy breaths racing. Wonder if it matters what sort of car you put him in.... or anything that has speed really

[@jamesmcgregor8314]

Seems this is exactly the opposite of Ricciardo's issues that he had at Mclaren. Checo it seems would prefer the Mclaren car and Ricciardo the Red Bull. Probably also why Ricciardo and Verstappen were so evenly matched at Red Bull preferring the same corner entry style.

[@jamesmcgregor8314]

Oops just realised this was mentioned at the end.

[@DireBox9990]

cant wait for the swap next year hehe

[@jamesmcgregor8314]

@@DireBox9990 Yeah that has to be the plan in 2024. If Ricciardo is doing well and Checo struggling again there will definitely be a swap.

[@Clyde-2055]

@@jamesmcgregor8314 - If they “promote” Ricky, ole Lawless gets the AT seat.

[@mass_de]

so you explaind Checo how to drive now hes gonna Dominate Max

[@jamesoshea580]

Yeah, just like we can all now dominate Max.

[@saifalbarwani9800]

What do you want from theory alone.

[@waqaryounas4336]

Nice explanation and it is a lot on tbr driver to make the car do what it does every weekend

[@disuser-lp3qv1tm8f]

He's feeling the Max effect. If you don't know the Max effect, it's the effect Max has on his teammates where he utterly dominates them to the point of them losing their confidence and starting to drive like absolute rookies.

[@akhilnaik4106]

It's more like Max able to get more from the car and absolutely dominate the field but comparatively checo not able to handle the dynamics of car and psychologically see his teammate absolutely get the best will definitely affect him

[@disuser-lp3qv1tm8f]

@@akhilnaik4106 That's basically the same thing, so no need to put it forward like something different. Of course Max has to drive better for him to crush his teammates. Duh!

[@justmethenetherlands2218]

Perez is one of the best drivers in the world, otherwise you wouldn't be driving in F1. Then you can expect that he also has adaptability. Especially if you also consider the possibilities of racing in a simulator. Blaming the car then seems more a matter of not wanting to admit your own shortcomings.

[@rvirui]

It's clear when you see that most of his career bested his teamates in top speed traps, his driving style is really etched in his body as most of this cars had the same balance characteristics. Even as a mexican myself, I agree still he needs to deal with it or move on, he can only thrive in a tailor made car that redbull can't afford to give him.

[@BshotPhotos]

If they could, theyd just run max by himself the way they run folks off after 2 seasons. If they even make half the season 😂

[@EastsideBodega_]

This is what I’ve been saying. Yes the RB is considered the best car.. but you ALSO have to be the best driver. If Sergio is paired with let’s stay Lance Stroll.. RB would be P3/P4 championship

[@muchai4704]

Brother that makes no sense 💀...he'd be P1,his still comfortably 2nd in the championship... he'd be P1 but not comfortably considering how much people like Max, Hamilton and Fernando push their machinery,but he'd still be p1 at the end of the day his not a bad driver and he more than often makes up for his qualifying woes in the race. His not a one lap specialist like Matt's just said but he sure is a good racer compared to alot of drivers. At the end of the day points are earned on Sunday not Qualy.

[@Flyineddy]

Makes you wonder how good that 2020 Racing Point (the pink Mercedes) actually was.

[@EastsideBodega_]

@@muchai4704 Reread what I said. Sergio is P2 in the drivers championship. I said RB, meaning the entire team would be P3/P4 in the championship. Their position would be a lot worse without a top driver like Max. They wouldn’t be considered nearly as dominant. I didn’t say Perez was a bad driver. But in comparison to even the competition around him… He would be getting beat

[@muchai4704]

@@EastsideBodega_ Fair enough...I misunderstood what you wrote thought you were talking about Perez only. You're absolutely right in that case.

[@EastsideBodega_]

@@muchai4704 hey I appreciate that. Tbh I really wanted Perez to fight for the championship. I get mad every time 😭. I hope you have a great day

[@UnchartedX]

8 min video, monetized with ads, 3 native ads, and a missed video link box (what were you pointing at?). nice work

[@colpul2103]

I feel like people over state how dominant the RB19 is. Not saying it isn't the quickest care on the grid right now, but it isn't that mush faster than the rest of the top teams. I think if Lewis and Max swapped seats Max would still be leading the drivers' standings. I am not really a Max fan but devil his due, I have never seen a driver so consistently precise over the course of a race/season. A all time great like Lewis or Alonso break within a hand's width of their spot, Max seems to do within a finger's width. Most drivers strive for that perfect lap, Max seems to have more of those per race than other drivers have in a season.

[@Minifliek]

I don't think he'd be leading the standings in a Mercedes this season. However Max is making the RB look more dominant than it actually is, the pace delta between RB and the rest isn't as big as it used to be in let's say the Mercedes era. Max is almost like a metronome, he can put in lap after lap of the same time this is where he is just so much more conisistent.

[@danielsgrunge]

It’s on its run to be the most dominating car ever tho

[@mrsensei8878]

​@@danielsgrunge What is dominating. By points? Or by speed? It was claimed that the Mercedes could lap the entire field at the beginning of there era.

[@danielsgrunge]

@@mrsensei8878 Winning % I was secretely hoping for a 100% win rate this season which let's be honest some may call boring and I understand it is but it would've been CRAZY Currently it's still on tracks to be the highest % ever which is cool but you know it's not as impactful as would be if it was the 1st car ever to get 100% But it was still kinda nice to see Ferrari win

[@mrsensei8878]

@@danielsgrunge Now that we have seen Vettel his record broken and how much fun Singapore was to watch I hope the other teams catch up.

[@onkelmarvin8360]

Well............technically there`s nothing wrong with his driving style, but F1 drivers has a personal life aswell. Checo has 4 children, and that`s bound to take the focus of things. Also........his teammate, is quite possibly, one of the Greatest F1 talents EVER, and all other teammates Verstappen has had...........did a lot worse..........so just realize, that Verstappen is impossible to beat, and probably will be for years to come...........🤔

[@fitch8363]

I often wonder if Lando or Oscar could drive that car almost as well as Max? I doesn't seem like Ricardo, who had significant issues with the McLaren, would be any better with the car than Checo. Twice now, Checo has been really good with the car early in the season, then had progressively more problems as upgrades made it less drivable for him. The upgrades only result in a faster car for Max. Not sure if anybody else could deal with them.

[@kristoffer3000]

Ricc had major issues with McLaren, they broke him.

[@hankrearden5460]

Thisis why i find it funny when people say anyone can get in that car and challenge Max. Which i don't think is true outside of a couple drivers and really discounts what Max is able to do with a car that has to be within a window to be dominat like it is.

[@pimjcb9964]

I think Norris or Leclerc can come very close to Max, just because they both are also very passionate about sim racing. I think they can adapt easier to the RB19.

[@nigelharrison83]

Sergio is a really great driver and doesn't deserve the heat he's getting for his performances. How many drivers has Max made look average now? It's getting ridiculous.

[@julianr.7186]

Yes, but now it ´s more evident because he always wins. Then you should expect Perez at least be always 2nd. And lately he seldom gets on the podium.

[@nigelharrison83]

@@julianr.7186 This shows how difficult the car is and how talented Max is. I highly doubt redbull would be where they are if they had any other driver on the grid in Max's place. I'd love to be proven wrong but nobody has come close yet. Unfortunately.

[@no1washerezz]

@@nigelharrison83 daniel ricciardo could probably be leading right now if he was in max's seat. their driving styles are rather similar but that being said, it's still undeniable that verstappen has the fastest car as he is physically proving that it can dominate the rest of the grid.

[@julianr.7186]

@@nigelharrison83 You may be right, but in addition to that, I don´t think Max would like any of the "talented" as a team mate. And RB would agree.

[@enitalp]

Hamilton has a similar problem that his co-driver doesn't feel. It's the new generation of pilots : The Gran Turismo generation. Older pilots drive the car by feeling what the vehicle does. At the same time, the new generation follows what they see the car doing and adapts (Verstappen said something similar about his driving style recently). During COVID-19, when I saw all the young pilots doing YT streaming E-Sports, I realized it was a new generation of pilots. I'm also astonished by the results of some of the YT Simracers, switching to the real world and being so good immediately.

[@banditalley9592]

Adrian Newey is such a legend. I wonder if his brain every switches off. Pair him with a Max or a Seb and you end up with such one-sided championships

[@hound83]

Could it maybe be that the RB isnt that "all conquering quick" as people say it is?? Look wheher Max is putting the car compared to his teammate and then look at other teams. Just saying Max is quick but the RB is doing all the work is not fair probably. Max is doing an outstanding job. Look at the MB that was truly dominant. The 2 MB drivers where going at it pretty much every race and it was almost a coin toss who would win... Now look at the current RB... Its only that quick and dominant in the hands of Max, Perez is sometimes even outside of the top10! That says more about the drivers than the car!

[@mikemelina7395]

Red Bull could design a car tailor make it to suit Perez, and Verstappen would still be quicker in it on almost every circuit on the calendar. There's a talent gap few racing analysts are willing to recognize, and rest assured, even with the car perfectly suiting Perez, he would be slower in comparison to other drivers on the grid, because tailoring the car to suit his abilities would make it slower overall. The key is adaptability and Max has that in spades.

[@DenUitvreter]

Correct. This also reminds of Alonso, where it doesn't work. Somehow there is a pattern in the cars of Alonso developping towards him in sense that the gap with his teammate grows immensely, but the gap to the frontrunners also grows throughout the seasons. He looks better while is car starts looking worse as the season progresses.

[@SuperTommy2005]

Red bull put all the best engineers on maxs car they put the B team on Sergio's car. No way they are racing the same car

[@VERSAVVAS1]

the video starts at 1:21

[@dzikripratama3776]

Thank you

[@phillgizmo8934]

It's a misconception that a better instrument makes a better musician. In fact, the finer instrument you play, the less misplays it hides, thus the more sloppyness it shows. That car is that good, that is requires more mastery to surf it closer to the edge. Secondly it is the mechanics team and the drivers tuning ability synergy. (awful wording) The methodology understanding of tuning the car together, driver's feedback, engeeric explanation to driver about the tuning windows. (I think that's better worded) Thirdly the pressure: "Is it so difficult to drive like a champion on a champion class car?" Cut him some slack. He is performing solidly good, better than Bottas as the second merc at times.

[@juriteller3688]

Probably the Sergio Perez part of the driving style.

[@stevejh69]

Perez was NEVER a world class driver, a great No2 yes. But NOT a contender for a world title! But he is also suffering from being Maz's teammate Max needs to destroy him, just like he destroyed every other No2 driver.

[@sebulbathx]

Faster car equals harder to drive. I think this is shown often with the greatest drivers they manage to extract the most out of the car leaving their teammate far behind. For this reason I think the field has become closer because the cars are slower nowadays and with overall faster cars fewer drivers will be able to get the most out the car they drive. Anyway I think Verstappen destroys "it's all about the car" argument like it's still the driver that has to extract the performance out of the car. Imagine if Perez was number one in RB with this car the RB car would appear slow and almost not competitive for wins.

[@inspiredglue2056]

Yup, Hamilton Alonso Verstappen Schumacher all similar here

[@anameyoucantremember]

Now, this is the fun part: If you magically remove Max, Perez would have won 8 races and he'd be leading he WDC with a margin

[@nipun9504]

Faster car equals harder to drive- yeah tell that to 2020 mercedes, fastest f1 car ever

[@nipun9504]

​@@anameyoucantrememberi dont think they even have a clue about what they write

[@nhs.14]

@@nipun9504a car that was at the end of the regulation? They had years of development on that car. You wanna see how crazy rb car would be if fia doesn’t mess up the regulation until 2025?

[@afxtwinreverb]

Another thing is that Checo outside the weekend has the head completely outside racing while Max eats and sleeps in the sim

[@vikeng21]

Perez is much like Sainz very calculated, gentle, methodical and not reckless. However if you see both Max and Leclerc they have high octane driving style, they take more risks and are mostly reckless in a good way. That is the difference and that's why both are successful in their respective teams. The technicals are just a eye wash as both drivers in their respective teams drive the same package.

[@johnnypolex]

My friends and I do a lot of track days. I am almost always faster in the slower corners. Part of that is I think due to my chronic anxiety and how it affects the higher speed, and potentially more dangerous, corners. I do see that Checo is more reserved. Sometimes that is indicative of a hard working person that has an underlying fear/anxiety. Unfortunately, higher speed corners are more important for overall lap times When I am on my opioid medication, my chronic anxiety is lower, and I’m able to be more aggressive at high speed corners. My lap times and passing ability also improve on the meds I do a lot of sim racing and i’m faster on the sim since i don’t have the fear of crashing. My chronic anxiety and focus is rooted from childhood trauma

[@noahgray5229]

what in the name of all that's holy is this comment

[@johnnypolex]

@@noahgray5229 haha. Its truth tho

[@seen48]

Sergio has never driven a car like this (good), he’s not as talented as Max, or a few others on the grid, only likes street courses (only a few per year which is good for the sport), and he can’t seem to adapt to the pressure of how well Max is doing which is making him drive past his strengths.

[@stableianF1oracle]

Very similar to Lewis and Russell last year when Lewis was trying to beat Russell but Lewis’s ability wasn’t enough.

[@adampetten5349]

🎉funny, yet Sir Lewis is beating Russell almost as badly as Max is beating Checo. Last year Sir Lewis had 5 second places to George's one! Hamilton was experimenting with the car for the team last year. This year 190-115 so far. George is very elite but Lewis is preternatural.

[@stableianF1oracle]

@@adampetten5349 Yeah I keep hearing about Lewis in 2022 testing out square wheels and having a fish tank on his lap during the race. 🤣 Any excuse to cover for a dismal year of George battering him. You're so daft you'd think the Mercedes was the slowest. George got 4th place at the end of the year which is very good and Lewis 6th which is pathetic. 😆

[@adampetten5349]

@@stableianF1oracle battering is what happened to Palmer and Gutierrez. Lewis had almost as many points and was faster when the car was fast. 4th and 6th could be 2 points apart in theory and a 1% difference in points. Hardly battering . Even 190-115 isn't quite battering but a sound beating.

[@stableianF1oracle]

@@adampetten5349 Why didn’t you just say the difference instead of pretending it could have been 2 points. Is this Lewis’s mum I’m replying to? It was 35 points not 2. Add to that George got a win and Lewis got nothing zilch zero …. Next you’ll be trying to convince yourself and everyone that Max this year is only 2 points ahead of Lewis because Max is 1st and Lewis 3rd. Stop defending the indefensible. Next year they will have to carry old decrepit Lewis to the car and give him a bag to poo in during the race 😂

[@adampetten5349]

@@stableianF1oracle you are in charge Stable Loon. Yeeesss. Your Wisdom is soo unique🍻🍾

[@charamia9402]

So in short, Newey designs the fastest car possible within the regulations, and Verstappen can drive anything to the limit.

[@zapid6733]

So basically Ricciardo and Perez should've swapped seats in 2022🤔

[@sircharles7323]

Would be so interesting to see other F1 Driver Colleges on the Red Bull besides Max. I am quite sure, nobody else could ride the bull as fast as Max. I don´t think Peres is so bad, it is Max that is so good for this concept. So this could be also a problem for Red Bull F1 Team, if they loose Max someday. Maybe they are there, where Peres is. Anyway I think we common everyday car drivers have no clue what strange thing it is, to drive such an aero car on the limit!

[@jasonmoyer]

I love Checo, but I've never understood how he ended up with a long F1 career and Kobayashi didn't. I guess it boils down to money.

[@petouser]

His 2012 season was pretty much the key where he could beat Kobayashi, Yet I think Kobayashi is the more adjustable driver and can deal with cars that don't fit his style. this is why he is such a endurance monster where drivers are forced to comprimise for team mates.

[@areebsiddiqui758]

He beat the likes of Hulkenburg and Ocon who are excellent midfield drivers. Back in his Racing Point days people were calling Perez one of the best drivers on the grid and now the same people think he's crap. The truth is that of the current grid anyone barring Hamilton or Alonso would struggle next to Max, he's just that good so he makes a great driver look avaerage.

[@daarom3472]

​@@areebsiddiqui758Alonso would be obliterated by Max at this stage of his career. Lewis would definitely struggle as well but would be able to beat Max on pace regularly.

[@squeakybunny2776]

​@@areebsiddiqui758who called him one of the best? We still had Lewis, vettel, max, leclerc, Russel, Norris, sainz. Even bottas did better. That already puts him 9th. Hardly "one of the best" when there are only 20 drivers to begin with.

[@justusbeweel1109]

@@daarom3472he def wouldn’t in the RB. Lewis doesn’t like an unstable rear end. Out of 24 races it would probably be like 16:8 in favor of max . Out of the current grid no driver could extract the performance of max out of the RB.

[@WildDisaster]

This doesnt explain why hes punting cars off the track in a faster car, though. He's not lost the plot bc of the car, but due to his own state of mind.

[@The.sizzler]

The car is "base built up" for Max driving style

[@TMJ32]

Newey doesn't design for drivers.

[@pantrofl]

This "the car is built for driver A or driver B" is such a BS argument. They design a car to be fast. Then it's up to the drivers to make the most out of it.

[@F1_HQ]

@@TMJ32 But he'll listen to the drivers, especially Max, who is their fastest driver. The Verstappen-Newey partnernship is underrated. The fact that Newey can give Max what he wants from the car shows that Max gives Newey good feedback

[@TMJ32]

@@F1_HQ of course he listens to Max. You have a guy that's obliterating the field, and a guy that only makes it out of Q3 half the time. Who is he supposed to listen to.

[@Brawlii]

Hell listen to max and then ADrian will say, cool story bro but look what i've drawn its 3 tenths quicker and then Max will shut up@@F1_HQ

[@MotoGreciaMarios]

I don't understand. Keeping the nose of the car up achieves less angle of attack for the aero surfaces than if it were allowed to nose-down. So why is this better for braking?