What's it like to drive a rocketship in a F1 race?

F1 Verstappen Belgium Spa Onboard

[@yelistener]

2024 cars flatout in Pouhon! kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqPGhIV8g7d5mbs

[@rerikm]

is there any way to compare Max's dominance with Hamilton one? I believe that could be an amazing video

[@connorclarke1218]

I watched that entire race and I’ll never forget what Coulthard said. It was like a video game, he stated that never in his career had he ever seen such a massive pace advantage between two teammates. There was a point in the first stint where Max was consistently 1.5 seconds a lap faster than Perez. I think on average he was 7 tenths quicker a lap but he managed at the end. I will always say that 22’ Spa was Verstappen’s signature race.

[@Alonso_The_GOAT]

Rocketship merchant Frestappen 🥶

[@SirHRDking]

much like with any other team mate over the years, skill issue.

[@sergeantsupreme4395]

​@@Alonso_The_GOAT No win in 11 years Alonso 🔥🔥

[@JohnPrello]

@@Alonso_The_GOATI will never understand how there are people like you who hate Verstappen so much, talking such shit KNOWING that you only say that because you’re jealous 😂😂

[@Alonso_The_GOAT]

@@sergeantsupreme4395 Still clear of Maxipad

[@hloupaopica]

I'm really looking forward to the Spa. Verstappen absolutely dominated Spa the last two years so if he can't even fight for win Red bull are in big trouble.

[@youbetu18]

they still had the edge in high speed corners in all of the last few races so they should be a contender. but yes i second what you said, if they arent they are fucked. also they might take on a new engine here for max making him start at least +10 places back.

[@reactions4u438]

Even tho the car isn’t the fastest, I still expect max to win this, even with an engine penalty

[@youbetu18]

@@reactions4u438 you expect Max to win it even starting 10th or lower? man this isnt 2023. like i said, i full on expect the RB to be the fastest car in Spa but he aint winning from p10.

[@reactions4u438]

@@youbetu18 I’ll come back to this after the race…. Let’s see who’s right 😀

[@youbetu18]

@@reactions4u438 lets do it. I mean id love to see it, but I just dont think its possible. We will have to get the 10place grid penalty for it to even be a possibility though. :D

[@kentaoji939]

2022 : Red Bull 2023 : Rocket Bull 2024 : (Suddenly) Tractor Bull 💀

[@taha2498]

Apparently redbull had an illegal part and FIA made them remove it

[@mich2962]

perez: 2022: Red Bull 2023: Tractor Bull 2024: Quadriplegic Bull

[@Azmania3000]

Oh you mean a lambo?

[@motis555]

Tied 2nd fastest car = tractor. OK, good to know. People will complain about competitiveness then shit with the same anger when it comes.

[@Franceee___]

that's a strech

[@twosnakse]

Your vids are always concise and interesting mate. Thanks for doing what you do.

[@dubby_ow]

small feedback, put current position next to a current lap next time

[@Plinkofficial]

Thank you for your quality content.

[@KarenTondro]

“Even if we put a, a rrrrocket sheep we will be eleventh” Max: hold my beer

[@mramenlordi3098]

GP 2 ARGH

[@some2nw]

mate i have no breaks, no tyres, we are out of the points

[@magical5181]

car feels great, much slower then before..

[@adampigott9677]

all the time you have to leave a space!!!

[@Windrunner11]

"Well done Max, that was a class drive"

[@Arejen03]

340km/h is wild

[@schnickoman]

v10 era around monza and indy, that is all

[@adsadsaddFQ]

310km/h through Eau is wild.

[@JotaV2502]

​@schnickoman Not that impressive because cars had a lot less downforce back then and the cars are now 200kg heavier

[@larsencoppens2332]

MotoGP can go 360

[@dtnkk]

Sainz in 2020 did 370+ with McLaren so

[@motis555]

Crazy toxicity in the comments. It's like you can't be happy we have an F1 with actual fights now, and must be angry at something ANYTHING. Really, horrible.

[@chelsey4391]

they complain about max whining but do the exact same thing every weekend 🤣

[@carlosbarton763]

When a driver dominates and wins most of the races there is so much negativity from the community about how bad F1 is, how F2 and IndyCar are better series etc. The "see you in 2026" comments from a few months back were just insufferable Then when we get a competitive season, the rival fanbases try to tear each other to pieces (case in point Silverstone 2021) instead of appreciating the general excitement on the track There's little variation from either of these scenarios and I'm sick to death of it

[@dannywhite132]

F1 when its one driver winning: "Ugh this is so boring" F1 when there are battles: "ugh i hate all this aggressive driving and angry drivers!"

[@Serian-o1g]

@@dannywhite132bro what we don’t mind battles any battles if lando checo russel Hamilton we will get excited but hopefully we want max to just g3t l0st and not battle anyone cuz he’s Schumacher 2.0

[@dannywhite132]

@@Serian-o1g I feel like yoi should be on some sort of medication

[@ananthu8534]

Verstappen's victory at Spa 2022 is congruent to Hamilton's victory in Brazil 2021. Overpowered Cars overtaking every other cars on the long straight ⚡

[@Fail84-nv7qh]

I remember this race. The previous race he came back from 10th in Hungary and won that thing

[@BCSimracing]

Another great video.. thanks for putting these together. I have not missed an F1 race since 2018 so i remember all these things you're covering, but the analysis and data you add to it really helps put some things into a much clearer perspective! Keep it up!

[@guitarsimon1]

This is like those Assetto Corsa videos where an LMP1 car overtakes a field of GTEs with a lap head start, absolutely insane performance by man and machine.

[@evilzzzability]

This is like a videogame where the difficulty is on medium setting. After the first half of the season where Leclerc made a fight of it, this was the point where everyone understood just how absolutely massive the gap to the Red Bull concept was.

[@user-tr1hx7jx4r]

One of his best races , he had the best car of course but it's ridiculous watching him climb up the order so quickly

[@Moon17128]

Imagine without the initial safety car. I'd say he'd have gone up within 12 laps

[@wut940]

I think Lewis in Brazil 2021 was even more ridiculous.

[@LaCreatura-uz2gn]

​@@wut940here before someone gets angry

[@andreymiranda6899]

​@@wut940 lewis in brazil 2021 was pure performance.

[@wenkytingler9009]

@@wut940 not saying it wasnt a good drive but if the sprint wasnt there i dont think he would have won it tbh

[@S.man777]

Max was in an absolute flow state this race. Of course the car is amazing but he made not a single mistake and stayed incredibly consistent

[@AntonBazzhenov]

Pure joy and happiness in RB team. Completely deserved all of it.

[@Chequered.flag13]

He went up the order so quickly

[@hivolt9993]

It's looks like me after I've had a few beers and turned on the ps5. Amazing!

[@10001000101]

The lack of defense by most of the grid is part of the reason why he has been so dominant, everyone takes a "we're not racing him" attitude so max ends up racing no one and wins easily.

[@KanzaiDoriftoz]

@@10001000101 I mean, is there a reason to fight what esentially is a battle that you'd just lose time, kill your tyres and still possibly lose because you don't have the car and/or pace to do something about it?, I'm not saying that F1 drivers aren't supposed to race but sometimes it's the smarter choice not to do it and play it cool

[@RecklessRacer]

at a circuit like spa its not like you can do anything when rb is a rocketship down the straight

[@Celciusify]

I mean Verstappen had won 9/13 races, two of which where retirements. What are you going to do to beat that? And Verstappen is known to fight relentlessly. So by defending him you'd only lose time, ruin your tires and risk a crash. Everyone knew he'd win that race given the pace of that car.

[@5950ziel]

You absolutely haven't got a clue what you're talking about. Most of these overtakes were UNDEFENSABLE. When your team is 5th in the championship and 10 points behind the 4th and 8 points ahead of the 6th fighting Verstappen who ON HIS OWN is ahead of your team by 200 points makes absolutely no sense.

[@86niisan8686]

if thats your logic, fine... but atleast explain it a bit, dont just go 'they didnt want to defend'. Basically: they all know he has the fastest car, they all know how great of a driver he is, they all know hes gonna win, they all know they will lose performance of their own car if they defend, THAT is why he was so dominant.... not because they simply decided to not defend against him.

[@s0lsticefr4]

This guy knows how to drive not starting from first for sure

[@cupidstunt22]

Lol

[@JG-vo8ey]

Try last to first 😎

[@afolarxn]

He didnt do it so well on sunday did he mate

[@woutgaming9685]

Bro he barely slept because he had a sim race at 3AM lmao can't expect him to be perfect every single race ​@@afolarxn

[@mineralwater6736]

@@woutgaming9685 shit excuse 😂😂 Max ain't shit without the fattest car.

[@craz7644]

Well we have seen this season that its not always easy to win even when u have good car

[@Dareful]

when the car and the man are one, i loved this dominance

[@mineralwater6736]

and now when he doesn't have the fastest car all he does is cry on the radio and crash into his rivals. 2015-2021 Maxi os back.

[@12rsz]

​@@mineralwater6736Hamilton was not that different either, mate. 😂

[@mineralwater6736]

@@12rsz pov: you started watching g F1 in 2022. Lewis has always shown more class than mxi ever will.

[@12rsz]

​@@mineralwater6736L.

[@12rsz]

​@@mineralwater6736Lawl.

[@Marcushalberstram749]

the japanese grand prix that year was even more insane he pulled away from the field at a second a lap

[@africanpenguin3104]

Man if we don’t win in spa things look worrying in the drivers too

[@Megumi44-vm6fn]

Max will take an engine penalty . He will start from behind . The Canadian GP engine is completely gone .

[@Redeemed95]

@@africanpenguin3104 We? Are you Max or a Red Bull employee?

[@TheGarfield1337]

"we" ... cringe bro

[@Sdamigos]

We…wtf, are you nine?

[@ibeast2959]

Who the hell is “we”? You mean max and max alone as Checo won’t help

[@ray.shoesmith]

Eau Rouge at full send is great to watch imo

[@totalmadnesman]

Mate, this was really good! I love the live text abouve the footage.

[@hyperbluejay8002]

ive watched this vid a thousand times, I can see the title change

[@indanekwaffles7074]

Super clean video. Subbed.

[@francescocacciari9748]

you should upload all the Hamilton vs Vettel battles here at Spa from 2017, 2018 and 2019

[@resh121]

would like to see that

[@ABYTE64]

@@francescocacciari9748 it is already on the chanell

[@phuctran6619]

"BUT HERE COME SEBASITIAN VETTEL"

[@niverio8400]

It is titled "when the engine is weak vs when the engine is godly"

[@ABYTE64]

@@niverio8400 yes

[@LewisHamiltonMSPR]

It's rare to see an F1 car still accelerating after it's pulled out of the draft at nearly 340Km/h, normally they drop some speed straight away and also tend to run out of battery by then.

[@pimvanduijne]

100% it's so weird because he was also fast in the corners iirc, interesting that you mention the battery. Now i'm wondering how much the battery degrades or i guess the battery capacity in particular. Because the checo overtake is fresh vs old PU, we'll never know the deployment of checo off course. But still you are right normally you clearly notice coming out of the draft and here it's like nothing. There is one other thing i can think of and that's a strong wind in your back. It doesn't look like it because the draft looks strong but maybe it isn't.

[@giuseppegius6175]

I think from that race on, they discovered something grey that made them absolutely dominant

[@marc3llofficial]

2:27 Impressionante a variação de altura na Eau Rouge. Já vi milhares de vezes, mas é a primeira vez que vejo nesse angulo e dar pra ter uma dimensão melhor do quão rápido e alto é esse trecho. No finalzinho da subida dar até pra ver que o piloto dar um leve descolada do assento. Impressive elevation change at Eau Rouge. I've seen it thousands of times, but this is the first time I've seen it from this angle, and you can get a better sense of how fast and steep this section is. At the very end of the climb, you can even see the driver slightly lift off the seat.

[@Yung_Lowdown59]

This is me when i play f1 games on 30 ai difficulty lol

[@absolutentity]

People absolutely commenting things they don't know how f1 works. Rest of the field caught up with RB. There's no way Max can repeat a similar feat.

[@abdulfitra3771]

i miss this rocketship

[@KanzaiDoriftoz]

Ah yes, this is the best time to post something complimenting Max of all drivers rn, I can't wait to see comments saying: "hE aLwAyS hAd a rOcKeTsHiP bOzO"

[@Iceblock_1]

Fact Leclerc started also from P15 and only finished P6 after a 5sec Penalty

[@KanzaiDoriftoz]

@@Selendeki I didn't meant it in either way, just saying the timing for this video is really bad, and because of it, some people will unironically leave comments like the one used as the example.

[@Narender2022]

Like how hamilton had with merc..!😂😢

[@Reaz399]

These people are by far the funniest and most of them haven‘t even watched the sport for longer than 2 seasons. They don‘t realise that Max has driven 6 out of his 10 seasons in his F1 career in non championship contending machinery and he has performed insanely in every single season in his career (always relative to his age, experience and machinery of course).

[@KanzaiDoriftoz]

@@Narender2022 Ah great, I attracted Lewis haters too, I just caused colateral damage

[@SteveVanAgteren]

Nice video. But why the massive text with background blocking the video...

[@ravebourg]

Yelistener should take note and improve his videos, notes like this rn feel intrusive.

[@AJG63]

It was crazy to see Verstappen climbing the order during this race. Also, you’re so close to 100K subscribers! Thank you for the awesome content!

[@putt10000]

I think your analysis can be put up top like subtitle, no need to blur the whole screen. I bet it took a lot of energy of you for video editing.

[@lewisjh8962]

It amazes me how Perez can start 2nd on the grid in that car & still can’t get past Sainz before Verstappen. Max started in P14 & still finished nearly 20 seconds ahead of Perez, which suggests Perez should’ve been kicked out a long time ago for his poor performances.

[@kentaoji939]

Sad but true. Perez can make a rocketship become a tractor.

[@johnnycab8986]

Perez literally got 2nd and 3rd in 2022 and 2023. He had 4 podiums this year, it's only the last 7 races that his performance has tanked, Verstappens pace is getting bad now too. The RB is behind the Mclaren and Mercedes at this point and possibly even the Ferrari. All the Perez hate is so over the top and cringe, like you are programmed to hate on the latest thing from F1 media to hate. Perez literally got 2nd place in this race and you still moan about him.

[@TheFatSandwhich]

@@johnnycab8986 Perez hasn't been in form since midway through 2023. What F1 are you watching? The Red Bull is definitely ahead of Mercedes and Ferrari on overall pace. Yeah, Perez got 2nd place last year. Barely, and 300 points behind Max.

[@Casherr93]

Perez is good, thats why he is in a rb, but he has been struggling in some races since 2021

[@pedroarthur3317]

​​@@johnnycab8986Oh my god lets act like its a generational performance by a driver who is 7th in the championship and his teammate is leading the championship by more than 70 points, someone who gets outqualified by Logan freaking Sargeant in 4 of the last 6 races. You must be as blind as possible to think he desearves this RB seat

[@MXXAnthonyCarmineMXX]

You missed the moment when Max used the banana tear off trick from Mario Kart to ruin Leclerc's front brake xD

[@thegrandplay1780]

In the end it was confirmed to be a stroll tear off

[@86niisan8686]

it was stroll..... this is 2 yrs old, only briefly during the race did they think it was verstappen. later during the race, after the race and in interviews it was constantly repeated it wasnt verstappen.

[@uglyhorseteethbritsht]

it was strolls stuuupid dog

[@aaron-damonkassner4715]

I believe Yeli has a video on that I could be wrong.

[@MercenaryZack]

Absolute beast of a car, perfect match for a driver like Max who knew how to fully take advantage of it.

[@rjv]

Hey I'm still able to see part of the video between the text that pops up. You might want to make the box permanent to block it completely throughtout the video duration

[@dubby_ow]

could you please reupload Pouhon taken flat by different cars video? I cannot find it anymore :(

[@someperson4823]

Rocketship indeed. That was like playing f1 game, the opposition was non existent.

[@GoesWithTheFlow]

I was there that day! Only race I ever witnessed irl and as a big fan of Max it was a blast!

[@QuintenKetelslegers-jk8by]

I was there and to witness this was insane

[@Username-lw1ei]

Hopefully he returns to winning form with his engine at spa this weekend

[@jovicamarkovic]

Hopefully not

[@ABYTE64]

@@Username-lw1ei hope not

[@nomiyahere3466]

@@ABYTE64 Why not? everyone that fast enough deserve to win right?

[@ABYTE64]

@@nomiyahere3466 but hope he doesn't win

[@nomiyahere3466]

@@ABYTE64 i hope he is if he's fast enough. For everyone

[@detmer87]

Red Bull still should have an advantage at Spa. If they have their setup together I still expect a 0.15~0.2 gap.

[@29pesos51]

If they don't they are 10000000000% cooked because the mclaren is strong all around and if they make it just a tenth faster it's done for Max

[@Yara-d9v6b]

Do you watch F1 on X or what? McLaren are the team to beat even Piastri said they except to be the fastest in Spa and seein how the upgrade of the RB worked and Checo bein closer to Verstappen in pace they can be behind Mercedes too. And remember W15 is gettin upgraded on Spa too.

[@29pesos51]

@@detmer87 Also their brake hole in the race got banned from this gp onwards so

[@detmer87]

@@Yara-d9v6b We will see.

[@Franceee___]

@@Yara-d9v6b nah, spa is the complete opposite of hungary, RB will definitely be up there with McLaren if not a bit faster. RB is still the best on the straights, not by much but still the best

[@aaron-damonkassner4715]

My fav bit was the cam was on Max on lap 7 climbing Eau Rouge/Radillion to pass Alonso.

[@micksteinz]

Legendary performance!

[@L0ND0NITE]

100-200kph in 2 seconds is nuts

[@giuseppegius6175]

Before that race, presumably in the holiday session (and is prohibited), they had discovered something that made them absolutely dominant for that year and the whole following one. They went from being at Ferrari level to have 0.6s advantage on average...

[@Ganjahachis]

2:35 what a rocket 🚀🚀

[@XBR4Da]

When you're playing f1 myTeam and you've unlocked all the upgrades

[@qqxxmm]

Yes rocketship! But what a drive from Max!

[@noahgonzalez7923]

i thought i was the only one who noticed how his car turned to a missile in Belgium

[@alexhndr]

Remember, this year Spa is mostly resurfaced (WEC comes before resurface, Spa24 happens AFTER resurface.) Significant time gain for the GT cars. Now we'll see how the Formula's gonna go

[@LukãoRZN]

342km overtake, right before the braking point, he's still enjoying his prime physique, just, top performance

[@LunnarisLP]

What people dont understand is that noone wanted to fight Verstappen anyway. Leclerc being an exception because he in theory had a fast car as well. The midfield teams are all fighting their own fights for lets say p8, and dont want to cook their tired trying to defend against a much much faster RB car. You can really see how everyone just waved him by and didnt bother to defend, most visibly with Ricciardo and Vettel who could have easily covered the inside if they had wanted to in their overtakes, same for Russell and Alonso. They were simply not interested in defending. Perez naturally waved him by given all he ever do was sit back to help out Verstappen. The only one even trying a little to defend was Sainz on P1, but even he knew that it didnt matter and he would be better of ensuring his car stays save and he finishes on the podium.

[@am1211-r1z]

15 laps on softs in spa💀

[@BvDmZ]

It was insane to witness this live, to see the gap that he pulled in real time was insane.

[@PicnicAtTheTesco]

The Verstappen fan boys seem to forget that a driver doesnt account for any of the car's top speed advantage, it's not like they're powering it themselves. It's his least impressive win in my opinion, there are others that made me applaud such as his first one, but this is also like Lewis beating Bottas > unremarkable. Yours, a Lewis fan.

[@Luke-tl4vw]

But what they can do is have less wing on ( therefore making the car faster down the straight) and not lose time in the corners to those with higher wing angles on. So yeah the driver doesnt directly affect straight line speed but they do indirectly

[@johncoleman6561]

You can add text without blocking half the screen

[@Quasar909]

It's like that so it's harder to be flagged for copyright from F1.

[@RajvardhanShinde-z2m]

ADRIAN NEWEY EFFECT 😅😅😅😅

[@KaDuWin]

Lets be fair, there are a number of factors at play here. Lets not just assume it was a walk in the park, starting that far back. 1.This helps highlight the problem with passing aids. It gives every car on the track (especially the strongest) much greater ease in passing and there isn't much of a battle that can be given. This gives the dominant cars even more of an advantage over slower cars. 2.Max still had to look after the car which also had to function perfectly mechanically. (Tires, engine, etc). One thing failed and it was probably a retirement or loss. 3.Max has proven he is ambitious enough to push the limits and skilled enough to get the job done against other good drivers on the grid. Regardless of his earlier years in F1, he's proven himself. 4.Making a pass of 1 or more cars in the first corner of Spa is not anything amazing. The first corner at many tracks is typically a location where many grid places are traded on the first lap regardless of car strength. 5.(I hate using this comparison since people generally blow it way out of proportion). This reverberates back to Japan 88, when Senna dropped from front of the grid to 16th place, due to a technical problem. He then fought his way be back to catch, pass, and beat teammate Prost for the championship win. Putting on this performance from the middld of the grid deserves more credit. Please do not misunderstand this statement, Max is nowhere in the same universe as Senna, but I do give him credit here because I think its due.

[@thitrinhxuan8580]

Look like me when I playing F1 game with 31% AI 😂😂😂

[@Real28]

0:54 ironic, he just got mad in 2024 Hungary for having that done to him but not nearly as severe as what he did to Charles

[@iplaygames-j9b]

is some of the turn number wrong? he overtook albono at t8 not 10. t10 is pouhon

[@jemaineramdin4206]

Phenomenal drive, Max is undoubtedly one of the best to ever do it

[@zabicka0766]

hehe, nope

[@bugra320]

I was like him when I used to play Grand Prix 3 with Mika Hakkinen

[@splicegodlovessplice]

Give Max a good car, he wins. Give Max a great car, he demolishes.

[@link9s_xbc588]

Adrian Newey is a genius.

[@birdseye2239]

Im starting to think that his car really was faster than everyone elses

[@theschnurrbart2260]

bro pls send me the onboards before and i edit them a bit to make them a bit better i cant stand this quality hahahah no hate love your channel

[@Cuskocuint]

This car brake much better than any other.

[@dannyrood1262]

Also a good advertisement for shorter DRS zones on certain tracks. I really hope they shorten the Kemmel Straight DRS zone, back to what it was in 2017 and earlier. Even shorter than that would be nice, it's proven to be far too powerful

[@OPBjorn]

Why did you put a giant black square on the screen

[@rowanbroekman3929]

You got the best driver in the history of the sport, in the best car out there at the time on his very favorite track. Yes, then you get this. It's funny to see that he actually doesn't push everyone out actually. You can see in the beginning that he sometimes does let others go without fighting or pushing them. Really mature and patient drive and really Max his style, only overtake when he can do it clean and safe, unlike many other F1 drivers.

[@abdiaden7959]

Verstappen beast mode activated

[@LH-es7ct]

*cheat mode

[@PlaystationJakarta1]

kikuk 🎉

[@PlaystationJakarta1]

🎉

[@samknox1]

Not to throw shade at Max, but he had the fastest car and no one was really racing him. The commentators made a big deal about Max starting P15, but when they asked the other drivers who they thought was going to win the race, they all said, “Max”.

[@ManWithSum]

He better make a comeback this weekend!

[@mathiaspersson8508]

1:08 Hamilton serving a slow down on the racing line smh

[@eerotonteri9904]

When the red bull was actually good…

[@ABYTE64]

it is finally over

[@Redeemed95]

Still are. Verstappen car has still been the best thought the season so far... Slight dip in performance/other teams catching up and people go on like the car is trash. Lol. 2024 Red Bull car is still the best car on the grid.

[@anurag15271]

@@Redeemed95keep telling yourself that

[@Redeemed95]

@@anurag15271 logic, reason and facts are not Max fanboys biggest traits. It's ok mate. The guy hasn't won the past 3 races and all of a sudden you claiming he doesn't have the best car LMAO. Nobody has won more than 1 race other than Max Verstappen with 8 and a couple of exits from certain wins due to car failure or collisions. Never come across a more delusional fanbase and I've been watching since the early 2000's

[@anurag15271]

i dnt have power to convince you to change your mind and you have made up your mind nd will stick to it. Even if the god show you all the data, you wouldnt believe but yeah its okay.

[@crispybacon4580]

Even if redbull does solve the braking problems with the rb20 this weekend, they still need to deal with its high tyre degradation. Hope they pull their wits together, otherwise it’s downhill for them as the season goes on.

[@chandanasri7404]

It’s like he’s playing with 0% A.I. Meanwhile in the second half of 2024, it’s suddenly 110% A.I.

[@Belisarius516]

Is the DRS much more effective now than say during the Vettel era or the Mercedes era? As todays F1 drivers just don't bother to defend.

[@TheImSolid]

DRS was a lot stronger from 2017 - 2021 because they were a lot draggier and produced even more dirty air. A lot of times some drivers don't defend a DRS move if the car is much quicker overall (RB18/19 for example) or not even worth defending if the other guy got the move early. When the move is being done right when they're braking then you have defenses like Russell vs Verstappen at Spain 2022.

[@Belisarius516]

@@TheImSolid Thanks. One question: the DRS during the Vettel era 10-13, that one was surely weaker right? That’s what I see from onboards then.

[@maximiliannguyen1162]

in quali that weekend, Max secured the fastest time without having to do the second attempt in q3

[@Strakos0]

On the end he said "car was a rocketship", not rockship😂

[@archvile1313]

Yeah it's so dominant or I should say easy when you have the FIA on your side plus with the best car on grid which much more superior pace to any other team, of course it will look dominant and ease play.

[@tejaspro-hv1to]

can we also get 2023 race also i want to see pace advantage there

[@hamzazilani6398]

This honestly begs the question could he have won from p20 or even from starting from the pitlane? Like an absolute rocket ship driven by the fastest driver with a great start like he had and having no one defend against him I genuinely think he would’ve pulled it off

[@LeongGunners]

He made his way past 14 backmarkers.

[@Mo.Ba.675.H]

He looks like me playing real racing 3 😂😂

[@abnfalcon3901]

Seeing Mclaren with the best pace in Miami and Silverstone, The only two high speed tracks before this. I bet they can give Red Bull a fight in Spa as well but they still have Drag in straight line speed I guess it would be the Verstappen factor that'll matter but that too looks not possible bcoz he'll take an Engine Penalty

[@rikardo831]

I wonder why only Sainz took a defensive line through Kemmel straight

[@ThanosB18C]

Get in there, MAX