Nostalgia is a powerful thing. Mind you, where F1 is concerned, the 1980's and very early 1990's was the golden period of the sport for me. I started watching in 1984 and didn't stop until around 2000. Due to it getting too petty and technical, in my opinion that is. Alboreto and Berger winning at Monza in 1988 was fate. Due to the passing of Enzo Ferrari. Mansell hadn't even finished a race at that point in 1988.

Schlesser is a coward!!!

Yeah, my initial impression was that the MP4/4 was GM’s design until I saw that interview with Steve. I don’t honestly think there’s any plausibility to GM’s claims anymore; multiple McLaren engineers have even vouched for Steve in writing. Not to say GM is without doubt a brilliant engineer but yeah.. It’s easy to see the benefit of why he’d want to take full credit for the MP4/4.

Laps led: 1003 out of 1031 laps in total. That's 97,3% of all laps that season. Still the record. Second on this list is the 2014 Mercedes which led 978 out of 1134 laps that season, or 86,2%. The MP4/4 is also the only car out of two to lead more than 1000 laps in a single season. The all-time record is the 2016 Mercedes which led 1055 laps. Naturally, there were 1268 laps to race that season translating to a 83,2% laps led. There were 21 races in 2016 compared to 16 in 1988...

Exactly. I hate the "X driver would have been champion with X points system". So what, they drive according to how they win at the time. Maybe they should have done better if they wanted to be champion

Arguably the best point to be made is Irvine for 1999. Under the current points system he'd have won (in fact at the penultimate round, making the rescinded DSQ the championship decider), the same under the 2003-2009 system. He'd also have won on the 1961-90 system (not accounting for "best x of y results" rules) as reducing Häkkinen's "lead" by a point would have meant Schumacher'd have handed Irvine 2nd place at the final race to clinch the title by a single point. Interestingly though, Schumacher would have secured the 1997 WDC under current points by finishing 2nd in Jerez and wouldn't have needed to risk the crash - and conversely, had the crash still happened, Villeneuve couldn't have let Häkkinen & Coulthard past near the end to keep his chances alive. On a darker note, under the current system in place since 2019 with an extra point for FL, Ickx would have overtaken Rindt at the very last race to clinch the title in 1970. The tragic story of a posthumous champion and a runner-up never to get a better shot at it again is more touching than a season unsung by an untimely death and a topnotch driver securing the title against a dead man.

We can only hope

Yeah, you're right. A 100% win record in a season is something that will most likely never happen. Then again, I'm pretty sure people thought that a 100% podium finish in a season was impossible until Michael Schumacher did it in 2002. So who knows?

Dirty Russel wil prevent that with a divebomb on Max.

@@nielsdorhout058 Because Max has always been a clean and calculated overtaker...

@@nielsdorhout058 Dirty Russell? Max is more dirty than Russell pal. I don't remember any other driver parking their car on another drivers head? George Russell is a decent fine upstanding chap.... just because he isn't scared of Max doesn't make him dirty at all.....

Didn’t forget him. He wasn’t as good as the others.

When are we getting Formula Zero, anyway? I want to see the inaugural Mute City Grand Prix.

​@@alaeriia01 we're going to have to wait until the 26th century

And we finally get the Roberto Moreno storytime!!!

More importantly 100K = MORENO SPECIAL

How does he not have 1m😩

I've been a fan since his dad was teammates with Michael. Max is awesome.

"Everybody is a Ferrari fan. Even when they say they are not, they are Ferrari fans." - God when asked why He made both McLarens DNF that day.

@@CyanRooper yes! Although I think we're on the drivers' sides usually. ;)

Yeah. It will be interesting to see if the wind tunnel restrictions allow Merc, Ferrari, Aston et all to catch up to maybe steal a win or two, but it sure doesn’t look like it’s going to happen. Red Bull’s wind tunnel simulations and modeling must be super advanced to give them such an edge as they enjoy presently with the restrictions already in place.

h i s o t r y

Oh I’m sure the strategy team will f++k that right up if it about to happen.

Ferrari would need some good upgrades to make that happen. They seem to be falling backwards right now.

Me too! I have already given up on Mercedes!

And the temperature of the fuel would also effect volume, which is why F1 now measures/mandates fuel loads in weight rather than volume.

That’ll be interesting. Only because of the time frame of it happening and the fact I have to go through a series of check boxes whenever I upload a video. I’m sure all those references to the “Third Rule” will go down well with the monetisation police. 🤣

so I did some quick maths. Although there is a lot of variables 150l with a temprature delta of 20c would change the volume by just under 3l The coefficient varies depending on the type of fuel, but for gasoline, it is typically around 0.00096 per degree Celsius. Using this coefficient, we can calculate the volume change as follows: Volume change = (Coefficient of expansion) * (Initial volume) * (Temperature change) Volume change = (0.00096) * (150 liters) * (20°C) Volume change ≈ 2.88 liters

B R O.

@@AidanMillward Spawts Entatainment

ChatGPT makes up stuff out of whole cloth, you know.

Didn't you mean azerbaijan? Hanoi would have been a cool track but it got cancelled due to the ronie boi

@@callumhutchinson1233 Yes! That's the track! I'll fix that immediately.

The main problem here is that Prost and Senna were an exceptional driver line-up whereas the only exceptional driver in the Red Bull is Max Verstappen. I don't count Perez in my top 6 and while Verstappen may be another Senna, Perez is aeons away from being another Prost. Barrichello could beat Schumacher on a good day and proved it several times. Coulthard could beat both Hakkinen and Raikkonen during a fine race weekend. Mark Webber proved his worth at Red Bull by almost being 2010 champion. Berger was no Senna but was a shrewd racer who won 10 races for 3 different teams over a span of 11 years. I don't count Perez among the Barrichellos, Coulthards and Bergers. Red Bull only signed him because they had burned through their regular Red Bull Academy drivers and he had no ties left to any team once papa Stroll decided to sign Vettel in his place. Verstappen also doesn't face the same situation Prost and Senna (or Hamilton and Nico Rosberg in 2014 and 2016) did. They really had to race hard to stay ahead of the other in the points. Verstappen meanwhile has such a points cushion already he can play it safe in the coming races knowing Perez is unlikely to ever catch him. I mean it's 53 points already. Verstappen can afford to change the power unit or gearbox and settle for 3rd or 4th in races knowing full well he can afford to lose 10-12 points in a single weekend. A cruise mode weekend? Not an issue.

@@McLarenMercedes Within Red Bull, Max is both the Senna and the Prost, quicker in qualifying, quicker in the race, quicker around Monaco and at this point I wouldn't be surprised if he's better at preserving tyres as well. Azerbaijan this year is probably the first time Perez has actually beaten Max on pure merit, even in Singapore last year Verstappen was the quicker of the two. This is why I said that if Max has issues, and the track doesn't suit Checo's driving style, someone else is likely going to take a win. As far as Max taking it easy is concerned, the crash prone madman is long gone. Even last year, he had clean battles with Charles, even when he was behind, so unless Hamilton specifically gets a quick car, we will be seeing a very calm and clean Max

Easy to do when the car drives itself.

​@@AidanMillward not self drivable enough for Perez it seems tho

@@martimxavier9690 Well, if it was the case for Hamilton and Vettel then it's the same for Verstappen.

@@AidanMillward did I mention Hamilton or Vettel? I'm just saying. Not as self drivable as it seems

@@martimxavier9690 I didn’t say you did. I’m just making sure there’s an element of consistency with the claims.

Nah... Let's make it 100%! The time is *NOW!!!*

@@madkhaliqfarhan I too hope that'll happen

​@@PuncakeLenaDang it... Carlos has spoiled the party!

The poles vs fastest laps between them is very interesting, Senna has twice the poles but Prost has twice the fastest laps. I would’ve assumed whoever had more poles would naturally have more fastest laps as well, but I guess that isn’t so.

It seems like one of them was more consistent.

@@MScotty90 Prost was very easy on the car in the race which meant that he could nurse tires, brakes, engines and transmissions to do their best during the race when it really mattered. He was a very smart driver who drove tactically and always set up a car well in race trim. During the first turbo-era when cars frequently broke down if driven beyond their limit this was truly exceptional. He wasn't called the Professor for nothing. An example of Prost's driving would be the 1986 Australian Grand Prix. After the race both the McLaren cars of Prost and his team mate (1982 World Champion) Keke Rosberg were checked. Rosberg had retired while leading what was his final race in F1 with just 20 laps to go... Prost won the race after Mansell's tyre went bust and Piquet did a pit-stop for fresh tires. Btw, Rosberg too had retired with tire issues. Being easy on the tires won Prost the race and his 2nd title (by 2 points from Mansell). Anyways, McLaren checked both Prost's and Rosberg's cars and found that the brake calipers of Rosberg's cars had worn down to almost nothing. Had he not retired with the tire issue he might have retired due to brake issues a few laps later. Prost's brake calipers were still in good condition and almost could be re-used for another race. And here's the surprise, Prost's fastest lap was 1.20:979 while Rosberg's was 1.21:900. So Prost still managed a fastest lap almost a *full second* faster than Keke Rosberg in the same car and didn't wear down his tires or brakes nearly as much. That says it all really. And never "assume" anything. Much of the world's great ills and tragedies comes from people assuming things. Aristotele assumed objects twice as heavy fall twice as fast but never bothered to check whether that actually was true in a simple experiment. For many centuries people also "assumed" he was right.

​@@McLarenMercedes ... here is a fun fact. When Senna was forced to take over the spare McLaren MP4/4 at the start of the 1988 Brazilian Grand Prix, the team literally only had time to adjust the pedals in the car to suit the taller Senna. The spare was actually Prost's original race car, but he also had use of the spare that weekend and preferred it. Anyway, Senna drove the first half of the race until they black flagged him for changing cars after the green flag was shown on the parade lap in a race car that had Prost's settings. Senna found that they were better than his by being easier on the car, faster, and that they actually suited his driving style. So every race from then on, Senna simply copied Prost's settings for the cars.

@@MScotty90 I think this just comes down to the philosophy of the 2 drivers and the inherent difference between qualifying and an actual race lap, even if they may seem similar. Qualifying was Senna's strong suit cause it fitted his attitude the best, go out with a car trimmed to be as fast as possible and just inch out every tenth you can. His many poles are a testimony to this. There are a lot more components that go into a fast lap during a race. The car gets lighter as it burns fuel, you have tire wear and other mechanical parts that get worn out, you have other racers, either battling you directly or you are lapping them. Prost was an absolute master of minimizing the wear on his car and waiting for the right opportunity to strike. He'd often use qualifying to try to find the ideal race set up rather than trying to be as fast a possible like Senna. During the race, he drove rather defensively, trying not to wear down his car that much. Then after he became much lighter due to burning fuel, with fresher tires and a less worn out car, and many of his opponents already having retired due to technical failures, Prost would strike and smack down many of his fastest laps. He was called "the professor" for a reason. Senna was faster over 1 Lap, but Prost was overall way more constant and fast when he needed to be.

this also went for Vettel as well, I disliked him at first, then I caught the interview with him on top car with Jeremy Clarkson, and since then I loved him as his personality came through, my friends still really disliked him until he joined Ferrari then everyone started to love him.... even Alonso had a bit of this, from others, but to be fair I was always a fan of Alonso....

It has happened! Max has taken his 10th straight win at Monza, therefore breaking Sebastian Vettel's record... With the Honda engine!

Did you also notice that McLaren finished either 1st, 2nd or DNF in 1988. RB have already failed to do that this season.

The same casual fans that thought real F1 functioned exactly like what they saw on Drive to Survive? God forbid they watch the 2010 - 2013 seasons or the 2000-2005 seasons or even the 1988 season briefly mentioned in the video (which is funny enough the closest comparison to this season so far as it features an aggressive and at times emotional driver sitting atop the standings while driving a car powered by Honda).

@@RACECAR Non of the seasons you referenced where as uncompetitive as this season will be when it’s all over

Yeah most things expand and retract with temperature

@@channonrobinson5361 Which is why fuel is measured in kilograms rather than litres in the regulations these days. Mass is unaffected by temperature.

Thanks for that info.

Something to do with an illegal car change. Might be something to look up.

Prost also scored more points.

Now that you've said it, I don't feel bad about this season anymore! 😁

Finger poke of doom bro

@@AidanMillward And of course, "Hoak Hoagan, you Pizzashit!" The phrase that launched a lawsuit, and should've launched about ten thousand memes.

Watched religiously since 2007 and started to give up after Abu Dhabi 2021. Cba with a sport where the race director can make up rules to decide a championship, then a team can get caught cheating, get a slap on the wrist, then start dominating. I basically just check the results now and don’t even bother watching the weekly procession.

I agree with your take. If Perez was strong enough to always bet at the front with Max I could see it happening, but Perez just isn't good enough IMO. All it might take is one bad race, one weird qualifying result, or one engine penalty at a track where it's difficult to overtake to change everything.

He also may have let Schlesser off because of his inexperience in F1 cars. You can’t rag on a guy too hard for making a mistake in his first race

It wasn't Schlesser's fault that Senna was impetuous (as at Monaco earlier in the season) and didn't wait until the Curve Grande to pass.

@@Woodie-xq1ew He had no issues doing that to Eddie Irvine when Irvine dared unlap himself.

@@MrSniperfox29 one was a concious decision the other a mistake, kind of apples to oranges

@@Woodie-xq1ew and unlapping himself was completely legal. Senna just got pissed because someone dared do it to him

Carlos Sainz Jr has singlehandedly ended Red Bull's dominance at Singapore tonight!

I mean, we did see Maldonaldo win a F1 race in 2012 (and then saw the Williams Garage catch fire afterwards) so I wouldn't rule out something funky happening.

Alrite Bon Jovi. Calm down.

@@SpaceHCowboy hahahahah hey man he said it! Lol got me in the mooood