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You win the internet tonight! 😂

Double check to see if Leclerc's in the wall yet or not.

Although Max would have reclaimed the position soon, I too feel that was selfless by Checo. As Max says, Checo is undoubtedly a legend.

Minister of Defense mode engaged

My thought exactly! What a bro

Checo will always go down in F1 history as a legend

Agreed, he did it really smart boxing in Russell so there was no chance for George to make a move.

And I was worried about reliability early on tbh. They figured it out it seem though.

yeah Max and RedBull pretty much have the championship in their hands and they do deserve it more than Ferrari . Man I thought Ferrari improved after they failed Vettel but turns out it did not . Max is Ice cold , like ma man makes a mistake and spins but still wins the race lol 🤣🦁

@@xaviervelez8835 There were news that Verstappen’s Pu was 3 laps away from terminal failure.

The RB is still looking like it has potentially sketchy reliability. Don’t forget the early season retirements and leads lost. That’s the one area where Mercedes are definitely the Kings. They run like a train.

They're really not. They built a great car, probably the best this year. But they don't have all the pieces. Namely, strategists. Not a championship winning team. Yet.

I cannot think of another time that has happened lol

@@MikeD-ej2ho 2019 Germany it happened, it was a driver called Max Verstappen who did it, oh wait... HE DID IT AGAIN! WHO IS THIS GUY

@@MikeD-ej2ho Max did it in germany 2019, still won

@@gandalf9136 yeah who is this guy????

Even from p10!

It wasnt as bad for vettel with the strategy, but ferrari didnt have the best car at every race in 2018

@@gamingnoah9807 Quite similar to now, Leclerc had to push the car to the absolute limit in France to be competitive with RB, not so surprising he made a mistake. And on tracks were the F1-75 is a bit faster, there are still the reliability issues. And Ferrari's strategy was also a mess back then, Vettel had more than once to make his own strategy calls... A really stunning example was Spain 2020, he literally coached his race engineer while driving. Got told to push but then stay out, and somehow he managed to extend this stint on softs to roughly 2/3 of the race distance.

@@justmy-profilename vettel made the same amount of mistakes as Leclerc which cost them the championship

don't blame everything on Ferrari when both of these drivers can't stay on track for more than 20 laps

@@gamingnoah9807 It only wasn't as bad cause Vettel would try to do strategy for both cars while driving.

Championship rival, nice joke 😂😂😂

@@metro3313 rival only on Saturdays

@@metro3313 leclerc is more than capable of challenging max if he had a capable pit wall, and I say that as a verstappen fan - it's a massive shame because we lose out on brilliant racing between the 2 as a result

@@p0dski Don't worry, I'm not taking a dig at Leclerc but at Ferrari, of course he would be a title contender if he was driving for a competent team but what I meant to say that he is no longer a title contender due to Ferrari therefore calling him a championship rival is just plain wrong.

@@p0dski well I agree, but we all should say: rival for championship 2023

Underrated comment, Max on outlaps has proven to be in a different league compared to the rest. France 2021 being an obvious example.

@@Drrolfski he put purple S2 S3 on the last outlap

They tell Lewis if he should do a normal outlap or go all out ( i listen to his radio in all races)

@@skydivemaniac yes

@@skydivemaniac It's the lap you finish after exiting the pit. These laps are typically slow because you need to warm up your tires to get some grip. This means as a driver you can really make a difference here and Max is a master at it. Which allows Red Bull to successfully execute undercut strategies like in this race with him. Where bringing him early for fresher tires plus an excellent outlap results in Max earning positions.

He have learnt so much from his previous season

yes, until Brazil 2022

@@tuaninh9083 lewis at brazil..lewis at abu dhabi...guy is trash

@@tuaninh9083 yes he returned the favor to Hamilton who did this last year to him on silverstone

​@@walterhartwellwhite6788yeah thats for sure

You meant to say it IS sealed

@@metro3313 you must be new to the f1 xD

It’s practically been decided at this point, max could dnf in the next 3 races and he’d still have the championship lead lol

@@ucevrim Ferrari Strategics Are Joke

Thanks to his illegal car

Probably Lewis because he did it in the 3rd fastest car

Ferrari failing isn't impressive given all their experience in it.

Obviously max because he done 9 overtakes and Hamilton done 6

@@sundaeplays5366 Not that obvious. Max winning wasn’t really surprising. But a Merc going from 7th to 2nd and finishing ahead of 2 Ferraris and a RB? Don’t think anyone expected that from Lewis.

Seb p10

Also top driver in the rain.. Look bk at Brazil 2016

@@claudebenjamin8800 Brazil was certainly one of his best races, a race to never forget

@@MarvinC-hj6fx it gives me goosebumps when I rewatch his bold overtake on Niko

Or him correcting the car when he lost it then, still makes me emotional…. Every year I take a look back at that race several times…..

The best driver by far

Lovely comment 😅

if she don't know she asked max on the lap before the start max whas on hard tires and dint get them on temp so they went on softs

Ferrari needs to offer her more money and get her on the squad. Too bad they won't do that because she's not Italian

It's another example of why communication is so important because I heard they wanted to start both RB's on Hards but the drivers said they had no grip on the laps to the grid so they listen to them and switched to the softs

@@mathieuleboeuf7509 But at least,they ARE listening to their drivers.

If Ferrari didnt have handicap italian engineers her strategy would be useless, Max would finish 3th

right!!! i loved it

6es nicely illustrated 👍🏻

I wish they would show standings through the race.

Better then normal highlights

@@edcready8894 me too rated this SSS.

I love these battles so much and it's hard to watch Ferrari is making such mistakes... I don't want t max to win after 3 races in the second half, yes I am dutch, but I mean whoever wins has to work for it. that's dutch. so I want Ferrari and Mercedes to be at their a game. and honoustly it's heartwarming to see Sir. H. is really coming around and talks to max again and even accepting a hug. Sir. H. is much more likable when he smiles! love it all!

@@Sarah-do9my we gotta understand Max the level Max is on so far since last year he finished twice off the podium and those are from no fault of his. So it really have to be some DNF along with Ferrari not making silly mistakes that cause him to not clinch the title in the next few races after the break. With the MB on the rise it's more head aches for Ferrari as we can see how impressive Max was last year against Hamilton. Such consistency is phenomenal.

What a save

His heart is probably racing too, but when you train enough you can control yourself during extreme stress and seem calm even when adrenaline is pumping.

It is called a "flow-state", it's where u quite literally lose the concept of time and space and you're just in another realm mentally where you're just in the zone, the moment u start "thinking" while driving, its over, u can look into it online actually

Their team color is red because if it wasn't for the free money they get from the FIA every year they'd be in the red.

@@tjenadonn6158 the free money makes me wonder if Ferrari is really in it to win it , maybe they just want the advertisement

MV living rent free inside Hamilfraud fanboy minds

@@KalinoursEU what’s that supposed to mean?

Stop undermining Max and RB's incredible job. Truth is, you don't know how the race would've worked out for Charles even with a better strategy.

Rule #1: Never listen to Ferrari

And they messed up both of Sainz pitstops

@@musha2752 i can begin to see the pattern her. but i am really susprised how they do not fire their strategists and bring in some capable ones

@@florian-k if you noticed their strategists are clueless when presented with a dilemma and are just total dumb machines, relying on data and doing primitive strats. they could have extended both ferrari's first stints and second stint's but they chose not to and just responded to other drivers, if they had played it like austria they might have gotten a 1-2

@@balpreetsingh6765 yeah I agree. They try to play it save while completely ignoring logic, and by doing so they mess up in ways previously thought unimaginable

Brazil GP 2016, he got 3rd even though the team gave him the wrong tires once. He was finding grip in the weirdest places on the track. Back then the car wasn’t superior. In my opinion it was his best race yet.

@@nic7nic he is at another level right now, because he just made everyone look like they were racing him in a go-cart at Spa. From the start of that race he took the fastest lines, picking his way through the field as if they weren't even on the track. Amazing to watch.

If u calculate it with max's current form 8:13=0.6 (wins:total races= average wins in 13 races). 9 races left so 9•0,6=5 (races left•average win= potential wins left). 8 wins +5wins = 13 which is the record of most wins in a season held by Michael and Sebastian. Incredible form

It’s gonna be around 14 I think Maybe more if Ferrari keep delivering the goods

Btw I’m counting on at least 1 Charles win, 1 Lewis win and 1 crazy crazy race for my man Vettel to go out with a bang on his last season

@@Rickdaamen55 wow, I didn’t know the record was 13 I mean the only reason Lewis didn’t break it with that monster w11 in 2020 is because it was a 16 race season But I’m starting to think Max can beat it this season

@@77headshoter mercedes is not gonna win! Potentially only Red Bull wins spa i bet max will win

i though the same , nobody saw it.

@@RacingPoint-io8yk who understands what f1 is about, for sure noticed that Perez defence. Also Perez was on yellow flag in that point due to Max’s spin so no overtakes were allowed. He just covered him from the Merc’s offence on the straight line

As if Max would not be able to overtake

@@ferndale6652 Mercedes was very fast at this day , mate.

@@RacingPoint-io8yk I know that, but this is Max.

I wonder if they're just being bought off by Red Bull to sabotage themselves at this point lol

i mean… leclerc had no pace on the hards. max has done way better than that

Pfffff....

what about charles and his engineer ? carlos actually thought they didn't had pace so he was not that broken but leclerc had all the pace he needed to be in top 3 and still finished 6th

Eerie, even.

@@balpreetsingh6765 He was going to win this GP not even the other 2 positions

Yeah I rewatched that one and you can actually see that the second he realised he is losing the rear, he revs up as quick as possible to complete the donut 😂

Perfect car control, unmatched. Even in the rain. 2019 season Germany I think, and 2016 Brazil off course.

Seriously thinking the pressure makes him just better

@@maurice2213 yh like usa last yr he was setting purple sectors with old tyres and lewis behind i genuinely believe max gets better with pressure

@@DiederikCA even more interesting I saw someone point out he downshifted with the wheel upside down using the opposite hand which is crazy

"That could've been really bad for Max' race "No. It. Could. Not. Red Bull can consider themselves lucky Max has scored so many points, for it certainly isn't Perez who will bring them a constructors' title.

@@jamesshunt5123 You're delusional.

if this, if that.....bla bla bla....nobody knows....even you..☺

@@will1963 You literally saw it on track that the Merc had to brake behind Checo to not drive into him because he blocked the run. Stop being effin delusional.

I’m glad someone else saw that. I saw it on live TV and was like Checo knows when the team is ahead of any personal accomplishments.

Even Merc are laughing at them.

I was thinking the same thing about George and Lewis, taking away points from Charles.

Amd the Ferrari pit wall

@@trntom mainly the Ferrari's strategy

Binotto should get a thank you card from Verstappen when he wins the championship also... He arguably does more to help Red Bull than Horner does!

yeah and i love GP work, what a solid team.

@@Sublime9d 👍👍👍

In hannah we trust

He didn't overtake because he couldn't... the gap that was on the outside wasn't a line he can take, you know there's limited grip and he still needs to rotate the car before he reaches the barrier right? He can't afford to go that far on the outside.

Yellow flags...

Super Max can claim 15 wins this season but he should let Checo win the Mexican Grand Prix this time!

Nice.. But what annoys me is that when Bottas did the same, people were bashing Hamilton and Mercedes. Suddenly its team work and it's fine. Don't understand this double standard

@@mago97615 the reason why is because Bottas was asked when he had the pace to win the race and was actually leading. Checo was nowhere near Max this weekend. He had a wonder weekend in Monaco and Spain but thats pretty much it. Ngl his pace is dropping off lately.

every time?

​@@farhanmaleq5607 why should he 🤣🤣🤣

"Plan L, Plan L."

@@konigstiger3252 More like plan C for clown

@@acidithiobacillusferrooxid3687 Meanwhile Charles is going with Plan B for Bourbon.

@@konigstiger3252 El Plan I see what you did there😉

Ferrari: stop inventing

When Binotto needs to make a tactical decision it comes with his own theme music - Entry of the Gladiators" (Czech "Vjezd gladiátorů," German "Einzug der Gladiatoren") by Fučík.

bravery line made me wonder... and then Ferrari dropped

should have done soft medium medium not in that order obviously

Ferrari snorted that line

ferrari never crossed the line, they always in the stupidity side

Yep, and they manage to solve problems during a race.

@@Steinstra-vj7wl imagine that clutch slip with Ferrari instructions ahahhahahaa

@@DouglasVicentini "ok we are checking..." "ok slow button on and plan d for 10 seconds"

@@nicholasdavoli2973 and we're thinking plan d for DNF, plan B (s🅱innala) or plan E (explode).

Correct its not just the driver. The driver and support from the team

no, the RB18 is a legend. any top team driver that spins on race day doesn't belong there.

I'm convinced that he's doing the 360s intentionally because winning races has become child's play for him. I can't remember anyone recovering so smoothly from oversteer so many times. "OK max, Leclerc is 0.4 seconds behind but his engineers are going to have him box 16-17 more times this race so you can basically do whatever you want" "Copy. Time for a 360 guys...check this out"

@@03056932 Everyone spins ones in a while, don’t be so salty🧂 Max is dominating for the past year and a half

@@merlijnijdens4284 year and a half is a microsecond in the history of F1. his championship to season ratio is awful. and no most top drivers do not spin in a race every season.

@@03056932 what they say is true people starting to hate winners. Hes no lewis you know? This is his first year with the best car( which only in some circuits?

I mean, watching the race live shows what really happened

@@gamingnoah9807 not with that tv directors

@@cexxar8206 So this isn't the original live show?

@@patchouliknowledge4455 yes it is but i was talking about how bad the tv shoots are made sometimes

For this reason, Checo deserves to win the Mexico City Grand Prix this year!

Intermediate to hard to wet I'm calling it now

@@The3rKo Calling him in for refueling despite that not having been a thing for years.

I wouldn't exclude the thought of it being possible.

Rain was expected for the last few laps, imagine stopping Leclerc AGAIN for Inters

Not the first time you've wondered, and it won't be the last time

Drive to survive vibes, but no made up drama

@@brodierichards8326 as it should be. i will spent money to watch DTS if there is no added up drama, but alas...

@@brodierichards8326 definitely. Like what Floz created.

@@brodierichards8326 DTS SEASON 1 Flashback huh?

It was a slow spin, so not big flat spots.

@@anameyoucantremember maybe, but the smoke looks otherwise.

@@korgmangeek smoke was from keep spinning the wheels a bit to quick when wanting to get of the spot. As long wheels spin there won't be a flat spot from sideways slipping or break lock.

Lets see how he's gonna fight HAM and RUS in the second half

@@lewism7878 I honestly don’t think the pressure is on him, given the lead he has in the championship and as we’ve seen this year he’s learned to settle for whatever rather than being irrational and reckless

THink you're right. You can clearly tell that Max has had a much more relaxed attitude.

@@lewism7878 he fought the Mercs for seasons, Max got even better now. Its still going to be Max vs Lewis. They are just in their own league

@@lewism7878 even if they would be competitive, they wouldn't have a big chance to win this season. I mean even leclerc, the closest to Verstappen, has a very big gap. Mercedes would just fight for some wins, if even that is the case...

Seen him come from a teenage hothead to a professional and calm "Senna."

@@AGthechampion interesting way of looking at f1 history of the sport.

Reporter: It there anything special about your helmet? Kimi: it protects my head. I seriously miss him.

Just like schumacher With schumachers in and out laps and with brawns genius strategies that constantly developed with the race nothing could stop them

Yeah, pity they didn't put that in this vid....

Yeah they didnt show the awsome fast pitstops. That 1 2.4secs rear right guy missed yet still forced it on in 2.4 amazing. Red Bull are showing Ferrari what it takes to win titles

very true, Max' outlap was 3 sec faster than RUS and 6 (!) sec faster than LEC..............

Absolutely, when he is behind someone and Red Bull call him for an undercut, you just know what’s gonna happen, did it to Lewis many times last year (Baku, France, Austin…)

"Without him this is impossible" What utter nonsense.

He literally didn't do anything here. He couldn't overtake Verstappen there, the line was too far to the outside. If Verstappen was 0.5s slower, he would have been overtaken. I don't know why people think Checo held back here.

I know another driver with that attitude: ALONSO (Ministery of defense in Spain)

Absolute ANIMAL

Max and Checo are the Gold F1 Duo

Nice.. But what annoys me is that when Bottas did the same, people were bashing Hamilton and Mercedes. Suddenly its team work and it's fine. Don't understand this double standard

@@mago97615 bottas was not respected at merc plus everyone knows "valtteri its james"

@@mago97615 The difference is, as someone already mentioned, Bottas was forced to move out of the way even when he had the pace to fight Hamilton, and pretty much right from the start of the season when he could have still fought for the championship, Checo is an awesome driver, but bar for a few races his pace is not really that close to Max.

This made me laugh when you put it like that :)

And it really was what the engineer said. Sadly.....

best comment

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5 years of his prime aswell....scary thought

only 24 years old, thats mind blowing...

@@hb-kw4mr Plot twist : Hes still not in his prime rn.

@@ankushgatti4754 thats scary

U can hear in his voice that he was very sad and probably crying under that helmet

agreed. hopfully this break can help get his mojo back.

As a formula 1 fan, this hurts men, it's week after week... If Charles losses his confidence, the title fight for ferarri will be a myth

He even couldnt say what he wanted to pour from innerself...he still tried to be nice..so sad:(

They are joking with fire

'Max's car has been incredible this season'...there I fixed it for you

@@MartIn-ik1ic yeah it's always the car look at Hamilton this season :)

@@MartIn-ik1ic yeah no wonder hamilton can't perform when he isn't in a spaceship then. lack of talent by your logic?

@@MartIn-ik1ic cope

@@MartIn-ik1ic still salty. Get a free red bull from Horner and chill

It’s the tyres^^ Best drivers tend to have a way of preserving tyres and having pace

Max and Lewis are in other level.

Managing tyres is also a trait in Checo and Albono

no. tbf leclerc belongs in that ter. so does Alonso.

@@mar8309 Leclerc not atm he makes to many mistakes. We need to see how George is a winning car, I believe he could give Max and Lewis headaches.

It's like an Olympic sprinter stoping to do cartwheels and still winning the race, or a Tour de France participant popping in a cheeky grind or two in the final stretch on the Champs-Élyséss

Yeah when Crofty is getting things right its scary

@@captaintoyota3171 they should hire crofty

I always kinda liked him but also tought he took too many risks, but now he is maturing in what could become my favorite driver ever tbh. He is really improving the right parts of his game to become even better.

not a lot of people noticed this, totally agree

Lewis is not consistency anymore, not during a whole season at least. He was during his prime years when until around 2019, nowadays we can see George Russell is much more consistency, Lewis has thougj flashes of greatness that George dont have, meanwhile Max has been consistently great.

@@aesir1ases64 Please even Lewis’ worse years right now will still blow away almost every driver on the grid.

@@aesir1ases64 not consistent? Lewis has been on the podium for the last 5 races in a worse (but slowly improving) car.

Did he? Not meant as max hate, even if his fans will likely consider it that, but he drove kinda average at best+had that spinella.. He was lucky his car was superior to the rest of the field other than the Ferraris who decided to give him a little boost for his 2nd championship lol. Anyway he already pretty much has the championship in his pocket, given Ferraris actually superior car on most tracks it's pretty impressive. Not sure if Perez isn't getting to the potential of the car or Max is just in another league completely either and the RB is actually worse than he makes it look.

@@LunnarisLP idk man sounds like tifosi crying to me

@@LunnarisLP sounds kinda hate-ish

@@LunnarisLP he drove like a champ, and he will be the champ again, and if the car i decent he will be next year aswell

@@LunnarisLP would like a napkin Sir?

yeah max used all of his luck and skills

The background music really sealed it

Also the drivers themselves

1st championship

cringe kid

@@metro3313 still salty 😂

@@metro3313 get a grip man, its almost been a year

@@metro3313 2nd don't lie to yourself like that

Major difference is also that Redbull and Merc are confident on the radio, if they are sure about a strategy you can hear it their voice. Ferrari's response is always, "copy we will check". Ferrari seems to decide everything during the race, where's RB and Merc both have solid plans and contingency for chaning conditions.

I hope he'll learn to hold his own. But also it shouldn't be a driver's job to strategise, even if they are able. It's an absolute disgrace that the ferrari pit wall, with all the information available to them and the option to ask drivers for feedback all at once, make a worse call than their driver mid race.

Max made the call to start on the softs this race and not go to the hard tyres at all. I think Charles should take it more into his own hands like Sainz does because POV of the driver can make quite the difference.

@@Zuwze thats cause hes dutch we're very direct and and we say what comes in our mind😂

Yes, Vettel would do this and Lewis does this often also overruling the team to extent stints beyond what the data says because of his feeling in the car.. it should not be required in a top team but it is a hallmark of a great driver to have the feel and strong will to push back or overrule the team.. I think this aspect of racing as well as the mental side generally is what separates Charles from guys like Lewis/Max.. but Ferrari need to be better for him fundamentally

He caused a yellow when everyone was at yellow pace he was at race pace!

@@MrLugnut88 yeah, but that's how yellow flags work. The car that caused it needs to get back to speed for everyone else to get a green flag.

@@MrLugnut88 just like Ferrari, focus on irrelevant things 😂

@@Vrloopje savage bro ☠️💀!

@@MrLugnut88 You apparently don't know what the flags mean.

this is it right here - really shouldn't take a genius to realize running a med-med-hard tire strat with soft-med-med pit windows isn't a winning strat.

NOt first time this year and my guess is won't be last time

It was a double take to make sure that those really were the hards on the Ferrari.

Extra warming up the tyres

If Max or Lewis done a 360 spin last year while leading, they would have lost their race. That was how close the margins were. Now the opponent is so incompetent that you can afford to make mistakes like that and still win.

That recovery was ace, downshifts to revmatch with wrong hand over the steering wheel because of full lock.

Not it was his mistake don’t justify it 😂

@@Bonobo1974 actually no. What he did that was actually impressive was pinning the throttle for a little bit more once he realised he wasn’t going to save it. This made him spin almost 360 degrees instead of the 180 or 90 degrees that he would’ve spun had he not accelerated. After that his hand goes for the clutch, the anti stall kicks in and then he finally downshifts once he’s straight

I need that trick in iracing

@@plummer43 Great explanation! I didn't realize how much worse that could've ended up at the time. Great save and great defense by Checo to help!

He is somehow like a cocktail of Senna & Schumacher.

He was driving like this last year, and honestly in 2021 he was nearly flawless too but the car was too far behind and too unreliable. AD wasn't his fault, he just raced his race, what was he supposed to do? NOT OVERTAKE HAMILTON? Doubtful