Last year’s Mercedes was a good Lawn Mower this years is a good 4X4.

When the editor only sees f1 and puts a freekick instead of a penalty 2:20

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I’m gonna say it was extremely lucky for Hamilton that the red flag was called when it did, but such opportunities are nothing if you don’t use them, amazing drive from both Lewis and max the entire race.

At the Monaco Grand Prix in the mid 60s (1965 I think), Graham Hill went down the escape road at the chicane and literally got out and pushed his car backwards to get back onto the track! He then went on to win the race!

The fact that this video wasn’t made at mugello 2020 says enough about the f1 fan base

Ngl I like wtf1 this time, they acknowledge that whenever anything help Lewis, they all argue why the rule exists

A new entry in "the series of stuff I already know about f1 but watch anyways for no particular reason". Nice!

On the reversing point, if reversing truly was illegal, do you think teams would bother fitting a reverse gear and all the extra stuff to engage it, only to not be allowed to use it?

The fact that some people would think that Valtterri would risk his life intentionally is crazy

This is the worst possible title because the anti Hamilton crusaders will start crying again

3:06 yes. cause there is 1 example worth mentioning. Nigel Mansell was disqualified from the 1989 Portugese grand prix for reversing in the pitlane when he overshoot his pitbox, and reversed back. Reversing in pitlane is still prohibited and leads to DSQ,. But that doesn't hold for reversing onto the racetrack. (Which of course still requires to be done in a safe way, which Hamilton did together with his race engineer. If not done safe, it's still a penalty for rejoining the track in an unsafe way like Vettel did in Canada 2019)

Wish they did a standing restart

Just love the way how you keep things short and simple .. Well done mate 👍🏼👍🏼

someone should do a series called, Why did something benefited Lewis last race, and how i like to pretend i would also question had benefited Max instead.

Think about when under such pressure, you just want to get back on the track asap.

Good video! Love how you didn't hold back with ripping into the haters and silly comments on social media.

Also the corner workers were waving for him to keep backing up. They were helping to guide him back onto the track.

Thank you for clearing up on the reversing thing, i was more curious about that and i hadnt seen any explanations about it!

It was the timing of the red flag which helped Hamilton. A couple of laps later, after he had been in the pit, would have been a different story.

If I can crash into a wall and reverse onto the track several times in a CodeMasters game without magically getting a penalty then Lewis could do the same

One more reason Matty: a safety car (or red flag) is a MASSIVE disadvantage to the lapped cars. On-track a lapped car may only be 3s behind his unlapped rival. But a safety car (or red flag) artificially puts a WHOLE LAP between them where it should be only 3s. Therefore letting them catch up is the most sensible thing to do. It evens out the field after the already unfair effect of the safety car (red flag) bunching everyone up.

The animated graphics were great! a v helpful in visualizing the points. 🧡

I think with the reversing bit people confuse the rules with the pit lane, where reversing is (as far as I know) absolutely forbidden. As for the unlapping, an extra reason I think would be that it could disadvantage lapped cars even more. Imagine a race where cars in P12 and P13 are only 5 seconds apart, but the leader is between them, having lapped P13 when the Safety Car or Red Flag is called. That 5 second gap will be turned into a whole lap on the restart. And while I know my example is pretty extreme (although even with a gap of 20 or 30 seconds the difference is huge), my gut feeling is that lapped cars would lose much more ground overall than the leaders who built up sizeable leads. They might be backmarkers, but they're still fighting for positions, even if it's not for points.

At least the complaints means you can put out these videos

“But it's not fair!!!!” Actually it's exactly fair, many others have done it, and on balance it's probably hurt Hamilton over his career more than helped him.

Whenever I start to get upset about Lewis Hamilton, I take a step back and remember that I'm just jealous that he's not having all this impossible success with McLaren because he left my favourite team, and then I calm down. Hamilton is objectively an outstanding driver and earned all his success. One can contend that he's even the greatest driver to have ever been in the sport! Great video once again!

This video is going to come alive After today's race!!!

Ohhh, now I remember when ricciardo reversed to kvyat, it was weird and hilarious, I think someone explained why it's OK to reverse during that situation but I forgot.

Great video. If Charles was legally allowed to pass max when he lost control during the last lap of the safety car

Thoroughly disappointed Mahaveer wasn't referenced about his reversing skills

Another point in favor of this rule is the potential unfairness of not giving a lap back to lapped cars and putting them back in order of position for the restart. For example @ Imola Stroll was the first lapped car and Ricciardo was next to be lapped. If the race had continued w/o the red flag Danny ric would have also been lapped and he was about 10 secs or so ahead of stroll on track so potentially stroll could’ve caught and passed him for 6th (he almost did in the actual race after getting his lap back 5 second penalty notwithstanding ). If the backmarkers didn’t get a lap back after the red and were put back in order behind the leaders (which they obviously would have to be for safety as this video points out) then stroll and the others would need to pass cars in front of them on the restart, catch the leaders and un-lap themselves, and somehow gain a entire extra lap worth of time to be in the same position they were to potentially gain 6th place before the red flag

The Bottas Russel crash wouldn't have been scripted cuz it genuinely could've killed bottas. imagine having so little to be upset about that you believe a conspiracy about sports being scripted.

F1 2052: All Qualifying seasons will be in Reverse Gear!

Thanks for the video! I knew it was a rule, but I didn't understand the reasoning behind the rule. Now I do: 1) Safety. 2) Better Racing for Fans on Restart with back markers out of the way.

As a new follower to F1, i had this very question. Thanks for the explanation.

Literally every Hamilton haters be like: "There's gonna be an excuse somewhere!"

Let's be honest, Hamilton had two things working in his favour on the track... 1 - He's a damn good driver. 2 - He's jammier than a Burton Biscuit factory full of Jammie Dodgers! As for the reversing onto the track, I think part of the problem here is that penalities have been given out for reversing, but all too often, it seems people ignore/forget the word "Unsafely" that is always attached to those reversing penalties. Here's hoping for more races like that for the rest of the season!

Well said..!! I'm not a Hamilton fan, but those Hamilton haters are unbearable

This aged like fine wine

Also yuki did that in Bahrain after warm up lap

impressive he did not beach the car , but that's what you expect from sir experienced Lewis big brain Hamilton

This season is going to be a good one i will be expecting more vids

I get why HAM reversing might be controversial at first, but a quick review to the images show that while yes, obviously any reversal manouver to a live track has some inherently higher risks compared to rejoining nose-first, it did not cause any sort of dangerous situation as some claim with things like "OMG VET was coming at race pace he might had crashed into him".

there's really no reason to dislike Hamilton.

What people don't understand is that people hate that Hamilton is so lucky. Even when he has a huge mistake, the entire race seems to change to wipe that mistake from existence. It happens constantly. His luck is unbelievable. Leclerc's engine fails in Bahrain, and Hamilton inherits the win. Bottas gets a ferrari piece stuck in his car in Imola and a VSC comes out and goes away exactly as Hamilton enters and exits the pits so he inherits the win. Rosberg's pedals break and he has to retire from the lead in Russia, Hamilton inherits the win. Rosberg's gearbox fails in Britain and Hamilton inherits the win. Glock mysteriously goes slow and Hamilton inherits the world title. Vettel crashes in the lead in Germany, Kimi pits out of Hamiltons way and he inherits the win Etc etc. It's endless. Even when he hit the barrier in Germany and Merc had a 60 second pitstop that put him out of the points. Both Williams had a penalty that moved Hamilton into the points.

If it’s really all about safety, then simply use the rule nascar does, once your lapped and yellow comes out, or red flag, before the race restart the lapped cars move back behind rest of the cars that are on the lead lap. That keeps from having lapped card mixed in with lead lap cars for a restart.

I also noticed before the restart that the back markers were instructed to leave the pit & drive around and rejoin at the back to correct the lap counting sensors to match the lap of the front runners.

I'm quite surprised that you didn't mention the fuel load and tyre wear equalization that comes with unlapping the backmarkers. Anyway...

Not a massive Hamilton fan, but I think his performance in this season especially given the new rules shows what a talented driver he is. He also is a class act when dealing with the younger drivers.

Video idea : how the track is cleared after an accident

The rule is that you're not allowed to reverse in PIT LANE. There is no rule saying you can't reverse on the race track.

Other way could be that all cars get back in line, but lapped cars are still a lap behind. But then somebody whos almost a lap behind but not quite gets a huge advantage. So it doesn't work

Thanks for taking the time in your videos to put down the Hamilton haters. I love this sport and all its participants, but the anti-Hamilton crowd nearly ruin it for me. It's as if they'll try as hard as they can to find any excuse to diminish his achievements.

Top notch content!

they will always question the rules when it's Hamilton who benefits.....there were a couple of red flags during the 2020 season, it was never questioned.

Great how you start your video showing clear bias to Hamilton and thus invalidating other opinions you might have

the people who complained about Hamilton with the red flag were the same ones celebrating when gasly won due to a red flag and free positions

People complaining about this rule only being applied to help Hamilton, should rewatch last years Tuscan GP. Same thing happened at the second restart where Raikonen and Grosjean where allowed to unlap themselves.

Next video why lewis always get plot armor

Do another video showing much time Lewis has lost in the lead due to safety cars and red flags lol

I literally asked myself that question today thank you !

Was I the only one to get this video recommended after the conclusion of the 2021 season?

Other interesting cause of why they won't put them in orther is because the cars in front would have older tyres than the backmarkers and an older car in general (like gearbox, fuel, etc). That would be pretty unfair to the leaders, so they have to make them regain the distance betwen them.

Yeah Hamilton was lucky with the red flag, but so was Lando yet everyone seems to be happy for him (Including me btw, I’m a big McLaren fan and I would have loved to see Lando get p2, but Lewis got there fair and square)

It went so fast i didn't even realise he was a lap down

Normally during a safety car, cars which are lapped down, are told to go around the track and regain their normal position. But what about in a red flag situation, are those cars driving extra laps before returning to the pit for the restart? If not, that would mean that those cars would have extra fuel to spend driving more aggressively until the end of the race. I haven't noticed so far and if would be good to know.

Wish they could find some way of keeping the gaps between the cars for this.. Maybe need to use the pit lane speed restriction on the track till no safety car?

Can we all agree to Ham's luck is out of this world?

I personally think Hamilton got very, very lucky with the timing of the red flag, but Mercedes would rather have kept Bottas in the race to maximise constructor's points at this stage of the season, so the scripted crash conspiracy doesn't make a lot of sense

You never notice the subtle effect 60 FPS has until you go back to a 30 FPS video

Under such extreme pressure and battling for the win, it was genius of Hamilton to reverse through the entire gravel trap because of course, any BMW owner will tell you front-wheel drive allows you to pull yourself out of such tricky situations (rather than having your rear wheels push you out). So he didn't bury his tyres into the gravel and managed to rejoin the race. If he would've reversed slightly and tried to exit the gravel trap by driving forwards, he probably would've buried his rears into the gravel.

My main takeaway was that Lewis owes George and Valtteri both a beer

I already know And I am still here But matty is talking So I give him my ear

I still think letting the back markers being unlapped is kind of against the spirit of racing. The front runners did all the right things to get where they were and it seems like the lapped cars are let off. Anyway it was a pretty good contest nonetheless.

I hate the idea of stopping a race due to horrible weather conditions. 70 years ago it was a part of racing and something that made F1 and Motorsports (e.g. LeMans) legendary. Today there is always something to complain about, wether it is technical innovation (DAS/F-Duct) or safety. This sport has lost itself in regulations and stupidity. Propably we'll never ever again have drama like before, back in the times when drivers who won a Grand Prix or LeMans were true legends and heroes.

Hamilton: Gets lapped Toto: Activate plan 77+63.

cause the rules are dumb lmao

Can someone explain the restart rule after a red flag? I thought it's going to be a standing one like last year many times, I haven't found anything about deleting that rule this year, was it a rolling start due to weather conditions or what?

I think a good way to do it would be to stagger the start by how long each cars are behind and from the pit lane. Norris is 23 seconds behind? Start him 23 second after verstappen, who’s in the lead. This is just an idea on the spot so there’s prob a good few flaws

Could have done without all the digs at people who aren’t familiar with the rules that are only brought up when they are broken once in a blue moon by someone who just happens to be a 7-World champion... them being referred to as “haters” for only wanting clarity on any driver breaking the rules

The "other drivers did it too"-argument doesn't really count in F1. There are definitely situations where this rule doesn't apply, obviously because the FIA changed the rules or because of absolut randomness. Anyway, the outcome of the race can't be changed and it was a thrilling race nevertheless ^^ Off to the next round!

Odd to see people complaining about it, aren’t lapped cars like allowed to unlap themselves on a Safety car as well? Please correct me if I’m wrong

I wish people would think for a minute before complaining The rules are there to make sure everything is fair and most of all safe Reversing so slowly out of thr gravel was the only way not to dig in which would have been way more dangerous for the cars behind

they should put the backmarkers at the back of the field, still a lap down.... all the benefits from unlapping them, without giving an advantage to anybody

One thing to note with Hamilton's reversing was the marshalls were clearly visible and watching him and gesturing, so it wasn't as if it was an entirely unsupervised reverse.

What really botter me is the free tires change.

I didn’t like the rule but this makes sense about why. Mainly the spectacle part. I was curious about the reversing on, but if it’s a street circuit with walls, how else would you get back?

While I don't buy into the whole scripted thing, I do find it extremely frustrating that the first major mistake from Hamilton in quite some time just gets erased by a crash. It sucked for Russel, Bottas and Williams, but for Hamilton it was just another lucky break.

Well this rule exist the whole time, but only now because Lewis once in a lifetime benefits from it people asking how and why? xD

The very reason the car has reverse is to get back on track... you cannot reverse in pit lane.. just don't rejoin the track unsafely...

That was a quick one!

I get where you are coming from but at this point your digs at Hamilton haters are getting as ridiculous, if not more so, as the Hamilton haters themselves.

They always help him.

The question that should be asked is why tire changes are still allowed under a red flag. I remember Stroll benefitting from this at Monza last year where he hadn't pitted and basically got a free stop when the red flag came out which annoyed Norris because he was behind Stroll at the restart. This is something that should be changed as you're making an unfair gain in time. The only exception to changing tires under a red flag should be changing weather conditions.

The unlapping is unnecessary. You can reorganize the driving order but let the full lapping stand and use the argument that drivers who are on the verge of getting lapped would get a blue flag anyway (so if a P1 and P2 have some other cars between them for example) . The rules must be made so that the championship race is as fair as possible. The strain in the tires for lapping people give the lapped racer an advantage in this situation. The max verstappen/ Hamilton situation could decide the championship and shouldn't be the case. Hamilton should have been rewarded for his teammates crash.

The fact that RUS-BOT crashed almost immediately after Hamilton will make for hilarious memes although clearly unscripted.

"Valtteri, it's James, crash into someone to cause a red flag"

I was curious about the penalty awarded to Sebastien Vettel during the 2021 Emilia Romania GP. Why do you think the stewards waited until Sebastien came out of the pit to give him a pit lane penalty for something that occurred prior to the race start? I feel like it should have been given shortly after the race start so that the tram could at least try to maximize strategy for the remainder of the race. Thoughts?????

Why wasn’t there a standing start in Imola after the red flag like there usually is?