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I read somewhere that Jos used to handicap Max at a young age, and make it harder for him to win, by not allowing him to pass on certain sections of track. He was forbidden to attack on straights or places that looked too easy to Jos. Effectively teaching Max to pass on corners that weren't really considered good spots to overtake. He would also leave the setup off on purpose to see if Max could identify what was off with the cart, thus raising his Racing IQ in the process. Im newer to the sport, but in the 4 years I've been following F1 I have digested every piece of content I could get my hands on. I say this with my limited knowledge of the sport. But I think Max may be the greatest driver the world has ever seen.

The driving style explains one part, Max is inch perfect every corner, every lap, every session, every quali , every race and every season. He is also doing it in the equal opportunity and equal machinery sim racing world.

Albon likes a pointy car, but says that Max wants it on an even higher level. Albon compared Max's preferred settings to playing a shooting game with highest mousemovement (maximum dpi).

Five years of following F1 and watching tons of youtube videos trying to understand driver styles and car setup and what separates max and this is the first video i've encountered that finally allows it to make sense to me. Thank you!

There is a famous story about Gerhard Berger, when he changed Teams 1996 and started driving for Benetton, he asked to drive Michael Schumachers 1995 car the way he set it up, he wanted to experience why he is that fast. After a very short test he told that car is undriveable he could barely keep it on the track because the car was that extremely pointed at the front

Red Bull design the car to be as fast as possible, Max just adapts better than most.

Max's mom also raced Christian Horner in karting when they were younger so it really is one big family reunion at rebull since max practically grew up with the horners

I've seen plenty of analysis videos on Max's driving style and mindset. And while this one doesn't go into every detail (Peter Windsor can talk for hours about Max's car placement for instance) it's actually not too shabby. It goes deep and illustrative enough to actually add something to the tons of stuff that's already out there. I especially like your explanation about weight distribution. So well done and keep going.

And some people call him “spoiled brat” is just beyond me… He is forged to be champion!

Everyone forgets that he was also very close to Michael, yup that one and he had quite a good relationship with him while he was growing up because the two families were very close, and I think it also contributed to his development, his driving style is similar to Schumi's

His preference for a pointy front end makes his ability to keep tires alive while still holding a gap even more impressive.

Very fascinating explanation on Max. He is an incredibly talented driver. Thanks for the analogy of his driving style compared to other drivers.

Max may not be my favorite driver on the grid but even I recognize Max’s unrelenting commitment to getting better both on and off the track which has made him a driver that understands the dynamics of his vehicle better than most.

People saying that iTs ThE cAr are the same people that believe Schumacher and Hamilton could have won 7 titles in a 2020 Williams

Dude is an absolute alien.

Max's strategy is edging 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥

Super high quality content. You just got a new subscriber, keep it up! To add to the video - What's even more scarier about Max is that he keeps this consistency with such a pointy car. If Max was from Planet Earth, he would at least spin here and there. And he used to - but not anymore!

great analysis, great work from your side. Thank u really enjoyed that

I hear that, while other drivers are chilling, Max is in the sim. That reminds me of how Senna would spend his days off in the garage talking to his mechanics about car improvements.

Interesting ! Very good video, great quality as always. Thanks ! 🔥

Got the F1 pkg this year so that I could ride with Max on many of his laps. It is amazing to see what he does with the car. You can hear his trottle points and where he is "full send" and at points where I ask, "how the hell did he just do that?". I used to time trial and autox my cars for 20 years so, I really enjoy how mega skillful his is. It's like watching a GOAT develop over time. Thanks for an excellent video. Your explanations were very good.

Well said. One of the few who analysed Max’s driving style very well thoroughly

Very interesting, I wasn't aware this concept of "pointy" cars, thank you for this vidéo, and happy new year 2024 🙂

Great analysis, Bro. Best explanation of Max's ability that I've seen, and I've watched several commentators discuss it.

Thank you so much for this video! I’ve been looking for years for something to explain to me F1 driving styles. Grazie Mille!!! Buonafortuna!

to summerize, there is no magic, no shortcut, you put in the WORK, have the PASSION, and test the limits of what is POSSIBLE!

Extreme sensitivity married with discipline and hard work. Inspiring.

Outstanding Explanation. Thank you

There is another often forgotten trait that explains something equally important as speed. Mental strengh. This dude is a facking robot. His consistency and focus are absolutely otherworldly. He can drive dozens of consecutive laps within one tenth of a second of each other.

Max is by far the best driver of the F1 grid.

The most important reason Max differs from other drivers is already defined by the so-called MaxVerstappen rule: You should not move unpredictable entering a corner. This rule was introduced because Max Verstappen seemed to have the ultimate talent to be able to look in the mirror entering a corner with an unbelievable speed. No other driver seem to be able to do this and therefore moving before entering a corner is rightfully dangerous. But it explains very well the reason why he is by far the best driver.

All that early Karting training might look harsh but Jos truly cared a lot about Max and still does. And right after a moment of heat, He forgot about it and moved on. Every win, every success was celebrated 100%. His training was simply too good.

He is super consistent and relentless. Max is like a metronome, most drivers can match his pace, but only for a couple of laps. Right now only Alonso and Lewis can fight him on merit, giving a good car. The rest of ‘em lack talent and/or consistency.

Best explanation so far. 👌🏼

Top vid really enjoyed this!

Nice analysis. It all makes sense now.

Nice video and explanation! Thanks and good luck with your racing career!

Max's gifted talent is natural born. It is in his genes. You should watch his earlier karting races. He blew everybody away, disappearring on the horizon, year after year, mostly being years younger than the other guys. He is patient, like a pike waiting for he opportunaty when needed, and hits the opportunaty in a nano second like a snake when nobody saw it coming, He is bizarly skilled, mentally rock-strong, lightning fast, cunning, smart, dedicated and bloody ambitious. He can feel- and drive on the limit, like nobody else, feeling and preserving his tires at the same time. He will rule for years to come.

Amazing explanation! Absolutely insane how max drives the car like this.

Amazing video, best explanation ever. If you have Hamilton or Senna telemetry, would you be able to do a similar analysis?

What a great video. Thanks. 👍I suscribed!

That Spa revenge was pretty understandable tbh, as you can see in the clip it's not just Max but all three Redline cars that get spun in the incident. Max was probably getting PTSD flashbacks to Hungary '21 lmao

reminds me of what ive been doing in sim racing (im not driving profesionaly just for fun). i like it when the rear end is more lose and the front more "pointy". yes a more stable car is easier to drive but u cant drive it as hard, especially when it comes to slip angle. ive known that technic for years, but from inital d and keiichi tsuchiya.

Very good analysis. You just forgot the most important though : his braking technique. Like Ricciardo, he is not a late braker, this allows him to get on the throttle quicker and thus load up the rear and take the corner faster. This does not work in an understeery car like the mercedes, where you have to brake late to be fast. That s why Perez was fast in the Racing Point but is struggling in the RB.

Well, you don't need the best car to win, if you put Logan Sargeant in the RB19 and Max Verstappen in the Williams, I'm fairly certain Max will still finish ahead of Logan over an entire season, probably in almost every GP.

MV sees himself not as ‘the emperor of F1’ but as Max Verstappen. He tries to get the best out of himself. Not the best of the rest. By nature, he is so extremely gifted with the necessary skills for what he is doing that he automatically will be the best of the rest. Always being very critical to what he is doing. Additional to this, he drives a very difficult, but very fast car, however, I have the idea that there are a few other cars quite close to what the RB is performing. AN developed a car, only the best can get the maximum out of it. The fact Perez ended 2nd showers Perez is an exceptionally skilled driver himself, unlucky to have MV as a teammate. MV is a class of his own at this moment and in this car. If it is not in the car, it is impossible to utilize it. An other specific MV point is he doesn’t allow himself to get distracted from what he is doing and what be has to do. MV has the luck to have The best racing engineer as well. Their communication is close to perfect, that helps a lot. Thanks for this video.

Wonderful explanation

He is simply the best❤

Very nice video,bravo!!!

tnx for video..nopw i see things clearer...

These videos are so educational that is why i enjoy seeing them even if i do not have a car nor i can drive like that

I don't follow F1 but, I love your videos. I do follow MotoGP and Max's upbringing seems similar to Jorge Lorenzo. Wishing the new channel great success.

I think we can say that Max is the same as Kobe based on his dedication to his sport, he practice his sports day in and day out even when other drivers are out there partying or having a vacation he's out there practicing in the sim or doing sim racing.

When I think of people who rise beyond the best of the best like Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, Tom Brady, Messi, and Wayne Gretzky, to name a few I'm familiar with, I see an attitude that's different than all the others they compete against - they don't want to just win a race, or a cup, or a championship, they want to dominate, to crush the opposition. They want to put so much distance between them and everyone else that there is no question who is best. It's a mindset that drives them all the way to who they will surround themselves with and the equipment they use. They will always be the one who works harder than anyone else in their sport. They also have a very good understanding of the history of the best performers in their sport and are actually competing against them to earn their place along side them. Each of those athletes can tell you more than you ever knew about their heros and are happy, humbled to some point, to be counted among them. Which is why, in my opinion, Max does all of those things, and more, that @albertonaskaeng is talking about.

I heard one time, Max was inspired in Shummaker but drive like Senna and Hamilton was inspired in Senna but drive like Shumy... At the end, all those champions are the same: Gods of Speed. Thanks for the video Alberto Naska(r). Lol.

Great video 👍🏽

Just race a z3 if you want a pointy car. The suspension geometry combined with the rear suspension out of a e30 makes it very tail happy. Maybe it was my suspension mods. All I had to do to my 328 convertible was add bigger sway bars and put H&R oem lowering with Bilstein HD struts to make it handle better. I had to tune more than that and I learned a lot, but it was worth it. The z3 also has a faster steering rack doing almost one less turn lock to lock. I finally settled on making the front end playful since it was so nimble with the exception of the sway bar, and I tried to take all the play out of the rear end but left the stock sway bar on so the front would be dominant when it came to body roll.

You don't need THE fastest car to win the world championship, but you do need a car which has the pace to at least consistently challenge the fastest car. I would argue that in 2021 the Mercedes was the fastest car, but the Red Bull was a car that could win races if driven to its maximum potential which is what Max managed to do.

In the immortal words of “Harry”: loose is fast and fast is loose. Max is a driving god…

It is a fascinating study that the best drivers use the 'haptic' areas in their brains to maneuver their vehicles. Haptic == feel in Greek (I think). It is also known medically that this haptic center in the brain must be developed before a certain age or nothing will come of it. Since Karting has age ranks below the Haptic Age (10-13 Y.O.), you can appreciate that the Karting gave Max the advantage. He can drive with his eyes closed while his mind navigates the circuit by feel and commands fingertip pressure controls. Yaw velocity is the big player signal. You can test for it in a dark room with a controlable rate table. A 'displacement' driver operates the controls by essentially pre-determined moves while the 'feeling' driver senses very quickly (at high frequency, so to speak), the car's reaction to their own differential inputs, compares them to the 'reference model' and distributes the next differential commands. Truly 'closed-loop' control. Displacement drivers are essentially open loop control driving style. So, it's his Mom who's responsible for his success !

Some people pointed out after watching onboards that Max's driving style is comparable to Michael's. Tons of microcorrections. Schumi was know for keeping his car always on edge. And knowing that Michael and Jos friendship Im sure that Max got some trainings from the 7 time champion.

It’s interesting that Jos called Max out for using the pads but used them himself. You can see them in some of the F1 races he retired in.

The best way I always thought of trail braking is you should only turn while braking and you want to spend the least amount of time brake. Tires have most grip slightly spinning. Balance this out (if your car doesn't have huge aerodynamic grip) and you get the best acceleration out a corner, all 4 tires are able to scrub slowing down (you aren't parallel to the road, the car is at a slight angle using both tires and box side profile of the car to slow down) and your able to achieve what's regarded as a 4 wheels drift where you use zero steering inputs.

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Alex Albon explained Max's ability best in terms of general gaming terms. Imagine playing an FPS game, you have your natural mouse sensitivity which is on the edge, if it's more than that, you can't control the mouse movements. But Max is like being able to play at 5x normal sensitivity. To enable fast twitchy plays but still managing to control the aim. That's the difference between other F1 drivers and Max. Very few can even handle the pointiness of the car at which Max likes his car to be at

Great Video!

Intelligent analysis 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

What you call a pointy car is probably what I consider to be a car that has good rotation at the rear as opposed to a more neautral balance. That is how I like my on road RC cars setup; to have rotation at the rear.

Awesome video, it really helps put in to perspectives what makes driving so difficult!. Correct me if i am wrong but i thought Schumacher prefferes the U shape corner style, breaking earlier but carrying a higher average speed through? So i didnt get the comparison to Michael. Did i miss something? Cheers! :)

Max is also a karting World Champion.

Cool to get some insight from a pro driver on this!

Very enjoyable video 💯👏😌

Great share and very interesting - something I note on Netflix F1 driver to survive is the drivers don't appear to spend so long with their teams and engineers working to align engineering and driving - compare to Michael Schumacher who (appeared) to spend so so many hours withing with his team until they aligned driver / engineer balance and success followed. From netflix very curious how much the drivers spend in practice of real F1 cars, anyone know? Netflix doesn't show them practicing much at all

You win by being the best in the best machine neither one may win without the other

Echt interessantes Video und sehr unterhaltend.🎉

GREAT CONTENT

Amazing video. However, first quote couldn't be further from true. You don't need THE BEST CAR to win, only a good one. If you're good enough, you can make up for a reasonable gap between your car and the best one

His reflexes are amazing he was criticize earlier for his ability to suddenly comment to turn entry so late frustrating anyone trying to pass

Lewis once said that "Formula 1 is about how fast you can turn a corner, otherwise we would be building rockets." Excellent video, educational and with a good approach, thank you.

Awesome vid

Max is gonna keep it lit,, for a really long time.

Its easy to feel weight transfers in lets say Mazda MX5 but i do wonder how F1s antidive and antisquat suspension geometry affect things.

such a good video

Max is a combination of many things that makes somone a Neo behind the wheel. The best from max is yet to come as he further matures and passes his initial goals and desperation to win. Win or lose will feel exactly the same and in the psychological war that goes on in every sporting persons head he will always be the cat and everyone will always be the mouse. Any teammate is doomed. . This may or may not lead to wins or championships, thats usually 99% the car that is the deciding factor but with max its only 90% the car . Max is a force of nature and we shouldn't take for granted the spectacle of seeing him perform his art in our time. With only half a chance, cup of luck and if he still desires it he will destroy all records there are..

I think one of the keys that lead to verstappens success is the fact that he doesent always drive fast cars. If you really analyze max verstappens driving persona, he drives gt3 cars, mazda mx5 cup cars. This allows him to dance with the car (slow cars compared to f1 car) mid corner more which excersises his split second at a slower pace. This is why verstappen can drive a super aggressive and unpredictable car, while predicting the car. Its something everyone should do to be quicker, I do it all the time to gain one or 2 tenths whenever Im stuck.

Love this video. Learned a lot.

Let’s not leave out that both JP and Adrian Newey listen to Max’s inputs always, so the car continues to improve!

12:46 Sounds like...Nelson Piquet (as portraited by himself in a Brabhams car): "I'm just another piece in the car, sitting behind the wheel" (or something like that)

With the round effect, check his races before and after the ground effect

And lewis hates the simulator. Therefore he's never catching max.

Is that brake telemetry correct? Find it hard to believe they go from 0-100-0 without any degree of gradual brake pressure reduction, never mind genuine trail braking

Anthony Kumpen is Sophie's nephew, not her brother

Max is OBSESSED WITH VIRTUAL (SIMULATION) RACING ALSO. He truly is a Magician behind the Wheel. Every little detail is taken into consideration when MAX is behind the wheel.

He is a beast of a driver, no doubt about it.

As expected !

yeah, his driving tecnhinque is so ahead that he doesnt even need a winning car, thats why we win in sigapour, where the car wasnt that good, thank god he is so above everyone and that his fans are sure he will win everysingle season cuz none is close to his driving tecnhique, he could go to alpine and still fight for poles, im so grateful that max is my favorite driver so i can sit back and enjoy every race, i dont even need to care about silly season or anything like that, every car will suit him and he will make it go his way, none will ever beat him cuz his driving style is never seen and makes every car go faster than anyone else, i cant be happier to know that my favorite driver dont need a good car like others do, he just get in the cockpit and make his magic, in a bad day he is better than everyone and in a good day he is doing duolingo at the same time to not lose his streak, its amazing to see that my favorite driver is above cars and the technical level, i dont even worry about upgrades, and im sure he doesnt care too, cuz no matter the car, the team, the engineers, he will just drive the way he only knows and its better than everyone else style, none can match him, he is just out of this world, none in history ever seen this driving style, unique and also unreachable, he is just one of a kind, im so glad i put my faith in him and you cant tell how good i sleep cuz i dont need to worry about anything, he just win, every car, every circuit, every weather, every country, every place of the world Every time he loses is just to not bored the audience so, dont even bother, none is like him, none can even come close, i made a good choice in life, and it is being a fan of max verstappen, hope he can stay in f1 for so long to show everyone that he is unrated actually, he is like none, everyone think he is good or even the better, but thats not even close, he could even drive with 3 tyres only and still fight for pole, he is not the best of the history, he is from another planet, he is so underated i swear

Lately I've been trailbraking in F1 23 by mistake, without realizing it.

Nice explanation, but how did they create that much load on the front without losing top speed 🤔

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