It's a designers logic that: They're a one-man team so don't score as a driver pair. They are however still better than Williams, which just feels really mean to the rookie Sargent.
Get Gary on a video to explain his ranking and answer questions such as: what was he smoking when he did it, what planet is he operating on, does he know which drivers are on which team
Gary is the only one that actually understands the sport lol. His explanations are valid but because they're technical and not parasocial, nobody listens. Even in this video it was explained in 1 sentence. No other driver can drive a car so heavily suited to Max. Whilst GA understands thats, everyone else goes ' NOPE!! LANDO CAN! BECAUSE HE'S LANDO!! GET LANDO IN THAT CAR, COME ONE GUYS, IT'S LANDO!!'... Which ofcourse, when these people are asked why they think lando would do well, the only answer every time it: 'BECAUSE IT'S LANDO?!'
Gary Anderson with some outlandish takes, especially putting rb as 2nd worst. Comparing them to a lot of the other rear runners its unthinkable to me that even when checo is underperforming, the lineup could possibly be worse than stake, alpha tauri or haas.
Which is funny because I’d be willing to put good money down on a bet that goes something like this: you could give AT, Sauber, Williams, Haas, and maybe even Alpine’s driver lineups two RB19s last year, and both of their drivers would still score less than Verstappen alone. Williams is a given, even if Albon scored 90% of the points Verstappen did (which he wouldn’t) he outscored Logan 23-2, Logan isn’t making up the difference. Sauber, I’d say Bottas is on par with Perez, Perez scored less than half the points of Verstappen, as would Bottas. Zhou scored 60% of Valtteri so they’d come up short. For AT, we have a direct yardstick in Gasly; Max stomped Pierre with Gasly scoring less than a 1/3 of Max’s points together, Gasly improved since then, so even though he was clearly better than Tsunoda, I’d say Tsunoda is performing at or slightly above Gasly circa 2019. Even if he scored 50% of the points Max did, the fact he outscored Ricciardo nearly 3-1 means Ricc isn’t closing the gap to Max. Haas is haas, you could give them two RB19s and they would still find a way to come in 5th, but more seriously. Hulkenberg was pretty much dead even with Perez in their time together (23-22 in Hulks favor in race H2H) Magnussen was worse than Hulk so that’s a strikeout. Finally Alpine, now this would be close I reckon. Ocon and Perez were as close as Perez and Hulk were, but unlike Hulk Ocon has definitely made major strides forward since then. He did a convincing job against Alonso, so I think he’d definitely do better than Perez in a RB. Would score at least 50% of Maxs points, probably closer to 60-65% given his performance against Alonso, and the fact he’s pretty even with Pierre who has come a long way from scoring less than 1/3 of the points max did when they were together. Alpine wild probably get it done, but the fact they’re in complete disarray as an organization means if anyone could fuck it up, it would be them.
Given how good Max was, the only way RB can be ranked second worse is if you consider Perez to be the absolute worst driver on the grid. Sure he was bad last year, but it's clearly not the case.
Relatively bad, without Max, Perez would have been world champion and I think his lack of performance was a mental issue, after a good start to the season Verstappens dominance broke Checo's self confidence and Helmut Marko's comments undermined him. He started the season thinking he could win the championship only to hit a (Verstappen)wall in Miami and the subsequent races
I think people including pundits, crazy as it might sound, still underestimate the level of performance Max has put on last year. This makes Perez look worse and also makes the car look better than it actually is. Yes, it's the best car. But it's definitely not more dominant than the 2014-2016 and 2019-2020 Merc.
So every time a British person says anything good about another British person it's British bias? So it's British bias unless they are ranked as the worst, that's so ridiculous. Please stop watching F1 you are toxic and ruin the sport
'Nobody is writing of stroll yet' - Well after SEVEN years in F1 where he underperformed year after year compared to his teammates who regularly score more than double the points. He has never shown any consistency nor potential.
Wet or bizarre race with full of safety cars or unpredictable pit stops is where he shines. His first podium did happen at Baku 2017 and this guy got his first pole at 2020 Istanbul, wet condition. But yes, his dry or "normal" track condition race/quali pace is very meh so he needs to sort this out.
@@rars0n racking up the points in a car that was problematic all season and getting 2nd. Is slightly more impressive than one guy in the most dominant car in decades, winning the WCC by himself
I actually cannot believe that Anderson put RB in second last place. Both are proven Race winners, one a proven WC (arguably the most dominant ever). How can Mclaren even compare to that, when Norris lacks even a Race win??
British bias my freind 😂let them do what they want and it will change nothing in the end Red bull win both titles and some people can go have nice evning 😂
@@MohamedLamkhizniAre you saying that Redbull has the best driver pair? The difference in pace between the two drivers are massive. But they will still win😬 It’s either Ferrari or Mercedes who has the best driver pairing. The Mercedes drivers has roughly the same pace while Leclerc is clearly the faster Ferrari driver (the one who could actually win the championship of the two). I’m not English and don’t think it’s biased. At least it makes a little bit of sense, right? Maybe you’re new to the world of formula 1🤷🏼
I can vaguely see what he means as a pair. If you put red bulls car performance at the level of McLaren let’s say, while max would easily score consistent podiums, and an odd win, checo would be back of the top 10 if not out if it most races off his performance in 2023.
I like the guy a lot, but George disappointed me last year, too many high-profile errors for a driver of his perception. I think Merc and Ferrari should be swapped, but other than that, pretty accurate. I expected Alpine to be a bit closer to Red Bull than that. Ocon and Gasly with the right machinery, potential to be really, really good, both are so dependable.
Same. I cannot understand how Merc was rated the best. George is massively overrated. He looked amazing during his time at Williams, but seemingly only because he was next to Latifi
@@Colinsan Merc rated the best, imo, because the fellows ranking the list are Brits. Most other people I've seen with less of a horse in the merc vs ferrari race put ferrari at number 1.
As a die hard F1 fan since the 1998, I must say the British bias in media coverage has never been worse. I look forward to Lewis retiring, not because he isn't a great (I believe he is one of the very best and his personal story is truly inspirational), but I pray his retirement will bring greater balance to F1 analysis and coverage. Some bias is human nature, but it became bad after about 2017 (post Rosberg WDC) and the afterburners were really turned on after 2021. It's become ridiculous now.
Dude put the crack pipe down…. You are suggesting the most successful driver of all time, who finished 3rd in the standings in 2023 and has the biggest rivalry with the reigning world champion should retire….. only one with the bias is you…. 🤡
Results when you remove Gary Anderson doesn’t change the order too drastically but it does look better IMO 1st Mercedes 172 2nd Ferrari 149 3rd McLaren 130 4th Red Bull 109 5th Alpine 70 5th Aston Martin 70 6th Alpha tauri 46 7th Williams 24 8th Haas 22 9th Stake 16
was confused for a second why all the team names were there but only 9 teams were counted but then I noticed the shared 5th spot haha. thanks for the alternative points :)
Don't think you can really say Williams is better than Haas and Stake though. Sargeant is terrible and while Albon has improved since his Red Bull days, it's easy to look good against Sargeant and Latifi. Is he quicker than Bottas, KMag and Hulkenberg? KMag probably, the other 2 I'm not so sure. Bottas' time at Mercedes is completely underrated (esp when you look at Perez), while Hulkenberg is incredibly quick over 1 lap (which is a very useful skill if you have a top car - again look at Perez).
@@indranigomes9874 Do you think that Pierre Gasly is a stronger racer than Alex Albon? If both were thrust into the 2024 Red Bull today, who comes out on top?
i mean, lewis is probably still the best driver on the grid and george is probably top 6 or 7. not sure what the argument is. they fact they got 2nd in the constructors in the 4th fastest car shows that.
@@soundscape26 Mine is -Ferrari ( Clearly the best, one guy top 3, one top 6, both get along and play the team game, both have at least a decade left) -Mercedes (individually brilliant (less so for george after 23) but cost each other points and one is on the cusp of retirement) -Mclaren (Lando isnt as good as Carlos and can be easily broken, Piastri has "no" race pace) -RB (Max is Max, Checo cant has been mid since 2022) -AM (Chadlonso cant quite carry the window licker as well as Max carries Checo) -Alpine (same as mercedes, just slightly worse and 400% more french) -Haas ( have literally nothing to say on the matter) - AT (Both hard to rank, potentially as high as alpine) - Williams (Albon and the Yank, same as AM just Albon isnt as good as Alonso and The Yank isnt as good as the Windowlicker) - Stake (Zhou is invisible, Bottas is doing exactly what kimi did in retiring whilst still in f1)
The opinions/rankings just tells you that the team of "experts" never drove an race in an Italian Hillclimb race series (with all due respect to the series) let alone they know anything how the F1 drives mindset and F1 drives management works. P. S. Where are the effors of Liam Lawson huh? You forgot that easily?
Merc has MAYBE the 4th best line up. Ferrari, McLaren, RedBull (Max) all clearly have better driver line ups. 5 years of this George hype and he has very little to show for it. There are easily 10 better drivers on the grid than him but all the British pundits keep trying to cram "George is a future world champion" into every sentence possible.
Sorry, but Mercedes DEFINITELY has a top 4 line up. Even if you don't rate George that highly, Hamilton is still up there as one of the best on the grid.
I wonder how many panelist are from UK and their bias towards HAM and RUS… coupled with being blind that Red Bull has won Driver 1st and 2nd place championship and Constructor… basing point allocation in solely speculation. Totally biased IMO.
perez had to fight for second in dominant car, he was top 5 worst drivers last year, thats whats dragging red bull down, imo ferrari or mclaren should be first but mercedes is not that bad either
To say that Perez is better than others is ridiculous. He barely made it to second and if Ham wasn't dq'd from USA, there is a good chance he wouldn't have made it.
@@MHLF1 it was so ridiculous that he got the 2nd place. What I mean is that you cannot forget real data, facts. Everything else is just speculation: HAM would have, could have… etc… not really the point when you make a ranking. Because nobody knows for a fact how LEC, PIA or HAM would have made in the 2nd RB car. That is my point: look at the data and not to your liking or disliking to appraise results of a driver.
I Think ferrari lineup should be 1st because if both drivers are fighting each other then it is bad for both but in case of ferrari the balance is quite good
However bad Stroll and Perez are, and they are very much two of the worst drivers on the grid, Alonso's and Verstappen's brilliance more than makes up for it. To rank them so low is honestly baffling.
Don't you dare put Perez on the same level as Stroll. Checo wiped the floor with Lance when they were teammates at Racing Point. Even Perez at his worst is miles clear of Stroll.
@@MohamedLamkhizni Alonso isn't as good as Verstappen right now and the Aston isn't built around one driver. And Perez even at his worst would still do a better job than Stroll. Tell me you're a new F1 fan without telling me.
Most people rate Both alonso and max very highly. But they forget that their performance looks enhanced because their teammate is performing belwo5 the car capabilities.however lewis, leclerc and norris next year can't destroy their teammates like max and alonso because their teammates perform close to the car capabilities. Definitely ashton and redbull deserve to be ranked lower down the order as their teammates are garbage. Stroll already jad costed ashton one place I'm the construcotrs and if redbull had any proper rival perez would jav also costed redbull a lot.
@@praveenkuncheria5492i agrred 👍but the Quastion is if the others catch Red bull in 2024 and close the gap and i expect it the be the same story Red bull and max dominant the season and the others fight for who is Finish second in both the WDC and WCC 😮🎉
The ranking from Gary Anderson only make sense if your ranking is based on the balance of strength between the two teammates. There is no question that Red Bull has the least balanced driver pairing on the grid. Not saying I agree. Just trying to come up with an explanation.
Little biased saying Carlos cannot match Charles when he has a car that is to his liking, I’d say that about any driver. Charles consistently cracks under pressure and Sainz is consistently the smarter driver.
FINALLY someone agrees with me.. Carlos has been carrying the team. Leclerc is a one lap pace merchant lkike George (I like Charles) but they're acting like carlos is some scrub.
@@TheZimbeatzIn the seasons that Leclerc and Sainz have been together, it is Leclerc who has beaten Sainz 2 times, also Leclerc is the one with more points, wins, poles, podiums, and better head2head stats. So it is actually Leclerc who has been carrying Ferrari.
Hello everyone, my overarching point is that any driver will be stronger if the car is set up for them, the commentator stating that Charles is faster if the car is set up for them, you can in fact say that about any driver. Perez is also strong when the car favors him, and Max is fast when it favors him. I’ve done some sim racing and the same holds true for me. Who is the strongest driver? I thinks that’s up for debate, Carlos is calm and collected, Charles has outscored Carlos however, when there a kink in the plan a race can quickly get away from him. In the end, points are the real measure.
I’m a Lewis fan! Have been since he joined in 2007 but seriously how can Merc be top of the list. They’d be third or fourth for me. Red Bull is just Max on his own anyway so no need to put them behind Merc
Max could be on his own but let’s say merc car is the same level as Red Bull, then merc duo is better than Red Bull. Sure max is great but rating duos Red Bull should still be lower than Ferrari and merc. I put Red Bull third, merc second and Ferrari first but I’m a merc fan so you could say I’m biased but I try not to be. I’m looking at it realistic.
Most people rate Both alonso and max very highly. But they forget that their performance looks enhanced because their teammate is performing belwo5 the car capabilities.however lewis, leclerc and norris next year can't destroy their teammates like max and alonso because their teammates perform close to the car capabilities. Definitely ashton and redbull deserve to be ranked lower down the order as their teammates are garbage. Stroll already had costed ashton one place in the construcotrs and if redbull had any proper rival perez would hav also costed redbull a lot.
@@praveenkuncheria5492 exactly, Red Bull atm is good with just max because the car and driver is superior but once the car isn’t superior and the opponents is, then the duo as a whole will perform bad.
I am very confident lewis and leclerc can go toe to toe with max in speed if the these teams are close with redbull. However max has the advantage of better strategy and pitcrew than mercedes and ferrari. However it could be advantage for mercedes adn ferrari in that perez wouldnt be anywhere near max if all these teams are in the same page of pace as redbull . Hopefully it happens. @voidtankage4289 @@voidtankage4289
I am very confident lewis and leclerc can go toe to toe with max in speed if the these teams are close with redbull. However max has the advantage of better strategy and pitcrew than mercedes and ferrari. However it could be advantage for mercedes adn ferrari in that perez wouldnt be anywhere near max if all these teams are in the same page of pace as redbull . Hopefully it happens. @voidtankage4289 @@voidtankage4289
Piastri has great potential, and McLaren has a very good lineup, but I think putting them 1st is rather overselling his current ability. I don’t think he’s currently as good as Sainz, and there’s no way Norris is as good as Leclerc, so to me they are a clear 3rd.
hahahahhh Norris fans compare someone with zero wins throwing around 3 of his 3 chances away to the guy who has fought mercedes and max for race wins is crazy @@Wesquire
@@Wesquire Leclerc qualified top 3 thirteen times (including four poles), Norris did so 6 times (and 0 poles). From Belgium onwards, Leclerc never classified worse than 5th, whereas Norris finished 7th, 7th and 8th consecutively. Curbstomp might describe what Max did to Checo, but Leclerc and Norris are both fantastic F1 drivers who made the most of their machinery this year. If you want to argue that Norris is better than Leclerc, there's an argument to be made to counter what I wrote above, but it would be somewhat defeated by how over-the-top you make it seem.
@@Lastname6955 He is overated. He threw away half a dozen pole/front row starts at the end of last year, and he refuses to fight anyone when hes in 2nd. He would rather skin himself alive and keep 2nd than try and overtake for 1st
Not at all, he had a lot of reckless mistakes last year. When the lights shine brightest he has a propensity to slip up, which is very disconcerting as he’s not an error-prone driver in general, but seems to become one when the pressure is on. As Piastri gets closer and ups the pressure I also have doubts about how his attitude and mentality will adjust. He was Mcalrens golden boy who stomped Ricciardo and was given the keys to the kingdom. Piastri stacked up against him about how well Lando did to Sainz his first year, Piastri is liable to make a big step forward at some point in their time together and Landos position as Mclarens poster boy might come under fire, which I really don’t think he’d handle well. We saw him throw away a couple of front row starts as soon as Piastri really started pressing him in quali last season, the mental pressure is only going to get worse as Piastri challenges him. There’s no lingering doubts about Landos pace or ability, I’ll give you that. But if you think there’s no lingering doubts about him as a complete package, or as a champion contender than you know less about the sport than you think. There’s been many a hype driver with blistering pace who got their big shot and couldn’t score because at the end of the day speed and ability are only a part of the game.
I don't have any doubt in my mind that Norris is a good driver. But I still have doubts that he is a top tier driver. That's very reasonable considering the fact that he's never won a race, or competed for a championship.
You know we're in peak parasocial DTS era of F1 when despite Gary Anderson showcasing he's the only one who understands the sport, everyone jumps on him because they don't get it. lol
Naming Mercedes the best driver pairing is insane. Ferrari has the best pairing, followed by mclaren. Lewis and George are not cooperating now, if the car becomes better it will be a nightmare
Ferrari should've won. Leclerc is the second-best driver on the grid right now, only behind Verstappen, and above Hamilton and Russell, and Sainz is significantly more consistent than Russell, even if he's lacking in raw speed when compared. Not to mention, although Hamilton and Russell are miles apart in consistency, they are the closest lineup on the grid in raw speed, and they could certainly crash and burn like Hamilton and Rosberg did
Dumbest ranking theory/comments.. Biased commentators/People keep hyping Ferrari and Mercedes over Redbull is a joke at best. McLaren looks promising with a really good car so they can be up or down - either works fine. This is very first time I felt like British media bias showing up clearly in 'The Race' video, which is disappointing.
Come on! Ferrari and Mclaren for sure have a better combined line-up then Mercedes. Typical British bias to put the team with two British drivers on top
Rusell has serious deficiencies in regards to his race pace. Let's be honest, lewis most times looks a cut above him. I dont think he has the raw speed of leclerc or max. Reminds me of a button.
Merc being over Ferrari is just crazy imo. Their #1 drivers are almost level and i think that Sainz is still a slightly better race driver than George rn, and also not as prone to choking under pressure
Absolute nonsense. We have seen nothing to suggest that Leclerc is on Hamilton's level and even if Sainz may be a slightly better driver than Russell right now, Hamilton alone tips the scales in Mercedes' favor.
Two things : 1- Opinions in F1 are always emotional and short lived. 2- Oscar is well liked, and opinions of him are clouded. He's overhyped af, and his contribution and deficit to Norris is similar to Stroll's to Alonso.
2 - Not entirely true. I agree that he is overhyped, because there was a significant performance deficit to Norris, but for a rookie it was still really good.
he’s not overhyped at all. Stroll also has 7 years of experience. Oscar also would’ve been closer in point if that’s what you’re comparing, if he wasn’t taken out by other drivers in the last races. Watch the races
@@nicolekovala It's not about his points, it's about his race pace. Again, he had a really good rookie season, but he still had a significant performance deficit to Norris, who himself is not actually confirmed as a top tier driver.
Lots of emphasis of Norris being mistake-prone but none on LeClercs constant mistakes? Or is the belief that it's just because he has to overdrive an underperforming Ferrari to compensate? I've lost confidence that George is the long-term superstar on the initial promise he showed.
A charitable view of Gary's takes is that he places a strong emphasis on the term "pairing" a la "the whole is greater than the sum of the individual parts", which I guess is somewhat of a noble approach. Its almost like he's asking the question what would a 1 driver team that represents a merger of both drivers' season look like. This favours the teams with a more balanced the line up even if they don't have the best results. I suspect this is his way of taking the performance of car out of the picture.
It’s incredible how much the media are blinded by LeCrashes Qually performances to mask his narrowness as a race driver. By all accounts if Sainz races Mexico and isn’t screwed over in Vegas he finishes the season with more pts. All whilst it’s clear he isn’t the favoured driver in the team. Sainz is a more complete driver than Charles.
Saying Red Bull have the second worst driver line up is just insane, is Gary on crack? No matter how crap you think Perez is he is not worse than Zhou and Bottas sure as hell isn't better than Verstappen so how can Red Bull be behind Stake? Even if their line up was Perez and Perez it would be around the Alpine level.
Debatable. Merc has 7 time champion and guy with huge potential, while Ferrari has guy with huge potential and a driver that has already reached his maximum. I'd say both have argument for 1st place.
then why did merc who had like the 4th fastest car, that was basically a car that had so many compromise finish 2nd in the championship and ferrari who had the 2nd fastest car if you look at the whole season finish behind them? because there drivers didnt maximise the car potential or over drove the car like the merc drivers did. the fact merc finished 2nd should be a disgrace to ferrari in my view considering the pace advantage they had over them.
@@whyareyoureadingmynickname8158 the Carlos/Charles team works really well, imagine these 2 had a good team (like Merc) behind them, These 2 even sacrifice their own race for the teammate but you can't see such a relationship in Mercedes.
@@zattanna74 F1 season is not a single race to say Merc had 4th fastest car. W14 wasn't good in qualifying but it always came back in the race. Aston had been faster for 5-6 races and Ferrari on less than half of the season.
1. Mercedes 2. Ferrari (they and Merc are switchable) 3. Red Bull 4. McLaren 5. Alpine 6. Aston (Stroll really weighs them down) 7. Alpha Tauri/whatever 8. Haas 9. Williams (Sargeant weighs team down) 10. Stake Kick Sauber
The team that won 21 races has the fourth best driver lineup... Yeah, I'm going to go with you guys are smoking the good good because that's just crazy lol.
Put Max in a Merc, Ferrari or Mclaren he'd probably still be the best in the team. Again; Verstappen world champion Perez second so how can they possibly come fourth? Without Max Perez would have been world champion. How did you judge best driver lineup during Mercedes years of domination? Ferrari 2de? with the accident prone Leclerc and Sainz judged weaker? Flies in the face of logic. were all judges Brits? In the only race RB did'nt win it Sainz won. So how can Mercedes be nr 1. Do you really think that either driver is better than Verstappen? Mercs failure to recover form can partly be accredited to the drivers, seeing that Verstappens input led to much better cars including 2021 in which Merc had the best car.
@@peterhurd9667 its because the car was so good. put perez in most of the other cars and he's second compared to his teammates besides maybe Haas and AT. thats what the lineup is judged on
1. Charles Leclerc / Carlos Sainz - These are two WORLD CLASS drivers currently in 2024 with Carlos Sainz giving Red Bull, a team with unequal machinery a challenge, and having won a race, and Charles Leclerc, who face it has not been on form recently to the extent of his teammate, but is undoubtedly a driver who in 2022 challenged Max Verstappen for the championship, the current or maybe even all time best driver in the world 2. Lewis Hamilton / George Russell - The only reason the Mercedes drivers list is behind the Ferrari drivers list in my opinion is purely due to the age of Lewis Hamilton. His current form suggests yes, he has PASSED it, and yes, this is current form, not 2023 form. Hamilton is undoubtedly not driving to the extent if Carlos Sainz and even Charles Leclerc. Russell is absolutely amongst the likes of Charles Leclerc but he is so mistake prone. Charles used to be, but he’s adapted arguably so much better than George, and George’s costly mistake lost him P7 in Australia just 3 weeks ago. He is not as good. But no, the Mercedes line up is still brilliant 3. Lando Norris / Oscar Piastri - What separates McLaren from the front on this list is purely just Oscar’s inexperience in Formula 1. Potentially by the end of 2024 or 2025, he could top McLaren on my personal list, but he is absolutely mistake prone. He thrown his position ahead of George away in Suzuka, and has a mistake in him, but this is 2024, not 2027, where certainty will arise us and Oscar WILL be the driver we’re looking for. Lando Norris - words speak for itself. He is pure class, but again, he has a mistake in him (Las Vegas 2023), but he hardly makes mistakes and he is still relatively inexperienced but once these two reach their prime, say 2026 or so, McLaren will have the best driver line-up 4. Max Verstappen / Sergio Perez - Perez in tier 4 is potentially misleading, but I’m not convinced. Whilst Max’s dominance has brought his driver line up to P4, Sergio Perez is serving Red Bull’s purpose as he should be in 2024. All Red Bull ask of him is to finish P2 every race, and obviously of Max to win it, and Sergio is serving the purpose, which is all that is asked of him. Yes, he has passed his prime, potentially at Racing Point in 2020, but Perez was above the average mark in his prime, but I’m not convinced Perez is above the 12th or 13th best driver on the grid, and is possibly not deserving of a Red Bull seat. Words speak for themselves for Max 5. Yuki Tsunoda / Daniel Ricciardo - Racing Bulls have a bright future ahead of them, and of course I’m talking about the driver who’s first name is Yuki and who’s last name is Tsunoda. Daniel Ricciardo is purely past it, meaning he is, and it pains me to say this, not worthy of a Formula One seat, so why have I ranked this line up as number 5? Because Racing Bulls have many prodigies, Iwasa, Lawson etc. and Yuki has finally met up and even exceeded standards of Formula One on his fourth year, and for the first time in his career, I can say Yuki is a genuine GREAT driver, and he will only ever improve. Yuki is effectively placing the 6th or 7th best car in points consecutively, but if he driven the car to it’s standards, he would finish 11th, 12th or 13th 6. Esteban Ocon / Pierre Gasly - Ranking two solid drivers 6th is harsh, as they are both worthy of the top half in the championship, If each driver were placed in the same car. However, this isn’t entirely about the drivers - Alpine have no bright spark ahead of them, and unfortunately, this driver lineup / rivalry doesn’t work for them. With Red Bull, having the best driver and a wingman is the purpose of a good constructor, as it enables no battles and for both drivers to serve their purpose. These two are battling out for positions they should be battling out for in separate machinery. And after all, I believe the 5 constructors ahead have at least 1 of the 2 pairing drivers that are better than both Pierre and Esteban (maybe not Yuki, which is why the battle for 5th and 6th on the constructors line up is close) 7. Fernando Alonso / Lance Stroll - There isn’t a lot of difference between this line up nor Racing Bulls’ lineup, as they both have one current dominant driver, but the dominance in driver lineup in Racing Bulls isn’t near to the dominance in Aston Martin, which begs the question, why is the Aston Martin driver line up 2 places beneath the Racing Bulls lineup, and one place beneath the Alpine? Purely because of Alonso’s age. Whilst Fernando doesn’t look remotely like his form is going to drop, it will! And it will by 2025. Yes, this list is associated with currently, but the 4th or 5th best car doesn’t mean a thing to Stroll, because he’s treating the car as if it were a back marker car, engaging in battles with the Haas and the Racing Bull, despite being far more superior. The reason the Aston Martin pairing ranks so low is because Alonso’s career is ending, and Stroll’s career isn’t worthy of existing. It’s this high because of purely still of how good Fernando currently is 8. Kevin Magnussen / Nico Hulkenberg - Now this is where the pairings start to get poor. These are two purely average drivers, with Magnussen potentially being quite a bad driver, although shows signs of serious potential from time to time, for example taking pole in Brazil, but P19 in the championship in 2023 is absolutely woeful in all honesty. In addition, Hulkenberg’s career isn’t going to progress any further. However, none of these drivers are bad to the extent of current Ricciardo and Stroll, so again, it’s relatively close to the Aston Martin lineup. 9. Alex Albon / Logan Sargeant - Albon is a good driver as of current, but do we know that? The answer is no. We know Albon was appalling or disappointing at best in the Red Bull, but that was 4 years ago. In terms of ability, I’d argue the ability of Albon’s is the most unknown on the grid, purely due to the inability of his teammate. We know Albon was relatively average when mingling in the Toro Rosso, and poor in the Red Bull, and since his seat at Williams, the incompetence of his teammates have made him look superior, but we really don’t know. However, I still think he’s good, and too good for his current machinery. However, he makes terrible mistakes, costing his teammate the participance in the 2024 Australian Grand Prix, but again, it’s not regular. Logan however, makes a mistake every other race, and I think Suzuka was the last straw - he really isn’t to the capabilities of an F1 Driver 10. Valterri Bottas / Guanyu Zhou - This team really is nothing. It’s not actually useless, but it seriously isn’t going anywhere, or at least, as of current, I don’t think it is. Valterri is on a downhill projection, and will continue being on a downhill projection, and Zhou is really at the point of his career where, just like Piastri is challenging a much better driver than Valterri (Lando) should be challenging and almost always BEATING or levelling his teammate, and he is still not to the standards of a mediocre driver of Bottas, who is as I say, mediocre, nothing more, nothing less. And Guanyu Zhou, who isn’t excelling in his current career, isn’t currently mediocre, and if he doesn’t improve (yes, he’s in a pitiful car) he will be known as a poor driver, who doesn’t give the F1 package anything to remember
I’m sorry, but the credibility of your whole publication is tarnished when one of your most frequent collaborators, a person who appears in a good amount of your videos as some sort of credible technical expert with insider F1 knowledge, who often gives the final say on your “verdicts” or expectations and predictions, comes out with opinions as uninformed and baseless as Gary Anderson just has. For Red Bull to be the second worst driver lineup on the grid, that means any one of the seven above them could be dropped in the RB19 and have scored more points than Red Bull did last year. Thinking that Hulk and Magnussen, Bottas and Zhou, Tsunoda and Ricc could score more than Max alone is dubious at best, but Max and Perez? No fucking shot. So, it’s either one of two things: Gary knows that take is complete bullshit and threw it out there as a cheeky way to generate some interaction and clicks-kind of The Race’s MO at this point regardless-and you guys as a journalistic publication are okay with that. Or he genuinely believes this take, and you guys as a supposedly reputable and respected F1 publication repeatedly and consistently cite him as an expert source. Either way, it makes a mess of your guys’ credibility and I’ll definitely be more wary of “here’s what our technical expert has to say...” going forward
was surprised to see Mercedes on top seeing how much Russell actually screwed up last year. If anything Ferrari and McLaren should be better than Mercedes as their driver chemistry seems to be working better. No comment on Red Bull as Checo just couldn't match Max in most races and he's stuck there occasionally underperforming. The rest just seems alright I guess
If every car was equal I would give the nod to Charles and Carlos as the best pair on the grid. Charles has the outright raw pace and magic and Carlos is very sound and efficient when he has the car set up to his liking and I still give Carlos the slightest edge over Russell..
lol so you're telling me the washed up car merchant champion and osama bin russell are supposed to be the best driver line up currently in F1? this coming from the british "panel of experts" ranking the all british driver line up to be the best doesn't sound biased at all
I really don't understand how anyone could rate RedBulls line up below McLarens. Verstappen is obviously the best driver on the grid right now so it comes down to who you think is better, Perez or Piastri. You can say Piastri has a higher ceiling or whatever and he's impressed on his rookie year, but as of right now, Perez is the far better driver, dispite his struggles. Piastri wouldn't have come 3rd, let alone 2nd if he were Max's teammate and Perez probably would have scored more for McLaren. I've been so impressed by Piastri s attitude and have no doubt he'll become a top driver, but Perez is so experienced and perhaps an underrated driver, but one rookie season who was still far off the pace of his teammate doesn't make him better.
Pérez failed to go to Q3 in at least 6 occasions and only recorded 9 podiums with one of the most dominant cars ever, finished 300 points behind his teammate. Difficult to have done worse than he did last year.
The Race Team, I am hereby applying for the recently opened up position of Expert Analyst. I will send an additional cover letter and CV through the appropriate channels. Please extend my best wishes to Mr. Anderson. I hope he recovers well from his recent mental breakdown.
I don't understand why everyone is putting Mercedes so high... George wasn't near lewis in 23.. so on average. Surely ferrari and mclaren are ahead? Really baffled how George is being rated so highly after that last season...
You think Perez is better than Hamilton? 2021 even proved Bottas was better than Perez. You cannot seriously believe Perez is 5th best after last year? Not with thinking involved at least.
Well the three you said if drive the RB19 last year will struggle adapted to it so the only one can drive that Red bull is max only one maybe can in my opinion is Ricciardo of not like what max did but he not will struggle that mutch i say that becouse him and max their driving style is kinda similar the end and have nice evning 😮🎉
Based on last year's performance I wouldn't have Mercedes in the top spot at all... yes the car was slow but both made some avoidable errors like George in Singapore and Lewis in Qatar. I'm sure if they had a championship winning car they'll be mighty, but when they don't, errors creep in.
Like what? Leclerc crashed out of Q3 a couple of times (weras Lewis failed to get out of Q2 routinely) and Sainz crashed in a few FP sessions. George crashed into a wall twice, throwing away two podiums, and Lewis crashed into George thrwing away a shot of victory in Quatar@@gorillachamp5271
all I am seeing is some serious British bias, the two Mercedes drivers have shown clear signs of cracks in their abilities through out last season yet are considered the best pair on the grid of this season. are the Race a full British panel?
Shocked that the british channel with a british panel just voted the all british line-up with the former 7 time world champion as the best line-up on the grid. Truly shocking.
You guys rated Alfa Romeo C43 the least competitive car in the season review video. Yet somehow all of you believed that the drivers had underperformed. If anything, they outperformed the limitations of their dreadful machinery and stayed 8th for as long as they could.
So, you literally say you have a driver who's better than any other two drivers team, which should rank him by himself on top of the rest, but you rank him 4th? What were you smoking? Or did you mix the 2019 results?
I get it Oscar did well, but Lando, Leclerc, Max, Lewis, Russell & Sainz were better respectfully. Oscar got blown away by Lando. Sargeant & Zhou shouldn’t be in F1 for 2024
@@nicolekovala ?? russel and lewis were the closest driver pairing this year?? george was quite close to lewis on pace alone, both miles ahead of oscar...
This Gary Anderson guy does seem to have some stupidly forced and outlandish views on driver line-ups and car designs. I question his observation even in the analysis of the SF-24, saying there's no innovation that he sees to take them to the top is far fetched. Does he not see the new side-pod? Does he not see the mechanical changes? Does he not see the longer chassis and shortened gearbox? What about the S-duct? What about the increased anti-stall/dive angles in the suspension? Maybe time to take the gin away from him.
This is a joke. The assumption that the best drivers drive the best cars and the worse ones drive the worst cars is ludicrous. Maybe if Bottas and Zhou were driving a Red Bull, the results would be the opposite. Also, the composition of the panel (9 UK participants) removes any remote credibility this ranking could have. It is not really a surprise that two British drivers who had a pretty mediocre season overall, particularly Russell, rank number ones, as it was the case last year. If you want to be taken seriously, include some US, Italian, German, French, Spanish, etc. etc. panelists next time.
In the case of Mercedes...if you want to finish first you have to first finish. Fastest over one lap is irrelevant if you can't put that position to good use. In my opinion, Russell did an outstand job in the 2022 season. When he was at Williams he was used to hauling a boat anchor around the track and when he drove the 22 Mercedes as bad as it was it was still better than a Williams. Hamilton was given a boat anchor to haul around compared to a rocket ship the last couple of years before. 23 came about and he won internally by a large margin. 2024 should be the measuring stick.
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What did George's last season to be considered as a good driver? Being English maybe? 😂😂😂😂😂 The Rece is more like power rankings actually
I mean, In the case of Williams, if you best case scenario is snagging the odd points finish, having one guy that can definitely get the job done does work, as long as the other driver does bring something to the team. A driver like Logan in a faster car (like stroll in the AM) hurts a team in that position a lot more, where both drivers should be in the points every time.
ngl slight bias (coming from an merc fan i don't wanna hear it) 1. Ferrari 2. No Mikey No F1 Team 3. McLaren 4. Max Verstappen F1 Team (would be 2nd but checo is checked out) 5. Lance Stroll needs to go 6. Alpine 7. Racing Balls Hugo Boss 8. Williams 9. Stake Kick f1 Sauber Casino team 10. hASS (I genuinely believe they will never consistently repeat their 2018 highs)
I think it’s time that Sergio Pérez learns from Riccardo Patrese and be a good number two driver. When the 1992 season started his teammate Nigel Mansell had lost a lot of weight during the winter to a point where Mansell was lighter than Patrese and that really hurt is confidence and he was never the same after that. Also the switch from passive to activate suspension really hurt Riccardo Patrese and he never got used to Williams’ active ride system. Plus really, Riccardo Patrese was never really a top level driver in F1 but a great number two. Riccardo Patrese really did a good job accepting that fact, especially after the 1992 South African GP. This is I say that Sergio Pérez can learn a thing or two from Riccardo Patrese.
I mean does it matter than less than half of the team placed them as best team, does it matter that they were the most balanced/consistent points scoring pair on the grid? No, of coarse not... because the moment someone quick draws the phrase "british bias" you know thats a cheap and lazy attempt of keyboard worrier at criticism.
@@stephen2282 what is the basic they say they are the best team line-up? Consistency in whinning? Both Ferrari almost same point (Ferrari better)? Worst car better driver? (Mercedes is second best car, just both Hamilton whinning to make their car look worst than other car and look good on himself) 0win lineup good? (If not Ferrari team drag out their driver, they will score way more points). Red Bull score 1st and 2nd driver not better lineup than Mercedes? 3th and 8th in driver lineup is the best team lineup? How about 5th and 7th? (Ferrari) and 1st and 2nd (Red Bull)
Gary Anderson saying Stake have a stronger lineup than Red Bull is a very bizarre take
It might be time for Gary to go to the retirement home where he can eat pudding and ice cream while he yells at clouds
Not only Stake but all teams except Williams. Baffling.
Gary Anderson is just a has been attention seeker
It's a designers logic that: They're a one-man team so don't score as a driver pair. They are however still better than Williams, which just feels really mean to the rookie Sargent.
Somebody doesn’t know what the word “pair” means
Get Gary on a video to explain his ranking and answer questions such as: what was he smoking when he did it, what planet is he operating on, does he know which drivers are on which team
😂
And what series he watched last year
😂😂😂
Gary is the only one that actually understands the sport lol. His explanations are valid but because they're technical and not parasocial, nobody listens.
Even in this video it was explained in 1 sentence. No other driver can drive a car so heavily suited to Max. Whilst GA understands thats, everyone else goes ' NOPE!! LANDO CAN! BECAUSE HE'S LANDO!! GET LANDO IN THAT CAR, COME ONE GUYS, IT'S LANDO!!'...
Which ofcourse, when these people are asked why they think lando would do well, the only answer every time it: 'BECAUSE IT'S LANDO?!'
@@joetri10 so you’re saying that Gary thinks Perez’ slow pace is actually because of the car, yet he ranks their driving pairing second last?
Gary Anderson with some outlandish takes, especially putting rb as 2nd worst.
Comparing them to a lot of the other rear runners its unthinkable to me that even when checo is underperforming, the lineup could possibly be worse than stake, alpha tauri or haas.
I mean I kinda get it but yeah 😂
Gary Anderson still live in 2021 Abu Dhabi 😂
Hes so biased
More like 1991, he thinks Jordan was the greatest team ever and he is an equal to Adrian Newey and Rory Byrne
Which is funny because I’d be willing to put good money down on a bet that goes something like this: you could give AT, Sauber, Williams, Haas, and maybe even Alpine’s driver lineups two RB19s last year, and both of their drivers would still score less than Verstappen alone.
Williams is a given, even if Albon scored 90% of the points Verstappen did (which he wouldn’t) he outscored Logan 23-2, Logan isn’t making up the difference. Sauber, I’d say Bottas is on par with Perez, Perez scored less than half the points of Verstappen, as would Bottas. Zhou scored 60% of Valtteri so they’d come up short. For AT, we have a direct yardstick in Gasly; Max stomped Pierre with Gasly scoring less than a 1/3 of Max’s points together, Gasly improved since then, so even though he was clearly better than Tsunoda, I’d say Tsunoda is performing at or slightly above Gasly circa 2019. Even if he scored 50% of the points Max did, the fact he outscored Ricciardo nearly 3-1 means Ricc isn’t closing the gap to Max. Haas is haas, you could give them two RB19s and they would still find a way to come in 5th, but more seriously. Hulkenberg was pretty much dead even with Perez in their time together (23-22 in Hulks favor in race H2H) Magnussen was worse than Hulk so that’s a strikeout.
Finally Alpine, now this would be close I reckon. Ocon and Perez were as close as Perez and Hulk were, but unlike Hulk Ocon has definitely made major strides forward since then. He did a convincing job against Alonso, so I think he’d definitely do better than Perez in a RB. Would score at least 50% of Maxs points, probably closer to 60-65% given his performance against Alonso, and the fact he’s pretty even with Pierre who has come a long way from scoring less than 1/3 of the points max did when they were together. Alpine wild probably get it done, but the fact they’re in complete disarray as an organization means if anyone could fuck it up, it would be them.
Given how good Max was, the only way RB can be ranked second worse is if you consider Perez to be the absolute worst driver on the grid. Sure he was bad last year, but it's clearly not the case.
But that still wouldn't be possible because Verstappen is number 1 putting them somewhere in the middle not second last.
Relatively bad, without Max, Perez would have been world champion and I think his lack of performance was a mental issue, after a good start to the season Verstappens dominance broke Checo's self confidence and Helmut Marko's comments undermined him. He started the season thinking he could win the championship only to hit a (Verstappen)wall in Miami and the subsequent races
@@peterhurd9667😮😂delusional at it funiest 😂
Verstappen would have still won the constructors championship himself if Perez was not even there. What's the point of wasting a seat for Perez?
I think people including pundits, crazy as it might sound, still underestimate the level of performance Max has put on last year. This makes Perez look worse and also makes the car look better than it actually is. Yes, it's the best car. But it's definitely not more dominant than the 2014-2016 and 2019-2020 Merc.
"The jury is still out on whether [Stroll] can make the step forward that Aston Martin really needs." This will be his EIGHTH season in Formula 1.
Exactly what I said as soon that comment was made. It's been seven years. If he hasn't made the step up now, he's not going to.
By the end of next season Stroll will have done more races than Senna
The jury gave their verdict years ago, it's daddy's money keeping him out of jail.
The jury has decided. Lance Stroll, Logan Sargent, and Estabad Ocon need to go away
I can live with Red Bull not being the best driver duo, but rating it the worst?!?
Second worst, but still…
Gary Anderson with some hot takes lol
Haas fourth best lineup 🤣
More like senile takes
L takes
The British media choosing the all Brit line up as the best on the grid. Wow I am shocked at this completely unexpected result 😂
So every time a British person says anything good about another British person it's British bias?
So it's British bias unless they are ranked as the worst, that's so ridiculous. Please stop watching F1 you are toxic and ruin the sport
It's a reasonable take. Even without bias a lot of people would put Hamilton - Russell over Leclerc - Sainz.
@@isaacm2374becouse they are delusional snowflakes like some people 😭🤣
'Nobody is writing of stroll yet' - Well after SEVEN years in F1 where he underperformed year after year compared to his teammates who regularly score more than double the points. He has never shown any consistency nor potential.
Stroll has shown massive consistency, consistently horrible.
@@timberland_woodworking There were some races where he did okay, even this season but 2 or 3 good races a season isn't enough.
Wet or bizarre race with full of safety cars or unpredictable pit stops is where he shines.
His first podium did happen at Baku 2017 and this guy got his first pole at 2020 Istanbul, wet condition.
But yes, his dry or "normal" track condition race/quali pace is very meh so he needs to sort this out.
2:25 error here. Albon dragged the team to 7th not 8th
Referencing where they ranked the teams lineups I think
then its 9th, so its still an error
lots of errors in the vid.
Tsunoda wasnt faster than Daniel.
Bottas wasnt faster than Zhou either
@@daarom3472 Yeah idk who fact checked this one, but it seems like nobody.
Gary Andersons take on Redbull being 2nd worst lineup should be an error too. Dumb take.
I don't understand how anyone could rank Mercedes as the top driver pairing given their propensity to drive straight into each other.
Because they still rack up the points
@@j.s3300 If that's the sole criteria then there's no way that Red Bull is not #1, since they scored the most points.
Other than Qatar the rest was more or less insignificant.
@@rars0n this logic is so retarded these dts fans haha
@@rars0n racking up the points in a car that was problematic all season and getting 2nd. Is slightly more impressive than one guy in the most dominant car in decades, winning the WCC by himself
I actually cannot believe that Anderson put RB in second last place. Both are proven Race winners, one a proven WC (arguably the most dominant ever). How can Mclaren even compare to that, when Norris lacks even a Race win??
While Gary Anderson's technical opinions is always interesting, I've learned to largely ignore his sporting opinions. They are not great
@@jareth0205 He has shades of his old boss, Eddie Jordan in sporting opinion. Outlandish reasoning with bizzare take on certain issue
British bias my freind 😂let them do what they want and it will change nothing in the end Red bull win both titles and some people can go have nice evning 😂
@@MohamedLamkhizniAre you saying that Redbull has the best driver pair? The difference in pace between the two drivers are massive. But they will still win😬 It’s either Ferrari or Mercedes who has the best driver pairing. The Mercedes drivers has roughly the same pace while Leclerc is clearly the faster Ferrari driver (the one who could actually win the championship of the two). I’m not English and don’t think it’s biased. At least it makes a little bit of sense, right? Maybe you’re new to the world of formula 1🤷🏼
I can vaguely see what he means as a pair. If you put red bulls car performance at the level of McLaren let’s say, while max would easily score consistent podiums, and an odd win, checo would be back of the top 10 if not out if it most races off his performance in 2023.
I like the guy a lot, but George disappointed me last year, too many high-profile errors for a driver of his perception. I think Merc and Ferrari should be swapped, but other than that, pretty accurate. I expected Alpine to be a bit closer to Red Bull than that. Ocon and Gasly with the right machinery, potential to be really, really good, both are so dependable.
Same. I cannot understand how Merc was rated the best. George is massively overrated. He looked amazing during his time at Williams, but seemingly only because he was next to Latifi
@@Colinsan Merc rated the best, imo, because the fellows ranking the list are Brits. Most other people I've seen with less of a horse in the merc vs ferrari race put ferrari at number 1.
@@lucaduina2781 Most other people?..........who
@@Colinsan i mean............both ferrari drivers make mistakes all the time and crash more than george.
@@Colinsan ferrari cant be number 1 your delusional
As a die hard F1 fan since the 1998, I must say the British bias in media coverage has never been worse. I look forward to Lewis retiring, not because he isn't a great (I believe he is one of the very best and his personal story is truly inspirational), but I pray his retirement will bring greater balance to F1 analysis and coverage.
Some bias is human nature, but it became bad after about 2017 (post Rosberg WDC) and the afterburners were really turned on after 2021. It's become ridiculous now.
Dude put the crack pipe down…. You are suggesting the most successful driver of all time, who finished 3rd in the standings in 2023 and has the biggest rivalry with the reigning world champion should retire….. only one with the bias is you…. 🤡
Gott strafe england
You're more biased than the media my guy
@@MP422ownzlulu hasnt won a race in years. And he wont
sorry i forgot dudeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!
Results when you remove Gary Anderson doesn’t change the order too drastically but it does look better IMO
1st Mercedes 172
2nd Ferrari 149
3rd McLaren 130
4th Red Bull 109
5th Alpine 70
5th Aston Martin 70
6th Alpha tauri 46
7th Williams 24
8th Haas 22
9th Stake 16
Great comment. Thank you
Gary should stick to playing darts
was confused for a second why all the team names were there but only 9 teams were counted but then I noticed the shared 5th spot haha.
thanks for the alternative points :)
Don't think you can really say Williams is better than Haas and Stake though. Sargeant is terrible and while Albon has improved since his Red Bull days, it's easy to look good against Sargeant and Latifi. Is he quicker than Bottas, KMag and Hulkenberg? KMag probably, the other 2 I'm not so sure. Bottas' time at Mercedes is completely underrated (esp when you look at Perez), while Hulkenberg is incredibly quick over 1 lap (which is a very useful skill if you have a top car - again look at Perez).
@@indranigomes9874 Do you think that Pierre Gasly is a stronger racer than Alex Albon? If both were thrust into the 2024 Red Bull today, who comes out on top?
What a surprise, the team with 2 British drivers is ranked #1, the bias runs deep
When lewis is consistently out of Q3 n George kissing the Gap in Singapore, they deserve the top spot
i mean, lewis is probably still the best driver on the grid and george is probably top 6 or 7. not sure what the argument is. they fact they got 2nd in the constructors in the 4th fastest car shows that.
Is Gary angry?
This lineup is shocking 🤡
Brits doing British things.
What's your ranking?
@@soundscape26 Mine is
-Ferrari ( Clearly the best, one guy top 3, one top 6, both get along and play the team game, both have at least a decade left)
-Mercedes (individually brilliant (less so for george after 23) but cost each other points and one is on the cusp of retirement)
-Mclaren (Lando isnt as good as Carlos and can be easily broken, Piastri has "no" race pace)
-RB (Max is Max, Checo cant has been mid since 2022)
-AM (Chadlonso cant quite carry the window licker as well as Max carries Checo)
-Alpine (same as mercedes, just slightly worse and 400% more french)
-Haas ( have literally nothing to say on the matter)
- AT (Both hard to rank, potentially as high as alpine)
- Williams (Albon and the Yank, same as AM just Albon isnt as good as Alonso and The Yank isnt as good as the Windowlicker)
- Stake (Zhou is invisible, Bottas is doing exactly what kimi did in retiring whilst still in f1)
What a shocking result, said to myself - Merc on top before even clicking the video.
The Race love their British drivers.
You know what they are like. Sniffing their own farts.
The opinions/rankings just tells you that the team of "experts" never drove an race in an Italian Hillclimb race series (with all due respect to the series) let alone they know anything how the F1 drives mindset and F1 drives management works.
P. S. Where are the effors of Liam Lawson huh? You forgot that easily?
Merc has MAYBE the 4th best line up. Ferrari, McLaren, RedBull (Max) all clearly have better driver line ups. 5 years of this George hype and he has very little to show for it. There are easily 10 better drivers on the grid than him but all the British pundits keep trying to cram "George is a future world champion" into every sentence possible.
Sorry, but Mercedes DEFINITELY has a top 4 line up. Even if you don't rate George that highly, Hamilton is still up there as one of the best on the grid.
British Media group vote British drivers best ... Shock...
Sorry we'll put Logan Sargent at the top next time.
@@Penguig😂😂 exactly… 🤷🏼♂️
So they should do the opposite, place non-British drivers higher to mask their nationality?
Just heard back from the Euro Media Group. They say Ferrari is best with Max taking the championship
I know the British media is infamously biased but in this case its just facts. Mercedes have the strongest pairing. Closest is to them is Ferrari
Max Won the Constructors Championship on his own……….
Let that sink in
great car + Driver who isn't perez
Sorry, but there's no way in hell I'm calling them Stake and not Sauber 😂
I wonder how many panelist are from UK and their bias towards HAM and RUS… coupled with being blind that Red Bull has won Driver 1st and 2nd place championship and Constructor… basing point allocation in solely speculation. Totally biased IMO.
Are you really arguing RB has the best drivers? VER obviously amazing, but Perez is not.
perez had to fight for second in dominant car, he was top 5 worst drivers last year, thats whats dragging red bull down, imo ferrari or mclaren should be first but mercedes is not that bad either
To say that Perez is better than others is ridiculous. He barely made it to second and if Ham wasn't dq'd from USA, there is a good chance he wouldn't have made it.
@@MHLF1 it was so ridiculous that he got the 2nd place. What I mean is that you cannot forget real data, facts. Everything else is just speculation: HAM would have, could have… etc… not really the point when you make a ranking. Because nobody knows for a fact how LEC, PIA or HAM would have made in the 2nd RB car. That is my point: look at the data and not to your liking or disliking to appraise results of a driver.
It is because Mercedes do not have any chance to win (even not a race winner). So The Race create some fantasic ranking to cheer themselves up 😂
So all the people on the panel are British (I'm guessing), & they voted the team with the 2 brits in it as best on the grid? I'm shocked.
Yeah. Super obvious.
Actually hilarious
Guess which other team has 2 brits and the team is also British... And guess where they rank
@@studyarjun6402 there isn't one.... Oscar is an aussie...
@@studyarjun6402 Uh, there isn't one? There are only three Brits on the grid and two drive for Mercedes.
Russell and Hamilton have clashed so many times on track this season... what is the race smoking putting them on top
They dick ride Russell so hard it’s insane he was nowhere near Hamilton
Where did they finish in the WCC?
Well if the Maclaren has enough more race to go they will be 2nd @@j.s3300
@@j.s3300so by that logic Red bull should be the one first in this list right 😭🤣
@@MohamedLamkhizni well no because you look at Perez as a performer and he is not of the standard. Use the brain, kid
This year is going to be interesting with all the drivers contracts ending
I Think ferrari lineup should be 1st because if both drivers are fighting each other then it is bad for both but in case of ferrari the balance is quite good
verstappen alone takes the redbull lineup into the top 4 by himself some shocking takes here...
However bad Stroll and Perez are, and they are very much two of the worst drivers on the grid, Alonso's and Verstappen's brilliance more than makes up for it.
To rank them so low is honestly baffling.
Don't you dare put Perez on the same level as Stroll. Checo wiped the floor with Lance when they were teammates at Racing Point. Even Perez at his worst is miles clear of Stroll.
@@areebsiddiqui758you know if he was in Aston martin as Alonso teamate it be the same story
@@MohamedLamkhizni Alonso isn't as good as Verstappen right now and the Aston isn't built around one driver. And Perez even at his worst would still do a better job than Stroll. Tell me you're a new F1 fan without telling me.
Most people rate Both alonso and max very highly. But they forget that their performance looks enhanced because their teammate is performing belwo5 the car capabilities.however lewis, leclerc and norris next year can't destroy their teammates like max and alonso because their teammates perform close to the car capabilities. Definitely ashton and redbull deserve to be ranked lower down the order as their teammates are garbage. Stroll already jad costed ashton one place I'm the construcotrs and if redbull had any proper rival perez would jav also costed redbull a lot.
@@praveenkuncheria5492i agrred 👍but the Quastion is if the others catch Red bull in 2024 and close the gap and i expect it the be the same story Red bull and max dominant the season and the others fight for who is Finish second in both the WDC and WCC 😮🎉
I think Ferrari is best now. Good balance across both cars and Sainz keeps getting better
Leclerc is getting better I think Sainz is getting worse
@@LucasMueller18worse 🤣😭
Ferrari is better than merc
The ranking from Gary Anderson only make sense if your ranking is based on the balance of strength between the two teammates. There is no question that Red Bull has the least balanced driver pairing on the grid.
Not saying I agree. Just trying to come up with an explanation.
Gary, are you okay?
To sum up the vid: british journalists think british driver pairing is the best.
The end
This is an aggregate, only 4 of the 9 voters put the Mercedes lineup in 1st.
@@soundscape26 Good spot 👍
@@soundscape26 so who came out on top on aggregate exactly?
😂😂😂 typical British "journalists"
1 "journalist" even put red bull 9th😂😂😂😂
Little biased saying Carlos cannot match Charles when he has a car that is to his liking, I’d say that about any driver. Charles consistently cracks under pressure and Sainz is consistently the smarter driver.
Watch the second half of the 2023 season again and then you can see that Charles was faster + more consistent than Carlos.
FINALLY someone agrees with me.. Carlos has been carrying the team. Leclerc is a one lap pace merchant lkike George (I like Charles) but they're acting like carlos is some scrub.
@@TheZimbeatzIn the seasons that Leclerc and Sainz have been together, it is Leclerc who has beaten Sainz 2 times, also Leclerc is the one with more points, wins, poles, podiums, and better head2head stats. So it is actually Leclerc who has been carrying Ferrari.
@@TheZimbeatz Sainz hasnt carried Ferrari at all
Hello everyone, my overarching point is that any driver will be stronger if the car is set up for them, the commentator stating that Charles is faster if the car is set up for them, you can in fact say that about any driver.
Perez is also strong when the car favors him, and Max is fast when it favors him.
I’ve done some sim racing and the same holds true for me.
Who is the strongest driver? I thinks that’s up for debate, Carlos is calm and collected, Charles has outscored Carlos however, when there a kink in the plan a race can quickly get away from him. In the end, points are the real measure.
I knew they'd put mercedes first before i even watched it. These boys are so far up Lewis's a..e its scary.
British channel: "The all British lineup is the best".. who could have possibly guessed.
I’m a Lewis fan! Have been since he joined in 2007 but seriously how can Merc be top of the list. They’d be third or fourth for me. Red Bull is just Max on his own anyway so no need to put them behind Merc
Max could be on his own but let’s say merc car is the same level as Red Bull, then merc duo is better than Red Bull. Sure max is great but rating duos Red Bull should still be lower than Ferrari and merc. I put Red Bull third, merc second and Ferrari first but I’m a merc fan so you could say I’m biased but I try not to be. I’m looking at it realistic.
Most people rate Both alonso and max very highly. But they forget that their performance looks enhanced because their teammate is performing belwo5 the car capabilities.however lewis, leclerc and norris next year can't destroy their teammates like max and alonso because their teammates perform close to the car capabilities. Definitely ashton and redbull deserve to be ranked lower down the order as their teammates are garbage. Stroll already had costed ashton one place in the construcotrs and if redbull had any proper rival perez would hav also costed redbull a lot.
@@praveenkuncheria5492 exactly, Red Bull atm is good with just max because the car and driver is superior but once the car isn’t superior and the opponents is, then the duo as a whole will perform bad.
I am very confident lewis and leclerc can go toe to toe with max in speed if the these teams are close with redbull. However max has the advantage of better strategy and pitcrew than mercedes and ferrari. However it could be advantage for mercedes adn ferrari in that perez wouldnt be anywhere near max if all these teams are in the same page of pace as redbull . Hopefully it happens. @voidtankage4289 @@voidtankage4289
I am very confident lewis and leclerc can go toe to toe with max in speed if the these teams are close with redbull. However max has the advantage of better strategy and pitcrew than mercedes and ferrari. However it could be advantage for mercedes adn ferrari in that perez wouldnt be anywhere near max if all these teams are in the same page of pace as redbull . Hopefully it happens. @voidtankage4289 @@voidtankage4289
Putting Alonso & Stroll below Gasly & Ocon is nonsense. Alonso is the 2nd best driver on the grid while neither Ocon or Gasly are top 9
Piastri has great potential, and McLaren has a very good lineup, but I think putting them 1st is rather overselling his current ability. I don’t think he’s currently as good as Sainz, and there’s no way Norris is as good as Leclerc, so to me they are a clear 3rd.
Norris is better than Leclerc fairly comfortably.
hahahahhh Norris fans compare someone with zero wins throwing around 3 of his 3 chances away to the guy who has fought mercedes and max for race wins is crazy @@Wesquire
@@LucasMueller0418 Norris curbstomped Leclerc once he got a competitive car midway through this year.
@@Wesquire Leclerc qualified top 3 thirteen times (including four poles), Norris did so 6 times (and 0 poles). From Belgium onwards, Leclerc never classified worse than 5th, whereas Norris finished 7th, 7th and 8th consecutively.
Curbstomp might describe what Max did to Checo, but Leclerc and Norris are both fantastic F1 drivers who made the most of their machinery this year. If you want to argue that Norris is better than Leclerc, there's an argument to be made to counter what I wrote above, but it would be somewhat defeated by how over-the-top you make it seem.
@@jgagnier qualifying means literally nothing if you can't convert it to race finishes
It's 2024. If you still have "lingering doubts" about Lando Norris then you need to find a new sport.
Agreed, the man could lap the field and he would still be "overrated"
@@Lastname6955 He is overated. He threw away half a dozen pole/front row starts at the end of last year, and he refuses to fight anyone when hes in 2nd.
He would rather skin himself alive and keep 2nd than try and overtake for 1st
@dylanburston7453 because it's not like Leclerc/Alonso/Hamilton/Perez tried to race Verstappen either
Not at all, he had a lot of reckless mistakes last year. When the lights shine brightest he has a propensity to slip up, which is very disconcerting as he’s not an error-prone driver in general, but seems to become one when the pressure is on. As Piastri gets closer and ups the pressure I also have doubts about how his attitude and mentality will adjust. He was Mcalrens golden boy who stomped Ricciardo and was given the keys to the kingdom. Piastri stacked up against him about how well Lando did to Sainz his first year, Piastri is liable to make a big step forward at some point in their time together and Landos position as Mclarens poster boy might come under fire, which I really don’t think he’d handle well.
We saw him throw away a couple of front row starts as soon as Piastri really started pressing him in quali last season, the mental pressure is only going to get worse as Piastri challenges him. There’s no lingering doubts about Landos pace or ability, I’ll give you that. But if you think there’s no lingering doubts about him as a complete package, or as a champion contender than you know less about the sport than you think. There’s been many a hype driver with blistering pace who got their big shot and couldn’t score because at the end of the day speed and ability are only a part of the game.
I don't have any doubt in my mind that Norris is a good driver. But I still have doubts that he is a top tier driver. That's very reasonable considering the fact that he's never won a race, or competed for a championship.
You know we're in peak parasocial DTS era of F1 when despite Gary Anderson showcasing he's the only one who understands the sport, everyone jumps on him because they don't get it. lol
Saying Bottas-Zhou is better than Verstappen-Pérez is nuts.
I'll have some of whatever garys smoking
Nothing like British voting for British. Great job!
Putting Merc at #1 is purely driven by bias.
Naming Mercedes the best driver pairing is insane. Ferrari has the best pairing, followed by mclaren. Lewis and George are not cooperating now, if the car becomes better it will be a nightmare
Ferrari should've won. Leclerc is the second-best driver on the grid right now, only behind Verstappen, and above Hamilton and Russell, and Sainz is significantly more consistent than Russell, even if he's lacking in raw speed when compared. Not to mention, although Hamilton and Russell are miles apart in consistency, they are the closest lineup on the grid in raw speed, and they could certainly crash and burn like Hamilton and Rosberg did
Dumbest ranking theory/comments.. Biased commentators/People keep hyping Ferrari and Mercedes over Redbull is a joke at best. McLaren looks promising with a really good car so they can be up or down - either works fine. This is very first time I felt like British media bias showing up clearly in 'The Race' video, which is disappointing.
Come on! Ferrari and Mclaren for sure have a better combined line-up then Mercedes. Typical British bias to put the team with two British drivers on top
Mclaren line up don't even have a win yet 🤡
Rusell has serious deficiencies in regards to his race pace.
Let's be honest, lewis most times looks a cut above him.
I dont think he has the raw speed of leclerc or max. Reminds me of a button.
Merc being over Ferrari is just crazy imo. Their #1 drivers are almost level and i think that Sainz is still a slightly better race driver than George rn, and also not as prone to choking under pressure
Absolute nonsense. We have seen nothing to suggest that Leclerc is on Hamilton's level and even if Sainz may be a slightly better driver than Russell right now, Hamilton alone tips the scales in Mercedes' favor.
Two things :
1- Opinions in F1 are always emotional and short lived.
2- Oscar is well liked, and opinions of him are clouded. He's overhyped af, and his contribution and deficit to Norris is similar to Stroll's to Alonso.
2 - Not entirely true. I agree that he is overhyped, because there was a significant performance deficit to Norris, but for a rookie it was still really good.
he’s not overhyped at all. Stroll also has 7 years of experience. Oscar also would’ve been closer in point if that’s what you’re comparing, if he wasn’t taken out by other drivers in the last races. Watch the races
@@nicolekovala It's not about his points, it's about his race pace. Again, he had a really good rookie season, but he still had a significant performance deficit to Norris, who himself is not actually confirmed as a top tier driver.
Lots of emphasis of Norris being mistake-prone but none on LeClercs constant mistakes? Or is the belief that it's just because he has to overdrive an underperforming Ferrari to compensate?
I've lost confidence that George is the long-term superstar on the initial promise he showed.
A charitable view of Gary's takes is that he places a strong emphasis on the term "pairing" a la "the whole is greater than the sum of the individual parts", which I guess is somewhat of a noble approach. Its almost like he's asking the question what would a 1 driver team that represents a merger of both drivers' season look like. This favours the teams with a more balanced the line up even if they don't have the best results. I suspect this is his way of taking the performance of car out of the picture.
Haas no4 best.. what a good take from Gary 🤣
He probably thought to himself, "I'm the only person here who understood the assignment, aren't I?"
It’s incredible how much the media are blinded by LeCrashes Qually performances to mask his narrowness as a race driver. By all accounts if Sainz races Mexico and isn’t screwed over in Vegas he finishes the season with more pts. All whilst it’s clear he isn’t the favoured driver in the team. Sainz is a more complete driver than Charles.
Are you aware that across all three years they are teammates there is a bigger gap in their race pace than quali pace? Not in Sainz favour I may add.
@@Wickey934the truth hurt 😭
@@MohamedLamkhizni What truth? The data and stats are there, but if you would watch this sport with eyes open, you wouldn't even need them to know it
Saying Red Bull have the second worst driver line up is just insane, is Gary on crack? No matter how crap you think Perez is he is not worse than Zhou and Bottas sure as hell isn't better than Verstappen so how can Red Bull be behind Stake? Even if their line up was Perez and Perez it would be around the Alpine level.
I am proudly British, but to put ‘past his best’ Hamilton and ‘error prone’ Russell top is nothing short of British bias!
The quintessential British F1 journalist ranking
imo Ferrari's lineup is better than Merc's
Debatable. Merc has 7 time champion and guy with huge potential, while Ferrari has guy with huge potential and a driver that has already reached his maximum.
I'd say both have argument for 1st place.
then why did merc who had like the 4th fastest car, that was basically a car that had so many compromise finish 2nd in the championship and ferrari who had the 2nd fastest car if you look at the whole season finish behind them? because there drivers didnt maximise the car potential or over drove the car like the merc drivers did. the fact merc finished 2nd should be a disgrace to ferrari in my view considering the pace advantage they had over them.
@@whyareyoureadingmynickname8158 the Carlos/Charles team works really well, imagine these 2 had a good team (like Merc) behind them, These 2 even sacrifice their own race for the teammate but you can't see such a relationship in Mercedes.
@@zattanna74 F1 season is not a single race to say Merc had 4th fastest car. W14 wasn't good in qualifying but it always came back in the race. Aston had been faster for 5-6 races and Ferrari on less than half of the season.
@@sam-nariman6236 That's a fair argument.
1. Mercedes
2. Ferrari (they and Merc are switchable)
3. Red Bull
4. McLaren
5. Alpine
6. Aston (Stroll really weighs them down)
7. Alpha Tauri/whatever
8. Haas
9. Williams (Sargeant weighs team down)
10. Stake Kick Sauber
Mclaren fourth is crazy
@@DuckJugglerJnr😭
Tell me you have a British bias without telling me u have a British bias. 😂😂😂
The team that won 21 races has the fourth best driver lineup... Yeah, I'm going to go with you guys are smoking the good good because that's just crazy lol.
Bullshit. Rb nr 1 despitre Verstappens superiority. Perez was 2nd in the world chapionship...so utter crap
well obviously with that car. the point is we remove the different cars and compare the drivers themselves
If the standings are the criteria then Stroll is much better than Albon.
Put Max in a Merc, Ferrari or Mclaren he'd probably still be the best in the team. Again; Verstappen world champion Perez second so how can they possibly come fourth? Without Max Perez would have been world champion. How did you judge best driver lineup during Mercedes years of domination? Ferrari 2de? with the accident prone Leclerc and Sainz judged weaker? Flies in the face of logic. were all judges Brits? In the only race RB did'nt win it Sainz won. So how can Mercedes be nr 1. Do you really think that either driver is better than Verstappen? Mercs failure to recover form can partly be accredited to the drivers, seeing that Verstappens input led to much better cars including 2021 in which Merc had the best car.
@@peterhurd9667 its because the car was so good. put perez in most of the other cars and he's second compared to his teammates besides maybe Haas and AT. thats what the lineup is judged on
alternative title: ranking the 2023 driver line-ups from worst to best
Yep 😂
1. Charles Leclerc / Carlos Sainz - These are two WORLD CLASS drivers currently in 2024 with Carlos Sainz giving Red Bull, a team with unequal machinery a challenge, and having won a race, and Charles Leclerc, who face it has not been on form recently to the extent of his teammate, but is undoubtedly a driver who in 2022 challenged Max Verstappen for the championship, the current or maybe even all time best driver in the world
2. Lewis Hamilton / George Russell - The only reason the Mercedes drivers list is behind the Ferrari drivers list in my opinion is purely due to the age of Lewis Hamilton. His current form suggests yes, he has PASSED it, and yes, this is current form, not 2023 form. Hamilton is undoubtedly not driving to the extent if Carlos Sainz and even Charles Leclerc. Russell is absolutely amongst the likes of Charles Leclerc but he is so mistake prone. Charles used to be, but he’s adapted arguably so much better than George, and George’s costly mistake lost him P7 in Australia just 3 weeks ago. He is not as good. But no, the Mercedes line up is still brilliant
3. Lando Norris / Oscar Piastri - What separates McLaren from the front on this list is purely just Oscar’s inexperience in Formula 1. Potentially by the end of 2024 or 2025, he could top McLaren on my personal list, but he is absolutely mistake prone. He thrown his position ahead of George away in Suzuka, and has a mistake in him, but this is 2024, not 2027, where certainty will arise us and Oscar WILL be the driver we’re looking for. Lando Norris - words speak for itself. He is pure class, but again, he has a mistake in him (Las Vegas 2023), but he hardly makes mistakes and he is still relatively inexperienced but once these two reach their prime, say 2026 or so, McLaren will have the best driver line-up
4. Max Verstappen / Sergio Perez - Perez in tier 4 is potentially misleading, but I’m not convinced. Whilst Max’s dominance has brought his driver line up to P4, Sergio Perez is serving Red Bull’s purpose as he should be in 2024. All Red Bull ask of him is to finish P2 every race, and obviously of Max to win it, and Sergio is serving the purpose, which is all that is asked of him. Yes, he has passed his prime, potentially at Racing Point in 2020, but Perez was above the average mark in his prime, but I’m not convinced Perez is above the 12th or 13th best driver on the grid, and is possibly not deserving of a Red Bull seat. Words speak for themselves for Max
5. Yuki Tsunoda / Daniel Ricciardo - Racing Bulls have a bright future ahead of them, and of course I’m talking about the driver who’s first name is Yuki and who’s last name is Tsunoda. Daniel Ricciardo is purely past it, meaning he is, and it pains me to say this, not worthy of a Formula One seat, so why have I ranked this line up as number 5? Because Racing Bulls have many prodigies, Iwasa, Lawson etc. and Yuki has finally met up and even exceeded standards of Formula One on his fourth year, and for the first time in his career, I can say Yuki is a genuine GREAT driver, and he will only ever improve. Yuki is effectively placing the 6th or 7th best car in points consecutively, but if he driven the car to it’s standards, he would finish 11th, 12th or 13th
6. Esteban Ocon / Pierre Gasly - Ranking two solid drivers 6th is harsh, as they are both worthy of the top half in the championship, If each driver were placed in the same car. However, this isn’t entirely about the drivers - Alpine have no bright spark ahead of them, and unfortunately, this driver lineup / rivalry doesn’t work for them. With Red Bull, having the best driver and a wingman is the purpose of a good constructor, as it enables no battles and for both drivers to serve their purpose. These two are battling out for positions they should be battling out for in separate machinery. And after all, I believe the 5 constructors ahead have at least 1 of the 2 pairing drivers that are better than both Pierre and Esteban (maybe not Yuki, which is why the battle for 5th and 6th on the constructors line up is close)
7. Fernando Alonso / Lance Stroll - There isn’t a lot of difference between this line up nor Racing Bulls’ lineup, as they both have one current dominant driver, but the dominance in driver lineup in Racing Bulls isn’t near to the dominance in Aston Martin, which begs the question, why is the Aston Martin driver line up 2 places beneath the Racing Bulls lineup, and one place beneath the Alpine? Purely because of Alonso’s age. Whilst Fernando doesn’t look remotely like his form is going to drop, it will! And it will by 2025. Yes, this list is associated with currently, but the 4th or 5th best car doesn’t mean a thing to Stroll, because he’s treating the car as if it were a back marker car, engaging in battles with the Haas and the Racing Bull, despite being far more superior. The reason the Aston Martin pairing ranks so low is because Alonso’s career is ending, and Stroll’s career isn’t worthy of existing. It’s this high because of purely still of how good Fernando currently is
8. Kevin Magnussen / Nico Hulkenberg - Now this is where the pairings start to get poor. These are two purely average drivers, with Magnussen potentially being quite a bad driver, although shows signs of serious potential from time to time, for example taking pole in Brazil, but P19 in the championship in 2023 is absolutely woeful in all honesty. In addition, Hulkenberg’s career isn’t going to progress any further. However, none of these drivers are bad to the extent of current Ricciardo and Stroll, so again, it’s relatively close to the Aston Martin lineup.
9. Alex Albon / Logan Sargeant - Albon is a good driver as of current, but do we know that? The answer is no. We know Albon was appalling or disappointing at best in the Red Bull, but that was 4 years ago. In terms of ability, I’d argue the ability of Albon’s is the most unknown on the grid, purely due to the inability of his teammate. We know Albon was relatively average when mingling in the Toro Rosso, and poor in the Red Bull, and since his seat at Williams, the incompetence of his teammates have made him look superior, but we really don’t know. However, I still think he’s good, and too good for his current machinery. However, he makes terrible mistakes, costing his teammate the participance in the 2024 Australian Grand Prix, but again, it’s not regular. Logan however, makes a mistake every other race, and I think Suzuka was the last straw - he really isn’t to the capabilities of an F1 Driver
10. Valterri Bottas / Guanyu Zhou - This team really is nothing. It’s not actually useless, but it seriously isn’t going anywhere, or at least, as of current, I don’t think it is. Valterri is on a downhill projection, and will continue being on a downhill projection, and Zhou is really at the point of his career where, just like Piastri is challenging a much better driver than Valterri (Lando) should be challenging and almost always BEATING or levelling his teammate, and he is still not to the standards of a mediocre driver of Bottas, who is as I say, mediocre, nothing more, nothing less. And Guanyu Zhou, who isn’t excelling in his current career, isn’t currently mediocre, and if he doesn’t improve (yes, he’s in a pitiful car) he will be known as a poor driver, who doesn’t give the F1 package anything to remember
Is that for real? Is a team composed of drivers that crashed between themselves last year the best lineup for next year? No bias present? ...
I’m sorry, but the credibility of your whole publication is tarnished when one of your most frequent collaborators, a person who appears in a good amount of your videos as some sort of credible technical expert with insider F1 knowledge, who often gives the final say on your “verdicts” or expectations and predictions, comes out with opinions as uninformed and baseless as Gary Anderson just has.
For Red Bull to be the second worst driver lineup on the grid, that means any one of the seven above them could be dropped in the RB19 and have scored more points than Red Bull did last year. Thinking that Hulk and Magnussen, Bottas and Zhou, Tsunoda and Ricc could score more than Max alone is dubious at best, but Max and Perez? No fucking shot. So, it’s either one of two things: Gary knows that take is complete bullshit and threw it out there as a cheeky way to generate some interaction and clicks-kind of The Race’s MO at this point regardless-and you guys as a journalistic publication are okay with that. Or he genuinely believes this take, and you guys as a supposedly reputable and respected F1 publication repeatedly and consistently cite him as an expert source. Either way, it makes a mess of your guys’ credibility and I’ll definitely be more wary of “here’s what our technical expert has to say...” going forward
Imagine british journalists voting for only double british lineup. Who could guesses it?
was surprised to see Mercedes on top seeing how much Russell actually screwed up last year. If anything Ferrari and McLaren should be better than Mercedes as their driver chemistry seems to be working better. No comment on Red Bull as Checo just couldn't match Max in most races and he's stuck there occasionally underperforming. The rest just seems alright I guess
If every car was equal I would give the nod to Charles and Carlos as the best pair on the grid. Charles has the outright raw pace and magic and Carlos is very sound and efficient when he has the car set up to his liking and I still give Carlos the slightest edge over Russell..
If My Grandmother Had Wheels She Would Have Been A Bike 😂1😭
lol so you're telling me the washed up car merchant champion and osama bin russell are supposed to be the best driver line up currently in F1?
this coming from the british "panel of experts" ranking the all british driver line up to be the best doesn't sound biased at all
My guess for 2024:
1) RBR 2) Merc 3) Ferrari 4) McLaren 5) Alpine 6) Aston Martin 7) Williams 8) Alpha Tauri 9) Sauber/Kick/Stake 10) Haas
I really don't understand how anyone could rate RedBulls line up below McLarens.
Verstappen is obviously the best driver on the grid right now so it comes down to who you think is better, Perez or Piastri.
You can say Piastri has a higher ceiling or whatever and he's impressed on his rookie year, but as of right now, Perez is the far better driver, dispite his struggles. Piastri wouldn't have come 3rd, let alone 2nd if he were Max's teammate and Perez probably would have scored more for McLaren. I've been so impressed by Piastri s attitude and have no doubt he'll become a top driver, but Perez is so experienced and perhaps an underrated driver, but one rookie season who was still far off the pace of his teammate doesn't make him better.
Pérez failed to go to Q3 in at least 6 occasions and only recorded 9 podiums with one of the most dominant cars ever, finished 300 points behind his teammate.
Difficult to have done worse than he did last year.
The Race Team,
I am hereby applying for the recently opened up position of Expert Analyst. I will send an additional cover letter and CV through the appropriate channels.
Please extend my best wishes to Mr. Anderson. I hope he recovers well from his recent mental breakdown.
This aged well. Good luck Mercedes 😂🤡😂
Me: How biased is this list
The Race: Yes
I don't understand why everyone is putting Mercedes so high... George wasn't near lewis in 23.. so on average. Surely ferrari and mclaren are ahead?
Really baffled how George is being rated so highly after that last season...
1st. Mercedes
2nd. Ferrari
3rd. McLaren
4th. Red Bull
5th. Alpine
6th. Aston Martin
7th. Visa RB
8th. Haas
9th. Williams
10th. Stake
I think there's only 3 drivers other than Max on the grid that would struggle less than Checo in the RB19 - Alonso, Norris & Leclerc.
You think Perez is better than Hamilton? 2021 even proved Bottas was better than Perez. You cannot seriously believe Perez is 5th best after last year? Not with thinking involved at least.
Well the three you said if drive the RB19 last year will struggle adapted to it so the only one can drive that Red bull is max only one maybe can in my opinion is Ricciardo of not like what max did but he not will struggle that mutch i say that becouse him and max their driving style is kinda similar the end and have nice evning 😮🎉
Based on last year's performance I wouldn't have Mercedes in the top spot at all... yes the car was slow but both made some avoidable errors like George in Singapore and Lewis in Qatar. I'm sure if they had a championship winning car they'll be mighty, but when they don't, errors creep in.
many mistakes from drivers in other top teams as well
@@gorillachamp5271well in Red bull one driver did and have nice evning 😂
Like what? Leclerc crashed out of Q3 a couple of times (weras Lewis failed to get out of Q2 routinely) and Sainz crashed in a few FP sessions. George crashed into a wall twice, throwing away two podiums, and Lewis crashed into George thrwing away a shot of victory in Quatar@@gorillachamp5271
I want what Gary Anderson is smoking
all I am seeing is some serious British bias, the two Mercedes drivers have shown clear signs of cracks in their abilities through out last season yet are considered the best pair on the grid of this season. are the Race a full British panel?
Shocked that the british channel with a british panel just voted the all british line-up with the former 7 time world champion as the best line-up on the grid. Truly shocking.
I'm guessing GA was drunk when asked.
If I'm being honest, as long as RedBull don't royally screw up the RB20, Max himself could easily outscore McLaren.
You guys rated Alfa Romeo C43 the least competitive car in the season review video. Yet somehow all of you believed that the drivers had underperformed. If anything, they outperformed the limitations of their dreadful machinery and stayed 8th for as long as they could.
Senna/Prost is still the best pair in F1.....
So, you literally say you have a driver who's better than any other two drivers team, which should rank him by himself on top of the rest, but you rank him 4th? What were you smoking? Or did you mix the 2019 results?
the race picks mercedes as the best… shocking 😂
I get it Oscar did well, but Lando, Leclerc, Max, Lewis, Russell & Sainz were better respectfully. Oscar got blown away by Lando. Sargeant & Zhou shouldn’t be in F1 for 2024
bro said Russell
@@nicolekovala ?? russel and lewis were the closest driver pairing this year?? george was quite close to lewis on pace alone, both miles ahead of oscar...
This Gary Anderson guy does seem to have some stupidly forced and outlandish views on driver line-ups and car designs. I question his observation even in the analysis of the SF-24, saying there's no innovation that he sees to take them to the top is far fetched. Does he not see the new side-pod? Does he not see the mechanical changes? Does he not see the longer chassis and shortened gearbox? What about the S-duct? What about the increased anti-stall/dive angles in the suspension? Maybe time to take the gin away from him.
This is a joke. The assumption that the best drivers drive the best cars and the worse ones drive the worst cars is ludicrous. Maybe if Bottas and Zhou were driving a Red Bull, the results would be the opposite. Also, the composition of the panel (9 UK participants) removes any remote credibility this ranking could have. It is not really a surprise that two British drivers who had a pretty mediocre season overall, particularly Russell, rank number ones, as it was the case last year. If you want to be taken seriously, include some US, Italian, German, French, Spanish, etc. etc. panelists next time.
In the case of Mercedes...if you want to finish first you have to first finish. Fastest over one lap is irrelevant if you can't put that position to good use. In my opinion, Russell did an outstand job in the 2022 season. When he was at Williams he was used to hauling a boat anchor around the track and when he drove the 22 Mercedes as bad as it was it was still better than a Williams. Hamilton was given a boat anchor to haul around compared to a rocket ship the last couple of years before. 23 came about and he won internally by a large margin. 2024 should be the measuring stick.
What did George's last season to be considered as a good driver? Being English maybe? 😂😂😂😂😂 The Rece is more like power rankings actually
I think Gary was smoking crack when he did his list
I mean, In the case of Williams, if you best case scenario is snagging the odd points finish, having one guy that can definitely get the job done does work, as long as the other driver does bring something to the team. A driver like Logan in a faster car (like stroll in the AM) hurts a team in that position a lot more, where both drivers should be in the points every time.
ngl slight bias (coming from an merc fan i don't wanna hear it)
1. Ferrari
2. No Mikey No F1 Team
3. McLaren
4. Max Verstappen F1 Team (would be 2nd but checo is checked out)
5. Lance Stroll needs to go
6. Alpine
7. Racing Balls Hugo Boss
8. Williams
9. Stake Kick f1 Sauber Casino team
10. hASS (I genuinely believe they will never consistently repeat their 2018 highs)
I think it’s time that Sergio Pérez learns from Riccardo Patrese and be a good number two driver. When the 1992 season started his teammate Nigel Mansell had lost a lot of weight during the winter to a point where Mansell was lighter than Patrese and that really hurt is confidence and he was never the same after that. Also the switch from passive to activate suspension really hurt Riccardo Patrese and he never got used to Williams’ active ride system. Plus really, Riccardo Patrese was never really a top level driver in F1 but a great number two. Riccardo Patrese really did a good job accepting that fact, especially after the 1992 South African GP. This is I say that Sergio Pérez can learn a thing or two from Riccardo Patrese.
Don’t get me wrong - I love OP and am excited about his future potential. However, in the 2024 season I would rather have Checo driving the RB20.
The Race is always the typical The Race.. british and mercedes bias always.. classic and never change
Not team of expert.. team of British bias 😂
I mean does it matter than less than half of the team placed them as best team, does it matter that they were the most balanced/consistent points scoring pair on the grid? No, of coarse not... because the moment someone quick draws the phrase "british bias" you know thats a cheap and lazy attempt of keyboard worrier at criticism.
@@stephen2282 what is the basic they say they are the best team line-up? Consistency in whinning? Both Ferrari almost same point (Ferrari better)? Worst car better driver? (Mercedes is second best car, just both Hamilton whinning to make their car look worst than other car and look good on himself) 0win lineup good? (If not Ferrari team drag out their driver, they will score way more points). Red Bull score 1st and 2nd driver not better lineup than Mercedes? 3th and 8th in driver lineup is the best team lineup? How about 5th and 7th? (Ferrari) and 1st and 2nd (Red Bull)
@@swl0323 This ranking is based on pure skill... they already did the 2023 rankings and neither Lewis nor George were that well placed.
@@soundscape26delusionals at it funiest 😂😭