Yuki has flirted with points for much of the first part of the season. It was never terrible...just barely good enough at the time. Can't truly compare since Yuki has only done 2 laps in the last two races. But I do agree, he better get that AT seat next year.
sainz "i can be 1sec faster per lap" russell engineer "sainz can be 1sec per lap quicker!" russell "yeah why not even 2!" this is what sainz wanted, this info to be reported to russell to put pressure on him. sainz was a master chess player today
Nobody’s talking about how great Landos defence was even with sianz’ 200IQ strat. It was honestly silverstone again at the end. Race of the 2022 regulations era imo. Great race for Lawson too. 3 GOOD RACES IN A ROWWWW
@@iLevente everyone talks about how smart sainz was with giving drs to lando, which I agree with. But no one complimented Norris. If u came on my comment to say think before I post on a *public* forum about *my* opinion, then just go.
@@MrALPHAHOWL Him getting drs was like 95% of the reason he didnt get passed by both Mercs. Defense wouldnt have meant anything with the grip and traction Mercedes were getting out of those corners. People are talking about Carlos more becuase it was literally the only way both would have held on to their positions.
Carlos and Lando teaming up like Avengers was incredible but we also have to hand it to Max being generally so unlucky but smashing an 18 second gap in about 6 laps on the right tyres, what great driving across the board
Carlos and Lando racing like they still on the same team and ya love to see it. And as a Carlos fan, those Mercs on the last few laps were terrifying. They were like a pack of wolves 🐺
He had it in hand the whole way, consistently backing up into Lando over 10 laps. The only time I got nervous was when Russell almost put a move on Norris, that would've won it for him
Bernie Collins said she didn't think Ferrari were trying to sacrifice Leclerc; they actually wanted the 1-2 and slowing the cars down was not only good for Sainz to win but also for Leclerc because the deeper he went into the race, the better his chance of switching to an optimal 1-stop strategy. It was the best option to try and secure the 1-2.
Also in case of sc it made possibile a double stop, if he was under 3 sec he would have lost the same positions because tires wouldnt be ready. Wouldnt change the result
Yes, but that was Ferrari strategists making another mistake. Sack all of them and employ Carlos instead. As well as a driver. It seems he can do both.
The questions should be about Leclerc and that weirdness with the gap. They asked for 3s and he ignored it. Then they asked for 5s and he put in the fastest lap of the race up until that point and closed the gap even more. Then presumably they asked him again for 5s for the double stack and he opened the gap to over 8s under the VSC and was lucky not to get a penalty on top of losing 2 places. He's so passive aggressive ignoring the engineer or saying 'fine you want a gap I'll basically stop on track'. He was on exactly the same strategy as Carlos and Lando so he can only blame his own driving for not being on the podium with them.
Max made a heck of a save at P5 tbh, and was on absolute fire on the mediums..would’ve caught out LeClerc in another lap. I don’t doubt he will be back on top in Suzuka. Carlos and Lando teaming up was Top Tier. Loved it. And congrats to Lawson and Piastri, both with epic drives considering where they started.
Im a Mercedes fan, but I feel like we needed one of those races to remind us that Max is genuinely a world class driver. People Always resort to the "hes got a dominant car" argument. For him to be able to wiggle that terrible RB (around singapore only apparently) and still get P5 is just a reminder that you need both a World class driver and car to win Championships.
Especially as both neutralisations went against them, if the VSC or SC would’ve been timed better for RB I’m convinced they would’ve been competing for the podium
@@Amm17ar And when you consider how last year he only managed to finish one place up from his grid position in Singapore, his drive today was indeed one of his better races.
My drivers of the days were Liam (whom I voted for) and Oscar who gained like 10 positions. Not too bad for two rookies. 🙂 But undoubtedly Sainz deserved the votes too.
Especially love how when Lando made a mistake, you could see Carlos being quite ahead. Surely he saw that Lando kept the position as by the next straight he had DRS again.
Agree with me or not but Sainz has always given off very high IQ vibes. Along with Verstappen and Alonso. They each express it in a slightly different way. I like Carlos's way the most, then Nando.
Carlos and Lando were absolutely amazing. So incredible to see them working together. My resting heart rate is usually 55bpm, the last 5 laps my heart rate was around 120bpm and I was sitting down. What a masterclass from Carlos. He is at the top of his game
I don't think Matt can claim that point for biggest flop with Max. Max scored a decent P5 (highest anyone has ever finished in Singapore after starting P11) after a brilliant comeback. He also extended his lead in the WDC by another 6 points and I'm sorry, but overall the biggest flop can be no-one else but Russell after throwing away a certain podium on the final lap. And it wasn't even in a hail mary attempt to overtake Norris!!!
Alonso. When both Red Bulls turned into anchors and got overtaken by both Mercedes, Leclerc and Norris, the next in line was Alonso. But despite all of his experience, he couldn't get past Checo until his tyres were basically non-existent. At that point, Ocon had already overtaken him, and it looked like Gasly could have a go before Alonso could get Ocon back. Then, there's the penalty issue, the bad pitstop (not on him), and then going wide out of the track (definitively on him).
A lot of you, including Matt, seem to think the RB19 was a tractor today. I think you need to look at the lap times on the mediums the last 15 laps or so. It wasn’t a tractor at all.
To be fair everybody knew that redbull had quite decent race pace, it was just the fact that overtaking in Singapore is nearly impossible without over speed.
He made those decisions at 32 degrees celsius and like 80% humidity in what is quite literally a furnace (an f1 car). Really, the mental capacity of Sainz to make those decisions completely on his own 2 hours into the race and probably dehydrated... Madness
this was the thing that impressed me the most; the way his mind thinks at 200mph is unbelievable. (this is not the first time he showed brain cool decisions in the heat of the moment)
Someone should make a meme of the clown ferrari strategy team being fired in place of Sainz. When he confirmed it was on purpose for the team, he was doing his “i know what i am doing” moment,
I had a 16 hour stopover in Changi once so I had an exit pass. Went outside for 2 minutes (at night) then turned around and went back inside to wait the rest of the time out because screw the humidity there. I couldn't imagine doing what Carlos did in those conditions.
Matt is... HAPPY!? But him being as miserable as me is literally why I watch these videos! Now all I have is this happiness for Sainz winning... I miss the good ol' days
The Red Bull (in the hands of Max at least) was not really that much of a tractor during the race though. He drove from P11 to P7 in the first 20 laps on the hards against other drivers on the mediums. It was only after the safety car that he really struggled as those old hards had cooled off way too much. And with the way the Red Bull is normally good on the tyres, neither of them could get any heat (and therefore life) in them after the restart when everyone around him was on fresh tyres. When Max finally got off those hards though he was flying through the field from P15 to P5 in 20 laps. When he overtook Gasly on lap 58 I really thought well that's it. The gap to Leclerc is 18 seconds with 4 laps to go, but at the checkered flag, he was only 0,2 seconds behind.... just let that sink in: 18 seconds in 4 laps!! 🤯 Sure Leclerc lost 7,5 seconds to Hamilton in those same laps, but that still means Max was over 10 seconds faster than Hamilton in those final 4 laps as well... on the same medium tyres that were even 4 laps older for Max. I really think that final stint from Max went under the radar for a lot of people with how tense the top 4 battle was.
who got fastest lap again? right... lewis was being slowed down ahead by George a little bit if max was faster it was because of the car being better down the straights we saw lewis norris russell and leclerc school max today in inferior machinery
@@sadikurrahman4833 the only schooling that was being done in this race, was Sainz. Tactically running the show. Not sure why 'where the car was faster' matters. Max was doing some insane driving on the mediums - it just wasnt show on the broadcast, so its 'easy' to downplay what he did. Still driver of the day should've gone to Liam, hands down.
Did anyone else notice that Verstappen did Verstappen things at the last 10-15 laps and he was closing on leclerc 4 seconds a lap? If only a safety car was out instead of VSC when Ocon retired.. boy oh boy
One of my favourite things in the world is hearing the Ferrari crew singing Fratelli d'Italia. Pure bliss. The moment they brodcast Sainz' radio saying he gave Lando DRS on purpose I saw what he was up to. Using Norris as a shield and also pulling him along for a CarLando 1-2 was nothing short of genius! And the last few laps I kept reassuring myself 'a Norris win is fine, he's got none'😅
Not only that, deliberately giving Lando's McLaren DRS helps reinforces the buffer wall against the two Mercedes during the race, even cooly informing his team "This is intentional". Carlos Sainz not only prepared well, he took every single opportunity to secure the victory.
I really enjoyed the anthem segment this time - the Spanish anthem got things going, then the Ferrari crew singing ramped it up, then the party exploded with the champagne.
Max was driving really well today, if you ask me. The safetycar was worse for the RedBulls, then they pit and VSC comes. If Max wouldn't be unlucky I think he would've been in that fight too, but not sure because the car looked like the 2014 ferrari.
Tbh the pace of the red bull was actually insane at the end, thinking after verstappen stopped he was about 45-50 seconds behind Sainz, he managed to get back to 20 seconds and cleared half the field on the way.
@@rosek7114 Yes, he did. He also got clean air before Checo, which was when he got that amazing pace. Max got 5 laps to close the gap to Leclerc, one more and he would have gotten by. Checo overtook Lawson on lap 60, and in 2 laps got 11 seconds ahead of him, enough to cover from the eventual penalty from the Albon incident. Sure, you might say "but Lawson has an Alpha Tauri!". At some points of the weekend, both RBs looked like Alpha Tauris. They only could get the right pace at the end.
Said it yourself and I had tweeted this at you, RB was 17 and 14 with about 20 laps to go... MAX needed literally another 2-300metres of track and he'd of caught Charles and finished 4th!!! Insane.. in other words he made an over take every 2 laps on a track where overtaking is very hard
Not really. ...the medium tyre was a game changer.....lewis n George were doing the same..... When it counted perez n max couldn't get through the field easily..... Suprisingly rb had some extreme pace in the last stint....they were almost like the rocket ship we used to.... But honestly overtaking was not that difficult with a tyre advantage, it just meant u wear out ur tyres quickly but with 20 laps it was a negligible difference... Max should have got a podium.....if the rb was competitive
Great to see Carlos finally fully taking his race crafting into his own hands, rather than just relying on Ferrari to cock things up. He is really maturing into an impressive driver. And a real contrast to Leclerc who still seem to struggle with doing that. Could be very interesting to see Carlos in a different team where the pit wall would actually help elevate him and his race.
If I’m James Vowles, I’m going to Alpha Tauri and saying whoever isn’t in your car next year is in ours. I just don’t see Sargent stepping his game up while Lawson has dropped in and flourished. If Williams were still in 10th then I’d say he should stay, but they’re in 7th now
The charles carlos thing at ferrari. Carlos has been faster al weekend and charles wasnt happy with the car. He just did a race to help ferrari to win as a team, like carlos did many times in 2022. Actually happy to se Charles getting dirty and not complain at any stage of the race. He just said he didnt have the pace, congratulate Carlos and P4. Nice result for the team
context jeez. when carlos and max were teammates, he was nothing like now. neither was alex (literally his rookie season). wheras bottas, alonso, nico and button were in their prime when they were lewis's teammates. no one would say that carlos is worse than bottas now but in their prime? a major discussion
as a merc fan, seeing Lewis and George coming at Lando and Carlos, gaining two seconds per lap was insane to watch, Carlos was an absolute tactical mastermind.
Very intelligent drive from Sainz, though I do think credit should also be with Norris, that might not have worked if it wasn’t Norris in 2nd who Sainz could rely on
This was my first gp live in Singapore and oh boy. That last few laps watching the two mercs hunting down the top 2, we were all standing up everytime they went by our granstand. Besttt first race ever🎉🎉🎉
Verstappen will definitely come back with a vengeance in Japan, we all know how he gets when things dont entirely go his way. He shows it on track in a beastly fashion (frankly, irs half a miracle he still managed p5 here)
P5 and right up Charles's gear box at the finish line, despite starting p11 and getting unlucky with the timing of the safety car's not once, but twice, is a amazing result. The RB19 is a amazing race car, specially in max's hands.
Worst part of that, Suzuka is a traditional racetrack with good flow, something Max is pretty good at. Just remember how last year's Japanese GP went; on a shortened race, wet race at that, he finished almost half a minute ahead of Charles and Checo.
That was a nice rice, but I think people are over hyping because Max/Checo didn't win. To me it was only in the end that they tried to fight for podium. In the 1st stint Charles "protected" Carlos and no one really pushes. In the 2nd stint they waited till VSC to try something (main Mercedes). Max to me had the most fun race, he overtake and got overtake. Same with Australia, people only remember the red flags. To me this year I didn't like only 2 races: Baku and Silverstone (that tyre was something) Btw, nice race from Carlos and Lando! Perfect duo in this weekend. Great recovery from Max and Oscar. Liam made a very good race too. To bad for Yuki and Esteban (poor him, on his birthday ㅠㅠ). Pierre just quietly scoring some points. And good race for Haas, keeping the pace. What happened with Aston and Fernando? Super bad day. And George, maybe he tried an dive bomb? I could not believe. Lewis still got a podium! Anyway, kinda hyped for Suzuka. Let's go Yuki! Hope the best for him there.
This wasn't the first time...Carlos did give Lando a DRS helping hand in Austria when they were defending against a fast charging Checo. However, I believe Lando made a mistake and Perez quickly passed him. Shows you how difficult it is to judge the gaps. It only works if both of em are flawless.
In this race there was really no risk for it though, if he didn't do it he would have finished p2 or even p3. Kind of a situation where you have to chance it and hope for the best.
@@galanninn That would be awesome, as there is an encyclopedia of data on Ricciardo, a volume on Yuki, and just a blank canvas for Liam. His learning curve is near vertical - and he is handling it with composure.
Makes me laugh how everyone's calling it a great race but if Max or Checo won everyone would say it's boring and the worst race of the season. The race wasn't that good for the first 55 laps, but because a RB didn't win, everyone conveniently forgets that. Fake fans
there wasnt one car that was dominant like the rb always is. Everybody knows who will win at most races, but today no one knew exactly who would win with 4 cars in contention - for me that was why today's race was great. And of course it's always exciting to see a non rb car win
I've been watching F1 for over 20 years. That Sainz DRS move was a first for me. Bloody brilliant. Carlos, eh? Who would've thought he'd figure this macro strategy out. Kudos.
i am disappointed that the brilliant strategy to put Leclerc on softs to get before Russel at the start was not mentioned, Ferrari and sainz played it brilliantly, hats of to them, as merc fan hard pill to swallow
Even as a devout MV & RB fan like me was also happy to see Carlos & Ferrari won the race in a brilliant manner yesterday as does seeing Matt so happy for it 😂 Congrats 👏
Omg!!! Carlos drove as slow as he could and still win because it was a track that is very difficult to pass on! What a great job and a great race! Yeah fun!
Who else just knew Russell was going to put in the wall? Poor guy. Great win for Ferrari and Carlos and props to Lando for a 2nd!!!!! Big Max fan but we all knew that the streak was gonna end sometime. :(
Ferrari using Leclerc to help Carlos win the race was exactly the kind of decisiveness that we never saw under Binotto. Vasseur's leadership showing improvements already.
Even as a Verstappen fan, it was refreshing to finally see the other drivers having a go at it and making it a true race in the last 20 laps. That was cool! Although a 5th place for Verstappen isn't all that bad considering the horrible qualification and the unlucky (virtual) safety cars. He got the most out of it this race.
VSC timing was something, SC was way worse as it came right around Medium tyres users' pit window. Hard tyre users like Max and Checo were in lose-lose situation thanks to that; stay out and they are on worn Hards, pit for another set of Hards (if any) and they will have to pit again, or to pit for Mediums which would not last to the end (thus, pit again). The absolute worst case scenario.
As a Ferrari fan, when Ferrari did not pitted under VSC. I was rolling my eyes thinking "here we go again" when Mercedes was 3 seconds faster i was close to turn off the broadcast.
Max could have won if not for that first safety car. The lead group finished ~20 seconds ahead of Max and they saved about that much time pitting under a safety car.
I believe avg time lost for a regular pitstop was 28s and with a vsc 15s. So a SC stop wouldn't have saved him 20s, but maybe he could have been fighting for a podium. But sometimes things fall the right way, other times they don't. I don't mind how things turned out today.
RB was extremely unlucky with both safety cars, they went hards to overtake after pitstops, or make use of a late Safety car, but it came precisely in the mediums pit window. And than the VSC just 2 laps after they pitted for mediums thus losing a shit load of time where the others could take a cheap pit. But Charles almost overtaken by Max on the line who fell back to p16 due to unlucky strategy, while Charles starting 3rd and his teammate winning was a terrible performance ngl..
@@TwiceEvery14Days In that first safety car everyone else in the front group gained more then 13 seconds (because full safety car), and RB then lost out on 13 second with the VSC. So it really was the timing of the safety cars (both real and virtual) that did max in. Although the strategies at the front might have been different if max has been steaming up the grid without that first safety in particular.
Ferrari pit wall warning Carlos that Lando was getting close enough to get DRS... Their entire stratagy team with all the data, and all the time to think, was out done again by a driver
Feel like sainz really learnt from the mega defence in 2021 Hungarian GP. I've been wondering since then whether things would've been different if Alonso had drs from sainz. Now we know the answer (sorta).
I'm rather glad I woke up at 4:45 in the morning for this race. What a barnburner. That was going down to the wire like a NASCAR restrictor plate race where everyone's jostling and making moves for position trying to win.
Charles sadly had No chance of winning because of Bad luck witch Pit stop and in the end He had problemes with an overheating engine. This man really can't Catch a break
I'm conflicted on the Max 'biggest flop'. I get it, he finished P5... But the man himself didn't really flop... He actually had a really, really good drive considering all of his bad luck. Don't know if I can consider it a flop.
Bad luck like always he's not given penalties? No one doubts he's a good driver, everyone is in formula 1. The better car wins. But quite sad how everyone praise him for how great he is when and this weekend he showed how pathetic and annoying he is when the car isn't going as he wants.
He spent less time in the dirty air of the additional two cars in front. Another lap or two, and Lewis' tires would have been in the same overheated state as George's. When the two were running in clear air, George always had more pace (especially when chasing down Carlos/Lando).
Not to mention it looked like Lewis poked his head out and made George go defensive for a moment in the middle of his fight with Lando. As close as George was to Lando at the wall that could have made a difference.
That moment the pit told Carlos the gap and that Lando had DRS, and Carlos said 'that's on purpose'... Chills. Carlos was in control and it worked. Honestly, he couldn't have done that with Charles. Lando figured it out and bought in. It turned into the last act of Top Gun, and Lando had Carlos' six, even if he didn't have much choice in the matter. It was beautiful to watch. George got so fixated on Lando he followed him into the wall, but badly. Lewis must have been all 👀 for a split second before trying to catch Lando. Honestly had they swapped a couple of laps earlier carnage would have ensued and Charles would have wound up on the Podium, because Lando was in full on "you shall not pass" mode and that means nothing to Lewis. 😆 Best race I've seen in quite some time.
Carlos is just amazing as ever. Well yes, RB said Singapore would be terrible since the start of the season. But the performance that GR, Ham & Max put in. Damn, they were storming the field.
As for Matt’s flop prediction, idk, max was still a 9/10 it’s just that RB flopped so hard. I think max would’ve been in it for the win if it weren’t for the safety car
Gotta give it to Stroll, didn't do a single mistake the entire race. Biggest good surprise in the bag right there.
😂
Leave Stroll alone. The guy is down, don't kick while his down. Leave him be.
@@mm9492Yeah but at this point he's kinda done this one to himself.
@@mm9492the man has better job security than Max Verstappen. He can handle a joke
@mm9492 he's been down all season long 😂
If Liam Lawson doesn't get a seat next year, we riot. Talk about proving your worth. Points after his 3rd race, in THAT car. Seriously impressive.
THAT car was entirely different compared to previous race because of all upgrades.
Yeah, it will be hard to see him go for Danny Ric to come back.
@@soundscape26 Well that's the real test now right... I could see whoever does worse after Daniel comes back would be on the chopping block for Liam.
Yuki has flirted with points for much of the first part of the season. It was never terrible...just barely good enough at the time. Can't truly compare since Yuki has only done 2 laps in the last two races. But I do agree, he better get that AT seat next year.
Absolutely, but don't forget we all said the same with de vries last season after Monza and that went well
Carlos and Lando helping each other like teammates was amazing!
Yes Carlando working together to keep the two Mercedes behind well one in the end
These former teammates still know how to work together ❤
It was like a scene from a movie!
SHAKE N BAKE!
SHAKE N BAKE INDEED!!
Hard to believe, but sainz led every lap of the race Pog
Wait so technically he got a grand slam? Pole, led every lap, win, no?
@@basiliss.5560no fastest lap
@@basiliss.5560he is just missing the fastest lap to get the grand slam
If only he got the fastest lap. Would've been a grand slam on his second race win, absolutely incredible
sainz "i can be 1sec faster per lap"
russell engineer "sainz can be 1sec per lap quicker!"
russell "yeah why not even 2!"
this is what sainz wanted, this info to be reported to russell to put pressure on him. sainz was a master chess player today
To be fair, that radio message was WAYYY before the closing laps. Carlos was not even in position to put pressure on the Mercs then
Actually Russell's radio was "I'm surprised he didn't say two"
@@jordanb9363sainz was playing with Russel the whole race, and in the closing laps hamilton got up his ass and couldn't handle it
thanks for the clarification arroe 😂@@arroe8386
@@guatf1George needs a Xanax
Nobody’s talking about how great Landos defence was even with sianz’ 200IQ strat. It was honestly silverstone again at the end. Race of the 2022 regulations era imo. Great race for Lawson too. 3 GOOD RACES IN A ROWWWW
Yes! Liam scoring points was amazing for me. Something good after Yuki DNF.
Literally everybody talks about it Carlos with that drs strategy, think before you do anything
@@iLevente everyone talks about how smart sainz was with giving drs to lando, which I agree with. But no one complimented Norris. If u came on my comment to say think before I post on a *public* forum about *my* opinion, then just go.
@@MrALPHAHOWL Him getting drs was like 95% of the reason he didnt get passed by both Mercs. Defense wouldnt have meant anything with the grip and traction Mercedes were getting out of those corners. People are talking about Carlos more becuase it was literally the only way both would have held on to their positions.
Even when Lando lost DRS he was able to hold off the Mercs when they had it, absolutely wild
Carlos and Lando teaming up like Avengers was incredible but we also have to hand it to Max being generally so unlucky but smashing an 18 second gap in about 6 laps on the right tyres, what great driving across the board
Carlos and Lando racing like they still on the same team and ya love to see it. And as a Carlos fan, those Mercs on the last few laps were terrifying. They were like a pack of wolves 🐺
Those Mercs were coming at him like demons. Nuts of steel to not crack under the pressure and to be able to use 200iq plays to secure P1
Frrrrrr I still feel bad for George tho. Imagine being that close to a decent finish and then messing up.
@@occidere13 Ikr, after all the smoke cleared I did feel like for George. He had a good run until the very end.
He had it in hand the whole way, consistently backing up into Lando over 10 laps. The only time I got nervous was when Russell almost put a move on Norris, that would've won it for him
Terrifying and yet so impressive to watch those two Mercs on the hunt.
Max is going to lap the entire field in Japan isn't he.
And I'm excited for it
Yes he is angry
dunno, suzuka helps heavy aereo setups like singapore.
@@gregorionocco5641it’s fast aero though, Singapore is slow
Bernie Collins said she didn't think Ferrari were trying to sacrifice Leclerc; they actually wanted the 1-2 and slowing the cars down was not only good for Sainz to win but also for Leclerc because the deeper he went into the race, the better his chance of switching to an optimal 1-stop strategy.
It was the best option to try and secure the 1-2.
Also in case of sc it made possibile a double stop, if he was under 3 sec he would have lost the same positions because tires wouldnt be ready. Wouldnt change the result
And yet Charles fell like a damn rock on old ass tires. They're killing Charles. Slowly, and painfully.
Yes, but that was Ferrari strategists making another mistake. Sack all of them and employ Carlos instead. As well as a driver. It seems he can do both.
The questions should be about Leclerc and that weirdness with the gap. They asked for 3s and he ignored it. Then they asked for 5s and he put in the fastest lap of the race up until that point and closed the gap even more. Then presumably they asked him again for 5s for the double stack and he opened the gap to over 8s under the VSC and was lucky not to get a penalty on top of losing 2 places.
He's so passive aggressive ignoring the engineer or saying 'fine you want a gap I'll basically stop on track'. He was on exactly the same strategy as Carlos and Lando so he can only blame his own driving for not being on the podium with them.
Until safety car happens. 😅
Max made a heck of a save at P5 tbh, and was on absolute fire on the mediums..would’ve caught out LeClerc in another lap. I don’t doubt he will be back on top in Suzuka.
Carlos and Lando teaming up was Top Tier. Loved it.
And congrats to Lawson and Piastri, both with epic drives considering where they started.
Im a Mercedes fan, but I feel like we needed one of those races to remind us that Max is genuinely a world class driver. People Always resort to the "hes got a dominant car" argument. For him to be able to wiggle that terrible RB (around singapore only apparently) and still get P5 is just a reminder that you need both a World class driver and car to win Championships.
@@Amm17ar Yeah, if he had one more lap, it would've been enough to overtake Leclerc.
Especially as both neutralisations went against them, if the VSC or SC would’ve been timed better for RB I’m convinced they would’ve been competing for the podium
@@Amm17ar And when you consider how last year he only managed to finish one place up from his grid position in Singapore, his drive today was indeed one of his better races.
He could've got Charles if he pushed earlier, but well, I don't know how much he was already pushing
My drivers of the days were Liam (whom I voted for) and Oscar who gained like 10 positions. Not too bad for two rookies. 🙂 But undoubtedly Sainz deserved the votes too.
they both were so impressive today😍🎉
Liam has outplay yuki 3-0 in races
@@imranismailiskandar5475yuki didn't start 2 of those races
@@anhuman7022 still 3-0
Especially love how when Lando made a mistake, you could see Carlos being quite ahead. Surely he saw that Lando kept the position as by the next straight he had DRS again.
I noticed that too. The gap was like 1.5 and then after 2 curves Lando was in DRS again. Thats when I realized how calculate Carlos had it
Agree with me or not but Sainz has always given off very high IQ vibes. Along with Verstappen and Alonso. They each express it in a slightly different way. I like Carlos's way the most, then Nando.
Carlos and Lando were absolutely amazing. So incredible to see them working together. My resting heart rate is usually 55bpm, the last 5 laps my heart rate was around 120bpm and I was sitting down.
What a masterclass from Carlos. He is at the top of his game
I don't think Matt can claim that point for biggest flop with Max. Max scored a decent P5 (highest anyone has ever finished in Singapore after starting P11) after a brilliant comeback. He also extended his lead in the WDC by another 6 points and I'm sorry, but overall the biggest flop can be no-one else but Russell after throwing away a certain podium on the final lap. And it wasn't even in a hail mary attempt to overtake Norris!!!
he actually finished higher than last year's singapore gp 😂 so not a total stinker on the race. total stinker was Alonso.
Alonso.
When both Red Bulls turned into anchors and got overtaken by both Mercedes, Leclerc and Norris, the next in line was Alonso.
But despite all of his experience, he couldn't get past Checo until his tyres were basically non-existent. At that point, Ocon had already overtaken him, and it looked like Gasly could have a go before Alonso could get Ocon back.
Then, there's the penalty issue, the bad pitstop (not on him), and then going wide out of the track (definitively on him).
No P5 for max is a flop
Alonso was a fucking disaster. He was THE flop for me
A lot of you, including Matt, seem to think the RB19 was a tractor today. I think you need to look at the lap times on the mediums the last 15 laps or so. It wasn’t a tractor at all.
right? "biggest flop" when he stormed past 10 drivers in the last 20 laps. if the VSC was a SC it would have been a real different ballgame
To be fair everybody knew that redbull had quite decent race pace, it was just the fact that overtaking in Singapore is nearly impossible without over speed.
As a GR fan I felt how I can only imagine Matt feels every time Ferrari messes up
He made those decisions at 32 degrees celsius and like 80% humidity in what is quite literally a furnace (an f1 car). Really, the mental capacity of Sainz to make those decisions completely on his own 2 hours into the race and probably dehydrated... Madness
this was the thing that impressed me the most; the way his mind thinks at 200mph is unbelievable.
(this is not the first time he showed brain cool decisions in the heat of the moment)
and he probably looked the least exhausted and sweaty, and sounded the most bright and together, of all the drivers after the race.
Everybody thought Sainz was coming to Ferrari to be Leclercs wingman. Clearly there's more to Sainz than he's been given credit for.
Someone should make a meme of the clown ferrari strategy team being fired in place of Sainz. When he confirmed it was on purpose for the team, he was doing his “i know what i am doing” moment,
I had a 16 hour stopover in Changi once so I had an exit pass. Went outside for 2 minutes (at night) then turned around and went back inside to wait the rest of the time out because screw the humidity there.
I couldn't imagine doing what Carlos did in those conditions.
Carlos and Norris at the front is all I couldve asked for. Sadly Alonso wasn't there for the 3rd spot.
That would have been an amazing podium
Matt is... HAPPY!? But him being as miserable as me is literally why I watch these videos! Now all I have is this happiness for Sainz winning... I miss the good ol' days
The Red Bull (in the hands of Max at least) was not really that much of a tractor during the race though. He drove from P11 to P7 in the first 20 laps on the hards against other drivers on the mediums. It was only after the safety car that he really struggled as those old hards had cooled off way too much. And with the way the Red Bull is normally good on the tyres, neither of them could get any heat (and therefore life) in them after the restart when everyone around him was on fresh tyres.
When Max finally got off those hards though he was flying through the field from P15 to P5 in 20 laps. When he overtook Gasly on lap 58 I really thought well that's it. The gap to Leclerc is 18 seconds with 4 laps to go, but at the checkered flag, he was only 0,2 seconds behind.... just let that sink in: 18 seconds in 4 laps!! 🤯 Sure Leclerc lost 7,5 seconds to Hamilton in those same laps, but that still means Max was over 10 seconds faster than Hamilton in those final 4 laps as well... on the same medium tyres that were even 4 laps older for Max.
I really think that final stint from Max went under the radar for a lot of people with how tense the top 4 battle was.
In 3 laps he was 4.3 .. 3.8 .. and 4.1 seconds quicker than Charles it was kinda insane
who got fastest lap again? right...
lewis was being slowed down ahead by George a little bit
if max was faster it was because of the car being better down the straights
we saw lewis norris russell and leclerc school max today in inferior machinery
@@sadikurrahman4833 schooled? Max passed 10 ppl in 20 laps, the mercs couldnt get past lando on dead hards.
@@sadikurrahman4833 the only schooling that was being done in this race, was Sainz. Tactically running the show. Not sure why 'where the car was faster' matters. Max was doing some insane driving on the mediums - it just wasnt show on the broadcast, so its 'easy' to downplay what he did. Still driver of the day should've gone to Liam, hands down.
@@sadikurrahman4833 Are you sure you were watching the same race as us?
Did anyone else notice that Verstappen did Verstappen things at the last 10-15 laps and he was closing on leclerc 4 seconds a lap? If only a safety car was out instead of VSC when Ocon retired.. boy oh boy
yup, but ppl are all "Max got schooled!"
Awesome race, the Carlando teamwork was brilliant. I think this is my first 5 star race of 2023 tbh. ❤🤝🧡
One of my favourite things in the world is hearing the Ferrari crew singing Fratelli d'Italia. Pure bliss.
The moment they brodcast Sainz' radio saying he gave Lando DRS on purpose I saw what he was up to. Using Norris as a shield and also pulling him along for a CarLando 1-2 was nothing short of genius! And the last few laps I kept reassuring myself 'a Norris win is fine, he's got none'😅
Not only that, deliberately giving Lando's McLaren DRS helps reinforces the buffer wall against the two Mercedes during the race, even cooly informing his team "This is intentional".
Carlos Sainz not only prepared well, he took every single opportunity to secure the victory.
I really enjoyed the anthem segment this time - the Spanish anthem got things going, then the Ferrari crew singing ramped it up, then the party exploded with the champagne.
Max was driving really well today, if you ask me. The safetycar was worse for the RedBulls, then they pit and VSC comes. If Max wouldn't be unlucky I think he would've been in that fight too, but not sure because the car looked like the 2014 ferrari.
Tbh the pace of the red bull was actually insane at the end, thinking after verstappen stopped he was about 45-50 seconds behind Sainz, he managed to get back to 20 seconds and cleared half the field on the way.
Max's pace I'd say... Perez finished like 33 seconds behind him.
@@rosek7114 Checo was battling cars (sometimes quite literally).
But as soon as he got clear air, he had a similar pace.
He was catching Leclerc at 4 seconds per lap - insane
@@angelrobles7201 Uhm Max was battling cars too...
@@rosek7114 Yes, he did.
He also got clean air before Checo, which was when he got that amazing pace.
Max got 5 laps to close the gap to Leclerc, one more and he would have gotten by.
Checo overtook Lawson on lap 60, and in 2 laps got 11 seconds ahead of him, enough to cover from the eventual penalty from the Albon incident.
Sure, you might say "but Lawson has an Alpha Tauri!". At some points of the weekend, both RBs looked like Alpha Tauris. They only could get the right pace at the end.
Said it yourself and I had tweeted this at you, RB was 17 and 14 with about 20 laps to go... MAX needed literally another 2-300metres of track and he'd of caught Charles and finished 4th!!! Insane.. in other words he made an over take every 2 laps on a track where overtaking is very hard
not when you have fresh mediums vs old hards 😉
Not really. ...the medium tyre was a game changer.....lewis n George were doing the same.....
When it counted perez n max couldn't get through the field easily.....
Suprisingly rb had some extreme pace in the last stint....they were almost like the rocket ship we used to....
But honestly overtaking was not that difficult with a tyre advantage, it just meant u wear out ur tyres quickly but with 20 laps it was a negligible difference...
Max should have got a podium.....if the rb was competitive
@@eugenux Didn't help Russell & Hamilton on Sainz & Norris, did it?
@@tiadaid max has a rocketship down the straights and still got schooled
merc are draggy down the striahgts
@@sadikurrahman4833 Yeah the one finishing merc finished 2 places ahead, absolutely schooled mate
as a sainz fan since 2018, my heart had never risen as high since monza 2020. I peaked at 161 bpm during this race lol
Great to see Carlos finally fully taking his race crafting into his own hands, rather than just relying on Ferrari to cock things up. He is really maturing into an impressive driver. And a real contrast to Leclerc who still seem to struggle with doing that.
Could be very interesting to see Carlos in a different team where the pit wall would actually help elevate him and his race.
Last 15 laps! My eyes were so wide open like I was seeing a new galaxy! 😂. So amazing to just see! Here's to Mr. Smooooth operatorrrrr!
11:30 To be fair, when max was on the mediums he was wild out there. Overtook like 10 people in the span of what? 15 laps ?
If I’m James Vowles, I’m going to Alpha Tauri and saying whoever isn’t in your car next year is in ours. I just don’t see Sargent stepping his game up while Lawson has dropped in and flourished. If Williams were still in 10th then I’d say he should stay, but they’re in 7th now
Absolutely.
DR is locked-in so it's either Yuki or Liam. Harsh, but there are just so few seats available.
The charles carlos thing at ferrari. Carlos has been faster al weekend and charles wasnt happy with the car. He just did a race to help ferrari to win as a team, like carlos did many times in 2022. Actually happy to se Charles getting dirty and not complain at any stage of the race. He just said he didnt have the pace, congratulate Carlos and P4. Nice result for the team
Lando+Carlos= The Power of Friendship.
Not corny at all
@@BwInNewJerseywhatever you say, OP is right. They acted like they're still teammates because of their friendship.
Carlos took HAM comments about Max's shit teammates to the heart. He's on 🔥.
context jeez. when carlos and max were teammates, he was nothing like now. neither was alex (literally his rookie season). wheras bottas, alonso, nico and button were in their prime when they were lewis's teammates. no one would say that carlos is worse than bottas now but in their prime? a major discussion
@kushagranayyar3960 Huh? Lewis is not wrong. Max does have shit teammates compared to him. Why would Carlos take offence to the truth?
@@dianamaioru497 it was an appreciation for Carlos's performance not a dig at lewis for the comment. Also you can't miss the irony there.
Max would have caught Charles in one more lap for 4th.
as a merc fan, seeing Lewis and George coming at Lando and Carlos, gaining two seconds per lap was insane to watch, Carlos was an absolute tactical mastermind.
Very intelligent drive from Sainz, though I do think credit should also be with Norris, that might not have worked if it wasn’t Norris in 2nd who Sainz could rely on
Imagine Carlos + Lando at Ferrari.
I know how Russel feels. I've been head first into a tire wall 1/2 a lap from the end. It is absolutely soul destroying
Don't worry he's just lost points not WDC 💀
The best meme of the video is the one about Ocon. Doing something insanely good and no one talk about it ! 😂
Those last 5 laps were incredible! I'm so impressed they kept it so clean!
Let's forget about George
A typical Osama BIN Russel moment 😂
@@D.H.1987 I'd say it was a Leclerc moment.
@@soundscape26nope, Leclerc's mistakes are errors that don't involve walls as the reason for the crash
@@mexicanopdb But the end result is the same... into the barriers.
@@soundscape26so every crash to ever have occurred is a Leclerc with that logic
In the interview you just did with Carlos he said he would do the driving celebration a young fan requested when he next won. Did he do it today?
Matt, may I remind you that KMag DID end in 10th. George gifting a consultation prize for running in top 10 for a lot of the race for once.
I remember someone hyping up Alonso in the predictions. That was the biggest curse since the interview that broke Ricciardo.
Just his hand. Luckily. ;)
@@terencevangaalen4127 and season. Let's hope not the f1 career.
I think Red Bull could’ve caught up and possibly even snatched a sun had the safety car not come out
or if it was a full safety not a VSC
This was my first gp live in Singapore and oh boy. That last few laps watching the two mercs hunting down the top 2, we were all standing up everytime they went by our granstand. Besttt first race ever🎉🎉🎉
This was one of the best races - it was so good, so, so, so, goooodddd and Carlos was an expert tactician
Last 15 laps were good most of it was boring
@@elliotokirie3404 I hope it was more exciting than the past races of the season
Smooth operators
Verstappen will definitely come back with a vengeance in Japan, we all know how he gets when things dont entirely go his way. He shows it on track in a beastly fashion (frankly, irs half a miracle he still managed p5 here)
P5 and right up Charles's gear box at the finish line, despite starting p11 and getting unlucky with the timing of the safety car's not once, but twice, is a amazing result.
The RB19 is a amazing race car, specially in max's hands.
Worst part of that, Suzuka is a traditional racetrack with good flow, something Max is pretty good at.
Just remember how last year's Japanese GP went; on a shortened race, wet race at that, he finished almost half a minute ahead of Charles and Checo.
@@adityairawan1843 yea..coincidentally he had a terrible weekend in Sg GP last season
Max didnt really flop tbh. Just not his usual domination. Great meme though
Had no pace? Max made up 15 seconds on Charles in 3 laps.
Surely Leclerc had a problem
@@vetonmorina7990 Based on what?
Lewis spamming his signature move: off track overtake 🗿
That was a nice rice, but I think people are over hyping because Max/Checo didn't win. To me it was only in the end that they tried to fight for podium. In the 1st stint Charles "protected" Carlos and no one really pushes. In the 2nd stint they waited till VSC to try something (main Mercedes). Max to me had the most fun race, he overtake and got overtake. Same with Australia, people only remember the red flags.
To me this year I didn't like only 2 races: Baku and Silverstone (that tyre was something)
Btw, nice race from Carlos and Lando! Perfect duo in this weekend. Great recovery from Max and Oscar. Liam made a very good race too. To bad for Yuki and Esteban (poor him, on his birthday ㅠㅠ). Pierre just quietly scoring some points. And good race for Haas, keeping the pace. What happened with Aston and Fernando? Super bad day. And George, maybe he tried an dive bomb? I could not believe. Lewis still got a podium! Anyway, kinda hyped for Suzuka. Let's go Yuki! Hope the best for him there.
I swear I had to take my anxiety medicine to calm me down during these last laps. I was almost throwing up
This wasn't the first time...Carlos did give Lando a DRS helping hand in Austria when they were defending against a fast charging Checo. However, I believe Lando made a mistake and Perez quickly passed him. Shows you how difficult it is to judge the gaps. It only works if both of em are flawless.
In this race there was really no risk for it though, if he didn't do it he would have finished p2 or even p3. Kind of a situation where you have to chance it and hope for the best.
Carlos is a bloody genius with the way he handled that operation to win using a rival car's drs.
10/10 very smooth indeed
Lawson Single handily Scored the most points for AT in a single weekend in 2023
Liam is superb. But do you really see AT putting him there above DR or Yuki? Danny Ric is a lock just for marketing alone ..
@@Pedro285 there is a chance they leave Lawson in for the rest of the year to give Ric's hand time to heal then boot Yuki at end of the year
@@galanninn That would be awesome, as there is an encyclopedia of data on Ricciardo, a volume on Yuki, and just a blank canvas for Liam. His learning curve is near vertical - and he is handling it with composure.
I said all last year that Carlos was going to be faster than Charles once he settled in
Makes me laugh how everyone's calling it a great race but if Max or Checo won everyone would say it's boring and the worst race of the season. The race wasn't that good for the first 55 laps, but because a RB didn't win, everyone conveniently forgets that. Fake fans
there wasnt one car that was dominant like the rb always is. Everybody knows who will win at most races, but today no one knew exactly who would win with 4 cars in contention - for me that was why today's race was great. And of course it's always exciting to see a non rb car win
I wojnder what would be said if that VSC was a full safety and max won. "Most boring race ever!!!!!!"
I've been watching F1 for over 20 years. That Sainz DRS move was a first for me. Bloody brilliant. Carlos, eh? Who would've thought he'd figure this macro strategy out. Kudos.
Great job done by Carlos, but more importantly was Lando helping!! Great former teammates ever.
i am disappointed that the brilliant strategy to put Leclerc on softs to get before Russel at the start was not mentioned, Ferrari and sainz played it brilliantly, hats of to them, as merc fan hard pill to swallow
Even as a devout MV & RB fan like me was also happy to see Carlos & Ferrari won the race in a brilliant manner yesterday as does seeing Matt so happy for it 😂 Congrats 👏
Carlandooooo, that was epic!
Omg!!! Carlos drove as slow as he could and still win because it was a track that is very difficult to pass on! What a great job and a great race! Yeah fun!
In your driver ratings, Sainz had better be getting an 11/10 for this one
Matt looking soooooo happy!
he'll be on cloud nine right up to first practice of the JP grand prix lol
best race of the year, great day to be a Singaporean and Ferrari fan
just for everyone info:
Max is already in Japan, practicing for his ultimate revenge of Lapping the entire field
IT WAS SO GOOD TO HEAR THE ITALIAN ANTHEM AGAIN :D
Happy you enjoyed it, be ready for the Dutch anthem the rest of the season 😉
Who else just knew Russell was going to put in the wall? Poor guy. Great win for Ferrari and Carlos and props to Lando for a 2nd!!!!! Big Max fan but we all knew that the streak was gonna end sometime. :(
As a Max/ RB fan, if he's not winning, I'm rooting for our RB academy boys! Carlos, Alex, Pierre, Yuki always!
good
if the SC would have been later, or the VSC was a real SC than that would have changed things a bunch I think, he passed 10 ppl in 20 laps
Ferrari using Leclerc to help Carlos win the race was exactly the kind of decisiveness that we never saw under Binotto. Vasseur's leadership showing improvements already.
You guy's have humor roast every team/driver in a funny way .
Stroll finished the race where you'd expect him to finish.
Even as a Verstappen fan, it was refreshing to finally see the other drivers having a go at it and making it a true race in the last 20 laps. That was cool!
Although a 5th place for Verstappen isn't all that bad considering the horrible qualification and the unlucky (virtual) safety cars. He got the most out of it this race.
VSC timing was something, SC was way worse as it came right around Medium tyres users' pit window. Hard tyre users like Max and Checo were in lose-lose situation thanks to that; stay out and they are on worn Hards, pit for another set of Hards (if any) and they will have to pit again, or to pit for Mediums which would not last to the end (thus, pit again). The absolute worst case scenario.
I was standing up and jumping on the last few laps lol
What I always admire about Carlos driving is how strategic and level-headed he can be under pressure.
As a Ferrari fan, when Ferrari did not pitted under VSC. I was rolling my eyes thinking "here we go again" when Mercedes was 3 seconds faster i was close to turn off the broadcast.
Max could have won if not for that first safety car. The lead group finished ~20 seconds ahead of Max and they saved about that much time pitting under a safety car.
I believe avg time lost for a regular pitstop was 28s and with a vsc 15s. So a SC stop wouldn't have saved him 20s, but maybe he could have been fighting for a podium. But sometimes things fall the right way, other times they don't. I don't mind how things turned out today.
RB was extremely unlucky with both safety cars, they went hards to overtake after pitstops, or make use of a late Safety car, but it came precisely in the mediums pit window. And than the VSC just 2 laps after they pitted for mediums thus losing a shit load of time where the others could take a cheap pit.
But Charles almost overtaken by Max on the line who fell back to p16 due to unlucky strategy, while Charles starting 3rd and his teammate winning was a terrible performance ngl..
Uh no.
@@TwiceEvery14Days In that first safety car everyone else in the front group gained more then 13 seconds (because full safety car), and RB then lost out on 13 second with the VSC.
So it really was the timing of the safety cars (both real and virtual) that did max in.
Although the strategies at the front might have been different if max has been steaming up the grid without that first safety in particular.
pit stop under sc 16 secs. pit stop normal 25. around 10 seconds what r u on
"A short view back to the past" is the PERFECT name for that series 😂
Ferrari pit wall warning Carlos that Lando was getting close enough to get DRS... Their entire stratagy team with all the data, and all the time to think, was out done again by a driver
This race rejuvenated me for the rest of the season
Red Bull "tractor" of Max made up 18 seconds in 4 laps on Charles. 0.3 seconds on the finish line.
This race sums up my 2023 “no redbull F1 championship”.
And an insight into reverse grid sprint race as well.
"SUPER into the wall" got me dying
Feel like sainz really learnt from the mega defence in 2021 Hungarian GP. I've been wondering since then whether things would've been different if Alonso had drs from sainz. Now we know the answer (sorta).
You guys missed Lawson getting points.
Ferrari: "Norris in DRS"
Sainz: "I know."
I'm rather glad I woke up at 4:45 in the morning for this race. What a barnburner. That was going down to the wire like a NASCAR restrictor plate race where everyone's jostling and making moves for position trying to win.
That mistake in quali cost Charles the chance to win..since then he was always gonna be used by Ferrari to help Carlos
What mistake?
There was no mistake though, he literally is slower on pace than carlos for sometime right now.
@@b11recoillessrifle14He hit a curb on one of the final corners, probably lost a tenth or so.
Charles sadly had No chance of winning because of Bad luck witch Pit stop and in the end He had problemes with an overheating engine. This man really can't Catch a break
He made too much of a gap for the double stack which caused the pit traffic could have been a Ferrari 1-2
Lewis thirty seconds after his teammate completely smashes it into the wall:
Great job boys!!!🥳🥳🥳
Those last few laps had me standing in front of the TV, shouting at it 😂❤❤❤ Carlando ❤❤
I'm conflicted on the Max 'biggest flop'. I get it, he finished P5... But the man himself didn't really flop... He actually had a really, really good drive considering all of his bad luck. Don't know if I can consider it a flop.
Me too. Maybe George or Fernando? One crash in the last lap and another one spins and had his first race of the year without points.
FLEXI WING
Bad luck like always he's not given penalties? No one doubts he's a good driver, everyone is in formula 1. The better car wins. But quite sad how everyone praise him for how great he is when and this weekend he showed how pathetic and annoying he is when the car isn't going as he wants.
@@mm9492they ran the same car the last two weeks… same old flexi wings… It’s not The issue
Biggest flop is also very subjective... Alonso would also be a contender.
I am a george russell fan and now I can understand what ferrari fans were going through for 1.5 years
More like 10.5 years
Funny how Nico Rosberg cursing Redbull was basically him not posting any team 😂
I'm glad Matt gets to be happy for a while
Yes, I was also under the impression Lewis was faster than George on those last laps. It's also understandable that they didn't swap positions.
He spent less time in the dirty air of the additional two cars in front. Another lap or two, and Lewis' tires would have been in the same overheated state as George's. When the two were running in clear air, George always had more pace (especially when chasing down Carlos/Lando).
Not to mention it looked like Lewis poked his head out and made George go defensive for a moment in the middle of his fight with Lando. As close as George was to Lando at the wall that could have made a difference.
That moment the pit told Carlos the gap and that Lando had DRS, and Carlos said 'that's on purpose'... Chills. Carlos was in control and it worked.
Honestly, he couldn't have done that with Charles. Lando figured it out and bought in. It turned into the last act of Top Gun, and Lando had Carlos' six, even if he didn't have much choice in the matter.
It was beautiful to watch. George got so fixated on Lando he followed him into the wall, but badly. Lewis must have been all 👀 for a split second before trying to catch Lando.
Honestly had they swapped a couple of laps earlier carnage would have ensued and Charles would have wound up on the Podium, because Lando was in full on "you shall not pass" mode and that means nothing to Lewis. 😆
Best race I've seen in quite some time.
Carlos is just amazing as ever. Well yes, RB said Singapore would be terrible since the start of the season. But the performance that GR, Ham & Max put in. Damn, they were storming the field.
As for Matt’s flop prediction, idk, max was still a 9/10 it’s just that RB flopped so hard. I think max would’ve been in it for the win if it weren’t for the safety car
and the VSC also didnt help RB
he did say anything but a top 2 would count and Tommy allowed it so i think matt made a worldy of a prediction
@@xmixdx7351 yeah I get those were the terms, I just think it’ll be funny that he will take the point and then still give max an 8 or 9/10