I reckon George will beat Lewis in the qualy battle to be honest. Lewis will have the measure of him in the races and finish on more points, but I think Saturday will go to Russell... just.
@@FrayRS Quite possibly you are right. As you get a bit older your reaction times slow down and that will be very important for when it comes to qualifying. Russell needs to work on his race craft though, especially the first lap.
Especially with how great Verstappen has gotten in quali plus if Ferrari actually gives Leclerc a car to compete with again….man Saturday’s are gonna be fun.
@@FrayRS I agree.. I think George will out qualify Lewis once he gets used to the car but Lewis will have much more race experience to pressure George. However, the real pressure will be on Max because he now has two very good qualifiers in the Mercs to contend with. His team mate won't be of much help in qualifying. Also depending on who nails the new Regs as well, other drivers will be up there.
The fun part probably won't even happen for another year or two at least. What happens when it looks like George might be the better chance to be the Driver's World Champion? Does Lewis fight tooth-and-nail to stay at the top of the sport, or does he step back and acknowledge that George is the future and let George be the #1 driver? The interactions between the two will probably be awesome to watch for the next couple of years.
@@jdmgearhead960 I think the same thing. You don't end up being World Champion without having the mindset of fighting for every single point. Which will make things fun.
Ok he is either become like Bottas, a puppet or decide to go full Rosberg. There's no middle ground with Hamilton. Hope for Russel he is not another pawn. All alpha drivers went all out despite team orders. If i were you i woulldn't get too excited but hope the best for the guy
Russell and Hamilton in the same team will be absolutely amazing. George is a fiercely competitive driver, as is Hamilton, but obviously Lewis has much more experience. Whether it's an intense rivalry like Rosberg and Hamilton with fiery moments, or more of a "master/apprentice" relationship, the rivalry will for sure be very exciting
Could be a Senna/Prost relationship. Senna came to Mclaren as a highly rated driver while Prost is already established at Mclaren having already won 2 WC with the team(1985, 1986). At first, they respect each other. Prost is the master and Senna is the apprentice. Senna listened to Prost advices. We all know what happened later.
Russell will get the shock of just how good Hamilton is but I’m so excited to see him being able to fight for podiums every race next year and hope he just starts winning out the gate. But a season is a LONG time and Hamilton is relentless, that could be what catches Russell out
Meh hamilton cant even beat verstappen unless he punts him out of the race lol let along beating russel who basically out qualified him with one of the worst cars on the grid lmao it will be interesting to watch the games merc and toto will play to keep Hamilton ahead of Russell
I see it other way around, Hamilton will get a shock. Verstappen vs Leclerc vs Russel vs Norris vs Ricciardo in awesome close cars. Hamilton and Vettel will wear off.
While russell hasn’t done squat lol. Russell has never ever been in a pressure situation since getting into f1- no one expects anything out of him at Williams, and the same with Mercedes- if he wins, “oh he beat Hamilton”, if he loses “he got beat by Hamilton”. Zero pressure on the kid.
@@Dam_Noir LOL god you are silly- Dennis took a chance on Lewis, and his whole career was based off of that ONE season- had he not performed, and crumbled next to Alonso, he would’ve been booted. Russell had his chance to grow in a bottom feeding team with nothing to lose. Next time think before commenting kid.
I think the only chance Russel has in his first season is to steal as much pole positions possible from lewis and lewis set the bar so high that he single handedly killed the fun in F1 for 5 consecutive seasons it will be extremely hard for Russel especially if Ferrari makes a championship contender car for 2022 season alongside with Red Bull.
@@Firashelou man is already a 7 time world champion he has nothing to prove maybe next season he is like kimi he is just there because he likes to drive
@@Firashelou yes I did what I meant was that if ferrari developed a competitive car george would have a hard time because he wants to win the championship and get wins and podiums lewis may not have a hard time because he has already done everything he can in the sport and he may not even try to go for the championship next year and just drive for fun
Happy to be proven wrong in 5-10 years time by the results: I get the feeling One of George, Charles and Lando is going to have a Stirling Moss F1 career; a lot of wins and no WDC to show for it
I think you're very on point here. When it comes to something like auto racing, wins can happen, but sometimes you can have the wins and all and just never have the luck to have the full season fall into place. A couple fluke DNFs could be everything. I mean, look at 2017. If the Singapore Kimi/Max crash collected Lewis instead of Seb, you could have a season final standings of Vettel on 342 with Hamilton on 338. Lewis had no DNFs that year. Seb had 2. Those two DNFs very possibly could have swung the championship to Hamilton.
I actually love you Aldas, you are the only F1 youtuber I'm subscribed to because you are so articulate, and your videos are so well made. Keep doing your thing mate.
Quite different from the Alonso/Hamilton battle this time - Russell has already been in F1 for a few years so not really a rookie and Hamilton is much more experienced in comparison to Alonso at that time....
I reeally hope we see 4 or 5 teams that are all in the hunt for the championships. Would love to see Verstappen, Russell, Hamilton, Leclerc, Sainz, Norris, and Vettel in the hunt for the drivers championship.
You forget to mention Hamilton is getting older, age will generally make it harder for him to compete against the younger talent. Which is something in my humble opinion that shouldn't be undermined.
@@loseweightusingketo do you really believe that bullshit? He has struggled to stay on top of Ocon. He’s one of the greats but he’s no way his prime. I seem to remember Alonso stuck behind George in the Williams in Austria, for 14 laps
@@loseweightusingketo I believe so Alonso isn't an overrated driver. He would beat Max in same car. Max needs to come to someone team and beat him badly. Hamilton went to Rosberg's team in 2013 - having obliterated MS for 3 consecutive years.
It will be amazing to see Lewis and George together, both wants to team first and they have mutual respect and they will push each other and there will be tension but it's necessary one
I mean, Lewis when he first appeared in Formula in the first year, he shocked the world champion Alonso and is still considered the biggest rock in formula history, as Alonso says in Lewis' description When he came into the formula as a tsunami was a great shock to everyone with the wonderful talent and numbers and records he recorded was difficult for everyone , but about George Russell I think it's very different because Russell is on the team It was Williams and we saw his performance unbelieved to be the opponent Lewis did in his first year because Lewis's talent and natural focus have been embodied in his rival spirit since the age of 7
I think its going to be very similar to the 2019 season when leclerc joined ferrari replacing an underperforming fin(who also joined alfa romeo),and whose established and experienced teammate is of the back of a title fight(kinda).But i don't think there will be as much friction between them.(Plus leclerc is also very fast in qualifying)And dominated gp3 and f2 championship as a rookie.
It is great timing, with new regulations and new cars it is going to be interesting to see who will adapt faster with the car. Yet we never know how good Mercedes will be next year.
Its a diff situation. Alonso was only 25 or 26 when he went to mclaren. He changed tyres which was a lot more of a deal than was made at the time. But ja, i think George will give Lewis a hard time
Yes, let us state the obvious up front: the talent is clearly there in spades. My take: _Qualy:_ HAM has declined in terms of ultimate single-flying-lap pace, so RUS, _"Mr. Saturday",_ will probably match him _Racecraft:_ RUS's Sundays still leave something to be desired and HAM is just about the best on this score *Upshot* RUS is a precocious talent fast approaching _WDC_ level, but HAM, probably the best all-rounder on the grid will likely have enough to come out on top. RUS strikes me as a lad that would contribute appreciably in driving car development alongside HAM. I still dread the potential of continued team orders as was the case with BOT...
@@redbadger2656 yep but not so sure let's see what happens I don't want Lewis to be given priority from the start but Russell looks like he will not get Same probs as bottas
i think this will benefit Russell for the rest of his career, having to fight Hamilton in a team as big as Mercedes. He'll got so much experience fighting with Hamilton constantly. Lets see how will it turns out next season, very excited tbh! I think there'll be a LOT of friction between those two. But at the same time, it'll improve both of them
I think Lewis will be fine. He wants the challenge. How many times has Bottas pulled out an exception qualifying lap, only for Hamilton to pull off something extra to get just ahead of him
All depends on whether Merc actually have a competitive car. If the drivers arent winning races they will probably be happy to work together a lot more.
9:08 - 9:30 The hype is real 🔥🔥🔥 9:21 When fighting against lewis and max for title, Realistically anything other than qualifying in front row, will be a failure.... Ghoosebumps 🥶🥶
Just as I saw the title, I was about to say that the more accurate comparison would be Vettel Ricciardo rather than Alonso Hamilton, specially with all the controversies that happened in the middle. Good thing I saw the video first.
Nice, a worthwhile video on Russell-Merc. Respect. IMO, "IF" Russell's as good as most believe/expect AND Mercedes have a title contention car with the new ruleset then for Mercedes to do well Russell has to accept the apprentice position in '22 and Lewis'll have to accept the retiring master position in '23 (I hope he retires on the high he deserves and cracks on with enjoying a life that's not so hyper-focused on playing with death) where the baton's passed to Russell........ along with all the other ifs, buts and maybes. Bottas has a "supporter" personality and fits perfectly with Lewis's, I don't think that's the case with Russell so it will be more of a struggle for them, but Bottas isn't the leader that Merc need/want. I feel for VB, he mostly did what was expected and required of him until he tried to silence the unfair criticism.
Why does no-one ever mention Hamilton’s age? If Russell does Beat him is it a real comparison? Lewis is nearly 37.. I think if lewis was 28 or 29 Russell wouldn’t stand a chance! I don’t like Lewis but i actually think he is underrated..
It's a real consideration and anyone who says otherwise isn't in their mid-late 30s or beyond, or hasn't ever tried to stay physically fit or involved in a sport.
What i want: George to beat Lewis What Will happen: lewis beats George by a very small margin, George is the 3rd or 4th best on the gird right now behind Lewis max and Charles, + George isn't afraid of team orders as he knows that Mercedes will have to keep him on for at least 2023.
I'm hopeful we will see a fierce battle between Lewis and George. I would love to see George beat Lewis in 22. The big problem for Lewis is time, which is not on his side. He's done a really good job at staying fit for an aging racer, but the signs that the wear is catching up to him are showing. Add the pressure of this year's battle with Max, and next year's pressure crated by George and Max, we could see Lewis back slide.
I don't understand why people keep saying George could bring a Hamilton Rosberg rivalry. That's a SPECIAL case of Nico being unable to beat Lewis for more than a decade, Rosberg literally had to do everything to beat Lewis just once and retire.
I am not sure which world you're living in. It was just the three years at Mercedes where they were in the same car in which every season Nico gave a good run to hamilton and in 2016 he finally wins it. To win a championship every driver has to give everything he has so don't know what you're trying to say here
@@sameerkhatree3712 of course its hard to win a championship but have you not heard the stories nico gave about locking himself in a hotel after losing to lewis in 2015. he dug DEEP that year and was able to beat him with the help of multiple engine problems on lewis' end
I am not sure what is it about you lewis fans. You guys just think that lewis is not beatable and whenver someone beats him on merit you guys come up with allegations. I have never seen someone talking about how in 2008 the championship was gifted to lewis when massa deserved it.
@@sameerkhatree3712 do a quick recap on the 2016 season and you'll see lewis was handicapped. he was far behind in points then won the last 4 races in a row and brought it down to a 5 point difference. i'm not a lewis fan boy im just stating facts and nico is my fav driver. even niki lauda said its a good thing he retired.
I remember when in 2007 alonso was asking on his team radio where is lewis getting such speed from,the rookie matching the two times world champion and was proving even faster,not bad for your first ever season in F1 and he went one step further by winning the title in his second year people forget he was already a world champion before he join mercedes.
But how come he only won one world title at McLaren if he's so good. McLaren had a race winning car every year he was there. Each of his team mates won races at that team too.
@@As-qz5lr because 2009 Mclaren had a bad car for half the season good car from about Germany on but damage was done 2010 Could have won the title but the DNFs at Monza and Singapore Hamitlon error both times cost him also tire failure at Spain cost him the points he would have won the title win 2011 RB x Vettel was unstoppable 2012 Mclaren had a very fast car but woeful unreliability retired from the lead at Singapore Abu Dhabi got taken out of the lead in Brazil and this is before the bad Pitstops unfortunate puncture at Germany being taken out by Pastor at Valencia and Grosjean at Spa etc 2013 RB x Vettel unstoppable for his first season at Mercedes When you been through all these season you would understand the context Go to daily motion and watch the F1 reviews from 2009 to 2013 if you got time
@@As-qz5lr After 2008, McLaren just weren't good enough to put everything together to beat other teams in that competitive era. 2009 was a very poor car to start off with but got better over the season, however that progress was accentuated by Hamilton clicking in the 2nd half of that season. No one else on that grid could have got as much out of that car apart from perhaps a motivated Alonso. Point is that car on average that season was 4th fastest at best and a long way back from RB and Brawn. McLaren's car in 2010 was competitive and was the 2nd fastest package for most of the season but 2010 was only competitive in terms of the championship because RB didn't maximise their season with the package that they had. Take away driver errors from the equation, RB win both championships comfortably, probably by the third last race. Hamilton wasn't that far off in the end and with a little more luck could have won 2010. Button also wasn't too far off, showing that both drivers were very strong over the course of that season. 2011 McLaren wasn't that close to the RB, which had reduced the reliability problems of 2010 and had perfected the blown diffuser method. McLaren were limited to wins at rain affected races, when Vettel had an off weekend and the end of the season once McLaren and Ferrari had caught the RB. Hamilton had a poor season - IMO the only bad season of his career, still got 3 wins. 2012 Hamilton should have won the title. McLaren had a marginally faster car than RB but didn't consistently enough get the pace out (like all teams that year with the Pirellis). Hamilton got screwed around by a lot of bad luck through incidents not his fault, or reliability problems when leading or team operational errors especially around pitstops. Based on what he got out of the car at the very least Hamilton should have been involved in the title decider with Vettel and Alonso. Button in 2012 was very poor in comparison, was wildly inconsistent struggling with the tyres greatly yet didn't have any major bad luck throughout the season. That's why only 2 points separated them at the end of the season when it should have been almost 100. Therefore Hamilton was very good during the non-winning McLaren years but not quite lucky enough or dominant enough to beat faster cars. Those cars were good but not quite championship worthy of winning - apart from 2012. If Hamilton had moved to Mercedes after winning the 2012 title, his McLaren days might be remembered better and his reputation wouldn't be so dominated by having best cars at Mercedes. If 2018 or 2020 Hamilton was at McLaren in 2010 or 2012, he wins both titles despite the luck he got.
@@As-qz5lr how comes alonso won ZERO title with mclaren he realize he could not beat lewis in the same team,in lewis first two season with MClaren he was second to kimi beaten by only one point and in his second season he won the title,anymore stupid comment,,amen
Y' know what Hamilton former or future teammates mostly dominated their former or future teammates. Rookie spec Hamilton was paired with an all-time great reigning double champion who famously called a career killer. Not many drivers even experience ones was able to beat Alonso let alone being a rookie. Most people can’t see this.
Lewis Hamilton have never won a WDC without a Finn teammate. McLaren 2008 (Heikki Kovalainen), 2014-2015 (Nico Rosberg, who does have Finn citizenship). 2017-2020 (Valtteri Bottas)
@@bakesoup5974 Nico Rosberg has both Finnish and German citizenship. True that he didn't learn Finnish until he's adult, but he's mostly raised in Monaco. When he enters racing, he has to chose one country, and it's easier to get sponsor as German.
Why not.. I mean let's remember, that Russell has it all going for him here. He's had to really work for his supper. He's been pushing and if not before, this year with his performances, has proven that he's ready to run at the front. He's got a lot of the the minerals and less of the entitlement, he's the future and he's hungry. Hamilton his run of form this year has not been as strong under pressure and Russell adding to that can unsettle him further. I think this season has been the beginning of the end for the Mercedes/Hamilton era and Russell could just be the final stone.
in 2007 alonso was at his prime, he had just beat Michael back to back. in 2022 lewis is not at his prime, he is 37. it's not that impressive if George does it.
Many say Alonso's prime was 2010-2012, and he's showing this year that even at 40 he can perform to a high level. He joined a new team in McLaren and had to get used to new tyres, Hamilton will have been at Mercedes for almost a decade. Mansell won his first title aged 39, with other sports stars like Lebron and Ronaldo able to perform well into their mid 30's. With modern sports science and conditioning, there is no way you can use age as the excuse for Hamilton's performance next year.
He can still perform, sure, but F1 is about the minutia of details and feel and precision. That's something you loose. Alonso is not as fast as he was and he never will be. Alonso however has race craft which he'll never loose. He can fight you all day, force you into certain situations and as we saw a couple weeks back, defend like a brick wall. Phenomenal driver. The intelligence side of racing is why these guys are brilliant. But that peak lap time on the very edge, is something you loose. Some will hang onto it longer, but there is a reason most physical athletes retire from top-flight competition around 35-40. Alonso isn't at Alpine to win. He's at Alpine to be a constant and known quality driver, to develop the car, to steer the team, to mentor Ocon, etc. Especially with adapting to the new changes next year, I think Russell will be the favourite and the Mr Saturday will stick. I don't think he'll maintain the basically perfect record against Lewis at all, but by the end of 2022, I think he'll qualify ahead more often throughout the whole season. And if that's poles, then he'll convert some by running away just like Bahrain. Russell however will make the hot headed decisions, the rookie mistakes, poor strategies and Lewis will just always be there to pick up the pieces.
@@jamieasintoye4322 He still had Irving and Love, and he was amazing when the Lakers won. Anyway the point is that body conditioning, diet and medicine has moved on greatly that sportsmen can be at a top level in the mid 30's. How about Ronaldo at Juventus and now Man Utd?
Hamilton should act as a mentor for Russell. He already has 7 WDCs and should be focusing on his legacy now. Much like what Schumacher did for Massa and Alonso, he shouldn’t compete against his teammate, particularly a rising star one. But of course, that could only be a dream, ain’t it?
I just feel that any driver in the top 10 can be a potential champion if given the best car. George will do well, but also would leclerc, gasly, perez if given the opportunity. All the best George, don’t funk up!!
Can we please accept that it's also possible for them BOTH to succeed and not have a toxic relationship. It doesn't have to be one guy winning and the other failing
Even "IF" George was to do that as he's not a rookie as Lewis was making it more amazing which Lewis would have had the title if McLaren hadn't mess up so much and other factors like Alonso blocking him in the pits.
We won't know a darned thing until testing next year. Trying to predict who'll win anything, when the cars will be brand new, is impossible. Have patience!
Engine freeze. Hopefully the racing will be closer and there will be more chance for teams to make bigger impacts on the weekends, but I don't think the order of the top teams will be too dissimilar.
In 2007 Hamilton know a little bit more of the team, car, and tire ( Bridgestone) than Alonso but nothing extremely significant. In 2022 Hamilton have 8 years of experiencie in the team than Russell. Maybe the new regulation help Russell.
So @Aldas, will there be a follow-up to this video, proving this point? The car underperformed compared to 2007's McLaren, but it became clear that he did the same as Hamilton back then (although not antagonizing with his teammate...)
@@umpielumpie39 bit of a pointless fucking video then isn't it? Not only is the title of the video wrong, its positively stupid to predict the outcome with completely different regulations. So no I wont watch the damn video. unsubscribed from this shit.
Nope. Its because Mercedes were running experimental setups on Hamilton's car all year. He was basically the test guinea pig of the team. Thats why he destroyed Russell in 23 and is beating him now
We’ve already seen what he can do in a Mercedes. He’s top tier. If Hamilton is showing any signs of age(at 37, it’s inevitable), George will be first driver. I hope he goes out next season and wins a WDC.(From a Max fan). For the next 10 years it’s going to be Lando, George, Charles, and Max all fighting it out for the Championship. All I know is I’m glad I started being a fan when I did because it’s going to be extremely entertaining to watch.
The Vettel Ricciardo and Hamilton Russel situations are so identical! There were new regulations also for 2014 and they were also starting a ”new era” for f1 like now in 2022.
I think having arguably the all time greatest as your team mate will put pressure on George but I believe he can challenge both Lewis and max in a championship battle
Lewis and George starts on an equal playing field in terms of experience with the car the 2022 car is nothing like the car Lewis has driven the past decade.
Bad time for Russell to think he's beating the world. If the '22 cars are even up, he's got Lando, Charles, Carlos, Checo and Gasly to pass before he gets close to Seb, Fernando, Max and Lewis. The field of drivers in F1 is very deep right now, there are maybe 8-9 drivers I'd take before Russell.
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Really looking forward to this pairing, just hope Mercedes allow them to race. I don't think there will be the Hamilton/Alonso or Rosberg/Hamilton issue here though based on George's temperament and also evidence of this season - As the No 1 Williams driver, he offered to play rear gunner over the intercom for Latifi in one race where the Canadian had better track position, showing an awareness of team over self where circumstances dictate.
Valtteri Bottas when he was in Williams during 14-16, he was as highly praised, or maybe more than what George Russel receives today. However Bottas didn't get a single chance to challenge Lewis, even in 2019 when he had some chance to do so. Hamilton has incredible skills both on and off the circuit. The opportunity for George Russel is Lewis's increasing age, or a worse car that cannot contend championship like 2014 Red Bull / 2019 Ferrari. In that case team competition will be open for George.
Excellent video, Russel is definitely is super talented driver. Toto needs to have proper dynamics team management for a smooth operation between 2 high class drivers. But definitely Russel is a future champ
I can just dream about battles he will have with Max,Lewis,Charles,Carlos,Lando and maybe win championship and I think they will have Nico-Hamilton riverly
It will be amazing to see. The two best competitors Hamilton faced in the same car, were Fernando and Jenson, and we've seen great action on both occasions. I will say that Russell arriving to Mercedes was pretty similar to Hamilton's arrival at McLaren. Both of them were accustomed to their teams, full support and just ready to quickly get up to maximum speed. Alonso though, in 07 was new to McLaren, in many ways, that team was more Hamilton's than his, and that trend only got more clear through the year. Hamilton in 2022, will be comfortable as ever in the team, only with a much better teammate. I put my money on Russell as I did with leclerc in 2019, but will be very close between them.
What happened was the cheating scandal. Out of the team, Hamiliton was one of the few to not be part of it. They started to put their eggs into Lewis' basket because he was both competitive and not implicated.
Not sure it’s a similar comparison in terms of age either - Fernando was 25 and Lewis was 22 in 2007… I agree that Vettel and Ricciardo is better! Also, for the record, Alonso in ‘07 won the race h2h 10-7 but lost 9-8 in quali
"For the record"? But you are mentioning the race head to head in a dishonest way. You are implying that Alonso outperformed Hamilton when he clearly did not happen at all. For the actual record we can easily flip the head to head to be something more like 10-7 to Hamilton when we include races like Alonso only beating Hamilton in Australia due to Ron Dennis favouring Alonso on strategy and immediately admitting it straight after the race, in the race that Hamilton overtook Alonso around the outside at the start. Turkey, where Hamilton was beating Alonso by 13s before he got a puncture, and China, where Hamilton was absolutely destroying Alonso by 20 odd seconds in the wet before McLaren made him lose that 20s lead over his teammate by leaving him out sliding around all over the place when they clearly should have pit him as soon as his tyres went off. From a performance point of view that's 3 races right there where Hamilton should have beaten Alonso to make the score 10-7 Hamilton and I haven't even included general bad luck over the course of the season as that falls more in Hamilton's favour as well. For the record. Alonso trailed Hamilton in the championship for virtually the whole season and was a massive 12 points behind with 2 races to go in the era when a win was worth 10 points. Alonso, interestingly, only had more points than Hamilton in races 1 and 2 in Australia and Malaysia. Quite frankly, Alonso was in pure desperation mode as the season was drawing to a close and needed an absolute miracle for Hamilton not to beat him in the same car to the championship. Alonso needed a miracle and for it with McLaren's incompetece in China and the nonsense gearbox issue in Brazil plummeting Hamilton to the back of the field when he would have easily won the championship without that issue occurring. Hamilton also blitzed Alonso 6-2 for poles as well as beating him 10-7 in qualifying and in the championship standings despite being just a rookie.
@@MT-pv2rf There have been seasons where Lewis had bad luck for the whole season (think button era), 2007 overall was not one of those… it’s just he had bad luck in the last race or two so people remember it: HAM bad luck: a Puncture; Mistake in Wet; Bad luck (gearbox Brazil)… that was literally it… *all season*. ALO: mistake in wet; one race Massa ran him off the road at the start, gear box penalty another race (started 10th); 10s drive through penalty for pitting when he had no option but to in another; 5 place grid penalty for Hungary even though Ham caused by disobeying the Q3 run (mclaren drivers of that era always switched every race)… A lot of the things you’ve said are based on rumour (eg how mclaren treated drivers)… the fact is, Alonso did win the head to head 10-7 *in the races they both finished* (ignoring China then), and in today’s points system, he would have beaten Lewis by two points. Lewis actually only had a 9-8 advantage in quali, common mistake though. And yes Lewis had bad luck right at the end, but that was after a season of not having much bad luck at all. Easily the best rookie season ever, but does not prove Hamilton is the better driver - button outscored Lewis across 3 seasons!! 3!!!!! Is button better? No Lewis had back luck then, he really didn’t against Alonso, who had quite a lot of bad luck himself
This was for sure 1 season to late (if not 2)...but we are finally here. You mentioned it will not matter if RedBull/Max win the championships. I do think it will not effect Lewis but I do think it will not be the Mercedes it was. You see them crack under pressure. He will come into a team what then lost just a championship and there will be way more pressure. When they together will fight against each other (what bottas never did) they might loose more points to RedBull/Ferrari/McLaren etc. I do think he will not crack at Mercedes but it's still possible with so much more pressure it will be completely different then 1 race or a season with Williams where is no pressure. Where it's finish the race and we will get a point when half the field getting a DNF. But to call Russell a for sure future multiple world champion is really premature. How many crazy good drivers have we seen who never ever won 1 WC let alone multiple. He now goes to a team he potentially is not the best driver, and what to say mercedes is still the best team (I strongly believe that max gets more out of the RedBull then Hamilton gets out of his Mercedes and that's the better car right now)
Difference is that Alonso was young and so was Hamilton in 2007. Not to mention Hamilton was literally a rookie. Russell is an experienced young driver who will challenge an off-prime Hamilton, just like Verstappen is doing right now. Lewis is no longer in his 2010-2018 prime form, he will be 37 next year
I think that it won't take long for Russel to form a group of people within the team around him. Man is a great qualifier dubbed "Mr. Saturday" for a reason and I think that he just has to get himself in a position where Merc have to make Hamilton a champion on team orders. After a few races where they have to legit order Russel to move aside for sir Lewis to go by it will be plain obvious that they might want to invest more time and money into Russel seeing how he is the future of Mercedes.
I think for 2022 Merc will focus on sending Lewis off right and getting George set in the car/team. Then 2023 George will really start pushing hard (if you get what I'm saying)
Nice video man, it would be great if you did more videos about the other potentially potentially championship winning teams like red bull, Ferrari and McLaren, i would love to hear your opinion if Ferrari dominate next season who will have the most influence Sainz or Leclerc cause if you look at their points they are so close...
I hope Lewis fully recovers from Long Covid, else it could get really tricky for him at Mercedes next year. I don't think he's on top of his form right now.
Imagine Max winning the 2022 WDC because George and Lewis keep taking points away from each other. 2007 all over again. Also, now it's Lewis' turn as the old guard fighting a much younger team mate. I cannot wait for 2022.
Could be any team at the top next season. Alpine, Ferrari, Mclaren and maybe even Aston martin all have equal chance to merc and red Bull really. if it is tight at the top then the best team will win, not the best driver.
Guys, it’s just hit me:
Mr. Saturday VS The most successful qualifier in Formula One history. Qualy in 2022 is going to be insane.
I reckon George will beat Lewis in the qualy battle to be honest. Lewis will have the measure of him in the races and finish on more points, but I think Saturday will go to Russell... just.
@Fray Can’t argue with that, sounds on point.
@@FrayRS Quite possibly you are right. As you get a bit older your reaction times slow down and that will be very important for when it comes to qualifying. Russell needs to work on his race craft though, especially the first lap.
Especially with how great Verstappen has gotten in quali plus if Ferrari actually gives Leclerc a car to compete with again….man Saturday’s are gonna be fun.
@@FrayRS I agree.. I think George will out qualify Lewis once he gets used to the car but Lewis will have much more race experience to pressure George.
However, the real pressure will be on Max because he now has two very good qualifiers in the Mercs to contend with. His team mate won't be of much help in qualifying.
Also depending on who nails the new Regs as well, other drivers will be up there.
A classic sports story. The young, ultra-talented hotshot proving himself against the old guard, the greatest.
The fun part probably won't even happen for another year or two at least. What happens when it looks like George might be the better chance to be the Driver's World Champion? Does Lewis fight tooth-and-nail to stay at the top of the sport, or does he step back and acknowledge that George is the future and let George be the #1 driver?
The interactions between the two will probably be awesome to watch for the next couple of years.
@@JimTheFly Lewis personality I’d say he is going to fight.
@@jdmgearhead960 I think the same thing. You don't end up being World Champion without having the mindset of fighting for every single point. Which will make things fun.
Ok he is either become like Bottas, a puppet or decide to go full Rosberg. There's no middle ground with Hamilton. Hope for Russel he is not another pawn. All alpha drivers went all out despite team orders. If i were you i woulldn't get too excited but hope the best for the guy
@@Jupiter89658 I seriously hope this will turn into another Rosberg situation
Russell and Hamilton in the same team will be absolutely amazing. George is a fiercely competitive driver, as is Hamilton, but obviously Lewis has much more experience. Whether it's an intense rivalry like Rosberg and Hamilton with fiery moments, or more of a "master/apprentice" relationship, the rivalry will for sure be very exciting
Mark my words, Russell will be subservient at first but when he starts to fight back in the early stages of the season you'll see the cracks form
Could be a Senna/Prost relationship. Senna came to Mclaren as a highly rated driver while Prost is already established at Mclaren having already won 2 WC with the team(1985, 1986). At first, they respect each other. Prost is the master and Senna is the apprentice. Senna listened to Prost advices. We all know what happened later.
It'll be Vettel-Leclerc
It will be like the relationship between a sith lord and his apprentice.
@@arnoldmbuthia2687 hope so lol
Aldas been sitting there all morning refreshing Twitter waiting to hit the upload button
It'd be hilarious if Bottas stayed. He'd have to set his video aside for another year lmao
The next two years at Mercedes are going to be epic, not so much for Toto tho.
Either another silver war or Lewis slowly phased out
neither for Toto's table....
@@sbrunner69 F for toto's table next season. Hopefully they upgrade it to a carbon fiber one to help with the strain
Russell will get the shock of just how good Hamilton is but I’m so excited to see him being able to fight for podiums every race next year and hope he just starts winning out the gate. But a season is a LONG time and Hamilton is relentless, that could be what catches Russell out
Well said
Meh hamilton cant even beat verstappen unless he punts him out of the race lol let along beating russel who basically out qualified him with one of the worst cars on the grid lmao it will be interesting to watch the games merc and toto will play to keep Hamilton ahead of Russell
I see it other way around, Hamilton will get a shock. Verstappen vs Leclerc vs Russel vs Norris vs Ricciardo in awesome close cars. Hamilton and Vettel will wear off.
@@siddharthtotla8277 hamilton is a machine, i only see him wearing off when he retires
the only reason he will see how good hamilton is by the team always tell him , stay behind , dont go for fast lap. let hamilton overtake.
Hamilton overtaking alonso on his very first F1 racing corner was a sign of the future
While russell hasn’t done squat lol. Russell has never ever been in a pressure situation since getting into f1- no one expects anything out of him at Williams, and the same with Mercedes- if he wins, “oh he beat Hamilton”, if he loses “he got beat by Hamilton”. Zero pressure on the kid.
@@deezelkane by the same logic, what pressure did Hamilton have going up against Alonso, the current 2 X WDC at the time?
@@Dam_Noir LOL god you are silly- Dennis took a chance on Lewis, and his whole career was based off of that ONE season- had he not performed, and crumbled next to Alonso, he would’ve been booted. Russell had his chance to grow in a bottom feeding team with nothing to lose. Next time think before commenting kid.
@@deezelkane So you think Russell will just bottas 2022?
@@smanqele I feel like they could have a master/apprentice type relationship
I think the only chance Russel has in his first season is to steal as much pole positions possible from lewis and lewis set the bar so high that he single handedly killed the fun in F1 for 5 consecutive seasons it will be extremely hard for Russel especially if Ferrari makes a championship contender car for 2022 season alongside with Red Bull.
why not extremely hard for lewis also "if ferrari" makes a championship contender car ?
@@Firashelou man is already a 7 time world champion he has nothing to prove maybe next season he is like kimi he is just there because he likes to drive
@@baybutcher_0297 are you sure you read my comment well ?
@@Firashelou yes I did what I meant was that if ferrari developed a competitive car george would have a hard time because he wants to win the championship and get wins and podiums lewis may not have a hard time because he has already done everything he can in the sport and he may not even try to go for the championship next year and just drive for fun
@@baybutcher_0297 i love your sense of humor 😂
Happy to be proven wrong in 5-10 years time by the results:
I get the feeling One of George, Charles and Lando is going to have a Stirling Moss F1 career; a lot of wins and no WDC to show for it
Prolly lando T.T
I have the feeling too but they are all worthy.
I think you're very on point here. When it comes to something like auto racing, wins can happen, but sometimes you can have the wins and all and just never have the luck to have the full season fall into place. A couple fluke DNFs could be everything. I mean, look at 2017. If the Singapore Kimi/Max crash collected Lewis instead of Seb, you could have a season final standings of Vettel on 342 with Hamilton on 338. Lewis had no DNFs that year. Seb had 2. Those two DNFs very possibly could have swung the championship to Hamilton.
Maybe it will be Verstappen. These young guys are so talented and if the teams dont get it together this could easily be the case
@@barrybraynen8786 Verstappen is just 23 and already shows he’s easily top 15 in history. He’ll get there
I actually love you Aldas, you are the only F1 youtuber I'm subscribed to because you are so articulate, and your videos are so well made. Keep doing your thing mate.
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@@c_lakindick the race is shit sometimes tho, but yeah.
Quite different from the Alonso/Hamilton battle this time - Russell has already been in F1 for a few years so not really a rookie and Hamilton is much more experienced in comparison to Alonso at that time....
Also Mercedes is very much Hamilton's team now and in 2007 Alonso was just moving into McLaren too.
Not to mention both Alonso and Hamilton were young. Russell will basically challenge an off prime Hamilton who is no longer in his 2010-2018 form
@@kiranganesh8598 Alonso was presigned in 2005 after he won his first title he initially walked into the team as the #1 driver
@@f1i273 yeah, I meant like the experience of working in McLaren, Hamilton actually had more.
I reeally hope we see 4 or 5 teams that are all in the hunt for the championships. Would love to see Verstappen, Russell, Hamilton, Leclerc, Sainz, Norris, and Vettel in the hunt for the drivers championship.
If Seb and either McLaren were up there together I'd be legitimately over the moon happy
Now that he announced he's just signed with Merc we'll find out!
You forget to mention Hamilton is getting older, age will generally make it harder for him to compete against the younger talent. Which is something in my humble opinion that shouldn't be undermined.
Alonso is 40. He can easily match Lewis and Max in a top car.
@@loseweightusingketo Nah no way he can match Max or Lewis or Leclerc. Sometimes he can't even beat Ocon (Ocon is a good driver but you know).
@@loseweightusingketo do you really believe that bullshit? He has struggled to stay on top of Ocon. He’s one of the greats but he’s no way his prime. I seem to remember Alonso stuck behind George in the Williams in Austria, for 14 laps
@@loseweightusingketo I believe so Alonso isn't an overrated driver. He would beat Max in same car. Max needs to come to someone team and beat him badly. Hamilton went to Rosberg's team in 2013 - having obliterated MS for 3 consecutive years.
Hamilton is only 36 Which age are you talking about
It will be amazing to see Lewis and George together, both wants to team first and they have mutual respect and they will push each other and there will be tension but it's necessary one
In all honesty? Respect will disappear in moment they put helmets on
I mean, Lewis when he first appeared in Formula in the first year, he shocked the world champion Alonso and is still considered the biggest rock in formula history, as Alonso says in Lewis' description When he came into the formula as a tsunami was a great shock to everyone with the wonderful talent and numbers and records he recorded was difficult for everyone , but about George Russell I think it's very different because Russell is on the team It was Williams and we saw his performance unbelieved to be the opponent Lewis did in his first year because Lewis's talent and natural focus have been embodied in his rival spirit since the age of 7
Finally the chance Russell deserves.
I think its going to be very similar to the 2019 season when leclerc joined ferrari replacing an underperforming fin(who also joined alfa romeo),and whose established and experienced teammate is of the back of a title fight(kinda).But i don't think there will be as much friction between them.(Plus leclerc is also very fast in qualifying)And dominated gp3 and f2 championship as a rookie.
It is great timing, with new regulations and new cars it is going to be interesting to see who will adapt faster with the car. Yet we never know how good Mercedes will be next year.
alli knowis that sainz will be on top of the new regulations the fastest
@T B i'm exaggerating how well he adapts to cars
Its a diff situation. Alonso was only 25 or 26 when he went to mclaren. He changed tyres which was a lot more of a deal than was made at the time. But ja, i think George will give Lewis a hard time
Yes, let us state the obvious up front: the talent is clearly there in spades.
My take:
_Qualy:_ HAM has declined in terms of ultimate single-flying-lap pace, so RUS, _"Mr. Saturday",_ will probably match him
_Racecraft:_ RUS's Sundays still leave something to be desired and HAM is just about the best on this score
*Upshot*
RUS is a precocious talent fast approaching _WDC_ level, but HAM, probably the best all-rounder on the grid will likely have enough to come out on top. RUS strikes me as a lad that would contribute appreciably in driving car development alongside HAM.
I still dread the potential of continued team orders as was the case with BOT...
I think merc will let them race until it comes to the point where one needs to be prioritised if one of them is not in the championship fight
@@redbadger2656 yep but not so sure let's see what happens I don't want Lewis to be given priority from the start but Russell looks like he will not get Same probs as bottas
This is make or break for George. We will see if he lives up to his hype.
He will Bahrain he survived the pressure
@@Jammert we’ll see if that works long term
It is not make or break he hasnt got a lot to loose
i think this will benefit Russell for the rest of his career, having to fight Hamilton in a team as big as Mercedes. He'll got so much experience fighting with Hamilton constantly. Lets see how will it turns out next season, very excited tbh! I think there'll be a LOT of friction between those two. But at the same time, it'll improve both of them
It reminds me the pair of Lauda-Prost at McLaren.
The master and the apprentice
Exactly that 🙌🏾
I think Lewis will be fine.
He wants the challenge. How many times has Bottas pulled out an exception qualifying lap, only for Hamilton to pull off something extra to get just ahead of him
Incoming “George, It’s James”
All depends on whether Merc actually have a competitive car. If the drivers arent winning races they will probably be happy to work together a lot more.
9:08 - 9:30
The hype is real 🔥🔥🔥
9:21
When fighting against lewis and max for title, Realistically anything other than qualifying in front row, will be a failure....
Ghoosebumps 🥶🥶
I hope so, that means Kimi will win another title next year!
how will he do that. you know he is going to retire at the end of 2021
Neither of these two get the joke...
Just as I saw the title, I was about to say that the more accurate comparison would be Vettel Ricciardo rather than Alonso Hamilton, specially with all the controversies that happened in the middle. Good thing I saw the video first.
Very good timing Aldas mate
I love the soundtracks in the videos. Best ones across all F1 related videos.
if hamilton wins 8th title ..he would have won 53% of his career he won titles ... 8/15
Nice, a worthwhile video on Russell-Merc. Respect.
IMO, "IF" Russell's as good as most believe/expect AND Mercedes have a title contention car with the new ruleset then for Mercedes to do well Russell has to accept the apprentice position in '22 and Lewis'll have to accept the retiring master position in '23 (I hope he retires on the high he deserves and cracks on with enjoying a life that's not so hyper-focused on playing with death) where the baton's passed to Russell........ along with all the other ifs, buts and maybes.
Bottas has a "supporter" personality and fits perfectly with Lewis's, I don't think that's the case with Russell so it will be more of a struggle for them, but Bottas isn't the leader that Merc need/want. I feel for VB, he mostly did what was expected and required of him until he tried to silence the unfair criticism.
Why does no-one ever mention Hamilton’s age? If Russell does Beat him is it a real comparison? Lewis is nearly 37..
I think if lewis was 28 or 29 Russell wouldn’t stand a chance! I don’t like Lewis but i actually think he is underrated..
it's impossible for a 7 time world champion to be underrated. the internet is just retarded
I am Hamilton fans. Many great drivers for real but not just label would carry his pace through his 40ish.
It's a real consideration and anyone who says otherwise isn't in their mid-late 30s or beyond, or hasn't ever tried to stay physically fit or involved in a sport.
What i want: George to beat Lewis
What Will happen: lewis beats George by a very small margin, George is the 3rd or 4th best on the gird right now behind Lewis max and Charles, + George isn't afraid of team orders as he knows that Mercedes will have to keep him on for at least 2023.
Good job Aldas as always. Top man!
Been subscribed for a while now and have seen the progression of your videos/content throughout the years. Keep up the great work!
I'm hopeful we will see a fierce battle between Lewis and George. I would love to see George beat Lewis in 22. The big problem for Lewis is time, which is not on his side. He's done a really good job at staying fit for an aging racer, but the signs that the wear is catching up to him are showing. Add the pressure of this year's battle with Max, and next year's pressure crated by George and Max, we could see Lewis back slide.
I don't understand why people keep saying George could bring a Hamilton Rosberg rivalry. That's a SPECIAL case of Nico being unable to beat Lewis for more than a decade, Rosberg literally had to do everything to beat Lewis just once and retire.
I am not sure which world you're living in. It was just the three years at Mercedes where they were in the same car in which every season Nico gave a good run to hamilton and in 2016 he finally wins it. To win a championship every driver has to give everything he has so don't know what you're trying to say here
@@sameerkhatree3712 of course its hard to win a championship but have you not heard the stories nico gave about locking himself in a hotel after losing to lewis in 2015. he dug DEEP that year and was able to beat him with the help of multiple engine problems on lewis' end
I am not sure what is it about you lewis fans. You guys just think that lewis is not beatable and whenver someone beats him on merit you guys come up with allegations. I have never seen someone talking about how in 2008 the championship was gifted to lewis when massa deserved it.
@@sameerkhatree3712 do a quick recap on the 2016 season and you'll see lewis was handicapped. he was far behind in points then won the last 4 races in a row and brought it down to a 5 point difference. i'm not a lewis fan boy im just stating facts and nico is my fav driver. even niki lauda said its a good thing he retired.
What a perfect timing 🙂
Love your videos and you're voice. So enjoyable to watch and listen
Future guy here. The answer is yes.
I remember when in 2007 alonso was asking on his team radio where is lewis getting such speed from,the rookie matching the two times world champion and was proving even faster,not bad for your first ever season in F1 and he went one step further by winning the title in his second year people forget he was already a world champion before he join mercedes.
But how come he only won one world title at McLaren if he's so good. McLaren had a race winning car every year he was there. Each of his team mates won races at that team too.
@@As-qz5lr because
2009 Mclaren had a bad car for half the season good car from about Germany on but damage was done
2010 Could have won the title but the DNFs at Monza and Singapore Hamitlon error both times cost him also tire failure at Spain cost him the points he would have won the title win
2011 RB x Vettel was unstoppable
2012 Mclaren had a very fast car but woeful unreliability retired from the lead at Singapore Abu Dhabi got taken out of the lead in Brazil and this is before the bad Pitstops unfortunate puncture at Germany being taken out by Pastor at Valencia and Grosjean at Spa etc
2013 RB x Vettel unstoppable for his first season at Mercedes
When you been through all these season you would understand the context
Go to daily motion and watch the F1 reviews from 2009 to 2013 if you got time
@@As-qz5lr After 2008, McLaren just weren't good enough to put everything together to beat other teams in that competitive era.
2009 was a very poor car to start off with but got better over the season, however that progress was accentuated by Hamilton clicking in the 2nd half of that season. No one else on that grid could have got as much out of that car apart from perhaps a motivated Alonso. Point is that car on average that season was 4th fastest at best and a long way back from RB and Brawn.
McLaren's car in 2010 was competitive and was the 2nd fastest package for most of the season but 2010 was only competitive in terms of the championship because RB didn't maximise their season with the package that they had. Take away driver errors from the equation, RB win both championships comfortably, probably by the third last race. Hamilton wasn't that far off in the end and with a little more luck could have won 2010. Button also wasn't too far off, showing that both drivers were very strong over the course of that season.
2011 McLaren wasn't that close to the RB, which had reduced the reliability problems of 2010 and had perfected the blown diffuser method. McLaren were limited to wins at rain affected races, when Vettel had an off weekend and the end of the season once McLaren and Ferrari had caught the RB. Hamilton had a poor season - IMO the only bad season of his career, still got 3 wins.
2012 Hamilton should have won the title. McLaren had a marginally faster car than RB but didn't consistently enough get the pace out (like all teams that year with the Pirellis). Hamilton got screwed around by a lot of bad luck through incidents not his fault, or reliability problems when leading or team operational errors especially around pitstops. Based on what he got out of the car at the very least Hamilton should have been involved in the title decider with Vettel and Alonso. Button in 2012 was very poor in comparison, was wildly inconsistent struggling with the tyres greatly yet didn't have any major bad luck throughout the season. That's why only 2 points separated them at the end of the season when it should have been almost 100.
Therefore Hamilton was very good during the non-winning McLaren years but not quite lucky enough or dominant enough to beat faster cars. Those cars were good but not quite championship worthy of winning - apart from 2012. If Hamilton had moved to Mercedes after winning the 2012 title, his McLaren days might be remembered better and his reputation wouldn't be so dominated by having best cars at Mercedes. If 2018 or 2020 Hamilton was at McLaren in 2010 or 2012, he wins both titles despite the luck he got.
@@As-qz5lr how comes alonso won ZERO title with mclaren he realize he could not beat lewis in the same team,in lewis first two season with MClaren he was second to kimi beaten by only one point and in his second season he won the title,anymore stupid comment,,amen
Y' know what Hamilton former or future teammates mostly dominated their former or future teammates. Rookie spec Hamilton was paired with an all-time great reigning double champion who famously called a career killer. Not many drivers even experience ones was able to beat Alonso let alone being a rookie. Most people can’t see this.
Lewis Hamilton have never won a WDC without a Finn teammate. McLaren 2008 (Heikki Kovalainen), 2014-2015 (Nico Rosberg, who does have Finn citizenship). 2017-2020 (Valtteri Bottas)
Lmao😂😂
Lmao I didn’t even realize
Rosberg is German
@@bakesoup5974 Nico Rosberg has both Finnish and German citizenship. True that he didn't learn Finnish until he's adult, but he's mostly raised in Monaco. When he enters racing, he has to chose one country, and it's easier to get sponsor as German.
@@dyingearth oh ok learn something today
Why not.. I mean let's remember, that Russell has it all going for him here. He's had to really work for his supper. He's been pushing and if not before, this year with his performances, has proven that he's ready to run at the front. He's got a lot of the the minerals and less of the entitlement, he's the future and he's hungry.
Hamilton his run of form this year has not been as strong under pressure and Russell adding to that can unsettle him further.
I think this season has been the beginning of the end for the Mercedes/Hamilton era and Russell could just be the final stone.
Sorry man, didn’t realise I wasn’t subscribed to your excellent channel!
in 2007 alonso was at his prime, he had just beat Michael back to back.
in 2022 lewis is not at his prime, he is 37.
it's not that impressive if George does it.
Many say Alonso's prime was 2010-2012, and he's showing this year that even at 40 he can perform to a high level. He joined a new team in McLaren and had to get used to new tyres, Hamilton will have been at Mercedes for almost a decade. Mansell won his first title aged 39, with other sports stars like Lebron and Ronaldo able to perform well into their mid 30's. With modern sports science and conditioning, there is no way you can use age as the excuse for Hamilton's performance next year.
He can still perform, sure, but F1 is about the minutia of details and feel and precision. That's something you loose. Alonso is not as fast as he was and he never will be. Alonso however has race craft which he'll never loose. He can fight you all day, force you into certain situations and as we saw a couple weeks back, defend like a brick wall. Phenomenal driver. The intelligence side of racing is why these guys are brilliant. But that peak lap time on the very edge, is something you loose. Some will hang onto it longer, but there is a reason most physical athletes retire from top-flight competition around 35-40. Alonso isn't at Alpine to win. He's at Alpine to be a constant and known quality driver, to develop the car, to steer the team, to mentor Ocon, etc.
Especially with adapting to the new changes next year, I think Russell will be the favourite and the Mr Saturday will stick. I don't think he'll maintain the basically perfect record against Lewis at all, but by the end of 2022, I think he'll qualify ahead more often throughout the whole season. And if that's poles, then he'll convert some by running away just like Bahrain. Russell however will make the hot headed decisions, the rookie mistakes, poor strategies and Lewis will just always be there to pick up the pieces.
@@jayb2705 Lewis is 36,George is 23,u think is LeBron went to Cleveland now he could still carry them to a title? You're delusional man.
@@jamieasintoye4322 He still had Irving and Love, and he was amazing when the Lakers won. Anyway the point is that body conditioning, diet and medicine has moved on greatly that sportsmen can be at a top level in the mid 30's. How about Ronaldo at Juventus and now Man Utd?
perfect timing!
Aldas was just waiting for this moment
george has very quickly become my favourite f1 driver, i hope him the best honestly
Hamilton should act as a mentor for Russell. He already has 7 WDCs and should be focusing on his legacy now. Much like what Schumacher did for Massa and Alonso, he shouldn’t compete against his teammate, particularly a rising star one.
But of course, that could only be a dream, ain’t it?
Thank you for noting the lack of testing restrictions... that definitely made a difference.
I hope he does Beat Hammy. The team would implode 😆
Why would it implode there looking for the future Hamilton won’t be driving much longer or he’ll end at Ferrari
Why?
Wicked video bro as always! What’s the music btw??
I just feel that any driver in the top 10 can be a potential champion if given the best car. George will do well, but also would leclerc, gasly, perez if given the opportunity. All the best George, don’t funk up!!
You missed Charles when mentioning the best qualifiers on the grid. Charles is arguably top 2 in that respect.
2021 has been a great season, but now Im excited for it to end to see what 2022 will bring, new car, new team mates
Can we please accept that it's also possible for them BOTH to succeed and not have a toxic relationship. It doesn't have to be one guy winning and the other failing
THANK YOU !
Even "IF" George was to do that as he's not a rookie as Lewis was making it more amazing which Lewis would have had the title if McLaren hadn't mess up so much and other factors like Alonso blocking him in the pits.
We won't know a darned thing until testing next year. Trying to predict who'll win anything, when the cars will be brand new, is impossible. Have patience!
Couldn't have said it better myself. We don't even know if mercedes and red bull will still be the dominant teams in 2022.
They will get this next season the cars will be more equal. Then we will see if will be all about speed or intelligent driving in a good car.
Engine freeze. Hopefully the racing will be closer and there will be more chance for teams to make bigger impacts on the weekends, but I don't think the order of the top teams will be too dissimilar.
Good time to be an F1 fan these last couple seasons, feels like we’re ramping up for a new era
I think he will put up a great fight. I just hope the cars are all relatively equal next year so we can see a Russel VS Verstappen VS Lando VS Gasly
In 2007 Hamilton know a little bit more of the team, car, and tire ( Bridgestone) than Alonso but nothing extremely significant. In 2022 Hamilton have 8 years of experiencie in the team than Russell. Maybe the new regulation help Russell.
So @Aldas, will there be a follow-up to this video, proving this point? The car underperformed compared to 2007's McLaren, but it became clear that he did the same as Hamilton back then (although not antagonizing with his teammate...)
Not really Russell’s rookie season is it? 4th season in F1 when he gets in that Mercedes.
No shit sherlock
He literally said it isn’t at all the same situation but that the outcome would be interesting. Watch the damn video
@@umpielumpie39 bit of a pointless fucking video then isn't it? Not only is the title of the video wrong, its positively stupid to predict the outcome with completely different regulations. So no I wont watch the damn video. unsubscribed from this shit.
@@TheBatmobeale cheers mate. Don’t cry in the corner 😂
Y’all always underestimate Lewis so much that it’s sad.
He did it.
He defeated Hamilton.
Nope.
Its because Mercedes were running experimental setups on Hamilton's car all year.
He was basically the test guinea pig of the team.
Thats why he destroyed Russell in 23 and is beating him now
We’ve already seen what he can do in a Mercedes. He’s top tier. If Hamilton is showing any signs of age(at 37, it’s inevitable), George will be first driver. I hope he goes out next season and wins a WDC.(From a Max fan). For the next 10 years it’s going to be Lando, George, Charles, and Max all fighting it out for the Championship. All I know is I’m glad I started being a fan when I did because it’s going to be extremely entertaining to watch.
The Vettel Ricciardo and Hamilton Russel situations are so identical! There were new regulations also for 2014 and they were also starting a ”new era” for f1 like now in 2022.
I think having arguably the all time greatest as your team mate will put pressure on George but I believe he can challenge both Lewis and max in a championship battle
Based on his amazing Sunday showcases he will get absolutely stomped by both Lewis and Max.
Lewis and George starts on an equal playing field in terms of experience with the car the 2022 car is nothing like the car Lewis has driven the past decade.
Bad time for Russell to think he's beating the world. If the '22 cars are even up, he's got Lando, Charles, Carlos, Checo and Gasly to pass before he gets close to Seb, Fernando, Max and Lewis. The field of drivers in F1 is very deep right now, there are maybe 8-9 drivers I'd take before Russell.
Gasly, Checko??? 😂
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Really looking forward to this pairing, just hope Mercedes allow them to race. I don't think there will be the Hamilton/Alonso or Rosberg/Hamilton issue here though based on George's temperament and also evidence of this season - As the No 1 Williams driver, he offered to play rear gunner over the intercom for Latifi in one race where the Canadian had better track position, showing an awareness of team over self where circumstances dictate.
Valtteri Bottas when he was in Williams during 14-16, he was as highly praised, or maybe more than what George Russel receives today. However Bottas didn't get a single chance to challenge Lewis, even in 2019 when he had some chance to do so. Hamilton has incredible skills both on and off the circuit. The opportunity for George Russel is Lewis's increasing age, or a worse car that cannot contend championship like 2014 Red Bull / 2019 Ferrari. In that case team competition will be open for George.
The reason George never had thag much prise is 1. Bottas drove Williams as 3-4th fastest car 2. George ia hated already no one knows why
Excellent video, Russel is definitely is super talented driver. Toto needs to have proper dynamics team management for a smooth operation between 2 high class drivers. But definitely Russel is a future champ
I can just dream about battles he will have with Max,Lewis,Charles,Carlos,Lando and maybe win championship and I think they will have Nico-Hamilton riverly
Aldas: How dare you question my timing, I'M A PROFESSIONAL
Nevermind that I did the exact same joke to Revell
Love the F1 videos Aldas, but too many ads.
Answer after 2022 season:
YES, BEATS HAMILTON BY A MILE
30 points?
It will be amazing to see. The two best competitors Hamilton faced in the same car, were Fernando and Jenson, and we've seen great action on both occasions. I will say that Russell arriving to Mercedes was pretty similar to Hamilton's arrival at McLaren. Both of them were accustomed to their teams, full support and just ready to quickly get up to maximum speed. Alonso though, in 07 was new to McLaren, in many ways, that team was more Hamilton's than his, and that trend only got more clear through the year. Hamilton in 2022, will be comfortable as ever in the team, only with a much better teammate. I put my money on Russell as I did with leclerc in 2019, but will be very close between them.
What happened was the cheating scandal. Out of the team, Hamiliton was one of the few to not be part of it. They started to put their eggs into Lewis' basket because he was both competitive and not implicated.
Not sure it’s a similar comparison in terms of age either - Fernando was 25 and Lewis was 22 in 2007… I agree that Vettel and Ricciardo is better! Also, for the record, Alonso in ‘07 won the race h2h 10-7 but lost 9-8 in quali
"For the record"?
But you are mentioning the race head to head in a dishonest way. You are implying that Alonso outperformed Hamilton when he clearly did not happen at all.
For the actual record we can easily flip the head to head to be something more like 10-7 to Hamilton when we include races like Alonso only beating Hamilton in Australia due to Ron Dennis favouring Alonso on strategy and immediately admitting it straight after the race, in the race that Hamilton overtook Alonso around the outside at the start. Turkey, where Hamilton was beating Alonso by 13s before he got a puncture, and China, where Hamilton was absolutely destroying Alonso by 20 odd seconds in the wet before McLaren made him lose that 20s lead over his teammate by leaving him out sliding around all over the place when they clearly should have pit him as soon as his tyres went off. From a performance point of view that's 3 races right there where Hamilton should have beaten Alonso to make the score 10-7 Hamilton and I haven't even included general bad luck over the course of the season as that falls more in Hamilton's favour as well.
For the record. Alonso trailed Hamilton in the championship for virtually the whole season and was a massive 12 points behind with 2 races to go in the era when a win was worth 10 points. Alonso, interestingly, only had more points than Hamilton in races 1 and 2 in Australia and Malaysia. Quite frankly, Alonso was in pure desperation mode as the season was drawing to a close and needed an absolute miracle for Hamilton not to beat him in the same car to the championship. Alonso needed a miracle and for it with McLaren's incompetece in China and the nonsense gearbox issue in Brazil plummeting Hamilton to the back of the field when he would have easily won the championship without that issue occurring.
Hamilton also blitzed Alonso 6-2 for poles as well as beating him 10-7 in qualifying and in the championship standings despite being just a rookie.
@@MT-pv2rf There have been seasons where Lewis had bad luck for the whole season (think button era), 2007 overall was not one of those… it’s just he had bad luck in the last race or two so people remember it:
HAM bad luck: a Puncture; Mistake in Wet; Bad luck (gearbox Brazil)… that was literally it… *all season*.
ALO: mistake in wet; one race Massa ran him off the road at the start, gear box penalty another race (started 10th); 10s drive through penalty for pitting when he had no option but to in another; 5 place grid penalty for Hungary even though Ham caused by disobeying the Q3 run (mclaren drivers of that era always switched every race)…
A lot of the things you’ve said are based on rumour (eg how mclaren treated drivers)… the fact is, Alonso did win the head to head 10-7 *in the races they both finished* (ignoring China then), and in today’s points system, he would have beaten Lewis by two points. Lewis actually only had a 9-8 advantage in quali, common mistake though.
And yes Lewis had bad luck right at the end, but that was after a season of not having much bad luck at all.
Easily the best rookie season ever, but does not prove Hamilton is the better driver - button outscored Lewis across 3 seasons!! 3!!!!! Is button better? No
Lewis had back luck then, he really didn’t against Alonso, who had quite a lot of bad luck himself
@@MT-pv2rf Russell>Hamilton 😂😂😂😂
Russell's premiere drive in the Sakhir GP for Mercedes is just a glimpse of what he will do in the future.
This was for sure 1 season to late (if not 2)...but we are finally here. You mentioned it will not matter if RedBull/Max win the championships. I do think it will not effect Lewis but I do think it will not be the Mercedes it was. You see them crack under pressure. He will come into a team what then lost just a championship and there will be way more pressure.
When they together will fight against each other (what bottas never did) they might loose more points to RedBull/Ferrari/McLaren etc.
I do think he will not crack at Mercedes but it's still possible with so much more pressure it will be completely different then 1 race or a season with Williams where is no pressure. Where it's finish the race and we will get a point when half the field getting a DNF. But to call Russell a for sure future multiple world champion is really premature. How many crazy good drivers have we seen who never ever won 1 WC let alone multiple. He now goes to a team he potentially is not the best driver, and what to say mercedes is still the best team (I strongly believe that max gets more out of the RedBull then Hamilton gets out of his Mercedes and that's the better car right now)
A brand new car and new team mate, it’s gonna be an interesting 2022 in F1 👊🏻🔥
Difference is that Alonso was young and so was Hamilton in 2007. Not to mention Hamilton was literally a rookie. Russell is an experienced young driver who will challenge an off-prime Hamilton, just like Verstappen is doing right now. Lewis is no longer in his 2010-2018 prime form, he will be 37 next year
I think that it won't take long for Russel to form a group of people within the team around him. Man is a great qualifier dubbed "Mr. Saturday" for a reason and I think that he just has to get himself in a position where Merc have to make Hamilton a champion on team orders. After a few races where they have to legit order Russel to move aside for sir Lewis to go by it will be plain obvious that they might want to invest more time and money into Russel seeing how he is the future of Mercedes.
I think for 2022 Merc will focus on sending Lewis off right and getting George set in the car/team. Then 2023 George will really start pushing hard (if you get what I'm saying)
The real question is:
Could Hamilton do to Mercedes what Alonso did to McLaren at the end? :))))
Redbull has something to worry about next year
You had this prerecorded because the transfer was so imminent lmao
you've had this video ready for weeks I bet hahah
Aldas you used to trash george Russell just a couple years ago. I remember those videos. Finally you 'see the light' lol
Nice video man, it would be great if you did more videos about the other potentially potentially championship winning teams like red bull, Ferrari and McLaren, i would love to hear your opinion if Ferrari dominate next season who will have the most influence Sainz or Leclerc cause if you look at their points they are so close...
I hope Lewis fully recovers from Long Covid, else it could get really tricky for him at Mercedes next year. I don't think he's on top of his form right now.
Imagine Max winning the 2022 WDC because George and Lewis keep taking points away from each other. 2007 all over again.
Also, now it's Lewis' turn as the old guard fighting a much younger team mate. I cannot wait for 2022.
Bottas was younger.
Could be any team at the top next season. Alpine, Ferrari, Mclaren and maybe even Aston martin all have equal chance to merc and red Bull really. if it is tight at the top then the best team will win, not the best driver.
Exactly what I was thinking.
Potentially championship car? I think not. xD
“George it’s James, hand over the win to Lewis please”
I hope if George batters Lewis on track there won't be any team orders to help Lewis