last year Mercedes constantly said they did not bring many upgrades because were focussing on developments for the 2022 cars. really weird that they are so much behind at this point
Max lifted and downshifted. That's a total non issue, the track simply got faster. Max went faster even with a lift and 40km/h down on the speed trap. Charles would have gone way faster too, he just didn't get a chance.
Well you are a little bit missleading, not sure if on purpose but anyway. It's not judged by sector times but "mini sector" times which are 25 in 1 lap and not just 3, so Max backed up in mini sector where yellow was flashing (238kph instead of 280kph) and that was exactly according to the rules. If there were double yellow than lap would be banned.
Youre totally right. It was single yellow and the rule says you need to lift for that. Single yellow says nothing about not being able to hold your time if you lift.
I respect Peter but some of the things he says there's no logic in it. Schumacher is 0,5 slower than Magnussen and he's done a good job? Verstappen was lucky? Verstappen backed off according to the new rules of a single waved yellow and would have been much faster in the last sector if he hadn't done that.
I think he misspoke when he said that. And Schumacher did get a little faster. Hey at least he's not Latiffi!!! Spinning out or putting the car into the wall every weekend! That must get very expensive!
I think max was lucky in terms of he got his hot lap in before the red flag because of track evolution, track was getting dryer and tyre prep compared to after the red flag with only one lap for tyre prep and the eventual red flag again by norris, like how carlos was unlucky in Australia because the red flag came out as he was about to cross the line which invalidated his lap
True. This is a ruthless sport and being one of the youngest, he's consistently being beaten by KMag who's jumped in a car after a year straight up. In qualy, he should have been quicker still. If you compare him to young Lewis, Vettel, Alonso, Kimi, Verstappen, they barely made huge shunts and try bed their teammates in races as well as qualy. He needs to really match up and eliminate mistakes.
Schumacher might be a talent, but K-mag is clearly the fastest and best driver of the two. So why you think Schumacher would be able to do the job of Perez in a Ferrari makes little sense to me. Perez is highly experienced. I highly doubt Schumacher could do what Perez does at this point.
Yeah, he may develop now that there’s proper competition in the team, but Given hes not a rookie, and everything else he said comparing teammates, it quite inconsistent
Charles said it was dryer, max said got no grip mate. Why is it so hard to say wow max was 1.1 seconds ahead when he had to lift for bottas parking the car. But no max was lucky in your opinion. No sir windsor because of bottas parking the car max was denied a mega lap.
I think he meant he was lucky he wasn't penalised because while he did lift, he was actually quicker through there than in his previous attempt, so they could've decided he didn't quite lift enough.
@@seashackf1 Yes, sorry, with "through there" I meant "in that sector". To be clear I'm not questioning the decision and I think neither is Peter Windsor. As I understand it, he's just saying Max ran the risk of being penalised because his time in that sector was quicker than his previous attempt, which could've been considered as a proof he hadn't lifted enough. Obviously they took into account that the track was improving.
@@fabriziocapolini4349 no problem. I understood what you were saying and responding directly to it. Max lifted massively (42 kph slower) in the yellow zone. That’s the area of the incident and the most important to slow. I think they took that and the drying track, as you stated, into consideration. I wonder how much faster he would have been without the lift??🤨
What do you think Peter is saying that he would disagree with you ? he's just saying Max was lucky to not lose the lap since there was a double yellow in the last sector
@@bjrnchrstn Stop looking for an ulterior motive call it luck call it skill who cares, If someone describes max getting pole by being the last one to complete a lap on a constantly improving track even when he's slowed down by yellow flags luck how does that show any bias ? if anything you guys being outraged by something so trivial is showing your bias
Even though Max’s sector 3 was faster I don’t think he got lucky with the lap standing. The track was drying and therefore faster. He was 42 kph slower, past the incident, and still had a faster time. I think that proves he made up the lost time in the drier corners and the stewards took that into consideration.
He was up 1.1 secs before the yellow flag, and ended up 0.8 sec ahead. It’s ridiculous how Peter is trying to suggest Max did something fishy. If Charles or Lewis had done that lap he’d be signing their praises for 1/2 the show. His anti-Max bias has been really bad since Abu Dhabi. It’s quite ridiculous to watch of late.
@@OanaCook completely agree with this. I always came here to get some relative unbiased and well-motivated opinions but peter is getting more sour every race, especially towards max.
@@arjan7259 Literally the same! He used to be a fantastic unbiased source. Now I go to THE RACE for that. He gets that Max did nothing wrong right?! Both Toto & Lewis said they would’ve done EXACTLY the same in his shoes, and that given his top level performance all season, he’s a worthy champion. Peter is behaving like some bitter, jilted ex with a chip on his shoulder. And I DID NOT see that coming at all last year.
I'm a bit disappointed about your last statements about about Mercedes and Lewis. First the way Mercedes developed was their own choice, so if they compromised 2022 for it... Redbull didn't have that much more time in the windtunnel and did produce a competitive car. I also know Lewis fans pretend the championship was all about the last race but I didn't expect you to do so too. The fight only whent on until the last race because Lewis was extremely lucky. The red flag in Imola so he could unlap and recover to second. Bacu for Max not taking the win. No his own mistake in Bacu doesn't count as luck for anyone else because it was a driver error. Turkey where Bottas took all competition for the win out in one game of snooker with F1 cars. Taking no significant damage in Silverstone. That all caused an extra motor penalty making sure Max couldn't challenge for the win in Russia. Max only was lucky in Spa and the last race, but if Lewis wasn't that lucky during the season the championship would have been decided long before the last race.
Comparing team mates times yesterday is pointless when there's so much track evolution from one lap to the next. It mostly comess down to who is out at the right time in my opinion
Spot on. Ricciardo was comfortably faster than Norris in Q1, yet all Peter can talk about was how good Lando is because Norris reversed that on an evolving circuit in Q2. Even Norris binning it in Q3 was a brilliant apparently because it locked in P3 for him, even though it deprived Daniel of another run in Q3.
@@andrewmetcalfe9898 Norris is great but when things like this are so obviously true if you pay attention, it’s hard to refute the British bias stuff from guys like PW. Looking for stories that aren’t there.
@@robertpapageorge7623 I won't say it's British given how much he loves Charles i would say he gets swept in the trends of performance , problem with all the f1 media
@@robertpapageorge7623 I just watched qualifying highlights again. Ricciardo clearly edged Norris in Q1 when they did their runs in comparable conditions. In Q2, Ricciardo and Norris only had a chance to do 1 run before Sainz binned it, bringing a red flag and the end of dry running, In Q3, with 5 minutes to go Ricciardo was faster than Norris in their first run. Then Norris got in his P3 second run just as Magnusson binned it (and Ricciardo hadn’t completed his second run), then Norris binned it just before the end. So, when comparing ‘Apples with Apples’ Ricciardo was actually quicker than Norris on two out of the three occasions they were both out at about the same time and could get clear laps in. How do you square THAT circle, Peter?
@@nerdculture6521 I agree....he just loves 3-4 drivers blindly. What's interesting while Peter was born in the UK, he actually grew up in Australia and is an Dual UK-Australian citizen to this day - most people don't realise - Me being an Aussie I can still hear his Aussie accent at times
All right all right, let's all calm down and see Peter acknowledge: 1. Max clearly won the sprint on skill, not luck. 2. KMag is far far more competitive than MSC. GRL is, again, faster than Lulu Mammilton. Come on Peter, you can do it!
George has a massive psychological advantage. He is completely in his comfort zone. Driving an unruly car, back in the pack, able to focus his energies purely on putting together a single lap at a time. If that car could challenge for pole, he would have a much harder time pacing Lewis, but as it is .1 up feels like a giant win. The incentive, "don't get beat out by George for p11" has to be depressing for Lewis.
I would have thought that the vast experience of Hamilton would keep him ahead of the relatively, Inexperienced George, in an unpredictable Car. Maybe it is because he has grown accustomed to easy-to-drive, predictable, error forgiving, very fast Cars and lost his edge. Lewis is showing very little motivation, making excuses, ignoring what George has done, no smiles for the Media etc, never a good sign for an accomplished, Champion.
Wait, George is only starting 2 places ahead on the grid. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Equally, Lewis is atleast 12 years older than George. Besides Lewis is in a different space. If you’ve been challenged as hard as he has. One day you will deserve a break!
Quite true will be interesting to see him at the front. There is no doubt that is a different ball game as Peter says the best drivers rise to the occasion as Charles is showing now as Max and Lewis all have under pressure. I think we still have to wait until the at least solve the porpoising as you can’t expect any driver to really get the most out of a car when it drives that bad and is so unpredictable under braking.
@@ironbutterflyrusted Hamilton is on the old side for a driver. His reflexes have got to be regressing by now. He's got a long uncomfortable season ahead. True test of what he is made up for sure.
peter seriously how did you not consider the changing track condition? Max did everything correctly… also stating merc gave up legal fights too early? just admit you dislike max and state your biases
Merc definitely gave up too early, and quite mysteriously too. Crashtappen is not a legitimate WDC. RB, the FIA/Massi stole that championship and you all know it. Let’s see if the might of Maranello can stop those thieves.
@@lukedermott1589 Max didn’t win the WDC on the final lap, he won it over the full calendar. He had more wins, more poles and more laps led than anyone else last year. Deserving WDC in my books.
@@thomasmelvin-smith5082 this whole “deserving” thing is rubbish. Hamilton’s fight back was epic though he had the third best car for most of the year. And before you dispute that, none other than Adrian Newey said that RB had the best car in 21’. And let’s not forget Crashtappen’s dirty tactics. Not just in 21’ but for his whole career. Charles knows all about this and I guarantee it wont be long before RB gets up to their usual business. Unless the FIA continues to ban Max’s cheating as they did last race.
Curious what the bouncing will do at Monza and Baku. And Vegas. I suspect Newey anticipated porpoising and designed a floor that stalls gradually. Super fast corners there might be less downforce, but that would actually help suspension setup for all the rest of a lap. COTA and Silverstone might (if I'm right) be less amazing. But then again, porpoising through Copse and Maggots can't be fun.
@@jeffsteyn7174 Ferrari have a good engine and are, compared to Merc and RBR, further ahead in development because of the competition last season. Ferrari gave up early and spent more time on the 2022 car. It's sort of as Merc and RBR started this season with prototypes, where Ferrari are already racing a matured 2.0 version of their original concept.
Poor Mick - I really like him and I loved the Michael Schumacher/Ferrari era but Mick is just waaayy overrated... he's a good driver but I'd be amazed if he ever reaches the level of the truly top drivers like Charles, Max, Lewis, George, Lando, etc
I don’t think he will be at their level however he did quite well winning F2. Although he wasn’t up against these young guys that already made it to F1.
I want him to win a WDC but it seems do far that he's more like his uncle Ralf than his dad Michael meaning he's good enough to win some races but not enough for a WDC but hey it's just the start of his 2nd season and he's not too off the pace from his experienced and really talented teammate and has always found pace in his second season so let's see how he does now
I'm inclined to tentatively agree. However, this is just his second season in F1, and he is just 22 years old. His father didn't win a title until he was 25 years old. So he has a little bit of time on his side. But to be honest, I don't think he will reach the levels his father did either. But lets wait and see.
He never had the raw speed when he won his f2 title. He was just the most consistent. I'll rather have the speed vs consistency as a fast driver can learn to be consistent vs the other way.
Peter, love your stuff, grew up with your grid walks. That said, unless you have some data showing that Carlos was on throttle, take another look, he's in too hot rotating the car on brakes to compensate, which places the front left nicely but the rear just can't hang on. When he starts putting it together it will be beautiful, his driving style is almost diametrically opposed to Leclerc (my personal favorite), but Carlos deserves more credit than he's getting.
@@mb1326 Well, British exaggerations aside, the drivers and fans are almost entirely non-British, so maybe it's time for the British to wake up to that fact and start acting like adults.
Gilles Villeneuve is someone whom I admire for both his personality in and out of the car. So it was a pleasure to hear any story you have regarding him.
Zero reason for SAI to push like that there. He was well into Q3 with his previous Q2 time. He had a bit of a slide going into the previous corner. He shouldn’t have gotten back on the loud pedal as he wasn’t going to improve his time anyway. This is Imola for @$?! sake! I am very upset with this. If this was Q3 it would have been understandable. Not smart on SAI part or the FER garage. Hoping he can get a rocket of a start and make up a few positions in the Sprint.
Nobody's talking about it my dude because the rules don't care how fast your lap was, they care whether or not you slow down, he did, it wasn't even subtle. Move on. Everyone else did.
Peter is the biggest LH fan and so any way he can poo poo Max he will take it… Peter he would have been on pole by 1.5 seconds if he hadn’t backed off. I think he was 1.2 clear before Bottas went off.
@@ab8jeh he does praise Max, you are correct. Peter knows the rules and F1 better than all of us so it doesn’t make sense that he didn’t understand why there was no penalty. Dunno about others but what I want is a little less bias towards Lewis and a little less against his rivals. Been listening to Peter for over 20 years and he’s always had that bias toward LH and against his main rivals just as a fanboy would.
Just amazing analysis and thats why he’s my favourite to listen to. I would only respectfully disagree on what he mentioned about Mick being 0.5 behind Magnussen. Mick has been unlucky this year and also made his fair share of mistakes till now. Lets remember that his target is the Ferrari seat and it won’t happen by not beating K-Mag who is very talented but not considered as the top top class of drivers. This is coming from the number 1 Mick fan but Need to be objective.
Mercedes and Red Bull have the same wind tunnel time allocation, as the standings are taken from the mid point of the season, not the end. I'd have thought you'd know that.
Pete, did you not see Max shift andd slow down when he passed Bottas. The track was dry(er) than previous, therefore he was faster .... not rocket science. More interesting, it seems Lewis is being outperformed by George and Mercedes getting outperformed by their customer teams.
Shows its not the power unit its that zero pod design and having nothing to manage the tire wake especially going to the rear wheels which makes it more draggy
Charles and Max are mature enough to understand to give each other space. That was not the case last year. These 2 guys are the best driver's in the current F1.
I’ve been listening to Peter for over 20 years from when he did on site reporting for the US broadcast. As much as I like and respect his opinion, like most British press he has always been biased towards Lewis. Unfortunately, with that also goes bias against all his rivals. This is an unfortunate fact of all LH fans and the bias never goes away. It just subsides a bit when the driver isn’t rivaling LH.
I am surprised people are growling over peter today. It really took you this long to know that Peter's famous f1 analysis is wrecked by his feelings. He is good they say but all i see is a biased emotional lad, poor judgement too often than not.
l am enjoying this bitter sweet drama ( In different ways ) for each team . Mercedes is in the fire right now , with lots to do and many lessons to learn . It’s interesting to hear the voices of many who have turned against them . It’s now an internal conversation that most teams are having to advance quickly. Only steady hands and patience will prevail …. 🍿
You know Peter, I don't know why I watch your videos, really. May be because I read a story you wrote about a race you went to in '80-something when you had that near-fatal car accident. May be because of your narration skills. But if I could add any value to you, Please start doing voice overs, even with pictures for a start. Please Peter. Thanks Peter.
What an awesome sprint race, loved it, MORE PLEASE ROSS! Throw the teams some sort of financial bone for participating. Get creative. Afterall, THEY are the show.
More like Vettel vs Ricciardo in 2014 when Red Bull also lost their dominance after 4 years of winning the championship and their #1 driver was not 100% motivated anymore where the new blood was.. Russel will probably beat Hamilton this season because Lewis is less motivated to drive a non-competitive car after years of dominating the sport..
@@inflatable2 Yes but in 2014 Danny RIc beat Vettel convincingly while Charles built up his momentum during 2019 and then destroyed Vettel in 2020 and I think the similar thing will happen this year in the Mercs. George slightly better than Lewis and I expect next year total domination
Vettel and Leclerc was very close. Vettel had horrible luck with his car (Lost Russia win) and still only beat by 20 points. 2020 Vettel was already signed to another team a couple of races into the season
Lewis is not that good as you think peter. Russel shows he is better, he knows how to drive a bad car, Hamilton doesn’t know what to do only complains.
How good Lewis Hamilton realy is we see now. He does not have a dominant car anymore and he loses to his first year teammate. You are insinuating the drivers championship was handed over to Max Verstappen. This is quite a bold allegation. Michael Masi is not fired, that is a danm lie. Thanks to the stewards Lewis had still a chance going in to the last race of last year. Masi did correct a mistake by the stewards and did allow lapped cars cars to overtake the leaders. He was put in that position by the stewards in the first place. Combined with the first lap incident of that race does paint an ugly picture of the functioning of the sewarding team.
Hey dude, the time difference in sector 1 between Max and Charles is just because Charles was not pushing. He said after the quali, he was backing up the lap and save the tyres for the last run. Its not just because of the proposing
Leclerc clearly aborted his second lap after KMag red flag, but in sector 1before he aborted he was taking as much time from his previous lap as Max, but when he went for the 3rd try after the aborted one, the red flag happened. Bad luck for Ferrari, tomorrow will be interesting as Max will probably not get away from Leclerc.
Lets hope so. I don't want a repeat of Australia with one driver dominating the race from start to finish. Bahrain and Jeddah have spoiled us it seems. LOL
What? Carlos was under zero pressure when he crashed. It was Q2, he was P1 and just putting a banker lap. Sure, maybe his driving style messed him up, but not the pressure. What a bad take. On Max's pole lap, it was clear he lifted, not only did he lifted, he even downshifted. So he was .1 sec slower on his previous lap, but he may have been on pace to a 30.1 or faster for that sector. Plus, there are sub sectors, so you'd have to look at his times through each subsector and the one where there was the yellow flag. I think you're showing your bias against Max with wondering why you're the only one questioning his lifting.
Peter, why do I only hear you about the end of the last race of last year? Lewis was twice lucky that weekend, his double yellow infringement which would have costed him a 10 place grid drop, and the gaining a position in lap one. I do understand it’s an idiotic end of the season, but look at it from two sides. Furthermore, Masi was working within the rules in the regulations, he had the god rule and used it. Why do you think they scratched that rule and also changed any in all in the cars overtaking? If Masi was wrong they didn’t have to change that is it? Mercedes wouldn’t pull out if they had a chance, but they did and not because they were right, the only thing they did after that was leaning on FIA to sack Masi, and FIA went for it, but offered him another job, because he was wrong? So stop keeping pulling this out of your hat, it’s old news and doesn’t add something to this season, let’s face it, all drivers are within 105% of their car and it’s that car which decides in they end if you are the one who can pull it off.
Gaining position on lap 1. Lol. So when max goes 15 meters off track to gain a position in brazil its ok. But when lewis gets forced off the track and gains a position he has to give it back. Got it
@@andrewmelton2686 we were not talking about Brasil where Lewis had a miracle engine, we were talking about the last race, and where did I say it was ok for Max to do that?
@@joostprins3381 when you don't punish an infringement like that you set a precedent for others to do it. Also how on earth is hamilton engine relevant here
@@andrewmelton2686 indeed you don’t, but you get a warning, a second (it would have been his second) results in a second warning which will have a grid penalty of ten places. Read you scriptures before yelling. And about his engine? Just fun because Lewis was moaning at the start of the season “ that car is going fast man” again and again, did you hear someone about his car at Brasil? He’s as blinded and playing everyone like you.
I’m sure there will be some kind of friction at Ferrari at some point, given the fact that it’ll be race wins on the line, but it seems like Leclerc is the one with the championship winning consistency at the moment
Schumacher went off at the left handed in 1995. Car got light at the top of the hill and he spun it on the entry. Drivers aren’t required to abort a whole sector. The speed trap clearly showed he had slowed significantly. I’ve never heard of a lap being penalised because of a time in one entire sector.
I love Mick Shumacher but it doesn't make any sense to say that being 0.5 off Magnusen's pace is very impressive. I think Kevin is putting into perspective just how slow Nikita Mazepin is.
I saw lando say afterwards that he did 2 laps back to back using 50% battery on each lap. So he didn't have a full power lap in q3. He said he had at least .3 or .4 more that he could of got if he didn't shunt. Who knows, I don't think he would've got pole or 2nd but you never know. People make mistakes.
You're pumping Micks tires just like everyone else in the media. KMag had a podium on debut, he's the real deal and MSC is NOT. Mick should be a team leader after one year and he's getting schooled. The writing's on the wall right now, he's just a name and a wash out, hell of a nice guy though! Nice guy's rarely win!
Yes but the track was ramping up and Charles didn't get a clean lap in in the same conditions, so it's not 100% representative... If I were to take a guess, I would say that Charles is still favourite for the grand prix on Sunday, even if he doesn't win the sprint tomorrow...
@@neilwilliams2883 yeah Max will need more rain on Sunday I am afraid. The porpoising really slows down cars in the rain and RB has been very balanced no porpoising. In the dry Ferarri can fight through that porpoising and keep the minimum speed up.
Well, that's one take on Abu Dhabi - and the ending was obviously a PR mess - but didn't all the teams want the race to end on green? They made that agreement, and only have themselves to blame (as Zak Brown implied) for complicating the rules. It seems Masi was the scapegoat. Wolff revealed he criticised Masi before the race. And all this off the back of *years* of teams/drivers/pundits complaining about track limits & penalties. Hamilton was only in the title fight out of pure luck, and Merc gamed the PU regulations to win the constructors'. Everyone talks about "rules" but Hamilton benefited from Masi changing track limits in Bahrain mid race. I think Mercedes forgot this is supposed to be a **sport**
If you desperatly want to end on a green flag with 2 laps left then just throw out a damn red flag, and give both the opportunity to change tires. The red flag solution would have literally pleased everyone, regardless of the outcome. It still gave Max a chance since he was 11+ seconds behind with 5 laps to go so no complaint from RB and Lewis would’ve also had the chance to change tires so no complaints there either. After that, it would have really been anyone’s game and nobody could’ve objected to whoever won.
@@Felyxx Nope. They specifically didn't want a late red, either. Don't ask me why. "The red flag solution would have literally pleased everyone" It's not Masi's fault that Merc chose to not pit Hamilton. And throwing a red flag when there was no need is also 'making up the rules' that so many fans complain about. If Verstappen had won, there would still have been Hamilton fans complaining that they should have stuck with SC until the end of the race. So no. You can't please everyone. And all the "fans" complaining about 'making up the rules' conveniently ignore that the **teams themselves** created ambiguity in the rules by arguing over track limits and penalties, and making pre-race agreements about "preferred outcomes". If the plan is 100% to follow the rules, then why even talk about wanting to end on green? It's all BS. The stewards couldn't even consistently apply the same ruling to Hamilton that they did to Verstappen in the opening lap of Abu Dhabi - as it was applied at Jeddah.
You are talking way too much sense. The LH fanboys will not be happy with you. For some reason the fanboys and British press always leave out the part about the unanimous agreement to end on a green. They just say Masi, on his own, failed to apply the rules correctly. Since F1 is dominated by Brit’s they made him the scapegoat to placate them.
@@seashackf1 Yeah people act like they were equal points on merit - and their argument is that it's fair if Hamilton was even based on luck because 'the rules weren't broken'. And yet when it comes to things like Abu Dhabi lap 1, they change their tune to 'he's just doing what Max does', or worse yet, "he pushed him off", as if 'consistency' (which they claim to want) doesn't apply consistently. Hamilton and Wolff really did an incredible job of twisting the narrative in the English speaking media - I almost admire how evil it was. And the gullible ate it all up. I think what's considered "fair" racing has been skewed in recent years. It used to be that neither driver would back down, and that was considered their right (even if blame fell more on one side). But last season, there was a narrative that if you don't want to back down, then you want to crash - which makes no sense. If there had been a red flag 'to make things fair' - which is what they claim they want (even though Hamilton clearly had a massive power advantage and his team chose not to pit him) that would still have been 'making up the rules' because a red flag wasn't needed. And if Verstappen had won the restart, they would still have said, it should have been a SC till the end of the race. I don't know how Hamilton was "robbed" when Verstappen led most laps for the season, had worse luck and made less mistakes.
And I was thinking Lewis was so much better then all the other drivers together, but now we see that his quality was about 95% car. Because Lewis is so good, well we know better now.
You know nothing. So, if it was the Car, Bottas must be a dunce and Rosberg must be shit. Was it the car too when he beat Alonso in his very first season in f1? Keep telling yourself the lies, soon enough you would tear your hair out.
The only reason why Charle Leclerc didn't match Max's time is because he didn't get the chance! In fact they to him on the radio that Max was 0.800 ahead and Charles simply said "no problem". Charles simply knew he could beat that time. But Norris dint give him the chance. I mean....how can someone spin on his outlap? Norris spin is very suspicious to me.
It was changing conditions with tons of red flags. Things went redbulls way this time. So far the only time they get close to ferrari is when their is a safety car.
What do you make of team principals moaning about haas, saying it’s a white Ferrari, I don’t think there anything alike and are trying to deflect because they did a bad job on their cars
It's the same old whining; teams like Renault/Alpine and McLaren don't like the idea of others being able to buy parts (on principle, and quite a snobbish principle at that) - even though it's better for the sport if all the midfield/lower teams are competitive. And Merc like to whine about anything related to Ferrari. The only reason they all stopped whining about Haas was because Haas were so slow. As I understand it, the teams are even more closely monitored by the FIA than ever before.
@peterwindsor interesting that you say Sainz was too quick and/or too much on the throttle. I thought he again had an unstable car on entry into the last of the two curves, because he starts sliding almost immediately after turning in and leaving the curbs on the right.
Magnussen didn't have the reputation to be the quickest pilot on the grid, to say the least. Now, he comes back after a year, jumps in the car with no preparation and is systematically quicker than Mick. How can you say that Mick did a good job because he was “only” 0.5 behind? I think that this is a sad moment of truth for Mick.
last year Mercedes constantly said they did not bring many upgrades because were focussing on developments for the 2022 cars. really weird that they are so much behind at this point
Very good point that
But they were dominant last 3 races of 2021. Maybe some key people have left the ship.
@@natashakuzmanoska9656 kneel as Louise told you so.
@@natashakuzmanoska9656 many did. Mainly to Redbull
PU unit, although there isn't really a redbull PU and this will be the case at least until 2025
They lied.
Max lifted and downshifted. That's a total non issue, the track simply got faster. Max went faster even with a lift and 40km/h down on the speed trap. Charles would have gone way faster too, he just didn't get a chance.
yes he lifted. but imagine if Leclerq did it instead, verstappen and horner will whine like a little child.
@@i3thirtyone you want me to imagine something happened so that I can get upset about it? No thanks lol.
@@i3thirtyone who is Leclerq?
Well you are a little bit missleading, not sure if on purpose but anyway. It's not judged by sector times but "mini sector" times which are 25 in 1 lap and not just 3, so Max backed up in mini sector where yellow was flashing (238kph instead of 280kph) and that was exactly according to the rules. If there were double yellow than lap would be banned.
also max locked up in his last lap quite a bit as well.
@@blauwtooth6410 everyone did, it's wet.
He is really biased against Red Bull and Verstappen on most occasions indirectly
Youre totally right. It was single yellow and the rule says you need to lift for that. Single yellow says nothing about not being able to hold your time if you lift.
@@thors4873 No he isn't, that is simply not true.
How was Max lucky when it clearly shows he went 40+ kph slower 😅 he was obviously faster due to improved track conditions only
Yeah he backed off a lot. My guess is he lost about half a second there.
@@norbertjanssen814 easily
I respect Peter but some of the things he says there's no logic in it. Schumacher is 0,5 slower than Magnussen and he's done a good job? Verstappen was lucky? Verstappen backed off according to the new rules of a single waved yellow and would have been much faster in the last sector if he hadn't done that.
I think he misspoke when he said that. And Schumacher did get a little faster. Hey at least he's not Latiffi!!! Spinning out or putting the car into the wall every weekend! That must get very expensive!
I think max was lucky in terms of he got his hot lap in before the red flag because of track evolution, track was getting dryer and tyre prep compared to after the red flag with only one lap for tyre prep and the eventual red flag again by norris, like how carlos was unlucky in Australia because the red flag came out as he was about to cross the line which invalidated his lap
But didn't leclerc didn't get a lap in when Max did and the track conditions were much better ?
True. This is a ruthless sport and being one of the youngest, he's consistently being beaten by KMag who's jumped in a car after a year straight up. In qualy, he should have been quicker still. If you compare him to young Lewis, Vettel, Alonso, Kimi, Verstappen, they barely made huge shunts and try bed their teammates in races as well as qualy. He needs to really match up and eliminate mistakes.
@@suxix7312 Latifi did excellent this weekend no crashes
Oh that Nicholas Latifi burn was gold!!!
Schumacher might be a talent, but K-mag is clearly the fastest and best driver of the two. So why you think Schumacher would be able to do the job of Perez in a Ferrari makes little sense to me. Perez is highly experienced. I highly doubt Schumacher could do what Perez does at this point.
Unfortunately for Mick, now he's up against a half-decent driver he's looking pretty average. Makes me wonder if that Haas wasn't _as_ bad last year.
Yeah, he may develop now that there’s proper competition in the team, but Given hes not a rookie, and everything else he said comparing teammates, it quite inconsistent
To me it feels that Peter dislikes Checo. I think he would have qualified very well today if not for those red flags every other minute.
I don't think Schumacher will be anything but a mid field runner , I really don't think he is F1 stuff maybe he could do well in sport cars .
He is not a fan of Perez!!! That's a fact.
Charles said it was dryer, max said got no grip mate. Why is it so hard to say wow max was 1.1 seconds ahead when he had to lift for bottas parking the car. But no max was lucky in your opinion. No sir windsor because of bottas parking the car max was denied a mega lap.
I think he meant he was lucky he wasn't penalised because while he did lift, he was actually quicker through there than in his previous attempt, so they could've decided he didn't quite lift enough.
@@fabriziocapolini4349he was actually slower through the yellow flag…280, vs 238 kph. Time was made up in the corners since the track was drying.
@@seashackf1 Yes, sorry, with "through there" I meant "in that sector". To be clear I'm not questioning the decision and I think neither is Peter Windsor. As I understand it, he's just saying Max ran the risk of being penalised because his time in that sector was quicker than his previous attempt, which could've been considered as a proof he hadn't lifted enough. Obviously they took into account that the track was improving.
@@fabriziocapolini4349 no problem. I understood what you were saying and responding directly to it. Max lifted massively (42 kph slower) in the yellow zone. That’s the area of the incident and the most important to slow. I think they took that and the drying track, as you stated, into consideration. I wonder how much faster he would have been without the lift??🤨
Max is like Lewis they stuff like no grip and the set purple sector next
Peter Windsor cmon, the track conditions changed, this is just ridiculous, Max lifted so obviously just look at the onboards man!
What do you think Peter is saying that he would disagree with you ? he's just saying Max was lucky to not lose the lap since there was a double yellow in the last sector
@@slampie1672 had nothing to do with luck cos he did what the rules wanted him to.
The fact that he calls it "luck" is ridiculous and shows his bias.
@@bjrnchrstn Stop looking for an ulterior motive call it luck call it skill who cares, If someone describes max getting pole by being the last one to complete a lap on a constantly improving track even when he's slowed down by yellow flags luck how does that show any bias ? if anything you guys being outraged by something so trivial is showing your bias
And for the record i'm not saying Peter isn't biased at all, i don't know i don't watch enough of him to know that. but he's not showing it here
Even though Max’s sector 3 was faster I don’t think he got lucky with the lap standing. The track was drying and therefore faster. He was 42 kph slower, past the incident, and still had a faster time. I think that proves he made up the lost time in the drier corners and the stewards took that into consideration.
He was up 1.1 secs before the yellow flag, and ended up 0.8 sec ahead.
It’s ridiculous how Peter is trying to suggest Max did something fishy. If Charles or Lewis had done that lap he’d be signing their praises for 1/2 the show.
His anti-Max bias has been really bad since Abu Dhabi. It’s quite ridiculous to watch of late.
This was debunked during the red flag on f1tv where they clearly showed max lifting and downshifting as soon as he passes the flashing yellow
@@OanaCook completely agree with this. I always came here to get some relative unbiased and well-motivated opinions but peter is getting more sour every race, especially towards max.
@@arjan7259 Literally the same! He used to be a fantastic unbiased source. Now I go to THE RACE for that.
He gets that Max did nothing wrong right?! Both Toto & Lewis said they would’ve done EXACTLY the same in his shoes, and that given his top level performance all season, he’s a worthy champion.
Peter is behaving like some bitter, jilted ex with a chip on his shoulder. And I DID NOT see that coming at all last year.
You are a bit rusty in talking compliments about anyone else but Lewis LMAO
I'm a bit disappointed about your last statements about about Mercedes and Lewis. First the way Mercedes developed was their own choice, so if they compromised 2022 for it... Redbull didn't have that much more time in the windtunnel and did produce a competitive car.
I also know Lewis fans pretend the championship was all about the last race but I didn't expect you to do so too. The fight only whent on until the last race because Lewis was extremely lucky. The red flag in Imola so he could unlap and recover to second. Bacu for Max not taking the win. No his own mistake in Bacu doesn't count as luck for anyone else because it was a driver error. Turkey where Bottas took all competition for the win out in one game of snooker with F1 cars. Taking no significant damage in Silverstone. That all caused an extra motor penalty making sure Max couldn't challenge for the win in Russia.
Max only was lucky in Spa and the last race, but if Lewis wasn't that lucky during the season the championship would have been decided long before the last race.
Max clearly backed off mate
Comparing team mates times yesterday is pointless when there's so much track evolution from one lap to the next. It mostly comess down to who is out at the right time in my opinion
Spot on. Ricciardo was comfortably faster than Norris in Q1, yet all Peter can talk about was how good Lando is because Norris reversed that on an evolving circuit in Q2. Even Norris binning it in Q3 was a brilliant apparently because it locked in P3 for him, even though it deprived Daniel of another run in Q3.
@@andrewmetcalfe9898 Norris is great but when things like this are so obviously true if you pay attention, it’s hard to refute the British bias stuff from guys like PW. Looking for stories that aren’t there.
@@robertpapageorge7623 I won't say it's British given how much he loves Charles i would say he gets swept in the trends of performance , problem with all the f1 media
@@robertpapageorge7623 I just watched qualifying highlights again. Ricciardo clearly edged Norris in Q1 when they did their runs in comparable conditions. In Q2, Ricciardo and Norris only had a chance to do 1 run before Sainz binned it, bringing a red flag and the end of dry running, In Q3, with 5 minutes to go Ricciardo was faster than Norris in their first run. Then Norris got in his P3 second run just as Magnusson binned it (and Ricciardo hadn’t completed his second run), then Norris binned it just before the end. So, when comparing ‘Apples with Apples’ Ricciardo was actually quicker than Norris on two out of the three occasions they were both out at about the same time and could get clear laps in. How do you square THAT circle, Peter?
@@nerdculture6521 I agree....he just loves 3-4 drivers blindly. What's interesting while Peter was born in the UK, he actually grew up in Australia and is an Dual UK-Australian citizen to this day - most people don't realise - Me being an Aussie I can still hear his Aussie accent at times
All right all right, let's all calm down and see Peter acknowledge: 1. Max clearly won the sprint on skill, not luck. 2. KMag is far far more competitive than MSC. GRL is, again, faster than Lulu Mammilton. Come on Peter, you can do it!
Loving the auto subtitles - and looking forward to "Charlotte Clerk" making a race of it today. 🙂
George has a massive psychological advantage. He is completely in his comfort zone. Driving an unruly car, back in the pack, able to focus his energies purely on putting together a single lap at a time. If that car could challenge for pole, he would have a much harder time pacing Lewis, but as it is .1 up feels like a giant win. The incentive, "don't get beat out by George for p11" has to be depressing for Lewis.
I would have thought that the vast experience of Hamilton would keep him ahead of the relatively, Inexperienced George, in an unpredictable Car.
Maybe it is because he has grown accustomed to easy-to-drive, predictable, error forgiving, very fast Cars and lost his edge. Lewis is showing very little motivation, making excuses, ignoring what George has done, no smiles for the Media etc, never a good sign for an accomplished, Champion.
Wait, George is only starting 2 places ahead on the grid. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Equally, Lewis is atleast 12 years older than George. Besides Lewis is in a different space. If you’ve been challenged as hard as he has. One day you will deserve a break!
Quite true will be interesting to see him at the front. There is no doubt that is a different ball game as Peter says the best drivers rise to the occasion as Charles is showing now as Max and Lewis all have under pressure. I think we still have to wait until the at least solve the porpoising as you can’t expect any driver to really get the most out of a car when it drives that bad and is so unpredictable under braking.
@@ironbutterflyrusted Hamilton is on the old side for a driver. His reflexes have got to be regressing by now. He's got a long uncomfortable season ahead. True test of what he is made up for sure.
@@gheckolock81 Feeling he might not end the season.
peter seriously how did you not consider the changing track condition? Max did everything correctly… also stating merc gave up legal fights too early? just admit you dislike max and state your biases
Merc definitely gave up too early, and quite mysteriously too. Crashtappen is not a legitimate WDC. RB, the FIA/Massi stole that championship and you all know it. Let’s see if the might of Maranello can stop those thieves.
@@lukedermott1589 Max didn’t win the WDC on the final lap, he won it over the full calendar. He had more wins, more poles and more laps led than anyone else last year. Deserving WDC in my books.
@@lukedermott1589 Pathetic...
@@thomasmelvin-smith5082 By that Logic Lewis won in 2016 cause he had most poles, wins, laps led etc.
@@thomasmelvin-smith5082 this whole “deserving” thing is rubbish. Hamilton’s fight back was epic though he had the third best car for most of the year. And before you dispute that, none other than Adrian Newey said that RB had the best car in 21’. And let’s not forget Crashtappen’s dirty tactics. Not just in 21’ but for his whole career. Charles knows all about this and I guarantee it wont be long before RB gets up to their usual business. Unless the FIA continues to ban Max’s cheating as they did last race.
P4 for Magnussen, I really do love Haas this year. With that car and this track, a top 5 finish on Sunday is definitely possible! 🤞
Even better on Saturday, with a great start, he could podium on that track.
Curious what the bouncing will do at Monza and Baku. And Vegas.
I suspect Newey anticipated porpoising and designed a floor that stalls gradually. Super fast corners there might be less downforce, but that would actually help suspension setup for all the rest of a lap. COTA and Silverstone might (if I'm right) be less amazing. But then again, porpoising through Copse and Maggots can't be fun.
Ferrari built an even better car. That's fast even with porpoising.
@@jeffsteyn7174
Ferrari have a good engine and are, compared to Merc and RBR, further ahead in development because of the competition last season. Ferrari gave up early and spent more time on the 2022 car. It's sort of as Merc and RBR started this season with prototypes, where Ferrari are already racing a matured 2.0 version of their original concept.
@@Wuppie62 🥱 what ever excuses you need bro.
@@jeffsteyn7174
What 'excuses' and for what exactly?
Weird response on things that are pretty much basee upon facts.
@@Wuppie62 Never forget UA-cam comment sections are overly populated by idiots. 👍
Poor Mick - I really like him and I loved the Michael Schumacher/Ferrari era but Mick is just waaayy overrated... he's a good driver but I'd be amazed if he ever reaches the level of the truly top drivers like Charles, Max, Lewis, George, Lando, etc
I don’t think he will be at their level however he did quite well winning F2. Although he wasn’t up against these young guys that already made it to F1.
I want him to win a WDC but it seems do far that he's more like his uncle Ralf than his dad Michael meaning he's good enough to win some races but not enough for a WDC but hey it's just the start of his 2nd season and he's not too off the pace from his experienced and really talented teammate and has always found pace in his second season so let's see how he does now
I'm inclined to tentatively agree. However, this is just his second season in F1, and he is just 22 years old. His father didn't win a title until he was 25 years old. So he has a little bit of time on his side. But to be honest, I don't think he will reach the levels his father did either. But lets wait and see.
He never had the raw speed when he won his f2 title. He was just the most consistent. I'll rather have the speed vs consistency as a fast driver can learn to be consistent vs the other way.
Peter, love your stuff, grew up with your grid walks. That said, unless you have some data showing that Carlos was on throttle, take another look, he's in too hot rotating the car on brakes to compensate, which places the front left nicely but the rear just can't hang on. When he starts putting it together it will be beautiful, his driving style is almost diametrically opposed to Leclerc (my personal favorite), but Carlos deserves more credit than he's getting.
Could you simplify their driving styles for us laymen?
British bias against Max is reaching a point of repugnancy rarely reached in sport history.
Well said Abdel Kader
Max blows, Get In There Lewis.
@@ajwasp3642 Max sure does blow everybody away; can't argue with you there chump!
@@mb1326 Well, British exaggerations aside, the drivers and fans are almost entirely non-British, so maybe it's time for the British to wake up to that fact and start acting like adults.
If anything ferrari should have taken Magnussen over mick or Carlos at the moment
Gilles Villeneuve is someone whom I admire for both his personality in and out of the car. So it was a pleasure to hear any story you have regarding him.
Zero reason for SAI to push like that there. He was well into Q3 with his previous Q2 time. He had a bit of a slide going into the previous corner. He shouldn’t have gotten back on the loud pedal as he wasn’t going to improve his time anyway. This is Imola for @$?! sake! I am very upset with this. If this was Q3 it would have been understandable. Not smart on SAI part or the FER garage. Hoping he can get a rocket of a start and make up a few positions in the Sprint.
Nobody's talking about it my dude because the rules don't care how fast your lap was, they care whether or not you slow down, he did, it wasn't even subtle. Move on. Everyone else did.
Half a second off getting praise I must be missing something
Seriously? Still on about the 2021 championship? Pathetic.
Hes salty that Lewis is getting rekt by George so he ran out of excuses
Peter is the biggest LH fan and so any way he can poo poo Max he will take it… Peter he would have been on pole by 1.5 seconds if he hadn’t backed off. I think he was 1.2 clear before Bottas went off.
I've seen countless videos with Peter praising Max. He has always put Lewis, Max and Charles in a class of their own. I dunno what more you want.
@@ab8jeh he does praise Max, you are correct. Peter knows the rules and F1 better than all of us so it doesn’t make sense that he didn’t understand why there was no penalty. Dunno about others but what I want is a little less bias towards Lewis and a little less against his rivals. Been listening to Peter for over 20 years and he’s always had that bias toward LH and against his main rivals just as a fanboy would.
How do you know he would be on pole .. if everyone would get their lap in he could have not been
He gained time through the corners but lost time in the mini sectors where the yellows were
Lulu looks beaten. In a rock and hard case
Just amazing analysis and thats why he’s my favourite to listen to. I would only respectfully disagree on what he mentioned about Mick being 0.5 behind Magnussen. Mick has been unlucky this year and also made his fair share of mistakes till now. Lets remember that his target is the Ferrari seat and it won’t happen by not beating K-Mag who is very talented but not considered as the top top class of drivers. This is coming from the number 1 Mick fan but Need to be objective.
He is never going to have a seat with Ferrari. I like the guy, I was a huge fan of his father, but I don’t see him driving a Ferrari.
mick is 0.5s slower than an almost retired driver so how the hell he looks so good at you? i don't get it
Peter is mad Lewis is getting rekt by George and ran out of excuses
Mercedes and Red Bull have the same wind tunnel time allocation, as the standings are taken from the mid point of the season, not the end. I'd have thought you'd know that.
Pete, did you not see Max shift andd slow down when he passed Bottas.
The track was dry(er) than previous, therefore he was faster .... not rocket science.
More interesting, it seems Lewis is being outperformed by George and Mercedes getting outperformed by their customer teams.
Shows its not the power unit its that zero pod design and having nothing to manage the tire wake especially going to the rear wheels which makes it more draggy
Waiting all day for this.
Who else got a good laugh when some people tried to say Carlos would be better than Charles after last year?
You sound like Dr Evil laughing and stroking your white cat at something so menial while the rest of us get on with enjoying F1.
he will be, at the end of the year he will outperform him for sure
Yeah maye unnecessary comment, this season still has 20 gps to go.
Charles and Max are mature enough to understand to give each other space. That was not the case last year.
These 2 guys are the best driver's in the current F1.
Sainz is really doing his best to gift his teammate a world championship.
Doubt you could call it a gift .
He isn't on the same level
Any idea what was the chatter between lewis and toto after the session.
Will this guy ever give credit to Vettel? What’s his deal? Anyone know?
You are right .
Vettel got Aston Martin in q3 and in the rain.
Still people go like he did nothing.
Vettel is not British, you see
I’ve been listening to Peter for over 20 years from when he did on site reporting for the US broadcast. As much as I like and respect his opinion, like most British press he has always been biased towards Lewis. Unfortunately, with that also goes bias against all his rivals. This is an unfortunate fact of all LH fans and the bias never goes away. It just subsides a bit when the driver isn’t rivaling LH.
I am surprised people are growling over peter today. It really took you this long to know that Peter's famous f1 analysis is wrecked by his feelings. He is good they say but all i see is a biased emotional lad, poor judgement too often than not.
Well people will be praising him next week and forget about all of this
@@delishdida And that is my mega surprise
Crazy to think what Max's lap time would have been if he didn't back off so hard at the end there.
He was 1.1s ahead before the yellows. Ended at 0.8 bc of lifting.
I would say 0.5 to Kevin is a bad sign for Mick, not a good one.
love the ending of the video .... 3 drivers respect .... beautiful.... congrats !
l am enjoying this bitter sweet drama ( In different ways ) for each team . Mercedes is in the fire right now , with lots to do and many lessons to learn .
It’s interesting to hear the voices of many who have turned against them . It’s now an internal conversation that most teams are having to advance quickly.
Only steady hands and patience will prevail …. 🍿
You know Peter, I don't know why I watch your videos, really. May be because I read a story you wrote about a race you went to in '80-something when you had that near-fatal car accident. May be because of your narration skills. But if I could add any value to you, Please start doing voice overs, even with pictures for a start. Please Peter. Thanks Peter.
What an awesome sprint race, loved it, MORE PLEASE ROSS! Throw the teams some sort of financial bone for participating. Get creative. Afterall, THEY are the show.
George again better than Lewis and ahead in the championship so far. Reminds me of Vettel-Leclerc 2019. 2023 will be an interesting year...
Just needs to work on his race pace
More like Vettel vs Ricciardo in 2014 when Red Bull also lost their dominance after 4 years of winning the championship and their #1 driver was not 100% motivated anymore where the new blood was.. Russel will probably beat Hamilton this season because Lewis is less motivated to drive a non-competitive car after years of dominating the sport..
@@inflatable2 Yes but in 2014 Danny RIc beat Vettel convincingly while Charles built up his momentum during 2019 and then destroyed Vettel in 2020 and I think the similar thing will happen this year in the Mercs. George slightly better than Lewis and I expect next year total domination
Vettel and Leclerc was very close. Vettel had horrible luck with his car (Lost Russia win) and still only beat by 20 points. 2020 Vettel was already signed to another team a couple of races into the season
@@danielkellerman4064 if Merc stays this way I think Lewis will quit F1 at the end of this year..
Lewis is not that good as you think peter. Russel shows he is better, he knows how to drive a bad car, Hamilton doesn’t know what to do only complains.
Hi Peter, my favortite magazine as a kid was GridF1. As you were.
How good Lewis Hamilton realy is we see now. He does not have a dominant car anymore and he loses to his first year teammate.
You are insinuating the drivers championship was handed over to Max Verstappen. This is quite a bold allegation. Michael Masi is not fired, that is a danm lie. Thanks to the stewards Lewis had still a chance going in to the last race of last year. Masi did correct a mistake by the stewards and did allow lapped cars cars to overtake the leaders. He was put in that position by the stewards in the first place. Combined with the first lap incident of that race does paint an ugly picture of the functioning of the sewarding team.
GOD bless you Peter, such class …
Hey dude, the time difference in sector 1 between Max and Charles is just because Charles was not pushing. He said after the quali, he was backing up the lap and save the tyres for the last run. Its not just because of the proposing
I don't know, that compliment for Mick is every bit as much a compliment for Mag. A bit more love for Mag would be good though :)
Max "was lucky" typical for Peter. Haters hate.
Leclerc clearly aborted his second lap after KMag red flag, but in sector 1before he aborted he was taking as much time from his previous lap as Max, but when he went for the 3rd try after the aborted one, the red flag happened. Bad luck for Ferrari, tomorrow will be interesting as Max will probably not get away from Leclerc.
Lets hope so. I don't want a repeat of Australia with one driver dominating the race from start to finish. Bahrain and Jeddah have spoiled us it seems. LOL
What? Carlos was under zero pressure when he crashed. It was Q2, he was P1 and just putting a banker lap. Sure, maybe his driving style messed him up, but not the pressure. What a bad take.
On Max's pole lap, it was clear he lifted, not only did he lifted, he even downshifted. So he was .1 sec slower on his previous lap, but he may have been on pace to a 30.1 or faster for that sector. Plus, there are sub sectors, so you'd have to look at his times through each subsector and the one where there was the yellow flag. I think you're showing your bias against Max with wondering why you're the only one questioning his lifting.
Pole yes but that is for me the best for that Sprint! FORZA FERRARI
We LOVE YOU CARLOS
At least it's a great season already
So Carlos was 'spiky' and not 'subtle' again.....
Yes we dont need that, do we "spikey driving" it's it just he just is trying a bit too hard to put his car before that one of Charles...
8:10 didn’t schumi go off there in 94 or 95? Suppose it was technically the bump before the left, but still ended up in the wall there?!
95. And it was into the wall coming out of the exit of the chicane.
95, touched the white line/ grass on the right just before turn in
So Mick is half a second off and is getting praise?! If he was at Ferrari he would be DESTROYED. Kmag is quick but is no superstar.
More Merc whining.....it was solid until the final third
Peter, why do I only hear you about the end of the last race of last year? Lewis was twice lucky that weekend, his double yellow infringement which would have costed him a 10 place grid drop, and the gaining a position in lap one. I do understand it’s an idiotic end of the season, but look at it from two sides.
Furthermore, Masi was working within the rules in the regulations, he had the god rule and used it. Why do you think they scratched that rule and also changed any in all in the cars overtaking? If Masi was wrong they didn’t have to change that is it?
Mercedes wouldn’t pull out if they had a chance, but they did and not because they were right, the only thing they did after that was leaning on FIA to sack Masi, and FIA went for it, but offered him another job, because he was wrong?
So stop keeping pulling this out of your hat, it’s old news and doesn’t add something to this season, let’s face it, all drivers are within 105% of their car and it’s that car which decides in they end if you are the one who can pull it off.
Gaining position on lap 1. Lol. So when max goes 15 meters off track to gain a position in brazil its ok. But when lewis gets forced off the track and gains a position he has to give it back. Got it
@@andrewmelton2686 we were not talking about Brasil where Lewis had a miracle engine, we were talking about the last race, and where did I say it was ok for Max to do that?
@@joostprins3381 when you don't punish an infringement like that you set a precedent for others to do it. Also how on earth is hamilton engine relevant here
@@andrewmelton2686 indeed you don’t, but you get a warning, a second (it would have been his second) results in a second warning which will have a grid penalty of ten places. Read you scriptures before yelling.
And about his engine? Just fun because Lewis was moaning at the start of the season “ that car is going fast man” again and again, did you hear someone about his car at Brasil? He’s as blinded and playing everyone like you.
@@joostprins3381 what are you even talking about 🤣🤣🤣🙈
I think Max had a 27.5 in the bag but for Bottas hitting the wall. He was on a cracker.
Too much description. Just do the analysis and stop telling us what we already watched.
I’m sure there will be some kind of friction at Ferrari at some point, given the fact that it’ll be race wins on the line, but it seems like Leclerc is the one with the championship winning consistency at the moment
cool send off to this report
Spiky inputs? So what your saying is that Sainz is NOT a smooth operator?
Before Bottas went off Max was 1.1 seconds up to Leclerc!
1.4 sec I guess
Schumacher went off at the left handed in 1995. Car got light at the top of the hill and he spun it on the entry.
Drivers aren’t required to abort a whole sector. The speed trap clearly showed he had slowed significantly. I’ve never heard of a lap being penalised because of a time in one entire sector.
'Never seen anyone crash at the top of the hill' err try 95, schumi had a huge shunt there after swapping onto slicks in the race..
I love Mick Shumacher but it doesn't make any sense to say that being 0.5 off Magnusen's pace is very impressive. I think Kevin is putting into perspective just how slow Nikita Mazepin is.
Dan was .6 slower than Lando but also couldn't do his final run because of Lando.
This is the good stuff😊👍. Better analyses than any main channel
TY
Just a precision, Ocon had a gearbox problem hence the bad quali.
I think CL will be champion this year😀
George Russel does a very good job for Mercedes but they still have a lot of work to do.
I saw lando say afterwards that he did 2 laps back to back using 50% battery on each lap. So he didn't have a full power lap in q3. He said he had at least .3 or .4 more that he could of got if he didn't shunt. Who knows, I don't think he would've got pole or 2nd but you never know. People make mistakes.
A lot of others would’ve done better too if he hadn’t binned it.
Don’t worry Carlos is for sure #2
At this stage he might as well be!
lewis is sooo good--puke!
You're pumping Micks tires just like everyone else in the media. KMag had a podium on debut, he's the real deal and MSC is NOT. Mick should be a team leader after one year and he's getting schooled. The writing's on the wall right now, he's just a name and a wash out, hell of a nice guy though! Nice guy's rarely win!
Just imagine how fast Max's lap would have been if he hadn't backed off
I worry about the reliability during the race.
Charles would’ve beaten it..
Yes but the track was ramping up and Charles didn't get a clean lap in in the same conditions, so it's not 100% representative...
If I were to take a guess, I would say that Charles is still favourite for the grand prix on Sunday, even if he doesn't win the sprint tomorrow...
@@neilwilliams2883 yeah Max will need more rain on Sunday I am afraid. The porpoising really slows down cars in the rain and RB has been very balanced no porpoising. In the dry Ferarri can fight through that porpoising and keep the minimum speed up.
@@FAMA-18 he wouldn’t have.cause leclerc willingly lifted to heat his tyres… it was his decision
Well, that's one take on Abu Dhabi - and the ending was obviously a PR mess - but didn't all the teams want the race to end on green? They made that agreement, and only have themselves to blame (as Zak Brown implied) for complicating the rules. It seems Masi was the scapegoat. Wolff revealed he criticised Masi before the race. And all this off the back of *years* of teams/drivers/pundits complaining about track limits & penalties. Hamilton was only in the title fight out of pure luck, and Merc gamed the PU regulations to win the constructors'. Everyone talks about "rules" but Hamilton benefited from Masi changing track limits in Bahrain mid race. I think Mercedes forgot this is supposed to be a **sport**
If you desperatly want to end on a green flag with 2 laps left then just throw out a damn red flag, and give both the opportunity to change tires.
The red flag solution would have literally pleased everyone, regardless of the outcome. It still gave Max a chance since he was 11+ seconds behind with 5 laps to go so no complaint from RB and Lewis would’ve also had the chance to change tires so no complaints there either. After that, it would have really been anyone’s game and nobody could’ve objected to whoever won.
@@Felyxx Nope. They specifically didn't want a late red, either. Don't ask me why.
"The red flag solution would have literally pleased everyone"
It's not Masi's fault that Merc chose to not pit Hamilton. And throwing a red flag when there was no need is also 'making up the rules' that so many fans complain about.
If Verstappen had won, there would still have been Hamilton fans complaining that they should have stuck with SC until the end of the race. So no. You can't please everyone.
And all the "fans" complaining about 'making up the rules' conveniently ignore that the **teams themselves** created ambiguity in the rules by arguing over track limits and penalties, and making pre-race agreements about "preferred outcomes". If the plan is 100% to follow the rules, then why even talk about wanting to end on green? It's all BS.
The stewards couldn't even consistently apply the same ruling to Hamilton that they did to Verstappen in the opening lap of Abu Dhabi - as it was applied at Jeddah.
@@Ruylopez778 finally, someone who talks sense about the whole situation 👏
You are talking way too much sense. The LH fanboys will not be happy with you. For some reason the fanboys and British press always leave out the part about the unanimous agreement to end on a green. They just say Masi, on his own, failed to apply the rules correctly. Since F1 is dominated by Brit’s they made him the scapegoat to placate them.
@@seashackf1 Yeah people act like they were equal points on merit - and their argument is that it's fair if Hamilton was even based on luck because 'the rules weren't broken'.
And yet when it comes to things like Abu Dhabi lap 1, they change their tune to 'he's just doing what Max does', or worse yet, "he pushed him off", as if 'consistency' (which they claim to want) doesn't apply consistently.
Hamilton and Wolff really did an incredible job of twisting the narrative in the English speaking media - I almost admire how evil it was. And the gullible ate it all up.
I think what's considered "fair" racing has been skewed in recent years. It used to be that neither driver would back down, and that was considered their right (even if blame fell more on one side).
But last season, there was a narrative that if you don't want to back down, then you want to crash - which makes no sense.
If there had been a red flag 'to make things fair' - which is what they claim they want (even though Hamilton clearly had a massive power advantage and his team chose not to pit him) that would still have been 'making up the rules' because a red flag wasn't needed. And if Verstappen had won the restart, they would still have said, it should have been a SC till the end of the race.
I don't know how Hamilton was "robbed" when Verstappen led most laps for the season, had worse luck and made less mistakes.
Poor ol' Carlos "sorry guy's" Sainz . I hope he can turn it round.
And I was thinking Lewis was so much better then all the other drivers together, but now we see that his quality was about 95% car. Because Lewis is so good, well we know better now.
You know nothing.
So, if it was the Car, Bottas must be a dunce and Rosberg must be shit.
Was it the car too when he beat Alonso in his very first season in f1?
Keep telling yourself the lies, soon enough you would tear your hair out.
You’re just looking for a reason to hate him lmao
@@twoseeker1741 why hate? I don’t hate him, he’s just not as good as people always said he was, that has nothing to do with hate but all with reality.
Pressure brings CARLOS-T
Great content as always. Thank you very much!
Charles will win tomorrow and Sunday.
Can someone tell me. F1 TV has Peter as the host of the F1 press conferences. I am trying to hear it in my head, is this correct?
The only reason why Charle Leclerc didn't match Max's time is because he didn't get the chance!
In fact they to him on the radio that Max was 0.800 ahead and Charles simply said "no problem".
Charles simply knew he could beat that time.
But Norris dint give him the chance. I mean....how can someone spin on his outlap? Norris spin is very suspicious to me.
It was changing conditions with tons of red flags. Things went redbulls way this time. So far the only time they get close to ferrari is when their is a safety car.
What do you make of team principals moaning about haas, saying it’s a white Ferrari, I don’t think there anything alike and are trying to deflect because they did a bad job on their cars
I think it is rich that Otmar is talking about this after his previous tram literally copied the Mercedes.
It's the same old whining; teams like Renault/Alpine and McLaren don't like the idea of others being able to buy parts (on principle, and quite a snobbish principle at that) - even though it's better for the sport if all the midfield/lower teams are competitive. And Merc like to whine about anything related to Ferrari. The only reason they all stopped whining about Haas was because Haas were so slow. As I understand it, the teams are even more closely monitored by the FIA than ever before.
@peterwindsor interesting that you say Sainz was too quick and/or too much on the throttle. I thought he again had an unstable car on entry into the last of the two curves, because he starts sliding almost immediately after turning in and leaving the curbs on the right.
Magnussen didn't have the reputation to be the quickest pilot on the grid, to say the least. Now, he comes back after a year, jumps in the car with no preparation and is systematically quicker than Mick. How can you say that Mick did a good job because he was “only” 0.5 behind? I think that this is a sad moment of truth for Mick.