We learned that Max Verstappen is the 2024 World Drivers' Champion. Congrats buddy, you earned it.

@t.k3579

2 ай бұрын

Earned it by driving a car - built solely to his driving style - 5s faster than anyone else without any competition? Brilliant

@4rdF1Hunny

2 ай бұрын

@@t.k3579😢😭

@PedroLopes-bw9sy

2 ай бұрын

@@t.k3579 Formula 1 has always been about dominance, seasons with competition are lucky exceptions for us fans.

@feisaljauharitufail

2 ай бұрын

You know he didn't mean it right? ​@@PedroLopes-bw9sy

@alecmillea4539

2 ай бұрын

@@t.k3579 The car is just built to be as fast as possible. Max prefers oversteer and a car tuned to oversteer is mathematically faster than one tuned to understeer. The downside is that the car is a lot less stable and it’s a lot easier to loose control. Max can deal with more instability than any other driver on the grid. I don’t think that it’s a coincidence that while basically every other driver on the grid has been complaining about rear instability and twitchyness of these ground effect cars, max has been a class above. Sure the car is dominant but no more dominant than other eras. Put Lewis in the red bull and I’m sure he would find it outright undriveable as he prefers a more stable rear end. Give credit where credit is due… The man is one of the best drivers ever.

We learned that Ferrari, McLaren and AM all learned a lot from the 2023 and may not be closer but have a better baseline to develop from. We learned that nobody is whining about VCARB anymore. We learned that those expecting Allison to magically turn around Merc's problems in the space of a winter break don't understand that Elliott was scapegoated. We learned that Alpine should sell to Andretti.

@Ruylopez778

2 ай бұрын

@@juuiko Team Enstone? There's a lot to like about them at the factory, and their history. But Renault management has repeatedly ruined what was there by picking poor personnel for leadership roles, or else ruining the team by interfering. It reeks of making reactionary steps and just pretending that dramatic turn arounds should automatically happen. They were too cheap in the past, and can't accept that playing catch up is their own fault for not spending enough money. Better they just quit and let someone try and make that team great again. How many '5 year plans' have they started now?

@Ruylopez778

2 ай бұрын

@@juuiko You seem to not understand the sport or how/why they used to be successful.

@nonegone7170

2 ай бұрын

I wouldn't be too surprised if VCARB came with an upgrade package soon that suddenly makes their car a helluva lot quicker though.

@Ruylopez778

2 ай бұрын

@@nonegone7170 Maybe. But I think all the teams have made steps forward.

@Ruylopez778

2 ай бұрын

@@juuiko Firstly, I'm not a Debbie Downer on the whole season just because Verstappen will probably win it with ease. Second I was a fan of Renault/Enstone back in the day, and even when they were sold off and called Lotus and when they were bought back. But the management of Renault suck, especially the way they chucked good people under the bus - and continually doing that has made them a joke. Added to that signing Ocon on a long term deal wasn't a great idea, and neither was messing Alonso & Piastri about. This team is nothing like what it was, in spite of the factor personnel, much like Williams, Sauber and Jordan have very little of that original charm remaining. I can't speak for all fans, but many have taken to dismissing Alpine after being continually disappointed by them. Remember they made a big fuss about having a new chassis for 2021, and a big fuss about pushing for development in 2022 at the expense of reliability. They got nowhere with power and still were unreliable.

we learned the season is over.

Mercedes with porpoising after 2 years. Jeez!

@rassiracing5104

2 ай бұрын

McLaren was also bouncing very bad on-boards show. I haven’t seen Merc onboard tho.

@chiefdenis

2 ай бұрын

Bouncing is NOT porpoising, haven't you learnt anything?

@LordMungo

2 ай бұрын

@@chiefdenis bouncing/proposing Symantec’s

thoughts on the aston martin floor?

Fantastic insight as always. You have no idea how much this channel has helped me increase my appreciation of the sport I love

@BSport320

Ай бұрын

Great to hear!

Im slowly learning that people think F1 is like 2021 every season but those seasons happened once every 5 to ten years. We are in the new build up years 2025 might be closer but probably redbull will take it. 2026 could bring a mix up with new some new regs so that could bring a new team to the top. This year is exciting but you need look elsewhere for the excitement not just the top. Great video as always.

@Ruylopez778

2 ай бұрын

The hype over 2021 is annoying. Although there was closer battle than any season after 2017, it was down to bad luck and incidents not performance. The racing wasn't that great, since most of the time it was over after the first couple of laps, or over after a couple laps around the pitstops. If not for the puncture in Baku, pitstop problem at Monza, and first corner at Hungary it would have been over long before the last race. The name calling and accusations was also spiteful - more so than most title battles.

@paulcooper5200

2 ай бұрын

But it was entertaining and expectation was thrilling 👌

@nonegone7170

2 ай бұрын

@@Ruylopez778 Truth is, you'll never get balls to the wall racing like the old days of F1 with the heavy, way too large hybrids on purposely shit made Pirelli's. It's often better for a driver's results to not race some drivers too much, which is ultimately boring. The current Formula is bad, and the 2026 one will suck even more. Time for IndyCar i guess.

@Ruylopez778

2 ай бұрын

@@nonegone7170 Yeah the Pirellis are a large part of the problem, and having them mandated to be sensitive to artificially engineer drama. The cars are way too long and way too heavy, but I don't think the width is a problem. The front tyres are too tall, but I guess they won't allow different sizes front to rear.

We learned that you're much better off watching the WEC.

@perfectman3077

2 ай бұрын

WEC sucks now. BOP is terrible.

I Loved the Dutch and Austrian anthem Number 2 of 24😎😅

@nonegone7170

2 ай бұрын

Even Max hates the anthem.

We learned that changing rules to enable better racing does not in fact enable better racing… it just moves the field farther apart just as it is converging…

@Ruylopez778

2 ай бұрын

Nope. Horner, Famin, Krack and Vowles all disagree with you there.

@san-joshuabarrett

2 ай бұрын

@@Ruylopez778 numbers don't lie nothing has changed really. They can all say otherwise but you cant honestly say the field is any closer. And don't talk about lower midfield teams battling closer for 10th place that has been going on for decades. Front runner team still running away +20s to the next closest team, back marker teams still getting lapped, higher mid field team still fighting for the bottom step of the podium. Only things that anyone can honestly say has changed is the cars are far more reliable, most reliable they have ever been and their is far less DNFs and far less red flags. Apart from that nothing has changed, gap to winner is just as far as it as been from ever since.

@Ruylopez778

2 ай бұрын

@@san-joshuabarrett Haas and Williams were mocked for being way off the pace and failing to score points with the old cars and without the budget cap. Partly that was down to covid and the decision to delay new regulations. If you look at 2023 and 2022, the smaller teams had more chances to fight for Q3 places and fight for points. Look at the points spread and the its more even with the smaller teams in 2022 and 2023 than before. The problem is simply that Red Bull nailed the regs right away, and Ferrari and Merc (the two with most comparable infrastructure and resources) didn't. If they had been closer, as the front cars battled, they would have wasted time and tyres and made errors and the gap would have been smaller. But focusing on exaggerating about the gap isn't the point. The regulations were designed to make it easier to follow (which all drivers agree it is - or it was until Merc changed the regulations for 2023) and make the cars more stiff and therefore harder to drive (allowing drivers to make more of a difference) which they are. The tyres are still shit, and still overheat far too soon. There are more battles lasting for longer than we had in the previous era. In most races, the cars would just wait for an undercut/overcut at the pitstops because racing just ruined the tyres from the outwash. Whining about one team (or specifically one driver) dominating doesn't mean the regulations failed in what they set out to achieve.

@alfred7350

2 ай бұрын

@@Ruylopez778 you fail to understand my point… 2021 was one of the best seasons in recent history, now imagine there was no regulation change… the sport would actually be thriving right now not focussing on last minute substitutes in search of a spectacle…

@Ruylopez778

2 ай бұрын

@@alfred7350 1. You didn't mention 2021. 2. define: "best" 3. 2021 was a result of Honda providing Red Bull with a PU on par with Merc, combined with Merc having to adapt to floor changes

My question is how can they go around the engine freeze. How can they Become more competitive due to that.

@feisaljauharitufail

2 ай бұрын

Before the engine freezes, the engine manufacturer tries to turn up the horsepower by sacrificing the reliability of it. After the engine freezes, there's a regulation that you can still develop your engine as long as it is a reliably problem.

@theSafetyCar

2 ай бұрын

By increasing reliability, you can use more power before having to change engine.

No, mercedes was not unstable, it was slow on the high speed corners, their rear wing was much smaller than what they ran in the previous 2 years and certainly smaller than both Aston and McLaren's, and Mercedes was not particularly slow on the straights all data suggest the opposite.

God bless my brothers and sisters in Europe, love yall and hope you're well.

Looks like Lewis made the right choice leaving

@perfectman3077

2 ай бұрын

Merc is happy to see him go.

I hope Alpine falls apart so the team can be sold to Andretti.

@Ruylopez778

2 ай бұрын

It really would make a lot of sense. Renault could partner up with another manufacturer and still have some branding on the car, and Andretti could bring a decent management structure.

@RCmaniac667

2 ай бұрын

Bruh. Just take HAAS or Stake or VCARB. Alpine is the only works team besides Ferrari and Mercedes, and red bull i guess.

@perfectman3077

2 ай бұрын

Enstone is one of the best facilities on the grid. I hope McLaren falls apart and are sold for scraps.

What could be wrong with the Mercedes

@perfectman3077

2 ай бұрын

The fish rots from the top. (Toto)

@tuiso

2 ай бұрын

they just don't understand ground effect, Newey already knew how important the suspensions are to keeping the underbody air flow stable and he took charge of it personally, I heard. That shows how deep his understanding is on the matter, he could foresee problems that others literally take years to figure out. Also it's very likely that Merc simply had a big advantage on the engine in previous years. The aero department just needed to generate a lot of downforce on the car and the engine would punch through the drag, they never had to fight with the aero efficiency.

We learned that Formula 1 loves dictators, murderers and warlords.

You say Alpine suffered from people leaving the team yet the people that left are the one's most responsible for THIS particular car. Harman said he'd been working on the concept since late 2022 the give the aerodynamicist (De Beer) as much room as possible to do his thing, the A524 is that result, a car that failed the crash test and is slower than it's predecessor. Good riddance.

Alpine will be sold in the next three years

@paulreilly3904

2 ай бұрын

With the shape they're in it probably won't be that long.

Yeah I've said 99% of Merc's problems were because of the floor.....What's frustrating is that Mercedes aero team, Sim team, Toto Wolff, and George and Lewis Is too incompetent to realize that the underfloor contributes to most of the downforce on the car. James Allison has mentioned that just because the W14 & W13 had an unstable rear and was too far forward, both really just lacked a bunch of rear-end downforce from the underfloor...which made George and Lewis not confident in the high speed. Meaning they have to put the car super low to the ground, set the suspension way too stiff to not lose outright performance consistentally, and tac on too much higher downforce of rear wing... for both drivers to at least feel the rear end. Suspension geometry is important but Ferrari, Mclaren, Redbull & Aston have gotten on top with how a ground effect cars works than Mercedes.

We learned F1 will be very boring until Adrian Newey retires.

Personally glad Mercedes are still battling and the smirk is wiped off Allison's and Wolff's faces.

Overall I think that's the main problem with Mercedes too as of now everyone kind of going at different wavelengths and its just too much minor differences that wont benefit the team and hindering them from performing like a team should. No wonder they keep having problems with correlation in their simulators to real world, the team itself is not corelating. When most other teams can tell how good they'll be at a track based on their simulations, Mercedes seems to be using results from previous races(which is not too accurate as their cars change year by year and it really needs to be based on the pace of their current cars) and just feels like a guessing game for them. Think back to how they got Brazil wrong last year. Mercedes needs an internal cleanup overall not just with their simulations. Because neither drivers, simulations/simulators, different staff departments(aero-manufacture-Power unit) seems to correlate. They only thing the seem to all can agree on is that the car is rubbish at the moment.