suprise fight is perez v sargeant for qualifying out of q1

@christofferrsnes9508

8 күн бұрын

Fr, most exciting fight of this weekend.

@staccatoglock

8 күн бұрын

No shite

@1986arseny

8 күн бұрын

kudos to Williams, even their less experienced driver can outqualify a Red Bull. That's a fact.

RB are going to regret giving Checo that extension real quick if McLaren, Ferrari and Mercedes keep pushing Max and he's got no cover.

@soccerbeast4782

8 күн бұрын

I hope redbull gives Yuki the seat when checo fails to do anything

@gseric4721

8 күн бұрын

I'm surprised Max has been able to stay sharp and maintain his edge when his teammate is doing so poorly. Montreal was simply an epic display from him.

@indcredible7839

8 күн бұрын

​@@gseric4721he did it all year last year. I'm pretty sure he gains even more confidence in his skill knowing how an experienced teammate is unable to get to grips with the car while he's at the top.

@kojacked

8 күн бұрын

If driver pairings were purely about skill the whole grid would look a lot different.

@mmmbiscuits1211

8 күн бұрын

They have to pay for Verstappen. Thats why no changes will happen at RB or Vcarb. Yuki is Honda money, DR is Visa money, Checo is Mexican money, and Verstappen cost a lot of money.

Ben does not like blinking

@collynmarsh8348

8 күн бұрын

10:14

@Blech319

8 күн бұрын

I can't unsee that now.

@EJ0107

7 күн бұрын

Lmao noooo😂. I cant stop looking at him now

@saratchandrab4384

7 күн бұрын

😅

Ben is a fish. He blinks inside his eyes and you don't realise 😂

The closer this fight gets, the more i lament the 2026 rule changes coming up

@MrLaughinggrass

8 күн бұрын

Yep, we could end up having a good end to this season and then a really close one next season with perhaps a different winner and then boom. Pack shaked up and a new dominant team for a few seasons

@paperplane-db8qf

8 күн бұрын

Closer title fight? Just because Perez is having his usual midlife crisis and RB hasn’t been dominant at 3 tracks doesn’t mean there is a title fight. Worst case, it’s time for someone else to be dominant in 2026. But most of the other teams have two good drivers instead of one shitty pay driver

@scsutton1

8 күн бұрын

It's always the way. It got close, we had 2021, then bang, new regs.

@snape1464

7 күн бұрын

@@paperplane-db8qf I never said there was a title fight. But the pack is really bunching up and it seems 1 slip can mean either of 3 other teams can win on any weekend. That’s enough for me and next year should be even better

@ACertifiedLoser

7 күн бұрын

@@paperplane-db8qf there probably wont be a title fight this season, not for the drivers championship anyway but i think its fair to say that if checo continues his current form and mclaren and ferrari do well enough, we could see a constructors championship fight, which (if mclaren and ferrari play their cards right) can extend to next season

Does Ben ever blink 👀 !? 🤣

Freaks me out that guy’s no blink stare

I still think Mercedes will be made to look better than they actually are at Spain too then will come back down to reality as usual

@alexerwin3262

8 күн бұрын

As a Merc fan I agree, Spain has flattered us the last couple of years

@perfectman3077

8 күн бұрын

I am sure Russell will poo the bed and blame it on somebody else, as usual.

@arba71

8 күн бұрын

With Toto turned into a Sith Lord, Mercs might be able to be a threat for a longer term.

@MuhammadNiz007

7 күн бұрын

Maybe but they have a new floor coming in Spain and Austria will suite them because of curbs and Silverstone they will have there major upgrade package and than Hungary which is simply a Hamilton and curb ultimate downforce track

@MrSkeleton131

7 күн бұрын

@@MuhammadNiz007 wishful thinking

Can McLaren challenge Red Bull - shouldn't that be 'Can McLaren challenge Verstappen?'

@erikvermolen8371

6 күн бұрын

But that is giving too much credit to Verstappen, and that is something these Brits can't have! Everything is to promote Hamilton and to diminish everybody else who isn't british. You gotta stick with the program!

@charleskavoukjian3441

6 күн бұрын

@@erikvermolen8371I mean your not wrong

It's a pleasant surprise that everyone welcomes with open arms

Why does the guy on the left spend most of the video looking like there's a giant spider crawling up his leg?

@1DreamV6

8 күн бұрын

this made me laugh way more than I expected

@adrianhjordan1981

8 күн бұрын

Who says there wasn't..... 🕸

I love it that they keep saying: can they challenge Red Bull now? Where they mean: can they challenge Max in a Red Bull now?

You may think Ben doesn’t blink, but he actually times his blinking to when the video shows a picture or a video

Ben Anderson has grown old in front my very eyes

Brings back memories of the 2012, 2010 and 2003 F1 seasons

@ajitrajendran63

8 күн бұрын

I mean 2012 had 7 winners in the first 7 races, sauber/force india were in contensions for wins in malaysia/brazil. 2003 had 3 drivers/3 teams fighting for the championship at the final race. Do not think its the same, but hope it gets to this level next year because 2026 is likely gonna have another dominant team.

@kingayrton8327

8 күн бұрын

hahahahahaahahahahahahaahahahaahahahahahaahahha no near

@El_Nano2005

8 күн бұрын

It reminds me a bit of '05, the dominant frontrunners have begun slipping while teams that have been lagging behind have now caught up and can take advantage of the frontrunner's weaknesses, not as extreme but similar

@kwl189

7 күн бұрын

@@El_Nano2005dominant frontrunners slipping? Whoat? FIA brought about a rule change overnight for no other reason other than to nerf Ferrari and Schumacher explicitly. Absolutely criminal and a joke.

@El_Nano2005

7 күн бұрын

@@kwl189 *yoke, but also I genuinely think that the Mclaren and Renault cars had the pace to match Schumacher and Ferrari that year, those cars are rapid

Ben always looks like he's in pain.

The issue is MAX. You talk about Red Bull, but the mean average of the two cars is not the fastest.

@erikvermolen8371

6 күн бұрын

But Max isn't british so you cannot give too much credit! These 'journalists' aren't here to inform you, it's all about promoting Hamilton.

@fixxa6455

3 күн бұрын

Its OK this is not the most honest channel out there that was already clear a long time ago

AMG Petronas were able to make the most of the mixed conditions with the right preparation. I don't think we're going to be getting on many podiums for the duration of the season. Those McLaren's are just too fast in terms of pure outright pace.

@christofferrsnes9508

8 күн бұрын

You know, Russell was faster than both Mclaren and Max in Montreal, but screwed up his chances. Maybe Mercedes can keep this pace up hopefully.

@sirgobbledygook

8 күн бұрын

I've never seen anyone refer to Merc as AMG Petronas 😅

@christofferrsnes9508

8 күн бұрын

@@sirgobbledygook me too. It is very wrong.

@michaelhelbrow7906

8 күн бұрын

Merc were faster is some conditions and mclaren faster in others. Merc will not be fight with mclaren for a fair while

@EvLSpectre

8 күн бұрын

​@@sirgobbledygookMercedes AMG Petronas Ineos Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains. Better? Haha. But Canada I think was a fluke for them. They seemed to be able to get some performance out of the car in lower speed and bumpy tracks. But now we are going to Barcelona. High speed track.

Stop saying Red Bull. It is Max vs Mclaren vs Ferrari vs Mercedes. Those three teams are beating Redbull overall now. It is just Max who keep Red bull at the front

Ben blink ones if your in danger

im just laughing my ass off at peiple complaining about Red Bull domination this past few years, its not even 3years 😂 21- challenging Merc, hybrid era. 22- almost Total domination 23- TOTAL domination 24- Fer, Merc, McL challenging.

@sheeshman9713

8 күн бұрын

that's the DTS fans for ya

@illbeV.

7 күн бұрын

​@@sheeshman9713 No, that's lifelong fans for ya. We've had way too many dominations in the modern era, which certainly did not happen in such a back to back fashion in the 20th century, if at all

@sheeshman9713

7 күн бұрын

@@illbeV. Yeah nah Williams and McLaren didn't dominate the late 80's and 90's at all

@illbeV.

7 күн бұрын

@@sheeshman9713 4 years in a row was the longest streak by a team in the 20th century, and only happened once (arguably because the GOAT was in the mix) and with two winning drivers, not just one, through epic battles for the lead year after year. But please, keep telling me how we're having it so much better now, I'm listening

@raymond_rayder

7 күн бұрын

I've thought the same thing. When you consider that Red Bull didn't make a great start to 2022 and were often flattered by Ferrari's incompetence, it's barely even two years. Also worth noting that the people complaining now had nothing bad to say about dominance between 2014-2020. Funny that.

I think merc will be 4th fastest again at Spain

@stephensegal5187

7 күн бұрын

Maybe battling VCARB

What’s good about this is it’s not a shouting match and one trying to butt in or talk over each other, very refreshing, thanks.

Spag Bol tonight me thinks 👀

@daphneschuring5810

8 күн бұрын

Bol is superieur at 400 meters but not at F1

The bottom half is racing Lance Stroll. The top half is racing Perez.

Mercedes have 1 good race and they're considered back in the mix?

@nestorlarez336

8 күн бұрын

Yes, and when you see Horner crying for some upgrade of Mercedes, it's for sure.

@Wernli117

8 күн бұрын

They've made some progress with their car this year, it seems like they finally understand their platform, so that's why I can see them being contenders in a couple of more races that suit their car, as Montreal did, it'd be naive to think they'll be as close to RB as McLaren and Ferrari have been, but closer than before, in some occasions they'll be.

@Redlingstein

8 күн бұрын

@@nestorlarez336you have been crying since 2021 😂

@nestorlarez336

8 күн бұрын

@@Redlingstein Same as Red Bull for 7 years, 2014-2020, until Horny threats abandon F1 if Mercedes don't eliminate the HybrId engine. And now they breath...

@asmith78100

8 күн бұрын

​@@Redlingstein in this era horners litteraly been crying alot 2022 pre season testing: horner lodges protest on mercedes zero pod design without even knowing how awful it was. 2024 preseason test: horner cries about mercedes front wing design without even knowing it made mercedes a mid field car. 2024 canada: horners litteraly crying about mercedes front wing flexing Its pretty werid an crazy how he cries about cars that are slower then him

10:34 try telling that to my wife!...

We need a comparison of relative pace on tracks that have been raced both last year and this year.

I'd cap it off like this. Max and Red Bull are still on top. But we got too used to 2023 season so now it "feels Red Bull are struggling" even though they're still there!

Can i ask what you use to make your data (e.g., charts, graphs, etc.)? They are gorgeous

Hardly a surprise when most of the grid look almost identical to the RB19/RB20

Im a bit skeptical as Redbull builds momentum during the last half of the season. They can have an awful start and still pull themselves back, the depending factor might be Checo really

@florisbackx1744

8 күн бұрын

Last seasosns proved that McLaren is the more improving team over a season, not Red Bull. Also Perez's crashes are starting to hurt financially plus they have the least CFD and windtunnel time

@tobbsnobb1366

8 күн бұрын

@@florisbackx1744 i see your point, but its not completely fair as Redbull for a rare time actually started the season with the best car, something they usually dont do. And Mclaren had the "B-spec" car already on their minds before the season began as they realized mid winter that the original car wasnt all that good. Yes they did improve the best on paper, but Redbull didnt exactly move the goalpost forwards either and did not introduce major upgrades after the summer break

After 30+ races of RB dominance from the middle of 2022 to the first few races of 2024 I just kind of gave up on this season thinking it will be 2023 2.0 but even more dominant with Perez taking most of the those P2s. I can't believe how much it has turned around in just ~2 months, F1 is back to being interesting again. I still think Max and RBR rinse the WDC, but if the races themselves are actually entertaining and RBR looks beatable in most of them I don't mind them taking the title again. If this trend continues, it bodes well for next season.

Considering the cost-cap, isn't the whole point to have teams/cars stay closer than when money was just thrown at increasing performance? RB themselves were surprised at how far ahead they have been for 2 years, or rather, how far behind everyone else was...So that being said, it shouldn't be a suprise that the competition is closer after 2 1/2 years of RB domination.

I think if verstappen was in the McLaren he’d be winning a similar amount he is now tbh

McLaren have a much better lineup than Red Bull and I think they'll comfortably win the constructors championship

I love these kinds of videos. Make more ❤❤

Funny how flexing wings are ok if Mercedes are doing it

The closer the field the bigger the difference is the driver makes. Not only motorsport basics but also common sense. The filed has never been this close ever in this sport and drivers make a bigger difference in a race weekend than any update. One of the reasons Max likes likes sim racing, it’s a no excuse sport, not even the British can have a excuse

@danielainger8666

8 күн бұрын

2012 was arguably closer then this 7 different winners in the first 7 races 8 different winners in total that season.

@yerrie1908

8 күн бұрын

@@danielainger8666 This is about the top 10 within 3 tenths in qualify when we compare performance of the cars, standings and results don’t tell the whole story in motorsport, more motorsport basics

Max WILL be 4 time champ Make no mistake

@robsondominator

7 күн бұрын

dont think anyone is doubting that, would be nice to get a few different winners till the end of the season though, and next year, who knows, we might get a 3 or 4 way battle for the drivers'

@illbeV.

7 күн бұрын

Most likely, but his dominant days are numbered. Soon the real Max will be back in the pack, punting drivers off left right and centre

@erikvermolen8371

6 күн бұрын

@@illbeV. I know you real Hamiltoncultists are back! Being toxic, trying to diminish anything Verstappen achieves. So sad to see, this cultish behaviour.

@doghat1619

6 күн бұрын

@@illbeV. no

4:50 bro on the left locked in

8:59 Damn. Scott nailed it on the head with that analyses

@Lianpe98

8 күн бұрын

"still a good enough weekend but not good EEnough" ...Fascinating

What happens to the results if Logan and K-Mag don't have contracts?

Whys mercedes mentioned lol one good race😂😂😂

@madchef_302

8 күн бұрын

Its the most recent race so it shows what they are most likely to be like at spain and the rest of the season

@PG-20

8 күн бұрын

"You are as good as your last race" And Merc challenged for the win last race.

@xavierpanohaya2647

8 күн бұрын

@@madchef_302 nah, very specific track.

@xavierpanohaya2647

8 күн бұрын

@@PG-20 man, the copium LMAO

@foldionepapyrus3441

8 күн бұрын

It is much more than one good race, its consistent (at least for them of late) solid performances. Clearly the Merc's are coming from further behind, but they seem to finally be getting on top of their car in this regulation and are now actually in the same race as the lead pack of cars. Seems like Mclaren are very much the team bringing the threat hardest, but we now at least have 3 teams close enough to the RB there is something resembling F1 happening on track. Rather than one and only one F1 car in a pack of junior formula cars..

Be a dull drinking game if we relied on taking a shot when Ben blinks.

What happened to why the FAA wanted to inspect the fuel pump for McLaren? I saw something on that and never saw any follow up.

It's pretty clear now that RB is being affected by the reduction in budget and development time as a result of their previous cost cap violation.

red bull is gonna run away at normal tracks

Spain is not known for many overtakes so when the Red Bull kills it in Qualifying and works properly theres no shot for the others but to secure P2 and P3. Austria and Great Britain could be more interesting in terms of if and how much Red Bull lost to the others in race conditons

Judging the development rate of the Red Bull from its performance at a few tracks that it was always known would be weak points is foolish. The next few weekends will give us a far better picture of the pecking order than the last three.

ben looks shell shocked

Red bull is protesting Flexi wings of some teams . Is it because they cannot make their own ? Checo already caused red bull more than 3 million of damage .

@florisbackx1744

8 күн бұрын

It is because Red Bull had to 'unflex' their wings in the past and now other teams seem to be a bit to 'flexi' the obviously point it out.

@sidharthtirkey44

7 күн бұрын

@@florisbackx1744 So Can Red Bull do the same ? Cause it would take months to bring the new front wing . I think the FIA is going to do nothing until the new regs arrive .

It have been 3 street(like) circuits in a row, something RBR said multiple times this is not their strength. So saying the championship suddenly has 4 teams battling is total BS imo. We need atleast 3-4 more races before we can say if there is a battle between the teams or not.

The Race is sometimes kinda annoying with the tempered mild enthusiasm, just get excited, get turnt up, we have a fight! let's gooo!!!

“Saving” is a bit of a strong term yet. Let’s see a few more races where Max doesn’t win by 997 laps.

It's still a one sided season. I'd be shocked if Max doesn't win 6 of the next 7 races. The only fight worth watching for is 2nd places Ferrari v McLaren

I still think Max and Red Bull win win but unlike the last two years, Mercedes, Ferrari and McLaren can run with and even beat them but the they are still to inconsistent to beat Max you have to be all but perfect, even if the RB20 isn't the world beater that the RB19 was.

You mentioned red bull hasn't had the same upgrade pace as others, lets not forget red bull brought upgrades before the other top teams in japan which also helped in china whilst the others didnt bring upgrade until miami and imola

Im sorry that first bit was terrible. Saying that Rb should have won Miami and finish second/third in Monaco. By that logic, Norris should have won Montreal.

Mercedes finding their rear end stability without adding drag is a pretty big deal and the reason things feel different. Now that their front end balance is improved with the new wing, they seem pretty optimistic about being able to get their set ups right.

The one thing you over look and to be fair to you seemingly most F1 commentators overlook is Verstapen. The man is simply so much better than everyone else. Checo is a good driver and most of the time he is nowhere near Max.

@paperplane-db8qf

8 күн бұрын

Except Perez is not a good driver.

@harry4454

8 күн бұрын

Checo really isn’t that much of a good driver tbh

@Alumnikiid

8 күн бұрын

Except we know pace of car is not based on the slower driver/times. Cant brake late and have good exits if the car cant tolerate inputs and is unbalanced.

@gseric4721

7 күн бұрын

Checo hasn't been doing well this season, mate.

@gseric4721

7 күн бұрын

@@Alumnikiid that's true. The telemetry showed us that at Montreal.

Regardless of what else happens this season, the highlight will forever be Lando getting his first win. The best story of the year!

Where was imperfect Max at Monaco last year when Alonso was a hundredth off pole? What a shame. And now the Astons are clearly slower than the RBs.

I don't ever remember videos like this when Mercedes was winning. Just video after video of the race gushing over Hamilton and Mercedes 🤦‍♂️

@joeshap2003

8 күн бұрын

Mercedes had a British driver winning. Red Bull doesn't.

@thunderace_

8 күн бұрын

​@@joeshap2003yep and we all know that British driver are really different then drivers from other country's...

I don't want to see your zoom call

Ed Straw saying that F1 Aero cannot be infinitely rigid needs to go on the F1 Bingo card. It's a staple statement up there with the Brundle MGU-K having as much power as a family car

I’m skeptical of Mercs performance. It was a weekend of compromised setups because of the weather, similar to the sprint weekend in Brazil when they had their last great “false dawn.” Until they have a lights out weekend where there aren’t factors like weather and sprint races to throw things upside down, I can’t say they are making substantial progress.

@sleepypixie8828

7 күн бұрын

Good catch there. They were jumping around after cota only to fall down in brazil

boy im glad, maybe we get ONE year where teams are competing at the front, then the regulations change and theres a HIGH chance one team becomes dominant again.

@Leith_Crowther

8 күн бұрын

You know there’s another season after this before reg changes, yeah?

@sheeshman9713

8 күн бұрын

​@@Leith_CrowtherYeah, that's what he is talking about. next year the top 3 or 4 will fight for the championship and then everything is reset for 2026

@BrunoHenrique-gi1wd

6 күн бұрын

@@sheeshman9713 you know how to read, i like you.

@sheeshman9713

6 күн бұрын

@@BrunoHenrique-gi1wd pretty low bar for liking someone no?

This McLaren teams development has been very fast. They are going to be there very soon!

I think we shouldn't count ourselves rich yet. We had a whole series of street tracks, bumpy tracks and aggressive curbs. The type of track Red Bull never have been at their strongest in this generation of cars, and this year it seems to be a proper weakness. But looking at more aero dependant tracks that don't have those bumps and curbs, Red Bull have been dominant this year. And we're getting a whole range of such tracks with Spain, Spielberg, Silverstone, Hungaroring, Spa up to the summerbreak. Edit: Hungaroring, that maybe is a race for Ferrari or McLaren.

but why do all three of them have perfect voices for when the narrate videos

@JH-pj8ld

8 күн бұрын

They're reading off a script when narrating, the tempo is different in a discussion.

I don't think Mercedes will be in the mix this weekend. I think P7-P8 will be realistic. Car Achilles heel is that the Mercedes struggled in with the backend in medium, to high speed corners.

McLaren should be the favorite for the constructors championship at this point.

The fight of 2025 will be who can sell their team to GM for the most $.. Renault, Haas, AM or Red Bull?.. They all could sell before 2026

Finally we got some proper racing and now rule change is coming 😂😂. Great podcasts guys keep up with great work The Race team 😊

Scott’s inevitable “ blah blah blah”

I don’t understand how or why Ferrari keep making such poor tyre choice decisions, in Canada the TV cameras showed the rain coming over, then a lap later they put hards on Leclerc 🙄 they just don’t seem to learn.

I hope it doesnt turn into a BS tire deg-off.

I do feel that McLaren have had a car, that could and probably should have won 3 of the last 4 races. It will be interesting to see if this trend continues what the reaction will be, as there has been some big opportunities missed so far

No more talking about Red bull, just verstappen, Perez is to inconsistent. For this discussion

edd should be on sky, his analysis is top quality

@Ogole-oye

8 күн бұрын

Sky??? That's a downgrade

@tomsnow7815

8 күн бұрын

@@Ogole-oye yeah but rishi didn't have it growing up 😂 but it would mean someone good was on rather than a former F1 driver who is only on there because they won a race not because they know technical things, i love listening to edd.

Zak Brown has been running his mouth about Red Bulls ”downfall” after their accidental miami safety car win and few podiums. I hope Red Bull shuts down these Mclaren loudmouths, such a cringe team.

@sheeshman9713

8 күн бұрын

McLaren is the "GenZ" team. What I mean by that is most new fans are McLaren fans. They have 2 young drivers, Norris streams on Twitch, and they have very aggressive marketing. All these factors co tribute to the fact that they are the team that attracts the most new fans and especially young fans.

Edd loves talking McLaren down, the second Mercedes show any sort of speed its "We need to take them seriously". The underselling of McLaren by most its nuts. Hopefully McLaren shows them all on the weekend.

The championship going to RB I don’t think so, the up and coming teams can upset the order.

I guess we need to feel sorry for Redbull, and we should agree with their asking FiA to ban flexi wings that are better than their own flexi wing.

I like to think about the fact that the winner in Monaco GP is often the winner of the Drivers Championship, in the car from the winner of the Manufacturers Championship. And this is true for way too many years. So Ferrari could surprise still.

Without Max there would be a convergence. McLaren and Ferrari maybe. Not Mercedes.

RB already being at the top makes their gains smaller than for a team like Mclaren. And especially Mclaren looks better since they were very off pace compared to Ferrari. If RB did the same steps as Mclaren they would have been untouchable at this point.

Sometimes at the beginning you guys repeated the same stuff over. And some of it was just blank subjective nothing statements 'best of the rest' 'right in the mix'. Once you warmed into it, interesting discussion cheers.

Ben looks like he's on a hot lap.

I love these longer form videos like the podcasts, really interesting and insightful! Thanks guys!

Hindsight veing a wonderful thing. This video hasn't aged well.

2024 gives a 2012 season vibes

@asmith78100

8 күн бұрын

Nah, more like 2019, both redbull an mercedes started the season strong, later on had weakness where they werent fastest at but still had a comfortable lead for both drivers an constructors, races won by 3 different teams. The only difference is that in 2019 bottas actually performed an redbull have only 1 driver

Red bull starting to struggle because they aren't letting newy in on the development of the car. His basically a bystander now

Red Bulls down grades are more impressive than Mercedes upgrades Wtf is Merc doing throwing shade on other teams performances What an oxymoron statement

Saving F1? I don't seem to recall all the hand-wringing when Lewis was winning all those races....

funny how they pointed out newey wasnt the only great contributor to the team and fallen off directly after he left extending checo makes no sense, also can we talk about horners shit again please or are we just letting wait this out?

....mercedes backnin the mix you said, we all know how that story goes 😅😂😂😂

F1 2024 has be saved! Hooray!

RB have one driver in the Constructors Championship, Ferrari and McLaren have two competitive drivers scoring points. Cannot see RB winning this years Constructors.

@AyoSosanya

7 күн бұрын

I think it’ll be close, Ferrari & McLaren will steal points from each other with Merc occasionally too. Then if it goes as usual Perez will eventually pick up form towards the end of the season to defend whatever lead is left but he defo won’t finish p2 that’s for sure