I was sitting at the bridge by the Esses today during qualifying. I was blown away at how fast they shot through there. They barely slow down from the straight before
that moment when all the senses in your body are telling you to slow down, but you keep stepping hard on the throttle and the car holds up. Although to be fair, all those f1 guys are probably passed that.
Peter Lustig It will be so close, that you won't see any difference. Vettel could have been on pole too, if it wasnt about a few thousandths of a second
i love how most drivers cheer really hard and start to sing (looking at you seb) when they get pole and bottas just lets out one big fat "YES" and returns to being the calm and collected guy he is. really cool dude
Even with Ferraris advantage in sector 1. Bottas absolutely nailed the 2nd and the 3rd sector. Fantastic lap! Lets hope for good race and battle with the top3 teams tomorrow!
What adavantage is your fanboy brain hallucinating about? All top teams were pretty close in Sector 1. BS1 of Vettel, Verstappen and Hamilton is 24.6, Leclerc 24.5 and Bottas 24.7. Leclerc probably overheated the tires with his faster pace.
this is why i love this track, the race may be different enjoyment wise to quali but the fact this track has high speed and low speed corners with long to medium straights means that it doesn’t suit one car it suits multiple
He's right though, this is the only session where Lewis finished behind Valterri, he screwed up both his laps in Q3 and admitted it was his worst qualifying in a long time. Lewis was quite a bit ahead in FP1, FP2, FP3, Q1 and Q2. Great lap from Valterri but don't pretend Lewis isn't much faster here.
This is such a demanding and technical track, I love it! Must be so hard to string a perfect lap together. And on top of that, one of the few newer circuits that actually produce good racing. I hope F1 keeps coming here for a long time!
Unpopular opinion: Valtteri has the drive to beat Lewis in the championship battle, but lacks in consistency. He performs so good at the times, even outperforms Lewis, but screws up often as well. Also Merc's love relationship with Lewis doesn't help either.
@@blackbee_v8 it does make it harder though which is what we want. I can win multiple races on 100+ Ai in a Season 1 Toro Rosso. It gets boring, so to have harder tracks because of Kerbs is good, it means you have to be more careful
A tennis player will celebrate like 20 times throughout a game when things get tough, and not celebrate at all if the match wasn't even close. It's only cringy if there was a huge performance gap. And btw, emotion is what we need in F1. we want drivers to duke it out. we want them to not settle. If you want it to be a polite, "after you sir" you should get out of here.
You don't have to be a lover or hater of the driver on this record... This was ART... When fractions of a second counts.. The view as exceptional as well.. You can see what most would consider 'sliding'... aka.. Managing the grip.. Those are simplified words, but these are by far the greatest road racing drivers you'll ever find.. They make NASCAR look like babies in go karts with a 3-5 hp lawn mower motor..
@@lolbots he deserves it becuase hes always letting hamilton by. thats why. and hes the one that can beat hamilton to the championship, not perez or gasly.
lolbot so Gasly, who couldn’t even beat Verstappen, can beat Hamilton ever so often, and match him on most tracks? And Perez, who got fucked by Ocon, would be able to suddenly outqualify the greatest ever qualifier, Hamilton? Bottas is in a different league compared to Gasly and Perez...
If he deserved it, then he should have got it in the same car as Lewis. Merc used team orders against him only once this year in Singapore. And they payed him back in Japan by giving shit strategy to Lewis. He's not consistent enough
Im not the only one looking for that apex marking and see how different drivers attack diff turns. Bottas has a unique route for turn 1. He always runs way wide
I don't think Favian was mocking him just for being a Hamilton fan. He was mocking him because he's a brainless fanboy who got triggered by a harmless meme and felt the need to defend Hamilton.
Everyone does that there, stewards are ignoring it for that corner for some reason. It's fine for me just bc everyone does it and they don't penalize anyone so nobody gets any advantages as long as it's consistent
This time the stewards consider the outer line the place where the striped and the green pavements meet. So technically he is not off the track. Its only for this track I think.
Lewis will fight for the win and will easily catch title nr. 6 and you are happy about a meaningless pole. Bottas never had a chance for the title this season. Another weak performance.
I just looked up lap records for COTA, this is the absolute track record. Charles Leclerc comes in next at 1:36, then Indy Car at 1:48. Bikes and NASCAR are all over 2 minutes. Same layout. Formula cars are QUICK. Especially on turns. Especially when driven by Bottas.
The speed through the Esses is just unreal
they dont need slowing really like the suzuka ones , even silverstone dont . only f1 game peoples do that . (joking but can be true for some :p)
I was sitting at the bridge by the Esses today during qualifying. I was blown away at how fast they shot through there. They barely slow down from the straight before
that moment when all the senses in your body are telling you to slow down, but you keep stepping hard on the throttle and the car holds up. Although to be fair, all those f1 guys are probably passed that.
It must be fast, VB was in 7th gear through that section and then went to 6th after the esses.
Looked even more in insane in the grandstand today
I just love valtteries “YES” it’s just great
True, great to see him on top, although i would have also loved a simple "Pee Wan! That was a Sebastian Vettel lap"
Guess who's on pole
Valtteri: thank you guys.
No we really wanted you to guess. It's Lewis.
Marcell Hoóz hahahaha thought that it could have happened
Lol that's exactly what I thought! Would've been savage af xD
The amount of floor scraping is insane.
Bumpy AF
They need to relay this track or do it before each us grand Prix like Monaco does now and they should have this race before Mexico. .
It's a shit track. Not the layout, the quality
@@redd605 they need to do the substructure or whatever again, the 1st turn hill has sinked like 40 cm since the race was first held
Imagine doing 57 laps on that shit
Mercedes: “Valtteri we need to push!”
Valtteri: “WE?”
Very underrated comment right here 😂
Jim Myers Capitalism sucks
We need a comparison of Bottas and Vettel!
Peter Lustig It will be so close, that you won't see any difference. Vettel could have been on pole too, if it wasnt about a few thousandths of a second
@@wuchstfinger930 thats why he wants to see it. and there surely will be places where one one them is 0.1 or 0.2 seconds ahead or behind
And max too maybe, it was close
Bottas Vettel and Verstappen. Three different cars yet so close
Mister Hirschman plus it’ll be interesting to see where each car loses and gains time to the other car
i love how most drivers cheer really hard and start to sing (looking at you seb) when they get pole and bottas just lets out one big fat "YES" and returns to being the calm and collected guy he is. really cool dude
Brosef Fritzl it’s the Finns, dude. Remember Kimi from Monza last year?
Kimi : hold ma ice cream
@@M4NA5 finns are a really awesome people
@@M4NA5 hakkinen was also very chill, and he drove for mercedes, i like these guys
@@chiefdenis Actually McLaren, but hey, still Merc power
I like him
He's such a likeable guy so who doesn't like him? Oh, wait, the crybaby Ferrari Leclerc fanboys... forgot.
@@CraigBradford don't forget hamilton fans
@Liam H I'm a Ferrari Fan and I like him I like Lewis too
I'm a Ferrari fan and I can say that apart from seb Lec valtteri is one of my favourites
Craig Bradford I’m a Leclerc fan and love bottas
Guess who is on pole:
Its James
Guess who's on pole
It's Lewis you are p6
@@francoishnz lmao
This has to be one of my favourite circuits, so technically with so much pace
His reaction is the same as winning the Turkish GP in 2021. A loud haha with a big yes!!!
Even with Ferraris advantage in sector 1. Bottas absolutely nailed the 2nd and the 3rd sector. Fantastic lap! Lets hope for good race and battle with the top3 teams tomorrow!
barski your on 77 likes don’t make it go up as valterri’s Number is 77
What adavantage is your fanboy brain hallucinating about? All top teams were pretty close in Sector 1. BS1 of Vettel, Verstappen and Hamilton is 24.6, Leclerc 24.5 and Bottas 24.7. Leclerc probably overheated the tires with his faster pace.
omeee and your point is...?
this is why i love this track, the race may be different enjoyment wise to quali but the fact this track has high speed and low speed corners with long to medium straights means that it doesn’t suit one car it suits multiple
and yesterday peter winsdor was tellin us how lewis is the ''human damper'' at cota and valtteri cant match him here......here you go peter ;)
Peter is shit. Marc Priestley is way more better than him.
Windsor is a terrible journalist, so biased.
He's right though, this is the only session where Lewis finished behind Valterri, he screwed up both his laps in Q3 and admitted it was his worst qualifying in a long time. Lewis was quite a bit ahead in FP1, FP2, FP3, Q1 and Q2. Great lap from Valterri but don't pretend Lewis isn't much faster here.
He is a joke now days
James: ''Valtteri, it's pole.''
but the system pole(1@2@3) position is behind the valteri@bottas amg petronas f1(77).-MD.NOor28(2019).
Mad Noor nigga you dumb?
he’s having a stroke lmao
Copy James
This is such a demanding and technical track, I love it! Must be so hard to string a perfect lap together.
And on top of that, one of the few newer circuits that actually produce good racing. I hope F1 keeps coming here for a long time!
I'm liking the jinx you did lol
It's bumpy for sure. I'm not even in the car and I can hear how bumpy the track is.
* laughs in Sebring *
It shouldn't be in f1
This lap isn't designed for f1
Mid and Last Sector were clean af. Great Lap by Valtteri!
Dead set AMAZING, I think this is one of his best laps ever in f1
mistake at the second hairpin
BMW-Sauber#992 he also locked up and ran slightly wide at 1
@@kevinlips5471 when did he lock up at 1?
@@kevinlips5471 everybody goes bit wide in T1 to keep more speed
Look at his pole from Spain this year - that's a lap!
1:39 imagine they said “guess who is on pole... not you mate”
Pedro Silva 😂😂
HAHAHAHA dats what i thought
It would be funny “guess who's on pole... it's Vettel”
He can see the positions and he was the last car on a lap
A1tze r/woosh
I know it wont happen but I really want him to win the championship!
Never say never, Lewis is starting near Leclerc and Verstappen.
2020 maybe
Unpopular opinion: Valtteri has the drive to beat Lewis in the championship battle, but lacks in consistency.
He performs so good at the times, even outperforms Lewis, but screws up often as well. Also Merc's love relationship with Lewis doesn't help either.
Next year i hope, him or charles or max
If Bottas is 1st, Hamilton has to be at least 8th today to win the championship
The speed through the Esses can’t wait to see the cars there this year
The grip that's available for him is mind blowing!!
And on the game “Lap time invalidated”
F1-Mercedes44 cant drive older cars because they spin all the time on the pad
@@blackbee_v8 it does make it harder though which is what we want. I can win multiple races on 100+ Ai in a Season 1 Toro Rosso. It gets boring, so to have harder tracks because of Kerbs is good, it means you have to be more careful
Harvey Thompson then turn the AI up and then if your still winning you should be in esports
Sector 1 in F1 2018 onwards in time trial is nuts...If Chase Carey ever sees that the race stewards will lose their jobs lol 😅
Bottas voice Is just awesome
Always nice to see Bottas do well. Such a nice guy.
Im songlad valterri isnt so dramatic when he gets pole like seb and lewis
Logan Taylor valtteri*
Yep, totally agree. Seb and Lewis are so cringy, especially whenever Seb starts singing I just have to mute it
@@lukum55 u suck. That's emotions and what we love in this sport.
A tennis player will celebrate like 20 times throughout a game when things get tough, and not celebrate at all if the match wasn't even close. It's only cringy if there was a huge performance gap. And btw, emotion is what we need in F1. we want drivers to duke it out. we want them to not settle. If you want it to be a polite, "after you sir" you should get out of here.
Very fast lap 🚀🚀
To whom it may concern...
'that prooves the doubters' then proceeds to disapear for most of the season. Then win at the last race when it's not important
Fuck You!
Nuts
Hol’ up
Wow iracing is that u
You don't have to be a lover or hater of the driver on this record... This was ART... When fractions of a second counts.. The view as exceptional as well.. You can see what most would consider 'sliding'... aka.. Managing the grip.. Those are simplified words, but these are by far the greatest road racing drivers you'll ever find.. They make NASCAR look like babies in go karts with a 3-5 hp lawn mower motor..
What a stunning lap. I can’t wait to see what Bottas does in 2020.
Well, that's not happening nowhere near this year.
JULIO JOSE OSWALDO MORALES BARRIENTOS Unfortunately not ☹️
Please F1! Use speedometer and the track map. Lap will look more interesting.
I want Valtteri to get championship he deserves it.
@@lolbots he deserves it becuase hes always letting hamilton by. thats why. and hes the one that can beat hamilton to the championship, not perez or gasly.
lolbot so Gasly, who couldn’t even beat Verstappen, can beat Hamilton ever so often, and match him on most tracks? And Perez, who got fucked by Ocon, would be able to suddenly outqualify the greatest ever qualifier, Hamilton? Bottas is in a different league compared to Gasly and Perez...
If he deserved it, then he should have got it in the same car as Lewis. Merc used team orders against him only once this year in Singapore. And they payed him back in Japan by giving shit strategy to Lewis. He's not consistent enough
This is an awesome track
valteri pole position fantasic lap
The best first sector I have ever seen.
Such an amazing track. Looks blast to drive. One of those track when drivers makes more of a difference than the car.
What a crazy amount of commitment. The sheer downforce of the current cars is nothing short of astonishing.
Bottas has an unreal sense of speed in Austin.
Just beautiful.. hits all the Apex nicely.
Let's go for another pole, VB!
Please bring back the G's and speed telemetry!!
That sound coming from engine at 1.27 is amazing
Valterri doesn't get enough credit as he deserves. He's just an absolute beast!
lol this is a great lap but no he isn't
@@g1344304 lewis fanboy
bravo Valtteri.
Future World Champ
What an amazing lap! No signs of hesitation!
CONGRATS ON 3 MILION SUBS!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉
Bumpiness of that track... Insane.
Cota is beautiful, also great lap by valtteri
The coolest man on Pole!
Definitely Deserves It
First sector looks insane wish I could drive it
one of my favorite track
very nice circuit, underrated
What a killer pole lap that was.
14 seconds faster than the indycar pole. These cars ridiculously fast
I wish there were full race highlights with just onboard views, would love that
What a good lap for valteri
Good lap
Bottas vs Vettel, pls!!!
0:38 I guess he was going to fast for the apex texture to load.
Im not the only one looking for that apex marking and see how different drivers attack diff turns. Bottas has a unique route for turn 1. He always runs way wide
@@mugshotmarley everyone does it
@@mugshotmarley more grip I'd guess
@@JMcKaySV it's for a better exit as you can accelerate earlier and have more distance to accelerate in
Best track ever made.
I feel like in those video games 💓 absolutely Brilliant how the cameras works . Regards.
Lewis, it's Valtteri.
- Valtteri, I am a 6 time wdc, I secured this year's as well. How many races have you won?
marble89 ewwwww you’re such a Hamilton fan boy lmaooooo
@@favianmadrid6345 I'm not a hamilton fan myself (I'm a Max fan) but being a Hamilton fan isn't anything shameful, or isn't a crime.
I don't think Favian was mocking him just for being a Hamilton fan. He was mocking him because he's a brainless fanboy who got triggered by a harmless meme and felt the need to defend Hamilton.
Valtteri at the Max.
Vettel was 0.012 seconds off that, its insane how close their times can be
Great lap. Pretty remarkable to think the top 3 were so close.
Valtteri Botas WINNER N_N
Yep, drivers definitely can feel those bumps with their asses in those Esses!...
So let's hereby dub them "The Asses"
For the win Valttieri
Lets goooo
Killer lap. Thumbs up.
Best circuit out there
Not taking away from how awesome a lap that was but i think there are a few track limits violations that would be questioned more today
Congrats Bottas!
Unbelievable driving
what a bumpy ride
valteri its james, what a lap mate!
Damn, this track is so cool. The tarmac runoff is the only blemish.
Tu me met des frissons quand je vois ton parcours chapeau bas Mr bottass
You can't hate this dude
Porpoising is gonna be crazy at this track 😅
Holy Moly so many bumps
It doesn't even look real how fast he went through the S-chicanes. That car is hyper.
0:35 all tyres off the track
I think so too. I don't know why nobody talks about it
Everyone does that there, stewards are ignoring it for that corner for some reason. It's fine for me just bc everyone does it and they don't penalize anyone so nobody gets any advantages as long as it's consistent
This time the stewards consider the outer line the place where the striped and the green pavements meet. So technically he is not off the track. Its only for this track I think.
Szyna FM_2 huh?
the track limits don't count there because you don't get an advantage from going off the track there.
No Lewis or Charles on pole. I am a happy man.
Anurag he has been on pole for like 87 times. Isn‘t that enough?
@@F1Footbaall he is overrated
@Anurag but because of his greatness he still wins...
Lewis will fight for the win and will easily catch title nr. 6 and you are happy about a meaningless pole. Bottas never had a chance for the title this season. Another weak performance.
@@WHOWEARE85 Lewis is just lucky that he always has the fastest car. Give him a RB and Max will destroy him
Man!!!!!!! He drove the hell out that car.
I hope he wins
He’s got a catchy name
Go Bottas!
Bottas deserves a World Championship.
That second sector was surreal
Great driver, congrats Valteri!!!
For this qualys, we would need a comparison between Bottas, Vettel, Verstappen, Leclerc (0.1s gap between Bottas and Leclerc, it was very close)
Pole + win again this year
I miss F1 in Sepang Malaysia 😞
I just looked up lap records for COTA, this is the absolute track record. Charles Leclerc comes in next at 1:36, then Indy Car at 1:48. Bikes and NASCAR are all over 2 minutes. Same layout. Formula cars are QUICK. Especially on turns. Especially when driven by Bottas.
Hope he continues this form through to next season and be more consistent. This year is a lost cause.
Damn he went HAM on corners 6, 7 and 19