Everybody is always talking about Silverstone and Monza... but let's not forget Bottas taking out the entire WDC top 5 in Hungary except for Lewis. I mean, if your teammate takes out 5 of your closest rivals in the first corner... than give that man a raise.
And don't forget Baku! Max in the lead gets a tyre blowup 5 rounds before the checkerd flag. And Lewis, instead of bringing home 18 points blows it up with his illegal magic startbutton. He lost the titel there, not in AD!
@viennatwntysx6075: you probably need to see a optician. The only time someone wanted to kill the other one was at Silverstone! That was no mistake, but a PLANNED move from your beloved Benz-kiddo. Source: Toto's email for MM with diagrams where 'the cars should be', remember?
@@98pleasure35 I meant before any of that safety car shindig, when verstappen pitted during the virtual safety car and hamiilton got a huge ass lead over him, checo did some serious defensive driving so that hamilton won't cross him till max reaches them
@@98pleasure35actually it DID MATTER! If Perez hadn’t slowed down Lewis like he did Lewis would have been able to pit under the safety car and still retain the lead
@@thegreatafrican3367 hypothetically yes, but I’m talking about what really happened. I answered nobody talks about what checo did because ultimately it didn’t matter. The rules should have been followed correctly, checo didn’t help max win - masi helped max win and the FIA let it stand. It didn’t matter what checo did, Lewis should of won anyway and is the rightful 2021 WDC
Looking back at the entirety of the season, Bottas was a much better wingman than Perez. People only remember Checo's defense in the finale cuz of short memories but Bottas actually took more points off Max than Checo took from Lewis. He made every strategic move asked of him and even slowed down Max at the risk of taking a penalty under safety car just to make the double stack pitstop clear for Merc. Checo was nowhere more most of the season. People who compare the two just piss me off tbh
That's utter trash. Bottas fought against lewis in spain instead of letting him by. Gave zero defense in mexico and russia when max was behind him. At least checo tried to slow lewis down. Hungary was an accident. Mercedes never once used bottas to take fastest lap of of max, which redbull did numerous times. Then there's turkey where perez's defense cost lewis dearly.
Well thing is that Bottas was in front of Hamilton more and honestly it wasn’t his choice to let Lewis past, but he had to, a lot of times. For Perez, he wasn’t in front of Max a lot and wasn’t made to let Max by as much as Bottas was supposed to
@@ninjaballs6123 agreed, but on the subject of the corner. If we look at Silverstone, Max was clearly ahead. That assassination attempt didn't play out well for Lewis because Max came out alive. As for Monza, Max was visibly faster down the straight and had the inside of turn 2. In Monza, if I was either, I would've conceded that fight and stayed on for a nice helping of slipstream/DRS to close the gap.
when it comes to the Silverstone incident, Lewis was going for a literally impossible overtake which even if he didn't hit max, would not have worked, max was in front following the racing line and Lewis misjudged the corner and understeered into max. it wasn't intentional but was very much Lewis's fault. Monza was more of a 50/50 blame it was just hard racing. i am glad the right man won the title in Abu Dhabi, max was better over the course of the whole season but people ignore it because of a single lap in the last race.@@Abduldoctor
@@ninjaballs6123 100% but in hindsight for Abu Dhabi, would you have red flagged the session after GOATifi and let everyone have a grid start in their current positions? Lewis P1, Max P2. Everyone on softs, may the best man win? Seems at that point, delta would be nothing and Max would've had a great reaction time off the restart.
Correction: When you hear it again like this, the amount of points Hamilton lost because of Max's crazy driver. Would’ve been decided 2 weeks early otherwise
@@chrisdingley9277 Lewis was the only one that did not allow Max to do his torpedo overtakes. He is always diving inside a corner having no chance to leave any space. And I hope you know that this is not legal. And FIA has investigated that at Monza and Interlagos (turn 4). Would you be surprise when I tell you, that redbulls' telemetry has been magically deleted? So that no one can mathematically calculate if he was able to make the corner or just pushing drivers out of the track.
@@smallduties8897every max dive bomb happened towards the end of the season. When Mercedes magically became half a second faster than anyone else. Still no explanation on the pace advantage. Wonder why? The whole “new engine” explanation makes no sense what car magically gains overall pace from a new engine? With that logic they could’ve replaced their engine every race and won the title by a long shot like they did in 2020.
As a Lewis fan this hurt a lot, now the dust has settled I like to look back on it as one the greatest seasons of all time, it grabbed the attention of the world We should be thankful we were blessed to see 2 of the greatest of all time go at it head on and forget all the controversy
Sure the dust has settled for the drivers, team and the sport. But the fans still argue. Can’t mention either driver without ‘8 time champ deal with it’ or ‘Abu Dhabi’ or who was at fault for Silverstone
@@unknownname3487 yeah unfortunately the result matters more to a lot of not most people instead of the amazing season it was to watch. which i kinda get since it really was that close. i would say it was probably Max's title but the Abu dhabi should've gone to Lewis. so official Lewis would be wc and people would only be talking about silverstone or maybe monza
@@inoo2345 I stand by my argument that Lewis should have won but because of the FIA max did. Max still deserved the championship because he was tying with Hamilton even after Silverstone. Wasn’t Verstappen’s fault that they broke the rule last minute it just worked out in his favour. Lewis was robbed by the FIA not Max yet Hamilton dick riders blame my Dutch dude
The years Mercedes were dominating were a snooze fest for racing but then we got this masterpiece, one of the most exciting seasons ever to watch with the title contenders being tied on points in the final race, one coming from a years of dominance, the other fighting for his first. Since that year its been Red Bull domination snooze fest, makes me wish we could have another season like that.
If you can’t appreciate a season which broke almost every record in F1 history, I got bad news for you. The reality is that we only get a title fight once every 5 years or so, just how the sport works. If it’s such a snooze fest watch something else idk what to tell you
@@snooperty a season which almost broke every record in F1 simply because there was no competition is not much of a brag about the season. Sure a title fight isn't going to happen every year, I'm no stranger to that. I do watch almost every motorsport through the year from F1 to Moto GP, a little GT2, GT3, WEC, WRC, ELMS, Super Formula, Super GT, Pikes Peak, Isle of Man, ect... and enjoy some good competition. So ya, Imma call this last season a snooze fest because that's what it was, every race could be called before it started. If all you want is one team to watch drive really fast and put down records, you may enjoy watching so TT stuff. For me, I like TT in a TT format but I want some competition in door to door racing.
@@nickmildon6348 Verstappen (and Pérez) were ahead of Hamilton before the tire blow up. He would have probably gained a net 10 points on Hamilton without the Tire blow up.
The brake magic incident has to be one of the funniest fuck ups I have ever seen live. You think Hamilton is going to hit Max where it hurts and then drives off at turn 1.
People can argue as much as they can on who deserved the win, but both sides and the rest of the grid were acknowledging the race director's questionable decisions every step of the way.
@@Bananananananannananananna the situation is similar to 2010-2013 wtih vettel dominance, we'll see if another Hamilton will rise to stop Max, as he did with vettel
I'd disagree, a lot of fans felt that the championship was rigged in that last race to the benefit of Verstappen, and that has cost F1 a number of fans...
It has been said that a man is judged by the quality of his adversaries. And this rivalry between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen definitely proves it for both racers. They definitely are worthy rivals to each other.
@@aidenlategan923 Woah he got a podium like a year ago, amazing.Let's forget that Russel has been routinely finished infront of him for the past 7-8 months
@@joshuaueeehf6256kid.....rosberg was better than ur everyday meatrider crashtappen....and Lewis was 4 points behind in the title that he lost to him..... rosberg even defeated Michael Schumacher 2 times with double points in the same machinery....ge get your facts checked or even better go suck crashtappens meat.... he'll certainly find it very lovely
The battle of the greatest of this era. Of course Hamilton fans didnt like the end result, but hey, this was an epic season and it needed a winner. Max did what you have do do to become a new worldleader. Overthrow the sitting 7 time champ. Thats what happened. With out of this world driving, a lesser car than the Merc and aggressive overtakes, he gave the world a run for its money. Whatever you think of Max, it takes talent, ambition and intelligence to beat a 7 time world champ. Respect for both guys!
Dont understand by what metric Mercedes was the better car...and if it were, certainly not for the first half of the season when he jumoed out into a huge lead before Hamilton reeled him in during the second half. But hey, Im accustomed to you Verstappen fans being masters of contrivance.
Aside from Hungary, Silverstone and Baku lost points, you forgot to mention Imola 2021 when Lewis got lucky with the red flag. Lewis deserves to win AD21 but Max deserves the championship.
He also didn’t mention that leclerc had engine issues in silverstone which let Lewis catch him or Lewis new engine In Brazil that gave him an advantage in the last couple of races due to it being completely fresh unlike Max’s engine.
@@seanchandley1604 And that Bottas was used as a testing machine for engine mapping and settings over race distances to give Lewis the best possible performance. Man took soooo many engine penalties.
Biased much??? Why didn't mention when Lewis' car got fixed in Imola under red flag and allowed him to unlap himself? Max showed a steady performance during the year making no mistakes while Lewis made plenty of errors especially at the beginning of the season eg. Imola, Baku, Monaco
@@worldtraveler3560 then why did they only give hamilton 10s penalty for almost killing verstappen when hamilton was more than 10s ahead of p2? to let mercedes lose on purpose? then why did they not red flag hungary when bottas went bowling with 4 rivals so the cars could repair themselves and fight hamilton who was in front but eventually even lost to an alpine and an aston martin! then why did they allow merc to use 13 power unit parts instead of 6? all they got for that was minor grid penalties... but their engines were running @ 105% for 2 races and then burned out and they replace it with a new one.... then why did they not give penalties or force hamilton to give a position back to max when he went past him OFF track and said he only needed to let go of the throttle for half a second to give the advantage back? thats bshit, they never asked another driver that EVER.... its just as controversial as the last decision of the season. then why did masi not allow lapped cars to overtake when it was 3 laps to go in the final race when alot of drivers were complaining the track was clear and it was safe to overtake safetycar and let the safety car go away...... 1 1/2 lap later masi changes his mind and lets lapped cars between max and lewis overtake safetycar, because he realised its unfair to verstappen that it took almost 2 laps longer than normal for lapped cars to overtake once the track is clear of debris! First half of the season verstappen was so far ahead of lewis... only way lewis was gaining in points was 2 DNF from verstappen, bottas taking out 4 cars incl verstappen and mercedes using 13 powerunit parts... lewis wouldnt even have gotten close without all that. if the last lap in the last race was lewis winning.... with or without the crash//yellow flag +-5 laps before the end, it would have been Max that had his title stolen. because there were 3 races where he did nothing wrong and his team did nothing wrong but he still lost 74 points or more in those 3 races. (Baku, Silverstone, Hungaroring)
Both drivers were incredible that season and neither deserved to win or lose that title in the manner they did at Abu Dhabi. Can’t help but feel Masi failed them both to a certain extent
@@daaner4367 one think that’s certain is Abu Dhabi 2021 joins the list of Adelaide 1994, Suzuka 1989 & 1990 as the most controversial championship deciding races
finishing a title race behind the safety car sucks. Everytime its happened it sucked. I agree with the decision honestly, it made it a race instead of a merry go round.@@daaner4367
hamilton hitting max in the back at saudi arabia, if he had known the rules you cant overtake a car you give position back to on the same strait. also in bahrein hamilton exeeding tracklimits 35 times and the moment max said i gonna do the same, stewerds are saying the gonna look out for that.
I was so lucky to see the most INCREDIBLE FORMULA ONE SEASON IN THE HISTORY OF MOTORSPORT. Super lucky to witness it and for all the fans out there who were watching the live race in Abu Dhabi, still gives us literal chills!!!
Currently, it's more likely that Alonso or Norris will be the ones battling Max, Norris because of McLaren's sudden leap in performance and Alonso beacuse of the huge investments on AMR's facilities
Okay NeonDemon88... First of all you did not watch the Senna vs Prost rivalry live. And yea the rivalry between the two drivers were better since it lasted for many seasons, in the same team, in different teams etc. But this season was individually better than any Prost vs Senna season. This season was pure war, and I want you to stop glazing seasons and drivers that you didn't even watch. And even if you did, you are blinded by nostalgia... Yes the media has significantly impacted the 2021 season, but from race to race the war between Max and Lewis in that season tops any other season ever. Even the moments like 1976 when Lauda led the championship, crashed out for multiple races and yet only lost the title by the tiniest margin, it was still not as great since the two championship rivals didn't have those wheel to wheel moments, they had controversies, drama, highs and lows... Also many of Sennas and Prosts championships were won by deliberately taking the rival out of the race (As seen in 1989 and 1990). So stop with this bullshit in quit living in the past. This 2021 season was amazing.
even though the crybabys on both sides ruined that season afterwards this was a historical season and i enjoyed every second of it the final no matter what side you were on was pure nail biting drama absolutely crazy year
I’m firmly on the side of Max Verstappen here. A lot of people seem to forget that Formula One is a sport, and every sport at its core is a game. Both Max and Lewis played their hearts out in the 2021 season, and both of them put everything on the line and pushed each other to the limit. But at the end, in the final race, it all boiled down to those final five laps in the final race at Abu Dhabi. Max and Red Bull won the 2021 WDC fair and square given the circumstances that were created by the bad calls made by the FIA. Those bad calls after Latifi’s crash and the Safety Car affected everyone, but Red Bull and Max played it to their advantage. Red Bull pitted Max and gave him softs, which ultimately gave him the best chance at overtaking Lewis. It should also be noted that Lewis wanted to pit for fresher tires but Mercedes didn’t let him because they were hesitant to give Max even the slightest advantage and the potential lead, blinding them to the fact that Max on fresher tires could easily overtake Lewis. In the end, Max and Lewis gave it their all, and fair play to both of them despite everything. But I really think that the clincher here is that Red Bull gave Max everything he needed to win, and Mercedes failed Lewis in the end by being overly cautious and by not equipping Lewis with the best strategy and car. This is a trend that continued to 2022 and 2023, where the formerly indomitable and invincible Mercedes has been relegated to the midfield. It’s sad to see how far Mercedes have fallen, and even sadder to see Lewis struggling with a subpar car. I’d also just like to say that I find it so ironic that Lewis questioned why Max didn’t check on him if he was okay after their collision at Monza. Did he check on Max after his collision in Silverstone? Apparently not. Also, a bit of unsolicited advice from a subscriber and fan. I love your content, but I think you should refrain from using clickbait thumbnails and titles to draw viewers in. Let your content speak for itself. You do good work here, and fans might not take you seriously if you resort to using such underhanded and deceiving tactics to draw in more viewers and subscribers.
honestly, reading the end of your comment made me write this and click away. if the title doesnt match the video its a no go for me. this would be seen as fraud in any other business.
How is it possible you think this after two years? If the rules are followed Mercedes wins. They chose the correct strategy in Abu Dhabi. Lewis and Mercedes did everything right. And if Masi applied the rules correctly, they win. They had no way of knowing Masi would change the rules. And as for your fourth paragraph of drivel, Lewis did ask if Max was okay over the radio so not sure what you are on about or why you felt the need to bring that up.
Yea I totally understood from Massi's PoV. Sports are a game, yes. But more importantly its entertainment. He wanted the season to end in a shoot out, so thats what he gave the fans. Even allowing cars to unlap themsleves so Max could move up giving us a wild finish, was still no gurantee that Max would have won. He still had to not only make the pass, but hold Lewis off, regardless. I still largely think the only reason he got the pass to stick, is he did it on a part of the track and turn that Lewis least expected him to do it, caught him off gaurd, which he stated later post-race. So people may still be upset about how it ended, but you have to give Max credit for the accolades that season and that pass on Lewis which was no guranteed. Alot of people say that Max stole the championship from Lewis. I beg to differ on those claims. Going into the Abu Dhabi race, Max was leading all meaningful metrics; most laps led, most poles, most podiums and most wins that season thus far.
Had it not been for Bottas being Mercedes' battering ram and Lewis NOT being penalized the multiple times he should've, Max had a clear win. For anyone to say FIA favored RB that season, it wasn't until the last lap of the last race that they did. Rest of the season was AGAINST RB
What? Sao Paolo 2021 should be a slum dunk penalty. One thing you should know FIA or F1 stewards set new precedents by adopting actions by both RBR as team and Max Verstappen. It began way back in 2015 when Max needed to enter F1. Verstappening way of racing are actions did by Max and set as new precedents by FIA. Pack up your BS now.
@@madjayax731 Lewis finished that race. Max got zero points at Silverstone and only 4 points at Hungery. Lewis and Bottas crashed in och out Max in two races, a 34 point lead for Max after those races endes up with a 14 point lead to Lewis. How was that okey? Come on. After those races Max changed, if they gonna play that game, why should he not do the same?
If Max qualified better in Hungary then he has no issue. It was wet, Lando cut across Bottas, mistakes happen on turn 1 in those conditions. Lewis got the pole and so he benefited from the chaos. Everything that happened that season decisions were based in the rules except for one occasion where they were not.
You misunderstand what actually happened. The rules remained the same for everyone the whole race. FIA said they are not monitoring track limits at the corner. Lewis takes it aggressively every time. Red Bull complains. Track limits are monitored again. @vladaltreilea1431
@@thurse-ri8je No. Seriously. Do tell. You're already assuming what side I'm on without truly knowing and I'm simply missing out the glaringly obvious. That can happen so explain instead of being rude.
@@thurse-ri8je So. I'll be straight with you, I'm personally a max fan, not fanboy. The video was written in the same poetic way I also viewed that season. Now tell me what heavy bias appeared in the video to actually put your point in.
@patbenz4327 Yeah, the FIA really dropped the ball. Max is a worthy champion, and he shouldn't be looked at less because he benefitted, but Lewis had that race in the bag.
@laurenedney7 Seriously. I feel bad for both of them. Max may have been crowned champion, but it will always come with an asterisk. As for Lewis, the fact that the governing body set him up to fail must have been a massive punch to the gut.
The lapped cars were ALWAYS allowed to overtake previously to that race... just for some weird reason not in Abu Dhabi at first. THAT was the real robbery a lot of hammy fans and brit media do not talk about. When they realised that everyone thought that was weird (radio of Vettel, Alonso, Verstappen and EVEN hamiltons engineer) they needed to fix that within the little time there was left because there was NO WAY they could ever explain that call. The rest is just a result of the first fack up. If done right and allowing to overtake right away then there would have been no 'controversy' of 'robbery' to speak of. Just luck and failed mercedes strategy for choosing track position above tyres.
Do you understand the rules? ALL Cars have to be unlapped with the saftey car coming in on the following lap. 2 rules were broken. the saftey cars last lap should be lap 58, not 57. It was pure race fixing for the Netflix crowd. They wanted that upset for views.
@@philb9117 tell me what would have been the difference if ALL lapped cars were said to unlap themselves? They still will shorten the space between max and Lewis and it would have ended the same way. You are talking complete nonsense right now lmao. I assume you are Hamilton's fan, right? I bet you won't be talking the same way if it was the other way around lol. Also, it would have been boring if the season ended like that after such rivalry, so a little bit of drama won't hurt anyone. If Hamilton wanted to secure this title, Mercedes are the one to blame because they were too greedy being extra confident that the race will end with a safety car. I love both drivers but those arguments on the internet are getting out of control for real. Let's all sit and hope we get another titan clash with these 2 as it was the most entertaining thing since like 2016.
The cars should've been allowed to unlap themselves 1 lap earlier as the track was already cleared. Regardless, it was a shitty situation and should've simply been a red flag so both drivers could fight it out on the same set of tires.@@philb9117
@@nevvgodIf they had allowed all the cars to unlap and reform behind the rest of the grid it would have taken an extra couple of laps and the race would have finished behind a safety car. Standard protocol until Drive To Survive had Massey bent over, kegs down and doing anything he could to give Liberty Media the BS it needed.
@@nevvgodif all lapped cars go through there has to be enough and a safe distance between them and the cars on the lead lap, there wasn’t enough time for this to happen and have the one lap shootout
The wrong driver won in the Finale, but the right driver won the championship. Whether you like Max or not, he was incredible that year and has proven it since. Either way, that season was probably the best in my memory.
If you look back, Max deserved that title far more then Hamilton. His bad luck in Baku, Bottas playing bowling in Hungary and Hamilton decided to crash Verstappen out of the race in Silverstone… Abu Dhabi was the payback for this all.
The FIA didn't try to stop Hamilton they decided to give us 1 last lap to decide the world champion. Red bull made the correct choice by pitting. Mercedes didn't. It wasn't the FIA it was Mercedes wrong decision. Deal with it or keep crying over something completely fair from 3 years ago. Verstappen and Hamilton are great drivers and they both gave everything. No one deserved the championship more than the other
Spin it however you like, it was no longer possible to deny Hamilton the title within the rules. Anybody who believes otherwise can check the amount of races Michael Masi has directed since he committed fraud.
I think Max was more deserving. He fought the hardest, and nearly got killed in the process. And no, Max didn't nearly kill Hamilton in Monza. The halo is there for a reason. That Silverstone crash, though, was something else. Pushing someone off the track and into the wall at just under 300 kilometers per hour, then celebrating as if nothing happened? That's very disrespectful.
You can argue the same about the side impact structure as you do about the halo, just because the modern cars have safety implements that helped the drivers not only survive but be back by the next race doesn't at all mean you can just brush either crash aside. Just because Verstappen got hurt and ended up in hospital doesn't mean both crashes weren't equally far (inches at best) from becoming fatalities. I'm not saying this to undermine your point about Lewis being disrespectful, he absolutely was (and I say this as his fan) I'm just saying I don't really agree with specifically your point about Max not nearly killing Hamilton, if his car had tipped over one or two more degrees to the right that wheel would have made contact, halo or not
But deliberately driving OVER someone and landing on his head and then just walking away... that's NOT disrespectful? He drove that entire season with a "either you let me win or I crash into you" attitude. Silverstone was nothing more than a taste of his own medicine and I was gutted that the dirty bastard survived.
@@guypainter Sure mate, Verstappen calculated the exact trajectory required to land square on hamilton's head. Take a moment to process what you are writing before you put it out for the world to see.
@@guypainter Strong language at the end there. Doesn't really get people to sympathize for your cause unless they themselves are a mirror of your own toxicity.
For me it is rather simple, having watched the whole season. 1: Lewis should've won in Abu Dhabi. 2: Verstappen was the deserving champion. 3: It was a bloody brilliant season to be a spectator.
Instead of fighting who is best.....we should be thankful that we are blessed to see the two of the greatest of all time F1 drivers. It's not Max vs Lewis.......it's Max and Lewis.
Masi hasn't given the title to Verstappen and taken it away from Hamilton. If anything he served for justice, since rules were changed by the FIA because of Mercedes complaining that others were quicker on track and during pit stops... In Bahrain he was good to ignore track limits for half of the laps, then Verstappen avoided a collission, exceeding track limits ONCE and was punished for it. Silverstone was more than just a stupid move from Hamilton, Monza the same - he had fresh tires and could have easily gotten Verstappen towards the next chicanem but choose to cut off a car that was on track while he came out of the pit lane. Baku already was just the try to give Lewis a "free victory" which he gladly did not. ;) Then Mercedes swapping out engines on Bottas' car every second race to "test" stuff for Hamilton... Hamilton also didn't make decissions in Brazil. He just had a new engine fully turned up and noone putting up any defense just waving him past at the end of the main street. Verstappen simply deserved that title and any other outcome would have been inacceptable. Just as the 2008 title... PS: I can neither stand Hamilton nor Verstappen.
@@olischwarz2912 you need to decide , the first or the 2nd half 😂😂? cause they were very different . I like it when clueless F1 " fans" try to look knowledgeable . EVery comment you make shows that you've either watched a different season or didnt watch 2021 at all . No F1 fan will say that RB were faster in the second half of that season , not even the most diehard Hamilton fan .
@@olischwarz2912Nah man i watched it again they were almost equal depending on track in the first half to 3rd quarter. Last quarter it was Mercedes with a mile because of the new engines
The bias of the man who does the voice over creates a very unpleasant feeling when watching this video. It's a shame because a lot of effort goes into making it and then it gets ruined in this way.
He didn’t “give it away” they did the right thing. Yes they did backtrack on allowing Lewis no shame to just run straight in the first corner also not to allow lapped cars immediately to go around then and let them race. What FIA did was giving RACE A CHANCE. It was the gods of racing really
@@ninjaballs6123 One thing you should know FIA or F1 stewards set new precedents by adopting actions by both RBR as team and Max Verstappen. It began way back in 2015 when Max needed to enter F1. Verstappening way of racing are actions did by Max and set as new precedents by FIA.
@@ninjaballs6123 As I said FIA tends to follow both RBR and Max actions as new precedents even in consensus those aren't right. If you ask any drivers outside F1 both Ham's move in Japan 23 and Max's in Sao Paolo 21 they can't be done in WTCC, WEC, IMSA, and Lemans.
@@joshuaokunola6261 why did lewis win silverston, why did lewis come 2nd in hungaroring, why did max dnf in baku, why did lewis not have to give position back, but just let go of the throttle to give the advantage back (never heard them say that to other drivers), why did mercedes suddenly get faster (13 powerunits instead of 6, using 105% of optimised engine settings so the engine only lasts 2,3 races but lewis gets extra bhp!), why did lewis drive in the back of max second to last race (cuz he didnt want to pass max when max has DRS, but max was obligated to give the place back), why did max lose points when lewis wasnt in front of him in races? because they had given bottas an upgrade before lewis, so that bottas new engine and wing were in play without penalty to hold max off while lewis has his gridpenalty. stop denying that max was the better driver that season while the cars were fairly equal, it wasnt masi that gave verstappen the title, verstappen was faster and made less mistakes UNTILL!!!! merc started beefing lewis his engines and lewis and bottas were ramming verstappen off the track left and right. thats when verstappen started making some mistakes like in italy and in one of the last races..
I have to say my look at Hamilton being the greatest of all time had really changed. How can you be the greatest of all time without being able to win in 2 years. It really shows you have to have the best car to win a championship. Lewis had long been in the by far the best car and does not have the records max does now. So I don’t think Lewis is as great as we all thought Atleast in my opinion
It's really not about a singular odd win, if you want to see Hamilton in an inferior car win races then look at him in 2009-2013, he won at least a single race in every one of those seasons, in a McLaren that had no business winning, especially that 2009 McLaren, and then won in his debut season with Mercedes. If you really think Hamilton is not as great as he is ought out to be, then why did he sacrifice half of his races in 2022 and still only be short by some 30 points to Russell, why was he challenging Perez in 2023 for P2 in the championship, in a Mercedes that was anything but the second fastest throughout the whole season. That Mercedes was second fastest in a race here and there, but definitely not throughout the whole season, and it's not like he got 3rd while fighting for it, no he got it very comfortably. Cmon now, don't try and fool yourself in thinking the most successful driver in F1 history is not great. It's not about the odd win here and there, it's about consistency.
@@GameOver-nm2us I think Hamilton and new max and I say new because 4-5 years ago he was a different driver are the most consistent drivers on the grid and Perez is a great example of you have to have the fastest car and be consistent to be a champion and win which is why Hamilton in the 2nd and 3rd fastest car was able to get close to Checo in the standings. I do think Lewis in the old Mercedes was one of the greats but it’s the exact same when I look at max and especially this year with all the records he broke yes you have to be consistent to do this with a car but you have to have the car to do it so I look more at Mercedes were legends in the hybrid era and redbull are going to be known as legends in the ground effect era but I don’t think Lewis is the greatest of all time I think he just had to best luck with having the car he had. Same will be with max if he runs a streak for as long as they did I will consider the team not the driver
@@jockeyjack3367 will then with this logic it's all about luck, Lauda was lucky to be with Ferrari and McLaren, Senna was lucky to be with McLaren, Prost was lucky to be with McLaren and Williams, Schumacher was lucky to be with Benetton and Ferrari, Alonso was lucky to be with Renault, Kimi was lucky to be with Ferrari, Vettel was lucky to be with Redbull, and finally Hamilton was lucky to be with McLaren and Mercedes, but now when it's Verstappen winning it's all him, and not his luck, or the car, because obviously he's an exception! In case you didn't notice, that was sarcasm.
@@GameOver-nm2us I do think there is a lot of luck involved. The right driver has to have the right car to win a championship or break records. Max could have had 1 or 2 DNF’s and he could have missed out on atleast 3 records in 2023 but he was lucky and did not have a single DNF just one off race in Singapore and Max had the RB19 which could go down in history as the most dominating car in F1 history but everyone’s luck always runs out at some point
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Well after only a few seconds, we know how this is going to play out, HEAVILY BIASED TOWARDS LEWIS HAMILTON!!! I wasn't aware that Michael Masi was able to HAND the title over to anyone, and he did??? I thought Max passed Lewis on the race track to become the champion, oh that's right, he did 😂😂😂. Max won fairly because the championship should of been over before the last race, with Lewis hitting Max and sending him into the wall at 185mph and stopping Max from winning any points, while Lewis won the league race and claimed 25points. If Lewis hadn't of put Max out and still won the race, Max would of finished at the the very least 2nd and won 18 points, which would of been enough for Max to still win the title by finishing 2nd in the last race, which he was going to before the safety car. The main reason the points were even level before the final race was because Lewis had a BRAND NEW ENGINE for the final 5 races that was blowing everyone away because it had zero mileage on it. Here's the thing, when Lewis took Max out of the British GP, he didn't just gain 25points over Max, but Max lost that engine due to the massive damage caused in such a massive crash. So, at the start of the season, everyone has an allocation of 3 engines per season. Meaning that each engine has to last for 7 races and 1 engine has to do 8 races, but because Max lost that engine at Silverstone, he had only 2 engines that had to 11 races instead of 7. Now anyone with even the littlest of knowledge of formula one, knows that every time an engine races, it loses horsepower. When your engine has done 1,000 miles more than your NEW ENGINE, then it basically doesn't stand much of a chance, if any, of beating the new engine. Which was shown in the last 6 races where upto that point, Lewis had only won 5 races to Max's 9, almost double, which would of been if Lewis hadn't took Max out at Silverstone. Those last 6 races, Lewis got pole position at the USA GP, something he hadn't done since the Hungarian GP, which was 9 races ago. Now Max won that race, but it clear to see the impact of the "ROCKET ENGINE" as the Mercedes team referred to it, and obviously the more mileage that went onto Max's engine, the slower it became. Now in them last 5 races, where Lewis had only 5 wins in 18 races, all of sudden he won 3 races in a row and if not for a safety car, would of won the last 4 races. So not did Lewis deprive Max of scoring between 18-25 points in Silverstone, but compromised the rest of Max's season with taking 1 of his 3 engines out of the rest of the season. What always makes me laugh like crazy, is these simple single minded people who don't take anything into consideration except for the last lap of the last race 😂😂, which Max overtook Lewis on the track like he was supposed to, because Red Bull gambled with Max and brought him into put fresh soft tyres at the pitstop for when the race restarted. Mercedes made the wrong decision, and you could hear Lewis saying on radio that they should of came in for a pitstop too, but his engineer said to him that they thought that track position was the best strategy. They got it wrong, and Red Bulls gamble paid off, but to say Michael Masi gave Max the title is just absolutely plain stupid. Here's a side note-Mercedes cars hit Max 3 times and caused him 3 podiums where in 2 of the races Max would of finished NO LOWER THAN 2ND OR WOULD HAVE WON THE RACES! That's a minimum of 40 points and a maximum of 54 points lost because of a Mercedes car hitting him, and only in 1 of them 3 races did Lewis not score any points. So winning more races than Lewis doesn't warrant him being a worthy champion??? Are you seriously suggesting that??? The title would have been won far earlier than the last race had Max not of lost so many points by being hit badly both Mercedes cars and either had serious damage that say him finish only 8th when Bottas wiped Max out at Spa, i think, and the other 2 times was when Lewis hit Max and sent him into the wall at 185mph and Lewis went on to win, and at Monza where both of them didn't get any points, but if you add the points that Max lost by being hit by the 2 Mercedes cars, he would of been champion before the last race. Also to say Max was handed the title from the stewards, go back and Google it and see just who the stewards were showing the more favouritism too throughout the season, my god Lewis got away with 10 maybe 20 times as much. Max was getting penalised for far more than Lewis, and even when they did the exact same thing, Max would get a penalty and Lewis wouldn't. Full stop, the END! Now just bloody deal with it
This is the best break down of the 2021 title race… my British dad was in total denial about max being the rightful champion…Lewis should have been black flagged for his shumacheresque kamikaze maneuver in copse because he knew based off the previous days sprint race that if max was safely infront after the first lap or two that he was going to walk away with a comfortable victory and another 7 point increase to his championship advantage which would have been well over an entire race wins worth of points… knowing that he deliberately made a move that was never going to end with both of them unharmed and being on the inside of maxes rear wheels he knew if there was certain contact worst case scenario they both would dnf therefore Max’s points advantage wouldn’t increase further or best case only max would dnf and he would have minor damage and home cooked stewarding decisions to allow him to continue to race on when if it had been anyone else they would have been black flagged and even with a small time penalty he would worst case get a podium and possibly a win instantly wiping out Max’s hard earned nearly 30 point championship lead going into the race
For people saying the 2021 WDC was illegal and the results should be fair, it would be fun to invalidate the results of Abu Dhabi race which will still proclaims Max as Champion (based on Most Wins).... Deleting Abu Dhabi results would be the most fair outcome based on the events in the final laps of that race but Lulu Fans would revolt against that too coz he would lose out on the championship for good. This would pave path for Crashgate to be invalidated too lol making Hamilton a 6 times WDC Instead of 8times WDC that all the DTS Lulu fans wanted...
So much Hamilton bias, not one single mention about the overpowered engine for the last four races of the season, no mention to Mercedes' disasterclass in Monaco (Ver 1st, Ham 7th), and surprisingly no mention at all about the Baku race. A race where Verstappen retired by a tyre failure and everything seems to align into Hamilton's favour. Though in a humiliating ridiculous error, Hamilton threw away an easy win though the "Magic Button Incident". That race haunts Hamilton's fanbase till this day, as it exemplifies how he crumbled under pressure and how much this rivalry hurt him mentally-wise. Baku 2021 means for Hamilton the same as Hockenhein 2018 means for Sebastian Vettel. The moment everything changed. It doesn't matter how much his fans try to bury this under a rock, we will always bring it to light until the "#robbed" crying babies stop kidding themselves and accept the truth. "MAX VERSTAPPEN, FOR THE FIRST TIME, IS CHAMPION OF THE WORLD!" David Croft, December 12th, 2021.
i honestly dont understand how normal ppl can justify max driving-style in any way... idc who wins or not but this is clearly unfair, unsportsman-like and against a lot of rules. VAMOS CARLOS
I am a general F1 fan, not particularly a team or driver's fan but as a Dutchman I really enjoyed that season. Max and Lewis were fantastic. I never favored any driver more than the other. But both drivers made some mistakes. The one from Lewis pushing Max into the wall was odd, because with Max he pushed his car wide, making him touch Max's back wheel, but on other laps and in previous years, he stuck to his line, which made me think it was not an "Accident". Same for Max taking out Lewis on Monza. That was Max's fault for trying to stick it in when there was no room at all. On Singapore, Max tried to let Lewis pass whilst sticking close to the racing line, BUT, Lewis had enough room to pass, but instead drove into the back of the Red Bull. Also, MOST calls, I'm NOT saying all calls, but MOST calls from the stewards were AGAINST Max, favoring Lewis MOST of the time. I think Masi tried to favor Max in the last race. I think he wanted to make it up to Max and Red Bull or something for the kind of favoritism from the entire season and getting a final crucial racing lap is good for the sports recognision. All-in-all, this was my favorite F1 season so far. Both drivers deserved the Chip, but unfortunately only 1 driver can win it...
The only reason Hamilton was able to win the championship in the last race, is because he pushed Max in the wall on Silverstone. But he still claims he was cheated out of the win.
YOUR FORGETTING SOMETHING MAX WOULDN'T OF HAD A CHANCE IN THE FIRST PLACE IN 2021 WHEN THE FIA CHANGED THE RULE ON THE FLOORS THAT SLOWED DOWN MERCEDES AND HELPED REDBULL OTHER THAN THAT MAX WAS NEVER GOING TO BEAT THE W11 THE BEST CAR IN F1S HISTORY SO PEOPLE SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT
Looking back at this season, 2021 felt like a passing of the torch going into the new regulations in 2022. The torch of Hamilton's domination being passed to Verstappen's domination in 2022 onwards.
Funny thing was that in the middle of 2021 I called it and said that Red bull was going to become the dominant force in F1 (specifically Verstappen) from 2022 onwards and everyone thought I was high of my mind and said that was never gonna happen. Well it's 2023 and here we are. I really should have put money on that.
@@laurenedney7 Yeah I remember for year people saying that Lewis was faster than Max and thinking that in the Mercedes Max would be right there if not beating Lewis, 2 goats for sure and 1 epic passing of the torch in the least accepting way possible.
Man now we understand that we should be grateful for 2021. That excitement was legendary waiting for every race week and making up scenarios in your head that what if max finishes 3rd or maybe lewis finishes 1st. Truly a great year not only for the sport but for all the fans
Max could have given more room for sure but it was 90% on Hamilton at Silverstone, that was Max's victory and it would've made the final race mean a lot less.
What did Lewis even do? Max literally cut across him. He could have token a wider line, like he did with Raikkonen in 2018 Silverstone. Same corner. Different outcome. He was just desperate and paid the price for it.
The imola crash was TERRIFYING, but max being sent into a wall at 51G's is just a minor incident? You didn't even bother to say that max was thankfully unhurt.
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Everybody is always talking about Silverstone and Monza... but let's not forget Bottas taking out the entire WDC top 5 in Hungary except for Lewis. I mean, if your teammate takes out 5 of your closest rivals in the first corner... than give that man a raise.
Nah, he got fired
And don't forget Baku! Max in the lead gets a tyre blowup 5 rounds before the checkerd flag. And Lewis, instead of bringing home 18 points blows it up with his illegal magic startbutton. He lost the titel there, not in AD!
@@ThebatsignI'm so sorry Verstappen fanboy😭🤡
Then lets talk about all the times max tried to kill lewis. Monza, barcelona, jeddah, brazil, USA, Abu Dhabi. Basically everywhere.
@viennatwntysx6075: you probably need to see a optician. The only time someone wanted to kill the other one was at Silverstone! That was no mistake, but a PLANNED move from your beloved Benz-kiddo. Source: Toto's email for MM with diagrams where 'the cars should be', remember?
why is there no mention of Checo's brilliant defense on Hamilton to let Max catch up with them, that man played the ultimate team game in this sport
Because it didn’t matter. Masi let all the cars in front of max, and only max, out of the way anyway
@@98pleasure35 I meant before any of that safety car shindig, when verstappen pitted during the virtual safety car and hamiilton got a huge ass lead over him, checo did some serious defensive driving so that hamilton won't cross him till max reaches them
@@98pleasure35actually it DID MATTER! If Perez hadn’t slowed down Lewis like he did Lewis would have been able to pit under the safety car and still retain the lead
@@thegreatafrican3367 hypothetically yes, but I’m talking about what really happened. I answered nobody talks about what checo did because ultimately it didn’t matter. The rules should have been followed correctly, checo didn’t help max win - masi helped max win and the FIA let it stand. It didn’t matter what checo did, Lewis should of won anyway and is the rightful 2021 WDC
@@98pleasure35 The rules weren't followed the whole season. To many different stewards and Massi was put on a double-chair with to little experience.
Looking back at the entirety of the season, Bottas was a much better wingman than Perez. People only remember Checo's defense in the finale cuz of short memories but Bottas actually took more points off Max than Checo took from Lewis. He made every strategic move asked of him and even slowed down Max at the risk of taking a penalty under safety car just to make the double stack pitstop clear for Merc. Checo was nowhere more most of the season. People who compare the two just piss me off tbh
Checos first year at redbull vs Bottas's 5th at mercedes. Bottas should have been much better than he was.
That's utter trash. Bottas fought against lewis in spain instead of letting him by. Gave zero defense in mexico and russia when max was behind him. At least checo tried to slow lewis down. Hungary was an accident. Mercedes never once used bottas to take fastest lap of of max, which redbull did numerous times. Then there's turkey where perez's defense cost lewis dearly.
Lmao Bottas being the better wingman yep Hungaroring was a bonus wingmanship in his entire career
Alonso was a better wingman to Verstappen than Perez was haha
Well thing is that Bottas was in front of Hamilton more and honestly it wasn’t his choice to let Lewis past, but he had to, a lot of times. For Perez, he wasn’t in front of Max a lot and wasn’t made to let Max by as much as Bottas was supposed to
Hamilton should have been penalized for cutting corners in the early laps tho
Some idiots will say "but Max squeezed him out" despite Lewis getting a lasting, ever growing advantage
max did sort of squeeze, but it was also max's corner and lewis cut far more than he had to@@Abduldoctor
@@ninjaballs6123 agreed, but on the subject of the corner. If we look at Silverstone, Max was clearly ahead. That assassination attempt didn't play out well for Lewis because Max came out alive. As for Monza, Max was visibly faster down the straight and had the inside of turn 2. In Monza, if I was either, I would've conceded that fight and stayed on for a nice helping of slipstream/DRS to close the gap.
when it comes to the Silverstone incident, Lewis was going for a literally impossible overtake which even if he didn't hit max, would not have worked, max was in front following the racing line and Lewis misjudged the corner and understeered into max. it wasn't intentional but was very much Lewis's fault. Monza was more of a 50/50 blame it was just hard racing. i am glad the right man won the title in Abu Dhabi, max was better over the course of the whole season but people ignore it because of a single lap in the last race.@@Abduldoctor
@@ninjaballs6123 100% but in hindsight for Abu Dhabi, would you have red flagged the session after GOATifi and let everyone have a grid start in their current positions? Lewis P1, Max P2. Everyone on softs, may the best man win? Seems at that point, delta would be nothing and Max would've had a great reaction time off the restart.
"The team trusted the driver to deliver and the driver trusted the team strategy." said so well.
And we are supposed to trust the race director 😂😂😂
Ferrari fans' sobbing intensifies.
This wouldn’t work with Ferrari.
@@elzeban but it could. history has shown us
if Massi counts as part of the team, then yes.
When you hear it again like this, the amount of points Max lost because of Mercedes drivers is crazy. Would’ve been decided 2 weeks early otherwise
Correction: When you hear it again like this, the amount of points Hamilton lost because of Max's crazy driver. Would’ve been decided 2 weeks early otherwise
@@chrisdingley9277 Lewis was the only one that did not allow Max to do his torpedo overtakes. He is always diving inside a corner having no chance to leave any space. And I hope you know that this is not legal. And FIA has investigated that at Monza and Interlagos (turn 4). Would you be surprise when I tell you, that redbulls' telemetry has been magically deleted? So that no one can mathematically calculate if he was able to make the corner or just pushing drivers out of the track.
Nothing mentioned about points lost in Azerbeidjzan
@@smallduties8897completely wrong lmao. lewis never gave max space.
@@smallduties8897every max dive bomb happened towards the end of the season. When Mercedes magically became half a second faster than anyone else. Still no explanation on the pace advantage. Wonder why? The whole “new engine” explanation makes no sense what car magically gains overall pace from a new engine? With that logic they could’ve replaced their engine every race and won the title by a long shot like they did in 2020.
As a Lewis fan this hurt a lot, now the dust has settled I like to look back on it as one the greatest seasons of all time, it grabbed the attention of the world
We should be thankful we were blessed to see 2 of the greatest of all time go at it head on and forget all the controversy
Sure the dust has settled for the drivers, team and the sport. But the fans still argue. Can’t mention either driver without ‘8 time champ deal with it’ or ‘Abu Dhabi’ or who was at fault for Silverstone
@@unknownname3487 yeah unfortunately the result matters more to a lot of not most people instead of the amazing season it was to watch. which i kinda get since it really was that close. i would say it was probably Max's title but the Abu dhabi should've gone to Lewis. so official Lewis would be wc and people would only be talking about silverstone or maybe monza
@@inoo2345 I stand by my argument that Lewis should have won but because of the FIA max did. Max still deserved the championship because he was tying with Hamilton even after Silverstone. Wasn’t Verstappen’s fault that they broke the rule last minute it just worked out in his favour. Lewis was robbed by the FIA not Max yet Hamilton dick riders blame my Dutch dude
Amen! 100 per cent! 2 great drivers, could not ask for a better ENDING to one awesome season of racing!
@@jamieruggier6323 absolutely mate, will never get a season like that again, we were spoilt that year. Especially compared to the last 2 seasons 🥴
The years Mercedes were dominating were a snooze fest for racing but then we got this masterpiece, one of the most exciting seasons ever to watch with the title contenders being tied on points in the final race, one coming from a years of dominance, the other fighting for his first. Since that year its been Red Bull domination snooze fest, makes me wish we could have another season like that.
If you can’t appreciate a season which broke almost every record in F1 history, I got bad news for you. The reality is that we only get a title fight once every 5 years or so, just how the sport works. If it’s such a snooze fest watch something else idk what to tell you
@@snooperty a season which almost broke every record in F1 simply because there was no competition is not much of a brag about the season. Sure a title fight isn't going to happen every year, I'm no stranger to that. I do watch almost every motorsport through the year from F1 to Moto GP, a little GT2, GT3, WEC, WRC, ELMS, Super Formula, Super GT, Pikes Peak, Isle of Man, ect... and enjoy some good competition. So ya, Imma call this last season a snooze fest because that's what it was, every race could be called before it started. If all you want is one team to watch drive really fast and put down records, you may enjoy watching so TT stuff. For me, I like TT in a TT format but I want some competition in door to door racing.
@@snoopertyor occasionally even once in every 25 years since 2022.
2018 and 2020 were the only snoozefests after 2014,15 though
And after that there is a snooze fest again with the Redbulls being untouchable.. for me it's quiet boring...
I wished you mentioned the race in in Baku on how Verstappen's Tire blew up and Hamilton's brake magic.
It cancelled eachother out so had no real impact on the points
@@nickmildon6348 Verstappen (and Pérez) were ahead of Hamilton before the tire blow up. He would have probably gained a net 10 points on Hamilton without the Tire blow up.
The brake magic incident has to be one of the funniest fuck ups I have ever seen live. You think Hamilton is going to hit Max where it hurts and then drives off at turn 1.
@@alvarorey9308or even a full race win had he not DNFed.
if his tire did't blow up Lewis would lose@@phightinphil25
very "neutral" coverage!!!hahahaha,Lets all agree it was an exciting championship,probably the best in the last decade
i mean we have to wait until 2029 ends to see if it is the best of the decade. Porbably will tho with the current dominacne.
People can argue as much as they can on who deserved the win, but both sides and the rest of the grid were acknowledging the race director's questionable decisions every step of the way.
Max deserved it because it should have been sewn up by the final race anyway if not for such "unfortunate events" on multiple occasions.@@KeVsPIXEL
@@Bananananananannananananna the situation is similar to 2010-2013 wtih vettel dominance, we'll see if another Hamilton will rise to stop Max, as he did with vettel
litteraly the first thing i hear is a british boy saying "masi gifting the championship" lmao
If Formula 1 can deliver another season like 2021, the fans would be grateful that's for sure
maybe for 25 max vs hamilton again LOL
I'd disagree, a lot of fans felt that the championship was rigged in that last race to the benefit of Verstappen, and that has cost F1 a number of fans...
@@randomdudeoninternet1796 We may have more than Hamilton and Verstappen in 2025, mabye Max won't be up there
It has been said that a man is judged by the quality of his adversaries.
And this rivalry between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen definitely proves it for both racers.
They definitely are worthy rivals to each other.
True. 2021 F1 Season was like a battle of the F1 GOATs.
@@purwantiallan5089 And Liberty Media knows how to hype up this rivalry for the televised race in the finale!
They were, Hamilton has been consistently in the mid field since 2021
@@kaloyandraganov9462Hamilton was 3rd 2023 so not midfield
@@aidenlategan923 Woah he got a podium like a year ago, amazing.Let's forget that Russel has been routinely finished infront of him for the past 7-8 months
Ngl both of them did a really good job they are still great drivers
I think Louis is a bit overrated, he lost one title to Rosberg...
@@joshuaueeehf6256 huh, what still doesn't put off his other 7 titles
@@kahulubwow hè won 7 titels just like Schumacher? That must have to be suck...
@@joshuaueeehf6256kid.....rosberg was better than ur everyday meatrider crashtappen....and Lewis was 4 points behind in the title that he lost to him..... rosberg even defeated Michael Schumacher 2 times with double points in the same machinery....ge get your facts checked or even better go suck crashtappens meat.... he'll certainly find it very lovely
@@joshuaueeehf6256 it's not like rosberg dominated that season... lewis almost won it even with the mistakes and if he had he'd have 8 titles.
The battle of the greatest of this era. Of course Hamilton fans didnt like the end result, but hey, this was an epic season and it needed a winner. Max did what you have do do to become a new worldleader. Overthrow the sitting 7 time champ. Thats what happened. With out of this world driving, a lesser car than the Merc and aggressive overtakes, he gave the world a run for its money. Whatever you think of Max, it takes talent, ambition and intelligence to beat a 7 time world champ. Respect for both guys!
Dont understand by what metric Mercedes was the better car...and if it were, certainly not for the first half of the season when he jumoed out into a huge lead before Hamilton reeled him in during the second half. But hey, Im accustomed to you Verstappen fans being masters of contrivance.
Max van crashem Didn't dethrone LH. Massi did with his rule bending and ignorance
It had a winner, so Masi decided to orchestrate another one. Verstappen's going down in history as a fraud. 🤷♂️
How was the red bull the lesser car?
Aside from Hungary, Silverstone and Baku lost points, you forgot to mention Imola 2021 when Lewis got lucky with the red flag. Lewis deserves to win AD21 but Max deserves the championship.
He also didn’t mention that leclerc had engine issues in silverstone which let Lewis catch him or Lewis new engine In Brazil that gave him an advantage in the last couple of races due to it being completely fresh unlike Max’s engine.
As well as Max's tyre blowout in Azerbeidzjan that wasn't in red bulls control at all
@@ole7762he already said that
@@dido5317 haha, yeah it seems as if I'm stupid once more!
@@seanchandley1604 And that Bottas was used as a testing machine for engine mapping and settings over race distances to give Lewis the best possible performance. Man took soooo many engine penalties.
Biased much??? Why didn't mention when Lewis' car got fixed in Imola under red flag and allowed him to unlap himself? Max showed a steady performance during the year making no mistakes while Lewis made plenty of errors especially at the beginning of the season eg. Imola, Baku, Monaco
Why don't you mention the FIA did everything to lose Mercedes?
@@worldtraveler3560because they did not, so why mention that? Or you should give some true evidence and not theories.
@@worldtraveler3560 then why did they only give hamilton 10s penalty for almost killing verstappen when hamilton was more than 10s ahead of p2? to let mercedes lose on purpose? then why did they not red flag hungary when bottas went bowling with 4 rivals so the cars could repair themselves and fight hamilton who was in front but eventually even lost to an alpine and an aston martin! then why did they allow merc to use 13 power unit parts instead of 6? all they got for that was minor grid penalties... but their engines were running @ 105% for 2 races and then burned out and they replace it with a new one....
then why did they not give penalties or force hamilton to give a position back to max when he went past him OFF track and said he only needed to let go of the throttle for half a second to give the advantage back? thats bshit, they never asked another driver that EVER.... its just as controversial as the last decision of the season.
then why did masi not allow lapped cars to overtake when it was 3 laps to go in the final race when alot of drivers were complaining the track was clear and it was safe to overtake safetycar and let the safety car go away...... 1 1/2 lap later masi changes his mind and lets lapped cars between max and lewis overtake safetycar, because he realised its unfair to verstappen that it took almost 2 laps longer than normal for lapped cars to overtake once the track is clear of debris!
First half of the season verstappen was so far ahead of lewis... only way lewis was gaining in points was 2 DNF from verstappen, bottas taking out 4 cars incl verstappen and mercedes using 13 powerunit parts... lewis wouldnt even have gotten close without all that.
if the last lap in the last race was lewis winning.... with or without the crash//yellow flag +-5 laps before the end, it would have been Max that had his title stolen.
because there were 3 races where he did nothing wrong and his team did nothing wrong but he still lost 74 points or more in those 3 races.
(Baku, Silverstone, Hungaroring)
@@86niisan8686 I am not about to read all that BS.
reading is for intelligent people so you have a pass. @@worldtraveler3560
Both drivers were incredible that season and neither deserved to win or lose that title in the manner they did at Abu Dhabi. Can’t help but feel Masi failed them both to a certain extent
As said by some, Abu Dhabi should have been won by Hamilton, the champion by Verstappen
@@daaner4367 one think that’s certain is Abu Dhabi 2021 joins the list of Adelaide 1994, Suzuka 1989 & 1990 as the most controversial championship deciding races
If lewis deserves abu dhabi youre automatically saying he deserves the championship xD@@daaner4367
and most entertaining@@Rhys78686
finishing a title race behind the safety car sucks. Everytime its happened it sucked. I agree with the decision honestly, it made it a race instead of a merry go round.@@daaner4367
hamilton hitting max in the back at saudi arabia, if he had known the rules you cant overtake a car you give position back to on the same strait.
also in bahrein hamilton exeeding tracklimits 35 times and the moment max said i gonna do the same, stewerds are saying the gonna look out for that.
Average Max fan😂
Bro didn't even watch the race average DTS fan bruh. This is literally so embarrassing to hear
@@shlokagarwal603 average projector poes
@@Alislug you can hear a written cment on you tube? Must by lulu disease
@@Byronthegooneraverage max meatrider 😂😂😂😂😂😂
If a scriptwriter in Hollywood would've written a story like this he would've been sacked because of it being too farfetched.
There won’t be a better season than this that makes me happy and sad at the same time
I was so lucky to see the most INCREDIBLE FORMULA ONE SEASON IN THE HISTORY OF MOTORSPORT. Super lucky to witness it and for all the fans out there who were watching the live race in Abu Dhabi, still gives us literal chills!!!
I'm a max fan, but i have to say that season Lewis showed up some of the best driving he has ever done, truly a capable driver.
It was a beautiful season, one of the best ever.
LANDO rolling the dice on fate N weather and watching him slide off track was HEARTBREAKING.
that was going to be my fav moment of the season if he pulled it off
@@rooster5572 Guys! Lando finally won!
Hopefully we get to see Max And Lewis duels in the near future.
I'd rather not, considering the conflict online
Currently, it's more likely that Alonso or Norris will be the ones battling Max, Norris because of McLaren's sudden leap in performance and Alonso beacuse of the huge investments on AMR's facilities
Senna v. Prost was a much more tense and bitter rivalry. Media and Netflix hyped up the Max v. Hamilton stuff more than it was in reality.
Okay NeonDemon88... First of all you did not watch the Senna vs Prost rivalry live. And yea the rivalry between the two drivers were better since it lasted for many seasons, in the same team, in different teams etc. But this season was individually better than any Prost vs Senna season. This season was pure war, and I want you to stop glazing seasons and drivers that you didn't even watch. And even if you did, you are blinded by nostalgia... Yes the media has significantly impacted the 2021 season, but from race to race the war between Max and Lewis in that season tops any other season ever. Even the moments like 1976 when Lauda led the championship, crashed out for multiple races and yet only lost the title by the tiniest margin, it was still not as great since the two championship rivals didn't have those wheel to wheel moments, they had controversies, drama, highs and lows... Also many of Sennas and Prosts championships were won by deliberately taking the rival out of the race (As seen in 1989 and 1990). So stop with this bullshit in quit living in the past. This 2021 season was amazing.
@@kasperkev0491well said sir
even though the crybabys on both sides ruined that season afterwards this was a historical season and i enjoyed every second of it
the final no matter what side you were on was pure nail biting drama
absolutely crazy year
That was the best championship year in F1 for the last 40 years since I’ve been watching F1
End was a joke.
Was 2010 or 2012 not exciting?
@@jdbb3gotskills Probably, can’t remember who was it between? Senna Prost were my favourites and Ham, Rosberg, Max lately
2007 lewis vs alonso was the best season ever ..
No way it's like 2016 and 2017 don't exist for you!
No, Michael! That was so not right!
honestly, would love to hear some f1 recaps from non british youtubers for maximum unbias, but I guess you did your best.
“The dutchman had done it against all odds and Masi’s blessing”
I’m firmly on the side of Max Verstappen here. A lot of people seem to forget that Formula One is a sport, and every sport at its core is a game. Both Max and Lewis played their hearts out in the 2021 season, and both of them put everything on the line and pushed each other to the limit. But at the end, in the final race, it all boiled down to those final five laps in the final race at Abu Dhabi.
Max and Red Bull won the 2021 WDC fair and square given the circumstances that were created by the bad calls made by the FIA. Those bad calls after Latifi’s crash and the Safety Car affected everyone, but Red Bull and Max played it to their advantage. Red Bull pitted Max and gave him softs, which ultimately gave him the best chance at overtaking Lewis. It should also be noted that Lewis wanted to pit for fresher tires but Mercedes didn’t let him because they were hesitant to give Max even the slightest advantage and the potential lead, blinding them to the fact that Max on fresher tires could easily overtake Lewis.
In the end, Max and Lewis gave it their all, and fair play to both of them despite everything. But I really think that the clincher here is that Red Bull gave Max everything he needed to win, and Mercedes failed Lewis in the end by being overly cautious and by not equipping Lewis with the best strategy and car. This is a trend that continued to 2022 and 2023, where the formerly indomitable and invincible Mercedes has been relegated to the midfield. It’s sad to see how far Mercedes have fallen, and even sadder to see Lewis struggling with a subpar car.
I’d also just like to say that I find it so ironic that Lewis questioned why Max didn’t check on him if he was okay after their collision at Monza. Did he check on Max after his collision in Silverstone? Apparently not.
Also, a bit of unsolicited advice from a subscriber and fan. I love your content, but I think you should refrain from using clickbait thumbnails and titles to draw viewers in. Let your content speak for itself. You do good work here, and fans might not take you seriously if you resort to using such underhanded and deceiving tactics to draw in more viewers and subscribers.
Sorry, youtube only give me 1 like click, actually I want to give you 10 likes
honestly, reading the end of your comment made me write this and click away. if the title doesnt match the video its a no go for me. this would be seen as fraud in any other business.
How is it possible you think this after two years? If the rules are followed Mercedes wins. They chose the correct strategy in Abu Dhabi. Lewis and Mercedes did everything right. And if Masi applied the rules correctly, they win. They had no way of knowing Masi would change the rules.
And as for your fourth paragraph of drivel, Lewis did ask if Max was okay over the radio so not sure what you are on about or why you felt the need to bring that up.
@@f1drivermarket603 Found the old man lulu fanboy!
Yea I totally understood from Massi's PoV. Sports are a game, yes. But more importantly its entertainment. He wanted the season to end in a shoot out, so thats what he gave the fans. Even allowing cars to unlap themsleves so Max could move up giving us a wild finish, was still no gurantee that Max would have won. He still had to not only make the pass, but hold Lewis off, regardless. I still largely think the only reason he got the pass to stick, is he did it on a part of the track and turn that Lewis least expected him to do it, caught him off gaurd, which he stated later post-race. So people may still be upset about how it ended, but you have to give Max credit for the accolades that season and that pass on Lewis which was no guranteed.
Alot of people say that Max stole the championship from Lewis. I beg to differ on those claims. Going into the Abu Dhabi race, Max was leading all meaningful metrics; most laps led, most poles, most podiums and most wins that season thus far.
The most brutal rivalry was Senna vs Prost.
Senna and Prost didn't crash into each other during all the years so much. Max and Lewis crashed more in a single year.
@@СтаниславСоборов-в2з Yes they did? They would ACTUALLY fight, and then Prost had Senna killed so?????
@@devinwalters8808 bro what
Had it not been for Bottas being Mercedes' battering ram and Lewis NOT being penalized the multiple times he should've, Max had a clear win. For anyone to say FIA favored RB that season, it wasn't until the last lap of the last race that they did. Rest of the season was AGAINST RB
What? Sao Paolo 2021 should be a slum dunk penalty. One thing you should know FIA or F1 stewards set new precedents by adopting actions by both RBR as team and Max Verstappen. It began way back in 2015 when Max needed to enter F1. Verstappening way of racing are actions did by Max and set as new precedents by FIA. Pack up your BS now.
@@madjayax731 Lewis finished that race. Max got zero points at Silverstone and only 4 points at Hungery. Lewis and Bottas crashed in och out Max in two races, a 34 point lead for Max after those races endes up with a 14 point lead to Lewis. How was that okey? Come on. After those races Max changed, if they gonna play that game, why should he not do the same?
@@user-tq2og9cw7q Max iniated this kind of move first in Imola 21 by burging Ham of track.
If Max qualified better in Hungary then he has no issue. It was wet, Lando cut across Bottas, mistakes happen on turn 1 in those conditions. Lewis got the pole and so he benefited from the chaos. Everything that happened that season decisions were based in the rules except for one occasion where they were not.
You misunderstand what actually happened. The rules remained the same for everyone the whole race. FIA said they are not monitoring track limits at the corner. Lewis takes it aggressively every time. Red Bull complains. Track limits are monitored again. @vladaltreilea1431
Too much pro Hamilton on this video don't you think ? 😊😁
Ya, British bias clearly visible 😂
@Kedar5524 personally im british and cant stand hamilton.
Americans don’t like Dutchmen, don’t blame us
@@plugmenace8513 aren't you American
Not really tho
I watched the bahrain gp with my dad and when the race was finished i said: "This could be a championship fight"
The Hamilton bias in this video is crazy 😂
Average british content creator
If it was Schumacher, they would I’d never “interpreted” the rules that way.
If Hamilton was p2 with fresh tires and Max was p1 with 50 lap old tires they would also never have interpreted the rules that way
@@lars3712i mean i guess we will never. now seems you still have some residing anger its alright to cry i know hamilton did
Ahh yes, pulling the racism card. Pathetic.
That last lap tho, were you not entertained? 😂
@@duncani3095 Noone said a word about racism. You brought that up...
You can clearly see which driver he likes more lmao
Why would anyone like a spoiled, entitled, silver spoon fed brat like max over lewis? I guess people who can relate to him….
Which? Do tell.
@@thurse-ri8je No. Seriously. Do tell. You're already assuming what side I'm on without truly knowing and I'm simply missing out the glaringly obvious. That can happen so explain instead of being rude.
@@thurse-ri8je A very smart reply init. A big L on your part.
@@thurse-ri8je So. I'll be straight with you, I'm personally a max fan, not fanboy. The video was written in the same poetic way I also viewed that season. Now tell me what heavy bias appeared in the video to actually put your point in.
Abu Dubai 21 will go down in history as one of the most memorable moments in F1 history.
one of the most memorable robberies in the history of sports
@patbenz4327 Yeah, the FIA really dropped the ball. Max is a worthy champion, and he shouldn't be looked at less because he benefitted, but Lewis had that race in the bag.
What is it with people blaming max, not the FIA. Stupid move
@laurenedney7 Seriously. I feel bad for both of them. Max may have been crowned champion, but it will always come with an asterisk. As for Lewis, the fact that the governing body set him up to fail must have been a massive punch to the gut.
@@laurenedney7 Why not? Becuase he was not man enough to admit that he won by race fixing.
Good video, the clear bias towards hamilton is a bit of a shame because it makes the video as a whole less pleasant to watch.
Pure, unadultured race fixing. YOU HAVE TO UNLAP ALL CARS +1 Lap. End of story. The only legal end of AD21 was a safety car finish.
The lapped cars were ALWAYS allowed to overtake previously to that race... just for some weird reason not in Abu Dhabi at first. THAT was the real robbery a lot of hammy fans and brit media do not talk about. When they realised that everyone thought that was weird (radio of Vettel, Alonso, Verstappen and EVEN hamiltons engineer) they needed to fix that within the little time there was left because there was NO WAY they could ever explain that call. The rest is just a result of the first fack up.
If done right and allowing to overtake right away then there would have been no 'controversy' of 'robbery' to speak of. Just luck and failed mercedes strategy for choosing track position above tyres.
Do you understand the rules? ALL Cars have to be unlapped with the saftey car coming in on the following lap. 2 rules were broken. the saftey cars last lap should be lap 58, not 57. It was pure race fixing for the Netflix crowd. They wanted that upset for views.
@@philb9117 tell me what would have been the difference if ALL lapped cars were said to unlap themselves? They still will shorten the space between max and Lewis and it would have ended the same way. You are talking complete nonsense right now lmao. I assume you are Hamilton's fan, right? I bet you won't be talking the same way if it was the other way around lol. Also, it would have been boring if the season ended like that after such rivalry, so a little bit of drama won't hurt anyone. If Hamilton wanted to secure this title, Mercedes are the one to blame because they were too greedy being extra confident that the race will end with a safety car. I love both drivers but those arguments on the internet are getting out of control for real. Let's all sit and hope we get another titan clash with these 2 as it was the most entertaining thing since like 2016.
The cars should've been allowed to unlap themselves 1 lap earlier as the track was already cleared. Regardless, it was a shitty situation and should've simply been a red flag so both drivers could fight it out on the same set of tires.@@philb9117
@@nevvgodIf they had allowed all the cars to unlap and reform behind the rest of the grid it would have taken an extra couple of laps and the race would have finished behind a safety car. Standard protocol until Drive To Survive had Massey bent over, kegs down and doing anything he could to give Liberty Media the BS it needed.
@@nevvgodif all lapped cars go through there has to be enough and a safe distance between them and the cars on the lead lap, there wasn’t enough time for this to happen and have the one lap shootout
tell me you're a hamilton fanboy without actually telling me
he isn't he has said it before in other videos that he just respects both drivers
The most brutal rivalry in F1 history was Senna vs Prost...
"The most brutal rivalry in F1 ... If you only started to follow F1 since 2019."
Senna Vs Prost was the greatest rivalry.
The wrong driver won in the Finale, but the right driver won the championship. Whether you like Max or not, he was incredible that year and has proven it since. Either way, that season was probably the best in my memory.
You smoking weed 😂
Not even 5 seconds in and i'm like lmao
Selective memory once again
If you look back, Max deserved that title far more then Hamilton. His bad luck in Baku, Bottas playing bowling in Hungary and Hamilton decided to crash Verstappen out of the race in Silverstone… Abu Dhabi was the payback for this all.
Hamilton fought increasingly ludicrous odds throughout that season, the FIA's desperation to stop him was downright pathetic.
The FIA didn't try to stop Hamilton they decided to give us 1 last lap to decide the world champion. Red bull made the correct choice by pitting. Mercedes didn't. It wasn't the FIA it was Mercedes wrong decision. Deal with it or keep crying over something completely fair from 3 years ago. Verstappen and Hamilton are great drivers and they both gave everything. No one deserved the championship more than the other
Spin it however you like, it was no longer possible to deny Hamilton the title within the rules. Anybody who believes otherwise can check the amount of races Michael Masi has directed since he committed fraud.
Looking at the season as a whole, Max definitely deserved his first title
I think Max was more deserving. He fought the hardest, and nearly got killed in the process. And no, Max didn't nearly kill Hamilton in Monza. The halo is there for a reason. That Silverstone crash, though, was something else. Pushing someone off the track and into the wall at just under 300 kilometers per hour, then celebrating as if nothing happened? That's very disrespectful.
You can argue the same about the side impact structure as you do about the halo, just because the modern cars have safety implements that helped the drivers not only survive but be back by the next race doesn't at all mean you can just brush either crash aside. Just because Verstappen got hurt and ended up in hospital doesn't mean both crashes weren't equally far (inches at best) from becoming fatalities. I'm not saying this to undermine your point about Lewis being disrespectful, he absolutely was (and I say this as his fan) I'm just saying I don't really agree with specifically your point about Max not nearly killing Hamilton, if his car had tipped over one or two more degrees to the right that wheel would have made contact, halo or not
But deliberately driving OVER someone and landing on his head and then just walking away... that's NOT disrespectful? He drove that entire season with a "either you let me win or I crash into you" attitude. Silverstone was nothing more than a taste of his own medicine and I was gutted that the dirty bastard survived.
@@guypainter Sure mate, Verstappen calculated the exact trajectory required to land square on hamilton's head. Take a moment to process what you are writing before you put it out for the world to see.
@@guypainter Strong language at the end there. Doesn't really get people to sympathize for your cause unless they themselves are a mirror of your own toxicity.
@@Darthere Obviously you need to put words in my mouth because you can't counter what I ACTUALLY SAID. Sad little fanboy.
I noticed no bias at all😂
Yeah how is the truth biased 😂
i’ll never get over how insane 2021 was
That was KARMA for Lulu not being punished for almost killing Max and celebrating while Max was in hospital!!
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
What about monza idiot 😂
"take the whole grid bowling" is crazy☠☠😂😂😂😂
For me it is rather simple, having watched the whole season.
1: Lewis should've won in Abu Dhabi.
2: Verstappen was the deserving champion.
3: It was a bloody brilliant season to be a spectator.
Instead of fighting who is best.....we should be thankful that we are blessed to see the two of the greatest of all time F1 drivers. It's not Max vs Lewis.......it's Max and Lewis.
Masi hasn't given the title to Verstappen and taken it away from Hamilton.
If anything he served for justice, since rules were changed by the FIA because of Mercedes complaining that others were quicker on track and during pit stops...
In Bahrain he was good to ignore track limits for half of the laps, then Verstappen avoided a collission, exceeding track limits ONCE and was punished for it.
Silverstone was more than just a stupid move from Hamilton, Monza the same - he had fresh tires and could have easily gotten Verstappen towards the next chicanem but choose to cut off a car that was on track while he came out of the pit lane.
Baku already was just the try to give Lewis a "free victory" which he gladly did not. ;)
Then Mercedes swapping out engines on Bottas' car every second race to "test" stuff for Hamilton...
Hamilton also didn't make decissions in Brazil. He just had a new engine fully turned up and noone putting up any defense just waving him past at the end of the main street.
Verstappen simply deserved that title and any other outcome would have been inacceptable. Just as the 2008 title...
PS: I can neither stand Hamilton nor Verstappen.
blah blah stfu what a dumb paragraph
Lewis committed the most disgusting driving at Silverstone. Lewis didn’t deserve anything but a life time ban. Justice was done on the track instead.
This is so funny
youre dumb as hell bro 😂
The fact that Max could beat Hamilton with an obviously inferior machine speaks volumes and brought out the #LH crazy’s.
The RB was quicker in the second half of the season
@@olischwarz2912 I dont know what you sport you watch but its definitely not F1 .
@@madalinbpopa alright buddy. If you look at the data the rb was quicker in either the first or second half of the season.
@@olischwarz2912 you need to decide , the first or the 2nd half 😂😂? cause they were very different . I like it when clueless F1 " fans" try to look knowledgeable . EVery comment you make shows that you've either watched a different season or didnt watch 2021 at all . No F1 fan will say that RB were faster in the second half of that season , not even the most diehard Hamilton fan .
@@olischwarz2912Nah man i watched it again they were almost equal depending on track in the first half to 3rd quarter. Last quarter it was Mercedes with a mile because of the new engines
No F1 fan will ever name their son Mikey
The bias of the man who does the voice over creates a very unpleasant feeling when watching this video. It's a shame because a lot of effort goes into making it and then it gets ruined in this way.
Nice and subtle, you sir have gotten +1 subs.. Smooth operator! Keep it up!!
I'll never heal from how Lewis was robbed of his 8th WDC💔
Their rivalry made f1 sooo entertaining to watch
3:29 Is how you kill a man 4:17 is how you overtake into that corner
He didn’t “give it away” they did the right thing. Yes they did backtrack on allowing Lewis no shame to just run straight in the first corner also not to allow lapped cars immediately to go around then and let them race. What FIA did was giving RACE A CHANCE. It was the gods of racing really
With the cost cap blown out by red bull and masi loosing his job over what he done, that season should not have ended at that race.
"From Michael Massi giving the championship away to Max...."-Blood starts to boil in my veins...
you forgot about Brazil 21 near incident where Verstappen didn't get a Penalty
lewis just did that exact same move on Russel to day and got no penalty. i dont wanna hear that any more lmaooo
@@ninjaballs6123true the hypocrisy from Hamilton fans is insane
@@ninjaballs6123 One thing you should know FIA or F1 stewards set new precedents by adopting actions by both RBR as team and Max Verstappen. It began way back in 2015 when Max needed to enter F1. Verstappening way of racing are actions did by Max and set as new precedents by FIA.
@@madjayax731 just made this up lewis is getting away with the same moves max is. no reason to complain about interlagos anymore
@@ninjaballs6123 As I said FIA tends to follow both RBR and Max actions as new precedents even in consensus those aren't right. If you ask any drivers outside F1 both Ham's move in Japan 23 and Max's in Sao Paolo 21 they can't be done in WTCC, WEC, IMSA, and Lemans.
Great video mate. Max, considering everything that happened during the season, is the legitimate champion.
Happy you appreciated it mate ❤️
Why was masi fired?
@@joshuaokunola6261 why did lewis win silverston, why did lewis come 2nd in hungaroring, why did max dnf in baku, why did lewis not have to give position back, but just let go of the throttle to give the advantage back (never heard them say that to other drivers), why did mercedes suddenly get faster (13 powerunits instead of 6, using 105% of optimised engine settings so the engine only lasts 2,3 races but lewis gets extra bhp!), why did lewis drive in the back of max second to last race (cuz he didnt want to pass max when max has DRS, but max was obligated to give the place back), why did max lose points when lewis wasnt in front of him in races? because they had given bottas an upgrade before lewis, so that bottas new engine and wing were in play without penalty to hold max off while lewis has his gridpenalty.
stop denying that max was the better driver that season while the cars were fairly equal, it wasnt masi that gave verstappen the title, verstappen was faster and made less mistakes UNTILL!!!! merc started beefing lewis his engines and lewis and bottas were ramming verstappen off the track left and right.
thats when verstappen started making some mistakes like in italy and in one of the last races..
@86niisan8686 lol. I hear u, my bro.
I have to say my look at Hamilton being the greatest of all time had really changed. How can you be the greatest of all time without being able to win in 2 years. It really shows you have to have the best car to win a championship. Lewis had long been in the by far the best car and does not have the records max does now. So I don’t think Lewis is as great as we all thought Atleast in my opinion
Well a driver can only be as good as his car you can’t be champion in a bad car
It's really not about a singular odd win, if you want to see Hamilton in an inferior car win races then look at him in 2009-2013, he won at least a single race in every one of those seasons, in a McLaren that had no business winning, especially that 2009 McLaren, and then won in his debut season with Mercedes. If you really think Hamilton is not as great as he is ought out to be, then why did he sacrifice half of his races in 2022 and still only be short by some 30 points to Russell, why was he challenging Perez in 2023 for P2 in the championship, in a Mercedes that was anything but the second fastest throughout the whole season. That Mercedes was second fastest in a race here and there, but definitely not throughout the whole season, and it's not like he got 3rd while fighting for it, no he got it very comfortably. Cmon now, don't try and fool yourself in thinking the most successful driver in F1 history is not great. It's not about the odd win here and there, it's about consistency.
@@GameOver-nm2us I think Hamilton and new max and I say new because 4-5 years ago he was a different driver are the most consistent drivers on the grid and Perez is a great example of you have to have the fastest car and be consistent to be a champion and win which is why Hamilton in the 2nd and 3rd fastest car was able to get close to Checo in the standings. I do think Lewis in the old Mercedes was one of the greats but it’s the exact same when I look at max and especially this year with all the records he broke yes you have to be consistent to do this with a car but you have to have the car to do it so I look more at Mercedes were legends in the hybrid era and redbull are going to be known as legends in the ground effect era but I don’t think Lewis is the greatest of all time I think he just had to best luck with having the car he had. Same will be with max if he runs a streak for as long as they did I will consider the team not the driver
@@jockeyjack3367 will then with this logic it's all about luck, Lauda was lucky to be with Ferrari and McLaren, Senna was lucky to be with McLaren, Prost was lucky to be with McLaren and Williams, Schumacher was lucky to be with Benetton and Ferrari, Alonso was lucky to be with Renault, Kimi was lucky to be with Ferrari, Vettel was lucky to be with Redbull, and finally Hamilton was lucky to be with McLaren and Mercedes, but now when it's Verstappen winning it's all him, and not his luck, or the car, because obviously he's an exception!
In case you didn't notice, that was sarcasm.
@@GameOver-nm2us I do think there is a lot of luck involved. The right driver has to have the right car to win a championship or break records. Max could have had 1 or 2 DNF’s and he could have missed out on atleast 3 records in 2023 but he was lucky and did not have a single DNF just one off race in Singapore and Max had the RB19 which could go down in history as the most dominating car in F1 history but everyone’s luck always runs out at some point
I’m new to the addiction of F1. Starting with a focus RS, deciding that I want to track it this year, decided on a starter simulator. F1 23. Made me love the race, feelings of my former ski racing resurfacing. Learning about how complicated “actual driving” is.
These guys are amazing human beings, extrodinary if you will. Amazing evolution and I SEEAM OF ATTENDING AN F1 EVENT! Abu Dhabi would me my choice. But Montreal is most likely as I’m Canadian.
Thank you for making these videos there great!!!!!
Well after only a few seconds, we know how this is going to play out, HEAVILY BIASED TOWARDS LEWIS HAMILTON!!! I wasn't aware that Michael Masi was able to HAND the title over to anyone, and he did??? I thought Max passed Lewis on the race track to become the champion, oh that's right, he did 😂😂😂. Max won fairly because the championship should of been over before the last race, with Lewis hitting Max and sending him into the wall at 185mph and stopping Max from winning any points, while Lewis won the league race and claimed 25points. If Lewis hadn't of put Max out and still won the race, Max would of finished at the the very least 2nd and won 18 points, which would of been enough for Max to still win the title by finishing 2nd in the last race, which he was going to before the safety car. The main reason the points were even level before the final race was because Lewis had a BRAND NEW ENGINE for the final 5 races that was blowing everyone away because it had zero mileage on it. Here's the thing, when Lewis took Max out of the British GP, he didn't just gain 25points over Max, but Max lost that engine due to the massive damage caused in such a massive crash. So, at the start of the season, everyone has an allocation of 3 engines per season. Meaning that each engine has to last for 7 races and 1 engine has to do 8 races, but because Max lost that engine at Silverstone, he had only 2 engines that had to 11 races instead of 7. Now anyone with even the littlest of knowledge of formula one, knows that every time an engine races, it loses horsepower. When your engine has done 1,000 miles more than your NEW ENGINE, then it basically doesn't stand much of a chance, if any, of beating the new engine. Which was shown in the last 6 races where upto that point, Lewis had only won 5 races to Max's 9, almost double, which would of been if Lewis hadn't took Max out at Silverstone. Those last 6 races, Lewis got pole position at the USA GP, something he hadn't done since the Hungarian GP, which was 9 races ago. Now Max won that race, but it clear to see the impact of the "ROCKET ENGINE" as the Mercedes team referred to it, and obviously the more mileage that went onto Max's engine, the slower it became. Now in them last 5 races, where Lewis had only 5 wins in 18 races, all of sudden he won 3 races in a row and if not for a safety car, would of won the last 4 races. So not did Lewis deprive Max of scoring between 18-25 points in Silverstone, but compromised the rest of Max's season with taking 1 of his 3 engines out of the rest of the season. What always makes me laugh like crazy, is these simple single minded people who don't take anything into consideration except for the last lap of the last race 😂😂, which Max overtook Lewis on the track like he was supposed to, because Red Bull gambled with Max and brought him into put fresh soft tyres at the pitstop for when the race restarted. Mercedes made the wrong decision, and you could hear Lewis saying on radio that they should of came in for a pitstop too, but his engineer said to him that they thought that track position was the best strategy. They got it wrong, and Red Bulls gamble paid off, but to say Michael Masi gave Max the title is just absolutely plain stupid. Here's a side note-Mercedes cars hit Max 3 times and caused him 3 podiums where in 2 of the races Max would of finished NO LOWER THAN 2ND OR WOULD HAVE WON THE RACES! That's a minimum of 40 points and a maximum of 54 points lost because of a Mercedes car hitting him, and only in 1 of them 3 races did Lewis not score any points. So winning more races than Lewis doesn't warrant him being a worthy champion??? Are you seriously suggesting that??? The title would have been won far earlier than the last race had Max not of lost so many points by being hit badly both Mercedes cars and either had serious damage that say him finish only 8th when Bottas wiped Max out at Spa, i think, and the other 2 times was when Lewis hit Max and sent him into the wall at 185mph and Lewis went on to win, and at Monza where both of them didn't get any points, but if you add the points that Max lost by being hit by the 2 Mercedes cars, he would of been champion before the last race. Also to say Max was handed the title from the stewards, go back and Google it and see just who the stewards were showing the more favouritism too throughout the season, my god Lewis got away with 10 maybe 20 times as much. Max was getting penalised for far more than Lewis, and even when they did the exact same thing, Max would get a penalty and Lewis wouldn't. Full stop, the END! Now just bloody deal with it
Not gonna read all this but the part leading up to the engine and the 11 races made sense. No hate AMG a snake
You need therapy mate.
This is the best break down of the 2021 title race… my British dad was in total denial about max being the rightful champion…Lewis should have been black flagged for his shumacheresque kamikaze maneuver in copse because he knew based off the previous days sprint race that if max was safely infront after the first lap or two that he was going to walk away with a comfortable victory and another 7 point increase to his championship advantage which would have been well over an entire race wins worth of points… knowing that he deliberately made a move that was never going to end with both of them unharmed and being on the inside of maxes rear wheels he knew if there was certain contact worst case scenario they both would dnf therefore Max’s points advantage wouldn’t increase further or best case only max would dnf and he would have minor damage and home cooked stewarding decisions to allow him to continue to race on when if it had been anyone else they would have been black flagged and even with a small time penalty he would worst case get a podium and possibly a win instantly wiping out Max’s hard earned nearly 30 point championship lead going into the race
@@johnellis53 you have brain damage
Max = So let's all pretend that I 1 and let's move on 😂
This 2012, 2010 and 2008 were the best seasons I’ve ever watched
i still watch this and still get goosebumps
For people saying the 2021 WDC was illegal and the results should be fair, it would be fun to invalidate the results of Abu Dhabi race which will still proclaims Max as Champion (based on Most Wins).... Deleting Abu Dhabi results would be the most fair outcome based on the events in the final laps of that race but Lulu Fans would revolt against that too coz he would lose out on the championship for good. This would pave path for Crashgate to be invalidated too lol making Hamilton a 6 times WDC Instead of 8times WDC that all the DTS Lulu fans wanted...
Why should AD be deleted when Hamilton won it per the actual regulations?
so much hatred just be happy and spread positivity
Lewis Hamilton: Lightning McQueen
Max Verstappen: Jackson Storm
So much Hamilton bias, not one single mention about the overpowered engine for the last four races of the season, no mention to Mercedes' disasterclass in Monaco (Ver 1st, Ham 7th), and surprisingly no mention at all about the Baku race.
A race where Verstappen retired by a tyre failure and everything seems to align into Hamilton's favour.
Though in a humiliating ridiculous error, Hamilton threw away an easy win though the "Magic Button Incident".
That race haunts Hamilton's fanbase till this day, as it exemplifies how he crumbled under pressure and how much this rivalry hurt him mentally-wise.
Baku 2021 means for Hamilton the same as Hockenhein 2018 means for Sebastian Vettel.
The moment everything changed.
It doesn't matter how much his fans try to bury this under a rock, we will always bring it to light until the "#robbed" crying babies stop kidding themselves and accept the truth.
"MAX VERSTAPPEN, FOR THE FIRST TIME, IS CHAMPION OF THE WORLD!"
David Croft, December 12th, 2021.
wrongggg masi broke the rules and gifted max a wdc they say so themselves moron
Change your title in the last decade. That is not the most brutal rivalry.
It was a wonderful year and a great last race.
Mate, the mercedes rear wing in the brazil was illegal, you can see the movement of the rear wing when lewis had DRS.
Well I guess there's no doubt as to who the author of the video supported lol #blessed
i honestly dont understand how normal ppl can justify max driving-style in any way... idc who wins or not but this is clearly unfair, unsportsman-like and against a lot of rules. VAMOS CARLOS
Ur description of that Silverstone crash is embarrassing
I am a general F1 fan, not particularly a team or driver's fan but as a Dutchman I really enjoyed that season. Max and Lewis were fantastic. I never favored any driver more than the other. But both drivers made some mistakes. The one from Lewis pushing Max into the wall was odd, because with Max he pushed his car wide, making him touch Max's back wheel, but on other laps and in previous years, he stuck to his line, which made me think it was not an "Accident". Same for Max taking out Lewis on Monza. That was Max's fault for trying to stick it in when there was no room at all. On Singapore, Max tried to let Lewis pass whilst sticking close to the racing line, BUT, Lewis had enough room to pass, but instead drove into the back of the Red Bull. Also, MOST calls, I'm NOT saying all calls, but MOST calls from the stewards were AGAINST Max, favoring Lewis MOST of the time. I think Masi tried to favor Max in the last race. I think he wanted to make it up to Max and Red Bull or something for the kind of favoritism from the entire season and getting a final crucial racing lap is good for the sports recognision. All-in-all, this was my favorite F1 season so far. Both drivers deserved the Chip, but unfortunately only 1 driver can win it...
The only reason Hamilton was able to win the championship in the last race, is because he pushed Max in the wall on Silverstone. But he still claims he was cheated out of the win.
YOUR FORGETTING SOMETHING MAX WOULDN'T OF HAD A CHANCE IN THE FIRST PLACE IN 2021 WHEN THE FIA CHANGED THE RULE ON THE FLOORS THAT SLOWED DOWN MERCEDES AND HELPED REDBULL OTHER THAN THAT MAX WAS NEVER GOING TO BEAT THE W11 THE BEST CAR IN F1S HISTORY SO PEOPLE SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT
Or in Bahrein where verstappen tire exploded.. Hamilton could grab an easy win... but failed to turn left in the restart. That was 25 points... gone
@@philliptiestopl1511 Stop shouting lulu
max turned in. lewis was alongside him going into the corner. argue with a fucking wall
Haha what about max in imola
I watched every race in the 2021 season. I was hooked. Abu Dhabi was one of the most thrilling races I've ever seen. Great racing on both champions!
Looking back at this season, 2021 felt like a passing of the torch going into the new regulations in 2022. The torch of Hamilton's domination being passed to Verstappen's domination in 2022 onwards.
Funny thing was that in the middle of 2021 I called it and said that Red bull was going to become the dominant force in F1 (specifically Verstappen) from 2022 onwards and everyone thought I was high of my mind and said that was never gonna happen. Well it's 2023 and here we are. I really should have put money on that.
@@BC_W same here but in 2019/2020. Saw it coming
@@laurenedney7 Yeah I remember for year people saying that Lewis was faster than Max and thinking that in the Mercedes Max would be right there if not beating Lewis, 2 goats for sure and 1 epic passing of the torch in the least accepting way possible.
There was no “conundrum” with the safety cars. Common practice is that “ALL” lapped cars must unlap themselves.
a very biased video towards hamilton, but an insane season, shame i didn't follow F1 in 2021.
Man now we understand that we should be grateful for 2021. That excitement was legendary waiting for every race week and making up scenarios in your head that what if max finishes 3rd or maybe lewis finishes 1st. Truly a great year not only for the sport but for all the fans
Max could have given more room for sure but it was 90% on Hamilton at Silverstone, that was Max's victory and it would've made the final race mean a lot less.
I love that many cuts are like moving from one short to another
That silverstone incident alone makes me think max deserved the 2021 wdc. It was disgusting behavior by lewis.
What did Lewis even do? Max literally cut across him. He could have token a wider line, like he did with Raikkonen in 2018 Silverstone. Same corner. Different outcome. He was just desperate and paid the price for it.
Mental that after all their battles, they went into the final race of the season exactly as they did the first.
The imola crash was TERRIFYING, but max being sent into a wall at 51G's is just a minor incident?
You didn't even bother to say that max was thankfully unhurt.
Putting the Silverstone crash on max 🤣