As a McLaren fan, I must say you are right: we can't pretend that they are a midfield team anymore, they are a front runner. I don't want McLaren to become like what Mercedes and Ferrari were some years ago when they were winning: top tier cars but a mess operationally, especially Ferrari. Also, I think Lando is one of the best drivers on the grid, but he needs to find that final edge and killer instinct to beat Max on a consistent basis.
also i think in terms of strategy we are still very reactive vs proactive, which is the difference between an experienced pitwall vs one learning to be a front runner
Agree almost entirely except imo they’re not entirely a front runner team just yet despite beating the mighty works merc team and bissing all over the chasis pu integration advantages of all works teams, it’s still to be developed a bit to be on par in terms of resources with their counterparts, right now mclaren is 4th team in terms of resources,despite new WT, they still lack resources and key headcount,pitwall,strat n management & other key areas.. so its more absolute bonkers and a headspinner for all other teams how theyre able to put together such a cohesive and be so consistent in the development race ,with successful correlations on trick w their plans n upgrades,with fewer people and no works team advantages. it’s underestimated the job andrea stella is doing and with the current progress mclaren despite the new regs in 26being around the pu’s and key for having works deals, should be the clear contender with fuckall pace gap or the outright benchmark atleast . There is no way around it, i sus the 26regs will bring a three way title battle , with mclaren as guarantee contender and two other unclears. I dun bring merc in despite all the regs and toto selling the 26dreams, merc has had too many people leaving and coming, its going to take time and need to restructure in some areas before they can work efficiently, whereas almost any other team apart from redbull and alpine is structured so they’re not having people come and go every a week of so. The promise of closer racing will probably be true w this regs but this comes at a cost of no going back and increasing shift towards indy like setup with technical limitations in regs and their agenda of sustainability.. i just wish to see lewis or Fernando in a title battle against whoever theyre pitted against or both of them battle for the title to mark the absolute peak of f1 for good. Imagine really, no lewis or fernando past 28… thats 1/5th viewership right there
@@veemr4877 for sure, think they lost it more as a team then lando himself alone in the first corner. Will leave out that he had wheelspin but that's also setting up your car (aka team game), They could have pit him early on the mediums to softs to try an undercut. Why did he not have a fresh set of softs like max in the last stint? All those little things are the difference between a win and be second.
to he honest, i think mclaren messed up because they usually have a bad start and this year, they started with the fourth fastest car but now have the 2nd fastest car
I have known how good he was since he was karting (my brother used to kart in the series above him, when Max was only 6 or 7 and he was already beating teens), so I knew he was going to be the WDC before he even got in to F1. But I am surprised how gen. pop. never put proper respect on how good he is, no matter the machinery.
The guy just doesn’t really make mistakes on his own, he’s an absolute machine. Sure he’ll have the occasional run wide. But that’s usually when he has a lead already and is just putting off. If we had a tire that didn’t need to be managed so much, I think we would see even less mistakes
If you want to compare experience, this is Lando's 6th season, finally has the quickest car, Max whenever he had the quickest car in his 5th 6th season, never missed a shot or barely missed
I think Max Verstappen is an absolute monster! He is easily the best driver in terms of speed and consistency! There are people who want to diminish it all down to the car but then! Why was Checo in the other RB20 fighting the Alpines!?!
@marcoslugo6132 Max also had a car capable of picking up the odd win every season. I love Max I'm just stating the obvious. Ricciardo was also winning Grand Prix from 2016-2018 when he left. Red Bull were also by a country mile the second best on the grid in 2020, and we saw what happened in 2021. McLaren were probably similar to that position in 2021 themselves where they could pick up the odd win, as they did in Monza, and almost in Sochi. But Lando is far from what Max has had
I think RB operation has a lot of involvement; they know how to wins since Vettel era; they know how to fight in the championship. Christian Horner knows what it needs to create champion winning team, it is something that McLaren team need to figure out.
I can't understand why people will flame George for making mistakes and "bottling" the win when he doesn't have the fastest car but praise Lando when he has the faster car and gets p2. The way Aldas talked about George in the last video you would think he would at least acknowledge that this is the the second race, Imola being the first, where Lando should have gotten the win but did not. The difference is George went overboard fighting for what could be his only win while Lando couldn't make good of having pole and the fastest car.
I dont know why everyone is acting like that car is any better than the Red Bull. Its remarkable to me that both Max and Lando get the most out of their cars every weekend and Max has been the top scorer all season long, yet people insist the McLaren's better? Just bcs Lando was closer? Are you guys ok? Lando is absolutely wiping Piastri this season and has been heads shoulders knees and toes above him, yet people just claim its the car being the fastest. Lando is getting the same disrespect of "he has the fastest car" that Max in 2022 and 2023. The double standards in the F1 community are ridiculous.
Norris has ten second places since Silverstone last year and is destroying his teammate who was supposed to be the second coming. Russell is not scoring second places and he's barely able to beat the aging driver he was hired to more or less replace. Russell has thrown away several podiums and good points scores all by himself, if he really can at all. Norris has not cost himself actual points finishes with his mistakes like Russell's have. Just because they both make "mistakes," it doesn't mean those mistakes are anything similar to each other, nor are they costing the same types of results.
@@bill4665 He said the car was faster and it was in clean air. But Lando was unable to overtake George and lost the win. Simple as that. Had he kept the lead into turn 1 he would have been right in the mix if not cleared Max.
@@F1jones What chance has Russell had for podium except Canada? And that weekend he converted to a podium even ig his mistakes cost him the win. Yes George was poor last season but that's no excuse for Lando form. He has to step up and stopped saying "I should have gotten the win".
It probebly has alot to do with how likable Lando is compaired to George. George gets a lot more hate from fans then Lando. Its stupid, Lando messed up the start and couldent recover from it.
For the first time in 2years when max is most deserving dotd they do him dirty pitching in lando w a pole to p3 start and pole to 2nd in the benchmark. I hold the opinion the pr they have is so effective this might happen again next weekend
Literally zhou and logan deserved more even with top 10+finish because zhou finally finished under 15th and logan finished the race… both of these events hold more significance than lando dropping the ball only to rob dotd of thd worthy driver
Lando truly showcased his showmanship, delivering an entertaining race that kept us on the edge of their seats. Had he started in P1 and simply maintained his lead over Max Verstappen, the race might have devolved into a routine affair, punctuated only by some midfield overtakes. However, it was Lando’s bold pit strategy and his thrilling half-lap duel with George Russell that injected excitement into the race. Watching him gradually close the gap to Max was a testament to his skill and determination, making the race anything but boring. If Lando had won from pole, it might have seemed less remarkable, and he might not have even been voted Driver of the Day. Instead, his dynamic performance and daring tactics ensured that he was the star of the show.
I just feel like Lando has a lot of pressure on him. The pressure comes from himself, the team, and the fans. And him not being used to handling p1 at the start of a race.
So we're just to ignore the fact that Max's start was compromised by the grass? Lando is a great driver, but the pedestal you guys are putting him on is ridiculous.
Fr. People make excuses for Lando all the time and give him the benefit of the doubt but if that was Max or any driver who's easier to hate online there would be rampage. The bias is insane and should not be considered as facts.
I don’t know why Norris getting Driver Of The Day rubs me the wrong way so much since it‘s obviously not worth anything relevant with the way it‘s determined…but are people that blind to see that there was no one else to blame but Norris for McLaren not taking home the win? I don‘t expect anyone to vote Verstappen because I get that the majority of people who just enjoy F1 on more of a casual level just see him winning and think it‘s boring but there were so many drivers that deserved some love, especially Hamilton imo who had his best weekend of the season or Russell who gave us a great show defending against Norris…or give it to Gasly because he dragged that Alpine into the points for the third time in a row now, there are more drivers legitimately up for that vote than Norris for gods sake😂
Yeah you guys are right Better to just get rid of it then or rename it to fan-favourite of the day or something😂 I mean Formula E even gave the winner of that extra power for a time so why not It was fun while it actually was quite decent though, I feel like in 2021 and 2022 especially it actually meant something…and you could vote Räikkönen in his last race as a tribute or vote Mazepin for fun, made two cool community projects
Lewis getting the driver of the day for finishing exactly where he started and only one place ahead of his team mate would have been weird, George didn't deserve it either as he was stupid to waste his tyres to fight Lando. As with Gasly, I think he simply finished where was excpected, that Alpine isn't as much of a tractor it was at the start of the season.
@@Aldas001 I think people are looking at it the wrong way. The question is "who was YOUR driver of the day" not "who was the BEST driver today" it a question posed by a company "F1" its more of a product review, who do you want to see more of. The question means which driver entertained you the most today. If you go back and look at previous winners they often are not the race winners but those who made the most overtakes, most spectacular overtakes or who caused the most excitement, even sometimes going to someone who caused a safety car in a dull race.
@@lejamesbron4055 He is sitting second in the championship or do you choose to ignore the reality. He is doing to Oscar what he did to Danni. In the words of Marko he is the only younger driver with the talent to go up against Max. I think Max would not agree with you.
@@bjs7442 he's 2nd because he's in the fastest car. Max was leading a championship in the 2nd fastest car in 2021. Lando SHOULD score big points because he is in the fastest car while Max in the fastest car created a huge gap and won the driver's and constructor's championship on his own in 2023. Max and Lando may be friends but they are not in the same league.
I completely agree with this take. Lando has always been a really strong driver and good when it counts, but he still needs to work on that element of coping with the pressure that comes with going for wins every race. I think he performed really well in Spain, but it was that one mistake at the start that cost him the win. It's good that he has realistic expectations and is hard on himself because he knows what he needs to do to get to that level that Max is at, but it will come with time fighting at the front this season and I think prepare him really well for 25.
Piastri fell back behind a bit this week but I do think McLaren is the best team all around. Not just best car but also the pair of drivers with the best synergy. Still compared to Verstappen's raw talent they need to step it up if they want to win instead of just challenge Red Bull.
Norris and Piastri have different driving styles, and Piastri engineers couldn’t get the car setup right for Piastri at the Barcelona track. Piastri's qualifying pace has been close to Norris since Miami. McLaren still has work to do to close the gap to Red Bull.
I am still unsure if Lando is a future champion-level driver or a David Coulthard kind of competitor. (Nobody is happy to race against you, because you have the skill to win any race when everything falls in place, but not consistently brilliant to win championships.)
Norris still feels like a newer Ricciardo in my eyes. I believe that Russell can do a better job in such a competitive car, but he had less opportunities than Lando.
@@viniciusbraga9881idk I feel he’s better than a old Ricardo tbh He’s putting that McLaren in places that I would never expect and had some incredible pace since 2021, I’d say it’s as good if not better than ric as lando is beating teamates comfortably while also showing a lot of promise that he can improve, how much he can improve idk. But in my eyes he’s like jenson button.
@@VirkStar321 I'm comparing Lando to prime Ricciardo, he used to be fast and a race winner at best. Lando looks like a driver able to win a race here or there, but he isn't championship material. I'm yet to see him beating Max on a wheel-to-wheel battle and winning a championship is much harder than winning a race, specially if it's against Max.
Norris has had the quickest car on race days for multiple weekends and only has one pole and win to show for it. This has clearly shown us that Norris cannot compete with Max even when his car is quicker. Only Charles and Lewis can challenge Max in the championship fight consistently
Not sure about Charles either tbh He has incredible one lap pace but is quite inconsistent in finishing races and pace. And Lewis doesn’t look as strong even last season when he was good I felt he was missing something but idk what. I think he doesn’t race max hard enough I think so although Lewis can compete on pace with max, it’s just that aggressive racing limits that max has gives him the edge.
@@VirkStar321 In 22’ & 24’ showed Charles competing with Max/RB first few rounds when the cars were equal. Charles loses out mid season because Ferrari cannot develop the car, we saw it last year when we were 2nd fastest only for mclaren to overtake and we’re seeing it right with mercedes looking stronger. It has nothing to do with Leclerc race pace, his tyre management is strong.
pretty much spot on, i’d just add one thing - as per mark hughes, red bull are generally quicker at the start of a race stint whilst mclaren are quicker towards the end of the stint (imola, canada). so that’s why max had the pace delta to overtake russell initially (0.8-1s advantage) whilst norris didn’t and could only go for the offset strategy
I will say that it's not only that some still dont see Mclaren as front runners to why Lando got DOTD. It's also (no offense to Lando) the fact that Lando has a fanbase now that is argubly as extreme and obsessive as Lewis' fanbase for example
@@Rowan66109 Part of Landos fanbase is 100% getting there, and it's sad to see. Lando seems to be one of those drivers who like Lewis gets hate because of his fanbase
It's hard to compare two cars that have different engine suppliers (RB & McLaren). However , it's mad to think that a Merc engine customer team, in McLaren, is consistently outperforming Mercedes every race. I can understand partly why some people brand Lando as overrated, and yes I also think it's ridiculous that he got Driver of The Day, but THIS YEAR he's really stepped it up and outperforming the other Brits (apart from Ollie Bearman).
they really think what verstappen did until now is just car even though he proved them wrong again and again. sure, realistically you wouldn't be able to win with slow car but when the car is somewhat still on the same level, he just prove that he is the better driver
Max always pushed it and knows his agenda and perform the best that he can no matter if the car was decent or godly like last season. Lando finally has a fast/decent car but Lando was a bit “whatever” mentality in his first 5 years until now. He has to understand and has to be consistent and McLaren also needs to find a “winning” mentality and figure out what they have to do.
I disagree that Lando lost the win because he did not manage to overtake George immediately. Had he passed the race would have been of course different but even so, he seemed to have enough pace to get at least closer to Max. The strategy was simply unorthodox and McLaren just didn't believe they could have won on pure pace and not via strategy. When Max entered the pits for the second time the difference between him and Lando was 4 sec. McLaren should have pulled Lando in immediately after a final push lap and give him the chance to fight. Instead they tried to repeat what they did with the 1st and 2nd stint which could never work. There was not enough time. McLaren should have acted like a frontrunner and not try to pull rabbits out of their hats.
@@ritabuba4831 if you are referring to telling his engineer to go after Max, yes. That is what I am saying. His engineer having the full picture should have been assertive and call the shots.
With the Pirelli’s being a tire that really doesn’t promote racing, it really does show that any small mistake, even if you have the fastest car on track can make a big impact on the end result of a race
I think the most impressive thing about McLaren and Lando, is that Lando is only 24. Lando still has 2/3 years of youth and inexperience behind Max, Charles, George, etc. This means he's gonna have 2/3 more years of genuine experience (if McLaren can hold this level of performance) by the time he reaches their ages. I think this has been the main factor holding Lando back really. He never got a race winning car. Charles got one in his 2nd year, Max got on in his 2nd season. So seeing Lando get a chance to grow into this role, fighting and learning from the best drivers who have a slight edge of experience on him, will benefit him when he gets to their stage of his career, the same why driving with Seb improved Charles, or battling Lewis improved Max.
@@Fontanat Ah yes, the Mercedes and Ferrari Academy drivers are going to steal an F1 race winner's (who can go toe-2-toe with Verstappen) seat at MCLAREN. Get a grip.
Max is in that lewis phase of 2018 where ferrari was faster. He is in his absolute prime. Can grind out results and pole laps out of the bag. Lando is nowhere near beating max, among the younger drivers only leclerc can snatch the odd win from max. I think it just comes from not having a teammate(unlike max with dr,lec with vettel, george with lewis) who kept him honest but he will learn from trting to hunt max down.
This is nothing like 2018. In 2018, Ferrari started the season as the quickest car so Lewis was up against it. This year, the RB was a rocketship up until 3 races ago.
If the quickest car deserved victories, Leclerc would already have a DWC. Lando sounds like fan, not a professional driver. You need a well oiled team to win, ML is not yet there, but fear they will get there.
Don't think it really delivered, but not because it wasn't good as far as Barcelona can be, just that there is very little direct battling during the race. People either overtake on the straight or they don't.
It's interesting to see all this progress from mclaren, last few races got me wondering a lot about verstappen, and lando rivalry. I mean their friends, and now they're in cars that trade blows. I don't know but i kinda feel evil for wanting those two to battle it out. Im sure drive to survive will milk that from what ive heard about them.
I do think McLaren delayed both pit stops by several laps. The undercut was powerful for McLaren which is so gentle on its tyres so they should have jumped on the pitstop as soon as they could have.
The inner hopes for Ferrari also to close the Gap even more for a 3 way battle, and even the Mercs closing in will be an icing on the cake and a treat for next 1.5 years
maybe cause McLaren doesn't actually have the fastest car? it's just all the mouthbreather MV0 fans who are trying to hype up Max because they know he's a paper champion that's never actually been tested. He's just Vettel 2.0. Guy in a dominant Newey Rocket who will get found out when he finally gets a fast teammate who's allowed to race him.
The second thing that lost Lando the race was, after tye 3,6s pitstop, that fight with Russell, where he probably lost alot of seconds as they went back and fourth
I feel like saying you had the better car and should've won almost discredits Max. To beat Red Bull, you don't need your car to be equal, you ned it be better than the RB20. Even with then, Max still has an edge. I think Lando needs to focus on himself, focus on how to be better and winning and not on Max. Lando is a great driver but ge's letting what others say get to his head, i think. But we'll see how thi gs pan out
I’m not even a lando fan but I’m seriously NOT GETTING the hate he’s receiving after that race. He messed up ONCE all weekend which was the start and the tyres were not good enough to overtake an improved Mercedes so if was always going to be difficult but verstappen didn’t get boxed in at turn 1 so he was able to get past in the opening laps. But as soon as Russell got out the way Lando was easily quicker unlike piastri who was fumbling around in 8th. Lando also lost multiple seconds because of Russell and his team and he would’ve gotten easily gotten verstappen. He was quickest all race and better than Verstappen for me and whilst it was a costly mistake, it was the only one all weekend so I think he just got lucky.
Lando fans will somehow get him DOTD even if he finishes behind Max every single race with a faster car. He gets too much attention and if he doesn't start to challenge Max soon then it will be obvious he doesn't deserve a car this good and belongs with a car that can get podiums at times. I'm not saying this is the case but if he keeps messing up like this then it's just true. He has bottled all his win chances even in Miami he bottled all his chances with a bad quali but coincidentally the SC came out at the right time for him. He isn't winning anymore because every thing doesn't go his way
Piggybacking off what you said about Lewis and his 17 second gap, Lewis also said himself that even if he had a great start that he wouldn’t have been able to keep up
It’s good to see Verstappen have to work for it and further prove his worth, but if Norris had won Miami then Imola then 2nd at Monaco then winning again in Canada and Spain we’d be on for such a banger. McLaren with Norris seem to have the better pace the longer they go into a stint, I do wonder what a one stop would’ve looked like for Norris. Might still have lost but they’d have learned more from it
I mean a lot of the fans now never saw McLaren as the power house that they were in the 2000s and earlier. Having said that, I think last year has made us appreciate just a sniff of competition.
I'm not fooled by the close qualifying battles because one only has to look at years like 2019...where Ferrari were arguably the quickest on Saturdays, took many poles, yet other than the odd race, Merc was still the class of the field on Sunday. Merc were still the dominant force, overall. Looking at 2024 so far, RB have had a significant race pace advantage (finishing races 30s, 20s, 10s etc ahead) until 3 races ago (Monaco). I'm gonna ignore Australia and Miami because those races were won by Ferrari and McLaren not due to a RB lack of pace, but because of technical issues for RB (Australia) and a mistake by Max in Miami. So that leaves the last 3 races where "seemingly" the pack has closed at the top. Let's look at Canada, for instance. George needed a tow to outqualify Max and even when Max's got outqualified, Max was able to pull a decent gap pretty quickly once he passed George in the race. That to me indicates Max had the quickest car in race trim. So, if we are all honest with ourselves, Max has had the quickest car in every race so far, bar maybe Spain and Monaco. He lost in Monaco. But even in Spain, the RB was probably just about equal with the McLaren. So all this talk about RB not being the quickest car is wrong. Overall, it's been the best car by far, more often than not.
These new "stars" like Lando, Lecrerc, Rusell they are not at the level of Max. They cannot win him if the cara are similar. The only ones who can pose a threat to him are 2 old men one going to Ferrari and the other trying his luck in 2026 in Aston-Honda ( dont think that project will workou out but we will see)
There might not be a drivers title fight, but if Checo keeps performing like that, we still have a small chance of a fight for the constructures title towards the end of the season.
gameofender4463 I agree with you but it seems like George is either spectacular or misses out on critical moments, on his day he can but to me he lacks a little consistency
yeah fair point people are so harsh with him sometimes like he was a multiple WDC when he’s had a race winning car in only like 2 races in his career and finished ahead of his teammate both of these times 🤦♂️
At Italy Lando was definitely quicker but in Spain i dont think so. Yeah on fresher tires he obviously was but if you heard near the end of the race Maxs engineer told him to put it in "strat 10" so he wasnt even in full power most of the race. Hes also very good at backing off saving his car and timing it perfectly that he wont be caught at the end. Now if Lando was in 1st i dont think Max could have passed him its very close now.
I hope this superior McLaren performance makes it clearer to people how Max makes the difference every weekend. In 22, when Ferrari had a better package at the start of the season, Max still won most races. And that's the case today: Red Bull does not have an RB19 anymore, the other teams are close, and you can see that in Checo's results. He's the last of the four teams, simply because his delta to Max has been filled with McLaren, Ferrari, and now, Mercedes. For me, it's clear that Red Bull will lose the constructors's title, not because McLaren will be 2nd and 3rd every weekend, but because Checo will be P8 consistently. Speaking of Lando, I honestly think he's not that good yet, same as Charles, or George, or Carlos, or even Oscar Piastri. These guys are absurdly fast, but not as complete and mature as Max is right now. Only Lewis and Fernando would be able to challenge Max throughout an entire season, and that's why 2024 will be like 2019: Other teams might win a race or two, but at the end, we know who will prevail. We have 14 races left, and if we maintain this performance between the cars, I'd be surprised if Lando ends up winning more than 2 of them. There's something I think most people are not taking into consideration: We haven't seen Max fight on track for YEARS now. Even if Lando catches up and tries to make a move, it's still a move against Max Verstappen.
Tell me where Lando went wrong; other than his start I don't see what he did wrong. If anything McLaren operationally let him down with the timing of when they pitted him
It’s hard to beat max as he is clearly in another league to all the other drivers in f1 and it’s hard to beat Red Bull because they are the gold standard operationally
Was McLaren the fastest car at the Spanish GP? No. Norris got a great qualifying time to get the pole. Red Bull and McLaren are probably evenly matched now, but McLaren is not the dominant car like Red Bull in 2023. McLaren seemed to struggle all weekend with setting up Piastri's car. Norris and Piastri have different driving styles. The car worked well for Norris's driving style at the Spanish GP but not so much for Piastri. McLaren still has work to do.
@@marcoslugo6132even when your engineer tells you to push, you don’t set quali laps. You still have to manage your tires or else you’re going to be caught out with no grip with no opportunity to pit.
Looking good against your rookie teammate in a car nobody's expecting to win (like Lando v Oscar or George v Nicholas) is one thing but going out there and taking the fight to the best in the business, now, that is a whole different ballgame (a game which requires balls, BIG BALLS).
George lacks a bit of Cool, Lando just wants to have fun but both are phenomenal... I can see George second guessing everything, every time, while Lando will just go for the first thing that comes to mind and "sounds" right... with a vengeance... Natural?? more than George I think... with the right car either can be World Champion... Personal preference? tired of Mercedes... sorry George... I'll go for Lando and McLaren's resurgence any day...
McLaren bottled so many qualis, since china there has been zero weekend been maximized, even Miami was a very lucky video considering he had to overtake 5 drivers for win without SC. Lando is simply not a great driver. Oscar issues are simple, he had a front end parts broken in Quali which was replaced in perc farme and then held the race together with a issue with PU
Frustrating that Merc resurgence is actually getting in the way of Norris and McLaren, and less so Leclerc and Ferrari, from fighting Verstappen and Redbull. Russell will put in amazing work to lead a race and then it won’t last but seems to then favour Verstappen. If Merc were still 4th fastest we’d have bigger battles. But having Hamilton continue his podium in every season streak is great to see
I mean what is Ferrari doing? They worked extremely hard to make a good car over the winter and mercedes just surpass it with just a good upgrade? Highly disappointing. Charles was doing very well to keep close to Max in the championship but it all ended in Canada
@@greenfj1466 well, Merc isn't that bad if you look at 2023, they were still p2 in the WCC, and the fact that they still got the best PU (arguably better than Honda's), they just messed up the aero with that weird looking front wing that they thought would work (apparently, it didn't), now that Merc has seemed to nail the aero (at least get rid of zeropod and weird front wing) with their PU, it is no stranger thing they will be better than Fer, just look at Mclaren when they have good aero and Merc's PU, Ferrari on the other hand, made a decent car but doesn't really stand out at any aspect, decent aero decent PU and that's just it, the car reaches its ceiling of development and couldn't be upgraded more, i don't think that the curent Fer is worse than that at the start of the season, Merc is just better but they screwed up, now they don't
Mumtalakat Racing is lacking the consistency to challenge Red Bull Racing... and whether their driver lineup is really up to the task is debatable. And yes, "Driver of the Day" after such a blunder is filarious. 🤣
It’s Max and RedBull on an operational level that make that difference. Lando and McLaren still have ironing out to do but based on everything we’ve seen it’s safe to say that Lando is Max’s next challenger he just needs to iron out these slight mistakes and McLaren need to stop making 3.6 sec pit stops. They need to accept that they are in the hunt and raise their game.
Not really, as a Lando fan I am a little bit biased but I also would not call him WDC Material. He is one of the best drivers on the grid ( Only Verstappen, Alonso and Leclerc are better) but I honestly agree that if he wants to become WDC he would definitly need a superior car like the Mercedes or the Red Bull in the past. Btw Piastri is more overhyped tbh, some people were calling him WDC material while he gets outperformed by Lando and can not improve on his bad tyre Management.
@@gameofender4463 Hamilton in his Prime definitly but right now he is worse than Russell. I would accept putting Russell in the list but Hamilton is right now not the better driver compared to Norris.
Its fine that mclaren should be criteised. But if thats the fact so schould merc. They failed to win in Canada when they had the fastest car. They only Got a p3 and p4.
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As a McLaren fan, I must say you are right: we can't pretend that they are a midfield team anymore, they are a front runner. I don't want McLaren to become like what Mercedes and Ferrari were some years ago when they were winning: top tier cars but a mess operationally, especially Ferrari. Also, I think Lando is one of the best drivers on the grid, but he needs to find that final edge and killer instinct to beat Max on a consistent basis.
also i think in terms of strategy we are still very reactive vs proactive, which is the difference between an experienced pitwall vs one learning to be a front runner
Agree almost entirely except imo they’re not entirely a front runner team just yet despite beating the mighty works merc team and bissing all over the chasis pu integration advantages of all works teams, it’s still to be developed a bit to be on par in terms of resources with their counterparts, right now mclaren is 4th team in terms of resources,despite new WT, they still lack resources and key headcount,pitwall,strat n management & other key areas.. so its more absolute bonkers and a headspinner for all other teams how theyre able to put together such a cohesive and be so consistent in the development race ,with successful correlations on trick w their plans n upgrades,with fewer people and no works team advantages.
it’s underestimated the job andrea stella is doing and with the current progress mclaren despite the new regs in 26being around the pu’s and key for having works deals, should be the clear contender with fuckall pace gap or the outright benchmark atleast . There is no way around it, i sus the 26regs will bring a three way title battle , with mclaren as guarantee contender and two other unclears. I dun bring merc in despite all the regs and toto selling the 26dreams, merc has had too many people leaving and coming, its going to take time and need to restructure in some areas before they can work efficiently, whereas almost any other team apart from redbull and alpine is structured so they’re not having people come and go every a week of so. The promise of closer racing will probably be true w this regs but this comes at a cost of no going back and increasing shift towards indy like setup with technical limitations in regs and their agenda of sustainability.. i just wish to see lewis or Fernando in a title battle against whoever theyre pitted against or both of them battle for the title to mark the absolute peak of f1 for good. Imagine really, no lewis or fernando past 28… thats 1/5th viewership right there
@@veemr4877 for sure, think they lost it more as a team then lando himself alone in the first corner. Will leave out that he had wheelspin but that's also setting up your car (aka team game), They could have pit him early on the mediums to softs to try an undercut. Why did he not have a fresh set of softs like max in the last stint? All those little things are the difference between a win and be second.
It'll come with experience. Max wasn't exactly the best at that until a couple years ago.
to he honest, i think mclaren messed up because they usually have a bad start and this year, they started with the fourth fastest car but now have the 2nd fastest car
I like how everyone’s finally appreciating how great Max has been for the past couple years he doesn’t need a perfect car to win
I have known how good he was since he was karting (my brother used to kart in the series above him, when Max was only 6 or 7 and he was already beating teens), so I knew he was going to be the WDC before he even got in to F1. But I am surprised how gen. pop. never put proper respect on how good he is, no matter the machinery.
he took russel in 3rd lap and lando was stuck behind him for ages
The guy just doesn’t really make mistakes on his own, he’s an absolute machine. Sure he’ll have the occasional run wide. But that’s usually when he has a lead already and is just putting off. If we had a tire that didn’t need to be managed so much, I think we would see even less mistakes
Max is on his Heels, deep down he got to know that there slipping, and it's a matter of time
To this day, I just count myself lucky that I got to watch the 2021 season from start to finish, absolute cinema.
British GP was peak cinema. That shit made me scream amd throw bottles at Hamilton 😂
2021 was so insane. So grateful I got to witness it.
I also loved it! :D It was the best seas I've watched since 2004!
@@FH4Player6397jealous of u that u were able to watch f1 for so long, what do you think about 2012, i vaguely remember it
If you want to compare experience, this is Lando's 6th season, finally has the quickest car, Max whenever he had the quickest car in his 5th 6th season, never missed a shot or barely missed
Max had at least a win per year during Mercedes dominance. The guy goes for it with everything.
I think Max Verstappen is an absolute monster! He is easily the best driver in terms of speed and consistency! There are people who want to diminish it all down to the car but then! Why was Checo in the other RB20 fighting the Alpines!?!
@marcoslugo6132 Max also had a car capable of picking up the odd win every season. I love Max I'm just stating the obvious. Ricciardo was also winning Grand Prix from 2016-2018 when he left. Red Bull were also by a country mile the second best on the grid in 2020, and we saw what happened in 2021. McLaren were probably similar to that position in 2021 themselves where they could pick up the odd win, as they did in Monza, and almost in Sochi. But Lando is far from what Max has had
I think RB operation has a lot of involvement; they know how to wins since Vettel era; they know how to fight in the championship. Christian Horner knows what it needs to create champion winning team, it is something that McLaren team need to figure out.
technically, Max did miss a couple in 2021, but that's also because his foe, Lewis and Mercedes were so good.
I can't understand why people will flame George for making mistakes and "bottling" the win when he doesn't have the fastest car but praise Lando when he has the faster car and gets p2.
The way Aldas talked about George in the last video you would think he would at least acknowledge that this is the the second race, Imola being the first, where Lando should have gotten the win but did not. The difference is George went overboard fighting for what could be his only win while Lando couldn't make good of having pole and the fastest car.
I dont know why everyone is acting like that car is any better than the Red Bull. Its remarkable to me that both Max and Lando get the most out of their cars every weekend and Max has been the top scorer all season long, yet people insist the McLaren's better? Just bcs Lando was closer? Are you guys ok? Lando is absolutely wiping Piastri this season and has been heads shoulders knees and toes above him, yet people just claim its the car being the fastest. Lando is getting the same disrespect of "he has the fastest car" that Max in 2022 and 2023. The double standards in the F1 community are ridiculous.
Norris has ten second places since Silverstone last year and is destroying his teammate who was supposed to be the second coming. Russell is not scoring second places and he's barely able to beat the aging driver he was hired to more or less replace. Russell has thrown away several podiums and good points scores all by himself, if he really can at all. Norris has not cost himself actual points finishes with his mistakes like Russell's have. Just because they both make "mistakes," it doesn't mean those mistakes are anything similar to each other, nor are they costing the same types of results.
@@bill4665 He said the car was faster and it was in clean air. But Lando was unable to overtake George and lost the win. Simple as that. Had he kept the lead into turn 1 he would have been right in the mix if not cleared Max.
@@F1jones What chance has Russell had for podium except Canada? And that weekend he converted to a podium even ig his mistakes cost him the win. Yes George was poor last season but that's no excuse for Lando form. He has to step up and stopped saying "I should have gotten the win".
It probebly has alot to do with how likable Lando is compaired to George. George gets a lot more hate from fans then Lando. Its stupid, Lando messed up the start and couldent recover from it.
As a Lando fan, I am baffled that he got DOTD. Made a mistake at the start from pole that cost him the win, how?
Lando fan girls
@@Santififamobile-jx8sh Exactly.
For the first time in 2years when max is most deserving dotd they do him dirty pitching in lando w a pole to p3 start and pole to 2nd in the benchmark. I hold the opinion the pr they have is so effective this might happen again next weekend
Literally zhou and logan deserved more even with top 10+finish because zhou finally finished under 15th and logan finished the race… both of these events hold more significance than lando dropping the ball only to rob dotd of thd worthy driver
Lando truly showcased his showmanship, delivering an entertaining race that kept us on the edge of their seats. Had he started in P1 and simply maintained his lead over Max Verstappen, the race might have devolved into a routine affair, punctuated only by some midfield overtakes.
However, it was Lando’s bold pit strategy and his thrilling half-lap duel with George Russell that injected excitement into the race. Watching him gradually close the gap to Max was a testament to his skill and determination, making the race anything but boring. If Lando had won from pole, it might have seemed less remarkable, and he might not have even been voted Driver of the Day. Instead, his dynamic performance and daring tactics ensured that he was the star of the show.
McLaren is quicker but max was called a generational talent by NIKKI himself 😅
Hi Aldas can you make a video about Piastri soon I feel like there might be something interesting to bring up thanks
Being disappointed with a P2 and P7 after the years I’ve had as a fan since 2014 is a GREAT feeling
I just feel like Lando has a lot of pressure on him. The pressure comes from himself, the team, and the fans. And him not being used to handling p1 at the start of a race.
So we're just to ignore the fact that Max's start was compromised by the grass?
Lando is a great driver, but the pedestal you guys are putting him on is ridiculous.
Fr. People make excuses for Lando all the time and give him the benefit of the doubt but if that was Max or any driver who's easier to hate online there would be rampage. The bias is insane and should not be considered as facts.
I don’t know why Norris getting Driver Of The Day rubs me the wrong way so much since it‘s obviously not worth anything relevant with the way it‘s determined…but are people that blind to see that there was no one else to blame but Norris for McLaren not taking home the win?
I don‘t expect anyone to vote Verstappen because I get that the majority of people who just enjoy F1 on more of a casual level just see him winning and think it‘s boring but there were so many drivers that deserved some love, especially Hamilton imo who had his best weekend of the season or Russell who gave us a great show defending against Norris…or give it to Gasly because he dragged that Alpine into the points for the third time in a row now, there are more drivers legitimately up for that vote than Norris for gods sake😂
Dotd is a popularity contest, no need to take it seriously 😅
Yeah you guys are right
Better to just get rid of it then or rename it to fan-favourite of the day or something😂 I mean Formula E even gave the winner of that extra power for a time so why not
It was fun while it actually was quite decent though, I feel like in 2021 and 2022 especially it actually meant something…and you could vote Räikkönen in his last race as a tribute or vote Mazepin for fun, made two cool community projects
It something I usually never really pay any attention to but this one definitely had me confused
Lewis getting the driver of the day for finishing exactly where he started and only one place ahead of his team mate would have been weird, George didn't deserve it either as he was stupid to waste his tyres to fight Lando. As with Gasly, I think he simply finished where was excpected, that Alpine isn't as much of a tractor it was at the start of the season.
@@Aldas001 I think people are looking at it the wrong way. The question is "who was YOUR driver of the day" not "who was the BEST driver today" it a question posed by a company "F1" its more of a product review, who do you want to see more of. The question means which driver entertained you the most today. If you go back and look at previous winners they often are not the race winners but those who made the most overtakes, most spectacular overtakes or who caused the most excitement, even sometimes going to someone who caused a safety car in a dull race.
I'm glad Aldas called put the DOTD. It really is a popularity contest.
I think people will start to see just how good Max is.
I'm torn because Lando has enough experience to be expected to deliver but he happens to be racing a ruthless winning machine.
He’s overrated
@@lejamesbron4055 He is sitting second in the championship or do you choose to ignore the reality. He is doing to Oscar what he did to Danni. In the words of Marko he is the only younger driver with the talent to go up against Max. I think Max would not agree with you.
I'm pretty confident Verstappen would've easily won in the McLaren
@@miker7920 We can all be confident about hypotheticals.
@@bjs7442 he's 2nd because he's in the fastest car. Max was leading a championship in the 2nd fastest car in 2021. Lando SHOULD score big points because he is in the fastest car while Max in the fastest car created a huge gap and won the driver's and constructor's championship on his own in 2023. Max and Lando may be friends but they are not in the same league.
FFS can we please acknowledge the role the cost cap and ATS restrictions are playing!! This far more comvergence than we have ever seen in modern F1.
Arm chair expert here. Lando's team messed up his strategy. If he could catch Max on pace, then he should have boxed when Max boxed
I completely agree with this take. Lando has always been a really strong driver and good when it counts, but he still needs to work on that element of coping with the pressure that comes with going for wins every race. I think he performed really well in Spain, but it was that one mistake at the start that cost him the win. It's good that he has realistic expectations and is hard on himself because he knows what he needs to do to get to that level that Max is at, but it will come with time fighting at the front this season and I think prepare him really well for 25.
Piastri fell back behind a bit this week but I do think McLaren is the best team all around. Not just best car but also the pair of drivers with the best synergy. Still compared to Verstappen's raw talent they need to step it up if they want to win instead of just challenge Red Bull.
Norris and Piastri have different driving styles, and Piastri engineers couldn’t get the car setup right for Piastri at the Barcelona track. Piastri's qualifying pace has been close to Norris since Miami. McLaren still has work to do to close the gap to Red Bull.
the thing that is exiting this season is that there might be a construcktor fight
I am still unsure if Lando is a future champion-level driver or a David Coulthard kind of competitor. (Nobody is happy to race against you, because you have the skill to win any race when everything falls in place, but not consistently brilliant to win championships.)
I always said this about him, he reminds me of Button, very fast but will need a top quality car to win a title
Norris still feels like a newer Ricciardo in my eyes.
I believe that Russell can do a better job in such a competitive car, but he had less opportunities than Lando.
@@viniciusbraga9881idk I feel he’s better than a old Ricardo tbh
He’s putting that McLaren in places that I would never expect and had some incredible pace since 2021, I’d say it’s as good if not better than ric as lando is beating teamates comfortably while also showing a lot of promise that he can improve, how much he can improve idk. But in my eyes he’s like jenson button.
@@VirkStar321 I'm comparing Lando to prime Ricciardo, he used to be fast and a race winner at best.
Lando looks like a driver able to win a race here or there, but he isn't championship material. I'm yet to see him beating Max on a wheel-to-wheel battle and winning a championship is much harder than winning a race, specially if it's against Max.
If Max gets another era of dorminance he'll be GOATED.
People flame leclerc for not comverting the amount of poles he has to wins but when lando gets pole it slips away on turn 1 😂
How does Lando figure they weren’t the quickest on Saturday when they… were the quickest, got pole despite max getting a tow?
Norris has had the quickest car on race days for multiple weekends and only has one pole and win to show for it. This has clearly shown us that Norris cannot compete with Max even when his car is quicker.
Only Charles and Lewis can challenge Max in the championship fight consistently
Not sure about Charles either tbh
He has incredible one lap pace but is quite inconsistent in finishing races and pace.
And Lewis doesn’t look as strong even last season when he was good I felt he was missing something but idk what. I think he doesn’t race max hard enough I think so although Lewis can compete on pace with max, it’s just that aggressive racing limits that max has gives him the edge.
@@VirkStar321 In 22’ & 24’ showed Charles competing with Max/RB first few rounds when the cars were equal.
Charles loses out mid season because Ferrari cannot develop the car, we saw it last year when we were 2nd fastest only for mclaren to overtake and we’re seeing it right with mercedes looking stronger.
It has nothing to do with Leclerc race pace, his tyre management is strong.
I think Lando and McLaren need to step up their game if they want to fight Max consistently. He deserves to be harshly criticised
pretty much spot on, i’d just add one thing - as per mark hughes, red bull are generally quicker at the start of a race stint whilst mclaren are quicker towards the end of the stint (imola, canada). so that’s why max had the pace delta to overtake russell initially (0.8-1s advantage) whilst norris didn’t and could only go for the offset strategy
Imagine Max in that Mclaren. He would be above those guys in the timesheets. Lando is not the level of Max/Lewis.
Best video you’ve ever made
I will say that it's not only that some still dont see Mclaren as front runners to why Lando got DOTD. It's also (no offense to Lando) the fact that Lando has a fanbase now that is argubly as extreme and obsessive as Lewis' fanbase for example
Definitely not as bad as Lewis'
@@Rowan66109 Part of Landos fanbase is 100% getting there, and it's sad to see. Lando seems to be one of those drivers who like Lewis gets hate because of his fanbase
Norris should take it personally when Madstapen for saying "I was the fastest driver n they had the fastest car".
Nice video Mate, so true about lando
It's hard to compare two cars that have different engine suppliers (RB & McLaren). However , it's mad to think that a Merc engine customer team, in McLaren, is consistently outperforming Mercedes every race. I can understand partly why some people brand Lando as overrated, and yes I also think it's ridiculous that he got Driver of The Day, but THIS YEAR he's really stepped it up and outperforming the other Brits (apart from Ollie Bearman).
they really think what verstappen did until now is just car even though he proved them wrong again and again. sure, realistically you wouldn't be able to win with slow car but when the car is somewhat still on the same level, he just prove that he is the better driver
Max always pushed it and knows his agenda and perform the best that he can no matter if the car was decent or godly like last season. Lando finally has a fast/decent car but Lando was a bit “whatever” mentality in his first 5 years until now. He has to understand and has to be consistent and McLaren also needs to find a “winning” mentality and figure out what they have to do.
I disagree that Lando lost the win because he did not manage to overtake George immediately. Had he passed the race would have been of course different but even so, he seemed to have enough pace to get at least closer to Max. The strategy was simply unorthodox and McLaren just didn't believe they could have won on pure pace and not via strategy. When Max entered the pits for the second time the difference between him and Lando was 4 sec. McLaren should have pulled Lando in immediately after a final push lap and give him the chance to fight. Instead they tried to repeat what they did with the 1st and 2nd stint which could never work. There was not enough time. McLaren should have acted like a frontrunner and not try to pull rabbits out of their hats.
Didn't Lando ignore his engineer?
@@ritabuba4831 if you are referring to telling his engineer to go after Max, yes. That is what I am saying. His engineer having the full picture should have been assertive and call the shots.
Great video keep it up you're doing amazing things 😁👍
With the Pirelli’s being a tire that really doesn’t promote racing, it really does show that any small mistake, even if you have the fastest car on track can make a big impact on the end result of a race
They way media protect lando is crazy
Have you watched the entire video?
I think the most impressive thing about McLaren and Lando, is that Lando is only 24.
Lando still has 2/3 years of youth and inexperience behind Max, Charles, George, etc. This means he's gonna have 2/3 more years of genuine experience (if McLaren can hold this level of performance) by the time he reaches their ages. I think this has been the main factor holding Lando back really.
He never got a race winning car. Charles got one in his 2nd year, Max got on in his 2nd season. So seeing Lando get a chance to grow into this role, fighting and learning from the best drivers who have a slight edge of experience on him, will benefit him when he gets to their stage of his career, the same why driving with Seb improved Charles, or battling Lewis improved Max.
Well, he better hurry up because Kimi Antonelli, Oliver Bearman…..
@@Fontanat Ah yes, the Mercedes and Ferrari Academy drivers are going to steal an F1 race winner's (who can go toe-2-toe with Verstappen) seat at MCLAREN. Get a grip.
@@Fontanat he doesnt need to hurry up
Yea thats the mentality of a pure loser.
@@TestAcc-lu5cn ok "Test account"
Max is in that lewis phase of 2018 where ferrari was faster. He is in his absolute prime. Can grind out results and pole laps out of the bag. Lando is nowhere near beating max, among the younger drivers only leclerc can snatch the odd win from max. I think it just comes from not having a teammate(unlike max with dr,lec with vettel, george with lewis) who kept him honest but he will learn from trting to hunt max down.
This is nothing like 2018. In 2018, Ferrari started the season as the quickest car so Lewis was up against it. This year, the RB was a rocketship up until 3 races ago.
If the quickest car deserved victories, Leclerc would already have a DWC. Lando sounds like fan, not a professional driver. You need a well oiled team to win, ML is not yet there, but fear they will get there.
Despite everyone saying it i never felt like noris had a shot when the broadcast kept saying the tire offest would work
masterclass vídeo, realístico critisism only. O Hope Lando and maclaren culd give us te title
Don't think it really delivered, but not because it wasn't good as far as Barcelona can be, just that there is very little direct battling during the race. People either overtake on the straight or they don't.
It's interesting to see all this progress from mclaren, last few races got me wondering a lot about verstappen, and lando rivalry. I mean their friends, and now they're in cars that trade blows. I don't know but i kinda feel evil for wanting those two to battle it out. Im sure drive to survive will milk that from what ive heard about them.
I do think McLaren delayed both pit stops by several laps. The undercut was powerful for McLaren which is so gentle on its tyres so they should have jumped on the pitstop as soon as they could have.
The inner hopes for Ferrari also to close the Gap even more for a 3 way battle, and even the Mercs closing in will be an icing on the cake and a treat for next 1.5 years
Max is a generational talent.. Best after Senna.
maybe cause McLaren doesn't actually have the fastest car? it's just all the mouthbreather MV0 fans who are trying to hype up Max because they know he's a paper champion that's never actually been tested. He's just Vettel 2.0. Guy in a dominant Newey Rocket who will get found out when he finally gets a fast teammate who's allowed to race him.
The second thing that lost Lando the race was, after tye 3,6s pitstop, that fight with Russell, where he probably lost alot of seconds as they went back and fourth
I feel like saying you had the better car and should've won almost discredits Max. To beat Red Bull, you don't need your car to be equal, you ned it be better than the RB20. Even with then, Max still has an edge. I think Lando needs to focus on himself, focus on how to be better and winning and not on Max.
Lando is a great driver but ge's letting what others say get to his head, i think. But we'll see how thi gs pan out
I’m not even a lando fan but I’m seriously NOT GETTING the hate he’s receiving after that race. He messed up ONCE all weekend which was the start and the tyres were not good enough to overtake an improved Mercedes so if was always going to be difficult but verstappen didn’t get boxed in at turn 1 so he was able to get past in the opening laps. But as soon as Russell got out the way Lando was easily quicker unlike piastri who was fumbling around in 8th. Lando also lost multiple seconds because of Russell and his team and he would’ve gotten easily gotten verstappen. He was quickest all race and better than Verstappen for me and whilst it was a costly mistake, it was the only one all weekend so I think he just got lucky.
Lando fans will somehow get him DOTD even if he finishes behind Max every single race with a faster car. He gets too much attention and if he doesn't start to challenge Max soon then it will be obvious he doesn't deserve a car this good and belongs with a car that can get podiums at times. I'm not saying this is the case but if he keeps messing up like this then it's just true. He has bottled all his win chances even in Miami he bottled all his chances with a bad quali but coincidentally the SC came out at the right time for him. He isn't winning anymore because every thing doesn't go his way
Piggybacking off what you said about Lewis and his 17 second gap, Lewis also said himself that even if he had a great start that he wouldn’t have been able to keep up
It’s good to see Verstappen have to work for it and further prove his worth, but if Norris had won Miami then Imola then 2nd at Monaco then winning again in Canada and Spain we’d be on for such a banger.
McLaren with Norris seem to have the better pace the longer they go into a stint, I do wonder what a one stop would’ve looked like for Norris. Might still have lost but they’d have learned more from it
I mean a lot of the fans now never saw McLaren as the power house that they were in the 2000s and earlier. Having said that, I think last year has made us appreciate just a sniff of competition.
I'm not fooled by the close qualifying battles because one only has to look at years like 2019...where Ferrari were arguably the quickest on Saturdays, took many poles, yet other than the odd race, Merc was still the class of the field on Sunday. Merc were still the dominant force, overall.
Looking at 2024 so far, RB have had a significant race pace advantage (finishing races 30s, 20s, 10s etc ahead) until 3 races ago (Monaco). I'm gonna ignore Australia and Miami because those races were won by Ferrari and McLaren not due to a RB lack of pace, but because of technical issues for RB (Australia) and a mistake by Max in Miami. So that leaves the last 3 races where "seemingly" the pack has closed at the top. Let's look at Canada, for instance. George needed a tow to outqualify Max and even when Max's got outqualified, Max was able to pull a decent gap pretty quickly once he passed George in the race. That to me indicates Max had the quickest car in race trim. So, if we are all honest with ourselves, Max has had the quickest car in every race so far, bar maybe Spain and Monaco. He lost in Monaco. But even in Spain, the RB was probably just about equal with the McLaren. So all this talk about RB not being the quickest car is wrong. Overall, it's been the best car by far, more often than not.
These new "stars" like Lando, Lecrerc, Rusell they are not at the level of Max. They cannot win him if the cara are similar. The only ones who can pose a threat to him are 2 old men one going to Ferrari and the other trying his luck in 2026 in Aston-Honda ( dont think that project will workou out but we will see)
He Will be a next World Champion!
There might not be a drivers title fight, but if Checo keeps performing like that, we still have a small chance of a fight for the constructures title towards the end of the season.
Mclaren has been the fastest car for last 4 races ,Max is the difference
the only driver capable of taking off wins of verstappen is hamilton. but he doesnt have the car rn so yh.
gameofender4463 I agree with you but it seems like George is either spectacular or misses out on critical moments, on his day he can but to me he lacks a little consistency
yeah fair point people are so harsh with him sometimes like he was a multiple WDC when he’s had a race winning car in only like 2 races in his career and finished ahead of his teammate both of these times 🤦♂️
You mean the guy that's slower than George Russel... Yeah okay
That odd, when Verstappen didn't win, it's Charles, Lando, and Carlos or George that won, there's no Lewis.
How did Hamilton get into this convo? He's slower than Russell.
Lando had a mid start, but honestly I think this is more of max and others being good than lando doing poorly. You gotta be good to beat this guy max
Lando "One wins" 😂😂😂
😂 I should not be laughing but this is funny indeed. What if it comes true?
He will win again
Norris not winning is good for f1 because fuck dat boi
At Italy Lando was definitely quicker but in Spain i dont think so. Yeah on fresher tires he obviously was but if you heard near the end of the race Maxs engineer told him to put it in "strat 10" so he wasnt even in full power most of the race. Hes also very good at backing off saving his car and timing it perfectly that he wont be caught at the end. Now if Lando was in 1st i dont think Max could have passed him its very close now.
Boy is it gonna be hella frustrating for Lando and McLaren if their car is not more than 0.3s than Max consistently.
I hope this superior McLaren performance makes it clearer to people how Max makes the difference every weekend. In 22, when Ferrari had a better package at the start of the season, Max still won most races. And that's the case today: Red Bull does not have an RB19 anymore, the other teams are close, and you can see that in Checo's results. He's the last of the four teams, simply because his delta to Max has been filled with McLaren, Ferrari, and now, Mercedes. For me, it's clear that Red Bull will lose the constructors's title, not because McLaren will be 2nd and 3rd every weekend, but because Checo will be P8 consistently.
Speaking of Lando, I honestly think he's not that good yet, same as Charles, or George, or Carlos, or even Oscar Piastri. These guys are absurdly fast, but not as complete and mature as Max is right now. Only Lewis and Fernando would be able to challenge Max throughout an entire season, and that's why 2024 will be like 2019: Other teams might win a race or two, but at the end, we know who will prevail. We have 14 races left, and if we maintain this performance between the cars, I'd be surprised if Lando ends up winning more than 2 of them. There's something I think most people are not taking into consideration: We haven't seen Max fight on track for YEARS now. Even if Lando catches up and tries to make a move, it's still a move against Max Verstappen.
The good news is, Lando owns it
Quickest never made you the fastes.
Tell me where Lando went wrong; other than his start I don't see what he did wrong. If anything McLaren operationally let him down with the timing of when they pitted him
It’s hard to beat max as he is clearly in another league to all the other drivers in f1 and it’s hard to beat Red Bull because they are the gold standard operationally
MAX is the GOAT
Even the blind could see that
I’m an extreme Hamilton fan and I still agree verstappens cooking everyone
Faster in sector 1 and 3, slower in sector 2 = RBR have the best car.
Erm no
👑 Max the greatest
Max is just showing all his skills now
Max is just a robot.
Was McLaren the fastest car at the Spanish GP? No. Norris got a great qualifying time to get the pole. Red Bull and McLaren are probably evenly matched now, but McLaren is not the dominant car like Red Bull in 2023. McLaren seemed to struggle all weekend with setting up Piastri's car. Norris and Piastri have different driving styles. The car worked well for Norris's driving style at the Spanish GP but not so much for Piastri. McLaren still has work to do.
McLaren are faster than everyone on the grid.
Does anyone know what the background music is?
I don’t think Norris is as fast as people think. Verstappen just slows down at the end of every race.
I mean Lando closed on him at the end of every stint
At least in the last race, GP was telling Max to push. So yeah, that was apparently the max they could get.
@@marcoslugo6132even when your engineer tells you to push, you don’t set quali laps. You still have to manage your tires or else you’re going to be caught out with no grip with no opportunity to pit.
@@gameofender4463 what's Leclerc done besides beat a well past his prime Vettel a few years ago? What's Russell ever done?
Looking good against your rookie teammate in a car nobody's expecting to win (like Lando v Oscar or George v Nicholas) is one thing but going out there and taking the fight to the best in the business, now, that is a whole different ballgame (a game which requires balls, BIG BALLS).
George lacks a bit of Cool, Lando just wants to have fun but both are phenomenal... I can see George second guessing everything, every time, while Lando will just go for the first thing that comes to mind and "sounds" right... with a vengeance... Natural?? more than George I think... with the right car either can be World Champion...
Personal preference? tired of Mercedes... sorry George... I'll go for Lando and McLaren's resurgence any day...
Mclaren have had the pace for like 3 races now, Norris just keep bottling it
That Just Proof how good Max is🎉
well well well
McLaren bottled so many qualis, since china there has been zero weekend been maximized, even Miami was a very lucky video considering he had to overtake 5 drivers for win without SC.
Lando is simply not a great driver.
Oscar issues are simple, he had a front end parts broken in Quali which was replaced in perc farme and then held the race together with a issue with PU
why does this man sound like zaks gamings lab
@ 8.00, Three teams at the front, not Four.....
Mclaren driver/constructer Championships 2026?
Frustrating that Merc resurgence is actually getting in the way of Norris and McLaren, and less so Leclerc and Ferrari, from fighting Verstappen and Redbull.
Russell will put in amazing work to lead a race and then it won’t last but seems to then favour Verstappen. If Merc were still 4th fastest we’d have bigger battles.
But having Hamilton continue his podium in every season streak is great to see
I mean what is Ferrari doing? They worked extremely hard to make a good car over the winter and mercedes just surpass it with just a good upgrade? Highly disappointing. Charles was doing very well to keep close to Max in the championship but it all ended in Canada
@@greenfj1466 well, Merc isn't that bad if you look at 2023, they were still p2 in the WCC, and the fact that they still got the best PU (arguably better than Honda's), they just messed up the aero with that weird looking front wing that they thought would work (apparently, it didn't), now that Merc has seemed to nail the aero (at least get rid of zeropod and weird front wing) with their PU, it is no stranger thing they will be better than Fer, just look at Mclaren when they have good aero and Merc's PU, Ferrari on the other hand, made a decent car but doesn't really stand out at any aspect, decent aero decent PU and that's just it, the car reaches its ceiling of development and couldn't be upgraded more, i don't think that the curent Fer is worse than that at the start of the season, Merc is just better but they screwed up, now they don't
Lando needs to learn to race from the front. He’s very bad compared to max at starts when on pole.
Verstappen is just so much better than the rest.
Sure Lewis and Alonso are still great, but they are not on Verstappen's level anymore.
Mumtalakat Racing is lacking the consistency to challenge Red Bull Racing... and whether their driver lineup is really up to the task is debatable.
And yes, "Driver of the Day" after such a blunder is filarious. 🤣
It’s Max and RedBull on an operational level that make that difference. Lando and McLaren still have ironing out to do but based on everything we’ve seen it’s safe to say that Lando is Max’s next challenger he just needs to iron out these slight mistakes and McLaren need to stop making 3.6 sec pit stops. They need to accept that they are in the hunt and raise their game.
I disagree I'd prefer it to be complete domination by mclaren
Lando is overrated this is proving it
Not really, as a Lando fan I am a little bit biased but I also would not call him WDC Material. He is one of the best drivers on the grid ( Only Verstappen, Alonso and Leclerc are better) but I honestly agree that if he wants to become WDC he would definitly need a superior car like the Mercedes or the Red Bull in the past. Btw Piastri is more overhyped tbh, some people were calling him WDC material while he gets outperformed by Lando and can not improve on his bad tyre Management.
@@gameofender4463 Hamilton in his Prime definitly but right now he is worse than Russell. I would accept putting Russell in the list but Hamilton is right now not the better driver compared to Norris.
Aint no way we got Gordon Ramsay doing videos about F1 before McLaren starting to dominate again
I still believe the rb is faster than mclaren, if not that then lando is overrated
Its fine that mclaren should be criteised. But if thats the fact so schould merc. They failed to win in Canada when they had the fastest car. They only Got a p3 and p4.
Unfortunately no matter how good other cars or drivers might be Max will not be beaten. He’s just too good. Someone prove me wrong.
No… it was a boring race……