The Greatest F1 Rookie Season of All Time
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- Опубликовано: 13 июн 2024
- One of the most extraordinary rookie seasons in the history of Formula 1.
We take a captivating journey back to 2007, when a young and talented Lewis Hamilton burst onto the Formula 1 scene with McLaren-Mercedes. Witness the electrifying moments, the breathtaking races, and the audacity of a rookie driver who showcased an unrivaled level of skill and determination from the get-go.
We look back at some of Hamilton's awe-inspiring performances, highlighting his relentless pursuit of victory and his uncanny ability to outpace seasoned veterans. We'll explore the strategic brilliance and daring overtakes that characterized his races, leaving fans and rivals alike in awe of his prodigious talent.
We'll unravel the personal journey that shaped Hamilton's remarkable rookie season. From his early days karting to his rise through the ranks of junior formulae, we'll delve into the formative experiences and influences that paved the way for his meteoric rise to Formula 1 Legend.
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Try a make a real video and not on with lies in it many things you say are not true
To put this into perspective. This is like Red Bull putting a rookie into their second seat and that rookie beating Verstappen.
Watch out dont talk too much sense 👀🤣
Yeah thats actually crazy😂
Not really, Max is on a different level to Alonso, as is Lewis. It's more like putting a rookie next to Alonso at Aston Martin and them beating him...
@@bipolarminddroppingshuh??? Alonso dethroned Michael Schumacher arguably the greatest driver of all time he was in his absolute prime. All so now is good but not as good as he was back then. I’m guessing your not old enough to have seen home drive but he was an absolute beast back then. I’d say it’s very much comparable with Verstappen now
@@TristanJ22 They say anything to discredit Hamilton's achievements !
It’s annoying how many people forget how good Hamilton is.
Yup. He has 7 world titles and people act like he can’t drive or he had the best car…. Wb Schumacher and the f2004? Lmao
@@Jerraldough Fr Senna won the title with the MP4, not the Toleman 💀
Good with a dominant car how is he how
@@paulclooney3531 Name a driver who did not have a dominant car. You need a dominant car to win the F1 world championship.
@@paulclooney3531he was good from 2009-2013 too though wasnt he
He had the best ever debut season, shame he didnt win the championship in 2007, it would have been a crazy record
It certainly would have, I can't see any rookie getting close to that nowadays..
@@Formula-Drive For that to happen that driver will have to get Checo's seat and be better than Max. I dont think Max is unbeatable, but I doubt any rookie will be able to get the best of him when he's in a top form at the moment.
Closest anyone has gotten in recent times is Jacques Villeneuve who was a runner up in 1996 (19 points difference to Hill though) and won in 1997. So pretty similar to Lewis, but Lewis gets the upper hand because he finished 2nd with just 1 point behind Kimi.
@@E_Clip Jacques' rookie run is kinda pale in comparison to Lewis' rookie run imo. Jacques, with a car clearly the class of the field, lose against a driver widely known as a car merchant. Lewis, without as dominant of a car, won on countback against an F1 legend. Jacques' achievement is impressive nonetheless. Rookies these days are praised for much more mundane achievement compared to what Jacques, and notably Lewis, has achieved. Sad the bar is set a bit low right now. Although, I reckon that if drivers like Max, Charles, and maybe George, were put in a top team at their rookie season, they probably would've achieved impressive things as well.
@@ihsanjayadi88 Yeah I agree 100%. I wouldnt say it pales in comparison to Lewis' rookie season, but its certainly not as impressive.
I think the reason rookies aren't getting top seats anymore is because of all the limits FIA imposes on testing. They simply don't have the same opportunities to drive the car prior to their first race. So top teams would rather put the rookies in their B team or loan them to weak teams than take a chance on them.
@@ihsanjayadi88to be fair back with Jacques and Lewis, teams could do pretty much unlimited testing, allowing the rookies to get loads of laps in. You can’t do that anymore, which means that often lots of the first season is spent getting familiar with the car and F1. Nothing to take away from either Jacques or especially Lewis, what they achieved as rookies was extraordinary
The man won practically every racing series up until his debut in F1 (beating team mates in equal machinery) and then only lost out on the world championship in his first year of F1 by 1 point. If he didn't have a gearbox issue in the final GP, it's highly likely he'd have won it. Who else can claim to have achieved the like? It's crazy how people still doubt his talent.
Valid. People will always just jump to say it's the car when his whole career has been about winning
There are like 2-3 sessions where he lost WC title by only couple of points.
@@Formula-Drivein his early karting days his dad was his mechanic and he also worked on his car. While others from wealthy family had f1 level mechanics working on their cars and some even had professionals instructing them. But Lewis won it all. He was crazy good even in his karting days.
Whether you like him as a person or not, anyone who denies his ability behind the wheel is just denying reality.
He was a legend until 2016. The merc treatment and money changed him into an annoying driver.
Rookie Hamilton faced Alonso a double reigning champion, an F1 career serial killer. It was a do or die path to enter F1. Hamilton career could have been DOOMED from the beginning. Hamilton prevailed against Alonso speak volume of his standard form. Ask yourself how many Alonso former teammates didn't get beaten overall by Alonso?
Great perspective. Most won't see it that way though, no matter what Lewis achieves there will always be some who will try turn it into a negative..
@@Formula-Drive They always do.
True but mclaren gave Hamilton an advantage and worked s bit against Alonso. Mclaren said sorry for it years later.
@@robbienl8176What advantage And you saying Alonso was the better driver but yet McLaren was like “Nah lets give the advantage to the slower guy”.
Or was it because LH wasn’t expected to be that fast?
@@Alumnikiid no Alonso was better as we all know by now.
Lewis illegaly tested the car in the winter for weeks.
Mclaren wanted to pull a stunt to let a british driver win is his rookie season.
And in could have worked with the dominant Mclaren, but failed becouse of driver errors.
If they didnt hold back Alonso Mclaren would easily won the wdc, alonso left the team for that reason.
Mclaren said sorry and talked it out with alonso when they took him back years later.
Thats the story.
I don't forget how good Hamilton is. I didn't really get to see him in 2007 onwards seeming as though I was born in 2006 but from about 2010 onwards I saw how good he was.
You got into Formula 1 when you were 4 years old? Wow, lucky!
Wow you’re 17 with more sense than most adult fans online
exact same story for me. had the most fun watching f1 when i was younger
Idk how anyone can ever dispute this. It’s the greatest rookie season we’ve ever seen and I don’t think anyone will ever have another season like that.
If theres one thing we can agree on, it's that F1 fans will never agree 😂
Been a spectator since '99. Hamilton' 08 is a start of a legend. What a debut it was! Nothing but respect. Hope he comes to Ferrari before he retires. A real phenom. Lewis. ❤
That would be legendary!
Bro ur wish came true
Bro ur wish came true
3:12 _"He was the first driver in the sport's 58 year history to make a podium finish in a maiden race."_
As far as I recall, it was actually Jacques Villeneuve, who achieved a podium in *his* maiden race at the 1996 Australian Grand Prix.
There have been 17 drivers who ended up in the top three in their very first Grand Prix, including the podium finishers from the inaugural world championship race at Silverstone in 1950 (Nino Farina, Luigi Fagioli and Reg Parnell). Alberto Ascari missed that race, but finished second in the next one, in Monaco.
Pride of place should go to the Italian Giancarlo Baghetti, who won his first GP, in France in 1961. He's the only man ever to win his first race, if you don't count Farina.
Kevin Magnussen joined the list with his second place in Australia in 2014; he was the first man to finish on the podium on his GP debut since Lewis Hamilton, who was third in Australia in 2007.
Before that a debut podium was achieved by Jacques Villeneuve (second in Australia in 1996), Mark Donohue (third in Canada in 1971), Reine Wisell (third in the US in 1970), Mike Parkes (second in France in 1966), Peter Arundell (third in Monaco in 1964), Masten Gregory (third in Monaco in 1957), Cesare Perdisa (third in Monaco in 1955 - a shared drive), Karl Kling (second in France in 1954), Dorino Serafini (second in Italy in 1950 - another shared drive) and Peter Whitehead (third in France in 1950).
@@warrior5187as you mentioned it, I just want to put it out there that I'm actually related to reg parnell. Not an attempt to show off, but I thought it was cool that you mentioned him as not many people know about him
@@scalemodelbuilder9510Wow thats really cool, alot of people dont remember or care for drivers of long ago, but without them we wouldn't have the amazing sport we all love today :)
@@warrior5187 That's why I firmly believe F1 can never have a GOAT. I don't understand why people even try haha. To me it's supposed to be a sport about the marriage between humanity and technology, all the hard work of the teams and engineers pay off when the right driver becomes one with his car. The cars life is in his hands and vice versa. I don't know if that's a bit dramatic but to me F1 is supposed to be a magical thing. It's why I get really frustrated with how toxic and petty fans can get. It's also why I don't appreciate a lot of modern drivers, I could be wrong and I know they're good at what they do but a lot of them just seem like rich kids who are doing F1 to be relevant and make more money lol. Obviously not all of them, that's why I like drivers like Verstappen (because he seems to want to experiment in difference disciplines of motorsport which is always really cool) and Hamilton (because he really had to fight his way to F1 and seems to have actually loved it from a young age). I'll always prefer the older drivers, maybe it's nostalgia bias and I'm not pretending like they were all perfect but back in the day when getting into the car was significantly more dangerous you just felt that they were racing for the sake of racing, because they loved it :) I'm obviously not saying safety is a bad thing, because it's not duh, but it just seems like today's drivers are a little more in it for superficial reasons and not for a love of racing. Again, maybe I'm wrong! I'd love to know what you think.
@@notaspeck6104 Thats a great way of putting it, and thats exactly how i feel, everybody is debating who the greatest driver is but really there will never be a GOAT, because there is to many variables when it comes to racing, but all in all to win a championship it isnt about the driver or the car its the drivers ability to squeeze every bit of performance out of the car, and the luck that comes with having a good car.
If you have a good car but you are a bad driver or even subpar one you are not going to beat someone thats good in equal machinery, and vice versa no matter how good of a driver you are you cant make a less competitive car go faster than a championship contending car, no matter how good Verstappen, Hamilton, or Vettle is, if you put them in an alpha romeo, they will not beat a redbull, thats just racing for you.
People want to say "Oh this person has more wins" or "But this person has more championships" but in reality about 50 - 65% of that has nothing to do with the driver and everything to do with the car, the team, the strategy, the mechanics, the pit crew, and every other driver of every other team and everyone of their individual performances, but that is what makes Formula 1 the exciting sport we all love to watch, talk and debate about.
The amazing bond between man and machine, the friendships and rivalries , the incredible feat of speed and power, and the elegant design and technology, the rich history and unfolding story is just some of the many reasons why alot of people really love this sport.
And here comes Alonso and Max supporters saying Lewis isn’t talented. Dude came through bushes and crawled into a sport and crushed records. He has history..
He sure does.
Just Like Hamilton supporters saying that Alonso is Shit and max verstappen too
Alonso fan here and I recognise that Hamilton is an amazing driver,pure talent and a legend. I am sure most of you admit that British F1 media is so toxic
@capello85 you should see Spanish, Italian and Dutch f1 media
I think hamilton + verstappen are in a league of their own, hamilton seems to forget he was once the young hotshot pulling dangerous moves too
Yep, Every top driver does it at some point in their career!
Amazing video man, hope your channel continues to grow
Crazy how 7 years later Magnussen replicated this by finishing 3rd in Australia on his debut (promoted to 2nd)
Thanks so much man! Glad you enjoyed it 👊
Haha! History has a funny way of repeating itself in formula 1! 😅
His career will never forget
Its only been Hamilton ! He bursts on to the F1 scene setting off Fireworks sending shockwaves still felt until this day and nobody has ever been or as famous as Lewis Hamilton the real deal GOAT.
What's your thoughts on the Ferrari move?
@@Formula-Drive It's been the biggest news since Schumachers unfortunate accident in all honest truth and when Lewis was a 7X champion and than it was again when he was cheated by F1s own Fia to stop him being an 8th time champion by all of those rules broken to create that 1 lap shootout. And after we found that Redbull cheated the cost cap from trying to beat Hamilton. As a lot of F1 does revolve around Hamilton as hes just got massive star power etc.
Lewis is amazing! I'm so glad to have the opportunity to follow his career since the beginning. Hakkinen and Lewis are my idols.
Excellent video! Felt the need to comment to tell you. Ignore all the salty comments. You did a great job of documenting the rookie season of the one who is statistically the best driver in Formula One history.
Thank you for the kind words! I appreciate the feedback and hope you continue to enjoy our content as we improve! 👊
Ps; whenever Hamilton’s involved, haters are expected 🤣
Your storytelling and video presenation is very good! It was enjoyable to watch, though I would absolutely work on driver name pronunciations and double checking the stats mentioned. The ending also felt quite abrupt, so maybe adding a few more sentences there would make a nice conclusion.
I appreciate the feedback mate, we’re constantly working to improve so we’ll take that on board! 🫡
Awesome video! thought this channel would have like hundreds of thousands of subscribers.
Appreciate that! Glad you enjoyed the video 👊
He's just simply the best! Lewis you're an absolute pleasure to support and to witness your journey! Truly amazing!
We forgot Jaques Villeneuve.
Got pole in is 1st ever granprix
I was going to say. Definitely the best debut of a rookie in a long time. Perhaps the best rookie season in a while. Took the championship to the last race. Both had very impressive debut seasons
@@CSCRECORDSBC indeed
Second on podium on the maiden race
Lewis had never raced a F1 car Jacques was a Indy 500 champion.
@@LDTOK-zs8oz indy cars and f1 cars are and were back then very, very different things...
Awesome video! Keep it up.
Appreciate it! 👊
Huge Senna fan but no one comes close to Lewis. Legend. Amazing story, Raw talent, and Relatibilty coming from a 'normal' family.
Be so good your team mates either quit their careers after they have something on you or submit to not actually being able to get to your level.
You could hate him all you want but can't deny the fact that he's undoubtedly atleast top 3 all time Greatest if not the best ever.
Yeah, I've seen narratives recently that Lewis has never performed well against team mates...His stint at Mclaren along side Alonso was enough proof
No one comes Close to Lewis?
This is like show me you are a Rookie fan without saying it…
In 1996 Jacques Villneuve debuted at Williams,had his 1st victory at his 4th gp(Lewis ar his 6th), finished 2nd in his rookie season and won the wdc in his 2nd season,against Schumacher that time,not against Massa.But i guess the different is made by british mass media bias and how they keep fooling fans with cinderella stories about him.
About closing him and his records,in this way Verstappen will break his records in the way he already done and that s it.Hamilton won so much in lack of competition conditions with an unfair advantage,all his 6 wdc in turbo hybrid era means nothing comparing to any championship won from 50 s to 90 s,even against the titles won by Alonso against Schumacher.
great video and all.
but who are Kimi Rakkonnen and Philip Massa?
Thanks! And two mythical f1 drivers :)
Unlike most rookies, Lewis had something like 30.000 on-track test km in McLarens F1 cars in the years up to his first race. Something they forgot to mention here.
Most underrated comment. Was given so much test time before the season. Compare that to piastri with about 7 days total car time before the season.
They like to lie themselves,they will judge a book by its cover,that s what we can affirm about Hamilton fanboys being impressed by his performance in his Rookie year.
It was fantastic,we all agree with that but not his talented made those performances but some factors,like the one you mentioned,alongside the fact that engines have been changed that year(so every team must have worked from zero) and some top drivers like Alonso and Raikkonen who changed teams,they must have addapted to new engines/new type of engines and new tyre philosophy(by then we had more manufactures for tyres and each one counted in car s performances and setups) so basically while Rookie Hamilton was enjoying testing the car,Alonso was fighting for 2nd wdc against Schumacher and right after he must have chamged his style of driving and addapt to a new car.Another Argument is how selfishly Ron Dennis have favorised Hamilton and all McLaren team was advantaging him,screwing Alonso multiple times during that season,in order to have a british rookie as wdc with a british team and we had as well Spygate scandal,otherwise the McLaren boys that year wouldn t have been that far and the fight were beetwen Ferrari cars for wdc.
So who admits Hamilton beated Alonso thanksgiving his masterskills during that season,he must be blind or stupid.
We had as well Jacques Villneuve in 1996 who had a very impressive season as Rookie,winning his 1st race at his 4th gp (here we have again a manipulative point, declaring Hamilton winning at his 6th gp was the record), we had Montoya in 2001 with some great resoults or Raikkonen in 2002/2003 but british mass media ignores these details intentionally jn order to make Hamliton Look better or to be remembered as a legend now when he can t win a race or Take even a pole but with some luck he can score a podium.I saw recently an article(british page of course) describing us how legendary,unique and masterskilled was Hamilton 3 years ago when he won on 3 wheels at Silverstone but they didn t mentioned in that season Hamilton had such a good car so each lap he was gaining a second to the following car,the puncture happened at last lap and Verstappen was 30 seconds behind,that makes me sick about how british media is overating him and how they lie us to make him look good.
He was the most well prepared rookie of all time for sure, that doesn't change the fact he was better than a 2x WDC tough. You can run many billion miles alone at some track testing, but Grand Prix racing will always be an entirely different beast with much more stuff for the driver to manage, and Hamilton still excelled at it.
@@Brenooliveira8989 Blah blah blah …. At what does he still excelled? At complaining?at crying? Or at being lucky? Those thousands of miles in the car had a loat to be said about driver s performance at the season to be followed, take a look at nowadays times, like Perez’ road to get used with a car made for Verstappen s style or Hamilton himself last season,being outscored by Russell because none of them have practiced laps with the car and how is it now having finished a season in this car. All at all Hamilton is one of the most talented drivers of the current gerenation but considering him better than Alonso strictly for 2007 season which was very controversial and had a lot of behind the courtain conflicts,is very unstated and dumbfull.
@@vladaltreilea1431 He excelled by being by far the most complete driver of the 2007 season, despite being only a rookie, almost winning the championship and humbling his WDC teammate. You don't get on the podium 9 times straight on your first 9 races "on luck". I don't believe Hamilton is better than Alonso because of 2007 alone, but because the multiple times he simply proved to be a stronger driver.
Also, there is no such thing as a "car made for Verstappen" in Red Bull, this is bullshit, Perez just straight up sucks.
Good video mate
Thank you bro!
Being a rookie in 2007 ≠ Being a rookie in 2023.
Some would be surprised to know there was no limit mileage for F1 testing in between seasons unlike today. McLaren didn’t hesitate to let Hamilton complete THOUSANDS of miles behind the wheel of the 2006 car at different tracks. And yes, before anyone tries to jump in saying I’m just a bitter Alonso fan (which I was back then to be honest 😂), I realized in 2009 how good Hamilton was while driving that dog of a car McLaren made and even winning a race that season!
Totally, the sport is so different now...that's why records are continually being broken!
That edit of Lewis subscribing made me laugh 😂
Glad you enjoyed 🤣
Great video, But it sounds like your saying "Philip Massa"😂😂 Made me laugh every time
Thanks. Will work on that 😂
underrated deserve that sub bro
Appreciate it bro!
@@Formula-Drive nw I wanna make some f1 content u got any advice ( might be my only chance to ask before you blow up)
@@SkippyF1 you can never stop learning with youtube but i think the best thing i can say is just get started and improve as you go., that's when you really start to learn!
Worth noting that Jacques Villeneue also finished second in the championship his first year and won the next. Also, Baghetti not only finished on the podium in his first race, he WON it!
Lewis haters flooding in
Love Lewis, just for this video we can’t forget Jacques Villeneuve also had a equally good if not better rookie season. Qualified on pole, took lead and finished 2nd in first race. Took the championship to the last race aswell xx
Very good shout, it's up there!
I think their respective teammates tip this in favour of lewis. one was a reigning double world champ
Lewis faced the guy who dethroned Michael Schumacher
Crazy how Lewis lost the championship by literally a single point that too because of a car malfunction. Imagine if he would have performed well he would have been a champion as a rookie
Haters would still have something to say 😅
Small mistake, Malaysia is its own country. Singapore is a seperate soverign country. Might trip either groups wwith ur video. Malaysian circuit is Sepang in Kuala Lumpur
I like these sort of video's
Thank you 👊
@@Formula-Drive it ok
@@Formula-Drive could you maybe make a story of michael schumachers story in F1?
i remember watching the shanghai race and just being almost crying at 10 years old because the shiny car was beached. my father threw out some swearwords because well, it looked stupid on the tv. never forget how sad and still happy i was tho, that was sick and i think f1 rn is in a similar spot in case of competion, well if you ignore p1(so just like the bundesliga lmao)
that were the simpler times, i just liked a team for the livery, but my love for mercede- and hamilton at that- grew over time.
That Livery gets more iconic as each year passes 😅
Cant wait for new dominant driver to come up and everyone start talking shit about Max Verstappen. We really cant value drivers while they’re still around. Schumacher’s whole career was “if Senna was here”. Now Lewis’s career is “he had better car”. There is a reason why only few teams has won consistently cause they can develop best cars. Even in his karting days when HIS Father was his mechanic he dominated. Lewis is one of the greatest driver the world has ever seen. He is in top 3. With Senna and Schumacher.
Monaco in Italy? Apart from that, great video 😊
Thank you and yeah, my bad 🤣
@@Formula-Drive singpore and malaysia are also two diff countries
Mclaren Bringing a rookie driver to their team while they had a fast car and the could have bringed a more guarenteed driver but they chosed lewis realy shows how talented he is❤
People often say its the car etc but you don't get that opportunity as a rookie if you aren't capable...
The half of words is still sensei, too.
he really had that DOG in him when he was a kid
100% 😂
Lewis deserved to win 2007 title. McLaren failed him in China and he made mistakes in Brazil.
+ 2008! 07-08 Lewis was heads above everyone else on the grid.
IS THERE A 2ND PART???
THE END WAS LIKE A CUT-OFF!?
His haters try to discredit this achievement since then with stupid arguments.
1st. It is very rare for a rookie to beat experienced teammate. Not a world champ just someone who drove few seasons. Last 10 years it happened 2times 2018Leclerc-Ericcson, 2015 Nasr Ericcson ( 2019Russel-Kubica as well)
- Its easy in the best car - There are only 4 other drivers who got 9 podiums in a row EVER (Schumi, Alonso, Vettel, now Verstappen as well). He did it in his firts 9 race. If thats not enough i dont know what is. Just to debute on the podium has happened 3x in the last 25 years (Villeneuve, Magnussen)
- He tested more with McLaren. -Still its harder to go from GP" to F1 than 1 team to an other. And Alonso tested enough. He was same as Renault days
- He was favoured. - This is the stupidest. Everyone says this but when i ask to tell me 1 example they cant
Alonso started as N1 driver. Team orders, first upgrades... When Lewis beat him he went crying to Ron. Said no. Blackmailing with Spygate. Signing with renault, and then he was cut off from 2008 dewelopment. (just as others who leave a team)Thats it.
- He was used to the tires. GP2 drives in Bridgestone. Renault was Michlein. - Still easier to adapt to a tire than a different car, but if its that hard how did Kimi beat Massa? He drove in different tire as well. And its not like he was slower driver as 2008 proved
And there is a lot more.
All of these are stupid or just untrue. Lewis is just that good.
What a season 1 point ahead of ham and Alonso
Absolutely crazy!
The first black driver winning the championship in his rookie season would be quite a statement
It's a statement for any rookie driver!
3:12 Jacques Villeneuve finished on the podium during his maiden race in 1996.
Think whatever you want about his politics, the man is a legend
It was good fortune that put Hamilton in the best car of 2007, it was Hamilton's skill that almost won him the championship. Hamiltons career would have looked vastly different had he started in a more "traditional" team as a rookie, but he took the opportunity that was presented to him and delivered a near perfect result. It took a long time for many F1 fans to respect him (myself included), but it truly takes a bitter personality to not respect him now. Part of me is still relieved Hamilton doesn't have #8, but another part knows deep down that Schumacher himself would be the first to congratulate Hamilton if he were able to.
Totally agree, wish more fans had your outlook and just enjoyed these drivers while they're here!
When you've been a dominant driver on the dominant team in the sport for so long people tend to get amnesia and make excuses for your greatness. LH the 🐐.
F1 fans seem to be especially bad for this...
Whish you the best in RUclips 😁
Thanks so much! 👊
This never happens anymore though. A rookie driver never gets the chance to be put into a competitive car anymore. It just doesn’t happen.
Yeah, sport is in a completely different place now
he should won the 2007 wdc, but thanks to his dnf's kimi has one wdc now❤
If it was gonna be anyone to win it, i'm glad it was Kimi
He didn't DNF in Brazil. He had gearbox issues.
Nice video but who the hell is ‘Rackinen’ 😂😂😂
Thank you....working on it 😂
3:17 meanwhile Villeneuve and much more drivers...
Well if a whole team is against you and they even appeal against you its normal that the rookie that the whole team protects "wins"
Cray Regazzano? Aerosport awards?! Kimi Rackonen? Philip Massa? Fernondo Alonso?
Lewis hamilton GOAT
Villeneuve maiden race was pole , lead first 29 laps and had to back off du to a late race oil leak. Finished 2nd to Damon Hill
Its a decent video but I cringe every time he says Kimi Rackonen
Thanks man and excuse us for that 🤣 we’re improving
Great video, but please pronounce the drivers’ names correctly 😂
Thank you! Working on it lol
What is most impressive is his humble background.
For sure, you don't see too many people coming from that environment anymore
shame about his gearbox in the final race, unbelievable
If that didn't happen, if wouldn't even be up for debate as the best rookie season
@@Formula-Drive I still think it isn’t. The fact he had Margin over the others even with that mistake, only to lose it from something out of his control is unreal
Lol even as a kid he had #blessed energy. Love the recognize me now clip
Iconic if you ask me
Hamilton block alonso first because he didn’t let him pass as the team said… honestly don’t know why FIA penalized alonso
not saying either was in the right but of course alonso should have been penalised...
@@Formula-Drive so you have a problem to define equality like FIA (hard tyres > shoft ones) amazing
Hamilton was arguably the best prepared rookie of all time. He had an enourmous amount of testing before entering as well as spending hours on the simulator way before coming to F1. He was mentored by Ron Dennis since the age of 13. He was testing Kimi's setup.. Neither Schumacher nor Senna ever had that amount of preparation before entering F1. Additionally the car he was sitting in in his rookie season was one of the fastest cars on the grid. read this and educate yourself: ruclips.net/user/postUgkxJDKFTefht2_AVO8l_21qs-FxaaXV96pG
maybe, just maybe he had those opportunities because he had the potential?
@@Formula-Drive I’m not saying that he didn’t have potential. He definitely did. My point is that that those opportunities, that very few drivers ever had (maybe only Villeneuve and a few others) heavily influenced his rookie performance and it wasn’t like he was thrown in there and outperformed a double world champion out of nowhere. Thank you for not deleting my comment for a third time btw or maybe it was just a bug idk. I bet you didn’t even read the article. Hamilton fans have their eyes wide shut when it comes to that.
@@daniellindner826 Alonso was still a x2WDC with so much more actual race experience than Lewis.
Even Goerge spent years in at williams before joining Mercedes and was up and against Lewis but that doesn't make any less talented or give him any advantage.
He did what Bottas couldn't that's what separates a good driver from a decent one.
Booring to the power of booring
Lol the vid just ends
Hilarious some people still think it was all The car.
I can't stand verstappen but your an idiot if you think it's only the car letting him win.
Hamilton, like verstappen now....was able to pull completely consistent qualifying sessions rinsing everything out of the car at exactly the right time and did it over and over again for years thrashing every team mate along the way.
You simply can't do that as an average driver. Yes you can have a good car but you still have to deliver consistently to win championships.
Verstappen never faced a decent driver as his team mate.
@@ktcool4660 agreed.
@@ktcool4660 never? He lost to Riccardo 1-2
@@s1lveralkaro900 Ricardo is mid at best.
@@ktcool4660 so what does that say about max then? Riccardo also smoked prime seb
You do know there's this driver called (Oscar Piastri), right?
Sure do!
Who?
I don't like him, but I do admit he is very talented.
Its refreshing to hear with the sport becoming ever more toxic…
Just to put it into perspective: Hamilton lost the championship by 1 point in his rookie year because he made a mistake going into the gravel because his team made a mistake by letting him run on dead tyres for too long and because he had a temp mechanical failure in the last race.
This is why to me Sir Lewis Hamilton is THE F1 G.O.A.T. 🐐🔥
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*The only rookie in F1 history to be privileged with the fastest car on the grid.
Thats what skill gets you 🤷🏾♂️
Max verstappen. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
i mean Nino Farina won the WDC in his rookie season
Hardly a rookie driver at 44 though 😅
doesnt matter how old he was. it was his first season in f1@@Formula-Drive
But everyone was a rookie. It was the first ever championship. It's a bit redundant. Every driver started with 0 race experience in F1
Fellip Massa, and Kimi Rackonen
To be fair,hamilton’s spectacular debut was helped partly by the bridgestones he wased used to race in f3000 and f2 and he had 20days of proper testing in the 2007 car beforehand unlike anything like these days which helped him adapt to the cars quicker,meanwhile fernando had to worry about getting ysed to grips with new bridgestones he never drove before and a new team with ron dennis favouring his young protege driver with limited 2days of testing compromised him gettinng adapted to the car which meant fernando wasn’t operating at full capacity untill the second half of the season and by that time ferrari developed the car a bit and were winning and consistently on podium meanwhile alonso and hamilton were ripping each others points.
Sure, that may have helped at the start, but this point totally overlooks that Hamilton was a ROOKIE, and Fernando was already a TWO TIME CHAMPION. Gotta give credit where it's due man.
Second half of the season Alonso can’t even keep up with Hamilton in both qualifying and in the race. That’s especially true in wet conditions like Fuji and China. Raikkonen had limited time to adapt to Bridgestone tires as well, but he still outperformed Alonso in a slower car. 2007 was an embarrassment for Alonso and you know it
He did prepared.. like other rookies. No driver just turn up in F1.
alonso had 500km more of testing before 2007 🤡
@@omsingh3982 in the mclaren 2007 car, alonso did 3days of 6hour testings, lewis hamilton did 20days of 6hours of testing,so he could learn more edge of the bridgestones which he already raced with, could learn everything about the car and definitely more than his teammate.
Imagine a world championship ever being that close again 😢
We can only dream!
2021? They were equal on points going into the last race, that’s about as close as you can get!
@@aero42 yeah, you’re right, forgot about that one. But before that Mercedes was very dominant, now no one can’t get a win over Red Bull
Hamilton is amazing, huge respect for his rookie season., However, this is just half of the story and only from the perspective of Hamilton. You don't really explain why Alonso waited in the pits (not to slow Hamilton down, but because he was telling the team that they put used tires on him, so he was telling them to change them to new ones, but the new ones were reserved for Hamilton...) And what about the races that Hamilton was given the last lap of Q3 Quali instead of Alonso (they had to refuel in the pits, so they used to alternate which driver would take the last stint since the track is warmer and with more rubber the later you try, but Ron Dennis would find excuses to allow Hamilton that last lap in several occasions). Nice video but would be nice if someone would tell both sides of the story and not only Alonso's or Hamilton's side.
We have another video on their rivalry, this is more tailored towards hamiltons path to F1 and his debut performances
* says he’s the first driver in history to step on the podium on his debut when a ton of others have done it too*
* doesn’t give the reason for Fernando holding up Lewis at Hungary*
kind of an old head f1 fan here but i never did actually understand why alonso held him up, i just figured he was a dirty driver cause he also was involved in crashgate and the way he treated massa at ferrari was appalling too
@@theVEFFA1- Fernando doesn’t know anything about the crashgate.
2- Massa said that Fernando is actually a good guy, they even become friends.
3- McLaren were complaining against Fernando in all the 2007 season, doing things like giving his settings to Hamilton, not respecting the agreement that they had made in the classification of Hungary 2007, in which it was said that Fernando had to start before Hamilton in Q3, but Hamilton ignored it and still came out first, or directly sabotage him as in Canada.
I dont hate Hamilton, but, come on…
@@theVEFFA I mean like that other guy said crashgate was flavio and a few other higher ups at Renault not Fernando, and Felipe liked Fernando, don’t recall him saying otherwise. As for Hungary 07 Fernando was supposed to be the lead mclaren in there q3 run, Lewis went out ahead and wasn’t willing to give the place up. That was Fernando’s motivation, not some random sabotage out of nowhere.
@@Ferrarista_csm2009 You forgot to mention that Alonso was also sabotaged after Hungary Qualifying, as McLaren complained to the stewards and got him a 5 place grid drop
@@theVEFFA i believe it was due to the advantage of fuel loads and preferable strategies in the race. to sum it up more neatly, it was alonso's turn to get the advantage but lewis refused to move over for him on track. very unsportsmanlike. then, alonso decides to block him in the pits. very unsportsmanlike. never in f1 history can you find two drivers whose desire to beat each other throughout decades of their careers stronger than lewis and fernando's.
It's Räik (Riak) kkönen, Fel ipe (Fel-e-pay) Fern-ando
I laugh when people think Max is better than Lewis, not even close
Max is an elite driver but their Rookie seasons are incomparable
The GOAT 🐐
But Max ……. 🥸
His rookie season?
Any goat will be slaughtered...
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singapore aint in malaysia lol
It used to be. Singapore became an independent state in 1965.
@@chrstiaan722yea but this was in 2007
Nelson Piquet had a similar rookie season, though new f1 fans have no idea because it’s not convenient that somebody who isn’t constantly searching for PR points would be such a great driver.
Cry more 😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@y_olk Only one fan base is known for crying…
@@TonyF1MMA Clearly the one you belong to.
Jacques Villeneuve also finished second in the championship in his first season in 1996. A lot more context required in this video, like why Fernando blocked Lewis in the pits.
We've got another video on the channel discussing the Hamilton vs Alonso rivalry at Mclaren in more detail
Quite a lot of mispronunciation going on in tbis video
Don't give me that good car shit either. 5 of Schumachers 7 championships were in a great car.
Of course all the Hamilton haters forget that convienitly .
No rookie F-1 driver ever did any of that.Ever!!!
The good car narrative only seems to matter when its certain drivers 😅
Villeneuve did you spa
You talk bull lad Schumacher dominant car in 01 02 04 Hamilton where do I start all of them and 08 was a lucky one in which he shouldn't have won (Singapore) if you going to talk about f1 look at it first, lulu fanboy
@@paulclooney3531It's Ferrari's fault that race, they fucked up in the pitlane massively. Crashgate wasn't the reason he won.
The difference between Schumacher's good car and Hamilton's good car:
Schumacher literally had one of the worst Ferrari of all-time when he arrived at Ferrari in 1996, it took him and his team 5 years to develop an unbeatable car for 2000-2004 with an insane amount of testing (which was allowed back then).
Meanwhile, Hamilton's Mercedes was developed literally BY Schumacher and Ross Brawn, only needed the V6 engine to become unbeatable. Hamilton just took Michael's spot and claimed all the glory.
That's why Lewis will never be better than Michael. Even if he might wins his 8th title (what I highly doubt now in Max's dominancy), still won't be better than Schumacher.
Blud.. malaysia and Singapore arent the same thing
DTS/MAX fans after this 😮
3:18 thats at Sepang, in Selango, Malaysia. it's not in Singapore, we are not part of Malaysia since 1965 and we will only held our own race in 2008.
holy shit learn to say names.
You state that Hamilton was the first rookie to take a podium in his first race however there was loads before him. Jacques Villeneuve (second in Australia in 1996), Mark Donohue (third in Canada in 1971), Reine Wisell (third in the US in 1970), Mike Parkes (second in France in 1966), Peter Arundell (third in Monaco in 1964), Masten Gregory (third in Monaco in 1957), Cesare Perdisa (third in Monaco in 1955 - a shared drive), Karl Kling (second in France in 1954), Dorino Serafini (second in Italy in 1950 - another shared drive) and Peter Whitehead (third in France in 1950).
Shame his ego got so big.
Having big egos is the reason why drivers like max and Alonso did so well
Vettel was at a very strong team when he scored his first point with BMW, Hamilton was propably at the BEST team in 2007.
In the end, only kids with rich and caring parents will be able to get into sports like racing.