How chilled is Max Verstappen? Ask Albon! "The guy's opening FIFA packs before qualifying"
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- Опубликовано: 25 авг 2024
- Just how good, and how chilled is Max Verstappen? Ask someone who has been alongside him in F1...
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That says it all... Drivers knows best.
Alex is such a nice guy and the way he speaks so highly of Max Verstappen makes him even nicer...
No jealousy, just sheer admiration.
What I actually like about the new generation of drivers is that there's little to no drama outside of track, and they are not afraid to show admiration for fellow drivers
They don't play mental games!! They just love to race with each other.
Yeah , I agree…Alex is very honest…especially to himself…he is a great person/driver…you got to love him
Max is an engineers dream. A pointy car that likes to rotatew without much steering is the fastest car. But it needs a real alien to handle it properly. Max is just like Michael. He basically wants a big go kart with 1000hp.
Yeah ppl underestimated the importance of the driver to the developing team and didn't put handling into account.
Ppl just think that if u have a fast car, u don't need skill to win, but in reality, no matter how good ur car is, if it way too hard for the driver to drive and make u spin every single race, there is still no point for u.
So a great driver will open up more possibilities for the team to upgrade the car without worry about handling, which will help reduce developing time and cost, and also decrease wind tunnel time requirement.
The way he helped the team and was mentoring other drivers is admirable ... One of the best guy's around.
Very impressive answers. Respect. Hope he can climb up to a faster team, he deserves it. Very nice young man. Decent, intelligent, mature, honest. And yeah, Max is unique. One of a kind. Very rare. The type of driver he is could put him on top of the best drivers of the century. Attacking the corners like crazy, bloody fast, with Maximum focus and precision, as sharp as a Japanese kitchen knife, yeah, that' sounds like Max Verstappen...
As someone who has a bit of experience on the track and in sim racing I can tell you now most people that know racing know Max is different than the other drivers, Its only F1 fans that have never had any time in a car at pace that seem to be the experts in the field and have a deep seated hatred for Max.
When a current driver says this about another current driver… you know he is something else.
Attended my first live F1 race in 1976, and have done some open wheel racing myself. Compared to most drivers, Max has SO much extra bandwidth that it's eerie. In this respect he compares favorably with Lauda, Senna and Schumacher. We see wet mastery similar to Senna as well. Like Senna, Max can win in a good but inferior car. He's aggressive like a Schumacher, a Senna or a Montoya.
The way he likes cars set up gives him a very small envelope of control, but produces remarkable speed. It's not a knife edge - it's a scalpel edge! That's amazing in and of itself, but then Max casually makes passes on the outside to boot.
I can't remember another driver who was so complete a package at such a tender age. Actually, I don't remember more than a handful who approached this level at any age.
Huge props to Jos as well. He's probably the best driver coach ever
The one I do compare the young Dutch with ... is Gilles. He has lots of similarities with all the greats and legends of the sport, but in terms of raw innate race craft and speed, I can only compare the guy with the insane magician, that Gilles was.
Jos might be a good coach, but being a father is uhhh... let's just say that abandoning your kid at a gas station and telling him to walk home is not the best way to raise a child I'd say.
Max being the only F1 driver to be able to 'spin & win' F1 races, on 2 different races, puts him a league of his own.
Being able to hone his special skills to make sure he could win any race, from any position, is also a very special gift, unique to only the very best drivers in history.
When you know you can "catch" the car if something goes wrong, that allows you to be faster. Max is the king on this skill
I love Alex Albon for how genuine he is in his admiration for other drivers . He is also very good at his job and yet so humble . So grounded
Alex, I wish a total and speedy recovery! 👍
He is the most gifted driver on the grid...
As a huge Max fan, I've come to realize lately that I do not wish for Max to start P1 as long as he has a competitive car. It is better to have Max start P10 or worse, so that way, the first 12 laps will be exciting to watch.
You wrote 12, but really mean 2 tbh 😉
He’ll be in podium places after a lap or two. So p18 maybe.
it should be like in mario kart, reverse grid order :P
Good point! Those races have been the better ones this year. I just never put much thought into as to why, but I think you hit the nail on the head.
So 7 laps for Max to get to P3/P2. Then 5 more laps waiting for Ferrari to make their mistake? 😉
You gotta love Alex, get well soon mate.
Max has a racing mother and a former f1 driver as father, max wanted to go into carts when he was 3 , father Jos told him to wait a few years more but when he got into it his father poured all his time on his kid , he was tough yes for sure Jos does have a short fuse, but always to make him the best driver he could.
You forgot that Michael Schumacher and Jos were best friends and the families went on holidays together. I am pretty sure that a lot of teaching strategies were discussed between the two, for both Mick and Max. To have outspoken the issues you run into when you get into the higher levels of motorsport... the luxury of not always having the optimal setup or parts and how to teach the kids to drive around those shortcomings. How to also mentally prepare them so that no matter what they would always keep calm and get the best out of themselves, and if you've given it your all than to also have the mature state of mind to accept that it is what it is... with no one or nothing to blame.
I can relate I can train other ppl in Muaythai and ppl as I'm very good at it
But I have a very sort fuse and I'm really hard on my son when I train him to a point that I can't train him sometime, it's a dad thing for some of us dads when training your sons
Been critical of Alex (not that it matters lol) when he was in the Red Bull next to Max but mostly because I just wanted him to do better because he's such a nice bloke.
There was only one who gave Max real value for his money, that was Carlos and only that was at the start of his F1 career, even Daniel was in the end overwhelmed by the force called Max.
@@joostprins3381 Carlos? lol but Max beat him by 2x more points anyway!😂
Albon matured very positively and is here to stay on the F1 grid for many years to come, hopefully.
Max is raised by an F1 driver, Max is addicted to the game ever since he was a child and since he went in at such a young age he's one of the most experienced drivers in F1 and on top of that he's in his prime years right now.
He's driving on SPA this weekend, which is his favorite track, he qualified 0.9 seconds faster then his teammate and 0.8 seconds faster then anyone else.
The kid is insane, even when he's free he's playing the game on a sim and such.
What Alex Albon says tells me that Max Verstappen can be very much compared with Michael Schumacher in the way he likes a setup. When Max's dad Jos Verstappen was team mates at Benetton with Michael Schumacher under leadership of Flavio Briatore, all 3 of the cars (1 for each of the 2 drivers and a reserve car was was normal) were setup for Michael and Jos wasn't allowed his own setup.
Since Jos was already a lot older at the time he had already developed his own driving style and preferences, so dealing with Michael's extremely sharp setup was a feat in itself. Basically Jos was in the position of Alex Albon, Piere Gasly, Alex Albon when they were driving as the #2 driver.
Now Michael and Jos were best friends and that was also probably the only true friendship Michael had in Formula 1. So after the kids were born they went on holidays together (source: Schumacher documentary) and personally I wouldn't be surprised if Michael would give Max some tips knowing Jos his struggles at the time at Benetton. Something along the lines of...
"Listen... you still are developing your driving style, and if you drive an oversteering kart that feels sharp on the front it's easier to control the rear by reducing power and thus friction than trying to force an understeering car to turn more by burning up the rear tyres by spinning them up and go from understeer into forced oversteer"
"That was also the problem your dad, Jos, had to deal with as I liked my cars sharp but he was much older than you and had already developed his own driving style. He could not cope with it and that cost him dearly. So while you are still young try to experiment with the best ways to save tyres, and this is one of them"
Also he might have turned to Jos with the advice of randomly setting up a kart to be understeering or oversteering, or letting Max drive on old rubber with low grip. So that Max would learn to adapt his driving style as situations change, because you don't always have the luxury of a good setup.
I would not be surprised if something like that has come to pass at some point.
Jos always won from Schumacher when karting.
@@bobkeul7682Yes, that is generally true and it did surprise me. Usually the speed translate from karts to single seaters. I do think Jos was very fast in single seaters aswell though.
@@folkert2938it's not like Jos was a terrible driver. He was good, just not great. Just a shame his abuse overshadows that. Rightfully so though.
@@shaunlevin5081abuse to himself orto Max ?
@@tuchesampho2047 to Max. It's well documented the shit that Jos has done to Max, his girlfriend, or to other people ranging from leaving Max at a gas station to beating his girlfriend.
Always been a fan of Albon . If not for a couple of on track collisions denying 2 podium finishes caused by another driver who has previously claimed " We need more drivers of color on the podium " things might have been different for Albon while at Red Bull .
Given all the F1 Champions and brilliant drivers Albon has raced in his career... That's quite astonishing.
many people say that RB car is a rocket...
i beg to differ... that RB is a monster that can be tamed only by few...and tbf only Max can do it... his unique driving style is perfectly suited for that car.
It remembers me of the Mick Doohan days, people said his bike (that Honda NSR 500) was a rocket as well, but only in the hands of Mick Doohan, to others it was a death trap and even Mick gad his fair share of problems with that monster of a bike
Those two things aren't mutually exclusive. Of course Max is phenomenal, a freak even by F1 standards, that doesn't mean the red bull isn't a dominant car.
@@CarlosSamuel-ms9eeBut a serieus question. How can a consistently good driver throughout the years, Checo Perez, not make it work? Before RB tried to put some semi Rockies intro the car that weren't able to get the car working. Checo ain't a Rockie but he still can't manage to get the car working properly at qualifications. How is that so if the car is 'significantly' better than other cars?
@@abel2150
Fair question. There have been numerous soundings that have come out about Maxs preference in terms of car characteristics, that he prefers a car that is incredibly pointy. Even though these guys are some of the absolute best drivers in the world, they aren't machines; their performance isn't completely consistent with the level if the car if, for whatever reason, they can't get a handle on it.
There are several things that support my point that the other drivers arent maximising the Red Bull.year Gasly got demoted from red bull, he achieved better results in the junior team Alpha Tauri; it is extremely unlikely that the junior team produced q superior car. Perezs race pace is much closer to Max than his qualifying pace; qualifying is where the intricacies of the cars handling will become most pronounced, because you are driving right on the limit. Perez has thrown away a lot of points in qualifying this year, yet is still number 2 in the standings, which supports the idea the car is dominant.
I do believe Max is the best driver on the grid though. I just don't believe that the gaps between the drivers are more than a few tenths, outside of a few drivers that aren't there on merit.
How can you not like this guy? What driver would admit this? I don't see Perez speaking like this about Max for example...
Perez recently said about Max that he's maybe the best F1 driver ever. That's a big thing to say for any teammate
Dude why talk like that of perez? Is it just me or has nobody gotten any respect left for perez. He is a very talented driver and everyone often says he is shit whilst i dont think that is the case
Nice bait mate
Yet…
@@Loek-29 Perez is a great driver, under estimated, way better then that over estimated Russell.
Alex deserves one more run on that RB team alongside Max. Especially after checo’s performance today in Spain Quali
I dont wish it to him, looks like that 2nd seat is carrier killer pretty much, they will always develop for Max and his preferences are way way off compared to other drivers. Im pretty sure there is no driver now or before who would join RB at this point and beat Max.
Finally you Limey's out there start to understand the difference between 'Vercrashen' and brilliancy..... come on, give the guy the credit he deserves, just like Alex did.......
When he talked about the greats he was about to say for him, Max is one of the greats or the greatest!
He is such a nice and honest guy, Alex…he will perform better, I’m sure of it…he is getting better mentally each season…that is what he is working on…the driving is already great…Now he had to believe it too. Maybe with Carlos he will get even better…he needs a good teammate to trigger him. I wish him al the best ❤️…even I’m a Max fan🤷♀️
Albon is one of the most interesting drivers on the grid to me. He's a great talent, but he got treated quite unfairly by RBR early in his career, then came back with the worst team and is 13th in the standings and driving better than almost anyone else out there.
Arrogance and confidence are critical pieces to most F1 drivers mentalities, but Alex - along with Max - seems to be brutally honest with people and more importantly, himself.
Being put in a RB isn't being treated unfairly. It is a huge opportunity that many drivers would give their left nut for. Alex was struggling bigtime "they race me so hard" and he needed to be released.
Admirable Albon
Albon is doing wonders in that Williams, to be honest. I would have liked to see him in an Aston Martin
I will forever remember Alex as being there in the microphone when Max crossed the line in Abu Dhabi....
We all remember that. Even though it wasn't him.
It was GP.
He is very chilled, like the cold redbull can he hold
I want Albon back at RB
idk how i feel about Alex on Max banners
Albon knows wheel....
So no No. 2 driver will be able to drive a car set up for Max. No surprise Checo has problems.
i think you failed to understand the concept of setup... the drivers setup their own car and no 2 drivers set the car up the same..." the car " as a thing isnt set up for max... max sets his own car up for max. checo can do with his car whatever he wants..
generally speaking its logical that you would run into problems if you try to do something someone else is doing at the highest level of anything... but checo has full freedom to set the car up how he likes, no team forces a good driver to drive a certain setup....
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Max is more a Apex predator
The only F1 'person' with mercedes affiliation besides devries and schumacher jr. that honestly and completely compliments the level of skill and talent verstappen has.
De Vries is a fellow countryman and the verstappens and schumachers have been family friends for 20 years so we shouldnt count that. But if you ask 4-5 top ranking mercedes F1 leadership or both their current drivers: verstappen is a great driver, the car is amazing, the team is amazing, adrian newey is amazing. What is perez doing then? perez is no joke, he didnt get the RB seat for nothing, hes a proven driver... so if verstappen takes 19/22 victories and perez has trouble getting a podium half the season. Is it the car or is it the driver?
Listen to that hater's. Everybody dislikes diva Hamilton
Hamilton isn't even mentioned in the video.
So not only is he ruining F1, he is also part of ruining gaming
Lmao, max hasn’t ruined anything yet
Sounds like Max likes a car how Kimi Raikkonen used to - extremely sharp and he was also incredibly precise. You need incredibly good feel to maximise it particularly initial turn in.
If you can find any Verstappen karting onboards you can see (and hear by the lack of tire squeel) that precision in its pure form.
I think Max and Kimi had more in common, I like both and I miss Kimi
Kimi was/lived a few years in Holland, Vlaardingen to be specific, at Peter de Bruin Karting specialist. Peter was even a world champion karting against Senna! And Peter showed Jos the special tricks how to tune karts. This is a small story that it was not only Jos who was important for Max's succes. It all started in a small town at a karting shop....
Been watching F1 for the last 40 years, and as a dutchmen this hasnt always been pleasent, but my God, this generation of drivers is awesome to look at. The Albon, Norris, Verstappen group especially. And believe me when I tell you, Max is as good as the best drivers inHistory if not better. You all talk about shumacher, but imo he's much more compairable to Ayrton....