@@RobertMacCready He keeps on improving, the way he drives lately must be very demoting for the other drivers. He's on another level at the moment, and it's not just his car.
Don't forget his father, Jos Verstappen. Drove F1 in the earlier 90s. Yes, he did not drive there very long but still, he's been able to teach Max some things. I also believe his mother races too, forgot which class.
@@merijnvanschaik4989 Jos was Schumachers team mate at Benetton at that point and achieved two podiums, so prior to Max he was the most successful Dutchman in F1, he did F1 for about 10 years but mostly with shit teams. Max's mother was a karting world champion, so yeah, that's a pedigree.
Add his dominance in virtual racing too as on of the few real drivers there. Its a sign of how future champions will be build. They will show up too in virtual racing too.
You cannot say he is the greatest driver of all time (times, conditions and cars are impossible to compare), but he is already one of the greatest and most talented drivers of all time...
Well, he IS better than the arrogant, entitled, whining, black TW@T driving for Merc. Beating Mercedes, the FIA and the black TW@T in 2021 - after the black TW@T escaped 7 penalties during 2021, all courtesy of the FIA and Michael Masi, got pushed off the track deliberately by Bottas and the black TW@T and STILL won
The greatest is just an opinion and mostly will be the one people have seen for themselves. I go back to the Hunt & Lauda, days and for me, Max is the best I've ever seen! That over take on Leclerc in Austria proved it beyond any doubt! Although Jackie Stewart has seen them all and I respect his opinion and he reckons Jim Clarke. For me before Max, Senna & Shumacher were the best, Max has got Senna like talent and Shumacher ruthlessness & determination , so he's the best now!
He is the hardest worker on the grid. He is non stop racing 24-7. He is always honing his craft. As long as he is in a competitive car, no one is on his level at the moment. In the future we may be comparing the all time greats to him. Not him to the all time greats.
The wet Brazil GP 2016 pretty much says it all. Couldn't believe what I was watching. Had he been Lewis's team mate, no way Lewis would have reached 7 titles.
Max Verstappen outclassed Lewis hamilton with a slower car in 2021. Thats for me why he is better than Hamilton overall and the GOAT in making. We already saw what he did in Monaco. Hes the one
Although I fully agree with you, we need to acknowledge Lewis is 37 or so and most likely past his prime. Nevertheless, he’s still an amazing driver and I love to see them fight each other. If only Mercedes could improve their car…we’d get an awesome 2nd half of this season assuming Alonso will be right there at the front as well😋.
I started watching F1 because of Max in 2020. Fell in love with this sport, started researching its history and legends. I'm very grateful to be witnessing the era of Max Verstappen! Love his passion for racing, his discipline, his blunt straightforward attitude and mindset. This guy bleeds racing. It's motivating for me to put in long hours to get good at things that will help improve my life. I hope to meet you one day Max! I pray he gets more than 7 WDCs, and ends up as not only the greatest F1 driver ever but the greatest racing driver ever!!!! ❤
As far as racecraft goes, Max is on par with Senna and Schumacher ... if not better. Max is definitely world class in wet conditions. Does not only win races in the dominant car, he won 11 in a much less performing car. Max lives an breaths racing in every kind of way, at the track and online. Perhaps his biggest asset is that he is honest, down to earth and does not have anything else on his mind but racing. Time after time when he gives his opinion, it makes screaming headlines ...... to then find out he was actually right. Similar to his fans Max wears his race shirt and does not parade in weird outfits. Max is a normal guy, hence why all official F1 survey's say that Max is by far the most popular driver in the world.
Yes, be proud. But spare a thought to Verstappen's background: he grew up mostly in Belgium,his mother,a former top level kart driver, is Belgian and he learned his racing craft mostly in Belgium.
@@stavrosk.2868 I know that. Max was living and going to school in Belgium at a young age but had a lot of Dutch friends and was in the Netherlands a lot at his grandpa place just over the border in Nederland. But it's fair to say his dad made him this good. His dad spend so much time with him. But he has blood of both countries but he feels more Dutch. I also am halfblood and have the same feeling. Never the less he is half Belgium as well and Belgium people should be proud as well.
not probably... he is the best driver on the grid. He has the most karting titles with less years on the entire F1 grid and could even skip F2. In the rain he is was 2-3 seconds faster per lap than anyone on grid with a way less car. Brazil 16 F1, but also F3 Norisring.
Max is a champion a total perfectionist...he's going to be in record books and make history this is what i see in him..also he reminds me of ayrton senna another driver that was just on a higher level
He's not like Senna. Max is more focused and precise. he won't throw away a good result just because he feels entitled to a win. He's more like Prost and Schumacher.
Nothing questionable about Massi's decision, all the teams decided at the beginning of the season to do everything possible, not to finish a race behind a safety car, then he got vilified, mainly by Merc & the British media 😡 The only questionable decision, was Hamilton leaving the door wide open into turn two. Karma is a bitch and Hamilton got his for Silverstone 🤣
@@jackdominiak445 I guess because I try to be fair to the cry babies I acknowledge some of their hurt...Shamilton didn't deserve that championship, Max did, Max won, Shammy babies will get over it one day.
I saw a change in Max when he started the season after winning his first championship. He was so relaxed and confident. These driver work so hard from childhood to become an F1 world champion and most drivers never get there. Winning his first took so much pressure off him. Now he can just race, be himself and keep winning more championships. Of course it helps to be with a team that rarely makes a misstep.
I was still doubting long time (does he just have the best car conundrum). But when I watched his reaction after having lost once from Checo, and lots of People were thinking Checo ould start putting pressure on, i was convinced : never seen someone so unnerved after a loss, he felt completely unthreatened
Once in a Millennium, his parents both highest level racers, and nurture by dad. Combined with the fight, eager and capability to relax in Max, he is already historic.
Yes the guy breaths racing. Competes in top level F1 on weekends. Pushes like every race was his last. Goes home then competes in top level sim racing. Weekend back in real car again often getting grand slam weekends. The last race where he still risked his win just to get fastest lap proved it in style.
Cars cant be build for one specific driver. It can be set up for one driver sure. But the driver has to put in good info to the mechanics. And Max is also very good at that. Daniel Ric is known to be a weak setup manager
Also all teams will do their best to make the car fitted for their driver. Only people who have a hard time accepting that their favorite driver stands no chance, try anything to make it seem like is unfair or something, must be due to something else haha.. omg
i think 2021 was one of his hardest seasons and if he wasnt as good as he was LH would have won and what was added after that is, less pressure of winning, less pressure from the competition, more experience. between 2017 and 2020 LH was an absolute machine but now max is even better. hes probably the best driver that ever existed. absolute perfection only so little mistakes. Senna was fast, Schumacher was much better than many drivers before. LH did an amazing job between 2017 and 2020. Fangio was an engine whisperer on top of his car. Verstappen is probably all of these drivers combined, he is fast as senna, much better than many drivers before, an aboslute machine like LH Was and on top of his car like fangio was. he plays with the competition just doing whats needed to win nothing more. He will be winning the triple crown one day like only Graham Hill did
Years ago my husband watched Max in the rain in 2016 and stated right then and there that "Max is coming" and he DD and he is brilliant. He certainly is mature and polished and untouchable now and if he was Hamiltons partner years ago, would have won back then. Gotta have the car and when you do, the package is unbeatable. Russel proved that when he stood in for Hamilton when he was sick with Covid I think and he kicked a@@ and would have won if the team had not fked him with the wrong tires. So he proved ANYONE in the best car can win. I would like to see ALL drivers in the SAME car and let God sort them out hahahah. Would be fun. I dont feel that Hamilton earned his titles as he had the BEST and they hung Bottas too many times to count in favor of Hamilton. Bottas smiles so much now and really nice to see him enjoying his life now. He was miserable at MB being second fiddle and having to back down or loose a race in favor of Hamilton. That shyte should not be allowed for anyone incl redbull. Anyway, Max is great, Hamilton lucky and F1 goes on, the cream rise to the top and thats Max for now.
I can remember going to Genk to watch him karting. as a huge Jos verstappen fan I was hoping the son would do better, following F1 since 1973 with little Dutch success... Look where we are now, I always thought that when he'd start winning it may become boring, it's going that way... Still super proud but also hoping that he has to fight a little bit harder for future wins lol!
@@alimantado373 There was even an official fanclub in Holland so apparently you don't have to win to have fans. Half of the grid could stay home in that case?
I really hope, that Max stays "grounded" and focused over his coming years. Like Alonso. Please do not choose the way of Lewis. He changed from a "nice kid like russel" to a attention screaming diva (new "fancy" outfit every race, political statements in one extreme direction,...). 😢 Please Max keep yourself and do not end like Lewis as the "whore" of the media. ❤
@troylewis2003 Oh I get it, so there were no huge Perez fans until 2020’s sakhir gp, right? Definitely none that were fans because of his nationality and the only driver of that nationality on the grid, right? You don’t need to win to have fans, Stroll has barely done anything, he has a less impressive record than Maldonado, yet he has fans.
I think what matters is his mentality (may it be a pose or his true character. I think the latter) of “I don’t give a s….., I will win”. No politics, no team orders, just flat out, no fear. AND no mistakes. Unbeatable at the moment. Thanks to Honda not in the least. It’s still a mystery to me why they officially stepped out of this magnificent F1 team. Does anybody know? I don’t.
Absolutely true! I wonder wher ethe black one is with his "a great driver can win in any car"? Oh, wait, even his ROOKIE team mate beat him in 2022. Scumilton always got his titles on a silver platter
As a Dutchie, I was not a fan of how Abu Dhabi 2021 panned out. But hey, if the ref makes a misstake, what are you going to do? Not score the goal? After that, the man became a machine. No misstakes. On it from lap one with everything under control. Patient, but ready to go Super Sayan when needed. Go Max!
I think you've listened to too much media hype my friend. The referee did not make a mistake, he decided as all teams agreed at the beginning of the season, that the race should not be finished behind a safety car, he should be applauded for that not vilified ! Hamilton was in a car which was quicker by a second a lap, he left the door wide open for the 2nd corner like an amateur ! I can guarantee, if the roles were reversed Max would have held him off and won. Best finish to a championship I've ever witnessed in 45 years!.....and I'm not Dutch and used to be a Hamilton fan, until he became a fake hypocrite. Even when I was a big Hamilton fan, I could see Max had the beating of him, as long as he had a car within 2/10ths of the Merc!
@@jackdominiak445 It's still a mistake. Teams agreed that ideally, races should end under green flag conditions. That doesn't mean that they should apply rules incorrectly to achieve that. Bringing in the safety car a lap earlier than the rules stated was fine, as there were other rules that could have allowed for that. But unlapping only some cars was a mistake. That doesn't mean you can't like the ending. As the OP stated, people make mistakes. It wasn't foul play, but it was a mistake. And of course Hamilton left the door open in the 5th (not 2nd) corner. Defending there would have been pointless. Verstappen made that lunge from a long way back. If Hamilton defends, Verstappen simply takes the corner normally. Hamilton would end up compromising his exit, and Verstappen would get a perfect exit, and sail past Hamilton on the straight. Hamilton did what he could with the tyres he had. Same for Verstappen.
I think he knows the car mechanics better than most drivers and can relay that to others, on the team. Perez, Gasley, Riccardo,& Albon are all inconsistent. Of course the car is built for Max's driving style. You'd be an idiot not to 😅. We're gonna see Perez's best this year and dollars to doughnuts, he'll be way short
that a good point..max knows the car inside out..he not only is just a great driver..he knows his mechanics better than anyone on the grid...together with his talent..his attitude makes him the best if all..
Max is rock steady, v consistent, cool and ahead of the pack by a great margin. Unless some new blood comes into F1 (maybe in another 3 -4 years) his dominance will continue. He could be the best ever..
Max is the best I've ever seen, better than Senna, Schumacher & Hamilton. Jim Clarke was very special though, just a farm boy that didn't have Max's advantages
People hate on him but he is a purebred racer. It's what he does. If you can't beat him. Then you have to re think yourself. I can't beat People when I race. I'm not gonna be a bitch and complain because they are outright faster. I have to get out and practice, spend the time.
Villeneuve has always been extremely critical of Verstappen and even now he cannot suppress the urge to put him down by claiming the car was tailored to Verstappen’s driving style which is, of course, complete nonsense.
And you are an expert, right? Hopefully you know the terms, understeer, oversteer, balance, trail breaking, late or early throtle responce. All these terms are car handling characteristics that can be developed into a car to suit a drivers preference. Clearly Red Bull did NO development to their car to improve it's charateristics or any preferences Max likes out of the race car. 🤣
@@peterdevalk7929 that’s is impressive. Don’t get me wrong, Max is a good driver. But F1 has always been a sport of a dominant 1 or 2 teams with a star driver. The other drivers on the grid are good but in cars that are frankly mid field crap. Lewis was the star for Mercedes and he got 7 WC. Max is the star at RB and they are the dominate team with their car. And if RB have a dominant car this year, Max will win his 3rd WC. The car and team makes the most difference in this sport.
@Pedi4kingz If Max wins this year, he'll win his second world title, as he was given his first. His record would show three, but it would only be two legitimate ones. I've been watching F1 since the late eighties and there have been many contentious incidents over the decades, but that is up there as number one.
@@Stevesixty7 Still crying? grow up stupid little man. Max was BY FAR the best racer during the season, just look at the statics! Masi was on Mercedes' site all season long, as of day ONE until the very first lap of the last race. Then not only the Lewis's team screwed him up big time, but also Masi made his FIRST mistake towards the Mercedesklan. And it costed him dearly. Furthermore, in the last round, Lewis himself screwed himself in turn 5 by making a rookie mistake by giving way to much space to Max, LOL.
Ik ben Nederlander en dus niet geheel objectief. Maar had nooit verwacht dat een Nederlander ooit een een f1 race zou winnen. Met Jos verstappen kwam dat in de buurt, maar helaas net niet. Maar Nederland was trots op Jos. Toen kwam Max. Hij heeft de Nederlanders trots gegeven. En ik hoop dat hij nog jaren doorgaat en vele successen beleeft. I am Dutch and therefore not entirely objective. But never expected that a Dutchman would ever win an f1 race. With Jos Verstappen that came close, but unfortunately not quite. But the Netherlands was proud of Jos. Then came Max. He has given the Dutch pride. And I hope he continues for years to come and enjoy many successes.
I think Max is just the most complete modern F1 driver there is. Michael Schumacher knew about Max Verstappen even before Max Verstappen was born. The kid is raised in F1. Not in motorsport, no in actual F1. The kid has more simulator experience then any other F1 driver out there and is one of the most experienced F1 drivers outside of the simulator on top of it already, while he's still only 26. Max his youth karting performances are out of this world. nobody even comes close near Max his youth performances. Max was the youngest karting world champion in the history of the sport, Lewis never made it to the top 10 and was a lot older and had a lot more attempts. When Max moved over to F3 he had a test trial day in a F3 car, Max broke the lap record of the track he was driving at. Can you imagine? This kid has never driven a F3 car before and the first thing he does is breaking the lap record on the track he's driving it. You're not gonna believe this, but the most amazing thing about it I haven't even said yet. Max did it, on old tires... I mean, even if you make a random movie this would be like, yea, this doesn't make any sense, we are not even putting it in the film. But that's what actually happened.
I love how max shows Lewis up especially in 2021 fucking irritate me how everyone bangs on about the season final forgetting everything Lewis and bottas had done to try and destroy his title bid including trying to kill him prick
@@chrisjohnson3253 Totally agree. Without the attempted murder at Silverstone and Bottas smashing Maxs car to pieces in the next race at Hungary Lewis wouldn’t have even been in the running for any title chance. The last race was pure justice and at one point I nearly considered believing there’s a god lol 😆
@@stableianF1oracle me to I actually thought there may be a god when latifi did a latifi and Micheal massi just did what any reasonable person would of done justice for max at last I thought nice to meet you Ian my type of guy
@@chrisjohnson3253 Well all teams said to Massi when he took over that they didn’t want to end races under the safety car so the teams got what they wanted except Mercedes decided they did want it when it affected them.
Max always says: 80% car, 20% driver. Aston Martin and Mercedes are closing in slowly. Even for RBR it will not be easy to keep their 0.5sec lead over these teams till 2026.
What if Max will do what most other champs have done. Suppose McLaren produces a car that is superior to the RB. Don't you think every team would like to have Max in their team? He just have to make a switch and go on collecting titles.
He's father is not even in the same conversation as a driver. Jos's biggest claim to fame, when he was driving is that he was best mates with Shummie, even bigger is he's management of max's talent & career!
Max is a Michael Schumacher type It's still not enough, but Leclerc is Mika Hakkinen type If Max rides the fastest machine, he will win the championship by an overwhelming margin.
I wachs f1 for more then 30 years,and hopet that onethime a racesmen stote upp out off the netherlands divers, and GOD, has heare my prehar,thank you GOD❤❤❤
We can talk about all things that happened in that season costing points to lh or mv and the decision that Massi took , but why did lh not pit for new tires? Lh was way faster that day then mv. Mercedes knew if lh would not pit for tires, mv would for sure. Ok mv in the lead and lh with new tires trying to overtake him, would be difficult as for mv a crash taking both out would be ok, but the clear pace superiority of Lh during that race ,should have made it simple. You go first I’ll overtake you . Mercedes and Lh , just dropped the ball.
All LH had to do was keep MV behind for one lap in a car that was a second a lap faster, he couldn't do it, I guarantee Max would have held him off if the roles were reversed! Massi should be congratulated for not allowing the safety car to decide a World Championship, not vilified !
Hamilton and max both had competitive car..2021 and Hamilton came on top if max team did not cheat.. as for 22 and 23 max did not have competitive car but he has a winning car.. and that not fair .. if one to one same competitive car ..there no in this business better than one and only one legend that is sir Hamilton.
2022 WC is no measure of greatness of a driver but more a measure of who got the new regulations right. Redbull was definitely not going to develop the car more to suit Perez's driving style. Max is their number one driver and that is not going to change. Like Lewis at Mercedes. I hope there will be more competition this year because watching a F1 race where the overtaking is only done in the DRS zones is boring as watching grass grow. Only time I can think F1 was exciting was in the 1980's, 90's and early 2000's. Thank god for 2021 season when two drivers battled neck and neck for the championship. I hope we see that this year.
I hear a lot of people asking to see Max v Hamilton in the same car. This is not a good comparison. No. A true test to see if he is better than all drivers out there is if he can win a race in a Ferrari. Asking for a Championship in a Ferrari is asking for Miracles.
Max has an extra dimension thanks to Jos. He became an adult at 17 and he can control his aggression to benefit him. He is going to be the best of all! No doubt and they all know it already.
@@mark5071lol i don't think so .....try the ones that aren't influenced by their current Job .... funny none of those have said this ? so typical of fans these days to pick the winning champion of the day to say this is the best there ever was and dont look at facts .... its hardly ever true ...
@@mark5071 didn't you not read my replies? they are influenced by their Jobs .... , yes i think Max is a good driver, he wouldn't have gotten in tof1 if he wasn't good ...just not one of the best yet ... he is too dangerous and hasn't learned either how to drive safely and hasn't has grown up ... he throws tantrums and loses his temper all the time ...not great for a driver, i could go on but that's already enough and at present, he is driver the best ever f1 car compared to the competition, he has the largest advantage ever in F1 , Red bull were even sandbagging in the last race and were still a second faster than the rest ....if he didn't win , he should give up !!!
You can beautifully see how Max still has a tough time to deal with Lewis because I know he sees Lewis like many of us as one of the greatest of all times. He's clearly happy to be in the position he is but he's clearly not comfortable sitting in right next to (t)his Goat in a press conference.
Max reminds me of Michael Schumacher
Big fan of Schumacher but I believe Max is on another level and could possibly become the GOAT.
@@RobertMacCready He keeps on improving, the way he drives lately must be very demoting for the other drivers. He's on another level at the moment, and it's not just his car.
Max reminds me of Senna.
@jer quake I guess you started drinking at a young age, and your brain got damaged by it.
@@ml8022perez is a good driver yet has to drive perfectly to be able to beat him due to car damage😅
Senna's talent, Schumacher's killer mental toughness combined with a sprinkle of Dutch directness and you get this beast of a racing driver.
Don't forget his father, Jos Verstappen. Drove F1 in the earlier 90s. Yes, he did not drive there very long but still, he's been able to teach Max some things. I also believe his mother races too, forgot which class.
@@merijnvanschaik4989 Jos was Schumachers team mate at Benetton at that point and achieved two podiums, so prior to Max he was the most successful Dutchman in F1, he did F1 for about 10 years but mostly with shit teams. Max's mother was a karting world champion, so yeah, that's a pedigree.
Add his dominance in virtual racing too as on of the few real drivers there. Its a sign of how future champions will be build. They will show up too in virtual racing too.
Well described 👍🏽👏🏽👏🏽
and not far from Fernando's "wisdom"
You cannot say he is the greatest driver of all time (times, conditions and cars are impossible to compare), but he is already one of the greatest and most talented drivers of all time...
Thank you for the input, I will be sure to rephrase until next time!
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Well, he IS better than the arrogant, entitled, whining, black TW@T driving for Merc. Beating Mercedes, the FIA and the black TW@T in 2021 - after the black TW@T escaped 7 penalties during 2021, all courtesy of the FIA and Michael Masi, got pushed off the track deliberately by Bottas and the black TW@T and STILL won
And he's only 25 years old
The greatest is just an opinion and mostly will be the one people have seen for themselves.
I go back to the Hunt & Lauda, days and for me, Max is the best I've ever seen! That over take on Leclerc in Austria proved it beyond any doubt!
Although Jackie Stewart has seen them all and I respect his opinion and he reckons Jim Clarke.
For me before Max, Senna & Shumacher were the best, Max has got Senna like talent and Shumacher ruthlessness & determination , so he's the best now!
Max is racing geek, that's one of the reason why he's one of the GoAT.
Best all time driver
I would think that if Max were driving an Aston Martin along with Alonso they would be the top team now.
I don't think so. But they'd be a lot closer to Red Bull though.
Great video summary of Max' career up til now. Thx!
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Lewis never outclassed his teammates as max does to his teammates
No leamet on him😂😂😂😂😂
He is probably the best of his generation and to me he belongs to the top 5 best of all time without comparing the material.
He is the hardest worker on the grid. He is non stop racing 24-7. He is always honing his craft. As long as he is in a competitive car, no one is on his level at the moment. In the future we may be comparing the all time greats to him. Not him to the all time greats.
Anyone who wasn't able to recognize Max' genius from the first day he stepped in that Torro Rosso is simply ignorant.
I've always said, if he gets a car within 2/10ths of the Merc & Hamilton, he'll beat them and that's when I was still a Hamilton fan
I had many arguments with my fellow Brit Hamilton lovers!! So satisfying that I get the last laugh
The wet Brazil GP 2016 pretty much says it all. Couldn't believe what I was watching. Had he been Lewis's team mate, no way Lewis would have reached 7 titles.
Max Verstappen outclassed Lewis hamilton with a slower car in 2021. Thats for me why he is better than Hamilton overall and the GOAT in making. We already saw what he did in Monaco. Hes the one
Although I fully agree with you, we need to acknowledge Lewis is 37 or so and most likely past his prime. Nevertheless, he’s still an amazing driver and I love to see them fight each other. If only Mercedes could improve their car…we’d get an awesome 2nd half of this season assuming Alonso will be right there at the front as well😋.
100% agree. He beat Lewis in a worse car.
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Even though the red bull was a better car
Max was lucky that latifi crashed otherwise Lewis would've won the championship even tho people couldn't deny it
I started watching F1 because of Max in 2020. Fell in love with this sport, started researching its history and legends. I'm very grateful to be witnessing the era of Max Verstappen! Love his passion for racing, his discipline, his blunt straightforward attitude and mindset. This guy bleeds racing. It's motivating for me to put in long hours to get good at things that will help improve my life. I hope to meet you one day Max! I pray he gets more than 7 WDCs, and ends up as not only the greatest F1 driver ever but the greatest racing driver ever!!!! ❤
As far as racecraft goes, Max is on par with Senna and Schumacher ... if not better.
Max is definitely world class in wet conditions.
Does not only win races in the dominant car, he won 11 in a much less performing car.
Max lives an breaths racing in every kind of way, at the track and online.
Perhaps his biggest asset is that he is honest, down to earth and does not have anything else on his mind but racing.
Time after time when he gives his opinion, it makes screaming headlines ...... to then find out he was actually right.
Similar to his fans Max wears his race shirt and does not parade in weird outfits.
Max is a normal guy, hence why all official F1 survey's say that Max is by far the most popular driver in the world.
Proud of Max as a Dutch guy. He is a true WC! Fully deserved it!
Could not agree more!
Greetings from Germany. Good to see a good neighbour being that dominant!!!
Yes, be proud. But spare a thought to Verstappen's background: he grew up mostly in Belgium,his mother,a former top level kart driver, is Belgian and he learned his racing craft mostly in Belgium.
@@stavrosk.2868 I know that. Max was living and going to school in Belgium at a young age but had a lot of Dutch friends and was in the Netherlands a lot at his grandpa place just over the border in Nederland.
But it's fair to say his dad made him this good. His dad spend so much time with him. But he has blood of both countries but he feels more Dutch.
I also am halfblood and have the same feeling. Never the less he is half Belgium as well and Belgium people should be proud as well.
@@stavrosk.2868he could choose himself and HE FEELS MORE DUTCH…but because YOU say it is isn’t so? Hahahaha poor you
not probably... he is the best driver on the grid.
He has the most karting titles with less years on the entire F1 grid and could even skip F2.
In the rain he is was 2-3 seconds faster per lap than anyone on grid with a way less car. Brazil 16 F1, but also F3 Norisring.
Just look at 2022 Suzuka. He gapped the whole field in 26 laps by 23 seconds, and I bet he wasn’t going all out.
Bring it one 2023 …max shake the world of F1 …great
Can't wait!
Max was doubted to much of his skill and drive of a car he is the fastest driver probably ever in f1
Max is a champion a total perfectionist...he's going to be in record books and make history this is what i see in him..also he reminds me of ayrton senna another driver that was just on a higher level
He's not like Senna. Max is more focused and precise. he won't throw away a good result just because he feels entitled to a win. He's more like Prost and Schumacher.
Okay there's only one senna..he still the best ever than..he's only driver that had balls trying to give him something..than they all pussies
Funny to read the negative comments from the Lewis fanboys! Why are they here? Shouldn't they watch Lewis videos?
People conveniently forget the 2021 Championship was a culmination of an entire seasons racing, not just one race with questionable decisions !
Nothing questionable about Massi's decision, all the teams decided at the beginning of the season to do everything possible, not to finish a race behind a safety car, then he got vilified, mainly by Merc & the British media 😡
The only questionable decision, was Hamilton leaving the door wide open into turn two.
Karma is a bitch and Hamilton got his for Silverstone 🤣
@@jackdominiak445 I guess because I try to be fair to the cry babies I acknowledge some of their hurt...Shamilton didn't deserve that championship, Max did, Max won, Shammy babies will get over it one day.
Yep. Masi fucked up, but it's just one of many things that happened that season.
I saw a change in Max when he started the season after winning his first championship. He was so relaxed and confident. These driver work so hard from childhood to become an F1 world champion and most drivers never get there. Winning his first took so much pressure off him. Now he can just race, be himself and keep winning more championships. Of course it helps to be with a team that rarely makes a misstep.
Absolute legend. Simply untouchable in this form.
Not yet the GOAT (results-wise at the very least), but heading for that title very, very fast.
I was still doubting long time (does he just have the best car conundrum). But when I watched his reaction after having lost once from Checo, and lots of People were thinking Checo ould start putting pressure on, i was convinced : never seen someone so unnerved after a loss, he felt completely unthreatened
All his team mates couldn't keep up with him and yet you still can't figure this out?
Except danny ric
@@karlbrooker2024 Even Danny started to lose time as the seasons went on.
Once in a Millennium, his parents both highest level racers, and nurture by dad. Combined with the fight, eager and capability to relax in Max, he is already historic.
Yes the guy breaths racing. Competes in top level F1 on weekends. Pushes like every race was his last. Goes home then competes in top level sim racing. Weekend back in real car again often getting grand slam weekends. The last race where he still risked his win just to get fastest lap proved it in style.
Being dutch I have to say we are so proud of Max !!!
Who is "we" . I'm certainly not one of the them
Simply the best!
Simply lovely!
Cars cant be build for one specific driver. It can be set up for one driver sure. But the driver has to put in good info to the mechanics. And Max is also very good at that. Daniel Ric is known to be a weak setup manager
Also all teams will do their best to make the car fitted for their driver. Only people who have a hard time accepting that their favorite driver stands no chance, try anything to make it seem like is unfair or something, must be due to something else haha.. omg
i think 2021 was one of his hardest seasons and if he wasnt as good as he was LH would have won and what was added after that is, less pressure of winning, less pressure from the competition, more experience. between 2017 and 2020 LH was an absolute machine but now max is even better. hes probably the best driver that ever existed. absolute perfection only so little mistakes. Senna was fast, Schumacher was much better than many drivers before. LH did an amazing job between 2017 and 2020. Fangio was an engine whisperer on top of his car. Verstappen is probably all of these drivers combined, he is fast as senna, much better than many drivers before, an aboslute machine like LH Was and on top of his car like fangio was. he plays with the competition just doing whats needed to win nothing more. He will be winning the triple crown one day like only Graham Hill did
Years ago my husband watched Max in the rain in 2016 and stated right then and there that "Max is coming" and he DD and he is brilliant. He certainly is mature and polished and untouchable now and if he was Hamiltons partner years ago, would have won back then. Gotta have the car and when you do, the package is unbeatable. Russel proved that when he stood in for Hamilton when he was sick with Covid I think and he kicked a@@ and would have won if the team had not fked him with the wrong tires. So he proved ANYONE in the best car can win. I would like to see ALL drivers in the SAME car and let God sort them out hahahah. Would be fun. I dont feel that Hamilton earned his titles as he had the BEST and they hung Bottas too many times to count in favor of Hamilton. Bottas smiles so much now and really nice to see him enjoying his life now. He was miserable at MB being second fiddle and having to back down or loose a race in favor of Hamilton. That shyte should not be allowed for anyone incl redbull. Anyway, Max is great, Hamilton lucky and F1 goes on, the cream rise to the top and thats Max for now.
I can remember going to Genk to watch him karting. as a huge Jos verstappen fan I was hoping the son would do better, following F1 since 1973 with little Dutch success... Look where we are now, I always thought that when he'd start winning it may become boring, it's going that way... Still super proud but also hoping that he has to fight a little bit harder for future wins lol!
huge Jos verstappen fan ! Nobody was a huge Jos fan! what did he win?
@@alimantado373 There was even an official fanclub in Holland so apparently you don't have to win to have fans. Half of the grid could stay home in that case?
I really hope, that Max stays "grounded" and focused over his coming years. Like Alonso. Please do not choose the way of Lewis. He changed from a "nice kid like russel" to a attention screaming diva (new "fancy" outfit every race, political statements in one extreme direction,...). 😢 Please Max keep yourself and do not end like Lewis as the "whore" of the media. ❤
@troylewis2003 Oh I get it, so there were no huge Perez fans until 2020’s sakhir gp, right? Definitely none that were fans because of his nationality and the only driver of that nationality on the grid, right? You don’t need to win to have fans, Stroll has barely done anything, he has a less impressive record than Maldonado, yet he has fans.
@@alimantado373 He won our hearts.
best thing about max is he doesnt do mind games focussed on himself
Not caring about mindgames is his mindgame, and cracks the matrix. lol
Max is the GOAT
How is supermax goat when other drivers have 15 years of winning
🎤
It’s just dumb what you all say about 33
You’re cult fanatics chasing whiteness
@@BENTAYGA2
Max don't need 15 seasons to show everybody that he is is the goat we are whitnessin this the last 5 years
@@peterbrown9046 it’s like talking to children with y’all
@@BENTAYGA2 best for you is to learn from these wise children than😀😭
@@peterbrown9046 yea right
You’re the real goat
I think what matters is his mentality (may it be a pose or his true character. I think the latter) of “I don’t give a s….., I will win”. No politics, no team orders, just flat out, no fear. AND no mistakes. Unbeatable at the moment. Thanks to Honda not in the least. It’s still a mystery to me why they officially stepped out of this magnificent F1 team. Does anybody know? I don’t.
It's about winning ofcourse,but Schumacher and Lewis won 7,but still Senna is the best around ever. So winning championships doesn't mean everything.
Senna was not the best, anybody around at the time watching could see Prost was more dominant.
Senna Followed Prost to Williams FFS!
Yeah right. Max Verstappen is the GOAT. His talent is far beyond every other driver on the grid. GO MAX
His drives are out of this planet, wonder if he can keep the pace up this year
Absolutely true! I wonder wher ethe black one is with his "a great driver can win in any car"? Oh, wait, even his ROOKIE team mate beat him in 2022. Scumilton always got his titles on a silver platter
He is not a GOAT never will be he is a lion let that name To lewis GOAT super max
… but real goats win poles
@@farikokillajnldfarikokilla5439 GOAT means Greatest Of All Time
As a Dutchie, I was not a fan of how Abu Dhabi 2021 panned out. But hey, if the ref makes a misstake, what are you going to do? Not score the goal? After that, the man became a machine. No misstakes. On it from lap one with everything under control. Patient, but ready to go Super Sayan when needed. Go Max!
I think you've listened to too much media hype my friend.
The referee did not make a mistake, he decided as all teams agreed at the beginning of the season, that the race should not be finished behind a safety car, he should be applauded for that not vilified !
Hamilton was in a car which was quicker by a second a lap, he left the door wide open for the 2nd corner like an amateur !
I can guarantee, if the roles were reversed Max would have held him off and won.
Best finish to a championship I've ever witnessed in 45 years!.....and I'm not Dutch and used to be a Hamilton fan, until he became a fake hypocrite.
Even when I was a big Hamilton fan, I could see Max had the beating of him, as long as he had a car within 2/10ths of the Merc!
@@jackdominiak445 It's still a mistake. Teams agreed that ideally, races should end under green flag conditions. That doesn't mean that they should apply rules incorrectly to achieve that. Bringing in the safety car a lap earlier than the rules stated was fine, as there were other rules that could have allowed for that. But unlapping only some cars was a mistake. That doesn't mean you can't like the ending. As the OP stated, people make mistakes. It wasn't foul play, but it was a mistake.
And of course Hamilton left the door open in the 5th (not 2nd) corner. Defending there would have been pointless. Verstappen made that lunge from a long way back. If Hamilton defends, Verstappen simply takes the corner normally. Hamilton would end up compromising his exit, and Verstappen would get a perfect exit, and sail past Hamilton on the straight. Hamilton did what he could with the tyres he had. Same for Verstappen.
Max brought back my love for F1 ❤🎉
I think he knows the car mechanics better than most drivers and can relay that to others, on the team. Perez, Gasley, Riccardo,& Albon are all inconsistent. Of course the car is built for Max's driving style. You'd be an idiot not to 😅. We're gonna see Perez's best this year and dollars to doughnuts, he'll be way short
that a good point..max knows the car inside out..he not only is just a great driver..he knows his mechanics better than anyone on the grid...together with his talent..his attitude makes him the best if all..
Max is rock steady, v consistent, cool and ahead of the pack by a great margin. Unless some new blood comes into F1 (maybe in another 3 -4 years) his dominance will continue. He could be the best ever..
The best of all time
He’s the best athlete holland has ever produced.
He is a legend in making.
For a lot of us and myself, he the best there is at the moment!
Max is the best I've ever seen, better than Senna, Schumacher & Hamilton.
Jim Clarke was very special though, just a farm boy that didn't have Max's advantages
People hate on him but he is a purebred racer. It's what he does. If you can't beat him. Then you have to re think yourself. I can't beat People when I race. I'm not gonna be a bitch and complain because they are outright faster. I have to get out and practice, spend the time.
For me, he is allready the best driver ever, and he is only getting started.
Max will definitely get his 5th consecutive world title in 2025
So let's see what the new era in 2026 will bring
Villeneuve has always been extremely critical of Verstappen and even now he cannot suppress the urge to put him down by claiming the car was tailored to Verstappen’s driving style which is, of course, complete nonsense.
And you are an expert, right? Hopefully you know the terms, understeer, oversteer, balance, trail breaking, late or early throtle responce. All these terms are car handling characteristics that can be developed into a car to suit a drivers preference. Clearly Red Bull did NO development to their car to improve it's charateristics or any preferences Max likes out of the race car. 🤣
@@pedipedi9559 He won his first race when he was only 18 y.o. in a totally new car to him in which he only drove 6 hours !!!!
@@peterdevalk7929 that’s is impressive. Don’t get me wrong, Max is a good driver. But F1 has always been a sport of a dominant 1 or 2 teams with a star driver. The other drivers on the grid are good but in cars that are frankly mid field crap. Lewis was the star for Mercedes and he got 7 WC. Max is the star at RB and they are the dominate team with their car. And if RB have a dominant car this year, Max will win his 3rd WC. The car and team makes the most difference in this sport.
@Pedi4kingz If Max wins this year, he'll win his second world title, as he was given his first. His record would show three, but it would only be two legitimate ones. I've been watching F1 since the late eighties and there have been many contentious incidents over the decades, but that is up there as number one.
@@Stevesixty7 Still crying? grow up stupid little man. Max was BY FAR the best racer during the season, just look at the statics! Masi was on Mercedes' site all season long, as of day ONE until the very first lap of the last race. Then not only the Lewis's team screwed him up big time, but also Masi made his FIRST mistake towards the Mercedesklan. And it costed him dearly. Furthermore, in the last round, Lewis himself screwed himself in turn 5 by making a rookie mistake by giving way to much space to Max, LOL.
Ik ben Nederlander en dus niet geheel objectief. Maar had nooit verwacht dat een Nederlander ooit een een f1 race zou winnen. Met Jos verstappen kwam dat in de buurt, maar helaas net niet. Maar Nederland was trots op Jos. Toen kwam Max. Hij heeft de Nederlanders trots gegeven. En ik hoop dat hij nog jaren doorgaat en vele successen beleeft.
I am Dutch and therefore not entirely objective. But never expected that a Dutchman would ever win an f1 race. With Jos Verstappen that came close, but unfortunately not quite. But the Netherlands was proud of Jos. Then came Max. He has given the Dutch pride. And I hope he continues for years to come and enjoy many successes.
He, he; Max is from Belgium, he might drive for the Holland flag, nevertheless, his mother is from Belgium and Max was born and raised in Belgium.
@@rolandgeorges960 Max has the Dutch nationality. He is Dutch, simply because of that.
@@rolandgeorges960 We Dutch love the Belgium people, haha.
I predict at least a place in the top 20 for Max this year.
He will never be a Frisian champion not being Frisian!
Yeah, you meant 20 more world titles. I agree
Top 21 now
Max Max Super Max
I think Max is just the most complete modern F1 driver there is.
Michael Schumacher knew about Max Verstappen even before Max Verstappen was born.
The kid is raised in F1.
Not in motorsport, no in actual F1.
The kid has more simulator experience then any other F1 driver out there and is one of the most experienced F1 drivers outside of the simulator on top of it already, while he's still only 26.
Max his youth karting performances are out of this world.
nobody even comes close near Max his youth performances.
Max was the youngest karting world champion in the history of the sport, Lewis never made it to the top 10 and was a lot older and had a lot more attempts.
When Max moved over to F3 he had a test trial day in a F3 car, Max broke the lap record of the track he was driving at.
Can you imagine? This kid has never driven a F3 car before and the first thing he does is breaking the lap record on the track he's driving it. You're not gonna believe this, but the most amazing thing about it I haven't even said yet.
Max did it, on old tires... I mean, even if you make a random movie this would be like, yea, this doesn't make any sense, we are not even putting it in the film. But that's what actually happened.
Goat....he is f1 legend
Yer he is a bit good.. defo a few more championships in him yet if he stays inf1
I wish senna and Schumacher were able to give their opinions on max
i love Max. ( his drivingstyle.).
but from 2023 on , i will throw some of that love towards Nyck de Vries. (HAVE A GREAT SEASON 2023 NYCK.)
Ik gun Nyck prachtige resultaten. Maar zoals Max altijd al zei. Het is de auto die de kampioen maakt.
Oof...🤪
Perez won twice already this season so perhaps the car isn’t geared for Max alone
Don't think he's some1 going from pole to win a race every time, for him that's boooooooring, he needs to overtake cars, but that's my opinion.
He’ll be one of the all time greats with a another chip or two. He may already be there.
😍 Brazil 2016 😍
The best thing about Max is his ability to show what a plum duff Lewis is especially after Lewis tried to kill Max in 2021 at Silverstone
I love how max shows Lewis up especially in 2021 fucking irritate me how everyone bangs on about the season final forgetting everything Lewis and bottas had done to try and destroy his title bid including trying to kill him prick
@@chrisjohnson3253 Totally agree. Without the attempted murder at Silverstone and Bottas smashing Maxs car to pieces in the next race at Hungary Lewis wouldn’t have even been in the running for any title chance. The last race was pure justice and at one point I nearly considered believing there’s a god lol 😆
@@stableianF1oracle me to I actually thought there may be a god when latifi did a latifi and Micheal massi just did what any reasonable person would of done justice for max at last I thought nice to meet you Ian my type of guy
@@chrisjohnson3253 Well all teams said to Massi when he took over that they didn’t want to end races under the safety car so the teams got what they wanted except Mercedes decided they did want it when it affected them.
@@stableianF1oracle I know I was gonna point that out that all the teams didn't want it ending under safety car so he did what they wanted ffs
Belgium/Holland, can't get any better than that.
Nl/Vlaanderen
Max always says: 80% car, 20% driver. Aston Martin and Mercedes are closing in slowly. Even for RBR it will not be easy to keep their 0.5sec lead over these teams till 2026.
very true!!
What if Max will do what most other champs have done. Suppose McLaren produces a car that is superior to the RB. Don't you think every team would like to have Max in their team? He just have to make a switch and go on collecting titles.
Verstappen....best Dutch driver ever. His father stands in his shadow
His father beats max’s mom
Great guy
@@BENTAYGA2 Jos is a sociopath! Max explains it himself . The only pity I have for MV is that he had to put up with such horror growing up.
He's father is not even in the same conversation as a driver.
Jos's biggest claim to fame, when he was driving is that he was best mates with Shummie, even bigger is he's management of max's talent & career!
I wish we could see Verstappen race Schumacher and Senna.
Max is a Michael Schumacher type
It's still not enough, but Leclerc is Mika Hakkinen type
If Max rides the fastest machine, he will win the championship by an overwhelming margin.
Incoming: Armchair experts...
I wachs f1 for more then 30 years,and hopet that onethime a racesmen stote upp out off the netherlands divers, and GOD, has heare my prehar,thank you GOD❤❤❤
Jos Verstappen:
Max if you do come in first..
You are last.......
Max takes this literally!!!
Horner looks at any way possible to win. All he did was out spend everyone! Greatness! LOL ****** $$$ =Greatness
We can talk about all things that happened in that season costing points to lh or mv and the decision that Massi took , but why did lh not pit for new tires?
Lh was way faster that day then mv.
Mercedes knew if lh would not pit for tires, mv would for sure.
Ok mv in the lead and lh with new tires trying to overtake him, would be difficult as for mv a crash taking both out would be ok, but the clear pace superiority of Lh during that race ,should have made it simple.
You go first I’ll overtake you .
Mercedes and Lh , just dropped the ball.
idk about Lewis, Fernando is shining last years. Max is rock'n...
Lewis is just as good his car is...!
-not my Champion... 🤔
All LH had to do was keep MV behind for one lap in a car that was a second a lap faster, he couldn't do it, I guarantee Max would have held him off if the roles were reversed!
Massi should be congratulated for not allowing the safety car to decide a World Championship, not vilified !
stupid aquisation
Hamilton and max both had competitive car..2021 and Hamilton came on top if max team did not cheat.. as for 22 and 23 max did not have competitive car but he has a winning car.. and that not fair .. if one to one same competitive car ..there no in this business better than one and only one legend that is sir Hamilton.
2022 WC is no measure of greatness of a driver but more a measure of who got the new regulations right. Redbull was definitely not going to develop the car more to suit Perez's driving style. Max is their number one driver and that is not going to change. Like Lewis at Mercedes. I hope there will be more competition this year because watching a F1 race where the overtaking is only done in the DRS zones is boring as watching grass grow. Only time I can think F1 was exciting was in the 1980's, 90's and early 2000's. Thank god for 2021 season when two drivers battled neck and neck for the championship. I hope we see that this year.
I hear a lot of people asking to see Max v Hamilton in the same car. This is not a good comparison. No. A true test to see if he is better than all drivers out there is if he can win a race in a Ferrari. Asking for a Championship in a Ferrari is asking for Miracles.
Everytime i hear Max speak reminds me of DUFFY DUCK
He is going to eclipse Lewis' records.
lol youre opening,,,,,,, he is, because he is f1 world champion.
F1 Matrix basically copied your video.
Max has an extra dimension thanks to Jos.
He became an adult at 17 and he can control his aggression to benefit him.
He is going to be the best of all! No doubt and they all know it already.
Max is bored he need some real race.
he is driving the best car. give that car to anyone and they could keep up ...
Perez is in that car and can't keep up.
Maxis video game character
In my humble opinion, when a athlete performs better then his equipement, you're more then a world champion, you are an Emperor, a ruler of worlds.
Max reminds me of Senna.
Nah, he's way above Senna.
@@deerlord2363 max is very good. Maybe even better than Hamilton. But for me Senna is the best of all.
Senna did mistake when he was alone in front and he was nervous against Prost
@@zorglubbulgroz5144 senna was clearly better than prost... It is obvious for who Saw them... But oh well... That is already a very old discussion...
@@deerlord2363i dont think so.for me senna is the best..
Hamilton though
Too good car
Probably?
These days its more the car than the driver
It's always been like that. But you still need the driver to extract the potential, and Verstappen is doing an amazing job at that.
maximum
how dare those guys talk like this about a fake champion, at least that's what the professionals on Facebook telling.
ftom a fake f1 fan more a footix
Goat
wonder why the former champions say this... it is possible they might be influenced by their present employment wonder if they are tv presenters
Because they think he's a great driver.
@@mark5071lol i don't think so .....try the ones that aren't influenced by their current Job .... funny none of those have said this ? so typical of fans these days to pick the winning champion of the day to say this is the best there ever was and dont look at facts .... its hardly ever true ...
@@mark5071 its obvious it not that lol
@@alangunningham5667 How are they influenced?
And do you not think he's a great driver?
@@mark5071 didn't you not read my replies? they are influenced by their Jobs .... , yes i think Max is a good driver, he wouldn't have gotten in tof1 if he wasn't good ...just not one of the best yet ... he is too dangerous and hasn't learned either how to drive safely and hasn't has grown up ... he throws tantrums and loses his temper all the time ...not great for a driver, i could go on but that's already enough and at present, he is driver the best ever f1 car compared to the competition, he has the largest advantage ever in F1 , Red bull were even sandbagging in the last race and were still a second faster than the rest ....if he didn't win , he should give up !!!
Nr 1
Kelly and Max. The beauty and the beast.
Hey, don't be mean, Kelly is not a beast...
@@deerlord2363 :-)
You can beautifully see how Max still has a tough time to deal with Lewis because I know he sees Lewis like many of us as one of the greatest of all times. He's clearly happy to be in the position he is but he's clearly not comfortable sitting in right next to (t)his Goat in a press conference.
If you have the car, you win. Forget about this diriver bla bla.
B S lewis is