For redbull I would have picked their tweet where they said “10 laps to go. Checo and LEC separated by less than a second” Then 7 minute later they quote tweet that with: “Never Mind.”
Our swedish commentators said the DRS wasn´t really necessary because of how much they could follow each other. Hamilton could follow Gasly, Leclerc could follow Perez (for a while) and so on. So I wasn´t really bothered by it to be honest!
Tbh it was really impossible to get ahead of Gasly with that much drag, 3 tenths at the beginning of the straight and he would still not catch up. By no means a Hamilton fan boy but I guess that's what is coming my way now...
DRS being off to me, showed that DRS has benefit under some conditions. That small benefit seems worth it for passing up front or if you can pressure someone into an error and then get a run.
Bottas unable to get past Russell shows why Mercedes chose George over him. Valteri really needs to make that pass if he wants to make a point to Mercedes.
Also was pulling so hard for Bottas to pass a Merc in his Alfa, but still helluva drive. He really is reborn. And I know Toto has to try to keep spirits up but I don’t think a 4th place result in a wet starting race means the car is “undriveable” lol
I think the DRS not being enable sooner was because of last years crash with Russell and Bottas, they betted on getting it more dryer before enable it.
My guess is since the track was still a bit damp besides the dry line for some time, they didn't want to allow it sooner, which would have meant the car with the lower downforce is forced of the dry line and would need to break on the slightly damp side of the track and with slicks too. Sure, maybe a bit earlier would have been nice, but I can't fault them for being on the safer side.
I'm thinking they were using it as an opportunity to see how the cars can race without it. Seeing as it was enabled around halfway into the race, they'd be able to get a good amount of data to show overtakes with and without it
The pit "straight" was quite dry (since it is fully exposed) but indeed the bit from the left kink to the braking zone (where trees keep the track in the shade and cooler) was still quite damp looking. Definitely a better safe than sorry decision from the Race Director.
As for the DRS Vettel said after the race that he felt it wasn't safe to activate it due to a certain corner. I trust Vettel's opinion on race safety and I didn't feel like it was interesting to watch a race without DRS
Yea but take it on context my dude... There was only small thin dry line pple were racing on as the track was just not drying off lol. With or without DRS not many were willing to go onto the wet parts to make a pass. A few nutters did, but it wasn't without risk.
@@fiarandompenaltygeneratorm5044 coming from one of the most well respected, knowledgeable, experienced drivers on the grid? Who also has several world championships under his belt? And you are?
I’m a Vettelfan too but most of these are memes, so just wait for the podcast. And who cares if he’s not mentioned at all? Still did a good race right?
Don't you think that's kind of silly? Only one line is dry so no DRS because it's dangerous. no overtaking please , Why are they even going racing then? just sit in the box and wait for dry. Common.. are all F1 fans nowadays are a bunch of little girls.
@@ronintje7647 tbf by the time dts was enabled gasly had drs from Albon (not that i think it made a difference). Could’ve been helpful for leclerc getting past Perez tho and maybe not binning it
They eventually turned on DRS and did it change much? Hamilton still wasn't able to overtake Gasly. There was quite a bit of fighting without drs and it was nice to watch. And to why was it that way, I think they were afraid of drivers getting with drs and slicks onto the wet parts of the track.
I enjoyed the amount of wheel to wheel racing so much I forgot about the fact DRS wasn't enabled, and was quite surprised to see it getting enabled. just because I had forgot about its existence.
Yeah I was watching the race and looking at the track as people were begging for DRS, it was still a bit slippery on the off line so if someone was full sending it with DRS on in some corners, it was gonna be a slip n slide
8:40 i believe they waited a lot because there was a wet line still very prominent on the track. and obviously with drs one driver has to go off the dry line. 🤷
@@ImmortaliusMNE In Turkey, there were wet tyres on a wet track. If DRS were to be activated here, the slicks would have to drive on the wet straight to a hard braking zone. It would have been dangerous
I can't help but to feel you're a bit biased in your judgement calling this race boring. It was really exciting everywhere except for the first place. And even then I was stressing to death the last 15 laps watching if Max car would break or not.
I thought the race was boring because all I saw for over 50% of the time was a procession. I appreciate safety but ffs its a race after all . Just because Vettel didn’t want drs doesn’t mean everyone else felt the same.
becomes pretty clear this year whether those 7 titles are due to the qualities of Hamilton or Mercedes... best driver every my *ss. Best car ever? YEP!
Red Bull scored the most points a team has scored in a F1 weekend so far: 8 + 6 + (25+1) + 18 = 58 points. If Checo had finished 2nd in the sprint also. That would have been the perfect maximum score of 59. In a normal weekends a team can only get a max of 44 points.
Masi has turned on DRS early last season and Bottas/Russell crashed because it was to wet. Even Seb said after the race that the "dry-Line" looked better on TV than it was on track and he can understand that DRS didnt got enabled earlier. (he wasent near to overtake/get overtaken before everyone wants to talk shit)
petition for social media tc to be expanded to 5 pts for 1st to 1 for 5th with teams stepping up their social media game i always want to see more than just the top 3 in IBR nowadays
This race was epic with all the battles in the midfield, what a race I really enjoyed it, I feel sad for Ferrari but to see norris on a podium is really nice and Red Bull 1 & 2 is epic, great drive from max and perez and Vettel 8th is also nice. What a race!
Not having DRS opened up the gaps between cars too much. Also, the Mercedes of Hamilton was so slow making it look like DRS was ineffective but if you watched Tsunoda's passes with DRS you could see why the race needed it earlier
@@kevinjimenez3661 The Tsunoda passes were bcoz of his engine. Didn't you see RBR breezing past cars when they had Drs in the sprint and they would've done the same in the race of they had the chance. But passing was hard for non RBpt cars. Just look at Russel vs Bottas. Ferarri engine vs Merc. If i said something wrong, please don't quote me on that. I've started watching F1 for like 3 years. 🙂🙂
@@unevenrogers2592 Three years is plenty of time to know what you're talking about lol. Have some self-confidence! If DRS had been enabled sooner, more cars would have been in a better position to pass. The opportunities had gone by the time it was enabled. That said, I think the race director's call was still solid.
Quite hypocritical of Matt to say that he wasn’t happy with the DRS not opening when he (and Tommy and Katy) said that they would be pleased with the removal of DRS. This race showed we NEED it. Without it the cars cannot race.
Race control did the right thing when it comes to DRS!! there was a Dry line but if DRS was enabled that means drivers would overtake on a wet line while losing rear wing stabillity and if they went 3 wide it would most likely end in crashes
I'm fine with the DRS decision as long as it's the same for all races, doesn't matter who is P1 if it's different next time some Ferrari fans might be mad later on if it favors RB again
nah if next time when leclerc will pe leading in similar conditions the race directores will be like last time fans wanted the drs early so they enabled it early.
I think they were trying something new. As most the f1 twt were whining about how OP drs was in the sprint race. Maybe They were giving race without drs a chance. and as you can clearly see, even with the Cars following pretty close it was almost impossible to pass without DRS.
Is no one going to talk about when the commentators mentioned dirty air and the camera panned to a guy letting out a big puff of smoke? That’s seemed pretty funny
I actually think they turned on DRS at the right stage of the race... imagine if a driver went for an OT on the pit straight with DRS open, probably would have had to go in a damp patch... could have been a similar crash to bottas and russell last year at turn 1. I guess the director wanted to make sure it was saf(er) before enabling it.
It was rather interesting listening to Max telling Perez and Nando in the cool down room about running into Albon, Gasly and Hamilton stuck together for most of the race. I think he ran into them two times during the race, once when lapping and again after his final pit stop.
Bottas was about 13sec behind and was able to catch up with Russell but then the race ended. With some more time I think Bottas would have been able to pass.
After all that happened with Masi people can't complain about race directors anymore. They choose how it goes and that it , your opinion doesn't matter the teams opinions doesn't matter and that is it.
@@chickenskin21 His fans are delusional, they now think Russell got a top5 purely from “luck” Imagine having the audacity to use that in arguments when you support Mr Blessed 😂
I don't really believe in karma, but he definitely still hasn't taken in all his karma for celebrating like he got WDC at the end of Silverstone last year, after what happened to Max.
It brought back so many memories to see Imola in the spring, the hills covered in Tifosi. Not the most exciting race, (but pretty decent imo) but the weather played a role there. Still, these images made me want Imola on the calendar forever.
I actually think Imola is one of the most boring tracks to host a race. And I'm still confused why anyone would host a sprint race at a track where you can not overtake anywhere. Monza is enough for Italy,they should rather come back to Germany or something.
I think drs Was right. maybe 5 laps sooner. but they wanted to prevent a bottas Russell incident with overtaking on the wet side of the track with a bendy straight can be dangerous
Just one thing I'd like to add... Haas deserved P1 in team's social media thingy... Their 'call back' on Leclerc's classic "inchident" is worthy of the maximum points... Just my opinion... Haas social media manager(s) were historical and accurate... I'd hug the responsible for this Twitter gem.
Damn, we missed out on a iconic GIF/Meme of; Bottas overtaking Russell on the last lap, in a Alfa Romeo, flipping the bird🖕🏻whilst passing him(he'd immediately be looked at as an absolute gangster 😎)
I think as much as it was frustrating to watch the race go on for a while without DRS when maybe it should have been on, it was good to see that the decision was left entirely to the race director, executive decision. Do NOT miss all the whinging from the teams to the FIA trying to get their way and jeopardizing safety of drivers and stewards and compromising consistency in the application of the rules.
Yeah probably the highlight of the coverage was the cool down room. Fascinating to see the drivers’ reactions to events on track, and amusing how much of the race they see onscreen while racing.
@windfall yeah but he should at least try to see it apart from his Ferrari stand point. He didnt even talk about Verstappen longer then 30 seconds and verstappen absolutely domminated the entire weekend
The DRS not being activated was surely for safety reasons, and I fully understand and agree with the decision, also it was active for over half of the race and didn't really change much anyway.
I get setup is crucial but lets not act as if the cars are completly different,think LH is showing (or not showing) how important is to know how to drive an averave car.Not saying his fanboys went overboard with the "goat" statement in the past but its clear he cant drive a sub par car as good as somebody who is used to squeezing everything from one.
9:16 I actually agreed with the decision to wait for a completely dry track before enabling DRS, we saw what happened last year between Bottas and Russell, if they want to overtake on the straight they have to go outside of the (very thin) dry line, and as soon as you do that on slicks, you're done
I’m frustrated that Leclerc threw a podium away… those kerbs… we know how lethal they are. But I’m also glad that Lando was up there instead. Go Lando! Show Lee Claxton what a moron he is! 😆 Also… Spain without the S… Carlos and Fernando… I feel for them. Ricciardo and Schumacher ruining their races on lap 1.
I thought it was a great race. A solid fight for the win between leclerc, Perez and max. Even Norris podium being up there was a great change of pace for mclaren. Mid field had some great runs too. Bottas ram an great race. Russell killed it for Mercedes’ compared to Hamilton. Tsunoda didn’t end up in a barrier🤕. Great race weekend especially for a redbull fan🤩
I was annoyed...Sainz out, Lewis in 13th and Leclerc fumbling a podium. Russell is making a bad car work because of those hard times at Williams. An Bottas is looking like 2014 Martini Williams Bottas.
I think the stewards wanted to try a race without the DRS. You know, the fans are arguing about how the DRS make the GP's worse... so they didn't enable, and this is how it went.
Very, very reliable Red Bull car with a very, very solid and well deserved grand slam victory for Max Verstappen. If Lewis is smart he is going to do Formula-E so that he has a chance to become the first person who was both a Formula 1 and a Formula-E champion. And Charles Leclerc seems to have troubles with handling the pressure. Each time when the pressure is high he makes these totally unnecessary mistakes.
@@8thlvlMage hahahaha Funny how that works, 2 races with a DNF at the start of the season are enough to call the whole car unreliable, but two solid victories are not enough to call the car reliable. That doesn't seem right does it? 🤣😂Red Bull scored maximum points, to me that is very, very reliable, and very, very solid, and very, very well deserved 🙂
The Mercedes has finished 4th, 3rd, 4th, 5th. Yet Lewis with a 10th and 13th place is 100% the car, its awful, "undriveable". UNDRIVEABLE. Obviously George is literally the second coming of Jesus then right?
"Hamilton needs DRS! he can't get by!" - they give DRS. Hamilton.... he still couldn't get by. (It's a 63 lap race, and from what I read, DRS was allowed from lap 34 onwards.) stop trying to defend hamilton by saying it was the stewards fault for not allowing DRS. Stop defending him by saying it's the car's fault - Russel got 4th. Just say. He's having a bad day. A bad month. A bad year. Because honestly, I think that's kind of what it is. However. He doesn't help his case at all by bemoaning after the race like "welp I'm out of the drivers championship now." - like. Bitch please. It's race 4 of 22. Get over your damn self. Seeing as how Verstappen has 'won the races he's finished' and only won two races, I think you're still in it buddy. But if he doesn't believe that, then LH fans need to kiss the dream of breaking the 7 championship record goodbye, cuz he most certainly ain't getting an eighth this year with that kind of attitude/spirit.
I’m pretty sure it wasn’t broadcasted but I was there (yes for the first time and it was amazing) and Perez predicted a one two for redbull… Just saying :0 Also I’m very thankful for the cool down room, because of that I was able to go on the track and see the podium! :)
That would be Valteri Bottas, still. He'd have a world championship if he just ignored team orders. He'd only have one though, because Merc would can him at the end of the season for not following directions. (And stealing Hamilton's thunder.) The number of Merc 1-2's between the two of them is nuts.
@@8thlvlMage Bottas achievement didn't even close to Nico's wingman Schumacher.. Bottas even didn't have WDC titles whereas Nico's wingman Schumacher had 7 same as George's wingman now
as far as I know the DRS was not activated for so long as last year that was some controversy where a car crashed because people were overtaking while the track was still too wet. And because of some angry drivers they decided not to activate DRS that quickly anymore. Which I can agree with.
Max getting driver of the day with just chilling during the whole race while Russell literally made up 7 place and defended against Bottas who had more pace just shows that people vote for either their favorite or whoever wins the race, and not the actual driver of the day
Well... I like overtakes, but I don't like crashing and red flags and debris on the track. So all in all, no DRS for a little too long just to make sure the cars stay on the track is fine with me. Was probably harder for fans who had their fav driver stuck behind somebody else.
When a Williams causes you to lose the championship, then a Williams driver becomes your teammate and out paces you, then you get stuck behind a Williams driver in the race, causing you to be lapped by the guy you lost the championship to 6 months ago on the last lap. Oof.
For redbull I would have picked their tweet where they said
“10 laps to go. Checo and LEC separated by less than a second”
Then 7 minute later they quote tweet that with:
“Never Mind.”
Legends
I was surprised it wasn't that tweet.
@@stevenveerman456 thats because he is a leclerc fanboy with a clear bias against rb
Our swedish commentators said the DRS wasn´t really necessary because of how much they could follow each other. Hamilton could follow Gasly, Leclerc could follow Perez (for a while) and so on. So I wasn´t really bothered by it to be honest!
it was wet. the straight is actually a bend that curves quite aggressively at the end. that’s why DRS wasn’t enabled
Been waiting for this one. 😀
I imagine Bottas being Smug like Jeremy clarkson under the helmet
great video, but mclaren's points are 2 when they need 3 on the social media team championship 😂
Steiner Ship should have been social media team Tweet of the week
Tbh it was really impossible to get ahead of Gasly with that much drag, 3 tenths at the beginning of the straight and he would still not catch up. By no means a Hamilton fan boy but I guess that's what is coming my way now...
I guess Charles is the Max of last season, needs to learn to be patient and grab the best points he can get.
No Ferrari hype-train this week hahaha
Redbull deserved the team tweet win, but matt didn't put it because it was rb making fun of leclerc
DRS being off to me, showed that DRS has benefit under some conditions. That small benefit seems worth it for passing up front or if you can pressure someone into an error and then get a run.
Funny how DRS is considered to be one of the most hated mechanics in F1, but a lot of people really wanted it to be active during the race.
Bottas unable to get past Russell shows why Mercedes chose George over him. Valteri really needs to make that pass if he wants to make a point to Mercedes.
Montoya's curse transferred to Sainz
You can just see Matt’s pain when talking about Ferrari today 😅
I'm so happy for some reson
@@miklosgal119 cause Red Bull got their 1st 1-2 since 2016 and are back in this championship battle? if so , me too
Love to see it
Finally, he’s not insufferably annoying
Look at all of his race predictions. Deep inside he doesn’t support leclerc. Never backs him
Hope Matt didn't hurt himself or anyone else when Charles spun out.
Matt spun himself in solidarity with Charles
🤣🤣🤣
I'll admit it.... I scared the hell out of our dogs. My son did too.
I hope he still has his tv
Also was pulling so hard for Bottas to pass a Merc in his Alfa, but still helluva drive. He really is reborn. And I know Toto has to try to keep spirits up but I don’t think a 4th place result in a wet starting race means the car is “undriveable” lol
Fr if bottas didnt have a botched stop he probably wouldve taken russel
Some say James tried to tell Bottas to lower the pressure on russel on the radio
Bottas got robbed by this atrocious pit stop
@@junyutan2172 Without the pit stop fiasco and the first lap incident he could've been fighting for a podium
@@junyutan2172 or even podium
18:04
Matt: "Three points for McLaren!"
McLaren with 2 points: "Am I a joke to you?"
also look below McLaren and you'll see RED BUIL
Came here after noticing it, thankfully I am not alone in finding the smallest things
Removing my comment, I'm not the only one who noticed it
Was looking for that comment.
True
I think the DRS not being enable sooner was because of last years crash with Russell and Bottas, they betted on getting it more dryer before enable it.
Yh i agree as I don’t think it was dry enough off line
My guess is since the track was still a bit damp besides the dry line for some time, they didn't want to allow it sooner, which would have meant the car with the lower downforce is forced of the dry line and would need to break on the slightly damp side of the track and with slicks too. Sure, maybe a bit earlier would have been nice, but I can't fault them for being on the safer side.
I'm thinking they were using it as an opportunity to see how the cars can race without it. Seeing as it was enabled around halfway into the race, they'd be able to get a good amount of data to show overtakes with and without it
The pit "straight" was quite dry (since it is fully exposed) but indeed the bit from the left kink to the braking zone (where trees keep the track in the shade and cooler) was still quite damp looking. Definitely a better safe than sorry decision from the Race Director.
Yeah i think even russell said that the drs was partly what caused the crash
As for the DRS Vettel said after the race that he felt it wasn't safe to activate it due to a certain corner. I trust Vettel's opinion on race safety and I didn't feel like it was interesting to watch a race without DRS
Yea but take it on context my dude... There was only small thin dry line pple were racing on as the track was just not drying off lol.
With or without DRS not many were willing to go onto the wet parts to make a pass. A few nutters did, but it wasn't without risk.
@@fiarandompenaltygeneratorm5044 coming from a multiple world champion with one and a half decade in the sport.
@@fiarandompenaltygeneratorm5044 coming from one of the most well respected, knowledgeable, experienced drivers on the grid? Who also has several world championships under his belt?
And you are?
@@fiarandompenaltygeneratorm5044 ah yes, we found a new fan here
@@fiarandompenaltygeneratorm5044 Damn you're everywhere, saw you on the F1 channel and now here?
The lack of appreciation for Seb Vettel's INCREDIBLE weekend in this video is disturbing.
That'll be for the podcast!! I can't cover every driver in what is a series based on meme submissions from you all
I’m a Vettelfan too but most of these are memes, so just wait for the podcast. And who cares if he’s not mentioned at all? Still did a good race right?
@@WTF1official Can't wait!
Also Lando, surprising there weren’t any redemption McLaren memes
I think Red Bull’s “Never mind.” After Leclerc’s crash should’ve won social media team championship
Agreed!
WTF1 praising Red Bull, never gonna happen
@@lolumo Amen
Would have on an unbiased channel
facts
The video took so long to arrive I was worried Matt had had a heart attack after what happened to Leclerc.
LUL
Hahahahaha
i mean Leclerc did it to himself…
How is nobody talking about Nico Rosberg roasting Hamilton the whole race. Things he said cracked me up what a troll
I mean... he was only telling the truth about what was going on today.
ima fan of hamilton and that shit was hilarious, lol nico knows hes gotta kick him when hes down, hes not down often😆
Hahaha - he wasn’t wrong but it did feel like he was really enjoying himself lol 😂
they really told him at one point about Malaysia and Lewis' engine blowing up, the commentators were on it too 😂
@@TheRealDieYoung he has all year
DRS wasn't enabled sooner for safety reason since only the racing line was dry. Not surprised by the decision at all.
They probably didn't want a repeat of last year 😅
And when they activated it you could see they were right to not activate it as Hamilton still couldn't do anything due to the wet track.
Yep, the weather and the track make it really difficult for DRS to be enabled.
Don't you think that's kind of silly?
Only one line is dry so no DRS because it's dangerous.
no overtaking please ,
Why are they even going racing then?
just sit in the box and wait for dry.
Common.. are all F1 fans nowadays are a bunch of little girls.
@@ronintje7647 tbf by the time dts was enabled gasly had drs from Albon (not that i think it made a difference). Could’ve been helpful for leclerc getting past Perez tho and maybe not binning it
No mention of Bottas' 11.8 second pitstop? That man must hate pitstops. He also drove into the back of Ricciardo after he spun Sainz around.
F1 fans - GET RID OF DRS ITS ARTIFICIAL.
Also F1 fans - Where's DRS?
Tbh, I kinda liked the period without drs bc the cars where overtaking all over the lap and not only into the first corner.
My DotD goes to Yuki. Both of his race pace and craft were insane.
Look forward to see this kind of performance.
Lmaoo
@@iteev1593 ?
Verstappen had a grand slam and won by an enormous gap. He’s DOTD
@@iteev1593 he drove very well.... much better than his teammate basically all year so far
They eventually turned on DRS and did it change much? Hamilton still wasn't able to overtake Gasly. There was quite a bit of fighting without drs and it was nice to watch. And to why was it that way, I think they were afraid of drivers getting with drs and slicks onto the wet parts of the track.
I enjoyed the amount of wheel to wheel racing so much I forgot about the fact DRS wasn't enabled, and was quite surprised to see it getting enabled. just because I had forgot about its existence.
@@the_butsmuts Yeah the weather really made it a mental game between how far driver's push and how cautious to be for some of those corners
Totally agree. I thought the action without the DRS was great actually.
Seb said enabling DRS sooner would have been dangerous. I'm guessing he has more experience racing than anyone commenting here.
People here need to stfu i guess, and stop like they know better than real racing driver lol
Yep
Was looking for this comment, only accurate comment on this theme. Matt clearly prefers selfishness in wanting more racing than safety of the drivers.
Yeah I was watching the race and looking at the track as people were begging for DRS, it was still a bit slippery on the off line so if someone was full sending it with DRS on in some corners, it was gonna be a slip n slide
Kinda like he said red flags for q3 right before Lando ate shit at Eau Rouge last year.
8:40 i believe they waited a lot because there was a wet line still very prominent on the track. and obviously with drs one driver has to go off the dry line. 🤷
We literally raced in Turkey with DRS on intermediates
@@ImmortaliusMNE In Turkey, there were wet tyres on a wet track. If DRS were to be activated here, the slicks would have to drive on the wet straight to a hard braking zone. It would have been dangerous
@@daveijbema2213 It wasnt wet though
@@ImmortaliusMNE But you aren't on the track
I can't help but to feel you're a bit biased in your judgement calling this race boring. It was really exciting everywhere except for the first place. And even then I was stressing to death the last 15 laps watching if Max car would break or not.
Sameeeee
I thought the race was boring because all I saw for over 50% of the time was a procession. I appreciate safety but ffs its a race after all .
Just because Vettel didn’t want drs doesn’t mean everyone else felt the same.
The battle for 4th between Russell and Bottas was an exciting one.
@@ange1098 Im sure Vettel knows bit more about safety and racing than you do so yea ............
@@Switll72 I take it you’re not that competitive then 🤔
Russell 4th Hamilton out of the points. Toto to Lewis after the race "the car was u driveable" 🤣🤣🤣
Lulu was stuck though
@@maxtigerrang still should've done better with his experience in these conditions
They have the same car lmao
Funny how Lewis just lives in everyone’s head rent free 🤣 7 years 100+ races made you cry so much 🤣 🤣 and all your comments are just crying on them 🤣
becomes pretty clear this year whether those 7 titles are due to the qualities of Hamilton or Mercedes... best driver every my *ss. Best car ever? YEP!
Red Bull scored the most points a team has scored in a F1 weekend so far: 8 + 6 + (25+1) + 18 = 58 points. If Checo had finished 2nd in the sprint also. That would have been the perfect maximum score of 59.
In a normal weekends a team can only get a max of 44 points.
If Checo had, they also would have scored a perfect 100 points in the F1 Fantasy game (they scored 99).
Abu Dhabi 2014 had a gimmick where everybody got double points. Williams snagged 66 (36 +30) for 2nd and 3rd
Masi has turned on DRS early last season and Bottas/Russell crashed because it was to wet. Even Seb said after the race that the "dry-Line" looked better on TV than it was on track and he can understand that DRS didnt got enabled earlier. (he wasent near to overtake/get overtaken before everyone wants to talk shit)
petition for social media tc to be expanded to 5 pts for 1st to 1 for 5th with teams stepping up their social media game
i always want to see more than just the top 3 in IBR nowadays
Crofty's line for Sainz should be "It's lights out & around he goes"
that's just a violation to be honest
This race was epic with all the battles in the midfield, what a race I really enjoyed it, I feel sad for Ferrari but to see norris on a podium is really nice and Red Bull 1 & 2 is epic, great drive from max and perez and Vettel 8th is also nice. What a race!
You gave McLaren 3 points, but the table only shows 2 points! 😔💔😔 - Please fix for next IBR!
Don't worry we noticed!! It'll be fixed :)
@@WTF1official adding: Red Bull is misspelled as "Red Buil"
Everyone screaming: "enable DRS! There is no overtaking, because no DRS."
Enabled DRS, next 15 laps no overtaking anyway.
Not having DRS opened up the gaps between cars too much.
Also, the Mercedes of Hamilton was so slow making it look like DRS was ineffective but if you watched Tsunoda's passes with DRS you could see why the race needed it earlier
@@kevinjimenez3661 The Tsunoda passes were bcoz of his engine. Didn't you see RBR breezing past cars when they had Drs in the sprint and they would've done the same in the race of they had the chance. But passing was hard for non RBpt cars. Just look at Russel vs Bottas. Ferarri engine vs Merc.
If i said something wrong, please don't quote me on that. I've started watching F1 for like 3 years. 🙂🙂
@@unevenrogers2592 Three years is plenty of time to know what you're talking about lol. Have some self-confidence!
If DRS had been enabled sooner, more cars would have been in a better position to pass. The opportunities had gone by the time it was enabled. That said, I think the race director's call was still solid.
Quite hypocritical of Matt to say that he wasn’t happy with the DRS not opening when he (and Tommy and Katy) said that they would be pleased with the removal of DRS. This race showed we NEED it. Without it the cars cannot race.
I think we still Had good overtakes without DRS.
I think I agreed with Vettel yesterday when he said it was too dangerous. But - He’s a LeClerc fan - fans will do that. Cut him slack
Today s cars are not made for non-DRS races…. It s more complicated than it looks
Race control did the right thing when it comes to DRS!! there was a Dry line but if DRS was enabled that means drivers would overtake on a wet line while losing rear wing stabillity and if they went 3 wide it would most likely end in crashes
I'm fine with the DRS decision as long as it's the same for all races, doesn't matter who is P1
if it's different next time some Ferrari fans might be mad later on if it favors RB again
True
nah if next time when leclerc will pe leading in similar conditions the race directores will be like last time fans wanted the drs early so they enabled it early.
they did that bc of the conditions and it's unlikely that all the races will have dry-wet conditions
I think they were trying something new. As most the f1 twt were whining about how OP drs was in the sprint race. Maybe They were giving race without drs a chance. and as you can clearly see, even with the Cars following pretty close it was almost impossible to pass without DRS.
@@Harshit_Ghai not like leclerc would have come anywhere close to max even with drs.
Max is the defending Champion.
Perez is the Defending Champion.
#RBfanhere
Alright so double wall lol
Max is the defending champion.
Perez is defending the champion.
Is no one going to talk about when the commentators mentioned dirty air and the camera panned to a guy letting out a big puff of smoke? That’s seemed pretty funny
I actually think they turned on DRS at the right stage of the race... imagine if a driver went for an OT on the pit straight with DRS open, probably would have had to go in a damp patch... could have been a similar crash to bottas and russell last year at turn 1. I guess the director wanted to make sure it was saf(er) before enabling it.
Yeah I agree it was definitely the right call. I'll never criticize race control for erring on the side of caution.
It was rather interesting listening to Max telling Perez and Nando in the cool down room about running into Albon, Gasly and Hamilton stuck together for most of the race. I think he ran into them two times during the race, once when lapping and again after his final pit stop.
That last few laps with Russel holding of bottas was epic
More like bottas stressing the entire merc team
Yeah it was for sure, perhaps wouldn`t have been that close, if Bottas did not have a 11+ sec pit stop.. Oh well, still a nice P5 with an Alfa! :)
Bottas was about 13sec behind and was able to catch up with Russell but then the race ended. With some more time I think Bottas would have been able to pass.
Oh, how much I want Bottas to beat Russell in the driver's!
@@JakkeJakobsen , yes but lets not forget it's just a sport, a motor sport.
Bleh I don’t like seeing this bitterness between Redbull and Mercedes. Didn’t like it when merc was happy about Max’s retirement and don’t like it now
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Congrats
After all that happened with Masi people can't complain about race directors anymore. They choose how it goes and that it , your opinion doesn't matter the teams opinions doesn't matter and that is it.
Checo should have been driver of the day, he kept Leclerc at 2+ seconds for most of the race. Awesome drive from the Minister of Defense.
When LH fans were celebrating like they won the wdc after RB DNFS.
I couldn't care less if their feelings got hurt when LH got lapped. Twice.
Lewis isn't the most annoying thing it's he's toxic fans I really despise
@@chickenskin21
His fans are delusional, they now think Russell got a top5 purely from “luck”
Imagine having the audacity to use that in arguments when you support Mr Blessed 😂
I don't really believe in karma, but he definitely still hasn't taken in all his karma for celebrating like he got WDC at the end of Silverstone last year, after what happened to Max.
It brought back so many memories to see Imola in the spring, the hills covered in Tifosi. Not the most exciting race, (but pretty decent imo) but the weather played a role there. Still, these images made me want Imola on the calendar forever.
I actually think Imola is one of the most boring tracks to host a race. And I'm still confused why anyone would host a sprint race at a track where you can not overtake anywhere. Monza is enough for Italy,they should rather come back to Germany or something.
redbulls tweet should have won where it says leclerc is close behind sergio, then just after he span they retweeted with nevermind
DRS was not enabled for a good while because the circuit was pretty damp off the racing line
I think drs Was right. maybe 5 laps sooner. but they wanted to prevent a bottas Russell incident with overtaking on the wet side of the track with a bendy straight can be dangerous
Just one thing I'd like to add... Haas deserved P1 in team's social media thingy... Their 'call back' on Leclerc's classic "inchident" is worthy of the maximum points... Just my opinion...
Haas social media manager(s) were historical and accurate... I'd hug the responsible for this Twitter gem.
Damn, we missed out on a iconic GIF/Meme of; Bottas overtaking Russell on the last lap, in a Alfa Romeo, flipping the bird🖕🏻whilst passing him(he'd immediately be looked at as an absolute gangster 😎)
Charles made a huge blunder today, he has to settle down a bit if he wants to win this title.
I think as much as it was frustrating to watch the race go on for a while without DRS when maybe it should have been on, it was good to see that the decision was left entirely to the race director, executive decision. Do NOT miss all the whinging from the teams to the FIA trying to get their way and jeopardizing safety of drivers and stewards and compromising consistency in the application of the rules.
Yeah probably the highlight of the coverage was the cool down room. Fascinating to see the drivers’ reactions to events on track, and amusing how much of the race they see onscreen while racing.
Can we all agree that rosberg is clearly still salty? He was loving Hamilton being behind gasly a bit too much 😭
Max lapped Lewis TWICE, actually.
That's kind of crazy, considering he had an additional pit stop as well...
@@rampadmanabhan4258 That's why he lapped him twice. Lapped Hamilton, pitted, Hamilton unlapped himself, and then Verstappen lapped him again.
Thats Sainz a No2 now for this season.
The craziest reaction to leclerc I saw was some guy just shit his pants screaming in rage. The tifosi don't mess around
How can you say this wasnt a good race? Just because Ferrari lost out?
@windfall yeah, but that doesnt have to do with the quality of the race itself
@windfall yeah but he should at least try to see it apart from his Ferrari stand point. He didnt even talk about Verstappen longer then 30 seconds and verstappen absolutely domminated the entire weekend
The DRS not being activated was surely for safety reasons, and I fully understand and agree with the decision, also it was active for over half of the race and didn't really change much anyway.
Really? You fully understand?
I get setup is crucial but lets not act as if the cars are completly different,think LH is showing (or not showing) how important is to know how to drive an averave car.Not saying his fanboys went overboard with the "goat" statement in the past but its clear he cant drive a sub par car as good as somebody who is used to squeezing everything from one.
I was watching Lewis's onboard and it wasn't just 15 times attempting to overtake Gasly, it was at least 25 times. I'm not even exaggerating.
Nico rosberg said, he was like attempting to overtake gasly for 20 times, so u were correct hehe
9:16 I actually agreed with the decision to wait for a completely dry track before enabling DRS, we saw what happened last year between Bottas and Russell, if they want to overtake on the straight they have to go outside of the (very thin) dry line, and as soon as you do that on slicks, you're done
I’m frustrated that Leclerc threw a podium away… those kerbs… we know how lethal they are.
But I’m also glad that Lando was up there instead. Go Lando! Show Lee Claxton what a moron he is! 😆
Also… Spain without the S… Carlos and Fernando… I feel for them. Ricciardo and Schumacher ruining their races on lap 1.
Im glad to see it after the rb dnfs. I want to see a title fight.
I thought it was a great race. A solid fight for the win between leclerc, Perez and max. Even Norris podium being up there was a great change of pace for mclaren. Mid field had some great runs too. Bottas ram an great race. Russell killed it for Mercedes’ compared to Hamilton. Tsunoda didn’t end up in a barrier🤕. Great race weekend especially for a redbull fan🤩
I was annoyed...Sainz out, Lewis in 13th and Leclerc fumbling a podium. Russell is making a bad car work because of those hard times at Williams. An Bottas is looking like 2014 Martini Williams Bottas.
You have to go for every gap as a race driver but Leclerc still came back strong after that mistake.
Surprised there wasn’t more reaction to Lando on the podium
Did fans think that was going to happen
After the George and Bottas incident last year the Stewards were being extra cautious!
I think the stewards wanted to try a race without the DRS. You know, the fans are arguing about how the DRS make the GP's worse... so they didn't enable, and this is how it went.
Very, very reliable Red Bull car with a very, very solid and well deserved grand slam victory for Max Verstappen. If Lewis is smart he is going to do Formula-E so that he has a chance to become the first person who was both a Formula 1 and a Formula-E champion. And Charles Leclerc seems to have troubles with handling the pressure. Each time when the pressure is high he makes these totally unnecessary mistakes.
Like when?
@@cantagallo1677 Monaco last year. Pressure was huge because it was his home race.
@@guillaumek7617 👍
Let's give Red Bull a few more races before we start calling the car that DNF 50% of its races so far "very, very reliable."
@@8thlvlMage hahahaha Funny how that works, 2 races with a DNF at the start of the season are enough to call the whole car unreliable, but two solid victories are not enough to call the car reliable. That doesn't seem right does it? 🤣😂Red Bull scored maximum points, to me that is very, very reliable, and very, very solid, and very, very well deserved 🙂
The Mercedes has finished 4th, 3rd, 4th, 5th. Yet Lewis with a 10th and 13th place is 100% the car, its awful, "undriveable". UNDRIVEABLE. Obviously George is literally the second coming of Jesus then right?
Trust me,today the cooldown room scene has attracted more fans than the whole race i guess.
"Hamilton needs DRS! he can't get by!" - they give DRS. Hamilton.... he still couldn't get by. (It's a 63 lap race, and from what I read, DRS was allowed from lap 34 onwards.) stop trying to defend hamilton by saying it was the stewards fault for not allowing DRS. Stop defending him by saying it's the car's fault - Russel got 4th.
Just say. He's having a bad day. A bad month. A bad year. Because honestly, I think that's kind of what it is.
However. He doesn't help his case at all by bemoaning after the race like "welp I'm out of the drivers championship now." - like. Bitch please. It's race 4 of 22. Get over your damn self. Seeing as how Verstappen has 'won the races he's finished' and only won two races, I think you're still in it buddy.
But if he doesn't believe that, then LH fans need to kiss the dream of breaking the 7 championship record goodbye, cuz he most certainly ain't getting an eighth this year with that kind of attitude/spirit.
Comparable to Zandvoort you say? I mean it was good the atmosphere but still miles away from Zandvoort. Lets be honest here fandom aside
All I'm going to say is.... Vettel. What a drive!
I’m pretty sure it wasn’t broadcasted but I was there (yes for the first time and it was amazing) and Perez predicted a one two for redbull…
Just saying :0
Also I’m very thankful for the cool down room, because of that I was able to go on the track and see the podium! :)
Lewis breaks another records for being the most successful wingman in F1 history.. What a legend
at least that's an achievement
That would be Valteri Bottas, still. He'd have a world championship if he just ignored team orders. He'd only have one though, because Merc would can him at the end of the season for not following directions. (And stealing Hamilton's thunder.) The number of Merc 1-2's between the two of them is nuts.
@@8thlvlMage Bottas achievement didn't even close to Nico's wingman Schumacher.. Bottas even didn't have WDC titles whereas Nico's wingman Schumacher had 7 same as George's wingman now
tbh I don't feel drs changed too much; like, the ALB, GAS, HAM just kept on doing the same thing as before :D
Crazy to think that if Alfa didn’t mess up Bottas pit stop he would have finished 4th, and potentially even 3rd in that Alfa Romeo
McLaren get 3 points - standings table says 2 points? 🤔
I love how so many haters only think about Lewis, he lives rent free in your mind huh?
And you are doing the exact same thing as them , just the opposite side.
7-time champion in 13th is hilarious tbh
@@Kyriakoskarystinos
Hamilton fans are REALLY insecure, idk what it is lol
Merc Fans: 2014-2021: It's the driver, not the car 2022: It's the car, not the driver Guess they should take a look at Russell still performing....
as far as I know the DRS was not activated for so long as last year that was some controversy where a car crashed because people were overtaking while the track was still too wet.
And because of some angry drivers they decided not to activate DRS that quickly anymore.
Which I can agree with.
Max getting driver of the day with just chilling during the whole race while Russell literally made up 7 place and defended against Bottas who had more pace just shows that people vote for either their favorite or whoever wins the race, and not the actual driver of the day
Imagine the scenes if Bottas passed Russell
not only a Redbull 1-2 but also a Verstappen Grand Challem, right after Leclerc's at Albert park. And to do it at Ferrari's home race? sent a message.
Well... I like overtakes, but I don't like crashing and red flags and debris on the track.
So all in all, no DRS for a little too long just to make sure the cars stay on the track is fine with me.
Was probably harder for fans who had their fav driver stuck behind somebody else.
When a Williams causes you to lose the championship, then a Williams driver becomes your teammate and out paces you, then you get stuck behind a Williams driver in the race, causing you to be lapped by the guy you lost the championship to 6 months ago on the last lap. Oof.
We had two options:
1. DRS train in the midfield.
2. Drivers being forced to use slipstream just like the old times.
Option 2 seemed more plausible
It’s more track depending to be honest.
Thats your opinion, this track has only one DRS zone which makes overtaking somewhat possible and u r taking away that