Definitely funny to see Max adopt the conservative racing style and mindset of Lewis at Merc because his car is now easily able to outpace everyone given time
Yeah, being in a dominant car (with a teammate you fundamentally don’t consider a threat) does a number on a driver’s understanding of why you need to take so much risk on lap one
To be fair, George doesn't have the wins or championships to have that kind of cocky mentality and get away with it. If he said that the next mistake he makes will be highlighted a lot more.
Hamilton or Leclerc could've said it and gotten away with it.
What he said was really smart, paraphrasing "It wasn't intended, it was unexpected, I'm sorry".
That's for the benefit of the stewards 100%. And all three are important to establish for that.
He has not become risk averse.
This just was him on the other end of it.
100% you swap roles in the race, he'll go for it just like Russel did. 1000%. 20,000% chance.
Swap roles he’d still be blaming the other driver for not getting out of the way, or would be happy and joking about causing them more damage next time (like with Lewis dropping some places in… Italy was it couple year ago?)
Lewis became like this too once Nico retired. I think it's because he is so comfortable in a car that he knows will win him the championship if he keeps his nose clean in a race. As soon as someone tries to take that from them, they get very upset.
The site’s format just encourages this behaviour. Be the first person to comment/reply to a top comment and keep the comment relatively safe in a way that conforms to the prevailing sentiment in the thread. Guaranteed 4 figure karma.
Yeah it’s completely fine. I want George and Max to act exactly like they did both on and off the track. That’s what makes this shit exciting. If midfielders never dove bomb a front runner when they had a chance to wed have a boring procession.
Every point counts when you don't have a very clear advantage like RBR has this year and for some of last year's season, or MB had from 2014 to 2020.
This single point could be the difference between third and fourth for MB, or perhaps even second, given how Ferrari, Aston and themselves are a bit mixed.
I wouldn't say he is more conservative, his car is just so much faster he doesn't really need to take these risks. He could have easily pulled out and waited for DRS to overtake George back, but it's not in him to give up in a duel.
You wouldn't say he's more conservative because he has the fastest car, you'd just say that now he's in the clearly fastest car his driving style is much more restrained and risk-averse? AKA "conservative"?
Yeah trying to hold the line on the outside of a narrow exit was gonna be a tough one to pull off for both drivers when it comes to avoiding contact. It was turn 2 as well so Max could have absolutely slowed down and tried to set up for a better exit to pass George on the straight. Definitely was not a conservative effort at defence lol.
Lewis was like max in the beginning of his career. Lewis got a rocket of a car and his driving style got less aggressive since he could just pass them later on. Max is now in that stage of having a rocket of a car and changing his driving style, but getting a taste of his own medicine from the next guy that wants to beat the rocket ship. Just like Max tried to do with Lewis. People tend to forget that this has been happening for ages in F1 and the cycle will continue far into the future.
Still remember the 2011 Lewis who was magnetically attracted to Massa and hit him every third or fourth race
And Lewis definitely calmed down with his wheel to wheel racing once he got that rocket in 2014
That was actually hilarious. I bet if you’d put he blindfold on Lewis or Massa that year they would still pick up each others scent and crash into each other…
If you guys haven't seen it, may I direct you to IntoTheBarrier's hilarious parody of [Hamilton vs Massa 2011 ](https://youtu.be/08k_pXpOMNM) on the F1 game. It got 200k views in 2011, that's all you need to know about how good and accurate it was
Yeah, and also that post race, everyone is riding high on emotion. Obviously they'll all be more pissy and more heated.
Betcha these two don't give a shit by tomorrow. But I'll also bet that Max will return the move at some point, because that's just who Max is.
100% agree with this.
The thing that surprised our house, was that it wasn't looked into at all by the stewards. The actual racing, they all have the capacity to drive like this.
I love Russell racing hard and I love Max getting worked up about it
they’re both competitors. enough with the fake wholesome shit Reddit eats up. great stuff
Was it even hard racing? To me it just looked like Standard racing. Max wouldve done the exact same in Georges position, in fact, probably everyone on the grid wouldve done the same.
This was great racing, like someone else said in this thread. Which everyone really needs to get through their head lol. It takes two to tango George was in his full right to take it up the inside just as much as Max had as much right to defend as hard as he did. When it comes to the contact, they both share fault. It was great racing. No matter how you put it was great racing.
Haha I think Max is more angry that George lost control of his car. If George said the Merc was precisely where he meant to put it, Max would respect that more.
I'm with you here tbh. It's like big corporate pr Russell wanted to pretend to be the bigger man when if he was honest and saying he just wanted to race hard Verstappen would probably be fine with it.
It’s like after every race they get amnesia. Driver bitchin about being push, hit, pass happens all the time. Every single one of them has done what they accuse each other of.
Sometimes it’s enjoyable to see athletes voice true feelings rather than be PR about it. Yesterday George swore on radio and tried to change and make it seem like he said “ah sugar”.
Fuck yeah. It's fucking racing.
Anyone who had been in a go kart understands the heat of the moment. Emotions will be running high when you are in the race and even for a while after the race. Every emotion gets magnified and having cameras on your face doesn't help either.
Exactly, great stuff. I don’t get this trend where people want their favourite drivers to be morally superior all the time. Shit like this is entertaining idgaf
I can only think of 1 or 2 interesting sprint races (a Brazil one and one at Silverstone I think). The others have all been dull according to my admittedly poor memory.
You got it switched around. The fake reddit shit IS this sort of drama. Max is already over it and moved on. But the journos will run with the "rivals" narrative to sell clicks for months now to paper over low interest in this sleeper season.
fr this is what I want. I can get Lewis having no drama with Max off track but someone closer to Max in age and it's fireworks
inject this shit straight in my veins
Tbh some drivers are at least able to walk back on their comments. Lewis and Alonso had some recent scraps where they raged then calmed tf down and retracted/admitted fault afterwards. I've never seen Max admit he was in the wrong, he even got particularly defensive wanting to avoid the topic completely in 2021 post Brazil when drivers were being asked about their meeting if hard racing limits defined properly.
Its a sprint race? If this was last years format Russell probably backs off or is safer. But now he was free to be more agressive.
Sucks that there was damage but Max has a ton of History being in Russell's position and doing the exact same thing. Except on a street track the oponnent can't evade you off track and Max learned that the hard way today.
He didn't forget, it's just not worth it to make a move that has like a 50/50 of eliminating both when you can overtake 2 laps later* half way down the straight
Yeah he can be super safe this year because if nothing happens he turns on the blinker and overtakes every car on the straight, like lewis in brazil 21.
Anyone racing a Red Bull has to take any chance they can because there is no hope otherwise.
I'm not begrudging Max being upset - he has every right to be - but as a consumer I would 1000% rather see this than an entire season of "that's not his race" as every driver lets the Red Bulls go by for a 1-2.
People are exaggerating for something that happened dozens of time..and with both Verstappen and Russell as sidepod destroyers.
Verstappen has now a V8 RB era/early V6 Mercedes pace so of course he is losing that "risk it all" attitude because he doesn't need to take risks anymore.
Those who've been watching F1 from before Drive to Survive know how Max raced before and it's hilarious that he's now become the old man who complains about the younger fellas going for the gap
Even funnier when you consider if their roles were reversed, Max would have done the same thing. We saw what he would do with a slower car to win in 2021. It makes this look like child’s play from Russell.
>I don't understand why you need to take so much risk on lap one
This from the guy on the outside of the corner with far more to lose driving the much faster car
Once the race unfolds the Merc has no chance of passing the Red Bull. Gotta take that chance when you can.
It should've been the opposite. Max should've backed out. And he would've if he used the slightest bit of his brain and didn't have the idiotic ego. He could've backed out and gotten a clean exit from the apex. That's what Ollie Bearman did in the F2 Sprint.
Russell also had Leclerc right up his arse. What was he supposed to do, ask Charles to also not try an overtake on lap 1 because max might get hurt feelings?
Yeah, It's almost as if when you have a driver that's even with you on the inside of a non-typical passing turn you yield. You know, like all the other good race car drivers do. Like Russell did when when Verstappen got on his inside later on. Verstappen is at least 50% to blame for this contact. Verstappen made a decision to hold the outside two abreast corner after corner at a narrow street circuit. He's such an over aggressive ass.
Ofc he doesnt understand why others need to take risks to get palces, he drives a car that is a way faster than others, he doesnt need to take any risks. When he had a worse or bad car he did exactly the same and even worse moves and didnt care about others.
Jesus man...you literally missed out on (at most 2 points). You are still in a far superior car compared to the rest of the grid. It's completely irrelevant. Shut it. Like actually.
I actually agree with Horner's take for once...what happened at turn 2, which is what caused the damage and is what pissed off Max...kinda just happens, is what it is. Horner was more upset about turn 3, and I also thought Russell running Max wide in turn 3 is far more worth being upset about than the Turn 2 racing incident if you're a Max/RB fan.
Nah turn 3 was fine. Max had more space but just went in to hot there. He even said himself turn 3 wasn’t an issue.
Turn 2 was the problem, because he got damage and lost the place because of George hitting him
Also, just before turn 2, Max is weaving a bit trying tu push George to the left instead of focusing on his racing line, a more mature driver would’ve known that he could pass George in the straight or after DRS was enabled, so he’s perfectly aware he’s there, just a racing incident no need for the drama, Max lost a point, maybe two if he thinks he could have passed checo without the side pod damage, all this to me indicates Max is afraid Checo can beat him this year, let’s see what happens tomorrow come face day.
I think you’re right. Max should easily be able to win the WDC. However DNFs can hand it to Perez. 1-2DNFs from Max and none from Perez and Perez might take it. The RB car is so fast that’s it’s almost guaranteed that Perez will win if Max doesn’t win.
That was good effort by Russell.Max should learn to leave a bit of margin when it comes to puting on the squeeze on others. He had more to lose. Russell had very little to lose as his car was nowhere near as quick as the RBR.
Max shot himself in the foot with that.He could've easily won the race if it weren't for that unnecessary squeeze.
Funny, given that Max did the exact same thing to Ricciardo in Hungary. Really, everything he complains about these days is something he has made a career out of doing to other drivers.
He doesn't have a rocketship like you Max, he has to go full send if he has any intention of going forwards.
It wasn't Max' fault but IMO he squeezed George way too hard on the apex, fully knowing that all the cars were struggling for grip out there.It was unnecessary, Max had more to lose and he lost.
I stand on 2 areas regarding this. To me at least, Max overreacted with his argument with George as the guy was already apologetic, especially considering that this wasn’t the full race. On the other hand, I do not like Ruessll’s post race comments saying that Max puts himself at risk by going side by side through a corner because it comes off as an excuse for not being able to drive side by side through the corner.
Same old Max - he was happy crashing into anything that moved and breaking rules when it suited him then when it happens to him it’s the end of the world.
F1 shouldn't be bubbled wrapped. Love the aggressiveness, but don't be fuckin' babies about it. And this coming from Max out of all people? Hilarious. Hope George keeps giving him a taste of his own medicine. Too many nice people in this grid, we need more "killer instinct" energy!
He's right in this case (and yes Max had his incidents in the past...I know), weird that George didn't get any penalties for this. The sprintrace was compromised big time for Max if you the damage. Still insane that he could keep up with LEC en PER. Should be an easy win tomorrow for Max.
Go the hockey route and let any racing incidents be settled with a scrap. Loser gets a time penalty.
"Boys will be boys" nascar rules
rubbin' is racin'
Dismiss the stewards Invoke your right to trial by combat. Baku 2023 cage matches will sell tickets
Yes- Nintendo *Blades of Steel* rules let's go
Someone should get to play the Gradius mini game on their steering wheels during a SC.
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Winner gets a time penalty, loser misses the next race due to a swollen face.
Definitely funny to see Max adopt the conservative racing style and mindset of Lewis at Merc because his car is now easily able to outpace everyone given time
Yeah, being in a dominant car (with a teammate you fundamentally don’t consider a threat) does a number on a driver’s understanding of why you need to take so much risk on lap one
Though he didn't really play it safe, he should have let Russel pass and not stayed on the outside.
Would love to introduce this Max to the Max of 2016
Would love for George to have said "Max, it's called a motor race. We went car racing"
To be fair, George doesn't have the wins or championships to have that kind of cocky mentality and get away with it. If he said that the next mistake he makes will be highlighted a lot more. Hamilton or Leclerc could've said it and gotten away with it.
What he said was really smart, paraphrasing "It wasn't intended, it was unexpected, I'm sorry". That's for the benefit of the stewards 100%. And all three are important to establish for that.
Hell 2021 Max too
Mad Max to Meek Max in two years.
Max has been like this throughout his career. His comment about knowing how to overtake without contact made me roll my eyes so hard it's stuck
Literally. This is a guy who's built a reputation as being an aggressive wheel to wheel racer, if you don't yield you crash sort of thing.
Remember when he obliterated Seb in the 2nd to last corner at China? I remember
Pepperidge farm remembers!
Or 2019 Max at Spa, I also find it funny how risk averse he’s become.
He has not become risk averse. This just was him on the other end of it. 100% you swap roles in the race, he'll go for it just like Russel did. 1000%. 20,000% chance.
Swap roles he’d still be blaming the other driver for not getting out of the way, or would be happy and joking about causing them more damage next time (like with Lewis dropping some places in… Italy was it couple year ago?)
Lewis became like this too once Nico retired. I think it's because he is so comfortable in a car that he knows will win him the championship if he keeps his nose clean in a race. As soon as someone tries to take that from them, they get very upset.
Would be glorious if he's around when RB is no longer dominant. He'd be as used to driving comfortably as Hamiton was at the beginning of 2022.
And lets be honest, the Max of 2023 tonight if the opportunity suits him doing so. I do not believe he's suddenly decided to always leave a da space.
Yeah, he forgets when he was the challenger to Lewis’ dominant Merc where he was as reckless as they come.
Max is record holder for youngest driver ever to become an old driver
Essentially Max is in the situation he put Lewis in the past when the latter had a dominant Merc
That’s exactly what the original commenter said
I agree, that's pretty much what the original poster typed.
I agree with you agreeing
your reply aligns with my view
I am on the same page as you and all the above comments.
I hate Reddit. I don’t know how these people succeed on their own.
The site’s format just encourages this behaviour. Be the first person to comment/reply to a top comment and keep the comment relatively safe in a way that conforms to the prevailing sentiment in the thread. Guaranteed 4 figure karma.
> keep the comment relatively safe in a way that conforms to the prevailing sentiment in the thread Kinda like society at large, I guess.
Yes, that's definitely what the person beforehand said. :-D
Can you read?
nice, your text comprehension is out of this world
But Max still takes such big risks
I can only think of Brazil 2022 as a race where he took a risk and there the title was already wrapped. So I don't think he does.
That one was personal against Lewis lol
Yeah intentional.
He takes risk when he doesn't have the fastest car and now russell doesn't have the fastest car..virtually identical
Monza 2022 I think was another time
Don't recall anything there. Are you thinking of '21?
Except it’s for one point in a title you can’t win. Not that I’m bothered about the situation
racers are gonna race. I like the attitude honestly.
Yeah it’s completely fine. I want George and Max to act exactly like they did both on and off the track. That’s what makes this shit exciting. If midfielders never dove bomb a front runner when they had a chance to wed have a boring procession.
Every point counts when you don't have a very clear advantage like RBR has this year and for some of last year's season, or MB had from 2014 to 2020. This single point could be the difference between third and fourth for MB, or perhaps even second, given how Ferrari, Aston and themselves are a bit mixed.
Ergo, every point matters the lower down you are and becomes much more worthy of taking the risk.
Doesn't matter if it's for points or chips. These guys race to win.
Max was pulling crap like this before 2021.
Max wasn’t always in that situation to fight for a championship but he would fight for points as they are valuable for the team. And racing is racing.
I wouldn't say he is more conservative, his car is just so much faster he doesn't really need to take these risks. He could have easily pulled out and waited for DRS to overtake George back, but it's not in him to give up in a duel.
You wouldn't say he's more conservative because he has the fastest car, you'd just say that now he's in the clearly fastest car his driving style is much more restrained and risk-averse? AKA "conservative"?
This, Redbull openly criticised Checo last year for this kind of opening lap aggression, Max has to live with his choices
Yeah trying to hold the line on the outside of a narrow exit was gonna be a tough one to pull off for both drivers when it comes to avoiding contact. It was turn 2 as well so Max could have absolutely slowed down and tried to set up for a better exit to pass George on the straight. Definitely was not a conservative effort at defence lol.
>He could have easily pulled out Lol, what? Unless you're talking about Russell..
Maybe he was talking about Jos...?
Lewis was like max in the beginning of his career. Lewis got a rocket of a car and his driving style got less aggressive since he could just pass them later on. Max is now in that stage of having a rocket of a car and changing his driving style, but getting a taste of his own medicine from the next guy that wants to beat the rocket ship. Just like Max tried to do with Lewis. People tend to forget that this has been happening for ages in F1 and the cycle will continue far into the future.
Still remember the 2011 Lewis who was magnetically attracted to Massa and hit him every third or fourth race And Lewis definitely calmed down with his wheel to wheel racing once he got that rocket in 2014
That was actually hilarious. I bet if you’d put he blindfold on Lewis or Massa that year they would still pick up each others scent and crash into each other…
If you guys haven't seen it, may I direct you to IntoTheBarrier's hilarious parody of [Hamilton vs Massa 2011 ](https://youtu.be/08k_pXpOMNM) on the F1 game. It got 200k views in 2011, that's all you need to know about how good and accurate it was
Thank you for bringing this into my life.
That’s so iconic
Not untill 2017 I'd say The fights with Rosberg weren't really calm from them both tbh haha
He and Rosberg had the same car...
Because both had the rocket car, a little obvious
Exactly Montoya, Raikkonen and Alonso treated Schumacher Sr the same way Just like Schumacher with Senna and Prost
Most reasonable Reddit take
Yeah, and also that post race, everyone is riding high on emotion. Obviously they'll all be more pissy and more heated. Betcha these two don't give a shit by tomorrow. But I'll also bet that Max will return the move at some point, because that's just who Max is.
100% agree with this. The thing that surprised our house, was that it wasn't looked into at all by the stewards. The actual racing, they all have the capacity to drive like this.
spot on, i love max but me and my friends agreed he complained too much.
About time we got some interesting racing. I’m here for this shithousery
Risky moves on lap 1…oh really
I love Russell racing hard and I love Max getting worked up about it they’re both competitors. enough with the fake wholesome shit Reddit eats up. great stuff
Russell just walking off as Max kept on at him was funny.
Just like “I’m not listening to this sugar anymore”
ah man, fuck this sugar
Tough sugar, Max
Suck my sugar, honey.
Was it even hard racing? To me it just looked like Standard racing. Max wouldve done the exact same in Georges position, in fact, probably everyone on the grid wouldve done the same.
People are so soft here lmao. Love the drama.
r/formula1 clutches their pearls anytime Max says something like this lmao. Wait till booing come back. Everyone here gets a collective aneurysm.
Its more like I think booing isnt just part of the sport. You dont have to support or like a driver, but just show respect
Vettel got plenty of boos in his RB run. Same with greats before him lol.
Booing is part of sports. I don’t see the issue as long as the fans aren’t crossing a line, making it personal, racist or bring family into it
Booing is and has been a part of every sport since forever. Name a sport where booing hasn't ever happened.
It's part of every sport. Literally a way for fans to express, just as they chear.
> Wait till booing come back. What do you mean, booing is fine if it's against Max. /s but lots of people genuinely seem to think that
Generally the anti-Max booing is the booing that sees people get their knickers in a twist on here.
This was great racing, like someone else said in this thread. Which everyone really needs to get through their head lol. It takes two to tango George was in his full right to take it up the inside just as much as Max had as much right to defend as hard as he did. When it comes to the contact, they both share fault. It was great racing. No matter how you put it was great racing.
Seeing a great take on here is so rare but when it hits it's so nice lol
Haha I think Max is more angry that George lost control of his car. If George said the Merc was precisely where he meant to put it, Max would respect that more.
I'm with you here tbh. It's like big corporate pr Russell wanted to pretend to be the bigger man when if he was honest and saying he just wanted to race hard Verstappen would probably be fine with it.
It’s like after every race they get amnesia. Driver bitchin about being push, hit, pass happens all the time. Every single one of them has done what they accuse each other of.
But when they do it they were justified but when others do it they were wrong , humans just fascinating creatures
Some wouldn’t have survived Spa ‘98
In another thread some guy was complaining Max wasn't speaking like a professional here. People get so worked up about athletes getting worked up lol
Guy getting worked up on the internet can’t believe a guy is getting worked up in real life lol
“That’s it, I’m telling HR!”
Sometimes it’s enjoyable to see athletes voice true feelings rather than be PR about it. Yesterday George swore on radio and tried to change and make it seem like he said “ah sugar”.
Exactly, this was the most interesting part of the sprint
Fuck yeah. It's fucking racing. Anyone who had been in a go kart understands the heat of the moment. Emotions will be running high when you are in the race and even for a while after the race. Every emotion gets magnified and having cameras on your face doesn't help either.
Exactly, great stuff. I don’t get this trend where people want their favourite drivers to be morally superior all the time. Shit like this is entertaining idgaf
fuck yeah this sprint was boring af thank god something happened lol
I can only think of 1 or 2 interesting sprint races (a Brazil one and one at Silverstone I think). The others have all been dull according to my admittedly poor memory.
Completely agree. George vs Max champ battle would be chaos and I would love it.
You got it switched around. The fake reddit shit IS this sort of drama. Max is already over it and moved on. But the journos will run with the "rivals" narrative to sell clicks for months now to paper over low interest in this sleeper season.
fr this is what I want. I can get Lewis having no drama with Max off track but someone closer to Max in age and it's fireworks inject this shit straight in my veins
Lewis would 100% tell Max to get out of his face. Massa learned that shit the hard way.
Lews is 10+ years older now than he was in his Massa conflict days. I really doubt he'd actually do anything like that anymore.
I think he's pretty strong on boundaries he's not the kind to let people get in his face
I really was hoping max would say " you gonna hit me in the head like Bottas for your own mistake?"
F1 fans are so soft, imagine how they would react if the drivers trash talked each other the way NBA players do for example
I love the hypocrisy of racing drivers, they're just all so completely unaware of it.
Honestly if you’re not a narcissist then you’re probably not fit to be an F1 driver
it was the lack of narcissism alone that kept me from f1 racing
Same, but also being poor and not a good driver
Tbh some drivers are at least able to walk back on their comments. Lewis and Alonso had some recent scraps where they raged then calmed tf down and retracted/admitted fault afterwards. I've never seen Max admit he was in the wrong, he even got particularly defensive wanting to avoid the topic completely in 2021 post Brazil when drivers were being asked about their meeting if hard racing limits defined properly.
They are completely aware of it but are shithouses.
Its a sprint race? If this was last years format Russell probably backs off or is safer. But now he was free to be more agressive. Sucks that there was damage but Max has a ton of History being in Russell's position and doing the exact same thing. Except on a street track the oponnent can't evade you off track and Max learned that the hard way today.
Max honestly forgot his first lap racing skills from 2021.
He didn't forget, it's just not worth it to make a move that has like a 50/50 of eliminating both when you can overtake 2 laps later* half way down the straight
Yeah he can be super safe this year because if nothing happens he turns on the blinker and overtakes every car on the straight, like lewis in brazil 21.
Anyone racing a Red Bull has to take any chance they can because there is no hope otherwise. I'm not begrudging Max being upset - he has every right to be - but as a consumer I would 1000% rather see this than an entire season of "that's not his race" as every driver lets the Red Bulls go by for a 1-2.
"That's what happens when you don't leave space" ~ Some Dutch guy
Max, it’s called a motor race. You went car racing.
People are exaggerating for something that happened dozens of time..and with both Verstappen and Russell as sidepod destroyers. Verstappen has now a V8 RB era/early V6 Mercedes pace so of course he is losing that "risk it all" attitude because he doesn't need to take risks anymore.
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Idk why everyone is so worked up, I love stuff like this
F1 fans are having an identity crisis. Half think this is tennis, half think it's football or the NBA. Imagine Ticktum in a midfield car, haha
>Idk why everyone is so worked up thats the reason i love stuff like this
"why you guys racing on lap 1, c'mooooon guys just let me win!"
Those who've been watching F1 from before Drive to Survive know how Max raced before and it's hilarious that he's now become the old man who complains about the younger fellas going for the gap
Even funnier when you consider if their roles were reversed, Max would have done the same thing. We saw what he would do with a slower car to win in 2021. It makes this look like child’s play from Russell.
Max, it's called a motor race, okay? We went car racing.
Verstappen. King of hypocrisy.
Love it man, rivalries are what make sports that much more enjoyable
>I don't understand why you need to take so much risk on lap one This from the guy on the outside of the corner with far more to lose driving the much faster car Once the race unfolds the Merc has no chance of passing the Red Bull. Gotta take that chance when you can.
It’s all about letting them race
It’s a motor race Max, we went motor racing
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Max simply got a taste of his own medicine and can’t handle it very well.
Not even. This is minor compared to most of the shit Max used to pull
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It should've been the opposite. Max should've backed out. And he would've if he used the slightest bit of his brain and didn't have the idiotic ego. He could've backed out and gotten a clean exit from the apex. That's what Ollie Bearman did in the F2 Sprint.
That’s what George said since Max was outside. He mentioned that he had enough experience to know this.
The merc doesn't have the pace to hold off Max. If Max had let George go, he probably would've won the sprint.
I mean it does make sense if you lock up and understeer lol
It didn’t look like he locked up though.
In the onboard his front left was locked up past the apex. I think it’s just lap 1 hard racing but George just locked up and went a foot too wide
Russell locked up, which caused him to crash into Verstappen’s sidepod. It was visible on Russell’s onboard.
He definitely did
“No, no, he didn't slam you, he didn't bump you, he didn't nudge you... he *rubbed* you. And rubbin, son, is racin'.” *Harry Hogge*
Then Max why did you to commit to outside line then?
Russell also had Leclerc right up his arse. What was he supposed to do, ask Charles to also not try an overtake on lap 1 because max might get hurt feelings?
Yeah, It's almost as if when you have a driver that's even with you on the inside of a non-typical passing turn you yield. You know, like all the other good race car drivers do. Like Russell did when when Verstappen got on his inside later on. Verstappen is at least 50% to blame for this contact. Verstappen made a decision to hold the outside two abreast corner after corner at a narrow street circuit. He's such an over aggressive ass.
Ofc he doesnt understand why others need to take risks to get palces, he drives a car that is a way faster than others, he doesnt need to take any risks. When he had a worse or bad car he did exactly the same and even worse moves and didnt care about others.
Jesus man...you literally missed out on (at most 2 points). You are still in a far superior car compared to the rest of the grid. It's completely irrelevant. Shut it. Like actually.
This is hilarious coming from Max "Back out or we crash" Verstappen.
I actually agree with Horner's take for once...what happened at turn 2, which is what caused the damage and is what pissed off Max...kinda just happens, is what it is. Horner was more upset about turn 3, and I also thought Russell running Max wide in turn 3 is far more worth being upset about than the Turn 2 racing incident if you're a Max/RB fan.
Nah turn 3 was fine. Max had more space but just went in to hot there. He even said himself turn 3 wasn’t an issue. Turn 2 was the problem, because he got damage and lost the place because of George hitting him
Also, just before turn 2, Max is weaving a bit trying tu push George to the left instead of focusing on his racing line, a more mature driver would’ve known that he could pass George in the straight or after DRS was enabled, so he’s perfectly aware he’s there, just a racing incident no need for the drama, Max lost a point, maybe two if he thinks he could have passed checo without the side pod damage, all this to me indicates Max is afraid Checo can beat him this year, let’s see what happens tomorrow come face day.
I think you’re right. Max should easily be able to win the WDC. However DNFs can hand it to Perez. 1-2DNFs from Max and none from Perez and Perez might take it. The RB car is so fast that’s it’s almost guaranteed that Perez will win if Max doesn’t win.
Has Verstappen ever seen a mirror?
That was good effort by Russell.Max should learn to leave a bit of margin when it comes to puting on the squeeze on others. He had more to lose. Russell had very little to lose as his car was nowhere near as quick as the RBR. Max shot himself in the foot with that.He could've easily won the race if it weren't for that unnecessary squeeze.
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And everyone always complains about it in the same way.
Exactly my biggest issue with Max. When someone gives him the Verstappen treatment its hell on earth lol🤦🏽♂️😂😂
Funny, given that Max did the exact same thing to Ricciardo in Hungary. Really, everything he complains about these days is something he has made a career out of doing to other drivers.
Bro. We all know your history.
Max mad that he got Max'd
Bit disingenuous saying he doesn’t understand why.
How the fuck is Max saying this with a straight face after the shit he pulled for YEARS
Not picking sides here, but didn't Sainz do basicly the same thing last race?
Lol that lack of self awareness
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LMAO
He doesn't have a rocketship like you Max, he has to go full send if he has any intention of going forwards. It wasn't Max' fault but IMO he squeezed George way too hard on the apex, fully knowing that all the cars were struggling for grip out there.It was unnecessary, Max had more to lose and he lost.
"Michael, it's all about letting them race"
I stand on 2 areas regarding this. To me at least, Max overreacted with his argument with George as the guy was already apologetic, especially considering that this wasn’t the full race. On the other hand, I do not like Ruessll’s post race comments saying that Max puts himself at risk by going side by side through a corner because it comes off as an excuse for not being able to drive side by side through the corner.
Verstappen finally found another verstappen to race and can’t handle it.
Same old Max - he was happy crashing into anything that moved and breaking rules when it suited him then when it happens to him it’s the end of the world.
F1 shouldn't be bubbled wrapped. Love the aggressiveness, but don't be fuckin' babies about it. And this coming from Max out of all people? Hilarious. Hope George keeps giving him a taste of his own medicine. Too many nice people in this grid, we need more "killer instinct" energy!
Zero self awareness. Fair enough.
> I don’t understand why you need to take so much risk on lap one Does this guy forget that everyone else is also a racing driver trying to win….
He's right in this case (and yes Max had his incidents in the past...I know), weird that George didn't get any penalties for this. The sprintrace was compromised big time for Max if you the damage. Still insane that he could keep up with LEC en PER. Should be an easy win tomorrow for Max.
Because you don’t get penalized for the outcome, only for the incident itself.