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It’s insane. He was 2-4 tenths slower than them throughout quali, even Fernando was quicker at one point. And then the man just hooks up a lap like it’s nothing.
Red Bull did use Q1 as an impromptu FP4. Both drivers just stayed out on 1 set of soft, only heading into the pits for front wing adjustments. Max had his wings adjusted 3 times to get it in a good spot.
Since they know they're safe in Q1 it makes sense to get some final adjustments in
I think at this point he's just messing with us all. The competition, those of us watching, everyone. It's like his side quests this season. Now it's, I'll let everyone believe I'm. 4 doen and then, I'll get pole by .3.
It really feels like he's just toying with the rest of the field at this point. He does whatever he wants until someone gets close to him, then he just turns it on for one lap and leaves everyone behind him.
yeah, it's several times that there have been drivers to challenge Max for pole but when it matters, most seem to fumble and he ALWAYS delivers. I remember Norris in Abu Dhabi last year. He should have definitely beaten max to pole but he went drifting. Leclerc and sainz today should have been at least a tenth within Verstappen's time
This tells me that they're not really capable of putting in the laps they're trying to... They're over driving the car trying to put in a 105% effort to match Max's 100%... And it's causing them to make mistakes. Kinda reminds me of Marquez in Moto GP trying to wring performance that doesn't exist out of his Honda the last two years.
That was absolutely Lando last year for sure. Pushing the car beyond it's limits to try and put it on pole. Cost him a few qualis but with the first half of the season they had what did it matter?
Exactly and I'm sick of people saying it wasn't competitive because the guy they don't like came out on top. lmao. What kind of bs is that. It's not Max's fault that the other guys choked.
Which is true, but it's also Max. I remember Dutch TV did a comparison between Danny Ric's and Max' steering adustments in corners, back when they were both at RBR. Danny was constantly correcting where Max just looked as steady as you like.
Add Max' alien level of consistency and a car that's only beatable under very specific circumstances and never seems to break down... yeah.
And Max has the better car. He can "only" get 99.5% out of it and cruise to the front. Sainz and Leclerc need to actually get 100% out of the car to even have a chance. It's a lot harder to drive a perfect lap when you're on the true razor's edge.
Hardly. This era's RB has never been particularly dominant in qualy, Ferrari have always been super close there. It might cruise to easy wins in the race, but that's certainly not the case on Saturdays.
He did not hook up those two corners but saying he would have had pole is a bit of a stretch.
It was super close with Max a bit ahead till that chicane. (and we know Max absolutely destroyed that chicane)
Max is just gonna leave everyone. That time means nothing at this rate. Last race he lapped half of the field. This year seems more geared towards the fight for second and team drama/issues (internal/external). I can't see anyone putting up a fight especially if RBR (RedBull) is still performing upgrades.
I don’t think there’s any exaggerating the results. Max gets a commanding lead then manages his car and tires. So he lapped ⅓ of the field instead of half but he wasn’t pushing for more.
He could have gotten blue shelled and still won by 5 seconds
No narrative to push. So he lapped 6...still, he is miles ahead. There is no one to challenge him is my overall point, so giving us those times means nothing. It should be the battle for second if anything.
These graphs are correct to anyone who thinks they're misleading I'd advice to use the grid position lines to estimate the difference.
It's the use of perspective that makes it look weird, but that's just a visual choice. It still contains all the information you need to make an accurate estimation.
I mean they are kind of misleading despite being accurate. The perspective shrinks gaps further back. It's likely less misleading if there's motion to calibrate people's depth perception, but a static shot will mislead a bit.
I mean, I guess that could be a legitimate argument. But these are mostly made to illustrate what the qualification difference would look like in a race and for that it works better than a overhead shot.
I think the reaction is strong because it's always Verstappen and seeing him so far up front makes people feel more desperate than they already are, but the couple of times Leclerc had pole it was illustrated in exactly the same way. It's not some weird propaganda push to make Verstappen look even more dominant...the guy really doesn't need that when he's winning as much as he is by the gap that he does.
Try this. Put Max on the nearest grid position (under the time box) and bump Sainz down the rough space you need to move Max down to fit in his grid box, and put him on the nearest grid position (the one in front of Perez). You'll find that there are two open grid positions in between.
Now put Sainz on the nearest grid position (once again the one in front of Perez) and now bump Leclerc down the rough size that you have to move Sainz downwards and put him on the nearest grid position (under Leclerc's time box). And there will be two open grid positions in between as well.
Sainz had a mistake in T9-10 (https://youtu.be/qOORoBJAzOM?si=DzMochk4Tgih0DPP&t=122) but considering his condition he performed extremely well, but Leclerc was disappointing. He was quite ahead of Sainz the first day, I don't know what happened to his performance today!
Not true of course, but I feel like Liberty might be saying to Max, “Hey bro, so you're going to sweep this season once again. But, for the sake of entertainment, could you make it seem like other teams are competing for P1 during Q1 & Q2? Then, in Q3, you can blow them out of the water during your final run. Thanks, my g!”
Haha, for real. Not sure why they show clips of Max’s radio messages to GP about how “bad” the car is performing. That car is perfect - we know he’s going to put that thing on rails and lap everyone 🤣
Sure but I would say this is more about Ferrari not maximizing their chances when they have them. Sainz did a great job considering his health condition but Leclerc under delivered in my opinion.
Last year the race was saying that RBR winning all but one race would be most annoying, so part of me hopes fuck it, let them win them all.
I'm game for Verstappen to outdo his ten win streak. I think the question is more what do you think he'll hit? I think he could go until Monaco very reliably at least.
It does kinda exaggerate the difference between Verstappen and Sainz (either by perspective or just a bit too big of a difference on purpose, if the difference to Norris is anything to go by).
Max really did hook up his lap perfectly, simply lovely, but still when he hooks it up right, good luck stopping him from getting Pole, an act of God is required to stop Max getting on Pole!
Except that the first grid box starts at the edge of Verstappen's time box and not the start-finish line. And you cut off the most comparable time difference between Sainz and Leclerc (0.270 over 0.230).
The qualy session was competitive heading into Q3 it looked like any of both Ferrari and both Red Bulls could have been on pole but only 1 driver put the lap together. You just don't like who came out on top.
Right. I'm clearly biased based on a single qualifying session.
Verstappen happens to be one of my favourite drivers, I'd just like some more competition at the top of the time sheets.
I was watching the news through FP and thought maybe this weekend I'll get up and watch the race live, my wife and child are away and have the house to myself.
This feels wrong? The time gap between Perez and leclerc is almost the same as max to Sainz... But max is way ahead of Sainz compared to the distance between Perez and leclerc
So what’s the margin for today, 15sec? 😂 cool graphic though, definitely shows it better than just numbers or grid placement. I just hope my boi #PuffPiastri can do well.
Had quite a few friends who finally started watching F1 with me 4 years ago. Im back to watching it on my own with only reddit to talk about it. And even Im struggling. Obviously anecdotal but I cant imagine it hasnt had an impact.
First time in 10+ years I won't be bothering to wake up early (UK) to watch it live, it's just lost all entertainment value that it's not worth me compromising my Sunday for!
Former dominant periods have been littered with lower reliability and a semi-competitive teammate. Max's teammate is a mediocre driver in an incredible car who doesn't even appear in his mirrors after ~10 laps, I can't imagine Perez even features in Max's internal thought process come race weekends! Max is an amazing driver but he has no competition, it must be pretty boring for him too.
Surely yes people are switching off. I personally am at the point where I probably have it on but I’m doing other things not actually paying proper attention. I didn’t bother getting up this morning to watch live and I love qualifying.
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