The worst 2 moments for me in in F1,
Abu Dabi 2010 with Alonso stuck behind Petrov and
Brazil 2012, when it looked like he was set to win the WDC and then Vettel pulled maybe his best race ever.
I didn't really see him much during his first stint at Renault when he was on top of the world, I only saw him becoming the underdog on the shitbox ferrari for those 4 years..... but man did he give it his all...
I still think he is the best (most complete) driver on the grid. (In natural/raw talent, he gets edged out imo by Hamilton, Verstappen... maybe even Leclerc)
If you give the entire grid spec cars, I reckon it would be him on top after a full race... just dont ask too many questions on how he got there lol, but that's a true racer.
You cannot have racing without racing drivers... this whole push to punish Verstappen is getting old, the video makes it look worse than it is.
Having so many time penalties (especially retroactive ones, or ones that count for the following race), grid drops, reprimands, license penalty points, etc... ridiculous.
This is all recent for F1, it used to be way more hands off, specially in the 2000s.
Modern F1 cars are longer than an F150 or Expedition, and heavily rear weight balanced, they are extremely prone to snap oversteer with the finicky aero once it gets going....
Yes he get cocky with the inside late braking, but once he was committed, he really couldn't turn in any more without spinning-off on the dirty painted concrete runoff area, full of tire marbles, etc..
Him "pushing Hamilton" is him correcting oversteer, any more left steering input and he is going to loose the rear and spin into Hamilton and end both of their races.
Hamilton got a 10s penalty for "crashing Verstappen out" in Silverstone this year (and "sending him to the hospital" with he
2nd highest g's in F1 crash history)
What would be an appropriate action for this event in comparison then? Do we give him 5s or a stern talk? (Verstappen got a 3 place grid drop for "crashing out Hamilton" in Monza, so its not like the stewards favor him)
Its just hard racing guys, he won the race. Probably Verstappen gave him his best race ever, for the record books... Something about Interlagos and historic races!
You cant be armchair experts... It seems like 3/4 of the F1 fans in this board are very recent, maybe because of that Netflix show, all calling for Verstappen's head.
Does that show really make him look that bad? I assume so because from your POV, Red Bull is the "Dark Side" or "the Sith".
I haven't even seen those shows, cant make it past the first ep or 2 every season... so much fake drama, using sound bits from different weekends, etc its ridiculous, take it with a pinch of salt.
At least they are getting good historic footage that can later be used to make proper documentaries.....
For me, for the past 7 years (since 2014), Mercedes has been more Dark Side than anything and I love me a good underdog story.... I think where you guys get it wrong is you think Hamilton is the underdog?
Honestly we are getting an absolutely historic season, I am so happy I got to see them at COTA, we got a fantastic race... basically every race this season has been great.
Just sit back and and enjoy! After 7 years of Mercedes dominance, whatever happens, happens, I have made my peace.... My 3rd worst moment in F1 came in
Singapore 2017.
edit: I think Verstappen is a dutch driving robot. He plays video games and races cars... there is less going on that its made seem... If you look past the drama he is just maybe too honest/cynical.. comes off as too Dutch in his interviews, with maybe some clever editing always looks bad.