[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by m5rick

one point is better than nowt.
Celebrating with a pint of ipa with my meal :d

one - two - three - four

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

one - two - three - four

Better than all of them put together, and sky is having a clearout of some certain journos, surprise surprise told to FO or else by Liberty

[M5Rick]

TacRab summing up after the Vegas GP.

[HeelToeShift]

An incredibly well deserved WDC for Max this year in what equates to the 3rd overall best car. This has not been done in 40 years and he is the only driver to win multiple WDCs in slower cars as far as I can recall. To think, the MB, on average, was probably equal to the RB yet neither MB is even in the top 5 in the WDC.
Max, in a car that had too much downforce, compromised in many ways leading to what was only the 4th fastest car showing his skill is what pushed that car to where he ended up…and he just let Ham and the Ferraris by without racing them knowing he had the WDC locked up (and even then it took them quite a while to even get close). His skill level combined with a level of consistency the sport has not seen since Schumacher - just another level we didn’t know existed given this level hasn’t been seen since Schumacher so many years ago.

[AmuroRay]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

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Max can't count
He has 3 and Hamilton has 8

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by AmuroRay

Max can't count
He has 3 and Hamilton has 8

Mate . I can feel your pain ...

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by HeelToeShift

An incredibly well deserved WDC for Max this year in what equates to the 3rd overall best car. This has not been done in 40 years and he is the only driver to win multiple WDCs in slower cars as far as I can recall. To think, the MB, on average, was probably equal to the RB yet neither MB is even in the top 5 in the WDC.
Max, in a car that had too much downforce, compromised in many ways leading to what was only the 4th fastest car showing his skill is what pushed that car to where he ended up…and he just let Ham and the Ferraris by without racing them knowing he had the WDC locked up (and even then it took them quite a while to even get close). His skill level combined with a level of consistency the sport has not seen since Schumacher - just another level we didn’t know existed given this level hasn’t been seen since Schumacher so many years ago.

Schumi was suspected of cheating on many things and using his teammates as fodder to advance himself, Jos Verstappen,Rubens Barrichello and E irvine are a few to name. MAX has none of these luxuries now with FIA watching for anomalies like a hawk with advanced technical equipment that was lacking before.

[Artemis]

Originally Posted by AmuroRay

Max can't count
He has 3 and Hamilton has 8

Hamilton's name is engraved 7 times on that FIA WDC trophy.

Verstappen's name will be engraved for the 4th consecutive time on that trophy.

Fangio was 45 years when he achieved his 4th WDC title (1956). Prost was 38 years (1993). Schumacher (2001) and Hamilton (2017) were 32 years. Verstappen is 27 years (2024). Vettel was 26 years (2013).

And it ain't over yet for Hamilton and Verstappen.

[GuidoK]

I think mainly the costcap and limited windtunnel/cfd/testing times makes it much harder to get consecutive wins. Teams nowadays just can't overdevelop their problems away anymore by spending unlimited amounts of money (pre costcap there were 600 million/year budgets....)

[AmuroRay]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Mate . I can feel your pain ...

No pain for me, I'm just a guy who likes F1
Has no bearing on my life since I'm not actually racing

[HeelToeShift]

Originally Posted by GuidoK

I think mainly the costcap and limited windtunnel/cfd/testing times makes it much harder to get consecutive wins. Teams nowadays just can't overdevelop their problems away anymore by spending unlimited amounts of money (pre costcap there were 600 million/year budgets....)

If you were to force rank the difficulty of the WDCs based on how competitive the field is/was, and add in the other factors such as budget or budget cap, the clamp down on real hard racing, and developement / testing time the last 3 WDCs are some of the most difficult in history. The fact that Max won in 2021 in a slower car against a cheat MB, 2022 with a car that wasn’t even faster for most of the season, and then out in the greatest season ever seen in F1 in 2023, and then winning again in 2024 with the 3rd fastest car is one you can mark up to doing it all when the odd are stacked against you. Not more than maybe Schumacher or Senna could have pulled this off and even then, I don’t know if they could have done it like Max.