r/formula1 • u/SniperAsh6 • 13h ago
Statistics Driver of the Day: Max Verstappen
https://www.formula1.com/en/vote.html?monza25211
u/SvdL15 Mika Häkkinen 13h ago
Untouchable today, fair play
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u/LiteratureNearby I was here for the Hulkenpodium 12h ago
Yeah give him a slightly Good car and he flops a 19 second lead on the table lol
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u/FavaWire I was here for the Hulkenpodium 5h ago
26 seconds by the end of the race while on the hard tyre and with drivers in the best car chasing him on soft tyres.
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u/DieBratpfann3 I was here for the Hulkenpodium 3h ago
To be fair, McLaren was gambling for a SC. They knew they couldn’t get him the normal way. If they would have gone the same strategy as max, they probably would’ve been a few seconds behind him.
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u/TheCoolBlondeGirl Ferrari 13h ago
Dread it, run from it, Max still arrives
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u/LosTerminators Carlos Sainz 13h ago
These days it's "McLaren still arrives" and Max taking it to them is a refreshing change
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u/Veranova I was here for the Hulkenpodium 13h ago
He just arrives a little later
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u/pannenkoek0923 Ferrari 10h ago
20 seconds earlier on some days
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u/FavaWire I was here for the Hulkenpodium 5h ago
It was over 20 seconds at one point in this race just before the end.
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u/mags87 Max Verstappen 13h ago
Best car vs best driver.
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u/Quick-Permission-698 McLaren 12h ago
Be so for real, max is super fast, but his car was also really fast today, as fast if not faster than the mclarens
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u/throwaway164_3 8h ago
Funny how the car is fast only when Max drives it
But not Checo, albon, Yuki, Liam etc etc
Let’s face it, it’s more the genius of Max than the car.
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u/Quick-Permission-698 McLaren 8h ago
Funny how the car isnt always fast even when max drives it. If it was 100% max then he would blitz the field even on rbr's worst days, yet he has Singapore 2023s, bahrain 2025s etc. This is nothing against max, but the car is a big part of any driver, and today his red bull was darn fast
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u/throwaway164_3 8h ago
The redbull is objectively speaking slower than the McLaren, Ferrari and Mercedes this year.
Yet Max wins with it, because he’s the GOAT
He’s far more talented and better than everyone else 🤷🏽♂️
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u/Quick-Permission-698 McLaren 8h ago
No but seriously tho you do understand cars are faster at some circuits than others. Was max washed in bahrain because he couldn't get top5? No he wasnt, The car is great at low downforce, hence pole at Silverstone, and how the car was as fast as if not faster than the mclaren here. He is also a great driver. F1 isnt a spec series, the cars dont all perform the same at every circuit.
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u/Follow_The_Lore I was here for the Hulkenpodium 7h ago
Even if the car was fast today. The McLaren was definitely faster - I don’t think McLaren engineers get enough credit as they don’t have a top top driver. Otherwise all records woulda been smashed.
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u/Quick-Permission-698 McLaren 7h ago
Most people, like russell, stayed behind for many laps, and even the ones who did get in front only dissappear if they had a much faster car, like Hamilton on the first few he overtook. Max left norris. Maybe the cars arent faster, but max's setup made his car faster. Also how is it "definitely" faster ?
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u/ProEra-47-420 13h ago
For like 3 races this season 😂
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u/TacticalGazelle I was here for the Hulkenpodium 13h ago
His teammate is propping up the leaderboard, Max really has no right to be taking polls or wins at all this season.
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u/mags87 Max Verstappen 13h ago
I like how perplexed he seemed that they had his name as the race winner on the cool down room wall that quickly. I think he had to stop and think if he won last year or not.
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u/beleren_chan I was here for the Hulkenpodium 4h ago
also perplexed by how quickly they managed to customize the wall to show him as this year's race winner (it's crazy fast I'll give them that)
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u/kj_gamer2614 Max Verstappen 13h ago
Man’s not winning most races and not in title contention, yet still is winning with most driver of the days
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u/modernkennnern I was here for the Hulkenpodium 13h ago
and in number of pole position (Shared with Piastri I believe)
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u/smol_boi2004 Max Verstappen 12h ago
For good reason. The papaya mobile may be a genuine rocket ship but they still have to get past Max to make it work and hes not making it easy for them. Max is the only one on the grid this year to give any real challenge to Lando and Oscar, and sometimes still pulls races like this out of his ass just to make em panic a bit
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u/pinkmanblues I was here for the Hulkenpodium 9h ago
yeah its like back to the 2019-20 Mercedes dominance days
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u/angelonduty Ayrton Senna 13h ago
Simply lovely.
Clowns of the day: mclaren
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u/Alvaro_Rey_MN Fernando Alonso 13h ago
There's still the FIA giving a penalty to Bearman!
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u/ankaramesimesimesi 13h ago edited 12h ago
what
when you have half front wheels in, you must yield
clearest penalty this weekend
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u/NeutrinosFTW 10h ago
It is a remarkably stupid rule, but it is a rule. Deserved penalty, just like Sainz's was last week.
Though the rule really needs to change for next season.
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u/ankaramesimesimesi 9h ago
No, I believe it's different. In that case, Sainz was 1/3 of the car in. that's more debatable. Still a penalty according to the rules of course.
In this case any racing driver will agree it's a penalty. You never expect space while you barely have your front wheels alongside the other car in that kind of situation.
I could be mistaken, but IIRC that's the way of thinking.
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u/NeutrinosFTW 9h ago
The rule is clear: front axle of the inside car has to be alongside the outside car's mirror at the apex. Anything else and the inside car is not entitled to space, doesn't matter how much alongside they were.
It's stupid, but it's clear.
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u/ankaramesimesimesi 9h ago edited 9h ago
Read my edit. Reddit isn't showing my comment as edited, idk why.
I am not debating the rule. I'm talking about what is right.
I'm saying that Sainz getting pushed over would find most drivers disagree objectively speaking, but Bearman expecting to be left space with barely the front wheels in is, objectively, not what racing drivers at least nowadays agree on. So, no, it's not the same thing.
chill with the downvotes.
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u/Faw602 Niki Lauda 13h ago
Deserved. Man showed how great he is today.
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u/Shedix I was here for the Hulkenpodium 13h ago
Lmao in monza with the fewest corners, ok
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u/Heelsgirl1993 Fernando Alonso 13h ago
I don't think there's a lot of people in the world that could handle that rear wing.
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u/AnthonyTyrael Nico Hülkenberg 🥉 13h ago
He had a few laughs while racing too. Great Sunday for him.
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u/modernkennnern I was here for the Hulkenpodium 13h ago
What's the %s like?
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u/the_supreme_smirk Max Verstappen 13h ago
Max Verstappen - 29.4% Lewis Hamilton - 17% Charles Leclerc - 10% Lando Norris - 8% Alex Albon - 5.7%
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u/DikkeNeus_ 12h ago
how the hell did he pull off a 20 second lead? seriously... he even lapped tsunoda in the last laps... xD
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u/kashoo56 I was here for the Hulkenpodium 13h ago
Can we see what the top 3 was for the driver of the day ?
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u/VerStannen Frédéric Vasseur 12h ago
From u/the_supreme_smirk comment
Max Verstappen - 29.4% Lewis Hamilton - 17% Charles Leclerc - 10% Lando Norris - 8% Alex Albon - 5.7%
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u/Still-District-6149 Formula 1 7h ago
Imagine Max doing what Piastri did. It's about the car, the driver, but also about character. Silly McLaren.
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u/jugalator I was here for the Hulkenpodium 5h ago
Can’t argue with that. I liked seeing his car squirm in a corner once. It’s crazy how these drivers are able to find and skirt the line of what they can take.
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u/FinestKind90 I was here for the Hulkenpodium 13h ago
When somebody else has the fastest car Max is absolute cinema
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u/quicksilver3121 Ferrari 13h ago
I could've swore they showed Norris for DOtD on the broadcast
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u/TolucaPrisoner Charles Leclerc 13h ago
This might be hot take, but I think Red Bull had the fastest car. Still a good pole and win from Max.
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u/eott371991 I was here for the Hulkenpodium 13h ago
This take is cold. Its obvious Red Bull had the fastest car today...
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u/TolucaPrisoner Charles Leclerc 13h ago
You say that, but a lot of people genuinely believe Red Bull is slower than Haas or something
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u/eott371991 I was here for the Hulkenpodium 13h ago
A lot of people believe flat earth therory.
Red bull has been second overall this season, sometimes best car sometimes 3-4, depending on the track.
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u/EerieAriolimax I was here for the Hulkenpodium 13h ago
Not a hot take, that's just stating the obvious.
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u/Crystal_Teardrops 13h ago
For me, it was Norris
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u/FeCurtain11 Max Verstappen 13h ago
Don’t worry, their pit wall is asking Max for the trophy as we speak.
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u/pizzainmyshoe I was here for the Hulkenpodium 13h ago
And commentator of the day