Lapeno77
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Its hilarious that vote. Without fail Verstappen appears in the top 2 places, no matter what. Its a similar issue as kopites voting for whatever poll SSN run. Pointless popularity contest
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The love in for Verstappen is getting on my nerves a bit, all the commentators creaming them over hi, does a half decent overtake and it’s “ brilliant driving there by Max” goes wheel to wheel with another driver and its “ wow great driving there by Max”. Hope this Tsunoda kid upstages Verstappen I’ll be made up.
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Dutch F1 fans are 100% the kopites of the F1 world. The sport was not popular at all in the Netherlands prior to Max’s arrival in the sport.
No chance. Max is as legit as it gets hence why all the ex drivers bum him constantly. He's genuinely worthy of the hype.
Id also say he's a more complete driver than Hamilton was at 23 but then he came into the sport aged 17, an entire 6 years earlier than the age Hamilton did. Could be genuinely scary how good he is in his early 30s.
No chance. Max is as legit as it gets hence why all the ex drivers bum him constantly. He's genuinely worthy of the hype.
Id also say he's a more complete driver than Hamilton was at 23 but then he came into the sport aged 17, an entire 6 years earlier than the age Hamilton did. Could be genuinely scary how good he is in his early 30s.
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BNJ1878
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Oi, that's my line lol
Not only that...... commentary teams for all the major broadcasters were seemingly contractually bound to fawn over not only Max, but also the 'Orange Army." (Pre-Covid)
Sadly here in the Middle East we have a feeble double act on comms who are obsessed with Max and Ricciardo. Obsessed.
When he gave back the place yesterday they were ready to contact the Pope to suggest a Sainthood for the "New, more mature Max" for pre-empting the stewards. (His grumpy radio message to pit wall on post race in lap soon cleared that up)
Great driver, the clear heir to the throne. He doesn't need fluffers bigging him up.
evilwebby
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There's a learning curve that sorta works the same regardless of what age you come in at, so I don't expect him to continue improving up until his early 30s, at least not in anything but fine detail.
First 2-3 years they are spent getting up to your ultimate speed ceiling, then by year 4-5 they have reached their ultimate pace and then it's about piling on the experience and tweaking your approach to find marginal gains. Verstappen is already the finished article in terms of speed, now he needs the experience of fighting for a championship rather than just the odd individual race win that will shape how he goes about his racing in the future. You can't drive the same when your ultimate aim is the championship compared to when your aim is just to win the race.
But you are right, Verstappen is legit. Anyone who's watched F1 down the years can recognise that he is clearly very very talented and becoming a formidable all round driver. It has to be said too, that I think Leclerc may be just as good, but with a few years less experience than Verstappen currently.
This is where mentality comes into play. In terms of pace and ability to race (e.g. overtake), he is for me easily in the top two and has been for a while now.
He is becoming a more rounded driver in term of race management, which utilises a mixture of composure, resilience and guile with the usual confidence et al.
Yet, I still have some doubts regarding these elements because I still get the aura of rashness, where he might not be fully versed in how to control himself.
With Leclerc, he's far from perfect either and has been prone to mistakes, but I think long-term he may have more composure than Max if not naturally as fast.
This is all my opinion though, so people may disagree and rightly so. Max has calmed down a fair bit in recent years, so he may be able to resolve it.
Lord Buckethead
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Everyone know that Temazepam isn't there on merit.
I just hope the imbecile doesn't get anyone injured .
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Got his own website now with highlights of all his spins so far
Wonder if it's the same person/people who created the Maldonado one??Got his own website now with highlights of all his spins so far
Is it that or the track?
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