Funnily, he doesn't actually consider Zandvoort his home track; that's Spa. (As he has told reporters. Spa is much closer to where he grew up.) So it's rather because of his fans than Max himself, if that's really the reason.
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Glad you agree with me.
I didn’t know that, fair enough.
I meant more for the fans/atmosphere they’ve brought, because of Max though. I wasn’t insinuating that they’d keep it there just because 1 man wanted it
It was a great track, aesthetically, but not the type that brings a lot of exciting racing. Hopefully they can make it wider or something
Easy Sergio today. Max never in doubt never under pressure,won easy. Sergio from the pit lane finished in the points andvon a tracks that is hard to pass on.
Sergio DOTD despite underperforming all weekend and getting to 8th in the best car on this track, nah. Max was DOTD in a non eventful race, he was brilliant, sometimes the best car/driver combo that wins actually deserves DOTD on merit.
I think he’ll win it, because fans like to see overtaking. But I think max drove really well. Sergio was a close 2nd for me, the cars he was overtaking were inferior to his
Max drove a very mature race, like you say could have let the crowd get to him.
If it was DOTW you'd have a point, but today Perez did so much more. Max led well but didn't do anything special, fastest car in clean air, better team strategy, better pit stops, etc, basically Lewis last season. Checo was able to do tons of overtaking on a track that's really not good for it, easily the DOTD.
The woman handing those trophies over is a Heineken heir, worth billions.
Just a fun fact.
Just a fun fact.
HA HA Lewis trying to drown Max in champagne
So Max again first in driver championship. So real question is. Bumper cars racing from Mercedes again next week or is it to soon?
Wouldn’t mind seeing a race on this track in the rain.
Totally off topic I know, but the Heineken experience in Amsterdam is one of the most disappointing tourist experiences I've ever had, it was rubbish. Really half arsed, especially compared to other big brewery visitor centres (Guinness, Staropramen, etc).
No that would be good.
Is Mazepin the worst driver in the history of F1 ?
He's terrible, lacks any class and quite a danger on the track
Not the best race as we had expected I suppose. However I think it was still interesting watching the different racing styles and team tactics play out in an attempt to force things to happen. Very good drive for Max for the win. Exactly what was needed from him.
That's undeniable. Question is, has there been anyone actually worse?
Probably, and he'll get a drive in 2022 because his daddy is almost the only thing standing between Haas and administration.
According to one of the lads at work years ago they used to give you a lash of pints doing it, but now your lucky to get 1
Imagine a team of Mazepin and Stroll . "Brats racing"
Everybody says 2nd was the best Merc could hope for, but as Lewis said, Max just 'got lucky with traffic'.
Lucky, lucky boy
Lucky, lucky boy
Has there not been one that only lasted a few races ?
Nah, Yuji Ide was worse, they took his super licence away after 4 races he was that bad. Think there was one guy in the 60s who got disqualified from a race for driving too slowly so he probably wins the all time ranking.
The issue with Mazepin is the total lack of quality control due to his fathers influence
That's just Lewis being Lewis, nothing lucky about Max's win today.
'The cars just opened in front of him'.
Totally agree, he has no place in F1
No, I got that.I didn’t know that, fair enough.
I meant more for the fans/atmosphere they’ve brought, because of Max though. I wasn’t insinuating that they’d keep it there just because 1 man wanted it
It was a great track, aesthetically, but not the type that brings a lot of exciting racing. Hopefully they can make it wider or something
But I could imagine F1 prioritizing keeping a track on the schedule (as long as it makes financial sense) because it's the home track of a racer who's a likely WC contestant for the foreseeable future.Except it's not his home track. I confuse myself.
Dutch media pretty much treat it as such though; Spa is pretty much just another track in Dutch media.That's the guy.
You won't be saying that next year watching the Max Verstappen Dutch GP 2022No, I got that.
Except it's not. I confuse myself.
With Mazepin we're so lucky Haas have such a shit car.
If he was in a Haas with the sort of pace they used to have, fighting in the points, he'd be causing massive incidents every race. Whereas now he's only really a danger to Mick and to himself.
If he was in a Haas with the sort of pace they used to have, fighting in the points, he'd be causing massive incidents every race. Whereas now he's only really a danger to Mick and to himself.
Just looked it up, was Al Pease at the 1969 Canadian GP.
While looking it up, also came across a guy who paid for a free practice seat, binned the car and was then stuck in the car as he didn't know how to remove the steering wheel so had to stay in the car as it was recovered by the marshalls.
What I'm saying is, Mazepin hasn't quite hit their levels... Yet
Edit: I've found video of the free practice guy and you can see him in the car as it's picked up by the crane
Good thing he won't be moved to any other team ever
Just my thoughts as well, if he was in a McClaren he would have been a massive danger to everyone.
He has to watch doing things like that because he is looking for a lesser team to pick him up. Nobody is going to want a driver who wont follow orders.Bottas just said feck Mercedes
Unless his daddy changes the bank account he sends money to.Good thing he won't be moved to any other team ever
Norris and the reporter losing it on camera