Verstappen's 'You back off or we crash' Race Start

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[resadrecebli]

I am sure this comment section is going to be very peaceful 🕊️

[jsoathefreak]

Verstappen drives like me in the f1 game with limitless flashbacks and no strict rules

[seanfranklin]

Can we all agree that the Halo definitely saved Lewis’s life

[mouadfellahi]

2024 and it's Lando who is getting the Verstappen special

[sabershiro]

From what I see, Hamilton seems to put a lot of trust on his clean air pace and their pit strategy that he’s always “just trying to survive Verstappen” first half of 2021 season.

[phantomfoxyy]

verstappen did it many times in 2018 ~ 20, the difference is that hamilton knew that his car was much better so there was no reason to be agressive too if in some laps he could overtake him easily, from 2021 it was not the same anymore and if he kept letting max by he would lose the championship, now i think its the opposite, max know his car is much better so he is less agressive, a example of this is australia 2023 when lewis was agressive but max overtook him without any difficulty with drs because of this car difference. So (in my opinion) they play their games relative with the machinery, now its lewis turn.

[infynite]

Of course when max leaves no spaces (which he does really often) it's totally fine for him and the other driver has to back of, but when he gets no space, the thought backing of doesn't even go through his brain, causing a collision

[darrenbee]

The thing I find most humorous is that Max is the first one to start crying when someone does exactly the same to him. In a few years Max will be mature and some other upstart will be the aggressive one everyone is talkin about. It's been that way since the 70s

[shaq]

I like how somewhere in the season, lewis said enough. And they started colliding every race almost. Lewis should have been aggresive from the season start. But he let himself get bullied in the first half.

[AndrewFGaming]

If Max raced himself in 2021 he would've crashed way more times. It's visibly obvious that most times it was Lewis who avoids Max's aggressive moves, especially at the starts, and the few times where he decides he's going to be aggressive too, they end up crashing, and that's what F1 fans focus on

[graycleary]

Simple to fix Max’s attitude. Just don’t back off. After 2 or 3 races he will either change or the FIA will punish him.

[raykuipers]

It's an intimidation game. Most drivers back off but Verstappen and Hamilton are both dominant drivers.

[evanschisawani]

Max will complain if someone plays his own move on him

[DeathdealerL]

Lewis is always worried about wrecking his car. Max drives like Lewis now because he has something to lose now.

[inflatable]

You have to see all these situations in the context of the championship standings etc.. If you do then it all makes sense why Lewis did and did not back off and why Max didn't back off at Monza.. Same with the Silverstone 2021 incident, that crash had everything to do with what happened a day earlier in the sprintrace.. Same with Senna vs Prost in Japan 1990 and I could go on and on.. Context is everything to understand why drivers act like they do..

[predator]

I love these engine sounds, the aggressive growl of the Mercedes and the really loud turbo on the Honda

[mresurreccion]

We all know Lewis almost always not trying to defend the inside line, because he like his "Switch-back" move which is very effective in the past especially againts Rosberg

[BansheeRiderNL]

2021 was the most intense season i've watched. Just crazy. I'll get it why Max was so agressive. He finally had a winning car. It should've been less exciting if:

1. If he didn't had that exploding Tire at Baku
2. If Hamilton didn't collide with him at Silverstone
3. If Bottas didn't play bumper cars at Hungaroring

[jean-francoisdemers]

Everybody knows crashstappen! Hamilton is a clean respectful driver.

[niklasjensen]

Why Tsunoda got a penalty for a similar maneuver is beyond me. This clip shows easily how Zhou could have made the corner. And Max came in way harder than Tsunoda did.