Perez's weak racecraft in one perfect example

F1 Austria DRS Onboard

[abbashaider]

The engineer coming in is like when you suck at a video game and it gives you a hint to get past your obstacle

[MyRealName]

You would expect every professional F1 driver to understand this and prepare for it.

[lonewolf.ki]

"He's not too clever this guy"
- Perez 2019

[stressballer]

3:35 - interesting to see how the dirty air affects the front wing elements and make them vibrate, up until Perez pulls out to the side and into the clean air. Then the air is smooth again and no more vibrations.

[sergioferrero]

As a Max fan who also supports Checo and Red Bull, it was so frustrating to see how Checo couldn't get past Sainz with a car that had 0.5 seconds a lap over the Ferrari at that track. He was committing the same mistake with the DRS detection zone over and over again, I was like: dude, don't you realize it???

[ahmetardasensoy]

This says much more about Perez's bad racecraft, than Verstappen's good execution. You would expect an average F1 driver to execute much better than Perez.

[eerotonteri]

Bruh even i know how to use drs tactics in the f1 game😂

[stinko]

It's so weird that Perez knew how to wait to get DRS while defending against Lewis in 2021 Abu Dhabi but doesn't wait for the last drs here...

[jaguatiricaimediata]

Everyday I admire Max more and more...there are so many little tactical prowesses that sometimes are buried under his domination. He will certainly be more recognized once he retires, as right now he is the guy to be defeated and everyone is blinded by their love of the "underdogs"

[jbpilot]

0:53 Verstappen waving during the race, like he´s doing sidequests

[han]

0:52 aint no way bro just waved at him

[nairo]

The same thing happened between Perez and Hülkenberg in the last lap this year and Perez did the same mistake again.

[janismateuss]

While the DRS tactics is more obvious, what is less obvious is the brilliance of Verstappen's other decisive and smart moves.

One example is when he has large overspeed on the car defending and he is given the inside line, he will close the DRS and lift way early not to overtake before the corner and not to give the defensive driver chance for slipstream and switch back sides and create problems. He just slows down enough to be side by side, just slightly ahead, giving him a commanding position to turn in from pretty wide, and give no chance of counter move. Makes the move quick, safe and decisive.

Example comes to mind was on Russel turn 1 Qatar.

[dragonawp]

0:53 Verstappen just doing Verstappen things

[benjninja]

This what makes some drivers stand out compared to others.Its not all about how fast you are as a driver, its about using each individual aspect of racing to your advantage

[Prabhakar]

Max and Charles know each others tactics so well!!

[LSmallCatL]

0:47 did Max get squeezed more or less than he squeezed Lando? I'd say that's the difference between someone having a plan and someone just sending it.

[ChrisCaaa]

2:06 That's incredible he backs off to get drs then still out brakes him.

[Braselton]

*Lando Norris bad racecraft in one perfect example*
Austria 2024 Crash was the same as 0:40 Lap 26.
Lando should've done what Max did in this video but he tried to send it around the outside 0_o

[janvanholten]

Did I saw that correct? Sainz was moving a bit to the left in that corner! Looks familiar.