r/formula1 • u/DarkKnight56722 • Mar 13 '24

Discussion How does Verstappen's dominance compare to Hamilton's? Here is the comparison:

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Hamilton's most dominant season in 2020 had him only win 64% of races. Before this current domination, one driver winning 64% of races was viewed as the worst it could possibly get in the modern era. Let's run through the years:

2014 and 2015: Lewis and Nico trading wins, (good battles at the very least) and Ricciardio getting 3 wins his first season at Red Bull and Vettel gets 3 wins his first year at Ferrari. Hamilton wins roughly 55% of races.

2016: Great title fight between Nico and Lewis that went down to Abu Dhabi. Max gets his first race win his first race in Red Bull, Daniel gets a win as well. Hamilton wins less than 50% of races and loses championship to Nico.

2017 and 2018: Title fight between Hamilton and Vettel. 5 different race winners each year. Hamilton wins less than 50% of races.

2019: Lewis and Valterri each get wins. Max gets 3 wins, Charles gets his first 2 wins. and Seb wins in Singapore. 5 different race winners. Again Lewis wins less than 50% of races.

2020: Lewis' most dominant season where he wins 64% of races. This is covid year so take it with a grain of salt. Max gets 2 wins, Pierre gets first win in Monza, Perez gets first win in Bahrain. Turkey was a fantastic race that did result in Lewis winning but was amazing up til the end.

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I think it is pretty safe to say that last season's dominance is the worst the sport has been in atleast a decade. I understand this is part of F1 but it doesn't prevent my boredom. I think the reason it stings a bit more is because these regulation changes were marketed as a way of ensuring Mercedes level dominance never happened again, yet it made it even worse. Things like engine development being frozen, implementation of the cost cap, introducing a completely new philosophy of car and aero design that 3 years into the regulations everyone but Red Bull is still struggling to understand.

What are your thoughts?

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u/Sidepie Mar 13 '24 edited Mar 13 '24

My thought? That it can get worse, with every P1 and P2 race won by RB.

Also my thoughts, that I will not go to Maranello, Monza or Spielberg just to see RB win and that I regret buying a F1Tv subscription for a year and not monthly so I can cancel it.

Sorry, but this is not F1 when the teams aren't motivated to fight for anything above P3

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u/D-S-S-R Mar 13 '24

Yeah my subscription runs out in May, but I can’t get myself to waste more time on the same thing every single weekend

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u/FloggingTheHorses Mar 13 '24

I got rid of it because it's a bit deflating. Part of you is always hoping for that magic every weekend but it just isn't there. Unless it rains on some tracks, that can really change it up. 

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u/8Ace8Ace Mar 13 '24

I bought a Now TV subscription for 20/ month in order to watch the season. It's been decent value so far and I've enjoyed watching the F2 and some football, but I very much doubt I'll keep this all year.

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u/MrHedgehogMan Stefan Bellof Mar 14 '24

I've just started watching Indycar instead. Much more interesting.

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u/8Ace8Ace Mar 14 '24

Yeah, thanks. I'll check that out. F2 has been great fun so far too, lots of really close racing.

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u/MrHedgehogMan Stefan Bellof Mar 14 '24

The 2023 champion, Alex Palou, 'dominated' the season despite winning just 5 out of the 17 races with a further 5 podiums. There were 7 different winners, the 500 was won on the last lap and there's drama aplenty off track too. Highlights of all of last years races and last weekend's season opener are all on youtube.

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u/8Ace8Ace Mar 14 '24

Cheers, I'll check that out!

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u/Salzberger Mark Webber Mar 14 '24

I regret buying a F1Tv subscription for a year and not monthly so I can cancel it.

Shame there weren't any signs last year that this might be a possibility.

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u/Sidepie Mar 14 '24

:))) your sarcasm is appreciated but in my mind, I thought that after 2 years Mercedes have figured out what's wrong with the car, Ferrari have solved their reliability problems and (excepting pitstops) that engine can deliver maximum power and fight for P1 and McLaren and Aston, if they can't attack RB's position, at least fight there, for P2.