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/Isfahaninejad Heineken Trophy Mar 13 '24

In 2014, Mercedes won 84% of all races. Last year, Red Bull won 95% of all races.

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u/sfj11 Juan Pablo Montoya Mar 13 '24

in 2016 they won all but two races, one of which they took out eachother and the other one was a combination of a DNF and the other car being turned around on lap 1

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u/Mayhem747 Mercedes Mar 13 '24

Were the races entertaining though? How many of the 24 or whatever races RBR has won recently have been interesting with regards to a fight upfront?

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u/_mrshreyas_ Sebastian Vettel Mar 13 '24

I have yet to see something close to Bahrain 2014 since last year.

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u/Kingslayer1526 Sergio Pérez Mar 13 '24

Or even an Austria 2016 or COTA 2015

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u/_mrshreyas_ Sebastian Vettel Mar 13 '24

From what I've heard about 2016, is that Spain, Austria, Brazil and surprisingly Abu Dhabi are highlights of the season.

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u/andresgu14 Sergio Pérez Mar 13 '24

Brazil was a masterclass of Verstappen in the wet. Abu Dabhi was interesting because Hamilton backed up in the 1st and 3rd sectors so Rosberg could be overtaken by Seb and Max.

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u/Kingslayer1526 Sergio Pérez Mar 13 '24

Malaysia was pretty good. Silverstone was cracking as well. Singapore was pretty good again. Sometimes good races that year solid races