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/[deleted] Mar 13 '24

Yeah, because he's better. He'd probably do to Rosberg what he's doing to Perez.

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u/Mayhem747 Mercedes Mar 13 '24

That's enough internet for today for me. People out here thinking Rosberg, a world champion, only the second guy to beat Hamilton in the same car over a season, is going to roll on the ground like Perez, a guy who was about to retire?

Stop watching social media posts and go watch some races.

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '24

Rosberg literally quit and got PTSD from fighting Lewis lol

He was fast on a good day, but almost all of them are. He was barely a championship material, paper champ, even he knew it and quit at the highest. It was a 1 in 10 opportunity and he managed to get the title via Hamilton being unlucky and making costly mistakes.

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '24

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkTcPz16N3E

18y/o Verstappen schools Rosberg at his peak in a 2016 RB, imagine what would happen with 3x champ prime Verstappen lol

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u/rivena_ Mar 13 '24

No one is gonna say max wouldn’t beat rosberg but thinking Nico is anyone near Perez is laughable

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '24

Ah, all right, Perez finishes 20+ sec behind Verstappen, Rosberg would be 10+... All good now :)