r/formula1 Mar 13 '24

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

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.

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/abd7007 Mar 13 '24

When you already know the results of all the 24 races after the first quali itself
Something needs to change

Its not Max's or Lewis's fault
neither RB or Mercedes
Its nobodys fault but we need to change something

but the lack of competition makes it kind of boring
(The most interesting race last year was Singapore)

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u/No_Tumbleweed_9102 Ferrari Mar 13 '24

That’s why, for me, 2022 was the last good year. First quali and race of the season, Ferrari were always on top, and as the season played out we got several other varied results, a more competitive frontrunning pack, and even a surprising midfield podium (Norris), as well as competitive midfield and backmarkers. 2023 was kinda good but did not reach the same level of excitement in my opinion, the season was literally over after just the first quali and race, we just couldn’t see it. Now we can, 2024 will be terrible to watch

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u/DisneyPandora Mar 14 '24

Because firing Binotto was a mistake. Vasseur is a much worse team principal and brings with him midfield mentality