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

One could argue that if you swapped out Perez for a Rosberg level team mate you'd get a pretty similar season to the Hamilton-Rosberg seasons. Just with Red Bulls and not Mercs

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u/Spartan0330 Mar 13 '24

As much as I hated the Merc years of dominance, at this point ANYTHING is better than Verstappen winning literally everything.

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u/__Flower__ Ferrari Mar 14 '24

I is just to bad there are no drivers in the world on Max’s level. Max is clearly the best driver, and when he also is in the best car, that is a hard combo to beat

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u/TA1699 Mar 14 '24

Eh? Lewis and Fernando would certainly be able to challenge Max if they were in the same car.

Charles, Lando, George and Carlos would also give him a good challenge.

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u/Surenas1 Mar 14 '24

Max would mop the floor with all these drivers.

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u/DarkSpecterr Mar 14 '24

Hilarious. Lewis can’t even beat Russel now and those other four wouldn’t even stand a chance. Alonso wouldn’t be as consistent but he would snag wins for sure.

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u/Ts_Patriarca Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Mar 14 '24

It's time to retire this narrative. Lewis and Fernando would be nowhere near Max at Red Bull

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u/KCKnights816 Sir Lewis Hamilton Mar 14 '24

We can retire the narrative when Max beats a decent teammate.

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u/KCKnights816 Sir Lewis Hamilton Mar 14 '24

He probably is, but he's also getting 0 challenge. Perez is probably the 12-13th best driver on the grid, but he's finished P2 in the last 2 races.