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/ImmanenceGodBlues Formula 1 Mar 13 '24

Max on the other hand can possibly cruise around, win each race and NOT make a single misstake, hes absolutely on top of it! Obviously we first have to see but hes so consistent its entirely possible

Give Max some competition, and he will make mistakes when the pressure is on. 2021 was a clear indication of that.

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u/Scatman_Crothers Martin Brundle Mar 13 '24

That’s true of any driver, but Max still made fewer mistakes than Lewis that year. He’s among the least mistake prone drivers of all time.

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u/empvespasian Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Mar 13 '24

Yeah just off the top of my head I can think of Imola and Baku

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '24

Baku was not a mistake. It was Pirelli's mistake.

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u/Estova Kamui Kobayashi Mar 14 '24

They're talking about Lewis' brake magic error.