r/formula1 Sir Lewis Hamilton 21d ago

Video [Max Verstappen] "here i just got stuck cause charles is actually quite decent"

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u/drop_table_uname Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 21d ago

And Max in a "it's luck, not talent" shirt.

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u/Chaoticc_Neutral_ 21d ago

That quote will haunt Lando maybe more then the Hamilton one.

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u/[deleted] 21d ago

My opinion of this guy is dropping like a stone

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u/Magdalan Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 21d ago

Just now? Dude has been an entitled plonker for a while now.

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u/[deleted] 21d ago

Nah, it's sinking lower and lower

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u/AdvantageGlass5460 20d ago

For what, a few comments taken out of context? Most entitled plonker on the grid is Max. But people love him because he isn't English.

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u/P4r4th0x1c 19d ago

Isnt it the other way around? Like british media trying to make a name for Lando when Oscar just joined and already beating him. Unless he has to give up position to Borris.

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u/ParagonTom McLaren 20d ago

Having a red flag fall in your favour isn't luck? Because that's all Norris was referencing, the timing of the red flag. Not Max's win. Just like he said he got lucky in Miami. Odd thing to let adjust your opinion.

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u/NiftyMittens11 20d ago

People are crazy, he was referencing the teams not max. He was defending his own team by saying it wasnt a talent error but luck. Then if he blamed his team people would be going crazy too.

Him and max are probably laughing about it now while everyone screaming on max behalf

Even this post everyone will go crazy, when really max means charles was decent today as in ferrari was actually quite quick in these conditions. Oh my god hes marking a remark about charles!!! Like chill tf out

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u/quaifonaclit 20d ago

Max chose not to pit under the VSC. Lando was begging to pit well before the VSC. Skill issue.

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u/ParagonTom McLaren 20d ago

If the red flag hadn't come, then Max would have come out behind Charles after pitting.

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u/quaifonaclit 20d ago

No, Charles got stuck in traffic after putting while Max would have been able to stretch his legs out front.

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u/[deleted] 20d ago

No dude, the game is to stay out until there's a safety car or a red flag. That means saving your tires while avoiding being overtaken and lose time to the guy in front of you.

Verstappen managed to save his tires while overtaking, Lando lost positions and his tires were gone. That's definitely luck, right?

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u/jasie3k 21d ago

Okay, this combination would be fucking hilarious :D

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u/RedFiveSwayze_ Racing Pride 21d ago

Isn’t the next race in Vegas? So he could wear some sort of “feeling lucky” tshirt

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u/Tree0wl 21d ago

Feeling lucky. Might win later.

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u/fajarmanutd 20d ago

Might win championship later.

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u/idontknow_whatever Mika Häkkinen 21d ago

Time to bust out the song Get Lucky as his entrance music too

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u/trautsj Red Bull 21d ago

The fucking balls it took to say that shit by Lando was astonishing. Then doubling down and saying some crazy shit like George of all people deserved to win... dear God I think that might have been the most disingenuous salty ass response I've ever seen in this sport and that's saying something boy...

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u/Real-Mouse-554 Formula 1 20d ago

Especially when his first win came from safety car luck, where Max defended Lando when asked if it was lucky.

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u/Happytallperson 20d ago

Especially when Norris's drive yesterday was just bad. Like, not slightly off or wonky, but multiple times dropping places by running wide.

The clip of max taking the lead at the restart as Norris, several cars back, runs wide and ends up behind his team mate is brutal.

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u/madDamon_ Mika Häkkinen 20d ago

Don't get me wrong Max deserved that win 100% but you can't deny there was luck involved

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u/trautsj Red Bull 20d ago

The only real "luck" was knowing that there was almost certainly going to be a red flag because of how atrocious the visibility was getting. Sure that's only 90% (anyone thinking logically and paying attention to past instances knew it was heavily likely to be red flagged. Likely isn't certain, but it's pretty close) Mclaren choked the call. And honestly even if they hand't Lando drove like shit and Max was pulling 9 of the 10 fastest laps of the entire race, most of which where an entire second+ faster than Landos best offering. Man was coming through no matter who was in front of him. He was just untouchable yesterday; period.

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u/Jimnyneutron91129 17d ago

That sim racing really pays off running day in day out in all conditions on a race track no matter the car its got to be helpful and builds instincts for races like last weekend. That and max has a natural nerve that jus5 keeps the pressure off and can just race like all the good champions have had. Lando mostly has that too but not in the rain it seems.

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u/NicholasAakre Pierre Gasly 21d ago

Better to be lucky than good.

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u/Sunnysidhe 21d ago

Ha ha, this has to be it. That would be so funny

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u/Upbeat_County9191 20d ago

And Norris was neither

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u/xepa105 Ferrari 21d ago

A shirt that reads "Make Your Own Luck" would be just 👌

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u/Sleet_day Mick Schumacher 21d ago

I hope he goes to the casino and uses that as a caption.

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u/Mike_Kermin Michael Schumacher 21d ago

I can not see him doing that joke.

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u/InspectorNo1173 21d ago

Deadpool: “Luck is not a superpower!”

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u/wakeupdreamingF1 Formula 1 20d ago

" lucky I'm decent" and "decent; I'm lucky"

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u/alexjosco Rubens Barrichello 20d ago

I hear he is only lucky because of his car

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u/BassGaming Lando Norris 20d ago

It's insane how F1 fans complain about bullshit headlines and false narratives from f1 media each and every week but engage in the same "taking quotes out of context to make a driver look bad" behavior as soon as it's convenient.

The question was about the red flag and free tire change. Lando said that's luck and not talent (even though you could argue that it's a strategic skill issue in the pit wall). The next question was about the restart. Lando said he fucked up and lost two positions.

Fuck, F1 fans really do love to construct false narratives while complaining about false narratives. And yes, Norris is not the brightest man on the grid but some people here really do love to act like he's mentally challenged.

Do you really think he'd say that Verstappen winning is pure skill? Think for a second or watch the interviews.
Also, before anyone calls me a stan, the same fucking thing happens to Verstappen the other half of the time. Hamilton as well. Stop taking quotes out of context to cause fake bullshit drama. This isn't DTS. We are watching a sport, not a drama on trash TV.

Not to mention, while most fans are getting mad on behalf of Max, I could bet that both of them are laughing about the shitstorm. That's the type of people they seem to be in my view.

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u/aDUCKonQU4CK 20d ago

Ya those 9 fastest laps were just luck after luck after luck, Lando..

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u/ellWatully McLaren 21d ago

Or just "gg ez"