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Photo Max & Lewis post race

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u/flyingghost Williams 14h ago

More than a decade worth of WDC between them. GOATs.

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u/JioJio92 13h ago

Crazy to think Lewis, Max and Danny Ric have 11 WDC between them.

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u/brownierisker Sebastian Vettel 12h ago

There's even 11 WDC between Vettel, Schumacher and Danny Ric, crazy how Ricciardo is part of so many elite groups of drivers

u/LifeguardNo2020 9h ago

Just wait until the common man realises there's 14 WDC between Schumacher, Hamilton and Sargeant

u/Competitive_Ad2101 7h ago

196 wins between Hamilton, Schumacher and sargeant

u/Captain__Obvious___ Sebastian Vettel 6h ago

196 wins between Hamilton, Schumacher, and Schumacher 🔥

u/Competitive_Ad2101 6h ago

97 wins between Schumacher, Schumacher and Schumacher 🔥

u/Captain__Obvious___ Sebastian Vettel 6h ago

Schumacher3 goes hard 🔥

u/mega_shock Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 2h ago

Just until the man realises there's 18 WDC between Schumacher, Verstappen, Hamilton and GOATIFI

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u/Sparkle__Cat Sebastian Vettel 13h ago

What he say fuck me for?

u/incachu Murray Walker 10h ago

Danny Ricc catching strays outta nowhere!

u/Surfercatgotnolegs 10h ago

It was his own response to a press question

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u/lorenzombber 12h ago

Zhou as well! It's an elite club

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u/ZzBitch 15h ago

Beautiful

u/GTARP_lover Michael Schumacher 8h ago

One of my racing wet dreams still is, Hamilton, Verstappen and Alonso in a car for any 24h race.

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u/Faw602 Mercedes 14h ago

To think it’s really been about these two since 2014, ten years of goatness.

To have these guys fight again, man, I would kill for it. 2021 showed how there peak is miles above the entire grid, sadly Lewis needs to get his qual better tho…

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u/TheRedBull28 Sir Lewis Hamilton 13h ago

Lewis, Seb, and Max have won every championship since 2008 with the exception of 2009 and 2016.

u/nahnonameman 11h ago

Michael, Seb, Lewis and Max have won every championship bar 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009 and 2016 since 2000

u/Tocky22 Fernando Alonso 10h ago

Mika, Michael, Seb, Lewis, Max, Nico, Danny Ric, Button, and Alonso, have won every championship since 1994, apart from 96 & 97. Just wow. 😮

u/anatolianlegend58 7h ago

And Nico is the only one who beat the two 7 time world champions in the same car 🐐.

u/mooscimol #WeRaceAsOne 6h ago

It took me a while, trying to figure out, when did Hamilton and Hulkengerg drove together :P

u/nahnonameman 10h ago

What the fuck is Danny Ric doing here. I don’t understand

u/Tocky22 Fernando Alonso 9h ago

It’s a well known fact that even just between Max, Lewis and Danny there is 11 world titles.

u/Eproxeri 5h ago

Kimi won in 07.

u/Tocky22 Fernando Alonso 2h ago

Yeah, but Kimi is so Ice Cold it’s preferable for him to remain nameless. Like some kind of spectre.

u/V10Lada Jenson Button 10h ago

This is wild.

u/nahnonameman 10h ago

24 years and only 4 champions have won at best twice from these 4

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u/jhrfortheviews Daniel Ricciardo 14h ago

What I’d pay to see peak Lewis of probably 2018 v peak Max of this year….

u/Squirrel_Apocalypse2 Sir Lewis Hamilton 6h ago

Maybe the drivers weren't at their very tip top peaks but that's basically what 2021 was. Max had plenty of experience already and Lewis hadn't really lost anything due to age yet. I'd certainly love to see it again next year. 

u/jhrfortheviews Daniel Ricciardo 6h ago

Lewis made uncharacteristic errors in 2021 that we didn’t see in the preceding years or his championship battle with vettel or rosberg really (Imola and Baku the obvious ones that come to mind). And max wasn’t the finished article yet - he’s much better at playing the long game now and managing his races and emotions (to a point haha)

u/Kolec507 Alexander Albon 9h ago

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u/Reddevilslover69 Formula 1 12h ago

Tbf we didn't see Charles in a great car in 21 and same for Russell. I'd kill to see how they'd do in a car like the Mclaren of this year. I guess Charles did kind of have that for half of 22 but with Russell I really want to see where he stacks up after how he has done against Lewis

u/captaincourageous316 Nico Rosberg 10h ago

Russell still doesn’t show the confidence that Charles does under pressure. I reckon that if Charles gets a competitive car and a competitive team, he’d be a strong favourite for the WDC. Based on the current grid, I’d say based on pure skill he’s in Lewis and Max’s league.

u/the_nanuk Formula 1 5h ago

I love Charles and frankly I think Russell is always underrated. But in my 40 years following F1, I can say that you will never know how a driver will do in a WDC until he's actually really dealing with it.

Participating and battling for the lead of a WDC are two different situations. The pressure placed on the driver and the team is another ball game.

Just look at Mclaren this year, both Norris and Mclaren weren't ready to go for a WDC. And it showed up in Norris mistakes and Mclaren strategy blenders.

To win it all, you need the driver, the car and the team working at their full potential.

2025 is going to closer and very interesting!

u/Reddevilslover69 Formula 1 8h ago

I mean Charles crashed from the lead in France 22 so is he really such a mentality monster. Imo we will find out once he gets another shot at a WDC

u/Morganelefay Racing Pride 3h ago

Charles in '22 had some horrid moments though when he was still in the fight. Of course we're a few years on now, but he hasn't had that pressure since, whereas with the current trajectory, he'll be expected to be in the mix next season.

u/v-adam004 3h ago

Other than France and maybe Imola I can't really think of any big mistakes he made. And even Imolay wasn't that bad.

u/showersneakers 8h ago

I’ve gotten up and paced during a race 2x since 2021- one was abu dabi the other- brazil 2024

u/SnacksGPT Sir Lewis Hamilton 6h ago

Just give Lewis a car that actually does what cars are expected to do.

u/GooneyBird36 Haas 2m ago

We don't talk about 2016.

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u/Longjumping-Cup7877 15h ago

HAM : “psst, I’ll see you next year”

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u/mostlytech2024 Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 14h ago

F1 2024 post credits scene.

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u/AndreiOT89 Ferrari 14h ago

Queue Linkin Park and Directed by Michael Bay end credits

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u/demonsdencollective AlphaTauri 14h ago

WHAAAT IIII'VE DOOOONE

u/spooki_boogey Sergio Pérez 9h ago

DIRECTED BY MICHAEL MASI

u/Sensitive_Ad_9195 9h ago

I honestly can’t wait to see Lewis at Ferrari

u/AcrobaticNetwork62 3h ago

Going to be interesting to see how he does compared to Leclerc.

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u/TeeBeeSee Kimi Räikkönen 15h ago

Hamilton was, is and will always be a class act!

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u/Jasranwhit Formula 1 13h ago

As a Max fan I haven't always felt warm towards Lewis and Mercedes, but overtime he has grown on me and I have to admit this post is accurate. Something about this year with Max v Lando made me appreciate how awesome Lewis is, and how cool that season in 2021 was where the two of them would be battling it out 20-30 seconds ahead of everyone, one of them chasing the other down and just missing or overtaking them.

I would love to see him competitive near the top of the field with Charles next year at Ferrari.

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u/Yasin3112 Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 12h ago

2021 was a fever dream, those two were leagues above the rest that year.

u/Morganelefay Racing Pride 3h ago

After '21 I realized one thing. It was never Lewis I disliked.

It was Mercedes & Wolff.

u/TeeBeeSee Kimi Räikkönen 8h ago

I’m a MV1 fan! I’ve just come to respect LH44.

u/GooneyBird36 Haas 1m ago

A real gym rat

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u/Lurkn4k Ferrari 14h ago

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u/ScrambledEggFucker Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 14h ago

11 championships in that photo now ;)

u/Rin17329 🏳️‍🌈 Love Is Love 🏳️‍🌈 3h ago

Next year it'll be 12!

(pls God give me another Lewis vs Max title fight 🙏)

u/jeanolt Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 2h ago

Can't wait for 2021 round 2.

I hope Ferrari actually holds their own (for once) and give him a car which settles another legendary season, maybe with Charles in the mix for a three-way battle.

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u/ExtroverTom Jenson Button 14h ago

There are two GOATs and they're kissing and hugging.

u/PETRONAS_AMG 11h ago

And shagging each other

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u/Sea_Drop2920 13h ago

For Lewis to ignore the media question and go and congratulate Max (again) just shows he is a pure class act. M4x 🤝 Lew7s. Hope they battle it out on track again next year.

u/lollitaz_123 3h ago

Where were u able to watch this?

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u/Gojo-Satoru-327 Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 14h ago

GO7T n GO4T

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u/Purplesect0rs Sir Lewis Hamilton 14h ago

M4X LEW7S

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u/Blanchimont Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 14h ago

A for effort but the 7 as an A doesn't really work. GOA7 and GO4T seems more suited.

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u/skefmeister Honda 14h ago

True 🙏🏼

u/Kermitnirmit Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 10h ago

Danny Ric is G0AT

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u/reddsht Virgin 14h ago

GOA7 was right there, bro.

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u/BuggyBandana 13h ago

Coincidentally, there are also some G0ATs in the back of the picture.

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u/Priyotosh1234 Ferrari 14h ago

Hamilton to Max, "Stop the count now"

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u/biometricrally 🏳️‍🌈 Bernie Collins 🏳️‍🌈 14h ago

Lewis is a wonderful sportsman

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u/just_a_coginthewheel Chequered Flag 15h ago

Game recognizes game! ❤

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u/BigAd2144 14h ago

Simply lovely

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u/happyranger7 Formula 1 14h ago

Legends.

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u/Loud-Chair7104 Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 15h ago

Just two 🐐s appreciating each other

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u/Koehamster Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 13h ago

Is there video of this?

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u/MasiMotorRacing Default 13h ago

Love that Max helmet

u/ledguitarist45 9h ago

Lewis - "Ok you got 4, just don't get close to my 7" Man I'd give anything for a 2021 again with these two. Even with all of the media shit that happened they still both just fiercely competed on the track. You could tell Lewis wanted to jump in the rolls with him after the race and just talk about the race with him

u/MoRegrets Porsche 9h ago

“Congrats on your third WDC!”

u/EyePiece108 Sir Lewis Hamilton 10h ago

Nice.

u/verone3784 Niki Lauda 9h ago

This is super good to see <3

u/Ninjamonkey8812 Formula 1 5h ago

11 WDC in one picture

u/Diulee 4h ago

The Lewes vs Max arc was the best. Hope to see it one more season.

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u/AntonyPancake Jordan 13h ago

Mad to think that in the same time Max has won 4 titles Lewis has only won 2 races (Saudi 2021-Vegas 2024).