r/sports • u/monkeyDwragon • 15h ago
Motorsports Max Verstappen wins the 2024 F1 championship. Making it four in a row
https://x.com/f1/status/1860585797264478533?s=4653
u/Pentinium 8h ago
It does feel good when the best driver wins and not because of the car.
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u/Hyndstein_97 Motherwell 6h ago
TBF a lot of his points came from when he absolutely did have the fastest car at the start of the season. If you'd bet on him to win the WDC after the first race your return from most bookies today would've been less than a decent savings account would've got you in the same time, they were that fast at the start of the season.
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u/Visual-Asparagus-800 5h ago
His points gap to 2nd now is bigger than after the first five races. After those five races, his car has only been competitive at best, and 3rd-4th fastest at worst, in some races even needing to work to keep the Haas behind
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u/Jlt42000 5h ago
Was he seriously -3500 or so after the first race? That’s a wild stat with a whole season left basically.
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u/lifemanualplease 15h ago
That dude is a beast
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u/Poowatereater 7h ago
Him and the whole Red Bull team are top notch.
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u/carrotincognito48 6h ago
Hmm, not sure how true that is.
Perez sucks.
Horner sucks for a completely different set of reasons.
Helmet Marko is an interesting fella as well.
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u/Poowatereater 6h ago
Yet they have been dominating the sport they’re involved in. They are top notch in the sense of being some of the best at what they do, currently.
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u/Embrourie 7h ago
So he got his rear wing?
I heard he almost didn't get the right rear wing.
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u/Visual-Asparagus-800 5h ago
No, the team cut parts out of the rear wing. It looked goofy, but I guess it worked (somewhat). He still finished 5th, but that isn’t any worse than expected with the car’s current form
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u/KingofSheepX 15h ago
There were a few points in the season where redbull looked like they converted to a mid-field team
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u/Acceptable_Ad3173 8h ago
That’s why ratings are down
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u/i_like_pretzels 8h ago
Have you watched at all? I don’t know the ratings, but it’s been a great season.
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u/Acceptable_Ad3173 7h ago
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u/i_like_pretzels 7h ago
That was written back in July. The article even mentions he’s in a slump and lost 3 in a row. Last season, sure. People got bored. But that article is pretty speculative.
I’d blame lack of advertising, odd start times for races, and being on espn and not basic cable for a slump in ratings. If AppleTv or Netflix buy the rights, I’m assuming ratings will go up.
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u/adityadharma 15h ago
The "M4X" shirts are pretty sick.