10 times title-winning F1 teams dropped the ball
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- With Mercedes winning every F1 championship since 2014, it's easy to forget that there were plenty of times in the past when title-winning teams would get it wrong and slip from the top of the mountain. In this video, Glenn Freeman looks back at 10 times this happened, from dominant forces that lost their mojo, to teams that got it right for one year then instantly fell back into the pack.
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Watching the intro after the first two races of the 2022 season is priceless!
The year is 2024 Hamilton has just joined his former teammate Bottas at Alpha Romeo and breaks the all time driver championship record at the age of 40.
@@pastepotthot701 you smoking crack? probably.
You would be crazy to think Mercedes won't be back on top soon.
R U sure about that
@@bubblewrapvillain here after messico
This whole list could just be Ferrari
And yet the most successful team in the history of the sport and has been able to win titles in different eras
@@sohammhatre and yet they have had several decade long stretches of failure
@@sohammhatre you're correct but to let Mercedes make them look like fools and unprepared is unacceptable for a power such as Ferrari. These last years should have been neck and neck battles but they haven't even been close and Ferrari isn't even close to touching Mercedes in the near future either.
Oh snap
2008, we can remember at least 5
Can you imagine the FIA bringing back that awful “no tire changes” rule to nerf Mercedes. “Bono, my tires really are gone this time”
but as Turkey just proved Lewis would still be winning ha ha
But the tyre design would be tailored to manage the long run for the whole race
The downside would be a much slower pace and tyre management would be a key factor
@@markmitchell450 Lewis will be dominating again then lol
Checo would do just fine lol
Heh, you basically predicted the thing, but for all the wrong reasons
Look on the bright side, you are now 11 minutes closer to the end of Mercedes dominance
What? Did you mean 11 mins closer to the end of the universe, when the heat-death takes place?
Mercedes, in it's due diligence, is putting out dominating car after dominating car. At the same time, both Ferrari and Red Bull (the only two teams who can realistically do something about it à la McLaren and Williams vs Ferrari back in the 2000's) have dropped the ball - *hard* in the forme'rs case.
Since the FIA doesn't seem to be willing to put some brakes into any of that, as they did before, I might actualy say that we might have to wait until they just get tired and ze germans decide that it's no longer worth it to have an F1 team.
Good Lord, I sure hope this isn't the case.
@@pedroneves4465 Thats the most likely thing to happen. They figure that F1 is too easy and not worth the effort since they proved unequivocally that they are superior in every way.
@@ChefofWar33 they are in it for the advertisement mostly, and they get money from it instead of losing it so i don't think they will leave unless they perform like williams or haas
This aged well
Lance Stroll - 2025 World Champion as a Toto Wolf-led Aston Martin end an 11-year Mercedes domination in their first year without Lewis Hamilton
Love your optimism 👍
I would rather get kicked in the head then have stroll win a championship
Lance Stroll, winning a championship! LMAO in your dreams maybe! Lol! I don't think he can ever win a championship! He's just Daddy's Cash!
@@_fiftyseven_ bruh
@@alexcodd4602 kicked in the head by a mule... I absolutely hate stroll
10.rule change (refuel)
9.rule change (electronics)
8.rule change (engine/aero)
7.rule change (tyres)
6.rule change (tyres/aero)
5.rule change (tyres) and screw up
1.rule change (aero)
i'm starting to see a pattern,
mercedes with a 6 year dominance. Fia : sounds good to me
@@HyAVII funny thing is that Mercedes already survived one rule change (2017 aero) already, and we'll see if they can survive a second one (2022)
@@WaifuWarsRacing they did not
@@WaifuWarsRacing It's 2023 and they're still inconsistent podium finishers. Fernando has more podiums than Mercedes.
The 2012 Mclaren, it was a beast but reliability destroyed any chances of the title fight
Pitstops mate. McLaren couldn't do a proper pitstop for like the whole season. Also Maldonado and just the drivers making mistakes as well.
@@silentnight1805 McLaren lost potential wins in Malaysia, Valencia, Singapore, and Abu Dhabi to pitstop failures and reliability.
@@manusiaganteng2753 Yep.
@@manusiaganteng2753 5 dnfs, 3 in comfortable lead.... it was a nightmare he might even had a chance at the title
@@RacerzGTR with Alonso, Hamilton was the best driver that season. They made no mistakes.
On the other hand Vettel made mistakes in Malaysia, Spain, Germany, Italy, and Abu Dhabi. Luckily he had the best car.
Latifi looks like the type of guy to bring 18 people to his house so that he can watch a 18+ movie.
That's a new way of expelling lungs through your nostrils!
To be fair I think you are 100% right but one of the 18 people one of them are Russell
How dare you compare Latifi to Daddy Doug
@@razeriksson3892 George Russell I meant
Dawood Albekeri I don’t think he was talking about you..
Guys, I traveled back in time from the future, just to say that the "updated version of the video" has never come. Mercedes had created a clone of Lewis Hamilton an the team is still dominant in the year 2077
But is GTA 6 out
and Cyberpunk 2077 is still under development.
@@txisbest2010 It came out on December 10th. And It was an amazing game. One of the best. However, I'm not gonna spoil it for you too much.
They couldn't miss the release date, as Christmas was approaching and they needed to release it no matter what.
@@jakemorandthemomoz8154 you can't even imagine what is awaiting for you. GTA 6 came out, but virtual reality is consuming our brains right now.
By the way, guys. SEX IS REAL
0:31 I'll come back when that happens
Edit: I'm back baby, thanks to Will for reminding me.
Now let's hope for an exciting title fight
🤣🤣🤣🤣
I think we will see that happening in 2022-2023 due to new regulations...
@@mananjoshi1289 true true
Hello, looks like your time may have come
@@brandy0438 lmao totally forgot I even left this comment, thanks for reminding me:,-)
0:26 I'm from 2050.. still waiting for that day to happen.
And nobody in 2050 watches Formula Merc any more. They died of monotony.
i'm from 2024, red bull is entirely unstoppable
Williams' catalogue of errors in the late '90s is mind-boggling, then there's McLaren in the early 2010s.
McLaren in mid 2010s*
*mclaren 2010-2018
People not grasping that this is when the mistakes were made, literally the point of the video. 😂
2007: ferrari and mclaren drop not only the ball but their Car drawings ;)
Ferrari dropped it and McLaren “found” it lol
To put Ferrari's 1980 failure into perspective: Damon Hill in an Arrows had a better title defence season than Scheckter did in the team that won him the title in the year before.
Here I am, March 2022 man, seems we're finally seeing Mercedes getting a run for their money, at least a bit... Let's hope it keeps being this interesting, and red as well, haven't seen red in front in a long time 🙂
Bahrain 🇧🇭 2020, Mercedes George Russell/Botas pit stop 😬
Bahrain 2021, mercades Hamilton almost looses to verstappen in a quicker Red Bull
*Watching this video after 2021*
You know, I think the same thing happening to Mercedes that happened to McLaren/Ferrari in 2009 and Red Bull in 2014.
With the new rules coming this year I bet it's going to be Hass clinching the title, they abandoned the 21 car and focused on the 22 car....
You do the math
I’m also from the future. Luca Badoer made a 3rd comeback. Minardi rebought Alpha Tauri from Red Bull, and their second year back they finally won the championship. 2041 will be a crazy year.
Now George Russel holds the record with most starts and no points. 81 starts. 12 with Mercedes.
Well that aged well lol
Very
@@cheesegod1987 aged like crap actually
Most start without points this aged very very bad
McLaren 2013. Lost Hamilton, tried pullrod suspension (which was awful) and had 2 drivers that didn't particularly like each other.
In 2012 McLaren didn't win the title
But they came close
@@Darko_Milosevski03 I know. It was just such a fall from where they had been only a year previous that I thought it should be mentioned
I’m from 2022, bottas went to alpha Romeo, Russel went to Mercedes, and outqualified Lewis by 10 grid places in the second race. Merc is having a terrible year. Happy to bring the message, as i am a red bull and Ferrari fan:)
And Max won the championship in 2022
In summary, make a new video:)
@@lukasskaala5884 2021*
Alfa🤓
Red bull and ferrari fan????
@@rlk077 yes, we exist
You should have included McLaren 2013. Sure, they didn't win either Championship that year but they arguably had the fastest car on the grid when reliability and team blunders didn't cost them. Since then, they haven't won, have only had 4 podiums (3 of which came in the last 12 months), and haven't been any higher than 4th in the Constructors since.
i think you mean 2012, the 2013 car was awful
well seems like 2021 changed a lot of stuff eh
@@oliviersavard8676 More like a fluke
It's 2022 and you should really update this to reflect the almost screw up from RB last year and the screw up of Mercedes with regards to porpoising
Watching the '94 segment hurt me to my soul knowing what happened to Ayrton the GOAT that year...
wow! here we are in 2022 looking at how the greats have fallen!
watching this after 3 races of merc falling behind with problematic aero, red bull having spotty engine reliability, ferrari being almost faultless and the rest of the field mixing up every race - 2022 is gonna be quite the season!
Wow how much of a Ferrari turnaround after the first 3 races, bloody incredible
Yaa very excited 😊
I'm from the future and Mercedes is no longer the dominant team.
What happened?
Regs changes resulting is massive porpoising for some teams due to ground effect being re-introduced. Their engine also sucks.
Could you imagine someone from 2020 reading this? What a weird feeling it would have been.
Benetton 1996. After securing 11 wins in 17 races, securing both titles in 1995, and losing star driver Michael Schumacher in the off season, Benetton suddenly found themselves winless and third in the championship behind both dominant championship winners Williams and Schumacher's new team Ferrari
Last time I was this early Ferrari were quicker than the mercs
Lmao
2010 was a good time
I see this comment on every video.
Arguably
@Zen Re: Nah mate. Naaaaaaaaaah.
I'm genuinely surprised it wasnt 10 minutes and 58 seconds of pure Ferrari.
Me too
Here is a little stat to add to the 2009 turn around McLaren managed. In the second half of the season, Hamilton scored the most points!
And he did that even though he lost the win at Valencia due to a bad pitstop, was taken out at Nurburgring and Spa, crashed at Monza while in 3rd position, and retired at Abu Dhabi with mechanical issues while in the lead!
And some say it isn't the car that wins championships......
@@phonicfrog_ No one said the driver alone can win the championships. People who say "It's JUST the car" are totally wrong. The top teams sign drivers who can help them in difficult conditions such as rainy races or when the car has the same pace as the other team. Also Better drivers can help their team more to develop the car, use their own set-ups during the race, and suggesting their own strategies.
If that wasn't the case, you wouldn't see Merc paying Hamilton +€47M per year and only give Bottas +€9M. Even in Mclaren he was getting paid more than his teammates, except his debut season.
@@ParhamAz no arguments that Hamilton is a talented driver.
However, it does show that without a decent car - he has been known to falter.
He & Button were very close throughout their time together at McLaren. In fact, Button outscored Hamo whilst they were teammates.
All of this proves a valid point - some drivers are better extracting the most of their cars & rely less on the car itself.
@@phonicfrog_ Although excluding 2011, I don't agree that Hamilton and Button were "very close", the points don't show the truth. Bad reliability, pitstops and other factors screwed so many races for him. Without those issues, he could even be world champion in both 2010 and 2012.
Btw ANY driver would falter if he doesn't drive a decent car. You saw what Alonso did when he went back to Renault or Mclaren, or Schumacher in Merc.
Even tho 2009 was a horrible season for Mclaren, He still won 2 races, took 4 poles and finished 5th with Mclaren on 4th by some miracle. Meanwhile, his teammate didn't even finish on the podium and ended up 12th.
It's 2030 here, and the Haas domination is just too strong - their aero is unmatched and the Citroën engines are just too powerful. Kvyat won the championship for them last year, but they fired him after he smashed the door too hard, so the current lineup is Mika Hakkinen (who finally came back from his sabbatical) and Jimmy Broadbent.
I'm here from the future to let you know that its 3020 and Mercedes have won their 1007th consecutive title and hamilton passed away as a 27 times world champion.
Every year redbull seems to work on their current car for too long and not swap attention to next year
because its shit.
Except this one, apparently
Here now in 2022 where Verstappen is a F1 champion and Leclerc currently leads the championship after 3 races
I think it’s time for an updated version😂😂
The issue in 1984 wasn't with Brabham, but with BMW, which, for some unexplainable reason, after more than 3 years In F1, and after a successful year winning the championship, managed to drop the ball and become totally unreliable. In a year McLaren had intense fighting between its two drivers, and considering the number of poles Piquet scored, Brabham BMW missed out on the chance for a back to back championship. Ironically, two years later, McLaren did just that, winning its back to back championship with Prost against Piquet, Mansell, and Williams.
I love these videos thanks so much for your efforts top notch
Mercedes were toppled in 2027 when the Williams family brought back Williams F1 from Dorrilton and put back in the car the great Robert Kubica alongside Dan Ticktum. The sheer meme power toppled the great Mercedes Duo of Lance Stroll and Kevin Magnussen
Love the content keep it up!!
Excellent video, thanks!
"Mercedes being toppled"
and other jokes we can tell ourselves
So this aged well.
I came from the year 2145, Mercedes is still winning
If you're from 2145 when was time travel invented?
@JB PERM Well, technically 2143, but none of those pioneers came back, of course we now know that's because all that ended up in the past was a rather messy corpse. But 2144 was when they really got it right (and discovered the fate of the first)
@@TheRevDel No, it was Avengers Endgame-style time travel where travelling to the "past" is really going to an alternate timeline where the "present day" is an exact copy of some point in the past of our timeline.
It seems interesting to me how the 2009 McLaren and Ferrari scenario might repeat. Imagine if RedBull brings their A-game in 2021 to fight Mercedes for the Championship and both teams are stuck in a title fight to the very end of that season. With budget cap they won't have enough resources to develop both 2021 and 2022 cars simultaneously, which will obviously affect their new regulations-spec car. Therefore, there is a chance for an other, better prepered title contender team.
Normally I would say that Toto would not let that happen, beastmode boss he is, but since he is said to be on a verge of leaving his current post, who knows?
RedBull is not to sign off as a next year's contender either, they keep developing their 2020 car to better undestand the 2021 project, which is virtually the same car. so who knows?
You heard it here first. Love to you all!
This aged like wine.
Total Prediction.... you from future😂?
“HaMiLtOn AlWaYs HaS tHe BeSt CaR”
*2009 has entered the chat*
when people say that they always mean the championship winning years. And the mercedes was always the best car. And it was a very close call in 2008.
Well, his car sucked ass in the first part, but in the final straights it was the third or even the second best car of the year. Even Kovalainen made good qualys on it.
@Barcelona golden state Who said erased? He said "not always", which even you just said is true
And the best drivers tend to get into the best cars.
Schumacher is possibly the best of all time, and he normally had good cars. But that was only because of how well he did in Belgium 91, which allowed him to join benneton and win 2 titles, then moved to Ferrari and had only 96 and 05 as average cars
So if Hamilton doesn't have the best car on the grid, he won't win championships?!?!
"please let us know how it happened"
porpoising
11. Aarava Archer racing
Went bankrupt after they won the championship，but it looks like they are back on pace now.
12. Marduk Motorsport
@@Chris-wm6wv at least they didn’t went bankrupt
14. Apollo Racing System (my team)
biblical S4
Love the content 👍
It's 2023 and Mercedes only managed 1 win since the 2021 Abu Dhabi title decider and currently has fewer podium finishes than Fernando Alonso. The only silver lining is they always score points in the races they finish, keeping them ahead of Aston Martin and Ferrari. Meanwhile, Red Bull is now dominating as harder than they have before with Max having a decent chance to beat Vettel's win streak record and Red Bull already equaling McLaren's win streak record.
i know for a fact that red bull will try everything they can to stay in f1.
It's their biggest marketing exercise. RedBull need to stay in F1 it's cheaper than reaching out to 470 million people by other means.
Mercedes is a mid field team!!! They completely missed on the new regulations!!
Lost in 2021 to Red Bull and now can’t do better than 6th if everyone finished the race.
Oh boy this intro aged well
Lotus 1979
After mastering ground effect with the 78 and 79 they went all out with the extreme Lotus 80. It was simply undrivable and even destroyed its own chassis due to excess downforce. Carlos Reutemann refused to drive it and eventually Mario Andretti gave up on the car as well. Lotus played catch up ever since that season and never won a title again.
A lot of teams in 1979 cought up in the ground effect technology
Lotus struggled in 1979 and 1980
Even in 1981
I am from the future. Mercedes has left F1 having won all of the rest of the titles until their departure. Now if you will excuse me I need to find some plutonium for my Delorean.
Go "Back to the Future" :D
Imo I don't like the idea of F1 becoming competitive again through Merc leaving.
The winning team would have an asterisk next to their title and it would leave a feeling that they won only because Mercedes wasn't there.
@@rodriguezracer4567 i'm serious i dont know if it would be good for F1 if another Team leaves because it's not looking good for Haas and if Mercedes would leave too we would only have 16 drivers witch would be a new record for smallest F1 Grid and who knows if Mercedes would stop makeing engines too (and no new motor supplier would came) we only would have Renault and Ferrari as engine suppliers.
Well, two races into 2022... Merc seem to have finally dropped the ball
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Watching this after the 2022 imola grand prix were now living in that intro
2022 Season. Implemented New Car Designs. Mercedes’ first race was a flop, and Hamilton lucked into third due to Redbull having problems with both cars in the closing stage. A new era?
In year 2030 Eddie Jordan bring back Buzzin’ Hornets and they *turn all tables*
Benetton 1996
Lost Schumacher, and Alesi and Berger didn't know how to handle the twitchy B196, which was developed from Schumi's B195. The team failed to win a race for the first time since 1988. They would only win one more race in '97 (Berger, Hockenheim) and never won a title again.
Alesi and Berger were good drivers but not a patch on Schumacher
Ross brawn said if Schumacher stayed for 96 the would have won the title
2022 looks like it could finally be the year!
Worth it just for the Patrick head words of wisdom
With the new technical directives looming in 2022 with the return of ground effect and F1 engineers/designers typically looking forward towards the next big innovation, what lessons can they learn from the previous era of ground effect cars if any or are the cars too different...? Would love an analysis on what's to be expected from the 2022 cars and how it should compare to the old ones!
Time for an updated version
New entry at #1: Mercedes-AMG.
After 8 long successful seasons for the Brackley-based team winning 8 constructors' championships and 8 driver's championships, Mercedes found itself in a state of total disaster after bringing out what seemed to be an intimidating design with a philosophy very different from the other 9 teams on the grid.
Fan from 2028 here! Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton left the sport after they both got 15 championships. Mercedes said they wanted to move away from fossil fuel and Lewis just said he needed a break. Hopefully we'll see him back, but still 15 championships is insane
It’s the year 2022 Mercedes and haas are fighting right now
This video aged well
Totally missed Lotus. People dont realize how good they were in the 60s an 70s
I just love me some Michael Schumacher footage.
Recommended to me after merc cocked up Russell's race
You need to release an updated version. LOL
Made this one week too soon...
Mercedes still won. Last year's Mercedes, but still a Mercedes.
Nice vid
It’s 2024 and McLaren is back on top btw. The merc engine plus the McLarens banging chassis made it. Ricciardo is top of the drivers and Mercedes are second
Oh how I would love this
- Cooper in 1961, from being dominant with their mid-engined cars in 1960 (Jack Brabham champion again and winning five races in a row) to no victory at all and only one podium with the new engine regulations (from 2.5 l to 1,5 l) and Ferrari finally adopting a mid-engined car
- Lotus in 1979, so dominant with the beautiful 79, but failing with the 80 car whereas other teams like Ligier then Williams used the ground effect in a better way.
Im from the actual future, its happened, 2022 reg changes Merc have bottled, Bottas who left Merc for Alfa Romeo has outqualified both Mercedes cars at least once in the first two races in 2022, so has Kevin Magnussen... in a Haas!
Ferrari 1954, 1959 1980 and 2005, Renault 2007 , Williams 1994 and 1998, Red Bull 2014 or Lotus 1966
Brabham 1982, Benetton 1996, Lotus in 1979. Worst title defence was Alberto Ascari who dominated both 1952, 1953 and failing to score a point in 1954. this was quoted by Clive James on the 1984 review when talking about Nelson Piquet. Also ferrari finished 3rd and 4th in Monaco 2009. i know not where there supposed to be but people forget.
Checking in during the 2021 season just after Austria V1, Mercedes dropping the ball hard this year lol.
welp, we're walking into 2022 with a Mercedes that lacks sidepods, and if they're struggling with problems as badly as they say they are, we could be looking at present day Mercedes being added to this list.
This video needs to be updated!
The Redbull are favorites in 2021
2013 McLaren was a bit disappointing. Finishing 2012 with the fastest car, and with a step-change in 2014 coming with the hybrids, the expectation was to evolve the 2012 car into 2013 and show Hamilton how wrong he was to leave. However that isnt The McLaren Way. Clean sheet of paper at the drawing board for a single season, and theyve been playing catchup just about ever since.
Scott Mitchell and The Race are the buzzfeed of Formula 1 news
After this weekend probably 2022!
I from 2050 mercedes is still dominant the only difference is instead of driver there is A.I and instead of tracks in earth the race race are in Mars in,elonspa and muskstone track.
Hopefully, Mercedes in 2022
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
At best it there will be a title fight.
"I'm currently typing from the year 2025. Mercedes dominance has ended and Charles is 3 Championship deep into his ascendance to F1 olimpus. Ferrari came back with a massive 2022 package and is always improving"
That's what we would want to hear... F
I’m from the future. The only words I have are
Mercedes 2022
McLaren 1992. The writing was on the wall in '91, both championships were close. But for Mansell to wrap up WDC with five races to go and needing a second place tells a lot. Yes, the FW14B was out of this world but the difference between it and MP4-7 was huge.
00:12 ya that aged well😀😅
The W01 was just in primer. Silver paint was on backorder.
I will say the Mercs get toppled around 2028 when others have had time to develop the new engines from the 2026 engine rule change(or the more accurate guess: 2 years after the engine regulations)
Posted 1 week after 2022 Miami GP: Mercedes’ can now absolutely be put on this list 😂
watching this after verstappen lapped hamilton in imola 2022
Nice video. I agree with 2009. Have you tought of my offer by the way?
Not sure on the F2005-GA, that car appeared to be a rocket ship but there was something odd going on with the tyres. Either slow and just lasted the race or mega speed but might fail.
From what I know 2021 drop off was due to some flooring regulation that basically closed the gap from Red Bull in 2020, who had a competitive car at the end of the that year. They still won the constructors last year and had a better package in a slight majority of races then Red Bull. I guess they just didn’t get it right for the new regulations. Porpoising like crazy, but I have heard they have good corner speed. I wonder what happened to their German engineered super engine
The '94 Williams was so beautiful
The earliest opportunity for Mercedes to slip up is 2022, though with the carrying over of chassis from 2020 to 2021, it's unlikely
It's interesting to see the parallels between McLaren/Ferrari in 2008/2009 with Mercedes/Red Bull in 2021/2022. Competitive title fight directly before a major rule change leaves the prior title challengers on the back foot. However, it seems that the Red Bull's and Mercedes' issues this year are relatively fixable (Mercedes needing to solve their aero issues and Red Bull needing to make their engines from something other than glass), unlike the fundamental issues that hampered McLaren and Ferrari in 2009.