Are Lewis Hamilton's glory days over?
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Lewis Hamilton is having a bit of a rough time in the 2022 Formula One championship. While he's had a few good results, he's been nowhere near to a race win with the Mercedes F1 W13 and therefore this got me wondering if he will win again in F1.
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You became the very thing you swore to destroy
It's £71 wtf?????
No
5:35 ironically his McLaren MP4-24 would arguably satisfy this. He scored 80% of his points in the latter 48% of the season. He went from zero podiums and zero poles through Germany to champagne every single race he finished apart from one with a win even and four poles. It’s highly unlikely in a frozen era this is doable but as you said, the ace up their sleeve are the pods given it’s not going to require tokens to shift around it. The real problem as you also mention, they both would benefit. And right now, George is looking very formidable
Perfectly worded! Hope we see Lewis back on the top step soon, but this season it’s looking unlikely. Fingers crossed he sticks around until Mercedes get back to winning🤞
@@JohnWarren I personally could care less whether George starches this man or he rises from the ashes haha but I'm glad someone is talking about it without talking about weight or luck
@@CYMotorsport lmao fair play😅
I love how the one comment where 2 content creators are chatting has no normal viewer comments. So I'm here to ruin it...
Plzzz come back and make videos 😫
It's a natural path for all racers. You start out a rookie, you reach your peak and then taper off. It happens to everyone. Only Rosberg was smart enough to retire with the crown
Prost?
In 10 years or so - Charles and Max will likely be on mid-field teams , partnered with young , up-and-coming drivers. The circle of life.
@@mojo-hand4539 One of them turns out to be Robin Raikkonen
@@pavise6333 Who will, like his father, start every answer in an interview with a good old "Bwoah". Or is that too much of a thing only for Kimi?
Well he was good last year so...
As a Hamilton fan, of course I want him to be on his glory for years, but good things always come to an end, I don't think it's over yet, but sooner or later who knows
As a Seb fan, its hard to accept the glory days are over and harder to watch him where he is now. Good luck with the suffering lmao
How can one be a fan of Hamilton? Watch the video “Lewis Hamilton is an idiot” and tell us if you still think the same
@@tvalex1950 yeah i watched that video, nothing happened, also I've been a fan of him since i got a copy of F1 2012 back in 2012 duh
@@fkez0510 yeah lol 😭, u guys r the strongest of the fanbase alongside Rarri fans
@@jwork5680 well if after the video you can still be a fan of him, you are an simple minded puny little man.
Hamilton is pathetic
Everyone talks about Hamilton being stuck behind Gasly, but not about how Gasly was also stuck behind a Williams
That’s because there are lower expectations for Gasly. He has already been demoted. You think they should be treated as equal?
@@TheUSDebt well what we do know is that Gasly is considered one of the best drivers on the grid. So you'd expect him to get past a Williams which has been much slower than both AT and Merc. Just face the fact that George got a good start and Lewis didn't. Bad pit cycle and next thing you know Lewis is stuck in a DRS train
The thing is, gasly is not driving a Mercedes nor is he 7 times world champion.
@@cbj4sc1 Gasly after 5 races in 2021 was on 16 points compared to 6 this year. Hamilton has went from 101 points to 36. Gasly can turn his season around with one good race. Hamilton will need countless good races.
@@cbj4sc1 Russel passed KMag, with the same Mercedes and KMag was way faster than Gasly. The point still stands.
I'm a Verstappen fan but getting on Hamilton for Imola is unfair. The track had one dry line. Last year Russel and Bottas crashed in similar circumstances and I doubt Hamilton really cares about being P14 or P13. He wants to win. And surely not to crash into an Alpha Tauri fighting to get either 0 points or 0 points. Hamilton just missed on winning 8th WC a few months ago, he knows how to race and don't really have to prove anything. At the same time Russel has to show off, at least to justify swapping Bottas for him.
If Mercedes gets their sh together Hamilton will be again on top, winning races or at least fighting for podiums.
He doesn't know how to race because he rarely had to go overtaking in a slow car
You were saying?
@@aerth.c Well, those seven world titles did not come falling from the sky. You could argue that mercedes was absolutely dominating in the hybrid era, but you also need someone who can deliver every race, and hamilton certainly is that buy. Im a verstappen fan as well but you can have nothing but respect for that honestly.
Your a true racing fan! After last year it was exhausting reading comments, from Max and Lewis fans. Their both amazing drivers, both have strong areas. Drama aside, last season was one of the best in the last decade.
As far as Hamilton, I think it’s a perfect storm of the car being difficult, little lack of motivation, and possibly playing a long game with his teammate. If and when the car is up to pace, you’ll see him come alive I believe.
I’d love nothing more than. Seeing him, Max, and Charles battling for wins.
@@marijnmolenaar2848 he has a point in that while he won most of those races over those years, they were mostly won from the front of the grid.
Seb didn't get a podium in 2007, he completed 8 races for Sauber/Toro Rosso. If you say full season's then he still counts
We’re only four races into the season and people are acting as if Hamilton is finished after a little bad luck and a bad performance at Imola and poor qualifying at Jeddah. Let’s see how the first half of the season goes before making any judgements. It seems pretty clear mercedes are trying out every possible set-up to achieve better pace, and sometimes it’s making the drivers struggle massively.
Well if you look at people who started watching formula since 2017 it's a normal reaction to me. Most of them are underaged or barely 20 years old. Most of them only care about drama and being cringe in the internet. Most of the time they want to insult the driver they don't like, instead writing comments based on facts or having solid arguments.
@@Simon1824 thank you for your comment it helped to understand better the public behind this sport … but I wondering if all out there understand the engineering sciences behind all this technology ?? .. this year more than previously new concepts are emerging … which could be difficult to comprehend completely … Pity as we are now in “ NetflixFormula 1 drama”era with its abusive side effect ..
There's a very good chance or actually its expected that Mercedes recovers in the second half of the season, but by then the damage is done already. There is a chance he eventually ends up as high as 3rd in the driver standings when the smoke clears, but there won't be an 8th title and car vs driver debate took another huge swing towards car this season. Which is bad for his legacy and obviously his state of mind recently. I think he retires after this season.
I mean the same people said it was over for Red Bull after the DNFs. They jus can’t handle criticism of their team and Golden boy, and need any and every excuse to explain away his poor performance to factors outside his control.
They also forget how he had a bad car in 2009 too. Despite that, he still won 2 races.
You guys remember that time Gasly won at Monza in a midfield car?
Yeah that was cool
Also remember when ocon won w a midfield car?
@@gabrieljr5410 would he have been first if he followed the rules?
I Think people overlook the Sprint race at imola where George was stuck behind stroll for most of the race but because he got past that enabled him not to be stuck in a drs train unlike lewis. George did drive very well but I think any driver in Lewis' car in that position would have struggled especially with the straight line speed of the Honda. I still have hope for Both George and Lewis to be fighting with Charles and Max at the front but not in the coming races. Could be a Redbull dynamic where they caught up at the end of the season (2017-2020) and had the better car but then lagged back again.
Yeah, Lewis was regularly coming out of the final corner within just 0.5 seconds of Gasly but because Gasly had DRS as well Lewis wasn't even able to get alongside by the end of the straight. No one gives Gasly any stick though for not being able to pass Albon in a Williams for 30 laps (and Albon never had DRS) while Yuki scored good points in P7, but Lewis not being able to break a DRS train on a track that's almost impossible to overtake on without DRS is endlessly jumped on by his haters as evidence Lewis is being "exposed". Daniel also wasn't able to make any progress at all through the field and had to switch strategies and pit again for a set of hards, while his teammate finished P3, but again fans treat his race very differently to Lewis'.
@@rvfharrier that's just a result of the cars being super evenly matched, this year the midfield goes all the way to P20 and where everyone except the top 2 are depends on the track and track position
@@rvfharrier Ok so we have reached a stage where the standards for Hamilton are the same for Gasly and Ricciardo now? Isn't he supposed to be better than them? Shouldn't he be able to do better than what they did?
Miami.......
@@akarshshekhar5233 yeaaaa... he's in a midfield car basically, they are ahead of the midfield but its so close and the merc is so inconsistent that it fluctuates race by race. don't pretend like ham and Russel didn't get knocked out in Q2 in Imola because they couldn't warm the tires.
There can be many things that influence Hamilton's recent bad performance. That car is really inconsistent and has a very limited operational window. Russell says that it is a pain to drive, and because both drivers seem to not be particularly comfortable I guess he is right. Maybe Lewis struggles a bit more to get to grips with the new cars. I would say that it's better to wait until the end of the season before drawing any conclusions.
And lewis had a poor start to the season last year mistake in Imola and Baku as well as Monaco
Right? Love how people write the guy off after 5 races. Like him or not, he’s a one of, if not the best of the best.
@@Takdashark Yeah a guy that wants to retire the car on lap 2 is surely the greatest to ever do it.
His stats are severly padded by having Bottas as a teammate at Mercedes and basically getting free WDCs.
The only really amazing thing he has ever done is his first championship, everything after that was due to having insane cars
The only one that doesn`t seem to age out of racing is Alonso. That man is an alien and he could 100% still win a title with the right car.
He's not going down without a fight
He reminds me of that one soldier on that one island that didn’t know WW2 was over and so fought until he died… or something like that, genuinely don’t know if I made this up on accident or if it’s actually something real lmao
@@clancy2644 it was a group of soldiers in Japan who lost comms, so yes you didn’t make it up
Yeah, that is why none of top teams would hire him.
The mercedes sidepods actually don't reduce drag, they increase it
With such a slim sidepod it becomes harder to control the airflow around the rear wheels, meaning that the wake created by the rear tyre is more significant, thus creating more drag
Ferrari it actually seem to have one of the least draggy sidepod concepts, despite theirs being by far the largest in frontal area
The potential that Merc see in their sidepods is almost certainly not about drag benefits, but about downforce / balance benefits
No, it's about being different for the sake of being different.
@@armands3153 no it isnt lmfao, and if you genuinely believe that, you are an idiot
@@armands3153 don't be dumb dude
@@liveandletdie138 Exactly. Wake up, sheep.
@@armands3153 what's that supposed to mean?
This title aged like milk
I think we may be seeing the fruit of 7 years of Mercedes’ dominance come to bear: the teams that have been decimated regularly in that time have strengthened themselves, put their heads down, and found innovative new ideas to push their cars that next step, while Mercedes has (admitted by them) slacked off slightly riding the coattails of so many years of utter dominance.
Regardless of opinion on the last race last season or the championship in general, it took its toll on Hamilton and Mercedes in general. Pair that with the relentless poaching of Mercedes engineers by every other team on the grid and eventually the dynasty would fall. I personally was surprised that Lewis didn’t retire after last year, but I think he should have. I believe that unless Merc finds a miracle fix to the porpoising we could be seeing the end of his career being significantly less shiny than the rest of it.
I’m a Max fan but have respect for Lewis’ ability and success; however to ignore the incredible role that the last 7-8 years of cars have played in his success is ignorant. I believe we’ve seen a car that could challenge Mercedes’ for the first time in nearly a decade and Max’s uncanny ability to get the most out of a car is shining through.
You can say that about any F1 CHAMPION, ESPECIALLY Verstappen.
A concise objective opinion!
I don't buy into this taking Mercedes engineer affected them because they will have plenty of top quality engineers to replace them. it's like people are saying that it has affected their engine, is that so? that's why it still has the best speed and best reliability.
@@thelegendarydeikay3071 Best speed? That's not true, the Honda powered cars are the fastest in a straight line and Red Bull's reliablity issues have all been for non-related engine issues, whilst mercedes had to lift and coast in spain to bring it home.
Honda/RBPT is actually the best engine for reliability and speed. Maybe the Renault is more reliable.. but there's not enough cars running Renaults to really know.
As it's been said by many many drivers, the car is the most important part. Better the car, better the result
Nico Rosberg v MSC (Older 7 time champ) :: George Russell v HAM (older 7 time champ)
I also see similarities between Max and Fernando, another 7x WDC slayer who also made his debut driving for a team from Faenza
Michael hadn't raced for 3 years, had neck damage and came into a totally new formula with the post 2009 cars then the Pirelli tyres at age 40.
He was probably the best part of a second slower than in 2006
Did some research and found Jim Clark had a podium every year he was in F1 - 9 seasons. Even won his last race.
not more than Hamilton or championships.
@@b3at2 total numbers are highly skewed towards more modern drivers though
Clark may often not be held in statistics like that due to his untimely demise; he never really reached the “end of his career” stage, so maybe that’s why. 9 seasons seems like enough to justify being included though IMO.
My opinion on the question in the title of the video, i think so yes, i've been saying and thinking it since last year, he started to make quite a few mistakes but luckily had a strong car to still carry him to a title fight, although im not gonna be the steriotypical max fan that says all this without respecting that he defnitely had some insane showings last year like the brazil weekend last year, that was mental
I agree. Hes not in his prime, but still is a good driver.
pressure got to him i think, just because the stakes were so insanely high. schumi had a safe ride to his 7th, seb dominated the entire field in 13. we've never seen this much pressure under anyone's shoulders for decades at least
Agreed. I think long Covid was a factor in the early season too. He looked absolutely knackered after some of those races.
Quite a few mistakes? I really can't think of one other than Imola. He's still far more consistent than the young guys, IE Max and Leclerc, Norris, etc.
@@murraydmark Monaco qualifying which ruined his race, the Baku button issue which dropped him to the back of the grid and damaged the floor in Austria running wide at turn one which dropped him from 2nd to 4th
Hamilton may not be winning much right now, but he showed us in Miami that he isn’t beaten easily and still is a sublime driver. Russel and Hamilton are clearly quite even pace wise, only thanks to the safety car Russel ended up beating Hamilton. Russel has proven year after year in the Williams that he is super talented, always beating his teammates by huge margins. Lewis clearly is just as amazing as George, just because he was pretty unlucky in some of the opening races (Miami and Australia) for example, doesn’t mean it’s all over for him.
What the fuck did he do in miami
@@oz2362 exactly the same thing that George has been getting praised for this year.
Putting the car where it is able to go. 5th/6th!
@@oz2362 superb qualification (something Russel didn't do) and consistent racepace
@@oz2362 Overtaking (for a brief time) on ageing hard compound?
Not yet. Hamilton so far has had some bad (and a few good instances) strategies/luck combined with a poor car so far. Well see when the car is fully developed
I‘m no engineer by any means myself but from what I’ve read about the sidepod design it could actually be more draggy than a more “standard” sidepod since no outwash around the rear tyre will be generated in that area, so the rear tyres are just completely exposed in the stream of air which creates loads of drag
Does anyone have an idea how they get around that, do they have anything on the car to balance that out?
Here after Lewis going from p19 to p4
The theory of wheel to wheel lacking from the last 7 years is pretty radical. They're top level racers. It's ingrained firmly in them how to race in all parts of the field from their early days in karting to today.
4:34 never thought about the idea of Lewis not used to battling wheel to wheel like George. I always thought it was a case of the car not fitting his driving style plus the porpoising. But hey, great John!
The Mercedes concept doesn't reduce drag, it increases it, the redbull concept is extremely low drag
And it isn't just because of porpoising, their whole vision of the car was geared towards low drag, the porpoising just adds away more drag
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Bottas/Vettel fan here
When you have a car that tends to be unpredictable and hard to drive, it’s very risky to squeeze out the best lap time or have good race pace. This kind of goes for anyone and everyone as all the drivers have had that feeling at some point. Most sympathized for Vettel in 2020 as a fanbase with how Ferrari treated him and the bad circumstances that held him back. For Lewis and Russell, the car just isn’t good, and it doesn’t look safe for the head either.
7 titles don’t come easy. 1 title alone doesn’t come easy for any driver just ask Verstappen. There is still a challenge being had up there whether it’s with someone else or the self. When you have the best car and the best driver they are more than likely to win the championship, it’s an obvious formula and Mercedes made the choice to accept Lewis into their team back in 2013 over Hulkenberg (Which I personally wished they took Hulkenberg but Lewis was a decent fit.) Though eventually there would be a time where Lewis isn’t going to be the same driver he was in previous years. The same goes for Mercedes as well as there will be a time where they won’t be the same team. Though it still seems like there’s still something inside of both of them however.
Personally I don’t really see why some parts of social media like to ridicule Lewis since George has joined the team by making a competition. With the position that Mercedes is in, the last thing they want to do is have their drivers fighting it out. It’s more about points and development for the team and for the future in this case, Russell, the driver Lewis picked when he could’ve potentially called on Vandoorne, Guiterrez, De Vries(Maybe not but that would be cool), or even Ocon as his teammates as they all have ties to Mercedes.
I’m sure Lewis is doing fine. He has that determination to improve himself and so does Mercedes. Russell will be the one to take the torch if Mercedes gets back go the front as he’s performed well so far.
vettel fans: “welcome to the club”
Abu dhabi 2021 for Hamilton would be what Germany 2018 for Vettel was.
Nobody:
British F1 fans: "Hamilton is the greatest driver in living memory"
Its not like Schumacher was around
@@eggselent9814 Too soon.
3:44 That crazy side-pods design reduce drag?
Do you see the 2 massive round black thingy at the back called rear wheels?
How can mini side-pods reduce drag if you still have those 2 massive rear wheels? Even If it can reduce drag, it would be extremely tiny tiny amount.
You know that side-pods can be shaped in a way that reflect airflow away the back wheels, to help reduce drag too? The side-pods can actually act like aerodynamic fairing for the back wheels.
So not having side-pods actually help to increase drag in this case I’m afraid.
Mercedes knows more than you.
@@colinoscopyyyy8104 There is a CFD analysis saying wide pod design reduce 11% drag compared to slim style sidepod.
3:45 not the best engine, but the best chasis you could make. They got neither an engine or a chasis with earo package that is working
For me I think its the mental strain last season was, to be fighting none stop every race that'll take a massive toll on you, to now when you have to keep fighting but for less then last year id say some performance would be lost
0:39 My new favourite sound bite 😂
Everyone's talking about hamilton but that sw force unleashed reffrenece made the video
ah, a man of culture i see
Imola overtaking was made difficult due to half the track being wet and only the racing line was dry. Could not go off the racing line even with using drs. Top of that looks like braking is an issue with porpoising
So glad the era is over. Time for something new. To me, it always going to be 80% car and 20%, driver!
Good point but the difference between Hamilton s dominance and Verstappen s dominance is that Verstappen was able to score at least a victory per year in Mercedes’ era, now when roles are swapped, just Hamilton s teammate have scored a victory last season.
If you look at the on boards from Imola he had to break much earlier than gasly due to porpoising which meant he couldn’t overtake him
The greatest driver of all time was the oldest winner of all time, and he had reflexes and balance none have had since the great Fangio.....The cars have evolved so far that the driver is the secondary influence. Nobody wins titles in inferior cars. I think Lewis has been a great driver and for a large part of his career was in the most dominant car/team of all time. Good luck to him. Odds are Mercedes will find something by mid season, but it is quickly looking like a one horse race with a great back up. Max seems increasingly unbeatable if his car does not implode. Ferrari and Perez to fight over the best of the rest.
Max won with an inferior car which didn’t have a spicy engine
@paper plane Doubtful. Fangio had to know the car much better. No race engineer to tell him what was going on with the engine, what button to push, where to gain time. He had to know the car and know instinctively how to do all of these things. It's why you can't really compare drivers of different eras. Different cars, different rules, different tracks, etc.
Honestly if you take a look at his 7 titles for the most part he had an inferior car or on par car. 2008 Ferrari had a better car. 2014 was even with Nico. 17/18 Ferrari Vettel had a better car in dry conditions anyway. 2019 was a bit of luck Ferrari illegal engine but very fast bad race strategy now Lewis won 11 races and Bottas 4 lol not helping my argument if people remember he won 6 of the first 8 races the number is skewed Vettel and Charles Canada and Bahrain issues penalties. After Lewis won in France he didn't win back to back the rest of that year. The 2020 W11 was a cheat code I'll admit it the best car in his entire career and 2015 his car was better than Nico's 5 of his 7 titles or 4 I'll say that because of the 2019 6 out of 8 wins start his championships have come down to the wire. He's 37 he's not supposed to beat Max, Charles or George and it's ok he's not completely over the hill Mansell won a title at 39 years of age.
@@DRA25dra LMAO honestly I’ve never heard so many lame excuses, Lewis has had a rocket ship with an inbuilt party mode switch for 8 consecutive years, ie since the turbo hybrid era. His cars have clearly been extremely dominant that any driver could win in
Also you talk about age, didn’t Lew say “If you think that what you saw at the end of last year was my best, wait until you see this year.” So age has nothing to do with.
You clearly haven’t got a clue what you are saying, you must be a DTS Lewis fanboy. Lewis is pathetic and should retire so we don’t have to hear his constant whinging and whining. Lewis is just an average driver who got spoiled with perfect cars and now he’s been found out
Lewis fans are about to feel what Seb fans felt in 2020.
I mean i don't know a single driver that gets excuses for every bad race, but gets praised in a single car championship.... truly interesting
Sainz
Shitardo
Vettel
Bottas gets praised for outqualifying Lewis in a faster car that has less porpoising.
Alonso and his wailing fanboys acting like he’s so ‘good’ now even though his days are pretty much over
I don't know, I think Lewis has been a bit unlucky with strategy in the last few races compared to George and had a bad time in the pits in Imola. Let's see what Mercedes can do, I'm sure if the car is good Hamilton can drag a win out of it in thr right circumstances
I believe Lewis still slightly ahead of Georges , I will bet on him to win first and further with this W13 … than George but Georges is the future for Mercedes ..he has the stamina …
Underestimate him at your peril… Still fuel in the tank. He’s a wounded beast who has plenty to prove still.
No, he was just a passenger in the fastest car on the track😂
This video aged so fast
Honestly, as much as I like Seb and Fernando, and respect Lewis; it's time for them to step aside and let the young talent take over.
Agreed. There are many talented young drivers waiting for a shot in F1. I love Seb, Lewis, and Alonso, but want them to retire soon. If Mercedes bounces back and Lewis can win an 8th WDC next year it would be great to see but It would be cool for him to retire on top and let the young guns take over.
My problem with his Imola performance he was dangerously close to being out in Q1 with Albon car on fire and Ocon car failure. Yes I won’t need to go into his Q2 as he got unlucky with track evolution due to Carlos red flag. Jeddah was a rough race and while he’s struggling. George puts it into the top 5 including coming from out of the points and catching up to Lewis even passing him. I won’t say washed up as he’s still a great driver, George is just adapting quicker to the car ( adapting does not mean he’s finding it easy)
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“If anyone can drag that car to a win it’s sir lulu”
Did someone miss his teammate dragging bad cars up the grid and scoring a podium in a car that shouldn’t be in the points? I’d back him to do it in the 3rd best car on the grid more than a guy who can only overtake if people pull over for him
wait we are counting spa as a race now? i thought that was just a formation lap...
F1 is 90% the car you’re given. The “greatest driver title” should always have an asterisk beside it.
You must be new. Kimi, 2007
@@Snufflegrunt You must be new
Kimi got destroyed by Massa in 08 and beaten overall by Massa.
He had the fastest car in 07 as well when more tracks suited Ferrari and when the cars were similar pace the drivers made the difference. Look at when alonso and rookie Lewis schooled both kimi and Massa.
@@AZBCDEE Kimi was beating Massa in 08 and was still the faster driver until Ferrari screwed him over with car updates that messed up any sort of feel he had for the front end of the car. Let’s not forget the Ferrari politics from not only 08 but also 09 which pushed Kimi out of the sport in favor of Alonso lmao. Still claimed 10 fastest laps in an 18 race season in 2008 as well.
Also in 2007, McLaren were the faster car, they just screwed themselves over with their silly inter team politics with Alonso and Hamilton.
@@blaine319 Kimi is the most overrated driver this century and when Vettel, Hamilton and Massa are 3 extremely overrated drivers that is a high bar to reach. Michael, Alonso and Lewis would have destroyed him in their prime vs his prime in the same car
Unless Max goes to Ferarri and Lewis can go to Red Bull, I think it is over for Lewis and as a 7 time champion he should retire rather than have to experience 3 years of being in middle/back because of crappy car.
No, I think he has to experience what Michael Schumacher experienced at the end of his career. At this point it's every 7-time world champion's duty.
I mean, its just the first year of a new era. Sure Merc will do better that will fit Lewis’ performance. They wont give up that easily.
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It's not Lewis' fault. It's "The 7 Timers' Curse"...for whatever reason, in motor sports in particular, when drivers reach the 7 time champion status, they hit the wall, figuratively, of course. While they may not drop off abruptly, There is a noticeable difference in their career. A short list of names; A.J. Foyt, Michael Schumacher, Dale Earnhardt, Richard Petty, Jimmie Johnson, and Lewis Hamelton. I will admit winning 1 championship is hard, much less 7. But, I just find it interesting. Not only do they not win championships, but crazy things seem to come out of no where. They win #7 and everything seems to change, they stop winning as much and they have alot of bad luck where it seems in previous seasons they would avoid the bad luck. It may or may not be a curse, but it's certainly something to think about. :)
He will be back I am sure I mean he is on 5 podium hot streak and the car slowly but surely up there for a race win maybe even 2 and who knows with the TD in spa… anything to happened. I do however believe that Lewis will not give up on the eight title just yet. Sure this year is a pretty long shot but next year maybe just maybe he can win given Mercedes current trajectory and the regulation changes that have proposed next year. Like in 2021 they are small but they have a massive impact on the pecking order especially within the top 3
I guess the question of Hamilton's "glory days" being over would be correct, if...the world ended after the season was over!
Made some quality points on Imola - I genuinely reckon Hamilton was unlucky to be part of a DRS train stuck behind Gasly who was stuck behind the higher top speed Williams of Alex Albon
5 podiums in a Row.....💪💪
2:27 I still instill a belief that some how Seb will take a P3 or a P2 this year.......
Amazing story telling well done great video!!!
As a Fernando Alonso fan.... NO Lewis isn't over, he just needs a competitive car, like other drivers.
I'm sure we will see a great comeback when Mercedes improve that car.
I am confident that Hamilton will bounce back. An angry and motivated Hamilton is a better driver and racer than a passive one. Russell doing better now will only motivate to improve his performance, communication and push himself harder in the season. Hamilton will probably out qualify Russell over the season. I think he is a faster driver over one lap. But Russell has that Button quality to him where he is able to strategize well race in races and maximize points without actually being faster in race pace.
That Hamilton in 2022 had monitoring sensors and extra balace weight to try sort out the really poor W13s porpoising so if you got to compare Hamilton with George you have got to look more towards the end of 2022 and the whole majority of 2023
Great video, keep it up
3:51 why you looking like max verstappen tho 🤨
When success is heavily laden on luck as in driving the best car on the grid - that luck won’t last. Should be thankful it lasted for so long
its kind of like Michael Shumacher , he won in 2004 the 05 and 06 was not so good , so we might see him retire this year
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One bad start to a season does not mean his glory days are over.
If the car is not performing well it does not matter how good the driver is he will struggle for position.
He is still the greatest driver of his generation, maybe of all time.
Yet, unlike other drivers he doesn't piss and moan about it.
He gets his head down and tries to make the most of it.
Unless you have driven an F1 car you cannot really comment on whether a driver's glory days are over.
It's easy to drive perfectly from an arm chair, it always is.
Everyone is making assumptions as to his ability to race. It's very easy to judge a race or driver post mortem. It's a very different thing to do in real time from the drivers seat.
So to all armchair drivers (myself included), let's stick to what we do best, cheer the drivers/teams that we like and disparage the ones we don't 😜.
I wont write him off just yet. He was actually the better driver at Miami. George and the other hard tyre runners just got lucky with the safety car.
Even Stroll who started in the pitlane managed to get into the points. Lets see how it goes at Spain.
Are they over? We don't know yet but I fucking hope so. I'm tired of his bullshit on and off the track.
Can we get a picture of Lewis Hamilton with Tom Brady and Jimmie Johnson?
It's a shame that Hamilton did not fear Formula 1 fans will lose interest in the sport because Lewis Hamilton is/was so dominant
I'm not a Mercedes fan but surely cannot help but praise them for their 7 years of dominance on the track every team's dominance comes to an end and it is the time for Mercedes for theirs.
i think that if any team iss to be able to make a car better its mercedes they definitely have the facilities and since lewis is staying till 2023 hopefully maybe next year they know what was wrong with their car and work on it and lewis could have another great season whilst its nice seeing other drivers win and fight for championships i want lewis to get his 8th and make history
Ham is entering the 2nd phase of his career. We might see him bloom again. Might not. One more reason to keep watching.
Not hating on either driver ,but look at Vettel what did he has done after his 4.championship win ?
This is the only reason I put Fernando a little ahead of Hamilton cause Fernando could take a 4 fastest car to p2 but Hamilton isn’t doing that I’m just say Fernando Is 9 to me Hamilton is a 8 just cause of how much Fernando can extract
4th fastest?? Fernando himself said the Ferrari was the 2nd fastest car. Especially in race trim. Maybe you know more than Alonso and his engineers.
4:44
*laughs in Brazil 2021*
The Starkiller - Darth vader meme made me sub
0:02 lol of course...
Based The Force Unleashed reference
Why Russell performs better in a bad car is clear:
"Oh, you think this shitbox is your ally?
But you merely adopted a shitbox.
I was born in one, molded by one.
I didnt see a real Mercedes until i was already a man.
By then, it was nothing to me but another shitbox.
The shitbox betrays you because it belongs to me"
- George Russell when meeting Lewis in Pre-season testing.
Perhaps. But - he could possibly have a career like Lauda did at McLaren - perhaps not being the fastest, but the most consistent and squeak a championship that way.
What's worser car lewis has drove Mclaren MP4/25 or Mercedes W13
It's hard to say because the W13 still can be developed, but we shall see at the end of the year
It's difficult coming from the best to anything less, he is a great driver but he is older and having to adapt older in life is more difficult than when you are younger. Russel had a great race in Miami maybe even the best of the day. Russel knows how to handle a difficult car coming from Williams and Hamilton doesn't, Mercedes has definitely got it wrong but would I rule any off them just yet , no.
Why do people still talk about the very last lap of the last race as if it was the sole decider of the Championship.
Both drivers suffered bad luck, good luck, good runs, bad runs, and the FIA helping or not. Just because the last race was the last race, it does not make it the sole decider. Each race is important.
Let's not forget the rest of the season. It's unfair to max to be honest that his sole title is constantly questioned with an asterisk. I'm sure we could find something wrong for each drivers Championship, like hammy not having any competition whatsoever for years or end.
Let him enjoy the Championship without this caviar every single time it's brought up.
Car is a major factor in his success. Take that away, Hamilton is just a man in the end. Game Over.
Honestly as a Lewis fan it is obvious that this year is not gonna be a good year for him. However I still have faith that he can chase some good results and maybe in the next few years with the right car he can fight for the 8th
Hahahaha, with the engine freeze, not a chance.
He seems to be making a comeback tho
8:47 It's Fernando Alonso*
This dog of a car is nowhere near as bad as the 2009 car. George certainly has the edge at the moment, but Hamilton is still Hungry, he's still Hamilton.
I'm not a fan of him but give him a car he is comfortable with that can challenge and he's back in the race.
It's the Silver arrow's glory days is over not Hamilton.
Lewis entered this season hungry for getting revenge not from Max, but from F1. They behaved him like he was worthless, it's quite logic to feel it was unfair (and it was). But I feel that his rage has been already calmed down, and if the car gets faster, I'm not sure he'll have the same will he'd have in the preseason. I'm really sad to say this, but I fear that he's over... I wish days like in Brazil last year could came back
There's never enough of Gaslys win. Never 😅
Interesting video, thanks. As a LH fan, and an F1 fan since 1986, I’ve seen a lot of F1 races. Personality though I believe his state of mind is his biggest issue. This is clearly evident by the success of his talented younger teammate. They both have very similar if not identical cars on race day yet the results are exactly what we’ve all seen so far.. What happened last year in Abu Dhabi broke him MENTALLY, coupled with all the off tracks issues with FIA rules.,…. The very entity whom he believed ROBBED him. Sure the car has be a challenging factor to some degree with its issues, however George is making the most of that situation and it’s not because he’s more talented than Lewis. At the very least, Lewis should be closer to his teammate if not ahead PERIOD! To his credit so far, George has simply gotten the job done through consistency.,…. he has out qualified, had better race pace, and even come from behind and beaten Lewis so far this season. Meanwhile Lewis has been underperforming each race weekend, but somehow managing to have senseless feuds over jewelry rules with the FIA. Lewis just doesn’t appear to be as laser focused as he needs to be currently, however I believe he can turn this around and certainly improve💪🏾, ….just less whining and complaining, and FOCUS.
He won't win another title but he'll definitely get a win or two this season and a good few before he retires
only if both redbulls and ferraris dnf'd in one race then yeah but its not happening sorry
@@aerth.c Stop being so toxic mate..
there's literally 17 races left. people are really jumping the gun
@@arko2975 it's facts. Unless the Merc improves massively, it's the truth. Do you expect Mercedes to win on merit without the top runners to have a problem?
@@JohnSmith-uy2jg What do you mean he can’t? In Bahrain he beat russell fair and square. In Jeddah Hamilton had a last minute setup change and had the same strategy that Russell had in miami but it didn’t workout for him because the pit lane was closed. In Australia Russell beat Lewis because of the safety car. In Imola Lewis was stuck behind a train and couldn’t get a proper lap in during quali. In Miami he got beaten again because of the safety car
this may sound stupid but the car seems whoever has the better setup and can get it in a sweet spot is going to beat the teammate. obviously its down to the driver as well but one minute hamilton is so far behind russell next russell is so far behind hamilton. The car is so unpredictable so finding the right setup is massive if they want to beat eachother
How many times has George finished ahead of Hamilton this year?
It isn't the car setup.
Well all that needs to happen is merc getting good again. They are the closest to Ferrari and red bull of all the teams so it's not that unlikely