Newey made Verstappen appear far better than he really is. Put any top-10 driver in a one-man team, give them a Newey rocket and that level of FIA favoritism, and they probably walk away with three WDCs too.
Here’s Newey himself explaining that the Red Bull was the quickest car in 2021. Also, have a look at Horner’s face as Newey spills the beans. Priceless, it tells you everything. Max is not the guy, it’s the FIA and it’s the car.
It just shows Leclerc failed to develop the car over 7 years
Now Lewis direction makes Ferrari a race winner and championship contender after only 6 months
P1 for Lewis Hamilton! 🔥🔥🔥
Imagine being 41 years old, still quicker than the Belgian kid with the fastest engine (and FIA help), quicker than Leclerc in the same car, and quicker than Ru🐍🐍ell and even Antonelli in that rocket ship, who mind you are all in their prime.
But instead of celebrating and acknowledging one of the sport's greatest legends, like any serious sport would, we get these Red Bull-infested clown commentators serving up gems like this whenever a 41-year-old Lewis Hamilton delivers. The moment he performs, the puzzlement kicks in and their bias starts seeping through. Rather than giving Hamilton the credit, they immediately attribute it to Ferrari, tying themselves in mental knots to explain away what they're watching.
You can literally hear them struggling to process it. Who put these effin' amateurs in the commentary box? Unbelievable. Not a serious sport.
Hamilton puts it on P1 on hards (27 min) and keeps P1:
🗣️"Fastest time so far... for Hamilton."
Antonelli goes P1 on softs (8 min):
🗣️ "Once again on the grippiest tyre, Antonelli begins the weekend so, so well."
"Antonelli's time has just been a marker, nearly half a second clear of everyone in the field."
Hamilton goes P1 on softs:
🗣️ "Let's see whether Hamilton can do what his teammate has done. A chance to go minimum second here.
🗣️ "And Lewis Hamilton goes fastest. Again, Ferrari fastest in the final sector." (not Hamilton, Ferrari)
🗣️ "Hamilton... how does he put 7.5 tenths on to Leclerc? Leclerc is going again, so we'll see if he can find something more."
🗣️"I wonder if they've turned it up a little bit more than Mercedes. You dont want to be half a second up on Leclerc, individually it's great for Lewis but they do sometimes show a bit more in practice."
🗣️"The Ferrari is really fast in the final sector."
On Verstappen being a second slower:
🗣️We know Red Bull are famed for making improvements, but they are very nearly a second off the pace set by the Ferrari."
Because he's Sir Lewis Hamilton. That's how.
#F1 #LewisHamilton #BritishGP