“Drivers who win because they have the best car” you must be new to F1, and don’t know that to win you definitely need the best fucking car.
I cannot even argue with you people that are convinced that Max or Charles could put the Aston Martin on pole, what are you guys actually on??
When George has a competitive car he has always dominated, wouldn’t you say he “obliterated” the field in Singapore? I did not see any of them getting close to him at all.
I think you’re kind of missing the point of what I said. Obviously you need a competitive car to win in Formula 1. That’s literally the nature of the sport. No one is seriously claiming Max or Charles would drag the slowest car on the grid to pole every weekend. The point people are making is about how much a driver extracts from the machinery compared to what that car normally achieves.
There’s a difference between winning because the car is the best and consistently overperforming the level of the car. That’s been a normal discussion in F1 forever. Some drivers only really look dominant once they get the clear best package, while others look exceptional even when the car isn’t the benchmark. That’s the distinction I was making.
And using Singapore as proof that George “obliterates the field” when he has a competitive car is kind of proving my point about sample size. One dominant weekend doesn’t suddenly define a driver’s level. If that’s the standard, then half the grid would be considered field-destroyers at some point. We’ve seen plenty of drivers have one incredible weekend where everything lines up: pace, strategy, track position, safety cars, whatever. If one weekend meant a driver was suddenly on another level, then you’d have to say the same about drivers like Pierre or Esteban after their race wins too, which obviously isn’t how people usually judge long-term ability.
That’s why people normally look at entire seasons, not a single race. Over a full year you start to see who’s consistently extracting more than expected from the car and who mostly performs at the level the car allows.
And also the “you must be new to F1” comment is a bit ironic because longtime F1 fans usually know better than anyone that one race weekend doesn’t prove much. The sport is full of random outlier weekends where someone suddenly looks untouchable because the track suits the car or the strategy works perfectly.
Again, the original Tumblr post was obviously exaggerated for comedic effect. Calling George or Lando “bums” isn’t meant literally. They’re F1 drivers, they’re all insanely talented. The point was just that when drivers like Max or Charles fight at the front even without the clearly dominant car, it highlights the difference between drivers who maximize machinery and drivers who mainly win once the machinery is already the best on the grid.
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