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Originally Posted by M3Sleeper
Its obviously both its just a matter of what percentage of car VS driver.
I think its probably around 60% the car and 40% the driver.
If you asked the same question 25 years ago it would have been 60% driver and 40% car.
so to be safe I say 50/50. You can't win without a fast car and your not winning without a good driver. All the F1 drivers are good but Max is better. He has a better mindset, not a puss, he works hard, focused, and stays in his lane..not literally
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I think Max is good, but I honestly believe this fandom is overrating the guy. He had the fastest car over the year in 2021, and wasn’t on form at rhe beginning of the season until it was comfortably faster than MB/Lewis.
Fastest car in the second half of 2022, all of 2023 and the beginning of 2024 - he faces ZERO pressure from anyone because his teammates are pushovers or rookies, and when he does have pressure he is erratic, flustered, mistake prone and a danger to his peers.
The current regulars suit his driving style, as did the 2021 regulation change which was suited to benefit his car. But outside of that, he’s talented but he’s not otherworldly. He has a car that’s on Par with McLaren more so than anything else - Horner outright admitted that they had a pace advantage in a race Max didn’t win (and this was despite him having pole I believe)
He’s good, but the car is doing some heavy lifting as well. People act like he could win in a tractor when RB has been at WORST 2nd fastest on average each season, and outright thr fastest the majority of the last 4 seasons.
The car absolutely matters.