You saw the podium; you saw Max Verstappen up there in P2 after the Hungarian GP. From an engineer’s perspective, though – relative to the car he was driving and to his major opposition – how did Max’s drive stack up? Mark Slade, a senior F1 race engineer who worked at McLaren, Mercedes, Renault and Haas, unpacks Max’s work during that hot afternoon at the Hungaroring and pinpoints an area of car development that may prove critical to Max in the second half of 2026.
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Peter I'm curious what you think about this question ive been pondering more and more as this season rolls on. Do you believe that these rules and regulations are in part to stop max from dominating the grid? Its pretty clear they have neutralized driver talent by forcing drivers to slow down (under drive) corners, deal with artificial energy deployment, and rely on ai algorithms' rather than bravery, feel and being able to push to the limit. For me the winner of this season should have an asterisk next to their name. The skill celling has been lowered and it's the main reason we see so many number two drivers so close to the number ones. I constantly see all the praise for kimi but can we really judge drivers this season? and the fia hasn't done enough in 2027 imo and we are going to have another ridiculous season. i hope you read this message i would like to know your thoughts i feel like no one is being honest about what we are watching. the more we close our eyes to this travesty, we can almost guarantee nothing will change.
Fascinating and Illuminating!!!!
I have no idea what y'all mean by the difficulty in identifying or "feeling" an issue with damping… If a car usually dissipates the energy from a bump, or after using curbing in a corner, with a certain amount of rebound energy, and suddenly there is more energy. Making it bounce higher, or across more/longer cycles… It would be extremely easy for a driver, and engineer, to identify.
I Always find it very funny that Real Experts like these guys talks and say it might be this or might be that, just showing how incredibly difficult and on the edge these F1 cars are . Meanwhile the "Experts" at a channel like The Race has RB figured out with feeding TOTAL thumb suck graphics and comments knowing there problem the 2nd week of the season, I guess its true that you can show people nice things and they immediately believe you 🤣🤣🤣🤣Keep up the great work Peter and Mark love the channel