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None of them could've pulled a 2023. The McLarens have had a VERY clear advantage for ages and they still can't pull a clean season, with only McLaren wins. Even if they had Rocky, they would've fumbled. That car got more and more unstable but no one noticed except for Max, but still he pulled out such a performance. I'm not saying they'd be as bad as Checo was, but look at where Yuki still is. That car is in shambles and Max is getting podiums. THAT'S what generational means.

No margins for errors, 100% every. Single. Time. There's no other like him. And comparing George or even Charles to him is actually an insult

Well, no one could do 2023 in Rocky because it was optimised for and by Max. Probably by what it became by AD2023 most people would have been spinning off the track in it.

But even if any other driver had a car that was optimised for them, they wouldn’t have been able to do what Max did in 2023. And I’m not talking about the grand slams and poles to wins with 20 second gaps. I’m talking about 49 laps on one set of hard tyres to gap his teammate enough to get a pit window that put him in contention for a win from 9th on the grid. Pitting a lap too late in torrential downpour and making up 3 seconds a lap on his teammate on the same tyres to make the undercut work. Managing a break issue to a win by 10 seconds. Yes, a lotttt went right for him that year and when things are on he is ON and that consistent excellence is impressive. But at every moment when something didn’t go as well as it could have, Max was the only thing standing between Rocky and a loss, and he never let it go. Not once. Not for one sector, one lap. And no one on the grid is bringing that to a season. Whether or not they are capable, we don’t know, but the plain fact is no one has proved that they are.

George and Charles can’t even BE in that conversation, and Max was in the conversation when he had cars a lot worse than theirs.

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Max vs. Ferrari cone, GP Barcelona, 2025

Chiel: I saw this one in the pit lane yesterday.

Max: Yep, that's mine, yes. No, because Ferrari always puts them really far out and so I said: 'if it happens again, I will break it.'

Chiel: You already said that on the radio?

Max: To that-- The previous race. It's been like that for a few races. I thought if it's there again, I'll run over it completely.

Chiel: Oh you did it on purpose then?

Max: Yes, absolutely.

Chiel: And if it's there again later, I will do it again.

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He may have his faults as a TP but Horner supports 👏🏼his👏🏼golden👏🏼boy👏🏼

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Franz 😂

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It's crazy how much my mood depends on how well Max does in F1😭

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it's the smile before answering the question for me

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GP: that’s pole position

Max: WAHAHA oh my god guys! Simply lovely that! Well done to everyone. And yes the car did come alive at night 😁😁

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Max Verstappen stormed to a surprise pole position in Qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix, the World Champion surging to P1 in the final moments to displace the McLaren duo of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri. Max Verstappen Pole Position in the headlines.

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You know how people keep trying to discredit the job Max did last year because he had a dominant car at the start of the season?

Max had the clear fastest car up until Miami. That's 5 races of which 1 was a mechanical DNF. So 4 races where he was able to build his lead.

We are now 3 races in with Mclaren clearly having the best car. Yet Norris still only has 1 point over Max.... And Piastri is 12 points behind him...

It should show the idiots out there that having the fastest car doesn't automatically garantee you success. And that Max's efforts last year can never be put down to just having the fastest car at the start of the season.

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post-race interview, GP Japan, 2025

"I don't even want to think about if I'd been in the other car."

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pole, GP Japan, 2025

GP: That's an incredible lap, Max. Stand-by. Gonna be tight with Piastri. And slow button on. That is insane! That is insane! Pole position.

Max: Yes let's go! Woohoo! Wow, what a lap! Yes, guys!

Christian: What a lap. What a lap, Max. Unbelievable. You've done it.

Max: Mate, this-- Wow, uh. Yeah, I'm really happy. Wow.

Christian: Pure class, mate. Pure class.

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150,5m by Domen in Zakopane

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And for 0.012, it's something incredible. It's something incredible! Max Verstappen! But pay attention to Piastri, because there's still him. 26.983 the time to beat. Oscar Piastri arrives and he's third! He's third! Ladies and gentlemen, Max Verstappen is incredible. He's IN-CRE-DI-BLE! He's IN-CRE-DI-BLE! 4th consecutive pole position in Suzuka! It's all his. He's phenomenal. Phenomenal. Max Verstappen! -from Sky Sport Italy

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My goat!