I don't watch hardly any racing. Just don't have the attention span anymore.
Happened to turn on Hulu today and the Hungarian GP was on. Kind of boring other than doing a pitstop in 1.9s. that's crazy.
One thing is Verstappen is way ahead of everyone else and has won 7 consecutive races. I figure the Red Bull car is faster, but he's 35s faster than his teammate. I imagine they have identical cars. Maybe a little different setup. F1 drivers are arguably already the best of the best.
What makes him that much quicker where the margins between drivers are very slim?
The red bull this year is actually faster than everyone else. Top speeds are higher, and the DRS difference is even higher. You can see it when Max and Perez are making the pass on the straight before the corner even happens just from the sheer difference in speed. The car has also been pretty gentle on tires so they're able to drive more aggressively and still stay out longer on a set than everyone else. The pit crew is flawless, the strategy is flawless, and one of the drivers has been flawless.
In terms of why Max is faster than this teammate, people will say part of it is because the car was built around him, but the honest truth is because he's that much better. Having the best car makes it easier to win races, but you still need the talent to win. If you don't believe me look at the difference in performance between Max and Perez in the exact same car. Red bull has the best car by a mile this year but Max is also at the top of his game and is able to get the absolute best out of that car. Perez is too busy crashing in qualifying and having to fight his way up from P15 each race.
That said in Hungry Max had two pitstop where he was so far ahead of everyone else he pitted in P1 and exited the pits STILL IN P1! It's just a race to see who will end up P2 at this point. I'm happy to see McLaren up there.