New F1 Fan Starting to become “Max-curious”
Hi everyone. So I’m a new F1 fan. I started with the Brad Pitt movie which was ok but pretty generic. Then I saw lots of people say the actual racing was much much better so I’ve been watching this season and old seasons online and holy crap this sport is awesome.
And of the seasons I’ve watched… max is the one who has appealed to me the most. I like his straightforward personality, and I love his aggressive driving style. Most of the best drivers (Alonso, Hamilton) have amazing moments but max consistently is the one who has made me go “holy shit what a move” the most often. So I’ve got a few questions!
First, what races do you think are Max’s best, especially underrated ones. I’ve watched some of his legendary ones like Brazil 2024, Brazil 2025, and Brazil 2016, Spain 2016, and Imola 2025.
Second, what specific moves of max’s career have been the best. Things like the final lap pass in AD ‘21, the overtake on Lewis this year at Hungary, and the jaw-dropping move at Imola 25.
Third, what are some moves made by other drivers that made your jaw drop similar to some of max’s moves. I recently saw a clip of Hakkinen’s “overtake of the century” and that left me in complete amazement. Another one was Alonso’s move on Schumacher in Japan ‘05.
Finally, this is a bit of a controversial one what’s up with so many people still complaining about Abu Dhabi ‘21, I get that there was a significant incorrect decision, but aren’t incorrect decisions by stewards/refs also part of sports? When I played sports as a kid my dad always told me “if you leave it up to the refs then you could have done something differently”. I get that it’s frustrating for LH and his fans but you can’t delegitimize an entire season’s worth of a championship over it unless there was some sort of consistent bias for Max in 2021 that lasted throughout the season rather than a mistake in the final race. Am I missing something here? (maybe this is the wrong place to ask lol considering what subreddit this is but I’m still curious to what you all might say!)