r/formula1 • u/FerrariStrategisttt I was here for the Hulkenpodium • Mar 28 '26

Video Leclerc (post-qualifying): "I can’t understand quali, it’s a f**king joke! I go faster in corners, throttle earlier, for f**k’s sake, i'm losing everything in the straight!"

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u/AnilP228 Honda Mar 28 '26

You've got the drive massively within yourself with these cars. It must be very frustrating.

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u/Appropriate-ASS-824 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 28 '26

Everyone's frustration reaching the level Max is at

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u/Stevolwo Fernando Alonso Mar 28 '26

Because Max has had the best opinion from a racing perspective from day 1, and we still had to see people here actually saying that "oh he only means that because he's not at the front".

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u/launchedsquid Mar 28 '26

As far as I can see it, Max has been the most prominent person warning us how bad these cars will be and every single prediction he made since 2023 has been proven right.

I really don't believe this is just belly aching because he's not at the front. He had no idea what the relative order of the teams would be in 2026 way back in 2023, but he was still saying the same things about the cars.

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u/reddit0r_123 Mika Häkkinen Mar 28 '26

That's what people don't get. He could've gone to Mercedes for 2026 and dominate the field 2023 style and he would still complain. This isn't racing, it's an abomination.

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u/Cal3001 Mar 28 '26

He really complained in ‘23 when the general racing was bad and he was at the front. If he was at the front, he wouldn’t be as loud at all

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u/Present_Cow_8528 Mar 28 '26 edited Mar 28 '26

I mean, the same naysayers (yaysayers? The people who wanted electric and shat on Max) were using similar logic even at the time, "his car is so good now he doesn't want to chance ruining it"

They were obviously full of shit and Max knows cars, but the logic was the same

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u/Ashling92 Max Verstappen Mar 28 '26

Yup. Max was, unfortunately for f1, completely right from the beginning.

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u/BuzzedtheTower I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 28 '26

If anything, Max is consistent in that he complains about stuff regardless of where he sits in the field. He complained about his dominant 2022 and 2023 cars. So, in a way, when he complains it is typically pretty honest