How Max REINVENTED Schumacher's Driving Style
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Published 2023-09-09
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Max Verstappen has a REALLY distinctive driving style, and it reminds me A LOT of how Michael Schumacher drove. So much so, that Iāve been comparing their onboards, and itās been SUPER interesting.
Max Verstappen drives with a Schumacher style, but one thatās been adapted for the cars of now. Let me explain.
Schumacher drove with a distinctive style, he liked a lot of oversteer in his cars. Meaning he liked the balance of grip in the car to favour the front axle.
So he would like the aero balance, the weight distribution and rake of the car to all favour the front - giving him incredible front-end grip through the corners.
This meant he could rotate the car VERY quickly, pivoting it in the middle of the corner.
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All Comments (21)
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I do this when Iām shopping, I load the front of the trolly with all the heavy stuff, leaving a loose rear. Going into isles, I brake late and use the loose rear to rotate quickly into the isle. Not going to lie, misjudged this technique in the early days a few times, ended up inside the meat freezers. With a vegan wife you can imagine the despair this caused.
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Generational Talent. Undeniable.
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A couple of years ago, in a F1 Racing magazine they did an analysis of Schumi's driving style using Suzuka telemetry data, and it's pretty much what this video says, Michael would enter the corner with a huge velocity, use front grip to brake late and control rear slide midcorner with the throttle. Very smooth (at least with the steering wheel) and very fast. Also Michael was among the very first to embrace electronic drivers aids and adapted his driving style to maximize its effect, nowadays driving aids have been banned so it's difficult to compare both drivers but they share some traits.
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Max reminds me of Michael in more ways than just driving styles. Maybe Jos learned from his good friend Michael and imparted that knowledge to young Max ? Sadly Michael didnāt get the chance to guide young Mick through his F1 career š¢
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I always said that when Schumi held baby Max his talent went to Max
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Max, Micheal and senna both make the car dance. Top 3 talents of all time
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These episodes of driver61, where Scott takes us into his genius analysis of driving styles, are some of my favorite.
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We would love an analisys on Albon and how he is managing to get the results he is getting in a William's!
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Would love to see a comparison of the driving styles of Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc. Almost opposite styles with very similar results in the same car, could be fascinating
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Iv thought this for years. I was blessed to watch all the Schumi years, and by far Max reminds me most of him. Driving ability and style, and of course that teflon exterior too š
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The Haas is unstable at the rear which Hulk uses to his advantage over a flying lap. Similar to Max, Nico can rotate the car early and carry more speed out whereas K-Mag canāt deal with the instability.
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This is what Peter Windsor calls 'short corner driving'. You should do an episode with him.
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I genuinely think this is why Max has mostly been a teammate killer, Red Bull builds oversteery cars because it's inherently faster and there're far fewer driver's who are able to make that work to Max's level.
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2001 suzuka pole is one of the best quali performances of all time. Its just breathtaking to watch. Such speed for over 20 years ago..
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First time when i see how Max driving, instantly reminded me of Schumacher.
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Max is Michaelās heir and the best driver since the š left the sport. Itās absolutely amazing to see a driver of the same calibre as Schumacher and Senna again.
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man i'd love to see michael again, its such a shame what happened to him, if he was alright i'd see him still involved in the sport in some shape or form.
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There was an interesting video recently on the Red Bull Motorsports channel, where Verstappen learns to drift. It's amazing to see how quickly he picks it up. About as far removed as you can get from driving an F1 car, yet he has a feel for it.
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People have no idea that Max has the MOST KARTING NR 1 titles of the entire grid, have way BETTER RESULTS than any other driver including Lewis Hamilton or Alonso and even Schumacher! Time will reveal what phenomena he truly is.
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Max is as complete a driver as Michael was. He has the pace , ability to adapt and an amazing winning attitude The only thing missing is he is not from uk. That's the reason for the bad rep he gets.