Lewis Hamilton is the king of late braking and that makes his driving style almost impossible to replicate even in the slightest. only drivers comparable are Senna and Juan Pablo Montoya. Bringing Mercedes the legacy of a lifetime and winning with McLaren all because of the unstoppable force that is Lewis Hamilton.
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This needs to be a series. driving styles are such a fascinating part of what makes a driver achieve the things he does.
I have 4 so far :) one on Albon others on Alonso and max and this one ❤️
@@F1Unchained Albon’s style is super fascinating. i’d love to see how he extracts performance out of this year’s williams cuz it’s So bad in the corners. at one of the quali sessions at Abu Dhabi, albon was like 2 tenths up on the fastest time on the board, going into sector 3. he came out 3 tenths behind. man lost half a second in the section which has the most turns.
@@F1Unchained max talent does not come from himself,if you had a father who already was in formula 1,he tortured max so much,poor boy could not live his childhood,he owns everything to his father,at the young age driving in formula 1 never heard before,lewis had not such a racing father..lewis talent comes from himself..
I remember when the tyres are still those durable Bridgestones, Hamilton is able to snatch poles by braking to the absolute limit or even past the limit as he lock up ever so slightly into the corners and yet still hits the apex perfectly everytime. Some even say that he has natural ABS in his feet, clearly better than an actual ABS because he brake so late to the point of lock ups.
Having confidence in the car either when braking, on the power or just leaning on the front or rear through some corners makes a huge difference to lap times. Hamilton style of driving and how the car gives you confidence has shown that over the past 2 years, imagine not being able to trust the braking performance or rear end at 200mph. All that whilst trying to get the maximum out of the car, must be difficult when it does feel planted underneath you.
Absolutely
I thought Spain 2021 was a good comparison between Lewis and Max's driving styles because the cars we pretty much even there unlike the other tracks where it was one car or the other. Imola qualifying where multiple cars had a shot but Lewis still came out on top by a couple of hundreths as well like in Spain.
True I looked at those as well to get more info on comparing the two
Spain 2021 merc were faster. They boxed ham so he could use that extra pace instead of being stuck behind losing time
@@nobody5372 yeah but hamilton even at 2021 was not his prime, prime was 2017/2018, being good on the brakes kinda fades as you get old as your reactions leave you
@@GhostonKZhead201xdon’t understand this comment. The reaction times that we get at the start of the race when the green lights signal go are the same for Lewis and Fernando as for everyone else. In fact they are often the fastest starters and reaction times. 👀
@@lekudos it’s not the same when you get older, your twitch fibers show down, otherwise athletes would still be as quick in their 40s as 20s
That was the closest I’ve seen anyone came at describing Hamilton driving style. But again, it’s not even covering half of what he’s capable of doing. Throwing fastest laps at the end of a GP with 20+ laps old tyres, taking a car on three wheels to complete a whole lap to win a GP. His qualifying at Styria where he blitzed the nearest competition by 1.2 seconds, his qualifying lap in Singapore 2019 where beat a super computer simulator. And so many more genius moments that no other drivers came even close to. He’s the best driver of all time. Kudos for this video. You need to do an in-depth analysis of his driving style by analysing his performances throughout his career. Multi-chapter episodes.
His career is nothing less then special hard to cover a man that’s done it all
half of the stuff you described is either personal POV os straight up fallacy.
This was one of the better "how they do it" videos I've seen in F1. Thank you!
❤️❤️ thank you my friend
Really well done breakdown of his style and driving characteristics. I could watch this on every interesting driver we have. Great episode!
I gotta do your boy at some point 😉
Great video! Thank you for keeping us entertained during the offseason!
Always :)
Thanks as always, to pump out quality content ❤
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❤❤❤ beautifully constructed video, I enjoyed watching it.
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Excellent analysis! Great video... Thank you!
as always bro, unbiased and to the point. u killed this vid!
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Great video and different in terms of content. keep up the good work mate. Would love to see you do some other drivers in the off season
Planning on it and yeah one of 4 so far :)
You have the best F1 website because of who you are. Your extremely objective in your analysis of Teams, cars drivers etc. and it's refreshing to listen to your opinions. My favorite driver is Jimmy Clark who has been universally hailed as the greatest natural driver ever. Jackie Stewart would say Jimmy could never explain the way he drove because it something he just did he was never trained. A F1 driver stood at a turn and observed all the drivers braking at this turn and said that Jimmy would start braking after everyone else stopped braking and you would never hear his calipers clasp because he was so light on his brakes. Graham Hill was his teammate in 1967 and changed his brake pads after every race but Jimmy could go 3 or 4 races without changing pads. The Lotus mechanics would brake down the transmissions after every race and Hill was shifting at the Max RPMs was 10,000 and Jimmy was shifting at 8500 and would still drive the car faster than Hill. A Dunlap engineer said Jimmy was the only driver that all 4 tires would wear evenly and Jimmy driving style was to turn the car in early. Your analysis of Lewis is great and the people in the paddock know who the best drivers are. I believe Max drives against Lewis hard because he actually knows that Lewis has a style that can beat him.
Lewis has the better overtaking style on max 100% and I love how you explained everything about jimmy I have to do more research on him because that sounds so interesting. Thank you so much for watching im glad you feel this way ❤️❤️
Good video again😍 keep them coming!
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Fire as always bro!!❤🔥🔥❤🔥🔥
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Wow , you got me even more interested in the new season . I can’t Wait to see the cars , drivers , teams and get some good hard racing action .😊❤
This is exactly what I wanted glad you feel that way my friend ❤️
Great video!
Happy new year man! Looking forward to your videos in 2024
Happy new year my brotha will be out in about 9 hours :)
Wow that's a very great Videos, keep that Coming thanks
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Really appreciate your channel and all the knowledge and effort you put into researching your topics. This was a great analysis of Hamilton's driving style.
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Appreciate this video
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Great video....love it❤
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Nice work thorough video
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Goat ANALYSIS as always.
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such a great video
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Ayyy, new f1unchained video, let’s goooo
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Great *ucking video! ... this channel is amazing keep them coming 👏🙌👌
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Man this is such a good video. So well researched and written. you’re genuinely one of the most underrated channels on youtube
❤️❤️ thank you my friend
Great video! Really enjoyed it, different from the usual stuff you put out, but great!
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This is exactly what I’ve been waiting for. Thanks. The understeer method is very interesting, but clearly works. What’s ur driving style preference F1Unchained ?
❤️❤️ haha when I drive in the game I like slight understeer :(
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@@F1Unchainedwoah understeer, very interesting
On point, as usual. Excellent video. This should become a series, driver by driver and also covering other categories the driver races - if any. Driving styles is very important and most often under estimmated. ** Danny Ric also has similarities to LH style driving.
I’m definitely thinking about covering the HoneyBadger :)
Danny ric's driving style is completely different from Lewis. He like to drive an oversteer-ish car and prefers an oversteery set up. Basically, he and max has the same driving style
@@shaikhanis3193 You are completely out of context dude. Very little dealt with over/under steer. It was about BRAKING .... LATE BRAKING, amlost extreme late braking. There are 2 GOATs on the grid for this, LH and DR. But to take your comment inclusively, both drivers prefer a balanced car that is centered from the driver rather than displacing the center according to weight or aero pressure - ie where the most assumed stable grip is.
@@cococalmbro, actually you are wrong, DR is one of the earliest to brake for a corner
I’ve seen other channels do videos of this kind, but this one’s the most comprehensive, and the most well written i’ve seen. kudos man, you’re doing good work
Thank you my friend for always being around something I won’t forget
@@F1Unchained ofcourse man. i know how hard content creation is, i do it over on instagram. New quality content like yours is few and far between. i’mma be around for as long as you make stuff
Great video , they are complete opposite and are both adaptable and are able to create a stable platform in the car (same with Charles ) which sets them 3 apart from the rest of the grid.
Absolutely all beasts
This was informative, we need more of such videos.
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Thank you for bringing those analysis on LH. It helps refresh the mind. The edits are so cool. P.s baby Lewis was cute.
That triple overtake on karting was fire though
The perfect set up
This is why when people saying driving styles comes down to understeer or oversteer only I shake my head There’s so much more to driving styles, Lewis style has never been oversteer/understeer biased but braking confidence and feeling of the brakes If he doesn’t feel confidence under braking he loses lap time the W13-W14 suspension layout was not the best hence some 1 lap inconsistencies
I find that a lot of the people that oversimplify the two styles in this binary, non nuanced way are usually indulging in fandom to argue one style is better than the other therefore driver A is superior to driver B. The key takeaway word from this video is adaptability.
@@Karma2Babylon Yup exactly this, generally oversteer is faster than understeer but there’s so many nuances to driving fast The quickest way to make time in a lap is your braking performance and exit speeds it’s all about trade off the two to generate lap time Oversteer might help you rotate the car better and understeer might help you achieve a higher apex speed Many try break down a 3D problem into only oversteer and understeer Adaptability as you said is key as well because rarely will you have the car exactly where you want
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I think the best way to demonstrate this would be to paint a line where a wheel went through the turn between Lewis and Max that is color coded with the speeds to tell the differences.
"legends like Senna and Montoya" I loved JPM, but don't think he's quite in the same legendary category as Senna et al. That said, I have a very fond memory of the day that Montoya taught F1 that it's smart to pit under safety car. This was when safety car was still kinda new to F1, the full-course yellow came out and JPM immediately dived for the pits, being familiar with the idea from NASCAR and Indycar. The commentators didn't get it, they were all "oh! it must be a problem for Montoya!....wait no, he's on his way, what was that all about?" and then as the stint wore on and the track position sorted itself out to JPM's advantage, then they were like "that's actually worked out rather well for Montoya". Not often you get to see strategic doctrine in F1 evolve before your very eyes like that.
I agree they definitely aren’t same level but they are both comparable to Lewis. To me tho I think Pablo is just incredible
Montoya was a beast on the brakes to be fair absolute ragged commitment His 2002 pole lap in Canada is one of my favourite pole laps of all time
I'm a bit confused. Isn't the late braking style also the V-shape cornering style? I say this because on both occasions, the minimum speed is lower than the U-shape cornering technique. Or are you referring to the long and short corner style coined by people like Peter Windsor?
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I was about to say better mention JPM cause he is the latest braker i ever seen along with NPJ love video though Lewis is GOAT but Senna is F1
JPM is probably my favorite highlight reel of a driver ever. Senna to me is also f1, also schumi
Behind every great sportsman is a strict parent
Basically… he’s got the biggest balls 😂
A very good way to put it hahaha
could you do norris and piastri's driving styles as well?
I made a video comparing them but I could definitely do a separate. I’m thinking Piastri right now
@@F1Unchained ohhh sorry man. I am watching that in-depth comparison thanks man
Next one needs to be Leclerc. He has a unique style and is fun to watch.
Somebody I’m definitely planning on he’s super fun to watch
The greatest of all time
Definitely up there
Um... there are two corners with heavy braking at Silverstone and in both cases time is gained by optimizing the exit.
How does that physically work though? How did he eventually make the corner?
Man keeping us entertained in the F1 off season 😭 tysm dude
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Hope he has more success at Ferrari next year, as this season is pretty much a bust unless something drastic happens. It’s pretty clear Merc is tailoring their car to George now, especially so with Lewis leaving.
And people wonder why he struggled so much with the W13 and W14. Both cars are very inconsistent under breaking so that kills confidence.
the W14 is better than the W13, but it's far less predictable (the W13 was just slow), which means it needs to be set up right to get the most out of it
Can you cover Leclerc?
Plan too :)
But for what no disrespect but he is not ready for that yet in my opinion he is a very driver though
Good video, but lewis is actually considered an early braker too
Good video, cool delve into "ONE" of Hamiltons many talents/skills....because if you really think that its just "Late Braking" that has earned Lewis his 7 championships (and many others records/achievements), you know nothing about racing or competitive motorsports in general lol. But good video
FIRE INTRO PLEAESE MAKE THIS INTO A SERIES GREAT VIDEO
I have some put currently with Albon and Alonso and max :) ❤️
@Perqtalking455. Hey hater. Why don’t you let everyone know how much of hater you are. When some types first @ F1 News Taticalrab channel……
yo no offence, but isn't DR3 "last of the late brakers"
People usually think this because of overtaking but he actually brakes early usually
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Good stuff. You should do one on Nigel Mansell. He basically pinoneered the trail braking line, the fast tight in, lower apex speed, fast tight out line. Overall time is about the same, but the line is physically shorter. Lewis drives similar (but not the same of course). One of the reasons Mansell was so good at overtaking and drafting (faster exits, less time loss following another car through corners). Senna had his own technique but would adapt the Mansell line when required after following him in Jerez 1986.
Well he can't adapt now huh? ... With the overspending and mechanical help now he is known as Midfieldelton
King of braking?? Who leaves "Brake Magic" on for a restart?? 😅😅😅
wow you really thought you did something there
@Kiangroenewald ooooo oh no my feelings, pls don't
Very nice and well-made video, thank you for your efforts and well done. Although I'm a big Fernando fan and don't agree with some of your points, I have to admit that over one lap, Lewis is the fastest driver I’ve ever seen in the past two decades or so! In my opinion, in these past few years, only Charles came close to him.
All his points are valid you just don't want to believe it lmao this dude is an engineer and everyone in the paddock knows Lewis is the latest on the brakes just watch his early career when he locks up to rotate the car and gets the car stopped. He was known as the Abs master in his Bridgestone days.
@@flintey360 slow down dude, how do you know I don’t agree with what part?!!! I don’t have any problem with what he said about Lewis and if you read my comment correctly you could see I praised him as the best! FYI I’m a racing driver myself!!! Lol Lewis Fanboys 🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️😅
@@Arash14and who are you racing for
@@Axelsantander-wf8lo I’m not racing anymore now but I was racing in GT category, and I was a test driver for Risi Competizione!
Fernando driving style meanwhile might be the most unique style to ever work lol I’ve never seen a driver want to induce a lot of understeer in a high level formula car before him that plus the Michelin was perfection Also shows how good Michelin were at tires when you had two drivers with the most completely different driving styles in Alonso and Kimi thrive
So much better than the _scum_ in every single way.
STILL WE RISE
Isn’t Max the best at braking? From Peter Windsor point of view Max is. So I don’t know anymore.
I don’t think I’ve ever heard Peter say that and I’ve been following PW for a long time.
Max is a notorious early braker go to the video about Max's style. It's a known fact Lewis is the latest on the brakes everyone knows that
His dad wasnt even in f1 nor did he grow up rich. Such a different upbrining. PURE TALENT.
Agreed amazing character and driver
Sir Lewis Hamilton, greatest of ALL time, 100%. That man is a magician on the circuit- absolutely spectacular!
Hamilton style is comparable to Marquez in MotoGP both are late brakers.
True both amazing
Talking about 'late breakers'? We thought Danny Ricardo was one the best late breakers!!! Surprised to hear that Lulu was also a late breaker!!
Dude there's a difference between overtaking and late braking into corners and getting stopped like Lewis does...
@@flintey360 Agreed ..... but ........ the benchmark for 'late breakers' has to be Danny........ not LH.
Hopefully Merc gets the rear suspension right on the W15 so Lewis can regain that confidence in the car🤞🏾🤞🏾🤞🏾
Watching F1 since 1984 and no other driver I've seen up until now has ever sent shock waves through out the motorsports world and F1 unlike this guy Hamilton nobody does F1 or knows how to drive better than him with a raw natural talent as you have got to be born with it and that Lewis guy from England is the best goat driver guy and it even goes without saying
His style is very unique means his doing more thinking then anyone eles there is only 1 other driver thats on this scale of thinking and thats Alonso his a master in his own rgt real driving skill and why max the sim driver has no answer to lol lewis in the same car beats max 100% of the time because lewis style is upgradable maxs style is robotic and boring
King of braking yes sure 2021 Baku
Cherry picking
Clearly you don't know much about F1 which is understandable for a new fan
There is no comparison between Senna & Lulu's driving styles........ even if you sink a dozen beers, Lulu could never come close to matching Senna's driving style or ability. Senna could make a third rate F1 car win races by exceeding the car's limitations. Lulu has proved that, if he is not given a competitive car & a team that listens to him, he is a mid field driver. Please don't insult Senna by saying Lulu is anywhere near as good as he is. Thanks mate
You don't even know anything about F1 no facts to back up your odd statement. And Lewis is easily the latest braker in F1. Anyone in the paddock knows that although I would expect much from a DTS fan 😂
@@flintey360 Ha-ha!!! Any LH fan would agree with you...... but actual statistics don't support that claim. ha-ha
@@midas7394 What 103 wins 104 pole positions😄 aren't stats
@flintey360 Yes. They are amazing stats but they don't highlight Lulu's driving skills. For 6 of those 7 titles, Lulu's car was ,without doubt the team & car on track. His special driving skills were seldom tested during that period. Now Lulu has a troubled team, with an enormous anchor (GR) & a mid field car ...... like Senna had ...... the only difference being that Senna could win races while Lulu lingers in the middle of the pack. Admittedly Lulu's job is 300% more difficult that Senna's as 80% is controlled by high technology gizmo's. Haha ☺️
LEWIS WILL ALWAYS BE THE BEST DOSENT MATTER IF MAX WINS 20 TITLES
What an absolute load of rubbish. Lewis was a fully sponsored go kart driver from a very early age. And the reason he is a 7 times world champ is because he drove the best car to ever exist in the sport.
I understand for a DTS fan you don't know much about F1 which is understandable. Go watch F1 tutorials because there's no way someone could be that stupid 😂
After 2023 we see how merc f’ed him
I disagree and I don't believe you are even half as informed on Lewis's driving style as you think you are.
It’s okay to disagree but do you research and come back to me :)
@@F1Unchained My diagreement with your opinion comes from a position of research, not a lack of any. From what I saw in the first half of the video that I watch, you've picked comments he or others have said to support your position while ignoring those that contradict it. for example you use the story that Lewis likes to tell of his dad getting him to brake later, but ignore the comments he makes about being comfortable with an oversteery car. It's this innate talent to balance the car on the nose while braking into a corner that makes him so deadly. It's not late braking and a preference for understeer at all. The fact you believe Lewis wants understeer just goes to show your apparent lack of understanding of why, when asked recently, all F1 drivers said if given the choice, would prefer an oversteery car rather than an understeery car. I believe It can be summed up in one word: *rotation.* F1 drivers pay for lessons from famed F1 driver coach Rob Wilson to literally learn to do what Lewis does naturally; what he terms "shortening the corner" by balancing the car on the nose while trail braking. Understeer literally puts more load on the tires which is why it's something lesser drivers ask for to add more stability to cars. Just look at Checo. What does he want? More stability. Why? Because he can't handle the oversteery setup hat Max exploits to balance the car on the nose into a corner and has to dial it out with understeer. And what is the result? He qualifies like hes in a midfield team. If you still don't believe me, just watch F1 coach Rob Wilson's bestie Peter Windsor (ex team principal) talk about Short Corners endlessly in his livestreams and videos.
I mean even with probably being the luckiest driver in history in terms of having cars capable of winning I think there is no doubt that he has to be good at something, surprise. I admit I have never been a fan and that's because of some of his questionable statements, not anything of the social ones, they are annoying, sure, but they are still somewhere right. As a true F1 or even motorsport fan at all you simply have to agree that it is almost impossible that he is not in the top 10 of best F1 drivers in history, most likely top 5. People argue who is the GOAT all the time and some saying every era has a GOAT is bs. There definitely is only 1 GOAT, but again it's pretty much impossible to really know who it is. There is so much to be considered. However why is it then that Ricciardo is the one known for outrageous late breaking overtakes? Lewis might be even better than him, as a "normal" F1 fan I can't really tell, but I doubt that Daniel is nowhere near Lewis in that regard.
King of crying more like
The king of late braking is Verstappen, that is the only way nobody can pass him. Hamilton is far from great braking. I see you are so obsessed with hamilton, hence I will never subscribe to this channel!
You my friend have no clue what you’re taking about :). I love Verstappen but he dosent brake late at all, actually quite in fact the total opposite. Maybe check out my driving style video that came out about Verstappen before Lewis. Am I now obsessed with max?
typical max fan, iq of 0
@@F1UnchainedMax is an early braker, the caveat is he doesn't brake fully, and then he adjust throughout the corner. Hence, the op is wrong. But i dont understand your tone of "I love Max but... ". Why do i sense an insinuation of lake braking being the superior skill?
Lewis hamilton is very big in the US/Hollywood Seen on big yachts with "The world's hottest Felon" Jeremy Meeks and the Kardashians ⛴️