Max Verstappen's Jeddah Qualifying Crash: How Far Ahead Was He Really?
We take a closer look at Max Verstappen's Jeddah Qualifying crash and analyze just how far ahead he was of Lewis Hamilton before the accident. Using state-of-the-art CGI technology, we've animated Verstappen's lap to reveal the exact distance between him and Hamilton at the moment of impact.
This detailed analysis will provide you with an in-depth understanding of what happened and how it all unfolded.
If you're a Formula One fan, this video is a must-watch. We've used the latest technology to bring you an accurate and engaging analysis of one of the most talked-about incidents of the season.
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One of the things that made the lap so epic for me was how he was alone on the track. No traffic, no distractions, just pushing the car to the limit and the cameras trying to keep up
I still remember how Alonso couldn't continue his interview and kept looking at the screen just to watch the lap. It's like we all knew that something special was happening.
Reminded me of the old style qualifying. Really had the fighter pilot alone on track feel
Also with decorated drivers such as Fernando and Daniel looking at the lap in real time mid interview, grimacing each time that RBR was thrown into a corner and popped out the other side. Was a sight to behold, but the moment we started pushing wide of the hairpin, I knew it there and then something was going to happen. I’m just glad that I too, got to witness it in real time.
@@Marcoz588 I'd hardly call Daniel decorated. Alonso yes. But Daniel is one of the most mediocre driver of the last 10 years. He's a nice guy. But an average driver. Look at how little he's achieved in comparison to teammates in equal machines.
@@jrewillis fair comment. I mean in so far that he has been a top end finisher in the WDD a couple of times, is a 3 time pole winner and 8 times race winner with 32 podiums. He’s achieved noteworthy results and is no slouch, and he’s a much better driver than many others who’ve come through the sport in recent years. I agree though that his talent hasn’t shown much follow through, and good cars have flattered his deficiencies. Also I think he’s lacking certain qualities which could’ve otherwise have made him an exceptional driver. 👍
I’ll never forget Alonso’s reaction during the interview as he was watching the lap live. I think there being no run-off places for the majority of the track made the lap more epic.
Yes, what a moment! If the great Fernando reacts like this, something special is happening!
It was amazing to watch. Everyone was on the edge of their seats. Once for the ages considering the storyline in F1 up to that point. he was wringing the neck out of that car.
If you crash, it’s a shit lap. He ran out of talent and made a mistake.
This will go down as one of the greatest "What If" laps in F1. I think this is one of those instances where the car was driven closest to it's theoretical limit. whatta stunner!
Awesome we got to experience this. Watching it really felt like watching senna do a lap in quali. You could just feel everyone watching it and feeling that it was at the absolute limit.
It was stunning. I’d argue by virtue of the wall strike he did indeed go past the limit. But one of the best 3/4 laps there’s been in a while.
Charles Monaco'22 would be close
But at the time of the crash he wasn't ahead fanboi
If he lost the title this might have gone down as a what if lap. Now its just a moment where he got a bit loosey goosey under pressure
Beautiful animation. I really like you got rid of not important elements, keeping just the track layout and the cars.
Thanks so much! We'll keep improving them
it really was a beautiful thing with the music in the background...awesome stuff
Meanwhile the F1 broadcast: CROWD SHOT. TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT.
Couldn't agree more.
Two corners away from perfection… the first and the last. Didn’t realize how much better Lewis got power down out of turn 1
It wasn’t Lewis better power down, it was Max almost touching the wall after his tears sliding into it
@@oddy5868 LOL common lewis fan L
Well I'd hope so... they gave lewis a new engine almost every week for the last 6 races and just ate the 5 place grid spot cuz they'd just turn the engine to max and destroy it .. the only reason lewis was able to even catch max was because of that and .. well... 2 races in a row where they punted max off..
@@stephenfortin9485 Jesus Christ max fans love to pick and choose what moments happened and didn’t. They needed new engines cause max had the better car most of the season due to the Fia implementing rules to help high rake cars ie Red Bull. Both drivers raced extremely hard all season Lewis in silver stone and Max pushing both off in Brazil before just letting Lewis past that’s why it was one of the greatest seasons ever. Grow up and enjoy the two phenomenal drivers.
@@rondo_with_it5946 most of the season? why call out lies if youre following with one yourself?
This crash aged like fine wine, i bet if he didn't crash, it would be just remembered as a great qualifying lap but the crash combined with how strong and dominant mercedes had been in the later stages, he didn't leave a centimeter and each corner he was closer and closer to the barrier pushing his car to the limits and after seeing the purple sectors, being a redbull fan i was praying just bring it home now :)
well no.. the quali times were already damn fast. and they pushed it and pushed it... when lewis set his time that was unbelievable fast every one knew no one can beat that time and def not redbull because merc just better for that track.. in theory.. but then max made so much time good on second sector after he was so behind in first sector.. it was crazy to watch and unexplainable until hencrashed and we knew the car cant do it limits are reached i think even when max could take that corner the merc would still do a better time because of the momentum he carried and the way it was build.. it was just that moment of max going over the limit and he could bring it home but he didnt.. if he would have he would have a one nickname. ha would be considered the man that can drive over the Limits
it was superherocomic shit some badass anime moment but reality kicked in.. you also need the best car because the best driver only Drive a car to its limits and hold it there but even the best cant go over.
Oh please, red bull was still closely matched
@@penart8079It was obvious after Brazil that that Merc with the new engine was on a league of its own.
@@penart8079 It really wasn't
It actually looks like Max screwed up at corner entry - Lewis pretty much gained all the time back in that one corner before the collision even happened, which could probably explain why Max tried to gun it extra hard on corner exit
Max locked up front left tire and then hit the barrier, I guess the tires were dead from pushing so hard
@@FusionSK1 how can a tire be dead less than a 5 laps idiot
@@FusionSK1 Yep - even if Max had not collided with the wall, it would have been close (and Hamilton's perfect final corner and rocket PU would have most likely got him the pole) Of course this is assuming the data about the final corner is accurate and Max actually lost 0.3 s in that one corner.
@@officialvisaural not sure about that. You can see the delta going up slightly due to Max breaking WAY too late (he admitted so himself), but as he then goes deep into the corner and misses the apex by a mile, the delta moves back in Lewis' favour. I think if they braked at the exact same and both took the same line as Hamilton, the delta might reduce by 0.1 due to Lewis' engine but I don't think Hamilton would've taken pole if Max did not make this mistake
@@bobrautigam263 Yup looks like this is the correct take.
This lap allowed Jeddah to become an instant classic
That lap was historic. The whole pitlane had their eyes fixed on that redbull. Danny Ric and Alonso were being interviewed but they couldn't focus on the interview. Max was driving at the exact limit of the car. LEGENDARY!!!
Dude ain’t nothing historic about a god dam failed lap. Come on dude pushed way pass his limit and ended in failure as simple as that
@Guiltspeedsupra lol dumb
@guiltspeedsupra2036 Then why were so many people stunned by it? Yes, he failed... but he was absolutely on it up till that point. It was amazing to watch. Often, historic moments aren't created by victories... but failures where eveything was on the line. In this instance.. someone's performance was so on the edge, and so impressive until that point of failure... that it left an impression on people who watched it. And hung a question mark above it, like "what if?"
The 118 absolute losers who believe this garbage! If that was true, then every driver who has "binned it" on a quali lap was "at the exact limit of the car! Legendary!" NOT. Fact is, he fookin' binned it! Crashy was driving over the limit of the car! Stupid!
@@StevenYoung28 Because they are Crashy fanbois! Duh!
Can’t believe the level of detail on this videos. Thank you.
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Agree with everyone else, this was an absolutely EPIC lap. The culmination of that lap was brilliant, yet heartbreaking for Max. My humble opinion is that lap symbolized not only that entire season, but also made everyone realize just how gifted Max is. (Just my opinion, please don’t destroy me I’m just spouting stuff)
Well apart from the fact he didn’t finish the lap. As the great Michael Schumacher said, “first you have to finish”. That’s what Hamilton did. Yes it did show however his raw pace and to be virtually equal with the 7 time champion.
@@Jamo_7811 Ayrton Senna, Monaco 1988.
@@enriqueorganis ok? Relevance to what I said?
@@Jamo_7811 Senna didn't finish the race that year either, yet, it's considered one of the best drives in F1 history (specially his pole lap). He was leading his team mate by over 55 seconds when he crashed on lap 66. Prost played safe and won the race but he will always be remembered as Senna's biggest rival, not the other way around.
@@enriqueorganis yes but he crashed too and Michaels quote applies to that as well. You get no points by leading by a minute by lap 66 and then crashing or for an immense pole lap either.
That season I was a Hamilton diehard fan but when I saw this lap ,even I was excited. He was so fast and was so close to perfection
That season you were hamilton fan? what happened later? bandwagon? :P
@@sankhadeepburman9709 I support Aston now
@@humraazjaffri7395 Good!
@@sankhadeepburman9709Hamilton is the fakest person in f1, don’t even know how you like him
Really dig these videos, man. Hopefully one day you can show us how you make them; would love to see the process
Thanks so much! Maybe one day we'll see 👀
Amazing graphics. Thanks for putting this together
These are amazing videos. This one got you another sub.
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What an awesome animation you make. Good job! This is sick!
How have I not found these videos before?!! Love it. Subscribed.
This is a beautiful analysis.. nicely done!
Never seen such a good animated video on F1. Very good work.
Amaaaazing work, mate ! Want to see more !!!
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What an amazing animation. Nice work. That lap was one of the best laps, of not the best, lap I had ever seen. It’s a tragedy that it’s the lap that never was.
love the technology, great platform for a driver to see opportunities
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@@formulaaddict show some action ones like the fight with Alonso vs Lewis in the last race. Def show more action ones to show the lines they took etc
Hamilton had about 0.2s in hand the whole weekend it looked pretty well sealed. And then Verstappen absolutely sent it on this crazy track. All the drivers were watching, everybody including Hamilton fans were on the edge of their seats going "how tf is he doing this". He was up by 0.4s going into the final corner when he lost the back. Just one of those completely nuts laps people talk about for years even though he DNF'd.
Ver's sw peaked at -0.400 (four tenths up) right before he crashed. Absolutely insane.
Give me more of those vids.Excellent!!
Sweet! We need more of this!
you deserve a subscription for this, great video!
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These videos are fascinating - how are they made? Curious how you incorporate the actual data of the cars, etc.
I think Lewis’s lap was a little under appreciated. If you remember back to that quail session the team was struggling with warmup. So that lap was set at the end of a 6 lap period. 6 lap old soft tyres and a car that was fuelled heavily for those initial laps causing more wear. Granted if merc weren’t having warmup issues they could have been normal about it, but those softs were 6 laps old when he went flying.
One thing to mention too is that mercs were so much faster in s3 all over the weekend. That's why max tried to push to the limit on this curve. And Lewis made his lap with a lot of traffic ahead. One thing that borrows me more is that 2 years after we talk about this unfinished lap and not the dirty things Max did in the race to end the championship in this weekend.
@@FelipeVergili if you are telling about the Jeddah crash , How is Max responsible for the delay in transmission of Messages to Lewis !! That penalty to Max in Jeddah was totally injustice. Whereas in Brazil , Max 💯 deserved the penalty for pushing Lewis off track .
@@ananthu8534 Max is directly responsible for the warning received. He cutted the track in the first place. When given the possibility to give the position back to Lewis he tried to steal the DRS. If you search for his telemetry in the lap 37, Max pressed the brakes more when Hamilton was exactly behind him(wich causes the crash), and that's why he received 10 second penalty. This "delayed transmission" is bs to make things lighter for Max unsportsmanlike. Even Adrian Newey sad it was a brake test. The stewards were much more lenient in this penalty because that was the penultimate race of the championship.
You dont even need to rewatch it to realize how much of a spaceship that engine was in the straights
RB in 2021 did not have great top speed at all...........
@@Eric-rf1is he's talking about the Merc
@@isaacbaker4338 I thought it was obvious so I forgot to write I was talking about merc
Good on the straights, but in Jeddah taking in kerbs mattered alot more which the Mercedes couldn't cope with
@@cob-codeofbrawl7668 Lewis took the corner better than Max, thats why he gained time. Man whenever Lewis does something great, its the car. Whenever Max does something great, its all Max. You will all appriciate Lewis once he has retired.
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Amazing video
Great, I love this stuff. I hope we get more of that
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Need more of this stuff 😃
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Seems like Max got more out of a car that was slower on the straights. The merc has SO MUCH speed on the straights. The crash was a shame, but was a crazy season for so many reasons...
Lewis took the corner better. That's all. Adrian Newey said RB had the better car.
So much speed? Did you even watch the damn video
How do you even create these video? They look amazing!
@Formula Addict... you showed some variation in the racing lines on the graphic between the 2 cars... is it possible that you also had enough GPS data or something from which to trace the route the cars took, or are you recreation done by hand (IE from TV coverage and/or unboads)? either way thats fucken impressive mate!!!
For me it was one of the best quali attacks ever. Even if he crashed,it was godly .
True mesmerizing
You got to be new to f1 to believe that crap
don't be stupid even if he didn't crash lewis would still be ahead look how far max is from the apex that's why he crashed in the first place
Senna Monaco 1988…..
@F1gilles Over the limits in T1 & T2 , Lewis Fan .
As a Hamilton fan this lap If completed would go to the books of history what an amazing lap
Beautiful animation. Which software used for this?
He was pushing the car to it absolute limits, going full throttle at corners others wouldn't dare and you could feel it, that feeling was unbelievable......Confused, scared, adrenaline pumping, hope, mesmerized , disappointment.
One the best qualifying lap max was about to put and then boom! No animation video will make justice for that. How max took every last inch available and boy oh boy! Amazing it was. Alas, this ended as a big 'what if' lap in the end.
That lap showed us the glimpse of how fast a F1 car can be. The speed could be seen and felt.
Really cool animation!
Wicked video 👍
Thank you so much!
my all time favorite qualy
Hamilton's lap involved threading through a fair bit of traffic, what people really remember is how spectacular Verstappen's lap looked and he certainly was throwing it around right next to the walls.
Nice graphics. Sky did this sort of thing (ghost car) once between ham and ros with real life footage. Was really easy to compare quick laps rather than the side by side split screen they continue to persist with
This lap will go down as his equivalent to Senna’s incredible 1988 Monaco weekend where he dominated beyond belief before crashing.
Good video, would like to see more of these. Looks like Max would have easily done it
love to see this view sort after the session over ☺️
This is great nice one
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Love the animation!🎉
This is so relaxing to watch
Do a Classc f1 from the 90s vs current F1 , would be AWESOME
Can you do a Leclerc - Monaco 2022 (where Perez binned it, thus interrupting an iconic lap by Leclerc) ?
am i misremembering? i thought leclerc already had his pole lap down, and the perez incident stopped Sainz and Verstappen from completing their final lap
@@KumoGoesFast I got the same recollection.
@@KumoGoesFast Charles was on a second quali lap right when Perez crashed and gained quite a lot of time on his original lap (which had secured him pole), but had to interrupt it due to the red flag. Just checked highlights to recollect, he had just entered the tunnel, Perez was some distance behind, when he spun.
@@DimitarFCBM i gotcha, so all 3 were on laps looking to get pole, charles would have just improved his pole lap. I guess I dont remember that because Charles already secured pole and it didnt end up mattering because Ferrari Strategy TM
Max used too much tyre early in the lap, and ran out of grip at the end. Lewis was catching him in the last sector before Max binned it. Qualifying is about all three sectors, no point raving about the first two if you use all your grip and can’t close out the lap…
that jink at the end of turn 2 cost him 2 tenths and to think he made it all up in 3 turns later on…
What this doesn't show and what you should still rewatch from that qualifying: how close Max actually always drove the car to the walls - he was squeezing the absolute maximum out of the car and running more risk than anybody. If on the contrary you watch how Hamilton drove his car - he had a comfortable pace advantage there, so he drove with muuuuch safer distances, I think it looked like Max was 3-4 times the distance closer to the walls than Hamilton was. Which is insane. It clearly shows how much faster the mercedes was at that stage of the season and especially that race. And also that Hamilton was used to getting his championships in such comfort zone that he didn't even try to drive to the limits.
lewis' tyres were older remember
@@TheTororist and he much more to loose. He was quite a few points down. If he fk’d up and put it in the barrier Max would have won the championship there n then. But you wouldn’t expect these brainless wonders to understand…
Hamilton overtook quite a few cars in quali. He wasn't really in clean air. If he had tried to use every part of the track he probably would have crashed into someone
One of the best laps I’ve ever seen. The Merc clearly had a big advantage on the straights and Max was still going to snag pole if he didn’t lose it in the last corner
i really don't see any advantage on the straights on this video. They're pretty much on par on the straights.
@@timkasansky2528 exactly. I think the RB was faster on the straight
Much faster? In what world was it much faster? Do you have little goat turd droppings for eyes???
@@lanreolorunsola3059 In the early part of the season it was actually, but Mercedes caught up to them after Silverstone when they updated the W12's rear suspension geometry. That was what was holding them back so much.
Live I was on edge looking at it I thought Max had lost time in sector 1 when he slightly went off track. It looked risky all through
I was working in the paddock club & our lounge had Mercedes 's chief simulation analyst in our lounge & I remember how he (& everyone including us) were focused until Max crashed. That dude jumped out of his seat with excitement & then literally every one of us workers were like fuck since no of us were supporting Hamilton then
It's funny to see the revisionist history from Max fans about what happened in Jeddah 2021. It was Max and Red Bull that were topping the timing screens in practice and early qualifying sessions. In other words, Max was expected to get pole. It was actually a surprise that Lewis beat Max's first timed lap in Q3.
Congratulations on the music.
How come the gaps do not correspond with what we saw on the onboard footage? I.e. 0,107 after sector 1 and 0,244 after sector 2
Can you do a Singapore one? Unless you've already done it.
The DRS Delta on that Red Bull is insane!
That first sector is unbelievable. Max was down 0.46 and was still faster at the end of sector 1.
he was leaving no margin. and that's exactly why he crashed in the final corner. he buckled under the pressure like a little bitch. good thing Masi was there to hand the title to him anyway when he wasn't capable of winning it himself.
@@josephcote7702 Least toxic hamilton fan:
@@MDE_never_dies cause Max/RBR fans are noted for being notoriously non-toxic.
@@josephcote7702 Compared with Hamilton fans everyone is non-toxic, even Hamilton himself.
@F1gilles Literally just said that 💀
He hit the brakes too late which caused him to understeer and miss the apex which THEN in turn caused him to accelerate too hard on dead tyres and oversteer into the barrier. In other words he was ahead by more than two tenths before that corner and that is the result you should take from this video. People forget that hamiltons lap was still a very good lap and that THAT in and of itself contributes to why Maxs lap was so fascinating. I mean you can see for yourself how hard he had to push get that 0.250s advantage.
It would be cool to see the comparison to Perez lap too... Cheer! Nice video
He lost 4 tenth and found 6 tenth. That's incredible.
I like your videos but I would like to see this comparison in normal speed
at that particular corner lewis was already gained the advantage so the lap that max pulled out is just special in sector 2.
that is a superb use of telemetry - if what i am looking is proper data...
Thing that made the lap more interesting and amazing is how much he pushed the car to the limit
Outstanding graphics.
This is the driver performance engineers are thinking of when they spec the car.
Been watching f1 for 35 years and only been made to be on the edge of my seat few times. Watching max in that quali was truly amazing. I was holding my breath for almost the entire lap
This is great to see. Always thought Max just had to bring it home in the final corner. This shows that he was under pressure to nail it down since it was still close. It's a shame the new regs killed off this battle.
Amazing content. Keep it up and lets all have a great race today. Alonso to the top baby!!
as a formula 1 fan, i would like to add that everyone was talking about how beautifully verstappen drove there, Indeed it was great, apart from just driving fast when it comes to consistency and delivering under pressure I think Ham still got the upper hand.
One small suggestion...you can use plus and minus when different drivers are leading....or color code....otherwise an excellent animation
Good point! Thanks so much for the feedback 🙏
That was some amazing animation
Great to hear that you've enjoyed it! Thanks for your comment
You should add the year and date in the description. People have short memories
I k ow Max never finished the lap as he intended, I been watching F1 for over 30 yrs Max 2021 Q3 quali lap was the best I ever seen in the sport Live brilliance even crashing
and Monaco, without crash, is /was also out of the world…amazing.
The one thing that is clear right from the jump. Max uses so much more of the track than Lewis in this comparison.
He probably would have crashed into someone if he had used more of the track as he was in traffic
from 4 tenth behind in the first sector to 3 tenth ahead in the twisty and dangerous section? That's why is a banger lap.
he probably overheated the tyres by the time he got to the end, and a mistake is a mistake, having not to make mistake is part of the driving doesnt matter how far ahead you were.
Amazing visuals.
Great animation
F1 is a game of fine margins. The higher you push the limits the more finer the margins become. The amount of pushing done in the earlier part of the lap, decreased the chances of him finishing that lap without a crash. He was just too close to the limit and everything crumbled in that corner!!!
some say it was Verstappens best lap ever? finished in the wall, what a suprise
Lewis nailed that last hair pin and Max went just a little deep, guessing he knew it and tried to salvage the corner getting on the gas just a little too much. What a great contest it was.
Its so cool to see different approaches from different drivers.
Lost so much in T2 exit and gained a lot through the lap. Wonder what it would’ve been if everything went well, the perfect lap! Everyone would’ve gone mad.
I'm not an F1 expert but I think even if max was able to finish his lap, hamilton would still on pole because of that lock-up made max goes wide and losing a time, also on that final corner it's looks like hamilton have better exit. nevertheless still that is a greatest lap I've ever seen
The fact he crashed makes it even more iconic in my opinion, given the context… 6 point gap between Max and Lewis, penultimate race of the season… what drama!!
he crashed and tat makes it iconic? going over the limit?
@@TheTororist these lot have blinkers on
How amazing would it be to have this type of 3D visualization live during quali?
Live wouldn't be possible but we will be posting the Pole vs second place after the quali is done 🙂
Like him or not, Max is one great driver