People talking about ‘villains of the sport’ - the true villain was Sebastian Vettel
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Bring back racing on track no matter the rain
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If you swerve into another driver, do it with your chest. Do it with conviction. Do it like Vettel 🐐
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Top 5 most wins for Ferrari:
1. Schumacher - 72 wins
2. Lauda - 15 wins
3. Vettel - 14 wins
4. Ascari - 13 wins
5. Alonso/Massa - 11 wins
Third on the list yet people barely speak about his Ferrari stint in a positive light?
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When his response is ‘backstabber’ and ‘loser’ to legitimate criticism, that only further reinforces the fact he’s an irrational bully lmao
🚨 | Max Verstappen claps back at George Russell who claimed he is a bully:
"Yes, but George is a backstabber. That he brings all this stuff up. He's just a loser. He lies and pastes all kinds of things together that aren't true."
"I only gave my opinion about his behavior with the stewards. He's clearly not into that. What he said about 2021, that's how it went down with the stewards. He insinuates a lot of things that don't make sense."
When told that Russell has tears in his eyes at one point, Verstappen cannot suppress a smile. "It wasn't that dramatic at the stewards last week. Maybe next time it will be, then I'll bring tissues."
#F1 #AbuDhabiGP
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Vettel 2020:
8-2 down in qualifying after 10 races
Hamilton 2024:
8-1 down in qualifying after 9 races
Fascinating how different the narrative is
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If you can’t identify these you need to stop watching the sport
Scenes from the sky 😍
Can you identify these four tracks we've already raced at in 2024 from our heli shots? 🚁📸
#F1
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I actually enjoy the strategic side of the Monaco GP idc what these adhd Tik tok kids think
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“One week they love me, next week they hate me. Both weeks I got paid”
- Sebastian Vettel
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Respect to Seb fans who stick with him through thick and thin.
He could DNF every race this season, but my support will remain the exact same it was back in 2010.
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Bending over backwards for someone who has zero respect for you on track is why you’re destined to remain championship-less you dumb fuck
Lando Norris defends Max amid the Russell argument
"I don't think Max tries to intimidate, he just says the truth in his opinion. A lot of the time he says the truth about things and people don't like to hear the truth nowadays in life. He is honest and just gives his opinion."
[@SkySportsF1]
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15 poles in a season
Youngest 1, 2, 3 and 4 time champion
Youngest pole sitter
Youngest runner up
Most consecutive grand slams
50+ podiums for 2 teams
First non-Merc engine pole in V6TH era
First Toro Rosso win
First Red Bull win
First AM podium
Youngest to score a double
Youngest to score a hat trick
Most wins from pole in a season
Most laps led in a season
Biggest gap over 2nd in championship
Most wins in India, Valencia, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore
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Hear me out - George Russell has been the best driver this season and by quite a margin
GEORGE RUSSELL WINS IN CANADA! 👏🏆
A controlled victory for the Mercedes driver who withstands the pressure from Max Verstappen behind 💪
#F1 #CanadianGP
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The most overrated non-champion in F1 history and I’m being deadass
Total frustration for Leclerc at the climax to qualifying 😤
He did well to keep his car out of the barriers 😵
#F1 #CanadianGP
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Vettel started from the pit lane, pulled off the BEST moves off the race, got screwed over by strategy and was on course for back to back P8’s. In an AMR22.
Only for it to get taken away by someone else’s incompetence.
He was amazing today.
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6 seasons at Red Bull each. Vettel is by far the greatest RB driver in their history and it will stay like that.
Put some respect on his name.
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The V8 era was the only period where Vettel, Hamilton and Alonso all had race winning and title contending cars at the same time
Vettel came out on top and the most successful despite rigorous competition
Yet people act like he’s not on their level?
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Alonso rejected Red Bull when Vettel was driving for them
Alonso is now rejecting Red Bull with Verstappen driving for them
🤔
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‘Vettel is a one car wonder’
‘Newey merchant’
He’s scored a podium in every full season he’s been in.
Gave Toro Rosso and RB their first wins.
Gave AM their first podium and has the third most wins in Ferrari history.
He’s competed at the top across multiple eras.
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How Lewis fans view Schumacher’s, Vettel’s and Verstappen’s teammates vs how they view Lewis’ teammates:
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Felipe Meira
Seb Loeb, arguably the greatest rally driver, lost a course by 1.2 seconds. Radio silence.
Vettel gets knocked out in the quarter finals, having never driven competitively in the snow. People slander him?
Make it make sense.
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Vettel wins in dominant car - it’s all the car ✅
Vettel makes biggest title comebacks in 2010 and 2012 in non dominant cars - it’s all the car✅
Vettel holds multiple records to this day - it’s all the car✅
Vettel has a bad season - it’s all the driver 🧐
Fascinating
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The gap between a top and midfield driver is accentuated further when in a top car compared to a midfield car.
Leclerc and Sainz is an example. When the car is in the midfield the gap between them seems ‘closer’, but with a top car Leclerc dominates.
With Fernando Alonso leading the Aston Martin charge and Lance Stroll struggling to keep up, F1 pundit Peter Windsor says this does not reflect well on Stroll’s former team-mate Sebastian Vettel.
#FernandoAlonso #astonmartin #Formula1 #f1
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Youngest pole sitter ✅
Youngest runner-up ✅
Youngest champion ✅
Youngest quadruple champion ✅
Sebastian Vettel 🐐
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Seb is 7 tenths ahead of Lewis in a tractor. It’s no wonder TeamLH thought Ferrari were the fastest in 17/18 💀💀
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Alonso’s F1 win drought is longer than world war 1 AND 2 combined
Alonso Vs Vettel 2023
🇧🇭 ALO: P3 VET: RET
🇸🇦 ALO: P3 VET: RET
🇦🇺 ALO: P3 VET: RET
🇺🇸 ALO: P3 VET: RET
🇲🇨 ALO: P2 VET: RET
🇪🇸 ALO: P6 VET: RET
🇨🇦 ALO: P2 VET: RET
🇬🇧 ALO: P7 VET: RET
🇭🇺 ALO: P9 VET: RET
🇧🇪 ALO: P5 VET: RET
Of course, we weren't retired at 36 😭😭😭
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Vettel was only overtaken once during the 2016 season
#F1 2023 Season Overtakes and Overtaken Stats
🥇Max - 19 overtakes
🥈Checo - 16
🥉KMag - 15
Haas cars have been the most frequently overtaken closely followed by Zhou
Not a single driver has been able to find a way past Max🚀do you think he can continue this streak?
#MonacoGP
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‘Ferrari were fastest in 2018’
Things are hotting up 🔥
Vettel nails a 1:37.587s lap only for Hamilton to better that by 0.411s moments later 💪
#AbuDhabiGP 🇦🇪 #F1
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Vettel deserved the 2017 title and it’s not even a debate.
LAPS RACED IN TOP 3: 2017
VETTEL: 342 📸
BOTTAS: 300 📸
HAMILTON: 298
RAIKKONEN: 155
RICCIARDO: 150
VERSTAPPEN: 49
OCON: 13
PEREZ: 1
#F1
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“Max Vertsappen is officially out of the title race with 3 races to go. You can see the look of bewilderment on the red bull pit wall. It’s now a title battle between Hamilton and Leclerc. Newey is left scratching his head. Max fails to match Seb Vettel!”
MrFran¹⁶ 🧬🧪
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Singapore qualifying, 2013. RBs best ever driver, Sebastian Vettel, only needed 1 lap to get pole position.
He then goes on to put on one of the most dominant performances in F1 history in the race.
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Vettel has by far been the biggest victim of British bias in the sports history.
Never given credit at red bull, never given credit at Ferrari and won’t get any credit anytime soon.
Regardless, the numbers don’t lie and his name will be etched into F1 history.
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No driver in the 21st Century has gained more positions in one F1 race than Sebastian Vettel in the 2012 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 🐐
21 positions gained, from P24 (pit lane start) to P3
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The same ‘Tifosi’ crying about Leclerc getting screwed over by Ferrari were the same people who slandered Seb for 17/18 🧐
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We’ve finally made it.
Happy #Alonso4000 day
An F1 win drought longer than both world wars combined 🥹
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Idk why the sky commentators keep saying ‘we all want Mercedes fighting back at the front’ - who’s ‘we’? 😂
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Reminder that Mercedes offered Vettel a seat whilst Lewis was still at the team. Such was his talent.
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Vettel qualifying in P9 in a genuine tractor of a car is an incredible performance.
No matter what, he always shows his 🐐 qualities.
Make your apology as loud as your disrespect
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Suzuka is a driver dependant track and Seb has put together another masterclass. Yet people try to question his place amongst the very greatest in the sport?
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Easily the most overrated lap in recent F1 history. It’s beyond me how they bag so many likes when they post this same lap over and over.
Vettel 13, Vettel 15, Vettel 17, Rosberg 16 were all better pole laps
Everytime a bottled lap gets called "the greatest lap ever", the actual greatest lap ever magically appears on your tl 🪄
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Max failing to surpass Vettel’s 4 titles for Red Bull despite driving significantly better cars, having worse teammates and less competition
Cee
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Not even kidding - put prime Seb and prime Lewis in the same car and Seb is making Lewis look like Perez 😭😂
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For reference, Vettel’s average grid position in 2017 was 3.15 - this was BETTER than Lewis who had a far superior Mercedes.
Merc poles: 15
Ferrari poles: 5
2017 Vettel might be one of the best forms of a racing driver we’ve ever seen
🧵: Here's how each pairing from the top 5️⃣ in the WCC stack up against each other in qualifying so far in 2023 👀
First up, Red Bull! 👇
Has anyone surprised you? 🤔
#F1
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We need to have a serious conversation about Norris being better than Leclerc
nitter.app/dxbestani/status/19114…
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Our win streak ended because of a short calendar
Your win streak ended because of a stinker
We are not the same
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I think it’s a good time to say Vettel is by far the most disrespected driver in F1 history.
No driver gets the amount of relentless dismissal of his achievements and slander that he gets from the media.
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It’s also nice to see Ferrari make the exact same mistakes they did back in 2018. Maybe people will start realising that it wasn’t Seb’s fault - it was Ferrari
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Say what you want about Lando but this is the mentality you want to see in F1. You need some arrogance to achieve anything meaningful in the sport
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Vettel’s most successful tracks are those deemed to be ‘driver dependant’ and physically the most challenging on the calendar.
Not bad for a ‘car merchant’ 🧐
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DTS has genuinely garnered the worst fanbase possible in sport. People don’t follow F1 anymore because of their love for motorsport/cars, or because of the intrigue of learning about the technical aspect of the sport.
Instead, they see overly dramatised, unrepresentative clips that cater to casuals and end up supporting drivers/teams based on ‘vibes’ 😂
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The ROC commentary team was fantastic. They had great energy and showed Vettel the respect he deserved for doing what he did in the snow. 👏
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