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Originally Posted by FC4
Sure.
How many WDC teammates has Max ever had again?
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Fair point Max has had none, however, Hamilton, esp in his MB days, never had anyone to beat other than a teammate (both of which were absolutely terrible and he still lost to Ros and neede team orders often to get past Bot) because their car was so much faster that no other car was really competing - the gaps between cars were cavernous and beyond that the talent until the new gen came in was atrocious. There still existed the F2 cars running after an F1 car. Furthermore, there was no budget, no testing restrictions, and generally speaking a free for all for MB (including free tire tests and MANY penalties that the FIA turned away from).
Max not only took down the MB in 2021 with a slower car, but now has won 3 WDC (including one with the 3rd fastest car) in the regulation cycle that has been the most competitive, most talented (by good margin), and done it with limited budget, massive testing restrictions, and has had to beat many cars vs just 1.
Just to prove how tight it is, here are the gaps from P1-P10 from 2012 to current
2012 1.3 seconds
2013 1.2
2014 1.6
2015 1.4
2016 1.3
2017 1.5
2018 1.2
2019 1.1
2020 1.05
2021 .95
2022 .85
2023 .75
2024 .65
Easy to see that the margins were much smaller, and if you were to index on P1-P3 you'd be talking so much tighter than it was earlier meaning winning was more difficult. Max's 4 WDC are equal if not more impressive than Ham's 7. Max's were like playing the F1 game on 100 difficulty while Ham's were like playing 65 difficulty.