Max Verstappen on the issues with the driving style required from the 2026 cars on P1 with Matt & Tommy “The fast drivers don’t drive like that. Especially also in qualifying, you’re stuck in a certain place where you just physically almost can’t make a difference cause you have... to drive it in a certain way that almost everyone can.”show more

@MattP1Tommy He’s completely right, when you force elite drivers to drive a certain way it just penalizes pure talent, regulations shouldn’t be nerfing the best drivers on the grid like this

Shame because the chassis of these cars are a step in the right direction, the AI power units are not

@MattP1Tommy This explains the struggles of Verstappen, Leclerc and Russell... All of them drive on the edge and in aggressive manner.

I love Max bro now y’all understand why Kimi is outpacing George and why Hamilton is also looking like his previous form, even why Oscar is struggling so much compared to Lando… i always told y’all u can’t really make out who’s a bad driver with these cars they’re flawed in terms of representation of pure pace and racecraft

@Elie_D7 @MattP1Tommy I remember Coulthard mentioning something similar, this year has neutralized the best drivers, George, Max and Charles for example

@MattP1Tommy As much as I hate to admit it he's right, Kimi surpassed George, Hamilton matches Leclerc, hadjar close to Verstappen, Lindlblad matching Lawson, all because the driver input has changed from raw skill to balancing apex speed with battery gains

@MattP1Tommy Don't show this to Kimi's fans cause they might realize the truth lol

@MattP1Tommy The late you are on the throttle,The more time you gain on the straight.This literally explain how bad these Regs are

@MattP1Tommy It’s actually nuts there’s still some people out there who don’t think these regs totally nullify the best drivers. Just crap

@MattP1Tommy yet we have random X users, who never even touched an f1 car, thinking they know better than this guy

@MattP1Tommy „The later you are back on Full throttle the faster you are“ is devastating and some people will genuinely Tell You everything is Fine

@MattP1Tommy force all drivers to drive the same way, like robots.

@MattP1Tommy So as long as it doesn’t match his driving style, the car is wrong? Who made him the decider of great driver driving styles? Absolute BS

@MattP1Tommy Get used to the new normal Max. Now a chef can drive these F1 cars close to the MAX. How you like that? All those years of karting and mastering your craft... for what?! HAHAHAHA....

@MattP1Tommy So of we went back to F1 before the GE era then drivers who were fast then would be fast now, right? That's the logic we are using here, right? It's just funny that people act like F1 didn't exist before the GE era and that the GE era is the purest form of driver speed

@MattP1Tommy Practical and human. More of this, please.

@MattP1Tommy Or you're an idiot who can't manage the battery properly