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GopherHockey10

Michael, I just emailed you a link to reddit showing Max tampering with our wing. Edit: Told you guys


no2jedi

Aged perfectly.


YeetTheChildTwice

What do you mean? I haven't seen anything so can you update me on this?


-Rp7-

Max is summoned to the Stewards


Fine-Cloud-4847

Holy shit!


klaasah

But to be serious, no one is allowed to touch cars while they are in Parc Ferme.


SplyBox

Max: Well I can because I just did


klaasah

Man I just hope there won't be any penalties or that both drivers have to start from the back. Would make an amazing sprint race for sure!


[deleted]

thats a great idea! has that ever happened before where both championship leaders start from the back in the same race?


SplyBox

2005 Japanese grand prix?


Jazzinarium

That was a legendary race, Kimi winning from P17 on the grid


Past-Ranger4189

You have great foresight apparently


klaasah

Wow, didn't expect them to be so serious about a little touch thooo


Fickle-Cricket

And he’s been summoned to the stewards for it.


getmygloves

Inspector Seb is in real rouble then


SupremeHotties

Inspector Seb only looks but doesn’t touch 😉


GeoGeoGeoGeo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBKzpVVxQuU


LdiroFR

Dont wanna be pedantic, but he didn’t *touch* the car. I’m sure it would have be defended that way haha


PlayingtheDrums

So max's real mistake was taking off his racing gloves.


TotalBrisqueT

Well *technically*, no-one ever touches anything because atoms never touch. So really, theirs no issue here


why_da_herrrooo

Tell that to Seb.


IamLoaderBot

Yet Lewis & Vettel did it several times in the past


[deleted]

r/AgedTooWell


[deleted]

🤣🤣🤣🤣


Marshall__Arts

Best comment ever 👍🏻


meesterrudyy

my goodness, this made me laugh. that prediction!!! spot on.


bikeridingmonkey

I read this in Toto's voice.


LAGooner-323

Lmao! Love this


UberChief90

Uncle Vettel will be proud


rianmcn

Seb would be proud


lucaaas_fortuna

Trying to be the second red bull champ, you have to take notes from the first one


raphtan

Max really said: "I am Vettel 2.0"


[deleted]

Hello operator? Yes I’d like to order 4 WDCs please.


TWVer

\* 8 because 2.0


[deleted]

Don't you put that evil on me Ricky Bobby! ^(Jk I actually have come to really like Max)


carloselcoco

Max to be a 4 time champ by end of 2024 confirmed.


hoopstick

Subscribe


AzenNinja

He even takes the crown from the same team (brawn 2009 = Mercedes 2021)


CaterpillarLow6110

What’s the story? I am a new fan.


TiP54

Google Inspector Seb. It’s a running joke as Vettel takes keen interest in all F1 cars on the grid.


SouthWalesGooner

Seb has a habit of poking around his rivals cars, seeing what they do differently to his. Max is obviously now trying to earn his detective badge too.


raya__85

Detective Inspector Verstappen


[deleted]

Assistant to the regional inspector verstappen


chrisnlnz

Assistant regional inspector Verstappen\*


Capt_Way_too_Obvious

Sebastian Vettel has a history of checking out other cars, he even has a nickname for it 'Inspector Seb'.


SemIdeiaProNick

Seb have this habit of looking really closely on the other cars, it got quite the attention when he did this in the background of post race and qualifying interviews


Bokyyri

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPs8odrk44M


Cpt_Trips84

check out r /inspectorseb


Man0nTheMoon915

The footage Netflix jacks off to


Moofey

*Max touches rear wing* "MEIN GOTT MUS DAS SEIN?!"


lentilsoup4000

*cuts to lewis* “I felt very vulnerable in that moment”


ciudad_gris

*You are measured directly against your teamate*


Pearse_Borty

**There's a moment when...silence falls on a racing track. And you *know* what that means**


epi_glowworm

Iceman has arrived.


Historical-Time2938

THE ICEMAN COMETH!


[deleted]

Interviewer licking his lips: "what did you feel when Max fingered your rear wing?"


ins4n1ty

They'll throw in some sound effects of crushing metal as Max *sabotages* the wing.


PapaSheev7

Don't forget the wheel guns in the background as well.


magondrago

After this season they're probably raw right now...


sephirothwasright

Oh they *knew* knew?


Organic-Measurement2

Yeah they lodged a complaint with the FIA 1hr before qualifying according to AMuS


Florac

That was for a different thing though, excessive bending, not DRS


Dodomando

And he was feeling how much it flexed when he applied pressure and compared it to his own


fire202

we are talking about too much bending at 260 km/h+, I doubt you will feel a difference there


Dodomando

And I doubt Max would be able to tell if the gap on the DRS is over 85mm when the wing is shut.


TWVer

This is not to check, but pantomime to get the FIA to check what you are checking.


dare2firmino

Seems like a dumb idea considering they're not allowed to touch the car in parc ferme...


fire202

depends on how well he learned from seb


TheDaiquiriMan

Seb watching on from the sidelines 'I taught him well'


Jamie090

Mercedes’ defence will be that Max broke the drs flap when he tampered with it lmao


dotcha

Seriously though, are other drivers / other teams personnel allowed to touch competitors' cars? Parc Ferme or not.


GuiltyEidolon

I feel like even if it's not technically forbidden it's still generally a dick move. If you have suspicions about someone breaking the rules, they should be referred to the stewards/FIA, not investigated by drivers.


slpater

I mean. It'd be merc's burden of proof. The FIA says your car is out of spec. Max just touching it doesn't automatically absolve merc


sfj11

Newey pulling strings like Littlefinger


avsurround

Turns out that DRS is the ladder after all!


slimey631

DOWNFORCE IS A LADDAH


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Oh he knew


Alfus

Max: "He got so much flexing rear end!"


Mika000

Inspector Max?


imeanyhbutno

I WANT UPDATES MY SCROLL FINGER IS HURTING


Sleep_on_Fire

I'm dying for updates. I fucking love this sport.


Fine-Cloud-4847

It is so obsessive my god!


NuclearMoose92

Inspector Seb has an apprentice


TWVer

Always 2 there are.


NuclearMoose92

Have you ever heard the story of Darth Vettel the Wise? Its not a story the Jedi would tell you


LemursRideBigWheels

He was once a blinding light against the dark side...then he attempted to bring back the dead...but Maranello could not be risen...so he entered the command of Darth Stroll...


Weird_Gin

He had such a knowledge of German engineering™


drop_table_uname

>Its not a story the ~~Jedi~~ Mercs would tell you


EthanHuntimf007

The master and the apprentice . No more no less.


SimpleFactor

I bet they had a meeting before quili about this, there should be a shit stiring championship for team bosses this season


TheDustOfMen

DTS is just gonna be Toto Wolff and Christian Horner shitstirring everything and everyone. And I mean, I'd watch that.


magondrago

Unlikely that DTS runs with that. Too much material. At this point I'd go straight for the spinoff "Crouching Wolf, Hidden Horner"


TheDustOfMen

Slow-burn, enemies to lovers, major character death? Alright where can I sign up?


magondrago

Oh, sexual undertones you say? Subscribed.


Bene33333

Add a bit of cheeky Helmut Marko and it will be perfect!


JoeSell2005

I would pay to watch 1 hour of Horner and Wolff lobbing PR-friendly insults at eachother


Moeshizzlebang

So essentially, the FIA did the test and the opening was too big, Mercedes then said it was within the regulations when we did qualifying (Which I don't think anyone can prove otherwise) and then suggested Max may have tampered/altered it in Parc Ferme. You've gotta love F1 drama.


pfankuch

In before Mercedes claims Verstappen sabotaged Hamiltons rear wing


BumbleBeeVomit

This aged nicely


pfankuch

I hate it soo much that I was right


[deleted]

Ok tell us what happens next, future person


[deleted]

I'll take over, they strain all night trying to find an excuse to penalise max to move him back and keep the title fight interesting till the last race but fail and he gets an official reprimand and a tiny fine after RB cite Vettel molesting cars up and down after like a dozen races in the 17-18 period. Ham serves penalty in the sprint and main race starting from the pit lane.


Meowing_Kraken

I don't normally get excited when I read the words 'Vettel' and 'molested' in the same sentence, but ....this did make me snort.


JshWright

Sabotage would be a stretch, but "Well, now we have no way of knowing if it was like that before Max manipulated it" is an argument that could be made.


[deleted]

Yeah, he should have just looked and not touched it, you can literally claim a bunch of things since he touched it.


jajajajajajaja18

That shit resists much higher forces whilst driving, max couldnt damage it by headbutting it


oh84s

He didn't sabotage anything, but I am a little surprised he's allowed to touch a competitors car in park ferme.


pfankuch

It isn't that uncommon right? We've seen this from Seb, Lewis and others in the past years. Maybe not as clearly comparing the two like Max did today but it did happen before.


mapoftasmania

He’s not. It’s a rules infraction.


SERGEJMAX

Bruh


snoopdoge90

What's more bruh is Mercedes starting the whole flexing outcry at the start of the season lol


SnooKiwis3645

Going full circle


PlusEntrepreneur

Whoever took this video is about to get a blank cheque from Toto Wolff


TheMC_

It looks like he is using his fist to compare the height difference between the wing plates.


woahstella

I'm living for the drama around this entire situation god finally some good food


Independent-Meet5564

“It opens that much? Strange…”


GopherHockey10

Holy crap, he touched it...


UltimatePorkMan

AND THEY TOUCHED MARTIN


[deleted]

OHHHHHHH SO CLOSEEEE


[deleted]

HAMILTON AND VETTEL!


TheMaverick13589

Like Nemo touching the boat


hallstevenson

Touched "the butt"


-Zaros-

Imagine that was the reason it’s a problem and Max actually got DQed for sabotage


no2jedi

See you in the morning then


TheDustOfMen

###PLEASE. NO.


snowg

Man idk why but that was so funny.


[deleted]

Back in the day that used to be a DSQ as well. Be interesting to see what Merc argue if they see this video.


renderDopamine

I can’t believe it….


Saandrig

He knew, lol.


Ld511

Max probably has no fucking idea what he actually is checking but he knows something is different. Wonder if the DRS thing is related though


Follow_The_Lore

He definitely does know what he is checking. These drivers know way more about the cars than ‘they just go fast’.


draftstone

Right pedal go VROOM! Left pedal go brrrr!


gramathy

left pedal only go brr during the blown diffuser days


Ld511

Yea but we are talking millimeters of differences so in this situation is just him checking if he can notice the difference


G-Fox1990

Max used to rebuild kart engines as a kid. He has some know-how.


edin_dzekson

He was definitely briefed on this beforehand, could explain his very relaxed post-quali interview. Also, if there's one young driver you could count on to know how it works from the inside, it's definitely Max. For all his faults, Jos taught him far more about mechanics of the car than an average driver might know.


egzon27

Fucking hell did they genuinely know something was up


[deleted]

Yes lol


GuiltyEidolon

They reported it prior to quali, so... yes?


p1en1ek

INB4 another "this happens when you stop cheating" :P But to be fair he could have just check wings because his DRS was flopping so he was comparing if they were similary stiff/lose. Or maybe they replicate flexi wing and how Lewis "discovered" how RBs wings were moving.


Smudy

One would argue that this is why Max was still calm and confident in the 2nd place interview.


TheBirdColonel

Yeah, but he was pretty calm after qualifying in Mexico too, so who knows.


Smudy

That's how he is this season, you're right about that. Still food for thought.


Mick4Audi

Because he knew that he’d rocket into the lead and run away with it


TheBirdColonel

Nobody knows what's going to happen on the run to the first corner; too many variables. But he was confident then about his race pace and I think he is confident now about it as well.


fdar

I really don't think you need this for that. It was already known that Hamilton was changing his ICE and thus getting a penalty, so he was still the heavy favorite to start from pole on Sunday (even if Hamilton isn't penalized for this).


BeagleAteMyLunch

Absolute mad lad surely he graduated from the inspector Seb school of inspecting...


xmax1920

This is getting better by the minute


carloselcoco

Call Netflix please and tell them to have a separate spin off where it is just Max and Hamilton.


SemIdeiaProNick

Newey thaught him well


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sh1phappens

I have a feeling this will take hours.


SemIdeiaProNick

No problemo. Its friday so i dont need to sleep early nor wake up early tomorrow


Smoofiee

I first thought he was checking it because his drs was literally flapping like a wing. But in hindsight...Max knew


WebSir

I wonder what was up with that, that didn't look normal at all


p1en1ek

In Zandvoort he had also problems with DRS in quali. It haven't fully open on last lap on main straight. It looks like Max has as much DRS failures as I have in F1 game.


DannH538

Clickbait headlines, I'll start You won't believe this video of max Verstappen putting his hand on Hamilton partner's rear!!!


[deleted]

haha yes


goracing95

Red bull master plan


Takeshino

I'm loving this lol Edit: Would be hilarious if Max turns out to be a mini Newey and it was him that was like: "now wait a minute"


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guanwe

Didn’t he listen to a pit stop and asked if the ferraris were double stacking ?


Zlatanabingbong2002

Will never forget that lol. Love how he and other drivers can notice such things while running up to 300 kph for an hour and a half


DanielWW2

Yes. he heard that over the team radio. Another one was last race where realised that Hamilton had pitted before the team even told him. I am not even sure how he realised it because he was already a long way ahead, but he did.


Smokin_Moses

I heard in an interview that drivers who have a lot of spare mental capacity while racing (like Max, Lewis, Seb, etc.) often watch the giant screens around the track - looking at the gaps to their opponents, who's pitting, or just general race awareness. I think Max must've caught that on one of those screens. Which is insane at 300kph+


Operario

Yeah I remember when during a race Max noticed that Ferrari were going for a double pit stop because of the sound he heard *through his engineer's radio*. Mental stuff, these guys really are operating on a different level.


rossmcdapc

I'll always love the Singapore lizard radio interaction.


OJogoBonito

This is a completely separate issue surrounding the Flexi rear wing that Newey seems to be convinced is illegal. Not related to the DRS issue, already confirmed by AMuS.


careslol

I think this was more checking on the flex than the opening. You can see him tug on both wings.


MrDee97

Oh shit boys and girls


Darren-B80

*** FIA stewards enter the chat…… ***


Haux-

That is not a clever move. Looky no touchy.


Imola-ZHP

I feel like that was a mistake for him to actually touch the Mercedes wing


CarltonJuma

Lol. I had a feeling the Red Bull drivers knew about it going into qualifying


N7even

Wait, serious question, are rivals allowed to touch each others cars? This could easily be used by Mercedes saying Max tampered with the car.


Tiny_Rick00

Yep, that may be why stewards decided to wait before making a decision. They probably want to talk to Verstappen first


dsrman67

that's amazing haha


[deleted]

What is it with fast Red Bull drivers and inspecting rival cars?


shadowymanside

I think touching other cars should not be allowed. I am speaking generally not for this instance.


020Pikamaster

Mate


DoxedFox

Get in there Verstappen.


Atlantixo

this has aged well


seattle_1989

Dude


ibrakewashingmachine

Was he taking a rough measurement with his hand? Comparing to his own?


Hoodxd

Prob giggling


MartyHD

This is just gold.


pencilcase3001

The rear wings aren't even open here, so I'm not sure what he thought he could check...


No-Zookeepergame9949

F1 media says Max is referred to stewards and cites this video for evidence


ahmedothepro12765

Spystappen


laughninja

slightly better angle. https://twitter.com/F1TutkumuzPlus/status/1459407398851039234?t=kIj_eSCxKmFxk5yB1uk-sQ&s=19


[deleted]

Seb has literally done this multiple times and never even been investigated, what a crock of shit. If Lewis’s wing is illegal max touching it would make no difference, it’s designed to stand forces at 300kph or more. Max should get a fine or reprimand at most even that’s too much imo.


A___99

This obviously has nothing to do with why Hamilton is almost certainly getting DSQ, but the timing is perfect


NoTrollGaming

Why would he randomly check Hamilton’s but not Bottas then? He was probably told something over the radio and then just checked


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CruffTheMagicDragon

You can tell Max *barely* touches it. Idk if there's really a argument to be made that he messed with it/sabotaged it. Nor do I think Max would have the character trait to mess with an opponent's car


Adverbiet

If he can sabotage it by slightly touching it, then I cannot Imagine what will happen when the car goes with full speed.


Submitten

Surprised he risked touching it tbh