Not sure what you expect a F1 champion to be, nor what it takes to become one.

… while Ocon and Blomqvist tangled.

Yes, that is a way to describe it. You could also say Ocon pulled an Ocon.

Yes, me neither. Great to watch that young-faced a decade ago.

Schumacher helped Irvine in Malaysia, but I'm not too sure he did his absolute best in Japan. Although to Häkkinnen's credit, he had a great weekend there. The gap he and Schumacher pulled on the rest of the field was extraordinary.

True, even if mercedes was by far the best car to be in when verstappen joined red bull, if you're a generational talent and get into a decent car in f1 (which red bull was), you will be able to show how good you are, and then a door might open in the best team too, if that team keeps being best for long.

Actually verstappen wasn't making that many mistakes most of his early years, it was only in early 2018, when red bull had a fairly decent car, not far from being the best, that he lost a lot of points by making a costly mistake every weekend pretty much.

Clearly talking about the defensive drives ofc, I thought brazil 2022 refusal to help perez was a low point, schumacher helped irvine in 1999.

Verstappen also hates losing and you saw what kind of defensive measures he adopted in the end of 2021 when mercedes had a clear faster car to keep hamilton behind, and you also saw he didn't want to let perez by in brazil 2022, even though they were nowhere in that particular race.

In case there's any doubt, I like this, from both schumacher and verstappen, and he already reminded me of schumacher very early in his career.

It seems you have missed that it's a comparison in terms of driving ability.

You may think whatever you please of the behaviour of these individuals, but this is not the subject matter.

Michael Schumacher, the guy who put his ego aside and raced karts regularly. Whether it be 2009 SKUSA Supernats, 2001 World Championships, or just standard events at Kerpen? Max reflects this but in the sim world. These guys are so ruthless and would do anything to avoid losing are happy to lose against karters and simmers.

They are good examples to everyone.

That's unfortunate. All drivers had their low points, but to take those as reflective of their entire career robs one of enjoying and appreciating the highlights, of which there were a ton in Schumacher's case.

If Kimi Antonelli is as excellent as the hype brigade claim, you'd wonder if they're hoping to gain Red Bull's favour for the same reason?

Nikita Mazepin?

Such talent, but the over reaching memory is of a ruthless cheat - who would readily put other drivers at risk to avoid losing.

Still, there is now another driver I wouldn't want to be compared to.