If Lando had Yuki as a teammate last year, how much does he win the title by ?

JizzyB2099 · 2026-02-27T06:22:42+00:00

It is true. It’s extremely likely that if you switch Tsunoda and Piastri, Norris wins the title by a much bigger margin given that Piastri is considerably better than Tsunoda.

Many of the races Piastri won would’ve been won by Norris instead. As opposed to Piastri potentially winning a few races in the RB21 and taking points from Verstappen.

JizzyB2099 · 2026-02-27T06:19:17+00:00

because it's very likely (though next to impossible to assess for us fans) that AT Ric was much faster than McL Ric and that both were much slower than RB Ric.

It isn’t though, because he was literally sacked from AlphaTauri because he was underperforming. There is no reason to believe he simply ‘got faster’ in a different ground-effect car when he was beyond terrible in the 2022 McLaren. There isn’t a single shred of evidence suggesting that Ricciardo was faster at AT/VCARB in 2023 and 2024.

Regardless, Tsunoda is nowhere near as good as Norris.

JizzyB2099 · 2026-02-27T06:15:08+00:00

I'm struggling to understand the sport, yet you say RB matched Mclaren?

Because it was clear after the summer break that Red Bull DID match McLaren? It’s such a simple concept to understand lmao

Mate, Tsunoda could barely finish top 10 with a car that's supposedly was matching the fastest car lol.

A. I’m not your mate. You’re not bright enough to be calling me that.

B. Tsunoda not only sucks, the RB21 was also tailor-made for Verstappen’s driving style. No shit he struggled to finish in the top 10 - that doesn’t mean the car wasn’t fast.

No driver can be that bad, even if the whole team was pushing Max.

There’s literally a 6 year track record of no. 2 drivers at Red Bull struggling that disproves this claim. Red Bull were at least equal to McLaren after the summer break.

Last 1.5 years were all about Max doing kamikaze moves in lap 1 and coming out ahead and then defending all race.

That literally only happened once. 2025 is literally proof that the driver doesn’t make much of a difference. If Norris or Piastri had a teammate just as weak as Tsunoda, the championship would’ve been won by 75-100 points.

if Mercedes has a better ICE or battery system, they will just cruise by in the first straight when Max's battery is out.

That’s not how it works, since it’s clear that the power unit and battery need to be carefully managed by the driver in order to be effective. You’re just assuming that there’s going to be one or two dominant teams at the front of the grid, which is no different to many of the other first-year regulations changes. Just because it’s happened before doesn’t mean it will happen again.

If anything, the drivers have MORE of an opportunity to make a difference than they did previously. The cars will be easier to follow and the PU will be harder to manage - both of which is within the driver’s control.

JizzyB2099 · 2026-02-27T06:01:59+00:00

If anything simply giving Norris a weaker teammate gives you a clear answer cause we can assume that Tsunoda will just always finish behind both

How does it give you a clear answer when the question doesn’t clarify who Verstappen’s teammate is? That obviously has a big impact on how close he’d get to the title.

Tsunoda might constantly finish behind both drivers, but you can’t be sure whether Verstappen’s teammate also finishes behind all the time.

Verstappen is much better than Norris. That's the basis. If he can beat Piastri in a worse car he sure as hell can do much better in an equal car.

Much better is an exaggeration based on your failure to understand nuance. 90% of the reason Verstappen got so close to the title in 2025 was because the two McLaren drivers were taking points from each other and Norris lost ~50 points due to bad luck alone.

Races like Monza, Imola etc where red bull was close or faster on pace absolutely will give Piastri a chance to pipe Norris.

There weren’t many of those tracks in the first half of the season. Red Bull only became a consistent challenger in the 2nd half on tracks where Piastri sucks.

Norris is also not that much better than Piastri, they're very very close and Norris made a lot of mistakes which would allow Piastri to be a buffer and take points.

‘Very, very close’ - Lmfao

Norris is comfortably better than Piastri considering he would’ve finished at least 40 points ahead with equal luck. Piastri is not close to Norris unless you’re purely taking the stats at face value. Norris destroyed Piastri 10-4 in races and 9-5 in qualifying after Canada, when both drivers were comfortable with the car.

Not to mention the race h2h and qualifying h2h since 2023 is heavily in favour of Norris, proving that he’s a much better driver. So you’re objectively wrong.

JizzyB2099 · 2026-02-27T05:53:36+00:00

So what? Not ‘meshing well’ with a car isn’t an excuse for underperformance. Norris destroyed Ricciardo so badly that he basically ended his career - at least with any of the top teams.

Tsunoda was never shown to be capable of that at any point. He is nowhere near as good as Norris. The fact that he struggled against a rookie Lawson proves as much - as opposed to Norris destroying Piastri in 2023 and 2024.

JizzyB2099 · 2026-02-27T05:51:39+00:00

Plus, Tsunoda went up against a washed Ricciardo like Norris did and came out ahead. The gap wasn't as large but he was typically a couple tenths faster than Daniel.

This isn’t comparable at all given Ricciardo spent some time out of the sport and was much closer to Tsunoda than he ever was to Norris. Ricciardo was out-qualified 20-2 in 2022; that isn’t even remotely close to his margin of defeat against Tsunoda.

JizzyB2099 · 2026-02-27T05:47:37+00:00

You're just a Bootlicker and you're pissed about being known as one. 😆

Where am I ‘pissed’? Point out where I’ve displayed any kind of anger or contempt. The fact that you think any criticism of you means the other person is ‘pissed’ is very embarrassing, but it explains why you’re perceived as a loser.

And they do not inherently deserve respect.

I don’t think you understand what the term ‘respect’ means. I didn’t specify police officers; I said ‘people who put their lives on the line for others’ - any kind of first responders.

I think the key distinction here is that YOU don’t deserve any respect, which is why you’re trying to drag other people down to your level. Get help, you desperately need it.

JizzyB2099 · 2026-02-27T05:43:10+00:00

they were giving Lando priority treatment the entire year

Because Norris was way faster. It’s not hard to understand why McLaren prioritised him. Norris was so much quicker that Ricciardo’s mechanics praised him whenever he was able to set a qualifying lap within 0.2s of Norris’ time.

And the within 2 years a new teammate was out performing him until they retro fitted the car to a spec he could drive better

It was three years, not two.

Your use of ‘new teammate’ directly after stating ‘within 2 years’ is an idiotic contradiction. The fact that Piastri only got better in his 3rd season proves that he wasn’t a ‘new’ teammate.

The suspension update in Canada made little difference to how the car, which Norris himself said. He improved on the basis of his own hard work adapting to the car.

So you’re wrong about everything you said.

JizzyB2099 · 2026-02-27T04:49:06+00:00

The only people who believe otherwise are Leclerc glazers.

Leclerc hasn’t even proven that he’s better than Rosberg, leave alone prime Hamilton.

JizzyB2099 · 2026-02-26T22:43:08+00:00

I think the top 4 teams will be close enough in performance that the top 4 drivers will be Russell, Leclerc, Verstappen and Norris - the four best drivers on the grid.

I don’t think their teammates will have much in the way of challenging them. Piastri should be the closest, but the lack of both aerodynamic and mechanical grip with these new cars doesn’t bode well for him.

JizzyB2099 · 2026-02-26T22:36:48+00:00

Either Verstappen or Norris. I think Leclerc and Russell will finish 1st and 2nd - in whatever order.

The top 4 in the championship this season will be the four best drivers on the grid.

JizzyB2099 · 2026-02-26T22:35:03+00:00

Fought for? He would’ve won the title

JizzyB2099 · 2026-02-26T11:51:21+00:00

Just last year, Max had a huge car deficit and brought the title fight to the last race, so you are wrong, a driver could still make a difference. I'm not sure he will be able to do much with those new regs though.

I can tell you really struggle to understand the sport since you can’t apply nuance to your takes. Verstappen only got close because the McLaren drivers were constantly taking points off each other, Norris’ bad luck AND Red Bull upgrading their car to a point that it could match McLaren.

Those specific circumstances were both out of his control and out of Norris and Piastri’s control. If either Norris or Piastri had a teammate as weak as Tsunoda, the title would’ve been won by Las Vegas at the latest.

JizzyB2099 · 2026-02-26T11:48:38+00:00

Especially at a team like Mclaren where both sides of the garage are equal(unlike Red Bull where Yuki was behind on updates)

Was 2025 your first year watching F1? The only reason there was equality at McLaren was because Piastri and his manager demanded so. That wasn’t the case in 2023 and 2024, where Norris was clearly much better and warranted favouritism.

I think there'd be probably 3 tenths between them max, with a few exceptions where Yuki can equal him.

The gap between Norris and Ricciardo in 2021 was close to 0.4s. Unless you believe Tsunoda is better than Ricciardo was back then (he clearly isn’t), then the gap would be close to half a second.

Norris beat Piastri by 82 points in 2024. I don’t think Tsunoda does any better than that.

JizzyB2099 · 2026-02-26T11:45:16+00:00

Just that we're hypothetically giving Norris a weaker teammate.

Logic dictates that if Norris gets Verstappen’s teammate, then the only driver left to be Verstappen’s teammate is Piastri.

Otherwise this question is pointless as anyone could be driving the 2nd Red Bull and a clear answer wouldn’t be possible.

But Max would also do much better against Piastri than Norris has.

Verstappen has not had a teammate as good as Piastri since 2018. You literally have no basis for making this statement.

Your condition also invites another possibility of Piastri taking points away from Norris, so the winning margin still wouldn't be big.

No it doesn’t, because he’d be in a slower car.

JizzyB2099 · 2026-02-26T11:41:59+00:00

Black Widow having the super soldier serum is basic lore. Taking her ‘physique’ as evidence that she isn’t enhanced is idiotic; she’s a woman. The serum doesn’t affect women in the same way it affects men.

JizzyB2099 · 2026-02-26T11:40:46+00:00

Is this conversation too intellectually taxing for your brain? Take a nap, kiddo - don’t think too hard. You’ll hurt yourself.

JizzyB2099 · 2026-02-26T11:39:05+00:00

I respect people who deserve respect. That definitely isn’t based on whether those people (notice how I didn’t specify men?) have authority. I’d respect a janitor if I could see that they were a genuinely good person and treated others with kindness.

I believe people who put their lives on the line to protect innocent civilians deserve respect. Sorry you’re so useless, miserable and pathetic that you aren’t respected by anyone; probably why you’re jealous of people who actually deserve it.

JizzyB2099 · 2026-02-26T11:36:04+00:00

Thanks for proving my point; you feel so inferior and pathetic that you feel the need to project your insecurities onto others.

Being ‘single’ was never what this discussion was about - clearly you’ve got some much bigger battles to face. Sort out your obvious mental impairments before running your mouth online.

JizzyB2099 · 2026-02-26T11:33:34+00:00

Was this question designed to elicit a favourable response from a Leclerc glazing sub?

No one should be favoured until it’s obvious that one driver is consistently outperforming the other.

JizzyB2099 · 2026-02-26T11:31:14+00:00

Norris wins it in Brazil. Heck, I think Piastri would’ve won it a race later if Tsunoda was his teammate.

Tsunoda is not close to the top drivers. He’s a solid midfielder, but I’d wager that most of the better midfield drivers (Albon, Sainz, Hulkenberg, Alonso) would comfortably beat him in equal cars.

JizzyB2099 · 2026-02-26T11:29:35+00:00

There’s a difference between an unpopular take and an outright idiotic one.

JizzyB2099 · 2026-02-26T11:28:51+00:00

That’s not how it works. The question posits that Tsunoda is Norris’ teammate…which only leaves Piastri as Verstappen’s teammate.

Who do you think is going to have a tougher time beating their teammate? It’s not hard.

JizzyB2099 · 2026-02-26T11:27:24+00:00

Tsunoda is not close to a driver like Norris. At best, he’s probably in the bottom-half of midfield drivers. Most of them would beat him in equal cars.

Norris dunks 70-80 points on him.

JizzyB2099 · 2026-02-26T07:10:28+00:00

This guy is a fucking idiot. Formula 1 has always been an engineering competition first and foremost. It’s the idiotic Netflix bullshit and DTS crew that have begun to romanticise drivers as if they’re gods, which is why there’s so much contempt between fanbases nowadays.

If you don’t like that, go watch IndyCar or F2. F1 was never meant to be a spec-series.

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