Is Max or Lewis more popular?

F1 fan survey lists Max Verstappen as most-popular driver ahead of Lando Norris and Lewis Hamilton | F1 News.

Who is better Lewis or Max?

To date, Max Verstappen holds 20 wins and 1 world champion. While Lewis Hamilton has 103 wins and 7 world championships under his belt. Pole positions for Verstappen are 13 while Hamilton holds 103. With 182 podium finishes, Lewis Hamilton is way ahead of Max Verstappen who has 60 till yet.

Who is the most popular F1 driver?

Lewis Hamilton - 103 wins. In terms of career wins and total career points, Lewis Hamilton is the best Formula 1 driver to have ever graced a circuit.

Who has the most fans in F1?

Lewis Hamilton is by far and away the most widely followed of the drivers, with just under 40 million followers across the main social media platforms.

Why Max Verstappen is better than Lewis Hamilton?

According to the data on FormulaOnePoints.com, last season Verstappen secured 10 pole positions compared with Hamilton's 10, and the Red Bull man was faster in 13 races, compared with Hamilton's nine. Therefore, it seems at the moment that Verstappen has the edge over his bitter rival.

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Who has more fans Hamilton or Max?

A Formula 1 global fan survey has found Max Verstappen to be the sport's most popular driver, with Lewis Hamilton third, amid a rise in popularity for the sport's younger generation.

Will Verstappen surpass Hamilton?

Red Bull star Max Verstappen secured his maiden world title with a dramatic and controversial final lap overtake of Mercedes superstar Lewis Hamilton at the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Has Lewis Hamilton lost Instagram followers?

And while Hamilton has kept his silence following the shock in Abu Dhabi, he has made a cull on social media. He only followed a handful of accounts on Instagram anyway - but now that is down to zero. He previously did the same in 2019. Hamilton has 29million followers on the social networking site.

Is F1 losing popularity?

F1 is no longer losing popularity, with viewership of the 2021 season up on that from 2020. Formula 1 viewership had been in a steep decline ever since 2008, when 600 million viewers tuned in worldwide. This declined until 2017 when viewership was at its lowest in the past decade at 352 million.

Where is F1 most popular?

The biggest market on this metric was China (70.8m unique viewers in 2021, +13% vs 2020), but there were also significant YoY gains in Spain (+272%), Russia (+129%), and the USA (+53%). Globally, the average audience per Grand Prix in 2021 was 70.3m.

Is Lewis Hamilton the goat?

Having said that, one of the biggest debates around Hamilton is his status as the 'GOAT'. Having matched Michael Schumacher and even surpassed him in some statistics, many feel Lewis Hamilton should be considered the greatest driver to have ever raced in F1.

Is Lewis Hamilton the greatest driver ever?

There is no Formula 1 driver better than Lewis Hamilton when it comes to statistics. The Mercedes driver became the first to record 100 wins when he secured victory at the 2021 Russian Grand Prix in Sochi last year.

Is Lewis Hamilton better than Schumacher?

Demonstrating incredible consistency, Lewis Hamilton scored points in 247 races, beating Schumacher's record of 221. Hamilton has also surpassed Schumacher's 155 podium finishes, achieving 180 so far.

Does Max Verstappen like Lewis Hamilton?

Deposed Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton says that there is a mutual "respect" with current title holder Max Verstappen. Verstappen unseated Mercedes driver Hamilton on the last lap of the final race of the season in Abu Dhabi.

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How popular is Netflix F1?

The Netflix effect

More than half of F1 fans (53 percent) said the series, which debuted in 2019, played a role in their becoming a fan, including 30 percent who said it was a “major reason.” Nearly 3 in 4 fans under the age of 45 (74 percent) attributed their fandom at least in part to “Drive to Survive.”

Is Formula 1 more popular now?

Formula 1's popularity has now soared to such an extent that there is more interest from new venues than there are available dates on the calendar. “If we had the chance, it would be easy to fill the calendar with 30 Grands Prix,” Stefano Domenicali, the president and chief executive of Formula 1, said in an interview.

How popular is Lewis Hamilton?

On social media however, Hamilton is by far and away the most popular driver, with 24.4 million Instagram followers, along with 6.6 million followers on Twitter. The Brit is not only the most successful F1 driver on the circuit by some distance, but also the most successful driver of all time.

Why did Hamilton unfollow?

The latest twist in this never-ending story is Lewis Hamilton's decision to unfollow everyone on Instagram. All of this happened after the Brit was pipped to the title this year by his arch-rival Max Verstappen, who beat the Mercedes driver on the closing lap of the season's final race to win.

Did Hamilton unfollow Mercedes?

Hamilton goes on an unfollowing spree

Hamilton was following around 700 accounts on the social media platform but right now, he does not follow anyone. Although his followers count has gone up to 26.4 million, the other column is now completely empty after he unfollowed Mercedes and his other fellow drivers as well.

Is Lewis Hamilton retiring?

Lewis Hamilton has claimed he will not retire from F1 anytime soon despite struggling to compete for wins and podiums this season. The Mercedes star answered rumours surrounding his future after the Silver Arrows have struggled to match the pace of Ferrari and Red Bull.

Will Max be stripped of title?

Max Verstappen's 2021 Formula One title win will not be overturned despite the sport's governing body as good as admitting his victory was unjust by sacking race director Michael Masi.

Can Mercedes overturn F1?

The FIA rules say that any Formula 1 team that signs up to the series gives the governing body's International Court of Appeal in Paris as the only arbiter for settling disputes. This means that if Mercedes want the result overturned or changed, they will have to convince a panel of FIA appointed members.