Even crazier because they invested so much into facilities. They also had a competitive car at the start so the staff are likely decent. I'm just hoping that the drop in pace is down to them moving on to next years car.
He'll never leave Red Bull, he has it too good there with most of the team focused around him. Where else is there for him to go anyway? If he went up against Hamilton at Mercedes he'd likely be beaten if he got equal treatment, and I don't get the impression Toto would want him anyway even if Hamilton retired. He might have already burnt bridges with Ferrari when he publicly accused them of cheating with the engine. No other team has championship potential except maybe Mclaren with an outside chance. I could see him leaving the sport in his early 30s if he no longer has a dominant car and has to earn wins again.
I dont imagine Alonso has the patience for any of the RB upper management. As much as he enjoyed various shenanigans back in the day (of which I'm no expert) I think he's outgrown a lot of the circus-type aspects of F1 nowadays.
Based on what? I genuinely don't think anyone could beat Max at the moment - he's basically a robot that eats, sleeps and breathes racing.
The Mercedes has been (or certainly is again now) built to suit Lewis. As the McLaren is for Lando and the Red Bull for Max.
I think that's the case for a large portion of the grid, but I feel that the top drivers are top drivers because they can adapt, and in a relatively short amount of time.
Agreed. It's hard enough building a fast car, full-stop, let alone shaping it around a driving style. I wouldn't bet against Max, Lewis or Alonso when it comes to driving different cars.
Hamilton is an 8 time champ that has won 3 championships in the 2nd fastest car and beat Alonso in his rookie year. Max is a 2 time champ that has only won in a dominant car with the team focused around him and a teammate in awful form. Max was already beaten by Ricciardo overall when they were teammates at Red Bull, and Sainz did quite well at Torro Rosso. Hamilton thrives under high pressure situations whereas with Max we've seen cracks start to show in 2021.
That's some interesting math. 2nd fastest car 3 times but Merc literally won every WCC in the first hybrid era
Well, they don’t seem to have spent anything since the beginning of the season. Well, other than on replacement parts for Stroll jr’s car…
2008, 2018, 2021, I think that makes 3? 2018 was somewhat debatable but the general consensus seems to be that Ferrari had the faster car.That's some interesting math. 2nd fastest car 3 times but Merc literally won every WCC in the first hybrid era
This is too far off topic anyway and they don't make enough tinfoil to fully explore your thought process.
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It would be good but Horner has already said he isn’t interested in having to ‘alpha males’ to try and manage. The biggest problem RB seem to have is that the Perez level drivers of the world don’t seem to be capable of handling the RB’s handling characteristics… I hope they put Riciardo in Perez’s seat. He did pretty well last time and kept Max pretty honest. (He seemed to want to be the main man at another team rather than stay as a number 2 though..)
No way RedBull would do that, but a man can dream!
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