adrianjordan wrote: ↑03 Oct 2021, 13:00
ringo wrote: ↑02 Oct 2021, 18:34
Even if Daniel left on his own. It does not change the fact that Redbull were not treating him equally and made no efforts to get the two best drivers they can in the same car. They are fine with one top driver. We can see even how they retained Perez. They get a long along well and Perez though hungry is very humble and wise. He wont challenge Max until he fully comes to grips with the car and the team backs him. And they will never back him. He may just be driving that redbull in 2023 and 2024 as well then retire from racing.
Max will have it easy for years.
I would love to see them give Norris a chance. Though mclaren may well be a top team next year.
Norris won't go there while Max is there. No top driver will.
It is obvious that RBR are focused on backing Max, just like they did with Seb. Not saying that's wrong or right, it's their choice and they're hardly the first team to do so. But it does mean that any driver with ambitions to be WDC won't risk going there while they have any other viable options.
This. Nobody, not even Alonso, Hamilton, or any one, is going to have much of a chance of bettering Max at Red Bull. Unless the car has a broader window of accommodating driving approach, then it’s going to be tailor fitted. Franz Tost was talking about this recently, a lot of followers suspected this for some time:
"Max is the technical lead driver in the [Red Bull] team. That means he develops the car exactly the way he wants it. So it's possible that the second driver could have problems with that."
So does Verstappen have such a special driving style compared to other drivers in Formula 1?
"I don't want it to be a very specific driving style, but he has a unique feel for how to get the best out of the braking point, the turn-in point and then the apex. There are other drivers who can't handle a car built for Max as well. That's because they have a different driving style,"
Alonso. He read my mind. I got backlash for saying exactly the same thing. When Max and Alonso call it lucky, it’s fine. when I say it, it’s a problem
Fernando Alonso, Russian GP
“Some people took some risks, some people other risks, and we were unlucky, or the podium [finishers], let's say, were very lucky today, but in these conditions it's always a lottery.”
"[Lando] Norris did an amazing race, and just by luck he is not on the podium or his first ever win in Formula 1. So when it rains, it's just a very lucky factor.
“And I'm sad because when we are not competitive and we are P11 or P12, it never rains, so we never get lucky. And today that we are P3, today it just rained. So not sad. But definitely we are not very lucky.
“But every point we got this year is on merit, we never had any gifts this year. So I'm proud of every point that I took this year.”