Mogster wrote: ↑29 Oct 2021, 15:07
Sieper wrote: ↑29 Oct 2021, 14:20
agree, very (below) average performance by Max and exquisite driving by Lewis. If just felling short of the mark. And glad we are on topic (US GP) again and back to normal!
It was very clear Max was going to win this and I was an idiot for sitting there on the edge of the seat all race long.
However I don’t think we ever saw the real performance available to Verstappen. RBR had plenty in hand.
Is that so? I do not think so. The RB16B was fast on the yellow tyre, but on the white tyre, the car didn't go so well,
unlike the W12, which had it exactly the other way around.
This is what father Jos had to say about it afterwards. If RBR had plenty in hand, his father wouldn't have been so nervous,
because he would have known that Max could have gone even faster.
"It was a very strong race. It's exciting anyway, because it's about something now. And that he keeps his head so cool and knows how to put the tires in such a window when he needs to use them... Look, he already analyzes the race in the car very well.
When he made that second stop, he knew: in the end it will be exciting. Then I have to get tires. And then you see that he is still going hard in those last laps.
That is also Max's strength: he not only drives those laps, but he thinks much further ahead. "
[Jos during the match] "Then I'm very nervous. I think I ran away ten times. It all took me way too long, haha.
Because you just want him to finish it. But if there's one thing I have faith in, it's in Max. This is a great win."
"I think ten laps before the end everyone thought it would be critical. You see Hamilton coming in, but Max knows: he is pushing.
And he also knows how those tires work. If they get to a certain temperature, you will lose grip. You saw that too.
And when he comes close to Max, it also becomes difficult to overtake. But, he has it all under control very well."