Vettel165 wrote: ↑28 Nov 2025, 17:30
Negative, Max will dominate/obliterate the field…
Do you think if you put Leclerc in the second RedBull seat, Max will be 1 second per lap faster than him too in the race?
In any case, they don't need another Max. They just need a good second driver. Perez was perfect for that role until he fell of the cliff from the midpoint of 2023, where I suspect the Hungary package made the car go into a very peaky development direction. Only Max has been able to drive the RedBull to the limit since then.
Next year, there's a reset and RedBull has always been keen to give new talent opportunities. Hadjar should be in a much better position than Liam and Yuki were. Admittedly, it was very difficult for Liam and Yuki to deliver in this car, but they still got the chance. If any of them had been closer, then they would have been retained for 2026. But as I said, you can't be off the top 10 consistently when your teammate is winning races, no matter who your teammate is.
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