P3 best effort. Good job.
Max on the cooldown lap:
"sitting duck on straights, as we know"
They are 4th best and probably half a second to the front or more, that is s*** by RB standards. The fact that Max can drag occasional podiums out of it is a credit to him.FittingMechanics wrote: ↑06 Sep 2026, 16:35It's just the margins between a rocketship and sh** are 2-3 positions for VER.Badger wrote: ↑06 Sep 2026, 15:36If Max likes his car he will call it a rocketship, if the car is sh** he will call it sh**. He just says what he thinks. Lewis saying that stuff was for strategic reasons to throw off competitors in race.FittingMechanics wrote: ↑06 Sep 2026, 15:25I'm always amazed how negative Verstappen is about the car, saying car has built in problems for years and yet we have Verstappen fighting for championship last year and getting podiums this year. I do get that he wants perfection but it's hard to take him seriously when a podium capable car is pure --- to him.
Kind of like Hamilton used to complain his tires are gone and then get fastest lap.
Big Mercedes update in 3 races, Mclaren in 2, Ferrari not sure. If Red bull don't bring anything substantial Baku might be the last chance but even that will be very slim with the MCL update. After that even though we a few suitable circuits like Vegas, Mexico maybe even Singapore, others will just have too much performance.
They said Lawson got damage on the restart. The car has some pace but only 15 percent of the time
It's amazing how many updates Ferrari and MCL have brought yet Mercedes keeps them at bay by seemingly doing very little, will be interesting to see how much they gain with their Sepang update, maybe they'll turn the PU down a little to fool everyone.