I agree for the most part but the quoted part did raise my eyebrow, curious to know, how did you arrive at that conclusion? I think Max has been very consistent 5 (best of the rest) 3 (rain) 5 (botr) 5 (botr) 4 (botr and exploded tyre for Seb) all other races he did not finish 4 times due to technical problems completely out of his reach and twice due to a first lap crash:Andres125sx wrote: ↑19 Jul 2017, 13:44Ricciardo recovery was great, despite his early mistake going out of track. I think he´s not as fast as Max, but he´s light years ahead in terms of consistency. Ok Max suffered several mechanical failures, but even so Daniel looks more consistent.
Spain, he was free on the outside but bottas crashed into Kimi who crashed into Max (OK maybe too much risk by max here? I feel certainly Ricciardo wouldn't have taken that risk)
Austria, technical problems (clutch) would have cost him a DNF anyway but whilst he was free on the outside again this time Kvyat ran into Alonso who in turned was pushed into Max (no way too much risk by Max here).
In most (I think even all) of the races where he retired he was also en course for at least a top 5 finish and always in front of his team mate.
To me that seems super consistent and on a high level (above what the RBR 13 is capable of). Oh yeah, In Monaco RBR had to use Max to lure Bottas into pitting thus enabling Ricci to make the overcut (and sadly Max' undercut failing due to a poor pitstop, by the crew, not Max). So In Monaco Max was not best of the rest as Ricci finished before him. In my view this was a tactical choice by the team (a valid one) but viewing it as inconsistent by Max would be unfair.
Every race he seems to be best of the rest and all races where more was in sight his car simply stopped working (except for spain).