GPR-A wrote: ↑06 Aug 2018, 11:50
whereas Max has beaten Ric in qualifying and it was the reliability issues (more than his own mistakes) that have kept Max away from Ric on points.
I see this come up time and time again, I think it is total rubbish... (not wanting to turn this into flame war)
Dan had to deal with about the same amount of technical problems and even turned one of those into a win, so I just can't read this and not reply to that
And then let's not forget Max taking Dan out of races couple times, one of those took them both out, so it is very unfair to say that Max would be near Dan if not Maxes technical problems, because the counter argument - if Dan wouldn't have so much car and strategy related problems, Max would be nowhere near Dan in championship points, but that wouldn't go along with the more marketable driver being the actual drag of the team
If there was someone on RBs toes in WCC race, I'm quite sure the story would be quite different, the amount of points RB is losing to favoring Max is just ridiculous, there were more than enough times where Max could have helped team score more points and team just did nothing, or let him be mad Max
the way I see it, and why I support Dan all the way and dislike Max is Dan has been doing everything to succeed on his own AND the team, and Max has been doing nothing but trying to beat Dan at all costs, so all things equal right now, IMO, Dan, even though he is losing the quali war, is way better driver than Max is
sorry for OT, if this belongs to another thread, please move my post