I don't think it's a given that they would have won in Bahrain, or anywhere for that matter. How compromised would the RB14 have been to accommodate a late switch? Obviously, Red Bull have the resources to make it as seamless as possible, but there would have still been some niggles and they would have probably gone with Honda's guidelines on certain areas. I think they did absolutely the right thing watching from the sidelines and getting all the data.carisi2k wrote: ↑16 Aug 2018, 10:08As many on here know. I believe that Red Bull made a huge mistake in not moving with toro rosso to the Honda unit this year. Maybe the RB-14 wouldn't have been optimised but it surely would have been better then having to deal with Cyril this year and a Renault engine that is proving problematic. They could have had a factory deal this year instead of having to deal with the changing dimensions of the Renault PU as a customer.
They might even have had a better chance at keeping Daniel if for instance he had won at Bahrain (highly likely if his battery didn't explode on the second lap), China and Monaco. If Daniel wins those races with a Honda powered RB14 instead of 2 with a Renault then staying at Red Bull would have been a no brainer. Maybe after signing for Renault Daniel will get some magic engine for the rest of 2018 while max gets the scraps.
The only downside to an RB14 Honda in 2018 would have been a lack of banter between Christian and Cyril's towards each other. I mean some of the chatter going back and forth has been brilliant. The Sky team seriously play it up as well when asking them questions after the other one has just spoken.
As good as Gasly has been this year in the STR13 at times he is not anywhere near the level of Daniel as aside from the incident with Max at Bahrain. Daniel has not put a foot wrong in the car well maybe except for putting his car on the outside of bottas in to turn one at Hungary.