I also see Russell as more concise and definite on the radio and more likely to get the attention he is asking for .Just_a_fan wrote: ↑27 Oct 2020, 15:28It would be a risk but I think he's better prepared for it than Albon was. Russell has been in the paddock, doing the interviews, facing the questions, feeling the hype e.g. from his Q2 qualifying results etc. He's shown his ability so there is less pressure to hit the ground running when moving to somewhere like RedBull.bosyber wrote: ↑27 Oct 2020, 14:50It would be a risk for Russell to go to Red Bull, and for Red Bull too, given what both Gasly and Albon showed, but it certainly wouldn't be a crazy choice for either side (just like going for Verstappen into F1 was a risk for driver and team, but clearly paid off)
The issue for Russell, or any other driver going to RedBull whilst Max is there, is that the team are fully focused on Max. Any other driver is going to be the defacto Number 2. That can allow them to quietly get on with learning the ropes, but it does potentially limit how far they will be allowed to go. I don't see RedBull doing to Max what Ferrari appear to have done to Seb, for example.
But if Russell went to RedBull and qualified / finished near to Max through the season, that would be very good for his career. If he managed to qualify ahead of Max once or twice, that wouldn't hurt him either. It would certainly give Max something to think about.
Albon comes over nice guy asking politely to do it if you feel like, but of course we do not know how things are behind closed doors.
I do feel that if Russell was not happy with things we, and they would know about it. He would not just shut up and put up with it.
As you say, more prepared to be in that position