Crash-gate anyone?

Only if he’s played by Tilda Swinton.

I think the ability to work together without any doubt of priorities on either side, and with complete clarity on shared goals far outweighs the small advantage of having data from a third team. Particularly since Red Bull already controls every bit of data from a second team as it stands.

Re: your last question, do you mean to switch to Honda PU’s? Because I think at this point Red Bull will do everything in their power to keep that Honda deal exclusive.

Here’s the slowest 7 stops, Kubica’s full in/out stop on lap 20 was just 1.5s slower than the quickest time of the day. (note: the bottom 3 in this overview involved either a front wing change or a 5 second penalty)

How did you get to 51 years? It seems completely random yet weirdly specific.

Your story seems to be riddled with factual errors.

I hope F1 can deviate from their procedural bullshit and allow Sainz to join the podium ceremony in Abu Dhabi.

Based on Racefans’ data, it was only the 8th fastest pit-stop of the day, entry to exit. On the other hand, even having to completely go off throttle and steer damn near into a wall, it’s still the 8th best stop of the day...

Since Red Bull has consistently been quickest in this area this season, apparently not everyone can be that fast.

Having you seen him perform in F2 this season? Take the over.

Max learned about his promotion a week before the Spanish GP in 2016, and made his first actual miles in the RB12 during Friday practice. He also had to go up against a teammate who, at the time, was considered by many to be the second best driver in F1. I call that less than ideal. There’s no conspiracy against…

and a driver worthy of that seat would’ve dealt with that. Verstappen had a similar early promotion, and didn’t let all of the disadvantages he had bother him, and started beating Ricciardo fairly quickly.

Yes and no. Honda were supposed to re-enter F1 in 2014 but missed all sorts of milestones to make that happen. Of course McLaren didn’t help them with their size zero concept, but they actually opened up their design for 2017 a bit to accommodate Honda. During testing, Honda’s kept failing left and right and at that…

Ironically, it’s actually our fault. Fan criticism about potential bias was the key reason that the FIA decided to get a rotating crew of stewards, as opposed to just keeping the same guys for all races.

Canadian GP 2017, qualifying speed trap. Just because Honda has made massive strides since then, doesn’t mean they didn’t suck for a solid 2 1/2 years.

I wasn’t, I meant it’s the first podium since then without either a Ferrari or Mercedes works car.

That’s fair enough, though it’s a bit ‘right place-right time’-ish with Vettel. But yeah, nobody will remember that in 50 years time.

Ironically, Ferrari’s fuck-up has saved Mercedes from some criticism here. For the life of me, I don’t understand why they called for Lewis to go opposite to Verstappen’s strategy under the first safety-car. There was no upside to it whatsoever.