[FormulaMMM]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Don't see MAX in the list ! Guys c'mon are you serious ?

Goes without saying, only thing he needs is equal equipment and it's on. Kid was raised to be a killer. Crazy talented and ruthless. We need 19 more of him on the grid.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by FormulaMMM

Goes without saying, only thing he needs is equal equipment and it's on. Kid was raised to be a killer. Crazy talented and ruthless. We need 19 more of him on the grid.

Yes Sir ! MAX is born at the track . Thank you for the support !

[MKSixer]

Originally Posted by FormulaMMM

Goes without saying, only thing he needs is equal equipment and it's on. Kid was raised to be a killer. Crazy talented and ruthless. We need 19 more of him on the grid.

We have that. It's called F2 and the rest of the lesser formulae.

[FormulaMMM]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Yes Sir ! MAX is born at the track . Thank you for the support !

Not to mention, FAVORING hulk as his next teammate? Inviting a proper rival and potential challenger into the team. Dude is looking to collect scalps. The more credible the rival, the better. I love it.

F1's problem is that there aren't more Max's. To hell with all of the hierarchical team arrangements.

[FormulaMMM]

Originally Posted by MKSixer

We have that. It's called F2 and the rest of the lesser formulae.

Equal as in capable of consistently competing against the mercs without heroics or luck. You know what I mean...

[rcracin]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Don't see MAX in the list ! Guys c'mon are you serious ?

F1 needs Max to fight for #2 so Hamilton can keep winning.

[MKSixer]

Originally Posted by FormulaMMM

Not to mention, FAVORING hulk as his next teammate? Inviting a proper rival and potential challenger into the team. Dude is looking to collect scalps. The more credible the rival, the better. I love it.

F1's problem is that there aren't more Max's. To hell with all of the hierarchical team arrangements.

Favoring Hulk isn't the same thing as favoring Perez. Perez would be a proper challenge. I'm not impressed that he is favoring Hulk.

Originally Posted by FormulaMMM

Equal as in capable of consistently competing against the mercs without heroics or luck. You know what I mean...

They have the opportunity. They have gone in and doubled down on an unstable platform. They have wasted 2 years with a car that could only be managed by 1 driver. Gasly has proven himself and that the car was the problem, not him. It's a travesty.

They have the same budget as Mercedes for all practical purposes. They should be doing a better job in their car development not bemoaning Mercedes and complaining about unequal cars. It's ridiculous.

Cheers-mk

[FormulaMMM]

Originally Posted by MKSixer

Favoring Hulk isn't the same thing as favoring Perez. Perez would be a proper challenge. I'm not impressed that he is favoring Hulk.

They have the opportunity. They have gone in and doubled down on an unstable platform. They have wasted 2 years with a car that could only be managed by 1 driver. Gasly has proven himself and that the car was the problem, not him. It's a travesty.

They have the same budget as Mercedes for all practical purposes. They should be doing a better job in their car development not bemoaning Mercedes and complaining about unequal cars. It's ridiculous.

Cheers-mk

I think both would be suitable teammates and challenges. Just appreciate that he's not talking up Albon's progress or suggesting they invite Gasly back because of his uptrend at AT.

No dispute on Merc's well deserved dominance.

As for how tricky and individual the RBR platform really is, we'd find out if they sign "off the couch for a points finish" Hulk and he can't figure it.

Remember Max sure didn't take much time to adjust. Won on RBR debut.

[MKSixer]

Originally Posted by FormulaMMM

I think both would be suitable teammates and challenges. Just appreciate that he's not talking up Albon's progress or suggesting they invite Gasly back because of his uptrend at AT.

No dispute on Merc's well deserved dominance.

As for how tricky and individual the RBR platform really is, we'd find out if they sign "off the couch for a points finish" Hulk and he can't figure it.

Remember Max sure didn't take much time to adjust. Won on RBR debut.

Great post!

I really think PER is a notch above HUL, his excellent substitution performance notwithstanding.

I think we know it's really tricky and this is the management problem RBR developed for themselves. They have really junior drivers who don't have experience developing a top F1 platform. This is still apparent with VER and this isn't a cut at him...it's a fact of the situation.

Max's win was a great drive not from the standpoint that he won after the Mercs crashed (Thanks ROS) but from the standpoint that he kept a faster Ferrari behind. It was a masterful drive but my fav Max drive is his win this year in GB. Controlled. Composed. Highly managed and worthy of a WDC. As I shared with Philippe, it was his first WDC level drive.

Cheers-mk

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by rcracin

F1 needs Max to fight for #2 so Hamilton can keep winning.

Negative mate . MAX "always" says : The second place (P2) is for the first loser !

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by FormulaMMM

Not to mention, FAVORING hulk as his next teammate? Inviting a proper rival and potential challenger into the team. Dude is looking to collect scalps. The more credible the rival, the better. I love it.

F1's problem is that there aren't more Max's. To hell with all of the hierarchical team arrangements.

Well mate , I couldn't agree more !

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by FormulaMMM

I think both would be suitable teammates and challenges. Just appreciate that he's not talking up Albon's progress or suggesting they invite Gasly back because of his uptrend at AT.

No dispute on Merc's well deserved dominance.

As for how tricky and individual the RBR platform really is, we'd find out if they sign "off the couch for a points finish" Hulk and he can't figure it.

Remember Max sure didn't take much time to adjust. Won on RBR debut.

"18 years and 228 days"

[rcracin]

That’s about as Max will accomplish. Ham will take next year again and Ferrari will bounce back for 2022 with Leclerc demolishing Max.

[SenorFunkyPants]

How I became F1 youngest winner....I watched the other drivers in front of me crash out.
Verstappen could have been F1 youngest pole sitter except Ricciardo beat him to pole in equal equipment at Mexico IIRC.

[wdb]

Originally Posted by MKSixer

Gasly has proven himself and that the car was the problem, not him.

I'm a Gasly fan. I was happy to see him get the RBR seat, and dismayed to see him lose it. But it took him time to settle back into the Alpha Tauri seat too; his ascendancy this year has been after several races.

RBR is run by people who think that there is winning, and then there is the rest of it. They are very clearly a team with a #1 and a #2 driver. Like Ferrari used to be. The sad thing is that they don't see how that hobbles them as a team, and damages the opportunities of their best driver to have the best results. Mercedes gets that part right and it shows in their success.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by SenorFunkyPants

How I became F1 youngest winner....I watched the other drivers in front of me crash out.
Verstappen could have been F1 youngest pole sitter except Ricciardo beat him to pole in equal equipment at Mexico IIRC.

So back in time...RIC was able to take the pool in his first race at Red Bull ?
Wow mate ! That's really amazing !

EDIT : Hope RIC was sober that day , and was aware of it...

[SenorFunkyPants]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

So back in time...RIC was able to take the pool in his first race at Red Bull ?
Wow mate ! That's really amazing !

EDIT : Hope RIC was sober that day , and was aware of it...

Hint: winning a race because the guys in front of you crash out is not the same as winning on merit.
HTH.

[M5theonlyone]

Winning on merit hmm does that mean with winning with an advantageous car.

[Bongoxxx]

Originally Posted by M5theonlyone

Winning on merit hmm does that mean with winning with an advantageous car.

Yes if the team and driver work together to develop a better car

[SenorFunkyPants]

Originally Posted by M5theonlyone

Winning on merit hmm does that mean with winning with an advantageous car.

Would Verstappen have won without the retirements ahead of him...no
Did he win on merit...no.

There were times when RBR had the better car and Verstappen still didn't win...think Monaco.
Ricciardo winning that race with a energy recovery failure...now that is winning on merit.

[MKSixer]

Originally Posted by SenorFunkyPants

Would Verstappen have won without the retirements ahead of him...no
Did he win on merit...no.

There were times when RBR had the better car and Verstappen still didn't win...think Monaco.
Ricciardo winning that race with a energy recovery failure...now that is winning on merit.

This brings me back to the MP4-24. Max has never driven a car as bad as the 2009 McLaren yet Lewis has 4 pole positions and 2 race wins in it. Max has had much better machinery each year he's been at Red Bull Racing and only has 2 pole positions in his entire career.

His best opportunities have always been in Mexico, Singapore, Monaco, and Hungary. That is over 20 chances in tracks that suit the design philosophy of the Red Bull and yet only 2 pole positions. This is a very big blot on his resume.

Cheers-mk

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by SenorFunkyPants

Hint: winning a race because the guys in front of you crash out is not the same as winning on merit.
HTH.

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