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Maybe Tsunoda will bring his car with him and slap the RB livery on it…

 

Maybe! I think whether it comes out good or bad for Tsunoda he is hungry to make it to the senior team, and has been fighting for the chance for a while. Will he do well or choke? Who knows, it is one thing to be scrapping and fighting to achieve something, it is a totally other thing to achieve it and then be expected to perform. As Liam Lawson just discovered.

It's always easier to be the underdog vs the top dog.

If Lawson is not able to consistently beat or be close to Hadjar, that will be the end of his career in short order unless he can find another team. Honestly his agent should be talking to anyone they can starting now, since the chances of him moving up again will probably be slim.

 

Also you can't ignore the fact that Honda paid Red Bull a hefty amount of money to make the switch as well.

 

The Red Bull car is fundamentally designed to suit Fishlips' driving style , you can't tweak that out with set up changes

also historically , Buemi , Bourdais and Algesuari

Scott Speed was shit , he doesn't count

 

I can't wait for Yuki's tirades on comms when he's driving the Red Bull. I think they should have brought back Danny Ric, he likes a pointy car and would be appreciative of the chance again. Helmut doesn't respect Yuki so I don't believe he will ever get a fair shot, plus the RB is a better car for Yuki right now.

 

Honda had offered €10M to Red Bull for Yuki to drive. Read this morning that it is much higher now.

 

From a fans perspective, sure but from the owners perspective, the M's are running at peak efficiency. In a sport where winning doesn't generate the same revenue as Formula 1, shooting for a 54% win percentage will keep the fans just interested enough to continue to be one of the top 5 most profitable teams while staying in the bottom 50% of payroll spending in the MLB. Unfortunately for the fans, the M's are a baseball business first, sports team second.

 

Bring back Danny Ric after Yuki inevitably fails wish Yuki luck tho, always liked him better than Liam

 

Counting backwards in the Max Verstappen era, Red Bull has finished:

P3
P1
P1
P2
P2
P3
P3
P3
P2

And have won the WDC the last 4 years.

And we're comparing them to the Mariners? Jesus

 

More embarrassing than not being able to have a successful #2 driver for just over a year, has to be Merc being beaten by their customer team.

 

I only brought Ms up because shit results……with maybe ok (good?) business practices

 

No, you're right. Mariners would be more dysfunctional. As are the Cowboys. I'm more amused at the idea that it would be hard to find a franchise more dysfunctional than RB.

 

2026 changes will smooth it all out…..

 

NZ press

https://x.com/autosport/status/1905183015753359780?t=jkBOxLWjxLBGlmIoUnbR-g&s=19

 

Of course F1.com super slow to report

 

Uh oh. The cursing on the radio is gonna be epic. God i hope Yuki places above Max

 

Yuki will be a bowling ball into turn 1, pity the poor Saubers just in front of him.

 

Speaking of screwing, I just think Sainz and to a lesser extent Bearman. Screwed for the time being.