You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today!
The banners on the left side and below do not show for registered users!
If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact contact us.
Perez is pretty naive to think that Max wouldn't have pushed for a fastest lap.
He knew. He's a team player though, so he did what the team asked him to do. The team knows this too, which is why they only hint at it "we're not interested in the fastest lap" rather than actually order him not to go for it..
My AFC gave me an ABS CEL code of LOL while at WOT!
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Vancouver
Posts: 1,896
Thanked 5,014 Times in 1,137 Posts
Failed 16 Times in 14 Posts
they asked Checo to slow his pace
reddit is telling me that if you listen to all the team radio (you can) that they also told Max to slow his pace. He wouldn't acknowledge the instruction despite multiple requests (and didn't slow down)
Had Checo done what he was told, Max would have closed some distance (though not enough to catch him). Optics? soft team orders to see what happens when there are real ones? Trying to save the cars? All of that sounds like micro strategy and none of that sounds like racing.
I don't know what the psychology is here. I think for Max (and Jos LOL) if you're not first you're last. RB will have to spend a considerable amount of resources just managing their drivers.
Quote:
Originally Posted by SkinnyPupp
He knew. He's a team player though, so he did what the team asked him to do. The team knows this too, which is why they only hint at it "we're not interested in the fastest lap" rather than actually order him not to go for it..
Actually - he didn't just do what he was asked to do. He questioned it - more than once. Only after that was he told to do as he pleased. RB have some more trouble brewing.
The radio exchange between Verstappen and the team about fastest lap was funny.
max: what's the time for the fastest lap?
team: we aren't concerned about that right now
max: but I am.
__________________
Quote:
Originally Posted by skyxx
Sonick is a genius. I won't go into detail what's so great about his post. But it's damn good!
2010 Toyota Rav4 Limited V6 - Wifey's Daily Driver
2009 BMW 128i - Daily Driver
2007 Toyota Rav4 Sport V6 - Sold
1999 Mazda Miata - Sold
2003 Mazda Protege5 - Sold
1987 BMW 325is - Sold
1990 Mazda Miata - Sold
I think it's pretty safe to say that Checo is clearly considered the #2 driver by Red Bull, and that's how they treat him (This was probably even expressed to him when he signed his contract)
That might upset Checo fans, but at least it pretty much stamps out the LeClerc/Sainz or Hamilton/Rosberg drama that happened in previous years.
I'm sure Checo knows he's considered #2 but it's either play second fiddle to Max or have no drive on the grid. Which is a shame because he's a terrific driver.
I just hope Checo has a dominant car all season and is right there (as close as one can be at this point) to Max since he's the only one at this point that can offer any sort of competition
Let's be honest, Checo is never outperforming Max on actual pace over a weekend.
Mechanical issues, unlucky damage from other competitors, or Strategy blunders on Max's side is basically Checo's only shot at ever finishing above max.
Think the way max is driving right now and with this car, RB knows max is going to want every win. If this race was 10 more laps almost a certainty max would have passed him they will have to eventually just cater to him as him alone could probably win both a constructors and a drivers championship with
What’s fucking crazy about the RB’s is how fast they are even without DRS, like those 2 laps after the safety car with no DRS max is still clawing his way through the pack with very little effort.
__________________
Dank memes cant melt steel beams
I wish the Formula 1 YouTube channel highlights had Croftly calling the race instead of the default F1 commentators
__________________
Quote:
Originally Posted by The_AK
Or you meet some girl at the club, cum inside of her, find out shes only in grade 12, so you buy a Prada bag for her to make things right, she finds out the bag is a fake and decides to have the kid
Quote:
Originally Posted by RX_Renesis
wtf did she get some bolt-on titties or what?
they look sooooooooooo much bigger than they were 2ish years ago.
Quote:
Originally Posted by nns
I can't stand the sound of Mandarin either. Boo yow nee bey nee shing bo now noong gey shee mayo mayo mayo mayo mayo mayo mayo.
Think the way max is driving right now and with this car, RB knows max is going to want every win. If this race was 10 more laps almost a certainty max would have passed him they will have to eventually just cater to him as him alone could probably win both a constructors and a drivers championship with
.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Great68
Let's be honest, Checo is never outperforming Max on actual pace over a weekend.
Mechanical issues, unlucky damage from other competitors, or Strategy blunders on Max's side is basically Checo's only shot at ever finishing above max.
sure and that's fine and correct on both those comments, but make max work for it. don't just make checo slow down to make sure it happens...but we know team orders will come into play
don't just make checo slow down to make sure it happens..
Someone printed the transcripts of the last 5 laps, and this is false.
The team told both drivers to target 33.0's. Max just disobeyed and ran 32.6's. When Checo's engineer realized this, he told Checo he could push.
Really it was just Max's selfishness popping up again (although, he's a ruthless competitor hungry for his 3rd championship, so I don't blame him for trying as some would), but this narrative that the team intentionally fucked Checo over by telling him to run slower is far juicier
What's also funny on that transcript is Checo basically whining to the team trying to make sure the positions stayed as they were.
I hate that shit, I would have loved to have seen a last lap shootout for 1st place between the two if it was possible. Not because I really care for Max or hate Checo, but because I care for exciting racing, first and foremost.
Checo's "whining" was they they told him to slow pace. what's the first thing that's going to run through your head when you're leading a race and your beast/dick head of a team mate is the next guy behind you and has the ability to catch if you slow down. don't blame checo at all
he has to plan on 1) team telling him to slow down for max 2) team telling both of them to slow down, save the car and keep positions and max just not listening
either way, checo needs to drive for checo in these types of scenarios when he's ahead, full out.
I only answer to my username, my real name is Irrelevant!
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: CELICAland
Posts: 25,666
Thanked 10,387 Times in 3,913 Posts
Failed 1,390 Times in 625 Posts
I think that it's amazing that Max goes from jeddah to immediately sitting on his race simulator to game with his gaming team buddies and wins 11 simulator races, the guys just the biggest raving nerd. He's like the guys in the computer labs back in school, except he also drives an F1 car
You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today!
The banners on the left side and below do not show for registered users!
