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.
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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..
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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.