There are 1000s of instances where Max brakes late, prioritizes entry and sacrifices exit ; instead of the other way around. It will depend on the 'situation', which of the two styles at a particular corner provides more 'gain' in the overall lap ; he doesn't drive in a fixed pattern (which is the reason for his success). I can say this with confidence, after staring at comparison lap traces in f1-tempo on many occasions.ringo wrote: ↑25 Mar 2025, 02:00Max is very peculiar with his corner entry coupled with PU and downshift calibration. It could be the other drivers just aren't that smart or detailed to deep dive into what it takes to get the car in the goldie locks zone in the corners.
Max's eaerly breaking has more meaning to it that just a driving style. It may well be what's required and not simply a style he drives.
The instability in the car doesnt facilitate last minute braking, the driver just wont have enough time to react when the instability sets in. That could be where the edgyness lies.
ringo wrote: ↑25 Mar 2025, 04:34It can even be the opposite.. Max does not need feel.. just like in Sim racing. Lawson is probably working more on a closed loop. Feeling first then reacting; which takes a longer time in control. Max provably is on open loop control most of the time and only switches to closed loop if the car is doing what he did not predict it should do.
It could explain being able to drive regardless of the car's behavior. There is less fear or tentativeness.
No mate, I am sure you know that this is impossible and out of the question. He is the guy who has the most amount of innate feel for the car. Car control is impossible without feedback. Open loop is not possible.The comment on P3 is nonsense. Of course the McL will be P1 and P2, but Max could genuinely beat Russel. If it goes on like this, one main decider will be if Merc or Redbull gets the second driver ahead on a track that suits them. Similar for WCC, if Lawson would be where Ant is and there he should be, the race would be on.
Another interesting quoteDuring a high-level meeting of Red Bull's parent company in Dubai on Tuesday, it was decided that Liam Lawson's time at Red Bull Racing has come to an end. He will be immediately swapped with Yuki Tsunoda from Racing Bulls.
What makes the choice of Lawson even more notable is that Honda had been willing to pay an additional 10 million euros to Red Bull if they chose Tsunoda as a replacement for Sergio Pérez in 2025. Honda already pays 10 million euros annually for Tsunoda's Racing Bulls seat, but they were willing to double that if the Japanese driver were to land the second seat alongside Verstappen.
Horner dismissed the offer at the time, but sources have told De Limburger that such a deal is now on the table. The savvy top brass at Red Bull Racing has reached out to the Japanese multinational in recent days and literally asked how much they are willing to pay to have Tsunoda race alongside Verstappen for the rest of the year. Reports indicate that Honda is willing to pay several million for their dream transfer.
organic wrote: ↑25 Mar 2025, 21:58It's confirmed now. Yuki to the main team.
Expecting sky etc to report soon
Verstappen insider van Haren next:
https://www.telegraaf.nl/sport/16267721 ... iam-lawson
Disappointing move from Red bull, I expected them to give him at least 6 races. 2 weekends is just way to short a time, definitely influenced by the 20m Honda will cough up for Tsunoda.organic wrote: ↑25 Mar 2025, 21:48Die Limburger (newspaper from the local region where Verstappen is from) reports that Red Bull have decided to replace Lawson with Yuki Tsunoda for Japan onwards.
https://www.limburger.nl/sport/auto-mot ... aign=share
Another interesting quoteDuring a high-level meeting of Red Bull's parent company in Dubai on Tuesday, it was decided that Liam Lawson's time at Red Bull Racing has come to an end. He will be immediately swapped with Yuki Tsunoda from Racing Bulls.What makes the choice of Lawson even more notable is that Honda had been willing to pay an additional 10 million euros to Red Bull if they chose Tsunoda as a replacement for Sergio Pérez in 2025. Honda already pays 10 million euros annually for Tsunoda's Racing Bulls seat, but they were willing to double that if the Japanese driver were to land the second seat alongside Verstappen.
Horner dismissed the offer at the time, but sources have told De Limburger that such a deal is now on the table. The savvy top brass at Red Bull Racing has reached out to the Japanese multinational in recent days and literally asked how much they are willing to pay to have Tsunoda race alongside Verstappen for the rest of the year. Reports indicate that Honda is willing to pay several million for their dream transfer.
It's not like there's an abundance of great drivers willing to join RedBull at the moment you know. They have to play with what they've got. Liam wasn't cutting it. Those performances were shockingly bad to be honest, I never expected him to do that badly. It's totally reasonable that they can't continue with a driver who has been slowest in pretty much all competitive sessions we have had so far.
