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[Sergej]

Sorry if I’m late to the party with this one.

My take away from this article is that Verstappen will leave F1 if his car isn’t good enough next season… seems a bit drastic don’t you think?

https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/what- ... /10760839/

Why would he retire ? Vermuelen doesn't say that, quite the contrary actually ("Max wants to win more championships in the future."). Next year Max will have the greatest wildcar of the driver market, basically he can sit down, see which is the best team, have a call and go there; Toto and Stroll are just waiting for a decision from him, maybe only McLaren is a bit closed for him (but I also think it wouldn't be a good partnership). He will have plenty of options other than retirement.

[CjC]

Apologies

There is another article on Autosport about it too:

https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/verst ... /10760934/

The way the headline is penned ‘you’ve got one more year to keep me in F1’

Could be interpreted as ‘….. keep me in F1 or I’m off to GT3 or whatever’

But yea, both of the articles suggest he’ll leave Red Bull to pursue more titles in F1

[langedweil]

Nor is 'only' 63 pts away

[Chuckjr]

Incredible lap from Max. Racing mastery on display. What a lap. Well done RB improving the car.

[Paa]

1 second in front of Tsunoda with the same floor. 1 second in front of George Russell. 1 second in front of Lando Norris. Piastri in the wall. Leclerc in the wall. Hamilton out in Q2. Today the talk cannot be about the car. Do you think RBR is 1 second faster than Mercedes, Mclaren, and Ferrari? Do you think Max was driving a different track without walls? Of course not. Today people could see the full "Max effect" on display now that he got a car that was finally just competitive (but not better). Max made up the rest of the difference.

I've said things before but today I'm really lost for words, still. A generational performance from a generational driver. One to reminisce upon forever. He won't win the championship, but this season is just reinforcing the legend of Max Verstappen.

Every team would drop 1 or both of their drivers and give up their arms and legs to have him. Toto Wolff is the only one who isn't afraid to say it out loud.

Max was the only one who could actually improve in Q3 vs his Q2 attempt.
Ignoring Sainz (who did his Q3 lap before any rain), everybody was slower in Q3 by 0.2 - 0.8 sec.

[Sergej]

In this difficult mixed conditions Max is by very far the best.

[Rikhart]

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/mcla ... /10761124/

I am indeed starting to hope for an epic Max comeback, if the Mclaren drivers keep being journeymen and the Redbull did indeed have a massive upgrade! Could he possibly take this title? It would be more realistic if the second car managed to actually steal some points.

[Vettel165]

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/mcla ... /10761124/

I am indeed starting to hope for an epic Max comeback, if the Mclaren drivers keep being journeymen and the Redbull did indeed have a massive upgrade! Could he possibly take this title? It would be more realistic if the second car managed to actually steal some points.

Not a chance it would need 2007 style of luck (1 in a million). In which Kimi was 17 points down with 2 races to go. Thats about 45 points in the new version. Dont believe in a miracle, lets just enjoy now if we can get some more pole positions and maybe a race win or two until the end of the season. I am just being realistic.

[f1isgood]

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/mcla ... /10761124/

I am indeed starting to hope for an epic Max comeback, if the Mclaren drivers keep being journeymen and the Redbull did indeed have a massive upgrade! Could he possibly take this title? It would be more realistic if the second car managed to actually steal some points.

Not a chance it would need 2007 style of luck. In which Kimi was 17 points down with 2 races to go. Thats about 45 points in the new version. Dont believe in a miracle, lets just enjoy now if we can get some more pole positions and maybe a race win or two until the end of the season. I am just being realistic.

Yeah, it would take a miracle on top of a miracle to win the title.

Max wins everything and then Piastri keeps crashing along with Norris for like four races or something. Singapore will be a good test for the new upgrades. If the car is good there, and if Max can do miracles like last year by splitting the Papaya cars, it would be very very good.

Realistically I think we can fight for maybe one or two more wins exactly like you say and finish the season with maybe 5 wins total.

[Sergej]

So here's the stat: so far this season Max has more poles than Lando and Oscar. Crazy.

[f1isgood]

So here's the stat: so far this season Max has more poles than Lando and Oscar. Crazy.

Suzuka, Jeddah, Miami, Silverstone, Monza and Baku. Pretty wide spread of tracks. Sure they are all "fast" but the requirements are vastly different. Quite the list. Also was it not Max's first pole at Miami, Monza and Baku?

[Sergej]

wow Max starts on hards. Ok, in Hannah we trust

[AR3-GP]

Good job by Yuki so far.

[Sergej]

Will we be exposed to undercut from who has medium tyres and will pit early ?

[Juzh]

Will we be exposed to undercut from who has medium tyres and will pit early ?

Nah, pace is good enough and gap is increasing now