GOAT wrote: ↑06 Sep 2021, 17:34
NathanOlder wrote: ↑06 Sep 2021, 08:49
Max hasn't been dominant, he's only just retaken the lead in the championship. No one is dominating this season, I thought that was clear to see for everyone.
I guess we could argue that after Spain, Max has dominated all races- except the ones he was taken out by someone/thing else, not?
Dude. Leading a bunch of laps and finishing 3 seconds in front is not dominant driving. You need to watch the Schumacher and Vettel Eras to learn what dominance is. These races have been too close to invoke dominance. We know the car is fast. It leads almost 500 laps to Mercedes 100-odd laps. It could be dominant...
One can reasonable argue that it should have been dominating all the races except Portugal and Barcelona.
The reason why that hasn't been the case is obviously the silver team has a decent enough, car, decent engine, solid driver. The strategy is crap though. But also thanks to some bad-luck for Max/RedBull Mercedes is still in the game.
But domination? Nah.
The number of Wins Max has is pretty good. Domination-esque. Seven wins! He can potentially take the wins record for a season, he has the tools to do it. But Mercedes will not take it lying down.