That would be one way to slow Max down.

Some speculation is that Max is tired of F1, and wants to move on to sports car racing. He has said he has no desire to try to set records in F1.

We will see.

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I believe it. Many times he alluded to the fact he is tired of silly F1 rules, the fines, MBS, swearing penalties, the media pressure, all the stuff *around* F1. If F1 was "get in and drive" I think he'd be there forever... Good for him if he explores other series, it actually would be awesome to see his talent applied to GT, WEC, IMSA and other series like F1 drivers did in the Jim Clark era ! Then at some point he'd probably come back and still wipe the floor with F1 competition on his return (and I'm not even a fan of his). He's a generational talent.

Max has a race team that runs in GT World series in Europe. They run an Aston Martin . So the seed is planted for an after F1 career . Let's face it he can go anywhere he wants and find a drive .

While he may be fed up with F1 bull$hit he's not stupid . He makes big bucks via salary and endorsements from F1 . And he knows it takes $$$ to run a race team . Sure GT racing is cheaper than F1 but it's still not cheap .

I think he will see out his current contract and sign one more extension . Whether that's with RB or someone else time will tell . Make as much $$$ as you can then go have fun .

I suspect the Red Bull car is on par with the Racing Bulls car so if Max moved to Ferrari, he'd have even more pole positions and wins this year. I'm no Max fan but when you look at how he's dominated every recent teammate he's had, it's hard to argue that Max is the only reason Red Bull is doing halfway decent in the championship.

Yup. I forget the data but I recall seeing there was no team on the grid where the difference between teammates on the same car was as great as that between Max and whoever's on the ejection seat at redbull.

I don't know, with the way Ferrari manages their races it would be tough.

Amazing qualifying!

Congrats to all the top ten.

Disappointed in the results for Carlos and Yuki . Hadjar continues to impress . Colapinto is a rolling chicane . There will be at least one red flag tomorrow . Probably by Colapinto or Stroll .

So will the mandatory 2 pit stops make a difference tomorrow? Or is it Lando's race to lose?

Interesting strategies by Racing Bull and Williams. Everyone lapped up to and including 6th place.
Shame Lewis fell away so badly on his last stint. Fourth could have been his.
Maybe with the cars getting slightly smaller next year, we might see something other than a processional race. :rolleyes:

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Interesting by Williams. Don't understand why Mercedes fell for it. I would have at least split strategies, with both cars bottled up behind the two Williams'.

Nice clean drive by Hadjar.

The mandatory 2 pit stops just did not really work to improve the racing. Maybe a "balance of performance" minimum race lap time. Mercedes must have hired some strategy employees fired from Ferrari. To use the same strategy for both drivers was really stupid when starting so far back, and finishing even further back.

Hadjar is getting consistent top 10 finishes . If he continues to perform he will replace Yuki .

The commentator today said the same stupid thing twice today: next year make a rule that you have to do the first pit stop in the first 20 laps.
Just what we need, more stupid regulations to try and cover up a problem created by regulations.
It's a shame that the talking heads don't have the guts to admit the problem, Monaco is a joke.
The cars are too big and the track is too small.
No passing.

VCARB and williams were driving too slowly and holding up others and make a gap.
On a REAL TRACK the others would have simply passed the cars that were intentionally driving 5 seconds a lap slower and holding them up.
But not at Monaco, it isn't a real track and isn't a real race. No racing allowed.
The only real pass today was from Antonelli and that resulted in a crash and scrutiny from the stewards.
Didn't they cover the no passing rule in the pre-race meetings?

Every year Monaco just gets worse, and every year I say the same thing: another 2 hours wasted.
Then I say next year I simply won't watch it, even though I haven't missed an F1 race in decades.

BTW I'm through rooting for Sainz or Williams for a while, today was pure chicken **** from them.

Are you trying to punish Hadjar for his success?

The two stop rule didn’t work. I think they should go to some kind of Sunday shoot out where you get two drivers at a time doing standing starts 30 seconds apart. If the chasing driver comes within 30 seconds, they win the heat and they progress to next round. To make it even more exciting, no radio comms to tell where each driver stands.

Farcical :(

Monaco can't be fixed, cars too big, heavy, equal, reliable, and track too small

It is what it is, Sat. qualifying decides race finishing order

I watched the post race on ESPN app. Pretty good interviews. Toto had some good points for those that are in the ditch Monaco camp. It was packed and people love it, it isn't and can't go away. He went on to say that all the drivers complain about it but it is the one race that they want desperately to win.

He also suggested a maximum lap time to prevent teams from doing what Williams did, which ruined the race for all but the top 4 (Hammy had his own issues).

I would suggest re-profiling the Nouvel Chicane and the final turn. That may provide for some opportunity to get a run on an opponent.

Naomi Schiff suggested during post race coverage that the teams use F3 cars for the race. They laughed it off as just another gimmick.

That didn't take long