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Are we not talking Stroll ? ;-)

I mean, he completely lifted Ricciardo off the ground and ruined a comeback race for the guy (and also Piastri's). That was a safety car restart deal. a corner you need to brake for, I mean where else are you looking ?
The guy is a mystery to me, I try not to slag him too much, he did some good results like Baku and Turkey once, at times he pulls off really respectable passes. Clearly he has some talent. He also came back in serious pain from 2 wrist surgeries so he has motivation and some self belief. He could just stay home at the pool.

But.. the rest of the time ? I mean why? the mistakes, the total lack of pace vs almost any team mate... Is it because he's in the unique position of knowing his dad will get him a seat next year somehow that he's never questioning himself ? Does this lack of hunger translate into missing a little % that would make him a decent overall driver ?

Another side note (tin foil hat on). For 3 races Ricciardo is nowhere. Complains about the car doing A B or C. Gets new tub and is 1/2 a field ahead of Tsunoda, who complains almost verbatim about the same issue RIC was having... Is it possible they gave RIC a new tub, and gave Yuki Ricciardo's old tub as a blind test? Or, no new tub at all and swapped the cars ? the drivers would not know... Just having fun here but the comments make you wonder... Odd.

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