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Originally Posted by 917_Langheck

After three years of cheerleading the removal of Checo the Sky team now exclaims it's not the driver, it's the car!?? Dude, where have you been? The team is a one driver only organization and has been since 2010 - if you are the golden boy, you get the gold (multi 21 and all that). They do expect T2 to be P2, but their consideration is secondary at best.

That said, Yuki was 0.257 sec behind Max in Q1 - the whole grid was covered by 0.95 secs! Both drivers complained the front had no grip and undrivable. As usual Max's team's analysis of the data allows them to make those just enough changes to get the car in a better window for him to use. How that doesn't translate to the second driver is not well documented, though it is known Max prefers a very pointy car.

George should go have a conversation with the Merc directors to have a convo with Stroll Sr. to free up Jr's. seat and slot George in with a full Newey-designed car with Merc power next year. A Fred and George team would be very good to watch. This would put Toto in a deep pickle when Max isn't available. 🙂

Are the Aston Martin not running Honda from next year?