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I have to admit, I've been a little surprised by MS this year. Yeah, I didn't think he was going to win races right out of the box, but he's not doing quite as well as I thought.
I think the car needs more development and it doesn't seem particularly quick, but he is being outpaced by his teammate.
I'm not sure it's mostly because he's "lost the fire." I think the reality is he's now an old man in a young man's sport. He's close to (or more than) twice the age of most of the others. I just don't think there is any 41 year old who has the reflexes and sharpness needed to be a modern F1 driver. And he's been out for 3 years. And, yeah, he's not going to be as hungry as he was when he was starting out. That'd be impossible.
He isn't doing horribly, and I do think he will improve as the season goes on and he gets more time to get some rust off, and develop the car more.
Still waiting for a podium from him this year!
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