@Stoopbets@TruthF111@verstappenews obviously, but he claimed that rbr isnt 4th fastest. Having a fast engine also doesnt really help much when it explodes every other weekend
@myershulk@TruthF111@verstappenews still doesnt make the red bull any faster so im not sure what the other dude was on when calling red bull being 4th fastest a "gimmick"
@verstappenews considering we were decent around monaco, chassis is at least decent as well. Really makes you wonder what the hell is wrong for us to be 4th fastest
@TruthF111@verstappenews oh come on, if youve watched more than two races this season you can clearly see mercedes, ferrari and mclaren being faster than red bull. Hell, at the start even alpine was faster at times
@tajesutherland@F1GuyDan russell has historically been decent around barcelona though, and red bull have upgrades in barcelona and austria, who knows what could happen
@jjannt18 merc quicker, ferrari quicker, mclaren quicker (usually). They tend to be 4th fastest, though this weekend theyre about 3rd fastest, very close to merc and ferrari
@OPMAD7@suscartelsteve@Verstappenn_ fair enough, we obviously dont really know the nature of russell's issues, maybe they wouldve appeared sooner had they continued on flat out rather than behind the SC, either way its just speculation
@OPMAD7@suscartelsteve@Verstappenn_ goes for pretty much 75% of verstappen drives in 2023, and probably a couple of hamilton drives in 2020/mclaren drives in 2025
@OPMAD7@suscartelsteve@Verstappenn_ true, that goes for every driver though. You usually dont see massive (30s+) winning margins because drivers tend to take less risks and manage the pace once theyre out in front
@suscartelsteve@OPMAD7@Verstappenn_ ill also add to that by noting verstappen only did it 4 times in 2023 (monaco, spain, hungary, belgium), but he actually utilised his pit margin at times, such as in austria, causing him to finish closer to the pack
@suscartelsteve@OPMAD7@Verstappenn_ lewis did it three times in 2020 (twice if you think 24s isnt a comfortable pitstop margin), and in 2025 norris pulled a pitstop margin only in mexico, max did it only in vegas, and piastri didnt even manage it once