but that’s the point — the rb car is so much better than everything else on the grid, and the complete lack of competition makes the achievement somewhat meaningless in a certain light.
More boring? Absolutely. Meaningless in any way? Absolutely not.
They still have to deliver every race.
Besides, I’ve never heard another team make these kind of pathetic comments about Mercedes’ dominance all those years. This is just salty and stupid because it makes them look like sore immature losers.
Great competitors acknowledge when a competitor achieves something great.
And here they are arguing that it’s because Max has a bad teammate or whatever. Even then, Red Bull still has more wins in a row now than Mercedes ever did, so what’s their point?
I think Verstappen is a bit of a tool a lot of the time, but there's no denying his insane talent.
Wether it is greater than the likes of Vettel or Lewis at their peak, who's to say, we don't have a time machine to race young Lewis and young Vettel etc in identical cars and see who wins.
But to say that Verstappen is only winning so much because Perrez is bad or the car is good is just them deceiving themselves to sleep better I think.
Perrez is still #2 in the standings, Verstappen has barely made a mistake all season, and Red Bull are killing it with their performance and reliability. They're just doing everything right it seems, apart from overspending on catering once in a while.
Perez is on the same level as Stroll, who is being dominated in a similar fashion by Alonso. Max is good but Perez's poor performence is elevating his accomplishments.
Strange to read given that I heard Brundle (on the sky broadcast last weekend) say that he loved hearing Hamilton not giving his usual "diplomatic" answers when talking about Verstappen's teammates vs his own. Has this been taken out of context or editorialised?
Yeah. Very weird the tone of those comments. I’ve been a Lewis fan since 2007 and these comments kind of sound strange coming from him now.
Toto is Toto. He’ll say anything to show Merc in better light.
I'm not. Hamilton has a history of this when he has a battle never mind losing. And Wolff bought his way into a team just before their big run, he wasn't involved in the process of building that team up.
As far as I know, Merc brought Toto in because they liked what he did at Williams. He did have to show his caliber elsewhere before he could cash in on the Merc train.
Don’t forget Max did a good amount of trash talk himself in ‘21. Journalists ask silly questions and drivers respond pettily in the heat of the moment.
Brundle did however acknowledge that Red Bull’s own comments in the press, and actions - such as breaching the F1 cost cap last year - have not helped their cause.
"At the same time Max and Red Bull will no doubt reflect on a few past actions and words which have diluted their current appreciation levels in some quarters."