Yup! You still don't know anything about F1. Keep watching. He didn't blow the apex, he made Checo take the long way so he wouldn't get traction on the exit. It's called strategy. Max was fully alongside, so he can take the corner any way he pleases.
Good Sprint! Very fun to watch. Shame it was over so soon. If it would've stayed wet Hulkenberg would've had a good shot at a top 3. As soon as the track dried, the difference in cars started to show up again with both HAAS' falling backwards.
Think today was yet another example, the 4th in a row, that it's not the car in this case. If it was, Perez would be easily in Q3 every weekend, and on the first or second row each weekend.
Max is making the difference.
Sure it can. A car that is a handful to drive, but faster than anything else, requires a skillful driver. A car that's easy to drive, but still faster than anything else, requires less skill.
Look at the Mercedes era. They were always 1-2. Hamilton and Rosberg, Hamilton and Bottas, miles away...
You got that backwards. Max is so damn good that he really doesn't need to push the RB beyond 9.5/10 to beat everyone else.
If it was because of the car, his teammate would be right there next to him each race in P2 and not failing to make Q3 or failing to make his way through the field come...
It happened to Max when he was new. He was 18 and had less patience and less experience. The turning point came in Monaco. He was fastest of everyone all weekend, but crashed in FP3. The car was so damaged that he couldn't make qualifying and he had to start at the back. Ricciardo won that race...
When his car was slower than the Mercedes, he had no choice but to push to the limit, and beyond, to win. And he did. He didn't only win in the fastest car, he's won in the second and third fastest car too. A lot of Champions can't say the same. As far as accidents and such go, all the greatest...
No he hasn't been. He wants to fight at the front, where he belongs. He finally has a car that can. When he was at McLaren the second time, at Alpine, the cars were awful and he wasn't having a good time.
Like I said, speeding and reckless driving are two very different things
No, the answer is actually a set number. Over here, more than 15 mph over the speed limit.
Conditions permit it on the autobahn (driven there plenty) where it's legal and safe(r) and on tracks.
And there's a difference between speeding and reckless driving.