He’s vice-captain only because he’s been at the club for 8 years, not because he has leadership qualities. A captain leads by example, while Cancer Jr. throws tantrums, harasses opponents, argues with refs, and even fights with Real’s own fans.
I mean, I agree that Russell failed, but Kimi has been Toto’s personal project, and he’s been moulding him into a WDC ever since he joined Mercedes’ programme at the age of 12. The guy’s been in their garage for years, and he completed 9000 km of testing even before his F1 debut.
You do realise that he achieved P5 only because Russell was slow af and Hadjar’s engine was in pitstop mode for half of the race?
Probably Fornaroli, they’re already training him to be cucked by Lando and Zak, and he seems to be grateful for it.
Aston Martin to replace Alonso. HUGE potential if Honda fixes the PU (aerodynamically it’s already at the top) + deserved number 1 driver treatment.
Vini’s cancerous. He tempts every newcomer to become his friend, corrupts them with his unprofessionalism, and then uses that influence to force changes in the club.
Basically, Oscar got hit from both sides. Not only do the regs not suit him (there’s nothing anyone can do about that tbf, he just has to fully adapt), but McLaren have also built a car that fundamentally goes against his driving style.
Translating from bullshit to English — they created the car around Lando’s driving style (more responsive, more sensitive to steering inputs, less stable in the corners), but they realised they’d fucked up when Lando himself couldn’t handle the car’s unpredictable behaviour.
Yep, there’s an article with Neil Houldey’s comments where he says they intentionally made the wheelbase shorter, but “it came with a cost to the size of floor the car can run with, which has limited the powerful aerodynamic potential of this area”.
