#also did you guys hear on the espn unlapped podcast that nate saunders was doing an interview with daniel today

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okay i get that it’s narratively important for daniel to be driving his old car but he’s driving a world championship winning car, and for sure it’ll show christian what he can do with it :) so honestly if you think about it we kinda won. and speaking of the narrative how’re we feeling about seb and danny driving together?😭😭

ok yes true you're right BUT, like i said in that post, they could push it one year further and have him drive the rb9, the car that he tested with in 2013 that ultimately got him the red bull seat the first time around!! still a championship winner, still something to throw a little extra fuel on his fire, but ALSO narratively important, to the point where daniel himself has drawn parallel between that 2013 test and his current round of testing this year!! and since nurburgring happens the weekend after monza, the idea that he could go straight from a monza tyre test that may or may not play a factor in getting him a seat next year into a show run in the car that DID get him a seat 10 years ago??? that would fucking hit SO fucking hard it's actually crazy to even think about. but apparently red bull doesn't have The Vision and that's fine 🙄 we'll deal 🙄

but like you're saying, the dan / seb rbr 2014 lineup angle is SOOOOO rich narratively speaking that there's still a lot to sink your teeth in even without a narratively important car. like even just the idea of seb doing everything he needed to do, feeling ready for a new challenge, etc, meanwhile daniel's still that (relatively) young hungry kid, relentlessly chasing, constantly hoping, ready for the fight, etc etc etc......their journeys so different but at the same time so similar.........ultimately bringing them right back to the same place.......delicious