#meanwhile merc would be a whole new team dynamic and he'd be competing against george who's much more of an equal

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I don’t trust that man. No other outlet is talking about Albon to RB. Why would Albon leave a team where he’s the lead driver to play Lapdog to Max? That’s Daniel role 😭

i'm gonna pair these together cause i feel like they overlap enough that my response to each would be fairly similar.

anyways, i've literally been thinking about this for literal hours on end and i feel like the only way it makes any sense at all is if the plan is for vcarb to truly be built around daniel from the ground up—he's the leader, he's the face, it's his team, etc—and for it to be As Good As Red Bull. if they need two strong leaders for two strong teams, max and daniel are the guys to do it. that makes sense to me.

but what doesn't make sense to me is.....would red bull REALLY be willing to sacrifice some of their own performance for the sake of vcarb? especially if ferrari and potentially merc have two strong drivers in their lineup that will be racking up points and at the very least challenging for the constructors?

what also doesn't make sense to me is the apparent timing and details of this deal. for red bull to not only extend a deal, but extend a THREE YEAR DEAL before the cars have even touched the track? that would have to imply that a) they want alex more than literally anyone else on the grid and b) they're completely confident in his ability to deliver over this regulation set and the next. and don't get me wrong, i think alex is great and i wouldn't be surprised at all if he actually is on the shortlist for the second rbr seat, but i'm just not convinced that it's a situation where they want him SOOOOOO fucking badly that they're willing to go out of their way to extend him this kind of deal before they even get the chance to evaluate their other options on the track.