#sorry this take is actually me being slightly pro the rbr socials team

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the only thing I don’t understand about Red Bull cropping out Daniel is that they still did it even when Daniel went back to rb and vcarb, I remember specifically looking to see if they��d start keeping him in the throwbacks they posted w max but they still left him out. And that doesn’t fully make sense, like yeah he’s not technically your driver but what do u lose by including him when u can literally hear him talking. It’s more work to crop him out than just posting the original

I didn't really pay that close of attention during the start of the season but I would imagine it has really always had to do with the underlying "threat" to checo and the response of his fans. RBR couldn't be seen as idealizing max and daniel as teammates when checo is their other driver because they'd never hear the end of it. I do think that's still partly why they're not posting daniel now anyway. Like in the immediate aftermath of singapore it was because of people coming for them about daniel deserving better but at this point I honestly think they're trying to avoid checo's fans abusing them (and maybe even daniel, though its not like he would see it) in the replies (because they would).