Red Bull’s car isn’t built for Max Verstappen—it’s built for pure aerodynamic efficiency. It’s a wind-tunnel-perfect machine, designed with a razor-sharp front end and optimized by the team’s aerodynamicists (formerly Adrian Newey, for example) to maximize performance and tire management.
The difference with Max is that he adapts better than anyone to a car in its purest, fastest form. While most drivers require adjustments—less aggressive front-end response, softer rear stability, or reduced tire wear—Max thrives with minimal changes. The car that is theoretically fastest in the wind tunnel? He can drive that as is.
That’s why the idea that Red Bull “designs the car around Max” is misleading. Every team develops cars suited to their drivers, but Verstappen simply demands less compromise. When Alex Albon said, “The car is what it is,” this is what he meant. The Red Bull is not built for Max—it just so happens that Max is the one who can extract its full potential without needing it tamed.
This is brutal even for Redbull standards, 2 races in and they're already swapping??? Not officially confirmed but yet by Redbull though but is seemingly to be true
I feel like its a good time to remind yall that when grover dies, he'll just turn into a plant instead of going to the underworld so he'll never be able to reunite with percy and annabeth ;)
The last time a "rotating" seat happened, it wasn't really rotating.
KIMI'S P4 IS RE-INSTATED!!!
P4 ON DEBUT FOR KIMI ANTONELLI 💚
MY LORD IS FINALLY HERE‼️‼️‼️🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻
When I tell you I had to process this for an hour...and I almost dropped my laptop😭🫶🏻
“my mum always says she is on my shoulder while i am driving. she is always in the car with me.”
So for those of you who don’t know this story, here goes. Apologies to those who know it.
Back in 2019 when Lando first came into F1 it was easier to find articles about him as a kid. This seems to been lost to the ether now and I have zero memory where I read it.
Back in the mid 2010s Niki Lauda invited Jackie Stewart for dinner. He needed his opinion. Mercedes has identified George Russell as a huge up coming talent and they wanted to sign him as a junior, but Niki wanted to know what Jackie knew about him.
Sir Jackie was very complimentary about George but suggested to Lauda that there was another upcoming Brit he felt was more exciting and worth a look, Lando Norris.
Over the course of the meal (which with Niki was notoriously quick) they weighed up the pros and cons on both drivers, discussed their potential and agreed by the end of the meal it was in Mercedes best interest to approach BOTH drivers and offer them places. At this point it could be either/or and you didn’t want to pick the wrong one.
However by the time Mercedes approached Lando’s team, McLaren had beaten them to the punch. We will never know if Jackie had already given the Lando sales pitch to Ron Dennis as well by this point. (Yes it was Ron not Zak that brought Lando to McLaren).
The take from this is Sir Jackie Stewart has been team Lando for at least a decade. So when we talk about the weight of expectations Lando carries, it feels he literally wants to get this Driver’s Championship done in Jackie’s lifetime so his belief is justified. The fact Jackie clearly adores him is just a bonus. (I think Kimi might be next on the Sir Jackie project board by the looks of it😂).
(Side note - if you don’t already @norris.content on Instagram is well worth a follow. She is responsible for the video and picture).