Ferrari really keep trying new ways to sabotage their F1 efforts, right now I think Leclerc is really cursed. 

Aston Martin took off ALL the upgrades they have done this year and they are right back to their early season form, go figures about their 'upgrades'.

Mclaren, wow, their in season progress is amazing. They seems to be the up and coming team to challenge Red Bull next season if this continues.

Mercedes, well their car is like the carrying an open parachute on the straights, slowest top speed in the field by far and that's not even a close fight. Now that Elliot is gone, wonder if they can gather things up and get some better car development next season. I am guessing the zero side pod design was Elliot's idea and now that that idea is gone Elliot is not sticking around. Mercedes is bleeding talents, first it was Vowles and now Elliot gone too. Who's next for the brain drain. And also, which team will be trying to sign Elliot.

This season the stars are aligned perfectly for Max in the all conquering Red Bull. Ferrari could have been a close challenger but they keep self sabotaging themselves. Aston Martin was another but they went backwards with each 'upgrades'. McLaren started the season way way behind, imagine they were half way decent earlier and they would have been really close mid season and put up a good fight. Mercedes was stuck with the zero side pod for far too long to mount a proper challenge. Literally Max has zero competition this year and he is driving at 80% max every race weekend. On top, the effect of their penalty for getting caught cheating wasn't kicking in yet earlier, allowing them to build a nice lead that they never relinquished. 2024 might be a different story however. The development time deficit will surely plays a role.

And here is a good one for 'that one guy that thinks Max is god and it's all Max and not the Red Bull'.

With Norris staying step by step with Max in the Red Bull, does that means Norris is a better driver than if the Red Bull 'isn't all conquering'? And you think the McLaren is the faster car and it was Max that kept the Red Bull in front? Let's see how you spin this one. 

Actually, let me give you a stair to get off the stage gracefully. Max was responding to Norris' lap times and managing that gap, he is holding a lot of the car in reserve, probably driving 80% or whatever. But Norris did get fastest lap over Max by almost 2 seconds. 

It was great watching the race for the back of the grid, 8th,9th and 10th place in the standings are TIGHT. Any given weekend one team could earn enough pts to leapfrog, tens of millions are on the line back there. 2 more weekends to go.


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