Poor Russell, he has zero luck.

The Red Bull car is impressively fast this year. It literally gained 30 seconds year to year. Going from losing to Lewis by 15 seconds to beating him by 15 seconds this year. The extra time for extra pit stop for fastest lap of course doesn't count.

There aren't really any major upgrades for this year as the teams are focused on the 2022 car, Mercedes won't have a chance to claw back the performance deficit. The narrow rear floor really hurts the Merc and benefits the Red Bull. 

Red Bull car has great mechanical grip advantage, with that they can trim down the rear wing for even faster top speed, Mercedes might as well throw in the towels and regroup for the new 2022 cars. 

Lewis will have to wait another year to go for number 8 as Max pretty much has the championship in his back pocket, barring any car failures for the rest of the season.

 

 


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