Wish that crash had happened about 7 laps earlier and we'd had a full safety car. Would've made the last few laps really interesting.
Damage limitation for Lando today and he did what he had to do and got ahead of Max. Shame qualifying went wrong yesterday or he could've been top 3. He's running out of races to catch up. We really need a DNF from Max to close the gap more.
Can't believe that Red Bull has gone so off the boil. They could definitely do with Adrian Newey still being there. He's off to Aston Martin next year and it'll be really interesting to see what happens. He always said that he wanted to go to Ferrari one day but Aston offered him £30M a year plus a percentage of the business. Ferrari were never gonna match that. I know that's something he's always wanted. I saw an interview with the late Frank Williams where he said that that's the reason Newey left Williams back in the 1990's. Newey wanted a small percentage of the company but Frank and Patrick Head weren't prepared to give it to him. Frank admitted that it was a big mistake to not give him what he wanted.
Aston now have all the pieces in place to become title challengers. They've got a billionaire owner who isn't afraid to splash the cash - he's spent big money on upgrading their factory and building a wind tunnel. They've got Fernando Alonso as one of their drivers and now Adrian Newey is there. If Lawrence Stroll would just fuck his son out the door and replace him with Max Verstappen it would be perfect. That ain't never gonna happen though. Still, it's gonna be interesting seeing what Newey can do with the major rule changes that are coming in 2026.
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