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Hot Take: Everyone is being too hard on Checo
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this post was submitted on 12 Jul 2023
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Yeah he’s having an excellent season. He’s number two in the driver standings (for now!) and Red Bull is 1 in the constructor. I think RBR is perfectly happy with those results WHILE also keeping an eye on his recent issues.
Checos recent performances won’t work once there’s another team challenging Red Bull. But for now, they’re dominant enough to make it work.
This is why they should be hard on him. They have an advantage but for how long. Although it seems they are focusing on next year already (did Red Bull bring any upgrades to the car this year, I feel like there was only one), this still can become tight if there are a couple of DNFs for Max/Checo and others bring upgrades that close the gap significantly...especially if Checo does not return to his prior form and keeps getting knocked out q2/q3 and not finishing in top 3.