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Originally Posted by HeelToeShift
When they start locking out P1 & P2 in most races by 1 second over the rest of the field and lapping everyone in the race, then we can call it dominant. Other than that, it's down to the pilot, otherwise Per would be close. The only thing is, Max destroys anyone whereas Ham was never quite good enough to put much distance between himself and maybe average at best drivers like Ros and Bot at MB - hence all of the calls to 'not race', 'invert', etc.
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It's weird. In the purposing days, RBR had a second in quali and were lapping pretty much the entire field. You insist with the idea that Verstappen and RBR are not dominant, but then contradict yourself. Nothing else to say here. Oh, 'pilot'. That's how they say in me old hunting grounds. LOL.
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Originally Posted by OG Shark
When you say he has a car perfectly suited to his style - that can work the other way too. His style has allowed RBR to take the car to a place that no other team can match. He can control such a pointy car at the edge in any situation while still preserving his tires better than anyone else on the grid at the fastest pace. ... RBR was able to evolve the car into a monster with the right person behind the wheel - so in other words it's both.
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It's the Newey effect. He can read the driver and mold the car to that driver. Obviously having a badass driver like Verstappen helps. But the real magic is Newey.