once again reminding y’all that i was cancelled on verstappietwt less than a year ago for being too fond of george russell. i’ve consistently held my positions re: team favoritism, even when it harms my driver (see: colapinto). i was running the same agenda last year re: mcl.

of course, during race weekends i’m biased. i don’t want george to do well. but the logical framework for why i feel the way i do about mercedes has been consistent pretty much since i got into f1.

this is actually an incredibly common misconception about verstappen: he’s a very smooth driver! aggressive wheel, yes, but not usually terribly aggressive on corner entries. while he can brake late esp for overtakes, he generally prefers to brake earlier and also doesn’t +

usually use the throttle to balance the car in turns. senna on the other hand had more aggressive corner entries, braked later, and famously tapped the throttle in corners to spool the turbo and break traction. it’s hard to do a perfect direct comparison since the cars have +

the most prost-like driver in recent f1 was button imo. current grid…tbh yeah, pérez has a pretty strong argument. i would Technically say that norris is also sort of comparable in some ways. senna…oof yeah it’s hard to say. idk if i would say alonso though. in terms of +