I was watching P3 and I was saying to myself that if Perez grabs top 3 again I'm going to quit watching this thing
I swear if the guy suddenly redeems himself and starts getting solid points I quit putting one dime on F1, it would be like all my theories going to ash and dust.
Perez 4th Verstappen 6th, common....
Perez knows Baku, Perez likes Baku. And well.. it was also helped, overly surprisingly, by Verstappen, to get to 4th.
For me a real surprise is what Colapinto was managed to do (and he almost could have done much better).
I'll say it again:
imho Baku is all about correct reflexes, not necessarily the best car, so it may come with interesting results.
On Newey's contract... while I do expect Ferrari quite resistant against big changes (personnel, strategy, ..), I still think that it was about money. And, as @rdbase said, some shares added to the salary package.