But the latest change - in Sao Paulo - made by Mercedes was unexpectedly powerful. Now their car is again significantly faster than the RedBull.
Some tell stories about the more talented pilot and mind games. No. One can be 10 times more talented than the rest; if the car is just a tad slower he doesn't stand a chance.
Generally this is the case if the drivers are roughly evenly matched, or even somewhat unevenly matched. But when they are very unevenly matched, it's different. What I mean is that the difference between Lewis and Max does come down in large part to the car, because these two drivers are quite evenly matched. But, Bottas drives a Merc and Perez drives a Red Bull... where are they? Where were they in the last race? Absolutely nowhere, it doesn't matter which one of them has the Merc and which the Red Bull, both will be a long way behind Max and Lewis... so Max and Lewis may have the best cars, but they are also at the front because they are exceptional drivers. If everyone in the race had either a Merc or a Red Bull, it would still be Max and Lewis at the front.
He has already one more wins than Hamilton in this season so far.
Only on paper. In reality, they have the same. Why do I say that? Because one of Max's "wins" was the Belgium farce where they trundled around behind the safety car for a couple of laps, with zero overtaking and zero actual racing. In reality it's 8 wins each. But of course that's not what counts for the championship...
