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DT’s 10 THOUGHTS… On Baku and beyond
CHINA
01 May 2018
A celebrated Formula 1 journalist with more than 500 (consecutive) Grands Prix’ experience, David Tremayne is one of those familiar paddock figures who has seen it all, met them all, and written about it all, over almost five decades of F1 racing. Here, he shares his thoughts after round four of the season in Azerbaijan…
3. Applaud Red Bull for letting them race
For the second year in a row the Azerbaijan GP was a spectacular crashfest, and it almost seemed as if the best thing that can happen to you is to suffer some sort of accident damage on the opening lap. Just ask Kimi Raikkonen or Sergio Perez…
But for Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen, their second collision proved embarrassingly terminal.
Doubtless, Toto Wolff and Niki Lauda winced in sympathy. They’ve had experience of that themselves, with Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg, as had Red Bull when Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber were partnered in days gone by. Last year Sergio and Esteban Ocon got together here, too, possibly even costing Force India the race.
You don’t have to be a genius to understand why crashing into your team mate is deemed to be the ultimate no-no in racing, even if the man driving the same car as you is the one you most have to beat. Even the smallest teams make massive investments, and much though the fans love them, the drivers are still employees. And most likely the highest paid.
It thus takes a special kind of corporate courage still to let them race wheel-to-wheel, so though Christian Horner and Helmut Marko read the Riot Act to Daniel and Max,
I applaud them – and Toto and Niki and Bob Fernley - for letting their men race the way they do. It makes F1 what it is, and I hope that always remains the case.
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