#daniel's car literally blew up and had to retire like 8 times that year and he was still only 20 points off 😭

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People saying Daniel couldn’t match checo are as delusional as us. Did they see Daniel in Miami he was saying so much out of pocket stuff regarding a seat next year. Also he wouldn’t be this positive if his sim times weren’t as good as checos or at least close to his times.

well and from those very first little leaks about sim times and comparisons, the report was always that it started out bad for daniel but got better fairly quickly, to the point where they were basically neck-and-neck and either one could be framed as the faster of the two depending on who you're asking. and i'd assume that daniel's probably either stayed consistently on pace with checo or gotten even better (even if just marginally so) just based on how he's carrying and backing himself recently.

and i don't want to start a whole checo bashing session because i DO think he's a good driver and he's definitely the best pairing with max that red bull has had since daniel, but it is funny to me how the anti-daniel faction seems to enjoy comparing mclaren era daniel specifically—a clear outlier in his otherwise stellar career—to checo in order to say that he doesn't have what it takes anymore (if he ever did, according to them lmao).

i was looking at this head-to-head comparison earlier and obviously we all know that points don't tell the whole story, but looking at daniel's red bull years in a 2nd or 3rd best car vs checo's in a championship winning car is......interesting, i'll say that

#i'm gonna be realistic for a second and say if he's just matching it's gonna difficult to get in that seat #he needs to be excelling and he needs to be bringing something fucking undeniable to the table if he has a hope for next year #2025 is a different story in my mind; but when his focus seems to be on rbr in 2024.....god i'd LOVE to know what he's got up his sleeve #red bull redux #answered #anonymous #the points differential between daniel in 2018 vs checo in 2021 is so 😭 #daniel's car literally blew up and had to retire like 8 times that year and he was still only 20 points off 😭