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Originally Posted by TheBingoBalls
The typical F1 cycle. Happened to Mercedes and now it's happened to Red Bull - the only real difference is Max is still relatively young so it will be interesting to see how Red Bull approaches this. Does Red Bull actually consider any input Yuki might provide towards development or is the main objective still to give Max a car to compete for a driver's championship?
Talent drain is real and I think Red Bull is entering that phase, like all winning teams, of where and how do we replace talent that we lost and keep the competitive consistency? A large chunk of the team which provided Red Bull a championship winning car is gone and now they don't have a car they think they can win in (or so they say) and don't have an answer for a number 2 driver. There is a lot that Red Bull needs to sort out.
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Maybe, maybe not, seems to be happening quite a bit more quickly there, especially in the last year. All of the other top teams have had a relatively stable driver lineup for years while RB is running through them. Yes key pieces of a winning team get poached, but again at the rate at which they are at RB seems to be more than usual.
If they can’t hang on to Max at the end of this year, their downfall (led by Horner) will be complete.