He had a lot more support in his time of uncompetitiveness than the likes of Gasly and Albon. Mexican money from Carlos Slim softened that a bit though for Red Bull.
Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
2024 Formula 1 Season thread
- Thread starter Apple fanboy
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
A bit? If there was no cash he’d have been dumped years ago.
Sergio's contract extension is said to be worth $28 million plus an $11 million signing bonus. And Telmex's sponsorship is worth at least $30 million a year.
So if Sergio was paid his contracted salary for two years plus signing bonus and Telmex walks, buying him out is a cool $100 million.
Carlos taking delivery of his SP3 gift from Ferrari. Carlos' coverage ends at 17:00. Thought some might be interested. Beautiful Ferrari.
Very nice, and Checo only got a six pack of original Red Bull tins 🤣😎
Valteri back at Mercedes, awesome!
Edit: As reserve driver and if Kimi has too many incidents, I think he’ll be back in the race seat sooner rather than later.
Edit: As reserve driver and if Kimi has too many incidents, I think he’ll be back in the race seat sooner rather than later.
Last edited:
Red Bull have swerved the headache and Lawson is hired instead of Yuki who is more competitive. No surprises there.
Whilst I like it, it feels a little like the old comfortable slippers. I would have loved to see Carlos Sainz there, or even better Carlos take the second seat at Red Bull.
Yes a shame, Yuki can forget it. Always gets passed by. I would have preferred Carlos to be with Red Bull personally. I think he'd do well there and pushed even more out of Max.
Carlos also wasn't going to settle for a number 2 role at Red Bull or a reserve driver role at Mercedes, at least he'll be racing next season and hopefully in a healthy environment at Williams.
Agreed. I’m optimistic. I see Carlos contributing allot while at Williams.
It’s the second seat. Whether it would be a number 2 role entirely depends on his performance. 👍
F1 has a problem, too many really terrible drivers with bizarrely great money.. Yet there are no question floating around in the reserves and the poor formula 2 3 4, WEC, E..dozens of drivers that would render Max a mear joke.. But we cannot have nice things.. We have to suffer the long retirement parties, the antics of really awful drivers..F1 has always had a problem with bad drivers...'The best of the best.." NO..
Yuki has his seat because of Honda and Honda is leaving for Aston Martin in 2026 and I am confident Yuki will be gone then, as well. So Red Bull was never going to promote him for just a year when they can hope that Liam will be able to hold his own for multiple years.
Toto still has PTSD and FOMO over Max and believes (or at least prays) that Kimi is the next Max Verstappen. George is also comfortable in the team and looks like he will be able to comfortably take over as Team Leader in 2025 so the team only needs to "worry" about one new driver instead of two.
And that concern is why I think they passed Carlos Sainz over. They did not want to have to integrate two new drivers into the team at the same time, especially one who is a rookie.
Looking like Sergio may have a seat in WEC Ferrari. Unclear if it will be the 499P or the 296 LMGT3.
Yeah could be true. Part of me would love to see Max go there. Just to see George's face
Did someone say hot chocolate!?
I discovered Chocomel at Schiphol, on the way out of the country. Too bad. Much better than the typical American chocolate milk. Had packaged stroopwafels before, but never a freshly-made one like at the Cuyp market.
Now that Sergio has finally be shown the door, how will the F1 media will those column inches? I'm sure they'll find a way…
Oh most definitely. There will be lots of stories for next year. Villains, Hero’s, and Come Backs.
My impression of Lawson from the few last races of this season is that he's a bit more aggressive than for instance Gasly or Albon were when they joined RB, similar to Max who isn't afraid of a little wheel banging. Should make for an exciting start to the season at least.