I still don’t really see what this has to do with anything. You are clearly very pro Lewis (you can tell from your posts) and that’s fine. I just do not see why you think that model has to work for red bull/ or why they need to do that.
Drivers pushing each other to the edge can also end up as no points. Maybe RB choose not to go down that path at this moment in time.
Merc clearly didn’t employ bottas as a potential world champion. More likely after seeing Lewis and rosberg niggle and have a go at destroying each other decided the path of clear number one and two was best - and with largely the best car in those years, they could mop everything up.
I suspect that’s the RB mindset and A consistent number two would do red bull just fine. Max doesn’t really have much to prove in any case.
I’m not disagreeing it would make for more interesting racing - it would - but who, realistically are you going to put in that seat?
I don't think I'm necessarily Pro Lewis, I do think he's an incredible driver and athlete and he's an absolute pleasure to watch when he's got the car underneath him, but pro Lewis kind of implies that I am not pro other drivers, which wouldn't be correct;
there are a number of contemporary drivers that I cheer on/support, so I guess you could say I'm pro them; I.e. Albon, Leclerc, Oscar, Lando, Fernando, Carlos, Ockon, Russell; and I also really like Yuki and Zhou, that's about half the field I reckon..
Red Bull pretty much did the same thing with Vettel (another driver that I really liked) although I didn't enjoy the times when he was unchallenged, and I genuinely don't find that interesting, the driver is operating well within their limits, other than qualifying, they don't really have to push themselves or their equipment during the race, and that's not an interesting scenario.
So from the current crop, Lando is very adaptable and super quick and would keep Verstappen honest at the very least, as would Russell although he doesn't seem to be as consistent as Lando, Alonso would be great but that would really upset the Red Bull apple cart,
Leclerc would be absolutely fascinating, and Oscar is doing a stellar job during his rookie year, I think he's special and given a year or two in the seat could challenge Verstappen.
Daniel Ricardo is a very good peddler, but we've already been down that road before, and as last time, I don't think he's gonna be able to hold a candle to Verstappen, but I'm fairly certain he'll do a much more consistent job than Perez.
Lastly, Liam Lawson looks very promising and it will be great to see him in a competitive car to see what he's capable of; his consistency when standing in for Ricardo, in a car that I don't think he'd driven before was seriously impressive.
