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I'm sure Max is aware what he's getting into, but long term I just can't see him getting on well with a BOP formula.
 
GlamFM
Why that?
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We've seen how frustrated he gets when his Red Bull isn't as quick as he'd like, or if he feels something is wrong with it; I just can't see him taking it well if he wins a few races and the car is BOP'd out of competitiveness for the next few events.

I mean, I'd like to be wrong, and I'm not a fan of BOP racing, so that probably plays into it as well. I'm just not convinced Max is the sort to play along with that ruleset.
 
Roo
I'm sure Max is aware what he's getting into, but long term I just can't see him getting on well with a BOP formula.
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Whatever car he's running in, I'm sure the organizers will make sure it's competitive with BoP. Kind of like how Ferrari has gotten favorable BOP at LM for 3 years straight, because they're Ferrari

Ford is joining the WEC in 2027, and considering Red Bull's partnership with Ford, I think this is the ideal situation for Verstappen to finally go racing at LM.

Alonso's F1 contract ends in 2026, so they could be teammates, something they've talked about before. Make Alex Palou the third driver and you have an unbeatable lineup

Also, I don't see Verstappen racing full time in a series after his F1 career. He'll just do the fun, big races
 
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Fezzik
Eh, the penalty point standings would suggest otherwise for Piastri. Oscar's currently ranked 4th, all for collisions or erratic driving.
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Yeh, but Silverstone was a total stitch up - it was not unexpected or unpredictable and in fact the opposite. The lights on the safety car going out halfway down Hangar Straight was unexpected. The main contributing factor was Max reacted late and went past, this also started a chain reaction of concertina braking patterns. In the end the penalty was on the outcome rather than the action and it was largely for the benefit of the $port and $pectators at the track. I spent thousands of $ to be there and the atmosphere was amazing.

However my concerns for the integrity of the sport and it could appear a disgrace on the sports consistency, particularly to see the very next race they return to a more usual function of switching off the safety car light much further away form the end of the lap so the leader has more space to slow the field down and prepare the restart.

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Whatever car he's running in, I'm sure the organizers will make sure it's competitive with BoP. Kind of like how Ferrari has gotten favorable BOP at LM for 3 years straight, because they're Ferrari

Ford is joining the WEC in 2027, and considering Red Bull's partnership with Ford, I think this is the ideal situation for Verstappen to finally go racing at LM.

Alonso's F1 contract ends in 2026, so they could be teammates, something they've talked about before. Make Alex Palou the third driver and you have an unbeatable lineup

Also, I don't see Verstappen racing full time in a series after his F1 career. He'll just do the fun, big races
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Yep, the Ver$tappen fan$ will probably be appealing to the $port for $ure.
 

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