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It's 100% PR spin and if Horner "insists" on something it's probably phoney baloney - they probably remapped some of Checo's engine or throttle maps to multi-12 mode so that he would be slow or burn his tyres...Christian Horner suggested Checo suffered from higher deg because of his setup potentially being more quali focused:
Red Bull: Verstappen/Perez F1 lead swap in Azerbaijan GP not team orders
www.motorsport.com
Perez was quicker in almost all sessions and in qualifying and suddenly ends up with a qualifying setup that ruins his race pace and it's not team orders?
I mean Perez is usually a tyre conservation style driver - I can't remember much history of him being fast but bad on tyre, or ending up with setups for that style driving??
Even if were true then it's a question of why did they risk his race pace and use a qualifying setup that would be bad for tyres - the RBR was so fast in a straight line at Baku in the practise sessions they could gamble on making a pass on track if they had superior race pace...
I'm a gonna believe it was "team orders" for their desired outcome - whether it be adjustments on the setups, engine mapping or radio instructions etc.
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First race I can remember in almost 30 years that I consciously gave up on before the finish I didn't care to see the last 10 laps or so, there might have been races I missed from other commitments or sickness etc but this is the lowest level of my interest in the sport. I'm still a bit addicted but care so much less.