I think vettel-Weber convinced them that the strong #1, supplicant #2 was the way to go and we don’t appreciate how hard it is to find a bottas-type in f1. As an off-on RB fan, I wish they’d try to field a A-A pairing, but verstappen won’t allow it at the moment and they like Perez’s sponsorships.

It’s telling anytime they’ve had two strong drivers, one of them leaves because they see the writing on the wall. Vettel could have stayed, Ricciardo could have stayed. RB wants one driver. The second seat has always been a poison chalice Luckily it’s made Webber an excellent manager for Piastri