I think he tried to emulate Max's move in '21 on the outside of both Mercedes, but was overzealous on turn in. Hearing Kravitz talk about it, it's like they forgot that 5 minutes prior they had played the star of the 2021 race and talked about how Max has to get it all perfect in that moment. Something Checo had to roll the dice on but wasn't able to stick.
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This suggests that Mercedes doesn't have a 2025 development plan due to the 26 rules change, and the 24 car isn't looking to hot.
Doubtful that Mercedes would have a development plan as the past few years have been the equivalent of the lights are on but nobody's home. Mercedes showed their hand with Russell since he replaced Bottas and have seemingly, repeatedly, most definitely forgotten that they have, now had, a 7 time world champion in their midst. Could be more of the same as last year as teams unveil their cars with only a few more weeks until the first race, but it'll definitely be an interesting year to say the least.
I think they screwed up the integration of Russell to the team. They needed a fast you've driver since Lewis had kind of checked out during the '21 of season and '22 was so abysmal that he really could have called it quits then. I think they put too much into George too quickly and made it seem like they wanted Lewis out to begin with. His ego seems pretty fragile when put against a talented teammate. We saw it with Fernando and Rosberg. I think he underestimates Leclerc.
It was fittingly boring to be the 20th anniversary race for the circuit. The inaugural race in 2004 was also boring as shit, earning the nickname Bore-rain.
Alpine's head of aero and head of technical both resigned ahead of the test, so they knew they had fucked up.
