>>world champions' decision to end development on this year's car and focus on their 2021 design"
I saw they had made that announcement in the last couple of weeks. They believe they have the world championship in the bag for this year which gives them a start for next year. Simialry RB has probably written off its chances for this year so could well have made a similar decision for a related reason.
What strikes me is that RB are quite close to Mercedes if you consider Verstappen's performances including splitting the Mercedes occasionally, much less so looking at Albon's record. Unless Max is actually better than Lewis, that is a benchmark for the car, but Max's performance is consistently so much better than Albon's that it's unclear whether Max or the car should get the credit. Perhaps a bit of both is more likely than just one of them.
|