With only a handful of races left to go in what has been a whirlwind of a racing season, 2020 brought the return of the famous Nürburgring - a fitting setting for some record-equalling history. The focus of this post surrounds the Red Bull family. Week in week out, Max Verstappen exerts his internal team dominance and poses the only threat to Mercedes. His consistency in getting the maximum out of his car's performance on track is seriously impressive. The progress of car number 23 however, worries me. The delight of his maiden podium in Mugello remains the only highlight of Alex Albon's season and the rest has been difficult to watch at times. Firstly, I must say I am a huge fan of Alex - he seems like one of the nicest guys you could meet and there's many a reason why he is driving a Red Bull. But it seems far too similar to Pierre Gasly's stint at the Milton Keynes outfit. To regularly be 4-5 tenths plus, off your teammate never goes unnoticed in this paddock. It is
Hungary's Hungaroring served up the final instalment in the first triple-header of the season. Lewis Hamilton took control of the championship, taking his 2nd win of 2020 and overtaking his teammate in the drivers standings. The prospect of a wet race failed to materialise and it was business as usual for the Silver Arrows. Before discussing the racing, the display against racism from the drivers and F1 as a whole was once again, embarrassing. In Austria we saw the strongest display even though some drivers chose not to kneel. One week later, the TV pictures cut away after a few seconds to an airshow display, which I believe took place minutes beforehand. Hoping for a better effort this weekend, I cringed at how it unfolded. Some drivers were late, many didn't know where to stand, Giovinazzi did both and embarrassingly forgot his 'End Racism' t-shirt. Still only the same drivers took the knee. It was rushed, ill-thought out and lacking impact. We then saw Hamilton disa