Yep. It's always striking to me how calm he is in the leadup to the race on Sunday. ETA: Especially today ... and I think part of that was because he was probably 90% resigned to his championship ending today barring something crazy. And something crazy just happened to happen, courtesy of McLaren themselves.
LOL ... well done McLaren. You don't wanna lock this shit up today? OK. Cool. Max is here for it.
I don't think they pick the tracks based on any sprint-friendly characteristics. It's more about which circuits want a sprint. COTA has had one every year since they were expanded iirc. That's because they were desperate to make a better showing on Fridays to help justify the state subsidy money, and at the same time, it seems he uses it as an excuse to further weaken the support series slate for the weekend.
Absolutely the MVP.
When we fell out of the top 25, my 19 yo said we deserved it etc. I said dropping us out of the poll was just as stupid as putting us #1 was, and that there weren't 25 teams in the country better than Texas. He laughed. I said 'OK then. Name 25'. He gave up pretty quickly.
Yeah yesterday they were talking up their winning record vs us since 1984. With the win last night, that's no longer a thing. 15-15. And now there's is no number of years you can go back in time that will give them a winning record over us. The further back you go, the worse it gets for them.