Formula 1: As Max Ferstapppen destroys the careers of her teammates Formula 1

Red Bull has recently announced that at Japan’s Grand Prix Yuki Tsunoda will replace Liam Lawson In the second cockpit team. The big question is whether the New Zealander recovers after the class is lowered. However, he is by far not the first partner of Max Ferstappen, to whom such fate suffered.

Many people who are negative about the current world champion like to remember the fact that the Dutchman has destroyed a lot of careers of his team partners.

However, it should be noted that a lot of successful riders do the same. This is a common phenomenon for the cruel world of great sports.

It should be noted that at one time the victim in a similar situation was Yos Ferstappen – Max’s father. Then Flavio Briator sent an inexperienced debutant to Michael Schumacher, who went to the top.

Carlos Sines Jr.

Carlos Sines Jr., the son of a two-time world champion with Rally, became the first partner of Verstappen Jr.. Both racers of the younger bull team, then called Toro Rosso, then spent their first season.

The Spaniard made his debut a little more confident, but from the Grand Prix of Austria, the eighth stage of that championship, the Dutchman took the initiative in his own hands and began to stable to ahead of the partner. As a result of the season, the score of points was 49-18-the figure is more than a defective.

After the four arrivals of the 2016 season, Max Ferstapppen was elevated to the main team, while Sines spent a year and a half in the calves, and then for several seasons he wandered on teams, which at that time were unpromising middle grounds.

In 2021, Carlos seemed to be lucky to move to Ferrari, but there he was again the victim of team favoritism: the personal manager of Charles Lecler is Nicolas Todt (Jana Todt’s son), which is why it is difficult to « move » a Monegaska even faster racer.

Daniel Kwat

Although the Russian pilot was not a direct partner of Ferstappen, it was his career that the Dutchman not just « spoiled », but proudly destroyed the rain.

After four races in 2016, the management decided to replace the riders in places-Max went to the main team, and Kvyat went to his place to the younger team.

Even more unexpected was that the first stage after roaring ended with Victory of Ferstappen at the Grand Prix of Spain. In just one race, Max did something that the Russian could not be in the whole season. It was a blow below the belt for the Russian.

Interesting fact: Less than a day before the main arrival of the Grand Prix of Spain 2016 was held a song competition. And the countrymen of Kwati had two reasons for tears at the same time, because the victory was then won by Ukrainian Jamal with the song « 1944 ».

After the decrease, Daniel spent four more seasons in the younger team, then finally left the formula-1. And in 2020, Max also repulsed his former girl-Kelly Pika, who had a 1-year-old daughter Penelope.

Daniel Riccardo

Riccardo’s career began quite rapidly, and in 2014 he turned out to be stronger than the four -time world champion – Sebastian Vettel. But with the arrival of Verstappen to the team in 2016, the easy life for the Australian ended.

In the beginning, Daniel even scored more points in the final table. However, this was mostly due to the fact that at all its speed, Max at that period of career very often got into various incidents, for which he was even called « Zatshtapppen ».

The turning point was the 2018 season. The Dutchman gained experience with seven steps and the long -awaited stability began to appear in him.

The atmosphere inside the team began to aggravate and at the Grand Prix of Azerbaijan it came to the collision between the two pilots of Red Bull.

At that point, it became clear that two pilots with ambitions were not a place in one team. In the remaining 17 times, Max rose 11 times on the podium, won 2 times and generally spoiled the life of the Mercedes and Ferrari’s leading life. At the same time, Daniel only got to the top three once, winning the arrival in Monaco.

The choice of the team was obvious – Ferstappepen remained in Red Bull and became the sole leader of the team, while Riccardo went to Renault.

It should be noted that since the 2019 season, the Austrian team switched to Honda motors, which at that time had a rather bad reputation. Until the moment, until the Japanese power units showed themselves in action, there were disputes about which of the pilots were more fortunate.

After « parting », Daniel spent several seasons in Renault and McLaren. Despite the unexpected victory at the Italian Grand Prix 2021, the Australian career went to the bottom. In 2023 he returned to the Red Bull system, but already at the wheel of the « younger » team. And after a year and a half, the pilot, which once gave hope, finally left the formula-1.

Pierre Gasley

The slogan became the first partner to keep up with Ferstappen on the whole abyss. While Max was actively fighting in the group of leaders, collecting the catwalks and even periodically won, Pierre carried out races in the company of the car of the second echelon. It seemed that the Frenchman was not the second car, but the third car of Tro Rosso.

At that moment, this phenomenon was still unusual and the patience of the team was only enough for half season. The last drop was the Grand Prix of Hungary, in which the « silver arrows » beat « bulls » strategically because Max Ferstapppen had no support from the partner.

The slogan was rendered into the younger team, where it remained until the end of 2022. During this period, he unexpectedly managed to win the Italian Grand Prix in 2020, when all the pilots of the Topcomand faced problems and thus opened the way to the top for the pilots of the second echelon.

Pierre Gasley

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From the 2023 season, Pierre has been a team of ALPIN. Although the team is now in the middle of the peleton, some hopes for the future inspires that Flavio Briator returned to the affairs.

However, the question remains, who the Frenchman will become in his game – a new star, or again the victim. I used to describe the methods of work of an Italian businessman with pilots.

Alexander Albon

One of the main rules of mathematics says: « From changes in the places of additives, the amount does not change. » Nothing has changed from the replacement of the slogan with albon. The new partner also lost Ferstapppen in qualifications and at a racing pace.

Due to the lack of at least so many conscious alternatives, the Thai pilot was kept in the team for a year and a half.

During this time, Alexander twice got a chance to show a high result – in Brazil 2019 and Austria 2020. But both times, Lewis Hamilton faced him, thus putting a cross on all Thais’s hopes.

At the end of 2020, Albon was released from the Red Bull team. After missing one season, he returned to the formula-1 at the wheel of Williams, where the fourth season has been leading battles on the verge of a dozen.

Sergio Perez

At the time of the end of the « Kovid » season 2020, Sergio was preparing to say goodbye to the formula-1. However, after the unexpected victory of the Mexican at the Sahir Grand Prix, he was paid attention to Red Bully

In fact, the unique situation for this list: « Bulls » did not destroy the CHAKO career, but on the contrary – rescued. And from the very beginning of the 2021 season, it became clear that this decision was the only correct one.

Of course, Ferstappen Perez could not catch up. However, he remained steadily with the leaders of the leaders and became the perfect armed for Max, who at that time fought for the title.

In a number of episodes, Sergio assisted the team leader. And the heroic restraint of Lewis Hamilton on Abu Dhabi Grand Prix has forever entered the history of Formula-1.

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In the 2022 season, the new Ferrari team, which returned to the top group, became the new rival for Red. And in general, the same trend continued-Ferstappen fought for the title, and Perens took points from rivals on any occasion.

By the beginning of 2023, Edrian News prepared not just a competitive machine, but a dominant car. In the first half of the season, no one could challenge the bulls. And at some point Sergio decided that he could fight with Max

For special successes on the city routes, Posius was nicknamed « King of Street ». Indeed, after four stages of two partners, only 6 points were divided.

However, from the Grand Prix, Mayai Ferstapppen reminded everyone who is the first pilot and began to stamp the first places individually.

Somewhere from that moment, the saved career « Cheko » began to move towards the second event, this time the final one. He lost stability and began to make numerous mistakes. And for a long time, even the second place in the personal standings was in question.

And the 2024 season became a final disaster for Sergio. A number of factors have happened together. First, the Peresh gradually began to lose speed very much and became who the slogans and albon were. Secondly, the team, after News departing, has made every effort on one sole purpose-to save at least the title for Ferstappen.

At the final stage of the season, it was even a feat to get into Cheko’s points. The next partner of Ferstappen went to the bottom rapidly. And at the end of the season, despite the money of the sponsors, they were pointed at the door.

Liam Louson

Another pilot of the Red Bull Youth Program, which gives hope. Loosen twice sat in the cockpit of the junior team of « bulls » in the middle of the season – in 2023 and 2024.

Both times he showed quite good results, as a debutant and had a very worthy look against the backdrop of a partner – Yuki Tsunoda, who has been in the royal race since 2021 and had already gained experience.

The sharp take -off led to the fact that Liam, without having passed any full season, was at the wheel of the main team. But immediately this climb came as a rapid fall. Frank-providing performances in Australia and China have led to just as fast liberation.

Starting with the Grand Prix of Japan, Yuki Tsunoda will become a new Max partner, for whom it will be a home stage. Whether there will be benefits from the next roar – only the race will show. But most experts do not put special hopes on a new partner.

Who needs Ferstapppen?

Formula-1 has always been and will be a team sport. Of course, the scheme with a clear distribution on the first and second numbers works is most effective.

However, the leader still needs a gunman who will be somewhere nearby to complicate the life of the opponent. The most striking examples of such pilots are Walter Bottas, Rubens Barikello and Eddie Irvine

At the same time, the piloting style of Ferstappen is so unique that most other pilots are simply unable to control the car developed under the Netherlands.

When Max was offered a choice between the easy manpower, or an unmanaged monster, which was barely faster than the first option-he chose the second without thought. The dominant can adapt to such a car, but the partners – no.

It is possible that in the second cockpit will change a lot of riders before finding someone who can play their role as effectively as Perez did in 2021.