Well Checo had been able to do the one thing Albon and Gasly couldn’t, which is consistently finish one or two places behind Max (in both quali and the race).

That doesn’t seem to be happening anymore, for various reasons. It was enough to get drivers canned mid-season before, but with a car this dominant and the rest of the field much closer, they’re not under any sort of pressure when it comes to the WCC, so who knows.

That’s easy: they’ve spent more than ten thousand hours practicing!