Not holding my breath. Gayton āPromisesā McKenzie says lots of things that donāt actually happen. Would love for him to prove me wrong though.
I mean, āOur first meeting is end of August in Monaco.ā sounds like an excuse to go on an expensive jol to Monaco. Have a Zoom meeting Mr Minister, itās a lot cheaper and just as effective!
Fair point. Still, we live in hope.
Iāve never heard of him before he was appointed to the sport portfolio. What promises did he previously make?
On topic: I agree. Iāll trust a politician as far as I can throw them with straining my back, so I have zero hope hereā¦ but if he can pull it off, I might just vote for him if he wants to be president!
A random selection of headlines:
- āMayor of all peopleā Gayton McKenzie makes big promises
- Gayton McKenzie promises to bring back the death penalty
- McKenzie faces heat over āhollow promisesā
- Patriotic Alliance leader promises to enforce by laws and chase undocumented immigrants out of city
- Mckenzie to move Joburg mayoral office to Hillbrow if given top job
- McKenzie makes promises to revitalise Eskom in just 5 months
- Gayton McKenzie promises mass deportations if PA comes into power
Excellent (long read) recent article by Ivo Vegter in BizNews about McKenzie concludes with:
McKenzie wants to be taken seriously and to be considered respectable, but his actions are those of a gangster who will happily sell out his own people for a seat at the table.
Sjoe
That Ryan Reynoldsā money getting itās part owner exposure credit there.
More Pikachu faceā¦
Still not convinced this is the best move for Haas. I mean, I rate Ocon okay and he should be fine in the Haas, but if it were me, Iād have held onto KMag for another year to help bed Ollie Bearman in nicely, and then maybe gone looking for a new āseniorā driver to start with the 2026 regs in place.
But thatās just me. And Iāve only finished one race as Team Principal of Redd Racing F1 Team, with my drivers BOT in P12 and RIC in P11, in F1 Manager 2024, so what do I know?
Knowing Ocon, heās going to fight with Ollie haha
2024 F1 Season - Round 14 [GP 14/24]
Waffle me!!
Before I get a chance to post about the raceā¦ Boom
While Iām at it, interesting race, so close that anyone could have won, except Ferrari of course. That being said, at least Le Clerc ended 4th. From pole 
I guess Checo wonāt be sticking around next year.
This WDC seems wide, open. Unless RB comes back after the break.
Speaking of breakā¦ 
No more races for a while
Edit: wait, Iām dumb, then Le Clerc actually got 3rd 
I wonder if the Russell DQ lands up saving Checo? So curious to see those performance targets of his. Something like āMust be within 150 points of Max by the summer breakā would have seen him out before the changes, but would mean he is now safe.
Iām sure itās not as simple as that. Checo went from P2 to P8/7 while Max did the opposite in the same equipment. Taken together with Markoās comments about Checoās performance, āhe completely collapsedā, and Hornerās, āwe have all the information we needā and his very visible conversation with Daniel Ricciardo, I think Checo is done.
So, what odds on RIC being in the Red Bull seat from after the break, and Lawson finishing the season in the VCARB?
We thinking the calls from Checo that the car was not performing well was a ruse?
Also that early pit didnāt do him any favours either.
You think Yuki going to protest if Danny gets the seat? or you think the Danny seat might only be for the year.
If it happens, I think itāll be RIC because heās more of a known and stable character, knows the Red Bull systems and people, and they know him. A mid-season driver change will always cause disruption, so theyāll try make it as smooth a change as possible. It will probably be a āonly until the end of this seasonā thing initially. Probably slightly higher minimum performance targets to what they have with Checo, otherwise, why bother? With the understanding that if he doesnāt actually produce positive results, heāll possibly be swapped with Yuki for the 2025 season.
Or he may even be out of a job next year if they decide that itās time to let him retire again, and bring in a second youngster to team up with Lawson. Who are the other Red Bull Academy drivers showing promise at the moment?
Iāll always wonder what Perez had on them that he lasted as long as he didā¦Remember Gasly? Remember Albon? Red Bull were NOT hesitant to rotate that 2nd seat when results werenāt forthcomingā¦
Maybe Perez had those whatsapp chats between Horner and that ladyā¦and now its out heās lost his leverage 
yeah that actually makes a lot of sense Mr Redd.
Lol maybe theyāre just really trying this time, coz both those drivers that got swapped immediately did better where they went. Everyone shows promise up until they get into that second seat then womp wompā¦
Which makes me go back to my original train of thought.
Either that car is made to fit Maxās style of driving and the others donāt drive the same.
Or, the Red Bull is actually bad and Max is just that good
I think itās also a case of they know how RIC performs compared to Max, in the same car as Max. They know how Yuki compares with RIC. They have minimal comparative data between Yuki and Lawson in a more stable environment that super subbing, and they really need that to make their decision.
Checo has massive sponsors bringing cash to Red Bull. So massive that his sponsors effectively pays Maxās massive salary. Iām guessing that weāre nearing D-day simply because Checoās performance clauses will soon allow Red Bull to dump him with having to pay back the money.
Williams was really pushing hard hey. Hope all the best for him and Albon and that Williams keeps improving.
Typical. The day I turn the internet off so I can focus on getting work stuff done is the day the Carlos announcement gets made. 
now all thatās left for Williams is to scoop up Adrian Newey and theyāll be back in World Championship contention by 2026!
Also see some fairly confident sounding reports that Perez will be staying at Red Bull. I guess the money matters, even to them.
