Thread by @dr_obbs

There is this narrative going around that Checo wasn't informed enough of what Verstappen was doing, so let's dive into it and see what's what. Lap 21 Checo Pits for Hard Tyres. HB tells him on exit MV's last time on hard tyres "32.2." Lap 22 a few minor setting changes 🧵

Lap 22 SP 1.31.5, MV1.32.27. Checo asks HB on lap 23, what is MV's last lap?" HB tells him "Max was a 32.2." Lap 24 HB comes on the radio and tells SP "Max a 31.9." Checo did a 31.86 on lap 23. 🧵

Lap 24 HB asks about balance on the hard. Lap 25 HB tells Checo "Max that time a 32.1, gap 17 seconds." SP does a 31.4 on lap 24. Lap 26 HB tells SP "31.9 for Max, gap 16.6." SP did a 31.4 on lap 25. 🧵

Lap 27, HB tells SP "Max's lap 31.9, 26 laps complete, 31 remaining." SP did a 31.58 on lap 26. On lap 27, HB comes on and tells SP where he is losing time and how he can improve turns 14 and 15. It goes on lap to lap that HB updates SP on each lap time from MV.

Lap 29, HB tells Checo where he is losing time in Sector 2 to Max. He then asks Checo "What is your limitation in Sector 2?" SP responds "Traction." Lap 29, HB comes on the radio while SP is in S3, and says "That was better in Sector 2." 🧵

Lap 41 HB tells SP "Max doing a larger lift and coast, there is margin to go forward on the bias (brake bias)." Start Lap 47 HB tells SP, "Max pitted. Expect him to be about 1 second behind." Lap 48, HB gives checo MV time behind "1 sec, adjust diff mid help in S2." 🧵

Even after MV passes SP, HB continues to give SP suggestions for how to improve his times. So IMO there is NOTHING to this narrative that RB didn't help SP like they did MV. Not sure where it came from, but as you can see from the radio messages, this is not true. #MiamiGP 🧵

So far it seems that MV and SP are racing very fair, and their off track relationship is healthy. Both Hugh Bird and Gianpiero Lambiase are as good as they get. At every race I've observed. Very good Race Engineering from both. 🧵

Sucks that people won't do the work to investigate themselves what happened, but throw shade at @redbullracing and Hugh Bird. It's unfair. The team has done a great job this year so far in managing both drivers and allowing them to race. Just my $0.02 take it or leave it.