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Verstappen's "Marko exit clause" was added only recently and without Horner's knowledge, insiders claim [in german]

And what is even more interesting: Insiders have revealed that this addendum to the original contract was brought in unilaterally by the Verstappens and Marko, without the Red Bull Formula 1 team or Horner knowing anything about it at the time.

Marko was able to do this because he is one of two directors at Red Bull Racing and can therefore act on behalf of the team.

Yeah, I'm not buying this (red) bullshit. These contracts are the result of legal teams and lawyers. These are not the type of contracts that you scribble an addendum on with 2 or 3 people behind closed doors. Not even if you are Marko.

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Driver standings after Monza

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In 2002 Michael Schumacher won the WDC with 6 races remaining.

Mind you that there were were only 17 races in total that season, so he took it just before two thirds of the season was done.

This season will have 22 races (excluding the cancelled ones), and two thirds of that is 14.7 races. Since the next race will be number 15, he will not be able to break that in terms of relative progress in the season. He also cannot beat the 6 races, because to do it with 7 races left he would have to become WDC in Singapore, which is mathematically not possible. He can (theoretically) do it in Japan, so he can still equal that record, albeit with more races in a season...

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2023 Italian GP (Monza) - Qualifying Classification

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From what I understand they completely set the car up for quali, compromising their race-setup. And let's be honest: they were not winning on Sunday anyway, so why not go for the glory on Saturday?

Moral of the story: even if the tactics at Ferrari are outstanding (I'm kind of proud that I was able to type that without actually laughing), they are not winning tomorrow.