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Originally Posted by SenorFunkyPants
Its interesting to compare the maximum speeds at each track for the 2020 season for Albon and Verstappen.
The number of times that Verstappen had a higher maximum speed than Albon was 1 single race and that was a gap of 0.1 kph.
In every other race Albon had the higher maximum speed, as much as 29 kph.
No wonder then that Albon struggled all year with a much lower downforce setting than that given to Verstappen?
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So, Red Bull Racing Honda used different down force settings for different drivers. One setting gave a higher top speed, the other better traction. To suggest the team did this solely to damage their no.2 driver, presumably therefore also sacrificing potential podiums for their no.1 driver, was for what reason? Christian Horner’s frustration at having to manage strategy against two Mercedes cars, without Albion being able to cover Verstappen was noticeable on more than one occasion. I would suggest that firstly, if RBRH had wanted shot of Alex, they would simply have replaced him and secondly the more likely explanation, a lower downforce setting gave Alex better overall lap times and his failings were due to not being able to handle the pressure.
Every good conspiracy theory has to have a few supporting facts, I struggle to see a single one in the theory that Red Bull deliberately screwed Albon, because no-one would buy the line that RBRH did it unintentionally and through incompetence. Every driver will have slightly different set-up preferences to their team mate, some minor and some major, downforce is just one of them.