While Daniil Kvyat's disastrous Russian GP didn't help, it was far from the only factor in Red Bull's decision to promote Max Verstappen, as Jonathan Noble explains. When well-informed sources dropped the bombshell on Wednesday that Red Bull's response to Daniil Kvyat's Russian GP nightmare was that he would be swapping seats with Max Verstappen immediately, it was hard to imagine such a draconian move would be given the green light. Indeed, by the time Red Bull had confirmed the news on Thursday morning, there were many fans and leading F1 figures who questioned why a driver who just two races ago was on the podium had been replaced. Jenson Button tweeted to his 2.5 million followers:...
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