While by no means out of contention for the race win, Max Verstappen had a scruffy qualifying in Mexico, which has been a Red Bull favorite for years despite Mercedes' dominance of past, where did it go so wrong, did Verstappen crack under pressure? The headline story of this year's Formula 1 season has been Mercedes' massive dip in performance in comparison to their dominant form last year, and previous years as well. As such, a good hard and fast analysis is to take each manufacturer's best lap in qualifying and compare it to their relative previous best lap from last year or the year before, depending how the numbers puke out. It’s a study I’ve done now for many years, as it’s...
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