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As much as Norris struggled during the first half of last year, making mistakes during qualifying, he was never majorly off the pace of Piastri during any point of the season (I think the closest we got to that without him making mistakes was Imola 2025 qualifying). Even during the worst parts of his season, when the car wasn't particularly suited to his style, you couldn't count him out of the pole position conversation. In the past 2 races for Russell though, even before Q1 started, you could already tell that he was disadvantaged pace-wise compared to Antonelli, and wasn't going to be a serious threat for pole unless Antonelli binned it.

In addition, even during the races Norris started behind, his race pace was always thereabouts or even slightly faster than Piastri. Throughout the season, there weren't any races where Norris was being outpaced by half a second per lap in clean air. It's somewhat concerning that Russell, who should be in his driving prime right now, was consistently several tenths of a second a lap slower than his teenager (albeit generational, but teenager nonetheless) teammate. Even in Australia, Russell only won by 3 seconds against Antonelli who was essentially in a car with no set-up after his crash in FP3.

With all that said, its fun to think about statements like "Russell would win the championship by summer break in that McLaren." I think what people forget is that there is additional pressure fighting for a first championship. It's less pressure to drive around in P3-P6 without the constant pressure of a potential championship. As far as dominant cars go, the McLaren did not have the same inevitability as the Mercedes does this year in qualifying, yet Russell couldn't even put the car in the podium position in the last 2 races.

Now, you might be thinking that I'm insane, but hear me out. I have undeniable proof that the AMR26 will be the fastest car in Miami and put the other teams to shame.

Now, according to the weather forecasts, there is set to be heavy rain during the Miami Grand Prix. During wet races, its harder to warm up the tyres to their optimal temperature. In other words, its hard for the tires to achieve the optimal thermal energy.

Now, lets move on to what we know about the AMR26. We know that it has severe vibration issues and causes nerve damage to its drivers, but during wet races these are actually good things.

Thermal energy is defined as the kinetic energy of atoms caused by translational, rotational, and vibrational motion. The AMR26, which is the car that produces the most vibrations, is also the car that produces the most thermal energy. This means it can warm up its tyres to the optimal temperature better than the other cars can.

In addition, most drivers are typically less confident driving in wet weather conditions. Its almost as if you could say they are more nervous than they usually would be. Wouldn't it be great to be less nervous, maybe have less nerves, during wet races and be more confident. Well, that's exactly what the AMR26 provides.

This evidence proves that the AMR26 is actually the greatest wet weather car ever designed. But you may be wondering, why would Adrian Newey design a car that's only good in the wet, and slow in the dry. Well, dear reader, Newey the airbender did this for a 400 IQ reason.

The 2 drivers for Aston Martin are among the greatest wet weather drivers in the history of the sport. First we have Fernando Alonso, who's driven brilliantly in wet weather conditions such as Hungary 2006 and Malaysia 2012. Next we have the greatest wet weather driver of all time in Lance Stroll, who has shown his skill in the 2017 Monza qualifying, 2020 Turkey qualifying, Las Vegas 2025 qualifying, and Australia 2025 and Great Britain 2025. Adrian Knew-ey that this lineup could win any wet race ever if given the car to do so, and so he designed the AMR26 to suit his drivers' likings.

With all that being said, I suggest you guys to not watch the race because it will be quite boring to watch Aston Martin win by 74 seconds.