#tho honestly it would probably work even more in daniel's favor for checo to get pissed about the idea of daniel taking his seat

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I also think that RBR need to keep Checo happy NOW because Danny has made it quite clear that he doesn't intend to look for a drive (if thats the plan) til at LEAST the summer break. They can't have Checo getting mad and jumping ship before Dan's even ready to think about taking over. He asked for at least 6 weeks (before he wants to start thinking of the F1 future), I feel like Melbourne is gonna start the yearning but he's gonna wanna stick to whatever plans he's made til the summer

honestly i think the whole summer break timeline is kinda bullshit—i think he already knows he wants to be back next year and he's gonna have his team putting out feelers by monaco at the very latest—but i totally agree with what you're saying. daniel definitely doesn't seem to mentally be in a position to be getting back in a car right now, so keeping checo happy is what they gotta do 🤷‍♀️