Go with my delusional fantasy here for a minute.. but Red Bull is very worried bc Max keeps talking about retiring every other freaking INTERVIEW, but then in Australia, Max keeps spilling/vomiting how much happiness and joy Daniel brings everywhere he goes… like anyone can see how much happier Max is with Daniel around…… RB wants to keep Max happy obvs… Daniel CLEARLY makes Max happy via *his own words and actions*….. Daniel being 10 minutes away from being race ready per Christian……… sooooooo🙏
my confession is that i once sent an almost identical ask to danthropologie ie c horner makes daniel come back to rbr for a third time to stop max from retiring bc even tho he loves racing he hates everything race adjacent (canon) and daniel literally makes even the dullest race adjacent stuff fun (canon). also max has been so fucking fast in the fastest car he's in tire management 90% of the time after lap 4 (canon) my boy is BORED and checo has been nowhere near his pace for there to be any fun racing to happen (canon) with daniel back max will finally have an equal opponent teammate to race against (canon) ie malaysia 2016 hungary 2017 azerbaijan 2018 which is why he loves this sport in the first place (again...canon)