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I don't think RB is trying to get someone as good or better than Max, I think RB is trying to get a balance of someone who is good enough to maximise points without challenging Max, while at the same time being good for sponsorship deals and marketing.
It'd be great if RB hired a "Rosberg", but that's not what they're after.
Why wouldn't they be? Every team should be searching for the best available option for every seat, not some lukewarm placeholder to collect the scraps.
I explained why.
And hiring/keeping Perez is proof they don't want the highest performing available option for both seats. It probably isn't a controversial opinion that Perez isn't one of the best on the grid.
Yeah. Extending Perez's contract while sainz was available is a clear sign that they wanted what was better for the team. Just turned out that perez has become so slow that he is not able to fulfil his role of supporting Verstappen.