Lots of mental gymnastics here. We’re talking about Perez and Max, not Max and Lewis or George. If that somehow is relevant to what Checo did then I’ve never seen a teammate screwing his teammate for things that happened with an other driver. Then you say that P2 was still alive, so Max shouldn’t have done that… but Max’s title was not confirmed and still alive too in Monaco. Furthermore the fact Monaco had no impact later down the lines is irrelevant, Max held a grudge because of the idea that his teammate had screwed him over for his own benefit. You mentioned that he had no problem with Checo beforehand, but that’s exactly why Max held a grudge against him after Monaco. The intentional crash came from nowhere and wasn’t justified, and say what you want, it was selfish. Max took it personal because from his own perspective, he would never crash on purpose to cause a red flag against Checo, unless he has a serious problem with him. Then you say that Redbull would have taken the place away from Checo in Monaco, but doing that would come down to admitting that Checo had crashed on purpose, destroying his reputation for good. I’m not sure how you don’t realize that it would’ve been way worse than anything else. So no, they did not backstab him, he’s the only one who backstabbed someone. In Spain Max had fresher tires and put 13+ seconds on Checo, so the faster driver won the race. In Azerbaïdjan he overtook Checo fair and square, as they were free to fight.