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18 July 2020, 10:52 PM | #1021 |
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Just chiming in on the Vettel racing point situation as well.
It’s really unfortunate because I do not see Stroll kicking his son out of the team to another. His father has seemingly largely just been funding a lot of it just to promote Lance as a driver. I’ve been a pretty big Perez fan since he came into F1 and I feel personally that he’s a great driver that keeps getting the short end of the stick. It would be real shame to see it happen to him again Racing point has provided what looks to be a reasonably decent car this year. It was painful that season he went to McLaren, and they cars had recently become s**t, and they essentially deferred the blame to the drivers. Or when Ocon was his team mate, but for some reason (F1 politics I assume) kept getting Ocon more recognition and praise from the announcers, and certain other drivers despite Perez putting in a better drive. Then Ocon getting on social media when he was wrong much of the time and ranting about how awful Perez is. He’s one of the best of the rest. I would love to see him get a seat at one of the top teams one year to see the results. It’s a shame he keeps getting the short end of the stick.
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Junior Stroll was interviewed before quali and in response to a question he said (paraphrasing): “I don’t mind who my team-mate is next season”, sounding very much like Lance knows he isn’t going anywhere.
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Father Stroll has not heavily invested in Force India & Aston Martin to let his son be replaced by someone else. Be it Vettel or any other. Even more so after today’s quali where the average son-driver scores 3rd.
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Still a shame though for Perez being consistently around the top 7 in the car he is in, and essentially having to take a step back car wise as racing point has a pretty good car thus far this year.
I really feel he should be moving to a quicker car but it almost seems like post McLaren he got sort of black balled. I’m sure he will find a seat, it’s just a shame a great driver has to put up such a fight for a seat at a top team.
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I’m somewhat new to F1 but enjoying it for the last two years... what’s up with Ricardo is it just the slow Renault car or is he going through something? At least at Red Bull he was winning races here and there. Seems like a bad situation. But with Mclaren having more pace this season it seems like he might do much better next year.
Re Perez vs Stroll vs Ocon. Why is Perez always portrayed as the bad guy ? The Netflix documentary always showed him as the reckless Mexican that stayed in F1 because of some friendship with a wealthy businessman. Agreeing with everyone here stroll ain’t going nowhere as long as his dad is involved. |
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Absolutely agree with you. It is such a pitty that Bottas is occupying a hot spot in MB and so is Albon in RB.
Also I can’t imagine how frustrated Alonso must have felt through all those past years when he drove lousy cars. I’d love to see the 2 (IMHO) most aggressive and talented drivers - Verstappen & Leclerc racing for MB. That would be a feast! |
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Bottas is basically the perfect driver for that seat though. He's good enough to score consistent podiums for the WCC, but not quite fast enough to genuinely challenge Hamilton over the season and cause the issues that arose when Rosberg was the other Merc driver. He doesn't play the political games and listens to team orders. They don't really want or need anyone better than him right now.
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Well... I love F1 but I have to say. That was a pretty boring race. Everyone got in position the first couple laps and that was it.
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Looking back through the final results I guess you were right thinking through it a bit. I really don’t recall any serious battles for position though. Occasionally, but nothing crazy. Not a really intense race. Like I said though, maybe my mind was a bit elsewhere.
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By the same token I suspect RB have messed up with their driver lineups. Reading between the lines Ricciardo left because he knew Max was the de facto number one in the team - a situation RB have form for previously allowing to cause major ructions i.e. Multi-21 and the thin end of the wedge Mark Webber got from the team when up against Vettel. They surely could have found some way of keeping him? Verstappen has the clear beating of every driver on the grid in equal machinery bar Hamilton, but Ricciardo is one of only one or two others who could keep him honest whilst also pushing for wins when one or both Mercs fall off the track - as he proved adept at doing whilst a RB driver. He also seemed to genuinely get on with Max, which doesn’t necessarily appear to be easy. It’s hard to see how any driver can come into RB and not end up on the scrap heap because - despite Verstappen being preternaturally talented - it’s just not a good look when your team mate out qualifies you by half a second and finishes half a lap up the road every race. This problem is exacerbated by the fact that they insist on installing rookies alongside Max. Albon is a decent driver but I’m not sure he will make it to the end of the season with his arse in the same seat. Somebody needs to tell Marko to pay off Renault and parachute Alonso in next year for the entertainment value of seeing him and Max have a ruck every other weekend.
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I do not think Albon or Gasly are shabby drivers. Just that Max is just too talented. All his team mates will look very ordinary.
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News of the day...released just before FP1 today.
https://www.fia.com/news/f1-renault-protest-decision Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
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Last weekend's Silverstone GP had a hell of a finish...
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2022 can't come soon enough, though I'm starting to worry about Mercedes carrying their dominance right into the next set of regs.
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What a race!
Gasly Sainz Stroll. Who saw that coming! Hamilton and Merc mistake opened things up. |
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It was a great race today. I feared another boring Merc 1&2 but it turned out to be something special. Not for my red bull team, but what a day for Pierre.
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Great race today! This is what every race would look like without Mercedes dominance. Now, if only David Croft would STOP SCREAMING!
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Happy for Pierre, wonder if red bull will bump him back to the top team.
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