FORMULA 1 ARAMCO BRITISH GRAND PRIX 2023
FORMULA 1 ARAMCO BRITISH GRAND PRIX 2023
This is starting to get embarrassing for Checo. I thought people were exaggerating how precarious his position was but if he keeps performing like this RB might actually be forced to take action.
Imagine if RB had an actual competitor, Checo couldn't support Max at the front at all if he keeps going like this.
I also thought the "Checo washed" comments and discussion about his seat being in jeopardy were an overreaction a few weeks ago. At this point though, I'm expecting Redbull to drop him any moment.
Yeah..if he manages to keep his P2 in championship they are unlikely to drop him this year (and his race pace is good enough to get him into top 3) and i don't think they would go for Ricardo either...not sure who though.. Surely they are starting to think beyond Max, as Max stated he might not stick around in F1 and move to other series.
Yuki has matured a lot, and next year is as ready as heβs going to get. Either that or they put Lawson/Iwasa up against each other at AT and the winner gets promoted
Makes sense. I should really pay more attention to. Yuki, hard to judge his performance as de vries is absolutely no where... I am glad Piastri is doing well after the whole alpine fiasco.
If Aston decides to stop falling behind in development he won't be getting P2 for sure.
Fair, although some suggested aston is focusing on next year already as they want to be winning in a year or two...others think they are stuck like merc...
Aside from Perez, they've only been dragging up drivers with very little experience to fill the seat. The rookies probably need a couple years in Formula 1.5 before graduating to Formula 1. I'd love to see Sainz come back, they way they treat him as second class at Ferrari for no reason is ridiculous.
Just compare him to Bottas at Mercedes--never missing Q3 during his time there. And how many times has Checo not made it to Q1 this season?
I really don't think Yuki would be an improvement. He's been inconsistent and his highs haven't exactly been amazing. They'd be better going for Riccardo or the Hulk or Sainz imo.
Whoa whoa...put the brakes on. I wouldn't go that far. Just kidding. Of course I would.
No way RB puts another outside driver in the seat. Marko even said that Mateschitz threatened to pull funding for RB Junior if Perez gets the seat because all RB drivers are supposed to come in from RBJ (he gave in, obviously).
Sainz - He worked like hell to get out of RB. Even if it was an option, I canβt see him going back to be a second driver behind Max. We already see how much he hates being deprioritized behind Leclerc.
Hulk - Heβs a Mercedes Jr, never had backing from Red Bull. I canβt see this happening.
Ricciardo - Maybe for a short stint to cover Perez if he gets dropped. I canβt see him staying long term.
Hulk isn't affiliated with Merc at all, are you thinking of someone else?
Also I don't remember Sainz fighting like hell to get out of RB, I thought Renault just needed a driver and RB let him go because it didn't look like an RBR seat would open up any time soon and they wanted a space for Gasly.
I thought he was a Mercedes Jr. during his F3 careerβ¦ but maybe Iβm remembering wrong.
Sainz got snubbed for the Red Bull seat even though he felt he out performed Max. Red Bull loaned him to Renault and once he was there, Sainz tried to make the move permanent. I just remembered that at the time, RB did not want to let Sainz off the RB team.
Ah I get you. He may have been, but I don't think that's a big deal now. Perez was a Ferrari junior who drove for McLaren & Red Bull, Sainz was a red bull junior who drives for Ferrari. Once you're graduated and move teams I don't think it really matters either way.
My bet is on Hulkenberg.
As odd as it sounds, Sainz is too good. RBR doesn't need another driver who can challenge for the win. That only creates friction. That means that Sainz is not a good option in my opinion.
Ricciardo is apparently too slow when driving the sim, much slower than Perez.
I think Hulk is decent enough, but also realistic enough not to start drama within the team.
Where was it said that Ricardo is slow on sim? Just never came across such info? (not doubting ur comment just want to see where to look for such info)
https://the-race.com/formula-1/inside-red-bulls-bid-to-coax-out-the-daniel-ricciardo-we-knew/
Amongst others.
Obviously no real "hard" data, but the rumours were certainly strong.
There was some bad blood between the Verstappen's and the Sainz's, wasn't there? From back in the Toro Rosso days, when the Sainz camp engaged in some pretty heavy politicking, from what I heard.
My hot take is that Yuki is pretty much set to take the second RB seat pending Perezβs overall performance. If Perez continues to be abysmal, Iβm sure that RB will drop him using a performance clause in his contract.
Everyone likes to rag on Yuki but since Gasly has left, Yuki stepped out tremendously. Not to mention that heβs been dragging that shit box to mid-field a handful of times. Helmut Marko even commented on Yukiβs performance and Marko never compliments anyone unless youβre Max and Vettel.
De Vries is going to get dropped to make way for Liam Lawson.
RB/AT seats is going to make silly season fun.
Insane how great Max has been running itβs really overshadowed how poorly Checo has been
Perez was leading the pack on a damp track. It was a bad call to put him at the front. And the gap between him and tenth shows it.
Max drinking his water during that section of the interview to stop from smiling that shit-eating grin of his π
McLaren wtf Zack is so fucking pumped, proud of that guy. What a performance from Norris and Piastri.
He put a shit eating grin on my face watching him charge around the garage damn near punching everyone with those high fives!
I'm right there with you, I was grinning the whole time watching him. So happy to see those upgrades coming through for McLaren. Lando deserves a good car.
This time, I honestly can't blame him. Being put completely at the front was the worst position to be in, and that is on the team.
The previous 4 races though, those are on him, and are embarrassing as fuck.
Albon was directly behind Perez, like crossed the line within a couple seconds at most, and was .5 of a second faster. Half a second. I'm sorry for Perez fans because he has shown before that he can do ok at qualy, enough to keep up, and he's shown he can defend like a lion. But there's no excuse here. He got beaten by Sergeant in a Williams FFS, who was right behind Albon. They all drove the track in the same conditions.
Curious, how do you know the team put him on that spot at the front? Maybe Checo is so nervous and anxious he 'asks' for those kind of actions as he thinks that will help him? I have seen panic in people before and they make the wrong calls all the time. And I have seen some that get worse when it just keeps on getting bad for them; they will force others in the team to make mistakes because he will 'demand' the action for he thinks it will help him.
I see this as a typical panicky move by a guy who has lost his way and the team is starting to give in because there is no helping a panicked man that will trust none from where the help might come. Classic mistake to make and that is all on Checo.
Obviously don't know the exact circumstances. But I would really expect a team like Red Bull to not be driven to panic by 1 driver. If he asked for it, then they should have denied him.
He seems completely out of it currently.
Hopefully he can somehow recover during the summer break. They gave Albon the boot for less
Heβs just not looked impressive recently. Even his race pace when you take into consideration the performance of the car. Iβm not sure I want to see Albon back in given how well heβs doing at Williams, but I feel like we need to see someone else in there sooner rather than later.
Damn. The way you worded the original comment, I thought he'd crashed or fallen afoul of track limits (such a cursed concept now...).
Commentators saying this is the fifth time in a row. That's got to hurt. Stats like that building up are very noticeable and get bandied around by the people that matter.
Iβm a Redbull and Checo fan so the season has been equal parts ecstatic and not. Iβm also a fan of the sport so itself and generally cheer for many drivers/teams.
Fair enough. I'm a Red Bull and Tsunoda fan, so this season has been...decidedly a mixed fan for me as well. I'd love to see Yuki at RB, though. I think that would be a good way to really unleash his potential, as opposed to watching him basically drive roadkill on wheels.
Petition to make Max drive a formula 2 car to keep races competitive.
We can leave Perez in the Red Bull, itβll be fine.
Given the turning radius on these cars, and the sometimes very narrow pitlanes, I'm surprised this doesn't happen more often.
I'm excited to see how DTS will portray this catastrophic blunder by Max. Perhaps it's him and not Checo whose really at risk for losing his seat
Love to see McLaren back at the front, very interesting to see so many teams getting competitive. Just ignore Max and itβs a bloody interesting season.
A very interesting quali, and hopefully an interesting race tomorrow as well.
Delighted by the surprise performance by the two McLarens, happy for Piastri especially. Up until this point I was feeling none of the rookies were making much of an impact. I don't usually root for McLaren but I definitely will tomorrow.
Perez needs to get his shit together or it might be curtains for him...
Feel like printing some "FREE SAINZ" shirts lol Ferrari have locked him in 2nd place driver spot, but he's looked at least equal to Leclerc this season.
Honestly, good for him. He's matured as a driver and it seems like Williams has finally figured out how to make a decently fast car.