Sergio should be a little worried by the use of that word.
Just a bit, yeah. I’m sure Helmut is halfway to wanting to kill someone over Checo’s form lately.
The problem is that by not scoring points he’s putting the WCC is jeopardy. Both McLaren drivers are scoring points. The only logical thing RB can do is flip DannyRick and Perez. But, there is no telling if Danny can perform any better.
Flipping Checo and Yuki is just as logical, is it not?
I’m assuming that all the data favors Danny. Don’t forget, Red Bull has a whole lot of data to determine who is quicker.
Somehow hard to see how the guy who is “faster” according to the data is consistently slower in the real world
Whatever that means. All I’m saying is that RB has empirical evidence of who is better.
You also have to acknowledge that far more than sporting concerns are involved in their decision making or else Yuki would have been already in that seat
Tsunoda exists, as does Lawson. I think you’re discounting them.
Changing drivers mid-season would tend to favor experience.
Tsunoda is experienced and has proven to be consistent at RB. Ricciardo is only the first of those two.
Why though. Both the experienced drivers are performing bad. The car will be a new experience in either case
One has driven for the team before, knowing the engineers. Both parties should know what to expect.
But you mistake me. I don’t care who replaces Perez or if anyone does.
True.
Is this what sainz is waiting for? I know their dad’s have bad blood, but what other good options are there? (Unless they give Alonso a multi year contract…)
People keep saying about how their dads hate eachother, but Jos and Horner also hate eachother, so I honestly don’t see Christian giving a shit, especially if it means he gets a solid second driver.
Just remains to be seen whether RB wants Sainz or whether they want someone who definitely won’t even attempt to battle Max, imo
Maybe, though I understood the reason RB renewed Perez in the first place was because they were afraid Carlos and Max competing each other would lead to a Gasly-Ocon situation, so he may be waiting for a seat that will never be offered to him.
No disrespect to sainz but he is no equal to max while gasly and ocon are perhaps the most equally matched line up in the grid. While there is a real risk of Carlos and Max competing with each other to the detriment of the team, that is because Carlos is close enough to max. Gasly and ocon on the other hand are so equally matched that they end up sharing the same real estate on track in almost every race
Silverstone was not entirely his fault, but when you are never performing you can’t absorb the effects of the unexpected. Tough situation for him.
I mean getting stuck in the gravel during qualifying was his fault. I understand the conditions were traitorous but Max proved that it was entirely possible to not do a 180 but pass through the gravel pit.
With such a bad result the team needed to gamble to get a meaningful result.
I mean, sure, he might have been screwed by the strategy but it was an easy call for the team to gamble at that point because he was still stuck at what, 16th? It’s not like he was making up positions and soaring up the field. His pace was just weak all weekend (again). Just look at his attempt to deny Sainz fastest lap and reclaim it for Red Bull at the end. He was just slow.
The rumor I’ve heard, which may or may not be hearsay, is that Checo needs to be within 100 points and 5 places off Max in the WDC by Spa to keep the seat. If that’s the case it’s almost impossible for him to get there after an abysmal weekend at silverstone.
