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deesef said:
I really don't understand why they chose Lawson above Tuki in the first place.
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Horner and Marko doesn't seem to fully trust Yuki or at least didn't seem to.

Lawson wasn't even their preferred choice as they hoped Ricciardo would have gotten the seat but he just wasn't up to standard.
 
Geez, it is rookies, you don't fire rookies after 2 races unless their crash bill gets too high.

Although I feel little pity for both Lawson and Doohan.
Doohan and his dad forced their way into that seat. He did not really prove himself in F2 yet and when the Alonso/Piastri/Vettel switches came 2 years ago he bragged on tv that they are their at Alphine saying he is ready. He then got the reserve driver seat and now a drive. So it backfired and its his own fault. You must go through the ranks.
Same for Lawson. Him and his management should have said he must still learn in a slower team. He wanted the big team and now reaping the rewards.

What confuses me is all this talk about the rookies after two races, yet nobody mention the experienced guys like Alonso and Sainz?
 
Jean Claude Vaaldamme said:
Geez, it is rookies, you don't fire rookies after 2 races unless their crash bill gets too high.

Although I feel little pity for both Lawson and Doohan.
Doohan and his dad forced their way into that seat. He did not really prove himself in F2 yet and when the Alonso/Piastri/Vettel switches came 2 years ago he bragged on tv that they are their at Alphine saying he is ready. He then got the reserve driver seat and now a drive. So it backfired and its his own fault. You must go through the ranks.
Same for Lawson. Him and his management should have said he must still learn in a slower team. He wanted the big team and now reaping the rewards.

What confuses me is all this talk about the rookies after two races, yet nobody mention the experienced guys like Alonso and Sainz?
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Sainz has already proven himself and in his case, it's quite obviously the car.
 
deesef said:
No way! They'll keep him for 2 years, coz Max don't like no competition
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They aren't in a position where Max can win the Constructors for them alone anymore so they need the second driver to be consistently finishing in the top six.

Also, right now, if Max doesn't win the WDC this year, he looks more out than in next year and has been tipped to possibly replace Russel at Merc.
 
JuliusSeizure said:
They aren't in a position where Max can win the Constructors for them alone anymore so they need the second driver to be consistently finishing in the top six.

Also, right now, if Max doesn't win the WDC this year, he looks more out than in next year and has been tipped to possibly replace Russel at Merc.
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are freaking kidding me Lando and Oscar no way max winning constructors
 
Jean Claude Vaaldamme said:
Albon does not seem to have a problem with the car?
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Give him time to adapt to it and make judgement after about 5 races. People underestimate how difficult it is to adapt to a new car. Guys like Hamilton and Alonso who can do it relatively quickly are anomalies and not the norm.

The difference between Sainz and the rookies is that he has already proven he can score points regularly, the rookies haven't yet. The industry also now seems to be as cutthroat as it ever was so I feel sorry for the drivers of today in this regard. I don't remember drivers being pulled off the grid in Schumacher's days and bar Stroll, pay drivers aren't really a thing anymore. For a pay driver, Stroll is also decent as we used to see some apalling ones back in the day.
 
S_L_Y_G_U_Y said:
are freaking kidding me Lando and Oscar no way max winning constructors
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Yes, my point was that Max cannot win the Constructors himself now so Red Bull need the second driver to be consistently finishing in the top six. If Lawson can't start delivering soon, he's toast.

With F1 being as cutthroat as ever, he needs to start delivering by race 5 or the talk of him getting sacked will be very real.
 
JuliusSeizure said:
Give him time to adapt to it and make judgement after about 5 races. People underestimate how difficult it is to adapt to a new car. Guys like Hamilton and Alonso who can do it relatively quickly are anomalies and not the norm.

The difference between Sainz and the rookies is that he has already proven he can score points regularly, the rookies haven't yet. The industry also now seems to be as cutthroat as it ever was so I feel sorry for the drivers of today in this regard. I don't remember drivers being pulled off the grid in Schumacher's days and bar Stroll, pay drivers aren't really a thing anymore. For a pay driver, Stroll is also decent as we used to see some apalling ones back in the day.
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Bortoleto showing up Hulk and Bearman showing up Ocon in the rear teams also shows that it might be easier for the younger kids to adapt to hardware than the older guys.

Then again, Bearman has actually done two more races for Haas than Ocon has.
 
JuliusSeizure said:
Horner and Marko doesn't seem to fully trust Yuki or at least didn't seem to.
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He's hot headed, doesn't provide good feedback and is lazy. Even one point would piss off Marko and he's got the trifecta.

Plus I'd imagine he'd have a serious meltdown after a few races in the RB when he sees he's joining the other 4 drivers who couldn't figure out how to drive that car.
 
NR7 said:
He's hot headed, doesn't provide good feedback and is lazy. Even one point would piss off Marko and he's got the trifecta.

Plus I'd imagine he'd have a serious meltdown after a few races in the RB when he sees he's joining the other 4 drivers who couldn't figure out how to drive that car.
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Must suck to be Marco when he doesn't even like his top driver LOL.
He needs to stop being such a helmet.
 
AAh the dreams has been shattered again, now we attacking Marko, Redbull and the rookies. Same old same old.
Its going to be a looong season.
 
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