• Coelacanth@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    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.

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      1 year ago

      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.

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        1 year ago

        My hot take is that Yuki is pretty much set to take the second RB seat pending Perez’s overall performance. If Perez continues to be abysmal, I’m 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 he’s been dragging that shit box to mid-field a handful of times. Helmut Marko even commented on Yuki’s performance and Marko never compliments anyone unless you’re 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.

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        1 year ago

        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.

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    1 year ago

    McLaren wtf Zack is so fucking pumped, proud of that guy. What a performance from Norris and Piastri.

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      1 year ago

      He put a shit eating grin on my face watching him charge around the garage damn near punching everyone with those high fives!

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        1 year ago

        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.

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    1 year ago

    Perez’s saving grace is that he is in the fast car and can come back through the pack to reclaim some points or a podium.

    Luckily for RB Max is winning all championships on his own so whilst not great it’s not terrible.

    If his race performances were off too he would have been gone before now. RB dropped Gasly and Albon for less however more was at stake then when they were not smashing everyone else.

    People need to stop voting him driver of the day though.

    Pumped for McLaren. Loved Zak’s reaction in the garage.

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      1 year ago

      It is really best case scenario for Perez to have an off period. Max is winning everything and there is a large fight for second best so the rest of the available points are being spread around every race. As long as Checo has an occasional good race, there is absolutely no risk for the constructor’s for Red Bull.

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    1 year ago

    Love to see McLaren back at the front, very interesting to see so many teams getting competitive. Just ignore Max and it’s a bloody interesting season.

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    1 year ago

    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…

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    1 year ago

    Petition to make Max drive a formula 2 car to keep races competitive.

    We can leave Perez in the Red Bull, it’ll be fine.

  • Coelacanth@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Waiting the whole season for Max to make a single mistake and when it finally happens it’s in a Q1 that doesn’t matter