ELM327 wrote: » If mazespin is still learning the car, why is he consistently behind MSC who would be doing the same?
Joeface wrote: » Cause the Gap between them at the start was large . It has come down considerably. He was head of MSC in all the sessions of Monaco , and a few in Baku as well. As he is on the Grid the he has to improve cause he will be there for some time Given the money behind him.
El_Duderino 09 wrote: » Probably similar reasons to why Danny Ric is struggling to learn the Mclaren. Adaptability is a strength in a driver. Failing to adapt to a car is a fair criticism of a driver. At this early stage in the season we can safely say Drivers like Danny Ric and Mazepin have failed to get up to speed with their cars QUICKLY. Sainz, on the other hand, appears to have gotten up to speed relatively quickly which is to his credit. Latifi's race pace is much closer to Russell than last year (quali pace still strongly in Russell's favour. Ocon's second half of last season was much stronger than his first half. He was very close to Ric in the second half. Drivers take time to get up to speed in cars. Doing it quickly is better than doing it slowly, but not having done it after 6 races doesn't mean they will never do it. I've no idea whether Ric and Mazepin will ever get up to speed (you'd imagine Ric will though)
ELM327 wrote: » Mick has shown that his first year in a new formula is much worse than his second - even see F2, he was much better last year than the year before. I dont think he would claim to be particlulary good at adapting quickly. I'd expect, all things being equal in 2022, that mick will be further ahead of mazespin. (Or maze$pin if you'd prefer). The only money driver that's been worthy of a seat this season has been stroll. The others like latifi, mazespin etc should not be on the grid. But it's always been the same. If you watched in the 90s there were plenty of Dinizs for every MSC!
eviltimeban wrote: » I think Bottas should be allowed to stay til the end of the year. It's a bit more dignified. And he's always been loyal to the team. All those years coming second to Hamilton must've been hard to take. Russell in the Merc in 2022 will be good. Unless of course Merc screw up the new regs and they go back to being midfielders!
Joeface wrote: » If they were to change driver , The immediate choice wouldn't really be Russell . This car is different from last year (slightly) and they risk time adjusting if their priority was to Get back ahead of Redbull . Vandoorne is the reserve driver . Familiar with everything . They could easily say Bottas needs some personal time and Vandoorne is going to cover some races and I believe he has already driven the car. Less messing with drivers changing teams . what's worse is we are discussing this based on a tweet from someone with less that 200 followers ..........HOW F_IN bored are we . HA
flazio wrote: » Besides, who'd stand in for Vandorne in the Formula E car. I'd go as bold as to say I believe that the three pointed star will play no further role in Estaban Ocon's career.
Pen Rua wrote: » Well Ocon has gone and signed a three year deal at Alpine.https://twitter.com/LukeSmithF1/status/1405174732601823232
pjohnson wrote: » He hasnt been contracted to the Brackley team in anyway since he joined Renault/Alpine. The only link is through Toto Wolff being his agent (which is obviously a pretty strong "link" to Mercedes but no contracted tie)
El_Duderino 09 wrote: » Matt Carter was talking about it as a fact that he's still explicitly under contract to Mercedes. Hard to know what the truth is. All we can do is wait and see what happens.
While Ocon, who spent 2019 as Mercedes' official reserve driver, rescinded his official ties to the Silver Arrows when he joined Renault – now Alpine – at the start of 2020, Wolff remains in place as the Frenchman’s manager.
Frank Bullitt wrote: » I can't see how he is under contract to Merc but has just signed for 3 years for Renault/Alpine though. This tells me the only contact now is through Wolff.
