The king is dead, long live the king.
Only 102 days to lights out for 2023..
I love AMKC.
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Don't worry I have no interest in the race highlights now either. Yes I have basic Sky but the price for it is not basic anymore and Sky have no one but themselves to blame. I only watch depression sh-it like the news on it anyway and am done watching them
too.
Don't worry I am doing it this time
It has been diluted beyond what is good for it there is too many races now and the championship should not be won on a silly second tire race.
That's OK I still have Formula-e and Extreme E which I can watch on You-Tube.
Does this mean you won’t be posting in F1 threads anymore?
I think I’d miss his/her race reviews a day late. 😁
Nope I still will if I see or hear about a race it will just be a different post.
Awe thank you 😊.
Well if you have ok or good internet just get NOW TV. I get all Sky channels for 6 euro a month that's entertainment about 16 channels. The show race highlights on Sky Showcase HD Aswell.
But you can get the sports package for little has 15 euro a month from codes on boards.ie even has little as 10 euro at times. Just browse back through the thread.
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Perez looks to be in a fair bit of danger in keeping his seat - another weekend and and another awful performance. Sprint wasn’t his fault but he struggled in the race too which has been pretty common.
Horner after the race when questioned about it was pretty unequivocal - he needs to get back to the front of the grid. the 3 main competitors have driver pairing that have been far closer in positions and if the gap isn’t so wide next year Max may not be able to win the constructors by himself.
If he loses out on second spot this season I could see RB pulling the trigger before the season starts. It would take a miracle to get his contract extended at this stage.
There must be a ton of money involved in Perez contract with RBR for him to still be racing for that team. We have seen Helmut Marko kicking out previous drivers in RBR for much less s***ty show than what Perez is doing.
I will be very surprised seeing Perez, Stroll and Sargeant in their current positions next year.
I would imagine if/when Lance goes, so will Larry. Talks of the Saudi's buying Aston Martin (the car brand), so if Larry isn't selling cars or trying to get his son a world championship, why does he back a team?
Red Bull don't really have any proven options to replace Perez. Riccardo still hasn't really proven he still has it. Lawson could get chewed up and spit out of he is put beside Max too soon.
There’s rumours that they want Norris when he’s out of contract but that’s not for a couple of years, and if that’s the case then I could see them going for a short term option like Ricciardo.
I can’t see Norris going there though unless McLaren takes a huge step back over the next couple of years.
I doubt that there will be a better time to sell a F1 team anytime soon. AT was advertised for a billion dollari, a normal business person will run away from that, the Saudis won't say no. For Stroll, F1 is a marketing vehicle for Aston Martin, his son plays no role in this thinking.
If his son played no role in his thinking, he wouldn't still be there. Stroll's years past the potential stage, this is him in his prime and he's not very good.
RB are probably hoping that Danny regains some of his form, enough to swap him into Perez's seat next year if need be. For sure Lawson wouldn't be ready for it. I'd say they are raging Lando's contract still has another 2 years on it, him and Max in the same team would be awesome to watch. Like other's have said, RB will have a real problem next year if other teams have closed the gap and Perez is still firing blanks.
Re: Stroll and Aston Martin - Lawrence has already solved the Lance problem. 🤣
Stroll has better results than the highly rated hulkenberg has and is still only 24 years old. Somehow this situation feels like Kimi/Alonso. The boy has time to bounce back.
People are saying terrible things about Lance Stroll recently, but let's not forget he delivered strong results back in 2019 with Racing Point (famous "pink mercedes"). That car was awesome and both him and Perez did very well at the time.
He also won multiple championships between 2014-2016, the last one in F3, winning 14 races and destroying now fellow driver George Russel.
To me it proves the talent Stroll has, but definitely the arrival of Alonso has destabilised him.
RB require someone on a very short contract to replace Perez. Ricciardo ticks all the boxes . He knows he will play the wingman and willing to sign a 1 year rolling contact until Norris signs for RB.
Ricciardo will then replace Coulthard as Red Bull's brand ambassador when his contract ends.
He was doing qualifying laps in RB19 by his 7th lap in testing in Silverstone.
I couldn’t imagine them doing anything before Mexico, if they want to get out alive! After that I’d say anything goes!
I think Stroll is a below average driver when comparing to the rest of the grid. Has shown glimpses of potential but has been in the sport for well over 100 races and never really had the consistency to show he’ll turn into more.
Can see why people would try to jusitfy his place on the grid as there’s a few poor drivers but can see why others would like to see someone else given a chance too, especially in a half decent car.
I think Perez will finish the season as I would think RB still want a 1, 2 finish in the Drivers standings.
I think you'd need to twist the stats to breaking point and squint and you'd still struggle or make that argument.
Nobody really thinks Stroll is a good driver. He's had more seasons in F1 than anyone with his level of talent would ever get without being the special kind of pay driver that he is.
That pink Merc was OP, hulks P3 in quali says it all.
Unlike Tennis or indeed Hurling, to succeed in motor racing you need money, money, money, as Abba used to sing, and Daddy Stroll has oodles of that. Someone once said that , in motor racing, if you have 90% money and 10% talent , you’ll go 90% of the way. If you’ve 90% talent and 10% of the money, you’ll go 10% of the way.
Ask the question, how many of the current F1 grid are from poor backgrounds or instead have had big sponsors backing them all the way . (And before you say Hamilton is from a poor background, McLaren (Ron Dennis) backed him since he was 12 years old.
Alonso has almost 4 times the points tally of Stroll. That's an insane gap. There's no excuse for that other than he isn't good enough
I am actively rooting for Hamilton to catch him.
Pity he was 'taken out by his own team mate' ......... The clown.
Ricciardo is a PR goldmine especially when Max is with him. The best person they could get into that RB is Norris, I think he wouldn't think twice about that offer if Mclaren mes up the progress they've made which I'd fear might happen. He'd definitely give Max a battle. RB promoting junior drivers hasn't worked and they probably need to scrap that Idea
I'm no fan of his (Hamilton's), but he was speaking in the moment, and was clear in his post-race interviews that it was his fault. Alonso has spoken about this before - the radio messages/etc immediately after a crash are when the drivers are full of adrenaline and that should be taken into account.
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