• Coelacanth@lemmy.worldEnglish
    33·
    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.

    • Bison1911@vlemmy.netEnglish
      71·
      1 year ago

      I also thought the “Checo washed” comments and discussion about his seat being in jeopardy were an overreaction a few weeks ago. At this point though, I’m expecting Redbull to drop him any moment.

        • ScreaminOctopus@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Aside from Perez, they’ve only been dragging up drivers with very little experience to fill the seat. The rookies probably need a couple years in Formula 1.5 before graduating to Formula 1. I’d love to see Sainz come back, they way they treat him as second class at Ferrari for no reason is ridiculous.

      • BURN@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I’m still thinking he’s going to end out his contract, but he’s not getting a new one

        • soEZ@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          Yeah…if he manages to keep his P2 in championship they are unlikely to drop him this year (and his race pace is good enough to get him into top 3) and i don’t think they would go for Ricardo either…not sure who though… Surely they are starting to think beyond Max, as Max stated he might not stick around in F1 and move to other series.

            • soEZ@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              1 year ago

              Fair, although some suggested aston is focusing on next year already as they want to be winning in a year or two…others think they are stuck like merc…

          • BURN@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            Yuki has matured a lot, and next year is as ready as he’s going to get. Either that or they put Lawson/Iwasa up against each other at AT and the winner gets promoted

            • soEZ@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              1 year ago

              Makes sense. I should really pay more attention to. Yuki, hard to judge his performance as de vries is absolutely no where… I am glad Piastri is doing well after the whole alpine fiasco.

    • bhmnscmm@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      Just compare him to Bottas at Mercedes–never missing Q3 during his time there. And how many times has Checo not made it to Q1 this season?

    • GeneralEmergency@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      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.

      • IronHighway@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        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.

      • MegaUmbreon@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        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.

        • The one and only@feddit.nlEnglish
          0·
          1 year ago

          My bet is on Hulkenberg.

          As odd as it sounds, Sainz is too good. RBR doesn’t need another driver who can challenge for the win. That only creates friction. That means that Sainz is not a good option in my opinion.

          Ricciardo is apparently too slow when driving the sim, much slower than Perez.

          I think Hulk is decent enough, but also realistic enough not to start drama within the team.

        • IronHighway@lemmy.worldEnglish
          0·
          1 year ago

          No way RB puts another outside driver in the seat. Marko even said that Mateschitz threatened to pull funding for RB Junior if Perez gets the seat because all RB drivers are supposed to come in from RBJ (he gave in, obviously).

          Sainz - He worked like hell to get out of RB. Even if it was an option, I can’t see him going back to be a second driver behind Max. We already see how much he hates being deprioritized behind Leclerc.

          Hulk - He’s a Mercedes Jr, never had backing from Red Bull. I can’t see this happening.

          Ricciardo - Maybe for a short stint to cover Perez if he gets dropped. I can’t see him staying long term.

          • MegaUmbreon@lemmy.worldEnglish
            0·
            1 year ago

            Hulk isn’t affiliated with Merc at all, are you thinking of someone else?

            Also I don’t remember Sainz fighting like hell to get out of RB, I thought Renault just needed a driver and RB let him go because it didn’t look like an RBR seat would open up any time soon and they wanted a space for Gasly.

            • IronHighway@lemmy.worldEnglish
              0·
              1 year ago

              I thought he was a Mercedes Jr. during his F3 career… but maybe I’m remembering wrong.

              Sainz got snubbed for the Red Bull seat even though he felt he out performed Max. Red Bull loaned him to Renault and once he was there, Sainz tried to make the move permanent. I just remembered that at the time, RB did not want to let Sainz off the RB team.

              • MegaUmbreon@lemmy.worldEnglish
                2·
                1 year ago

                Ah I get you. He may have been, but I don’t think that’s a big deal now. Perez was a Ferrari junior who drove for McLaren & Red Bull, Sainz was a red bull junior who drives for Ferrari. Once you’re graduated and move teams I don’t think it really matters either way.

    • theyseemeroland@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      1 year ago

      Max drinking his water during that section of the interview to stop from smiling that shit-eating grin of his 😂

  • BeckonJM@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    1 year ago

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

    • ABC123itsEASY@lemmy.worldEnglish
      71·
      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!

      • Ragglemcsnics@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        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.

  • lemontea@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
    15·
    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…

  • topeconhilo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    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.

    • The one and only@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      1 year ago

      This time, I honestly can’t blame him. Being put completely at the front was the worst position to be in, and that is on the team.

      The previous 4 races though, those are on him, and are embarrassing as fuck.

      • KirbyQK@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Albon was directly behind Perez, like crossed the line within a couple seconds at most, and was .5 of a second faster. Half a second. I’m sorry for Perez fans because he has shown before that he can do ok at qualy, enough to keep up, and he’s shown he can defend like a lion. But there’s no excuse here. He got beaten by Sergeant in a Williams FFS, who was right behind Albon. They all drove the track in the same conditions.

  • eximo@lemmy.mlEnglish
    8·
    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.

  • R05@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    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.