Formula 1 FIA World Championship 2020

[pdr4332 218]

4 hours ago, Dragon said:

Pressure building on Haas to fire Nikita Mazepin because of his behavior on and off the track.

Somehow I am not surprised - this video is just par for the course for an entitled oligarch son: not only doing it but also sharing it proudly even though it is a huge self own from PR perspective. But if you were born and raised as the son of an oligarch, you are probably not aware of such mundane things like not sharing embarrasing videos about yourself - that is just for us peasants....

[Monzanator 4,484]

Rich kids acting like they own the world? What else is new? And people wonder why nobody likes Lance Stroll either. These are people who didn't have to earn a single dollar in their entire life. What would make them change their characters now? Nothing.

[heywoodu 14,953]

Lewis Hamilton is confirmed to be back for Abu Dhabi this weekend. Too bad..

[Monzanator 4,484]

No surprise, George Russell showed enough speed last weekend to diminish Hamilton's status. It turns out it might not be that Hamilton is that great but rather Bottas that bad! If Russell struggled then Hamilton could have sat on his hands and tell everyone "Mercedes can't dominate without me!". That narrative is out of the window based on Russell's small sample size.

[heywoodu 14,953]

1 hour ago, Monzanator said:

No surprise, George Russell showed enough speed last weekend to diminish Hamilton's status. It turns out it might not be that Hamilton is that great but rather Bottas that bad! If Russell struggled then Hamilton could have sat on his hands and tell everyone "Mercedes can't dominate without me!". That narrative is out of the window based on Russell's small sample size.

To be fair, everyone who has been following racing for a couple of years knows Russell is a huge talent and there's not even a single discussion about it. No way I'll ever say Hamilton is the greatest, but annoyingly one simply can't deny he is at the very least up there among the best, it's not just Mercedes.

[Monzanator 4,484]

6 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

To be fair, everyone who has been following racing for a couple of years knows Russell is a huge talent and there's not even a single discussion about it. No way I'll ever say Hamilton is the greatest, but annoyingly one simply can't deny he is at the very least up there among the best, it's not just Mercedes.

 

Russell being talented has nothing to do with it. It's about how he matches to Bottas and potentially Hamilton. It's not like Bottas was hired from the street. He had some good results at Williams himself. F1 unemployment line is littered with talented guys who were ousted through things out of their control.

 

If Russell labored to 5th or 6th place last week and couldn't beat Perez or Stroll on pace then Hamilton would have never be so quick to return IMO.

[Monzanator 4,484]

It looks like Red Bull has made the only logical choice with Perez and Albon gets demoted to reserve. Announcement is expected tomorrow.

 

Red Bull-owned Speedweek reports this and Autosport has run the headline too.

 

Should be good news for @mrv86

 

https://sports.yahoo.com/perez-poised-replace-albon-red-224637746.html

 

https://www.speedweek.com/formel1/news/169528/Red-Bull-Racing-2021-mit-Verstappen-und-Sergio-Perez.html

[mrv86 3,131]

43 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

It looks like Red Bull has made the only logical choice with Perez and Albon gets demoted to reserve. Announcement is expected tomorrow.

 

Red Bull-owned Speedweek reports this and Autosport has run the headline too.

 

Should be good news for @mrv86

 

https://sports.yahoo.com/perez-poised-replace-albon-red-224637746.html

 

https://www.speedweek.com/formel1/news/169528/Red-Bull-Racing-2021-mit-Verstappen-und-Sergio-Perez.html

 

Let's hope it's not just a rumour and tomorrow we can have good news.

[heywoodu 14,953]

Meanwhile Yuki Tsunoda has already been confirmed in the second AlphaTauri seat next to Gasly. Very much deservedly so.

[NearPup 3,035]

Perez to Red Bull is confirmed.
 

https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/55367539