• Coelacanth@lemmy.worldEnglish
    29·
    2 years 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.

    • DrinkBoba@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      2 years ago

      Insane how great Max has been running it’s really overshadowed how poorly Checo has been

    • bhmnscmm@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      2 years 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
      3·
      2 years 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·
        2 years 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·
        2 years 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·
          2 years 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·
          2 years 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·
            2 years 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·
              2 years 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
                1·
                2 years 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
      8·
      2 years ago

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

  • BeckonJM@lemmy.worldEnglish
    20·
    2 years ago

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

    • ABC123itsEASY@lemmy.worldEnglish
      71·
      2 years 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·
        2 years 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·
    2 years 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
    12·
    2 years 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
      1·
      2 years 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·
        2 years 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·
    2 years 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.

    • imbrucy@lemmy.oneEnglish
      1·
      2 years 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.

    • melonpunk@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      He’s just not looked impressive recently. Even his race pace when you take into consideration the performance of the car. I’m not sure I want to see Albon back in given how well he’s doing at Williams, but I feel like we need to see someone else in there sooner rather than later.

    • HerrVorragend@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      He seems completely out of it currently.

      Hopefully he can somehow recover during the summer break. They gave Albon the boot for less

  • R05@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    2 years 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.