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Poll: British Grand Prix 2020, Silverstone - Race 4/?
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6/10 for me. The ending knocked it up a couple points.
Caporegime
I think Albon has poor judgement and attempts moves that get him into trouble (Austria and here) or invite trouble (Brazil, where he left the door open), but that's not the same thing as deserving a penalty.
Spark extinquished by Alfa's continued incompetence more like.
Caporegime
Maybe so, but I don't see him going to another team at this point, do you?
He'll want to stay in the sport for as long as he's enjoying it. Alonso is coming back at the age of 39, Kimi is "only" 40. Not sure where he'd go though, if this season continues like this I can't see him wanting to stay at Alfa with their poor performance. He's well known as a driver who can help accelerate car development with his feedback, but which of the lower / midfield teams could afford his salary / actually need him right now? Haas are the only team I can think of.
Soldato
I'd like to see him leave F1 now, it's never pretty to watch a decent driver go backwards. It seems like Ferrari replaced the wrong guy. At the time, no doubt Vettel was faster than Kimi. This season, however, and last season, they probably could have done with a solid driver Kimi playing 2nd fiddle to Leclerc rather than Vettel causing controversy, and crashing out, or like this year just finishing nowhere.
Don
At least the conversations between Kimi and Guenther would be interesting!
Soldato
I don't think anyone else would have him. All he brings is experience, and there's plenty of other drivers who can do that.
Soldato
Didn't Lewis just stick to the racing line when they tangled in Austria? Who got penalised that time?
Albon stuck his nose in where it didn't belong, he was too far back and as always just expects the car in front to yield. He has a lot to learn, patience and timing especially.
Soldato
Not odd at all, Albon is impatient and lacking instinct.
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Yup. Still it is only his second season, and we all remember how poor Verstappen's judgement was at that stage.
I wonder whether Ferrari will pull Schumacher, Schwartzman and Ilott into F1 next year, put Ilott in the Hass and the others into AR. They may as well take a punt given the performance of the engine and the cars that power them. Would love to see some of the new boys fighting in the midfield, clear out some of the journeyman
Tbh I think some of it is coming from the added pressure from Red Bull and their desire for him to perform, he feels he has to try these moves to keep the seat and keep his career going. After seeing the hypocrisy of Red Bull in Drive to Survive S2 between how badly RB and Horner were treating Gasly all while saying in Public how he was being supported and encouraged makes me feel very badly about Horner and the whole team. Quite frankly if they actually went through with their veiled threats to leave I wouldn’t be sad about it.
Soldato
As much as I'd love to see the Schumacher name return to F1, I just don't think Mick has it. He's in his second season of F2 now and hasn't really sparkled in terms of results or racecraft. Sure he's won a race, but it was the reverse grid race at Hungary and he was the cork in the bottle for most of it. If it was any other track he'd most likely have been passed.
Shwartzman does appear to be the real deal though. He was 3rd in his first year of F3, 1st in his second year and is currently leading the F2 standings in his rookie year. That's the kind of form that indicates to me that he's a very special talent.
Soldato
I agree with this, it did cross my mind yesterday, problem is he's making himself look worse by doing so imo.
He's also claiming it was 50/50 and disagrees with the stewards decision, yet the hamilton incident was more 50/50 than this one and he agreed hamilton was at fault.
Had RB had someone waiting in the wings he'd be losing his seat some time soon.
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How much of that is down to the car?
Caporegime
Yeah, he hasn't shone in F2 so far. Mind you, if you looked at how he was doing at this point in his F3 career you'd think the same but look at how he turned that second season around! Either way I think the Schumacher name will prove too enticing and someone will give him a seat whether he triumphs or not.
Absolutely, and also won the Toyota Racing Series in New Zealand. Zhou and Lundgaard are also looking really impressive, as is Illott but this is his third season in F2 so I kind of think if he was all that he'd have impressed more in the last couple of seasons.
Caporegime
It's a spec series. But, in any case, his teammate is Schwartzman who is in first.
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