Giovanazzi out, Zhou in

MissChief · 18 Dec 2021 at 17:43

Lmg80 said:
Stroll is terrible - Perez finished 4th in 2020, yet lost his seat.

Irrespective of coming up through the ranks, being funded all the way does not IMO by default provide credibility.

Stroll’s feeder series record was very good though. He’s a decent driver but hasn’t shone over Vettel this season.

Mr Jack · 18 Dec 2021 at 17:56

MissChief said:
Stroll’s feeder series record was very good though. He’s a decent driver but hasn’t shone over Vettel this season.

Stroll has talent but not consistency, imo. He's had some really trip notch drives in F1 but they're the exception rather than the rule. I've been seriously disappointed by him this season.

Lopéz · 28 Dec 2021 at 19:49

kaiowas said:
Super licence points system these days means you need to at least have some talent and racing pedigree before you can buy your way into an F1 drive, back in the 80s/90s almost anyone with the cash who fancied a go could get themselves a back of the grid drive for a couple of races.

Paul Belmondo, Giovanna Amati and of course Deletraz are ones that spring to mind!

JRS · 28 Dec 2021 at 22:30

Lopéz said:
Paul Belmondo, Giovanna Amati and of course Deletraz are ones that spring to mind!

this_is_gav · 28 Dec 2021 at 23:43

Lopéz said:
Paul Belmondo, Giovanna Amati and of course Deletraz are ones that spring to mind!

I can't believe you mentioned Belmondo and Amati before Lavaggi, whose biggest claim is nearly suffering from burns due to stupidity.

Feek · 20 Mar 2022 at 17:37

Feek said:
Another one paying to drive? I wonder if he'll be any better than Mazepin.

I’ll happily eat humble pie here, he did really well.

SonicSW20 · 20 Mar 2022 at 18:04

He did, the Alfa seems to have some pace too.

Mr Jack · 20 Mar 2022 at 18:51

SonicSW20 said:
He did, the Alfa seems to have some pace too.

Looks like we're going to see Haas and Alfa battling for best of the rest. What a change up. Hopefully Alpine and Alpha can join them in that fight too.

Emlyn_Dewar · 21 Mar 2022 at 04:34

Got lucky to get into the points but his clean race is what gave him that opportunity I guess. Definitely didn't look like a Mazepin or similar! Hoping he'll do well this year.

Had to resort to a dodgy Sky Sports stream to watch here, as wasn't available on any of the normal services. Think that will change soon as so many Chinese people commenting on social media about not being able to watch!