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Perez could barely finish races or get out of Q1. He was completely finished as a driver. There's no way Lawson is going to be as bad as Perez.dren wrote: ↑19 Feb 2025, 19:37Max scored 74% of the team's points last year. I don't think Lawson is going to fair much better than Perez.SirBastianVettel wrote: ↑19 Feb 2025, 18:51I'd be amazed if Verstappen only scores 58% of Red Bull's points. How did it came up with that number?
You're right, he'll probably be worse.TeamKoolGreen wrote: ↑03 Mar 2025, 19:53Perez could barely finish races or get out of Q1. He was completely finished as a driver. There's no way Lawson is going to be as bad as Perez.dren wrote: ↑19 Feb 2025, 19:37Max scored 74% of the team's points last year. I don't think Lawson is going to fair much better than Perez.SirBastianVettel wrote: ↑19 Feb 2025, 18:51
I'd be amazed if Verstappen only scores 58% of Red Bull's points. How did it came up with that number?
Well Lawson already out qualified Max in an Alpha Tauri. Something Perez couldn't do in a Red Bull. So you'd be wrong already.dren wrote: ↑03 Mar 2025, 20:24You're right, he'll probably be worse.TeamKoolGreen wrote: ↑03 Mar 2025, 19:53Perez could barely finish races or get out of Q1. He was completely finished as a driver. There's no way Lawson is going to be as bad as Perez.
Perez outqualified Verstappen a handful of times. Half were due to various mechanical/timing issues for Max, but a few (Jeddah 2022 and Imola 2021 spring to mind) were legitimate. That being said I wouldn't be surprised if Lawson is some kind of improvement over Perez because I think Perez lost his head and was underperforming relative to his own capabilities.TeamKoolGreen wrote: ↑03 Mar 2025, 23:09Well Lawson already out qualified Max in an Alpha Tauri. Something Perez couldn't do in a Red Bull. So you'd be wrong already.dren wrote: ↑03 Mar 2025, 20:24You're right, he'll probably be worse.TeamKoolGreen wrote: ↑03 Mar 2025, 19:53
Perez could barely finish races or get out of Q1. He was completely finished as a driver. There's no way Lawson is going to be as bad as Perez.
Quite possibly yes.
Always feared it would be anti climatic with the hype. Unfortunately, both championships look done and dusted. To make it worse, rivals will focus on 26’ relatively early too, so am expecting a total blow out by Macca this year.
TeamKoolGreen wrote: ↑03 Mar 2025, 19:53Perez could barely finish races or get out of Q1. He was completely finished as a driver. There's no way Lawson is going to be as bad as Perez.dren wrote: ↑19 Feb 2025, 19:37Max scored 74% of the team's points last year. I don't think Lawson is going to fair much better than Perez.SirBastianVettel wrote: ↑19 Feb 2025, 18:51
I'd be amazed if Verstappen only scores 58% of Red Bull's points. How did it came up with that number?
Yeah whatever. The worst track, the worst conditions and he had literally zero FP3 time. Alonso and Sainz also crashed on their own. Along with a half dozen other drivers.dren wrote: ↑16 Mar 2025, 21:06TeamKoolGreen wrote: ↑03 Mar 2025, 19:53Perez could barely finish races or get out of Q1. He was completely finished as a driver. There's no way Lawson is going to be as bad as Perez.![]()
Whoever does the weather strategy for this team needs a good wake up call. Totally threw Lawson under the bus when that second shower hit with a strategy that can best be described as a hope and a prayer. It was obvious for 2-3 laps that the rain was getting too strong for slicks and that it was heading towards the rest of the track, not just S3. Still, they try to gamble with a guy that is already lacking confidence in the car where the last thing you want is for him to crash. Absolutely moronic. If anything they should've gambled towards the inter, that way you don't crash if you get it wrong. The team has the radar, not the driver, don't leave the call to go to inters to the driver. Such foolishness.
A little early to call it in my opinion. Australia is far from a representative circuit in its own, but the contrasting conditions between the days made it even more useless for drawing conclusions.