2022 checo proved to be competitive and consistent over the full season. Do you forget he finished 3rd in the WDC? Max #1 and checo #3. Ain't going to get a higher combination of drivers than that.
There’s no need for stats to prove a point!
Absolutely pointless going round in circles as will just end up with the driver A better than driver B in the team, then you will get people saying only won because of this misfortune, engine blew up, knocked out the race etc.
You should stop when he mentions Aston Martin among his best pairings. Alonso is good yes, but stroll does not really belong on an f1 grid. That is the general consensus among most reputable f1 pundits.
I dont think the upgrade is going to do much. The base car itself is the problem. They're essentially trying to polish a turd and that in F1 is impossible. This is like Redbull all over again in 2015/2016...but at least it wasn't this bad.chrisc90 wrote: ↑07 May 2023, 11:56Question is.....is the upgrades for the next race going to bring a second to the table to be competitive? The biggest threat this weekend for Merc is infact the cars behind. Look at what Haas have brought to the table, Alpine, Williams, Alfa of Bottas (2 tenths).....Those cars are within a tenth of George in the Merc in Q3. 8-9 tenths off Charles and Max who didn't get a run in Q3 (used their Q2 times). 6 tenths to Alonso.
That's a HUGE jump to be making with a upgrade package coming for the next race. I'm sure they have also brought the beginnings of said package with the revised lower suspension arms to re-direct the air flow. Whether that forms part of the new improved package and is designed to work with the 'upgraded car' is a different thing as it might not be fully optimised for the current setup (as I said before about phasing in upgrades)
