It's by far the best of the available drivers, I cannot understand why they didn't just sign him as soon as he got the boot from Ferrari.
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They want to have someone who is good, but not too good as it will change team dynamics. Hence Sainz is not someone you want next to Max. Tsunoda and Lawson seem better, as they are a bit below Sainz in my opinion. I am not sure Tsunoda and Lawson want to play the team game however, at least they are showing to be very aggressive.
To me this is a bit weird calling it a disaster that someone like Sainz can't get a seat in top team. if he's only capable of winning when the #1 driver in the team is having an off day, then why care if he gets a seat in a top team? You'd think that we (or you in this case) should only care that the top drivers get seats in the top teams, which is the case anyway (Alonso being the only exception currently imo).venkyhere wrote: ↑06 Nov 2024, 13:40Sainz is that guy who is perfectly capable of 'winning' when the 'main driver' is having an off day. Ferrari have committed a blunder by letting him go. He is not going to perform miracles at Williams, that team will take years to produce a 'winnable car'. Someone of the talent of Sainz not finding a seat in a frontline team, is disaster.
I do not think it is about the passport. I think it is about Honda, Honda has screwed Yuki by leaving RB. There is now no incentive for RB to let Yuki take that second seat.Bill wrote: ↑05 Nov 2024, 09:19yuki has wrong passport if they is such thing.he led a race last year in Abu dhabi on merit after outqualifying many drivers on the top teams ,so the point is yuki has done many impressive things he shouldn't be in the position to prove himself. With Alonso having many health issues and stroll looking lost maybe he will follow Honda to Aston.
Spain's Carlos Sainz Jr would be a proven "smooth operator"!SirBastianVettel wrote: ↑05 Nov 2024, 21:15They tried with Gasly, Albon and Perez. What would be a serious driver at this point? Lawson? I doubt he’d do much better than those three. Same for Yuki imo. Colapinto? Just too much of an unknown/risk I think. I honestly don’t know what I’d do if I was in Red Bull’s position.
That seems unfair, Sainz Jr is far above the level of the likes of Bottas or Perez. Sainz has proven it by beating Norris and Leclerc on points over a season -- not to say that this means Sainz is at the level of Norris or Lecelrc, but Sainz is clearly very good (on average).SirBastianVettel wrote: ↑06 Nov 2024, 14:03if he's only capable of winning when the #1 driver in the team is having an off day, then why care if he gets a seat in a top team?
Monaco's Charles Leclerc had the very same car and didn't even finish 2nd in the Mexican GP!
Why? What does he know that we do not?MV: Yeah, well, I mean, of course, that was important. I wanted to, of course, win a bit sooner. But yeah, it's been tough for us. We always kept pushing. We didn't really understand why the others were so fast in the race, especially. Yeah, I've been trying a lot of things to improve the car. And I mean, starting P17 this morning, didn't look like we were going to win the race again. So yeah, it's an incredible result for us. A massive boost for the team, because honestly, it's been tough. But it is also a big strength of the team to stay calm and just try to work on performance and try to improve our situation. And I'm confident. I'm confident for the last three races that we can fight again, and especially in the race that we will be more competitive.
Sainz can't drive an over steer car, we saw it in 2022. Jr struggled until he had Mattia change direction of development that suited his style.
What a ridiculous statement. Sainz is not one of the absolute best drivers on the grid but he's certainly above average. If the choices are Sainz or Perez, unless the team doesn't give a crap about the WCC, they should pick Sainz. There's a reason he has almost double Perez's points. And while Sainz can be crash prone, he's no more crash prone than Perez is lol!
Well hopefully it pans out whatever it isAR3-GP wrote: ↑06 Nov 2024, 23:53https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/arti ... tCYCYFo3mBWhy? What does he know that we do not?MV: Yeah, well, I mean, of course, that was important. I wanted to, of course, win a bit sooner. But yeah, it's been tough for us. We always kept pushing. We didn't really understand why the others were so fast in the race, especially. Yeah, I've been trying a lot of things to improve the car. And I mean, starting P17 this morning, didn't look like we were going to win the race again. So yeah, it's an incredible result for us. A massive boost for the team, because honestly, it's been tough. But it is also a big strength of the team to stay calm and just try to work on performance and try to improve our situation. And I'm confident. I'm confident for the last three races that we can fight again, and especially in the race that we will be more competitive.