Phil wrote: ↑01 Nov 2020, 01:01
Just_a_fan wrote: ↑01 Nov 2020, 00:36
Dan and Max was close. Dan and Seb was close. Leclerc has blown Seb away, ergo Leclerc would blow Max away.
Or is the logic not allowed to be used thus against Max?
Seb and Leclerc were close too, if you recall. Just not this year. Last year, they were the clostest matched pair. You can either deduct from that, that Leclerc found another gear and suddenly became 5 tenths to a second quicker, or Seb became slower. Or maybe, Seb just cant drive that car as well. Which IMO only adds to Leclercs image, as he strikes me as being more adaptable, something Vettel hasnt been a benchmark at if you take his history with more difficult cars into account.
I happen to highly rate Leclerc though. At a point, i had considered him to be the star of the future. Max has since then evolved into a very consistent performer though. The fact that he seems to drive around his cars problems too - something both Gasly and Albon cant. There too though - i dont see Gasly and Albon as any kind of benchmark. Clearly they arent. So his performance too is somewhat suspectable to be slightly misrepresentative in that vacuum.
No bias here. No overhyping. No pink glasses. I’m taking the wait and see approach with Russel.
How about we resume this talk when he gets a serious team mate who isnt there for his money or at least a real known quantity?
Oh one more thing; if Russel is that special on the basis that that William is a dog of a car and “not Q2 worthy” - which seems to be the popular narrative in proclaiming how great Russel is - how do you explain Kimi regularly faily in Q1? Oh that’s right. Maybe the Williams isnt THAT bad after all (relative to the Haas and Alfa this year...which all together make 6 cars with 5 dropping out in Q1).
