Mexican Sergio Perez, who notably is still without a drive for 2021, has won his first F1 race of his career at the Sakhir Grand Prix, bouncing back from a heartbreaking engine failure from second place just a week ago. Esteban Ocon and Lance Stroll joined him on a surprising podium.
Agree. I expect him to be near his out-and-out pace when qualifying hits. He should bare minimum lock down that front row together with Bottas. In terms of how close he should be is hard since the abnormal layout of the circuit. 0.1-0.15 is probably reasonable due to how short the track is. >0.2 and that's a failure imo. He might even at that point find himself off the front row.214270 wrote: ↑02 Dec 2020, 09:32Here is RUSs opportunity. It’s a clunky fit but that’s just how it is; it’s very rarely smooth when your number gets called up.
RUS may not be familiar with this iteration of racecar but he has done something like 600 laps in Merc machinery since ‘17. He’s been in F1 pretty much 2 seasons now; in a zero-pressure car/environment and he’s been paired against mediocre teammates.
No more excuses. Slap some expectation on his shoulders, let’s see what you’re truly made of. It’s now or never.
Yup, it’s a weird layout; very few corners. There really shouldn’t be a great deal between teammates in the same machinery.LHamilton wrote: ↑02 Dec 2020, 09:43Agree. I expect him to be near his out-and-out pace when qualifying hits. He should bare minimum lock down that front row together with Bottas. In terms of how close he should be is hard since the abnormal layout of the circuit. 0.1-0.15 is probably reasonable due to how short the track is. >0.2 and that's a failure imo. He might even at that point find himself off the front row.214270 wrote: ↑02 Dec 2020, 09:32Here is RUSs opportunity. It’s a clunky fit but that’s just how it is; it’s very rarely smooth when your number gets called up.
RUS may not be familiar with this iteration of racecar but he has done something like 600 laps in Merc machinery since ‘17. He’s been in F1 pretty much 2 seasons now; in a zero-pressure car/environment and he’s been paired against mediocre teammates.
No more excuses. Slap some expectation on his shoulders, let’s see what you’re truly made of. It’s now or never.
Crystal ball unlocked!ESPImperium wrote: ↑01 Dec 2020, 23:50The way I see it right now is its gonna be Russell. This will be a 2022 shootout. I also see that Jack Aitken is favourite to get his shot in Williams, probably racing Fittapaldi, Latifi and possibly Giovinazzi.
Williams will see either free or a heavy discount for the two races.
Stoffel will be there for emergencies id guess. All that means is who will Campos get for F2, I suppose someone with some hard cash will take that seat.
Yes but is the pressure just on Russell? What happens if he outperforms Bottas and is very very close....?214270 wrote: ↑02 Dec 2020, 09:32Here is RUSs opportunity. It’s a clunky fit but that’s just how it is; it’s very rarely smooth when your number gets called up.
RUS may not be familiar with this iteration of racecar but he has done something like 600 laps in Merc machinery since ‘17. He’s been in F1 pretty much 2 seasons now; in a zero-pressure car/environment and he’s been paired against mediocre teammates.
No more excuses. Slap some expectation on his shoulders, let’s see what you’re truly made of. It’s now or never.
There is pressure on both. I think less so on Russell, he'll not be expected to perform his very best with one run in the car, just achieve something close to the cars potential. For Bottas, he simply has to beat Russell, no excuses (other than car failure, more punctures, or maybe if the team fluff a pitstop).
