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Ferrari failing their drivers again this weekend. (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by quintinza@lemmy.world to c/formula1@lemmy.ml

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Ferrari really dropped all the balls this weekend. Sainz has been in the way of other drivers repeatedly, which falls on his engineer who should let him know when cars are coming. In rainy conditions the drivers can't see jack nothing in their mirrors and it's like Sainz was just left to his own devices by his engineer.

Honorable mention for Tsunoda doing his best mobile roadblock impression. Holy heck he was constantly in the way this weekend.

Then there is poor Leclerc. He asked for slicks, and his team overruled him and it caused him to be eliminated in Q2. How much longer can he stomach Ferrari incompetence before he starts putting feelers out for a drive elsewhere? As things are going at the Ferrari strategy desk it's clear the prancing horse has bolted the barn and his chances of getting a championship is in the low zeros.

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[–] CoolBeance@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

At this point I feel like a Red Bull drive, where he replaces Perez, is the ideal move for someone as talented as Leclerc. The opening races of the 2022 season really showed that he can keep up with Max on nearly every level. I hope he gets the chance

[–] regal@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Unfortunately, as long as Max is at red bull I doubt we will see someone as talented as Leclerc move there. They need a number 2 driver, not someone that can challenge Max.

I would love to see Lando move to red bull if Max goes for an early retirement but realistically they will probably just get tsunoda once checo's contract expires.

[–] Amoeba_of_death@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Agreed, they need to find their Bottas 2.0. Perez was filling that role. However, even with such a dominant car, Checo is falling behind the last few races. Would not be surprised if a replacement was called up next year. For sure the year after if there's is a contract issue.

[–] frank@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

We were debating this today. Who do you promote? Yuki perhaps?

I feel like the succession plan for Merc and Ferrari have more options than RBR for a Max pairing