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So Danny into Alpha Tauri mid season and then its a competition between him and Yuki for who gets Perezβs seat in β24 if he keeps disappointing in quali? If the midfield keep improving race pace as well as quali performance (like a few teams have) they wont tolerate pre-Q3 exits relying on a good Sunday for long
Perez has long been a shit box-midfield specialist, putting him in a top car certainly exposed his weaknesses. It's clear they got him to be a rear gunner like Bottas was at merc, but Perez hasn't lived up to the job.
Bottas got a lot of shit but he was almost always up there with Lewis on quali pace (or beat him) and then delivered on Sunday with good pace to put it on the podium. Did struggle to recover on Sunday through DRS trains though if he had quali issues but you could probably put some of that blame on the old cars
Bottas was treated way too unfairly by the fans imo. He was consistent as fuck, and played a crucial role in Merc's winning years.
Bottas was never too good at wheel to wheel racing and charging through the pack, but his quali performances meant he didn't have to. That 100+ Q3 streak is amazing.
Who the heck watches F1 for the qualy sessions? Perez is still second in the championship, and heβs made the races fun to watch. How has he not live up to the job?
Iβll take Perez coming down the field 100% of the time over a boring HAM-VER-BOT that was decided on Saturday. What a waste of a weekend.
Me, they're usually far more interesting than the races.
Red Bull has very little incentive to care about how entertaining a race is though, they just want the most points with the least drama.
This is what it's smelling like for sure, though it doesn't have to be just Yuki. Now that they have sim data on Ricciardo, comparing him with Yuki at the end of the season will help them get a handle of both, to see if they need to look elsewhere even.