Sainz again useless....0.5 down on charles....useless
I've been pulling for Alonso since he beat MS straight up. I have a great deal of respect for his driving.
We’ll see where he is at the end of the year. Worse than 2 or 3 spots below LeClerc, then yes, look for someone else. There don’t seem to be many realistic options right now (maybe Lando? No idea how easily he can leave McLaren).
Fact is Charles one lap speed when it matters is just mind blowing. Really don’t understand the Sainz narrative when some are trying to put him as an equivalent driver compared with Charles.. Are people blind or with pure bad faith ?
The Piastri test will be the definitive one for Norris. We are in for a very entertaining year within the Mclaren year!
People need to realize that Sainz isn't there to match Leclerc. Suggest me a driver that is the following: As close if not closer to Leclerc Has Sainz' technical feedback Has Sainz' capability of reading a race Is as compliant as Sainz is to play the team game Would be nice if he's available as well but lets just stick with the above. I'm waiting.
he was a tenth behind Leclerc in Bahrain. I didn't see his lap here, maybe a mistake. I agree he should've been ahead of Russell.
If he was a match for Leclerc, Sainz wouldn't be the ideal #2 at Ferrari. He just need to be tail-gunner in the team, and not have ambition for himself.
Finding an Eddie Irivine that happily plays the 2nd role and knows he's not going to have a chance against the team leader is practically non-existent.