The Official F1 2019 silly season *contains speculation*
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I think RG is pedestrian if you read between the lines :
https://www.pitpass.com/62991/Steiner-tight-lipped...
https://www.pitpass.com/62991/Steiner-tight-lipped...
If you ignore the fact that Lance's dad runs the consortium who own the RPFI team, having Stroll & Perez surely isn't in the best interest of the team if they want success and move up the grid. You want to have the best drivers that are available to the team. Therefore, having Ocon & Perez would be a much better partnership. This obviously assumes that they don't take each other out again. As mentioned, Ocon being in the Mercedes young driver program means that they will potentially have access to the best parts. If Ocon wasn't in the team, is Toto going to pull their access to Mercedes parts meaning that they may slip down the grid?
ghost83 said:
I genuinely don’t think Perez deserves the drive! Is Lawrence stroll going to stand and watch him barge his son off the track like he did ocon??
If I was rpfi I’d be signing up stroll and ocon and negotiate a better deal with Mercedes for having ocon
Depends on Perez's contract (and sponsor money...)?If I was rpfi I’d be signing up stroll and ocon and negotiate a better deal with Mercedes for having ocon
Vaud said:
Depends on Perez's contract (and sponsor money...)?
I thought Perez was out of contract and if they shut the old team down and start up the new team that basically ends any agreements anyway, and if Lawrence stroll has basically unlimited funds is Perez’s money going to bother him? He might get a cracking deal from toto regarding engines and oconghost83 said:
I thought Perez was out of contract and if they shut the old team down and start up the new team that basically ends any agreements anyway, and if Lawrence stroll has basically unlimited funds is Perez’s money going to bother him? He might get a cracking deal from toto regarding engines and ocon
Contracts can and do survive administration, depending on the jurisdiction.Perez is an excellent driver who deserves a seat in the midfield as much as any other.
Perez and Ocon have seemed to me to be evenly matched; Ocon the better qualifier, Perez normally getting more from a race.
Singapore was a stinker but looked worse than it was IMO. Look back beyond the last race and you’ll find many inspired drives and the odd podium. Remind me how many of those have Ocon and Hulkenburg had...
Perez and Ocon have seemed to me to be evenly matched; Ocon the better qualifier, Perez normally getting more from a race.
Singapore was a stinker but looked worse than it was IMO. Look back beyond the last race and you’ll find many inspired drives and the odd podium. Remind me how many of those have Ocon and Hulkenburg had...
Haas keep Grosjean and Magnussen for 2019 https://twitter.com/HaasF1Team/status/104556861645...
rdjohn said:
Perez is a middling driver whose career is going nowhere, in particular. If he did not have backing, he would not have a seat. In that respect, he is no different to Ericsson.
His backing would be beneficial for Williams. Ocon would make a better benchmark for Stroll.
I agree, though I doubt Stroll would want Ocon in the other car. His backing would be beneficial for Williams. Ocon would make a better benchmark for Stroll.
ghost83 said:
I genuinely don’t think Perez deserves the drive! Is Lawrence stroll going to stand and watch him barge his son off the track like he did ocon??
If I was rpfi I’d be signing up stroll and ocon and negotiate a better deal with Mercedes for having ocon
If I was rpfi I’d be signing up stroll and ocon and negotiate a better deal with Mercedes for having ocon
rdjohn said:
Perez is a middling driver whose career is going nowhere, in particular. If he did not have backing, he would not have a seat. In that respect, he is no different to Ericsson.
His backing would be beneficial for Williams. Ocon would make a better benchmark for Stroll.
I swear some people's memories don't extend beyond the most recent race. His backing would be beneficial for Williams. Ocon would make a better benchmark for Stroll.
Perez is one of those drivers whose good performances fly under the radar but when he has a bad weekend everybody takes great delight in jumping on him.
Ocon is Mercedes' next big thing, he has not embarrassed Perez. Button didn't embarrass Perez. Hulkenberg didn't embarrass Perez. Perez has scored more podiums in the turbo hybrid era than all the other second tier team drivers combined IIRC.
I don't know why everyone bashes Perez so much.
Singapore was a complete s
t show from Perez but one race is not a trend. Confirmed 2019 F1 Driver Line-Up: (as of 28/09/2018)
Ferrari - Vettel - Leclerc
Mercedes - Hamilton - Bottas
Red Bull - Verstappen - Gasly
Renault - Ricciardo - Hulkenberg
Sauber - Raikkonen - Giovinazzi
HAAS - Grosjean - Magnusson
Mclaren - Sainz - Norris
Racing Point Force India - TBA - TBA
Toro Rosso - TBA - TBA
Williams - TBA - TBA
Ferrari - Vettel - Leclerc
Mercedes - Hamilton - Bottas
Red Bull - Verstappen - Gasly
Renault - Ricciardo - Hulkenberg
Sauber - Raikkonen - Giovinazzi
HAAS - Grosjean - Magnusson
Mclaren - Sainz - Norris
Racing Point Force India - TBA - TBA
Toro Rosso - TBA - TBA
Williams - TBA - TBA
If Toto Wolf is wanting three cars teams due to his young drivers not having any seats then why does Mercedes not push some financial incentives in William's direction and fill the two seats there?
Whether Williams want to admit it or not they are not going to be fighting for any Championships in the near future/again so it would benefit both Mercedes and Williams.
Williams is already using Mercedes power plants so give them a discount on that for starters.
Whether Williams want to admit it or not they are not going to be fighting for any Championships in the near future/again so it would benefit both Mercedes and Williams.
Williams is already using Mercedes power plants so give them a discount on that for starters.
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