Russel and Perez would be a good pairing actually, Latifi ahead of Russel? Money talks I guess but it would be a massive admission of cash over talent.

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If Perez to Williams happened, would RB take a cheeky punt on stealing Russell from Mercedes?

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Deesee said:

jsf said:

George is a shoe in for 2022.

Can’t see that myself..

You will, when it is announced.

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RonaldMcDonaldAteMyCat said:

If Perez to Williams happened, would RB take a cheeky punt on stealing Russell from Mercedes?

George is in the Mercedes plans long term, he isn't daft enough to go there, even if Mercedes allowed it.

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When either of the current Mercedes drivers depart, George is straight in - he's young enough to wait out for that moment wherever he ends up between now and then. Even if he takes a year off F1 and races in another series.

Although personally I think it's unlikely Williams would be too quick to boot him anyway. He's a good driver for sure and has somewhat elevated their car - I suspect in part by driving it for long enough now to deal with it's dodgy aero handling issues better than anyone else they could airdrop in to the same seat.

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TheDeuce said:

thegreenhell said:

RonaldMcDonaldAteMyCat said:

HustleRussell said:

Yes, but how many do we need to run 10 teams? 3 is enough. 4 is an abundance. The sport needs to be confident it can maintain 3 (which it currently isn’t...)

You saw what happened LMP1, right?

Exactly. Leaving your championship to the whim of such a small number of OEMs isn't a sustainable long term plan. Eventually another one will get bored, leaving the remainder below critical mass, and the whole thing collapses. See also BTCC a few years ago, DTM every few years, and WRC.

It's not a very attractive proposition is it? It was different at the start when everyone was building a new PU and could progress and refine their designs over the same period of years as each other.. But no one can enter this late on and expect to be successful for a worthwhile length of time before the spec changes again anyway.

Remember we had the engine token system at the start of the hybrid era and limited PUs per year so wasn’t exactly easy to catch up if you’d taken a wrong turn.

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Deesee said:

vaud said:

RonaldMcDonaldAteMyCat said:

What's the rumour?

Rumours of Perez talking with Williams.

Yep, experience and sponsorship..