Official 2021 Grand Prix Support races thread (F2, F3 & W)
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t on the radio.JonChalk said:
Two Red Bull liveried cars in different teams?
Hadn't spotted that yesterday. That's got to be a poor decision when they race against each other - very little to prevent them taking each other out.
Isn’t that still the sort of publicity Red Bull like? At this level they are looking for the drivers to prove themselves, less interested in what the team does. Hadn't spotted that yesterday. That's got to be a poor decision when they race against each other - very little to prevent them taking each other out.
SpudLink said:
Isn’t that still the sort of publicity Red Bull like? At this level they are looking for the drivers to prove themselves, less interested in what the team does.
Is it possible to both love Red Bull’s sponsorship of the junior formulae, and hate the way they deal with drivers in F1? SpudLink said:
JonChalk said:
Two Red Bull liveried cars in different teams?
Hadn't spotted that yesterday. That's got to be a poor decision when they race against each other - very little to prevent them taking each other out.
Isn’t that still the sort of publicity Red Bull like? At this level they are looking for the drivers to prove themselves, less interested in what the team does. Hadn't spotted that yesterday. That's got to be a poor decision when they race against each other - very little to prevent them taking each other out.
Sandpit Steve said:
Is it possible to both love Red Bull’s sponsorship of the junior formulae, and hate the way they deal with drivers in F1?
From the outside it looks great, helping youngsters make their way up to the highest level by talent alone. However, I’ve read it described as “indentured servitude”.
SpudLink said:
Sandpit Steve said:
Is it possible to both love Red Bull’s sponsorship of the junior formulae, and hate the way they deal with drivers in F1?
From the outside it looks great, helping youngsters make their way up to the highest level by talent alone. However, I’ve read it described as “indentured servitude”.
SpudLink said:
Is it too soon to speculate on Zhou taking Ocon’s F1 seat in the Alpine for 2022?
I think Ocon's seat is certainly up for grabs... He simply hasn't been as exiting or effective as expected since his progression to F1. He's also had a second, arguably also a third chance... Time to shuffle off as there is zero shortage of talent pushing up from below (and above, given Alonso's performance today).TheDeuce said:
I think Ocon's seat is certainly up for grabs... He simply hasn't been as exiting or effective as expected since his progression to F1. He's also had a second, arguably also a third chance... Time to shuffle off as there is zero shortage of talent pushing up from below (and above, given Alonso's performance today).
F1 can be brutal in that respect. Ocon is like Stoffel Vandoorne, going from being seen as a future world champion to an F1 reject. He was in the final choice of two for a Mercedes drive but is now seen as under threat at Renault. Zhou looks very good though, he deserves to graduate to F1.
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