Perez, The Elephant in the Room??

Perez, The Elephant in the Room??

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Supersam83

747 posts

151 months

Monday 2nd September
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2024 so far:

Race Wins:

Max - 7 wins
Lando - 2 wins
Leclerc - 2 wins
Piastri - 1 win
Sainz Jr - 1 win
Hamilton - 2 wins
Perez - 0 wins
Russell - 1 win

The only driver in the top 4 teams to have not won a race this season...

blueg33

37,928 posts

230 months

Monday 2nd September
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Supersam83 said:
2024 so far:

Race Wins:

Max - 7 wins
Lando - 2 wins
Leclerc - 2 wins
Piastri - 1 win
Sainz Jr - 1 win
Hamilton - 2 wins
Perez - 0 wins
Russell - 1 win

The only driver in the top 4 teams to have not won a race this season...
Is his brief to win?

Muzzer79

10,828 posts

193 months

Monday 2nd September
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blueg33 said:
Supersam83 said:
2024 so far:

Race Wins:

Max - 7 wins
Lando - 2 wins
Leclerc - 2 wins
Piastri - 1 win
Sainz Jr - 1 win
Hamilton - 2 wins
Perez - 0 wins
Russell - 1 win

The only driver in the top 4 teams to have not won a race this season...
Is his brief to win?
He's not won since April last year, in Baku.

You'd think that with the dominance that Red Bull had, at least up to Miami in May this year, he'd have picked up a win or two regardless of his brief.

blueg33

37,928 posts

230 months

Monday 2nd September
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Muzzer79 said:
He's not won since April last year, in Baku.

You'd think that with the dominance that Red Bull had, at least up to Miami in May this year, he'd have picked up a win or two regardless of his brief.
I am probably wrong, but I suspect MV likes having a team mate who isn't close to him. It basically polishes his ego

ThingsBehindTheSun

992 posts

37 months

Monday 2nd September
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blueg33 said:
I am probably wrong, but I suspect MV likes having a team mate who isn't close to him. It basically polishes his ego
The trouble is this was fine all the while the Red Bull was easily the best car and winning most weekends. Now Perez is a liability and has already cost them the constructors championship in reality.

Max now has to fight off all the other teams on his own who all have two drivers good enough to score decent points each race.

Even the drivers championship could be way closer than they liked if Max has any issues over the remaining races.

ajprice

28,922 posts

202 months

Monday 2nd September
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ThingsBehindTheSun said:
Even the drivers championship could be way closer than they liked if Max has any issues over the remaining races.
Max hasn't done well at Singapore recently when they had a good car (7th in 22, 5th in 23), now that they don't have a good car, Singapore could be very embarrassing for them, maybe struggling to score points.