Decent race that for the most part, plenty of action, some really poor decisions costing Ferrari and McLaren during the safety car.

11 wins in a row for RBR. Max is always ruining things for everyone haha!

  • @t_jpeg@lemmy.worldEnglish
    20•1 year ago

    I honestly think Verstappen has an effect on Perez’s confidence. Maybe if he wasn’t there, Perez would actually perform better because of lack of pressure to keep up with a generational talent.

      • @grumpyoldgit@feddit.ukEnglish
        14•1 year ago

        All the top drivers have this effect, they make very good drivers look average. Alonso and Hamilton have a habit of crushing their team mates too.

        • EcksellEnglish
          12•1 year ago

          Except that one guy who defeated Lewis Hamilton in the same machinery to become a World’s Driver Champion

          • @JustAManOnAToilet@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2•1 year ago

            He didn’t have the guts to defend it. He knew he got extremely lucky and retired. Was kind of a bitch move, though I understand YouTube was an exciting career change.

            • EcksellEnglish
              2•1 year ago

              That’s part of the joke lol, Rosberg brings up his championship winning season at every opportunity and it has become a meme heh

        • @Barbarian772@feddit.deEnglish
          2•1 year ago

          Gasly was just never that good. Imo he is at most Top15 in driving talent. Compared to Max who is at least Top 3 if not 1 right now.

          • @WhoRoger@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1•1 year ago

            Just like everyone else not among the top guys, he has his great moments and crap moments. He did get a win in AT, while Hulk couldn’t even get a podium during his 50 years in F1.

            Funny to say top15 this year when the competition is so fierce and almost everyone has stepped up so much. Last year I thought Yuki is trash, and now look at the guy.

            I think Gasly still has it in him too, but unless Alpine steps it up like AM and Mc have shown this year, we won’t see much of it.

    • @arokan@lemm.eeEnglish
      10•1 year ago

      Yeah, it could be the same case as with Bottas in Merc but it gets to his head even more. I believe his performance dropped around the time people started talking about him having a chance at winning the championship?

      • @DreadPilotGagarin@feddit.ukEnglish
        10•1 year ago

        I noticed this with Perez, had a good start to the season, then the second people start talking about a title race, his performance fell of a cliff. Hope he can get out of his own head, otherwise I wouldn’t be surprised is Horner and Marko are interviewing replacements.