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Next Season.....

wombat666

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Winner of Championships in Formula Renault, Formula 3 and now Formula 2.
Another one of those pesky Aussies, Oscar is set for an EffWun learning year in 2022. :encouragement:

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The changes to the cars hopefully shuffles the team a bit. But I'm afraid it will be as always, and money will continue to rule in F.1. Oscar Piastri is clearly a big talent, but I think he will need to wait until Fernando finally thinks it is time to retire. And Oscar is just one of many, as I think there are more talented young drivers who can't find a seat as they are taken by drivers with a big name or a big wallet.

Cheers,
Huub
 
huub vink said:
. And Oscar is just one of many, as I think there are more talented young drivers who can't find a seat as they are taken by drivers with a big name or a big wallet.

Cheers,
Huub
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Trouble with ,Huub, is you end up with drivers that buy themselves into an F1 seat ( Lance Stroll for example )
and hope the car is good enough to hide their shortcomings

Ttfn

Pete
 
Motormouse said:
Trouble with ,Huub, is you end up with drivers that buy themselves into an F1 seat ( Lance Stroll for example )
and hope the car is good enough to hide their shortcomings

Ttfn

Pete
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Now that is typically a person which is called somebody with a too big wallet. The same is valid for Mazepin with Haas, although the Haas is not a really an example for a competitive car. (so nobody really cares and the money keeps the team alive).

Several teams hire older more experienced drivers as they want their knowledge and experience, to develop their car. But in that case I would hire them as a test driver and not as the no.1 driver from the team (but I think that is just one of the many reasons I don't run a racing team :biggrin-new:. In my humble opinion drivers like Kimi Räikkönen (42), Sebstian Vettel (34), Fernando Alonso (40) are all great personalities and still quite fast drivers, but I think they have had the best of their career. Of course their experience is valuable, but I would like it when the actual racing was allowed to be done by to those who still have their best performances ahead of them.

Cheers,
Huub
 
huub vink said:
The changes to the cars hopefully shuffles the team a bit. But I'm afraid it will be as always, and money will continue to rule in F.1. Oscar Piastri is clearly a big talent, but I think he will need to wait until Fernando finally thinks it is time to retire. And Oscar is just one of many, as I think there are more talented young drivers who can't find a seat as they are taken by drivers with a big name or a big wallet. Cheers, Huub
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With the new regulation in 2022 there is a high risk that one team dominates. Regarding Oscar it's always the same story, being at the right place at the right time. Too early there is no seat available and if it last too long then when a seat is made available it goes to the driver that just arrives.
 
Oh I know that Huub; I used to work on his jet; how many 21yr olds have a $40,000,000 jet bought for them by Daddy?

ttfn

Pete
 
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