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[–] chrisphero 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeh, not sure who they could get that would be an upgrade, Bottas or Albon? Neither are likely to move there I would think?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The only alternative would be to take on a youth academy driver from someone else for extra money or cheaper parts. But considering how expensive Mick ended up being for them, I guess Haas is vary of that option.

[–] chrisphero 3 points 1 year ago

My thoughts exactly, Hulk and KMag perform well or well enough to keep them - never change a “winning” team.

And money wise they are also doing quite ok with the MoneyGram deal, if I’m not mistaken.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm not surprised about them keeping both in the end, but I'm a bit surprised how early it was announced. I would've expected them to explore possible options a bit longer, especially from the point of view of pairing Hülkenberg with a young driver. Seems like they prefer to stick with the safe choice.

[–] chrisphero 2 points 1 year ago

This is very true. I also didn’t expect them to announce it this early… but as I mentioned in another comment “never change a winning team”.

But to all fairness, they a both doing great. As you mentioned, I also think they prefer more experienced drivers… and who is left in this category?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Gene was at the last or second-to-last racing weekend and they clearly signed back then.