But why? He’s shown before in the Williams that he can perform with a decent car. The AT is simply shit, Tsunoda isn’t doing much better and it’s not that he got to where he is without a few fuckups/meltdowns of his own.
EDIT: as burn points out below, he didn’t race for Mercedes but for Williams, I’ve updated my post to reflect the correct team
That’s a bit radical, he wasn’t so far behind Tsunoda…
That’s a bit radical imho
That’s a bit radical imho
They sacrificed 2021 for the new regs in 2022 as well, see where that got them.
Sadly the owners don’t seem interested in funding the team in a way that will allow them to ever seriously compete in F1. People seem to like to shut on Steiner for this, but I think he is just managing with the tools he has.
I was optimistic when Haas joined. Their model of sourcing as much as possible from Ferrari looked like a good idea to start a team and built from there. But they never seemed to have the funding/ambition to evolve to a serious top team.
Really sad to see the only American team is not taking it serious, and it’s not making it easier for newer teams (ie Andretti) to get the nod of approval.
Backwards compatibility
Not so much Red Bull, but they do seem to have leap frogged Mercedes. Spa will be interesting with their speed however.
I have a feeling it’s going to be many more
Congrats, got my first a few days ago on the last hole of my compact course.
It’s a nice feeling to finally sink one, isn’t it?
What, I’m not 6 feet?
The only reason I can think of, is that they want a benchmark to test Riccardo against. To assess their options for the main team for next year.
Or to install Riccardo as the bench mark for their talents in the feeding series.