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  • Checo gone

    From Geoff@21:1/5 to All on Thu Dec 19 14:56:09 2024
    Sad, but seemingly inevitable.

    And who to replace ?

    TSU has been doing all the right things of late.

    Or LAW, who started with a flourish but seems to have flattened out a
    bit, plus a bit of bad luck.

    Despite LAW being a fellow kiwi, I don't warm to him as he appears to
    impart a sense on 'entitlement', and tends to snivel a lot.

    But whoever gets the job, surely being second-fiddle to VER is not a
    happy place to be anyway.

    --
    geoff

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  • From Woozy Song@21:1/5 to All on Thu Dec 19 19:37:57 2024
    ~misfit~ wrote:

    Lawson got the seat.

    <https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/breaking-lawson-confirmed-as-verstappens-red-bull-team-mate-for-2025.4umEL3YzqWIv9JEV7qI2Gn>


    So are the driver musical chairs finished for next season?

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  • From Mark Jackson@21:1/5 to Woozy Song on Thu Dec 19 07:35:37 2024
    On 12/19/2024 6:37 AM, Woozy Song wrote:
    ~misfit~ wrote:

    Lawson got the seat.

    <https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/breaking-lawson-confirmed-
    as-verstappens-red-bull-team-mate-for-2025.4umEL3YzqWIv9JEV7qI2Gn>

    I fear he's not got the experience to survive partnering Verstappen
    without lasting damage.

    So are the driver musical chairs finished for next season?

    R[acing] B[ulls] has not yet announced Tsunoda's teammate, although it's expected to be Isack Hadjar.

    --
    Mark Jackson - https://mark-jackson.online/
    Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do
    generally discover everybody’s face but their own.
    - Jonathan Swift

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  • From Carl Keehn@21:1/5 to Mark Jackson on Fri Dec 20 07:36:10 2024
    On 12/19/2024 7:35 AM, Mark Jackson wrote:
    On 12/19/2024 6:37 AM, Woozy Song wrote:
    ~misfit~ wrote:

    Lawson got the seat.

    <https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/breaking-lawson-
    confirmed- as-verstappens-red-bull-team-mate-
    for-2025.4umEL3YzqWIv9JEV7qI2Gn>

    I fear he's not got the experience to survive partnering Verstappen
    without lasting damage.

    So are the driver musical chairs finished for next season?

    R[acing] B[ulls] has not yet announced Tsunoda's teammate, although it's expected to be Isack Hadjar.

    Formula One has reported that Isack Hadjar has been signed as the final
    driver for 2025.

    I'm glad to see Bottas back at Mercedes, even in a backup role. They
    need his experience.

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  • From Sir Tim@21:1/5 to Mark Jackson on Fri Dec 20 23:24:46 2024
    Mark Jackson <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 12/19/2024 6:37 AM, Woozy Song wrote:
    ~misfit~ wrote:

    Lawson got the seat.

    <https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/breaking-lawson-confirmed-
    as-verstappens-red-bull-team-mate-for-2025.4umEL3YzqWIv9JEV7qI2Gn>

    I fear he's not got the experience to survive partnering Verstappen
    without lasting damage.

    I very much agree. The second Red Bull seat seems to be something of a
    poisoned chalice at the moment.

    Perez has been much criticised but I doubt that any of the current crop of drivers would have done much better. It would seem that only Max is capable
    of taming a car that was, in any case, probably built around his driving
    style

    I think that Sainz would have been the best choice for his team mate next
    year, but there may have been political reasons for rejecting him. Failing that, I think that Bottas, on a one year contract, could have been a good choice.

    --
    Sir Tim

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  • From Eric@21:1/5 to Carl Keehn on Fri Dec 20 17:21:34 2024
    On 2024-12-20 05:36, Carl Keehn wrote:
    On 12/19/2024 7:35 AM, Mark Jackson wrote:
    I'm glad to see Bottas back at Mercedes, even in a backup role.  They
    need his experience.

    I'm very glad that we went from a season that started with no changes to
    the driver lineups, to a season where only two teams have NOT changed
    their lineups.

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