Monaco ?? Alonso had it till sector 2 before Max produced Mega S3.diffuser wrote: ↑22 Jul 2023, 18:53Max is 0 for 1, the one time he had to, he didn't....and again Alonso improved, just noting other in the last sector.
Monaco ?? Alonso had it till sector 2 before Max produced Mega S3.diffuser wrote: ↑22 Jul 2023, 18:53Max is 0 for 1, the one time he had to, he didn't....and again Alonso improved, just noting other in the last sector.
How do you know if Alonso drove rhe same car as Max, that Max would have been .5 of sec faster? That Max's lap was a crapy lap just the car is so good?
Exactly. 5 consecutive poles for him where his teammate didn't even get to Q3. But sure it's just the car.
That wasn't my point, it was just that he only did enough. I'm pretty sure he wasn't on the edge. He didn't need to be, so why should he?
Right, they are on pole for all but 1 race and nobody here thinks he has more in hand?Gillian wrote: ↑22 Jul 2023, 20:42Go back and watch qualifying sessions. The RB hasn't been that dominant in qualifying. This isn't 2014.
Considering that the value of AMR has probably quadrupled since he took over and his goal is to approach the 35 billion valuation of Ferrari ...if he stays on that trajectory, nobody is gonna complain about anything.
Perez didn't even make Q3 five times in a row... Bagging all those poles doesn't mean he has more in hand. There's no direct correlation there. Just go back and watch the sessions. Doesn't look like he's taking it easy to me.
Nobody is saying he's taking it easy, but definitely not pushing like his life is hanging by a thin thread. Doing his job as an average F1 driver to me. And in such a sceanrio, any driver hardly makes any mistake.
Does this not satisfy your criteria:
Would taking pole by using all of the track and skimming walls not qualify as "life is hanging by a thin thread"?