TeamKoolGreen wrote: ↑23 Apr 2024, 03:27
codetower wrote: ↑22 Apr 2024, 19:14
Absolutely his (or anyone's) best option, but I just don't see RB bringing him in. Sainz is very good, and obviously better than Checo, but I think Sainz' won't bring much to the team. He won't beat Max, and he's not young enough where they could keep him as long term insurance in case Max leaves. This is why someone like Lando has always been on their radar. And like I said, I don't see Sainz signing up anywhere for a #2 seat unless that's his last option.
What do you mean he wouldn't bring anything to the team ? Sainz is winning races in a Ferrari that Perez is supposed to win in the 2nd Red Bull.
Sainz beat Leclerc in 2021. He would guarantee Red Bull the constructors. Some thing that Perez failed at in 2021 as well
Nothing against Sainz, no, I said he doesn’t bring “much” to RB. They currently have by far the fastest car, by far the fastest driver, the best pit crew, the best engineers, probably the best strategy department. What I meant was that the only thing Sainz would really bring is that he’s better than Perez. Last year VER basically won the WCC by himself. It's closer this year, but I doubt they need much from their #2 driver. Sure, they would “like” a driver better than Perez, but for that they have other options to choose from. They only thing they really need, IMO, is a driver to wait and replace VER if he decides to move on in a few years.
The way I see it, unless you are very young, or have crazy talent, any driver going to RB would be going there to simply take any of the scraps that fall off of Verstappens table. And right now that can be done at Ferrari, McLaren, Mercedes on occasion, possibly even Aston. How lucrative IS that second seat at Red Bull while Verstappen is still there?
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