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If Kimi is a talent, putting him at Williams puts Merc at a disadvantage, as all the other teams will see for themselves and it'll be open season to sign him.Jurgen von Diaz wrote:Too much is too much too soon. If it fails straight away at the Merc, it could mean the end of the career, like Vandoorne, who were super talented. Williams would be safe bet for Antonelli.
Top teams got their seats filled. Pérez's seat would be the only one that could be possible for 2026. Does Merc have some strings in their hands that Antonelli couldn't lose to others just like that? They did put Russell in the shitbox Williams for three years, and nobody tried to steal him.denyall wrote:If Kimi is a talent, putting him at Williams puts Merc at a disadvantage, as all the other teams will see for themselves and it'll be open season to sign him.Jurgen von Diaz wrote:Too much is too much too soon. If it fails straight away at the Merc, it could mean the end of the career, like Vandoorne, who were super talented. Williams would be safe bet for Antonelli.
Three things:Jurgen von Diaz wrote:Top teams got their seats filled. Pérez's seat would be the only one that could be possible for 2026. Does Merc have some strings in their hands that Antonelli couldn't lose to others just like that? They did put Russell in the shitbox Williams for three years, and nobody tried to steal him.denyall wrote:If Kimi is a talent, putting him at Williams puts Merc at a disadvantage, as all the other teams will see for themselves and it'll be open season to sign him.Jurgen von Diaz wrote:Too much is too much too soon. If it fails straight away at the Merc, it could mean the end of the career, like Vandoorne, who were super talented. Williams would be safe bet for Antonelli.
If Sainz goes to Williams, then they have no choice but to take the risk with Antonelli and put him in the Mercedes. Clearly, Mercedes isn't sure about this move because they haven't sealed the deal yet. Bearman will drive for Haas in FP this season, but no FP yet for Antonelli in Mercedes or Williams. Why not?denyall wrote:Three things:Jurgen von Diaz wrote:Top teams got their seats filled. Pérez's seat would be the only one that could be possible for 2026. Does Merc have some strings in their hands that Antonelli couldn't lose to others just like that? They did put Russell in the shitbox Williams for three years, and nobody tried to steal him.denyall wrote:If Kimi is a talent, putting him at Williams puts Merc at a disadvantage, as all the other teams will see for themselves and it'll be open season to sign him.
Any team has the ability to buy out a driver in favor of another. No seat is safe, no contract is unchangeable. If Kimi proves to be the 2nd coming, some team that may very well be doing better than Merc may move mountains to get a talent like that locked up.
The GR and Merc situation was unique in that GR really really wanted to go to the top dominant team and Merc was at the time unbeatable year after year. I believe GR had other offers but held out for the Merc seat.
With Vowels growing Williams and moving out of Mercs shadow, I don't even know if Kimi to Williams is a viable option. Williams may very well announce Sainz/Albon and then what?
The same Russell who's junior career is only matched by Charles Leclerc and Oscar Piastri in recent times? The guy is far from mediocre, and to compare him to Bottas shows a level of ignorance or hate for the guy for no apparent reason that I can see.
Ah yes F2 and F3.. the famously flawless predictors of F1 success and ability. Anyway..
Judging by his performance relative to the most successful driver of all time I'd say it has been a pretty good predictor of success and ability. Bottas is mediocre, agreed, Russell is far from it.organic wrote: ↑19 Jun 2024, 10:39Ah yes F2 and F3.. the famously flawless predictors of F1 success and ability. Anyway..
I said a lineup of Russell and Bottas would be mediocre - I did not call Russell mediocre nor compare him to Bottas. Because however good Russell may be, that won't be enough to make up for the far over-the-hill Bottas who can't race wheel to wheel to save his life, especially with car performance as close as it is. This iteration of Mercedes haven't been in F1 without a world champion in their lineup so far. To go from that to Bottas/Russell would be a major fall
Only the floor upgrade has been talked aboutFormula 1 fan wrote: ↑19 Jun 2024, 15:45Will Mercedes bring some other upgrades to Spain race exept new floor?
https://xcom/fiagirly/status/1803433416341258626James Allison on Lewis Hamilton’s qualifying: “Lewis has not by accident been the best qualifier in the history of the sport because I think he's been the best driver in the sport. But he's struggling to make it stick this year by fine margins.”
“And I think to a degree, I was speculating this in an email I sent to the factory yesterday, that the current car tyre combo, not just us, across the pit lane, it doesn't like being hustled.”
“You almost get the best lap times when you're not trying. And you see every weekend, you'll see someone pop a lap time in free practice or in qualifying, in some session or other, you'll see some car and you think, well, how did that get there? And then they don't do it again.”
Okay, thank you for information.Luscion wrote: ↑19 Jun 2024, 16:27Only the floor upgrade has been talked aboutFormula 1 fan wrote: ↑19 Jun 2024, 15:45Will Mercedes bring some other upgrades to Spain race exept new floor?
It doesn't really, if he's as talented as Toto believes he'll sign Kimi to a contract to drive for Mercedes. If Verstappen becomes an option? That's a headache for Toto to figure out.denyall wrote: ↑19 Jun 2024, 06:40If Kimi is a talent, putting him at Williams puts Merc at a disadvantage, as all the other teams will see for themselves and it'll be open season to sign him.Jurgen von Diaz wrote:Too much is too much too soon. If it fails straight away at the Merc, it could mean the end of the career, like Vandoorne, who were super talented. Williams would be safe bet for Antonelli.