beelsebob wrote:Tomba wrote:I do believe as well that sacking Alguersuari was a mistake. He did not have too much experience yet, and his debut a while ago was impressive nonetheless.
I wonder though what you expect from a driver in the midfield? Do you think Kovalainen is a bad driver because he can't get into the points? And with Di Resta - Hulk being so highly regarded, have you been impressed by them at all this year? And Button, a world champion, is he incapable because of a few bad races? I don't think so...
To me, what I want to see from those drivers is some maturity, not chucking it off the track, consistently getting the car to where it can get to. DiResta impresses me because he typically comes home as high as the car can manage, often higher than I thought it could. Similarly Perez has a knack for getting the car into positions you wouldn't think it should be able to get to.
I aggree, drivers that show maturity, basically bring it home without putting it into a wall or damaging a front wing regularly is what im looking at as what a good driver should do. Heikki is good as he shows maturity and brings the car homw well after a good start. Di Resta and Hulk are also good as they are quiet enough in a race and often outperform the car, Di Resta did so in Bahrain and we know about Hulk in 2010 in Brazil. Perez is also a driver that will bring the car home with minimal fuss and often in a good posistion. Maldanado is going that way as well, however still has a little devil in him that just creeps in now and again. Grosjean and Rosberg have impressed this year, they qualify well, and finish well in a good car.
If you bring home the car thats often good enough, however if you bring home a car with damage that is un-needed and un-warranted its about time to think about something else. However theese days a driver that can look after their equiptment and drive to a set pace is often going to score highly due to the Tyres.
The blueprint this year is Perez and Grosjean i think. Maldanado and Di Resta are not that far behind.
This is the standard that Riccardo and Vergne should be looking to. Vergne is making too many stupid mistakes and is just not qualifying well enough, Riccardo just needs to work on race pace and they will be learning at the right pace. However i think another 7 to 10 events will go by before we can make a propper informed decision abour theese two rookies. Riccardo should do better from Silverstone onward as his experience from 2011 will come into focus for him.
