I assume you misunderstood my analogy. If coming out of F2 (or a similar class) successfully equals a university degree, then there are not much more than several tens of drivers available. And even within that group, you still need to nurture talent. Loads of support will not lead to success if someone has no talent. But someone with talent will not be successful without support. And let's not forget that in case of Albon, his practical experience in F1 is a bit over a year, with a team-change halfway. There is still plenty room for development, but without proper support, it's not going to happen. Even in the top 20 seats worldwide. Now, Albon -may- not have sufficient talent, but regardless of whether he has, but from what we see, he may not have sufficiently been given the support to really tap into it. That is not to say that he would be successful if they gave him the same level of support as, say, Stroll. Maybe not, and maybe he really does not belong in F1. Like I agree with you that probably Gio does not belong there, and Grosjean certainly does not belong there anymore (but he had 10 years to show he did, rather than 1).Zynerji wrote: ↑18 Aug 2020, 01:41These are the top 20 race seats on the planet.DChemTech wrote: ↑17 Aug 2020, 16:54I don't agree with that assessment. If I would compare it with a 'real' job, feeder series are your university degree - you are qualified enough to drive in the big league. But that does not mean you are just put in the car and told "good luck". Anyone coming fresh from university will need some time to adapt properly to their work life, and they will need support too to handle specific aspects - otherwise even proper A-grade students may not develop a successful career. Hell, the same goes for experienced hires moving to another company. A friend of mine recently switched employer after 10 years and was specifically hired by his new company for his expertise in a certain analysis - yet rather than dropping him right into action, he does get a couple of months training first. Because, you know, different machines, different colleagues, different protocols. For all the experience he has, he still does need proper support to utilize it. And it is no different for an F1 driver. Look at Vettel, even within a team where he has been for a long time.
BTW, I have a huge sympathy for Nico and I would like to see him in an RB - I would have liked that at the beginning of the season, or halfway last season, and I still would like that to happen - and I do think Albon may not be up to the task. But I do think that significant part of the underperformance as is is due to lack of support.
They are not for university grad entry level talent.
There is 100 other series' for those people.
If anything, I think the teams are too lenient (Haas/Grosjean, Romeo/Giov, RBR/Albon) already with sub-par talent wasting constructors points as the teams are waiting for their driver to hit puberty.
It's asinine.
As a professional business developer, I subscribe to the High Performance Team Management philosophy of "Aces in their places". Sadly, those drivers that I've named are hopelessly out of place.
I'll leave it at that, as this is in the end a Honda topic, and not a who's talented enough one.