Out of the current grid, you just discarded the best drivers so I wouldn't want any other driver in the second McLaren seat. I don't even think bringing Carlos back would have been a good idea. Carlos might bring some more pace & experience, but I highly doubt he would play the team game if he was Lando's 2nd (and I highly believe that would be the case).CjC wrote: ↑28 Jun 2024, 18:30Yea his race pace is quite weak.Emag wrote: ↑28 Jun 2024, 17:59He has a point. It depends on what sort of expectations you put on drivers.
If you want to take a recent extreme, when you look at what Leclerc did in his 2nd season (2019), Oscar hasn't been up to the same standard. But I look at it from a different perspective.
Gaps are super tight this year, and these cars are arguably harder to drive to the limit compared to the previous generation. Plus, Oscar has more races to show he has gotten better and be closer to Lando on a more consistent basis.
After all, you only have to go back to Imola & Monaco, and he outqualified Lando.
It's his race pace that is more of a concern for me.
For now, all I’ll respond with is this.
Who else would you prefer in the car other than Verstappen, Hamilton, Leclerc, Russell or Alonso?
I do wish McLaren rush Ugo Ugochukwu to F2 next year though. I really want to see how he fares there. He has had some promising results on a couple of junior series.