Admin Lineker Posted August 24 Author Admin Report Share Posted August 24 Ouch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2K Posted August 24 Report Share Posted August 24 That's such a financial burden on a team like Williams, and you really have to wonder why Sargent is still in the car at this point. Meanwhile, what a stonking lap from Lando for pole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Adam Posted August 24 Report Share Posted August 24 Williams are having a cursed season, that was a great effort from Albon for nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meacon Keaton Posted August 25 Report Share Posted August 25 (edited) Well that there is what you call domination. Lando would've won by 40+ seconds if he hadn't done whatever it is he does when starting first. Edited August 25 by Meacon Keaton 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Admin Lineker Posted August 27 Author Admin Report Share Posted August 27 No brainer. Sadly had to be done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meacon Keaton Posted August 27 Report Share Posted August 27 Not who I thought would replace him, but I was honestly surprised Logan still had a seat after the Summer break. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Jack Posted August 28 Report Share Posted August 28 14 hours ago, Lineker said: No brainer. Sadly had to be done. Did it really though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted August 28 Author Admin Report Share Posted August 28 Yes. Offering no potential of points and doing net nothing but causing expensive crashes - money could be spent on future upgrades, etc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Jack Posted August 28 Report Share Posted August 28 The guy they're replacing him has as many disqualifications (one, after he forgot to engage the race start up procedure in Melbourne) as race wins this season, and broke an engine last race and Albon has had more retirements despite having one more start (after Williams took Logan's car from him when Albon totalled him). I find this "Logan was costing them too money" narrative hard to believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonM Posted August 28 Report Share Posted August 28 The reality is that ultimately Albon has four points for the team that theoretically keeps them in touch with Alpine for the 8th spot in the constructors, and Logan's best results is one 14th spot and two 15th places, with a stray 11th place at Silverstone that he didn't follow up on. That 11th place is the only thing keeping him in front of Bottas, who at least significantly more often finished ahead of Sarge in that shit box Sauber. Maybe Albon is lucky, maybe there is more points scoring attainable in that Williams, but Sarge has sadly not shown any indication he is the guy that will get points even if they might be on the table, and Alex has. I don't think Colapinto is better nor does he look like an improvement, but at this point there's little harm in simply throwing shit at the wall and hoping something sticks. Maybe he has some moment of brilliance that nobody saw coming. Taking lineup risks at this stage in the season is a valid strategy for a team that is trying to make the most of a bad situation. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted August 28 Author Admin Report Share Posted August 28 Totally agree that the replacement likely won't cut the mustard either. But their options were clearly extremely limited. One would have thought that they would have gone for Mick Schumacher if borrowing from him Mercedes role was an option at all. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted August 28 Report Share Posted August 28 It was an option but Williams reportedly didn't want Schumacher. Nobody can defend Sargeant, surely. He isn't F1 standard, he never has been. He hasn't improved in 18 months, he has had several needless and expensive crashes and he never troubles the points. He never once beat Albon in qualifying, a 37-0 record over his time in the team, and that is absolutely damning. Is Colapinto better? No idea, but he can't really do any worse and Williams see more value in testing out their own development talent than borrowing someone else's, which is exactly how teams should approach the driver market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
METALMAN Posted August 28 Report Share Posted August 28 I really don’t see why you’d want Mick Schumacher when his CV is also two seasons of being shit and having expensive crashes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted August 28 Author Admin Report Share Posted August 28 There is an argument to make for him being significantly less-shit. He was also in that awful Haas car... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Jack Posted August 28 Report Share Posted August 28 That argument beginning and ending at his last name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Gazz Posted August 30 Report Share Posted August 30 Sargeant signs for Mercedes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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