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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera
He does seem to have a high level of self appreciation. He was consistently slower, a lot slower than his teammate. And how many times did he spin out and crash all by himself? It must me great to have rich friends willing to back your racing career.
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re: Mazepin... I don't wanna play devil's advocate because I largely agree with you and I'm not a fan of his, but I did listen to a long podcast interview of his, and also a joe Saward piece where he expected him to beat Mick (Joe, like MAzepin also full of himself but knowledgeable) and it's not quite as clear cut..
- the Haas was a complete POS, Last year, imagine this year !
- His Haas was more of a POS than schumi's, not a joke, his chassis was heavier and different somehow, Gunther acknowledged that, I listened to that interview and as much as I wanted to hate him for being a billionaire son with no manners and attitude, he comes out at quite the hard working level headed guy overall, rich sure, but not as as$$-holic as expected. He made some good points about his crap chassis and his turnaround in fortunes when they finally gave him a new one (still heavier)...
He did OK on the ladder to F1 and Mick totaled more cars than him so no doubt the car was a real POS..
Let's keep being amused but maybe keep an open mind this year and see... He may not be a bad driver... I'm so glad Grosjean and Magnussen bailed and are doing well here ! Haas has been a career killer in the past 3yrs.