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Originally Posted by red 928
But I think the year that really hurt him was in 2021 when
the young Lando Norris whipped him badly in an identical McLaren
(160 to 115).
Daniel is a nice guy,
But as I said, I believe he's an average driver.
I have nothing against him except that
he gets so much undeserved press and hype.
I'd say he is about on par with Perez talent-wize,
who I haven't rooted for since he intentionally crashed
his team mate Ocon many years ago
under a yellow flag because Ocon had the audacity
to challenge him on-track.
I think it's karma that he is getting embarrassed
by his current teammate at nearly every race this year.
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Fair enough.. I agree with you on all that - I think Lando (aka peter pan) is quite special and has not had the car to get results until now. Apparently that changed a bit (unless it was a track/weather fluke). Overall I agree RIC and PER should do better in the best car...
In fact it's interesting to see to me: imagine VER did not exist, where would red bull be ? Winning some but not all the races and people may think the field is close and the RB car is tricky... Same with Aston Martin - had they kept say STR and whoever was available other than Alonso, would the car had shone like it did early in the season ? I bet not. Conversely I think a guy like Leclerc is pushing that Ferrari 3 spots higher on the grid than it deserves... It's funny how VER can start last and you know he will end up 1 or 2, while you know PER will somehow eff up qualifying for a reason or another.