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Originally Posted by Rf1 Fan
Yeah this very true.
I kind of struggle to see how people can judge that somebody like Cecotto or Palmer can be better than Sainz Jr,Rowland,Gasly or Rowland. You always have to balance your judgment with experience.
In fact a guy like Palmer has been racing in cars for the last decade. The same goes for Coletti or Cecotto.
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The only real exception I can think of is Felipe Nasr. He's an amazing talent imo but has never quite had enough in his package to win the Feature races, which means he's further down the grid for the Sprint. Still, he's very consistent and very fast.
In some ways that's why it's nice to see guys like Vandoorne come into GP2 and win in their first ever race. For someone to do that in GP2s current climate says to me that he is a very special talent. It's the same with Merhi lapping 4 seconds per lap faster than his nearest rival in R1 last weekend. That was a special performance that I doubt many of the current F1 grid (or any active racing drivers) could've done, even with Merhi's experience. But he's been out of single-seaters for the last 2 seasons (which is bizarrely why he can't get a superlicense!!!) so that won't account for as much as Palmer's experience in GP2.
However, it is all very hard to judge (which is why Berger wants to "clean up" the F1 ladder) and I guess it's all down to opinion, but that's mine right there!