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Originally Posted by chunterer
I was reading Mark Hughes analysis of Carlos' time together against Max and it makes very interesting reading and is precisely the sort of analysis we all should be doing when working out the relative merits of drivers.
Essentially what MH was saying is that when you purely take all the races last years where there were no mitigating circumstances Max beat Carlos 6-4 but there was probably only a 10th of a second between them on outright pace, maximum.
When you look at what Max did in the RB straight away in Catalunya, this paints Carlos in a very positive light and bodes very well for Sainz's long term F1 career.
Would Ferrari consider him as a replacement for Kimi?
Should we consider him in the same breadth as Max, Stoffel etc as potentially one of the top 3-5 drivers of the next 10 years or so?
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I think Carlos is every bit as good as Max, however the result Max achieved in Spain was like a perfect storm, but in a good way. The track being very suited to the Red Bulls, difficult for all to overtake even with DRS, the Mercs taking each other out, Red Bull and Ferrari splitting strategies which resulted in their "lead" drivers being on the worse strategy because the tyres lasted much longer than anticipated by everyone including Pirelli.
Had Carlos or Daniil been in the Red Bull and qualified as well as Max (and that is the question) would they have ended the weekend with the same result.
Max was handed some good cards but all kudos to him as he drove flawlessly to make the most of it.