[Team] Red Bull: Unbullievable

[Teretonga]

Originally Posted by Plantagenet

I know this get discussed to death but for a team renowned for its ruthlessness, I just cannot see any justification for Perez to retain his seat next year.
All the chatter seems to suggest that the second RB seat is not up for grabs - which if I find baffling given Perez’s quali performances. They need a good strong number 2, especially given the diver line ups for McLaren and Ferrari in 25.

At the very least, put Yuki in it!

Go back through practice and qualifying.
Look at the Perez times between him the fastest times in FP1, FP2, FP3, (Hamilton and Leclerc).
Then read the team comments on qualifying.
Then note that Albon and Gasly both ended up in Q3.
Then also note the Alonso went out in Q1 as well as Perez and both had the same issue with traffic because of the narrow nature of the circuit.

If you simply look at some order without understanding behind it you will easily make false assumptions. qualifying in Monaco can be a dog's breakfast.

Coming across a slow car creates airflow problems and time problems. Alonso said as much as 2 tenths. So thats where the time goes. Margins here are tiny.
And the RB20 obviously doesn't like Monaco.
It doesn't play to the cars strengths.

So the qualifying is not representative entirely of race pace.... But you cannot pass easily.
So what are the odds of Albon and Gasly leading trains of cars that can't pass except during pitstops? Possibly quite high.

Wait and watch on Sunday.