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How does this fit with James Key’s eventual arrival from Faenza? Is Fry a stopgap?
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Well James Key is Technical Director and Pat Fry appears to be Engineering Director.
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Sounds like splitting hairs.
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Not sure, they appear to be two different titles thus two different positions.
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4 Sep 2018, 14:10 (Ref:3848136) | #1408 | |
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Well done for Norris. He deserves it. He should do well against Sainz. We will see what happens to Vandoorne now
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Vandoorne was crap, good riddance. Whatever he did in the lower leagues it all counts for nothing if you can't show a single good thing in an F1 car in two seasons.
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Vandoorne was ok, certainly nothing special, but not as bad as people make out
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OK as in really rather average?
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It is really but it is also reality in today's laughable version of Formula 1. Which has, for the benefit of imbeciles, been abreivated to F1.
We can't give people a chance. We judge them on results rather than effort. Had that applied in the pre 2010 era, we'd have lost G Hill, D Hill, Moss, Brabham, P Hill, Hawthorn, G Vileneuve, Andretti and so many more. Any one of them more able to race than any one of the posters on here. So when I see people disrespecting a driver who has more talent than many I have to ask, what makes you so special? Stoff may not suit the McLaren but he is no slouch. The right environment and a car that actually works might help. |
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Unfortunately in today's f1 world instant success is all that matters
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With respect, Peter, that’s a silly argument. Following your logic, only other Formula 1 drivers would be entitled to have an opinion on other drivers. I’m not a professional racer - very far from it - but I’ve been watching F1 for 25+ years and I don’t see why I can’t say a driver is good, (relatively) bad or indifferent. (Of course, no-one who gets to Formula 1 is objectively a bad driver, but it’s a sliding scale. And I think Vandoorne has failed to live up to the promise of his junior career, and that there are maybe half a dozen young guys on the grid who would have extracted more from what is undoubtedly a bad McLaren.
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If he was kicked to the kerb, F1 loses a very good driver who was on very much a slow burn with his career (took until the 2003 season to really hit his straps). Stoff is talented, and like Zak Brown said, a team like Toro Rosso would do well to take him on board. Should they take him, we may even see him in a Red Bull once the Verstappens get sick of Honda... |
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The Honda unit hasn’t been *so* terrible this year, and McLaren’s woeful performances have given lie to the line that they were only being held back by the engine. Turns out they’re more than capable of producing a donkey no matter who their engine partners are.
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It seems to me most team bosses in F1 know who is driving a car well. No matter how bad your car is, you can still impress someone in the paddock. Vandoorne has had nearly two full seasons with nothing to show for it at all. Leclerc for example is driving a Sauber which is not really any better of a car and already made more impact in his first half a season than Vandoorne ever has.
It sucks Stroll buys his way into teams but this is still one of the most talented grids in quite a while. |
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McLaren have been in such a pickle that it made perfect sense to change the drivers, this will further divert attention away from their relatively poor performances whilst they try and develop their on design operations. plus as I said elsewhere Norris's father may well be quite 'influential'.
So in that respect Vandoorne has simply been a scapegoat of sorts. I look to Bahrain 2 years ago when he beat Button first time out as a clear indicator of what this guy is capable of when he has a car that works. There have also been very good signs in the last 2 years when reliability or track conditions were good for him. Both Alonso and Brown have regularly commented very favourably on Vandoorne's ability so I think that Zak may actually have done him a favour. If the car was a regular podium contender at the least and he was nowhere near Alonso regularly (he has been pretty close to Alonso most of the time btw) then that would be sufficient grounds to write him off. Shame he won't be on the grid next year but perhaps he can get a good gig as a reserve somewhere and keep upto date with sim work and such nonsense like that. |
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Does Vandoorne have any independent financial backing or was it all through being a McLaren protégé? Money and not being utterly hopeless are what’s keeping Ericsson in F1 despite the fierce competition for seats.
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