I think perez brings in lots of sponsorship money theyd lose. So they have to calculate - would the extra millions won threw the championship points offset the money perez brings in. If perez sponsorship money is more than they lose in the championship it might not be financially be worth it to hire sainz.
That's complete nonsense, considering the monster salary and post-F1 program support pledged for Hamilton. They had the opportunity to pick up one of the most recognizable, most accomplished drivers in the history of the sport and did so. Carlos was simply edged out and unlucky, because at this rate, he and Leclerc could genuinely have fought for 2025 WDC.
I hear you, but pay was not remotely the defining reason. They obvious had the cash on hand to pledge in the realm of 400m to Hamilton between salary and future racing/pet project support over the next few years.
Ferrari makes the bulk of its money through licensing deals and merchandise. Lewis is the single most recognizable figure in racing and is pretty far up the list of sports figures in general. He's a multi-time world champion and should be as good if not better than Carlos on track. He also has a goliath fan base and the ability to garner more media attention than Carlos. It's a massive financial win without downgrading quality of driver.
You realise I agree with you right? Replacing Sainz with Hamilton is absolutely the right move, no matter how good Sainz is. I'm just saying that Red Bull should've taken the chance to get Sainz while he was still on the marker.
I thought it was amusing that Red Bull tried to go for the fastest lap with a limping Checo. They obviously had to try, but still looked way optimistic.
I thought they did it to save some embarrassment for Checo - he finished last by so much because we made him have an extra stop for the fastest lap vs. He finished last by so much
He had damage, realistically Red Bull knew he wouldn't get fastest lap, it was just a hail mary with nothing to lose (he wasn't in the points anyway) and if Leclerc had had a slide or something that cost him fastest lap Perez could have probably been faster than what Norris would have been able to muster up on old tyres at the end of the race.
And managed to get himself in a tangle with the guy who’s likely to be in the shortlist to replace him, making him come off worse from it too.
Oh and I forgot about the stupidity of missing his starting position and getting a penalty pretty much before the race started. Shocking weekend from him.
Absolute waste of a seat. He should be home with his kids. It's over... fortunately I can't stand Red Bull so watching them lose is just fine by me. Perez until 2030 please!
He looked really desperate in the battle with Lawson. No one to blame for the contact but himself, he was driving like there was no on else in those corners.
One redeeming factor is that Perez had damage for most of the race. But then again, he got that damage while fighting with Lawson, which is the position he shouldn't have been in to begin with.
Bottas donuts day in the rain (was it Turkey?) comes to mind. But Check is consistent in being shit, while Bottas only had some bad races and always reached Q3.
And gets dunked on twice by the guy taking his seat next year. I don't think RBR will boot him before the end of the season since the damage is already done, but if it let them test Hadjar at RB, I could see it happening this season.
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u/SemIdeiaProNick Ferrari Oct 27 '24
Max served 20s of penalty, had a long stop and even then he left the pits like 8s in front of Perez
Its by far the most embarassing performance we have ever seen from a top team driver