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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
I just feel like RBR and Mercedes are a bit of a crutch and only really identify if someone is openly awful.
Albon looked competent at Red Bull and I'm just not sure that tells us anything. Whereas I think McLaren is a good team, but not a team that makes a driver look obviously better than he is.
Strictly from a curiosity standpoint, I'd like to see Tsunoda at McLaren because I think it would do a lot to demonstrate how good he truly is.
And frankly I just don't understand McLaren's patience w/ Ricciardo. Apart from the 1-2 races/yr where he looks good for some reason, he's just...there. I don't understand what they see in him. Especially when I think we've watched Norris get better and better there and develop right in front of them while Ricciardo just continues to be the cock-tease he's been his entire career.
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Could be, McLaren definitely hasn't made Ric look any better! We might well be saying the same about Ferrari being a crutch in a few years though. They really seem to have nailed their car, and with the engine freeze inbound I expect the top 3 teams at the end of 22 to likely carry through for a few years.
I'm really interested to see how Tsunoda progresses this year. He's an intriguing driver. Unfortunately I expected a lot more from AT this year.
Yeah, I think this is kind of a now or never year for Ric. I wouldn't be surprised if his replacement is announced at the break. If he continues to under perform that it.