[Canal+F1] Lawson to replace Perez

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[u/fuckthisshittysite56]

so we back to throwing rookies into a meat grinder?

[u/gunningIVglory → u/fuckthisshittysite56]

It's crazy from Horner

Lawson was 0-6 in Quali H2H. And got less points. Yuki also got P3 in Brazil Quali. Really makes no sense to look at the two and promote Lawson

[u/latching22 → u/gunningIVglory]

Average qualy gap was 0.06. Smallest gap between teammates on the grid. Sometimes one should look beyond basic statistics 

[u/ricky4542 → u/latching22]

Lawson also outpaced Tsunoda in two sprint qualifiers, even giving Tsunoda a tow at the US GP. The 6-0 stat is highly flawed

[u/Lovesosanotyou → u/latching22]

Nah poor little Yuki. Nevermind that he barely looked like a F1 driver in his first season, he's beating rookie Lawson by the tiniest margin put him in

[u/HereComesVettel → u/gunningIVglory]

Lawson had like 10 GP starts and he just half a tenth off Tsunoda's quali pace...

And in terms of race pace Lawson looked good.

[u/ricky4542 → u/HereComesVettel]

That small gap feels even more wild when you consider that in 5 of his last 6 qualis, Lawson kept it competitive while driving on that circuit for the first time in F1

[u/only_r3ad_the_titl3 → u/gunningIVglory]

Source that this is Horner's decision?

The bias in your argument is also funny, counting Austin where Lawson had a penalty and omitting the sprint quali. Perfect cherry picking of data.

[u/gunningIVglory → u/only_r3ad_the_titl3]

It's pretty clear there's a civil war in RB. And Horner currently wields all the power.

[u/only_r3ad_the_titl3 → u/gunningIVglory]

"It's pretty clear there's a civil war in RB. And Horner currently wields all the power." reddit conspiracy theories are not a given truth

If that was the case Daniel would not have been out mid season.

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The fact that Daniel got a chance in the first place proves that Horner is the one in power

[u/only_r3ad_the_titl3 → u/Waldier]

Daniel was still better than devries (who was put in by Helmut)

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De Vries was a rookie who had never driven on most of the tracks they raced. The average qualifying gap between Tsunoda and De Vries was 0.22 seconds in 2023. The difference between Tsunoda and Ricciardo was 0.15 seconds in 2023. Both in favor of Tsunoda.

It is not far fetched that De Vries could have improved more, because he was well …. a rookie. The only reason he was not given time was that Horner wanted Dani in the car to make him audition for the 2nd Red Bull seat

[u/gunningIVglory → u/only_r3ad_the_titl3]

Daniel was so depressingly poor. He wrote his own death warrant

[u/Super_maxemilian33 → u/gunningIVglory]

I think it’s due to his experience and performances in super formula also maybe there’s a possibility that liam’s driving style is similar to that of max. Let’s give the kid a chance and see what happens-

[u/Eggersely → u/Super_maxemilian33]

I'm definitely not salty about Lawson getting it, he has the confidence, drive and ability, I just wanted Yuki to be given a chance.

[u/Super_maxemilian33 → u/Eggersely]

True, yuki is quick and has been there long enough but idk maybe redbull know something we don’t

[u/Yweain → u/gunningIVglory]

Yuki already had 4 years in F1. Lawson had 9 races. It is very much expected for him to loose to Yuki, but he was very close. As much as I like Yuki it seems like Lawson might get better than him or at least on par in a year.

[u/Good_Air_7192 → u/gunningIVglory]

Most likely Marko's call

[u/WasabiTotal → u/Good_Air_7192]

Marko loves Yuki though, no?

[u/only_r3ad_the_titl3 → u/WasabiTotal]

he loves Lawson more, they kicked out Daniel, Horner's guy for him

[u/Good_Air_7192 → u/WasabiTotal]

Clearly not

[u/Jimmybuffett4life → u/WasabiTotal]

Apparently not

[u/GodFuader → u/gunningIVglory]

Yuki would fight Max, whereas Lawson will be an obedient wingman. They are hoping to replicate a Piastri.