Did McLaren Jump the Gun with Pérez?

[The Artist.....]

Kovalainen was sure he'd get equal treatment at McLaren as well - as did Coulthard, as did Berger

 

[racecub]

As did Hamilton

 

[Kamui-FastestChefInTheWorld]

Doesn't this remind you of Massa? Has two good races and is suddenly deserving of a top team?

 

[RasputinLives]

To be fair to Massa he has far more of an impressive racing history to back up his two races than Perez does! Only being beaten to the championship by 1 point on the last lap by Lewis Hamilton shows you have to have the skills even if you've not been using them of late.

 

[RasputinLives]

As did Hamilton

oh and do you have too? yawn

 

[racecub]

Since you were on the subject, yes.

 

[Lewywo4]

As did Hamilton

 

[Kamui-FastestChefInTheWorld]

To be fair to Massa he has far more of an impressive racing history to back up his two races than Perez does! Only being beaten to the championship by 1 point on the last lap by Lewis Hamilton shows you have to have the skills even if you've not been using them of late.

*cough* 4 years ago, before accident *cough* He hasn't looked the same since, has he?

 

[RasputinLives]

No. I'm just saying its easy to recapture something you once had than to go for something you've never had.

Since you were on the subject, yes.

Well go do it on the 'Lewis is soooo hard done to' thread and keep this one from becoming the same old debate.

 

[FB]

CHILDREN! Behave!

 

[RasputinLives]

*has the decency to look sheepish*

So with the Hulk heading to Sauber it looks like Kobi is heading out of F1 but is Perez all that better than him? Could we make an argument thst based on his last three seasons Kobi would have been a safer option for Mclaren. In his first two seasons he certainly showed he had consistancy which is something Perez never had. Maybe he wouldn't have set the title race on fire but he'd have certainly brought home a haul for the constructors.

 

[The Artist.....]

RasputinLives
The same argument was made about Raikkonen vs Heidfeld when McLaren were looking for a replacement for Hakkinen... I also seem to remember the same arguments about a certain L Hamilton back in 2006 - with a number of people suggesting that Gary Paffett would have been a safer pair of hands, given his experience...

 

[RasputinLives]

I don't remember the Gary Parffett argument! blimey.

I see what you're saying where Kobi is concerned but you only have to look at The Hulks junior record to see he's a pedigree above Heidfeld and actually probably Perez.

 

[Kamui-FastestChefInTheWorld]

Kobayashi now just 8 points behind Pérez

 

[Brogan]

Peréz really hasn't done that well since it was announced he was going to drive for McLaren, has he?

Another poor weekend again at Abu Dhabi, including being handed a €2,600 fine for speeding in the pit lane in FP3, a reprimand for impeding in Q1, and a drive through 10 second stop and go penalty for causing a collision and forcing a driver off the circuit.

 

[Kamui-FastestChefInTheWorld]

drive through penalty

Stop-go, wasn't it?

 

[Galahad]

He got involved in some unnecessary scrapes, but he was the quicker Sauber throughout. Kobayashi has been very subdued since Suzuka, I think.

 

[Kamui-FastestChefInTheWorld]

He got involved in some unnecessary scrapes, but he was the quicker Sauber throughout. Kobayashi has been very subdued since Suzuka, I think.

Probably because he's not in F1 for much longer

 

[Brogan]

Kamui-FastestChefInTheWorld, can you please read this thread regarding quoting every post you reply to, especially when it immediately precedes yours?

http://cliptheapex.com/threads/block-quoting-posts.4873/

Thanks.

 

[Kamui-FastestChefInTheWorld]

Sorry, on another forum, it's possible to highlight a small block of text and just quote that, but I forget when I'm on here that that doesn't seem possible

Will try not to in future