Really nice work by the rookie once again:
So did Vettel and Alonso.TeamKoolGreen wrote: ↑Wed Oct 23, 2024 8:58 pmIm still not sold on all of these mid teir F2 prospects who come out of the gate hot in F1 cars. Zhou did something similar.
Your quicker drivers have usually won an F2 or F3 equivalent series as a junior or at least finished on podium position. His junior career shows me he's probably closer to Albon on pure pace than say a Piastri who blitzed the junior categories.bananapeel23 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 28, 2024 10:22 pmRealistically how good do you guys think Colapinto will end up being?
It seems nearly certain he will be on the grid in 2026 if he doesn't find a seat for 2025. He has adapted to F1 insanely quickly and did amazing from day 1. Do you think that is because he has a high ceiling or because he is quick to adapt, but has a fairly low ceiling?
He's clearly miles ahead of Sargeant and Latifi. I'm thinking he will end up being good enough to comfortably stay on the grid at least.
Colapinto never competed for a top team in the feeder series. Like many others, he did not have the money to buy a seat in a top team like Prema or ART. No driver who debuted for a mid-level team won his debut season in F2 or F3.JPower wrote: ↑Tue Oct 29, 2024 12:12 amYour quicker drivers have usually won an F2 or F3 equivalent series as a junior or at least finished on podium position. His junior career shows me he's probably closer to Albon on pure pace than say a Piastri who blitzed the junior categories.
That's enough to get a spot on the grid, but who knows how he'll evolve as a driver. Mentally, it looks like can handle the pressure of being in F1 and being on pace with a veteran driver. Good start.
I didn't say anything about winning in his first season. I said quicker drivers "usually" have won or podium'd a junior series before reaching F1. Its not a prerequisite to pace in F1.mvfad wrote: ↑Thu Oct 31, 2024 2:01 amColapinto never competed for a top team in the feeder series. Like many others, he did not have the money to buy a seat in a top team like Prema or ART. No driver who debuted for a mid-level team won his debut season in F2 or F3.JPower wrote: ↑Tue Oct 29, 2024 12:12 amYour quicker drivers have usually won an F2 or F3 equivalent series as a junior or at least finished on podium position. His junior career shows me he's probably closer to Albon on pure pace than say a Piastri who blitzed the junior categories.
That's enough to get a spot on the grid, but who knows how he'll evolve as a driver. Mentally, it looks like can handle the pressure of being in F1 and being on pace with a veteran driver. Good start.
It is a mistake to not take into account the context and strength of the teams he competed for. This applies not only to Colapinto, but to anyone. I get quite upset when I see arguments like "someone isn't good because he didn't win in their first season" when this guy debuted for an average team like MP, VAR(F3), Charouz, etc... Unfortunately this is something that many Team Principals don't pay attention to.
https://www.mostlyf1.com/statistics/sta ... standings/
lol Perez my godnessWaz wrote: ↑Mon Nov 04, 2024 3:36 pmhttps://www.mostlyf1.com/statistics/sta ... standings/
According to that we have Albon with $3,7 mill, Logan on $3 mill and Colapinto on $800k approximate, so $7,5 million or so.
Sainz hasn't had the BIG wrecks like Perez, Logan and Albon. Even in Baku, Perez seemed to come off worse.Sergej wrote: ↑Mon Nov 04, 2024 3:55 pmlol Perez my godnessWaz wrote: ↑Mon Nov 04, 2024 3:36 pmhttps://www.mostlyf1.com/statistics/sta ... standings/
According to that we have Albon with $3,7 mill, Logan on $3 mill and Colapinto on $800k approximate, so $7,5 million or so.
how can Sainz be "only" 1.7M when he crashed so many times ?