TheGiantHogweed wrote:
Shia Luck wrote:
Enjoyable and interesting thread.
RE:
http://www.planetf1.com/news/stroll-rat ... out-of-10/Seriously? Strong 8.5???
I am giving him time but it will run out midway thru next season.... he has managed points but everything about him is inconsistent bar the fact he makes the same mistakes again and again.
(anyone else listen on radio 5 live in uk? Most fun and insightful commenentary of the lot IMO ATM)
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I'd like to know where they are getting all his crashes from. Are they counting practice? In qualifying and the races, he's crashed less than Verstappen did in his first year from what I remember. That being once in China. I don't remember him crashing out again but correct me if I'm wrong. Verstappen crashed out very heavily in Monaco and crashed out in Britain too in his first season.
I listen to BBC radio 5 live while watching Sky practice on mute quite often. As they talk about what is on the coverage far more than Crofty does. It's much better than Sky during practice, but for me, nothing beats Channel 4. I hope they keep doing the highlights package in 2019 onwards.
I seem to remember quite a few crashes, especially at the beginning of the season. I think it took 4 races to get a finish, no? One of those was a brake or power steering issue iirc but the others were thru contact. I am not saying the contact was his fault, in fact he seems to have been involved in quite a lot of contact that wasn't his fault. Sainz out of the pits, Vettel on post-race cool down lap both spring to mind, and yip, he kept his mechanics busy repairing practice damage fairly often iirc (as did Massa). The article perhaps should have been more clear. He's also done some silly things that Verstappen didn't. Spinning himself on lap 1, repeatedly locking up in unsuccessful overtake manoeuvres and destroying his tyres and how he has avoided being penalised for ignoring blue flags I have no idea. (except idr anyone ever being penalised for that!)
However, he is certainly no Maldonado when it comes to crashing (and brings more money, no?) so Williams are probably still smiling.
The reason I mentioned the coverage was because Tom, the pitlane guy, was watching the slow stadium section in Mexico practice, and was amazed by how Stroll was making the same mistake every lap. It appears to be his main consistency, which throws his chances of improvement into doubt imho.
I do hope C4 can get some deal for the coming years, especially now with Mark Webber, but fear Sky have got a very tight exclusive contract.
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