Latifi has improved a lot this year and I already said at the end of last year that I expected Albon to return to F1 sooner than later.
Worth noting is that he scored points and beat Russel in Hungary. Sure, a weird race, but results have to count for something. Plus, he's well spoken and seems like a good dude. Glad to see Williams is hanging onto him.
This is a good pairing for Williams to move forward. Albon is still backed by Red Bull so that might have helped.
You mean Albon might bring Red Bull money? That's a win/win for Williams.
With Albon being confirmed at Williams , Nico Hülkenberg rules out any chance of a possible return to F1.
Nico could probably do well in a decent ride, but after being out a few years, the whole paddock has forgotten about him, or at least eliminated him from their wish lists. I'de rather see him in Indycars anyway, where he would have a chance to win.
Verstappen was also quite dirty in his first years in F1 but like Michael Schumacher he was fast.
Verstappen is still dirty. Just wait and see what happens the next time Lewis (or anyone) tries to pass him.
I don't think they should revoke Marzipan's license though. He hasn't been very good so far but he's no Yuji Ide.
Don't hope for any consistency from the governing body on this. Formula One has been all about dirty driving for decades now.
I usually don't give a damm about Mazepin's behavior because he hasn't done anything worse than Senna or Schumacher sr. Even last Sunday was something Schumacher sr. would pull every time he was challenged. If it was ok then, it's ok now. Everyone loved Schumacher and were just fine with all the chopping, blocking and swerving, not to mention punting rivals off, so I am failing to see how Mazepin is worse.
I do think its absolutely hysterical how the Mick and Ralf are screaming about Mazepin's behavior after all the dirty stuff Schumacher sr pulled. So far Mazepin has not been thrown out of the championship for crashing a rival on purpose (but it looks like it could come to that), so what's all the stink about? I don't think Mick is entitled to talk a lot of smack about dirty driving when it was his dad that got away with so much of it that now the entire field swerves around like a bunch of drunken monkeys.
Right now about the only person Maze could kill is the only guy around him, which is Schumacher. However, swerving that much and that late on a guy,
on the straight where they are supposed to be going straight, for God's sake, is a really good way to kill someone, as illustrated by Jeff Krosnoff and a few other guys. It has not happened in F1 yet, but they are sure inviting it by allowing all these stupid antics.
As long as they allow dirty tricks, it's not fair to criticize Mazepin for it. He's just playing to the same rules that everyone else abuses too.
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