Pascal Wehrlein confirmed at Sauber
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Never in the right cars and Pascal still isn't, i'd say it was better for him at Manor, so bad anything he did could look good and they did have after all a Merc engine. The Sauber just makes people look average as you always expect the team to be a bit better so you inevitably look at the drivers to blame and add to that you just about remember Perez and Kobi nailing it in them for a bit..
Sauber are a consistently high performing F1 team - especially if you take in to consideration their budget. As always they will probably start of well at the beginning of the season and then drift further back from the front as they struggle to keep up with the pace of development of those around them. They need to score some decent points in the early races.
Wehrlein was fantastic in the Manor - making it qualify where it shouldn't have been possible to do so. Definitely one to watch for the future.
Wehrlein was fantastic in the Manor - making it qualify where it shouldn't have been possible to do so. Definitely one to watch for the future.
tommunster10 said:
eps said:
FourWheelDrift said:
Everyone will be using 2017 engines, apart from Sauber who signed a deal to use 2016 Ferrari engines. They will be at the back if Manor aren't present.
Good point!Wehrlein consistently qualified the Manor above where it should have qualified and I expect him to do the same in the Sauber.
eps said:
tommunster10 said:
eps said:
FourWheelDrift said:
Everyone will be using 2017 engines, apart from Sauber who signed a deal to use 2016 Ferrari engines. They will be at the back if Manor aren't present.
Good point!Wehrlein consistently qualified the Manor above where it should have qualified and I expect him to do the same in the Sauber.
tommunster10 said:
eps said:
tommunster10 said:
eps said:
FourWheelDrift said:
Everyone will be using 2017 engines, apart from Sauber who signed a deal to use 2016 Ferrari engines. They will be at the back if Manor aren't present.
Good point!Wehrlein consistently qualified the Manor above where it should have qualified and I expect him to do the same in the Sauber.
Wehrlein out qualified Ocon 7 v 2 I think that is quite conclusive and Wehrlein put it in to Q2 a few times - Ocon never did this. Facts not BS
true.
I have watched that moment where Wehrlein fails to turn his car off once in total I believe, so I could well be wrong- but to me it sounded like he simply wanted to be doubly sure about what the team was asking him to do. I can imagine it's tough to concentrate on whispers in your ear when you're trying to get a stricken multi-million race car off the circuit and close to an egress point with 21 competitors tearing around at 220mph, particularly when you've not done it before.
I have watched that moment where Wehrlein fails to turn his car off once in total I believe, so I could well be wrong- but to me it sounded like he simply wanted to be doubly sure about what the team was asking him to do. I can imagine it's tough to concentrate on whispers in your ear when you're trying to get a stricken multi-million race car off the circuit and close to an egress point with 21 competitors tearing around at 220mph, particularly when you've not done it before.
The days of Sauber being a mid table team to make drivers look good is long gone, Kobi and Perez were in at a good time, the good times are gone, they are just now scraping along. Pascal a good driver but Sauber isn't the place for him to show it. Just my opinion, all will be revealed.
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