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Zhou is quietly one of the luckiest fuckers in the sport. He'll probably coast till they change to Audi then move to Haas or whatever itteration that team is and have a decent career as a very acceptable backmarker/midfielder.
The 2024 car is a complete redesign after finding that their performance improvements plateaued in 2023.
Depending on the timeline, he may have had very little to do with this design.
He had a snap by the sounds of it. A gust off the gulf, commentary were talking about a wind and you can see it on the crowd's clothing too. If so, may have been wind sensitivity?
First race back, give him a second. If he's still shit in 5, boot him for Drugovich or Vesti.
True, it was already obvious last year, he is not even close to being on F1 level, I don't understand how Willians decided to keep him, a waste of a F1 spot...
What you don't seem to be able to get past is that *if sarge is shit again this year, they WILL replace him and the academy issue will cease to be an obstacle.*
That doesn't make sense it's the same regulations, if they have a shitbox this year and improve by 1.5 seconds by next year it'll likely still be a shitbox
I was never convinced Sargeant deserved another year at Williams and he’s not delivered right off the bat this year. The “I don’t know what happened” isn’t a good sign either. He needs to be learning from his mistakes.
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Alpine with the 10th row lockout, impressive
They heard rumours about a reverse grid and ran with it
Bet Otmar is smiling now
Otmar, Oscar, Fernando, hell even Zhou are all laughing their asses off.
Zhou is quietly one of the luckiest fuckers in the sport. He'll probably coast till they change to Audi then move to Haas or whatever itteration that team is and have a decent career as a very acceptable backmarker/midfielder.
This car is more or less his doing
The 2024 car is a complete redesign after finding that their performance improvements plateaued in 2023. Depending on the timeline, he may have had very little to do with this design.
Regardless I am not sure he had a huge technical influence at Alpine.
I didnt realize team principles design cars! Tell me how exactly that works?
Alpine washed, deserved for not having a pink car
Alpine đź’€
Them both staying in exactly the same positions after their second run was hilarious. They're in all sorts of trouble, proper shitbox
Consistency is key
Slower than a Haas đź’€
That alpine is a tractor LOL
Alpain….
What the hell happened to Sargeant? He was within a tenth of Albon then just didn't do another lap?
Probably made a mistake and knew it wasn't going to improve.
He made a mistake on his last flying lap. He had good pace initially but botched the lap I believe at T10 and aborted.
Don’t worry. That 100 race plan should kick in anytime now.
100 race plan to P9 in the Constructor's?
P10, somehow they look slower than even Haas
>P10, somehow they ~~look~~ ***are*** slower than even Haas
Last year at the start Haas also looked good but then the other teams had the audacity to upgrade their cars.
Alpines are "only" 1 second off but this year that means dead last.
If Alpine try and pin ANY of this season's performance on their drivers, I'll be livid. What a shitbox.
They are stupid but not that stupid
They will definitely blame someone and fire them. Seems like a seasonal issue with them no matter what.
ALPINE LMFAO đź’€
I was so happy for Gasly that he finaly got a works team in 2023. How stupid can I be
Sargeant’s most used sentence “uhm, I don’t know what happened”. The guy never knows what’s happening.
He had a snap by the sounds of it. A gust off the gulf, commentary were talking about a wind and you can see it on the crowd's clothing too. If so, may have been wind sensitivity? First race back, give him a second. If he's still shit in 5, boot him for Drugovich or Vesti.
what happened to Sargeant
Botched his second flying lap at around T10 and aborted.
cheers cheers
Ran out of talent
Sargeant shouldn't have an F1 seat I'm sorry. Albon just wiping the floor with him every single time
Honestly his ability & raw pace matters now more than ever with such small margins from the top to the bottom of the grid
His lack of, you mean.
His race pace was decent last year
Decent compared to Albon, and just decent, not impressive, not better. And when you compare it to the rest of the grid...
What ability?
True, it was already obvious last year, he is not even close to being on F1 level, I don't understand how Willians decided to keep him, a waste of a F1 spot...
Williams want to have their own academy driver and they don't really have anyone else that would be a guaranteed better driver
Drugovich, Vesti, Zhou (if they wanted him) a deal with RB for Lawson is surely on the table...
Which of these is a Williams Academy driver?
It literally doesn't matter if the academy driver is dogshit.
Williams literally said they want to have their academy driver in their team and there's noone better in their academy rn who could replace Sargent
What you don't seem to be able to get past is that *if sarge is shit again this year, they WILL replace him and the academy issue will cease to be an obstacle.*
Eh I strongly disagree with you lol
Factory team btw
Yikes Alpine
No Pink, Get Punk'd...
Alshit
Those Alpine upgrades better be miraculous because that car is absolutely awful.
I hope Gasly and Ocon have a good psychologist, even worse for Gasly who had no idea he was leaving AT for an even worse car.
Poor Ocon and Gasly deserve so much better
To think that Gasly moved to Alpine to get a better car lol
Alpine is so screwed man
Alpine on Crisis
Wonder if alpine is focusing development on 2025?
That doesn't make sense it's the same regulations, if they have a shitbox this year and improve by 1.5 seconds by next year it'll likely still be a shitbox
Alpine thinks there is a reverse grid on saturday
Maybe the car is faster in reverse?
Stake KICKED OUT
Albon fighting for his life by himself in the midfield again
successfully, to some degree
I was never convinced Sargeant deserved another year at Williams and he’s not delivered right off the bat this year. The “I don’t know what happened” isn’t a good sign either. He needs to be learning from his mistakes.
Alpine Disasterclass
Alpine, are expectations for you were low but H O L Y F U C K
Ahahahahahahalpine
Alpine should just save tyres going forward and sit qualifying out
Oh deary me whats gong on with Alpine or shall we call them AlPAIN?
Painful season ahead
Sarge in Charge
The Frogs are boiled.
So we all saying Alpine should sell to Andretti now?
"Sargent deserves the seat" Yeah ok...
Don't let Alpin distract you from the fact that somehow Logan is still in f1
Putain!
Alpine might wanna reset their target to 100 races again
That Audi team is never progressing with Bottas and Zhou. They have the worst line up on the grid at the moment
[Alpine](https://media1.tenor.com/m/Pe9OTqmaCjoAAAAC/deandrejordan-dunkface.gif)
Yikes alpine
Albon continues his qualifying stats
Time for Key to leave Mclaren- I mean, oh...
Literal tractor
Stroll had a good lap!
Alpine... a long season ahead for them.
I bet we're going to get Alpine exit rumours mid season, because holy shite, talk about bad.