168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez

He might be second-place in the dri༒vers’ championship but Per🃏ez is in desperate need of a better second half of 2023.

Yes, his two wins in Saꦐudi Arabia and Azerbaijan were fantastic.

While in fortuitous circumstances,♈ once he took the lead of the race ahead of Max Verstappen, he had enough race pace to keep the Dutchman at bay.

Miami proved to be a crucial turning point in the season as Perez took pol꧒e, while Verstappen could only qualify ninth after getting caught ꦰout by an untimely red flag.

Despite the difference in grid positi♋on, Verstappen ultimately won with ease as Perez ༒had to settle for second.

It would haveඣ been the first time in his F1 career that Perez led the championship standings, but it wasn’t meant to be.

From that point, Perez failed to make Q3 in the next five rac꧒es, and in all of the races leading up to the summer break, finished second just once as Verstappen remained unbeaten.

Granted, Perez is up against one of the greatest drivers of all-time - that is a fact at this point - however given the incredible machinery he has at his disposal, finishing second on rac𓆏e day is a minimum ൲requirement. 

The Mexican will be optimistic going into the second half of the season gℱiven th🍸at he suffered similar slumps midway through 2021 and 2022 respectively before turning it around in the flyaway races.

Red Bull are insistent that Perez’s future is not under threat, and while I believe Christian Horner and Helmut Marko, a repeat of his five-race streak of not makinꦗg Q3 could make them change their mind.

Kevin Magnussen

2023 has been a rude awakening for Magnu🦂ssen at Haas.

For the first time since 2014 - with 😼no disrespect to the likes of Romain Grosjean and Mick Schumacher - Magnussen has♛ a very speedy teammate in the form of Nico Hulkenberg.

Particularly on Saturdays, Hulkenberg has been incredible, progressing into Q3 on six occasions - as many as ♌Perez!

Things are more even on race day as a combination of Hulkenberg’s rustiness in t▨he opening stretch of races and Magnussen being more comfor♉table on heavier fuel are the reasons for that.

Magnussen isn’t performing poorl🍨y by any means, however, he is out of contract at the end of the y🔯ear.

Team boss Guenther Steiner has already stated that Hulkenberg is “highly likely” to be rewarded with a new deal but there’s ⛄been no news on the Dane’s future.

Haas are reportedly interested in ꦿ, with the 29-year-old impressing for Ferrari in the World Endurance Championship.

Magnussen will need to up his game to secure another year ♛with Haas in 2024.

Logan Sargeant

While 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Logan Sargeant has shown flasheဣs of pace on occasion, the American rookie 🍨has generally been pretty poor this season.

In the teammate head-to-head, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Albon holds the most dominant advantage 🐟of anyone on the grid.

Tౠhere’s no doubt that Albon has been performing at a high 😼level but Sargeant hasn’t shown enough so far in his F1 career.

Progress should be expected from Sargeant, and so far at least, there’s been few sig✨ns of it.

Bahrain and Azerbaijan ꦇwere promising, but since then, there’s been very 🌺few highs.

Sargeant’s seat is under threat, especially if 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Mick Schumacher is in serious contention for a return next year.

Lance Stroll

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lance Stroll is under zero pressure at Aston Martin so it’s probably no surpri♎se to see him perform so lackluster🎀ly in 2023.

Like Perez, Stroll does have an incredible teammate in 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fernando Alonso but it’s fair🎶 to say the Canad🐻ian has disappointed too frequently in the first half of the season.

Ironically, his finest weekend came when he rush⭕ed back from his cycling acciden𓃲t.

With zero testing and limited time in the car, Stroll finished a superb sixth in Bahrain, aꦬ few seconds behind Lewis Hamilton.

Luc🅺k hasn’t been tot𓃲ally on his side but given that Alonso has finished on the podium six times compared to Stroll’s zero, that says enough.

Unlike🐬 most of the grid, Stroll faces no uncertainty about his F1 future given that his♊ father - Lawrence - owns the team.

George Russell 

Completing our list is 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell.

A surprise perhaps given that Russell is just 49 points behind seven-time world champion teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton.

Taking into account Australia - wher🎃e he was unfortunate to retire - the gap probably should be smaller.

However, notab🎃ly since🎶 Monaco, Russell has struggled for form with Hamilton in the clear ascendancy. 

While Russell’s performances haven’t been poor by any meansꦇ, there’s still room for improvement particularly in qualifying.

Many see - including Mercedes - Russell as the driver to lead the team post-Hamilton and he is the driver that is ꩵcapable of beating Verstappen in a head-to-head duel.

Based on 2023 alone, it’s hard to agree with thos🐓e statements given Hamilton’s superiority and consistency.

Russell was so impressive in his first year with Mercedes but was that down to the fact Hamilton hadn’t fully gotten over his defeat to Verstappen in Abu Dhabi? Or the fact Hamilton was prioritising testing setups rath🦋er than outright pace up until Canada?

It’s too premature to say - and w🌄e’re certainly n⛎ot ruling out Russell.

Is he a fantastic driver? No doubt.

But is he the heir to ꦍ♌Hamilton’s top spot at Mercedes and capable of taking it to Verstappen when the time comes?

The summer break came at a good time for Russell as he’s one of many who needs to refind his form in the second h♏alf of the yeꦆar.