168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez

He might be second-ꦐplace in the drivers’ championship but Perez is in desperate need of a better second half of 2023.

Yes, his two wins in Saudi ꧙Arabia a🧸nd Azerbaijan were fantastic.

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

Miami proved to be a crucial turning p🐼oint in the season as Perez took pole, while Verstappen cou🌳ld only qualify ninth after getting caught out by an untimely red flag.

Despite the difference in grid positi😼on, Verstappen ultimately won with ease as Perez had to settle for s🔜econd.

It would have been the first time in his F1 career that Perez led the cham༺pionship standings, but it wasn’t meant to 🐽be.

From that point, Perez failed to make Q3 in the next five races, and in all of the races leading up to the summer break, finished secon𝔍d 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 incrediꦗble machinery he has at his disposal, finishing second on race day is a minimum requirement. 

The Mexican will be optimistic going into the second half of the season given that he suffer🉐ed si🍷milar 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 Christia♕n Horner and Helmut Marko, a repeat of his five-race streak 🔯of not making Q3 could make them change their mind.

Kevin Magnussen

2023 has been ꩵa rude awakening foᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚr Magnussen at Haas.

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

Pa🐼rticularly on Saturdays, Hulkenberg has been incredible, progressing into Q3 on six occasions - as many as Perez!

Things are more ev🔴en on race day as a combination of Hulkenberg’s rustiness in the opening stretch of races and Magnussen being more comfortable on heavier fuel are the reasons for that.

Magnussen is🎃n’t performing poorly by any means, however, he is out o꧂f contract at the end of the year.

ღTeam 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 Champions🦂hip.

Magnussen will need to up his game to secure anothe🎀r 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 sho🌼wn flashes 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 dom🧜inant advantage of anyone on the grid.

There’s no doub🌱t that Albon has been performing at a high level but Sargean⛄t 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 signs of it.

Bahrain and Azerbaijan were promising, but since then, t🐻here’s been very few h𒅌ighs.

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 Ast🧔on Martin so it’s probably no surprise to see him perform so lacklusterly in 2🎃023.

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 t𒀰o say the Canadian has disappointed too frequently in the first half of the season.

Ironically, his finest weekend came when he rush෴ed back f𒐪rom his cycling accident.

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

Luck hasn’t been totally on his side but given that Alonso has finished on the podium six 😼ti✤mes compared to Stroll’s zero, that says enough.

Unlike most of 🌼the grid, Stroll faces no uncertainty about his F1 fꦏuture 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 - where he was unfಌort✱unate to retire - the gap probably should be smaller.

However, notably since Monaco, Russell 🌜has struggled for form൲ with Hamilton in the clear ascendancy. 

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

Many see - including Mercedes - R🐭ussell as the driver to lead t🦩he team post-Hamilton and he is the driver that is capable of beating Verstappen in a head-to-head duel.

Based on 2023 alone, it’s ൲hard to agree with those statemeꦅnts 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 g꧑otten over his defeat to Verstappen in Abu Dhabi? Or the fact Hamilton was prioritising testing setups rather than outright pace up until Canada?

It’s too premature to say - and we’re certainly not ruling ou🌟t Russell.

Is he a fantastic driver? No doubt.

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

The summer break came at a good time for R𝓀ussell as he’s one of many who needs to refind his form in the second half of the year.