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Originally Posted by peterelise
Getting a 1st and 2nd is about confirming that the car the team built was dominant that season. Any suggestion that Perez finishing 2nd this year means he is the best number 2 RBR has ever had, or is even doing a decent job, is nonsense.
In 2010 Seb wins and Webber is 3rd but is anyone seriously going to suggest Perez is doing a better job than Webber did that year? If you want another example, consider Max and Daniel’s time together; Daniel finishes ahead in their first full season together (2017) and somehow Perez is currently doing a better job than Max did finishing 6th (168 points) to Daniel’s 5th (200 points).
Just highlighting that a simple statement that Perez is going to give them their first 1,2 in no way confirms he is doing a good job. There are many more arguments to confirm he is in fact doing a terrible job.
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For a start you are making the assumption that Sebastian was as good as Max is in 2023.Probably a minority opinion.
Also Max was still in learning phase in 2017.If you want to see where that was going look at second half of 2018 where the gap between Max and Dan was just as big as the gap is today between Max and Checo.
I doubt Checo is the best #2 RBR have ever had but all they need is someone solid who won’t make waves.If there is anyone in the field at Max’s level they wouldn’t want him there.Any Prost v Senna situation will destabilise a team and can’t last anyway.
Checo is probably the best #2 RBR could have at the moment.