168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Sergio Perez

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

Yes, his two wins in Sau﷽di Arabia and Azerbaijan were fantastic.

While in fortuitous circumstances, once he took the lead of the race ahead of M𝓡ax 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 pole, while Ver🐲stappen could only qualify ninth after getting caught out by an untimely red flag.

De🌞spite the difference in grid position, Verstappen ultimately won with ease as Perez had to settle for second.

It would have 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 ra♋ces, 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 race day is a minimum requirement. 

The Mexican will be ꧂optimistic going into⭕ the second half of the season given that he suffered similar slumps midway through 2021 and 2022 respectively before turning it around in the flyaway races.

ꦰRed Bull are insistent that Perez’s future is not unde♚r threat, and while I believe Christian 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 a꧅ rude awakening for Magnussen at Haas.

For the first time sin🦄ce 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.

Pa♊rticularly 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 the opening stretch of races and Magnussen being more comfo☂rtable on heavier fuel are the reasons for that.

Magnussen isn’t per💃forming poorly by any means, however, he is out of contract🌳 at the end of the year.

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 Endu🌊rance Championship.

Magnussen will need to up his game to secur🔥e anothe𝄹r year with Haas in 2024.

Logan Sargeant

While 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Logan Sargeant has shown flaꦗshes of pace on occasion, the American rookie has generally been pretty poor this season.

In the teammate head-to-head, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alex Albon holds the most dominant advantage of anyone on ꦐthe grid.

There’ಞs no doubt that Albon has been performing at a high leve🔜l 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 sigꦓns of it.

Bahrain and Azerbaijan were promising, but since then, there’s been very few h♎ighs꧋.

Sargeant’s seat is under threat, especially if 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Mick Schumacher is in serious contention for a return next year.

Lance Stroll

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lance Stroll is under zero pressure at Aston Martin so ♏it’s probably no surprise to see him perform so lacklusterly in 2023.

Like Perez, Stroll does have an incredible teammate in 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fernando Alonso but it’s fair to say th🔯e Canadian has disappointed too frequently 𒁃in the first half of the season.

Ironically, his finest weekend ♌came when he rushed back from his cycling 🌠accident.

With zero testing and limited time in the ca✱r, Stroll finished a superb 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 times compared to Stroll’s zero, that says enough.

Unlike most of the grid, Stroll faces no uncertainty a🐈bout his F1 future given that his father - Lawren༒ce - owns the team.

George Russell 

Completing our list is 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell.

A surprise perhaps given that Russell is just 49 points behind seven-time world champion teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton.

Taking into account Australia - where he was unfortunate꧋ toꦉ retire - the gap probably should be smaller.

However, notably since Monaco, Russell has st൲ruggled for form with Hamilton in the clear ascendancy. 

While Russell’s performances haven’t been poor by any means, there’s still room for impro♉vement particula🃏rly in qualifying.

Many see - including Mercedes - Russell as the dr🐬iver to lead the 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 hard to agree with those statements giv♌en 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 rather than outright pace up until Canada?

It’s too premature to say - and we’re certainl♏y not ruli🌳ng out Russell.

Is he a fantastic driver? No doubt.

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

The 🌊summer break came at a good time for Russell as he’s one of many who nee♍ds to refind his form in the second half of the year.