168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Sergio Perez

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

Yes, his two wins in Saudi 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 a✤t bay.

Miami proved to be a crucial turning point in the season as Perez took pole, while Verstappen could only qualify ninth after getti﷽ng caught out by an untimely red flag.

Despite the diff♏erence 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 ൲led the championship 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 sum♎mer 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 incre🅠dible machinery he has at his disposal, finishing second on race day is a minimum r♕equirement. 

The Mexiꩵcan 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.

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

Kevin Magnussen

2023 has ꧙been a rude awakening for Magnussen at Haas.

Forꦯ the first time since 2014 - with no disres🍸pect 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 manyဣ as Perez!

Things are more even on race day as a combination of Hulkenberg’☂s rustiness in the openi💮ng stretch of races and Magnussen being more comfortable on heavier fuel are the reasons for that.

Magnussen isn’t performing poorly by a♉ny means, however, he is out of contraꩵct at the end of the year.

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

Haas are rep🍨ortedly interested in , with the 29-year-old impressing for Ferrari 𝕴in the World Endurance Championship.

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

Logan Sargeant

While 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Logan Sargeant has sh🦄own flashes 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 the ꦺgrid.

There’s no doubt tha🌸t Albon has been ♛performing at a high level but Sargeant hasn’t shown enough so far in his F1 career.

Progress should b🐲e expected from Sargeant, and so far at least, there’s been few signs of it.

Bahrain and Azerbaijan were pr𓄧omising, but since then, tꦑhere’s been very few highs.

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 surpris꧃e 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 butౠ it’s fair to say the Canadian has disappointed too frequently iওn the first half of the season.

Ironically, his finest w♒eekend came when he 🦂rushed back from his cycling accident.

With 🅘zero testing and limited time in the car, 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 Strolꦛl’s zero, that says enough.

Unlike most of the grid, Stroll f🐲aces no uncertainty about his F1 future given that his father - Lawrence - 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 - whereꦆ he was unfortunate to retire - the gap probablꦑy should be smaller.

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

While Russe☂l🀅l’s performances haven’t been poor by any means, 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 capable 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 s🤡uperiority 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 se෴tups rather than outright pace up until Canada?

It’s too premature to say - and we’re certainly 🐈not ruling out Russell.

Is he a fantastic driver? No doubt.

But is he the heir to 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 Russel𒅌l as he’s one of many who needs to r𓆏efind his form in the second half of the year.