F1 2023’s underachievers: Who were the biggest disappointments?
Sergio Perez
Compared to 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Sergio Perez’s 2023 campaign was shocking. What started with the promise of a title battle after shari𝓡ng two victories apiece with Verstappen over the first four races quickly turned into mise⛄ry as Perez’s season fell apart.
Things went majorly downhill for Perez after a psychologically-damaging defeat to Verstappen in Miami, despite starting from pole with his teammate down in ninth. Although he held a valid contract for 2024, pressure soon ramped 💫up on the Mexican after he failed to reach Q3 a remarkable five♛ times in a row in the field’s dominant car.
Perez went on to suffer his lowest point of the season during a disastrous weekend in Qatar but recovered just in time to hold onto second place in the championship ahead of Mercedes’168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Lewis Hamilton.
Considering the competitiveness of the RB19, Perez’s returns were not good enough. He managed just two wins and two poles in a carౠ Vertsappen drove to 19 victories and 12 poles on his way to more than doubling Perez's𝔉 points haul.
Lance Stroll
A herculean effort saw 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lance Stroll drive through the pain to finish sixth at the se𒐪ason-opener in Bahrain, just over two weeks after he broke his wrist and a t🔜oe in a cycling accident that left him in hospital and uncertain whether he’d be fit for the first few races.
.The Canadian failed to rack up a single podium in a car worthy of podium finishes - underlined by 🏅Alonso’s eight trips to the rostrum across 2023 - while he could o𝄹nly take 10th in the drivers’ standings with 74 points as Alonso scored 206 on his way to claiming an impressive fourth.
Alongside Aston Martin’s performance drop-off, Stroll’s consistency was a large reason behind the team slumping to fifth in the constru🍬ctors’. Following his angry meltdown in Qatar, Stroll did at least end the season strongly, though it was an underwhelming campaign when compared against t🤡he bar set by Alonso.
Logan Sargeant
Like Perez, another driver whose performances left his future uncertain for most of the year was 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Logan Sargeant. In fact, his place at Williams for 2024 wa♐s only confirmed in the♔ days after the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
The F2 race-winner’s baptism to F1 proved to be an immediate challenge as he endured a difficult rookie season that was largely overshadowed by several errors that led to big - and extremely costly - crashes.&🔯nbsp;
Sargeant was also conclusively outperformed by his impressive teammate168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Alex Albon, whose stunning displays to out-drive Williams’ 2023 ♓challenger effectively t🍸ook the team to seventh place in the constructors’ championship single-handedly.
However, the American rookie did manage to claim the only point of his F1 career at the United States Grand Prix aft🔥er Hamilton and Charles Leclerc were disqualified, and his late-season progress was deemed eno𝓡ugh to warrant being kept on for a sophomore year.
Haas
It is difficult to truly judge 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Kevin Magnussen and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Nico Hulkenberg’s performances fairly over༒ 2023 given the machinery they had at their disposal was so frustratingly terrible - at least on Sundays.
The season was a big disappointment for Haas, who finished last in the constructors’ championship for the second time in three seasons. Haas’ only real development of the season proved to be a failure in the eyes of Hulkenberg, resulting in him and Magnussen splitting the old and new-spec cars, with minimal rewards.ܫ ꦕ;
The only real positive about the VF23 was how quick it was over a single lap, resulting in some phenomenal flashes of speed from Hulkenberg and Magnussen in qualifying, but tyre wear issues often led to the pair rapidly descending in the r🌸aces.
Nyck De Vries
After a spectacular points-scoring cameo with Williams as a last-minute stand-in for Albon led to a full-time opportunity with AlphaTauri, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Nyck De Vries’ F1 stint proved to be short-lived and not ve🅺ry memorabl🎃e.
The 28-year-old Dutchman was ruthlessly dropped by team owners Red Bull and replaced by 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Daniel Ricciardo just 10 races into his first full F1 campaign following an unconvinc꧅ing and difficult start.
De Vries, a Formula E champion, was largely outperformed by teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Yuki Tsunoda and mad🐬e a series of mistakes that ultimately cost him his seat.
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