It is not the first time, nor will it be the last one, that Red Bull or his ‘team B’, now Racing Bulls, serves with some of his pilots. Liam Lawson has been the last to suffer the relentless management of Helmut Marko … but before there have been others like him who have lived it.
One of them is also a Spanish pilot. Jaime Algersuari also had to leave Toro Rosso not in the best ways, precisely. In his case he was not half campaign, but after completing the 2011 season. He was informed that he would continue … but did not happen. The Catalan knows what Marko demands from his pilots … which is sometimes even more than reasonable.
“He hasn’t done it as bad as it seems”
In an interview on the official F1 website, Algersuari has left in defense of the Neozyre, who will run the next Japan Grand Prix in Racing Bulls, leaving his seat on the Red Bull A Yuki Tsunoda team. “Liam is new, I didn’t know the car, I didn’t know the team, I didn’t know the clues, so you had to take a little time.”
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“He has not done it as bad as it seems. It was expected that he suffered at the beginning and that he would improve with the future of the season. He cannot go from being a hero to the worst pilot in just two races,” the Catalan reasoned.
Alguersuari knows the complexities of the current F1 and knows that it takes time to dominate them, especially when the equipment is changed: “The F1 is now based on small details. For example, you have to put the tires in the operating window or else you have no grip, and you can lose four or five tenths very easily. If you look at Liam’s onboards in Australia and China, you can see that I was fighting that I was fighting for all parts,” Explain.
Whatever the cause of Lawson’s failure, Algersuari empathizes with what the kiwi pilot is now living: “It brings me memories. The F1 has become very psychological. Recovering from that is just a matter of strengthening the head. You have to understand that you would not be a bad pilot. Liam needs to feel comfortable in the car, work with the engineers passed”.
No one can with Verstappen
In the case, in addition, to run for Red Bull now that Verstappen is the reference of Formula 1 The difficulty for anyone is double … as pilots of the level of Daniel Ricciardo or Czech Pérez have experienced: “Throughout 24 races nobody is going to be faster than Max Verstappen in that team. It is probably the best pilot who has ever run in the formula 1. His ability to pilot Or an over -level car is in another dimension.
No one is going to go faster than Verstappen in that team. It is probably the best pilot who has ever run in Formula 1
Jaime Algersuari, former F1 pilot
Alguersuari also came up with those who argue that the Red Bull is tailored to the world’s tetracampeon: “There are many rumors that say that the car is made for Max, but the car is made to be as quickly as possible. Each pilot has a driving style and Max is aggressive and likes pointed cars, because a pointed car is always the car faster.”
Alguersuari believes that it is Verstappen who knows how to adapt to Red Bullred Bull
“Max understands and knows very well how to configure that car to adapt to his driving style, and whoever puts in the other car is lost, because he cannot drive this car with the same configuration because he has too much grip in the front. So, if you take away that front grip, you are slow Pérez, Lawson … and now will have to live Yuki Tsunoda.
Optimistic with Tsunoda
Algersuari also referred to the role of Japanese, who plays with some advantage over Lawson … and not precisely because he has more experience: “Yuki has nothing to lose. Nobody expects much of him, so overcoming those bad expectations will be quite easy for him.”
The Spanish believes that the opportunity can have reached the Japanese at a good time: “Now he is a very solid pilot, who gets the maximum of his car. Last year he did a great test with Red Bull in Abu Dhabi, and they did not give the seat. He is probably at his best time so he should not feel the pressure so much,” he concluded.
Alguersuari believes that Tsunoda arrives at his best at Red Bullred Bull
In addition, debuting at home will be an additional advantage: “Know the track perfectly, it comes from solid races and will be very motivated to climb the main team.” All this makes Alcuersuari think that I could even be close to Verstappen: “I would be surprised if it was much slower than Max. It will be a little behind, but I don’t think more than half a second or six tenths,” predicted
But the best thing is that Lawson’s reference will be easily overcome, in theory, for Japanese. “Doing it better than Lawson will be something very affordable, although that does not mean that it seems fair to lower it. If you can keep the seat … you never know. At least it is in a better position than any of the junior pilots in recent years,” he concluded.