• Outside the RASF1 Bubble

    From build@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Sun Dec 26 23:57:13 2021
    Outside the RASF1 monocular bubble in the real world, in the wider fan world, fans and F1 pundits have ranked the drivers.

    F1 SITE EXPERT RANKINGS
    01 -08.9- Max Verstappen
    02 -08.4- Lewis Hamilton
    03 -08.2- Lando Norris
    04 -07.9- Charles Leclerc
    05 -07.7- Pierre Gasly
    05 -07.7- Carlos Sainz
    07 -07.4- Fernando Alonso
    08 -07.3- George Russell
    09 -07.0- Esteban Ocon
    10 -06.7- Sergio Perez

    F1 SITE FAN RANKINGS
    01 -08.80- Max Verstappen
    02 -08.36- Lewis Hamilton
    03 -07.75- Carlos Sainz
    04 -07.71- Pierre Gasly
    05 -07.65- Lando Norris
    06 -07.17- Sergio Perez
    07 -07.12- Fernando Alonso
    08 -06.78- George Russell
    09 -06.77- Charles Leclerc
    10 -06.60- Esteban Ocon

    I reckon if the fans and experts knew how good Nicolas Latifi is they'd have ranked George much, much higher. Next year they will find out how good. The only question in mind is how he will handle the pressure of the title battle.
    If Lewis does retire then Merc should consider bringing in Nic as he is a great team player and would probably perform as well or better than Valtteri.

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    * Origin: SportNet Gateway Site (24:150/2)