F1 News: Vettel confirmed to replace Perez

"valsidalv, reminding you that infiniti is an option" (valsidalv) 09/10/2020 at 10:30 • Filed to: None

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First it was a “done deal”, but then neither driver really said anything for a while. Last night it was confirmed: Perez is out of his Racing Point seat for next year, and Vettel is in. Oh and Racing Point will be renamed Aston Martin. Can’t wait for the announcers to still keep calling it Force India.

F1 analyst Lawrence Barretto postulates a move to Alfa Romeo, or Haas. Or also another team. Or also things outside of F1. Gotta love these ‘analysts’.

ttyymmnn > valsidalv, reminding you that infiniti is an option 09/10/2020 at 10:42

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So is Perez “leaving” or was he shown the door? I’m guessing the latter. 

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > ttyymmnn 09/10/2020 at 10:58

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It’s super weird because they’d already given him a contract for next year. I’m guessing they were going to demote him to a test/reserve driver and he noped out of there. 

valsidalv, reminding you that infiniti is an option > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 09/10/2020 at 11:07

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Or a buyout (or combination of both)? Regardless of his desire to drive it doesn’t make for a nice environment when your superiors are gunning for your departure .

I wasn’t previously aware of his close-knit history with the team, which makes his leaving even worse.

Grindintosecond > valsidalv, reminding you that infiniti is an option 09/10/2020 at 12:43

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Perez seemed consistently better than Stroll in all the finishes so far , but you cant argue with daddys pocketbook to keep Lance.

valsidalv, reminding you that infiniti is an option > Grindintosecond 09/10/2020 at 12:57

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Race results don’t lie, and Stroll is the better driver this season. Why bring a chequebook into this at all?

Grindintosecond > valsidalv, reminding you that infiniti is an option 09/10/2020 at 13:34

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he is? thought i saw otherwise. I bring it in as Lance’s dad bought the team. Lemme check what i looked at....

Ok better how? Last year They were very close but Perez was just a bit better than Stroll. This year.....nothing supremely demonstrating stroll is a much better driver. 

valsidalv, reminding you that infiniti is an option > Grindintosecond 09/10/2020 at 14:30

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E ven if you factor out the two Silverstone races Perez missed, Lance is still 13 pts ahead despite having a DNF in the very first race. He’s also secured a podium and two 4th positions whereas Perez’s best finish this season is 5th.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > valsidalv, reminding you that infiniti is an option 09/10/2020 at 20:43

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I wonder how much that little trip and catching covid pissed off the team.