Whats annoying is Alex getting fired from redbull before he could eat his damn breakfast when perez is at an all you can eat buffet whilst throwing shit at the servers.
@@purwantiallan5089 More like Sainz will expose Albon or even worse both drivers will expose Williams having a shitty car that loves to spin that broke many rookie drivers
It seems to me that any driver who signed a contract extension starter to struggle this year, Tsunoda, Alonso and Hamilton are some examples. Stroll did OK when it was announced he was staying then went back to being rubbish and Perez stopped performing from Miami onwards.
@@harry4454 he also got a win in 2021 when RB was the 2nd fastest, one of his 2 wins from 2022 was when Ferrari was the dominant car, also could’ve won Saudi Arabia 2022 if it wasn’t because of the SC, and had the possibility of winning 2 races (Malaysia and Monza) back when he was in Sauber 2012, which was the 5th fastest car that year, he really sucks right now but he wasn’t always bad, just like Ricciardo
Being a Canadian F1 supporter is so rough. We have to support our own, but all of the country's motorsport talent went into Gilles Villeneuve and I guess we got nothing left now. On behalf of my country, unsurprisingly, I am sorry.
In summary: Nothings going on with Alex. You’re taking things out of context of his career even this season. We can’t judge a couple of poor races from what we’ve come to expect, that is him outperforming the car. Stick Alex in any team, Aston, Ferrari, alpine, he’ll be there or there abouts. Is he WC material; no no he’s not, but he’s naturally talented as half the grid is
Couldn’t disagree more. Doesn’t handle pressure well. Been very lucky to have very ordinary teammates the last couple of years (Latifi, Sargent) to make him look good.
Colapinto is not better than albon at the moment. He is performing on his level and we got so used to him obilerating Sargent that equal performance is making albon look bad. That being said franco is doing a phenomenal job as a rookie and needs a seat so that we can see his full potential.
@@mysterionslyther5762 what happened in the rain before Alex threw it all away he was 2nd behind max where was Colapinto. I think Alex has had more than few unlucky events your boy Colapinto has been brave in some areas lucky more than anything and better than what Alex was used to as his team mate but sample size is too small to conclude Col > Alex
I think some formula 1 fans have the memory of a goldfish and their opinions are often based in half-truths. They will take anything out of context so that it fits their biases and the narrative they want to believe and go out of their way to make sure everyone knows that opinion and sell it as facts.
The thing is that in Formula 1 you're only as good as your last races, and Albon has been underperforming lately. That's sure to raise some questions about why a guy who used to run all over his teammates suddenly is not able to perform anymore.
@@rafaelpereira1074the thing is you’re not and that whole “only good as your last race” is a bullshit made up statement from DTS that fans now use. F1 teams don’t look at your last race
@@rafaelpereira1074 the " you're only as good as your last race" is hogwash bullshit and anyone who believes it is either 1: New to F1. 2: Not paying any attention. 3: A brainless dipshit that swallows whatever DTS and Sky Sports F1 tells them. True in F1 grasping the moment is very important, but teams are not fucking idiots. EVERYTHING they do is calculated.
Is that the case though? Two bad weekends out of the 6 they have been together. Even against Latifi and Sargeant he wasnt having his best level weekend every time.
@@DeathBlocks There's nothing worse than having a hungry teammate. The other two were mentally burned out, but Franco handles it differently. He's young, talented, mentally strong and ambitious... and he's still looking for a seat while Stroll is still after daddy's money. Anyway...
@@fedecasares This has absolutely nothing to do with Colapinto. More likely it is a delight to have Franco alongside. The thing is with you socially inept delinquents, you overreact after a few races like the friendless clowns you lot are - just so you can so oh look haha he's not so good as his teammate - like that is some kind of a high.
He DNF'd at Singapore from an engine failure. Took damage on Lap 1 at COTA. Got squeezed at Mexico on Lap 1, ending his race. Had an incident in quali, like Alonso and Sainz at Brazil while having one of the quicker lap times in Q3, just unfortunate that his crash was worse than the others and occured with the delayed Quali which didn't give him enough time to get back in the race. All this after doing quite well at Monza and Baku. I don't think there is anything wrong.
I am Canadian and Albon is my second favourite driver so take that into consideration, but I think he is a good driver and before Franco joined Williams I would have said great driver. I agree he had shit teammates before and seems to crumble under pressure but I'm hoping Sainz joining the team will reignite his focus and fire and have a good season next year. I'm not dumb though Carlos will crush him.
Love the guy, but he'll always be Alex 'They Race Me So Hard' Albon. He's been untested for a while now, which has helped him shine in a car that isn't competitive. The last season he faced any real pressure was during his off year in DTM with Lawson, where he was beaten by 97 points. You can see why RedBull were keen to let him go to Williams after that, because Liam was their new reserve driver. The fact is, Albon just doesn't do well under pressure. Driving a car that nobody expects great results from alleviated a lot of the pressure for him, because now he just had to bring it home and MAYBE score a point. Then his teammates at Williams, title deciding drivers in their ability to bring out flags, weren't competitive enough to apply that pressure. So, things looked good. He had no pressure due to an objectively poor car, and no pressure due to poor teammates. Colapinto then showed up and immediately the pressure is back on him. Now he's pushing harder and making mistakes because of it. His radio call in Singapore was just the return of Alex 'They Race Me So Hard' Albon, and I think Williams would be wise to keep Colapinto around next season as the pressure builds with the arrival of Sainz.
Sadly 'They are racing so hard' lives rent free in his head. Latifi and Sargeant was nowhere near real benchmarks. Colapinto proves why he was dropped by Red Bull.
It's what I've never gotten. How do you call his teammates as the worst in the sport but praise him for washing them? He's good but people where really putting him on par with Leclerc and Russell.
We have not seen Russell in a car worth wins since 2020 when he subbed in for Hamilton for the one race. And he still has wins to his name the last 3 yrs. He’s currently beating Lewis. I won’t hear the Russell slander
Leclerc -> Russell -> Lando Albon is not very close to any of them. He is closer to Gasly and Ocon. If Lando is no wdc material, then Albon isn't either. Sainz will be comfortably beating Albon in most races and take away any of the last parts of hype that he Albon had around him.
so many people in the comments saying Alex has had a couple of bad races and you’re taking it out of context so you can’t judge him as a driver based on that but don’t y’all get that’s how the sport works?!? with the pool of talent available you don’t get do-overs. these are supposed to be the 20 best drivers in the world and should be held to a very high performance standard imo. think about how the team principals and upper management are looking at Alex and Franco’s performances in comparison to each other with their different experience levels and try to understand why Alex’s seat could be in danger. I like Alex as a person off the track but I don’t think he’s quite good enough, if he can make it to 2026 maybe the new reg cars will suit him better but I’ve personally never thought his driving was anything special. I’m hoping that Franco stays as William’s reserve for next year and if Alex ends up being clapped by Carlos then put Franco in and let him keep the seat through 2026. it’s all just a waiting game atp to see what happens next performance wise for Alex and contract wise for Franco.
He`s a good driver. He`s just insecure because the kid`s quick. He was comfortabily gliding, and now, in order not to be beaten by a rookie, he`s struggling to keep the car between the white lines. Three weekends to go. I think Franco`s gonna win his seat for next year most definitely, and Alex is gonna wake up and remember he was a fast driver once again. That`s my prediction. Check on you in a month or so to see how I did. Cheers
Colapinto is doing well, but no way has he demonstrated that he is better than Albon. Albon is beating him head to head in qualifying, and Colapinto has only done better in races because Albon has had some poor luck with DNFs and damage to his car.
He has been massively flattered by having Sargeant and Latifi as team mates. Colapinto has not really impressed in F3 or F2, yet is making him look very ordinary now. I predict Sainz is going to destroy him and end his career in F1.
He can't handle pressure. No dancing around that. With all the training F1 drivers do, it's kinda silly to not have a mental coach. Not sure if it is the new generation, but this kinda crap you didnt hear in the 90's and 00's.
Franco has had a sports psychologist and a personal coach since he was 12. The guy went to live ALONE in Italy when he was 14. I think that working on his mentality is key to doing this job well.
I wrote off a whole pack of drivers including Gasly and Ocon because the influx of new talent and then watched them bag a 2-3 while most of the new talent couldn't drive for shit when the rain came so... I'm not writing Alex off... But who knows, he's got Colapinto sitting in the wings now so it's how he the handles pressure now...
Gasly and Ocon are both good, well-rounded drivers, but that's it. Their car was better-suited to those specific conditions than most, and because of their spot in the standings, they had nothing better to do than gamble on the red flag. That's not to take anything away from their performance, which was great, but those guys in that car have only finished in the top 10 in 8 out of the previous 20 races, never higher than 9th. That said, the car has been mostly dogshit this season, so writing them off makes little sense to me.
Wouldn't it be a shame if literally every driver makes those sort of comments. Russell in imola 2021, seb in china 2016, Max in Baku 2022, Norris in Monza this year and the list goes on, and on, and on... So, grow up.
Alex also commended Franco on it after the race when he saw it from different angles. Meanwhile, Sainz whined and blamed Franco for his finishing spot. Sainz also reported "the Williams car" in Brazil for trying to take adv at T1.
As a retired Microsoft consultant I feel duty bound to correct you on product naming. BPOS became Office 365 which was renamed Microsoft 365 a few years back. #keepitreal
Albon has still got it. If he didn't crash in sau paulo he could've gotten the pole there. But the thing is everything seems to be going against him now.
"Half taxidermied Austrian" Congrats, this is the level of comedy I subbed up for. Finally back at the levels you have, excellent yet painful intro also!
Albon got his ass whooped by Verstappen, then when he got back in 2022, because of his shit teammates, people thought he improved massively and now he could go for top teams. Then Colapinto came and Alex started crumbling under pressure
Nothing. Colapinto is great but Alex is 5-1 up in qualy and has outscored him in points. He has simply been unlucky and made a few silly errors which all drivers do (more than a quarter of the grid spun in Brazil - including Alonso).
Honestly just give albon some time .... He is just really unlucky right now ... Luck doesn't give you 27 points last year and 12 points this year it requires skill
During Sau Paulo he mentioned he heard a beep in his ear when he braked into T1, which usually means a brake failure. He does really good during qualifying but races… he must crack under pressure
William should dump Albon and keep Colapinto and Sainz. I want to feel for the guy but he doesn’t help himself. Kinda like lando making excuses. I always remember when he said “they’re racing me too hard”
Lol .. Horner & Marko weren't cr4zy when they let him go mid-season .. only thing making him look good so far was that there was no compitition around him to compare his performance and the moment there will be a good compitent teammate around his flaws and capabilities will only become more evidant.
they didn't let him go mid season. and there was competition around him because there are 19 other drivers on the grid and he has beaten many of them time and time again.
Argentinian here. I don't think Albon is a bad driver and I also don't think he should be compared 100% to Franco, no matter the results. Alex is the #1 driver this year and as much as Franco has rocked half the grid with his performances Alex has years of experience in the sport. I do feel, however, that if Albon keeps overperforming and taking higher risks than necessary to assert his position and his seat, he's gonna screw himself up.
I just want people to put into perspective just because you can drive a Williams to some points doesn't mean you can drive a Red Bull, Red Bull rejects went to Williams and people that came from Williams went to Red Bull got fired.
Decent midfield runner. Not championship material. Better than checko at the moment, but who isn’t. I hate to say that. It definitely hurts when a rookie with no experience is doing just as good if not better. Just my two cents. Not a bad driver all in all. Definitely, not the best. I’d rank him 1/3 at best probably 1/2 best of the grid. Solid midfield guy
For sure he'll do better with Sainz, I feel like having to go head to head with a rookie is a lot of pressure (under no means can you be outraced by a rookie with no prep) and that gets into your head for sure.
@@theorenhobart most expect sainz to get better results, that's an inmediate pressure release for alex as he won't have to be making sure he's the top car every race.
Alex is not a bad driver but I dont think he is main driver material, the fact hes being exposed by a rook driving a Miata should make the case for Colapinto at least having a seat next season, but as per usual Williams is doing Williams things lol. I just hope Franco lands on a team that can actually give him a fair shot, I mean, they did sabotage his race in Br, dude was asking for extreme rain tires but was denied by the team, they literally told him: 'do your job let us do ours' LMAO
I think Albon will fall apart next season. The pressure will be on him to compete with Sainz, and as you said, he doesn't handle pressure well. I think we'll see him get further away from Sainz as the year progresses and as more questions are raised about his future at the team, he'll begin to crash more. If Colapinto doesn't get the RB seat, I reckon he'll replace Albon at Williams for 2026
And Franco in Singapour after the race: "sorry guys i can push more because i think a little sick" finally a seconds of the points. Just diferent personality nothing to do
He either puts up a fight next year against Sainz or Vowels will very much like get rid of the last traces of the previous administration which were using Excel as inventory management software 😂
i wouldn't rate albon as so-called wdc material, but i just don't think we can judge his actual performance based off the past four races. i also think it's oddly negative for so many people to be unable to rate both drivers. sort of an "if colapinto is good then albon must be bad" mentality which is neither logical nor healthy. they're both good drivers, colapinto being much better than expected, and albon has had some particularly odd luck lately.
*Not really.* It would be a _DISASTROUS_ move PR wise, which would probably hurt them financially. They're better served by keeping him as a reserve driver, getting him a drive in a different category or maybe having him drive for another team temporarily. Franco is young and the Argentinians will always be passionate. They need to be smart with what they do, otherwise it will cost them.
Ive never been convinced by albon. We only seen him in a rookie year against kvyat and then next to max and since then against in all respects drivers who wouldn't have made it had they not had money. Now suddenly a young hot shots in the seat he looks spooked.
Creo que Albon es un gran piloto y un excelente compañero de equipo, por eso es que es un piloto de fórmula 1. Tiene que estar tranquilo y disfrutar las carreras como lo está haciendo colapinto en esta temporada hasta que llegue Saiz. El es el líder en el equipo en este momento y estoy seguro que colapinto está aprendiendo mucho de el también por eso no tiene que dejar se llevar por la presión. Alex y Franco hacen una excelente dupla y competir entre ellos haría que ambos mejoren y se vuelvan más rápidos en el Williams.
Don't think Albon's terrible. Pretty decent. Not Verstappen-level material. As for Perez, he's probably driving the RB on the level it's really at. Literally taking Verstappen out of the equation there. What might come into play for Albon is the added mental load/pressure. With other teammates at Williams, he would have been relatively pressure-free. I do expect Sainz to beat Albon overall next year.
Alex has had some terrible luck lately! A couple of lap 1 damage will do that. I guess when you start in the mid / rear of the pack this is always a big risk going into Turn 1. Collipinto also is very aggressive (which is good) but also has pushed his luck sometimes I feel pushing others off track (very much like max) But FairPlay it’s good to see a good fight between the 2. Alex will come back I’m sure
As a Thai person I am disappointed with red balls decision to drop him cuz red bull as a company originally in Thailand so the fact that they just cast him aside like that is really just not cool
I wonder if that is whaat made talks of Franco going elsewhere breakdown. If Alex is not keeping up with him and doesn't do well against Carlos next year I would not be surprised if there is a mid season swap coming next year, something that couldn't happen if Colapinto was contracted out somewhere else even for just a season
Perez is still facts over emotion. Fact is all those constructor championship points lost will eventually be a net gain for RedBull in the coming new regulations. The money he brings in probably negates the prize decrease but most importantly the wind tunnel time increase would be invaluable.
I'm pretty sure when Alex was at RB he had a whole lot of other family stuff going on so not only under the blow torch of F1 pressure but dealing with very negative and painful external pressure that was beyond his control. Some people need to get out of their glasshouses before throwing stones!
I think its a bit of a new situation for him , and I think the pressure might be getting to him. But lets not forget, he was only outqualified once in normal Qualifying, not even due to his fault, and once in sprint qualifying. Compared to Hülkenbergs record compared to Bearman and Tsunodas compared to Lawson thats very good. None the less it's certainly his worst part of the season.
Crazy how some drivers get a pass from this type of criticism while for as long as I have followed F1 Albon is always getting thrown into the fire. Where’s all the calls for Perez at? Don’t get me started on washed Ricciardo just because he was liked he deserved basically 3 chances? Gtfo
I am forming a new theory that the reason Perez is still at RB is because he doesn't get a salary. Cheko is just so star struck to be in a red bull he is paying Helmut to stay at the team
I have to say I really didn’t know or care who he was until only recently with Colapinto. He is a really great guy I just dont know how good he really is as a driver.
He is mentally fragile and cracks under competitive pressure. A technically very good driver but competition from the team mate unravels him and the signs are showing with the arrival of Colapinto.
I’m honestly sick of people calling him washed, he’s not even done that badly as of recent, but has just had horrible luck. Should he be doing a bit better, maybe. I’m an Alex fan through and through but everyone has put this on themselves by rating him stupidly highly, and then complain when he doesn’t do as well as you thought he did. It’s just another story everyone is desperately trying to find because they don’t like him anymore after he made a comment about the Franco move in Singapore (which is dumb, considering he said the move was fair afterwards). The f1 community always tries to find a new driver to hate
He also said Bearman is an idiot and Yuki and other idiot , and he. Rectified about Franco because it was terrible what he did Franco was in his 2 nd race and apart from been a rookie he did not have as much chances as other drivers to participate in f3 and f2 races … Franco will bring himself up and also be supported by his countries through important company from suthamerica .
@ yes , you are right spanish is my mother tongue. What I meant was that Alex always blame the other drivers, he made it with Franco in singapure, He made it with Bearman in México ( Ollie and Franco both rookies) and also he made it with Yuki in México, on the radio in all of the cases. And about Franco what I meant was that he is building up , we do not know if he is going to race next year or if he will be at Williams as a reserve driver. But what we know is that he did not have as much possibilities as other drivers to even participate in races and if he did it was not in top teams. That is why he has not only support from his fans but also some few big companies that will back up him. For instance Mercadolibre ( argentinian owner) which is a small equivalent as Amazon but mainly in central and south América . That is why the car has a yellow part now.
@@lauramartinolich8100 I’m not sure Alex said anything about the tsunoda incident plus it wasn’t anyone’s fault. I imagine it’s easy due to the pressure for drivers to get frustrated in the cockpit (but outside he acknowledged his mistakes unlike Lance stroll)
@ he did he called him Idiot, and yes of Course it is not the bad Word what matters, it is the fact that he always blame others. And yes you are right it was a race incident no one fault .
Racing and racing under pressure are very different things (your teammate beating you) even if the team isn’t putting pressure on you still leaves you with pressure
Culture either makes or ruins people, someone like Verstappen had a relentless childhood so the pressure and stakes at F1 suit him well. Fan favorites are easily liked by teams. People with no recognition are easily swept under the rug. It's a shame to see people with talent without adequate support against someone like Stroll. It's always just a money game though
I think this year we are seeing and finding out a lot of things. Pérez and Bottas are just not there mentally anymore, Albon and Ricciardo are not what people thought, and those who still deserve a seat (K-Mag, Colapinto, and rookies like Hadjar) won't have it next year
magnussen sometimes is disgusting, dirty driver, this season he faked a car failure to end qualy earlier and dont allowing other drivers to complete their laps,(forced yellow flag) that was the end for me, since then i cant stand him
This video is an absolute desperate grab for any form of content, sorry. A run of a few average races doesn’t correlate to a ‘what the hell is happening to’ video. That work work for Perez, though.
I think Albon is out racing the Williams. The rest of the grid are improving (Ignoring Aston martin) which creates a tight field and a tough time getting points. I think both he and Colapinto are doing better than they should be with the excel designed battery advertisement they have. But when they reach the limit of the car, they loose it and make James glad he isn't in America and there isn't a gun laying around somewhere near bye to turn on himself...oh wait.
Whats annoying is Alex getting fired from redbull before he could eat his damn breakfast when perez is at an all you can eat buffet whilst throwing shit at the servers.
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One of them is a pay driver sooo
They BOTH suck equally hard! 😆
Alex ain’t getting that James love anymore, poor guy
Albon vs Sainz teammate battle in 2025 could get very intense.😅
Cause Alex is trash lmao
@@purwantiallan5089 More like Sainz will expose Albon or even worse both drivers will expose Williams having a shitty car that loves to spin that broke many rookie drivers
He had his chance, he did nothing even franco outshadows him
@@BettercallRaf445with crash something like that
After Sao Paulo Grand Prix Alex Albon is currently 0.2 million dollars behind Sergio Perez on the world destructor's championship
this really should be a thing
Sergio Pérez destructors champion 💪💪💪
Perez is in the best car. Perez should not even be close in this destructor competition.
Alex brazil was a brake failure
Two of Alex’s major crashes weren’t his fault. Context is important.
some drivers are really struggling this year with their mind-space performance.
There's an extremely valid reason why (most especially those with a sensitive temperament) - but I doubt anyone would understand or accept it - sadly
Too much races in a season?
It seems to me that any driver who signed a contract extension starter to struggle this year, Tsunoda, Alonso and Hamilton are some examples. Stroll did OK when it was announced he was staying then went back to being rubbish and Perez stopped performing from Miami onwards.
@@foxy126pl6thats one of them. 2024 season alone has 24 rounds.
@@purwantiallan5089 Waaah the drivers getting paid multi millions are having to work for it waaaaaahh
If it’s any consolation for Albon, at least he’s not Pérez
Cheque-o Payrez... xD
No, you're right - Perez actually has some race wins to his name.
@@Valentin-ve6msthanks to a copy of the fastest f1 car and thanks to the most dominant f1 car lol
@@harry4454 he also got a win in 2021 when RB was the 2nd fastest, one of his 2 wins from 2022 was when Ferrari was the dominant car, also could’ve won Saudi Arabia 2022 if it wasn’t because of the SC, and had the possibility of winning 2 races (Malaysia and Monza) back when he was in Sauber 2012, which was the 5th fastest car that year, he really sucks right now but he wasn’t always bad, just like Ricciardo
or stroll...
Being a Canadian F1 supporter is so rough. We have to support our own, but all of the country's motorsport talent went into Gilles Villeneuve and I guess we got nothing left now. On behalf of my country, unsurprisingly, I am sorry.
Many great Canadian drivers coming up the ranks.
His son 😂😂😂
I am Canadian, not a day in my life would i support lance stroll. Latifi is my goat tho
What kind of Canadian are you if you have not heard of Jaques Vileneuve!? You know, Gilles's son and F1 World Champion with Williams!
There's stroll
Alex is a midfield driver who finally has a decent team-mate. No crisis here
Decent teammate?
LMAO… this spoiled faster than expired milk
In summary: Nothings going on with Alex. You’re taking things out of context of his career even this season. We can’t judge a couple of poor races from what we’ve come to expect, that is him outperforming the car. Stick Alex in any team, Aston, Ferrari, alpine, he’ll be there or there abouts. Is he WC material; no no he’s not, but he’s naturally talented as half the grid is
@@FormulaGuppy if I Am not wrong Williams gage him sargeant car’s to race because he crashed his own car … so yes this is not a good year for Albon
Coming back to this next year when he gets dropped
when you say'WC' we are talking World Championship ? no?
@@Mr-Nuke.he signed a contract extension…
Couldn’t disagree more. Doesn’t handle pressure well. Been very lucky to have very ordinary teammates the last couple of years (Latifi, Sargent) to make him look good.
Alex finally sitting next to someone with a future and it's not good for his own career. Haven't we seen this before?
They are racing so hard
@@bumblebity2902 that was taken out of context 🙄
We never really knew how good the Williams was and considered Albon the Limit, Colapinto came in an showed us different really.
Colapinto is not better than albon at the moment. He is performing on his level and we got so used to him obilerating Sargent that equal performance is making albon look bad. That being said franco is doing a phenomenal job as a rookie and needs a seat so that we can see his full potential.
@@mysterionslyther5762 what happened in the rain before Alex threw it all away he was 2nd behind max where was Colapinto. I think Alex has had more than few unlucky events your boy Colapinto has been brave in some areas lucky more than anything and better than what Alex was used to as his team mate but sample size is too small to conclude Col > Alex
@@sugar3234within his first 5 races of the pinnacle of motorsport and he has one of the hardest races in modern f1
hot take maybe but Colapinto isnt the second coming of lewis hamilton people make him out to be.
@@afbahjfa of course he´s not jajaj. Hamilton is a generational talent. That being said, I do think Franco could be a great driver tho
I think some formula 1 fans have the memory of a goldfish and their opinions are often based in half-truths. They will take anything out of context so that it fits their biases and the narrative they want to believe and go out of their way to make sure everyone knows that opinion and sell it as facts.
The thing is that in Formula 1 you're only as good as your last races, and Albon has been underperforming lately. That's sure to raise some questions about why a guy who used to run all over his teammates suddenly is not able to perform anymore.
@@rafaelpereira1074the thing is you’re not and that whole “only good as your last race” is a bullshit made up statement from DTS that fans now use. F1 teams don’t look at your last race
@@rafaelpereira1074until it’s Riccardo and suddenly the “last race” mentality. Doesn’t apply.
@@rafaelpereira1074 the " you're only as good as your last race" is hogwash bullshit and anyone who believes it is either 1: New to F1. 2: Not paying any attention. 3: A brainless dipshit that swallows whatever DTS and Sky Sports F1 tells them. True in F1 grasping the moment is very important, but teams are not fucking idiots. EVERYTHING they do is calculated.
@@BenjaminTaccagni for ricciardo its "only as good as your last season with red bull"
I think Alex isn't that bad, but at the moment it looks like he cracks under the pressure of a competent teammate again.
Is that the case though? Two bad weekends out of the 6 they have been together. Even against Latifi and Sargeant he wasnt having his best level weekend every time.
@@DeathBlocks There's nothing worse than having a hungry teammate. The other two were mentally burned out, but Franco handles it differently. He's young, talented, mentally strong and ambitious... and he's still looking for a seat while Stroll is still after daddy's money. Anyway...
@@fedecasares This has absolutely nothing to do with Colapinto. More likely it is a delight to have Franco alongside. The thing is with you socially inept delinquents, you overreact after a few races like the friendless clowns you lot are - just so you can so oh look haha he's not so good as his teammate - like that is some kind of a high.
He DNF'd at Singapore from an engine failure.
Took damage on Lap 1 at COTA.
Got squeezed at Mexico on Lap 1, ending his race.
Had an incident in quali, like Alonso and Sainz at Brazil while having one of the quicker lap times in Q3, just unfortunate that his crash was worse than the others and occured with the delayed Quali which didn't give him enough time to get back in the race.
All this after doing quite well at Monza and Baku. I don't think there is anything wrong.
He’s just a mediocre driver, he’s a bottom half of the grid driver and that’s just a fact
Adversity doesn't build character, but reveals it.
Alex dies under pressure from team mates, EVERYWHERE
Lando also
Lets see if thats true
I am Canadian and Albon is my second favourite driver so take that into consideration, but I think he is a good driver and before Franco joined Williams I would have said great driver. I agree he had shit teammates before and seems to crumble under pressure but I'm hoping Sainz joining the team will reignite his focus and fire and have a good season next year. I'm not dumb though Carlos will crush him.
I hope your favourite driver isn't also canadian
@njurisch7267 no my favourite driver is leclerc even us Canadian's can't defend sir lancelot lol
Love the guy, but he'll always be Alex 'They Race Me So Hard' Albon. He's been untested for a while now, which has helped him shine in a car that isn't competitive. The last season he faced any real pressure was during his off year in DTM with Lawson, where he was beaten by 97 points. You can see why RedBull were keen to let him go to Williams after that, because Liam was their new reserve driver. The fact is, Albon just doesn't do well under pressure. Driving a car that nobody expects great results from alleviated a lot of the pressure for him, because now he just had to bring it home and MAYBE score a point. Then his teammates at Williams, title deciding drivers in their ability to bring out flags, weren't competitive enough to apply that pressure. So, things looked good. He had no pressure due to an objectively poor car, and no pressure due to poor teammates. Colapinto then showed up and immediately the pressure is back on him. Now he's pushing harder and making mistakes because of it. His radio call in Singapore was just the return of Alex 'They Race Me So Hard' Albon, and I think Williams would be wise to keep Colapinto around next season as the pressure builds with the arrival of Sainz.
@@vash_dakari 🩵🤍🩵 🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🧉
Sadly 'They are racing so hard' lives rent free in his head. Latifi and Sargeant was nowhere near real benchmarks. Colapinto proves why he was dropped by Red Bull.
100%
And now it turns out that RedBull are rejecting Franco.
@@EvolianTiger for good messaure hype is dying because for being crash prone
@@bumblebity2902 The hype was never appropriate. He was never better than Albon.
It's what I've never gotten. How do you call his teammates as the worst in the sport but praise him for washing them? He's good but people where really putting him on par with Leclerc and Russell.
The jury is out on Russell and Leclerc and Norris.
@@TheSt1092 not LeClerc who consistently (multiple years final score) beat a multiple world champion...
Leclerc is a step above George and Lando. I won't hear otherwise.
We have not seen Russell in a car worth wins since 2020 when he subbed in for Hamilton for the one race. And he still has wins to his name the last 3 yrs. He’s currently beating Lewis. I won’t hear the Russell slander
Leclerc -> Russell -> Lando
Albon is not very close to any of them. He is closer to Gasly and Ocon.
If Lando is no wdc material, then Albon isn't either. Sainz will be comfortably beating Albon in most races and take away any of the last parts of hype that he Albon had around him.
so many people in the comments saying Alex has had a couple of bad races and you’re taking it out of context so you can’t judge him as a driver based on that but don’t y’all get that’s how the sport works?!? with the pool of talent available you don’t get do-overs. these are supposed to be the 20 best drivers in the world and should be held to a very high performance standard imo. think about how the team principals and upper management are looking at Alex and Franco’s performances in comparison to each other with their different experience levels and try to understand why Alex’s seat could be in danger. I like Alex as a person off the track but I don’t think he’s quite good enough, if he can make it to 2026 maybe the new reg cars will suit him better but I’ve personally never thought his driving was anything special. I’m hoping that Franco stays as William’s reserve for next year and if Alex ends up being clapped by Carlos then put Franco in and let him keep the seat through 2026. it’s all just a waiting game atp to see what happens next performance wise for Alex and contract wise for Franco.
How the tables turn.
He`s a good driver. He`s just insecure because the kid`s quick. He was comfortabily gliding, and now, in order not to be beaten by a rookie, he`s struggling to keep the car between the white lines. Three weekends to go. I think Franco`s gonna win his seat for next year most definitely, and Alex is gonna wake up and remember he was a fast driver once again.
That`s my prediction. Check on you in a month or so to see how I did.
Cheers
They started racing him hard again
Colapinto is doing well, but no way has he demonstrated that he is better than Albon. Albon is beating him head to head in qualifying, and Colapinto has only done better in races because Albon has had some poor luck with DNFs and damage to his car.
Colapinto had insane luck getting into the points. All his other races he has been pretty much average. No wonder hes gone next season
He has been massively flattered by having Sargeant and Latifi as team mates. Colapinto has not really impressed in F3 or F2, yet is making him look very ordinary now. I predict Sainz is going to destroy him and end his career in F1.
I don't predict that, but we Will see
He can't handle pressure. No dancing around that. With all the training F1 drivers do, it's kinda silly to not have a mental coach. Not sure if it is the new generation, but this kinda crap you didnt hear in the 90's and 00's.
Franco actually has a psychologist! He said it in an interview and the psychologist was doing interviews in argentinian tv
Franco has had a sports psychologist and a personal coach since he was 12. The guy went to live ALONE in Italy when he was 14. I think that working on his mentality is key to doing this job well.
I wrote off a whole pack of drivers including Gasly and Ocon because the influx of new talent and then watched them bag a 2-3 while most of the new talent couldn't drive for shit when the rain came so... I'm not writing Alex off... But who knows, he's got Colapinto sitting in the wings now so it's how he the handles pressure now...
They only got there because of a red flag and a free tyre change
@@mikejay8888 yet he was some how 2nd place behind max at same time under same conditions and rules. Don't understand your logic
Gasly and Ocon are both good, well-rounded drivers, but that's it. Their car was better-suited to those specific conditions than most, and because of their spot in the standings, they had nothing better to do than gamble on the red flag. That's not to take anything away from their performance, which was great, but those guys in that car have only finished in the top 10 in 8 out of the previous 20 races, never higher than 9th.
That said, the car has been mostly dogshit this season, so writing them off makes little sense to me.
Albon it's fast, and maybe outpass Franco in qualy, but Colapinto is more consistent and better in a long race and managing the car 🇦🇷
*Mark my words: Albon will crumble as a driver next to Carlos.*
Maybe. Carlos is overated though.
@@58teaspoon No
I got an Albon Kraken crypto ad before this video lol
I liked albon, but he lost me when he complained about franco's move at Singapore t1. From then onwards, franco all the way
Wouldn't it be a shame if literally every driver makes those sort of comments. Russell in imola 2021, seb in china 2016, Max in Baku 2022, Norris in Monza this year and the list goes on, and on, and on... So, grow up.
That moment had the same vibes as "they race me so hard" at Red Bull (Eifel GP?)
@@lukebrommage2420 russell lost me with his abu Dhabi 2021 tweets tbh
Alex also commended Franco on it after the race when he saw it from different angles. Meanwhile, Sainz whined and blamed Franco for his finishing spot. Sainz also reported "the Williams car" in Brazil for trying to take adv at T1.
I don't feel he's struggling at all at the moment. It's been a bad run of races, but no long run and Albon is for the majority not at fault.
As a retired Microsoft consultant I feel duty bound to correct you on product naming. BPOS became Office 365 which was renamed Microsoft 365 a few years back. #keepitreal
retired? so you're working on LibreOffice now? :D
Albon has still got it. If he didn't crash in sau paulo he could've gotten the pole there. But the thing is everything seems to be going against him now.
Squeezed by Tsounda and Gasly, engine issue, damage, crash from P2, and then overheating issue.
He can't handle the pressure. RB made the right call.
"Half taxidermied Austrian"
Congrats, this is the level of comedy I subbed up for.
Finally back at the levels you have, excellent yet painful intro also!
Feels like abit of a non-story tbh
Albon got his ass whooped by Verstappen, then when he got back in 2022, because of his shit teammates, people thought he improved massively and now he could go for top teams. Then Colapinto came and Alex started crumbling under pressure
100%
Nothing. Colapinto is great but Alex is 5-1 up in qualy and has outscored him in points. He has simply been unlucky and made a few silly errors which all drivers do (more than a quarter of the grid spun in Brazil - including Alonso).
Honestly just give albon some time .... He is just really unlucky right now ... Luck doesn't give you 27 points last year and 12 points this year it requires skill
but money does
During Sau Paulo he mentioned he heard a beep in his ear when he braked into T1, which usually means a brake failure. He does really good during qualifying but races… he must crack under pressure
William should dump Albon and keep Colapinto and Sainz. I want to feel for the guy but he doesn’t help himself. Kinda like lando making excuses. I always remember when he said “they’re racing me too hard”
lol not even mentioning stroll
Lol .. Horner & Marko weren't cr4zy when they let him go mid-season ..
only thing making him look good so far was that there was no compitition around him to compare his performance and the moment there will be a good compitent teammate around his flaws and capabilities will only become more evidant.
they didn't let him go mid season. and there was competition around him because there are 19 other drivers on the grid and he has beaten many of them time and time again.
Argentinian here. I don't think Albon is a bad driver and I also don't think he should be compared 100% to Franco, no matter the results. Alex is the #1 driver this year and as much as Franco has rocked half the grid with his performances Alex has years of experience in the sport. I do feel, however, that if Albon keeps overperforming and taking higher risks than necessary to assert his position and his seat, he's gonna screw himself up.
I think Albon raced better when he had frosted tips 9:19
I just want people to put into perspective just because you can drive a Williams to some points doesn't mean you can drive a Red Bull, Red Bull rejects went to Williams and people that came from Williams went to Red Bull got fired.
I always thought Albon was on pair with the top drivers. Now it's confirmed that Sainz will smoke him next year
Thanks!
Thanks man!!
It's not that Albon is suddenly worse. It's just that Colapinto is indeed great. By the way, Franco isn't outperforming Alex, but he seems able to.
Decent midfield runner. Not championship material. Better than checko at the moment, but who isn’t. I hate to say that. It definitely hurts when a rookie with no experience is doing just as good if not better. Just my two cents. Not a bad driver all in all. Definitely, not the best. I’d rank him 1/3 at best probably 1/2 best of the grid. Solid midfield guy
For sure he'll do better with Sainz, I feel like having to go head to head with a rookie is a lot of pressure (under no means can you be outraced by a rookie with no prep) and that gets into your head for sure.
sainz is green too. how is he going to help
@@theorenhobart most expect sainz to get better results, that's an inmediate pressure release for alex as he won't have to be making sure he's the top car every race.
I just can't see Alex competing with Sainz, who can perform relatively close to Leclerc and beat him on a good day.
Alex is not a bad driver but I dont think he is main driver material, the fact hes being exposed by a rook driving a Miata should make the case for Colapinto at least having a seat next season, but as per usual Williams is doing Williams things lol. I just hope Franco lands on a team that can actually give him a fair shot, I mean, they did sabotage his race in Br, dude was asking for extreme rain tires but was denied by the team, they literally told him: 'do your job let us do ours' LMAO
I just think he finally has a good team mate for the first time in a while and the pressure is getting to him
I think Albon will fall apart next season. The pressure will be on him to compete with Sainz, and as you said, he doesn't handle pressure well. I think we'll see him get further away from Sainz as the year progresses and as more questions are raised about his future at the team, he'll begin to crash more. If Colapinto doesn't get the RB seat, I reckon he'll replace Albon at Williams for 2026
Albon in Brazil: "Did my brakes fail?"
And Franco in Singapour after the race: "sorry guys i can push more because i think a little sick" finally a seconds of the points. Just diferent personality nothing to do
Great stuff Will! 🙂
He either puts up a fight next year against Sainz or Vowels will very much like get rid of the last traces of the previous administration which were using Excel as inventory management software 😂
i wouldn't rate albon as so-called wdc material, but i just don't think we can judge his actual performance based off the past four races. i also think it's oddly negative for so many people to be unable to rate both drivers. sort of an "if colapinto is good then albon must be bad" mentality which is neither logical nor healthy. they're both good drivers, colapinto being much better than expected, and albon has had some particularly odd luck lately.
I guess anyone can look brilliant next to Logan Sargeant...
Doesn’t it seem like it makes sense for them to drop Alex next year because of the marketing and talent of the other drivers are all higher?
And Franco is superior and has has Carlos Sim cash that Perez won't need
*Not really.*
It would be a _DISASTROUS_ move PR wise, which would probably hurt them financially. They're better served by keeping him as a reserve driver, getting him a drive in a different category or maybe having him drive for another team temporarily.
Franco is young and the Argentinians will always be passionate. They need to be smart with what they do, otherwise it will cost them.
Not really. Albon is very popular and I don't think Colapinto is better than him.
Ive never been convinced by albon. We only seen him in a rookie year against kvyat and then next to max and since then against in all respects drivers who wouldn't have made it had they not had money. Now suddenly a young hot shots in the seat he looks spooked.
Albon got dropped because Red Bull put facts over emotion. Perez is staying because Red Bull is putting money over facts.
Creo que Albon es un gran piloto y un excelente compañero de equipo, por eso es que es un piloto de fórmula 1. Tiene que estar tranquilo y disfrutar las carreras como lo está haciendo colapinto en esta temporada hasta que llegue Saiz. El es el líder en el equipo en este momento y estoy seguro que colapinto está aprendiendo mucho de el también por eso no tiene que dejar se llevar por la presión. Alex y Franco hacen una excelente dupla y competir entre ellos haría que ambos mejoren y se vuelvan más rápidos en el Williams.
Don't think Albon's terrible. Pretty decent. Not Verstappen-level material. As for Perez, he's probably driving the RB on the level it's really at. Literally taking Verstappen out of the equation there. What might come into play for Albon is the added mental load/pressure. With other teammates at Williams, he would have been relatively pressure-free. I do expect Sainz to beat Albon overall next year.
Alex has had a pretty recent bad run of form. I think he is feeling the pressure from Franco.
Alex has had some terrible luck lately! A couple of lap 1 damage will do that. I guess when you start in the mid / rear of the pack this is always a big risk going into Turn 1.
Collipinto also is very aggressive (which is good) but also has pushed his luck sometimes I feel pushing others off track (very much like max)
But FairPlay it’s good to see a good fight between the 2.
Alex will come back I’m sure
As a Thai person I am disappointed with red balls decision to drop him cuz red bull as a company originally in Thailand so the fact that they just cast him aside like that is really just not cool
Albon had what Mick Schumacher had a really bad teammate which made him shine. Both got a competitive teammate and suddenly looked human so to speak.
I've said it for awhile that Albon isn't actually that good. People clown on Logan but Albon crashes as much and isn't that special.
"pushing Stephen Hawking down a flight of stairs".......I found that coffee can indeed come out of ones nose....LOL!!
I wonder if that is whaat made talks of Franco going elsewhere breakdown. If Alex is not keeping up with him and doesn't do well against Carlos next year I would not be surprised if there is a mid season swap coming next year, something that couldn't happen if Colapinto was contracted out somewhere else even for just a season
And to add that her Girlfriend is just with him because he is a F1 driver 😂😂😂
wouldve been top 5 in brazil if not for quali crash, wich was due topushing a williams to top 3 pace in q3
Nothing… his teammates at Williams have been Latifi and Sargent. The other 18 drivers on the grid would look like studs against those two.
Perez is still facts over emotion. Fact is all those constructor championship points lost will eventually be a net gain for RedBull in the coming new regulations. The money he brings in probably negates the prize decrease but most importantly the wind tunnel time increase would be invaluable.
I'm pretty sure when Alex was at RB he had a whole lot of other family stuff going on so not only under the blow torch of F1 pressure but dealing with very negative and painful external pressure that was beyond his control. Some people need to get out of their glasshouses before throwing stones!
I think its a bit of a new situation for him , and I think the pressure might be getting to him. But lets not forget, he was only outqualified once in normal Qualifying, not even due to his fault, and once in sprint qualifying. Compared to Hülkenbergs record compared to Bearman and Tsunodas compared to Lawson thats very good. None the less it's certainly his worst part of the season.
Crazy how some drivers get a pass from this type of criticism while for as long as I have followed F1 Albon is always getting thrown into the fire. Where’s all the calls for Perez at? Don’t get me started on washed Ricciardo just because he was liked he deserved basically 3 chances? Gtfo
Nothing is happening to Alex Albon, he was never that good. He was just against two of the worst F1 drivers in the last 10 years.
His 2019 partnership with Verstappen remains the most successful post-Ricciardo partnership in terms of the % of Driver 1's points scored by Driver 2.
Ngl at this point going the RBR is career suicide especially if you’re a rookie f1 driver😭. Unless you’re backed by liberty media.
I am forming a new theory that the reason Perez is still at RB is because he doesn't get a salary. Cheko is just so star struck to be in a red bull he is paying Helmut to stay at the team
We all assumed albon was doing a great job. In reality it was because sergeant was very poor
Sergio knows something about Marko or Christin they can’t get rid of him
Albon is and always has been far below average. Next season with Sainz in an equal car hes going to be destroyed.
Double overtake in Canada.
Whats going on with Albon? His car sucks!!!
Albon being disappointing as usual doesn't like being raced very hard
I have to say I really didn’t know or care who he was until only recently with Colapinto. He is a really great guy I just dont know how good he really is as a driver.
He is mentally fragile and cracks under competitive pressure. A technically very good driver but competition from the team mate unravels him and the signs are showing with the arrival of Colapinto.
This man is like, can I retire please 0:39
I’m honestly sick of people calling him washed, he’s not even done that badly as of recent, but has just had horrible luck. Should he be doing a bit better, maybe. I’m an Alex fan through and through but everyone has put this on themselves by rating him stupidly highly, and then complain when he doesn’t do as well as you thought he did. It’s just another story everyone is desperately trying to find because they don’t like him anymore after he made a comment about the Franco move in Singapore (which is dumb, considering he said the move was fair afterwards). The f1 community always tries to find a new driver to hate
He also said Bearman is an idiot and Yuki and other idiot , and he. Rectified about Franco because it was terrible what he did Franco was in his 2 nd race and apart from been a rookie he did not have as much chances as other drivers to participate in f3 and f2 races … Franco will bring himself up and also be supported by his countries through important company from suthamerica .
@ I’m sorry if English isn’t your primary language, but I can’t figure out what you’re trying to say.
@ yes , you are right spanish is my mother tongue. What I meant was that Alex always blame the other drivers, he made it with Franco in singapure, He made it with Bearman in México ( Ollie and Franco both rookies) and also he made it with Yuki in México, on the radio in all of the cases. And about Franco what I meant was that he is building up , we do not know if he is going to race next year or if he will be at Williams as a reserve driver. But what we know is that he did not have as much possibilities as other drivers to even participate in races and if he did it was not in top teams. That is why he has not only support from his fans but also some few big companies that will back up him. For instance Mercadolibre ( argentinian owner) which is a small equivalent as Amazon but mainly in central and south América . That is why the car has a yellow part now.
@@lauramartinolich8100 I’m not sure Alex said anything about the tsunoda incident plus it wasn’t anyone’s fault. I imagine it’s easy due to the pressure for drivers to get frustrated in the cockpit (but outside he acknowledged his mistakes unlike Lance stroll)
@ he did he called him Idiot, and yes of Course it is not the bad Word what matters, it is the fact that he always blame others. And yes you are right it was a race incident no one fault .
he just need to dye his hair again.
Funny AF, you have my sub!
The music had me triple checking this was FP1Will... W choice💯
Racing and racing under pressure are very different things (your teammate beating you) even if the team isn’t putting pressure on you still leaves you with pressure
Culture either makes or ruins people, someone like Verstappen had a relentless childhood so the pressure and stakes at F1 suit him well. Fan favorites are easily liked by teams. People with no recognition are easily swept under the rug. It's a shame to see people with talent without adequate support against someone like Stroll. It's always just a money game though
I want to know what was the creative decisionmaking behind putting smooth jazz to this video
I think this year we are seeing and finding out a lot of things. Pérez and Bottas are just not there mentally anymore, Albon and Ricciardo are not what people thought, and those who still deserve a seat (K-Mag, Colapinto, and rookies like Hadjar) won't have it next year
Magnussen didn't deserve the seat over Ocon or Bearman honestly...
magnussen sometimes is disgusting, dirty driver, this season he faked a car failure to end qualy earlier and dont allowing other drivers to complete their laps,(forced yellow flag) that was the end for me, since then i cant stand him
K-mag really? come on
Osama bin Mag does not deserve a seat 😂
bottas?....really?...what are you talking about...what could you expect from him with such a tractor of a car huh?
This video is an absolute desperate grab for any form of content, sorry. A run of a few average races doesn’t correlate to a ‘what the hell is happening to’ video. That work work for Perez, though.
I think Albon is out racing the Williams. The rest of the grid are improving (Ignoring Aston martin) which creates a tight field and a tough time getting points. I think both he and Colapinto are doing better than they should be with the excel designed battery advertisement they have. But when they reach the limit of the car, they loose it and make James glad he isn't in America and there isn't a gun laying around somewhere near bye to turn on himself...oh wait.