Checo raced 90 GP with Red Bull earning five wins, 29 podiums, eight fastest laps, three pole positions, and 923 points with an average of 10.32 points per race. He is third all-time in Red Bull history.
The points are per race weekend aren't they? Because if they are, then every driver who has raced for Red Bull before Checo and the introduction of sprint races is in clear disadvantage
He had the best car on the grid for those 90 races. Having only 10 points per race is sad. There are only 6 drivers at Red Bull with over 28 races, and the other 4 didn’t have 100 percent of their races in a rocket ship. It’s a useless stat and when Apple to apples he won 5 to verstappens 53 and averages 10.3 points to 15.9. Even Riccardo had his 7 wins compared to verstappens 10.
Sorry that was not directed at your question about Sunday. I felt his numbers were higher than they should have been too. These numbers are skewed from the Red Bull car being so dominant in 22 and 23 where he was able to finish second even though he was a second behind max. This dude is claiming Perez is third best at Red Bull which is a joke. Third all time at Red Bull is insulting, even with it being a new team.
Stats lie all the time. It’s how you use them. His car was faster compared to the grid than any other driver for Red Bull. Verstappen had 10 wins in 96 races in a different Red Bull. In Perez’s Red Bull he had 53 wins in 90 races. You can not compare his skill against Vettles, webbers and Riccardo based off his point per race. You can against verstappen at during the same period in the same car and he got absolutely hammered.
You need proof that the Red Bull was faster than a Williams? If you’re actually serious there are lots of metrics you can use that aren’t drivers. Straight line speed, acceleration, braking, cornering speed, stability, race pace. Aerodynamics are the largest thing a team can change and they had Adrian Newey who is already a legend. They attracted the best in their fields. They pushed the rules and innovated everywhere. Even their pit crew was dominant. The Red Bull was so dominant they had the option to tune their cars to perform better in races because they had qualifying on lock down. There are a lot of good technical YouTube channels and F1 has some good shows.
You wrote a lot without showing a tangible metric that Red Bull was faster than the whole grid. You mentioned Newey as a legend and yet they didn't won when Verstappen had Ricciardo as a team-mate.
Show me a metric, an aerodynamic result, an innovation (a legal one) that no one had on the grid that made their cars faster than the rest. No rush, I can wait.
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u/TheOvercookedFlyer BWOAHHHHHHH 1d ago
Checo raced 90 GP with Red Bull earning five wins, 29 podiums, eight fastest laps, three pole positions, and 923 points with an average of 10.32 points per race. He is third all-time in Red Bull history.