Albon’s potential was clear before season began – Tost

18 comments on “Albon’s potential was clear before season began – Tost”

1. 

   DAllein (@)
   17th January 2020, 0:17

   Tata out?!
   Great! Maybe now we will get “proper” F1 TV PRO.

   Tata is not too bad of a company, and maybe provided good services to F1, but they utterly failed with the “showcase” piece – F1 TV.

   Hope Sky or some other company with expertize takes over, and we get rid of ridiculous (in 2020) 1 minute video feed delay, general lack of feed quality, and maybe even get a new application!
   1. 

      Fast
      17th January 2020, 1:59

      i’d have to err on tata not being able to fully integrate their vision within the f1 sub-culture. the interactive advances made have all been hard earned & fraught with skeptical counter-agendas. the f1tv issues appear to be within the front-end FOM eco-sphere. maybe there is another deal with an end to end provider. liberty certainly know several. but why change the lght-bulb unless it is or someone thinks it is broken.
   2. 

      LosD (@losd)
      17th January 2020, 7:58

      I don’t really mind the quality of F1 TV Pro. I just want support for ChromeCast or some set tip box, so I don’t have to drag a computer to my living room.

      Preferably ChromeCast, though. I don’t need more boxes.
   3. 

      Bruno Verrari
      17th January 2020, 10:03

      Viasat has a great, well-working streaming solution since nearly a decade…
      They also broadcast F1 in Scandinavia AND sell and promote F1TV pro (parr of their deal, I’d assume). Why not simply use theirs?
   4. 

      Sensord4notbeingafanboi (@peartree)
      17th January 2020, 15:14

      No not sky, f1 needs less sky involvement, consumers ought to have a true world feed, every other racing series has a standard dedicated world feed
2. 

   Cristiano Ferreira
   17th January 2020, 0:48

   What potential? So far Albon is not a huge improvement over Gasly. To be fair, he needs to be closer to Verstappen in terms of pace, something more like Bottas is to Hamilton just to give an example.
   1. 

      socksolid (@socksolid)
      17th January 2020, 2:04

      I don’t put much weight into what tost says about his drivers. He seems to value hard work ethic and dedication to team a lot more than natural speed and good performances in races. Excellent work ethic is of course important but only speed really matters. Everything else can be learned or managed. Albon is just seat filler until red bull can find a verstappen level driver. Call me an idiot if albon starts beating verstappen next season. My guess is that albon is 15th in the driver rankings next season.
      1. 

         Robbie (@robbie)
         17th January 2020, 14:20

         @socksolid There isn’t another Verstappen level driver to be found and I’m sure RBR don’t think of AA as a ‘seat filler’ given they know he has only had a part season with them. So all to play for this year when he’s had a fair shake and then we’ll see. Not sure why he has to be either beating Max, or 15th. He can do something great for himself and the team in between those two options.
   2. 

      Robbie (@robbie)
      17th January 2020, 5:16

      So to be fair, let’s give him a full preseason followed by a full season with the team, and I bet he shows us some chops in 2020.

      What potential? Ya…what do Marko, Horner, and Tost know anyway.
   3. 

      Jere (@jerejj)
      17th January 2020, 5:47

      @Cristiano Ferreira Well, both his results and pace were more consistent than his predecessors in the Red Bull, and I’m hopeful he’s going to get better from that.
      1. 

         Cristiano Ferreira
         18th January 2020, 5:11

         @jerejj

         I’m with @socksolid on this one…

         I don’t think Albon is better than Gasly, maybe they are equal in terms of skill or maybe Gasly has a bit more speed than him, but is not level headed or calm as Albon. And no, before you ask, i’m not a Gasly fan.

         Truth be told, all 3 drivers of the Red Bull program are fillers until the next Vettel or Verstappen appears. If either one of the 3 drivers turns to be a “Bottas like” driver (in terms of skill) RBR can consider themselves lucky already.

         I’m talking about those 3 but i dont think Kvyat will improve anymore.
   4. 

      gardenfella (@gardenfella72)
      17th January 2020, 7:41

      Albon is a big improvement over Gasly.

      https://www.racefans.net/2019/10/28/albon-has-out-scored-verstappen-since-joining-red-bull/

      Thrown into a car mid-season, he was always going to have a few iffy sessions getting used to the car. Spinning or crashing while pushing for fast times is normal in these situations. It’s better than being cautions, slow and lower down the timesheets than the car should be.
      1. 

         Bruno Verrari
         17th January 2020, 10:06

         Njae…he is, but not huge!
         He’ll need to beat the Madman 25% of the times to keep his seat! Preferably, also a win and five podiums are a necessiry…
3. 

   Jere (@jerejj)
   17th January 2020, 5:38

   Gino Bianco died on May 8, 1984, though.
4. 

   Shimks (@shimks)
   17th January 2020, 13:41

   Very interesting that Racer article on Tost and Albon.

   “He’s in his second season, and I always say that it takes three seasons minimum until a driver understands Formula 1,” he [Tost] said.

   “If you then have a driver alongside you like Max Verstappen, it’s on one hand very positive, because you can see where you gain time and where you lose time. But on the other hand, if he’s so fast it could be quite frustrating sometimes if you cannot match him. Alex should just concentrate on himself, he should learn, and then he will do it his way.”
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      Robbie (@robbie)
      17th January 2020, 14:13

      @shimks And the thing is, Max is exceptional, so all the more reason AA just has to go out there and learn and do his best. Is anybody really expecting he will match or beat Max? I don’t. But that doesn’t mean AA can’t also reach a level of exceptional, and be a really solid racer with a fantastic career in F1 ahead of him. I expect he will only get stronger and stronger and as I said above will at least have a full preseason and season this year at RBR, so I think he is going to get a really healthy amount of points for the team, be a disrupter to Merc and Ferrari, and at a minimum end up looking as a desirable driver to have in F1.
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         Shimks (@shimks)
         18th January 2020, 9:38

         Nice COTD, @robbie! :)
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   Tomcat173 (@tomcat173)
   18th January 2020, 9:51

   Thanks for COTD Keith!

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