Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd View Post
Colapinto of course not crashy at all. Why isn't, say, Kevin Magnussen in the seat?
I do think this. Colapinto did well at Williams last season by virtue of not being as completely fucking useless as Sargent and Latifi. He made quite a few mistakes(which is to be expected), but I don't think he's going into that car and getting points consistently or anything and seems just as likely to be chucking it into the wall as Doohan is as well.

I think this impatience by teams seems to be getting worse partly because there are no real 'backmarkers' on the grid anymore who are content to pootle around and get zero points every season. I know Alpine are French, Haas are a bit shit and the Sauber is terrible(but even they are being bought out). In a previous life the likes of Doohan, Lawson etcetera would have had a year in a shitbag at the back of the grid being a lap or 2 laps behind the leaders and if they showed any talent at all they would have been picked up by a bigger team. Now the teams at the back are parachuting these guys in and can't fathom why they aren't automatically in the points after 2 or 3 races and why they are making mistakes.