re: 2022 Formula 1 Season Thread

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Yuki might have his last run too, possibly someone like Latifi since the money might run dry eventually.

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I believe rookies deserve a 2nd season because there is so little testing these days, the season itself is their graduate-level education. I wouldn't be surprised if Tsunoda washes out, and I wouldn't be surprised if he puts together a decent season. However, he seems too emotional and doesn't have that killer psychopathic instinct, so I will predict that he washes out. But I'm actually rooting for him.

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That is a lot of turnover though. Not sure there are 5 racers to fill the roles.

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There are plenty of drivers. Out of last year's F2 championship, only Zhou is in F1 now, and he only finished P3 in the championship. The top teams bring up veterans languishing on the slower teams, and the mid-field and backmarker teams look for a mixture of pay drivers, promising rookies, and demoted veterans, and there are plenty of them. Christian Lundgaard is a member of the Alpine Driver Academy but he saw the writing on the wall and signed up with IndyCar. The problem is drivers finding seats, not the other way around. The myth is that F1 employs 20 of the best drivers in the world.