I see so many people in tags and on my dash hurt by some of the Quali results and I just wanna cheer you up a bit. So if you click the ‘keep reading’ option I’ll talk about Lan, Seb, Carlos and Dan. I’ll give my view on the situation. Hopefully it will put a small smile on your face or it gives you some hope! 🧡✨
Lando
We gotta start with the boy who surprised us all this weekend. When I was watching FP3 I was amazed to see him in P2, just +0.4 seconds off Max’s time! He was pushing all Quali too! Track limits are rough, he should have been more careful. But it happened to so many other drivers this weekend. Lando of course spoke out and said that he fucked up, but the points are won tomorrow. Lando looks amazing in that McLaren, he got her under control and knows he can trust her when he will battle the people ahead of him tomorrow. If the track limit didn’t occur, we would be sooo proud of him. I am still proud of him! HE IS IN A MCLAREN! He almost put her on one of the front two row spots! Just imagine what he will do tomorrow!
Sebastian
Q2 BABY! From the miserable season opener, where Seb got kicked to the curb and had a horrible race, I see this as a huge improvement. Over the three week gap he has been getting familiar with the car in the sim and I saw that he had found some confidence in Honey Ryder. Lance and Seb were really close in times during all the practices, it looks good. It is just weekend two, we got a long season ahead of us. He should have done one more lap in Quali, it could have saved his Q3 spot. But with the small amount of regained confidence I say that we watch him tomorrow. He could be in the points from turn one onwards. Seb is talented, he is smart enough. Don’t give up on him yet! We are in weekend 2 and already improved from Q1 (weekend 1) to Q2... well what will happen in weekend 3 or 15?
Carlos
Can I just say how proud I am of Carlos? I normally don’t really blog about him, don’t know why actually, but I am so proud. The Ferrari car and team are difficult environments to get used to. All eyes are on him, especially with Charles and his results. Bahrain was his first race and he put the Ferrari on P8, this weekend he might have underdelivered with a P11 but that is still really well for someone who is getting used to the car! He has said that he just didn’t have a good day today, he felt fast but couldn’t put a lap together. Carlos has amazing race pace, he is a Sunday driver (in my opinion) so don’t count him out for some good points tomorrow! He just needs to overtake Lance and he is in the points already!
Daniel
It is funny how three out of four drivers on this list, drivers that fans are most saddened about, are drivers that are new to their respective teams. Daniel, well he is Daniel. He is a fighter, he has amazing race pace and will definitely fight anyone to reach the highest position possible. Today he just seemed to be a bit out of sync with the car, especially compared to Lando and the fast laps he put out. That being said, he is gonna grow over the next couple of races. That McLaren is on fire, Lando is on fire and pretty soon Dan will be too! I wrote a profile about him for my writing minor (I posted it, you can find it here), in that piece I wrote that he is a ‘glass half full’ kind of guy. Let us see his racing glass half full too! I’m gonna have fun watching him battle Lando and the drivers in front tomorrow!
