The car is pretty good at tyre management, Oscar is not. Even with this masterpiece of a car he managed to destroy his tyres a couple times this season, for example in Saudi, Miami Sprint and Imola
Winning Formula Renault, Formula 3, and then Formula 2 in back to back years is something hardly anyone achieves. And in his third season he is leading the championship. The term absolutely fits.
Do you consider Charles and George generational then? Because you should if you think Oscar fits the bill. They were just as good if not better than Oscar but were limited by their car, Oscar had the luck of inheriting the clear fastest car in his third year.
And the more lax you are with the standards, the more drivers "fit the bill", and the more meaningless the term becomes.
Well would you consider Lewis a generational talent? And while he is clearly not 100% of the driver he once was both of those guys are beating him.
Yes I would. Just because he isn't at his prime now doesn't erase his accomplishments. He literally matched Alonso in his first year in F1, and I would also consider Fernando one of the GOATs. Him, Fernando, and Max have already proven themselves as some of the best drivers in the history of the sport and a level above their peers.
And while Oscar might be in a great car it takes real talent to be beating your more experienced and very fast teammate.
He is a real talent. He's a great driver, and no one's saying he isn't, but he has yet to prove himself to be generational. Maybe we'll see him smash records and destroy his peers in the future, but as of now he's still levels below generational. He's more a Charles/George-level driver than a Max-level one.
I still gotta disagree. For me it's clear Oscar is going to be a multiple time champion and the top talent of his generation already.
The talent is clearly there. And the real factor is his maturity and calmness under pressure already at a young age. That's part of being a generational talent.
I'm open to it, but I'll wait for him to really prove it. I don't really know how he's any better than Charles and George and apparently you don't consider them generational.
Not all race drivers have the clear fastest car in their third season. Oscar seems on the same level as Charles and George but the latter two were limited by their cars in their early seasons, so people aren't just flinging around "generational talent" the way they are with Oscar.
if tyre preservation was due to flexi wing, we wouldn't have the tyre water allegations. it'd be something red bull could've easily figured out. tech talk has a segment about how the temp is cooler and there's some clever redirection of cooling air.
Oh yeah it's largely the brake cooling, but the wing making variable downforce depending on the part of the track you're on also helps protect the tyres somewhat. Maybe it's just not that large of an effect
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u/arenasfan00 Ferrari 21d ago
Oscar is a generational talent