Originally Posted By: billt460
If things get boring, just do what they did. Hire drivers like Perez and Ocon to spice things up. And if they start behaving too much, hire Maldonado back to start wrecking people.
Exactly. People, including me, laugh when Pastor says he could make a comeback. At least Pastor stood on the top step once, though he's far short of the points that Perez got over the years.
You wouldn't have heard it in the U.S., but Martin Brundle was pretty blunt about Alonso this weekend. Crofty was doing the usual pity party for Fernando, how poor the Honda performance and reliability is and how there's no room for him in another top team, and how everything is just so wrong for such a great talent. Martin reminded that Alonso was the architect of his own troubles with other teams. I'm sure Alonso must be wringing his hands right now. If he dumps McLaren for something else (if he can find someone who'll have him, and it won't be Mercedes, Red Bull, or Ferrari), we may see Honda get its act in order. Renault isn't far ahead of Honda for power and reliability. Alonso is just providing the publicity. If he was in Verstappen's Red Bull, he'd be saying the same things about Renault and Red Bull that he does about Honda. As much as Alonso is regretting Honda's issues, I'm sure Honda is wondering why they are helping finance this loudmouth prima donna's ride.