Best second driver in F1

[sage geyser]

‘ Lewis Hamilton’ bro what

[cedar crown]

2007

aka his rookie season

also red bull era ricciardo is technically 1st seat

[arctic wolf]

In the modern era I'd say Bottas

Rosberg and Ricciardo weren't pure 2nd drivers

Neither was Hamilton in 2007

[sage geyser]

but he was never a second driver

maybe expected to finish behind alonso in the championship

but thats not what a second driver is

[paper jackal]

what is this poll

ima make a proper 2nd driver poll

[somber nymph]

why are you guys putting piastri

he aint even a second driver THIS year

[sage geyser]

piastri was a second driver last year

mostly because he wasn’t good enough

[arctic wolf]

Or because he was just off a rookie season and hadn't unveiled his full potential

[sage geyser]

He was worse last year compared to his rookie season

He was genuinely just really poor

[steady zenith]

he's not a second driver this year

yeah

but norris isn't a second driver this year too so

[arctic wolf]

I wouldn't say that, he was more than 100 points off Lando in 2023

While being in a less competitive car

[sage geyser]

worse luck

didn’t have the mclaren upgrades at austria, taken out t1 at belgium, taken out by hamilton at monza, quali ruined by stroll at singapore, taken out t1 at cota, taken out at t1 at brazil

he didn’t have any weekends where he was horrendously off the pace compared to lando

bar mexico

finished 40s behind lando and outqualified by 4 tenths at singapore, was half a minute behind at zandvoort, miles off in spain, bad abu dhabi race, and miles behind norris at sao paulo before the red flag and think different

[paper jackal]

i agree piastri was mid asf in 2024

brazil was caused by landos own mistakes

although piastri was far off in quali

[paper jackal]

does piastri just not like mexico

hes the reverse ricciardo

ricciardo was amazing at mexico

as proven by this masterclass
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXDJJLc-h0c