Antonelli, Bearman, Bortoleto… Discovering the “New Age” F1

How simple was the binary world in which the F1 It wasn't that long ago! There were the good and the bad, those who paid to drive and those who were paid, but also the novices and the veterans. Today, a pinch of thousandths separates the best from the worst, there are no more drivers parachuted into Grand Prix by the sole will of a generous sponsor, and the youngest have the experience of the oldest while the oldest have the drive of the youngest. The paddock has lost its Manichean bearings. It has become more complex. The examples are piling up this year. In March, Oliver Bearman replaced Carlos Sainz at short notice in Jeddah, flirts with Q1 and finishes 7th in the Ferrari ; Franco Colapinto climbs into the Williams, erases his predecessor from the tablets – who remembers that Logan sargeant was still in the car less than three months ago? – and questions Alex’s real level of performance Albon ; Liam Lawson shows up in Austin, makes you forget the smile Daniel Ricciardo at Racing Bulls and plays cat and mouse with Fernando Alonso in Mexico; Gabriel Bortoleto, who has everything to prove, has just been preferred to Valtteri Bottas who has everything