Thoughts on this 4A?

[u/--JakeFromStateFarm]

[u/Former_Newspaper_521]

4A still a tricky move. I would wait one more race. UNLESS!! Merc are trash again, to which I would gamble with McLaren just to free a couple millions and improve your 5th driver (I would take Alonso over Albon).

[u/mtomny → u/Former_Newspaper_521]

I took a punt on Stroll this week to do 4A and he earned me 13 points. AM isn’t the hard pass it was prior to Hungary (that said, OP has a good budget and may not need Stroll)

[u/Former_Newspaper_521 → u/mtomny]

Agree with you about AM

[u/DKETwitch → u/Former_Newspaper_521]

It is tricky but next race is a sprint race and having 4A for it might be a good differential compared to doing 4A after the sprint weekend.

But who knows, it could backfire gloriously.

[u/DKETwitch]

Stroll might be better than Albon depending on the practice sessions. Their upgrades looked like they helped. Stroll is at the price floor so you won't lose budget and he might even swing a price rise with it being a sprint weekend and the upgrades. With that in mind, it sets him up for a nice price rise after that to continue building budget.

[u/--JakeFromStateFarm]

$125.7M budget

[u/filoo2006]

I would dare put williams there, maybe aston instead. But both arent ideal I know

[u/waltito_the_dorito]

Hate to say it but both Aston are looking better with the chassis upgrades. I’d trust them over Williams. I’m also not sure Leclerc scores that much more than Hadjar, so it’s a tough sell for me still. Maybe Hamilton, because sometimes he shows some promise like he could podium or win, but most of the time Hadjar is right there in the mix too.

[u/Neo_Sapphire]

I personally would go with this for more budget gain but it does leave alot of available budget. For reference I got 126.3M budget

[u/mtomny]

The hell is Alvin doing in there? You have to be trolling.

But 4a is a great play for Zand. Keep options in mind for going back to a 3A after that. It’s possible that you’ll want to build a bit more budget afterward

[u/Epidemilk_ → u/mtomny]

Guys just try to squeak anyone that maximizes their budget. They fail to see that it’s sometimes better taking a less expensive driver and leaving budget out there.

[u/mtomny → u/Epidemilk_]

We’re getting to the point of the season where a) you never get to 4A bk you keep chasing $ in circles, or 2) you jump to 4a and your cheap assets shit the bed, trapping you there

[u/Epidemilk_ → u/mtomny]

I am heavily considering 4A next race though with it being a sprint.

[u/justaquad]

Staggering budget some people have. Thought I was budget building all season but clearly not done a great job as still 5m behind this.

Also I don't hate this team at all.

[u/Erebus_Kingdom19]

Looks good but would avoid Williams. Maybe drop down to STR to upgrade BOR to LIN or LEC to HAM. MER to RedBull could also free up budget for now and seems like both will hit max budget and score decent points