Hannah? Welcome back? 
(sorry, I realize I haven't been posting much, thanks for taking notice, but Hannah? xD)
Sorry I thought I remembered you and Hanwombat both having a thread like "Hi I'm Hannah" "Oh hi - I'm Hannah too!" "BF's forever!" 
This would be really awkward if you were actually a guy... 
Yeah, I'm a guy. I guess you dreamed about that thread. Hansy has got nothing to do with my name 
Oh dear... 
Words cannot express how sincerely apologetic I am. 
Perhaps I got you confused with another Algy fan... 
I'm not
I like
So... back on topic. Ricciardo has done a couple races now; how do you think he's faring against his teammate? Did you expect better/worse? Discuss!
I think Ricciardo is doing well, he is doing what I expected of him. I'll probably wait a couple more races before saying for sure, but Red Bull are trying to compare Ricciardo to Vettel, because they have now both raced against Liuzzi.
From my analysis (Part of being an F1 fan is being pedantic about statistics - and trying to twist them to support our bias views
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Theoretically Ricciardo is doing better than Vettel, however, with my unprecedented bias I would say Vettel made a bit more impact particularly given his Fuji race - which is a what-could-have-been.
Vettel vs Liuzzi after 5 races: Outqualified Liuzzi twice, including sticking the STR in 8th place at Fuji in his 5th race in blinding rain. Liuzzi was 14th. (
Sorry had to put that one in there....
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Vettel did only out-race Liuzzi once (on debut), but he deserves a special mention for nearly finishing on the podium in Fuji in his 5th race.
TBH the HRT can only struggle to finish ahead of the Virgins in a race, let alone move up into the points - however Liuzzi was able to finish 13th in Canada this year ahead of his team mate, both Virgins and a Lotus, albeit in changeable conditions. Could Ricciardo do the same thing? We cannot judge him on that given he hasn't been presented the opportunity.
Ricciardo vs. Liuzzi
Outqualified Liuzzi once, in Monza.
Outraced Liuzzi three times, including beating a faster Virgin.
So Ricciardo is doing mighty impressive given the lack of testing, but come the 6th race the comparison between him and Vettel will obviously swing Vettel's way, where he finished 4th - albeit from a good race strategy. Perhaps I need to give Ricciardo a lot more credit though... he is doing very well.
But qualifying means a lot to me when comparing speed, and I just can't put aside my Vettel favouritism.
But see, Ricciardo's only memorable race is finishing ahead of D'Ambrosio - I'm not sure whether he is making as much of an impact as Vettel did - but does he have the car? These questions will continue to circulate through my mind while a lay awake in bed tonight....
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