It depends upon what you base your 'top 10 drivers'.
Raw speed alone? The number of errors you make compared to your teammates? The contribution a driver brings to finding the best setup for the car? The contribution in
developing the car throughout the year? ...
Maybe a slower driver can contribute as much to a team than the faster race driver because the first one is more important/has better input in some/all of the other aspects?
The team just needs to use the right driver for the right task...
It is a team sport and if the team actually believes one driver should not be there, he will be replaced.
If he stays, he probably makes a valued contribution to the team one way or another.
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