If bottas ends up leaving alfa romeo, I think he would quite easily be the best choise for williams alongside Albon. I don't think Schumacher will be a good development driver at all. He has little experience and in his 2 seasons, has pretty much been the most error prone driver on the grid.

From the sound of it, you expect ms to do well against Albon, but correct me if I'm wrong.
If I'm right though, it makes me doubt you would indeed really like to know how they compare.

This is what @jerejj said, literally:

not that they’re even known to act in such a manner

and I responded to that in that they are indeed actually known for it. Sure, things change over time, but that's besides the point.

@esploratore1 A change of way indeed seems the case versus how they may have tended to do in the distant past.
However, in Latifi's case, he would've been sacked sooner (although perhaps not after a single season either) if they stopped relying on sponsor money from drivers sooner, so their respective situations lack full comparability a little.

If he is a solid development driver, and he can match up with Albon, it would be beneficial to the progress of the Williams team.

Yes, but perhaps they changed their ways recently, what with no longer being a top team, they seemed to have some patience with latifi example.

How about accepting Williams will decide for themselves and we'll just have to wait and see what happens?

Actually @jerejj, Williams do have a history of sacking drivers quite rapidly, even after they've become worldchampion with them.

Yeah, I tend to agree there @jerejj, while Sargeant has not really set the world alight, he has mostly done pretty decently given the car they have and has shown enough promise to keep him for another year to see whether he is able to take the next step (unless they'd have someone really promising pushing for the seat, which I don't really see at the moment)

@sjaakfoo They don't seem very keen on sacking him after only a single season, not that they're even known to act in such a manner more akin to Red Bull.
Next season would be another matter, though, with higher expectations.

I don’t know, could go either way, I think Williams can probably find someone more suited for the seat, probably someone with some experience and perhaps a couple of junior titles who happens to be the son of former multiple F1 champion.