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TakumaSatoforthewin

He'll do a second year in GP2 and McLaren will expect nothing less than being champion. Psychic Laura, please tell me what my future holds. I have no interest in what your future holds. The OP asked us what we think McLaren will do with Vandoorne. I gave my answer. He won't get into McLaren next ye...

TakumaSatoforthewin

Laura23 wrote:He'll do a second year in GP2 and McLaren will expect nothing less than being champion.

Psychic Laura, please tell me what my future holds.

TakumaSatoforthewin

McLaren didn't take Paul Diresta because they no longer wanted to be seen as too British. McLaren didn't take Paul Di Resta because he had the personality and sponsor appeal of a dead squid and was vastly overrated by the likes of Martin Brundle and David Coulthard blowing smoke up his nose. Though...

TakumaSatoforthewin

Not yet. There are less talented journeymen out there that I think would be prepared to pay a lot more than the quoted 300,000 Euros a race per race. People like Julian Leal, Johnny Cecotto Jr, Narain Karthikeyan etc etc. Lotterer didn't bring any money and Merhi while bringing money does also bring...

TakumaSatoforthewin

Alonso is almost as experienced as Button but I think fair to say superior is all areas and Vettel is, I think most would agree at worst the third best driver on the grid. Really? I think you could argue he is no better than fifth best. I don't see that four championships and two years previous of ...

TakumaSatoforthewin

McLaren could keep Button, they could get good results with him by doing so but by keeping him on they are showing a catastrophic lack of ambition. That is not something that should really be associated with a team of their calibre, they should really all be pushing to be the best they can. On the ...

TakumaSatoforthewin

McLaren could keep Button, they could get good results with him by doing so but by keeping him on they are showing a catastrophic lack of ambition. That is not something that should really be associated with a team of their calibre, they should really all be pushing to be the best they can. On the o...

TakumaSatoforthewin

I think generally we have a very competent grid in terms to wtw racing. Very Good- Alonso, Raikkonen, Hamilton, Ricciardo Quite Good- Vettel, Button, Hulkenberg Good- Rosberg, Vergne, Kobayashi, Grosjean, Sutil Learning- Magnussen, Kvyat Semi competent- Massa, Perez Weak- Maldonado, Guttierez Idk- B...

TakumaSatoforthewin

Before I would have thought either driver leaving Mercedes was unlikely but a line has been crossed at Spa and I think the team might take the view that the current line up is toxic and might severely damage chances of success next year. Neither driver would particularly want to work with each other...

TakumaSatoforthewin

Ricciardo, very solid driving. Kept hold of his tyres at the end and was fast enough never to be really challenged. Personally I didn't really see Kimi do much driving wise but being up there near the front makes a nice change. Magnussen was very strong defensively, Alonso made an impressive move or...

TakumaSatoforthewin

The crowd have the right to respond how ever they like but on the flip side you have 22 drivers, 20 times a year all driving their socks off to put on a great show for the fans. This was no exception but yet on two occasions (Vettel and Rosberg), this is the thanks they get which is frankly a bit un...

TakumaSatoforthewin

Well out of the four backmarker drivers for the first part of the season, two have been noticed because they are out performing their cars and one because he keeps crashing. But for two years Chilton has done really nothing at all apart from taking out his teammate in Canada. If the British broadcas...

TakumaSatoforthewin

Kobayashi was an idiot for turning down Ferrari's offer of a full time sports at ride. He's only got himself to blame really, he knew Caterham were going to struggle badly this year as soon as the first test occurred. He hasn't done anything spectacular all year except beat a very weak team mate an...

TakumaSatoforthewin

Kobayashi was an idiot for turning down Ferrari's offer of a full time sports at ride. He's only got himself to blame really, he knew Caterham were going to struggle badly this year as soon as the first test occurred. He hasn't done anything spectacular all year except beat a very weak team mate an...

TakumaSatoforthewin

Highest series won: Vettel won F BMW, Alguersuari and Ricciardo won British F3 (which is way below the standards of GP2, FR3.5 and even GP3), Buemi never won a feeder series, Kvyat jumped streight from GP3 to F1. The programme has been picking up on growth potential, not outright series wins. Vette...

TakumaSatoforthewin

The reason I said that its reputation is gone is not because these chose Verstappen (though its a huge risk for them) but because they promised four other drivers a shot at F1 should they impress in higher series yet despite all four doing relatively well they parachute in a 17 year old in his firs...

TakumaSatoforthewin

Helmut Marko really is an friend. He is totally without morals and feels perfectly fine about destroying 2, maybe 3 careers with this move. Sainz Jr and Da Costa are much more ably qualified for a TR drive on the basis they are part of the RB Junior Team and have achieved what was asked of them at ...

TakumaSatoforthewin

Supposedly Kobayashi is absolutely f**king useless at giving input about the car. It would be worth getting someone else in purely from a set-up and development front. He's driving a Caterham, what can you really expect? Also they recently sacked the chief designer so i'm guessing that's were the b...

TakumaSatoforthewin

Helmut Marko really is an friend. He is totally without morals and feels perfectly fine about destroying 2, maybe 3 careers with this move. Sainz Jr and Da Costa are much more ably qualified for a TR drive on the basis they are part of the RB Junior Team and have achieved what was asked of them at t...

TakumaSatoforthewin

. I would say that in general ALL drivers' "stock" has gone down. Since Button's win of the WDC (maybe even since Schumacher's dominance) it has been obvious that it is the car that wins the championship. Yes, a particularly good driver can take your car up two or three places, and that MAY make a ...

TakumaSatoforthewin

Kobayashi: I think staying out of F1 might have been a better option than signing for a bottom team, not really getting the better of his rookie teammate, down ? I thought he had done a pretty good job of destroying Ericcsson. I've not got the time to check but I'm fairly confident he's only been o...

TakumaSatoforthewin

I think as part of the restructuring of Williams the top brass may want to keep a stable line up rather than signing Button only to have to replace him in as little as a year or two (only guesswork). If Massa goes I can see them getting Nasr to keep hold of the Brazilian sponsors. If Bottas goes the...

TakumaSatoforthewin

From what I have seen... definitely not.
Hugely talented.

TakumaSatoforthewin

It really would ruin any credibility of the Red Bull junior programme if they promoted Verstappen into F1 over Sainz Jr. The whole premise of the team is that if you get the results, they pay you back and continuing to support you and allow you to move up the ladder with them. Sainz (albeit in the ...

TakumaSatoforthewin

It really would ruin any credibility of the Red Bull junior programme if they promoted Verstappen into F1 over Sainz Jr. The whole premise of the team is that if you get the results, they pay you back and continuing to support you and allow you to move up the ladder with them. Sainz (albeit in the b...

TakumaSatoforthewin

I'm sure I read somewhere there hasn't actually ever been a Norwegian F1 driver. Seems quite strange although you do have Dennis Olsen in Formula Renault Eurocup who is linked loosely with Red Bull so the wait might by over in a few years.

Isn't Iceland considered part of Scandinavia too?

TakumaSatoforthewin

I think Alonso takes this one, was on the right strategy true but maximised it making only one mistake I saw and could hold of Hamilton for the last 15 laps in a slower car even if they didn't have similar wear. He would never have been able to hold Ricciardo but 2nd is a great result for the team. ...

TakumaSatoforthewin

Too early to say I think for sure. Its fairly obvious this isn't peak Vettel and its unknown whether Ricciardo is at his best atm either. This both have had bad luck (Vettel slightly more) and I would guess hasn't adapted to the car but has still been able to challenge Ricciardo in qualy and ocassio...

TakumaSatoforthewin

Unless you are lucky enough to get taken up by a team from karting upwards everyone had sponsors to get them drives it's very rare to find drivers with no sponsors whatsoever especially now when Motorsport is so much more expensive. The higher standard of racing you get the more sponsors/ amount ne...

TakumaSatoforthewin

The problem with the media is that it is never truly bias free. True McEvoy's articles maybe be a big sensationalist and OTT in their Hamilton bashing, there are also many Hamilton loving journos so I guess maybe the balance kind of sorts itself out. There are many biased TV commentators, reporters,...

TakumaSatoforthewin

Peasant and proud! I don't think BBC coverage is orgasmically good but I'm not fussy really so long as I get the race. I agree its nice sometimes to have the highlights because there are some races with twenty minutes or even more that you can enjoy the race perfectly well without watching because n...

TakumaSatoforthewin

he never takes the blame , he never shares the blame , he never admits to anything that he could have done to avoid a collision How true, and is probably the reason why he has so little respect from most fans. He does seem to have this amazing sense of self entitlement. Its almost as If NO crash ca...

TakumaSatoforthewin

Its a shame but if it keeps Lotus on the grid and possibly a high calibre driver in the second seat its fine. Actually I don't think Maldonado has had that bad a season at least from Monaco onwards, not up with Grosjean on pace but he hasn't been as accident prone as either Guttierez or Sutil. He is...

TakumaSatoforthewin

I know driver feedback is important, but if this was the case then you must think Senna is the reason Williams had such a great car in 2012. Although he's error prone, Pastor was the only one to ever get that Williams as far up the grid as it deserved. Considering it was only really good at the beg...

TakumaSatoforthewin

I read last night (maybe on Adam Coopers site) that Red Bull might be putting Sainz in a Caterham race seat for the remainder of the year. There appear to be no schedule conflicts with FR3.5 and is the same thing they did with Ricciardo and HRT. We'll see, it could be interesting. That would be a g...

TakumaSatoforthewin

Would Red Bull promote Lynn over Sainz? I know they set a precedent with Kvyat last year but Sainz is dominating 3.5 which is a higher level series. Marko could/should have dropped Sainz for his performances in 2011 and 12 but he didn't so I would suggest perhaps they are very keen to get him to F1...

TakumaSatoforthewin

There's a lot of assumptions about Ferrari drivers and Button moving on here. In terms of Ferrari, Mattiacci has stated he wants to keep the same drivers next year. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/28174553 As far as McLaren are concerned, Button out makes zero sense to bring in Vandoorne. The...

TakumaSatoforthewin

Good to see Caterham scrapping below even the bottom of the barrel for test drivers. Christ above Kolles, you must have been drunk to think putting Leal and Haryanto in an F1 car was a good use of time. They can hardly be any worse than Ericsson As difficult as that sounds they indeed are. Julian L...

TakumaSatoforthewin

Good to see Caterham scrapping below even the bottom of the barrel for test drivers. Christ above Kolles, you must have been drunk to think putting Leal and Haryanto in an F1 car was a good use of time.

TakumaSatoforthewin

Red Bull- Same Mercedes- Same Ferrari- Hulkenberg and Bianchi/maybe Grosjean McLaren- Alonso and Magnussen/maybe Grosjean Force India- Perez and ? Williams- Same Lotus- Maldonado and ? TR- Kvyat and Sainz Sauber- VDG and ? Marussia- Chilton and maybe Palmer Caterham- Julian Leal? Karthikeyan? Sutil?...

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