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healey

Sponsors give money to drivers/teams in exchange for exposure, it is mutually beneficial. What exactly is happening here? Is he just asking for free money? That's actually quite pathetic and demeaning. I find it even weirder that people are giving the money. If you want to donate to a cause then do...

healey

I just don't get why so many people talk Kobayashi down. He's shown himself to be the match or better than drivers with huge amounts of backing. Plus despite his struggles I've never heard of him bitching childishly about it. He's fighting to keep a job he happens to be very good at. All the best to...

healey

Heavy make up, a croydon facelift and chavvy clothes don't float my boat, I'm afraid.

healey

In a way, I can understand Sauber's position - he hasn't performed, it's that simple. Time to give someone else a chance. The points simply do not reflect that. He's scored 60 points to Perez's 66. He brings no sponsorship - that's the real problem. Kobayashi went for it today and it was great to w...

healey

Unbelievably stupid move from Kobayashi, something like this is borderline in dry, but divebombing in wet is moronic, that's the proper word to describe it. Looking at their respective performances in Malaysia and looking how fast Sauber was today, Perez had a real chance of winning. Unfortunately ...

healey

Gutsy stuff from Kobayashi today, although the Schumacher move was a step too far!

He should not be out of drive next year.

healey

What worries me is how basic that website is! Japanese only? No secure donation options? Kobayashi's people don't seem to be very web savvy....

Anyway, hopefully he'll bag another seat or a reserve drive somewhere.

healey

I actually have alot of sympathy for the situation Piquet Jnr found himself in. He was 23 and was railroaded into his actions by a thoroughly unscrupulous Briatore. Of course he should have known better, but I don't see why he should pay for it for the rest of his life. He's now doing very well in N...

healey

Lack of experience and pressure are always going to be factors, but I can't wait for these daft front wings to be narrowed in 2014. Since drivers now sit so low they struggle to know where the corner of their car is. With pre 2009 wings the corner of your car with repesct to someone overtaking was u...

healey

Johnston wrote:Wonder if its enough to keep a seat though.

I suspect he may have kept it with today's showing.

Plus he's very close to Perez and ahead of both Di Resta and Hulkenberg on points. Quite why he deserves the chop whilst they deserve to go onto better things is beyond me.

healey

Did a better job than Perez by virtue of reaching the finish line without hitting anyone. Didn't have much pace though, Perez was making inroads into the top 5 early in the race while he kinda sat in 8th doing not a lot. He seems to have lost his way a bit post Japan... Turns out Kobayashi had a do...

healey

Does "Button" get pronounced as "Buttun" in foreign languages? I'd expect some to use "But-ON".

healey

I'd love to know how many of these types of incidents have involved the stupidly (IMHO) wide front wings drivers have had to race with since 2009. Most of the drivers have had the best part of four years to get used to them. it doesn't really matter how used to them they get if other drivers can ea...

healey

I'd love to know how many of these types of incidents have involved the stupidly (IMHO) wide front wings drivers have had to race with since 2009.

healey

sivapc wrote:Kobayashi is reckless. how many incidents he has been involved this season alone.

people here still defend him as the best in the field.

Not as many as you think.

healey

He's got his confidence back. His accident took the edge off his pace whilst he had to adjust to being in a team with Alonso. He's now twigged that following Alonso closely reflects well on him. This has probably taken some pressure off. It's like when the trailing player in a tennis set suddenly fi...

healey

Good grief, not this again.

Davidson is right, but that takes nothing away from Hamilton. No need for a fight.

healey

His sole win at Monaco of all places says it all for me - really fast and exciting on his day, but unable to reach those heights over an entire season.

Still, a solid pair of hands overall who had a deservedly long career.

healey

I'd rather see other, more sucessful DTM drivers like Paffet have a go, but that's not her problem. Good luck to her. Paffet is a regular at "young drivers tests" for McLaren and did the first day of pre-season testing this year for them. Yes I know, but she's clearly setting her sights on a drive....

healey

Aside from a purely professional reason to be there, they might just like the travelling to the races. And why shouldn't they?

healey

I'd rather see other, more sucessful DTM drivers like Paffet have a go, but that's not her problem. Good luck to her.

healey

EJ is not the joke that many think he is. If he was that 'crap' Bernie would have ousted him as a team owner rather than lending him money and would have 'ensured' he wouldn't be on TV playing the 'idiot'. Absolutely. Jordan plays the clown, but he's no fool. He seems to have earned alot of respect...

healey

So it's pretty much a done deal for Kamui that he will go back to Japan and make sushi for his family's restaurant after this year ... what an absolute shame! Not a done deal yet, Jordan thinks he will stay. If it doesn't work out I reckon Kobayashi will at least land himself a reserve spot. Plus i...

healey

EJ is not the joke that many think he is. If he was that 'crap' Bernie would have ousted him as a team owner rather than lending him money and would have 'ensured' he wouldn't be on TV playing the 'idiot'. Absolutely. Jordan plays the clown, but he's no fool. He seems to have earned alot of respect...

healey

Ted Kravitz just announced on Sky that it's known up and down the pitlane that Hulk and Gutierrez will be Sauber racers next year, announced possibly this coming week. I suppose that's why Kaltenborn said Kamui doesn't need a sponsor, the deals are done. Where does Koba go from here? Probably Toyot...

healey

Britishgreen wrote:Nothing Grosjean has done this season is even nearly as stupid as what Kobayashi did today.

Sorry, but that's a ridiculous overstatement.

healey

If the worst for Kobayashi does happen I'm pretty confidemt he'll grab himself a reserve spot somewhere.

healey

I read before that the F1 paddock hasn't put Kamui on the big team radar because of his lack of consistency. As far as i remember only two DNFs were his fault this season, so that seems a bit unfair, especially with the likes of Grosjean and Maldonado around. Plus today's contacts weren't entirely ...

healey

With the obviously huge following he has in Japan, I don't see why a Japanese company doesn't jump in and sponsor him? He does have a couple of personal sponsors listed on his website, but they're not exactly huge and might not even still be in the frame. Good Smile Company is one of them, and the ...

healey

If he wins the WDC without a single win, it will be a complete shambles and the scoring system will have to be reviewed again. We dont want another Keke Rosberg type of season. A shambles? Hardly! it would be great fun, and a clear illustration of the value of calm consistency. Raikkonen doesn't se...

healey

If this has not demonstrated to Japanese business that it is worth putting money behind him to make sure he keeps his drive, or gets a better one, I dont know what it would take. Well done. Agreed. I'm surprised that he struggles with sponsorship given the scope to use his friendly demeanour on any...

healey

Christ on a bike he should get the hell off twitter and get his head together.

He's too insecure for social media and it's fuelling his paranoia.

healey

The rumour is that Sauber will have Gutierrez and Hulkenberg in their cars next year. Really hope it's not true because I'm a huge Kobi fan :? Yeah, I'd get a new rookie in, but I certainly wouldn't bother swapping Kobayashi for Hulkenberg. Hulkenberg's lower formula record is great, but today in F...

healey

I think Sauber should certainly keep him, and I suspect that this is what will happen. He may not be potential WDC material at this point, but he is becoming a very capable driver who makes few mistakes. I really think he could come good like Button, who spent years in the midfield honing his skills.

healey

If they take Kovalainen I'd expect that the contract would expressly state that his primary job is to back Alonso. A younger driver with an eye on the future would be wary of such a restriction, but Kovalainen, being an experienced journeyman driver, will more likely have the maturity to see the big...

healey

If he is scoring the same points on the track but generating more bad publicity off it, then it is perfectly logical that Hamilton should be worth less than Button. Nothing he's done amounts to such a pay cut given his on track performance. To accept a pay cut he'd be tacitly accepting a junior rol...

healey

The thing is, Andy Murray appears to be a completely focused athlete. Every other week Lewis has got a rap star in his garage. Since XIX have come along there is a lot more hangers on around him and he loves showing us his rap star friends. Why are they in his place of work? Its like me taking one ...

healey

if he is going to Mercedes, then it would make more sense to me for Merc to have MSC as his partner, rather than Nico. Why? Schumacher is 43 and Rosberg has had the upper hand throughout his tenure. Schumacher is an F1 legend to be sure, but he can't go on forever. His days are most definitely numb...

healey

lamo wrote:Real F1 drivers would drive for free for a shot at the WDC. Senna was willing to do it for 1993.

Never believed he really meant that for a second. His manager certainly wouldn't have let it happen.

Real professionals like to be paid.

healey

I agree that Perez is a great driver, but the Sauber does seem to allow him use a "go long" strategy to pull out those results.

I'm just puzzled as to why Kobayashi's side of the garage don't do the same. He seems to qualify well only to go backwards on an orthodox strategy.

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