PDiddy87 wrote: » Wonder is that the Martini sponcership gone? �� I thought they demanded a drink over 25?
Infoanon wrote: » PDiddy87 wrote: » Wonder is that the Martini sponcership gone? �� I thought they demanded a drink over 25? Martini still the title sponsor
PDiddy87 wrote: » Wonder is that the Martini sponcership gone? �� I thought they demanded a drink over 25?
kopite386 wrote: » Well I didn't expect this to happenhttps://twitter.com/ScuderiaFerrari/status/951079594039369729
mickdw wrote: » Good result for him.
HighLine wrote: » Not sure it is. He will never get an actual Ferrari drive. Probably hired to obtain any information, albeit slightly dated from Red Bull, from their competitors.
mickdw wrote: » Its as secure a job as it gets in f1. Driving and being familiar with current f1 machinery at a front running team. I think its as good a seat off the grid as you can get. I believe he is very quick too and young so whats to say he couldnt in future pick up a drive somewhere.
Harika wrote: » They can use him as driver in the simulator, who is proven to be quick and is used to modern cars. Good chance also for him to be long term employed like Marc Gene or Luca Badoer were.
HighLine wrote: » But that's a retirement plan. I'm sure he would much prefer an actual drive however unlikely.
Harika wrote: » That might depend on his work and if Maserati-Haas gets more interesting or if he fits into to Alfa Romeo. Maybe he convinces them that he should replace Kimi? and tbh he is quick and his demise is mostly Red Bulls management failure.
skipper_G wrote: » He was clearly quick and definitely was harshly treated by Red Bull, but after he was demoted he could have gone back to Toro Rosso with the bit between his teeth to prove them wrong. He didn't, he did the opposite, he crumbled under the pressure. Quick yes, but without the mental strength required to be a World Champion.
Schorpio wrote: » True, but I always take that with a grain of salt. Carlos was/is a viable candidate for Red Bull. I think from the moment he was demoted, Daniil never was. Did he get the same upgrades as Carlos? What was his engineering support like? Did Carlos get overall preferential treatment? I would imagine so. Hard to shine in those circumstances. I always thought he needed to get out of RB, and back into a supportive team structure. Only then can we judge whether Daniil has lost what made he so good during his first stint at TR.
Cork Truck Driver wrote: » If this turns out to be true, could Kubica get back on the grid in 2019 aged 34?https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/133874/kubica-in-talks-with-williams-over-f1-role
Williams has insisted throughout the process that its decision on the driver to partner Stroll would be based purely on performance
Top Dog wrote: » And yet somehow no-body believes them :pac:
Gintonious wrote: » Kubica gets a reserve role. Its early days yet, but I would see the Williams line-up as the weakest on the grid by a fair shot.
Cork Truck Driver wrote: » I wonder is he an insurance policy against either Stroll or Sirotkin, if the team is doing crap will the money those 2 bring be enough to make up for the losses in the contructors championship. Will Kubica get much time in the car over the course of the season? Between now and Melbourne you'd expect him to be in it when the other 2 aren't.
Cool_CM wrote: » Taking emotion out of it, I can totally understand this call. The team have been in the doldrums for years, have shown no signs of challenging for titles and it has obviously taken a financial toll on them. It's absolutely understandable that, at a stage where they are showing signs of financial recovery, they would take the money and invest it in the groundwork for getting back to where they should be.
