El_Duderino 09 wrote: » Christian Horner told autosport that Alonso would not be a good fit for Red Bull. Said he tends to cause trouble wherever he goes. RB likely to continue to invest in youth It’s a shame Alonso has spent so much of his career out of a top car, but the fact is he’s a trouble riser. He needs political power at his team do a team boss would be crazy to sign him as he’ll probably try to get rid of that team boss in favour of a boss of his choosing. He might end up in team management and might be very good at it, but his driving career has been over for the last 4 years.
Harika wrote: » Prisoner 6753 wrote: » Why would one of these teams still employ him as a test driver then? His expertise, same as why Kyvat is employed by Ferrari or diResta was for Williams. Or Gene/Badoer who were very long working as test driver for Ferrari, while realistically would have never driven again.
Prisoner 6753 wrote: » Why would one of these teams still employ him as a test driver then?
El_Duderino 09 wrote: » Exactly that. If a young driver was a test driver it might show investment in the future. kubica was given a pre season test with 2 teams and then is only given test driver status behind a rookie like sirotkin. The evidence we have is not in kubica's favour.
Prisoner 6753 wrote: » El_Duderino 09 wrote: » Exactly that. If a young driver was a test driver it might show investment in the future. kubica was given a pre season test with 2 teams and then is only given test driver status behind a rookie like sirotkin. The evidence we have is not in kubica's favour. Or where Williams is concerned he couldn’t bring enough cash to the table to get ahead of Sirotkin
El_Duderino 09 wrote: » Or having kubica around makes sure Williams gets extra publicity without having to give him anything except 3 first practice sessions all season. We have some evidence : he had 2 tests and got no race seats. This speculation that he's a very fast driver in 2018 is pure wishful thinking. We don't have a clue how fast he actually is. Only Williams and Renault have the data of how he performed in a car that's not very relevant to the 2018 spec
Joeseph Balls wrote: » As 'DC' said, there's 20 million reasons Sirotkin got the seat
Prisoner 6753 wrote: » Why won’t they reveal the data though, they can release something without compromising themselves I’d assume? Do you reckon him being quicker than the race drivers on the time sheet is genuine or down to fuel and tyres
El_Duderino 09 wrote: » So we can conclude that they have chosen to go with other drivers on speed/potential and he doesn’t have the money to buy a seat.
vectra wrote: » Don't know how much truth is in this :: Ferrari and Kimi Raikkonen reach agreement for 2019, according to Spanish mediahttp://scuderiafans.com/ferrari-kimi-raikkonen-reach-agreement-2019-according-spanish-media/
Jordan 199 wrote: » There is a Bruce McLaren documentary on ITV4+1 right now for anyone interested in watching it.
El_Duderino 09 wrote: » When you consider the ease with which FE has attracted new manufacturers and the difficulty f1 has had in the same respect, it’s easy to make a case from the manufacturers point of view. For example jaguar (Ford group) has joined FE and is investing huge money in EVs. And Porsche was considering joining F1 but has decided against F1 and gone with FE instead. BMW, who quit F1, is in FE and Nissan (Renault group) is also in FE.
astrofluff wrote: » It's the fine balance of power to weight ratio. They can get all the power they need from the batteries but they need big heavy batteries. Once they've figured out how to make lighter, smaller batteries, we'll get racing with big speeds and a huge amount of torque.
El_Duderino 09 wrote: » It’s probably just a matter of time
OSI wrote: » Adamocovic wrote: » Probably discussed in length, so I do apologise but anyone else getting a bit fed up of Horner's comments regarding Ricciardo? We all understand there is risk involved, and for me it came as somewhat of a surprise. I do know get where I think Ricciardo is coming from, with Renault has the opportunity to be the lead driver in a team that can challenge for points and potentially make a big leap next year. At 29 he could have two good years with Renault and depending how it goes be free on the market again. I doubt things would go so badly to ruin his appeal and credibility, and he has all the chances in the world to improve it even more by performing with Renault. Horner however is coming across like someone who has just been dumped. Was it any surprise to him? Renault have made it clear Max is their man and Ricciardo plays second fiddle. I got the same feeling, not the same exact extent but with Webber and Vettel, Webber didn't appear to enjoy himself. The comments Horner is making about how Dani is unhappy with Max, and how it's a huge risk that probably won't pay off, and why would he go to Renault are annoying me a bit. He still drives for you. Wait until he is gone to question the decision and support him while he's still picking up points for you. I would love nothing more than to see Dani outperform the Red Bulls next year just to see the reaction of Horner, who I normally am a fan of! From Horner's interview, I got the impression that Ricciardo had pretty much all but signed on the dotted line and gave no impression of not doing so which has likely wrong footed and slightly pissed off Christian.
Adamocovic wrote: » Probably discussed in length, so I do apologise but anyone else getting a bit fed up of Horner's comments regarding Ricciardo? We all understand there is risk involved, and for me it came as somewhat of a surprise. I do know get where I think Ricciardo is coming from, with Renault has the opportunity to be the lead driver in a team that can challenge for points and potentially make a big leap next year. At 29 he could have two good years with Renault and depending how it goes be free on the market again. I doubt things would go so badly to ruin his appeal and credibility, and he has all the chances in the world to improve it even more by performing with Renault. Horner however is coming across like someone who has just been dumped. Was it any surprise to him? Renault have made it clear Max is their man and Ricciardo plays second fiddle. I got the same feeling, not the same exact extent but with Webber and Vettel, Webber didn't appear to enjoy himself. The comments Horner is making about how Dani is unhappy with Max, and how it's a huge risk that probably won't pay off, and why would he go to Renault are annoying me a bit. He still drives for you. Wait until he is gone to question the decision and support him while he's still picking up points for you. I would love nothing more than to see Dani outperform the Red Bulls next year just to see the reaction of Horner, who I normally am a fan of!
OSI wrote: » It won't be the fastest, and therefore premier racing series anymore and so won't attract the top talent and global exposure it currently does.
