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12th April 2007, 13:51 #11
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Originally Posted by jens
Nothing against Kubica or Vettel, because they both seem to be talented young prospects, but the average age of F1 drivers is falling - it fell from 28yrs last year to 27yrs this year - while the value put on experience seems to be falling as well.
The reason? Are the cars easier to drive so the step up to F1 is not as hard, or as much of a learning process as it once was? Is it simply a case that younger = cheaper for the team owners? Or are the youngsters more 'attractive' from a PR/marketing perspective?
If I were Sebastian Vettel, or a driver in his position, I'd be worried about the longevity of my career, because there are far more young drivers than F1 drives, and impressive youngsters appear every year for team owners to sign up as "test drivers".
One good thing about this is we may see other racing series thrive as discarded drivers, young and old, look to something other than F1.Riccardo Patrese - 256GPs 1977-1993
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12th April 2007, 14:11 #12
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12th April 2007, 15:49 #13
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Originally Posted by F1boatYou can't make a person love another person. You can only pray for it.
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12th April 2007, 15:54 #14
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If people are prepared to pay me to drive an F1 car...
I'd hang around as long as possible!
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12th April 2007, 18:22 #15
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I have mixed feelings about this, I mean let's put Barrichello and Coulthard, the oldest guys in F1, both combined have more wins than Alonso, and even more wins than Hakkinen, Rubens 9, David 13, anyway I'm not a numbers-man, but questions come to mind.
maybe we should think, how long it is a reasonable time to see if an F1 driver it's gonna make it or not?, Trulli has been in F1 for too long and never did anything, but at least he has the justification if he gets sacked that he has more than 30, but a guy like Klien who is not even 25, he's washed out, just because he drove a crappy Red Bull and Jaguar?, I Know I know F1 isn't about fairness but, come on.
Maybe that's the only thing Alonso and Kimi did wrong to F1, being so good so young...Eau Rouge@Spa-Francorchamps
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12th April 2007, 18:43 #16
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what are they doing in F1 ? lets see.
Barichello is having a ball beating Button
Trulli and Ralf are still trying to figure out who is better then the other while thinking they are the best drivers behind Alonso and Kimi.
DC is collecting a paycheck and just having fun traveling around.
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12th April 2007, 20:01 #17
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F1 is just a means to sports and touringcars as that's where most of the ex F1 pilots go. Or NASCAR. Kinda lika a feeder series.
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12th April 2007, 20:21 #18
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12th April 2007, 23:23 #19
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12th April 2007, 23:24 #20
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