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We have finished the handful of pre-Europe races.
Assuming all the teams make it to 2011 I will say the following will not make it based on the first four races:
- de la Rosa (better than Kobayashi but will be 40 next year)
- Kobayashi
- Trulli (Kovalainen is solidly beating him atm)
- Schumacher (But hopefully he improves soon. Because there is something quite sad about a has-been)
Just a bit of speculation. :)
If I repeat if teams were dropping drivers after these 4 races I think the following would miss out on any 2011 seat.
Schumacher :(
Kobayashi :dozey:
Trulli? (Not sure but I think he may leave Lotus through frustration and may not get another drive). :eek:
Di Grassi (Too early to tell yet, but as I said above if on these 4 races).
Liuzzi - I can see di Resta in the Force India before 2011 (hopefully)
WT
De La Rosa doesn't seem happy. He was interviewed on Catalan TV3 just after his retirement, and he said that he was happy with his driving, but whatever way he said it, it seemed that he was saying "Well I'm doing MY job, now the team needs to do theirs." This is very unusual from him, he's always been very fair and diplomatic before as a commentator on Spanish Channel La Sexta. Maybe he let rip a little while speaking in Catalan...
schuie....
Nick Heildfeld!
He'll replace Schu for Germany onwards but not do enough to secure a seat for 2011 with Sutil replacing him at Merc.
Schumacher, alas :(
think its last chance saloon for;
Liuzzi
De La Rosa
Kobyashi might be lucky, the Torro Rosso boys will have to do something a little more to stay around.
MS - tough to call, think he will jump before he is pushed.
Trulli ought to be safe, think the 2 experienced drivers are exactly what a team like Lotus needs, and will still need next year
de la rosa
toro rosso guys, trulli, Liuzzi all might be out next year, but these are alot less predictable than what i expect will be the end of de la rosa's career after 2010. (at this rate he'll leave rather than get fired: those saubers are doing nothing-that's what you get from an entrant who was only confirmed in december, ex bmw or not)
I don't think Trulli will be pushed out after this season unless Fernandes thinks that they badly need local driver Fauzy in the race seat for marketing reasons.
I can't agree with Malllen that DLR is beating Kobayashi. Kobayashi has outqualified de la Rosa for the last two weekends and is gradually becoming more competitive. Kamui has also been plain unlucky to suffer car failures or unavoidable crashes in every single race so far.
Schumacher is a mystery - have no idea, what he, Brawn and Haug are thinking about the current situation now.
But the men in danger are:
- Liuzzi (di Resta is waiting...);
- Buemi (Ricciardo is waiting...);
- de la Rosa (not impossible that he might lose the drive already this season... Sauber needs cash and a paydriver, which have created some vague Maldonado-rumours);
And also a few drivers in the new teams - di Grassi if he fails to impress; Senna or Chandhok if HRT folds, changes ownership or finds other paydrivers with a fatter paycheque or better CV.