2014 Silly Season

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Originally Posted by rjbetty

Well it's sad to see that Massa's season appears to have fizzled out after such a strong and encouraging start. I was never a huge fan of the guy but his early season was great to see and it was a feel-good moment for him to get the podium from 9th on the grid at Barcelona.How come his season managed to slip away again after 1 mistake in Monaco? Everyone makes mistakes. Its as if he's being too hard on himself; he was doing very well.But Hulkenberg has to now get a top drive somewhere. He's just too talented not to. Amazing to find out his result today!

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Hulkenberg was amazing, I hope he can battle at the front at least for a while. Sadly he will probably tumble down the order.

rumor has it that kimi has signed for ferrari for 2 years $50 mill + an option for the third year
ORF tv is reporting this,, as a strong but unconfirmed rumor

If that is true, let us hope that Hulkenberg gets the Renault seat

things are hotting up

I think Alonso is out, After yesterdays team radio - he's had it. Kimi #1, Hülkenberg gets the second seat and Felipe returns to Sauber.

rumor has it that kimi has signed for ferrari for 2 years $50 mill + an option for the third year
ORF tv is reporting this,, as a strong but unconfirmed rumor

If that is true, let us hope that Hulkenberg gets the Renault seat

things are hotting up

Tr72, if page says 'leave', do so, but CTRL+C your text. The posting subroutine on here is a bit wonky ;)

forum doubleposted my post for some reason :rolleyes:

Forum software is buggy. Not your fault.

If its Kimi and Nico at Ferrari, Massa at Sauber. Maybe Zo will return to his old team a 3rd time? Lotus/was Renault?

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Originally Posted by dj_bytedisaster

I think Alonso is out, After yesterdays team radio - he's had it. Kimi #1, Hülkenberg gets the second seat and Felipe returns to Sauber.

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Alonso will stay at Ferrari, its not his seat thats in question. Ferrari know his worth and the other drivers anywhere near as good are happy where they are. He is currently irreplaceable. Much though I like Kimi's second stint in F1 (didn't have much time for him the first time round but I'm supporting him this time) he is not quite as capable all-round as Alonso.

I agree Massa should be replaced, frankly its long overdue. Where I disagree is with this belief that he'll get a drive at another team like Sauber. Why would they want him? He's old enough that he no longer has any potential to improve, we know that he's simply not that quick most of the season and the fact that he can be as quick as Alonso for about 30% of races isn't good enough to compensate. He doesn't bring cash.

He's going to drop out of F1 completely if Ferrari drop him, probably to WEC where he'd be quite decent.

preliminary reports from Spanish and German rags suggest Massa is out and Kimi is in :sailor: