Thanks :) – not only you are tired – I agree fully that it’s time stop people who has difficult make a distinction between people and the matter in discussion..Quote:
Originally Posted by pino
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Thanks :) – not only you are tired – I agree fully that it’s time stop people who has difficult make a distinction between people and the matter in discussion..Quote:
Originally Posted by pino
Back to Kimi please...
Pino, you make reference to banning people willy nilly, but when someone comments on this, without so much as the basic courtesy to give an answer or explanation, you delete the post???Quote:
Originally Posted by pino
You feel ok about that do you?
I think you are bahaving improperly, and would like a genuine answer to the perfectly legitimate questions I posed in my post.
sounds to me as if Kimi will be at Brawn -
Sounds to me as if the Silly Season is in high gear! :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by fousto
Kimi told the Swedish TV in an interview that he’s not concerned about all the speculations of his future – he said he is a Ferrari driver and has a contract for 2010 – what he will do after that he can’t say at the moment.Quote:
Originally Posted by Saint Devote
But he also earlier said that the team (Ferrari) make what they “want” - but he has in any case a F1-car to drive 2010.. Ferraris chairman Luca di Montezemolo assures that the team is delighted with as things stand at present – which (probably) means there is no need for any changes..
It also looks that there will not be any 3-cars team 2010 - Frank Williams is not going to accept that the bigger teams have 3 cars and that means Ferrari has no need to hire any driver for 2010.
Regarding to Ferrari / Santander deal - Luca di Montezemolo said “It’s not sponsors who select our drivers - and add to that - that Kimi is on his top and Massa recovering very well from his accident...
So that means (if i understand it right) for Alonso’s possibilities to get a Ferrari drive (if any) is a question for later discussions..
:)
everyone always thinks it is a forgon conclusion that Alosno will be in Ferrari, but I am not so sure Ferrari are courting Alonsi the wayhe is courting them. For this to happen they would have to buy out Kimi's very large contract, and think that massa and alonso will be a good pairing. I doubt that would happen. If Alonso joins the team, he would expect the type of entitlement that MSC enjoyed and what he though he would get from McLaren. But massa is no pushover both on the track and personality wise.
If they get rid of massa ( a real possibility) then kimi would care less if Alonso was here or not and will continue to perform by doing his own thing. He will absolutely not play second fiddle to Alonso and team orders would be out of the question. You would see on track racing of a high caliber and potentially dicey situations. Either way it will be up to Alonso to adjust his behavior.
Kimi sits pretty IMO. Mclaren and Brawn and possibly even toyota as a good option.(with toyota offering him a staggering deal)
I wonder how staggering deal Toyota could offer anyone when they do not even have their budget confirmed for next year (it will be only decided in November after the season is over) and are reported to take a huge cut from this year's budget anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by truefan72
car budget and driver budget are two different things.
IMO toyota should be a race winning car. With hopefully a shakeup in the management team and the addition of a top flight driver,I do think that they can make it happen in 2010. they should have already won a race this year and it is just the buffoonery of the race engineers and principles that have caused them not to. I continue to be baffled by their lack of success. If you took the mclaren, ferrari, brawn or RBR crew and gave them the toyota car, specs and data without asking them to innovate anything, they would see that car at the top step of the podium. I will always believe that it is a great car undermined by those folks involved in strategy and to a lesser part by underperforming drivers
I consider the whole Alonso-Mclaren disaster to be the result of not equal but essentially disinterest by Dennis.Quote:
Originally Posted by jas123f1
If you read what Alain Prost says, after Senna's arrival into the second season, he was almost totally isolated. And when he beat Senna for the title nobody from the Senna side of the garage or any Mclaren management even congratulated him. He realized his time at Mclaren had essentially ended and he went to Ferrari.
Incredible to know is that his "team" consisted of THREE people!
Ferrari does not operate like that. Its whole culture is one of inclusion - Kimi is a good example of someone that is noticeably reticent to become part of that Ferrari inclusiveness - and Ferrari gives him his space, to their credit.
So I would say Alonso would fit in the Ferrari team well, receive equal attention - he complained butterly that at Mclaren, almost from the beginning, the team only really listened to Hamilton.
If he is available, I cannot believe that Ferrari would continue with Massa rather than Alonso.
And while Ferrari do not allow sponsors to select their drivers, they can make contracts with companies that decide to sponsor them BECAUSE of drivers selected.