Luizzi has been fine until this weekend. In quali he got stuck in traffic and then just lost it on the first lap. I'd give a while before giving Di Resta his drive.
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Luizzi has been fine until this weekend. In quali he got stuck in traffic and then just lost it on the first lap. I'd give a while before giving Di Resta his drive.
I think that the ones previously mentioned are the obvious ones, though personally I think that Trulli will still be around, Liuzzi and Kobayashi stand a reasonable chance.
I think there's an outside chance that we could lose Massa, Webber and Barrichello though, but I'm not expecting to lose them.
Micheal Schumacher
Not sure about that - he has been behind Sutil who doesn't seem to be getting the max out of the FI, but to be fair to him getting only half the Friday running is a major disadvantage for himQuote:
Originally Posted by Brown, Jon Brow
WT
Luizzi scored strong points in the first two races while Sutil was getting into accidents. Give him a fair chance.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wasted Talent
I don't know what the expectations of the team are, but I don't think either of the Toro Rosso drivers is all that impressive. Also, I'd say Pedro de la Rosa is showing to be past his "use by date".
As for Schumacher, true, he's just not driving up to expectations. But it's not like he's been a total flop. And given who he is, and what that means to the team (and the sponsors), I don't see a chance in hell of them dropping him. He might decide to walk away if things don't get better. But IMO, he won't be fired.
The other drivers with targets on their backs are any of the ride buyers, who begin causing more damage to equipment than their checks are covering. I really don't care too much for Petrov, but I think this weekend's excellent performance moved him away from that group.
That sums it up rather well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jag_Warrior
The team is going to change the chassis - number 3 - he has been using all season from the Spanish Grand Prix onwards.Quote:
Originally Posted by jens
I can only presume that they have found some structural fault.
Changing chassis is SOP. They may have found a fault but I wouldn't be pinning my hopes on it. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Saint Devote
Don't be so sure. There are plenty of corporate bigwigs in Daimler-Benz who not only don't like Mercedes' involvement as a full constructor from a cost point of view, given the dire economic situation, but who also may well raise a stink about the $20some Million paid to Schumi. At those kinds of salary levels it just won't cut it to make 1/5th of the points of your team mate who makes 1/10th of the pay (or whatever it is... I don't know what Rosberg makes... anyone?). For that kind of money, results are a must, or the corporates will grumble. Arguably, Heidfeld would have scored a bunch more points this season already... pure speculation of course, but I just have a hunch on that...Quote:
Originally Posted by Jag_Warrior