Daniel Ricciardo to make F1 debut @ Silverstone

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Originally Posted by henners88

First time 2 Aussies have been on the grid together since 1977 and the last time one of them won.. Could this be Webber's weekend? ;)

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History will repeat itself and an Aussie will win at Silverstone, but its still not going yo be Mark Webber. ;) :eek:

first time more then 1 Australian 1977 seen 4 Australian drivers
Alan Jones Australian
Vern Schuppan Australian
Larry Perkins Australian
Brain McGuire Australian

just hope the can do a mark and get 2 points in his first race :) 14th or better ;)

80 seen Alan Jones Australian
and Mike Thackwell New Zealander
our cousin over the pond :P

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Originally Posted by Koz

Do Tata get a refund? :D

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Maybe Tata stopped paying sponsorship because HRT and NK's performances were so subpar.

Jaypee stopped paying for Chandok this time last year for exactly the same reason hence why he was kicked out.

Sounds like RBR have some plans for Ricciardo then, why else would they rush him into an HRT seat they have to pay for instead of replacing one of the STR boys at the season's end?

I can't see Tata, or anyone else for that matter, expecting a better performance from either NK or HRT.

I don't believe he ever deserved a seat in F1. Good riddance, I say.

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Originally Posted by thunderbolt

first time more then 1 Australian 1977 seen 4 Australian drivers
Alan Jones Australian
Vern Schuppan Australian
Larry Perkins Australian
Brain McGuire Australian

just hope the can do a mark and get 2 points in his first race :) 14th or better ;)

80 seen Alan Jones Australian
and Mike Thackwell New Zealander
our cousin over the pond :P

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I'm being terribly lazy on a Sunday morning. Didn't Jones and Brabham (son) have an overlap season in the 80's? Jones was with Lotus I think and Brabham in a Brabham (of course).

As I said I'm being lazy and working through a hazy memory on a Sunday and it was 20 odd years ago so I can be forgiven if I'm completely wrong. :)

David Brabham

Australian

Brabham-Judd

1990
Formula 1

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Originally Posted by thunderbolt

David Brabham

Australian

Brabham-Judd

1990
Formula 1

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Thanks for that. Jones was in a Lola in '86. My foggy memory knew it started with an 'L'. :)

I thought that Jones and Brabham the younger raced around the same time but wasn't sure of the exact years.

I never thought where I might find that info. The F1 site would be the logical place to start. D'Oh.

Great avatar BTW.

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Originally Posted by Koz

Or, maybe Fettel will wrap up the title well ahead of India that Bernie will pull a great deal of strings for Karthikeyan to get a drive with RBR.

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Hmm... I wonder would Bernie like to see Vettel break all sorts of records this year, or would he be afraid that would alienate more fans?

Very quiet around here after the weekend. Am I not the only one that thinks Liuzzi drilled Ricciardo this weekend then?

I think he did beat him very easily, but it is his first race in a poor car and on the coverage I saw, I could not tell whether he lost time in the pits or was just that much slower.


Lets give him the rest of the season. I assume he will be the one to be replaced by Narain for the Indian GP, and I wonder whether there is any chance of Karun getting a drive.