Kubica's replacement... (It's Heidfeld!)

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Originally Posted by Roamy

i don't see where they have named Nick yet - what is the hold up

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Maybe JV has been too busy to speak to them .

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Originally Posted by Roamy

i don't see where they have named Nick yet - what is the hold up

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They were waiting for Kimi to finish Rally Sweden. They might still try and get him!

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Originally Posted by Bagwan

Maybe JV has been too busy to speak to them .

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here fishy fishy fishy

one would hope this is fishing given that as an F1 driver JV has shown himself to be a spent force; and w/ Schumacher taking so long to come up to speed how can JV be expected to achieve even points scoring finishes. At least for renault Heidfeld would be a known quantity and having worked w/ RK at BMW-Sauber i'm sure he could quickly adapt to a car built to suit RK's driving style

Rubens B posted this on his twitter today..

rubarrichello "guess from who I received a call today??Robert Kubica...tks GOD he is ok ,talking normally...I was so happy... "

well for all you jv haters he had a fairly brilliant weekend - finishing first in a heat race and second in the main race beating such drivers as Alain Prost. F1 with the ban on testing has seeked to control who drives. I assume Nick will get the nod but for you who don't think JV can drive you simply have your head firmly up your ass

couple things - the fact is he can drive extremely well. I assume he will probably make it to nascar and do very well. However the point is simple - If MS can still make it in F1 I am confident JV could as well. But with that being said he won't get the opportunity which is a bit of a shame if he could muster a good test result. But now that can't even happen in F1 because of testing rules. It is a known fact that JV didn't kiss the mop's ass or moseley's ass with probably has hurt him in a attempt for a return. As far as being on a different page than you - yes I am because I believe all F1 teams should be able to test whoever they want whenever they want.

I'll quote Boullier again.

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Once you have ticked all the boxes there are no more than three drivers in the paddock - Nick Heidfeld, Vitantonio Liuzzi and Pedro de la Rosa.

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It won't be anyone else, not JV, not Kimi.

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Originally Posted by Roamy

well for all you jv haters he had a fairly brilliant weekend - finishing first in a heat race and second in the main race beating such drivers as Alain Prost. F1 with the ban on testing has seeked to control who drives. I assume Nick will get the nod but for you who don't think JV can drive you simply have your head firmly up your ass

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May I add that JV entered the series , having never raced on ice , a couple of months ago , and has won against all the regulars with far more experience ?

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Originally Posted by henners88

JV and MS are in very different situations IMO. For the last 6 years of JV's F1 career he was struggling to beat his teammates and hardly ended his career at the top of his game like MS. JV has been out of the sport now for 4 and a half seasons as opposed to MS who was on the side lines for only 3. MS never cut his links with F1 and was testing for Ferrari aswell as helping to develop their cars during these years which made his potential for a comeback alot stronger IMO. Would JV have enough knowledge to develop a car that has gone through 4 changes in the regulations since his departure along with vastly different tyres to what he was used to? My answer would be no. If you take his age, his spell away from F1 and the fact his performance was dropping off mid 2006, I think he would be a very unlikely candidate. :)

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The regs having changed , in the opinion of Jock Clear , suit JV even more than when he was driving .
And the tires are something "vastly different" that everyone must get used to dealing with .
His spell away from F1 has been filled with many racing categories , all of which had him impressing greatly , those who are regulars to the series' .

What is it about the initials JV and F1 :confused:

It used to be that there were those who insisted that Jos Verstappen would soon be back in F1, and when the prediction never materialised there would always be another return right around the corner if we'd all just wait.

Now, there's another JV who, were are told, could be back this time.

It didn't happen for Jos and I can't see it happening for Jacques.