It's not as if the Santander trophies are worth winning anyway.....,
It's not as if the Santander trophies are worth winning anyway.....,
No the Santander throphies are all identical and bland as ****, who'd want more than one.
Lewis is running out of cards to play and McLaren's hand is only getting stronger.
The only threat he can use is that he'll walk to another team if McLaren doesn't give him what he wants. RBR is fully booked up for next year and noone is going to believe he's going to end up at Ferrari alongside Alonso with their history, if Fernando even decides not to veto that move. Where else is anywhere near as good as McLaren over the long term? Or is he going to threaten them with a sabbatical? Good luck to him if he does.
Time to sign Lewis or torpedo your own career if you don't.
Perhaps to Lotus, with Kimi coming to Mclaren?Quote:
Originally Posted by Malbec
This post is all over the place. Threaten a sabbatical? Let us live in the real world for a minute.Quote:
Originally Posted by Malbec
Lewis has a few options open to him:
1) No one knows what will happen with MS in Mercedes yet
2) Alonso and Hamilton get on very well and are friends, despite what the press might try to tell you, and should Massa leave it is very possible he will move. I'd love to seem them as teammates again. I'm also unconvinced that Alonso has a veto clause in his contract. I have never seen any confirmed reports of this and it seems to be nothing other than rumor and conjecture. If you were Ferrari, whom would you choose, Massa or Hamilton? No contest - Hamilton wins every time.
Even if Alonso has a veto, it may not be a good idea for him to use it for his own position within the team. If Ferrari want someone, they'll get him.
3) Long term wise, it has been about 13 years since McLaren won a constructors championship. Unless they can turn that around very quickly I think Hamilton needs to move on. There is no point in being the nearly men year after year after year. That doesn't win you championships.
4) He has the option of trying for a shorter term contract, such as one year and see what options are open to him in 2013.
5) There is the possibility, although slim, that he could move to Lotus. Their line up isn't confirmed either.
So his options don't look too bleak to me really.
Saying that, he'll still be at McLaren ;)
Sure he could go to Mercedes and its unlikely he'll ever win a championship again. Mercedes is not a top team. McLaren, Ferrari and RBR are.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Black Knight
I'd choose someone else completely. PdR, Perez, Kobayashi, Webber (yes I know he's signed up already). maybe Hulkenberg. Someone quick who has no history of having serious problems with Alonso. Its too much to risk and I think Ferrari are happy with having one very fast driver and one slightly slower one (Though Massa is taking the mickey a bit in this respect). Also Hamilton is likely to be asking for a lot more than Massa is, where would the money come from?Quote:
Originally Posted by The Black Knight
Through those 13 years McLaren have nearly always been in the championship hunt and I may be mistaken but Hamilton won a championship himself with them no? No other team has been anywhere near as consistent in being at the front, not even Ferrari.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Black Knight
Very true.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Black Knight
Why would he? Like Mercedes Lotus simply hasn't delivered enough championship challenges through their recent history to suggest they'd be as good a place to be as McLaren. Their funding is shaky, less stable than any of the other frontrunning teams. The only reason he'd go there is if he knew he could move on to RBR a year later.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Black Knight
Yep, they're just quibbling over the details...Quote:
Originally Posted by Knock-on