2014 Silly Season

[Sage-sg]

If Sirotkin will start the race in march 2014, then will be the youngest pilot f1 in the history of Formula One. But I don't think that it's good. May be he don't ready to Formula One. What do you think about it?

[TheFamousEccles]

^ It remains to be seen - has he actually driven an F1, yet? I don't follow the lesser formulae as closely as I could, mainly as I won't willingly give any of my hard earned to Murdoch for the privilege of Focks Sport, so I have no idea of whether this lad has shown any promise (other than what is mentioned on this forum).

dj has hit the nail on the head regarding the testing ban and young driver evaluation.

[steveaki13]

It is a worrying trend if more and more unknown and untested drivers hop straight into F1. A season as Friday driver is needed I think.

[RS]

My prediction:

Red Bull: Vettel / Ricciardo
Ferrari: Alonso / Massa
Mercedes: Rosberg / Hamilton
McLaren: Button / Perez
Lotus: Raikkonen / Grosjean
Force India: Sutil / DiResta
Williams: Maldonado / Bottas
Sauber: Gutierrez / Sirotkin (if they keep Mexican money, otherwise someone else and Sirotkin)
Torro Rosso: Vergne or Sainz / DeCosta
Caterham: Highest bidders
Marussia: Bianchi / Highest bidder

[pyro2212]

Sirotkit pay-driver!

[pyro2212]

But Dutton and Raikkonen wasn't pay-drivers!

[Sage-sg]

But Dutton and Raikkonen wasn't pay-drivers!

Lots of pay-driver are in F1 and this is normal.

[Ranger]

McLaren wants protege Kevin Magnussen in Formula 1 in 2014 - F1 news - AUTOSPORT.com

McLaren wants protege Kevin Magnussen in Formula 1 in 2014

McLaren is hoping to find its young driver Kevin Magnussen a seat in Formula 1 next year.

The Dane impressed the team during a day's running at the recent Silverstone young driver test, and is currently leading the Formula Renault 3.5 standings.

McLaren has high hopes for Magnussen and team principal Martin Whitmarsh revealed that his outfit was considering options to find him an F1 race drive in 2014.

[Garry Walker]

McLaren wants protege Kevin Magnussen in Formula 1 in 2014 - F1 news - AUTOSPORT.com

Hopefully he will be more of a F1 man and less of a lesser series man than his dad was.

[DexDexter]

The difference is, Button, Alonso, Kimi and Vettel, who all came to F1 at a very young age, had thousands upon thousands of test mileage before their first Grandprix. Young drivers these days are thrown in at the deep end with little more than a shakedown lap due to the ridiculous testing ban.

It wasn't always like that in the past. Mika Häkkinen got few laps in a two-year-old Lotus and a shakedown before his debut in 1991. One Michael Schumacher basically jumped into a Jordan and qualified 7th at Spa.