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Thread: 2014 Silly Season
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22nd August 2013, 08:11 #81
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I am seeing many signs in the press that Sauber is in a big financial trouble. Who could have thought? This may affect their driver decisions. They will probably need to hire someone will solid financial backing.
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23rd August 2013, 05:43 #82
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It seems that Ricciardo to Red Bull is a done deal (despite the latest that Kimi is still in the hunt), and the Kimi to Ferrari rumours won't go away, which is beginning to make me think they may be real. That puts Massa out of the seat, and probably out of the sport.
Torro Rosso will likely have 1, possibly 2 seats to fill, depending on what they want to do with Vergne, so someone like Da Costa or Sainz may make the step up.
Replacing Kimi probably saves Grosjean, who I think has done enough to retain the seat, for me Hulkenburg would be a good fit at Lotus and would free up a seat for Sirotkin and all his Russian cash at Sauber. I would also like t see maybe Alguesari given a chance at Lotus, I think he still has something to offer.
McLaren, Force India, Mercedes stay unchanged, the guys at the back could do anything, dpending on how much money they need"I" before "E" except after "C". Weird.
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27th August 2013, 09:01 #83
So, apparently now Alonso is trying to get Santander to move to Lotus...
Kimi doesn't care about money, all he wants is Renault?
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27th August 2013, 15:46 #84
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Originally Posted by Koz
And to quote something I posted earlier:
Originally Posted by airshifter
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27th August 2013, 17:48 #85
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The Santander/Alonso/Lotus speculation can be filed under "2 + 2 = 73"
Q: What's worse than a Bully? A: His Sidekick
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29th August 2013, 20:48 #86
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Silly season has been pretty strange recently. In fact I have got tired of it and don't take it really seriously. Alonso to Red Bull? Räikkönen to anywhere? Yeah, whatever. Will get a headache if you try to think too much about it. Just let's wait and see what happens.
Thinking logically... I don't think Alonso moves anywhere. Kimi is a bit tricky. I didn't think Ferrari would make sense for him, but he can be a mysterious driver on the grid, so who knows.
Also wondering whether di Resta or Hülkenberg could possibly get a graduation to Lotus or Ferrari team.
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29th August 2013, 20:51 #87
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Originally Posted by anfield5
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30th August 2013, 07:41 #88
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To be frank, nothing I have seen gives the impression that Ricciardo can cut it amongst the big boys.
A couple of good qualifying sessions are not enough.Q: What's worse than a Bully? A: His Sidekick
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30th August 2013, 09:40 #89
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Originally Posted by Parabolica
You may be right. When a seat opens at a top team, I often think about how Ayrton Senna got into McLaren seat in 1988. He spent a year racing at Toleman and then three at Lotus, won numerous podiums (including three at Toleman) and races and only then he got a seat in McLaren. Schumacher also put out some phenomenally good performance at Benetton before moving to Ferrari.
Now, what did Ricciardo do? Raikkonen is a far more deserving of RBR's seat. One can argue that STR cars are not fast, but whatever Ricciardo did at STR still does not stand out a lot. How about at least one podium or a front row start position? To me, a more logical progression would be to see Raikkonen move to RBR, and Ricciardo to Lotus. Despite a few nice races, today's Lotus cars are about on the same level as the original Team Lotus in the mid-80s. They're a great proving ground for up and coming pilots.
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Originally Posted by zako85“Leave me alone!”
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