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27th October 2017, 21:34 #11
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And they moved him from one of the best cars on the grid to a relatively bad one that he had no experience in, paired him with a totally inexperienced race engineer (since they'd fired Max's), and put him up against a Sainz, who was very used to the car and very used to working with his very experienced engineer.
And then they say, oh boy, Sainz really demolished Kvyat, eh? I guess that means Kvyat never actually had any talent and everything that he accomplished before now (including destroying Sainz in GP3) was a fluke.
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30th October 2017, 09:07 #12
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31st October 2017, 06:37 #13
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Will Kyvat find a drive in Formula E?
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31st October 2017, 13:43 #14
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I think there were worse drivers than Kvyat in Formula E. Former Formula 1 drivers are prized in many international competitions like Formula E or WEC. Besides, Kvyat is the most recognized racing name in Russia, so we can assume that he can also bring sponsors with him. Seeing Kvyat in Formula E would be really interesting because in FE he could still duke it out with another Red Bull reject, Sebastian Buemi. Buemi has already built himself quite a reputation in Formula E , having been a champion once and a runner up twice.
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31st October 2017, 17:59 #15
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1st November 2017, 08:36 #16
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Yup. In Mexico he had a high-speed spin which I didn't get to see on TV, but I guess that'd have been his fault. Still, getting 7th place on his Renault debut while Hülkenberg and Palmer's best positions had been 6th places, when the only retirement ahead of him was Ricciardo's, is nothing to sneer about. In comparison, Palmer's 6th place at Singapore (his only points finish) came after Verstappen, Alonso and the Ferraris were taken out. And his qualifying results with Renault have been pretty solid so far.
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1st November 2017, 18:13 #17
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I still exist and still find the forum occasionally. Busy busy
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16th November 2017, 21:13 #18
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Gasly and Hartley confirmed at Torro Rosso for 2018: https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/h...n-2018-979459/
I'm not totally convinced this really is an improvement over Kvyat/Sainz.Oct. 31, 1999 - one of the blackest days in motorsports.
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22nd November 2017, 12:15 #19
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22nd November 2017, 19:09 #20
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I think RBR will live to regret dropping Kvyat. I’m not convinced by either Gasly or Hartley. And I think RBR would have promoted Gasly a lot sooner to replace Kvyat had they really had huge faith in him. Helmut may soon, deservingly, find himself in the firing line if this pairing doesn’t work out. I think he has made some bad driver decisions over the last year and a half and, if his decisions don’t work out, I don’t see why he should receive anymore faith and patience (or lack of) than that he bestows upons Red Bulls drivers.
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Solberg to Toyota would surprise me a lot, what would happen to Pajari in that case?
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