Poll Who will get the Williams 2nd seat?

[gethinceri]

No

 

[FB]

Can you get Polish polish?

 

[teabagyokel]

If they take a young promising driver - however unpopular - over a fossilised title contender from a decade ago, they will certainly go up in my estimations.

 

[Il_leone]

Greenlantern101 They are already no longer my favourite team underdog for the way they have handled the driver situation for the last decade and now somehow spoonfeeding Stroll. The team has no leadership direction

Sad but true unless Williams team up with Honda or another manafacturer ( cough cough BMW) they will never be front runner again

 

[FB]

Frank had the chance to sell to BMW but refused so they bought Sauber. That went well didn't it?

All the time FW is able to move his wheelchair it will be run by a Williams and I suspect Claire has no desire to dispose of the business.

 

[RasputinLives]

Also Il_leone you seem very pro Honda for Williams but anti Honda for Mclaren. I Don't see the difference between the two teams.

 

[Olivier]

Si Kvyatt is now in the cards? I guess Frank will be getting a letter from Jos Verstappen soon

 

[Bill Boddy]

He'll have to join the queue behind Anthony Hamilton Olivier, he always rather fancied himself as a driver.

 

[Il_leone]

RasputinLives Williams had a good relationship with Honda although it ended because over differences about how Piquet was treated

I think Williams would not be like Mclaren in the way they treat Honda where everyone is kicking and stamping. Williams would be more accommodating with the chassis design.
Where Williams and BMW failed was because BMW started thinking it was the bigger contributor to the team's success and felt it was being held back

 

[RasputinLives]

Williams and Honda ended their relationship in 1987 which was 30 years ago. I doubt there are many left from either company. Anyways Mclaren had a great relationship with Honda in the 80s too. I'm not sure the logic works out to be honest.

 

[teabagyokel]

Honda had a fantastic relationship with all of the teams it powered to competitiveness.

A case study known as Red Bull-Renault is instructive.

 

[F1Brits_90]

you strike 1 off the list, because its dejavu all over again as for the 2nd consecutive year approaching the Brazilian gp. Felipe Massa has announced that he will retire from F1 at the end of the 2017 season

Felipe Massa announces he will retire from F1 at the end of 2017

Felipe Massa on Twitter

 

[RasputinLives]

Which means Williams have made their decision and it's not him. Kubica I reckon!

 

[Rutherford]

Wehrlein or Kubica.

Thank you for retiring Felipe. Thank you.

Nice, how he tried to sell his previous retirement as his own plan...

 

[RasputinLives]

If it's Wehrlein it basically confirms Mercedes have the last word at Williams as they've made it very clear they do not want him.

 

[gethinceri]

All who think he's ever been World Champion for 30 seconds are idiots.

 

[RasputinLives]

I wondered when that grumble was going to come!

 

[Greenlantern101]

Massa is a nice guy and was a hell of driver. At his peak he was faster than Schumacher on a good day. Let's not belittle a genuine talent even if he has stayed a little longer than he should of. There have been way crapper drivers called legends by sky. Massa deserves respect for his time in F1.

 

[Il_leone]

F1Brits_90 On Massa retiring - a nice guy but finally Amen! after all his whining recently

 

[Il_leone]

RasputinLives Why don't Williams say to Mercedes if you want us to place Wehrlein can we have the latest spec engines as the factory team when they become available because aren't they always one spec behind ?