2013 Driver Line Up
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Jos the Boss
Champion Elect
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Il_leone
World Champion
Chilton was born in a wealthy town and his dad is like the bosses of AON insurance
Can anyone tell me why the 2012 Gp2 champion won't be on the grid this year -Valsecchi or runner up Razia ?
Bruno Senna might not get the Caterham drive if Petrov has got more money and the marketing pull that being Russian helps to promote the team with next years Grand prix around the corner
the Bianchi rumour seems to be strongly linked on Force India hoping to get a cheaper engine in 2014 on the basis Di Resta is probably going and Mercedes will charge more.
Di Resta is paid by Mercedes not Force India
I don;t think Sam Bird will be promoted by Mercedes..
It looks like for 2014 Rosberg is probably out unless he becomes a real contender in 2013 and either Di Resta or Hulkenberg will replace him
Mercedes tend to get one of their developed drivers into their cars apart from Wendlinger and Frentzen back in the 1990's and some 20 years later past his peak Schumacher
Mercedes tradition has always been one recognised experienced driver and one driver from their development programme when it comes to pairings certainly in Sportscar, GT and DTM days before 2000 it was
so if he has a good season Di Resta can still land the seat
Can anyone tell me why the 2012 Gp2 champion won't be on the grid this year -Valsecchi or runner up Razia ?
Bruno Senna might not get the Caterham drive if Petrov has got more money and the marketing pull that being Russian helps to promote the team with next years Grand prix around the corner
the Bianchi rumour seems to be strongly linked on Force India hoping to get a cheaper engine in 2014 on the basis Di Resta is probably going and Mercedes will charge more.
Di Resta is paid by Mercedes not Force India
I don;t think Sam Bird will be promoted by Mercedes..
It looks like for 2014 Rosberg is probably out unless he becomes a real contender in 2013 and either Di Resta or Hulkenberg will replace him
Mercedes tend to get one of their developed drivers into their cars apart from Wendlinger and Frentzen back in the 1990's and some 20 years later past his peak Schumacher
Mercedes tradition has always been one recognised experienced driver and one driver from their development programme when it comes to pairings certainly in Sportscar, GT and DTM days before 2000 it was
so if he has a good season Di Resta can still land the seat
HansyRod
Podium Finisher
I remember that Williams' announcement of Senna last season was late as well - 17th January according to Google news reports.
TBY
Not too surprising. To me, Trulli is well past his "sell by" date.
Not too surprising. To me, Trulli is well past his "sell by" date.
siffert_fan - The big surprise is that Caterham decided quite as late as they did to go with money and possible talent over another year of whinging about power steering and poor results.
Il_leone I think DiRestas route to mercedes has been thoroughly closed by Hamiltons 3 year deal and by DiRestas piss poor drives in the last 2 years. There is no reason to think they will replace Rosberg with DiResta or anyone else. Rosberg just made a 7 times world champion look stupid enough to fire. DiResta will be lucky to keep his seat at Force India unless he improves and a top team is very far away at present. I think the Rosberg Hamilton combination will last at least the next 3 years.
The simple fact is DiResta has been hyped by past performace prior to F1 but like many his race performace has not transfered into F1. Sad but true.
The simple fact is DiResta has been hyped by past performace prior to F1 but like many his race performace has not transfered into F1. Sad but true.
Il_leone
World Champion
Greenlantern101
Di Resta's selling point was the fact he is one of few people who has beaten Vettel in the same team in the past
I know Norbert was a big fan of his so he had good backing then until Norbert left but Hulkenberg was managed by Willi Weber
Schumacher's ex who no doubt will say a few words as well for Nico
Di Resta's selling point was the fact he is one of few people who has beaten Vettel in the same team in the past
I know Norbert was a big fan of his so he had good backing then until Norbert left but Hulkenberg was managed by Willi Weber
Schumacher's ex who no doubt will say a few words as well for Nico
Kamui-FastestChefInTheWorld
Points Scorer
Di Resta - overrated and overhyped imo. Get Kamui in there instead 
Il_leone
World Champion
Greenlantern101
Mercedes have always had a policy to bring through their young drivers in the past and they've not had a chance to truly brag that their youth policy has worked in F1
Wendlinger - career was cut short by his Monaco accident
Schumacher - preferred challenges elsewhere until Mercedes got him back past his prime
Frentzen - failed to live up to too much expectation by being compared to Schumacher
Heidfeld - so heavily backed by Mercedes from F3 to F1 -- was overlooked by Ron to drive for Mclaren --- prior to Hamilton and really his career never recovered from that set back and overlooked for the seat in 2010 when Schumacher was offered a comeback. His problem was according to Ron bad for PR but then staying at Sauber for two more years did not do his reputation any good
Jan Magnussen - another one who was great in junior formula and raved about but his career barely got started
Franchitti - he decided through Mercedes Indycar was a better option than F1 ... he's not done bad for himself although you wonder
Zonta - was brilliant in other categories until his move to BAR paired with Villeneuve psychologically damaged him by being undermined as the NO2 by Pollock and his F1 career was never the same
Paffett - Had all the credentials to make it to F1 but unfortunately it never happened with the proposed Prodrive team using Mercedes engines for 2008 shelved at the last minute due to a row over teams must have their own chassis
Who knows he could have been a Mclaren driver if it were not for Hamilton
Di Resta ?? HIs career seems to be possibly on the same path as Heidfeld ?
I suspect after this season he will move from Force India unless they turn out to be a real contender but not sure where and how Mercedes will back him
Mercedes have always had a policy to bring through their young drivers in the past and they've not had a chance to truly brag that their youth policy has worked in F1
Wendlinger - career was cut short by his Monaco accident
Schumacher - preferred challenges elsewhere until Mercedes got him back past his prime
Frentzen - failed to live up to too much expectation by being compared to Schumacher
Heidfeld - so heavily backed by Mercedes from F3 to F1 -- was overlooked by Ron to drive for Mclaren --- prior to Hamilton and really his career never recovered from that set back and overlooked for the seat in 2010 when Schumacher was offered a comeback. His problem was according to Ron bad for PR but then staying at Sauber for two more years did not do his reputation any good
Jan Magnussen - another one who was great in junior formula and raved about but his career barely got started
Franchitti - he decided through Mercedes Indycar was a better option than F1 ... he's not done bad for himself although you wonder
Zonta - was brilliant in other categories until his move to BAR paired with Villeneuve psychologically damaged him by being undermined as the NO2 by Pollock and his F1 career was never the same
Paffett - Had all the credentials to make it to F1 but unfortunately it never happened with the proposed Prodrive team using Mercedes engines for 2008 shelved at the last minute due to a row over teams must have their own chassis
Who knows he could have been a Mclaren driver if it were not for Hamilton
Di Resta ?? HIs career seems to be possibly on the same path as Heidfeld ?
I suspect after this season he will move from Force India unless they turn out to be a real contender but not sure where and how Mercedes will back him
Force India won't announce their drivers until after they launch the car, and they only say "probably" before the first test: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/105187
No mention of any financial difficulties.
No mention of any financial difficulties.
Il_leone
World Champion
sushifiesta
If you're into Aviation you will realise Kingfisher airlines owned by VJ Mallya have been experiencing difficulties include threat of staff strike over unpaid wages
he's supposed to be one of the richer men in India.
Sahara own a stake in the team but are they really going to put more money and push the team forward?
It feels like Force India are a permanent midfield team like Sauber has been
If you're into Aviation you will realise Kingfisher airlines owned by VJ Mallya have been experiencing difficulties include threat of staff strike over unpaid wages
he's supposed to be one of the richer men in India.
Sahara own a stake in the team but are they really going to put more money and push the team forward?
It feels like Force India are a permanent midfield team like Sauber has been
If you're into F1 you will know that the owners of Sahara Force India F1 Team are Mr Subrata Roy Sahara an Dr V. J. Mallya. Kingfisher Airlines are one of a number of sponsors, they come 6th in the list on the web page, which may or may not mean something about how important they are.
So the death of Kingfisher Airliners, whilst of some concern due to the loss of their sponsorship, is not a body blow to the team. Dr Mallya was a billionaire but he has lost that status (http://www.forbes.com/profile/vijay-mallya/) having dropped to only being worth $800 million. How this affects the team I do not know, but the Forbes web page says that he is closing in on a dela where Etihad will buy 48% of Kingfisher Airlines. This could result in Dr Mallya returning to the billionaire listing.
So the death of Kingfisher Airliners, whilst of some concern due to the loss of their sponsorship, is not a body blow to the team. Dr Mallya was a billionaire but he has lost that status (http://www.forbes.com/profile/vijay-mallya/) having dropped to only being worth $800 million. How this affects the team I do not know, but the Forbes web page says that he is closing in on a dela where Etihad will buy 48% of Kingfisher Airlines. This could result in Dr Mallya returning to the billionaire listing.
Il_leone
World Champion
Bill Boddy
Kingfisher was a major backer or should I say VJ himself until his airline business is running into problems
there have been concerns in the past should VJ quit or reduce his funding into the team
It depends what Force India want to achieve in the future..happy to midfield runners or actually thinking about targeting podiums
I think they will be slightly disappointed that they did not get a podium last season
Kingfisher was a major backer or should I say VJ himself until his airline business is running into problems
there have been concerns in the past should VJ quit or reduce his funding into the team
It depends what Force India want to achieve in the future..happy to midfield runners or actually thinking about targeting podiums
I think they will be slightly disappointed that they did not get a podium last season
Jos the Boss
Champion Elect
The Bild is saying that Timo Glock has parted company with Marussia
Il_leone
World Champion
Jos the Boss
the Bild also quoted Toto Wolf has got Norbert's job at Mercedes
Glock going ? Petrov anyone - Russian driver in a Russian team
Senna to Caterham
the Bild also quoted Toto Wolf has got Norbert's job at Mercedes
Glock going ? Petrov anyone - Russian driver in a Russian team
Senna to Caterham
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