2014 driver line up market

[teabagyokel]

Pay drivers: Chilton, Van Der Garde and Pic emphatically would not be in F1 ahead of Kovalinen/Glock if they hadn't the money.

If it were not for money, Maldonado would not have made it, and I doubt that the race win saves him.

Alonso isn't.

Which moron thinks Adrian Sutil will flog more product than Hulkenburg?

 

[Kamui-FastestChefInTheWorld]

Maldonado won GP2, and won 6 feature races in a row, still a record, I'm pretty sure. If the team didn't have money troubles, I'm sure he'd still have had a chance, albeit he may not have stayed around as long as he has.

 

[teabagyokel]

He was given a life ban at Monaco for being a Grade A nut, his money paid off that one...

 

[Mephistopheles]

Which moron thinks Adrian Sutil will flog more product than Hulkenburg?

Maybe Sutil has got some backing from a champagne flute making company.

Does that make me "that" moron?

 

[RasputinLives]

Bruno Senna was funded in F1 by Gillete so in order to get him off the grid I stopped shaving.

Adrian Sutil is funded by Capri-Sun.

EVERYONE STOP DRINKING THOSE FRUITY DRINK CARTONS QUICK!!!!!

 

[teabagyokel]

RasputinLives - With all the food dye in Sunny Delight, their 'lime' version should sponsor Hulkenburg.

 

[rufus_mcdufus]

Maldonado might be going to Sauber instead:
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/111512

I hope Lotus get someone decent while their car is still decent. Neither are a given sadly. That said, Sauber have been pretty handy in the latter part of the season (supposedly down to the tyre changes mid-season wasn't it?).

 

[Quintessentially]

Maldonado will be decent in the Lotus actually. Yeah he's a bit of a nutjob but he's also very fast and I'm sure a few teams would be interested even without the money.

 

[sobriety]

Maybe he could go and see RoGro's head shamen and get himself sorted out...

 

[Bushi]

To be honest, i don't think Kovalainen isn't that much better than Van der Garde, Pic and Chilton teabagyokel.
His time with Mclaren was mediocre and only got one win because all the other top drivers fell out.

Does Hulkenberg has any sponsors?

 

[teabagyokel]

Bushi - Yeah, but at Caterham, Kovalainen seemed consistently excellent; I think they'd have kept him if they had a free choice and this is proved by the fact they're rehiring him!

 

[Bushi]

teabagyokel He was up against Trulli and Petrov and wasn't that far ahead, you can almost say they were evenly matched. I think that a Timo Glock would have done a better job if they wanted a experienced driver.

 

[Greenlantern101]

This is very interesting. Looks like Mclaren had a deal with possibly Sauber or Force India for them to sign Magnussen which they didn't honour. That is why Perez was dropped so suddenly as they took Magnussen themselves.

http://www1.skysports.com/f1/news/1...r-after-rival-team-u-turned-on-magnussen-deal

 

[Bushi]

If someone falls out, i hope it's not Hulkenberg.

 

[F1Yorkshire]

Force India seems more likely with the Mercedes engine connection. The news that Honda were to be McLarens engine supplier from 2015 could have soured that relationship.

 

[Greenlantern101]

Agreed, also ties with Force India being run by a certain gent who's business deals appear to hold less water than a colander.

 

[RasputinLives]

Looks like Hulk and Sutil at FI

http://www.planetf1.com/driver/3213/9039674/Hulkenberg-to-Force-India-

Although Perez is an outside chance. Either way Paul Di Resta's time in F1 could be at an end.

Rumour has it that Sauber are going cool on the whole Sirotkin idea though so we'll see how that pans out.

 

[sushifiesta]

Di Resta sounded very negative about his future when interviewed yesterday. He hasn't really bathed himself in glory this year but I'm still pretty surprised/disappointed that it looks like Force India are going to keep Sutil ahead of him.

 

[rufus_mcdufus]

So that'll mean Lotus are covering themselves by going with Maldonado? If they could get the Quantum cash and Maldonado then maybe that'll set them up for the next couple of years.

 

[Il_leone]

Mclaren in the past supplied technology to Force India - and were partly responsible in getting Di Resta the drive through the association with Mercedes

they even seconded one of their senior engineers for a season

It might be them or Marussia who would have been offered Magnussen and then decided not togo with it

I understand Marussia seeing they've got support from Ferrari and appear to rate Bianchi, Force India apparently don't get much technical assistance from Mercedes so otherwise Merc would have offered them Sam Bird or one of their other young drivers if that was the case

as EJ mentioned why would Martin Whitmarsh phone Force India and offer Perez and at the same token put Di Resta's career in jeopardy - someone they do rate

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Having said Vj's word means nothing at Force India as Algarsauri found out earlier this year

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Sutil seems to think he has a guaranteed seat at FI next season because he is going to be paid through his sponsors