Things ... 2015 - 2016 Silly Season. The Drivers Market.

[Il_leone]

will this year could be a serious silly season because we might see 3 world champions retiring plus two Williams seats up for grabs as well

 

[teabagyokel]

cider_and_toast - Gutierrez may still be silly.

 

[Il_leone]

teabagyokel I would not say that seeing it was obvious that since Ferrari had some Mexican sponsorship and Haas was the B Team that he might get the drive to help gain exposure for the teams in the Americas

I think the silly one was Raikkonen given he was but all his replacements cost just as much except Hulkenberg and they could not offer the drivers any long term plan

Even more silly is the constant Alonso will he stay or will he go with Mclaren at the back

 

[Greenlantern101]

Thats a safe bet teabagyokel

 

[Il_leone]

can we start the silly season thread for 16-17 please it seems like certain drivers already look beyond this season

 

[Greenlantern101]

Well this seems to be the earliest start to silly season ever witnessed.

F1 news: Fernando Alonso urged to extend McLaren-Honda F1 contract

 

[Incubus]

Well not quite the earliest... didn't Alonso himself sign his previous McLaren and Ferrari contracts years in advance?
Always seemed to me like a strange way of operating. Signing contracts years in advance when you don't even know about who will be in charge of the technical side by the time you get to actually drive the car?

 

[RasputinLives]

"Quick! Get him to sign now before he finds out this years car is as awful as last years!"

 

[Il_leone]

Last time Mclaren had Alonso under contract they said it was apparently water tight but he still walked away free !

 

[Il_leone]

It is more of a case of who will replace Raikkonen for 2017?

 

[Bill Boddy]

Daniel Ricciardo would be interesting.

 

[Titch]

He would, but I'm not sure Vettel would find it so interesting.

 

[Bill Boddy]

Which makes it even more interesting...

 

[Incubus]

Just had a thought occurred to which made me feel sad, because reading the above made me think of whom it could have ben been in contention for that seat in 2017...

 

[Olivier]

Incubus absolutely. My heart sinks when I think about it.

 

[Titch]

Forward.