2016-17 Silly Season. Drivers Market

[Il_leone]

Incubus A kick in the balls for Wehrlein and admission from Mercedes that someone else's Young Driver programme is much better

 

[Incubus]

The reason Williams won't take Jenson is that he's worth his weight in gold and so they can't afford him.

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On the assumption that he weighs something around 11 stones that would make him worth about 2 million quid so that would actually make him ridiculously cheap for F1 standards.

 

[TR]

Sainz at Merc would make sense actually. Well it would if Merc are after proven talent, a description Carlos probably does fulfil. After all he did match Verstappen for pace at Torro Rosso lest we forget...

Also, he has also presented himself as a willing team player that will do whatever the team tells him to. He probably would be excellent replacement for Rosberg.

 

[Greenlantern101]

Carlos to Mercedes would set Max fizzing I reckon. Thought he got the best promotion in years then Carlos pips him.

 

[cider_and_toast]

That would only be the case if Carlos went on to beat Max. With the forthcoming design changes all bets are off.

 

[Greenlantern101]

A bad winter for Mercedes, we can only hope.

 

[FB]

Pastor is planning a comeback

F1 STAR make great return to Formula 1 in 2017

 

[teabagyokel]

Which makes you think how much faster Mansell could have done because I think one stage they suggested he avoid bears and chocolate bars

Oh, I love a great autocorrect typo! I think they should all avoid bears.

Williams will probably delay releasing Bottas until they can replace him.

 

[Olivier]

Pastor is planning a comeback

F1 STAR make great return to Formula 1 in 2017

F1 star?

On a second thought. He can replace Bottas at Williams ...

 

[Il_leone]

teabagyokel

Bottas you know has been rather quiet so lets how long it will take before he decides not to show up for testing and starts sulking about missing out on a golden opportunity... he's been here before where a few seasons back Ferrari were after him

I simply don't think free engines will do for Williams because they are sacrificing at least one position in the constructors and possibly two in the constructors championship which cost them $10m-$20m

It was suggested that getting Paddy Lowe to start sooner was another condition to negotiate but he is not going to have an effect on this year's car

 

[Incubus]

Have to say I'm not totally convinced by Bottas. He seems quick and consistant but I can't really think of one race he was in that ever made me go "Wow! That was a bit special"...

 

[Greenlantern101]

F1 star?
On a second thought. He can replace Bottas at Williams ...

Why do you hate Williams? Why?

 

[cider_and_toast]

In terms of race wins Pastor is Williams's most successful driver since Juan Pablo Montoya in 2004.

 

[Wombcat]

He can also bring a lot of money. Which means if Mercedes buys Bottas, Williams would make a nice profit, which they could invest in the car. And Maldonado is not really slow. So might be a win-win. Probably a better deal than Wehrlein.

 

[RasputinLives]

That's right. he is not really slow. He is always going super fast when he ploughs into the barriers.

 

[Rutherford]

He can also bring a lot of money [...]which they could invest in the car.

I fixed it for you:
He can also bring a lot of money [...]which they will be investing in car repairs.

 

[Il_leone]

Rutherford Which means they will be investing in negative equity

 

[teabagyokel]

Ecclestone should pay for a Maldonado seat. When it for dull with him around there was always a Safety Car to drag everyone back together because he'd run into a Mexican.

 

[Olivier]

Why do you hate Williams? Why?

I don't ! I was just being facetious. It seems that Pastor is actually trying to secure a Sauber seat.

 

[Bill Boddy]

As long as that is the only part of the car that he gets it should be a success.