With the increasingly good news about Felipe's condition, we can now start discussing any potential replacements.
A couple of comments have already been posted on other threads so I've repeated them here.
The official test and reserve drivers are Marc Gene and Luca Badoer.
There have been suggestions from (very) hopeful Alsonso fans that due to Renault's ban he could become a guest driver for them for at least 1 race and possibly more if he can get out of his contract early.
Somehow I can't see Briatiore allowing Alonso to do this, no matter how much he dotes on him.
Michael Schumacher has apparently also stated that he would be interested.
Would he really be fit enough to drive in F1 now?
I remember an interview from him not so long ago and he claimed he had put weight on and was nowhere near as fit as when he was driving.
I suppose he has a month to get into some sort of shape but it still seems a little far fetched to me.
Also, Brian posted the relevant FIA reg's in another thread:
"The relevant reg. is in Appendix L of the INternational Sporting Code, available on the FIA website.
It's the bit about superlicences. The superlicence requirements are usually all about current racing activity, but the F1 Commision can issue one in special circumstances. There is also a req. for 300km of testing in a current car over at least 2 days. However, Alguersuari seems to have got a superlicence without meeting that."
With no testing allowed apart from limited straight line tests, it's not obvious how super licences can be awarded without the F1 Commision allowing for "special circumstances" in every case.
Still, it would be great to see Schumacher, Hamilton and Alonso racing against each other in similarly performing cars.
So far there has been no comment from Ferrari.
I expect they're waiting to see whether Felipe is fit enough to drive in Valencia but all the signs are that he will be out for at least 1 race, possibly the rest of the season and maybe even for good.
A couple of comments have already been posted on other threads so I've repeated them here.
The official test and reserve drivers are Marc Gene and Luca Badoer.
There have been suggestions from (very) hopeful Alsonso fans that due to Renault's ban he could become a guest driver for them for at least 1 race and possibly more if he can get out of his contract early.
Somehow I can't see Briatiore allowing Alonso to do this, no matter how much he dotes on him.
Michael Schumacher has apparently also stated that he would be interested.
Would he really be fit enough to drive in F1 now?
I remember an interview from him not so long ago and he claimed he had put weight on and was nowhere near as fit as when he was driving.
I suppose he has a month to get into some sort of shape but it still seems a little far fetched to me.
Also, Brian posted the relevant FIA reg's in another thread:
"The relevant reg. is in Appendix L of the INternational Sporting Code, available on the FIA website.
It's the bit about superlicences. The superlicence requirements are usually all about current racing activity, but the F1 Commision can issue one in special circumstances. There is also a req. for 300km of testing in a current car over at least 2 days. However, Alguersuari seems to have got a superlicence without meeting that."
With no testing allowed apart from limited straight line tests, it's not obvious how super licences can be awarded without the F1 Commision allowing for "special circumstances" in every case.
Still, it would be great to see Schumacher, Hamilton and Alonso racing against each other in similarly performing cars.
So far there has been no comment from Ferrari.
I expect they're waiting to see whether Felipe is fit enough to drive in Valencia but all the signs are that he will be out for at least 1 race, possibly the rest of the season and maybe even for good.
so I've merged the threads.
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