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2007 Formula One Thread
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Rumour has it that Fred though is only willing to sign a year contract in anticipation/hope that Ferrari will have a vacant seat in '09... but that's unlikely given Schumi will back in the seat then to claim title number 8!
Really. So that is why Fred only wants a one year contract? Does he think that Massa is going to go poof? I'm thinking that Ferrari are very happy with Kimi and Massa, no? Of course, there were those all too kind words about Fred from Di Montezuma (I really need to keep his name handier...)
But he blackmails his drivers.
Damn you!!!
I think I've had enough with F1, to be honest.
All the crap in the last few years has totally detracted from the whole thing.
Apparently so.
That anyone still wants to sign him after not only being schooled by a rookie, but also using stolen confidential information, blackmailing his boss and screwing his teammate... is a little surprising.
Damn you!!!
*whistles*
It's always been there to some degree, it's just it's more prominent and obvious now thanks to the dissemination nature of the web.
"Some degree" being the significant phrase.
Yeah, it's been there. But nothing on this scale.
Rumour has it that Fred though is only willing to sign a year contract in anticipation/hope that Ferrari will have a vacant seat in '09... but that's unlikely given Schumi will back in the seat then to claim title number 8!
Schui will be off to McLaren. After all he did start his career with Merc and always said he wanted to drive for them.
I don't know, the aftermath of Suzuka '89 was somewhat comparable, it's just that unless one read the motorsport magazines of the time then the general public at large (outside of the title deciding collision in the race) were very much unlikely going to be aware of the increasingly bitter politicising that was going on behind the scenes and in the courts for much of the following year. The difference then of course, is that it wasn't any where near as widely reported as would be possible now.
To be honest, I'm glad it's going on... at least now there is a degree of transparency that simply didn't exist before, imagine though without it, we could have been faced with a situation where a team, that had made use of stolen, confidential data from a rival team could've won both championships due to that unfair advantage. That would've been a far worse situation IMHO.
I can't see Schu coming back, especially at a team that isn't Ferrari...if he were ever to return it would be with the Scuderia.
I don't see how Fred would want to go to Red Bull though; despite Adrian Newey and their experienced driver team they are pretty average...Alonso would be faster, probably, but would it matter?
I don't see how Fred would want to go to Red Bull though; despite Adrian Newey and their experienced driver team they are pretty average...Alonso would be faster, probably, but would it matter?
But where would Alonso go?
Ferrari - 2 driver under contract
Mclaren - erm, no
BMW - 2 drivers under contract
Renault - obvious choice but if they get a massive fine then they won't be able to afford him
Williams - 2 drivers under contract
Red Bull - 2 drivers under contract but they would easily biff one of them
Toyota - Trulli, plus they are after Glock so they appear to be out of the race
Honda - 2 drivers under contract
Toro Roso, Super Aguri and Force India F1 - ha yeah right!
Ferrari - 2 driver under contract
Mclaren - erm, no
BMW - 2 drivers under contract
Renault - obvious choice but if they get a massive fine then they won't be able to afford him
Williams - 2 drivers under contract
Red Bull - 2 drivers under contract but they would easily biff one of them
Toyota - Trulli, plus they are after Glock so they appear to be out of the race
Honda - 2 drivers under contract
Toro Roso, Super Aguri and Force India F1 - ha yeah right!
I agree with that assessment...I suppose he could do a year at Red Bull and then switch to Renault when the money's available.
It's not like he really needs cash anyway...why be greedy? He's be better off taking a big paycut in exchange for the Renault job, in terms of competitive career moves. Of course, if it's just money he's after (Since he already has 2 titles), he can pull a Coulthard and drive just fast enough to keep his job in a mediocre teams for years, raking in the cash.
It's not like he really needs cash anyway...why be greedy? He's be better off taking a big paycut in exchange for the Renault job, in terms of competitive career moves. Of course, if it's just money he's after (Since he already has 2 titles), he can pull a Coulthard and drive just fast enough to keep his job in a mediocre teams for years, raking in the cash.
Almost any team, with the exception of Ferrari (and that's doubtful) and McLaren would quite happily relegate one of their contracted drivers onto the test team to procure Fred's services for a single season, even after his behaviour this season, he's still undeniably one of the top 5 drivers in F1.
It'd be interesting to see if he could ever do a Schumacher and join an underperforming team (Toyota, Honda) and drag them up to the sharp end.
It'd be interesting to see if he could ever do a Schumacher and join an underperforming team (Toyota, Honda) and drag them up to the sharp end.
I don't know...some drivers are good at aiding car development, others are not...which is he?
I'm sure that he's getting all the offers he could want.
Well, he did bring 6 tenths to McLaren when he joined them.
LOL, given the fines I don't think any of the teams are interested in that kind of development right now...
Yeah good move for them. The problem that I perceived with Honda is that they never had a true leader, they where always like a ship with no rudder. Now hopefully Ross can put this is place and the departments can start working together. Geoff Willis was never really a technical director, yes he was a chief designer (and a bloody good one at that) but he couldn't man manage, thats why the team went down-hill when Prodrive got sacked. Now with Ross Brawn hopefully he can get everyone pulling in the right direction, and give Rubens a confidence boost.