Silly Season 2012/2013

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Nando
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Koba is a BOSS regardless of how he´s doing. Always game to lay it on the line.
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So EJ says... Algesuari to Force India.

multisync
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beelsebob wrote:So EJ says... Algesuari to Force India.
I think he suggested it was 'in the mix' there are other domino's to fall first before that happens..

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multisync wrote:
beelsebob wrote:So EJ says... Algesuari to Force India.
I think he suggested it was 'in the mix' there are other domino's to fall first before that happens..
Right, but Algesuari saying "only a short while before you find out who I'm driving for next year" suggests he's already agreed a drive, so it sounds like that drive could well be FI.

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beelsebob wrote:
multisync wrote:
beelsebob wrote:So EJ says... Algesuari to Force India.
I think he suggested it was 'in the mix' there are other domino's to fall first before that happens..
Right, but Algesuari saying "only a short while before you find out who I'm driving for next year" suggests he's already agreed a drive, so it sounds like that drive could well be FI.
it could well turn out that EJ was right all along.. Lots of Joe Saward fan boi's may well end up with egg on their faces!

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Nando wrote:He just said as well that if Massa leaves then they need to find a stronger driver then Massa.
I reed this differntly.Alonso says Massa should only be replaced by a stronger driver ,and he does not really see the ones on the -ferrari list as stronger performers than massa.

It´s not at all saying massa is weak.

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marcush. wrote:
Nando wrote:He just said as well that if Massa leaves then they need to find a stronger driver then Massa.
I reed this differntly.Alonso says Massa should only be replaced by a stronger driver ,and he does not really see the ones on the -ferrari list as stronger performers than massa.

It´s not at all saying massa is weak.
Did i say Massa was weak? I said they wanted a stronger driver then Massa.
That doesn´t automatically mean Massa is weak. It would have been different if i had said, they needed to find a strong driver.
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New rumors suggest that Caterham may have Buemi fill Heikkis seat if he leaves for another team.

However this will result in a new lineup at Caterham with Buemi and Van Der Garde. Van Der Garde is widley tipped to take a seat for at leat 4 of the next 6 GP and at least 2 of the 3 days at Abu Dhabi for Caterhams Young Driver Test. Alex Rossi will most probably take the last of the 3 days at Abu Dhabi and posibly a GP at Austin, or a FP1 session at least.

Also Max Chilton will take at least one FP1 drive, if not a couple more before the end of the season to prepair him for a 2013 race seat as Pic is gone.

TzeiTzei
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French tv saying that Pic would move to Caterham.

Nando
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Some more rumors,

Mclaren has bumped the paycheck from 12m to 15m and Hamilton will sign in a matter of days.

Schumacher stays for another year.
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Source?

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ESPImperium wrote:New rumors suggest that Caterham may have Buemi fill Heikkis seat if he leaves for another team.

However this will result in a new lineup at Caterham with Buemi and Van Der Garde. Van Der Garde is widley tipped to take a seat for at leat 4 of the next 6 GP and at least 2 of the 3 days at Abu Dhabi for Caterhams Young Driver Test. Alex Rossi will most probably take the last of the 3 days at Abu Dhabi and posibly a GP at Austin, or a FP1 session at least.

Also Max Chilton will take at least one FP1 drive, if not a couple more before the end of the season to prepair him for a 2013 race seat as Pic is gone.
I think that's a poor idea. Understandable that Heikki would want to go to another team. He's been driving really hard but the car just hasn't improved as much as it ought to. However, switching to a completely new lineup means that there's no continuity regarding performance, data, and team dynamics. The only team that's worked for is Lotus, but Grosjean has driven for old Lotus, Kimi is a solid driver and former WDC, and Lotus has a pretty solid car. Caterham will have none of these if they have a completely new line-up.

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marcush.
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Nando wrote:
marcush. wrote:
Nando wrote:He just said as well that if Massa leaves then they need to find a stronger driver then Massa.
I reed this differntly.Alonso says Massa should only be replaced by a stronger driver ,and he does not really see the ones on the -ferrari list as stronger performers than massa.

It´s not at all saying massa is weak.
Did i say Massa was weak? I said they wanted a stronger driver then Massa.
That doesn´t automatically mean Massa is weak. It would have been different if i had said, they needed to find a strong driver.
I might have misinterpreted ..clearly alonso thinks none of the candidates fills that bill.

Nando
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I think he might be slightly biased in that because he doesn't want anyone to challenge him, just be good enough to take points from other competitors.

It will be hard findin someone that is quick but not too quick
For him it would be best to maybe take the safe route and keep the has been.
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