Adrian Sutil has secured a deal with Sauber to ensure himself a race seat for 2014. He will effectively make the inverse move of Nico Hulkenberg who joined Force India following his departure at Sauber.
Hmm.. interesting. So just like every negotiation RBR is starting at the lowball price and Kimi don't play that ishKiril Varbanov wrote:I'm hearing from people with badges that Kimi is almost certain for RBR, currently there are negotiations on the price. On my subsequent question: "Is he greedy?" the answer was: "No, he is just aware of his actual price".
Let's see ...
really depends on what type of PR. AFAIK, Redbull PR usually involve extreme sports and extreme party. So it should suit Kimi perfectly.Bob Brown wrote:Hmm.. interesting. So just like every negotiation RBR is starting at the lowball price and Kimi don't play that ishKiril Varbanov wrote:I'm hearing from people with badges that Kimi is almost certain for RBR, currently there are negotiations on the price. On my subsequent question: "Is he greedy?" the answer was: "No, he is just aware of his actual price".
Let's see ...
I was thinking that the whole PR thing would be easy to solve for Kimi and RBR since just dump it all on Seb and thus really showing off Seb as the #1 and face of the team which they want to do and they can just stop critics by justifying that it is because Kimi doesn't like PR and not because they favor Seb more than him even though they do.
Too young, too good and too fast for a second fiddle driver at Red Bull. Current pathological situation regarding updates and other things at Lotus can't be repeated in any slightly normal team. Even Vettel's but also Newey's Red Bull, too professional.Bob Brown wrote:Red Bull's going to go get Grosjean. Pay him dirt cheap and just have him crash into all of Vettel's competitors. Won't really be team orders because Grosjean does it on a regular basis already.
Too good?? .... Rightiotar__ wrote:Too young, too good and too fast for a second fiddle driver at Red Bull. Current pathological situation regarding updates and other things at Lotus can't be repeated in any slightly normal team. Even Vettel's but also Newey's Red Bull, too professional.Bob Brown wrote:Red Bull's going to go get Grosjean. Pay him dirt cheap and just have him crash into all of Vettel's competitors. Won't really be team orders because Grosjean does it on a regular basis already.
Quoting C. Horner: "Bloody quick". Not quite consistent but very quick is the opposite of what Red Bull want.
[I didn't notice Red Bull talking about R.G. apart from "bloody quick" comment, so to make it quick and not dirges Red Bull replacing Webber topic]LionKing wrote:Too good?? .... Rightiotar__ wrote:Too young, too good and too fast for a second fiddle driver at Red Bull. Current pathological situation regarding updates and other things at Lotus can't be repeated in any slightly normal team. Even Vettel's but also Newey's Red Bull, too professional.Bob Brown wrote:Red Bull's going to go get Grosjean. Pay him dirt cheap and just have him crash into all of Vettel's competitors. Won't really be team orders because Grosjean does it on a regular basis already.
Quoting C. Horner: "Bloody quick". Not quite consistent but very quick is the opposite of what Red Bull want.
A rusty Kimi more than doubled Grosjean's points last year. This year it is even more lopsided. 6-1 in favor of Kimi in qualy and 88-26 in points. Grosjean will be lucky if he can keep his Lotus drive...
According to the buzz in the Silverstone paddock, Red Bull is split as the bosses consider who should replace Mark Webber in 2014.
The rumour is that while Christian Horner would like to sign 2007 world champion Kimi Raikkonen, Dr Helmut Marko would prefer if a Toro Rosso driver - Daniel Ricciardo or Jean-Eric Vergne - is pushed into the top team.
Marko told German television RTL on Saturday that the issue will be considered in more detail in the summer break.
"It's not about personal preferences," he insisted. "It must be the best solution for the team."
Not surprisingly, Webber thinks his fellow Australian, Ricciardo, is ready to step up.
"But obviously there are some other hats in the ring, so let's see what happens," he told the Melbourne newspaper The Age.
One problem for Ricciardo, however, is that despite having the upper hand over teammate Vergne earlier this season, the Frenchman has looked impressive more recently.
"He has lifted his game and I can't turn a blind eye to that and say he got lucky," Ricciardo admitted.
Whatever happens, Ricciardo thinks he will still be in F1 in 2014 -- at Red Bull or Toro Rosso.
"I think so, but you always have to be on your game here," he said.
The reason Helmut trying to promote an STR driver doesn't have to be related to Vettel. Helmut is the one who runs the program and it's only natural that he feels a bit of pressure to prove it still serves its purpose and is worth the money spent. Someday Vettel will leave Red Bull and Marko would like to prepare someone from the program for filling his shoes.Bob Brown wrote:So Helmut wants no one to challenge Vettel and a true #2 driver there. He knows he control the TR boys because they depend of Red Bull to survive in this world. On the other side, Horner wants an actual driver that can capitalize and wring out every last drop from the car and then some more to fight for wins and total domination
The last race, it was Vergne who was a full 1.4 seconds faster in Q3...djos wrote:Well once again Dan destroyed JEV in qually - he was a full 6/10ths faster in q2 and 5th overall in that session!
Yes but how often does JEV beat Dan in qually? Not very often!LionKing wrote:The last race, it was Vergne who was a full 1.4 seconds faster in Q3...djos wrote:Well once again Dan destroyed JEV in qually - he was a full 6/10ths faster in q2 and 5th overall in that session!
