CHT wrote:Button is a senior citizen in F1 context and he is also not a driver you could use to benchmark for all out pace.
What Ferrari need is someone younger and super quick, who can be nurtured into a "team player" cum potential champion. But they could always bring in another WDC like Kimi to make life difficult for Alonso.
Ultimately Massa has already passed his used by date with ferrari, so any change will be for the better.
- Button 19 January 1980, Raikkonen 17 October 1979 (wiki)
- Pace - you could say the same, although you might be surprised if they were in the same team
- former WDC - same
Who's this young and super quick? Hulkenberg, Bianchi? Not really. Ricciardo
? Ferrari needed a solid, point scoring and manageable nr 2, this is what they will be getting with KR, using the same logic as RB, a bit temporary too.
No one really would say, before anonymous "senior team sources" emerged that BBC loved to repeat without own conclusion, that Alonso was under-performing or needed pushing in Q. On the contrary, he was over-performing. Let's say it's true - this is not the driver to push or bother Alonso, especially in Q. There might be some politics to it, let's change something, it's better to talk about it than how bad the car has been in the last four season and who's responsible for it, Luca Di Monte not Alonso. Better second driver is not Ferrari's biggest problem really.
