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.
raymondu999 wrote:I wonder if the reason for van Doorne putting down the STR offer was that it was something INSIDE the contract - ie he wasn't really turning down the drive, it was turning down something within the contract that he couldn't live with (perhaps it gave Red Bull exclusive contract rights to him and enrolled him in their YDP?)
"The proposition of Red Bull would have been only for one season, and we are looking into the long term."
Toro Rosso seat for 2014 available at a price reveals Razia
Toro Rosso’s second race seat for 2014 – alongside Jean-Eric Vergne – is available to a pay driver according to Luiz Razia.
Brazilian Razia was all set to make his debut for Marussia this year until he struck sponsor trouble.
He wrote on Twitter in Portuguese: “It is reported that the second seat at Toro Rosso is for sale.
“It’s been like that for years! Any other news?” the mischievous Razia added.
It was believed Toro Rosso, Red Bull’s junior team, was set to simply promote its leading development driver – Antonio Felix da Costa – to replace Daniel Ricciardo in 2014.
But Italy’s Italiaracing reports that a group of Russian sponsors have got together to push Daniil Kvyat, a 19-year-old and less experienced Red Bull youngster, to the front of the queue. (GMM)
courtesy autosport"We've been having so many different issues, and it was getting too much.
Had we done something wrong? We started from zero, put almost a new car back together, and were allowed to go to an airfield with no wings on the car just to check it over."
If RB don't believe Da Costa is good enough then they won't put him in an STR seat. They have someone going to the WsR events and watching his performances so they are in a good enough position to make a judgment. Lest we forget that Brendon Hartley was dropped a few years back after doing Friday sessions and been primed for a race seat in favour of Alguersuari based on half a dozen WsR races.FoxHound wrote:A shame for Da Costa if he doesn't get it. Odd that STR will chase dollar's to fill a seat, and not give their youth programme a boost by promoting Felix.
This year was up and down for him no question, but the car and team let him down on various occasions.
Leaking oil in front of the Red Bull sponsors home race was not of his doing, and nor was the car shutting down on him at the grid for race 2.
Various gremlins with the car led to it being given an almost complete makeover.
courtesy autosport"We've been having so many different issues, and it was getting too much.
Had we done something wrong? We started from zero, put almost a new car back together, and were allowed to go to an airfield with no wings on the car just to check it over."
He showed his class a few times this year, and Red Bull would do well to put him in an STR and measure him against Vergne.
If he fails to live up to expectations, bring in the Russian pay driver.
And I read this from F1technical: http://www.f1technical.net/news/18630"Whenever we put him in a car his efforts were remarkable," Marko said during an appearance on Red Bull's Servus TV channel.
)once again.
. What Marko says means little, all RB YDP drivers are super talents until they are not needed. What can be questioned is timing of his promotion to F1 or motivation behind it based on previous choices (marketing). Now Vergne has a chance to look good and there was a reason Marko was positive about Sirotkin, he was preparing something more surprising. Why? His figures stack up better than others, and he seems well worth taking a put on!SectorOne wrote:What a farce.
How does his figures stack up better then Da Costa´s?gilgen wrote:Why? His figures stack up better than others, and he seems well worth taking a put on!SectorOne wrote:What a farce.
