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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.
As Martin Brundle pointed out last weekend, there is only one venezuelan racing driver who would receive 66m, therefore leaving little doubt as to who the "unnamed driver", involved in this scandal, actually is.[...]The government of Venezuela has frozen all disbursements of hard currency for race car and motorcycle drivers who compete internationally [...]
Venezuelan officials are investigating a sports currency scandal stemming from its Cadivi state agency, which is in charge of helping Venezuelan businesses abroad obtain currency.
Sports Minister Alejandra Benitez told a local newspaper that an initial investigation of the disbursements found that one unnamed driver received $66 million and that her signature had been forged on 60 disbursement files for hard currency.[...]
Full article http://motorsportstalk.nbcsports.com/20 ... r-drivers/
Team Odds Percent +------------+----------+------------+ Red Bull 6/4 40.00 Mercedes 9/4 30.77 Ferrari 3/1 25.00 Mclaren 10/1 9.09 Lotus 14/1 6.67 Force India 66/1 1.49 Williams 66/1 1.49 Sauber 150/1 0.66 Toro Rosso 200/1 0.50 Caterham 1000/1 0.10 Marussia 1000/1 0.10
Driver Odds Percent +------------+--------+-----------+ S Vettel 1/1 50.00 L Hamilton 7/2 22.22 F Alonso 5/1 16.67 K Raikkonen 8/1 11.11 N Rosberg 16/1 5.88 J Button 16/1 5.88 D Ricciardo 25/1 3.85 R Grosjean 40/1 2.44 N Hulkenberg 40/1 2.44 S Perez 66/1 1.49 P Di Resta 100/1 0.99
The sponsorship money for development is irrelevant if you do not have the people in place to take advantage of the money.Aesto wrote:If I was in Boullier's shoes, I'd take Maldonado. Hülkenberg is by far the best driver on the market, but he can't make up what 30 million a year can do for your development.
It's not the end of the world for Hülkenberg however, there's no guarantee that Lotus will have a winning car next year anyway. It's just as possible that with the loss of Allison, they could revert back to their 2008 & 2009 form and Sauber/FI/Williams becomes the strongest midfield team.
tim|away wrote: As Martin Brundle pointed out last weekend, there is only one venezuelan racing driver who would receive 66m, therefore leaving little doubt as to who the "unnamed driver", involved in this scandal, actually is.
Maldonado and Grosjean in the same team? Pffffff.GitanesBlondes wrote:If it is true that Maldonado has signed with Lotus, then we should start setting the over/under on how many cars he destroys in 2014.
F1 champions Red Bull could face a fight to keep ace designer Adrian Newey as Sir Ben Ainslie issued a “we want you” call for his British America’s Cup bid, writes Byron Young in Abu Dhabi.
The two are expected to meet when yachting legend Ainslie attends Sunday’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Newey, who masterminded Sebastian Vettel’s fourth successive title victory in Delhi last weekend, has already admitted he is looking for a new challenge and would “nervously” be interested working with Ainslie in the sport considered the “Formula 1 of the sea”.
“Someone with his design and technical experience would be invaluable,” said Ainslie.
After helping Oracle Team USA win the America’s Cup earlier this year, Ainslie is trying to put together a British bid to bring the event back to British waters for the first time in 160 years.
He said the coming weeks, up to Christmas, will be crucial in shaping the British line-up as they hunt for £80million in backing.
