Lotus F1 Team have confirmed that the 2014 GP2 champion, and the team's current test driver, Jolyon Palmer will race for the team during the 2016 F1 season, alongside Pastor Maldonado.
I think you confused the two former Toro Rosso drivers. His name is Buemi!ringo wrote:As bad as Maldonado is, i much prefer seeing him in the Renault than Magnussen. Pastor crashes but he is exciting to watch and can put on a stellar performance once in a blue moon. I can't say the same for Kevin.
If anyone should replace Maldonado it should be Jean Eric Vergne.
JEV is disappointing. He was flattered in his young driver tests by the sheer pace of the Red Bull. Maldonado should not be allowed near anything with an engine.FrukostScones wrote:I think you confused the two former Toro Rosso drivers. His name is Buemi!ringo wrote:As bad as Maldonado is, i much prefer seeing him in the Renault than Magnussen. Pastor crashes but he is exciting to watch and can put on a stellar performance once in a blue moon. I can't say the same for Kevin.
If anyone should replace Maldonado it should be Jean Eric Vergne.
Only what we know already, which is Werhlein, Rossi, Stevens and Haryanto. Would be good if it is any of the first three.PlatinumZealot wrote:Any hints about the Manor seats... Those seat have gone up in stock tremendously after those technical announcements..(Merc engine, Williams partnership, Tombazis joining).
Not sure if he got the numbers right but at the moment there are 13 paid drivers and 7 pay drivers in f1.Reigning quadruple Indycar champion Scott Dixon has admitted that even his success in the US is not a ticket to formula one.
As the 35-year-old New Zealander prepares for the Daytona 24 hour race, he said sports cars has increasingly become a main outlet for professional racing drivers.
"Having a lot of talent doesn't get you to the top on its own anymore, especially in single seater racing," Dixon told the NZ Herald.
"In formula one, there's probably only six or eight guys who are getting paid, the rest are bringing money," he claimed.
"If you're driving well and you're quick, long distance racing is a good option right now.
"The manufacturers are not necessarily looking for money, so they take the talent and that's why you're seeing an increase of young people heading in that direction," added Dixon.
Depends how you define 'pay driver,' personally I see that as a tag for guys who wouldn't get near the grid without bringing sackful' of cash with them, but if you apply to any driver that brings sponsors, then even Alonso could be thought of as having been one, back when Santander supported him.FW17 wrote:Not sure if he got the numbers right but at the moment there are 13 paid drivers and 7 pay drivers in f1.Reigning quadruple Indycar champion Scott Dixon has admitted that even his success in the US is not a ticket to formula one.
As the 35-year-old New Zealander prepares for the Daytona 24 hour race, he said sports cars has increasingly become a main outlet for professional racing drivers.
"Having a lot of talent doesn't get you to the top on its own anymore, especially in single seater racing," Dixon told the NZ Herald.
"In formula one, there's probably only six or eight guys who are getting paid, the rest are bringing money," he claimed.
"If you're driving well and you're quick, long distance racing is a good option right now.
"The manufacturers are not necessarily looking for money, so they take the talent and that's why you're seeing an increase of young people heading in that direction," added Dixon.
For the coming season we will have 14 paid and 8 pay drivers.
If one does not consider Maldonado and Perez as pay drivers than the number will be down to 6.
Not sure if F1 is in such a bad state.
efuloni wrote:About the pay driver title, it's interesting what Nasr said last year:
“I think it is quite stupid that people think that way. It is really a short way of thinking because I think more countries follow this example of supporting their own drivers,” he told Sky Sports.
“I have been together with Banco do Brasil for the last four or five years, we had a project on my career and we went through every step and I am glad to say I have never had to pay to race.
“When I was 16 I had offers from Red Bull, from Gravity, from other junior programmes, but I chose to go with Steve Robertson and I am still working with him nowadays. By the age of 16 I had my own car, my own salary, my own house, I didn’t have to pay for any championship I participated in.
“I think more people should follow this example and have these kind of companies supporting their own drivers. I think people are just interpreting it in the wrong way.”
This is a nice point of view. What is exactly the difference between being sponsored (paid) to drive since early years by Red Bull, Santander or Banco do Brasil?
I think, as ScottB said, we have to go in a subjective matter, considering how good the driver is, and not the sponsors he brings. This is not easy mission.
http://beta.autosport.com/news/report.p ... -maldonadoFrukostScones wrote:sooo, after MAL is prob. history soon... Renault is on the route to ALO MAG in the near future?
(o c only if Honda underdelivers again massively, chassis wise I 'd rate McLAren much higher then Enstone; also in 2017)
haha, corporate wankerslangwadt wrote:http://beta.autosport.com/news/report.p ... -maldonadoFrukostScones wrote:sooo, after MAL is prob. history soon
(o c only if Honda underdelivers again massively, chassis wise I 'd rate McLAren much higher then Enstone; also in 2017)
we'll see...
or to Indycars title
