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Mclaren closing in on Sainz, apparently.
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Scuderia Toro Rosso has announced that Alexander Albon will drive for the team in the 2019 Formula 1 season, alongside Daniil Kvyat. The 22-year-old British/Thai finished third in the Formula 2 Championship this year, having been in the running for overall victory until the final race.
tell me your joking right?? you should look up the stats from that year, neck and neck until the break and then Perez killed button in the second half
He was inconsistent and prone to stupid mistakes, Maclaren were right to drop him.holeindalip wrote: ↑16 Aug 2018, 00:13tell me your joking right?? you should look up the stats from that year, neck and neck until the break and then Perez killed button in the second half
I'll agree to disagree, good daydjos wrote: ↑16 Aug 2018, 00:55He was inconsistent and probe to stupid mistakes, Maclaren were right to drop him.holeindalip wrote: ↑16 Aug 2018, 00:13tell me your joking right?? you should look up the stats from that year, neck and neck until the break and then Perez killed button in the second half
IMHO that is a very subjective matter, you can judge Kimi for instance the same way, he doesn't like interviews, usually looks away when someone is talking to him, which are signs of being introvert, which is not nearly the same as arrogantdjos wrote: ↑16 Aug 2018, 02:51If you believe the press, his arrogance was his real downfall.
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I'm not so certain. Two, potentially, superstars in one team. It's not gonna work out, which means that short term, one or the other has to move on. Red Bull might have more interest in taking a non-red bull driver to support Verstappen.
Where else could Ocon go to? He might just place his bets on Williams. They might suck right now, but Ocon would have the chance to build a team around him. Same goes for Perez in that regard.[Team Silverstone]-Mercedes: 31] Ocon / 18] Stroll [Read Force India] - Seemingly Ocon and Stroll are friends, and one will bring budget and the other will bring a Mercedes saving.
I'd say it is more likely Vandoorne will stick around.Mclaren-Renault: 55] Sainz / xx] Norris - Drivers will cost up to two thirds of Alonsos package, so the team will have extra development budget to spare.
Red Bull is a bit in a struggle here as from the programme there isn't much around. It'll definitely not be Vergne or Buemi, though. Both of them have very succesful careers outside of F1, and it'd be weird to ditch that for a programme that has essentially --- them over. On the other hand, Hartley did exactly that, so who knows what could happen.Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda: 28] Hartley / xx] TBA - STR will have to look to going to the old well again, id say they will go for Buemi, but his contract with Toyota will say no. Id say Vergne may be brought back.
Ericsson would probably stay around.Sauber-Ferrari: 2] Vandoorne / xx] Giovinazzi - Sauber are back up for sale, and the rumour is that they are on the brink of a takeover by Alfa Romeo.
From the FI guys, Perez is the most likely. Russell might depend on what Mercedes, and Williams, thinks of a B-team a la Haas. If it happens, Russell seems the logical choice. Otherwise there isn't much of a reason to drop Sirotkin.Williams-Mercedes: 11] Perez / xx] Russell - Russell will save on engine budget from Mercedes and Perez will bring in budget.
. Spanish so that helps, not Alonso but he talked about Alonso often so association is there. Congratulations to Stoll on another success in driver management. Only a year loan but what a successful one so far. Another change, another set of headlines = success.
. That's how you create media stars and a good example of the state of F1 journalism.
It looks obvious that Gasly is of top quality as a driver, but it has not yet been proven.
I believe so, regarding Perez. It's been reported that his actions actually protected FI and was told to do so by Otmar, the COO. If he leaves FI, I think it would be on his own accord, except Mercedes will also high level involvement going forward. His name has been mentioned with Haas and Sauber as well.ScottB wrote: ↑16 Aug 2018, 14:33It's interesting that motorsport.com's article suggests Merc are keen to place Ocon at Mclaren. If true, that would suggest Perez is staying put.
Surprised at that, as I'd have thought the Stroll's would want to be close to Merc, but perhaps Perez and / or his sponsors are quite involved, with the court case and everything, making him hard / difficult / impossible to shift.