Giblet wrote:Anthony would be a bad manager/dad if he didn't keep all options open for his son/client. Vettel doesn't need to worry at all. He has time to ride out a multi year deal with RBR and still have time to smash all the F1 records around, if the cars fall in his place.
Don't forget Vettel has no manager. Smart. Also he has been part of the Red Bull family for ever, and likey owes them, or at least feels he does, which makes him honorable as well.
I thought that Vettel was slated to return to BMW in the future? And as long as he doesn't end up as ANOTHER Flavio owned driver, he should do just fine.
Vettel may just be the Red Bull test-tube driver, like Hamilton is McLaren's.
What other organically grown drivers are in the pipeline for the teams? It would be interesting to speculate when the entire field will be full of these cradle-to-cockpit drivers.
This is where budgeting caps for F1 fall apart. Do they include the driver development in those numbers? If not, that may be the newest area of HUGE investment for the teams. Unfortunately, they will have to sign 10 year contracts that start the moment they are put into an F1 cockpit just to make the investment worthwhile...
I imagine that after all of the money and effort that McLaren has put into Hamilton, it would be gut wrenching to McLaren to see him driving a Ferrari, and I am sure that a scenario like that gives people like Ron Dennis nightmares!
Chris
