McLaren have finally announced their new driver line-up for 2015 as it embarks on a new era with Honda power. While Fernando Alonso joins from Ferrari, Jenson Button is retained as a racing racing. Kevin Magnussen will stay at the team as test and reserve driver.
Nico's father is a Finn and Nico was born in Monaco...Just sayingThunders wrote:The all british McLaren was at least mostly british. The only things German at Merc are the Money, the Badge and arguably Nico Rosberg.CHT wrote:
We had an all german Merc and all british Mclaren just a few years back.
bauc wrote:
Nico's father is a Finn and Nico was born in Monaco...Just saying
#aerogollumturbof1 wrote: YOU SHALL NOT......STALLLLL!!!
Nico as far as i know was born in Germany and has a German mother which makes him half german, half finish.bauc wrote:Nico's father is a Finn and Nico was born in Monaco...Just saying
SectorOne wrote:Nico as far as i know was born in Germany and has a German mother which makes him half german, half finish.bauc wrote:Nico's father is a Finn and Nico was born in Monaco...Just saying
Button as much as admitted this during the BBC pre-race coverageSilverArrow10 wrote:All the big teams have their own top drivers, and the smaller teams wont be able to afford JB. If he gets kicked out of McLaren I think he will retire.
What do you have against Grosjean? Imo he's a brilliant driver and I think he'll fit in perfectly at McLaren.Writinglife wrote:I'd welcome Newey, but I doubt he would go back,
Alonso lost all my respect when he threw his toys out of the pram the last time he was at McLaren, and Vettel lost it slowly over the course of his feud with Webber. I think only Maldonado and Grosjean are the only other two drivers who I don't want gracing the doors of McLaren.
Grosjean has developed, I agree, but I'm concerned over his start in F1 which was problematic at best and terrifying at worst. I feel he wasn't ready for F1 racing and I worry what would happen if he changed teams and moved away from the support structure that Lotus put in place for him. I certainly have nothing personal against him, and I respect the fact he seems to got past that phase of his career, but as it stands, I would prefer another, more senior and experienced, driver in McLaren as a leader. (Not as a Number 1 driver, but as someone who can provide excellent feedback during testing, and who is skilled, competent and with controlled aggression on the track). As it stands, I think Kevin Magnussen should stay in for next year as he's had a good start to his career, and I'd be happy with Button staying on a year-by-year contract to provide the stability in team for the next season as he could be a good, positive link to Honda coming in. His familiarity with Japan, it's business culture and Honda could be extremely valuable.AnthonyG wrote:What do you have against Grosjean? Imo he's a brilliant driver and I think he'll fit in perfectly at McLaren.Writinglife wrote:I'd welcome Newey, but I doubt he would go back,
Alonso lost all my respect when he threw his toys out of the pram the last time he was at McLaren, and Vettel lost it slowly over the course of his feud with Webber. I think only Maldonado and Grosjean are the only other two drivers who I don't want gracing the doors of McLaren.
Don't forget who put that in place though (or at least was there and almost certainly involved in it) - Eric Boulier...so there's nothing to say that the same setup couldn't be put in place at McLaren...Writinglife wrote:...Grosjean has developed, I agree, but I'm concerned over his start in F1 which was problematic at best and terrifying at worst. I feel he wasn't ready for F1 racing and I worry what would happen if he changed teams and moved away from the support structure that Lotus put in place for him.
