No, He wants to drive for Ferrari in 2011Cromoseta wrote:Yuji Ide was seen at the McLaren factory with his manager. Ide 2nd driver?
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Re: 2010 Season Discussions: Driver Line-ups, News and Misc
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He's probably their crash-test driverCromoseta wrote:Yuji Ide was seen at the McLaren factory with his manager. Ide 2nd driver?
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mclaren make phil and ide work on their simulator and Phil is 2s fasterphil1993 wrote:I was seen at the McLaren factory yesterday...
Re: 2010 Season Discussions: Driver Line-ups, News and Misc
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/motorspor ... -21822597/Jenson Button's bid to stay at Brawn is being torpedoed by Mercedes' plans to turn the Brackley operation into Team Germany.
Formula 1 world champion Button has been made a final £3.5million take-it-or-leave-it deal by Brawn GP, according to sources at the team.
That is nearly £5m less than the 29-year-old wants for bringing in the sport's ultimate silverware. Mercedes is only days from announcing a buyout of Brawn which will give it a controlling interest in the team.
The German car giant is desperate to conjure a home marketing coup by powering a German to victory for the first time in the modern era.
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A deal has already been struck to lure Nico Rosberg from Williams to Brawn on a contract that does not allow any other driver a superior salary. After 15 years at McLaren and failing to land various German stars --including Michael Schumacher - and then missing out on putting its power plant behind Sebastian Vettel at Red Bull, Mercedes has thrown its weight behind Rosberg.
Mercedes is just days away from announcing a £500m split with McLaren.
But it is refusing to bankroll a fair salary for Button, the newly-crowned world champion. While it was willing to stretch to £30m to lure Schumacher from Ferrari, Mercedes is refusing to pay a quarter of that to keep Button at Brackley.
And that looks certain to push Button into the arms of McLaren and a partnership with Lewis Hamilton.
Button was highly impressed with the team after visiting McLaren's hi-tech facility at Woking on Friday.
Re: 2010 Season Discussions: Driver Line-ups, News and Misc
It would be a little funny if neither Mercedes nor McLaren wanted Button...
Driver line ups: Bear with me on the numbers, it does make sense
Mercedes
1. Jenson Button/3. Nico Rosberg
2. Nico Rosberg/4. Nick Heidfeld
Red Bull Racing
3/5 Sebastian Vettel
4/6 Mark Webber
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
1 Jenson Button/5 Lewis Hamilton
2 Lewis Hamilton/6 Kimi Raikkonen/Nick Heidfeld
Ferrari
7 Felipe Massa
8 Fernando Alonso
Williams
9 Rubens Barrichello
10 Nico Hulkenberg
Renault
11 Robert Kubica
12 Timo Glock/Heikki Kovalainen/Romain Grosjean
Force India
14 Adrian Sutil
15 Vitantonio Liuzzi/Karun Chandhok
Scuderia Toro Rosso
16 Sebastien Buemi
17 Jaime Alguersuari/Brendon Hartley
USF1
18
19
Campos
20 Bruno Senna
21 Pedro de La Rosa/Vitaly Petrov/Pastor Maldonado
Manor
22 Heikki Kovalainen/Adam Carroll/Paul di Resta
23 Anthony Davidson/Lucas di Grassi
Lotus
24 Jarno Trulli
25 Kamui Kobayashi/Heikki Kovalainen
Sauber Ferrari*
26 Giancarlo Fisichella
27 Christian Klien
Numbers sorted by finishing order in 2009 or by champion status. New teams sorted by order of received application. *Sauber will use the last gridslots if they are accepted as the 13th team.
Driver line ups: Bear with me on the numbers, it does make sense
Mercedes
1. Jenson Button/3. Nico Rosberg
2. Nico Rosberg/4. Nick Heidfeld
Red Bull Racing
3/5 Sebastian Vettel
4/6 Mark Webber
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
1 Jenson Button/5 Lewis Hamilton
2 Lewis Hamilton/6 Kimi Raikkonen/Nick Heidfeld
Ferrari
7 Felipe Massa
8 Fernando Alonso
Williams
9 Rubens Barrichello
10 Nico Hulkenberg
Renault
11 Robert Kubica
12 Timo Glock/Heikki Kovalainen/Romain Grosjean
Force India
14 Adrian Sutil
15 Vitantonio Liuzzi/Karun Chandhok
Scuderia Toro Rosso
16 Sebastien Buemi
17 Jaime Alguersuari/Brendon Hartley
USF1
18
19
Campos
20 Bruno Senna
21 Pedro de La Rosa/Vitaly Petrov/Pastor Maldonado
Manor
22 Heikki Kovalainen/Adam Carroll/Paul di Resta
23 Anthony Davidson/Lucas di Grassi
Lotus
24 Jarno Trulli
25 Kamui Kobayashi/Heikki Kovalainen
Sauber Ferrari*
26 Giancarlo Fisichella
27 Christian Klien
Numbers sorted by finishing order in 2009 or by champion status. New teams sorted by order of received application. *Sauber will use the last gridslots if they are accepted as the 13th team.
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Montagny raising hopes for Renault seat
... Oh dear
Spoiler:
... Oh dear
Re: 2010 Season Discussions: Driver Line-ups, News and Misc
The problem Button will have if he goes to McLaren is that Macca tend to develop an oversteery car as this suits Hamilton's driving style and its how their cars have been over the years. Button has a smooth style that requires an understeery car and this means he will have to adapt a hell of a lot - he would have the advantage at some tracks such as Istanbul where Hamilton's style tends to wreck the tyres whilst Button's style perfectly suits Istanbul; but on the whole Hamilton would outclass Button, partly due to this trait of the car
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ive got a feeling now that with Mercedes stepping into the Brawn team, Jenson might now join Mclaren and Kimi going to Brawn. the wage structure would be better for Kimi's high demands even though as stated in the press mercedes are after an all german team (not sure if thats true). If Jenson is only looking for 8 million pounds then that would be attractive to mclaren, yes it would be attractive to mercedes also but i think they would prefer kimi to jenson.
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The Guardian is a very good source, they're very rarely wrong and the move makes sense and has been rumoured for a while now. That leaves Raikkonen and Heidfeld fot the Brawn/Mercedes seat...
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Motorsport Total are reporting that Timo Glock has signed for Manor in 2010.
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Manor signs Glock for 2010
Well done Manor!
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Good deal Manor good there. Tom won't be happy.
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Button closing on McLaren switch
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80178
I really hope it is not true... Button is the worst champion I can remember and I would hate to see him in McLaren...
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80178
I really hope it is not true... Button is the worst champion I can remember and I would hate to see him in McLaren...
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It seems ever so likely the Button and McLaren now
Kobayashi to Renault?
Kobayashi to Renault?