2010 Formula 1 Season - Official Discussion Thread
Re: 2010 Season Discussions: Line-ups, News and Regulations
poor heikki.......believe me, mclaren screwed double world champ alonso before. now they're screwing up heikki! probably because he's a bit reluctant to be a #2 to lewis...(now where's that driver equality thingie for mclaren?)
Re: 2010 Season Discussions: Line-ups, News and Regulations
Driver equality vanishes when one driver is better than the other.
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Re: 2010 Season Discussions: Line-ups, News and Regulations
Yepswca92 wrote:Driver equality vanishes when one driver is better than the other.
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Renault to announce 2010 drivers soon!
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Re: 2010 Season Discussions: Line-ups, News and Regulations
"who amazingly still works part-time at a Geneva bank" WOW
Um, soon might meen this weekend or like 2 months
Um, soon might meen this weekend or like 2 months
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Re: 2010 Season Discussions: Line-ups, News and Regulations
Thanks for posting joost Kovalainen please
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Kubica: Team choice based on potential
The pole is closing in on a Renault drive in 2010
The pole is closing in on a Renault drive in 2010
Robert Kubica says he is unconcerned by the prospect of joining a team for 2010 that has not won a race this year, as he closes on a move to Renault.
Kubica is a free agent next year, following BMW's decision to withdraw from Formula 1 at the end of the season. He insists that it is difficult to know which teams will be the strongest and claims the potential of the team he joins is more important.
"Even if you are not on the pace straight away, if you are working with a good group you can move forward in winter testing," said Kubica when asked by AUTOSPORT about whether he is concerned at the prospect of racing for a team that is not currently winning races.
"Nobody can guarantee a quick car, but you can have a guarantee of maximum effort and motivation."
"It's difficult to judge which team will win races next year.
"You can have some idea because the teams that finish this year well would most probably have a good start to next season because the cars stay the same aerodynamically."
Kubica is confident that despite several of the top seats already being locked out when he became free for 2010, there is still a good chance of him being in a winning car.
"I hope that I will be in a competitive car next year," said Kubica.
"Most of the teams have already contracted drivers so there are not a lot of places to go. But there are a few opportunities that look promising for the future."
The 2008 Canadian Grand Prix winner added that he was in no hurry to commit himself to a deal, and that the development progress teams make in the coming races could play a key role.
"I'm in the early stages of talking because it wasn't long ago that we got the news of BMW stopping," he said. "I'm not in a hurry."
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Re: 2010 Season Discussions: Line-ups, News and Regulations
Romain Grosjean, Robert Kubica = Renault F1 drivers 2010. Trust me
Re: 2010 Season Discussions: Line-ups, News and Regulations
Yup. Its all slotting in:
Nando and Massa at Ferrari, Bank worker and Kubi at Renault, Kova to a new team or Williams.
Nando and Massa at Ferrari, Bank worker and Kubi at Renault, Kova to a new team or Williams.
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http://www.motorsport.com/news/artic...D=342402&FS=F1
Santander says Alonso-Ferrari deal is 'dream'
Racing series F1
Date 2009-08-26
By Motorsport.com/GMM
Santander says Alonso-Ferrari deal is 'dream'
Racing series F1
Date 2009-08-26
By Motorsport.com/GMM
The only missing element to the Santander/Ferrari sponsorship deal beginning in 2010 is an official press announcement.
It is an open secret in the F1 paddock that the Spanish bank will switch from McLaren at the end of the year, presumably to team up with Fernando Alonso at Ferrari.
Asked about the rumours, Santander's executive vice president for communications and corporate marketing Juan Manuel Cendoya told AS newspaper: "The world's best bank, the world's best team, the world's best driver -- without doubt that is a dream combination for any sponsor."
However, it has been whispered in recent days that McLaren is trying everything to retain Santander; including - according to El Mundo newspaper - by asking the bank if wooing Alonso back to the Mercedes powered team would change its mind.
The German newspaper TZ said contact has been made by officials of the Woking based team to Alonso's manager Luis Garcia Abad.
"At no time have I spoken with Fernando Alonso about contracts," Mercedes' Norbert Haug said in a teleconference for German media this week.
"We talk from time to time and I send him a SMS if he drives a good race. But never (do we talk) about contracts," he insisted.
Re: 2010 Season Discussions: Line-ups, News and Regulations
Bruno Senna (Twitter) wrote:About F1, all negotiations are going OK! There's a lot of work to be done, but let's hope that all works out and a good deal comes soon!!
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phil1993 wrote:Bruno Senna (Twitter) wrote:About F1, all negotiations are going OK! There's a lot of work to be done, but let's hope that all works out and a good deal comes soon!!
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Re: 2010 Season Discussions: Line-ups, News and Regulations
Manor I'd guess are trying to sign him, possibly Williams if Nakajima leaves and they want Hulkenburg and Senna in the same team.
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Senna: My chances of F1 graduation are much better in 2010
"Talking with 4 teams"
"Talking with 4 teams"
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