Adrian Sutil has secured a deal with Sauber to ensure himself a race seat for 2014. He will effectively make the inverse move of Nico Hulkenberg who joined Force India following his departure at Sauber.
Van Der Garde turned down the Caterham drive to go to Sauber. With testing back, he'll get plenty of seat time ahead of a planned race seat in 15.SilverArrow10 wrote:Chilton gets a second go but Van der garde doesn't? I hate that.
84 GP2 drives 3 wins, only won the BMW Formula UK series. Japanese F3 isn't as good as it used to be. Only managed one win in the best GP2 car. Marcus Ericsson is on par with Chilton 62 races in GP2 2 wins. Both average 30 GP2 to one 1 win ratio! Caterham should gave chosen Di Resta and Kamui or Frijns. Ericsson finished 6th in GP2, but nowadays that seems to be enough.....Juzh wrote:how so?SectorOne wrote:wonder what happened to VDG.. I´m Swedish but i´m not that hyped for Ericsson in F1 to be honest.
Think we have more promising talent coming up. Rosenqvist for example.Juzh wrote:how so?SectorOne wrote:wonder what happened to VDG.. I´m Swedish but i´m not that hyped for Ericsson in F1 to be honest.
Well, if you refer to the time around the late 80ies, don't forget about Saturo Nakajima...raymondu999 wrote: Why would Honda push for a Japanese driver, when (to memory) they never did that in the past? Remember how they used to push for McLaren to sign Senna?
Takuma Sato did drive for Honda for many years and I think Kamui will make a good no. 2 if Mclaren manage to bring in Alonso to Mclaren.raymondu999 wrote:Why would Honda push for a Japanese driver, when (to memory) they never did that in the past? Remember how they used to push for McLaren to sign Senna?CHT wrote:I still think this could possibly happen in 2015 because Honda sponsorship money will be too BIG for Mclaren to say no, and Kamui experience with Renault engine in 2014 will be a good asset for Honda for sure.CHT wrote:I think Kamui should get a drive with Caterham in 2014 and then join Mclaren Honda in 2015.
Go Kamui Go!! =D>
Super Aguri...wasn't that basically backed by Honda as a way of keeping Sato in the sport??raymondu999 wrote:Why would Honda push for a Japanese driver, when (to memory) they never did that in the past? Remember how they used to push for McLaren to sign Senna?CHT wrote:I still think this could possibly happen in 2015 because Honda sponsorship money will be too BIG for Mclaren to say no, and Kamui experience with Renault engine in 2014 will be a good asset for Honda for sure.CHT wrote:I think Kamui should get a drive with Caterham in 2014 and then join Mclaren Honda in 2015.
Go Kamui Go!! =D>
they needed someone to match him but why Glock, Kova weren't considered? Even though Caterham's driver choices are chaotic and without a plan I like this line-up, Ericsson, paying or not is bashed too much and will be all right.
Honda needs a local hero as much as Mclaren needs Honda engine.iotar__ wrote:How much are they bringing? Their justification is questionable - they claim experience and replace Pic (2 seasons in F1) with Koba - 1+ more but with a break and new to the team, and add a rookie. Why Ericsson and not Rossi or Frijns?
It's understandable why they'd hire someone like Koba, quick, skilful, very good marketing value - and money. After Marussia got themselves a fast driver by accident
Honda will be McLaren exclusive and let's be realistic Kobayashi is not going there, he should be worried about 2015 when internet money (is it a fact or rumour?) runs out. What Van der Garde says makes sense - he may be counting on Sutil's seat.
No matter what Caterham/Koba/Ericcson are saying: this line-up is all about who had the most dollars. I do believe that VDG had a perfect shot of driving another season, since he's got enough of dollars from Mcgreggor, but he chose to leave.iotar__ wrote:How much are they bringing? Their justification is questionable - they claim experience and replace Pic (2 seasons in F1) with Koba - 1+ more but with a break and new to the team, and add a rookie. Why Ericsson and not Rossi or Frijns?
I agree with the fact that a GP2-WDC should at least be considered to have a test-drive in F1, or even a race-seat. But Leimer is as much F1-worthy as Valsecchi for example. He won the GP2-WDC after 4/5 seasons of racing. To me that's not really an indication of talent.SilverArrow10 wrote:Im still annoyed the GP2 champion didn't get a drive. Think the FIA has to step in and do something about that, make sure they get drives.
VD Garde has £££, which Frijns doesn't, making a race seat a possibility. Frijns gets to stay relevant and attend all the races, which he wouldn't otherwise. He won't be racing GP2, and Rossi will surely get most of the testing time so he's basically in the same position he had at Sauber.Manoah2u wrote: What i find tricky to think of for VdGarde is that frijns left Sauber because he wouldn't get a drive there, and eyes Caterham. So frijns and vdgarde seem to switch directions. weird.
Button is actually quite popular with the Japanese. If Magnussen is another Hamilton, I don't see Mclaren getting rid of either driver for 2015.CHT wrote:Honda needs a local hero as much as Mclaren needs Honda engine.
The last two years at least it would have been more then doable in theory but in practical terms it´s a bit more complicated.Manoah2u wrote:the whole GP2 to F1 concept simply isn't reasonable. if every year you are gonna have a fresh GP2 champ [you will if they go to f1], then every year 'somebody' has to go from F1.
