The Sauber F1 Team is pleased to announce that Pascal Wehrlein will complete the team’s driver line-up for the 2017 Formula One World Championship. He will race alongside Swede Marcus Ericsson who continues with the Swiss team.
Yeah, you were right, unfortunately. Personally, once Ricciardo was confirmed at RBR, it was a foregone conclusion.iotar__ wrote:http://www.autosport.com/news/report.ph ... n-for-2017
Parody of motorsport continues, I guess he "earned" his seat as Marchionne said just before this race by being slow in Austria. On top of messing up every single race apart from the 1st one. People believe those cheap manipulators.
Told you:
- Ricciardo - staying
- Raikkonen - staying
- Rosberg - practically staying
I want my points.
This confirmation comes right after Kimi's announcement. Surely that means there was some truth to the rumours about Checo negotiating with Ferrari?flickerf1 wrote:Checo and Hulk confirmed at Force India for 2017.
Supposedly, the contract had been signed for weeks, but Checo kept flirting with Ferrari.Scuderia1967 wrote:This confirmation comes right after Kimi's announcement. Surely that means there was some truth to the rumours about Checo negotiating with Ferrari?flickerf1 wrote:Checo and Hulk confirmed at Force India for 2017.
Big chance he has an option in his contract for when Ferrari knocks on his door (or Mercedes of course)flickerf1 wrote:Supposedly, the contract had been signed for weeks, but Checo kept flirting with Ferrari.Scuderia1967 wrote:This confirmation comes right after Kimi's announcement. Surely that means there was some truth to the rumours about Checo negotiating with Ferrari?flickerf1 wrote:Checo and Hulk confirmed at Force India for 2017.
Just saw this... http://m.crash.net/f1/news/231931/1/per ... allya.htmlJolle wrote:Big chance he has an option in his contract for when Ferrari knocks on his door (or Mercedes of course)flickerf1 wrote:Supposedly, the contract had been signed for weeks, but Checo kept flirting with Ferrari.Scuderia1967 wrote:
This confirmation comes right after Kimi's announcement. Surely that means there was some truth to the rumours about Checo negotiating with Ferrari?
Yes. It would be ideally to have a WC driver in every works team with an up and coming star next to him, with a satellite team with talented young drivers.Nathanael F1 wrote:As much as I like Kimi, I would love a younger and more hungry driver in Ferrari. Ricciardo, Perez, or maybe even Hulk.
I doubt that.Sonador wrote:I think Mercedes really wanted Verstappen, and Ferrari really wanted Ricciardo.
Once they were out of the market, there were not a lot of options.
Never seen a year contractwise, that was decided this "early" usually it al comes to play around Monza.
Mercedes dominance is not guaranteed past 2016 so I don't think that is exactly their line of reasoning.SectorOne wrote:I doubt that.Sonador wrote:I think Mercedes really wanted Verstappen, and Ferrari really wanted Ricciardo.
Once they were out of the market, there were not a lot of options.
Never seen a year contractwise, that was decided this "early" usually it al comes to play around Monza.
For Mercedes what they got (regardless of how you rate their drivers) is enough driver skill to take home the championships.
Even if Verstappen is godlike, like if everyone knew he was a second clear of everyone else in pure skill they still would not need him because of the car.
Mercedes just need the top 5 (if even that) to secure championships.
Edit: Ferrari though i agree with, they actually need that extra edge, unlike Mercedes.
In the end it doesn't really matter it seems, the difference between the cars are bigger then the differences between the top 10-15 drivers. As long as they keep finishing in pairs, there is no real need to change.ChrisDanger wrote:Mercedes dominance is not guaranteed past 2016 so I don't think that is exactly their line of reasoning.SectorOne wrote:I doubt that.Sonador wrote:I think Mercedes really wanted Verstappen, and Ferrari really wanted Ricciardo.
Once they were out of the market, there were not a lot of options.
Never seen a year contractwise, that was decided this "early" usually it al comes to play around Monza.
For Mercedes what they got (regardless of how you rate their drivers) is enough driver skill to take home the championships.
Even if Verstappen is godlike, like if everyone knew he was a second clear of everyone else in pure skill they still would not need him because of the car.
Mercedes just need the top 5 (if even that) to secure championships.
Edit: Ferrari though i agree with, they actually need that extra edge, unlike Mercedes.
