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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.
except people seem to forget that there has been a total exodus of decent personnel at Enstone in the form of Lotus back then, and that's when they sank big time afterwards. Results of the past are no guarantee for the future, just look at Ferrari.PlatinumZealot wrote:Judging by the cars enstone made when funding was good, i think Renault is the best of the three teams. It is toss up of which car will allow him to show his talent even more so he can put a better case to go to Ferrari. It is close between renualt and force india. I dont consider williams quite there when it comes to aero. Can see them behind next year.
Checo is hot favorite of mid-grid teams at the moment because of tyre management. He excels at FI because of the chassis etup., the moment he steps on the Williams he will loose this advantage, Renault chassis might just help him coz they are known for making the chassis which are soft on their tyres.nevill3 wrote:Interesting reading regarding the position of Force India and Sergio
http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/force ... 05424/?s=1
It appears that FI have taken up their option to keep Sergio but the commercial deals with his sponsors have yet to be finalized hence the uncertainty. I guess if a move elsewhere is on the cards someone will have to buy him out of his FI contract.
Do not forget the weight. Perez is one of the skinny bitches around, maybe even lighter now than Massa. This is a huge advantage on every F1 car. We have seen it for several years now, that the tall and heavy drivers often struggle with car setup and, thus, tire management. No miracle, that he is beating heavy Hulk in most of the Qs. I would even expect it more clear like Vet vs. Web with a steady 0.2sec advantage, but I do not think he has the quality of Web or Vet.Manjhi wrote: Checo is hot favorite of mid-grid teams at the moment because of tyre management. He excels at FI because of the chassis etup., the moment he steps on the Williams he will loose this advantage, Renault chassis might just help him coz they are known for making the chassis which are soft on their tyres.
But with new changes coming next year, the drivers will have to be dependent on the raw pace. Checo's advantage could be diminished if doesn't get a chassis which is soft on tyres.
God, I wish they would race at the LeMans trackgraham.reeds wrote:I think Williams will be in with a shout when we get to Le Mans what with their low downforce package...
I don't think we can judge Ocon in the first few races - give him a couple to find his rhythm.
Feel a little sorry for Hiryanto, but he weren't really their on merit.
Hopefully Renault will bring in everyone favourite Venezuelan.
cool, the famous 6 Minutes of Mexicodomh245 wrote:La Monz, surely?
The rumour at the moment is that Maldonado is going to join Manor in the WEC.
People are quick to forget that Kvyat outscored Ricciardo in his rookie year. I would include Kvyat in that.Alexgtt wrote:Dani is clearly out and it seems his temperament is not at all desirable for the F1 brand. That seemed pretty obvious to me with the way he dealt with his collisions earlier this season.
Just thinking way, way ahead here at a Ham end game. I don't believe RB is what he wants. How about riding out the wave at Merc and with perfect timing heading back home to Ron/McLaren/Honda for a dream like swansong into history.....................................................(subtle coughs.....................finish the Senna dream...................).