zeph wrote: ↑28 Nov 2024, 02:08
JordanMugen wrote: ↑28 Nov 2024, 00:36
Farnborough wrote: ↑08 Nov 2024, 20:13
Colapinto to Alpine
Flavio influence apparently.
No, Doohan is confirmed at Alpine.
Piastri was confirmed at Alpine
Yes they are just whisperings, but with Flavio in that era of Schumacher move by snatching him from under Jordan apparent contract, then a possibility in how business is done for these things.
I'm looking forward to see Doohan (his father one of the best racers ever to watch) in the seat and apparently good performances in testing. But none of us can judge his real world performances in F1 race situation yet. Often a driver can be extremely high performing in development role but fail in the demands of producing that cutting edge against grid opposition. No one seems to give much/any leeway for any learning time in public opinion land either, decent characters get crucified very quickly.
Colapinto has a delivery, a swaagger and application in similar to MV, FA & Senna about him, some teams don't want to miss out on snaffling a driver like that and take the risk of trying it to see. Williams one of them as they hold contract, but didn't evaluate before chasing Sainz. It would be equally wrong not to see Colapinto on the grid next year as it would to see Doohan bumped.
