Silly Season 2013/14

[Jonnycraig]

http://translate.google.com/translate?h ... (Quotenet)

Van Der Garde will have a race seat next season, possibly at Force India.

[Daliracing]

I guess Perez @ FI will be beter then vdg Perez has more experience then vdg and is better in tire management

[SectorOne]

I posted a while back about Bernie and his replacement with him being Horner,
Rather interesting article about the power of Ferrari in those types of situations.

Ferrari's political power extends even to the identity of Bernie Ecclestone's eventual successor.

Amid his legal troubles surrounding the Gerhard Gribkowsky corruption scandal, 83-year-old Ecclestone recently named Red Bull team boss Christian Horner as his preferred successor.

Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo, however, dismissed Horner's naming as a "joke".

"As the years go by, he (Ecclestone) more and more enjoys making jokes and I'm happy he still has the desire to do so," he told Italian television Rai.

In the same interview, Montezemolo confirmed for the very first time long-standing paddock rumours that Ferrari has the unique ability to "veto" proposed changes by Ecclestone and the governing FIA.

"We are the only team with the right of veto," he said. "More political weight than that is impossible!

"We are aware of our strength in formula one, which without us, would be completely different."

Now, in an interview published by CNN, Ecclestone has played down his comments about Horner, arguing that he only mentioned his 40-year-old friend because he was "walking past" at the time.

And he told the F1 business journalist Christian Sylt: "Firstly CVC would never agree (to Horner's appointment) and secondly Ferrari would have a say," said Ecclestone.

http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns26989.html

[CHT]

established $TAR indeed

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/111745

[Kiril Varbanov]

Esteban G. spotted at Caterhahm HQ for those having no access to Autosport.
Di Resta likely to have no seat in 2014.

[Racer X]

Esteban at Cat that would make sense
But i ask what's the point of these guys do they just do it for fun or do any of them actually want to be world Champs. Im talking about these pay drivers.

[CHT]

Esteban G. spotted at Caterhahm HQ for those having no access to Autosport.
Di Resta likely to have no seat in 2014.

Di resta is busy suing Hamilton snr in court

[marcush.]

What is important -he has not taken any time to adapt integrate and deliver-we have heardof top pilots -namely Hamilton-who admitted to have trouble to adapt to the new team and the material ....Hulk jumps in and is there

Totally agree with you on this one Marcus. It's probably his biggest USP. By switching teams he might not have shown consistency regarding his drive, but whereever he went, he got the car to the max. A shame we didn't see him in the Lotus, I have little doubt he would have performed differently than Heikki.

Now let's hope FIndia will "nail" their car under the new rules again, just like in the beginning of this year, then we'll the him challenging for the Top6

absolutely -i´m sad he did not go to lotus for these two races.As he is not driving for Sauber anyways next year.But to see if he could take up Grosjean instantly would have been a decisive point he would have made.clearly a missed opportunity to drive home your point.

On the other hand he publicly voiced his desire to have the strongest driver avaialble in the other car at FI -to have somebody pushing him and both of them pushing the team .
he seems perfectly prepared to take on Perez .

[Sevach]

Going to Lotus and going toe to toe with Grosjean would've been quite an accomplishment, and it could have gained him Grosjean seat at Lotus (maybe).

Perez will be good for him, an experienced driver with podiums that did alright against a WDC, with Guttierrez even though his consistency was astonishing, constantly mixing up with the highly rated Alonso, Hamilton and Rosberg, there was always that question... "how good is this Sauber really?"
With Perez his results will shine.

[antiuser]

Lotus wasn't going to give Grosjean up. Total and Renault like having a French driver there and his progress this season has been remarkable. He earned that seat.

[Hail22]

Nico Hulkenberg official team announcement and interview with Natalie Pinkham:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoNIN_xvvU4[/youtube]

[Manoah2u]

i'd go to ForceIndia just for the paddock girls Vijay surrounds the F.I. team with

anyway....if vijay was nearly begging him....i guess he really wanted to get rid of both sutil and diresta.
never understood why he picked sutil anyway, perhaps there was need for a german there? because of the
engine perhaps? dunno if sutil or hulk have ties to merc?

[SectorOne]

da Costa gets a reserve driver role at Red Bull. At least it´s something.

[Manoah2u]

just read Guido vanderGarde has a chance on the second ForceIndia seat, even though i think it's unlikely he'll end up there.
Perez makes the most sense. But who knows, still enough spots to be filled, and enough contracts to be breached

[kooleracer]

da Costa gets a reserve driver role at Red Bull. At least it´s something.

Why do you think Félix deserves a seat in F1? Da Costa had one good half year, because his main competitors were embroiled in a title fight and he wasn't. This year the pressure was on and he was beaten by rookie Vandoorne and McLaren protégé Magnusson. Robin Frijns won the championship as an rookie and he didn't got a drive. Kyvat has more talent than Da Costa. I saw him in F3 and GP3 he is really quick. Next year I want to see Marciello, Frijns and Vandoorne go head tot head in GP2 because those are the three talents with the most potential. Da Costa must thank god that Red Bull hasn't dropped him already. He has won 1 title the last 3 years if I'm correct.