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Formula 1 - 2010 Season
- Thread starter Dave Baumann
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Silent_Buddha
Legend
You can also see that a other way. Senna and others were good, and on the same level. You could also say Schumacher was just way above the rest, no matter what driver you put him against.
Dont forget that Schumacher in his early years also battled Senna in a jordan (!) against Senna and his Mclaren. So its not that Schumacher only did what he did because Ferrari build a car way faster than the rest.
Not really because there was some overlap with Senna, Prost, etc. when Schumacher was at Benetton (and IMO, he got to show his talents more while at Benetton). And then a bit of overlap when he was starting at Ferrari and the Benetton engineers and crew started improving things there.
As said Schumacher is good, but I'm not sure I'd even have placed him 2nd from how he performed before Ferrari cars started dominating other manufacturers...
Regards,
SB
Time to update the drivers, below is my earlier prediction. It is of course full of wrongness (Toyota, Button at Brawn etc).
Mercedes GP: Rosberg and ??
Red Bull: Vettel and Webber (no need to predict, though)
McLaren: Hamilton and Button
Ferrari: Alonso and Massa (no need to predict)
Williams: Barrichello and Hulkenberg
Renault: Kubica and Kobayashi?
Force India: Liuzzi and Sutil
Toro Rosso: Buemi and Alguersuari
Campos: de la Rosa? and Piquet?
Lotus: Trulli and Kovalainen
Virgin: Senna and Davidson?
USF1: ??
Sauber: ??
Let's update it to the reality of today with some predictions (drivers with ? after is a prediction, albeit unsure) rest are confirmedBrawn: Button and Rosberg
Red Bull: Vettel and Webber (no need to predict, though)
McLaren: Hamilton and Räikkönen (if he lowers his demands)
Ferrari: Alonso and Massa (no need to predict)
Toyota: Kobayashi and Heidfeld?
Williams: Barrichello and Hulkenberg
Renault: Kubica and Glock
Force India: Liuzzi and Fisichella?
Toro Rosso: Buemi and Alguersuari
Campos: Senna and de la Rosa or Piquet?
Lotus: Trulli and Sato or Heidfeld?
Manor: Davidson and ??
USF1: ??
Sauber (if they will get a place): ??
Mercedes GP: Rosberg and ??
Red Bull: Vettel and Webber (no need to predict, though)
McLaren: Hamilton and Button
Ferrari: Alonso and Massa (no need to predict)
Williams: Barrichello and Hulkenberg
Renault: Kubica and Kobayashi?
Force India: Liuzzi and Sutil
Toro Rosso: Buemi and Alguersuari
Campos: de la Rosa? and Piquet?
Lotus: Trulli and Kovalainen
Virgin: Senna and Davidson?
USF1: ??
Sauber: ??
Renault: Kubica and Kobayashi?
Is there any real chance of this prediction being true? I haven't heard any substantial rumours nor any news reports...
PS: I think it would be great if true. I think Kobayashi would spice up the grid quite a bit and he deserves a go IMO.
Renault and Nissan are in an alliance together, so having a Japanese driver is not unheard of for Renault. They had Sakon Yamamoto as a test and demonstration driver in 2008.Is there any real chance of this prediction being true? I haven't heard any substantial rumours nor any news reports...
PS: I think it would be great if true. I think Kobayashi would spice up the grid quite a bit and he deserves a go IMO.
Toyota have said they hope someone will pick him up because they felt bad for leaving him hanging when they dropped out. They even want to work with him to land a drive.He is a Toyota driver not a Nissan one so that means little unless Nissan/Renault can sweet talk Toyota into letting them have him
http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/formula-1-news/223266/toyota-assisted-kobayashi-eyeing-lotus-seat/
tongue_of_colicab
Veteran
This year's Toyota wasnt that bad. It sucked on some tracks but certainly wasnt as bad as previous Toyota's. I think that if they had a top driver they could have gotten alot more from the car.
Did you see him racing? He was very impressive to behold and while he did some rookie mistakes (too many direction changes when defending position, you can't do that in F1 first because of the rules but second because it is dangerous) he fought very well and I think he deserves a proper shot in F1.What is up with everyone about Kobayashi? He only had 2 races.
Drivers in bold are confirmed, nonbold are my speculation and "educated" guesses.
Mercedes GP: Rosberg and ??
Red Bull: Vettel and Webber
McLaren: Hamilton and Button
Ferrari: Alonso and Massa
Williams: Barrichello and Hulkenberg
Renault: Kubica and Kobayashi
Force India: Liuzzi and Sutil
Toro Rosso: Buemi and Alguersuari
Campos: Senna and de la Rosa or Piquet
Lotus: Trulli and Kovalainen
Virgin: Glock and di Grassi
USF1: ??
Sauber: Heidfeld and de la Rosa, Fisichella, Kobayashi or Petrov
Mercedes GP: Rosberg and ??
Red Bull: Vettel and Webber
McLaren: Hamilton and Button
Ferrari: Alonso and Massa
Williams: Barrichello and Hulkenberg
Renault: Kubica and Kobayashi
Force India: Liuzzi and Sutil
Toro Rosso: Buemi and Alguersuari
Campos: Senna and de la Rosa or Piquet
Lotus: Trulli and Kovalainen
Virgin: Glock and di Grassi
USF1: ??
Sauber: Heidfeld and de la Rosa, Fisichella, Kobayashi or Petrov
I won't believe it until it is confirmed.don't think so.
I think we can pretty much stick Schumacher in the other Mercedes now mind you. It's all but confirmed.
1FOM are trying to make F1 not available to terresterial TV users, so...
what...
where did you hear that
"Sir Richard Branson issues a challenge to AirAsia boss Tony Fernandes to dress up as a Virgin cabin crew attendant if Virgin Racing fare better than AirAsia-sponsored Lotus F1 next season."
