Chuckjr wrote:Yea +1 with Gros. That guy has just itching for a solid shot at a top team, and I think he deserves it. Certainly it would be a one year contract and it's his best/possibly only chance to truly show his capabilities. Should he do really well, and Macca passes on him for Fred or another top guy, there would be a seat for him at Ferrari or RB..? That would be a fantastic choice for Macca imo. He would drive the nuts off that 2015 car.
McLaren is not a top team. If you're talking about very top level it's already happened, far from 100% potential but more than enough. Good enough for Hamilton-centric media and crowd to invent fairy-tales of big Lotus development compared to Mercedes towards the end of 2013. It can't be a driver being better in Korea, Suzuka etc. right? Team's - 'we didn't really change qualifying-race pace approach it's up to a driver" to explain being behind RB and next to Merc went unnoticed too.
If I were him and McLaren offered me one year contract I'd tell them where to stick it. It's not going to happen, if they weren't smart enough to think about it for 2014 why would they now? Dennis thinks Vettel is a very top driver instead and (if rumours are true etc. but it matches previous words) is offering him some big money. Even it's Honda paying half of it it's pretty funny. Add to that success of replacing Perez with Magnussen too early and you have a picture of his mindset when it comes to drivers.
It's going to be interesting how much Ron Dennis' "changes, I'm back, changes, doesn't matter if it makes sense or not as long as it's my idea" approach affects drivers in 2015. I think he'd love to fire Button even today, the problem is he's still better than new project Magnussen. It's solvable, 1. Magnussen can get better in 2015. 2. You can always make one driver worse for your favourite to look better. As of today I'd love to see in a perversive way Vettel-Magnussen against Alonso, Hamilton, Rosberg , in similar cars.