Silly season 2010

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There were wild rumours around the FI factory 3 weeks ago regarding Heikki being eased in to make way for Kimi at Mac's.

Heikki + an Indian (with sponsorship) would be my guess. They (FI) are fundingly challenged as you might say and a paying driver is almost a necessity. India hasn't quite been the pushover they'd hoped mainly due to the lack of an Indian driver. Although I'd be surprised VJ is unaware of this fact so other things must be in play..... ??

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It seems that Nick Heidfeld is negotiating with both Renault and McMerc.

That shuffles ESPImperium's table a bit more! :)

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Heidfeld to McLaren and Glock to Renault [-o<

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ringo wrote: He is a much better driver than any of the rookies out there bar buemi. And he is much more entertaining.
He is probably better than Grosjean, Kobayashi and Alguersuari... but being better than those 3 is not a great merit, isnt it?

Entertaining? Well... I dont like him so if he goes to those silly Nascar trucks Ill be happier
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Button so stay at Brawn??? http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/motorspor ... -21771414/ & http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsp ... 324643.stm

No Button/Hamilton "dream" lineup for 2010 at Scuderia McLaren.

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ESPImperium wrote:No Button/Hamilton "dream" lineup for 2010 at Scuderia McLaren.
phew .... that combination would have had too many big teeth !

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richard_leeds wrote:
ESPImperium wrote:No Button/Hamilton "dream" lineup for 2010 at Scuderia McLaren.
phew .... that combination would have had too many big teeth !
... and would have said "for sure" far too many times in each sentence for me to watch post-race interviews without wanting to commit genocide ...
"Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine ..."

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Heaven: Where the cooks are French, the police are British, the lovers are Greek, the mechanics are German, and it is all organized by the Swiss.

Hell: Where the cooks are British, the police are German, the lovers are Swiss, the mechanics are French, and it is all organized by the Greeks.

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ESPImperium wrote:No Button/Hamilton "dream" lineup for 2010 at Scuderia McLaren.
This is extremely boring. Everybody and his dog knew that Button was going to stay at Brawn and Rubens would be swapping places with Nico. So why would any serious person even talk about this silly exercise of price haggling. That they cannot sort this out in a quiet and dignified way is ridiculous. Poor Jenson stuck with his unpaid laundry bill and murderous third class air passages. #-o It is all about fixing a salary between 6-12 million and how is that interesting to anybody?

For me the only talking point at the moment is Kimi's decision. His sacking at Ferrari was rather spectacular but he has shown in the last five races that he is still capable of doing great things, just a shame that he did not do this all the time. For any principal with a potentially inferior car Kimi's attitude problem must be a serious worry. On one side you probably want him for his talent, on the other side you dread what may happen if he finds out he is riding a dog again.

His only chance for a competitive car is McLaren and they are not likely to pay half what he got at Ferrari. You have to figure into this that there may be eight competitive cars again next year and his chances for another WDC are pretty slim. In fact I cannot see him doing more than he did this season. The occasional podium and one or two race wins. Would he be happy with that? Or is it time to take Ferrari's money and start a rally and sports car carreer?
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gridwalker wrote:
richard_leeds wrote:
ESPImperium wrote:No Button/Hamilton "dream" lineup for 2010 at Scuderia McLaren.
phew .... that combination would have had too many big teeth !
... and would have said "for sure" far too many times in each sentence for me to watch post-race interviews without wanting to commit genocide ...
I don't think deposing of two people would count as genocide. Double murder for sure.

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New Brawn line up ??? :lol:
auto123.com wrote:Willi Weber, famous in F1 circles for being Michael Schumacher's manager, let the cat out of the bag when speaking to Germany's Bild am Sonntag newspaper about his new charge, the 22-year-old rookie and current Williams test driver Nico Hulkenberg.

"I think he will be a match for his new teammate (Rubens) Barrichello," Weber said.

http://www.auto123.com/en/racing-news/f ... tid=112684

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Looks that way, as Nico confirms exit from Williams..

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsp ... 331563.stm
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Rumors and Facts


Brawn GP [*** Mercedes]
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*** Jenson Button
*** Nico Rosberg
** Kimi Raikkonen
* Rubens Barrichello


Red Bull Racing [*** Mercedes, * Renault]
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03 - Sebastian Vettel
04 - Mark Webber


Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro [Ferrari]
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05 - Felipe Massa
06 - Fernando Alonso

T - Giancarlo Fisichella

Vodafone McLaren Mercedes [Mercedes]
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07 - Lewis Hamilton
*** Kimi Raikkonen
** Heiki Kovalainen
* Adrian Sutil
* Niko Hulkenberg

Panasonic Toyota Racing [Toyota]
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*** Timo Glock
** Kimi Raikkonen
* Nick Heidfeld
* Jarno Trulli
* Kamui Kobayashi


AT&T Williams F1 Team [*** Renault, ** Toyota]
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*** Niko Hulkenberg
** Rubens Barrichello
** Nick Heidfeld

Renault F1 Team [Renault]
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14 - Robert Kubica
* Romain Grosjean
* Kimi Raikkonen
* Lucas di Grassi

Force India F1 Team [*** Mercedes, * Ferrari]
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*** Adrian Sutil
*** Vitantonio Liuzzi
* Karun Chandhok

Scuderia Toro Rosso [*** Ferrari]
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*** Sebastian Buemi
*** Jaime Alguersuari
** Brendon Hartley
* Takuma Sato

Team USGPE [Cosworth]
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** Alexander Rossi
** José Maria Lopez
** Jonathan Summerton
** Scott Speed
** Sebastian Loeb
** Jacques Villeneuve
* Alexander Wurz

Campos Grand Prix [Cosworth]
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*** Pedro de la Rosa
*** Vitaly Petrov
*** Pastor Maldonado
** Bruno Senna
** Giorgio Pantano
* Nelson Piquet

Manor Grand Prix [Cosworth]
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** Esteban Guerrieri
** Adam Carroll
* Nick Heidfeld
* Sebastien Bordais
* Bruno Senna
* Heikki Kovalainen

Lotus F1 Team [Cosworth]
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** Jarno Trulli
** Fairuz Fauzy
** Bruno Senna

***Sauber F1 Team [Ferrari***]
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** Nick Heidfeld
** Cristian Klien
* Nico Rosberg


*** Very probable
** Probable
* Not that probable
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richard_leeds wrote:
gridwalker wrote: ... and would have said "for sure" far too many times in each sentence for me to watch post-race interviews without wanting to commit genocide ...
I don't think deposing of two people would count as genocide. Double murder for sure.
Once the rage is unleashed, you have no idea where it might end up ... the words "for sure" have become so overused amongst the F1 community this year, it's been driving me insane!

If I can get hold of enough footage of driver interviews, I might put together a montage to illustrate my point.

Just watch for it at Abu Dhabi : I can guarantee that those words will crop up in almost every interview conducted in English.
"Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine ..."