Well, I think that is almost a thing of the past. In one way or the other Santander pays for Alonso, Mercedes for Schumacher, Hamilton´s talent was "funded" by McLaren since the early days, Red Bull and Renault driver developments programs gave us many many talented drivers, etc.Holm86 wrote: When it comes to Perez im not a fan of sponsor drivers. IMO the only drivers in F1 should be the ones with the talent to back it up.
Belatti wrote:Well, I think that is almost a thing of the past. In one way or the other Santander pays for Alonso, Mercedes for Schumacher, Hamilton´s talent was "funded" by McLaren since the early days, Red Bull and Renault driver developments programs gave us many many talented drivers, etc.Holm86 wrote: When it comes to Perez im not a fan of sponsor drivers. IMO the only drivers in F1 should be the ones with the talent to back it up.
You need both talent AND money. Besides, I dont think a GP2 runner up lacks talent.
Holm86 wrote: Sergio Perez is getting a F1 seat just becase he is mexican like the sponsor. Sure you got talent if youre the runner up in gp2 but if you go for the fastest driver why not choose the number one??
Fast drivers can come later.. Fast cars have to come now! And Sauber needs money to get a fast car...Holm86 wrote:Belatti wrote:Well, I think that is almost a thing of the past. In one way or the other Santander pays for Alonso, Mercedes for Schumacher, Hamilton´s talent was "funded" by McLaren since the early days, Red Bull and Renault driver developments programs gave us many many talented drivers, etc.Holm86 wrote: When it comes to Perez im not a fan of sponsor drivers. IMO the only drivers in F1 should be the ones with the talent to back it up.
You need both talent AND money. Besides, I dont think a GP2 runner up lacks talent.
Alonso had allready shown his talent before Santander began sponsoring him. Same story with Schumacher. And Hamilton was funded because of his talent.
Sergio Perez is getting a F1 seat just becase he is mexican like the sponsor. Sure you got talent if youre the runner up in gp2 but if you go for the fastest driver why not choose the number one??
But the sort of "Sponsor Driver" i really dislike is the ones like Yamamoto ...
I agree that they guys that pay 1 million bucks for a couple of races in a backmarker are what we dislike. But if you think about it, they way Perez is arriving to F1 is way different. Sergio Perez is not Giovanni Lavaggi nor Pedro Diniz. The driver development program from were he is coming from is based on talent and results along steps in different formulas.Holm86 wrote: Alonso had allready shown his talent before Santander began sponsoring him. Same story with Schumacher. And Hamilton was funded because of his talent.
Sergio Perez is getting a F1 seat just becase he is mexican like the sponsor. Sure you got talent if youre the runner up in gp2 but if you go for the fastest driver why not choose the number one??
But the sort of "Sponsor Driver" i really dislike is the ones like Yamamoto ...