2010 Driver Market

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 20 Nov 2009, 14:22

Captain Hammer wrote:Joe Saward and the Argentine media are reporting TC2000 touring car driver Jose Maria Lopez has signed for USf1. An odd choice, since he hasn't been in an open-hweeler since he left Super Nova at the end of the 1006 GP2 series, and has a reputation for crashing.

A future Reject, then.

I've also read this, so I won't be surprised if that's finally confirmed. Seems that we'll talking A LOT about USF1 next year

noisebox · Post by **noisebox** » 20 Nov 2009, 18:37

Phoenix wrote:
Captain Hammer wrote:Joe Saward and the Argentine media are reporting TC2000 touring car driver Jose Maria Lopez has signed for USf1. An odd choice, since he hasn't been in an open-hweeler since he left Super Nova at the end of the 1006 GP2 series, and has a reputation for crashing.

A future Reject, then.

I've also read this, so I won't be surprised if that's finally confirmed. Seems that we'll talking A LOT about USF1 next year

I have been sceptical about USF1 making it, but this week they have a full page ad in Autosport looking for technical people. They seem to have reject written all over them at the moment, though.

Captain Hammer · Post by **Captain Hammer** » 20 Nov 2009, 23:08

Phoenix wrote:
Captain Hammer wrote:Joe Saward and the Argentine media are reporting TC2000 touring car driver Jose Maria Lopez has signed for USf1. An odd choice, since he hasn't been in an open-hweeler since he left Super Nova at the end of the 1006 GP2 series, and has a reputation for crashing.

A future Reject, then.

I've also read this, so I won't be surprised if that's finally confirmed.

Well, other sources, like F1 Live say the team are still looking at twelve different drivers. Lopez may have visited on account of that without actually signing anything.

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 21 Nov 2009, 10:18

Captain Hammer wrote:
Phoenix wrote:
Captain Hammer wrote:Joe Saward and the Argentine media are reporting TC2000 touring car driver Jose Maria Lopez has signed for USf1. An odd choice, since he hasn't been in an open-hweeler since he left Super Nova at the end of the 1006 GP2 series, and has a reputation for crashing.

A future Reject, then.

I've also read this, so I won't be surprised if that's finally confirmed.

Well, other sources, like F1 Live say the team are still looking at twelve different drivers. Lopez may have visited on account of that without actually signing anything.

We should look at his sponsors perhaps.

CarlosFerreira · Post by **CarlosFerreira** » 21 Nov 2009, 10:32

Jose Maria Lopez seems to have confirmed he has a conditional contract:
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80273

"And what is JM-Lopez doing?" :mrgreen:

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 21 Nov 2009, 10:34

CarlosFerreira wrote:Jose Maria Lopez seems to have confirmed he has a conditional contract:
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80273

"And what is JM-Lopez doing?"

-"He's desperately slow, he's only here (presumably) because of his money"-.

If Villeneuve returns (I think it'll probably do that with USF1) and López helps him overtaking by blocking another car, that would be amusing :lol:

CarlosFerreira · Post by **CarlosFerreira** » 21 Nov 2009, 10:42

Phoenix wrote:
CarlosFerreira wrote:Jose Maria Lopez seems to have confirmed he has a conditional contract:
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80273

"And what is JM-Lopez doing?"

-"He's desperately slow, he's only here (presumably) because of his money"-.

If Villeneuve returns (I think it'll probably do that with USF1) and López helps him overtaking by blocking another car, that would be amusing

He would be the Irvine to Villeneuve's Schumacher. Only slower, both of them.

Debaser · Post by **Debaser** » 21 Nov 2009, 11:40

Earlier this week apparently Pastor Maldonado, who's had a million and one crashes in GP2, signed for Campos. Him and Lopez should be great reject material, Lopez especially. He looks like being Tuero but older and not as good.

noisebox · Post by **noisebox** » 21 Nov 2009, 11:48

Captain Hammer wrote:
noisebox wrote:That's the most baffling prediction I've seen all year. If that one comes off my hat is buttered and ready for lunch!

I figured he'd be better than Nick Heidfeld. Anyone would.

No way, not in a million years is he better than Heidfeld.

WeirdKerr · Post by **WeirdKerr** » 21 Nov 2009, 13:00

if i were Norbert Haug i would sign HWNSNBM and Markus Winkelhock

Popi_Larrauri · Post by **Popi_Larrauri** » 21 Nov 2009, 13:37

CarlosFerreira wrote:Jose Maria Lopez seems to have confirmed he has a conditional contract:
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80273

"And what is JM-Lopez doing?"

Local press says that he still short by 2.5 millions from the 8 requested by Windsor.

Captain Hammer · Post by **Captain Hammer** » 21 Nov 2009, 23:55

Popi_Larrauri wrote:
CarlosFerreira wrote:Jose Maria Lopez seems to have confirmed he has a conditional contract:
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80273

"And what is JM-Lopez doing?"

Local press says that he still short by 2.5 millions from the 8 requested by Windsor.

He's also got a week to find it.

Debaser wrote:Earlier this week apparently Pastor Maldonado, who's had a million and one crashes in GP2, signed for Campos. Him and Lopez should be great reject material, Lopez especially. He looks like being Tuero but older and not as good.

Campos are still deciding between Maldonado and Petrov.

Captain Hammer · Post by **Captain Hammer** » 27 Nov 2009, 11:41

Given the latest wave of insanity:

McLaren Mercedes: 1 - Jenson Button / 2 - Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes GP: 3 - Nico Rosberg / 4 - Robert Kubica
Red Bull-Renault: 5 - Mark Webber / 6 - Sebastian Vettel
Ferrari: 7 - Felipe Massa / 8 - Fernando Alonso
Williams-Cosworth: 9 - Rubens Barrichello / 10- Nico Hulkenberg
Ultimate India-Mercedes: 11 - Adrian Sutil / 12 - JR Hildebrand
Toro Rosso-Ferrari:14 - Sebastien Buemi / 15 - Jaime Alguersuari
Campos-Cosworth: 16 - Bruno Senna / 17 - Vitaly Petrov
Virgin-Cosworth: 18 - Timo Glock / 19 - Anthoy Davidson
USF1-Cosworth: 20 - Jose Maria Lopez / 21 - Pedro de la Rosa
Lotus-Cosworth: 22 - Kamui Kobayashi / 23 - Jarno Trulli
Sauber USA-Ferrari:24 - Nick Heidfeld / 25 - Christian Klien
Stefan GP-Toyota: 26 - Pastor Maldonado / 27 - ???
(New) Renault: 28 - Heikki Kovalainen / 29 - Lucas Di Grassi

Enrique Bernoldi · Post by **Enrique Bernoldi** » 27 Nov 2009, 13:42

Sutil and Liuzzi confirmed by Force India as their 2010 drivers.

http://formula-1.updatesport.com/news/article/1259324256/formula_one/F1headlines/Sutil-and-Liuzzi-stay-on-/view.html

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 27 Nov 2009, 14:24

Enrique Bernoldi wrote:Sutil and Liuzzi confirmed by Force India as their 2010 drivers.

http://formula-1.updatesport.com/news/article/1259324256/formula_one/F1headlines/Sutil-and-Liuzzi-stay-on-/view.html

Liuzzi staying onboard...Interesting.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 27 Nov 2009, 15:11

Phoenix wrote:
Enrique Bernoldi wrote:Sutil and Liuzzi confirmed by Force India as their 2010 drivers.

http://formula-1.updatesport.com/news/article/1259324256/formula_one/F1headlines/Sutil-and-Liuzzi-stay-on-/view.html

Liuzzi staying onboard...Interesting.

He had a race contract for 2010 since the middle of 2009. They would have needed to buy him out of that contract to put someone (more deserving) like Di Resta there instead.

This will also make Heidfeld a bit happier...

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 27 Nov 2009, 21:13

kostas22 wrote:
Phoenix wrote:
Enrique Bernoldi wrote:Sutil and Liuzzi confirmed by Force India as their 2010 drivers.

http://formula-1.updatesport.com/news/article/1259324256/formula_one/F1headlines/Sutil-and-Liuzzi-stay-on-/view.html

Liuzzi staying onboard...Interesting.

He had a race contract for 2010 since the middle of 2009. They would have needed to buy him out of that contract to put someone (more deserving) like Di Resta there instead.

This will also make Heidfeld a bit happier...

Liuzzi can actually impress, or at least that was what he proved at the Italian GP, but I hope tese races were, as he pointed out, a readaptation to F1.

CarlosFerreira · Post by **CarlosFerreira** » 28 Nov 2009, 10:32

kostas22 wrote:He had a race contract for 2010 since the middle of 2009. They would have needed to buy him out of that contract to put someone (more deserving) like Di Resta there instead.

What, the tin-top man? He's been racing a thing with door handles for a couple of seasons, he probably couldn't cope with F1 - no matter how cool DTM is.

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 28 Nov 2009, 11:08

CarlosFerreira wrote:
kostas22 wrote:He had a race contract for 2010 since the middle of 2009. They would have needed to buy him out of that contract to put someone (more deserving) like Di Resta there instead.

What, the tin-top man? He's been racing a thing with door handles for a couple of seasons, he probably couldn't cope with F1 - no matter how cool DTM is.

Give him some potty-training like Alguersuari and he'll cope with it :lol:

CarlosFerreira · Post by **CarlosFerreira** » 28 Nov 2009, 11:15

Phoenix wrote:
CarlosFerreira wrote:
kostas22 wrote:He had a race contract for 2010 since the middle of 2009. They would have needed to buy him out of that contract to put someone (more deserving) like Di Resta there instead.

What, the tin-top man? He's been racing a thing with door handles for a couple of seasons, he probably couldn't cope with F1 - no matter how cool DTM is.

Give him some potty-training like Alguersuari and he'll cope with it

Well, if that's the way it's going to be, I'll take Paffett over Di Resta.

shinji · Post by **shinji** » 28 Nov 2009, 11:54

Captain Hammer wrote:Given the latest wave of insanity:

McLaren Mercedes: 1 - Jenson Button / 2 - Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes GP: 3 - Nico Rosberg / 4 - Robert Kubica
Red Bull-Renault: 5 - Mark Webber / 6 - Sebastian Vettel
Ferrari: 7 - Felipe Massa / 8 - Fernando Alonso
Williams-Cosworth: 9 - Rubens Barrichello / 10- Nico Hulkenberg
Ultimate India-Mercedes: 11 - Adrian Sutil / 12 - JR Hildebrand
Toro Rosso-Ferrari:14 - Sebastien Buemi / 15 - Jaime Alguersuari
Campos-Cosworth: 16 - Bruno Senna / 17 - Vitaly Petrov
Virgin-Cosworth: 18 - Timo Glock / 19 - Anthoy Davidson
USF1-Cosworth: 20 - Jose Maria Lopez / 21 - Pedro de la Rosa
Lotus-Cosworth: 22 - Kamui Kobayashi / 23 - Jarno Trulli
Sauber USA-Ferrari:24 - Nick Heidfeld / 25 - Christian Klien
Stefan GP-Toyota: 26 - Pastor Maldonado / 27 - ???
(New) Renault: 28 - Heikki Kovalainen / 29 - Lucas Di Grassi

That would be absolutely epic.

Winterspring · Post by **Winterspring** » 28 Nov 2009, 12:01

Well it looks like Klien decided to hold any Le Mans negotiations for a race drive. Get back in there Klien

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 28 Nov 2009, 12:35

CarlosFerreira wrote:
kostas22 wrote:He had a race contract for 2010 since the middle of 2009. They would have needed to buy him out of that contract to put someone (more deserving) like Di Resta there instead.

What, the tin-top man? He's been racing a thing with door handles for a couple of seasons, he probably couldn't cope with F1 - no matter how cool DTM is.

Um, hello? He beat Sebastian Vettel to a championship in 2006.
But then again so did Jenson Button, so maybe you have a point.

CarlosFerreira · Post by **CarlosFerreira** » 29 Nov 2009, 00:10

kostas22 wrote:
CarlosFerreira wrote:
kostas22 wrote:He had a race contract for 2010 since the middle of 2009. They would have needed to buy him out of that contract to put someone (more deserving) like Di Resta there instead.

What, the tin-top man? He's been racing a thing with door handles for a couple of seasons, he probably couldn't cope with F1 - no matter how cool DTM is.

Um, hello? He beat Sebastian Vettel to a championship in 2006.
But then again so did Jenson Button, so maybe you have a point.

Oh, I'm not questioning the man's talent or pace. Also read today he's testing to become Force India's reserve driver, in which I wish him the absolute best. My point is even in something as exotic and sophisticated as DTM, racing touring cars is not the same as racing fomulae. I rate Paffett very high, but he didn't make it in McLaren.

fjackdaw · Post by **fjackdaw** » 29 Nov 2009, 01:12

kostas22 wrote:But then again so did Jenson Button, so maybe you have a point.

You should make this into a drinking game! One shot for every time you get in a dig at Jenson Button.

thehemogoblin · Post by **thehemogoblin** » 29 Nov 2009, 06:38

fjackdaw wrote:
kostas22 wrote:But then again so did Jenson Button, so maybe you have a point.

You should make this into a drinking game! One shot for every time you get in a dig at Jenson Button.

I'd have liver failure from going through this forum on a daily basis.

Captain Hammer · Post by **Captain Hammer** » 01 Dec 2009, 03:04

Hammer time! (yes, I'm bored)

Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
#1 - Jenson Button
#2 - Lewis Hamilton

McLaren abandon the chrome that has been their mainstay for a decade, replacing it with white in a modern twist on the old red-and-white Malboro livery. Alcohol consortium Diageo step up to a secondary sponsor role to fill in the vacant spaces left by the removal of Mercedes badges.

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Orange Mercedes Grand Prix
#3 - Nico Rosberg
#4 - Michael Schumacher

Schumacher is convinced to make his return by Ross Brawn, making Mercedes the all-German superteam. Mercedes decorate their car in silver and white in tribute to their racing colours of the 1930s. The Orange name appears in orange on the sidepods, while the team takes the unusual step of making an asymmetric livery: bwin on the left-hand side of Rosberg's car, Becks on the right; they are switched on Schumacher's car to make it easier to tell them apart.

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Red Bull Racing - Renault
#5 - Sebastian Vettel
#6 - Mark Webber

The Red Bull RB6 is simply a continuation of the RB5, though the banning of shark fins means the cars now look more like cars and less like trucks. The livery remains largely the same.

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Scuderia Ferrari Malboro
#7 - Felipe Massa
#8 - Fernando Alonso

With tobacco sponsorship on the way out for 2011 and the Malboro barcode having become synonymous with the brand, Ferrari are forded to take a new approach. Taking inspiration from the old Rothmans Williams cars, the barcode is replaced with a large white "M" on the cowling. Santander take a leaf out of Renault's ING playbook and win the award for the Most Times a Sponsor Logo Appears On A Car, with the nosecone, front and rear wings, sidepods, endplated and that ting space just above the air intake all carrying their name.

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AT&T Williams - Cosworth
#9 - Rubens Barrichello
#10 - Nico Hulkenberg

Williams see a mass exodus of sponsors at the end of 2009, but return in 2010 with backing from soft drink giants Coca-Cola. The cars are black, red and white and are so detailed in their artistry that they look fantastic - until they start moving, not unlike the myearthdreams Hondas.

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MegaFon Russian Age Renault
#11 - Robert Kubica
#12 - Mikhail Aleshin

Renault sell 50.1% of their shares to a consortium led by Russian telephone giant MegaFon. The team remains largely unchanged, but comes under the jurisdiction of Russian A1GP and GT3 entrants Russian Age Racing. They take Formula Two driver Mikhail Aleshin alongside Kubica, forming Formula One's first East European team. The car is dark blue, with Russian Age's stylised double-headed eagle in crimson and large MegaFon branding to complete the picture.

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Ultimate India - Mercedes
#14 - Adrian Sutil
#15 - Vitantonio Liuzzi

Like Renault, Force India sell half of their shares, this time to F3 Euroseries and Superleague Formula squadron Ultimate-Signature, and the team is re-named accordingly. Sutil and Liuzzi stay, while the car is green at the front, white in the middle and orange at the back. Oddly, both drivers are made to wear new helmets decorated in sades of blue to compelte the image of the Indian flag, which makes them difficult to tell apart.

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Scuderia Toro Rosso - Ferrari
#16 - Sebastien Buemi
#17 - Brendon Hartley

Hartley replaces Alguersuari at Toro Rosso, who decide to start finding their own sponsors. They pick up a Italain fashion label Gucci, running a stylish sandy-brown and black livery in place of the scarlet charging bull.

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Telekom Malaysia Lotus F1 Team - Cosworth
#18 - Jarno Trulli
#19 - Lucas Di Grassi

Almost all of Lotus' sponsors are exclusively Malasyian, inclusing Telekom Malaysia and AirAsia. Their only non-Malaysian sponsor is Arabain hotel group Jumeirah. Their car is a striking red and blue.

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Campos Gazprom Neft - Meta1 by Cosworth
#20 - Vitaly Petrov
#21 - Bruno Senna

Campos show up in silver and light blue, bearing sponsors from Petrov in the form of Gazprom Neft and Embratel from Senna. To avoid an awkward sounding name like "Gazprom Neft Campos Meta1", Cosworth agree to let the team re-badge their engines as a "Meta1 by Cosworth".

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Best Buy USF1 Team - Cosworth
#22 - Jonathan Summerton
#23 - Jose Maria Lopez

USF1 elect to run the numbers 22 and 23 in the hopes that the number 22's recent run of success will rub off on newcomer Jonathan Summerton, a move that is seen as desperate by the fans and paddock alike. Jose Maria Lopez brings Repsol-YPF to the team, securing an Argentine Grand Prix at Potrero de los Fuens in 2011. The car is yellow and black, broken up by Repsol's dark blue, orange, pink and white. It should be a mess, but they somehow pull it off.

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Virgin Racing - Cosworth
#24 - Timo Glock
#25 - Kamui Kobayashi

Richard Branson does the deal and gets Kamui Kobayashi a seat, wisely seeing the potential in him and anchoring him to the Virgin brand. The car is Virgin red and white, but as with Brawn in 2009, the team show up with a different Virgin enterprise for each race. The drivers are given a rock star approach and the tem quickly becomes one of the most popular on the grid.

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AMCO Sauber Petronas - Stefanovic
#26 - Christian Klien
#27 - Pastor Maldonado

Two teams do not go into one grid entry - unless you join them together. Peter Sauber and Zoran Stefanovic agree to re-form as AMCO Sauber, using the abandoned Toyota TF110 chassis with Sauber's know-how. Wanting no part in the sport, Toyota allow the team to re-name the engines as Stefanovics, to get Zoran's name in there.

Waris · Post by **Waris** » 01 Dec 2009, 03:48

Captain Hammer wrote:AMCO Sauber Petronas - Stefanovic
#26 - Christian Klien
#27 - Pastor Maldonado

Two teams do not go into one grid entry - unless you join them together. Peter Sauber and Zoran Stefanovic agree to re-form as AMCO Sauber, using the abandoned Toyota TF110 chassis with Sauber's know-how. Wanting no part in the sport, Toyota allow the team to re-name the engines as Stefanovics, to get Zoran's name in there.

Kralev!! Kralev!!!
This whole post would've been wonderful if you had put Kralev instead of Maldonado. Now it's just very good.

Captain Hammer · Post by **Captain Hammer** » 01 Dec 2009, 07:22

Waris wrote:
Captain Hammer wrote:AMCO Sauber Petronas - Stefanovic
#26 - Christian Klien
#27 - Pastor Maldonado

Two teams do not go into one grid entry - unless you join them together. Peter Sauber and Zoran Stefanovic agree to re-form as AMCO Sauber, using the abandoned Toyota TF110 chassis with Sauber's know-how. Wanting no part in the sport, Toyota allow the team to re-name the engines as Stefanovics, to get Zoran's name in there.

Kralev!! Kralev!!!
This whole post would've been wonderful if you had put Kralev instead of Maldonado. Now it's just very good.

And I would have - alongside Victor Arabadzhiev - if it were just Stefanovic. But if Stefanovic get nod over Peter Sauber, then I wouldn't mind seeing a Sauber-Stefanovic alliance. If Sauber gets in over Stefanovic, then I'm not too concerned. I just didn't want to sully the Sauber name by adding a driver who I can reverse faster than.

CarlosFerreira · Post by **CarlosFerreira** » 01 Dec 2009, 09:00

Hey Captain, is it your theory that Russia is about to invade?

Captain Hammer · Post by **Captain Hammer** » 01 Dec 2009, 10:43

CarlosFerreira wrote:Hey Captain, is it your theory that Russia is about to invade?

Da, comrade.

CarlosFerreira · Post by **CarlosFerreira** » 01 Dec 2009, 11:04

Captain Hammer wrote:
CarlosFerreira wrote:Hey Captain, is it your theory that Russia is about to invade?

Da, comrade.

It shall not be hordes of T-72s and T-80s rolling through the plains of Central Europe, then. F1 will open the gates. We like.

Just a though: Polish man Kubica in a Russian team? After being in a German team? Poor guy can't get a break...

RejectSteve · Post by **RejectSteve** » 01 Dec 2009, 15:54

CarlosFerreira wrote:
Captain Hammer wrote:
CarlosFerreira wrote:Hey Captain, is it your theory that Russia is about to invade?

Da, comrade.

It shall not be hordes of T-72s and T-80s rolling through the plains of Central Europe, then. F1 will open the gates. We like.

Just a though: Polish man Kubica in a Russian team? After being in a German team? Poor guy can't get a break...

Kubica just needs Kazim Vasiliauskas as his teammate to revive the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth of the seventeenth century.

Instead of the Russians invading, how about F1 goes to Russia? We need an F1 race at Dmitrov's Polygon Ring. You want a hairpin? This makes the Grand Hotel Hairpin (ex-Loews, Station) look like Blanchimont.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 01 Dec 2009, 16:38

RejectSteve wrote:We need an F1 race at Dmitrov's Polygon Ring. You want a hairpin? This makes the Grand Hotel Hairpin (ex-Loews, Station) look like Blanchimont.

I have officially added this to the inaugural Formula Rejects calendar

Popi_Larrauri · Post by **Popi_Larrauri** » 01 Dec 2009, 23:12

CarlosFerreira wrote:
Captain Hammer wrote:
CarlosFerreira wrote:Hey Captain, is it your theory that Russia is about to invade?

Da, comrade.

It shall not be hordes of T-72s and T-80s rolling through the plains of Central Europe, then. F1 will open the gates. We like.

Just a though: Polish man Kubica in a Russian team? After being in a German team? Poor guy can't get a break...

Maybe wont be T-72s and T-80s after all, but I'm sure their race strategy will have some sort of "we park in the pit lane, drink vodka, wait for the winter and then ram against that facists Mercedes drivers" one way or another...

Enforcer · Post by **Enforcer** » 02 Dec 2009, 00:39

RejectSteve wrote:Kubica just needs Kazim Vasiliauskas as his teammate to revive the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth of the seventeenth century.

Instead of the Russians invading, how about F1 goes to Russia? We need an F1 race at Dmitrov's Polygon Ring. You want a hairpin? This makes the Grand Hotel Hairpin (ex-Loews, Station) look like Blanchimont.

Hahaha. That's a TrackMania hairpin.

CarlosFerreira · Post by **CarlosFerreira** » 02 Dec 2009, 01:01

Popi_Larrauri wrote:
CarlosFerreira wrote:
Captain Hammer wrote:Da, comrade.

It shall not be hordes of T-72s and T-80s rolling through the plains of Central Europe, then. F1 will open the gates. We like.

Just a though: Polish man Kubica in a Russian team? After being in a German team? Poor guy can't get a break...

Maybe wont be T-72s and T-80s after all, but I'm sure their race strategy will have some sort of "we park in the pit lane, drink vodka, wait for the winter and then ram against that facists Mercedes drivers" one way or another...

We need a track in Stalingrad, another one in Kursk. It's gonna be a belter!

RejectSteve · Post by **RejectSteve** » 02 Dec 2009, 05:34

Popi_Larrauri wrote:I'm sure their race strategy will have some sort of "we park in the pit lane, drink vodka, wait for the winter and then ram against that facists Mercedes drivers" one way or another...

Drinking vodka and ramming Mercedes(-powered) drivers... they'll sign Raikkonen?

watka · Post by **watka** » 03 Dec 2009, 00:02

CarlosFerreira wrote:
We need a track in Stalingrad, another one in Kursk. It's gonna be a belter!

Got the latter sorted: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDvDSUrbvEg

Henrique · Post by **Henrique** » 03 Dec 2009, 00:46

According to a recent article on the Portuguese version of Autosport, Virgin should decide who will partner Glock for 2010 this week. They're choosing between Lucas Di Grassi and Álvaro Parente. However, Di Grassi is most likely to get it, because he's John Booth's favorite and because Parente's sponsors have been slow and are showing "lack of determination".