Grand Prix Rejects

I'm a Sutil homer, yet even I don't see him being as fast as Vettel. Sutil is just the guy Red Bull needs; an above average driver with occasional great performances, a driver that can push Vettel at times. And RBR wouldn't loose hope of winning the WCC with Sutil on board.

Shizuka wrote:Vettel does indeed need a consistent 2nd driver.

Alguersuari MIGHT be up for that if Webber retires. Otherwise, I don't know who can be racing next to Sebastian.

Sutil?

Building a team round a driver like Vettel is a gamble. To me it always looks like the team lead Vettel at the moment, they cosset him and build him up. He seems a genuinely nice guy but to lead a team you need a bit of the Alonso's about you. As a back up Id employ a decent #2 to keep him under pr...

Not to say that Sutil doesn't have ability. If I were Sutil I wouldnt sign for Williams. Williams arent so far in front of Force India for it to be worth him risking his reputation against a still quick and committed Barrichello. Agreed. But Sutil is starting to get in a tricky position, he is risk...

Vettel & Red Bull = Schumacher & Benetton

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Benetton's predictions 2010 Korean Grand Prix: 1. Alonso 2. Vettel 3. Kubica 4. Webber 5. Petrov 6. Button 7. Schumacher 8. Kobayashi 9. Sutil 10. Alguersuari Pole: Hamilton Fastest lap: Alonso First Retirement: di Grassi ROTR: McLaren's reliability IIDOTR: Petrov DBTMOTR: Massa Minor League Premier...

Year 2000: Ferrari - M. Schumacher & G. Fisichella * Fisi deserved that drive back then IMO. People easily remember him as a failure but he did some unbelievably things in his first full season at Jordan in 97. Completely outclassing Ralf. Jaguar would therefore end up with Irvine and Barrichell...

Adrian Sutil at Benetton.. That would have been quite fashion.

Has anyone though about the possibly scenario that more rounds in the championship will make the championship more even. Let's say that last season would have been 2-3 races longer, and Button-Vettel would have gone down to the wire IMO.. I just thought about this. I'm just basing it on the fact tha...

Good decisions - Ross Brawn creating Brawn GP, and choosing Barrichello over Senna. (2009) - McLaren signing Kimi instead of Heidfeld. (2002) - Sauber signing Kimi. (2001) - Briatore chose Alonso to be the leader of the Renault outfit. Bad decisions - Everything relating to Jacques Villeneuve since...

Alonso, Button and Hamilton have one great advantage in this bought; they have been champions, so they know the pressure. It's at times like these those experiences count. Webber, Vettel or even Red Bull has not been in the championship fight ever, and as we have seen their minds can melt into break...

1. Massa - over ambitious at the start 2. Petrov - Great start but forgot to look in the mirrors..

Hakkinen / M. Schumacher at Ferrari 2001-2004.

Alonso / Montoya at Renault (Most explosive pairing??)

Räikkönen / Alonso at Renault (Kimi would have beat the crap out of Nando)

Alonso / Button at Ferrari in the future.

Will Power (b. 1981), give him a first chance please. Make him Mark Webber's protege or something.

Ryan Briscoe (b. 1981), pretty much same as above.

Justin Wilson, why not??

Sebastien Bourdais, I have a feeling he could have been a much better fit in another team.

Boullier certainly played his cards right. He didn't outright lie since a fact is that Robertsson, in press words Räikkönen, was in contact with the team. Boullier got the media talking about his team when there is currently a 5-way, 3-team title fight going on in the series. I believe Petrov has be...

+200 for Kimi speaking his mind about the matter in a way that leaves no one cold: "I want drive for your shitty team ever" -style. Robertson was in contact with Renault, just to look for options, which is his job. Who knows, maybe Renault would have been ready to pay a 15+ million salary ...

Bottas seems to be the best talent out there at the moment. He kind of reminds me of Sutil a bit.

Benetton's predictions 2010 Japanese Grand Prix: 1. Vettel 2. Hamilton 3. Sutil 4. Rosberg 5. Kubica 6. Petrov 7. Schumacher 8. Alonso 9. Buemi 10. Button Pole: Vettel Fastest lap: Sutil First Retirement: Massa (Spin) ROTR: Ferrari (Can't get their act together in the rain) IIDOTR: Sutil DBTMOTR: Li...

Good signing for Sauber because the Telmex sponsorship is going to be pretty substantial I guess. Yet, I do not think that there will be problems with developing the car. I mean, Sauber's best season was 2001 and they had a similar line-up to that of next year; Heidfeld was in his second full season...

1st - Robert Kubica - What an inspiring drive!! Nice overtakes, well deserved points!!

2nd - Heikki Kovalainen - Good race for him. And he put his own fire out at the end

Webber 202
Alonso 191
Hamilton 182
Vettel 181
Button 177

Wow!! Button is only 25 points from Webber. This is unique.

"I think whoever wins here, is going to be in a better position," said Ecclestone.

No shite Sherlo.. I mean Bernie.

Benetton's predictions 2010 Singapore Grand Prix: 1. Button 2. Hamilton 3. Alonso 4. Webber 5. Kubica 6. Vettel 7. Massa 8. Sutil 9. Petrov 10. Rosberg Pole: Button Fastest lap: Alonso First Retirement: Trulli ROTR: Schumacher IIDOTR: Kubica DBTMOTR: Liuzzi Minor League Premiership (Driver): Kobayas...

#1 M. Webber
#2 S. Vettel

#3 L. Hamilton
#4 J. Button

#5 F. Alonso
#6 F. Massa

#7 M. Schumacher
#8 N. Rosberg

#9 R. Kubica
#10 K. Räikkönen

Best grid ever??

I'm also in the minority who'd like to have Kimi back. A Räikkönen-Kubica tandem would be absolute dynamite, and with Renault looking to buy its shares back from Genii there is a case in point why Räikkönen, or Robertson for that matter, are interested in the team. As far as Petrov is concerned he c...

I've seen that canal many many times and I have no clue how they even got that boat in there in the first place, it's very very small.. and to cruise there at 70 km/h is freaking insanity, they must have been pretty drunk. Really sad news. JJ ruined his life, whether he drove the boat or not, he wil...

1) Adrian Sutil - gained 4 places and finished a good 7th for the Force. Had good pace throughout the race.

2) Fernando Alonso - Really squeezed everything from his Ferrari today to finish 2nd. Good race by him as well.

Don't really think those are the final results. The Stewards will have to do something about Hamilton (didn't he already get a warning for the Petrov incident??) and Alonso, who clearly cut the track in order to gain an advantage since he crossed the white line. I see time penalties coming up for th...

Major European airlines have been test flying in the ash clouds today without major malfunctions. So that's good news!! Kimi Räikkönen, who finished 5th in the Rally of Turkey today has stated to Finnish media that he will fly home to Switzerland in his private jet despite the Swiss air area being c...

Looks like this could be McLaren's and Hamilton's weekend. I wouldn't be surprised if he takes a pole tomorrow, even a whole McLaren front row is possible. Alguersuari is has really raised his game lately!! And Force India, Renault are certainly taking up the fight to the big four. I expect Sutil to...

2010 Chinese Grand Prix: Since there's a good chance of rain on sunday you can throw the orderbook into the fire 1. Vettel 2. Button 3. Sutil 4. Kubica 5. Petrov 6. Hamilton 7. Schumacher 8. Massa 9. Alguersuari 10. Rosberg Pole: Vettel Fastest lap: Button First Retirement: Alonso (Gearbox - Lap 4) ...

Alexander Wurz no doubt about it! The youngest winner of Le Mans 24 hrs. 3 races in 1997 where he out-qualified Alesi 2-1 and scored a podium in his third race in GBR. Then in the first half of 1998 he scored a fastest lap at ARG and basically finished 4th or 5th every race until Austria that year ...