SuperAguri wrote:And where does it say that Jules Bianchi had first refussal at Precision?
Pipe down son. Plenty of evidence, you didn't even know where to look for it.
Klon, in the 2015 thread wrote:FIA Young Driver's Draft
To both encourage teams to give new drivers a chance and to ensure sponsorship is not the decisive element in drivers getting F1 drives, the FIA has designed the FIA Young Driver's Draft. 30 drivers from all over the world have accepted invitations by the FIA to become part of this event.Arthur Pic (France)
Ben Kennedy (United States)
Chelsea Angelo (Australia)
Dan Cammish (United Kingdom)
Dani Clos (Spain)
Dylan Wilmington (Canada) - Ataxia
Earl Bamber (New Zealand)
Einar Ármannsson (Iceland) - kevinbotz
João Oliveira (Portugal) - takagi_for_the_win
Jules Bianchi (France)
Kevin Valerian (France) - Normal32
Luiz Razia (Brazil)
Markus Pommer (Germany)
Nobuharu Matsushita (Japan)
Nyck de Fries (Netherlands)
Rafael Martins (Portugal) - Miguel98
Sage Karam (United States)
Sami Ivarsson (Sweden) - Rated
Scott Hargrove (Canada)
Scott Pye (Australia)
Simon Hodge (Australia)
Spencer Pigot (United States)
Stefano Coletti (Monaco)
Thomas Wren (United Kingdom) - peteroli34
Tsugio Matsuda (Japan)
Valentino Rossi (Italy)
William Buller (United Kingdom)
Yang Xu (China)
Yuji Kunimoto (Japan)
Zack Meyer (Canada)
Now, each team can pick one of these. The order of picks was determined in a weighted lottery a few days after the end of the season and is as follows.
Draft Order:
1. Mercedes
2. Villeneuve
3. Stefan
4. Marussia
5. Mahindra
6. Caterham
7. Ferrari
8. Red Bull
9. Peugeot
10. McLaren
11. Sauber
12. Brabham
13. Williams
Notes:
Mercedes have purchased McLaren's draft pick for €11,000,000 and Mercedes's 10th pick.
After each team has picked a young driver, they have a so-called right of first refusal for the next four years (i.e. the 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 season). That means, that if their driver gets a contract offer from another team, the drafting team may choose to match that offer and sign the driver themselves. Furthermore, a drafted young driver may not refuse the contract offer of the team that drafted him during those four years. Generally, the following holds true: if your drafted driver is approach mid-season, the right of first refusal does not force you to sack one of your drivers to keep him. Instead, matching that offer will mean his contract starts as soon as one driver contract of your team runs out; also, you are required to match the offer in all details, wage, contract length and position, i.e. you can't match a race drive offer with a friday drive offer (although you can offer a race drive to match a friday drive).
Klon, in the 2015 thread wrote:Draft Results
Mercedes: Jules Bianchi
