F1 2013 - Teams and Drivers - Who goes where?!

arknor · 19 Dec 2012 at 20:01

smr said:
Marussia must see something in him.

cash money

Skeeter · 19 Dec 2012 at 21:32

Minxy said:
The GP2 car driven by Chilton is owned by Capsicum Motorsport which is owned by Graham Chilton. Max recently said in an interview that his Family were no longer financial backers and that sponsorship had come from elsewhere so having Aon branding on his F1 car seems unlikely especially with the old man's recent retirement

Ah OK, makes sense.

Without being too harsh on the guy, I assume there is money coming from somewhere though? Its common knowledge that skill comes second to purse size when it comes to seats in the tail end teams.

Minxy · 19 Dec 2012 at 21:49

Without a doubt, money talks so cold hard cash always helps.

Tenzo · 20 Dec 2012 at 12:39

Hmm, win a Euromillions rollover for £120m

Offer £100m for a seasons drive, pocket £20m to live on.

Best. Year. Ever.

Guerrilla · 20 Dec 2012 at 12:43

You would still need to obtain your licence though

Mr Men · 20 Dec 2012 at 12:48

Skeeter said:
Its common knowledge that skill comes second to purse size when it comes to seats in the tail end teams.

And also at McLaren

JeditOjanen · 20 Dec 2012 at 12:58

smr said:
Marussia must see something in him.

They want titles, and despite Vettel's dominance in recent years it's still possible that a rising newcomer could take the crown of Most Punchable Man in F1.

arknor · 20 Dec 2012 at 13:00

Guerrilla said:
You would still need to obtain your licence though

kimi got a license even though he had almost no single seater experience

Skeeter · 20 Dec 2012 at 13:18

Guerrilla said:
You would still need to obtain your licence though

Nothing a few million quid wont solve...

Tenzo · 20 Dec 2012 at 14:40

Skeeter said:
Nothing a few million quid wont solve...

Superb.

I'll let you know how it works out

Glaucus · 20 Dec 2012 at 16:20

Max Chilton has signed for mrussia, that's another brit on the grid.

Minxy · 20 Dec 2012 at 19:04

Tenzo said:
Hmm, win a Euromillions rollover for £120m

Offer £100m for a seasons drive, pocket £20m to live on.

Best. Year. Ever.

100m would probably get you about 5 years driving with Marussia so you'd be a happy bunny and still have change.

Skeeter · 20 Dec 2012 at 19:11

You could buy HRT and bring a mate along too

Duke · 20 Dec 2012 at 19:31

Minxy said:
100m would probably get you about 5 years driving with Marussia so you'd be a happy bunny and still have change.

Or a few years at Williams with lots of replacement body work parts.

Indy500 · 22 Dec 2012 at 01:29

Duke said:
Or a few years at Williams with lots of replacement body work parts.

Since you bring that up, I think Pastor Maldonado has improved significantly this year (along with his Indycar counterpart Ernesto Viso). It's Grosjean that's still putting his car in the wall\into someone else every other race.

Duke · 22 Dec 2012 at 10:16

sr4470 said:
Since you bring that up, I think Pastor Maldonado has improved significantly this year (along with his Indycar counterpart Ernesto Viso). It's Grosjean that's still putting his car in the wall\into someone else every other race.

Very true, Pastor has actually been okay. Lets see how he does in 2013

Skeeter · 22 Dec 2012 at 12:49

Pastor was his usual terrible self up until they banned Grosjean for a race. That seemed to be the turning point when Pastor realised the stewards were coming down hard. Since then he has been a lot cleaner. Hopefully he keeps it that way.

Setroc · 22 Dec 2012 at 16:23

Pastor's still a nutcase who drives into other cars on purpose. He did improve after grosjean's ban, but I'm concerned that he's a bit of a ticking time bomb.

~Mike~ · 22 Dec 2012 at 16:30

Time will tell for both Pastor and Grosjean. I really hope Grosjean does sort himself out next year, he has shown he has the potential if he can stop these 'mistakes'. As for Pastor, I wouldn't be worried if wasn't on the grid.

Indy500 · 22 Dec 2012 at 16:31

Setroc said:
Pastor's still a nutcase who drives into other cars on purpose. He did improve after grosjean's ban, but I'm concerned that he's a bit of a ticking time bomb.

Unfortunately as long as F1 requires a metric crap-ton of money for a team to be competitive and is a test of engineering more than driver skill, you will have pay drivers on the grid. Besides, it's not like we haven't seen the fast kamikaze style driver in the sport before. Or countless first-lap incidents (I recall the 1997 season saw 3 multi-car crashes in the first 3 races and several more in the whole year).