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

Indy500 · 24 Oct 2012 at 17:20

rpstewart said:
Paffett's been testing for McLaren for a while now, if he was up to a race seat he would be in one already. The fact that he's still only testing says a lot unfortunately.

He's Force India's reserve now. Hamilton pipped him to the 2007 opportunity, and before that McLaren chose to retain Kimi and JPM for 2006. Paffett obviously has some ability behind the wheel, you don't get 19 wins plus a championship in DTM (and four 2nd place championship finishes) that easily. I would guess the reason he went there first is because of driving for Keke Rosberg in German F3 (and winning that title).

JeditOjanen · 25 Oct 2012 at 10:25

Mike306 said:
One can dream can't they.

Lewis Hamilton has reportedly agreed. He thinks it would be good for F1 if Karthikeyan had got a drive with Force India.

Malt_Vinegar · 25 Oct 2012 at 11:48

JeditOjanen said:
Lewis Hamilton has reportedly agreed. He thinks it would be good for F1 if Karthikeyan had got a drive with Force India.

Nice bit of PR, and he cares not if there is another no-hoper in a promising seat. One less serious driver for him to fight it out with when he is at Mercedes in the mid-field

JeditOjanen · 25 Oct 2012 at 12:44

Malt_Vinegar said:
Nice bit of PR, and he cares not if there is another no-hoper in a promising seat.

You really think Mercedes are promising?

Malt_Vinegar · 25 Oct 2012 at 15:01

JeditOjanen said:
You really think Mercedes are promising?

I was talking about FI

Malt_Vinegar · 26 Oct 2012 at 10:35

Updated some of the comments, and prospective drivers.
Anything I have missed in the India buzz?

King Damager · 26 Oct 2012 at 17:53

Haha, just realised a nice anecdote about the F1 moves.

Lewis going to Merc means he won't ever get the Mclaren F1 that Ron promised him if he wins 3 WDC's as presumably they had to be with Mclaren xD

kd

Duke · 26 Oct 2012 at 18:12

King Damager said:
Haha, just realised a nice anecdote about the F1 moves.

Lewis going to Merc means he won't ever get the Mclaren F1 that Ron promised him if he wins 3 WDC's as presumably they had to be with Mclaren xD

kd

Yeah I thought about that the other day as well.

tummelv · 26 Oct 2012 at 19:40

Is the offer still good if he resigns for Mclaren in the future?

Duke · 29 Oct 2012 at 19:03

Force India wouldn't rule out Sutil if Hulk leaves - http://www1.skysports.com/formula-1/news/12433/8204903

Odd choice.

Indy500 · 29 Oct 2012 at 19:17

Adrian Sutil? Forgetting the bar incident, he had that FI\Spyker seat for five seasons or 90 races. In that time he's been quicker than a weak pay driver (Yamamoto), Di Resta (rookie season, out of open wheel for 4 years) and Liuzzi, who never looked fast whatever he drove. When the car became competitive in 2009, Fisichella pretty much trashed Sutil.

Why not give someone a chance to move up from the junior series? I'd put Jules Bianchi, Sam Bird, etc in there first.

King Damager · 30 Oct 2012 at 02:47

Kimi was officially confirmed today according to BBC news 5 minutes ago.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/2012159

kd

deuse · 31 Oct 2012 at 09:55

The Hulk is going to Sauber.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/20152082

~Mike~ · 31 Oct 2012 at 10:07

So will FI keep PDR and who else I wonder? Surely not Sutil.

tummelv · 31 Oct 2012 at 10:24

Straight swap for Hulkenberg and Koboyashi?

Duke · 31 Oct 2012 at 11:53

The only benefit I can see if racing for Sauber would be the slightly closer ties to Ferrari. They are hardly a massive jump up from Force India and not like he has been there a long time.

Guerrilla · 31 Oct 2012 at 12:59

No it's not hugely further forward, but perhaps Hulks not all that happy at FI or maybe it's that he feels he will be number 1 at Sauber, seems like it could be a nice fit.

Duke · 31 Oct 2012 at 16:05

Toro Rosso drivers both staying for another year - http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/10/31/ricciardo-vergne-stay-toro-rosso-2013/

arknor · 31 Oct 2012 at 19:20

Duke said:
The only benefit I can see if racing for Sauber would be the slightly closer ties to Ferrari. They are hardly a massive jump up from Force India and not like he has been there a long time.

at least he knows his wages are coming though

I'm so glad all the di resta fake hype has disappeared now, he must be gutted after believing all the british media hype of how he was the next multiple WDC.

even mclaren didnt want him and the sauber seat freed up by perez goes to his team mate lol

Duke · 31 Oct 2012 at 21:27

arknor said:
I'm so glad all the di resta fake hype has disappeared now, he must be gutted after believing all the british media hype of how he was the next multiple WDC.

even mclaren didnt want him and the sauber seat freed up by perez goes to his team mate lol

He needs a few podiums first, which Perez has managed, which is why they picked him. PDR is still very capable and hopefully can show us a bit more next season.