F1 2015 - Teams and Drivers - Who goes where?!

sunama said:
And lets not forget Ricciardo - this guy surprised me heaps. In the right car, he will be right up there with Hamilton, Alonso and Vettel.
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I'm picturing him as a toon smiling with that big grin of his. As he passes the others with a sparkle to his teeth.
 
Byron Young, not famous for bull :

"Sources close to McLaren have suggesting Alonso will get a record F1 salary if he switches teams but that is just the usual Woking hype.

Sebastian Vettel, Kimi Raikkonen and Lewis Hamilton will all be earning more.

And MirrorSport understands Dennis is striking a hard bargain.

The double-champion is talking to new Spanish sponsors, among them are Telefonica brand Moviestar.

Without a title sponsor for nearly two years McLaren are also trying to save money by making Button accept a pay cut.

They tried the same tactic with Lewis Hamilton two years ago and it resulted in him quitting the team for Mercedes.

McLaren are pushing Alonso to agree to announce his move from Ferrari before Abu Dhabi a week on Sunday.

Otherwise it will make them look like his second choice after Mercedes...."

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/formula-1/fernando-alonso-backing-jenson-button-4609303

Looks like they really may be reconsidering Button after all the speculation that they'd be keeping Mag, apparantly Boullier wants to keep Button but Ron wants to keep Magnusson, was Ron there at Magnusson's birth or something? I really don't see what he's done so fascinating this season apart from a lotto style first race.
 
I did suspect it was down to money. Question is how much of a pay cut is Button willing to take? He's recognisable around the world, especially in Japan which is very important to Honda. You can only look at Super Aguri being basically Honda team 2.0 when they didn't have a Japanese driver thanks to public opinion in Japan. I wouldn't be surprised to see Kobayashi or another Japanese driver in whichever team or teams take Honda engines in 2017.
 
Millwall.FC said:
You cant read well then, if it only take's one slang word in a sentence to be totally incomprehensible. ;)
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You certainly can't write English very well.

I suggest you go back to School and learn how to apply the correct usage of an apostrophe ;)

Here's a quick first lesson for you....

You can't read well then, if it only takes one slang word in a sentence to be totally incomprehensible.

btw, the word dint isn't slang for anything.

dint
dɪnt/
noun
noun: dint; plural noun: dints

1.
a dent or hollow in a surface.
"the soft dints at the top of a coconut"
synonyms: dent, indentation, depression, dip, dimple, cleft, hollow, crater, pit; More
notch, nick, chip, mark, cut, gouge, gash
"the dints and holes were the work of arrows"
2.
archaic
a blow or stroke, typically one made with a weapon in fighting.
force of attack; impact.
"I perceive you feel the dint of pity"

verb
verb: dint; 3rd person present: dints; past tense: dinted; past participle: dinted; gerund or present participle: dinting

1.
mark (a surface) with dents or hollows.
"the metal was dull and dinted"
 
smr said:
Byron Young, not famous for bull :

"Sources close to McLaren have suggesting Alonso will get a record F1 salary if he switches teams but that is just the usual Woking hype.

Sebastian Vettel, Kimi Raikkonen and Lewis Hamilton will all be earning more.

And MirrorSport understands Dennis is striking a hard bargain.

The double-champion is talking to new Spanish sponsors, among them are Telefonica brand Moviestar.

Without a title sponsor for nearly two years McLaren are also trying to save money by making Button accept a pay cut.

They tried the same tactic with Lewis Hamilton two years ago and it resulted in him quitting the team for Mercedes.

McLaren are pushing Alonso to agree to announce his move from Ferrari before Abu Dhabi a week on Sunday.

Otherwise it will make them look like his second choice after Mercedes...."

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/formula-1/fernando-alonso-backing-jenson-button-4609303

Looks like they really may be reconsidering Button after all the speculation that they'd be keeping Mag, apparantly Boullier wants to keep Button but Ron wants to keep Magnusson, was Ron there at Magnusson's birth or something? I really don't see what he's done so fascinating this season apart from a lotto style first race.
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Werent Vodafone title sponsors last year? or were McLaren giving away prime (car) real-estate for a lot less money so it didn't look too bad?

I don't think Ron has ever been a Button fan, so its not that surprising he wants KM (for a lot less money), if they don't have a title sponsor next season (apart from Honda, which possibly isn't a good "sponsor" as it sounds) then possibly money might be tight (by McLaren's standards hahaha).

(hmm are Santander sponsoring JB and Alonso currently)
 
Millwall.FC said:
So your not only a grammatical expert but a expert on local dialects.how about a dictionary that specializes in slang I'm not fussed what you think of my English :D I am interested however if we will hear you bang on non stop next year about a person who probably wont be in the sport :)
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quite comical someone with your name saying that considering Milwall FC are historically sponsored thugs more than anything sporting hahaha
 
FrankJH said:
quite comical someone with your name saying that considering Milwall FC are historically sponsored thugs more than anything sporting hahaha
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That's why I chose this handle people like to stereotype. I find that comical in its self. Makes people feel superior to me and good on them I say, if categorising me makes them feel better about themselves.
 
I'm not surprised that Button is still in the picture.
KMag has been so comprehensively out-performed by the aging/retiring J.Button, that KMag should never be allowed to sit in an F1 car again.

I've seen many poor drivers in front running teams, in my time.
Off the top of my head:

Luca Badoer was the worst. How many races did he drive for Ferrari?
Maldonado isn't particularly great, though he has won a race and brings money and audience.
Heikki Kovalainen was bad. Terrible in fact. He was humiliated by Hamilton.
Kevin Magnusson has to be ranked below Heikki.

I'm surprised KMag actually lasted the entire season and wasnt replaced midway through, for being so embarrassingly bad. McLaren's management also have to take the blame on this one. They chose to get rid of Perez (who did a decent job) and replace him with a rookie. I knew that McLaren lost the will to win, but this took the biscuit.

If Alonso drives alongside KM, I'd be willing to bet that in at least 1 race, Alonso will lap KM. Terrible driver.
 
Millwall.FC said:
That's why I chose this handle people like to stereotype.
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No dude.
You chose that handle because you support that team.
And now you are getting embarrassed by this fact. :p

Millwall do have a reputation for being thuggish, though.
I remember cycling through Fulham once and all the pubs were closed on a Sunday.
I later found out that Millwall were visiting Chelsea, so pub owners decided to board up, to avoid having to deal with Millwall fans (no joke).
 
sunama said:
No dude.
You chose that handle because you support that team.
And now you are getting embarrassed by this fact. :p

Millwall do have a reputation for being thuggish, though.
I remember cycling through Fulham once and all the pubs were closed on a Sunday.
I later found out that Millwall were visiting Chelsea, so pub owners decided to board up, to avoid having to deal with Millwall fans (no joke).
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I do support them and I'm not getting embarrassed when I created this account I was younger and quite often trolled as youngster's do user name was all part of the bait. enough of that anyway. :)

you made a good list of incompetent drivers although I agree kmag isn't all that great, average imo he's done no worse than jenson did in his first season getting out scored by ralf and driving a car that was capable of a podium on its day.
 
Likewise for when they visited Burnley too, except Burnley was up for a scrap lol. Big rivalry there, I find it amusing.

Button is a greall-round package for F1 and it's not his time to leave. It's just a shame that paid drivers or drivers who drag in big outside revenues are taking the precedence over talent and personality. Further reflects the whole team budgets debacle to be honest. There should be enough teams for all the drivers to go at it, and good teams at that!
 
FrankJH said:
Werent Vodafone title sponsors last year? or were McLaren giving away prime (car) real-estate for a lot less money so it didn't look too bad?

I don't think Ron has ever been a Button fan, so its not that surprising he wants KM (for a lot less money), if they don't have a title sponsor next season (apart from Honda, which possibly isn't a good "sponsor" as it sounds) then possibly money might be tight (by McLaren's standards hahaha).

(hmm are Santander sponsoring JB and Alonso currently)
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Vodafone were yeah, or was that the year before? I can't even remember right now ha. Not sure about a title sponsor for next year, I've heard reports that Movistar and Gillette...

Ah here we go...

"MARCA can reveal that it is Telefónica, through its Movistar brand, which has the best possibilities of getting involved with the McLaren-Honda-Alonso threesome. In fact, there have already been many meetings between the driver's legal representatives and the Spanish communications giant over a possible future partership."

http://www.marca.com/en/2014/11/11/...1870b42ab5bb27200d4f2a69f05ec251&t=1415737511

Santander sponsor Mclaren and Alonso I think, hence the reason Button's in their adverts.
 
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Millwall.FC said:
That's why I chose this handle people like to stereotype. I find that comical in its self. Makes people feel superior to me and good on them I say, if categorising me makes them feel better about themselves.
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You are the one that chose the name and then started talking about sport

Chicken and egg
 
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