Hamilton to Mercedes? BBC
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Funny, at the start of that article, when it was talking about Di Resta I was about to start a post with "I don't see why McLaren would be so interested in Di Resta, if I were them I'd be knocking on Sauber's door every weekend."
It's called "speculation," and it's what we're doing in this thread anyway. It's fun.
Randomly pulling this one out of the bag, maybe Mercedes are throwing I'd resta in to the deal with mclaren to get Hamilton over to them? Just a thought.
Also what's to say mclaren wouldn't be interested in a Hamilton move to merc. Yes he is important to mclaren, but so are the engines and mclaren will have to py for then engine supply from 20133 I believe ( could be 2014, but they will have to pay soon ).
Further interesting thoughts would be, what I'd Hamilton was already driving for Mercedes this year, what's to say they wouldn't have won more races already? There car was strong t the beginning of the season, and I would go so far to say that, currently, Hamilton is a better driver then both schumi and rosberg.
To clear up, I am a big Hamilton and mclaren fan, and find the whole topic very interesting, best case scenario nothing changes, but I don't really see there being a worst case out of all this. If anything it would make for an interesting year next year.
Lastly, schumi to mclaren???
I disagree to be honest.
They're not going to run a driver development programme that allows the contracted drivers to go and race for their arch rivals just as they're approaching their peak.
What would be the point in the entire programme if it offered Ferrari absolutely no control over his career?
I'd be amazed if it was possible for McLaren to offer him a seat and him accept it, without it passing through Ferrari first and having to get the nod from them. It's no coincidence the team he's at are a team running Ferrari engines.
Im not saying it wouldn't go through Ferrari, I'm saying the possibility of maybe getting a Ferrari drive some when would be easily trumped by a guaranteed drive for McLaren and a fat cheque.
In 2006 Ron thought it was too soon to bring Hamilton into F1, but he knew that even though Lewis had been signed up to McLaren since he was a kid, that alone wouldn't be able to hold off another team if they wanted him, so there only option was to take the risk and give him a drive.
If McLaren want Perez, he will be in either a Ferrari or a McLaren next year. The only way they could keep him is to give him a drive. Telling him he has to stay at Sauber "cos they say so" wouldn't be enough. Even more so with the Vettel rumours.
In 2006 Ron thought it was too soon to bring Hamilton into F1, but he knew that even though Lewis had been signed up to McLaren since he was a kid, that alone wouldn't be able to hold off another team if they wanted him, so there only option was to take the risk and give him a drive.
If McLaren want Perez, he will be in either a Ferrari or a McLaren next year. The only way they could keep him is to give him a drive. Telling him he has to stay at Sauber "cos they say so" wouldn't be enough. Even more so with the Vettel rumours.
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LOL at JA outing EJ : "Eddie Jordan, apparently prompted by both XIX and Bernie Ecclestone, lobbed the grenade in on Wednesday, saying that Hamilton was on the point of signing for Mercedes. It was a final call to McLaren to improve the deal on offer or lose their man."
Yup
Kimi and Hamilton....
That would be a team with the best interviews ever!
Man of Honour
For sure.
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That contract was bullet proof. Hence the massive payment for breach of it.
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Totally bullet proof. duh
You can't force someone to work. It would be against human rights.
You can't force someone to work. It would be against human rights.
thats awful
Cant see Perez at McLaren, it could happen (and imo Ferrari would kick Massa out of his seat and put him in there before allowing Perez to join a major rival) but its highly unlikely. PaulDR is much more likely if there is any seat shuffling to happen, even though he has struggled a bit more this year than I would have hoped (n a reasonable car)
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thats awful
Cant see Perez at McLaren, it could happen (and imo Ferrari would kick Massa out of his seat and put him in there before allowing Perez to join a major rival) but its highly unlikely. PaulDR is much more likely if there is any seat shuffling to happen, even though he has struggled a bit more this year than I would have hoped (n a reasonable car)
Di Resta is already contracted to Force India next year.
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