Sergey Sirotkin \ Sauber getting desperate

I was hoping for this with Ma QuickQuid. In all the sessions or testing he drove for HRT he was not once within 107% of the fastest time in that session.
 
Meanwhile all the talented drivers in GP2 etc who are trying to prove themselves just get pushed aside by these Russian rubles..
 
It will end three ways

He'll be the next Kimi
He'll make Romain look like a first lap specialist
He'll mince about at the back making Marussia look good
 
I'd like it, but part of me thinks I'm being hypocritical about moaning that Sirotkin's appointment is preventing new talent coming through... and then supporting them bringing in a 19-season veteran who's had 2 years out of the sport.

Anyway, back to that article, it says he's driven 700m in a 2013 spec car. Since when did the super licence use the same method as the Egyptian driving licence?
 
Perhaps the rumours about Sauber not paying Hulkenberg his wages may be true...dumb decision if they do it, considering his 5th place is by far the team's best result in 2013.
 
If Sauber cannot afford to pay Hulkenberg, then the only way I can see Rubens driving for them, is if he is willing to drive, just for the hell of it, and not expecting any form of pay. Don't see that being more than a one off thing though, as other have said, he's too old for it really.
 
Rubens drive will be in exchange for some money from a Brazilian company. Rubens won't be paid.

It will be about paying for a Brazilian guy to drive in the Brazilian GP to get some media coverage for whoever it is that's bank rolling it. And Sauber are so skint that they might just take it.

If your having to rent your cars to the highest bidder on a race by race basis in order to be able to afford to be on the grid, I think it might be time to step back and ask yourself if you can really afford to be in F1.
 
I often ask myself what's the point of running a pay driver when there is realistically no chance that any improvement will be made?
 
Janesy B said:
I often ask myself what's the point of running a pay driver when there is realistically no chance that any improvement will be made?
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Me too. Why go to those lengths just to 'exist' when existing just means floundering around getting rubbish results.

Surely there is a limit too. I mean I can't see this Sergey guy doing anything other than embarrassing himself, and in turn embarrassing the Russian companies who bank rolled him and plastered their name all over him?
 
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The scary thing is you could change the team logo at the end to Caterham, Sauber, Williams, Force India, and even McLaren, and it would still be a valid cartoon :(
 
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