The thing is, can Mercedes afford him now: http://www.planet-f1.com/story/0,18954,3213_5772187,00.html That's a big lump of cash to replace. I still reckon it'll be Hiedfeld with Rosberg. He's an awful lot cheaper than the Stig.
there's no doubt that it wouldn't be the most sensible or safe option for his career, but as a spectator it'd be fascinating to watch.
Only if he's competitive. Can't see there'd be anything fascinating to watch about Schumacher if he spent all season in the middle of the pack.
Runners and Riders so far for 2010: Mercedes Grand Prix Engine: Mercedes Tyre: Bridgestone Country: UK/Germany Driver 1: Nico Rosberg (Germany) Driver 2: TBA Test Driver: TBA Red Bull Racing Engine: Renault Tyre: Bridgestone Country: Austria/UK Driver 1: Mark Webber (Australia) Driver 2: Sebastian Vettel (Germany) Test Driver: TBA Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Engine: Mercedes Tyre: Bridgestone Country: UK Driver 1: Lewis Hamilton (Britain) Driver 2: Jenson Button (Britain) Test Driver: TBA Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro Engine: Ferrari Tyre: Bridgestone Country: Italy Driver 1: Felipe Massa (Brazil) Driver 2: Fernando Alonso (Spain) Test Driver(s): Giancarlo Fisichella (Italy) Luca Badoer (Italy) - TBC Sauber F1 Engine: Ferrari Tyre: Bridgestone Country: Switzerland Driver 1: TBA Driver 2: TBA Test Driver: TBA AT&T Williams F1 Engine: Cosworth Tyre: Bridgestone Country: UK Driver 1: Nico Hulkenburg (Germany) Driver 2: Rubens Barrichello (Brazil) Test Driver: TBA Renault F1 Engine: Renault Tyre: Bridegstone Country: France/UK Driver 1: Robert Kubica (Poland) Driver 2: TBA Test Driver: TBA Force India F1 Engine: Mercedes Tyre: Bridgestone Country: UK/India Driver 1: Adrian Sutil (Germany) Driver 2: Vitantonio Liuzzi (Italy) Test Driver: TBA Scuderia Toro Rosso Engine: Ferrari Tyre: Bridgestone Country: Austria/UK Driver 1: Sebastien Buemi (Switzerland) Driver 2: TBA Test Driver: TBA US F1 Team Engine: Cosworth Tyre: Bridgestone Country: USA Driver 1: TBA Driver 2: TBA Test Driver: TBA Campos Meta 1 Engine: Cosworth Tyre: Bridgestone Country: Spain Driver 1: Bruno Senna (Brazil) Driver 2: TBA Test Driver: TBA Virgin Racing Engine: Cosworth Tyre: Bridgestone Country: UK Driver 1: Timo Glock (Germany) Driver 2: Lucas di Grassi (Brazil) Reserve Driver: Alvaro Parente (Portugal) Test Driver: Luiz Razia (Brazil) Lotus F1 Racing Engine: Cosworth Tyre: Bridgestone Country: UK/Malaysia Driver 1: Jarno Trulli (Italy) Driver 2: Heikki Kovalainen (Finland) Test and Reserve Driver: Fairuz Fauzy (Malaysia)
Looks like Sir Richard Branson has issued a rather strange, but undoubtedly typical Crossdressing challenge To AirAsia and Lotus F1 Boss, Tony Fernandes.... i wonder if Fernandes will take the challenge
And Renault Confirm that they're staying in F1, But are looking at selling 80% of the team to Genii Capital
YAY! Kobayashi has a drive with Sauber next year! http://www.planetf1.com/story/0,18954,3213_5776795,00.html Tora, Tora, TORA!
better news than the possible schumi return imo. Im hoping he has a competitive car and can carry the form he had this season. It was nice seeing some of the established drivers having their noses put out
FIA announces more Rule Changes So what we have now: - 26 Cars on the grid - No More refuelling - Rookies entering mid-season are allowed 1 day of testing - Aero testing (in season) reduced from 8 days to 6 - Any one of these days can be swapped for 4 hours of full wind-tunnel testing - Drivers who exceed the maximum engines per season limit TWICE in a weekend will face a 10-grid penalty on the race, as well as the next one - Team garages are allocated on a per-race basis to more evenly distribute working space - 8 Drivers (Rather than the current 5) will drop out in Q1 and Q2 respectively, so as to cater for the larger grid.
If that's right then there are going to be a vast number of drivers going in to the wrong boxes come tyre change pitstops.
Thats what i was thinking, it would make more sense to make all the garages the same size, i know it would cost money. But with teams in different garages every race its going to be chaos.
