That being said, none of that is down to the drivers, and unlike Esteban Gutierrez last year, there does appear to be some harmony with their current drivers. Difficult to say what the team will do next year as they need to sort out their inconsistent form this year. Someone else will be joining Hulk at the team.Ī polarising year for the American team and the first year that they have had to find their own feet without too much assistance from Ferrari.
Palmer on the other hand was the fifth choice to be no.2 this year, so I doubt that even with an amazing turn of fortune that he’ll be in that team at the end of the year. Hulk only joined the team this year, and he’s there as part of their long term project to build a championship winning car by 2020.
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Sauber are taking on Honda engines next year so unless they get some Japanese money in to buy another Honda preferred driver in, I don’t see the lineup changing, especially if Honda are going to be accepting help from Mercedes engineers, and perhaps a driver – to improve their engine performance. His racecraft has improved, as has his attitude in the garage. Pascal Wehrlein is a Mercedes driver shoehorned into Sauber so that he had a drive this year in F1. This means Ericsson has a drive almost as long as he wants it. Well, Ericsson’s friends are the team owners, and ex-chief Monisha Kaltenborn couldn’t see why Ericsson should be prioritised over Pascal Wehrlein. SAUBER: Marcus Ericsson & Pascal Wehrlein
If he stays in F1, his only likely suitors are Mercedes, surely? Quiet rumblings of a return to Enstone and the Renault team were silenced, but any team would take him on. So much promised, so many false dawns and I believe that no matter what happens with the team and engines, Fernando is a goner. I believe Stoffel will be at Mclaren in 2018.įernando Alonso, meanwhile – epitomises the frustrations felt by the team during this beleaguered second Honda era at Woking. He’s attracted interest from other teams, but the only other con against him is that he’s a Ron Dennis era driver, and all Ron Dennis’ traces are being wiped clean from Mclaren. Eric Boullier has said almost that they owe him a good car. Ok, first off I don’t see Stoffel going anywhere just yet – he hasn’t lived up to his reputation, but Mclaren know that this is because they’ve given him a poor car. MCLAREN: Fernando Alonso & Stoffel Vandoorne
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So let’s start moving some drivers around, shall we? True to classic 3 Legs 4 Wheels form, let’s start at the back and make our way forwards interlinking here and there as we go. Needless to say some changes are inevitable, but after a few years of minor changes with the exception of Vettel’s move to Ferrari and Rosberg’s retirement, I think this summer and close of season could see some of the biggest shake ups. It’s already summer in the northern hemisphere, which would normally trigger what has come to be known as ‘silly season’ – where every available or unavailable driver is linked with every available or unavailable seat. Right! Mario Illien has a nice new toy to play with.But there’s another reason that I believe 2017 is going to be a special year for F1 – and that is the driver market. Anyone putting doubts on this story, ask yourself the question why did RB bought a super advance engine testing bench from which experts say that only engine manufactures are having them and you only want one if you are going to build an engine. For 2016 the engines will be most likely branded Infinity, but I also believe that this is not just to cover 2016 but to be their base for the remainder of the current engine format till 20/21. Currently there are a lot of rumors going that Renault will only deliver the ICE and RB/Imor > Mario Illien is going to develop the Hybrid systems by themselves. * So now you ask me why do you say Ilmor/Renault ?, well if RBR want to be competitive they need an independent engine or they need to make one since none of the current suppliers is going to give them their best material. Scuderia Torro Rosso (Ilmor/Renault) - Sainz and Gasly * Red Bull Racing (Ilmor/Renault) - Ricciardo and Verstappen *įorce India Mercedes - Perez and Hulkenberg
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