2008 Driver Line Up

[Metar]

Adrian Sutil just confirmed, in an interview on RTL, that he is in talks with a few teams, so Spyker may not be his home next year.

Rough translation from memory:

Ebel: "Sutil, and could you tell us where you'll drive next season?"

Sutil: "We'll see, with luck I'll drive for a top team."

 

[Sting]

Well duh, Spyker wont be around next season. lol

It'll be Force India F1

 

[Danny]

Also, there'll be no prodrive.

 

[Robin]

Bremner Bird & Fortune said Alonso is moving to Eddie Stobart!

 

[Metar]

Well duh, Spyker wont be around next season. lol

It'll be Force India F1

C'mon...

We both know what I meant.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

Also, there'll be no prodrive.

Do we know that for certain? I mean, sure, customer cars are banned, but they could still pull things together and do what Aguri did by using an older chassis and testing the water, so to speak. Because I'm willing to bet Mr. E will sue the pants off them if they don't arrive at the first round next year.

 

[<_Spike_>]

Doesn't look good for Rubino, apparently the team have lost faith in the "past it" 35 year old and are preparing to offload him to their B Team. Poor Barrichello...stuck with the same old car again next season if that's true.

 

[Metar]

Doesn't look good for Rubino, apparently the team have lost faith in the "past it" 35 year old and are preparing to offload him to their B Team. Poor Barrichello...stuck with the same old car again next season if that's true.

He is just a few GP Weekends away from setting the all-time GP Starts record, if I'm not mistaken.

And he didn't show any real pace since the early '00s.

 

[Skid Mark 33]

I'm not sure about the two drivers of Prodrive. The customer car deal with McLaren Mercedes fell through, so it seems less likely that this is the case!

 

[<_Spike_>]

Still seems unlikely they'll have a team let alone drivers...

 

[Lee]

Yep I've also read that Rubens may be on his way out from Honda. I'll put a question mark next to his name.

 

[hscott]

You may aswell just put Fernando Alonso as rumored under every team, seeing as he's this week been linked with both Williams and Toyota.

 

[Skid Mark 33]

Spanish newspaper AS says that Nelsinho Piquet and Heikki Kovalainen will be announced as Renault's drivers for 2008 in Monza. Fisichella would go to Williams, replacing Wurz who would join Prodrive. If there's a Prodrive team next year that is.

http://www.as.com/articulo/motor/Nelsinho/Kovalainen/Renault/2008/dasmot/20070826dasdaimot_7/Tes/

Wurz retired! 👍

 

[<_Spike_>]

You may aswell just put Fernando Alonso as rumored under every team, seeing as he's this week been linked with both Williams and Toyota.

Sure...if you want to insult the teams that don't actually want him lol

 

[Lee]

Sure...if you want to insult the teams that don't actually want him lol

If I was Frank Williams and I had $22m spare, I'd want a Double World Champ that nearly won this season's title despite everything that went on..

 

[Blake]

Too bad he doesn&#8217;t really have the budget for that sort of driver these days.

 

[Metar]

If I was Frank Williams and I had $22m spare, I'd want a Double World Champ that nearly won this season's title despite everything that went on..

If I was Frank Williams, I'd want to sell Nico off for even more at the same time, an offset the price.

And harness Alonso's knowledge to develop the FW30. Ferrari information, 3rd-hand, slightly worn.

 

[Sureboss]

If I was Frank Williams and I had $22m spare, I'd want a Double World Champ that nearly won this season's title despite everything that went on..

and Nico isn't British.....

 

[SouL]

Fernando has the best chance with BMW, I think.

But that's just assuming all the teams build on top of how they've progressed this year. And, as we've seen, that isn't always what happens.

If Alonso REALLY is good at developing the car, he's probably best paired with a well funded team to bring their car up to the front of the grid.

 

[Metar]

Fernando has as much of a chance at BMW as he has at Ferrari: Zero. Both teams re-signed their '07 drivers, and stated that this will not change.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

Fernando has as much of a chance at BMW as he has at Ferrari: Zero. Both teams re-signed their '07 drivers, and stated that this will not change.

Yeah, BMW won't be changing any time soon.

 

[Blake]

And they also have the Frentzen-like consistency of Heidfeld combined with up-and-coming Kubica. I&#8217;d say that&#8217;s a long-term line-up envied by a number of teams.

 

[Metar]

Didn't Frentzen kinda suck, as well has having the most Teutonic name ever conceivable?

 

[<_Spike_>]

He was half decent at times, but that's as good as he got. The silent one that put in the consistent races at the lower ends of the points/middle positions

 

[Roo]

Although he was in contention for the title in 1999... in a Jordan. And beat Damon Hill into the ground whilst he was at it.

 

[<_Spike_>]

There is that, which was quite a surprise at the time.

 

[Danny]

Fuel to the "Rubens to Aguri" fire.

Don't do it Rub. You've had a sweet little career, end it before you get demoted!

 

[prisonermonkeys]

And they also have the Frentzen-like consistency of Heidfeld combined with up-and-coming Kubica. I’d say that’s a long-term line-up envied by a number of teams.

They've probably got the most solid driver line-up of all the teams with the possible exception of Honda (who wasted their drivers' experience).

 

[Metar]

Fuel to the "Rubens to Aguri" fire.

Don't do it Rub. You've had a sweet little career, end it before you get demoted!

No, race a few more GPs to break the record, then retire

 

[Blake]

Although he was in contention for the title in 1999... in a Jordan. And beat Damon Hill into the ground whilst he was at it.

Yup. He was much faster than Damon and probably the most consistent driver in the field. Except for Villeneuve, who was consistently retiring, and Zanardi, who was consistently sucking.