Glock to miss Brazil, Kobayashi to make debut

[Ardius]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8301262.stm

Yet another rookie this year, and yet another GP2 graduate. It will be interesting to see how he goes on, he's already had some experience albeit in the wet.

Is it possible to have 3 Japanese drivers next year? I think 1995 was the last time that happened.

 

[in.s@ne]

Best of luck to him, he didn't seem too bad in the practice sessions. I hope he does well

 

[Ian Poole]

Is it possible to have 3 Japanese drivers next year? I think 1995 was the last time that happened.

1995 was right for three drivers in different teams in the same season (Katayama, Inoue and Suzuki) but 2006 also had three Japanese drivers in the same year (Takuma Sato, Yuji Ide and Sagon Yamaoto) and all fror the same team (Super Aguri Racing)

But good luck to Kobayashi, hope he does well in Brazil

 

[Pescara for GT5]

Sucks for Glock, he was starting to do well, but good luck to Kobayashi, heard good things about him, but GP2 comes on to early for me to watch, so I look at recaps, and have heard his name a lot, so he must be good.

 

[Appie]

Hasn't debuted Nakajima in 2007 at Brazil aswell? lol

 

[Ardius]

1995 was right for three drivers in different teams in the same season (Katayama, Inoue and Suzuki) but 2006 also had three Japanese drivers in the same year (Takuma Sato, Yuji Ide and Sagon Yamaoto) and all fror the same team (Super Aguri Racing)

But good luck to Kobayashi, hope he does well in Brazil

I meant racing against each other in the races.

Sucks for Glock, he was starting to do well, but good luck to Kobayashi, heard good things about him, but GP2 comes on to early for me to watch, so I look at recaps, and have heard his name a lot, so he must be good.

He isn't spectacular, he hasn't impressed me at all in GP2, he seems to qualify well but drops back quite quickly, his racecraft is not so good as he leaves the door open too much and I can't recall any good overtakes from him (I may have forgotten but his name doesn't connect with many awesome moves).
He's at best quite good, he could keep up with the leading pack and was more often than not the tail end of the leaders, but he wasn't in the same league as Hulkenburg, Petrov, Grosjean, Parente etc.

However, and this is a big however, success or failure in lower series is not always a good indicator of how good a driver will be in Formula 1. Spec cars usually favour one drivers' style over othes not to mention the various different regulations and team differences have an effect. A champion can be horrible in F1 and an average driver can be pretty good.
Best examples? Jan Magnussen and Sebastien Buemi.

Hasn't debuted Nakajima in 2007 at Brazil aswell? lol

Yeah just needs to run his pit crew over and the circle is complete! Although I wouldn't say he was really replacing a Wurz....

 

[Prince.M5]

Best of luck goes to Glock... I think Kobayashi could make a little surprise I reckon...

Yeah still remember back in 2007 Nakajima debuted here with Williams replacing Alex Wurz... And he also hit his own pit crew too

 

[Pupik]

The irony is that Glock may not be welcome to Brazil after last year's "conspiracy"...