With almost every team having chosen their driver line ups for next year, I couldn't help noticing Paul Di Resta wasn't in any of these. Perhaps due to being British I've always been a fan of Paul and could see him replacing Jenson Button at Mclaren when he decides to retire. It seems a bit of bad luck in both qualifying and races as well as insufficient financial backing has been unfortunate for Paul and his fans.
Bad luck? If you want bad luck, look at Sutils opening half of the season when the car was good. di Resta had his "bad luck" (more like he was terrible than bad luck) when the car was bad so he didn't lose as much points. He doesn't deserve to have a good car, if he ends up at Caterham or Marussia that's all he deserves. He was never going to be good.
Well it won't affect Vettel, so it's not a problem. I can see Hamilton crying about it though, as the Brits will be seen as a minority in the sport now. He'll chew Bernie's ear off, and everyone will get sick and tired of it, and he will come back.
These days you need to be a complete package to be an F1 driver, and whilst Di Resta may have had the raw talent, he lacked the sponsorship and personality to stay in the sport.
Keyword there being sponsorship...he was left out in the cold because he hasn't been babysat by McLaren like Hamilton. No reputation, and no sponsorship= no seat.
Di Resta was never good enough to earn a top drive. He's a decent driver for a midfield team and that's it, I think what really did it for him this season was the constant blaming of his team, he never took a lot of responsibility.
I'm beginning to believe there may be a driver on the grid called Hamilton. There's far worse drivers on the grid than di resta, even sutil was out shone by di resta. The main problem was how unlikable di resta comes across as.
Maybe it's not all over for di Resta yet. He's been linked to Caterham, but then so have Kobayashi, Alguersuari, Kovalainen, Ericsson, Van Der Garde and Pic. Caterham wouldn't be talking to him if they were desperate for pay drivers, so maybe they're looking for a guy with experience to lead the team alongside a pay driver. If that's the case di Resta might have a chance. Based on talent alone I would chose Kobayashi from those available, but can he lead a team? di Resta apparently gives good feedback. Marussia is another option - I'm not sure Chilton's seat is safe. Rumour has it Aon are no longer investing in motorsport, instead concentrating their efforts on football. Also Daddy Chilton is no longer an exec director at Aon. I'm not sure they're willing to sign a driver without money, but they showed with Bianchi's signing that talent does mean something to them. The delay in announcing their second driver is intriguing - normally they announce their drivers just after the final race of the season. They only reason they announced Bianchi in October is because his management wanted the announcement to be made as soon as possible.
I'm not sure if the Di Resta - Caterham link is just lazy journalism, it's the only place he's got a chance of getting a seat, as you'd expect the second Marussia seat to go to a pay driver. Whether PDR would take a Caterham seat is another question too, he probably considers himself above that.
of course he's above it, he beat Vettel in F3 don't you know (hasn't been stated in a while, I thought it best to refreh everyones memory that, he did indeed, beat Vettel, yes Seb Vettel, was beaten, in F3, by Paul Di Resta)
