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I really hope Trulli, Liuzzi and Barrichello are out of F1 in 2012. There are a lot of young talents out there that deserve a drive more than those three.

 

Hmm.

Some teams will have the same drivers, and some teams will have different drivers.

 

I agree and I think that's a very valid point. What's important for us, though, is to decide what to do with the time that is given to us.

On the Trulli point, if he's fed up of pootling around at the back, why is it different for Glock or Kovalainen, Liuzzi even?

 

I'd like to see Kobayashi in a better car, maybe the second Red Bull.

 

Alot of good drivers won't want to sign big contracts until the Massa situation is sorted. If there is potential to drive in a Ferrari, most would jump for it. Watch this space

 

But he is better than Hulkenberg was at thhis point.

 

Not really - ignoring Bahrain 2010, Hulkenberg had two retirements and had finished 10th, 13th, 15th, 16th and 17th. Maldonado has had three retirements and has finished 15th. 17th, 18th and 18th. The only driver who Maldonado has outperformed is Karthikeyan.

 

My Prediction:

Red Bull: 1.Vettel 2.Buemi
McLaren: 3.Button 4.Hamilton
Ferrari: 5.Alonso 6.Rosberg
Mercedes: 7.Schumacher 8.Kobayashi
Renault: 9.Kubica 10.Petrov
Sauber: 11.Massa 12.Perez
Force India: 14. Di Resta 15. Hulkenburg
STR: 16.Ricciardo 17. ???
Williams: 18.Sutil 19.Maldonado
Team Lotus: 20.Kovalainnen 21.Chandhock
Hispania: 22. ??? 23. ???
Marrusia: 24. ??? 25. ???

 

I think:

Red Bull: 1.Vettel 2.Webber
McLaren: 3.Button 4.Hamilton
Ferrari: 5.Alonso 6.Rosberg
Mercedes: 7.Schumacher 8.Di Resta
Renault: 9.Kubica 10.Petrov
Sauber: 11.Massa 12.Perez
Force India: 14. Kobayashi 15. Hulkenburg
STR: 16.Ricciardo 17. Buemi
Williams: 18.Barrichello 19.Maldonado
Team Lotus: 20.Kovalainnen 21.Chandhock
Hispania: 22. ??? 23. ???
Marrusia: 24. Glock 25. ???

 

And I think:

Red Bull: 1.Vettel 2.Webber
McLaren: 3.Button 4.Hamilton
Ferrari: 5.Alonso 6.Rosberg
Mercedes: 7.Schumacher 8.Di Resta
Renault: 9.Petrov 10.Kubica
Sauber: 11.Kobayashi 12.Perez
STR: 14.Buemi 15.Ricciardo
Force India: 16.Hulkenburg 17.Sutil
Williams: 18.Massa 19.Maldonado
Team Lotus: 20.Kovalainnen 21.Glock
Hispania: 22. ??? 23. ???
Marrusia: 24. ??? 25. ???

 

Interesting take on Rosberg and Di Resta, but I like it. I reckon that would be fantastic

 

Why would you replace trulli with Chandhok? Jarno is getting on a bit and has had a poor season but in my opinion Chandhok is a no-hoper who is a nice guy.

 

For me:

Red Bull: 1.Vettel 2.Kobayashi- (Neither Buemi or Jaime are good enough, Kamui gets selected.)

McLaren: 3.Button 4.Hamilton- (Button will sign for another 2 years with McLaren, Lewis is still thinking.)

Ferrari: 5.Alonso 6.Webber- (Team orders will be used on Webber at RBR and he'll be pissed off, Flavio will be involved.)

Mercedes: 7.Schumacher 8.Rosberg- (Nico signs contract, gets number 1 driver label, Schumacher not happy.)

Renault: 9.Kubica 10.Petrov- (Both drivers are hopefully looking good for 2012, Kubica still number one.)

Sauber: 11.Perez 12.Massa- (Felipe sent to Sauber, Perez takes over reigns of Kamui and is new number one, gets groomed to replace Webber.)

Force India: 14. Di Resta 15.Hulkenberg- (Sutil goes DTM, Hulk steps up to take over.)

STR: 16.Ricciardo 17. Buemi- (Daniel will be given tons of support, Buemi will be pressured even more to perform or get the axe.)

Williams: 18.Barrichello 19.Maldonado- (Nothing changes.)

Team Lotus: 20.Kovalainnen 21.Chandhock- (Trulli gets replaced because of his complaining.)

Hispania: 22. Trulli 23. Heidfeld- (Both help HRT go up the grid with their experience.)

Marrusia: 24. Ambrosio 25. Robert Wickens- (Glock given the boot.)

 

Chandhok beat Senna, Glock and Di Grassi last year which is pretty remarkable considering he 1st drove his car in Q1 of Bahrain whereas the 2 Virgins took part in Winter testing. Further to this, Senna, Glock and Di Grassi drove nearly twice as many races as he did yet still finished further down the table.

In my opinion (flawed though it may be), Lotus don't need a driver who moans about the fact that a brand new team, that has only existed for just over a season and was built from scratch, isn't fighting in the midfield.

 

Chandhok did not really beat Senna they both got a 14th place. Senna also outqualified him I think 7-3, and Senna managed to outqualify a Virgin in normal conditions which no other HRT driver did, plus Senna was in a HRT that was slower and more unreliable than Chandhok's HRT.

 

Schumacher and Hamilton or Vettel, omg how that would be wierd.
Wouldn't the new driver have to get the same helmet design, so Mercedes (Schuberth)..
Hamilton for instance would have to swap hi Arai for it.

 

This is my take on it.

Red Bull: 1.Vettel 2.Webber
McLaren: 3.Button 4.Hamilton
Ferrari: 5.Alonso 6.Rosberg
Mercedes: 7.Schumacher 8.Hitler
Renault: 9.Petrov 10.Kubica
Sauber: 11.Kobayashi 12.Perez
STR: 14.Buemi 15.Ricciardo
Force India: 16.Hulkenburg 17.Sutil
Williams: 18.Massa 19.Maldonado
Team Lotus: 20.Kovalainnen 21.Glock
Hispania: 22. ??? 23. ???
Marrusia: 24. ??? 25. ???

 

Well done pairing a 7-time Formula One World Champion with a mass murderer, class act. Go to Auschwitz and have a look at the environment, you wouldn't make jokes like that again. Silly childish ****.

 

Wow - you all really think Kubica will be driving for Renault next season? I hope you're right.

 

Also considering the positions of the hispanias finishing positions depended pretty much only on the DNFs of other cars. The championship dosen't really tell a true tale.