2010 Silly Season - Met 13 teams en 26 coureurs?

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Op maandag 31 augustus 2009 12:37 schreef Kleffe_Dop het volgende:

Team: BMW Sauber F1 Team - Naamloos
Motor: BMW
1ste Rijder:
2de Rijder:
Geruchten: Robert Kubica, Nick Heidfeld, Nico Rosberg (geruchten omtrent Rosberg dateren voordat BMW aankondigde zich terug te trekken)

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Paddock gossip about drivers in Singapore
McLaren: Lewis Hamilton – Kimi Raikkonen
Ferrari: Fernando Alonso – Felipe Massa
Renault: Robert Kubica – Heikki Kovalainen? – Romain Grosjean?
Toyota: Heikki Kovalainen? – Kazuki Nakajima
Williams: Rubens Barrichello – Nico Hulkenberg
Red Bull: Sebastian Vettel – Mark Webber
Toro Rosso: Sebastien Buemi – Jaime Alguersuari
Brawn: Jenson Button – Nico Rosberg
Force India: Adrian Sutil – Tonio Liuzzi
USF1: Alexander Wurz? Pedro de la Rosa? Kazuki Nakajima? Bruno Senna?
Campos: Pedro de la Rosa? – Vitaly Petrov? Bruno Senna?
Virgin (Manor): Christian Klien? Anthony Davidson?
Team Lotus: Jarno Trulli? – Bruno Senna?
Sauber: Nick Heidfeld? Timo Glock?

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Team: Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro

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Op dinsdag 29 september 2009 23:50 schreef Waffle het volgende:
Lotus en Senna zou wel mooi zijn trouwens. Jammer dat ze niet een JPS kleur auto gaan bouwen
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Marlboro is geen titel sponsor meer van Ferrari toch?

EDIT: Na wat gegoogle blijkbaar wel :S Dacht dat het wel afgelopen zou zijn maar ze hebben blijkbaar een contract tot 2011.

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Op woensdag 30 september 2009 18:00 schreef RowanF1 het volgende:
En de kogel is door de kerk .
Alonso voor drie jaar naar Ferrari

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Toyota has probably failed in its bid to sign Robert Kubica for next season, according to team president John Howett.

Kubica is now expected to join Renault despite the Japanese manufacturer's last ditch attempt to secure his services, leaving Toyota to re-evaluate its options for next year.

Both Timo Glock and Jarno Trulli are out of contract, but despite the Italian finishing second in Japan, Howett suggests that he is still not top of the list.

"It looks like we have probably lost Robert, so we need to look next week and really see what we finally do," Howett told the BBC.

"[Regarding Trulli] we will have to wait and see. He did a great job, but we have to look at the total season and really reconsider. It is probably less likely, but I don't think we can exclude anything.

"It really depends which way the market moves in the next couple of weeks and if somebody else arrives and we consider them a better option, we have to take them.

"Jarno did a great job here today, but we still need a little bit more for the number one."

The team, who has long been a Kimi Raikkonen admirer and has made several attempts to sign him, is believed to be interesting in hiring the Finn.

Trulli insists that his strong form in Japan was not motivated by a desire to secure a new contract with Toyota, and he remains committed to continuing in F1 for a 14th season in 2010.

"To be honest I am not looking to keep my position at Toyota," said Trulli. "I am racing for Toyota and I am racing for myself."

Glock, who sat out the Japanese Grand Prix after an accident in qualifying, is in a stronger position to remain with the team, and Howett is certain that the German will be fit to race at Interlagos in two weeks.

"Glock will be fine for Brazil," said Howett, whose team is still in contention for third in the Constructors' Championship with two races to go.

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Kubica rijdt volgend jaar voor Renault
De 24-jarige Kubica rijdt momenteel voor BMW. Omdat de toekomst van het team onzeker is doordat de fabrikant zich terugtrekt uit de Formule 1, was Kubica genoodzaakt op zoek te gaan naar een nieuw team. De Pool kon rekenen op veel interesse maar heeft uiteindelijk gekozen voor Renault.

Teambaas Bob Bell: “We zijn erg blij met de komst van Robert naar Renault. Vanaf het moment dat hij zijn Grand Prix-debuut maakte hebben we hem nauwlettend in de gaten gehouden. Hij is een van de meest natuurlijke, getalenteerde coureurs van zijn generatie. En hij heeft alle verwachtingen waargemaakt. Dus is het fantastisch dat hij volgend seizoen voor ons rijdt.”

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Op donderdag 15 oktober 2009 18:41 schreef Tarado het volgende:
Robert Kubica says that Renault is looking for an experienced driver to race alongside him in 2010. Not good news for Romain Grosjean

http://twitter.com/NobleF1

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Op zondag 1 november 2009 16:07 schreef Peterselieman het volgende:
Je kunt het lijstje ietsje aanpassen:
Kubica gaat niet naar Toyota
Rosberg vertrekt bij Williams
Senna ligt vast bij Campos
Sutil ligt min of meer vast bij Force India

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Op zondag 1 november 2009 16:16 schreef ElmarO het volgende:
En bij Williams kun je de motor aanpassen naar Cosworth.

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Op dinsdag 3 november 2009 18:38 schreef Googolplexian het volgende:
Rosberg getekend bij Brawn lees ik net in nieuwtjes

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Op dinsdag 3 november 2009 19:00 schreef TJDoornbos het volgende:

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linkje?

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Op vrijdag 6 november 2009 12:54 schreef Peterselieman het volgende:
Eerst een betrouwbare bron, dan geloof ik het

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Op vrijdag 6 november 2009 12:54 schreef Peterselieman het volgende:
Eerst een betrouwbare bron, dan geloof ik het

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Op vrijdag 6 november 2009 13:53 schreef sasquatsch het volgende:

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Dit is waarschijnlijk de originele bron

http://www.chinadaily.com(...)/content_8926036.htm

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Op vrijdag 6 november 2009 12:52 schreef Big-Ern het volgende:

Tung of all people. Als iemand niet goed genoeg is.....

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Op vrijdag 6 november 2009 13:25 schreef Cavalier1 het volgende:
Kubica zal zich niet best voelen nu. Heeft net bij Renault getekend en nu zeggen ze dat ze misschien stoppen...

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Onzekerheid slaat toe bij Kubica, biedt zich aan bij McLaren

Robert Kubica werd eerder dit jaar gepresenteerd als de opvolger van Fernando Alonso bij Renault. De Pool moest de Franse renstal aan nieuwe successen helpen. Alleen twijfelen de grote bazen van de autofabrikant of Renault wel door moet gaan in de Formule 1.

Bronnen weten F1Today.nl te melden dat de situatie bij Renault kritiek is. Ze wachten met een beslissing omdat de internationale autosportbond FIAdruk uitoefent om door te gaan, zoals afgesproken in de uitspraak van crash-gate.

De onzekerheid is bij Kubica in elk geval toegeslagen. Zijn manager klopte al aan bij McLaren, aangezien de Britse renstal eerder interesse toonde en nog een stoeltje vrij heeft. De Pool is echter geen eerste keus voor de plek naast Lewis Hamilton bij McLaren.

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Hoewel alle andere teams reeds weken en maanden crash-testen uitvoeren op de nieuwe en te gebruiken componenten, heeft het nieuwe USF1-team nog geen enkele dergelijke test gedaan.

Ross Brawn noemt het dan ook erg 'onwaarschijnlijk' dat het team klaar zal geraken voor de officiele crashtest die uiteindelijk bepaalt of een team mag deelnemen met voldoende veilig materiaal.

"Het team zou er nu volop mee bezig moeten zijn, als ze in Bahrein op de startgrid willen verschijnen.", stelt Ross Brawn die reageert op een artikel dat in het Duitse vakblad Auto Motor und Sport verscheen.

Journalist Michael Schmidt [Auto Motor und Sport] gaat zelfs nog verder door te stellen dat kans dat USF1 in 2010 deelneemt, 'nul' is. Onbestaande...

Steeds vaker wordt gesuggereerd dat USF1 heeft ingetekend op de beperkte lijst van deelnemers om deze plek met winst te kunnen verkopen. Peter Windsor van USF1 was dan ook het enige teambaas dat voor stemde. Alle andere teams waren tegen het doorverkooprecht van een 'slot' op de startgrid van 2010.

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Fisichella to Qadbak? Soucek to Manor? Kimi to his sofa? The 2010 silly season rumbles on as the list of predicted teams set to be on the grid itself begins to become almost as shambolically confused as unpredictable as the driver market.

The chaotic current state of the 2010 grid, with teams swapping hands, struggling to sort cars and giving up all over the place means that the current juicy silly season gossip revolves around Kimi Raikkonen and his Ferrari payoff.

Such was the ludicrous size of Raikkonen's Ferrari paycheque and subsequent payoff, that the Finn with the big hat stands to make more money by simply having a year off racing in 2010 than signing the contract that has been proffered to him by McLaren. Apparently the Woking team has offered him a "miserable" £5 million, plus his £10 million payoff from Ferrari, whereas if he puts his feet up and spends next season sitting around watching daytime TV in his pants, he would get an increased £17 million compensation from the Italian team.

So while Kimi faces a straighforward question as to what he likes more: racing cars or two million quid, McLaren need a Plan B should the moolah win the tug of loyalties raging behind Raikkonen's blank features. That Plan B is apparently none other than Nick Heidfeld, who may be lured to the team that he started his F1 career with as a test driver back in 1998, and will be tempted by the chance to drive slightly too quietly to ever really be noticed for the German team.

All of which would give Mercedes their German driver that they have been after for so long sort of ends up at the team anyway, despite the mess they made of trying to get Nico Rosberg into the team. Rosberg is still expected to sign up for a go in the new Brawn GP car, alongside Jenson Button, with the hysterical headlines about his contract moaning now having died down.

Rosberg had certainly better hope that Brawn still want him, given that Williams became only the third team to wrap up their 2010 lineup shortly after the Abu Dhabi GP. As expected by just about everyone, Sir Frank has gone for a combination of experienced hopelessness and young potential in signing Rubens Barrichello for his 374th F1 season alongside "Nico of the month" Hulkenburg.

Elsewhere, the uncertainty over the Renault team isn't helping them to sort a driver alongside Robert Kubica. Before the whole mess of the last week, Timo Glock was being linked to the team prior to the current unpleasantness that has brought into question whether the team itself will even be here in 2010. Nothing looks set to be decided on the second driver front until the new year now, when the team sorts it's own future plans out. That might leave them a bit short of options when it comes to useful drivers, which can only be good news for Romain Grosjean.

Despite the jumbled driver market, both Toro Rosso and Force India still seem set to keep the lineups they ended 2009 with, assuming that Adrian Sutil isn't lured away from the FIndia team by Renault once they get themselves sorted. The Qadbak Sauber team are all set to replace Toyota on the 2010 grid, once the FIA have sorted a few legal issues out, and will probably be looking to keep Heidfeld with the team. If that fails, they could potentially get handed Giancarlo Fisichella from Ferrari (who will be giving the team engines next year). As for the other seat, Kubica could comically fall back into the former BMW stable if Renault give up, while the team may also look to mop up Heikki Kovalainen, who will be leaving McLaren.

As for the other new teams, only Campos has a driver secure for 2010, having signed Bruno Surname for one of it's seats, though that team remains one in a state of uncertainty for next year. They continue to pursue Pedro de la Rosa for their second seat, as well as pursuing some sponsors. Malaysilotus look set to sign Jarno Trulli as their first driver, while despite Malaysian Fairuz Fauzy's confidence of finding a seat with the team, Mike Gascoyne has insisted that they want experience for next year, so Kovalainen could end up here.

USF1, meanwhile, remain a mystery, both in drivers and in whether or not they're actually planning to start building a car at some point. If they're going to get any American talent, Jonathan Summerton remains the best bet, while Alex Wurz, Franck Montagny and de la Rosa have all been mentioned as possibilities with the token "experienced driver" for the team. Along with Jacques Villene...hahahahahahaha.

Manor GP are also keeping quiet, and the Virgin-backed team look like aiming for at least one driver able to pay their way for 2010. Lucas di Grassi seems almost certain to claim one seat, while any of the likes of F2 champion Andy Soucek, A1GP champion Adam Carroll, commentator extraordinaire Anthony Davidson and excellently-named new World Series by Renault champion Bertrand Baguette have come forwards as possibilities.

Overall, then, 19 of the 26 seats for 2010 remain open, and with teams still working on even being on the grid next year, it could be a long while yet before the grid starts to take shape.

Confirmed drivers so far:
Brawn GP - TBA / TBA
Red Bull - Webber / Vettel
McLaren - Hamilton / TBA
Ferrari - Alonso / Massa
Williams - Barrichello / Hulkenburg
Renault - Kubica / TBA
Force India - TBA / TBA
Toro Rosso - TBA / TBA
Qadbak Sauber - TBA / TBA
Campos - Senna / TBA
Manor - TBA / TBA
USF1 - TBA / TBA
Lotus - TBA / TBA

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Following an impressive debut season in which he showed the way to team-mates Sebastien Bourdais and Jaime Alguersuari, Sebastien Buemi has signed up to remain with Toro Rosso Ferrari for next season.

"I had some contact with other teams due to my good results at the end of the season," he told the Television Suisse Romande programme Sport Dimanche. "Toyota could have been a possibility because they had not yet hired any drivers.

"That was not the only one, and anyway I was always talking with (Toro Rosso owner) Red Bull. Finally I signed with Toro Rosso for 2010.”

Buemi also indicated that Jamie Alguersuari will probably return for his first full season with the team.

"I assume that he will team up with me next year," he said. "I think the team chose to change in the middle (of the season) because we can't really do any testing so he may as well get used to the car now."

E.A. © CAPSIS International
Source: GMM

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Toro Rosso boss Franz Tost expects Sebastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari to have enough experience to show their true potential by the middle of the 2010 season.

The team had the least experienced driver line-up in Formula 1 this year, with Buemi graduating from test driver duties and Alguersuari being brought in as a total F1 novice to replace Sebastien Bourdais in July.

Tost admitted that STR had not intended to be in that position, and that the duo's lack of F1 mileage had hampered the team.

"Originally it was planned that we would do the year with Bourdais and Buemi," he told AUTOSPORT. "The background was that we wanted to have one experienced driver and we expected that Bourdais in his second year would become the leading driver in the team.

"For whatever reason, it didn't work as we expected, and therefore we decided to change the driver during the year. That meant the team had two completely new drivers in 2009, and to change two drivers is a really big challenge because you start with zero. If the drivers are also inexperienced, the exercise is doubly difficult."

But he said he had no complaints about the situation as Toro Rosso's purpose was to develop Red Bull's young drivers - and he believes both Buemi and Alguersuari will be very competitive by late 2010.

"Dietrich Mateschitz bought this team to give young drivers a chance, and this is our philosophy," Tost said.

"We have to stick to this philosophy, and I'm quite confident that from the middle of next year onwards we will have a good driver line-up, because then Alguersuari will know all the tracks, and Buemi is increasing his performance already. The last few races were quite good.

"Alguersuari is also improving his performance, and so far I'm quite optimistic about the future."

Tost said he was not concerned by the drivers' string of late-season crashes, particularly at Suzuka where they had four accidents in two days.

"The crashes are part of the game," he said. "A young driver needs to find the limit of the car. I call it the 'crash period', and it's as important in this learning process and gaining experience as anything else.

"Therefore for me it's obvious that a driver sometimes has to crash. If he is a young driver he has to learn the limit of the car - I don't have a problem with this."

Red Bull was rumoured to be giving World Rally champion Sebastien Loeb a one-off F1 outing with Toro Rosso in the season finale in Abu Dhabi, but the Frenchman did not get a superlicence.

Tost said he was still open to the concept of Loeb trying F1, as long as he had enough testing mileage first.

"I understand that Sebastien Loeb wants to do a Formula 1 race and I think the idea is quite good because he is six times World Rally champion and just the comparison between the best rally driver in the world and the best Formula 1 drivers would be quite interesting," he said.

"But to do such a race, he must be prepared. That means something like three test days just to get used to everything. It's quite complicated even to do the starting process. We observed this with our drivers this year. It's not so easy just to come in and you think you can do everything. There are so many switches and so many mappings you have to take care of. Apart from that, to drive Formula 1 cars nowadays is not so easy.

"But if Loeb has the time to test and to be prepared, there's no reason why he couldn't do a proper job."

After failing to get a superlicence, Loeb said he felt had missed his opportunity to try F1 and would not seek another chance.