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Found some rumors regarding drivers changes posted by David Croft from SkySports and re-posted by Johnny Herbert. He siad that he got it from credible source
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Interesting stuff.

I have heard the Alonso to McLaren rumour before but really wasn't sure if there was any truth to it. Alonso seems like such an integral part of Ferrari. The heart of the team if you like.

Button has signed a year extension. Alonso and Button can work together, I'm sure of that, but McLaren need to get their car in better shape for 2014. Alonso won't be happy if the problems of 2013 continue into 2014.

Hulkenberg to Ferrari would be fantastic. Finally a chance to prove himself. They will have a strong driver line-up next year.

Massa to Lotus makes sense. There really is nowhere else for him to go. Grosjean is really improving this season so Massa would most likely be the number two driver again. Then again, Lotus don't seem to operate with a number one driver as such. Massa could do well there anyway, free from the constraints of working with Alonso.

Chilton to Force India? Not sure about that one. Sutil will make way I guess?

Magnussen to Marussia is a well deserved move. He's really proved himself in Forumla Renault 3.5.

Still hoping there is a drive for Kobayashi somewhere.
 
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Daniil Kvyat ---> Torro Rosso

It is simply amazing news! Very happy for this guy, he really is still young, but very talented. This is one of the few examples where the pilot makes its way into Formula one not through their sponsors and through their talent, Bravo guy!

http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2013/10/15123.html

Wow, Formula One has two Russian pilots already, Vitaly Petrov became real Yuri Gagarin for our car industry. :D
 
I saw some of his performances this year in the GP3 and especially in the European Formula 3 championship, he really looks promising to me. Hopefully he drives like the Petrov of Renault, not the Petrov of the Caterham team.
 
S-NipE said:
I saw some of his performances this year in the GP3 and especially in the European Formula 3 championship, he really looks promising to me. Hopefully he drives like the Petrov of Renault, not the Petrov of the Caterham team.
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But Petrov of the Caterham team was not so bad, 11th place in 2012 Brazil GP in such a car says a lot. ;)
 
But he didn't deserve to drive there. In fact no good driver deserves it to drive for such a team.

And Petrov will always be the one who helped Seb to win his first title with his drive in Abu Dhabi in 2009, no one in Germany will forget that.
 
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But he didn't deserve to drive there. In fact no good driver deserves it to drive for such a team.

And Petrov will always be the one who helped Seb to win his first title with his drive in Abu Dhabi in 2009, no one in Germany will forget that.
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Yes, you're right, Petrov did not deserve to drive such a bolid, but after a lot of conflict in Renault (Lotus), with almost no funding (no one in Russia it is not funded) and having incompetent manager he simply not had choice. :(
 
4th title for Seb, finally it's over, fantastic race of him as always. But sad to see that Webber had to retired, I really wished he could've won one of his last F1 races. And sad to see Hülk retiring, too, did a great job again.
 
Abu Dhabi, FP1
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No point in watching the last few races is there?

We already know the result.

Apparently Kimi hasn't been paid all year by Renault and had to be seriously convinced the race last weekend. No wonder he's going to Ferrari.
 
Abu Dhabi, FP3
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As for Kimi...it is being reported that his pay is around 6,7 milion € + bonuses for wins and podiums + 50.000€ per point. So, Lotus didn't expect him to perform that good and had promised him large bonuses which they now can't pay
 
I'm amazed again how good the Red Bull perform on a circuit that shouldn't fit the car's profile as I relies strongly on max speed and the Red Bull isn't the fast car on the grid.

@Kimi: Sport1 stated that he thinks about boycotting the races in Austin and Interlagos and I can't think about reasons speaking against such a decision. We've had football players that went on strikes for much smaller amounts of money.
 
News from the newest meeting of the Formula One Commission and the F1 Strategy Group, consisting of Red Bull, Mercedes, Ferrari, McLaren, Lotus and Williams:

1. Points will be doubled in the last races to keep the championship intense until the last corner (winner will get 25 points x 2 = 50 points in Abu Dhabi next year).

2. Every driver can pick his favorite number from 2 to 99 and can keep it for his whole career. If two drivers want to have the same number it will be given to the driver who had a better season the year before. Only exclusion will be the number 1, this will be offered to the champion, but he can refuse to take it.

Honestly: WTF?! :CONFUSE:
 
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The only topic that makes sense is the limitation of budgets for each team per season. This may help to get it a little bit mor interesting, all other changes are ridiculous and won't help to become more attractive again.
 
Totally agree with you guys, all of this is full bullshit and nonsense, imho.

1) According to this rule, for example, if some Alonso will lead the entire season, with the gap of 49 points, and in the last race of his car broke down, the second pilot can safely take away his title and devalue all previous race. Seem it's all done to next season intrigue remained until the last race, but on the other hand can turn so that Vettel won by a margin of 200 points. Absurd. :CONFUSE:

2) Better season? Seriously? Pilots of small teams must remain "satisfied".:BRMM: And in general, why all this?
 
I'm wondering if the point story will also be used in all other FIA series. Usually the points given to the positions were adjusted when the F1 changed their counting system.
 
The double points thing is nonsense. I'm getting sick of these gimmicks from the FIA. Rather than thinking of more artificial ways to add excitement, they should look at why F1 has become so uncompetitive and boring in the first place.
 
I haven't followed F1 closely for a number of years, the last one I watched every race of was the 2009 season where Button/Brawn won the championship...

It's not easy to get into when most of the races are now on Sky as well as quite a few of the races taking place at circuits which have no tradition or history and/or circuits that result in extremely tedious races.

Perhaps the new regulation changes will shake up the pack a bit for next season, but who knows... The rule that the last race is worth double is ridiculous, throwing away the integrity of the sport for a potential quick buck.
 
The new engine and design regulations for 2014 may help close up the pack a little, but I think the problems with F1 are deeper than that.

F1 has a number of problems, and, quite predictably, they mostly revolve around money.

The disparity between the 'haves' and 'have nots' in the paddock.

The pay driver vs talent debacles e.g. Maldonado at Lotus while top talents like Hulkenburg have to settle for a drive further down the pack, or not in F1 altogether (e.g. Kobayashi).

F1 one is too busy chasing emerging markets ($$$) where nobody cares about the sport (China and Korea for example) rather than staging GPs in traditional F1 nations like France or Portugal where races are guaranteed to sell out.

The preference for boring and characterless modern circuits on the F1 calendar at the expense of venues with more tradition and spectacle. The new tracks have too much concrete run off which takes the risk out of racing and leads to massive track limit abuse. They are often too wide.

The DRS gimmick - what a failure. Get rid of it. Artificial overtakes are just that. Bring back the importance of racecraft to make a pass.

Tyres - can we have some rubber that lasts for more than 10 laps? That way drivers can push at 100% rather than having to manage tyres. Ditto with fuel. Bring back re-fueling so drivers can actually push hard and race without fear of running out.

The sooner Bernie Ecclestone steps aside the better. He's just a money man, more interested in the big corporate deals going on behind the scenes rather than a healthy, competitive F1. However, I fear when the time comes for him to go, nothing will change.
 
It has been said about half an hour ago that he's been through one operation and that his condition is critical. Also, doctors have said that he would not be alive today if he haven't had his helmet on.
 
That what's going around in the German media all the time since first reports of his crash came up yesterday.

Think it's kind of bitter irony that he "survived" so many races with high speed at sometimes very narrow circuits (Monaco, etc.) and then probably dies when doing a sport that normally isn't that dangerous. Hope he survives, would be a huge loss for the sport to loose him at that young age.
 
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