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Indeed. Good to see you back!Originally Posted by KFA-R
Kamui seems a bit less agressive. The Sauber has also had very variable showings on race weekends. I would love to see Kamui in a #2 seat at a more top team (RB, Lotus) but I don't see that happening.
Maybe he will get the chance at a seat in a year or two's time, but he may well be headed for a seat in the 030.
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Sauber is lacking a bit of funding, if Kamui loses the seat, it'll likely not because lacking talent, but rather money...
I think Sauber's team principle mentioned something quite interesting at Korea about the relative performance between Kamui and Sergio. Races where Sergio did well, Kamui qualified better(into Q3), but as a result his strategic option was more limited and thus can't be more adventurous with tire call, and the car's running in a straight fight often doesn't quite have the pace compare to the first rung team so it can be caught out in the race. Japan was rare in that they had a good start, car was reliable and he actually was able to hold off faster cars.
While no doubt Perez is a great future star, his rise to McLaren probably still have some help with his massive Mexican telecom money....
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I think Telmex is still on the hook for next year at Sauber, hence why Guiterrez may be there next year. After that, I can imagine them backing McLaren.
It's not as though Checo is bad though; he is a real talent. It just seems that maybe now in F1, the distinction between pay drivers and pay drivers is becoming harder to determine. You need amazing speed and amazing money.
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The backing of the world's richest man is most certainly a big tick in the box... Money still drives F1 no matter how hard we try and forget it...
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Has Robert Kubica recovered from his rally accident? Has his window of opportunity in F1 passed?
"Kimi, can you improve on your [race] finish?"
"No. My Finnish is fine; I am from Finland. Do you have any water?"
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He is racing in regional Rally events(!) in Italy as part of his recovery process to racing. He actually won a couple of them....
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Kobayashi's fans have apparently raised over $1.5 million to get him into a race for 2013!
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I wonder how much money he'll need though....considering most stickers that you see on cars are over $5 million per season, and I remember reading Montoya's interview in the past that he needed to raise something like $1 million for a ride in F3000 in the late 90s....
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He's doing a great job. I doubt we will ever see him racing in Formula 1 again (the only way I could see him connected with F1 is doing some demo runs or testing, to be fair), but in rally he could do very well taking his current record into account.
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I think Charles Pic has a great future as a rolling chicane and as a backmarker to keep the grids filled.
Anyways, what's the deal with him? Still got money for next season? A part of me wants to see him succeed, the other half is content with making cheap jokes.
I'm dropping out to create a company that starts with motorcycles, then cars, and forty years later signs a legendary Brazilian driver who has a public and expensive feud with his French teammate.
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Pic? Was he bad?
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Grosjean stays.
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Yeah, with who but? A very serious question!
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Kamui is out, apparently with his campaign it spurred on some Japanese companies on board. And he said he had as much as $8 mil Euro secured. But most rides have been taken already....he is aiming for 2014 return....
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It would be nice if Kubica never hurt himself and had a seat, as well as Kamui.
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