Streetwiseguy said:
Aston probably needs someone a bit capable to develop the car, so no new guy teamed with the halfwit boy. Alonso was pissed at Ocon yesterday...
I'm waiting for Lewis to announce his retirement at the end of 23 or 24, and for Charles to sign with Merc. He has to be getting tired of being screwed over.
Right when they enter a down swing...
In reply to Keith Tanner :
I don't think that someone driving the wheels off and being a child about things going wrong makes him a good driver.jmabarone nailed this, he is making a lot more money being mid-packed then driving a top tier indycar, Nascar, or Sporty car team.
Oof... Oscar smacked that down quick. Wonder what he has cooking for 2023?
Wow, Piastri to Alpine was one of the reason various articles had already been speculating Fred was leaving Alpine before Vettle announced his retirement. Where else is he going to go? Stay at Alpine, a team where he's already embedded and has experience vs the only other place it's been mentioned he might go is Williams who are fighting relegation again (That's joke)
In reply to Adrian_Thompson (Forum Supporter) :
Sounds as though McLaren is signing people with existing contracts lolz, I guess the small details are trying to get Ric out of the seat. One article I read was a driver swap Ric to Alpine and Oscar to Mclaren, but in terms of car/team performance they seem to be pretty equal, Alpine being more consistent. Gasley might have signed his contract to soon, if Alpine seat becomes wide open.
In reply to Adrian_Thompson (Forum Supporter) :
Think Ricciardo may be on the chopping block after all? Beside Latifi's seat at Williams i'm not sure where else he could go. Trigun beat me to it.. LOL.
trigun7469 said:
In reply to Adrian_Thompson (Forum Supporter) :
Sounds as though McLaren is signing people with existing contracts lolz, I guess the small details are trying to get Ric out of the seat. One article I read was a driver swap Ric to Alpine and Oscar to Mclaren, but in terms of car/team performance they seem to be pretty equal, Alpine being more consistent. Gasley might have signed his contract to soon, if Alpine seat becomes wide open.
Gasley at Alpine would be interesting. A French driver lineup would seem appealing.
06HHR (Forum Supporter) said:
In reply to Adrian_Thompson (Forum Supporter) :
Think Ricciardo may be on the chopping block after all? Beside Latifi's seat at Williams i'm not sure where else he could go. Trigun beat me to it.. LOL.
But why Williams vs Alpine? They had their chance to make a big change, and have not come close to Haas who had the same step.
I understand announcing the lack of contract, but that was more of a smack down statement.
Literally 2 days into silly season and wow
And it odd silly season news-Hamilton is part owner of the Denver Broncos. https://www.denverpost.com/2022/08/02/lewis-hamilton-rob-walton-broncos-ownership-group/amp/
Never saw that one coming.
Edit- I'm a fan of Hamilton, but I won't be rooting for the broncos anytime soon.
trigun7469 said:
In reply to Adrian_Thompson (Forum Supporter) :
Sounds as though McLaren is signing people with existing contracts lolz, I guess the small details are trying to get Ric out of the seat.
Seriously. In the last few weeks we've had two major teams announce driver changes, only to have them refuted, either by their existing team (Palou/Ganassi) or the drivers themselves. What the hell is going on?
In reply to alfadriver :
Lewis does have a home in CO...but yeah. Odd.
In reply to Keith Tanner :
Rich getting richer, the Denver Broncos have many in on the deal even former politician C. Rice is a co-owner.
Investments are investments. There's a lot of money in football.
Man, things are rocky at Alpine. Apparently they didn't expect Alonso's defection:
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.alpine-boss-szafnauer-says-aston-martin-press-release-was-first-confirmation.19b3hIOghVGw4RnxHxZFlm.html
Followed up by Oscar's very clear declaration that he will not be driving for them after they talked him up in their initial reaction press release. Someone's going to be asking what the drivers know.
In reply to Keith Tanner :
I would have more expected and EPL football team. But we know Lewis likes the USA.
alfadriver said:
And it odd silly season news-Hamilton is part owner of the Denver Broncos. https://www.denverpost.com/2022/08/02/lewis-hamilton-rob-walton-broncos-ownership-group/amp/
Never saw that one coming.
Edit- I'm a fan of Hamilton, but I won't be rooting for the broncos anytime soon.
Similarly I won't root for the Donkeys as I am a RAIDER lifer.
Hamiltion is a decent guy IMO. Had it been Vercrashen my Denver hate would deepen.
Tom_Spangler (Forum Supporter) said:
trigun7469 said:
In reply to Adrian_Thompson (Forum Supporter) :
Sounds as though McLaren is signing people with existing contracts lolz, I guess the small details are trying to get Ric out of the seat.
Seriously. In the last few weeks we've had two major teams announce driver changes, only to have them refuted, either by their existing team (Palou/Ganassi) or the drivers themselves. What the hell is going on?
We'll find out if or when a judge uses the gavel.
In reply to Keith Tanner :
I read that Alpine has been waffling with investing in F1 and with Porsche and supposedly Audi, could they make another exit in 2026? Regardless this is all defiantly going to court. This is going to be a expensive year for Mclaren, they have Herta, Pato, Ric, Oscar, and Palou for 1 F1 seat
A helpful person on Reddit made this chart to try and make sense of McLaren's 2023 driver lineups:
stroker
PowerDork
8/3/22 10:03 a.m.
In reply to Tom_Spangler (Forum Supporter) :
I remember when it was so simple for Team Orange. You have your pick, either Bruce or Denny...
F1 is announcing that Williams has signed Albon for next season. Which means DeVries' opportunity rides with Latifi.
Looks like Danny Ricky Bobby is going back to Renault......Oscar to Big Mac. Schumi and Latifi are on the bubble right now......
Silly season almost over already? What are we supposed to do for the next 3 weeks?