so, this Will Stevens fellow....

so, this Will Stevens fellow....

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williamp

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19,217 posts

272 months

Sunday 19th April 2015
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The other british driver in F1. Dont know a lot about him, bbc media dont mention him yet so far he has out qualified and out raced his well regarded team mate, and brought the car home. Surprising? A talent waiting to be discovered? Where would he be in a better car etc etc?

Jasandjules

69,825 posts

228 months

Sunday 19th April 2015
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Sky seem to chat to him a bit.

Tom1312

1,015 posts

145 months

Monday 20th April 2015
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I went to school with him.

Nice lad.

HustleRussell

24,602 posts

159 months

Monday 20th April 2015
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His greatest acheivement is arguably 4th in F3.5 a couple of years ago, beaten by Magnussen, Vandoorne, Da Costa. He failed to win a race but looking at the results he took podiums where they were there to be had and he did so whilst driving for a team which'd eventually finish 6th in the constructors and comprehensively thrashing his team mate.

It's a complicated sport but I'd say the above qualifies him as 'worthy', not that he or anybody else should value my opinion.

entropy

5,403 posts

202 months

Monday 20th April 2015
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williamp said:
bbc media dont mention him yet so far
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/32304963

Dr Z

3,396 posts

170 months

Monday 20th April 2015
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I'd like to see him in midfield team, liking the look of him so far. May be in a Force India or Sauber...if they can get rid of Ericsson without telling anyone that is! nuts

arabian

503 posts

174 months

Monday 20th April 2015
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I think he's been quite shrewd really.

The other 'higher profile' drivers from GP2/3 etc are all behind the scenes with the big boys. Those drivers were (perhaps understandably) dismissive of a drive with new marussia and went for the glory shot - where they might end up getting jumped over by others coming throught the same route they did eg another verstappen.

Will on the other hand has gone to a team which he knew had a weak car, but he's driving in every race, getting profile and doing himself no harm at all.

As with another of the quotes on here, he'll be catching the eye of the other mid-table teams on the back of his performances.

Good for him, i hope he picks up a point or two this season.

DanielSan

18,748 posts

166 months

Monday 20th April 2015
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What highly regarded team mate does he have? Mehri doesn't seem to be exactly famed for his talent. Will Stevens may well be a good driver, until he's in an actual F1 car not just a lookalike with a bit of go we won't really know his potential. If he'd turned up as team mate to Bianchi this year and was a second a lap faster than him then I think it'd be fair to say he was the real deal.

For now I don't think any real decision can be made on how well he'll do. He might only be in the Manor for a season and then bugger off to the WEC or DTM, who knows?

Muzzer79

9,806 posts

186 months

Monday 20th April 2015
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He seems to have done quite well, although the quality of Merhi is open to interpretation.

However, he hasn't binned it or made any major mistakes. It's just whether he is doing enough to alert other teams.

The sad fact is that even a move up to a midfield team such as Lotus or Sauber now requires funding aswell, therefore he won't be promoted up there without more money.

One wonders where the cash for his Manor drive has come from. There's no sponsors on the car, or him, yet he also managed to pull together £250k for Abu Dhabi alone at the end of last season in a Caterham?

Not suggesting he's part of anything dodgy, just curious as to the identity of his backer(s)

spikey78

701 posts

180 months

Monday 20th April 2015
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Family is loaded

thegreenhell

15,115 posts

218 months

Monday 20th April 2015
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Muzzer79 said:
However, he hasn't binned it or made any major mistakes. It's just whether he is doing enough to alert other teams.
spikey78 said:
Family is loaded
So like Max Chilton before him then?

Richard-G

1,669 posts

174 months

Monday 20th April 2015
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spikey78 said:
Family is loaded
indeed, dad owns this company

http://www.momentagroup.com/


shalon

47 posts

149 months

Wednesday 22nd April 2015
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I don't know how similar the cars are to last year but he's slower than bianchi was last year in the same car might be conditions etc but is outperforming mehri at every opertunity

hairyben

8,516 posts

182 months

Wednesday 22nd April 2015
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shalon said:
I don't know how similar the cars are to last year but he's slower than bianchi was last year in the same car might be conditions etc but is outperforming mehri at every opertunity
Not really fair to compare the cars or even the team, given the upheaval.

Early days still but he's looking pretty good, given I'd heard too mehri was the one to watch and given the complete absence of fuss being made about will by our media - he's still, lettuce not forget, a new brit in F1 - it was more a case of wondering just how terrible was he going to be...

slipstream 1985

12,127 posts

178 months

Wednesday 22nd April 2015
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Havnt seen much on track time of the marussia's though.

VladD

7,853 posts

264 months

Thursday 23rd April 2015
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slipstream 1985 said:
Havnt seen much on track time of the marussia's though.
You get to see them at least twice a race. wink

thegreenhell

15,115 posts

218 months

Thursday 23rd April 2015
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In a recent blog post of his, Joe Saward wondered whether there was a connection between Bernie's open dislike of the Manor team and their almost complete invisibility on the TV feed, which is controlled by Bernie's FOM company.

entropy

5,403 posts

202 months

Thursday 23rd April 2015
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hairyben said:
shalon said:
I don't know how similar the cars are to last year but he's slower than bianchi was last year in the same car might be conditions etc but is outperforming mehri at every opertunity
Not really fair to compare the cars or even the team, given the upheaval.

Early days still but he's looking pretty good, given I'd heard too mehri was the one to watch and given the complete absence of fuss being made about will by our media - he's still, lettuce not forget, a new brit in F1 - it was more a case of wondering just how terrible was he going to be...
It's pretty much a bodge job to get the get for this year's regs give how late the campaign started.

The other problem is no Caterham so no battle of the tail-enders so not only weak team mate but also no gauge in comparison to local competition because they are so far behind. A lot has been mentioned about Max Chilton's finishing record but Bianchi is the quicker driver and when both Marussias finished Bianchi could put a Caterham as the meat in the sandwich.

Smollet

10,466 posts

189 months

Thursday 23rd April 2015
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thegreenhell said:
In a recent blog post of his, Joe Saward wondered whether there was a connection between Bernie's open dislike of the Manor team and their almost complete invisibility on the TV feed, which is controlled by Bernie's FOM company.
That really is the way forward to encourage teams to join F1. Ignore them.

brierleys

237 posts

181 months

Friday 24th April 2015
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I had a session in the C63 AMG at Mercedes Brooklands track and Will was my instructor. Absolutely flat out by the end of it and he was radioing ahead to the other instructors to get them to pull over out of our way. Had a right laugh.